//------------------------------// // Sonata Cheating Heart Part 02 // Story: The Shadowbolts Adventures // by DragonShadow //------------------------------// "Ow, ow, ow..." Lemon Zest winced as she tugged on the bottom of her shoe, trying to pull it onto her lightly bandaged foot. There was a sharp pain shooting up her leg every time she tried to pull on it, despite giving her ankle a whole day to heal. "Geeze, it feels like my leg is about to fall off or something..." "Are you sure you don't need to see a doctor?" Sour Sweet was already dressed in her school uniform, with her arms crossed over her stomach. "It looks pretty purple to me..." "Come on, how bad could it be? Spike's a little doggy. Besides, it was okay yesterday, it has to be better by now." Lemon managed to get her shoe into place and rose to her feet. The pain was so bad she couldn't even shriek, only collapse slowly back onto the mattress with a soft whimper emanating from her throat. "Hey, don't push it!" Sour Sweet sat down beside her and grabbed her hand. "What the heck was that? It wasn't that bad yesterday, was it?" "No... it hurts a lot worse than it did yesterday." Lemon Zest whimpered. Sour Sweet gripped her hand in her palms. "I think it's seriously twisted. Maybe you should stay home from school today and rest up, if it's not better by the time I come back we'll get you to the doctor." "Stay home?" Lemon Zest stared up at her blankly. Images of Sonata Dusk walking around school with Sour Sweet danced in her head. Laughing, giggling, batting her adorable little eyelashes. This would lead into kissing, bathroom makeout sessions, secret orgasms in gym class, marriage, adoption, and growing old and withered to be buried in a single casket together after they pass away during the same car crash fifty years from now. "N-no! I'm fine! I promise! Just help me up..." Lemon Zest grabbed her hand firmly and tried to pull herself up from the mattress. Her teeth gritted against the pain despite leaning against her girlfriend for support. She could barely touch the floor with her foot, it felt like the shoe had been replaced with a powerful vice grip. "Sit down already, Lemon! Don't torture yourself for no reason!" Sour Sweet pushed her down onto the bed again with a hand on each of her shoulders. Lemon collapsed onto the mattress on her back with a heavy whump. The pain in her leg faded into a dull throb as the pressure was lifted from it, though it didn't go away entirely. "Seriously, I'm not listening to any more complaining, stay home or I'll duct tape you to the bed." "But..." Lemon Zest trailed off. She really couldn't see herself leaving anyway. "Okay... but promise you'll come back after school is out." "Come on, do you really think I wouldn't?" Sour Sweet punched her shoulder lightly with a friendly wink. "Besides, maybe missing school is for the best. Who knows what kind of crap is gonna go down today after that shitfest that happened on Friday with Sunset Shimmer on the intercom..." Sour Sweet put a finger to her chin for a moment. "Hm, you don't think I could stay home with you, do you? Nurse you back to health?" "Nurse?" Lemon Zest blushed at the idea of Sour Sweet in a white nurse's outfit. "That does sound nice, but don't let me pull you out of school. I'll be okay, really. We should have a pair of crutches in the hallway closet I can use while you're gone." "Right, I'll grab 'em for you!" Sour Sweet darted out of the bedroom and into the hallway. With a resigned sigh Lemon Zest sat up and very, very gingerly peeled her shoe and sock off of her wounded foot. The bite marks were small and had healed over pretty quickly yesterday, but her ankle was swelling regardless, despite the disinfectant they had used after getting home. Lemon Zest glared over her shoe at the puppy dog who was sitting on the edge of her bed, with her tongue lolling out and her tail wagging as she sat at attention, as if awaiting her morning scratches. "I blame you for this." Lemon Zest huffed. "You and your mutiny..." Mina bounded up to her and began to lick her face, licking away the anger after a few moments. "Bah... at least you'll be here with me." She wrapped her arms around Mina tightly. "You won't leave me by the end of the day..." "What was that?" Sour Sweet asked curiously from the doorway. "N-nothing!" Lemon Zest blushed in embarrassment as she reached for the crutches offered by her girlfriend. "Try to have a good day! Don't let the jerks around there get you down!" "I never do, we both know those dickwads can't handle me." Sour Sweet flashed a somewhat frightening grin as she turned toward the door with a wave. "You take care of yourself! I'll be back this evening!" "Later..." Lemon Zest waved until she was gone, then wrapped Mina up in another lickful hug.