Study in Equinity
Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Getting ready
Previous Chapter Next ChapterHe chuckles and nods, a goofy smile on his face as he slips into the shower, forced to stand sideways with how he is holding Gel. Silk immediately notices this and, after a few moments, she relieves Rhino of the changeling, holding the nymph's back to her front, with her arms around her stomach. She smiles at the two of them. "There we are, now everypony should be comfy and we can get on with this shower." A small glint in her eye appears as she glances at the stallion. "And look, he even brought a towel rack for us."
The navy changeling looks down and quickly blushes, seeing the emerald unicorn's pride. "W-wow... you're that turned on... from a kiss?"
Seeing as the stallion doesn't answer immediately, Silk does it for him. "Well, that, probably combined with what he already had just from being a stallion in the morning, added onto the fact that he slept naked next to us, who were also naked. I'd blame him if he wasn't at this point."
She gulps, her cheeks still burning from embarrassment and arousal. "Is... is it bad that I want to... y-you know?" She turns to the batpony, smiling shyly. "O-or watch him with you, again?"
Silk titters while Rhino blushes. "Oh you are going to be fun~. Especially when heat season starts. For now though, I'm afraid you'll just have to control yourself until we can get you back in shape." She slips in a quick neck kiss. "We have to make sure everypony is in good shape. I think you'll be happy with what we do now though." Focusing on Rhino, she calls in a teasing voice. "Seeing as how I've got my hands full with our little one here, guess what you get to do?"
He answers after a moment. "Wash her?"
"Bingo there, fluffy. You get to rub her down until she shines. Literally." Moving her mouth close to Gel's ear, she continues. "That sound good to you, hun?"
She bites her lip, nodding eagerly. She leans further into the mare's embrace, but doesn't move to uncover her intimate areas. She winks playfully at their stallion, her gaze lidded and her voice soft, though with a slight reverb. "Take your time, love..."
He smiles deviously at her. "I think I can do that." He levitates a washcloth and bottle of body wash over, spreading the latter onto the fabric and lathering it up well. He closes the distance, leaning in close to Gel's face, Silk's smirking right behind it. The warm cloth covered hand starts rubbing all around her neck, the suds being left after.
She shivers at the sensation, mewling softly in bliss. She starts to regain the feeling in her legs and tail, a few strands of the latter moving to gently tickle the mare's belly. The grip her arms have across her chest loosens, as if she's ready to move them but doesn't want to do it, herself.
The cloth continues gliding over her carapace, the stallion deciding to do that part of her before moving on the the majority of her torso, which was actually bare flesh. Around the tops and front of her shoulders goes the cloth, and even down her arms, despite them being used to cover herself.
Gel smirks teasingly, turning to Silk. "He finally has the one he wants before him, and he doesn't go directly for the tits or ass. I'm genuinely impressed... albeit feeling like he's purposely teasing me."
Silk giggles. "Oh, I'm sure he'll get to those eventually, besides, it's always nice for a male to know how to foreplay." She gives Gel a wet nuzzle before her eyes dart downward.
Rhino cloth has started on the part of the nymph's from just above her arms. As he gets to them, he hesitates a moment before gently bringing his other hand into play, taking one of her hands into his own and slowly pulling it away.
She looks up at him, her eyes shining with trust. She smiles softly, though with a slight bit of trepidation. "I, um... I know I'm not that big, now... i-it's not an issue, is it?" She squirms slightly, letting the arm he pulled away fall to her side, the other covering her quite well.
The washcloth coming around to clean the bit of skin uncovered by the first arm, his other hand caresses the second before taking it into its grip. "I don't see why it would be." He starts pulling it away.
Gel momentarily resists the action before letting her arm be moved. She turns away and closes her eyes, waiting to hear his reaction with bated breath.
Surprisingly, all she hears is the slow swish of the washcloth as it starts doing circles on her barely B-cup mounds in order to clean them. "You know, they are quite the lovely shade of blue."
She blushes brightly, embarrassed by his words. "S-somehow... that wasn't the reaction I was expecting..." She coos softly, pressing her chest forward against his hand. "I'm fine with it, though... if it means I feel this nice from you..."
Chuckling, the stallion comments again. "I'll make you feel this way every day if you want."
Silk lets out a quiet laugh. "Normally that would be a cheesy statement, but I can tell he means it." She leans over to the nymph's ear, whispering. "I will have to redo some of your more intimate apparel now though, including Miss White."
She grimaces, shrugging sheepishly. "Sorry for the extra work, sugar... and, Rhino?" She turns to him, lazily wagging a finger. "That offer better be for the both of us."
"I... I suppose it is." He finishes up her mounds and starts moving lower, the yellow hands covering the area moving up and instead gripping the soapy hills.
Gel squeaks in surprise, her hands gripping the thestral's hips in response, the closest pony to them. "A-a little bold there, aren't we, Silky? Or..." She smiles coyly, turning to look at her over her shoulder. "Do you just want to tease our stud some more?"
"Who says it's not both?" She gives the mounds a cheeky squeeze as the stallion continues soaping up the nymph.
He soon reaches her waist, rubbing all around it before he arrives at her tail. Gently pawing at the impromptu covering Gel had made for herself, he looks up at her questioningly.
Moaning quietly from the mare's actions on her breasts, she almost misses the unicorn's expression. With a loving smile, she slowly pulls her tail away, revealing her most intimate of areas to him, slightly wet despite the tail keeping water from hitting it.
Rhino has a loving expression as the washcloth comes into play. In, out, and around her thighs it plays, going all over her nethers without any hesitation, the fabric rubbing on absolutely everything.
She bites her lip as her flower slowly becomes wetter. She reaches forward, putting her hand on his head and gently rubbing. "You're doing great, sweetie..."
He smirks, rubbing the cloth a bit more in the area before he crouches down fully and starts working it up and down her chitinous legs. "Glad you think so."
She whines when he moves on, but doesn't do anything to stop him. Then, as he rubs over the inner thigh of one leg, she bursts out laughing, grabbing a rail on the shower wall and struggling to keep from falling. "R-Rhino!"
He chuckles, smiling up at her. "Looks like that one's constant... I wonder if the other one is..." He slips the cloth up to the mirroring spot.
She moans sweetly, her eyes fluttering closed as she falls back against Silk. She doesn't even care how silly she must look, with her head rolled back, mouth open, and tongue lolling out.
Rhino just smiles and continues down Gel's legs, Silk holding onto her chest to keep her from slipping down. She comments with a smile nonetheless. "Nice find there, I'm gonna have to remember that one. Always good to know those spots that drive them wild."
"Almost done down here..." He wipes the last bits of her legs down with soap. "There we go." He stands back up, setting the cloth to one side.
"Good. Cause now it's my turn." The thestral suddenly pushes Gel forward onto Rhino, who reflexively wraps his arms around her lower back to keep her pressed against him so she doesn't fall. The mare, meanwhile, starts soaping up the cloth again, sparing a glance down and giggling. "Well would you look at that, seems like she has two tails now."
The nymph, feeling him between her legs, quickly clamps her thighs around him. She pulls him into a passionate kiss, her body rubbing up against his and getting his fur lathered. Her tail flags high behind her, letting the mare see everything.
As Rhino dives into the kiss, his hands rubbing up and down the nymph's back, Silk watches, thinking. She takes a look at the soapy washcloth in her hand, then to the other two beings enjoying themselves as evidenced by the large green mass slowly going back and forth along the only strip of blue flesh able to be seen from the back just under the tail. Without a second thought, Silk quickly rubs her front down with the cloth before setting it to the side and pressing herself up against Gel's smooth back, getting it nice and soapy. The two benefits for the thestral in this are the fact that she can now grope the hard ass she's leaning against, and that tip poking out from her friend’s thighs now bumping her yellow clit and slit, resulting in small yips from the batpony.
Feeling the mare against her, she wraps her tail around her waist, sliding under the dark purple tail to tease the rosebud there. She breaks the kiss and leans forward, whispering into the unicorn's ear as they all continue to rub against each other. "You know what we all want, love... please... won't you give it to us?" She runs her hands along his back, smiling warmly up at him. "Won't you be my first, and only, stallion?"
"I... just... not right now... I don't think this is the best place for it, can't really move too well... and we still need to talk after this..." He has to sort of force his words out as he pushes his hips back and forth, his length feeling all kinds of stimulation from both mares. They, in return, moan and whine, only making him more stimulated.
"Fu... f-fine..." She rests her head against his chest, panting and moaning in need. "H-harder, please..."
"What she said..." Silk pants in agreement.
The stallion obliges, starting to actually thrust into the spaces the two females made instead of just moving his hips. He vaguely feels Silk's hands worming their way in between his and Gel's stomachs, pulling herself harder against the nymph, tightening their group as a whole and receiving more force hitting her nethers for it. His speed and force increases more.
She mewls and squeals happily, her horn shakily lighting up. She moves one of his hands from her back to one of the golden mounds near it. She leans up and kisses him once more, her own hands gripping his hips and pulling him harder into the faux tunnel with each pump of his hips, silently begging.
He eagerly kiss her back, his hand groping the sound mound it now rests on, causing its owner to give her own coo of pleasure. With every sound, his hips seem to jerk forward harder, causing every increasing yelps from the thestral as he button is assaulted by his head. Gel meanwhile, has to deal with the constant grinding of his flesh against hers, made even more pleasurable as he adjusts his angle to be slightly more upward, increasing the force pushing up into her nethers. Small grunts are heard from the male as he start to reach his limit.
The nymph isn't able to last much longer, either. After a few more forceful thrusts and she bites a towel, muffling what would've been an earsplitting cry of ecstasy. She hits it hard, her juices drenching his shaft, groin, and the mare's lower stomach, as well.
Feeling the warm juices flooding over his shaft along with the muffled scream drives Rhino over the edge. He pulls both females tight to him as he pumps out his seed in waves. This in turn, causes the thestral to lose it as well, his tip pressed hard into her clit before it suddenly started gushing all over her. All three showermates hold each other close as they ride out their climaxes.
Gel's head falls against their stallion's shoulder, her breathing ragged from the explosive orgasm. Her hands lovingly stroke his back as she tries to recover enough air to speak.
Silk is the first to speak, commenting as she grabs the washcloth again. "Just can't keep ourselves from being dirty, can we? Well, I guess most of it will rinse off, but I think we still have to clean off most of our stallion here."
The nymph blushes softly, nodding to the seamstress. "R-right... s-sorry about that..." She clears her throat and turns around, picking up the body wash as another cloth floats into the shower. "Shall we clean him? You can do his front, if you'd like..."
"Aww... but dat flank..." She slips around to the other side of the stallion, rubbing over him as she does so before rotating him so the he is standing sideways between them. "There we go, best of both worlds for everypony." She raises her washcloth to Gel, "Shall we?"
She lathers up her own cloth, smiling warmly to her friend. "We shall, Silky." She moves the rag to the shoulder closest to herself, firmly rubbing into his soft fur.
The yellow and purple thestral decides to do the opposite and starts down low on his legs. Running the cloth up and down them, she giggles approvingly at the toned muscle she finds. "Now how do you manage to get legs like these?"
The stallion, eyes closed as he enjoys the females rubbing on him, responds slowly. "Shape is actually genetic... tone comes from the way I get around most of the time..."
"Oh?" The navy changeling carefully cleans along his arm, smooth hands running along the fluffy limb. "So you walk everywhere, then?" She finishes and moves to his back, scrubbing with tiny circles. "Ride a bike? Scooter?"
His fingers lightly graze her arm as he answers. "Technically... magic, but the exercise equivalent would be rollerblading."
"Magic?" She presses more firmly, working a mass of bunched muscle. "So... your runes, then?"
He nods, letting out a small groan as she works on him.
"That's interesting..." She rubs a bit harder, angling her arm to push more into the deep tissue. "Sorry if this hurts... anyways, how does it work? This, um, circle of yours?"
"In short, manipulating friction on the underside of my hoo-" He cuts himself off with a quick hissing inhale as his flank is massaged by the yellow mare.
"Sorry, couldn't resist getting a nice handful of this flank." Silk laughs, not sounding sorry at all as she runs a hand through his tail. "Too many stallions go for short these days... nice to see one who lets it grow."
Gel, curious, reaches down with her free hand and rubs along his backside as well. She stares down at him, stunned. "Wow... that's really... f-firm..."
The black and blue tail flicks a bit as Rhino's face burns from having the two palming his flanks. "Umm... glad I meet your approval?"
"It does explain how you..." She starts to clean his side, working from his arm to his hip with tender yet purposeful strokes. "Get us to lose the feeling in our legs, each time..."
"I could try not doing that if you want. It can't be comfortable not being able to move half of your body." He offers.
"Not necessary." She giggles leaning up and pecking his cheek. "I love it when you don't hold back. I'm... not quite sure about Silky, though." She glances to the mare, curious and concerned.
The thestral takes a moment to answer, distracted as she is by the stallion's equally firm front parts. Once she notices Gel looking, she waves a hand casually. "Oh don't worry about me, part of my fetish is not being able to move remember? So that side effect is great for rounds after the first one. Of course I'm guessing neither of us would be opposed to some long gentle loving either."
The navy nymph smirks, reaching down and playing with the mare's ear tufts. "I think I'd love that, as well... if Rhino wouldn't mind obliging us, next time..." She finally finishes with his torso and gets down on her knees, starting to scrub - and subtly grope - the strong muscles of the unicorn's legs. "Though, personally, I'd just like to have the chance to taste his seed... have you done that with a stallion, before, Silky?"
"Mm..." she thinks for a moment as she starts to rub the cloth, and a bit of herself, across the stallion's chest. "Once. I wasn't really a fan of it to be honest, though it may have just been the stallion himself. His seed was a bit bitter, not exactly a romantic taste."
She glances at the batpony's hips, noticing the seed still sprayed there. Without the slightest hesitation, she reaches over and scoops some up, bringing it to her lips and licking. She blinks, staring down at her fingers in stunned silence.
Rhino, eyes still closed as he enjoys the experience, comments on Gel's sudden silence. "Something wrong?"
"You're... delicious..." She blushes brightly, staring at the rest of the mess on Silk's hips, a hungry look in her eyes. She forces her gaze upwards, looking into her purple, slitted eyes. "Sugar, why don't you try a bit?"
The winged mare sighs as she stops rubbing her chest on his arm while her hand rubs his chest. "Alright..." With a quick swipe she snags a bit on her finger, sucking it clean a moment later. Her eyes widen significantly as she pops the digit out of her mouth. "Are you serious? Since when does a stallion taste like strawberries and cream?"
"Apparently since Rhino hit puberty." She giggles, sticking her tongue out at her as she continues to clean their stallion up.
The pegasus finished her side first, cleaning all but one part of the stallion. As a reward, she approaches that final area with a sly look. "Well, we still all have to do our manes and tails, but I think we've only got this part left to wash now..." Her fingers lightly graze the underside of the shaft, earning a large twitch from it.
Gel finishes her side and looks up, whining softly. "Aww... I wanted to clean that..." She pouts playfully, looking up at the batpony. "I bet you're gonna try to get more of that strawberry flavor from him..."
Silk giggles, smiling down at the nymph. "Seems to me like there should be plenty for both of us." She pats the other side of Rhino's groin.
She tilts her head, taking her hand and pulling herself up next to her friend. She stares at the throbbing length before them, licking her lips and fangs in desire. Before anyone else can do anything, she's already against him, holding the emerald shaft as she licks at the tip, mewling sweetly up at him.
The yellow mare giggles as she sets her hand just above Gel's, joining her at the tip. "Starting without me?" She smiles wickedly as she swirling her tongue over the head, sometimes passing over the changeling's tongue in the process.
Rhino shivers as he feels both mares working on his most sensitive of parts. A sudden thought occurs to him that sends a shiver down his spine. "Umm... both of you will be careful about your fangs, right?"
Gel looks up at him, her fangs disappearing in a wisp of smoke. She winks and takes a drop of his seed from the flared tip of his pride, turning Silk's head and pulling her into a passionate kiss, sharing the unbelievably delectable liquid with the thestral.
Silk eagerly kisses back, their tongues rubbing along each other as they spread the seed around. As they kiss, their hands continue their small pumps of the warm rod. After a bit, they break for air, the mare looking up at the stallion who still has his eyes closed and answers his question. "Don't worry, I'd never want to harm this." She gives him a light squeeze. "I know how to be careful."
The nymph dives down and licks along his length, the powerful scent of his musk starting to fill her mind. She moans softly, kissing and nuzzling him, even with their hands rubbing along him.
Amid the stallion's groans, Silk joins Gel, removing her hand so she can devote herself more with her tongue. Instead, the hand moves a little lower to the two orbs below, starting to gently fondle them.
The changeling moves her hand elsewhere, tracing and squeezing the tip of his pride. She continues to lavish his length with her tongue, lustfully kissing the batpony with him between them at one point. Her free hand trails down her friend's body, cupping and caressing the soft mounds on her chest, one at a time.
As the stallion above them starts to pant, his fingers scrabble for something to do. Unfortunately, as this point all they can do is rest on the females' heads as they continue.
Gel pulls away slightly, smirking teasingly at the mare across from her. "Go on, Silky..." She rubs along the underside of Rhino's erection, winking at her. "You know you want to drink directly from the tap..."
The thestral nods thankfully as she centers her head on his. Opening her mouth, she carefully guides the shaft in between her teeth and into her mouth. Locking her lips around it, she starts rhythmically sucking and stroking the length. It doesn't take the stallion long before he lets out a quiet groan, the mare feeling the slight swelling of his pride before the first of many shots fires half onto her tongue and half in her throat. Like sucking a straw, she continues, smiling happily the whole time.
The navy nymph, meanwhile, whines softly, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Hey... leave some for me, sugar..."
Peering one eye over at the changeling, Silk thinks a moment before popping the still spurting head of the stallionhood out of her mouth and pointing it at the nymph.
Gel eagerly latches onto it, her eyes drifting closed as she sucks and licks him, hoping to coax as much as possible out of him. She doesn't seem to mind the small spurts that landed on her chin and the thestral's shoulder, certain that her friend would get those. She moans sweetly around his length, bobbing slightly along him as she gets lost in the wondrous taste of his seed.
Her moans serve to keep the pressure behind his shots fairly high as they come out. While Silk does a little licking of the bits that fell during the passing of the length, the flow eventually subsides to the point where it is just a slow dribble, marking the end of the stallion's current release.
She pulls away, watching the last few drops cling to the head before turning to her friend, smiling warmly as she tenderly points it back to her. "Want the last of this drink?"
"Hmm..." The yellow mare quickly flicks her tongue to gather the last of it before closing her mouth over Gel's, sharing it with her. She lets out a small giggle as she breaks the kiss, standing back up from her crouched position.
The nymph's sapphire eyes twinkle before she scoops the last bit up from the thestral's hips, sucking it off her fingers and standing up as well. "Well, that's Rhino and I... all that's left is you, sugar." She floats one cloth up from where Silk lay it, giving it to the stallion and grabbing her own. "How are we going to do this, love?"
She giggles, turning around and facing one end to the tub. She leans over, bracing her hands on the wall and looking back seductively. "I already cleaned my front earlier, but my backside still needs doing." She wiggles her hips on the word 'doing'.
Gel smirks at their stallion, gesturing to the mare. "It was my body that took care of her front... would you like to cover her back with yours?"
He raises his eyebrow at her phrasing, but complies nonetheless. Slightly bending over the thestral, he starts at her shoulder with the cloth and slowly working his way down. "Let me know if this gets uncomfortable."
As the cloth tickles the area between her wings for a moment and the downstroke, Silk breathily answers. "Honey, the only thing uncomfortable right now is the fact I'm not filled, everything else is wonderful."
The nymph giggles, leaning against the wall of the shower, watching as water splashes down on top of the other two. "Really? You still want more after a full belly and that climax, earlier?" She sticks her tongue out playfully at her. "And ponies think my kind are nymphomaniacs."
"Oh, like you'd be any different if he had you bent over like this." The thestral comments, despite the small blush on the stallion's cheeks.
"Maybe." She sheepishly smiles, turning her head away. "But I'm not the one whose tail is flagging, am I?"
"Fair enough, oh my..." She quickly starts panting as the stallion washes around her wing bases, her royal purple wings visibly struggling to not pop out, considering they wouldn't fit in the shower.
"I wonder..." She stares down at the stallion's tail, thinking silently for a second. She bites her lip and, wrapping the black and blue hair in her blue aura, tugs it briefly to see his reaction.
As it turns out, his reaction is a small yelp as he turns around to see what she is doing. "That was... unexpected."
She frowns, looking up at him in concern. "T-that isn't a bad thing... is it?"
He looks down at his tail. "Just... don't pull hard, and maybe not often, only occasionally, okay?" He turns back to Silk, starting on her lower back.
"Okay..." She sighs quietly, reaching forward and gently rubbing his hips. "Huh... I think Silky missed a spot..."
"Well, can you get it for me, please?" He asks as he starts getting Silk's flanks, causing her to coo happily.
"I think I know why..." She giggles, bringing her cloth up and scrubbing his flanks as he does the thestral's. "She was too busy feeling you up..."
Between moans, the mare comments. "Can't really blame me, can you?"
"Not really... but that's why you finished 'cleaning' him first." She reaches forward, playfully messing up her hair. "Cheater."
"Worth it..." She holds her breath as he does the insides of her thighs, but he doesn't touch anything beyond that as he moves down her legs. A small whine comes from her as her wet tail flicks.
"Silky..." She wags a finger at her. "You know we've still got to talk about that. Rhino said so, himself." She leans close, using a stage whisper to the mare. "I'll do my best to have him warm up to you, sugar."
Rhino ignores this as he finishes up at the base of her legs, standing up after. "There we go, all set."
"Thank you, big boy." She pushes herself off the wall. "I guess it's just manes and tails next. Who wants to do whose?"
"Well, it's probably not going to be me..." Gel blushes softly, tapping her fingers together. "I tend to just... shapeshift my hair to get rid of major messes... the flames help clean it, that way..."
The seamstress frowns. "Uh uh, not on my watch." She turns to Rhino. "You, do my mane while I do hers." He salutes as she turns back to the nymph. "Hun, you are getting your mane cleaned properly, no wonder it looked a bit limp." She grabs the first of a few different mane products and squirts it into her hand.
The navy changeling blinks, stunned. "Did... did you bring those here with you, sugar? Or did I pack some without remembering?" She shakes her head and turns around, making it easier for the batpony.
"I brought them here in my bag, hun. That's what too me so long to get set up, was to get all of these out." She stops and coos a moment as Rhino's hands start running through her mane, lathering it as they go. "Oh... yeah, you get her next time." She starts lathering up the changeling's blue mane, running the strands through her digits.
"B-be careful with my hair, Silky..." One strand coils around her arm, stopping her motions. "I-it's really sensitive..."
The pegasus stops as she looks at the strand. "And apparently you have quite a bit of control over it..."
"Um... y-yes..." She nervously laughs, lowering her head. "My kind's... unique, that way..."
"That's really neat." Rhino comments as he works the longer parts of Silk's mane. "You think you could let me have her tail, Silk?"
She giggles. "Well, that would be up to her, wouldn't it?"
"I don't mind... though I'm curious why he wants my tail..." She glances as much as she can over her shoulder, trying not to interrupt her friend's work on her mane.
"Well," he answers, "she got your mane, so I only have the tail left if I want to feel it."
"Who says you can't feel it later?" She laughs brightly, shaking her head. "You're silly, you know that?"
He just laughs, leaning over and nuzzling her. "You know you love it."
She smiles, turning to kiss him tenderly. "I do. And so does Silk." She taps his nose, smirking softly. "Don't you forget that, stud."
He goes quiet, smiling as he gets back to work. As Silk moves on to the second, then the third product in Gel's mane, he goes to work on the thestral's tail. Her flanks wiggle in his face a bit just as her fingers wiggle in Gel's mane.
Gel laughs softly, squirming in her friend's hands. "T-that tickles!"
"Now now, squirm all you want later, I'm almost done with this last bit of volumizer." She scrubs a last bit into her mane before nodding. "There you are, just rinse when ready. At the lack of feeling on her tail, she turns to the stallion. "All done?"
He nods, "Yep."
"Excellent, now please switches places with us so we can rinse." With a bit of shifting, Rhino ends up at the back of the tub.
Gel dunks her head under the water, feeling it wash over her head. Her position makes her flanks and tail more pronounced for Rhino, her tail swaying against his legs as the soothing stream sprays her mane.
With no warning, the stallion gently takes her tail and runs his fingers through it, just enjoying the feeling.
The nymph shivers at the touch, cooing softly as she moves back towards him. "I see you found another spot..."
"So it seems." He pours a bit of the shampoo into his other hand before bringing it into play as well, both of them as soft as can be as they treat her. "Let me know if I'm not being gentle enough, ok?"
"Trust me, love... I'd let you know..." She smiles, purring happily at him. "Now work those magic fingers for me..."
As he continues working her tail, Silk taps Gel on the shoulder. She points to a bottle of regular shampoo in her hand, then gestures to the stallion questioningly, asking if she wants to do it.
The nymph thinks a bit before pulling the seamstress close, whispering into her ear. "I'll... try to do his mane... you can do his tail, sugar..."
She whispers back. "Fine by me, but what do you mean, try?"
"I haven't cleaned hair, before... anypony's hair..." She sheepishly smiles, shrugging a bit. "Not to say I won't try my best..."
Silk makes motions with her hands in mid air, some look like stroking and others like groping. "Just lather it all up nicely dear, down to the scalp."
"I... if you say so..." She taps her chin, her gaze falling to her friend's chest. She self-consciously covers herself, wrenching her eyes away as she takes the shampoo bottle from her.
A small kiss is planted on her forehead. "It's not all about size, hun. Both Rhino and I agree on that."
She glances up at her face, nervous. "But... you seemed happy with Angel's body..." She closes her eyes, sighing softly. "I'm just a plain Jane..."
Rolling her eyes, she leans down, moves Gel's arms, and gives one of her mounds a quick lick. "Like I said, size doesn't matter. If nothing else, it's a whole new body to explore."
The nymph squeaks in shock, her face turning a bright blue to match her breasts. "Um... t-thank you..."
"Good, now you get his head, I've got a date with his flanks." Squeezing herself by, Silk ends up behind Rhino and starts lathering up his tail.
Gel smirks, shaking her head and turning to the stallion. She squirts some of the liquid onto her hands, reaching down and carefully running her hands through his mane. She looks into his eyes, a flicker of doubt in her own. "You'll... let me know if I'm being too rough, right?"
He doesn't answer with words. Instead, as soon as she had begun rubbing his mane, he had leaned into her hands and started humming happily, his whole body seeming to relax.
She giggles, leaning down to kiss the tip of his horn tenderly. "I guess I'm doing something right..." She smiles softly down at him, pulling him close to her chest as she continues to clean his black and blue hair.
Seeing his new position, Rhino turns his head so his horn is out of the way and leans forward, nuzzling her chest affectionately. His soft fur rubs over her bare flesh as his hands still reach around her and tend to her tail.
She coos softly, rubbing the back of his head as she continues further down his mane. "So... you're sure I'm not disappointing like this, love?" She glances back at her flanks, pouting slightly. "That my ass isn't too petite?"
He shakes his head, still against her as he answers. "Gel... I love you just the way you are." He moves his hands to her flanks as strokes them affectionately. "I see nothing wrong... even if I still have no idea what your lower legs look like."
She grimaces, her hands stopping their work. "I... I think it's better, this way... they're rather... unsettling, for ponies..."
He looks up at her. "Do you mean the holes you're rumored to have in them? It's certainly unusual, I'll give you that, but what do you think I'm going to do besides love them?"
She stares at him, horrified. "Y-you... know about those? T-there's rumors?"
"Well, admittedly that one was one I only heard a few times, but it was the only one I ever heard dealing with legs, so I just guessed that was it..." He shrugs. "What's the big deal? It's just part of you."
"I..." She lowers her head, whimpering softly. "I hate my legs... the holes that show more than anything else how different I am from ponies..."
The stallion finishes her tail, standing up slowly. His arms wrap around her, bring her to his chest. His lips kiss her forehead as he whispers into her ear. "I will love you for you. That will not change because of how you look."
Gel gulps softly, tenderly stroking the back of his mane. "I... I'll trust you, Rhino..." She closes her eyes and rests her head against his chest, the familiar blue fire slowly moving up the white fur of her legs.
The white fur and hooves are replaced by the familiar navy blue of the changeling's carapace. As the ring of flames moves up, holes start appearing as if having been put there by a giant hole-puncher for papers. The chitin is solid inside and around the holes, so they aren't weak point, but still they are the sole defining feature of the legs. The thestral, the one to have the easiest view of the limbs, raises a hand and caresses them lightly. "Oh hun... do they hurt?"
She yelps, leaping away from the touch, her cheeks practically burning in embarrassment. "N-no... they're extremely ticklish, though..."
Rhino chuckles as he holds her tight, one hand slowly swirling down her side. "Is that so?"
"W-well..." She hides her face in his fur, her hooves clacking against the tub as she shifts nervously. "M-maybe I overreacted... b-but they are sensitive..."
"I'll be sure to keep that in mind." He still holds her close as he continues. "Shall we go ahead and rinse off one last time before someone complains about our water use?"
"P-probably a good idea..." She cranes her neck, an ear swiveling cautiously. "Lucky should be here in a few minutes, anyways..."
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