> Spring Sweets > by scribe-feather > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter Fun > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Sweets By Scribe Feather Fluffy clouds floated by in the sky as the weather started to open up to spring. The cool weather was warming up to make way for the new season. Everyone seemed excited for it! Mrs. Cup Cake was busying herself with cooking seasonal pastries. The first days of spring were a great opportunity to sell tasty treats with some color to them. Lemon tarts, cherry pies, orange bear claws. All of it sold by the dozen and the earth pony enjoyed making them. The fruity treats were always an unwritten cornerstone of the coming of spring, it'd become a tradition that was known to ponies far and wide. Sugarcube Corner was the place to be on the first days of spring! A royal carriage strolled through the streets of Ponyville, barely missing a couple walking ponies in it's wake. The elegant gold trimmed buggy glistened in the sunlight as it rolled by the opening shops of main street Ponyville. The carriage stopped close to the pastry shop where a dozen fruity scents were wafting from. Out from the back of the carriage climbed out a white unicorn. He was known in Canterlot as Prince Blueblood, nephew of Princess Celestia. Some might even say the royal brat. He had an air of judgement about him, which was a rather constant expression he wore while he was staying in Ponyville for an extended period. The regal stallion made no illusion of his distaste for such a backwater and uncultured little hub and the commoners inside it. Still though, the sweets shop did seem to soften his gaze somewhat, as pastries were always a comfort, and seemed like a bit of civilization in this small town he thought to himself. The royal pony strolled his way into the sweets shop, his head held high and regal as he looked about. He instantly took note of all the amplified bakery scents that greeted him at the door. Mrs Cup Cake came trotting into the front room after hearing the main door bells ring. "Oh! Your Highness!" She bowed deeply, balancing a tray of lemon bars on her back before walking up to the main counter. "What a surprise! What can I do for you today?" The regal pony turned his gaze over towards the earth pony sharply before his expression would soften a bit, staring for a few moments as he cleared his throat. "Quite...I will have a sampling of everything you have in your store...One of everything you have, and feel free to send the bill to Canterlot on my personal account." He murmured as he trotted his way towards a table in the other room with a subtle scent of talcum trailing behind him as he strolled and sat at a table. Mrs. Cake was a bit put off by the Prince's 'royal attitude' but kept up her well trained smile for the paying customer. Her nose was tickled by the scent of talcum powder that wasn't there in the sweet shop a minute ago. She held back any scowl or back talk with a clear of her throat. "Of course, your highness...A sampling." She began the Princes's sampling with a tray of bit sized treats. It was a wide variety of fruity sweets and chocolaty treats that were fit for any royal gala. "Here you are, your highness. A sample of some of our finest sweets!" She balanced the tray on her head, keeping up her smile. Blueblood gave a regal nod of his head at the first serving, his horn glistening with the subtle application of magic as he snapped out a handkerchief and affixed it around his neck like a bib to avoid getting any sugar or chocolate icing upon his very fancy lapel as he raised the first of the snacks to begin slowly sampling. "Mmm, not as savory as the shops in Canterlot... But, not bad. A pony can only do so well with less than premium ingredients... Far too much sugar in this chocolate.... Oh, but this eclair is quite delicious." He said, actually surprised to find something quite tasty! Mrs. Cake did her best to shrug off the cleverly disguised insults the big stallion was throwing her way. "We do our best to please our customers with the finest Ponyville has to offer," she said with her masking smile. She carried over a new tray of sweets, these were of the more 'fancier dishes' and were made up of fancy jello sweets with fruit and richy looking decor. Sweets like this were much more delicate than what Mrs. Cake usually prepared and required a dainty hoof to enjoy. The fancy and dainty Prince had no issue enjoying the expensive looking sweets, "I must say... It is.. Yummy... It is good to have someplace in this poor shack village that can cater to more... refined senses.... Ah, something to drink would be wonderful." He nodded Mrs cakes way, glancing at her some and feeling his eyes staring for a bit. Fidgeting a bit where he sat with the bib around his neck before clearing his throat gently "Some... milk...." he commanded with a raised chin. "Of course, your highness...Milk at once..." She answered back, gulping a bit of vinegar down away from her customer. She bowed her head and left for the kitchen to retrieve 'his royal highness's' milk. Watching her as she strolled her way out, Blueblood emitted a sigh and closed his eyes for a moment, leaning back and smiling contentedly and happily. Though as soon she came back he was quick to resume his regal demeanor, and idly nodding to her in acknowledgement of the delicious milk to help wash down the many deserts, occasionally dabbing at his lips with his handkerchief. "Here you go," she said as she lightly placed the big baby bottle on the table next to the tray of sweets. If he was acting like a spoiled brat, it only seemed fitting. Besides, this was a subtle way of getting back at the royal prince for the harsh criticizing he had for her sweets. "A milk, for the growing prince..." As he nodded, he opened his eyes regally and stared then at the baby bottle, gulping audibly. "I.. I did not request the milk in a baby bottle!" He said trying his hardest to sound outraged and indignant. But to his own ears, it only seemed whiney at this point. "Well...No, you didn't say that. Not out loud at least." She picked up the baby bottle and pressed it against the royal's mouth. "But I guessed you needed one with my motherly instinct." The unicorn scrunched and clenched his lips, turning his face away and squirming, looking a bit childish in his refusal..... But his face burned, oh how red and hot he felt as that plastic nipple flicked and grinded against his lips. Mrs. Cake followed the squirming mouth with the bottle like an expert mother until she successfully slipped it into his muzzle. "No more squirming, honey buns. No more sweets until this bottle is empty." She held the bottle firmly in the stallion's muzzle, readying herself for any sudden squirming the pony might think of doing. Blueblood indeed still tried to squirm and turn his head away, but he could feel her keeping up with his head with way more practice and experience then he had, eliciting a deeper blush on his face as he began to suckle. Mrs Cup Cake smiled when the unicorn FINALLY started to nurse the tasty milk. The first suckle showed how he had surrendered as he began to lean a little to the side, leaning closer to the earth pony. "Thaaaats a good boy...Drink up, you must be thirsty after all those tasty treats." As the unicorn suckled loudly, she gave his head a couple soft pats on the head. Blueblood blushed as he suckled and nurse. Closing his eyes at the pats to his head as he fidgeted and let out a shameful moan. feeling so surreal at this moment. It was as if he, and Pound Cake, had traded destinies. Or perhaps that was just his own mind forcing images in it. The thought of him being trapped in a backwater dirt pony town...diapered. He let out a shaky breath at the thought, gulping gently and letting the warm milk sooth his sugar filled tummy. Mrs Cup Cake quietly hummed a soothing tune as she held the bottle of milk steady. For a regal and uptight pony, this unicorn sure seemed well experienced with a bottle feeding. She smiled at the thought of him being a momma's boy at home, wearing regal and super cushy diapers around the castle. Blueblood's lips suckled and drew upon the bottle, strong well trained cheeks able to suckle nice and strongly to ensure a steady flow from the bottle as he listened to her humming and kept his eyes closed. He calmly listened to the soft humming as he would seem to become limper and limper, drifted slowly to sleep, snuggled warm and close to her motherly aura. Mrs. Cake waited for the suckling to slowly become sporadic and eventually stop as the unicorn drifted off to sleep. His suckling muzzle loosened and popped off the bottle's rubber nipple as he dozed off. She ever so gently slipped the nipple out of his mouth and placed it on the table, next to all the uneaten treats. She slowly moved the sleepy unicorn's head to the table so she could move out of the way without fear of him falling off to the side. With the Prince fast asleep, Mrs. Cake crept out of the room, heading up to the nursery and retrieving a few things. She realized that the unicorn would be a heavy sleeper with the cushy background he had of sleeping in royal chambers, never being disturbed until morning. This was going to be fun! Prince Blueblood's head rested down on the table as he slept soundly. Open to anypony who might come in and see the ridiculous sight of the regal pony, snoring and drooling as he slept next to a tray of sweets and a baby bottle sitting upright and near empty. Still though, he slept on contentedly and soothed. Mrs. Cake quietly returned with a bag around her neck. With careful hands, she went to work, starting firstly with moving the big unicorn off the chair and down onto the ground where he still slumbered. Exhausted and stressed from moving into such a town as Ponyville where he did not wish to be, the regal pony slept soundly and deeply. She slowly unzipped the bag, pulling out a thick blue diaper and baby powder and setting them beside the sleeping pony. It took a bit of finessing, but the smaller earth pony managed to prop the unicorn's strong legs up into the air as she slipped the fresh diaper underneath him. As she changed the slumbering unicorn, she would often get up and walk to the storefront to attend to any customers that wandered in. The slumbering unicorn would often find himself sitting on a diaper with powder covering his front, wide open for the world to see if anypony were to peek into the side dining room. The Prince's hanging member was thoroughly powdered and exposed with his firm royal behind until they both were covered by the diapers. Eventually, after many pauses in between for customers, Mrs. Cake was able to diaper the unicorn up, amazed at the fact that he remained asleep even after all the customers peeking in and having his powdered stallionhood on display. After an hour or two of napping and being 'displayed' the unicorn would roll over to his side, diaper crinkling and eyes squinting open. Yawning drowsily and stretching before his body tensed. "w-what!?" He bellowed, quickly standing up and staring down at shock. His hands moving down to cover the diapers. "W-what am I.... I.. I got to get out of here." he yelped, moving to quickly toddle to the door in a fit of panic. "Where are you going off to, little one?" She called from a nearby couch where she waited, a big reading book in front of her. He tensed up by the door at her words and turned his attention back to the earth pony, blushing heavily and squeezing his thigh as if to try and conceal the bulge of the diapers he wore. How long had she been watching the diapered stallion just lay there diapered? "I'm happy to see you're up. You must have been simply EXHAUSTED from all those sweets." She closed her book and walked over to the diapered unicorn. "Now try to settle down, you might get an upset tummy." The earth pony patted the unicorn's rump to remind him that he simply couldn't just run out wearing the thing. Blueblood cringed as he felt her begin to firmly pat the thick crinkly rump that bulged obscenely against his royal flank causing him to shiver and moan. "I saw you drifted off to sleep rather easily so I suspected you were a bedwetter." A hoof slipped into one of the leg gathers of the large diapers, feeling the dry state as he shivered and moaned a protest. "Guess I was wrong...Oh well, there will be plenty of time for that later..." "Plenty of time? I... I have no idea what you mean." He wiggled his hips with loud, infantile rustles. "I-I must go at once!" "Oh, your diaperness," she said with a smirky smile. "It's play time now, you simply can not leave until your royal diaper duty is fulfilled." she smirked as she punctuated the word 'diaper' with a firm pat on the unicorn's diapered rump. "I already took the liberty to pull out some baby toys for you to play with." The earth pony motioned a hoof towards a pile of toys that waited by a cornered wall in the storefront. The toys were all simple according to the unicorn's royal standards. All the foal toys he had hidden away in Canterlot were far more extravagant and expensive. They sat in a pile off to the side, but any customer walking in would be able to see him there if he played with them. The thought of lowering himself to being underneath a common mare like her degraded the royal pony. But the mere thought made him weak in the knees. The thought of being brought so low made him moan as the diaper crinkled and the front bulged as she firmly patted his rump. "I... I am not going to p-play where anypony entering could see me!" He squeaked childishly, stamping his bare regal feet. "Sounds like someone needs another nap," Mrs. Cake said with a sudden stern tone. "Well than no play time! It's straight off to bed with you!" She pointed up the stairs where the nursery waited. Just a walk down the hall and they'd be in baby central. "Unless of course you can learn to behave and play with your toys while Auntie Cake attends the store." The unicorn tensed in surprise. "How.. how dare you speak to me in that way! I'm a-" He began to scold her, but calling herself Auntie Cake caught him off guard, and he felt his legs almost give way beneath him, only barely managing to stand sturdy as the diapers rustled and crinkled. "But... but ponies shall see me... The rumors... The gossip that'll spread!" he stuttered oh so nervously. "It has to be false to be rumors, sweet roll." She says as she guides him to his play corner. "I.. Wha.. But.. B-but," Prince Bluebloods eyes widened as he dragged his hooves, face growing deeper red at her words as he squeezed his knees together. "You know what I think they'll say? I think they'll say 'Daww, did you see that cute baby prince at Sugarcube Corner?'" She teased the diapered unicorn. "'Why yes I did! Did you see his diaper? I bet his mommy changes him right there on the floor in front of customers!' Oh, I hope they DO start gossiping!" "T-this is beneath a pony of my status!" The prim and proper pony whined and whimpered, before blushing as he squirmed and wiggled. Then slowly he began to lower himself down to sit upon the floor, putting him more at eye level with the earth pony mare, gazing embarrassingly into her eyes. Mrs. Cake paused and nodded in acknowledgement as she watched the big stallion plop down next to his toys. "Good! That's what I like to see!" She gave him a couple pats on the head. A ring at the front door caused her to turn. A customer! "Be right with you!" She called to the confused pony who was frozen for a moment, staring at the hoity toity diaper pony sitting in the corner who tried to hide his shame with a turn of his head. He attempted to hide his identity by facing the wall, but that only gave the customer and Mrs. Cake a great view of his thickly diapered rump. Mrs. Cake turned back to the stallion. "Now you be a good boy while I help this customer. Play with your toys quietly." She then produced an adult sized pacifier and slipped it into the unicorn's mouth. "And suckle on this. I don't want to see it anywhere else until I take it out myself." He 'mmphed!' Feeling the paci pushed into his mouth and embarrassingly nodding his head.... suckling tenderly upon the nipple. As Mrs. Cake helped the customer decide on a cake topping, Blueblood tried not to think of the eyes staring at him. Humiliated, but blushing at the growing bulge rising in the diapers. As he sat there, playing on a floor of a commoner's shop. Like a little foal...Like a commoners foal! A naughty little foal... He murmured to himself, as he shamefully let his hoof rub along his diaper, but trying not to make it too obvious he was doing so. Mrs Cup Cake smiled at the unicorn who played quietly as she tended the store front. She was happy with herself for picking such a great spot to keep the pony. It was in the main room so he got PLENTY of exposure and she'd be able to keep an eye on him. And no matter which angle he turned, he'd either be showing off his thickly diapered rump, or showing everyone who he was. It was a well thought out plan and for the moment. Though the Prince basked in the shame and degradation of being treated like a little common foal. He did have to admit it felt nice. Nice to know she was watching him, she was minding him, she was...Protecting him. He smiled tenderly to himself behind the pacifier, and felt a warmth over his body and a sense of contentment and security along with the shame and arousal. Still though he had to balance all these emotions, as he could hear the mingle and murmur of customers and could feel untold numbers of eyes on his pampered flank. He was too scared to look back to see how many or who, for fear of letting them see him. Mrs. Cake was happy to see the diapered unicorn playing quietly in his corner. He was being such a good boy! She looked at the clock and nodded to herself. Time for the baby's bottle. When she finished with her current customer and they were walking back out the door with sweets in tow, Mrs. Cake walked into the kitchen for a moment to retrieve a bottle of milk. Though she decided to spoil the cute, diapered unicorn and made sure it was chocolate milk. He was sure to like that. She walked back out to the front room where the royal pony still played. A tap on his back with the bottle to get his attention. The royal stallion turned to face her before she slipped it into his mouth. "Drink your ba-ba sweetie." When he felt the nipple brush against his lips, and his face go red. "But I just had a bottle a- " He stuttered, before staring in surprise at the time! How long had been sitting there playing with wooden choochoos and rubbing his diapers!? It seemed like the time went so fast. Though it didnt hurt that little foals did get regular feedings. The presentation of the chocolate bottle brought up a more pressing matter. "I mmm... I need to...visit the restroom," he whispered shyly, even as he tried to hide the bulge in his diapers, turning his face away from the delicious milky nipple and squirming crinkly. Still sitting, so being much lower and closer to her level. Mrs. Cake smirked as she straightened up and walked back to the front counter. "Are we forgetting that we're WEARING our restroom today?" Mrs. Cake answered as she went behind the cash register, back to her post where she could see the diapered pony very well. "You have a diaper on sweet heart, just drink your ba ba and don't worry about it..." "I.. I cannot! Not where ponies can see me. I cannot...soil myself out like this" He moaned, blushing hotly as he turned to see her trotting her way back to the register and whimpered pushing himself up embarrassingly to his feet and starting to awkwardly waddle to the back rooms, shaking his crinkly and poofy booty. While carrying the bottle along with him, not abandoning the yummy chocolate milk. "Up up up!" sounded Mrs. Cake's voice as she followed quickly behind the unicorn and pulled him by the ear back to his play corner. "You are being a naughty boy! I gave you that chocolate milk because I thought you'd behave yourself!" "Ow-ow-ow! My royal ear!" He squealed, tears in one eye as he stumbled and squirmed, yelping as he was dragged right back to the toy strewn corner and blushed red hot as his diapers crinkled as he was pushed right back down with a pout and blush of embarrassment. Three ponies waited in line now at the front register, watching the unicorn being scolded like a little colt. The customers whispered amongst themselves, trying their hardest not to stare. Worse yet, the diapers felt tight, as he was only more stiff inside the padding. As he looked up, his eyes stared widely at the shocked customers and gasped, before quickly spinning back around. Even though by now they would have gotten a good look at him. "Now sit here like a good boy and don't move. Auntie Cake has customers." Mrs Cup Cake took a deep sigh before returning to the customers with a smile. "Kids, right? Always a hoofful." She continued tending to the customers, helping them with whatever sugary needs they had whether they were cakes or candy bars. His face blushed as she called him a kid, making his heart melt somewhat, but that didn't excuse the forced humiliation that made the unicorn teary eyed. "T-this...Is so unfair..." he moaned, almost crying. He didn't want them to hear him sob like a foal, so he put the bottle into his mouth and suckled on the sweet milk to try and muffle his voice, and calm himself down. Even though his belly gurgled threateningly, and he tensed and tried his best to fight it, whimpering and wiggling his hips. Between customers, the motherly earth pony would glance over at the unicorn, taking note that he was still drinking his bottle and his diaper was dry. Blueblood groaned as he was only more stressed and worried, which made it feel like his tummy churned worse, but he had to focus more on suckling on the bottle. Silently, he begged for the customers to leave, to get what they needed and go! Then, Prince Blueblood's eyes went wide as he felt it slip. At first a little pass of gas, then suddenly he felt the seat of his diaper begin to swell and fill and bulge out noticeably from behind. Mrs. Cake had a few customers in the store at this time and she was striving to keep them all happy. She was at a nearby table, showing a green pegasus the different types of cakes she had to offer and even offered a couple free samples. "The double chocolate cake is one of Mr. Cake's favorite! It's sure to be a hit...At..." Her words trailed off as she leaned over to look at the unicorn who hid his blush filled head. The pegasus customer followed her gaze too. Hiding his face, only made his diapered rump more visible for all to see. Mrs. Cake watched in delight as the pegasus customer watched with wide eyes of shock as the unicorn's diaper began to bulge in the back. The mess pushed against the padding, causing it to squish and bulge out behind the unicorn. He looked like such a foal, messing himself right there in the middle of the store. On one hoof, the unicorn felt relief, feeling far less pressured and strained. But on the other, to know he was now sitting in a very soiled and messy diaper, sitting in his own shame with ponies watching! It made the prince squirm and wiggle uncomfortably and humiliated at how it felt. Like a little bitty common foal... It was made worse only from the huge bulge noticeable in the front of his diaper, twitching every so often. With the diaper loaded, and sagging obscenely he moaned and began to nervously shuffle his way to the back to try and hide in one of the back rooms out of sight, toddling with swaying hips. Mrs. Cake simply watched the embarrassed unicorn waddle out of the room. This time she let him get a pretty good head start. She turned to the pegasus who's mouth was still wide open from the experience. "Looks like I got some of my own double chocolate cake that needs seeing to." She chuckled softly with an experienced mother tone. "I'll be right back, please help yourself to the free samples and browse a bit while you wait." She happily left the front room and quickly found the hiding unicorn, hidden away in the other rooms, away from the customer's judging glance. "Well well, looks like the big tough prince has a little squishy butt!" She called out as she looked over the humiliated unicorn. The diapered pony's face was as red as it could be as he didn't even know where to start. He didn't even want to undo the diaper and see how bad it looked. He felt the mess sagging underneath him and against his flank, and as he looked up, he eeped and saw the mare step into the room as he gulped. "It's...I'm...I'm so messy." He moaned and whimpered, looking over the pudgy yet controlling mare, squirming and biting his bottom lip... eyes trailing down to gaze at the ground in embarrassment. Mrs Cake tsked as she looked over the unicorn's sagging diaper. "Well you did quite a number on this diaper. Look how much it SAGS!" She patted the sagging mass that had a faint brown color to it. "That's a mark of a true diaper baby! Look at that!" She smiles and chuckles as she teased the diaper pony, feeling a hint of arousal from seeing the big tough stallion being demoted to a poopy diaper pony. "You did a really good job messing yourself in front of all those ponies." He moaned and whimpered as she reminded him, that all those ponies had seen him soil himself... utterly fill his diapers in the middle of the store, whimpering and blushing as he bowed his head low and grunted, feeling her patting the bouncy and saggy diaper as it swayed and squished. Embarrassingly, he would tuck his head under her body. Mrs. Cake smirked at the embarrassed prince, gently nudging the blushing pony. "Why don't you sit down on the floor over there," she pointed towards an empty spot on the hard wood floor. She did enjoy the squishy diaper that sagged in front of her. A well messed diaper, if she had to say so herself. Blueblood nods his head a bit, as the feeling of the sagging and full diaper made him feel a lot more compliant, and behaved. "Yes... Auntie..." He murmured, feeling much more like she was his mother at this point. That he was the dirty foal of a common pony... afterall, he couldnt be a prince like this! Blushing red hot as he squirmed and waddled squishily to the indicated spot to slowly sit himself down. Mrs. Cake smiled as she watched the unicorn plop down, causing his diaper to squish loudly under his weight. "G-good...That's a good boy..." She smiles as she walks over to him, an ever so faint trail of moister could be seen following her as her hind legs shook a bit as she walked. "Are we enjoying ourselves down there? Sitting in our poopy diaper?" "I...I feel silly.. Auntie. Like a little helpless foal.... Its so squishy, and heavy..." he moaned, even as his member visibly twitched underneath the tightly stretched diapers. Mrs. Cake walked over to the padded unicorn with shaky legs as she did her best to keep calm, while leaving behind a wet trail of arousal on the floor. As the royal pony sat, the earth pony straddled his front, resting her front on his front, enjoying the squish feel of the bulge. "Mmph, somepony's a little diaper butt!" Blueblood moaned as the mare sat down and straddled his diapered waist. The unicorn moaned as he was squished down and felt himself sinking into his own mess as it spread around inside the diaper. The damp cold plastic backing of the diaper would grind up between her legs with his rigid cock beneath it. He shivered with pleasure. " Ahn..." He gasped and breathed out softly, lips quivering gently. Mrs. Cake began rubbing her already dripping sex against the stallion's bulge. She moaned slowly and quietly as she got them both worked up. "M-mph! We just filled up our messy little diaper! You're a little foal! A stinky foal!" Blueblood's strong arms would wrap around her as he moaned and buried his face against her chest. His hips bucked, groaning as he was rubbed through the thick diapers and reminded of his squishy soggy state. Twitching oh so sensitively, he ground the plastic diaper into her wet sex. "M-mph! Yes baby boy!" Her rubbing quickened as she pressed hard against the yellow front of the big stallion's diaper. Her own juices getting the front wet and slippery. "Make auntie happy, diaper boy!" Blueblood trembled at her words. He couldn't hold back any more as he moaned and thrusted, pressing his groin hard against her wet sex, as the front of his diapers were soaked in it and his entire body tensed and bounced hard underneath her. With a strong moan, he lost control and began to fill the front of the diapers with his heavy cream. The diaper rushing warmly and becoming gooey and squishy as he grinded and rubbed against her. Mrs. Cake froze with a loud moan as she joined him in the orgasmic bliss. The sudden rush of warmth in the diaper sent electrifying waves of pleasure through the earth pony's body, causing it to shutter and moan. Now the diaper was well coated on both sides with naughty stickies. Blueblood's breath was heavy and his face filled with red blush. He laid himself back, broad chest heaving, but keeping a warm and cuddling embrace to her above him as he laid there in the sticky, squishy, stinky diapers. Mrs. Cake panted heavily as she rode down her orgasm. "Mmph...That's a good boy...A good diaper boy in his stinky diapers..." The earth pony rested there for a moment, resting in complete bliss after such a refreshing orgasm. The stallion rubbed his forehead gently with her's, happily laying there underneath her plump body on his toned form. Mrs. Cake felt her breathing start to become regular as she simply laid there on the big diapered stallion. Just a little longer and she'd be back to attending her customers...Just...A little....Longer... Blueblood closed his eyes and snugged warmly close to her.. as he drifted off into a deep and comfortable sleep beneath her. She could always close the shop early...