"Uum, excuse me...?" The voice was surprisingly articulate, beautiful and graceful in equal measures. Berry Punch lifted her head with a pair of bleary, bloodshot eyes. Why did she choose to come into work today? Blinking a few times, she focused on the pony before her.

"Whaddaya want?" She groaned, trying to see past the haze of her hangover. Seriously, her head was POUNDING...

"May I speak with a manager?"

"Yer talkin' to her..." She yawned, groaned when the headache swelled and throbbed painfully at her temples. Hooves holding her head together, Berry Punch fished around for some medicine she knew was in the drawer...

"Oh. Right then. Well, the most horrific thing happened just now, you see..." The pony kept talking, each word a hammer into Berry Punch's already-abused brain. She actually flinched as each word was another nail on the casket she was trying to bury this headache in. She found the bottle of pills as the customer kept talking. "I was having a little get-together with a client, celebrating the completion of another marvelous line, if I do say so myself... Well, we toasted, with a wine I had bought at this store... Darling, are you alright?" Berry Punch had barely managed to pay any attention to the customer, grimacing as she fought with the cap on the bottle. Finally, the damned thing popped off and she was able to fish two pills out. She downed them without water. It was then she realized the cap was hovering in midair in front of her, sheathed in a shimmering, dark-blue aura of magic. As was the horn of her customer.

"Hnn?" Vision finally cleared enough, Berry Punch got a good look at the pony standing at the cash register desk before her. It was none other than Rarity, the fashionable diva with a boutique just a few blocks away... Berry Punch had heard of her, seen her around, but never really spent any time talking to her... Odd, for such a small town. "So whussa matter?" She asked, smacking her dry tongue. She really needed some water.

"N-nothing, really... Just, this Cabernet Sauvignon you sold me is bad." Popping the clasp on her saddlebag, Rarity hovered a hastily-corked bottle of wine out and placed it on the counter.

"What makes you say that?" Berry Punch asked, adopting the bored, tired sort of drawl she almost always did when dealing with customers at her liquor store.

"Well, give it a taste, then. Honestly, have you no sense of decorum?" Rarity asked, flipping her brilliant mane of purple over her shoulder, the long swirl bouncing for a few moments... Sighing, Berry Punch clamped hooves on the bottle and tossed back a hearty swig of the...

Surprisingly bitter and overall disgusting wine. Only because she had had experience drinking harder liquor was she able to hold it down. Still, a little bit dribbled out onto her chin. Coughing a little, she swiped the stray droplets of red wine off her coat, tossing the bottle unceremoniously into the trash. Rarity had a slight grin on her face. "What?" Berry Punch asked, glaring at her.

"N-nothing, darling." She smiled and picked up a tissue from a nearby box, wiping Berry Punch's chin using her magic. "That's just exactly what happened with my customer... Though perhaps at a greater degree. Ruined a rather nice piece of negligee I had been working on..."

"You don't say..." Berry slipped off her stool, thankful her legs had managed to coordinate themselves in the small ordeal since her waking. "C'mon, then... I'll getchya another bottle from the back." Her hooves clicked across the shoddy linoleum on her way to the back of the store, her tail swishing pleasantly.

"Uuh... Actually, darling, I was hoping I might be able to get a refund...?" Rarity quipped after her, her own dainty hoofbeats sounding against the walls of the store. Berry Punch swung her head around to look at the white unicorn, glowering slightly.

"No refunds." She said tiredly.

"Really? You can't make an exception this one time?" Berry raised a hoof in response, pointing at a sign that had been nailed to the front of the counter.

NO refunds

NO exceptions

"Oh... I see... Well then, might we be able to do a store credit or something? That was an awfully expensive bottle... It cost me almost fifty bits..." Berry Punch groaned and swiped a hoof over her face.

"Alright, fine. Whaddaya want?" She was making a departure from the ordinary. Then again, she was the owner, manager, and sole employee. Not like there was any policy regarding this...

"Well, so rude." Rarity sniffed and lifted her nose, scanning the shelves and aisles of the stores. "Hmm... You know what, I'll just take another bottle of Cabernet..."

"Ugh!" Stomping angrily, Berry Punch scoffed at the well-to-do unicorn's indecision and made her way to the back of the store.

"Well, I never! SO sorry for being a victim to sub-par stocking and less than desirable work conditions... Look at this place! You could really do with an interior designer, Miss Punch." Rarity hoisted her head and trotted after the plodding earth pony, looking over the store with a keen, judgmental eye. "This tile just has to go. Honestly, Linoleum is SO 7553..." Berry Punch rolled her eyes, tried to dull her ears to the unicorn's nagging tone. "And wooden paneling? This store would look SO much better with some charming marble... Perhaps fabric! Ooohh, jewel encrusted carpet on the walls! It would be called 'Homage du 7400...' What do you think, darling?" She had taken an almost complete turn, acting jovially happy and bouncy. Berry just shot her a glare over her shoulder, kicking the door to the store room open.

"Don't think so." She glowered, leading the Unicorn back into the store room.

"Ooh! So dusty. Aah... Aah... Excu-u-u... ACH-OO!" Rarity gave a powerful sneeze, kicking up even more dust. Using a handkerchief she pulled from her saddlebag, Rarity wiped her nose daintily, blinking a few times. "You honestly should clean more often..."

"Oh shut UP!" Berry groaned, but she was thankfully cut off by another sneeze.

"Pardon me, darling." Rarity said, oblivious of the magenta mare's shot at her. "I'll wait for you out here..." She stayed behind, the swinging door allowing Berry a view of her delicate flank, bobbing in time with her dainty step. She groaned and turned towards the wine rack, searching through the various and assorted dusty bottles. FInding what she wanted, she bit the neck of the bottle, ignoring the taste of dirt in her mouth. It seemed like whatever last night's dinner had been was fighting for dominance of the 'Worst taste in Berry Punch's mouth' award... It was close to winning, too... She trotted to the checkout, spitting the bottle onto the wood and hopping up into her seat. She smacked her lips a few times, toying with the cash register as she went through the procedure for returns and exchanges... Rarity, meanwhile, was scanning some other liquor nearby.

"Hey, Miss."

"EEEEEEEEKK!" The ear-piercing shriek threatened to make Berry Punch topple over and pass out. She grunted as the audio assault made her head swim with pain. "A spider! Kill it! Kill it! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-" Rarity was cut off as the day's newspaper flew full-force against her face, cutting off another shrill scream as Berry Punch tiredly plodded over to the encroaching spider, squishing it unceremoniously underhoof.

"Seriously." Berry Punch said, glowering at the unicorn as she fought to wipe the paper away from her face. "Kinda dealing with a hangover here. Take your wine and get out."

"Oh! Darling, I didn't know!" Rarity, completely forgetting the ballistic periodical and supposedly gruesome spider death, leaned forward, her horn leveled at Berry Punch.

"What are you- HEY!" Magic spun around Berry Punch, completely lifting her from the floor. Rarity scowled and looked up at her. easily lifting her three feet in the air. The only reason Berry Punch wasn't flailing about was there was valuable liquor within hoof's-reach. "Put me down!"

"In a moment darling. Just relax. Twilight showed me this rather nifty little spell after a little get-together a few months back..." Rarity scrunched her brow in concentration, and Berry felt a sort of cool wave break over her coat. Eyes wide, Berry felt her headache melt away, the stiffness in her muscles gone in the aura of blue magic.

"Woah..." She said, standing on all four hooves as Berry set her down once again.

"Isn't that just a magnificent spell?" Rarity said teasingly, giving Berry a flick of her tail as she trotted towards the counter.

"H-hey!" Berry Punch said, turning around to face the white unicorn, who had levitated the bottle halfway back to her saddlebag. "Listen, I'm sorry... Thank you for the spell." She muttered. Rarity blinked, rather caught off-guard by the apology.

"Whatever for?"

"Well, I've been treating you like an ass... No need for that. Come on, I'll get you a better bottle." Berry Punch said, gesturing with her hoof.

"But isn't this-"

"From the same shipment... Probably just as bad as the other bottle." Berry finished her thought for her, smiling sheepishly.

"Oh! Well, glad you've changed your mind then... Here you are." She levitated the bottle over to Berry Punch, who took it back to a different room, this one markedly less dusty. Rarity followed after, peering into the better-kept room. This one looked to be a cross between a store room and...

"Oh my, do you live here?" Rarity asked. Berry Punch chuckled and set the bad wine aside, going to a select rack at the back of the room. Rarity followed halfway, her eyes scanning the bed, the desk, and a door leading to nothing other than a bathroom.

"No... But sometimes this place is closer than home, so I crash here. Or take a nap when it's slow." Her teeth clamped the choice bottle. The top was cracked, but she had only had one glass. It'd be fine. Probably fourteen times better than the wine Rarity had had...

"Hmm... Quaint." She padded over to the bed, lifting a hoof to rest on the comforter. "Oh, goodness... This fabric..." Berry watched, brow arched, as Rarity began caressing her bed smoothly. "This is... Oh my goodness..."

"Somethin' wrong?" Berry asked, depositing the wine on the floor.

"N-nothing! Just... I'm sorry, but might I take a closer look at your bed?"

"What?" Berry Punch blinked twice.

"Your bed. You've got a rather unique fabric here, I just want to make sure it's what I thought it was..." There wasn't even a trace of the blush on Rarity's cheeks that there was on Berry's...

"Uuh, sure... I guess..."

"Thank you, darling." Rarity unceremoniously hopped up onto the covers, turning a circle before she settled into them... Berry Punch swallowed, hoping her last... Session... Hadn't left a scent behind... This is just weird... She thought. I've masturbated on that bed... When was the last time I- Stopping mid-thought, Berry watched Rarity roll onto her back, picking her saddlebags up and depositing them over the edge of the bed.

"What are you-"

"Shush." Rarity groaned, her eyes closed. She splayed all four legs out, spread-eagle on Berry's bed. She could see everything... Berry swallowed hard, allowing her guilty eyes to follow the gentle curve of Rarity's flank, around to her flat stomach... Down, to the soft, pink petals below. Rarity was already flush with desire, her marehood glistening just a little... How was... Was she... Was she getting off on laying on Berry's bed?!

"Listen, I..."

"I said, shush." Rarity said, opening one eye to peek at Berry, whose gaze was, in turn, riveted on the sensual display before her. "Oh? Like what you see?" Rarity teased, lifting her hips just a little. Berry swallowed, caught in the act.

"Y-yeah..." Berry Punch was taken aback by the sudden question. The answer had left her mouth before she really knew what she was saying. "B-but, what are you doing?"

"You owe me, Miss Punch. First you sell me bad wine, then you try and give me a bottle of the same. I think." She beckoned oh so seductively, luring Berry closer.. "That you owe me." Rarity was met with no resistance as she deposited the blushing magenta mare inbetween her spread legs.

"Mff!" Berry's muzzle buried inbetween Rarity's legs... Those radiant, white legs... The scent of Rarity's arousal filled her nose, made her inhale suddenly. It was like poison, a drink of the finest liquor... Her head swam suddenly, her own marehood puffing with arousal...

"Shush, now, darling." Rarity cooed, running one hoof through Berry's mane. "And just lick, okay? There you go, darling... Just like that..." Rarity cooed, tossing her head back. Berry Punch was more than willing now. Eager, even... She had devolved into a fit of shameless arousal, licking hungrily at Rarity's exposed flower. It was like drinking the tastiest cocktail on the market, and feeling no bite from the liquor. She groaned and licked harder, plunging her tongue deeper... Deeper... Hunger, a sort of repressed sexual desire, welled up within her chest, tugging her tongue deeper into the unicorn's pulsing depths.

"Oh, yes darling! Aahn! Yes!" Rarity cried, falling onto her back. Berry relentlessly assaulted her, all thoughts of indecency completely gone. It had been so LONG since her last time with anypony else... One hoof shamelessly falling to toy with herself, Berry continued licking at Rarity. She would switch up her tactics, running her flat tongue over the whole of Rarity's sweet slit, from top to bottom... Then she'd flick the fashionista's clit with just the tip, making her customer writhe atop the bed she was so aroused at simply sitting upon... Then, just to wrap it all up, Berry would delver her tongue deep inside, curling it powerfully against Rarity's slick walls. They would pulse in return, just as she would lift up from the bed with a shriek of pleasure.

Berry was so thankful the fog of her hangover was gone, now... She was REALLY enjoying this... That is, if the droplets of moisture plopping into the comforter underneath her own marehood were any indication... Her hoof rubbed slow, rough circles around her clitoris, tweaking and spinning that button until she was quivering with a repressed orgasm.

"Darling! I'm cumming!" Rarity gasped suddenly, lifting her hips. Berry urged her on, lapping sloppily at the dripping gash before her. In a surprise moment, Rarity flexed her walls, closing her tight hole and gushing several drops of sweet, sweet release into Berry's mouth... The hungry earth pony drank greedily, slopping Rarity's juices all over her muzzle... She was close to her own orgasm, but mysteriously, her hoof had paused it's ministrations. She fought to continue pleasing herself, but found, that for some odd reason, she just plain couldn't... The tingle of magic against her hoof betrayed the glowing in Rarity's horn, the unicorn's chest rising and falling with deep breaths.

"Not so fast, love..." Rarity teased, lifting her head up to smile at Berry. "Now it's my turn." Rarity's magic grasped the entirety of Berry's body, quickly flipping the mare over onto her back.

"Oof!" Berry flopped onto the bed, her own glistening slit exposed as Rarity rolled up onto her own hooves, smiling down at the prostrated liquor store owner.

"Re-LAX, darling..." Rarity teased, leaning forward to sniff tentatively at Berry's arousal. "You still owe me, just a little... I think..." She turned about, her haunches hovering over Berry's face. In the aftermath of her orgasm, she was still dripping a little... Two drops landed on Berry's lips, and she felt her tongue hungrily lap up the stray bits of arousal. "Hmm... Yes, this should work nicely." Rarity's tongue flashed across Berry's marehood, making her gasp and arch her back. The glow of magic was gone now that she had caught the gist of what the white unicorn was up to. "Hmm... Not bad. Better than that wine, I should think." Rarity teased, looking down the length of her own body at Berry's face, screwed up with pleasure and desire. "Well? You do owe me, darling..." She wiggled her rump, swaying her wet slit above Berry Punch's lips. "Get to it..."

"Y-yes, Ma'am..." Berry panted, eagerly taking to it... She was enjoying herself almost too much. WIth a soft pant, Berry lifted her lips to Rarity's waiting hole, her tongue returning to the task with gusto. She moaned and licked up and down the wet hole a few times, catching all the stray bits of Rarity's previous orgasm. Meanwhile, the white unicorn had turned her own attention to the pulsing vagina beneath her, giving Berry's clit a few muscle-shuddering flicks before pushing her skilled tongue deep inside...

"Hmm!" Berry groaned against Rarity's clit, sending vibrations into the unicorn's most sensitive area... Her flanks visibly quivered above Berry's head, her tongue pausing as she gave a hot breath of desire. Licking harder, Berry was determined... After all, she DID owe the unicorn... Holding back as best she could, Berry lashed at Rarity's center, her tongue a blur of movement and motion... She groaned and licked and did her best to made the haughty unicorn reach orgasm before she did...

Shame she was fruitless... In a surprise motion, Rarity plunged her tongue deep into Berry Punch's honeypot, arcing the tip up against her most sensitive area. Berry was only thankful her mouth was occupied, or she'd be screaming in pure bliss. The orgasm rushed through her body, seizing every nerve and holding it prisoner as she shuddered underneath the unicorn's masterful touch. She gasped and heaved her chest, nose and mouth filled with the scent and taste of... Another orgasm.

"Pwah!" Rarity gave a breath as she released Berry's crotch, her own chest rising and falling smoothly as she looked down at Berry. "Hmm, delicious." She licked her lips lewdly, the white fur of her coat only slightly darkened from the wetness. "I should think that would suffice, don't you, my dear? And thank you so very much for letting me do this on top of this marvelous cotton... Where DID you get this cover, darling?" Berry Punch, still in the haze of a rather intense orgasm and this one not at her own hooves, could hardly formulate a thought.

"It's Istallion-made..." She panted, eyes fixed on no particular spot on the ceiling...

"Hmm, I would have guessed. That texture is impossible to miss." Rarity slipped off the bed, running her cheek lovingly over the fabric. "Well, thank you again." She donned her saddlebags, hovering the new wine into them and plodding towards the door. "Oh," Almost as if in afterthought, she paused, looking back at the prone mare on the bed behind her. "Might I come back some other time, and... Ah... Inspect that comforter a little... Closer?" Berry's eyes snapped wide as she rolled her head to the side, staring at the blushing white unicorn. She swallowed hard, her head still swimming.

"Y-yeah..." Her feeble, thankful reply had Rarity smiling wide as she slipped out of the door. The jingle of the bell at the front told Berry Punch that Rarity was gone. Inhaling the heady scent of Rarity's after-sex musk, Berry couldn't help but curl up in a ball, feeling the healthy afterglow. What was it about this comforter that had Rarity so turned on? "'S a mystery..." Berry yawned, running her hoof idly over the smooth cotton as she drifted off... She hoped Rarity would visit again soon. Maybe next time, Berry could pull out her secret reserves...

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Notes:

Took me a bit to get to the clop, but it's the journey, not the destination, right? Finished with about 2 minutes to spare.