Midnight

Distracted

The arms in the clock both point directly upwards to signal midnight and somewhere, in an abandoned part of a nondescript town, the lights turn on inside a pleasant tiny café. A strikingly beautiful, tall woman with long black hair unlocks the door and glances outside. She flips the "Closed" sign to "Open for Business and Good Times", closes the door, and goes inside. She walks, with almost completely silent steps, towards the bar. The shadows seem to move around and caress her as she moves. She leans her back against the bar and looks around the empty common room. She sighs and walks behind the bar and starts to wipe the surface with a cloth. The café is dimly lit, only with two faint lights, one above the bar, one in the middle of the common room. It smells faintly of incense.

The woman finishes wiping the surface and looks at the collection of glasses and grunts approvingly as she finds them to her liking. Suddenly, a tiny bell goes off near the door, telling everyone inside, that the door has been opened. A group of four people walks inside. They're all tall and thin and dressed finely. The group consists of two women and two men. They nod towards the woman at the bar and walk to one of the lodges in the common room. One woman walks to the bar and greets the barkeep.

"Evening, Charlotte", she says with a pleasant, light voice. Her somewhat pale eyes glint in the darkness.

"Good Evening, Miss D. You had a reservation, so the lodge is yours for the night. I have prepared drinks for you, they're in the fridge at the end of the table.", Charlotte says and smiles at the woman.

Miss D looks around and raises her eyebrow at Charlotte. "Where's your little sex toy?", she says and grins at Charlotte. "And for that matter, where are Grace and Evelyn?"

"Jeannie is making a delivery, she'll be here in a moment. As for Prieto and Fischer, I don't actually know. They should've been here an hour ago, but haven't seen them yet. Probably stayed up too late and are now asleep in some ditch.", Charlotte says and smiles.

"Aaaww. And I wished to see Grace so much today", Miss D says and clearly fakes a disappointed sigh.

"I can assure you, your feelings are one-sided on that front", Charlotte says.

Miss D smiles at her, bow lightly, and walks to the lodge, pulling the curtain close after her. Charlotte sighs and rolls her eyes at the curtain, then sits down behind the bar and picks up a book from the shelf.

***

In a cozy apartment a couple of miles away from the café, a slightly tanned, athletic-looking woman is standing in front of a mirror, stark naked. Another woman, thinner and with rune-like tattoos covering her wrists, her abdomen, her inner thighs, and her face under her left eye, lies naked on the bed next to the other woman. She picks up a small pillow and throws it at the other one.

"Gracie, your ass has grown big", she says giggling.

"Evie...", Grace says and turns towards Evelyn. "At least I have one. You're like a fucking stick with boobs glued on", she says and grins at her.

"Hey, rude", Evelyn says and pouts. She touches her butt with both of her hands and pats it. "I do have one, and it's prettier than yours.", she says.

Grace turns around and shakes her butt towards Evelyn. "Well, at least you like this one more", she says and laughs.

Evelyn sits up, gathers the covers beside her on her other side, and points to the bed next to her. "Sit", she says.

Grace turns around and looks deadpan at Evelyn. "I'm not a fucking dog!", she says and crosses her arms in front of her.