This continues the cosplay convention plotline from chapter 11, so you might want to read that first.
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Jia-kitty was so confused. Why was she so nervous, so excited? And why was she even tempted by this? She held the card in her paws and read it yet again. "Cat-Mouse Secret Cuddle Party. Room 717, 3-5pm. Game rules suspended. Admit one. Not transferable. Come hither and leave with a litter."
Leave with a litter? That's couldn't mean what it sounded like. They had to be just trying to sound scandalous and crazy, which would be pretty on-brand for wild mice. She'd heard rumors of secret parties like this but never imagined she'd be standing there actually considering going to one. But without admitting it to herself, she had been preparing for it. She had canceled other plans. She had even changed into her cutest, softest, cuddliest pajamas. Looking in the mirror in her hotel room, she knew she was irresistibly cuddly, just as devastatingly adorable as a kitty could be.
There had just been something so endearing, so sweet about that little wild mouse who gave her the card. She had done a hilariously terrible job running away, going straight around the back corner of the lobby to a dead end, as if she didn't know the layout of the hotel. Or as if she wanted to be caught in an out-of-the-way location. Then she had smiled as Jia-kitty closed in on her cornered prey. She had kept smiling at her as if she was the predator, as if she was the one doing the catching, even as Jia-kitty plundered all of her bows. The mouse just gazed at her the whole time, smiling that strangely endearing, soulful, knowing, joyful smile at her, then reached slowly into her bra, pulled that card out, and handed it to her, its warmth on her fingers seeming to spread, like a blush, but everywhere, all over her body, and deep inside too.
And ever since, she had been unable to think of anything else. Inexplicably, she had even been wet. Basically all afternoon. Wet and squirming thinking about a stupid cuddle party. She wasn't this kind of girl. Was she? She wasn't even into girls. Or mice. This was so crazy. And it was already 4:30. She'd missed so much of it already in her indecision, and because of that odd feeling that her body wasn't quite ready for it, but would be soon, whatever that meant. But now she felt ready, somehow, and she knew if she didn't go soon she'd miss all of it. Might as well at least stop by, she told herself. Just to see. If she didn't at least go see, she'd always wonder. She might never stop thinking about it. Oh what a fate, to be stuck like this, thinking about it her whole life, inexplicably wet and confused forever.
When the elevator doors opened at the seventh floor Jia-kitty gasped. Were the game rules suspended on this whole floor? There were two kitties and two mice together waiting for the elevator, all in very cozy pajamas, practically cuddling standing up, hugging, giggling, giddy, their hair messy, their makeup smeared, their faces just utterly beaming with joy. She didn't know any of them. The wild mouse who invited her wasn't one of them. These two weren't even wild mice; both had collars with name tags. But when they noticed her, they all looked at her that same way. That exact same soulful, joyful, knowing look.
Holy crap, what was going on with these girls? Was the cuddle party that good? How could cuddling make them so... satisfied? She shuddered with a wave of arousal, her pussy clenching, frozen in place, stunned. The elevator doors started to close. One of the kitties put a paw in to stop it. Then with a kind, caring look, she took Jia-kitty by the arm and guided her out, reassuring her with gentle, soothing meows and pets. One of the mouse girls took her other arm, and the two of them led her to room 717.
Another adorable wild mouse in pajamas opened the door a few inches when they knocked, peeking out at them. Again it was not the one who had recruited her, but again she had that same look, that same amazing look of bliss and satisfaction. Jia-kitty had never seen anyone so happy as all of these girls looked. Not even close. The wild mouse held her paw out the door, smiling sweetly at Jia-kitty, waiting for something. Jia-kitty slowly reached into her bra, pulled out that invitation card, and handed it to her. She looked at it, put it away, and let her in.
It was a regular hotel room. Was. But not anymore. Now it was entirely converted to beds. They had hauled mattresses and pillows in from other rooms, converting the entire floor to cuddle space, filling in any awkward small spaces where mattresses wouldn't fit with many large bean bags. Pillows and cozy blankets were everywhere. And there were girls cuddling everywhere, at least twenty of them, the whole room a giant tangle of cats and mice together, all in cozy pajamas.
And every face she saw had that beautiful bliss, that unbelievable satisfaction, pure cozy joy everywhere. It was contagious. Jia-kitty felt their happiness begin to fill her too, especially when the wild mouse who had recruited her saw her and jumped up from the tangle of kitties she had been cuddling with and hurried to her, gleefully holding both of her hands, then pulling her in for a hug, clinging tightly to her, squeaking happily each time Jia-kitty squeezed her back. She was even more adorable than Jia-kitty remembered. She reached up a paw and gently caressed that sweet little mouse face as the girl beamed up at her. Then she gladly allowed herself to be pulled into the room. Another blissfully smiling kitty made space for her, reaching her arms up to her invitingly. She descended between that kitty and her wild mouse, becoming one of them, surrounded by cozy cuddly adorable warmth, relaxing completely, letting the happiness press in all around her, filling her soul.