Requested by AWMBH.
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"Don't those zero-calorie sodas give you cancer or something?"
Morgan swallowed and nervously fiddled with the bottle cap. "They haven't actually found any link between artificial sweeteners and cancer. The study about aspartame got discredited, and none of the other commonly-used sweeteners have been proven to be carcinogens."
Chloe chuckled. "Huh. You just knew that off the back of your hand?"
"I mean, it's going in my body, isn't it? I feel like I should know about what I eat and drink."
"Fair enough." Chloe leaned back in her chair and stretched. She looked around the library and noticed a few people giving her funny looks. One of the girls staring at her was someone she recognized - Bethany. She and Chloe had an org-chem class together.
Chloe smiled. Bethany wasn't just another student. She was on the cheerleading team. Which meant Chloe would be seeing a
lot
more of her later that night. Chloe made a peace sign and held it up to her mouth, sticking her tongue out and winking. Bethany gasped and turned her head back towards her book, blushing furiously.
"Are you just gonna goof off," Morgan said, "or are you gonna help me track down all these names?"
"Sorry!" Chloe squeaked. She turned back to her laptop and typed another name into the student directory. "Okay, looks like... Summer Harris here is a sophomore, lives in Phoenix Hall, is a... ugh,
philosophy
major."
"What do you have against philosophy majors?"
"They only exist to teach other philosophy majors."
Morgan took another swig of soda. "...I'm a philosophy major," she said quietly.
Chloe paused. "I, uh... I mean..." She scratched the back of her head and looked away. "I didn't mean it in, like, a
bad
way!"
"Jennifer Barrett," Morgan said, trying to avoid looking stung. "Junior, Blossom Hall, majoring in astronomy."
"Ooh, astronomy!" Chloe grinned. "What if we caught her at the observatory? She'd
really
be seeing stars after we're done with her!"
Morgan raised an eyebrow. "Why would she see stars? We're not gonna punch her or anything, are we?"
"N-No, I..." Chloe sighed. "You really are too pure for this world, Morgan."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You're just, like... innocent. Like you're way younger than you actually are."
Morgan shrugged. "Well, I didn't really get to experience all those fun things everyone always talks about in high school. Sometimes it feels like I'm four years behind everyone else when it comes to social stuff."
Even though her roommate's expression was placid, Chloe could notice the sadness in Morgan's eyes.
Poor thing,
she thought to herself.
Stuck in her house all the time, never getting to go out and have fun. No wonder she hadn't had her first kiss yet.
She looked down at the black book that sat between them and noticed something. "Wait a sec... I know this one."
"You do?" Morgan's ears almost literally perked up.
"Yeah, we have pre-calc together." She looked around the room and smiled. "And there she is right now."
"She's here? How can you tell?"
Chloe turned back to Morgan. "She's kinda hard to miss."
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Willow popped another gummy bear in her mouth and chewed. Working the tech support desk wasn't the most glamorous job in the world, but it beat sitting around in her dorm room all day. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a pair of girls approaching her. One of them looked familiar. "Oh, hey... Chloe, right?"
Chloe smiled. "Yup! And you're Willow."
"Wow..." Morgan gasped, her eyes wide with awe. "Your hair..."
"I know of it," Willow giggled. Her hair always drew looks wherever she went. She could never stick with a color for very long, but whenever she dyed it, she always went for the boldest, loudest color she could. Today it was a bright green, almost neon with its intensity, styled into an undercut.
Morgan couldn't stop gawking at it. Where she grew up, no one was ever bold enough to dye their hair that type of color. Combined with Willow's prominent eyebrow piercing, it gave off an edge that was somewhat at odds with the girl's friendly demeanor.
"So, Willow," Chloe spoke up, "are you busy right now?"
"Well, I'm technically working, but..." Willow looked around and leaned in. "This job is so
boring
!" she whispered. "I swear, if one more gross frat boy asks me to hook his Xbox up to the campus wi-fi, I'm gonna knock his teeth out."
Chloe grinned. "Sounds like you could use a break, then! Morgan, care to do the honors?"
"Huh? Oh, r-right."
I almost forgot what we came here for...
Morgan pulled out the black book and flipped to the page with Willow's name on it. "'Allantoid orpine!'"
Willow gasped, and then lidded her eyes and smiled. "I am hypnotized," she purred, "I must obey."
"Yeah, you do!" Chloe giggled.
Morgan rolled her eyes.
She's taking this
way
too casually.
"Take us somewhere private, Willow."
"Yes, Mistress." Willow put up a "closed" sign on the desk and beckoned the two girls towards a back room. When they entered, she shut the door behind them and lowered the shade.
Morgan looked around the room and marveled at the amount of stuff inside. It was much larger than she thought it would be, with tables and shelves full of electronics. "Wow," she gasped, noticing something on one of the shelves, "that's one of those VR things!"
"Yes, Mistress," Willow said, her voice a low, sleepy murmur.
"Where'd you get one? Aren't these things really expensive?"
"Someone brought it in 'cause they couldn't get it working. Decided it wasn't worth the hassle, so they let me keep it. Been playing around with it in my spare time."
"Guess working in tech support has its perks!" Chloe giggled. "So, Morgan, you've got your hypnotized plaything, what do you wanna do with her?"
Morgan scratched the top of her head and thought for a moment. "Well... we're kinda in the middle of the library, so we don't wanna make too much noise. Someone could hear us."
Chloe nodded. "Yeah, that makes sense. So, we gag her and-"
"W-What?!" Morgan blushed. "N-No, that's not what I meant at all! Why do you always jump to the most perverted stuff?"
"I dunno," Chloe shrugged. "I guess I'm just feeling kinda... uninhibited? Like, none of this really bothers me, even though I know it probably should."
"Why would..." Morgan gasped.
Oh, crap! I did that! When I had her under in the dorm room, I made her not freak out about any of this. It must've made her more open about her kinky side.
"Hm?" Chloe cocked her head to the side. "What's wrong?"
"N-Nothing! But we're not doing the gag thing, alright?"
"Hey, she's your slave, not mine. You can do whatever you want with her."
Morgan blushed even harder. "She's n-not...
my
slave. She's just... on loan? Wait, that sounds bad."
"The important thing is that she's hot and she'll do whatever you tell her to do!" Chloe gave Morgan a reassuring thumbs-up.
"...yeah, sure." Morgan shook her head. "Look, just whatever you do, don't judge me for being a little boring with my tastes, alright?"
"You got it!" Chloe nodded.
Morgan turned to Willow, still smiling mindlessly in front of the door. "Come here, Willow."
Willow blinked a few times, as if having to wake herself from a daydream. "Yes, Mistress." She walked towards Morgan, her steps clumsy and a little haphazard, as if she was sleepwalking.
When she was within arm's reach, Morgan said, "T-Take off your shirt and bra."
"Yes, Mistress." Willow lifted her t-shirt over her head and tossed it onto a nearby shelf, then unclasped her bra and tossed it in the same spot.
Morgan breathed heavily at the sight of Willow's bare chest. The hypnotized girl's skin was so pale it looked almost bleached, and her modestly-sized breasts rose and fell with her slow, steady breathing. But it wasn't that which drew Morgan's eye. It was the tiny metal studs that poked through each of her nipples. "Do those... hurt?"
"They did at first," Willow sighed. "But not anymore."