Cinderella and the Beast

III

In the end that "soon enough" happened only on the next day.

When Seraphine opened her eyes she stared at a white ceiling with her vision blurred and immediately regretted waking up, all due her skull that started throbbing with pain and making it hurt to even look at such bright color. It was all Yasuo's fault for insisting on an after party, but it also was her fault for not being able to refuse.

Despite the headache that melted her brain, Sera still managed to sit up on the bed, remembering now it wasn't hers. She looked to the side and only then saw Nidalee dressing up in front of the door-mirror of the closet, which caused Sera to immediately look at herself and confirm she still was wearing all of the clothes from yesterday, minus the plastic gems. Part of her was disappointed, and the other was guilty for feeling this way when Lee never had actually flirted with her. Well, they still kinda "slept" together so maybe she could start calling her "Lee", right?

She wondered if she had hummed, or worse, said any of that out loud when noticing that now Nidalee was looking at her through the mirror while putting an earring.

"Morning. Just so you know, yes you were texting and sending selfies to the girls, but don't worry, I didn't let you post any of them on your socials" Nidalee reassured her, and didn't even hide her laugher as Seraphine clasped her hands together and muttered million thank yous under her breath, "You'll be owning me one"

"I know, I know! Okay but please say it was just the four of us!" Sera cried, looking at Nidalee's reflection to see her face, and started sweating cold when she saw the other woman purse her lips.

"You were crying about not getting to meet Ashe so Yasuo found the balls to invite her along, and you know Neeko goes everywhere I go"

Sera growled as she left her body fall limp to the cushion and sank the back of her head on the pillow, "I love him" she grunted in a tone that usually meant the opposite, and started to wonder if the queen of hot clothes now saw her as an immature drunkard.

"You weren't kidding when you said you couldn't hold your liquor. How much did you drink?" Nidalee teased, moving closer to Seraphine and standing by her side as the younger one leaned her head towards Nidalee and tried to look up only with her eyes.

"I still don't remember much, but it's coming back... And my head's exploding" Sera answered, slurring a bit more and on purpose while pushing her lips in the best puppy face she could manage to do.

"I left some medicine on the kitchen counter when we got here, so suit yourself" Nidalee said, leaning over to take off a few strands of her from Sera's face and gave her a smile, "But try to take a bath first. You smell like an open bar"

And that made Seraphine flush with embarrassment, covering her face with both of her hands while Nidalee left the room. Huh, the right side of her cheeks still had the plastic crystals glued on it, and for a moment it even made her get impressed.

It took a few more minutes before Seraphine finally had the courage to leave the bed and slouch towards the bathroom door, opening it and recognizing her own purse on the left side of the sink while Nidalee's was in the right, and a colorful fabric bag was leaning against it. Must be Neeko's... Which meant she also slept there and saw Drunkphine in her full glory. Great .

"Use your advantages" was one of the things she remembered, so instead of the shower Seraphine had opted for the tub, letting it fill up and putting her hygiene products on the faucet counter to use them, and only after a while did she get in. While feeling the warm water relaxing her muscles Seraphine's memories from yesterday started to blossom, and she held her breath while sinking her head under the water for a moment.