Tally walked into the crowded bar, neon lights buzzing through the doorway as she trudged through the countless bodies, slinking towards the bar at the front with its basking yellow light shining through to guide her. Sitting down at one of the padded red stools, her skinny tail curling up around her as she scooted up and ordered a screwdriver from the lanky bartender barely paying her any mind. She sat there for a while slowly sipping down her drink and looking idly at her phone scrolling through twitter, until a tall, domineering woman walked up and took the seat right beside her.
Looking over to Tally with a little smirk on her face, the woman started talking to her, "Whatcha got there?" It asked, gesturing towards Tally's drink.
Tally bounced a little in her seat, "Oh! Just uh- just a screwdriver." She responded, smiling at them as the surprise from being talked to cooled down.
"Nice choice," It said with a chuckle, taking a long drink from their glass before turning their whole body toward Tally and outstretching their hand, "My name's Atlas, you?"
Tally gingerly put her hand out to shake Atlas', giving a small little squeak as the strength Atlas puts into their grip overpowers her, "My name's Tally! It's uh, nice to meet you!" she squeaked.
Atlas pulled back their hand, leaning back in its stool and smiling wide at her, "So, Tally, you know your blood type? Me, I'm AB+"
Tally's eyes opened wide, mouth quivering as she vaguely recognized the odd question, but deciding regardless to just smile and go along with their inquiry, "Pretty sure I'm O-!" she squeaked happily.
"Ooh nice, universal donor." Atlas replies with a grin, nonchalantly moving past the question and setting their drink on the ground with a thump as they finish it. Turning to the bartender and waving their hand to get his attention, "Could i get another jack & coke, annd a long island iced tea for the rat."
Tally smiled, thanking them for the drink as both of theirs got set down in front of them, and getting back to a little bit of small talk before a text notification blipped on their phone. As they looked away from Atlas and towards their phone they heard a little clink from the bar counter, but she couldn't pay it any mind as the text from her ride came in, 'Hey Tals, can't come pick you up, some stuffs going on at home. try and get a taxi maybe.' Tally frowned, turning off her phone and setting it on the counter next to her drink and picking that up instead.
"Awh, why the long face Tally?" Atlas piped up, looking at her frown with a glint of empathy as they scooted their stool up close to hers.
"It's nothing just-" Tally started, taking a big swig of her drink before continuing, "my ride flaked on me, and i just hate taking random taxis y'know? This fucking sucks"
Atlas leaned over, sliding its hand onto Tally's leg and looking into her eyes, "Hey, I'm sure you'll figure something out. Don't let that ruin your night," Atlas stood up from their seat, grabbing Tally's hand and gesturing to the main area where everyone was dancing and talking together, "why don't you just come to a booth with me, yeah? Distract yourself from all that."
Tally nodded, sipping down the last of her drink quickly and letting herself be led by its hand. Atlas brought her to where everyone was dancing, but slightly off to the corner into one of the booths along the wall beside the dance floor. Atlas let tally sit in first, following her through the same side and scooting in beside her. Tally whimpered a little as their legs brushed together for a second while they sat down, jolting up and looking down in awkward embarrassment. Atlas laughed a little to themselves at the sight, before passing Tally a drink. Tally thought she could recognize it as the drink it got for itself, but she could already feel some drunkenness hitting her and just smiled up at Atlas, who even sitting down towered almost a foot taller than her, and started sipping the drink she was given.
As they sat and chatted about the most innocuous things, Tally had begun to feel some lightheadedness hit her, making it hard for her to keep her head up without feeling dizzy. She started scooting ever so close to Atlas, using the time when it was deep in talking to move closer and closer. not that Atlas didn't notice, the grin on its face made it pretty obvious they did. Eventually she just couldn't control herself, bumping up against them and pushing her head into its shoulder over and over, trying not to let out all the whines building up inside her.
"What's up, Tals?" Atlas asked, looking down at her tiny form with an inquisitive look and gently pressing its hand into her hair.
Tally muttered, looking up at them and barely being able to look it in the eye as her breathing stuttered, "I- I- I-" her speech was barely even getting out, atlas couldn't help but chuckle under its breath, "I need to go the bathroom," She finally whispered out, eyes fluttering back down almost instantly.