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Cipher panicked as she woke up on the entry hour on a day in the month of balance. She had woken up in an unusually comfortable bed, large enough for two people, she had also been wearing her pajamas. A very unlikely occurrence to happen to her. She must've either snuck into an empty room in… wherever this was.
But as she took a closer look at her surroundings she realizes that this was a very lived in space. She stands up from the enticing bed and scoured her surroundings as she tried to regain any fragment of memory that could aid her in recalling where she was and what she was doing here.
She started with the pink desk that was filled with an assortment of pink and blue supplies for writing and reading. Still however there doesn't appear to be any notebooks that had the name of whoever lives in this place.
That was the case until she spotted a picture frame, within it was an especially faded out picture of a certain bubbly pink haired friend of hers along with some people who she didn't recognize.
"Oh, right." She had crashed at Hyacine's place for the time being as she stayed in the Grove.
What for? Well… she just wanted to see Hyacine, you know? See how she's holding up and all. One thing led to another and they ended up sharing the bed.
Cipher stretched her body before fully relaxing she could finally grt back into bed and let herself fall back asleep till action hour. Nothing like getting a full day's rest~
But—
Cipher shot up straight and looked towards the side of the bed Hyacine had been on.
Where was she?
It was far too early for her to be up. At least, that's what it seemed to her. She was a doctor, she was bound to awaken at an earlier time than most but…
She checks her teleslate's time module. It was far earlier than any of the times she would find herself opening her teleslate to talk to the rosy girl. Now it made her worry.
She jumps back out of the bed and slowly crept up to the door of the room which had been closed this entire time. Steadily she opened the door, trying not to make too much noise. After all there were scholars everywhere, she wouldn't want to get a noise complaint on behalf of Hyacine.
As she leaves the room she finds herself in front of the small kitchen. Despite being a teaching aid and a doctor they sure didn't give her a bigger space for such an important person such as our rosy girl. It made her feel furious in her stead. If she was in her position she would've bargained for more. Maybe she'll go and talk Hyacine up to get better amenities for herself… and maybe she'll think about coming over more often.
Then as she was monologing to herself she hears a noise loud enough to pierce through the silent walls of the apartment coming from the balcony. It sounded a lot like Hyacine so Cipher slowly and carefully crept up to the balcony. There she found who she had been looking for.
Hyacine still wore her pajamas however the back of her dress was stretched downwards to accommodate the wings that sprouted on her back. Around her she could see that she had some supplied lingering a little ways away from her, small bottles filled with some brownish liquird as well as small flakes of what seemed to be material that was coming from her wings. Was she molting or something?
"Hey," Cipher said. It seemed to have spooked Hyacine as her shoulders flew up in surprise and… she accidentally pushed herself off the ledge of the balcony.
"Rosy!" She yelled, not caring about the complaints anymore. But luckily Hyacine rose up, flapping her wings which kept her steady in the air. Her hands folded as she gave Cipher her best angry stare.
"Lady Cipher please don't ever do that again!"
Cipher chuckles to herself, offering Hyacine a hand to hold on to as she landed on the balcony once again. "It's not my fault that a certain someone had been sitting on the balcony railings!"
Hyacine huffs but smiles at her, she steps off the railing and takes her self care products onto the chair that stood near the entrance of the balcony.
"What were you doing out here so early?" Cipher asked curiously. She herself needed some self care from time to time but she's never actually seen anyone else do the same kind of self care as she did. When people did self care its usually against their skin, making it more softer in a natural way, trying to get yourself to become lighter skinned, or something like that.
"I was cleaning my wings, I usually have Little Ica here to help me but… Little Ica went somewhere early in the night and it just so happened to be the day when I needed them the most."
Cipher paused, then went forward, her face inches aways from Hyacine's wings which fluttered with anticipation.
"Hmm… well, what if I help you? I know a thing or two about preening you know!" She said enthusiastically, she hadn't done something like this in a long time. And besides, preening was also… nevermind. She shook that thought away from her mind and grinned at Hyacine. "Well?"
"W-Well it would be nice…" Hyacine stammered, it seemed that preening for them was also… more of a familial thing.
"Okay, sit down on the chair with your back facing me, I'll help."
"Thank you, Lady Cipher just… please, be gentle. They're very sensitive." Hyacine whispered.
"Don't you worry rosy, your wings are in my capable hands~"
After Hyacine was settled into the chair Cipher asks her what each bottle did and in what order she should be placing each liquid onto her wings before she got to work. Hyacine arranges each bottle in the order of which they'll be lathered on as well as where each one goes. Some go on the base of her wings, while others go to the very edges. However, most of them are for the base of her wings which is the trickiest parts to do solo so Cipher had a lot of work to do.
First and foremost she had to clear away the new feathers that just came in, taking out the sheens that the little baby feathers came in. Everytime she got one out she could hear Hyacine hum approvingly which gave Cipher a boost in confidence.
With each sheen taken out the shinier her wings seemed to appear. To Cipher Hyacine's beauty was comparable to that of Mnestia, with her wings she almost seemed godly. But she would never say that to Hyacine. That was a secret that she would be keeping to the grave.
Next came the bottles of liquid, Cipher starts with the bottles for the very outer layer of her wings before working her way inwards towards the base. With every stroke of her hand Hyacine would hum or take a shaky breath, it must've been quite sensitive for her to be making such noises.
Cipher pauses for a moment before she smirks, she had an idea.
She takes a squirt of liquid and lathered it over her palms before taking both hands and working on her wings. First the outer edges before she worked her way inwards towards the base of Hyacine's wings. As she drew circles within the base she could hear Hyacine's covered mouth taking shaky breaths in as she tried to cope withthe sudden pleasurable sensation that Cipher was playing with.
"Ya like that, Rosy~?" She teased, taking a base feather with her fingers before stroking it gently.
"Hah..! Lady Cipher..!" Hyacine moaned out in pleasure. "T-This is so embarrassing…"
Cipher, no longer caring about whether they would get a noise complaint, laughs wildly as Hyacine goes on to face her and pulls her into a hug, her wings spread out behind her. "Sorry Rosy girl, your expression is just too cute!"
"Can you please take this seriously..!" She looks up from Cipher's chest, her cheeks puffed up and red as a tomato as she spills her grievances onto the cat girl who playfully plucks at her wings which causes the smaller girl to whine about what she's doing.
"Oh, well would you look at that? There's one last bottle that needs to be lathered onto the base! Why don't I—"
"I'll do it..! I'll do it!" Hyacine quickly said, taking the bottle and squirting some liquid onto her hands and began to pad around at her backside that made her look completely ridiculous. It made Cipher laugh even louder.
"Come on now, silly girl. Let me do it for you."
"It's fine..! I can do it on my—!" Before Hyacine could even get another word out Cipher grabs hold of her wrists and pulls her hands into her own, the liquid exchanging over to Cipher's already extremely lathered hands.
"Now turn around." She said, Hyacine obeys her words and turns around, albeit hesitant.
She tests the waters, letting herself a slight touch on the base of her wings to see whether she would react better or worse with small touches. At the touch Hyacine immediately twitches, sitting up straighter which earned a giggle from Cipher but she immediately goes back to business and presses in a more firm manner. She hears Hyacine sigh in relief which gives her the okay to continue on at this pace.
For a moment the two of them were silent, so quiet that they could hear the crickets from afar as they become the learned heartbeat of the evernight. The two of them shared in each other's company, not a single word uttered. It was this kind of silence and domesticity which Cipher never seemed to have noticed to really notice until now. It was actually quite nice.
"Aaaand… I'm done!" Cipher said, looking down at her masterpiece. Hyacine's wings were even shinier than it had been before. The liquids sure were quite helpful she thought about looking for something similar to it. Maybe it could make her look just as shiny… but then again it would feel pretty weird against her fur.
"Thank you so much, Lady Cipher!" Hyacine said, pulling her into a warm hug, which, with much hesitation, she accepts. It was quite brief as Hyacine immediately began to flap her wings which blows some of the liquid in every direction including Cipher's.
"Woah, calm down there. The liquids haven't eased into your festhers just yet!"
"Sorry, sorry. I just got too excited." She smiled, letting her wings stretch.
"Well, that means that my job's well done~!" Cipher laughs before she begins to walk back to the bedroom. "Well, if thats all done and well I'm going to go back to bed. G'night!"
"Wait, but… Lady Cipher that's my bedroom!"