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Bikedykes and Leather

By ManlyMan
Created: 2020-12-18 07:47:45
Expiry: Never

  1. >Ah, Canterlot High School
  2. >Gilda’s old stomping grounds, or at least they were before she graduated
  3. >She was a year ahead of Rainbow Dash, as well as the blue one’s bandmates
  4. >Ultimately not much of a difference, but hey, that just meant she’d be buying liquor before any of them
  5. >Principal Celestia was kind enough to allow Gilda to use the metalshop there to work on her bike after graduation, until she could afford a place with a workshop of her own
  6. >Preferably one with a bunch of softcore porn calendars all over the walls
  7. >What a beautiful piece of trash her motorcycle was, though
  8. >A well-used ‘09 Harley Dyna Street Bob
  9. >The previous owner had treated the poor thing like shit, but Gilda had done her best
  10. >Even if it didn’t look like new, it was still one of the few things in life she genuinely treasured, and it showed
  11. >She even installed a passenger seat for when she had some fresh meat to take back to her place
  12. >Pulling into the school’s parking lot so she could walk her bike to the metalshop, Gilda thought back on her latest lay
  13. >Most people could hardly stand to hear that silver-haired showgirl speak for more than a couple of seconds, but Gilda sure appreciated hearing her voice all night those two days ago
  14. >That garbled mess of moans and squeals was absolute music to her gay-ass ears
  15. >A glance over her shoulder at the crowd of students heading back in since lunch was over, and Gilda saw that Trixie still was walking funny
  16. >She grinned, if only to herself, and pushed her beloved Harley around the back of the school building to work on it in the shop
  17.  
  18. >Upon opening the door, Gilda saw three things she liked, and two things she didn’t
  19. >Gabby, Gallus, and Greta, her beloved lackeys
  20. >They never failed to make her day, even if they had somehow pissed her off earlier
  21. >They were closer to friends than minions, especially Greta
  22. >She wasn’t as big as Gilda, but was deceptively good at lifting things
  23. >Whether those things were parts or people didn’t matter much
  24. >Gabby was almost always cheerful and optimistic
  25. >Made the best damn coffee anyone ever had, too
  26. >Gallus was the little guy of the lot of them, but she loved the little squirt
  27. >He was still in middle school, but was so good with a wrench that the only reason why he couldn’t make a whole car himself is because claustrophobia made him freak out when he was under a car
  28. >As for what Gilda didn’t want to see, sitting in the spot where she usually put her bike was an unwelcome intruder
  29. >A 2012 Yamaha V Star 1300, with a dark, candy apple red paint job
  30. >Gorgeous, Gilda had to admit, but still unwelcome
  31. >Even more unwelcome was the presence of a certain someone
  32. >Hair like fire, eyes like the sea, a body to die for, and friends that Gilda wouldn’t put it past her to kill for
  33.  
  34. “Yo Sunset, what’re you doing in here?” Gilda barked.
  35. >Sunset had been ignoring the warnings and bad vibes from Gilda’s friends for awhile now, it seemed
  36. >She turned at the sound of Gilda’s voice, however
  37. >“Oh! Just getting my new bike tuned up properly. I don’t have a garage or whatever of my own, so I make do.”
  38. “Whaddaya mean, ‘new’?”
  39. >“Well, I guess I can’t call it new, per se, but I’ve only actually had it for a couple of days now. I got it from a used vehicle dealership, so I’m making sure everything is working right.”
  40. >Gilda sighed through her nose; she could understand where Sunset was coming from, she supposed
  41. >“I don’t bother much with frivolities,” Sunset continued, “but there are a few things I have that I really appreciate and care for. A mode of transportation is one of them.”
  42. “I can respect that,” said Gilda with a shrug, “but what I don’t respect is someone else’s bike in my bike’s spot.”
  43. >“Ah, yeah, my bad. I was just about done anyway. Just in time too, I don’t have any classes for this period, but if there were any serious problems, I probably couldn’t fix them before next period.”
  44. “Yeah, yeah, hurry up and get outta here, I got bolts to screw in, friends to talk with, and coffee to drink.”
  45. >“No problem, it’ll be just a minute.”
  46. >Getting the last few tweaks done and checks made took all of fifteen minutes, during which Gilda had downed a whole cup of coffee and was getting more, whereas Gabby sucked down three
  47. >It was a wonder that she hadn’t scalded her esophagus
  48. >If anyone knew her blood type, it would probably be C
  49. >For café
  50. >Gilda laughed internally at her little joke that nobody else could hear
  51.  
  52. >As Sunset pulled her motorcycle out of Gilda’s way, the graduate paused for a second
  53. “Hey, if you’re so much of a biker, how come I’ve never seen your leathers?”
  54. >“My what now?”
  55. “Your leathers,” Gilda said with an eyeroll. “Armor, something to put between you and the pavement for when you get into an accident or some jackass runs you off the road and into a ditch.”
  56. >“I’m a good driver, I don’t need-”
  57. “If you ever do more than just walk your machine around, yeah, ya do,” countered Gilda.
  58. “Asphalt is a lot harder than you are, girl. Even if you’re only going thirty or so, jeans and a pleather jacket that doesn’t even reach your waist aren’t gonna keep you from turning into sausage meat.”
  59. >“And that’s why I drive cars,” Greta said before taking a long drink of her own coffee
  60. >“About that…” Sunset said nervously.
  61. “Yeah?”
  62. >“Real leather makes me… uncomfortable is probably the best way to put it.”
  63. “Wow, really? You sure as shit aren’t a vegetarian, not with how I’ve seen you put away burgers and fried chicken, so I don’t see what creeps you out about wearing leather compared to eating meat and skin.”
  64. >“It’s just… well, horsehide is pretty common, and it kinda weirds me out.”
  65. >“Aww, does the wittle Sunny Bumpkins wuv her horsies way too much?” taunted Gallus, who was promptly clapped over the head by Gabby
  66. >“Actually,” retorted Sunset with a distinct frown and furrowed brow, “yeah, I do care about my spe- I mean, I care about horses a lot. Way more than you could understand, boy.”
  67.  
  68. >Gilda could see this coming to blows if Gallus kept flapping his gums, judging by Sunset’s piercing gaze,and so she stepped in
  69. >After all, Sunset may be a girl, but she was still taller than either he or Gabby, and was deceptively strong for her build, or at least what of her build could be seen
  70. “The only horses I’ve managed to personally care about are steel ones, but then again, most things with hooves don’t really like me very much either,” she said, keeping Gallus from getting in another word edgewise
  71. “Last time I saw a horse, we kept giving each other stinkeye so hard that it’d drop a man from ten paces. Maybe if I met one that wasn’t a bigger asshole than I am, I’d have a higher opinion of them.”
  72. >“I suppose that’s fair,” Sunset said. “I can’t blame you for not liking something if all you’ve met are bad apples.”
  73. >“Anyway, I should get going…”
  74. “Just know that I’ll be waiting for you once you’re out of class. You leave your bike in here, and I’m taking you to a leather shop. I don’t wanna see you riding your machine around without something to keep the road from turning you into head cheese, alright?”
  75. >“Alright.”
  76. “Besides,” Gilda added with a grin, “you look like the kinda girl who’d be smokin’ hot in leather anyway. That’s gotta count for something, am I right?”
  77. >The small gulp, blush, and bashful grin that crossed Sunset’s face was all Gilda needed to know that there was a victory, however small, for herself
  78. >“Erm… okay! I’ll see you then!”
  79.  
  80. >Gilda’s own time went by quickly and easily enough
  81. >Whatever tinkering she had wanted to get done took little more than an hour, by which point her three buddies were probably on their way to their final periods after having followed Sunset on her way out
  82. >When the last bell finally rang, Gilda was waiting in the parking lot, standing next to Sunset’s Yamaha
  83. >The redhead was trying to be a sneaky lass, as it were
  84. >She’d parked it far enough away from the front doors that she could leave through one of the side doors and ride away unnoticed until it was too late for anyone waiting at the steps to stop her
  85. >Not a bad stratagem if Gilda did say so herself, but not good enough to deter her
  86. >She greatly relished the look of astonishment and then disappointment Sunset wore when she spotted Gilda in the lot
  87. >Gilda waved her over with a grin
  88. “Didn’t think you’d get away from me that easy, did you?” she called
  89. >Sunset sigh exasperatedly, “Well yeah, but it’s not like I haven’t been wrong before.”
  90. “C’mon then, let’s put your girl away and I’ll take you to the leather shop. Got your helmet?”
  91. >Sunset reached behind her and pulled her helmet into view
  92. >”Yep.”
  93. “Good, now let’s get moving.”
  94.  
  95. >As Sunset and Gilda were getting the Yamaha to the garage, Gilda decided to keep things from being too quiet
  96. >It’s not like they’d be able to talk much while riding anyway
  97. “Why the aversion to leather though, really?”
  98. >Sunset looked rather embarrassed about the matter being brought up again
  99. >”Um… can you keep a secret?”
  100. “Sure,” said Gilda with a laugh, “as long as it’s not something so juicy that Rarity goes all stalker-like on me until she hears it.”
  101. >“Oh, don’t worry about that, the other girls already know. But… well, me being uncomfortable about leather on the whole and horsehide in particular is…”
  102. “Go on.”
  103. >“Pretty much the whole school knows that I’m an interdimensional traveler now, right?”
  104. “Yeah,” Gilda said with a raised brow
  105. >“What if I told you that, in my homeworld, I’m not human?”
  106. >There was a brief pause of about ten seconds while Gilda mulled it over before it finally hit her
  107. >And she burst out laughing so hard that she half-choked on it
  108. “Oh my shit, you’re a fuckin’ horse!”
  109. >Sunset growled a bit at Gilda’s reaction
  110. >“A pony, not a horse,” she corrected
  111. “Any―haha―breed in particular?”
  112. >“Unicorn,” Sunset deadpanned
  113.  
  114. “Wait a damn second, a unicorn!?”
  115. >“Yep. The most outwardly magical race amongst ponies, and even by those standards, I really have a gift. So much so that Princess Celestia personally tutored me for much of my childhood.”
  116. “‘Princess’? Don’t you mean ‘principal’?”
  117. >“Well, she’s actually closer to a sun goddess than mere royalty in my world, but no, I mean it when I say princess.”
  118. “This gets weirder and weirder by the second.”
  119. >“Skeptical?”
  120. “Nah, when you can magically turn yourself into the Devil and put a crater in the schoolyard bigger than a swimming pool, you being an otherworldly unicorn doesn’t sound too far-fetched.”
  121. >“Oh! Thanks.”
  122. “Doesn’t make it any less funny, though.”
  123. >Sunset facepalmed, her efforts at being taken seriously having been all for naught
  124. “Do you have, y’know… a preference for virgin maidens? Some magic rule about them?”
  125. >A short laugh echoed from Sunset’s throat
  126. >“No, or at least not any rules about them. Except one.”
  127. “And what rule is that?”
  128. >Sunset licked her lips as she said, “Wine, dine, and recline her, and leave both her and her sheets a hot, sweaty mess.”
  129.  
  130. >Gilda started to sweat a little herself at Sunset’s sultry reply
  131. >She was, as were most of the other student body, pretty well aware that Sunset was gay, but holy shit
  132. “That’s right, the best way to see a virgin is when you make them not a virgin anymore, eh?”
  133. >“Rawr,” answered Sunset, making a gesture not unlike the claws of a predator digging into their latest victim
  134. >Normally, Gilda wasn’t shy about sex at all, but Sunset going into dyke-on-the-prowl mode that fast was a little jarring
  135. >But also really hot
  136. >And it meant that Sunset was a thirsty bitch, just like her
  137. >Entertaining the thought of the two of them screwing each other senseless was getting a lot harder to refrain from
  138. >Gilda’s panties were thankful that they reached the garage before her thoughts strayed too much further, though
  139. “So, we’re leaving your bike here until your leathers come in, which should be a couple days.”
  140. >“What!?”
  141. “You go to the store, pick out which design you like, get measured, and they customize a set to fit you properly,” Gilda explained, “because things like how tight the fit is are important, both for safety and comfort.”
  142. “If they’re too loose, they’ll rip right off of you when you hit the pavement, and if they’re too tight, you can hardly breathe properly, let alone move right.”
  143. >“Oh, that makes sense. But how’ll I get to school on time until then?”
  144. “You gimme a time and address, and I’ll give you a ride.”
  145. >“I’ll hold you to that,” Sunset said. “I’m up at six in the morning and out of the house by six-thirty to get some coffee before school, so that I have some time to enjoy it.”
  146. “The name gave me the impression that you were a night owl,” Gilda mused aloud, “but hey, you can’t always be right.
  147.  
  148. >Gilda motioned to the back end of her Harley when they had Sunset’s bike parked
  149. “To the bitch seat with you,” she said tauntingly
  150. >“Really? The bitch seat?”
  151. “Well a) you’re a bitch, albeit the good kind, b) it’s my bike, and c) you know you wanna sit in the back and have an excuse to grab at a body like this anyway, so I’d say it suits you just fine.”
  152. >Sunset found herself sputtering at Gilda’s flirtatious behavior
  153. >“I―what even―gah!”
  154. “Gyahahah! Don’t feel bad, Sunny,” reassured Gilda, “pretty much every girl has wanted a piece of this.”
  155. >She struck a pose, flexing her arms and spreading her legs a bit, and didn’t even need to look to know that Sunset was checking her out
  156. “Alright now, I’m serious. Get on the bike, and we’ll be off in no time,” she said after getting her machine outside and closing the workshop’s doors
  157. >Once they were both on, Gilda got the motorcycle started, making sure to nestle into Sunset’s grip around her middle
  158. >“Subtlety has never been much of a thing for you, has it?” Sunset half-shouted through her helmet and over the engine
  159. “Nope!”
  160. >And like that, they were off, out of the parking lot and down the road
  161.  
  162. >The trip was about as quiet as the noise of a roaring motorcycle engine would allow
  163. >Sunset didn’t seem to be able to keep her head still
  164. >She hadn’t often been in the part of town they were headed to, apparently
  165. >As good an opportunity as any to learn what’s where in an unfamiliar area, Gilda supposed
  166. >She hit the brakes to make a somewhat sharp right turn, and felt Sunset’s arms tighten around her abdomen
  167. >The redhead’s grip was a lot stronger than her looks would let on
  168. >She probably had a decent amount of muscle under her clothes, but Gilda hadn’t had the luck to see it
  169. >That didn’t stop Gilda’s imagination, though
  170. >The thought of Sunset’s nude form in her arms, her own sandy complexion contrasting with Sunset’s warm, light tan in the glowing blades of evening sunlight knifing through the blinds
  171. >Their limbs entangled and their breaths intermingling, the heat and moisture between them getting thicker and heavier
  172. >She had to shake herself from her thoughts, and hard
  173. “No! Bad Gilda!” she harshly whispered to herself
  174. >It was a good thing she did at that time, too
  175. >Seeing as they had almost passed their planned stop because she was busy getting lost in her lewd thoughts
  176. >And there she was, bitching about driving safety earlier that day to Sunset, and she let her mind wander that far off
  177. >That was pretty much asking for a traffic accident at that point
  178.  
  179. >Gilda slowed down and pulled into a parking spot in front of a dust brown building
  180. >The place was called Sirius Leathers, and the logo featured a toony pitbull with a heavy leather jacket and a pair of shades
  181. >Puns always did seem to lead to fun mascots, at least
  182. >She’d forever been disappointed that the one insurance gecko didn’t actually speak Australian
  183. >Nowhere near colorful enough of language, absolutely disgraceful
  184. “Here we are,” said Gilda as she took off her helmet, waiting for Sunset to dismount before she did
  185. >Once the bike was parked properly, Gilda slid the keys into her pocket and led Sunset inside
  186. >The first thing to hit the two of them was the smell
  187. >Thankfully, it didn’t smell like the tannery itself, but the scent still smacked both patrons in the face like a giant, leathery mallet
  188. >Gilda took a deep breath through her nose and sighed loudly, savoring the bitter aroma of leather
  189. >Sunset took a whiff and quelled her initial urge to hurl
  190. >It wasn’t even the smell itself that did it, so much as it was the idea that she was probably inhaling the odor of tanned ponyflesh
  191. >Regardless, the redhead willed her guts to refrain from churning any further as she walked in at Gilda’s side
  192.  
  193. >The initial sensation of the smell gave way to music from a radio
  194. >Very familiar music in fact, from Sunset’s perspective
  195. “Why the awkward look, Sunny?”
  196. >Sunset gave a lopsided, half-hearted grin, obviously pondering over how to put her thoughts into words
  197. >“Okay, so, there was this one time when Pinkie brought a karaoke machine to Rarity’s for my birthday, and I saw that song on the list.”
  198. “Go on.”
  199. >“I kinda took on a dare from Rainbow Dash and ended up using the song to hit on Pinkie.”
  200. >There was a brief silence before Gilda shattered it
  201. “You fucked, didn’t you?”
  202. >“...Yeah, after the party had mostly died down.”
  203. “Nice. What was she like?”
  204. >“Gilda, we’re in public!”
  205. >“C’mon, details are fun, it ain’t like I’d shame you for giving ‘em away.”
  206. >The two young women turned to see a tall, beefy, middle-aged man with a beard that more than made up for the lack of hair on top of his head, and who spoke in a voice with more gravel than Applejack’s driveway
  207. >He gave a short laugh and a wave of his hand
  208. >“Nah, just jokin’, the music’s raunchy enough already. So, ladies, I’m Rufus Paine, and who’ve you brung here today, Gilda?”
  209.  
  210. >Gilda jerked a thumb in Sunset’s direction
  211. “This is Sunset Shimmer, I’m here to get her some biker leathers. She’s already got a good helmet and a few pairs of boots, we’re mostly looking for gloves, chaps, and a jacket.”
  212. >”Chaps? Got any pants to go with that?”
  213. “I… don’t think so.”
  214. >Gilda looked in Sunset’s direction, her brow raised
  215. “Do you?”
  216. >“Do I what?”
  217. “You can get jeans that have a kevlar weave in them, they won’t protect you as well as leather will, but with chaps, they’ll keep your butt from getting road rash.”
  218. >“Is that why your pants always look so stiff?”
  219. “Yeah, why would you be paying attention to my pants, though? Staring at my ass when I’m not looking?”
  220. >Three times that day now, she’d gotten Sunset to blush or get flustered
  221. >Gilda was pretty sure that if they were dating, she’d never tire of the sight
  222. >“N-no!”
  223. >She then turned to face Rufus again
  224. “So yeah, she’ll be getting jeans too.”
  225. >Rufus clapped his hands with a grin
  226. >“Let’s get started then, shall we?”
  227.  
  228. >Rufus looked Sunset over briefly, and pulled a roll of measuring tape from his belt
  229. >“Off with the pleather jacket, I need to get some measurements.”
  230. >Sunset did as she was told, handing her jacket to Gilda
  231. >Rufus drew a length of the tape out and then wrapped it around her envy-inducing bust
  232. >The flame-haired girl was suddenly uncomfortable with the imagery of Rarity being muscular, bald, and bearded
  233. >She couldn’t help but imagine it though, much to her dismay
  234. >“Alright, tell me when it’s as tight as you’re comfortable with on any of the measurements,” Rufus instructed
  235. >Sunset followed through on that, thankful that Rufus seemed more respectful towards personal space than Rarity
  236. >His hands expertly measured everything without actually touching her, and when he got the inches down for her bust and belly, he wrote them down on a pad of paper
  237. >Then came the circumference of her waist and thighs and the length of her whole leg, which were also written down
  238. >When Rufus had finished that, he asked “So, what leather is it gonna be?”
  239. “Cowhide,” Gilda answered for her. “This is her first set, it’s probably best for her to have something that doesn’t take as much care as horsehide.”
  240.  
  241. >Sunset looked a little puzzled
  242. >“What do you mean, ‘doesn’t take as much care’?”
  243. “Horsehide has more oils in it than cowhide, which gives it a nicer sheen, but you need to maintain it better to keep the oils from getting washed away from rain and stuff.”
  244. >There was a hint of thankfulness in Sunset’s eyes at the explanation, giving her a good reason to not have to wear the skin of her own kind
  245. >Gilda gave her a wink in return
  246. >“Alright then, let’s have a look at what design you like best, especially for the jacket,” Rufus said, leading the two of them to a series of racks
  247. >Sunset sifted through them all, giving each one careful consideration
  248. >Finally, she made up her mind, pointing at one on the rack before her
  249. >“That one.”
  250. >“Ooh, a Marlon Brando fan, are we? Hmm… I think I actually got one of those in stock that fits your measurements just about right. Lemme grab it real quick.”
  251. >Some further sifting, and soon enough, the jacket was found
  252. >“Here ya go, try it on. The chest size’s just about perfect, and you can use the belt at the waist to help with any looseness ‘round the stomach area, but it should be pretty damn close too.”
  253.  
  254. >A moment and some very minor adjustments with the belt later, and Sunset had the jacket on just right
  255. >She gave a bit of a spin, letting her fiery locks twirl with her, and struck a pose with her hands on her hips
  256. >“So, what do you think, Gilda?”
  257. >Gilda felt her face get rosy as she stared
  258. >The jacket hugged Sunset’s physique, especially her sizable bust, in all the right places
  259. >While she was trying to come up with some words, all that went through Gilda’s head was another song
  260. “Uh… um.”
  261. >She coughed softly into her fist to hopefully bring herself back to the situation at hand
  262. “It’s really fuckin’ hot- I mean, uh, yeah, looks great.”
  263. >Sunset picked up a knowing, shit-eating grin at those words that just made Gilda’s race get redder
  264. >Even Rufus had a loud snort of laughter
  265. >“Well, looks like we got the jacket covered. Good thing it was off the rack too, it costs a lot more if you want it fitted better. Any colors in mind for the chaps?”
  266. >“Black, I’d like to have a matching set, I think.”
  267. >“And what size of jeans do you wear?”
  268. >Sunset muttered a number under her breath, but it seemed that Rufus picked up on it, and he whisked away to get a pair of kevlar jeans
  269.  
  270. >While he was off digging through the different clothes, Gilda sidled up to Sunset
  271. “So, Sunny, what’s your size?”
  272. >“Really, Gilda?”
  273. “C’mon,” Gilda said with a laugh, “I know you got a lotta junk in that trunk, you got nothin’ to be ashamed of.”
  274. >Sunset sighed, turning her head away before saying quietly, “…I’m a size ten.”
  275. >Gilda gave another laugh, much to Sunset’s dismay
  276. “Size ten? More like a ten outta ten, am I right?”
  277. >“What do you mean?”
  278. “I mean that’s just more of ya to love, dweeb,” she said, giving Sunset a friendly elbow to the ribs
  279. >“It’s just that I’m already taller than pretty much anyone in the group except for Fluttershy, and I’m a little on the topheavy side, I don’t need to have ass for days to go with it.”
  280. “‘A little topheavy,’ my ass.”
  281. >“Hey, keep that up, and your ass is going to get whipped.”
  282. “Heh, keep talkin’, short stuff,” Gilda taunted, giving one of Sunset’s buttcheeks a squeeze
  283. >Gilda immediately regretted that course of action
  284.  
  285. >SMACK!
  286. >It was the Ass Slap Heard ‘Round the World, as Sunset’s palm collided with Gilda’s bum so hard that it stung even through the reinforced jeans
  287. “Holy-!”
  288. >Gilda stumbled forward from the force of the blow
  289. >“I like to think I’m a woman of my word.”
  290. “Where’d you learn how to hit like that?”
  291. >“Rarity’s a good teacher, but…”
  292. >Sunset took off the jacket and rolled her fist around to show off her forearm’s taut muscles
  293. >“…she just hasn’t got the same oomph behind it that I do.”
  294. >Sunset was no Popeye, but dadgum, she had some fucking guns for someone her age
  295. “Remind me not to let Gallus talk shit around you at all, Sunset. I think you’d kill him on accident.”
  296. >“Mhmm.”
  297. “And you said that Rarity taught you how to clap someone over the ass like that?”
  298. >Sunset began to blush all over again
  299.  
  300. >“Oh, um, yeah. She… she likes the title of ‘Mistress’ when she’s really horny.”
  301. “So she’s one of those kinda ladies?”
  302. >“Yeah. She taught me everything I know about… that kind of thing.”
  303. >“I hope I’m not interrupting anything?”
  304. >Both girls straightened out at the sound of Rufus’ voice
  305. >He walked up, a pair of heavy-looking black jeans over one arm and a crooked smile visible under the mass of facial hair
  306. >“It’s just gloves now, right?”
  307. >“Er, yeah,” Sunset said, her cheeks’ color darkening slightly
  308. >Rufus took the jacket and the jeans to the counter, in front of which was a shelf with a menagerie of gloves
  309. >Sunset didn’t need much time to grab a pair, cutoffs make from black kangaroo skin, and set them in front of the register as well
  310. >Rufus tallied everything up, finally coming to the total cost
  311. >“That’ll be four hundred and seventy-three dollars after tax, counting the chaps. They’ll be done in just a couple of days, and if you gimme your number, I can call when they’re finished.”
  312. >“Sure,” Sunset said, writing her cell number down on a business card and then handing over a debit card
  313. >The transaction was finished, and Sunset walked out alongside Gilda, who was looking at her strangely
  314. “Where didja get that kinda dough, Sunset? I saw you working at the sushi bar just a couple days ago.”
  315. >Sunset just gave a smug grin
  316. >“I have my secrets.”
  317.  
  318. >As the two of them mounted Gilda’s bike, Sunset adjusted her new leather jacket and stuffed her pleather one into one of the saddlebags
  319. “So, where’s your place exactly?”
  320. >“Oh, it’s an apartment complex in one of the quieter parts of town. I can point where to go as we go along.”
  321. “Quieter, you say?”
  322. >Sunset shrugged before putting her helmet on
  323. >“I say quiet, but it’s more that I don’t have to worry much about nosy neighbors. The Dazzlings moved in after I suggested the place to them when I saw they were living in a van.”
  324. “Oh, those three pairs of fish titties? I thought they hightailed it out of here for good.”
  325. >Sunset snickered at the ‘fish titties’ comment
  326. >“They don’t cause much trouble for me, at least. They’re all a bunch of subs, especially Aria, but Adagio too. Sonata’s too dumb to be anything but, if we’re being honest. She does like getting rewarded for making good food, so she’s bringing me something she made pretty much every other day. Usually, it’s really great.”
  327. “Is it ever… not?”
  328. >“Yeah, but not very often. One time, she made a pumpkin pie and accidentally grabbed cloves when she meant to put in cinnamon, and used enough of it to make my tongue feel fuzzy for an hour. Still delicious, though.”
  329. “Good to know. Now, let’s get you home.”
  330.  
  331. >The trip to Sunset’s apartment went far more smoothly than the ride to the shop
  332. >Gilda didn’t even have a single lewd thought the entire time!
  333. >Quite impressive, if she did say so herself
  334. >Especially considering how hot Sunset was
  335. >That kind of strength behind her spanking was pretty awe-inspiring
  336. >So much so that Gilda wished she would do it again-
  337. “Dammitall,” Gilda muttered, disappointed in herself for not quite making it to Sunset’s parking lot before having to eat her own words
  338. >“Hm?”
  339. “Nothing.”
  340. >Gilda put the kickstand down before dismounting, waiting for Sunset to get off the bike first
  341. >The complex didn’t look like a run down pile of garbage, but it still was pretty obvious that it was cheap rent for a reason
  342. >The gray-blue paint on some of the walls had started to peel from the weather, and the windows in the laundromat area looked like a whole bottle of ammonia wouldn’t be able to clean them properly
  343. >At least it didn’t really stink or anything, and the humble courtyard in the middle didn’t have a bunch of a bunch of garbage piled in it
  344. >Just as soon as they’d climbed the flight of stairs to the upper apartments, one of the doors flung open, revealing a faintly tanned face with bold fuchsia eyes and dark aquamarine hair, striped with indigo
  345. >“*GASP*”
  346. >“Ohmigoshness! Sunny! You’re home!”
  347. >The loony girl practically exploded out the door and threw her arms around Sunset’s waist
  348. >“You weren’t home on time, I thought something bad happened! It got me so nervous that I ended up making FIVE baked banana custards and Aria said that if she sees me make anything with bananas for the next week, she’ll stuff a banana in every hole of my face!”
  349. “So… that’s Sonata, right?”
  350. > Sunset nodded
  351. >“Yep.”
  352. >Gilda got the feeling that getting to know the sirens beyond what little she knew of them before they left might be unwise
  353.  
  354. >“That’s me, alright!” Sonata chirped
  355. >At last, Sonata then paid attention to Gilda, looking at her curiously
  356. >“Who’s your new friend, Sunny? I don’t remember seeing her at school.”
  357. >“That’s because she graduated already,” Sunset answered
  358. “The name’s Gilda. We aren’t really friends yet, but I’m doing her a favor, from one biker bitch to another.”
  359. >There was a pause as Sonata ran what Gilda told her head a time or two to make sure she understood it
  360. >“Ha, you just called yourself a bitch, silly!” she said with a laugh, but then her smile faded into a frown
  361. >“But… that means you also just called Sunny a bitch too!”
  362. >Sonata’s face became cross, and she bared her teeth, growling in anger at Gilda
  363. “Whoa, hold on, it’s just an expression of- holy shit!”
  364. >Sonata dove at Gilda, who stepped out of the way, letting Sonata fly past her
  365. >But unfortunately, this also meant Sonata fell down the stairs, tumbling to the bottom
  366. “Fuck, fuck, fucking shit fuck shit-!” Gilda half-yelled as she flew down the stairs after Sonata
  367. >She may not have been the nicest person around, but dead people were really NOT Gilda’s thing
  368. >That’s why she was getting Sunset some leathers in the first place, after all
  369.  
  370. >Checking Sonata for vitals turned out to be unneeded though
  371. >By the time Gilda got all the way down the stairs, Sonata rolled over and laughed dizzily
  372. >She had a small goose egg on her brow, but nothing too serious
  373. >Gilda ran a hand over her face out of frustration, looking down at the derptastic girl
  374. “Ugh… fuckin’ dweeb. C’mere, let’s get you on your feet.”
  375. >“Sonata! Are you alright?” Sunset called from up above
  376. >“Yeah, I’ll be fine. Adagio’s hit me harder with a pair of shoes before, this is nothing!”
  377. >Gilda blinked confoundedly
  378. “Harder? You just tumbled down a whole fuckin’ flight of stairs, and you’ve gotten hurt worse from your sister throwing shoes at you?”
  379. >Sonata nodded in confirmation, saying “She has it down to an art at this point.”
  380. >Sunset shrugged, and Gilda shook her head
  381. “C’mon, let’s get your dumb ass up the stairs and back inside, alright?”
  382. >“Okay, but only if you take one of the custards, okay? Also, my ass isn’t dumb! Sunny says it’s beautiful and perky and all kinds of fun for spanking!”
  383. >Sunset froze, her mortification plainly visible on her face
  384. >Gilda smirked and gave Sunset a wink
  385. >“Y’know what, I’m just gonna head inside and pretend that Sonata has a filter between her brain and her mouth. Catch you tomorrow, Gilda?”
  386. >A nod from the veteran biker prompted Sunset to unlock the door to her own apartment and hurriedly shut it
  387.  
  388.  
  389. “So… Sunset likes to spank you a lot?”
  390. >“Yeah, and it’s a lot of fun, too! As much as I like it though, Adagio likes getting spanked even more than I do, and I don’t think that Sunset can do anything to Aria that she doesn’t like.”
  391. >At Sonata’s blabbering, Gilda found herself quite intrigued, and decided to take advantage of the situation
  392. >Making sure to take her time in climbing the stairs
  393. “What kinda stuff has Aria dealt with?”
  394. >Sonata said with a giggle, “Just last week she got chained to the ceiling and was flogged with a cat o’ nine tails, and Sunset said she stopped because Aria was bleeding pretty heavily. Another time, it was hot wax. Aria told me that she had six whole tapers melted over her back, boobs, and butt!”
  395. >Um
  396. >Motherfucking WOW
  397. “Is Sunset more, ah, gentle most of the time?”
  398. >“She tries to be for me and Adagio, but I think Aria won’t be satisfied until Sunset puts her in the hospital.”
  399. >Upon reaching the top of the stairs, Gilda and Sonata saw Adagio and Aria waiting for them
  400. >Neither of them looked happy to see the two, or at least they didn’t look happy to see Sonata blathering on about the sirens’ fetishes
  401. >Aria stomped forward, grabbed Sonata by the ear, and dragged her inside while yelling out “Sonata! You’re just the worst!”
  402. >Adagio stared at Gilda with the kind of contemplative look that only a true villain could give, crossing her arms and giving a predatory “Hmm…”
  403.  
  404. >If there was anything brilliant about Gilda, it was her eyes
  405. >A powerfully vivid gold, so bright that they almost seemed to glow
  406. >Though she was a little teensy bit intimidated, she locked her gaze with Adagio's blood-crimson orbs, refusing to give in to the siren's mind games
  407. "What, see something ya like?" Gilda said challengingly, putting on a grin full of bravado
  408. >Adagio returned the favor with a smile of her own, hers far more sinister
  409. >"Well, something I'd like to have a chance to toy with, at least. You weren't present for the Battle of the Bands, were you?"
  410. "Nope. Pretty sure I was in the hospital for the week or so that you gals were doing your mindrape plot or whatever it was; I usually work on my bike at the school's metalshop."
  411. >"The hospital? What the heck happened?"
  412. >Gilda shrugged
  413. "Bike wreck, some jerk ran me off the road. Most of my injuries were internal, I was stuck in a bed for ten days. Got a bad scrape on my hand, and a little scar's all I got to show for almost getting killed."
  414. >Gilda stepped up to Adagio and took off her gloves
  415. >Holding up her hand, she revealed…
  416.  
  417. >...Nothing
  418. >"What are you talking about, there's no-"
  419. >It was then that the opportunity presented itself, and Gilda seized it as a harpy eagle would its prey
  420. >When Adagio's attention was drawn to the unmarked hand, Gilda's other hand swung around and smacked Adagio's rotund fishbooty, protected by little more than thin leggings and panties
  421. >The loud clap echoed throughout the courtyard, and Adagio nearly choked from how hard she gasped her next breath, briefly going cross-eyed
  422. >Bold of Gilda, she knew, but she had to put Adagio in a position of weakness before the siren did the same to her
  423. "Sonata wasn't kidding at all, was she?" Gilda sniggered
  424. >Adagio rubbed the tender spot where Gilda's hand collided with her buttocks and grumbled "Why you filthy little-"
  425. "Lotta badonkadonk to slap too, I bet Sunset could let loose on an ass like that for hours and still not get all of it!"
  426. >Adagio growled, Gilda smirked
  427. "Your move, fishtits."
  428. >Her olive face slowly approaching the color of her eyes, Adagio loosed a loud "Grrraaagh!" before stomping back inside
  429. >She scowled at Gilda, drawing a thumb across her throat before slamming the door shut
  430.  
  431. >When she was sure that the siren was inside for good, Gilda headed back down the stairs and went to her motorcycle
  432. >She was acutely aware that if Adagio had the opportunity first, their roles could very well be reversed
  433. >Considering herself lucky that she kept Adagio flustered enough to not have things escalate after she made her move, Gilda put her gloves back on, donned her helmet, and then rode quietly home
  434. >Her own home wasn't anything worth speaking about, really
  435. >Or at least not something that she wanted to speak about
  436. >A studio apartment near the industrial district of town
  437. >Three hundred dollars per month for rent, and it was readily apparent as to why it was so cheap
  438. >Whereas Sunset's place was a little rough, Gilda's was positively run down
  439. >The entire complex lacked any functional heating or air conditioning, and so she had a box air conditioner in her window and an oil heater for her own studio
  440. >Her furniture consisted of a coffee table, a wooden chair, and a single size bed
  441. >But hey, at least it had electricity and running water, and none of the neighbors were particularly interested in her affairs, so privacy was easy enough to find
  442.  
  443. >Aside from her motorcycle and her phone, the only luxury Gilda afforded herself was a cheap laptop computer
  444. >She kicked off her boots, took off her biker gear, and plugged the computer in before hopping into bed and turning the thing on
  445. >Gilda figured she would have to go to sleep early so that she could pick up Sunset on time, and decided to kill the few hours she had left by watching some episodes of her favorite show
  446. "Fuck yeah, Highlander."
  447. >'Princes of the Universe' rang through her humble abode, and she sang along with it
  448. >To say she was no Freddie Mercury was an understatement
  449. >She definitely had a voice more suited to hardcore punk rock than Queen covers
  450. >Her aquiline squawking drew a few bumps from the tenants below, the bumping of a broomstick beneath her floor doing little to deter her
  451. >"Shut up in there!"
  452. "Aww, quitcherbitchen, the opening's over now anyway!"
  453. >"Whatever, some of us would rather hear Queen on the radio, not from your room!"
  454. "Whatever to you too, dweeb!"
  455.  
  456. >The next morning came a lot faster than Gilda expected
  457. >Her alarm clock rang throughout the studio, and she slapped the button to turn it off
  458. "Ugh… I forgot how much I hate being up at five-thirty…"
  459. >She rolled out of bed, looked down at the kevlar jeans she still wore, and shrugged
  460. >She took them off to change her underwear, but threw them back on
  461. >Putting on a clean bra and changing the t-shirt she had on yesterday, Gilda completed her morning rituals before gearing up and heading out
  462. >She took her time in heading to Sunset's place, but still arrived early, about fifteen minutes so
  463. >She stepped into the courtyard and saw Sunset looking at Aria, whose back was turned to Sunset with her shirt pulled up, exposing it
  464. >"Yeah, you've still got a long way to go for those to heal up properly. Are you sure you don't want to go see a doctor?"
  465. >"Doctors are for emergencies, and I'm not so much of a chump that I would call a few cuts an emergency."
  466. >Gilda walked up the stairs quietly, spying what Aria was attempting to trivialize
  467. >excuse_me_what_the_fuck.png
  468. >Aria's pale back looked more like it was that of a self-flagellating monk, or perhaps an enslaved criminal from the fourteenth century
  469.  
  470. "'A few cuts,' my ass," Gilda said, wearing an expression of disbelief
  471. >At the sound of Gilda's voice, Aria pulled her shirt back down and sneered at Gilda
  472. >"Compared to some of the shit I've had to deal with over the years, yeah, this is just a few cuts," she snapped
  473. >"What are you even doing here, anyway? Sticking your big, crooked, hawk nose where it doesn't belong?"
  474. >Gilda clenched her fists and was about to bite back at Aria for the remark, but Sunset jumped in
  475. >"She's here because she cares, Aria. She took me to get some biker leathers yesterday, and doesn't want me riding my bike without them. They're still out a couple of days, so Gilda is gonna be taking me back and forth to and from school until they come in."
  476. >"What, and you couldn't have told me about it? It's not like I can't drive you around."
  477. >Sunset cringed slightly at the suggestion
  478. >"Yeah, but the van smells like you three still live in it. Also, Gilda doesn't have the same reputation that you three do, so I don't have to worry much about getting tomatoes thrown at us or something."
  479. >Aria opened her mouth to protest, but sighed in defeat
  480. >"Yeah, I guess you're right… those dickbags at school are just impossible sometimes."
  481. >She then turned back to face Gilda, doing her best to look threatening
  482. >Unfortunately for her, even with her four-inch heels on, she was still about half a head shorter than Gilda, who thought the display just made her look cute
  483. >"You… you better take care of her, or the fat end of my baseball bat is going down your throat. You hear me, birdbrain?"
  484. "Loud and clear, bitch bream."
  485.  
  486. >Aria's face twisted with indignation, but she faltered with a sigh
  487. >"...Okay, that was a good one, most people don't even know what a bream is these days."
  488. >Gilda scoffed and rolled her eyes
  489. "I know, right? Stuff's delicious, and pretty much nobody I know eats it because it's not tuna, salmon, cod, halibut, or pollock."
  490. >"Feh. Their loss, that just means more for us."
  491. >Aria put a hand on her hip, and when her stomach growled, she returned the favor
  492. >"Ugh, now I wanna go buy some sea bream, thanks a lot."
  493. "Always looking to help," Gilda said with a snide grin
  494. >Aria went back inside, but not before reminding Gilda to be careful once more
  495. "Heard you the first time, don't worry. Heck, keeping Sunset from turning into hamburger is the reason I'm doing this in the first place, she'll be fine."
  496. >"If you know what's good for you, she'd better be fine when she gets back!"
  497. >The door wasn't slammed so much as it was shut aggressively
  498. >"…Well, I've seen weirder introductions, but at least you seem to be getting along well enough with Aria and Sonata. I'm ready to go when you are."
  499.  
  500. >As before, Sunset seemed to be a little uncomfortable over being in the Bitch Seat™
  501. >Gilda did her best to at least make sure Sunset was comfortable wrapping her arms around her middle
  502. >Once Sunset was secure, Gilda kicked the bike into gear and was off
  503. >First and foremost, they had to get Sunset’s daily dose of what had to be the nectar of the gods
  504. >Using nonverbal communication, Sunset gave Gilda the directions to her coffee shop of choice
  505. >It was a rather exotic-looking place, with walls that were almost entirely windows, and yet mostly covered with colorful sheer curtains
  506. >Some relics of foreign lands were hanging around as well, such as masks, fetishes, and idols
  507. >Gilda parked her bike and followed Sunset inside
  508. >Immediately, Gilda felt her nostrils take in the powerful, delicious scent of coffee, far more potent than it had any right to be
  509. >Some cheerful, jazzy hip-hop was playing from some speakers set up in a few different corners
  510. >Gilda noticed that she had the urge to start bobbing back and forth to the music, and Sunset was rocking her shoulders back and forth in time with a smile on her face
  511.  
  512. >From a curtain behind the counter came a tall, slender, sharp-featured woman with dark skin and a wiry mohawk of alternating black and silver stripes
  513. >Her ice blue eyes met Sunset's and she returned the smile that the redhead wore
  514. >"Good morning, Sunset dear," she said
  515. >"Just who is it you've brought here?"
  516. >"This is Gilda," explained Sunset, "who's getting me back and forth to and from school while I get some biker leathers finished."
  517. "Yo."
  518. >"Greetings, good friend of Sunset. Or am I jumping ahead, and you are not friends as of yet?"
  519. >Gilda shrugged
  520. "Well, we aren't best friends or whatever, but I don't wanna see Sunset turn into sausage, and so here we are."
  521. >”A noble goal indeed, my friend; neither do I wish to see Sunset meet her end.”
  522. >Turning to Sunset, she then asked, “What will it be for this morning so fine? Something you can drink down fast so you can reach school in time?”
  523.  
  524. >Sunset put a thumb and forefinger to her chin in thought
  525. >”I dunno, Zecora,” she said, and Gilda took a mental note of the barista’s name
  526. >“I have a lot planned for today; I’m thinking a tripleshot Black Blood vanilla iced latte?”
  527. >Zecora looked at Sunset concernedly
  528. >”Are you sure that is what you seek? I thought you would like to sleep sometime this week.”
  529. >”Yeah, I have a menagerie of things going on today and tonight, and I have a whole weekend to deal with the crash. I’ll be fine, just put it all in here,” Sunset answered, placing a thermos on the counter
  530. >Gilda eyed Sunset quizzically as Zecora got to work once she was paid, Gilda having declined to order anything for herself
  531. “What the blazing Hells is a Black Blood latte?”
  532. >”Okay, so there’s a way to make coffee that’s less about brewing it directly, and more of making it a sort of, like… coffee extract? You don’t get all the acids, and the other stuff that makes traditional coffee bitter. Also, it has about forty times the caffeine per ounce that coffee normally does.”
  533. “Forty times? I’m with Zecora on this one, why does a dweeb like you need to go three days without sleep?”
  534. >”Me and the Dazzlings.”
  535. “...Oh.”
  536.  
  537. >While waiting for Sunset's coffee, Gilda slid her hands in her pockets
  538. "So, uh, what are you planning, exactly?" she wheedled
  539. "A chick like you can afford to be honest, right?"
  540. >"Unless you want in, that's a no, sorry," replied Sunset
  541. “Well,” Gilda continued, “say I did want in. What should I expect?”
  542. >“An asswhooping,” Sunset answered immediately
  543. “Psh, yeah right.”
  544. >”No, really, the girls hate competition, even between each other. How do you think they’re going to react to a new challenger muscling into their territory?”
  545. >Gilda put on a brave grin and gave a flex, her large frame’s shifting muscles noticeable even through the leather jacket
  546. “Let ‘em come, I can take anything!”
  547. >There was a flash of… something in Sunset’s eyes
  548. >”…Anything, you say?”
  549. >Gilda faltered only the tiniest bit at Sunset’s words, but doubled down on the front
  550. “Yeah! Anything.”
  551. >”The Dazzlings aren’t going to be the ones you want to worry about, not with those words,” Sunset said with a tut
  552.  
  553. >Gilda lowered her arms and looked at Sunset with an expression of something between insult and confusion, as though Sunset was leveling a threat at her
  554. “Whaddaya mean?”
  555. >A deep, throaty cackle escaped Sunset’s throat, and Gilda felt her blood vessels turn to icicles
  556. >The last time she’d heard a laugh like that from Sunset, it was when Sunset had turned into Lady Lucifer that past autumn
  557. >The taller young woman could feel doubt and regret crawling into her stomach, but fought it down
  558. ‘You climbed this hill, dammit,’ she thought to herself, ‘and you’re gonna die on it. Don’t chicken out now, you little bitch.’
  559. >”I mean that if you wanna find out, stick around after you pick me up from school.”
  560. >Gulp
  561. “You got it.”
  562. >Zecora returned with Sunset’s coffee, placing it on the counter with a concerned smile
  563. >”I could not help but overhear, and is she… oh shit, she *is* serious?” Zecora said, giving her head a solemn shake upon seeing the looks on their faces
  564. >”I could only hope for a moment that she was in fact delirious.”
  565. >Sunset’s mildly terrifying words, Zecora’s despondent reaction, and Gilda’s not being in the know about all of it was making her crazy inside
  566. “Come on, it can’t be that scary… can it?”
  567.  
  568. >Zecora just shook her head again, then put a stamp on a card
  569. >”You will have to sign up for another waiver,” she said to Sunset, “if you want to keep ordering drinks with more caffeine than flavor.”
  570. >Sunset nodded, but left with a wave to Zecora, and Gilda tagging along behind her
  571. >Gilda grew more and more irritated and unsettled the longer she was ignored
  572. “Dammit, tell me! Aria’s, like, the exception or whatever, right? Not like you’d tear up everyone like that-”
  573. >Sunset whipped around, her eyes glittering with a hint of indignation
  574. >”I *do not* ‘tear up’ people, Gilda,” she said sharply
  575. “Then what the fuck was with her back?”
  576. >”It’s not my place to tell, so you’ll have to ask her yourself.”
  577. “And lemme guess,” Gilda sighed, “I gotta show up tonight if I want a chance at getting her to spill, right?”
  578. >Sunset nodded
  579. “Beans.”

It's Always Sunny in Canterlot

by ManlyMan

Bikedykes and Leather

by ManlyMan