"Oh right, I didn't get you a potion -" 

She quickly grabs one off the nightstand. "Here."

Audrey sips.

"... candy?"

"... Okay, I guess." 

She summons a bag of peppermint patties and a bag of skittles and a whole chocolate bar from the console and gives them all to Audrey.

Audrey peels one of the peppermint patties out of its little foil wrapper and noms it. 

"... thank you. Comfort food... helps."

Awwwwwwwww. 

She kneels next to Audrey on the bed and pets her hair. "Is that a normal thing for you?"

"Yeah, I like... candy and juice and coloring books and dumb phone games. Simple things. Being pet. Being held."

"I like... control. Feeling like I'm in charge of things. My strap helps with that. I've never tried a leash or a whip or anything but - I bet those kinds of things would help me feel okay. They feel like... tools, to me. Not something strange." 

Audrey reaches down off the bed and pulls out her necklace of oral enchancement and empathy and breath-holding out of the pocket of her dress. 

"I... it took me a while to order this. I'm still not wearing it consistently. But... I think I feel the same way about it as you do about whips and so on."

"What's it do?"

"Um. It makes oral better - both it gives you feedback from eating someone out and it lets you hold your breath forever - and it gives you an empathic sense for your partner's enjoyment."

"Cool," she says. "Maybe you can use it on me sometime."

"Yeah, maybe. Though your strap is good too, don't get me wrong."

"It really is, isn't it."

She smiles. 

"So, are you alright enough for coffee?"

"Right now I'd like to snuggle you and eat more of these peppermint patties. Is that okay?"

"Um... okay, that works. And I'll be quiet for a little bit."

Audrey snuggles up, and time passes.

Eventually:

"I'm sorry, I need to go now. Will you be okay on your own?"

"Yeah, I'll be okay."

"I'll just get my things and go, then."

"See you."

"See you. Coffee another time, okay?"

"Okay."

And she's gone.

Audrey curls up and eats her peppermint patties for a little while longer, but eventually the bag runs out. She considers opening the skittles, shakes her head, grabs a chocolate bar and rips it open. Eats a little of it, sets it on the nightstand half-finished.

What a mess. At least she said she'd be back again. Should she just drop the idea of coffee altogether? Maybe they just don't fit. 

She runs a hand through her hair. She sighs. She goes and showers because the water helps her think, and spends a little time just focused on the ritual of cleaning her body. 

She flops back into bed, sighs. 

She could get out her phone again, but she doesn't feel like she wants to go out. She could... stay in and invite someone else... but she doesn't want another bad experience like with Lily, and Hannah is out. 

She could maybe call an escort...

She pages down to the screen with Aya, Ishaza, Kumi and Tasha's portraits on it. 

... She's supposed to be comfortable with this, so why is she hesitating?

She bonks on Kumi's portrait.

"Moshi moshi?"