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// Ikea by Europa 
// Story: Tainted Love: A Twysalis Prompt Tag Collab 
// by Foals Errand 
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by Europa

Twilight kept the instruction manual lifted before her, scanning the instructions. "Okay, now move plank B over the ridge, and use an A5 nut to secure it in," she said.

In response, Chrysalis manipulated her acidic, emerald telekinetic grip around the pieces of wood and metal, screwing them together. "Done."

"Alright, now raise the first frame and use a B3 screw to attach it to the second frame."

Chrysalis did so, hoisting the newly constructed bed in her incredibly powerful magic. "Alright, there! Is that everything?"

"Nope, that's it." She tossed the instruction to the side of the hive chamber and smiled at her workerfriend. The bed was finally done, a large round thing with a green mattress and purple covers. It'd been a chore getting the parts to the Badlands, and then to Chryssy's chambers, and then assembling them. But they hadn't really had a choice, after the previous bed - ahem - broke.

But that was in the past, and the new bed was done. Hers and Chrysalis's schedules were both clear for the rest of the day, so after the big bug belly-flopped onto the bed, Twilight joined her. They rolled around belly to belly and embraced each other with their forelegs, intertwining their hind legs as well. The changeling queen's green shell, as well as the rest of her chitin, was smooth and hard, like warm glass, but could rise and fall with her breaths. It was an interesting thing to snuggle against.

"Glad this is finally over," she muttered. "I can't believe a bed could have so many parts."

"Hmm, you're telling me," came Chryssy's resonant voice. "I don't know about you, but I'm beat."

"Yeah. A nap sounds good?" she asked, using her earth pony strength to roll them over so that she rested on top of her workerfriend, laying her head against the plates of her thorax. With the sound of a changeling's buzzing breath as white noise, Twilight slowly drifted off into a cat nap.


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One week later, Twilight Sparkle walked into Beds and Pencils. "Hello," she greeted the stallion behind the counter. "I'm here for a bed."

The old one had broken.