Chapter 1: Introduction
Marina groggily opened her eyes to find herself sprawled across her purple comforter. The sunlight streaming through her window illuminated her dark wood dresser and painted poster of the Octarian band, The Shiverettes. As she sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, she noticed something odd—her breasts were leaking ink. What could be causing this?
Panicked, she scrambled off her bed to investigate further. Her nipples felt pinched, as if someone had been sucking on them just before she fell asleep.
That couldn't be right though. Could it? Marina shook off her doubts; there was no time to dwell on silly questions right now. She needed answers. Grabbing her phone from her nightstand, she texted Pearl immediately: "Hey gf! I need you to come over ASAP. Something's wrong with me."
She waited nervously for Pearl's response while pacing back and forth across her bedroom floor. The moment her girlfriend's name popped up onscreen, she clicked on the message icon without reading it first.
This was far too important to be delayed by small talk. "Hey baby," Pearl answered after just one ring, sounding groggy even though Marina knew she'd been awake all day working hard at her family's restaurant. "I need you down here now." She could hear her voice tighten as she explained the situation; there was no time for comforting words or gentle touches so far away from one another. Pearl sighed deeply on the other end of the line - an audible signal of resignation followed by determination steeling itself against whatever challenge lay ahead.
"On my way," she replied tersely before hanging up without another word. Marina knew how bad things must be if even her usually unflappable girlfriend couldn't maintain composure over text message alone.
By now more than half an hour had passed since Marina discovered something amiss with herself; surely enough time had elapsed for Pearl to arrive at her doorstep? No sooner did this thought cross her mind than there came a knock upon it accompanied by three sharp raps indicating someone's impatience to enter.
With great relief she flung open wide the door revealing her beloved standing there looking worried - though still managing somehow to appear incredibly sexy despite all circumstances as if fashioned from some higher power itself just for Marina! Unable to mask her joy at seeing Pearl even under such trying conditions she threw herself into an embrace so fierce both girls wobbled slightly before finding balance once again against one another chest’s breast’s bosom’s heart’s ribcage .