Berry Punch stood in the doorway to the room her daughter was sleeping in. She didn’t move and she didn’t make any noise. She simply stood and watched her angel’s little chest rise and fall with each breath. She had been worried that Pinchy would have trouble sleeping in a new bed on Hearth’s Warming Eve, but she had snuggled under the blankets and passed out almost immediately.
It was all Berry could do to not crawl into the bed with her daughter. Pinchy was growing up much faster than Berry wanted. Soon she’d start drawing attention, and worse, showing interest, and Berry didn’t know how to deal with that. She was terrified that her daughter would turn out to be just like her.
I won’t allow it. I’ll beat them all off of her with a stick! Berry’s eyes narrowed at the thought of a mare or stallion coming home with her daughter. Pinchy wouldn’t turn out the same way she did. She would be a good girl. A proper girl. A girl that fit in with Canterlot. One that Minuette wouldn’t have to be embarrassed to take around her hometown. Pinchy would not turn—
“You’re doing it again.”
Berry jumped as two soft blue hooves slipped gently around her neck. A second later, Minuette’s chin came to rest on Berry’s shoulder, and all her dark thoughts vanished.
“Sorry, Collie” Berry said. She leaned into Minuette’s face and closed her eyes. If Pinchy found a girl as good Minuette, then Berry would be okay. If she found a stallion then…well, Berry would sit that boy down and set him straight before anything else happened.
“What was it this time?”
“Just worrying about my little baby.” Berry opened her eyes and looked at her daughter in the dim room.
“Our little baby,” Minuette corrected with a quick squeeze. A tear came to Berry’s eye. “And she’s not as little as she was.”
“That’s what I’m worried about!” Berry complained. “I’m worried that our little girl will grow up to be me.”
“Is that so bad?”
“You’re joking,” Berry replied flatly.
“If you were half as bad as you think you are, do you think I would have stayed?”
“I don’t…” Berry trailed off. Minuette had done it again. With just a few words, she had managed to banish all of Berry’s worries from her mind. No matter how dark Berry’s thoughts got, Minuette always cut right through them, bringing a warmth that only she could bring.
“You’re a great mother, Berry. Certainly not perfect, but you are great. Pinchy is lucky to have a mother who is so devoted to her. There are fillies that would love to have their parents spend half as much time with them as you do with Pinchy.”
Berry turned and kissed her wife on the cheek. “Thanks, babe. I needed that.”
Minuette smiled, her perfect teeth gleaming in the faith light in the room. “I know. Now come on. I still need to give you your present.”
“Mm…late night present, huh?” Berry licked her lips and grinned. “I like where this is going.” When Minuette simply smiled at her and then walked down the small hallway in the hotel room, the grin vanished from Berry’s lips. “Uh, Collie? You okay?”
Minuette walked into the kitchen and disappeared around the corner. Berry followed, her curiosity rising with each step. Usually Minuette played hard to get, or gave Berry a deadly eye roll whenever she talked like that to her. The fact that she hadn’t even let out an exasperated sigh was…slightly worrisome.
“Collie, it’s not fun if you don’t—” Berry stopped, both in midsentence and mid-step, as she rounded the corner and gazed into the kitchen. A lone a bottle of something, freshly uncorked with a few bubbles still dripping down the side, was sitting in the middle of the table. Two glasses were set out at one end of the table, and Minuette was standing next to one of the chairs. She smiled and pulled it out with her magic.
Berry took a few slow steps forward, not sure what was going on. Minuette didn’t care for her drinking habit, but she would still buy Berry the occasional bottle and even share a glass from time to time. But this was something on a whole different level.
“Trying to be romantic?” Berry teased as she slid into the chair.
Minuette slipped into the chair next to her. “Trying. I don’t know if I’m doing a good job.”
“Well, the trembling is kind of cute.” Minuette went stiff. Berry laughed and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. “Relax. I said it’s cute. So, this is my present, huh? A nice bottle of wine with my wife? I can’t think of anything better.” Berry lowered her voice and leaned in close, so that the tip of her lips just barely touched Minuette’s ear. “Well, I can think of one—mmph?!”
Minuette turned and pressed her lips against Berry’s. Hard. Very hard. So hard that, for a moment, Berry wondered if she was kissing a Changeling, but then Minuette’s hooves wrapped around the back of her neck and she knew it was her Collie.
“Uh, sorry. Just…trying to get in the mood,” Minuette said as she pulled away from the kiss. She was breathing hard and having trouble keeping her eyes on Berry’s face. They kept drifting back to the bottle and the empty glasses.
“Don’t be sorry,” Berry said, a little surprised at her wife’s assertiveness. “Do it again.”
“Oh, there’s a very good chance of that tonight.”
All the teasing and sexual energy left Berry in an instant. Minuette was acting weird. Very weird. It was still her. Her kiss was still the same and it was something that no Changeling could ever copy, but the rest of her was out of place. Berry had never seen her like this before…
Except for that one time.
“What?” Minuette asked quickly. Her gazed darted between Berry and the opened bottle on the table four times before finally stopping on Berry.
“So, Collie…” Berry looked at the bottle carefully. “What exactly is that drink?” She was pretty familiar with all the fine drinks in Equestria, and she was positive that she didn’t recognize this one.
“Just, um…something special.” Minuette grabbed the bottle with her magic and poured herself a small glass and then held it over Berry’s glass. “Would you like some?”
“How much have you already had?”
“Um…just a small sip. I…okay, look. This was going to be really difficult for me, so I needed a shot before I started.”
Berry grinned. “And a small sip turned you into this? How much is that glass going to do?”
Minuette reached out and grabbed the sides of Berry’s face. She held her there and stared into her eyes. There was a burning in them that Berry knew all too well, but she was used to seeing it in her own eyes, not her wife’s. “Look, do you want that private dance or not? Because if not, I can just down this glass right now and we can move right on to the finale, because I want you!”
Berry blushed. She couldn’t remember the last time she had blushed because of sex. Having Minuette this close to her and this eager was not something she was used to. It was…exhilarating and terrifying. This was a side of Collie that she rarely saw, and the hunger in the Unicorn’s eyes was tearing into her.
“So…this is the drink Cadance gave you at her party, isn’t it?” Minuette simply nodded rapidly. “Is it okay? I mean, what about Pinchy in the morning? If we’re both—”
“Sssh,” Minuette hissed as she put her hoof up to her mouth. “Princess Celestia gave me another drink. She…uh, what did she say…? Right! She said it’ll help in the morning. Not right as rain, but well enough that Pinchy can mind herself for an hour while we sleep it off.”
Berry looked over at the bottle and then at her wife and grinned. “Do we need those glasses?”
Minuette brought the bottle to her lips and took a long sip. Watching her throat throb with each gulp caused Berry to start squirming in her chair. A small amount of the liquid slipped down side of Minuette’s mouth and ran down her long neck. Berry stared at it until she couldn’t help it. She leaned forward and slowly licked the liquid off of her wife’s neck.
Minuette placed her hoof on Berry’s chest ands shoved her back. “Nu-uh,” she said as she pulled the bottle away from her lips. “You are just watching. You can—hic—you can play when I say you can.”
“But Collie…” Berry whined, only half pretending. She vaguely wondered if Minuette had remembered to put a muffling spell on Pinchy’s room, but she pushed the thought aside as Minuette brought the bottle to Berry’s lips. These hotels had sound spells set on them from the beginning anyway.
“Take a drink,” Minuette said. Before Berry could protest, the Unicorn forced the bottle into her mouth and titled it back.
The liquid flowed into Berry’s mouth. It moved like silk down her throat, but the texture on her tongue was like a sweet honey. It rushed through her body and her head suddenly felt light. She wrapped her lips around the edge of the bottle without thinking and tried to suck more of the delicious liquid from it.
“That’s a good girl,” Minuette said as she pulled the bottle away, much to Berry’s annoyance.
“Wow…” Berry whispered as she struggled to stay in her seat. So this was what Alicorns drank to get drunk? It was…whoa. It was unlike anything she had ever tried. She was vaguely aware of the fact that she had experienced all of the sensations before, but it usually took more than a single gulp to get her this way. She reached out for the table twice before she was able to find it. She tapped it and tried to say that she wanted another sip, but her words failed her.
“Oh no,” Minuette said with a lazy smile. “You’ve—ah…you’ve had enough. For now. Just, just, just…” Minuette leaned back and stared at the ceiling of their room for a moment and then jumped forward. “Enjoy the show!”
The Unicorn jumped out of her seat and onto the table. For a moment, she stood on all fours, but then she took a deep breath and stood up on her hind legs. She staggered for a moment and laughed when she nearly fell off of the table, but she managed to keep her balance.
“Wee, this is fun!” she said as she slowly turned around. “You should try it, Berry.”
“If you say—”
“Hey!” Minuette spun around and glared at Berry. “I said you could play when I say so! You stay right there and watch your wife be…be…um, what was it?”
“Me?” Berry offered with a small laugh. Her head was swimming already, but she didn’t mind. She and Minuette rarely had a chance to get drunk together.
“That’s it!” Minuette said as she pointed down at Berry. “Hot! Watch your wife be hot!”
“Yes ma…ma’am!” Berry attempted to make a salute, but her hoof slipped and poked her in the face. She giggled.
“Lyra said you like this.” Berry watched as her wife started swaying her hips back and forth and the Earth pony’s mouth fell open. She began to squirm again as the Unicorn’s white and blue tail began to whip around with the motion of the hips.
“Hot…” Berry whispered, licking her lips as her wife continued to dance on the table.
“Lyra was right,” Minuette giggled. “She offered to bring Bon Bon by for a drink. You…want to…?”
All Berry could do was shake her head as she continued to gaze at her wife.
“Good,” Minuette said. She stopped dancing and leaned in close. She pressed her forehead against Berry’s and grinned. “Because this is a private session.”