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“Anne, when this is over, do you think we…” Sasha lay sprawled across her mattress, looking up at her friend. The Thai American girl looked down at Sasha with the tilt of her head causing her curly dark brown hair to fall like a curtain around her eyes.

Sasha never thought about how much those eyes meant to her before. Those warm chestnut eyes, always filled with such joy and warmth. Anne’s eyes held this look of such intense care and love, and when she looked at you like that you could be certain that she was listening intently to every word that came out of your mouth.

Sasha never realized how much she adored seeing that love in Anne’s eyes until the day it faded away. That day, that dreadful day in Newtopia. The day they were supposed to go home. The day Sasha and Grime foolishly attempted to seize control of Amphibia. The day that after years of Sasha’s manipulation, belittling, gaslighting, and treating Anne like a toy for her own amusement, the girl had finally had enough. The day that Sasha ruined their friendship.

“… do you think things will ever be able to go back like they were before?”

“What?” Anne said, a puzzled expression rising to her face as she peered down at the blonde girl sprawled out before her. Sasha had been so strong these last few weeks. She had always been strong, but in Amphibia she had become almost impossibly so, seemingly fearless and untouchable. But here lying on her bed she looked so fragile, almost broken.

The blonde girl possessed a smirk on her face, but it wasn’t the usual smirk of confidence she wore.No, Sasha looked defeated, almost like she had accepted her fate. They had both gone through so much together during their time in Amphibia, but Sasha had gone through far more and Anne knew that. She need only look at the scars on the girl’s poor face. The scar on her cheek which Anne had put there almost two years ago now (Frog, had it really been that long?). During the year she had been gone, the scar had become intersected with another, one going directly over where her eye used to be.

Anne remembered being surprised when she first saw that Sasha had lost an eye, but there was so much going on at the time that she never really took a second to process that fact. Sasha never addressed it, and acted so self-assured and confident at the time that that detail had blended in with so many others. But here and now, when she had the time to really look and let it sink in, it hit Anne. Sasha’s eye was gone, forever. She was never going to get it back and Anne let it happen.

The twin scars on Sasha’s face would always remind her of how she failed Sasha, how bad of a friend she was. The unforgivable ways she has hurt and abandoned her. Maybe it wasn’t Anne’s fault, maybe Sasha only had herself to blame for her misfortune. Maybe it wasn’t her fault either, maybe there was really no-one to blame, no clear answer. Regardless, it had all happened, Anne had hurt Sasha twice, and abandoned Sasha twice. Sasha betrayed her twice, nearly got Sprig killed twice, and pushed Anne around her entire life. But it was Sasha’s face that was marred with the evidence of all of that, and she would bear those marks forever.

“I mean like, normal teenager stuff: gossip, throwing parties, dating guys, sleepovers. Do you think we’ll ever get to do that stuff again? Like, really?” Sasha asked with a forlorn half smile plastered across her face.

“I mean… Yeah of course! Why wouldn’t we?” Anne reassured, taken aback by the question.

“Anne, you know what I mean. After everything, we’ve been through. We’ve changed so much. We aren’t who we were before. I don’t think we can ever really go back.” Sasha let out a half-hearted chuckle.

“Sasha I was back on earth for a long time, and yes, things were different, but the world still spun. Life continued, I still went to school, and did homework…” Anne explained.

“Were you able to make new friends?” Sasha asked.

“Yeah sure, Terri, Dr. Jan, Ally, Jess…”

“I mean anyone our age?”

“Well… no.”

“Hang out with anyone our age, at all?”

“A little but… mostly no. Actually my social life is kind of dead.” Anne sheepishly confessed. “But I was mostly focused on getting the Plantars home. When I get back for real, then of course things will be back to normal.”

“Well, hope that’s true.” Sasha said as she turned her head on its side. “By the way, did they like, make you repeat a grade?” Sasha continued to inquire.

“Yeah actually, they did.” Anne admitted.

“Damn, I’m gonna be like, held back two years because of all this. Everyone I know will have gone onto high school. Meanwhile, I’ll be sitting in class with kids 2 years younger than me, missing an eye, covered in scars, and looking like a bodybuilder.” Sasha let out a mirthless laugh.

“…Sasha.” Anne said with sympathy, not quite knowing how to console her.

“I’m sorry, I’m really bringing down the mood here aren’t I?” Sasha said with a bit of guilt. “But it’s true, I’m not gonna relate to anyone in school when I get back. And I doubt they’ll let me be a cheerleader again, looking like this. I don't know what I’m really gonna do.” Sasha said as she stared at the ceiling.

“Of course they will let you be a cheerleader, why wouldn’t they? And I’ll be there, you’ll have me to relate to.” Anne stroked Sasha’s hair. “You’ll see when you, me, and Marcy get home, we’ll all have a sleepover like back before. Won’t that be nice?”

“Anne, I don’t think…” Sasha inhaled. “I don’t really think that’s gonna happen.”

“Why won’t it happen?” Anne inquired.

“Anne… Marcy got us trapped here on purpose.” Sasha said with trepidation.

“She was scared, she was-” Anne tried to object.

“I get that. But I lost an eye because of her decision… and I also lost a friendship.” Anne rubbed her arm awkwardly and looked down at the floor. “Ignoring the fact that her family is moving so we probably won’t be able to have a sleepover even if we wanted to, I’m not sure I want to be friends with her anymore.” Sasha confessed as Anne looked at the floor. “And I know you don’t want to be friends with me anymore.”

“What?! Why would you think-?” Anne said as she turned her head back to Sasha.

“You said it yourself, Anne. I’m a horrible person, and you’re done being friends with me.” Tears started to prick at Sasha’s good eye, and her damaged tear duct burned.

“Sasha I-” Anne started to speak.

“It’s ok Anne. You were right. I spent my whole life pushing you around. Using you, controlling you.” Sasha struggled to maintain her composure.

“Sasha you’re not that person anymore, you’ve changed!” Anne insisted.

“Maybe I have. But that doesn’t change the fact that our friendship was built on manipulation. All the ‘fun’ times we had, you were full of stress and self-loathing. And I caused that. How can I ask you to be friends with me after being a source of pain in your life for so long? All of the fun stuff we used to do is poisoned now.” tears began streaming from Sasha’s good eye.

“No, Sasha, don’t cry!” Anne protested, started to tear up herself.

“There’s no going back to normal. No undoing it all. It’s over, it’s all over.” Sasha whined softly.

“Sasha, you’ve had a few too many sips of beatle mead. In the morning you’ll feel better, you’ll see.” Anne tried to console the blonde while stroking the girl’s hair.

“Yeah, probably. But it’s still true.”

“No Sasha, it’s not that simple. There was good, and there was bad. I had my own self-loathing problems which let you push me around. You stood up for me when I needed it, I just needed to learn to stand up for myself was all.”

“Yep, don’t need me anymore,” Sasha said with a scoff.

“It’s not like that.” Anne tried to object.

“Look Anne, that day in Newtopia. That image of you with your sword is burned in my mind. I saw it in your eyes: pure hate, righteous fury, you…” Sasha paused and took a deep breath. “You wanted me dead. Didn’t you?”

“I… no I…” Anne’s voice cracked as she started to weep. “No! I’d never hurt you Sash!”

‘Sash’, Anne hadn’t called Sasha that since she’d gotten back. That nickname held such affection. It made Sasha’s heart fill with a warmth she hadn’t felt in a long while.

“If I really put so much hurt in your life, to make you hate me that much. Then I… I don’t deserve a friend like you!” Sasha couldn’t keep her composure and started bawling along with Anne.

“Sasha, what are you talking about?” Anne got out through her sobs.

“I don’t deserve a friend as caring as you! You’re so Amazing! Look around us! Everyone in this town loves and respects you! You’ve touched so many people here in Amphibia! You’re a beautiful person! And I just treated you like garbage your whole fucking life!” Sasha was starting to get hysterical.

“Sashaaa! Please, calm down!” Anne attempted to console her friend.

“No! I almost killed Sprig and Hop Pop, your family! I never respected your wants and needs! I was greedy and wanted you all to myself and didn't care who I had to hurt to get that. I didn't care if I had to hurt you to get that. I’m a horrible person!” Anne grabbed hold of Sasha’s arms and pulled her into a sitting position so she could hug her fiercely.

“You deserve to just forget about me, Anne! I know you think you need to pity me because you’re a good person, but you don’t! You’re completely justified in just forgetting about me once this is over!”

“What? I don’t pity you! Sasha, I love you!” Anne spoke through her sobs.

“I love you too Anne!” Sasha cried.

“I’m so sorry I didn’t come back sooner!” Anne sobbed as she gently traced her fingers over the scar on Sasha’s right eye. “You wouldn’t have lost one of your pretty eyes!” Anne strained herself in order to say that out loud.

“Anne I… I know you don’t need me anymore, but…. I need you!” Sasha admitted. “I’m sorry!”

“I need you, Sasha! Of course I need you!” Anne said firmly.

“Oh, Anne,” Sasha said as she buried her face in Anne’s shoulder. “I still can’t believe you’re here. You’re really here. This isn’t a dream.”

“A dream?” Anne said, beginning to calm down, but still having a shaky voice.

“I dreamed of you coming back, for so many nights Anne. And now it’s real! You’re actually back.” Sasha clung to Anne as tight as she could.

“Yep,” Anne sniffed. “And I’m not leaving you behind again.” Anne intertwined her fingers with Sasha’s.

“You mean that?” Sasha asked softly.

“I mean it. Not ever again.” Anne and Sasha held each other for a few minutes. “You’re a good person, you know that?” Anne whispered, her mouth level with Sasha’s ear.

“Shut up,” Sasha mumbled as she continued to cry on Anne's shoulder.

“I mean it, you’re a good person. I hope you know that.” Anne tenderly spoke.

“You’re an amazing person Anne. You’re one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met.”

“Pfft, whaaat?” Anne responded in disbelief.

“I’m serious, you’re so loving and kind-hearted. You bring joy and warmth to everyone you interact with. You’ve touched so many people! You bring light into the lives of everyone you meet!” Anne was at a loss for words at Sasha’s description of her, so she just hugged her tighter. “And I was so scared of losing that light, I tried to control you, I’m sorry.”

“Sasha, it’s ok, you didn’t know how to maintain friendships at the time. But look at you now! Everyone in Wartwood loves you! Grime loves you! And Sprig and Polly are really warming up to you!”

“Really?”

“Oh come on, don’t pretend like I didn’t see you asking Sprig about his action figures,” Anne said with a grin.

“Heyyy! We were just talking about historic military strategy!”

“Okay!~” Anne said smugly.

“Oh Anne,” Sasha sighed. “You’re so warm…”

“How’s that Sash?” Anne said with a hum.

“You just have this warmth about you, it’s like in your soul.” Sasha moved her hands along Anne’s torso. Anne blushed a bit at being referred to in such a way. “…but you’re also just actually warm, it’s been very cold in this cave Anne. And with Andrias’ factories blocking out the Sun, and all these frogs and toads being cold-blooded. I just missed this sort of warmth, y’know?”

“I know Sash.” Anne said. “Sasha, we’ve grown so close these last couple of months. I think… I hope after we get home, our relationship can be more than just a normal friendship.”

“Oh! Y-yeah?” Sasha’s face lit up as her hands moved down Anne’s torso, towards her hips.

“I hope we can think of each other like… sisters almost, y’know?”

“… Oh. Ye-yeah! Ha! Of course! Sisters!” Sasha chuckled as she dropped her hands before awkwardly moving them back up.

“So like… even if we ever grew apart… Y’know? like in college? We will always still look out for each other. Have each other’s back, y’know?”

“Awww! Boonchuy! That is so sweet!” Sasha smiled as she released Anne from her hug. “Honestly, I’d love it if we were sisters. We would stay up every night, watching movies, eating snacks, talking about dumb shit.” Sasha said with a giggle.

“Nah, I tried sharing a room with Sprig, and it was a nightmare.” Anne chuckled.

“Still, I’d make a great big sister.”

“Kind of always thought of you that way, honestly,” Anne said with a shrug.

“Hm, Big Sis Sash. I like the sound of it.” Sasha said, giving Anne finger guns.

“Yeah! You’re my big sis! And Polly is my little sis! And Sprig is my bro! And Ma…” Sasha’s smile immediately fell into almost a grimace, and her eye darted to the left. Anne stopped what she was saying and transitioned into a cough. “Point is we’re like one big family!”

“I like that,” Sasha said, her warm smile returning.

“And Sasha don’t worry about how you’ll look when you come back to earth. You still look beautiful as ever.” Anne assured her friend with a smile.

“That’s nice of you to say, Anne,” Sasha responded. Anne slowly lifted her hand to Sasha’s face and caressed her hand over Sasha’s right cheek.

“Sasha I am so, so sorry that I hurt you.”

“Oh c’mon, I was a total jerk, I deserved it,” Sasha said solemnly.

“No, Sasha. You didn’t.” Anne replied sternly.

”Well, it was my own stupid decision to duel you. The scar isn’t even that bad. Plus the eye thing kind of overshadows it now. And y’know” Sasha rubbed her arm. “It reminds me of you.”

“What?” Anne asked, her voice cracking.

“I mean-! Like! For all that time we spent apart before the third temple! And then after you went back to Earth! It reminded me like… of how our friendship was before and like….” Sasha stumbled over her words. “…how good of a person you are, and it inspired me to like… try to be a better person, and junk,” Sasha mumbled.

“Wow, heh. You’re really love bombing me right now aren’t you!” Anne joked.

“Ha ha! Yeah!” Sasha and Anne both laughed. As their laughter died down Sasha’s eye kept darting from the floor to Anne.

“What?” Anne asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Nothing~” Sasha giggled a little, her tipsiness showing through.

“C’mon, I can tell you wanna say something.” Anne prodded.

“Ok well, you always told me how beautiful I was and fashionable and all that, when we were back on earth. But have I…” Sasha took a pause and looked at her hands before resuming eye contact with Anne. “ever told you how pretty you are?”

Anne blushed, “Heh, whaaat?”

“You are seriously one of the most beautiful girls I’ve ever met,” Sasha said as her tone became slightly more serious.

“Sashaaa! Staaawp~” Anne pshawed.

“I’m serious. You are so gorgeous. I mean if I were a guy, I’d totally kiss you right now.”

“……” Anne inhaled and was about to say something before she stopped dead in her tracks as she did a double take over what Sasha had just said to her. The girl’s eyes widened with surprise and disbelief as she was at a complete loss at how to respond to Sasha’s compliment. All she could do was look back at Sasha with words failing to come to her lips.

“Oh uh, I’m sorry uh….” Sasha started to apologize as she began to realize what she had just said out loud. “…that was weird I… don’t know why I…”

“Pfffft! It’s fine, dude!” Anne said as she burst out laughing uncontrollably. “Jeez you really did have a lot to drink, didn’t ya?” The Thai American girl chuckled as her happy demeanor returned.

“Yep! Ha! Really gotta watch how much I drink next time.” Sasha said as she nervously rubbed her left arm.

“Oh! While I was on Earth, my fourteenth birthday happened, and my parents were still really scared to let me out of the house, so we celebrated at home together.” Anne relayed enthusiastically.

“Yeah?” Sasha answered, eager to let Anne change the subject.

“We ended up sharing some wine together, and I got hammered dude!” Anne said with a chuckle and a slight blush. “And I said some embarrassing stuff!”

“Really?” Sasha said with a cocked eyebrow. “Like what?”

“Well, I told them about how… hey my back is starting to ache, would it be ok if I lied down?” Anne asked Sasha.

“Oh yeah of course!” Sasha scooted over as Anne crawled over next to Sasha. Both girls then laid themselves across the bed.

“So I told them like, mostly just embarrassing stuff about my love life.” Anne continued.

“Like what?”

“I told them about the first guy I kissed and where it happened.”

“Vince, right? At the roller rink?” Sasha said with a smirk.

“Yep! Heh, kind of surprised you remember that.” Anne and Sasha both blushed. “I also told them like, how many guys I kissed.”

“How many?” Sasha cocked her eyebrow again.

“Uh… Seven.” Anne mumbled.

“Seven!?” Sasha said in disbelief.

“Yeah,” Anne said bashfully.

“Really?”

“What? Don’t believe me?” Anne crossed her arms.

“No, it’s not like that! I mean I haven’t even kissed anyone yet, so I have like, no room to talk.”

“Pffft! Sure.”

“What?”

“‘Haven’t kissed anyone.’ Yeah right.” Anne retorted, making air quotes with her fingers and rolling her eyes.

“I’m serious!” The blonde insisted.

“Sure.”

“No Anne really, I’m serious.”

“Wait, really?”

“Yep.”

“Wait really?”

“Yes, Anne. Really.”

“Wait! Really? The Sasha Waybright hasn’t kissed anyone yet?”

“Yep.” Sasha clicked her tongue as she stared at the ceiling.

“But, you’ve had so many boyfriends.” Anne bore a puzzled expression.

“Yeah, none of them kissed me. For most of them, we broke up before we ever got to kiss. A couple tried to kiss me, but I always got nervous and chickened out.” Sasha admitted as her face turned a slight bit red.

“Oh come on, afraid of kissing? You?” Anne still doubted. Sasha only responded by rubbing her arm. “But you always gave me and Marcy advice on guys. You made it out like you were some boy expert or something.”

“Yeah, well…” Sasha shrugged.

“So what, it was all an act?”

“I mean, pretty much, yeah,” Sasha said with an awkward chuckle.

“Woah! I guess I’m the dating expert now, huh?” Anne hummed.

“Anne, you’ve always been the dating expert. Like, ever since we were kids everyone has gone to you for dating advice, or when they need to break up with someone. Don’t sell yourself short.”

“Huh, I guess you’re right,” Anne said as she folded her hands underneath her head like a pillow.

“Which I mean isn’t really surprising. You are a very loving person, it’s like your nature.” Sasha mused while looking up at the ceiling.

“My nature, huh?” Anne smirked.

“Yeah y’know, you’re like super empathetic. You understand people, and connections, and all that junk.” Sasha rubbed her left arm. “I mean it’s no wonder I find you so attractive.”

“Yeah, I suppose that makes…” Anne paused. “What was that?”

“Oh!” Sasha smacked her forehead. “I meant why PEOPLE find you so attractive- shit!” Sasha started awkwardly laughing. “Sorry! Sorry!” Sasha continued to laugh as she covered her face with her hands.

“It’s fine dude! It’s fine!” Anne reassured as she laughed along.

“I just can’t stop saying weird stuff tonight I guess!” Sasha said as she started laughing harder.

“Yeah!” Anne said laughing along. As the two girls laughed, tears began to prick the corner of Sasha’s eyes as her laughing began to turn to crying. Anne realized this and immediately stopped laughing. “Oh Sasha, What’s the matter?” Anne asked with concern.

“Nothing!” Sasha said as she turned her head away from Anne. “It’s… it’s nothing.”

“Sasha,” Anne said tenderly, trying to get her friend to open up.

“Sorry, it’s just…” Sasha let out a nervous laugh. “I don’t know, I’ve just said a lot of dumb shit to you tonight, and uh…” Sasha sniffled. “I guess I’m embarrassed…” Sasha said in a shaky voice.

“It’s fine Sash, really!” Anne smiled trying to reassure her friend. “You’re being open and emotional. And it means so much to me that you trust me enough to be this vulnerable.” Anne said as she grabbed hold of Sasha’s hand.

“I’m so glad you’re here Anne,” Sasha said tenderly though still a little sniffly.

“I’m glad I’m here too, Sash,” Anne said giggling and smiling back.

“Anne, you’re one of the most important people in my life. You’re my best friend.” Sasha said, suddenly taking on a sincere tone of voice.

“You’re my best friend too, Sasha.” Anne said as tenderness filled her voice.

“I still can’t believe you’re really here,” Sasha said with a sniffle.

“Yep, and I’m not going anywhere ever again.”

“Oh Anne, when we get back, let’s never be apart, please. We can do whatever you want from now on, just as long as you’re my friend.” Sasha said as she rubbed Anne’s hand with hers.

“Sure Sash.” Anne couldn’t help but smile.

“Oh, Thank you so much, Anne.” Sasha brought Anne’s hand to her face. “Besties forever.” Sasha giggled as she snuggled her face against Anne’s hand.

“Saaash! Whatcha doing?~” Anne said, very amused with how affectionate Sasha was acting.

“I missed you is all. Missed your warmth.” Sasha said smiling as her eye fluttered closed. “I can’t wait to get back to earth with you.”

“So, we can have that sleepover?” Anne hummed.

“We can do whatever you want,” Sasha said softly as she gently rubbed her cheek against Anne’s hand. “You call the shots from now on. I’m at your service.” Sasha said as she slowly kissed Anne’s fingers.

“Hahaha! Oh my gosh! Sashaaaa!~” Anne’s voice went super high as she laughed and blushed.

“Oh, you like that huh?~” Sasha teased as she kissed each of Anne’s fingers as the Thai American girl laughed. Sasha slowly moved to kiss Anne’s hand, then her wrist.

“C’mon Sash, that tickles!~” Anne said. She squirmed and giggled as her friend continued to kiss her way up her arm.

The blonde girl gently planted kisses along her friend's arm making it all the way to her shoulder, pressing her lips to it for a full second. She straightened her head, and Anne’s face was in front of hers, full of laughter. Frog, did she look cute when she laughed. Her laugh sounded so warm and full of joy, just like everything else about Anne. Sasha couldn’t help but just stare and smile at Anne with admiration.

As Anne’s eyes opened her gaze met Sasha’s. Her remaining fiery blue eye filled with such intense desire. Her laugh started to slow down, her smile started to shrink, and her eyes began to widen as she was enraptured by Sasha’s beauty.

“Uh… heh… hey.” Anne stuttered, her words faltering

“Hey,” Sasha said with a smirk as she continued to stare at Anne.

and Sasha just stared at each other for a few seconds in silence.

“… Holy shit,” Anne said, breaking the silence. Sasha was a bit caught off guard by the utterance. Anne didn’t swear often, and Sasha had no idea what would provoke such a reaction from her.

“Huh-“ was all Sasha managed to get out before Anne leaned in and kissed her. Sasha melted at the softness of Anne’s lips against her own. Pleasure and warmth tore through her body. This was happening. She was actually kissing Anne Boonchuy! For almost a year now she had been dreaming about this moment, and now it was actually happening. The blonde felt tears stream down her face. Tears of joy that this was actually happening. Tears of regret over everything she had done to poor Anne throughout their lives. Tears of sorrow over what could have been. Tears of relief that it still wasn’t too late, maybe Anne still cared about her, and in fact, may very well love her. Maybe everything was gonna be ok.

The kissing began to slow down as Anne slowly pulled away from Sasha. “Guess you’ve kissed someone now. Heh.” Anne said in a high pitched sheepish voice. Sasha just stared as tears continued to roll down her face. Panic started to grip Anne as she noticed this. “Oh gosh, Sash are you crying? Dude I’m sorry! I don’t know why I did that! Please forgi-“

Anne was cut off as Sasha kissed Anne back as hard as she could. She wrapped her arms around her as tight as she could as she pressed her lips firmly against Anne’s.

Neither of them could believe this was actually really happening. Anne hadn’t even been sure she was into girls. She never imagined until this moment that she might ever be kissing one! And not just any girl, but Sasha! They’ve both known each other their entire life and now they were kissing! Was that even allowed?

Suddenly Anne noticed something was moving in her mouth. Oh frog, it was Sasha’s tongue! Her tongue! Sasha’s tongue was actually in Anne’s mouth! Sasha! The girl she’s known since her kindergarten days! Sasha! The prettiest, coolest, and most popular girl she’d known on earth! Sasha! Sasha Waybright! Sasha was making out with her! Anne Boonchuy! Of all people!

Anne felt Sasha’s hands as they slowly moved to caress her torso. They rubbed up and down her ribs, stomach, back, and waist. Sasha couldn’t control them, her hands were acting on their own. They couldn’t resist feeling Anne Boonchuy, the girl whose body she’d been dreaming of for almost a year, up and down and all over.

It wasn’t long before Sasha’s hand drifted a little bit lower than she had intended, grazing over the girl’s hips. Quickly Sasha pulled her hand back above Anne’s waistline, but it was too late, Anne already had noticed. Anne pulled away and they stopped kissing.

“Oh! I’m sorry! That was an accident!” Sasha frantically started apologizing.

“It’s fine! It’s fine!” Anne said reassuredly with a giggle. “I just wanted to let you know uh…” Anne took a pause to work up her nerves, she couldn’t believe what she was going to say next. “… I just wanted to let you know that I’m totally fine with you… touching me wherever you want.” Anne couldn’t help but giggle with giddiness and slight embarrassment as she spoke.

“Woah! Uh, Okaaay!” Sasha said excitedly, giggling too a bit.

Sasha’s right hand lowered below Anne’s waist to feel the squishy softness of Anne’s hips, then her thighs, then back to her hips and her butt. Sasha’s gauntlet-covered left hand meanwhile was moving up and down Anne’s back.

“Is there uh… anywhere you want me to specifically touch you?”

“Uh- my uh-“ Anne had to take a second to swallow her embarrassment at saying this. “my thigh, and my lower back.”

“Down here?” Sasha asked as she lowered her left hand along Anne’s back.

“A little… “ Anne spoke with reluctance. “…A little lower.”

“Here?”

“Yeah-Yeah-right-there.” Anne quickly spoke.

“Anne have you ever uh…”

“Hm?”

“Have you ever been kissed on the neck before?” Sasha hesitantly asked.

“A couple of times.” Anne hesitantly admitted.

“Would you like me to kiss your neck?” Sasha immediately answered.

“Yeah! Sure!” Anne enthusiastically responded.

Sasha immediately started sucking on Anne’s neck, tasting the sweetness of her skin, her scent filling Sasha’s nose. Immediately Anne felt the urge to moan. She attempted to muffle them, too embarrassed to let Sasha know exactly how much pleasure this was causing her. Anne’s body began to squirm with delight.

“You ok?” Sasha stopped to ask, noticing Anne squirm as she tried to keep her moans under wraps.

“Yeah yeah, I just,” Anne took a second to collect herself. “I kind of can’t believe this is really happening,” Anne said, her voice breathy from the arousal.

“Oh Anne, you don’t know how badly I wanted this! I’ve been dreaming of this moment for so long.” Sasha murmured into Anne’s ear as she started to kiss her friend’s neck again.

“R-really?” Anne asked, still trying to hold back her moans. “How long?”

“Heh, long enough.” Sasha planted another kiss on Anne’s neck. “Started happening around the third temple.”

“I just don’t understand why,” Anne said, still confused as to why Sasha was so infatuated with her. “Why me of all people?”

“Oh my gosh Anne, how do you still not know how amazing you are! You’ve always been so kind and nurturing! So full of life!” Sasha stroked Anne’s curly hair. “And since we’ve gotten to Amphibia, you’ve grown so much more. You’ve become so mature and responsible. You’re willing to do anything to protect the people you love. You’ve blossomed as a person. You’ve become so courageous and confident and strong.”

“Sashaaaa! I can’t believe what I’m hearing!~” Anne said, starting to blush with embarrassment.

“And of course, you’ve uh… grown in other ways too,” Sasha smirked as she rubbed Anne’s hips.

“SASHA-!” Anne’s face turned every shade of red as she was completely unable to contain her laughter, which came from a mixture of embarrassment at being the subject of such an explicit comment, amusement with Sasha’s boldness, and joy that her friend was openly expressing all the feelings she had towards Anne.

“Sorry, I shouldn’t have said that!” Sasha said, cringing at herself but also laughing along.

“Bold Waybright, very bold, that’s all I’ll say,” Anne said, trying to play it off cool, despite that ship having already sailed with Anne’s initial reaction.

The two girls gave each other a kiss on the lips, before Sasha went back to working on Anne’s neck. Anne was on the verge of being completely unable to control her noises, to the point that she had to literally cover her mouth with her hands just to stop herself from moaning.

“Mmm- Mmm-“ Anne muffledly moaned through her closed mouth.

“Anne, you don’t need to cover your mouth like that. I want to hear you.” Sasha whispered.

“Oh yeah?” Anne said while barely containing her moans.

“Yeah.” Sasha eagerly replied.

“Ok Then. Make me.”

“What?” Sasha stopped kissing Anne’s neck.

“Order me to.” Anne shrugged and grinned. “Commander.”

“Pfft, Anne, I don’t know if I shou-”

“Please.” Anne flashed Sasha a warm smile.

“Ok, Anne I uh… order you to not stop yourself from moaning?” Sasha half-heartedly ordered with a shrug.

“C’mon, say it like you mean it, Sash.” Anne’s pleading eyes bore into Sasha’s soul to the point she couldn’t resist.

“Alright,” Sasha said, conceding. “Boonchuy, I order you to not stop yourself from moaning.” Sasha ordered in a stern tone of voice.

“Yes, commander.” Sasha went back to kissing Anne’s neck and immediately Anne began moaning. “Aaaah. Aaaah.”

Sasha couldn’t believe how cute and soft the noises Anne made were. It made her want to kiss and lick and grope her friend even harder! But it wasn’t enough to satiate her, Sasha wanted more. She started to bite Anne’s neck with her teeth, trying not to do it too hard at first. Soon though, her little nibbles became full-fledged bites.

“Aaaaaaah!” Anne moaned slightly louder as Sasha bit down.

“Sorry-“ Sasha started to speak but was immediately interrupted by Anne howling “harder!”

Sasha began biting harder. sinking her teeth into Anne’s flesh until it turned black and blue, then again, and again. It wasn’t long before Anne’s neck was covered in hickeys. Anne knew that there wouldn’t be any hiding them, but she didn’t care. In fact she enjoyed being marked by Sasha’s love bites, and she wanted more.

“Uh Sash, would it be ok if I…” Anne hesitantly started to speak before losing her nerve.

“Hm?”

“If I uh, you know,” Anne let out a nervous chuckle as she started to fumble with her shirt collar. “Got a little more…” Anne slowly undid her top shirt button. “Comfortable?” Anne looked at Sasha with a lack of confidence while at the same time possessing obvious eagerness.

“Uhwuhjuhhuh?” Sasha flustedly mumbled as she attempted to process the request. “Sure! Yeah! I mean, whatever you feel comfortable with.” Sasha shrugged as she tried to hide the excitement clearly visible on her face. Anne started undoing her other shirt buttons.

“Uh… so I think I’ll just like…” Anne grabbed the hem of her shirt. She inhaled deeply as she prepared herself mentally. She pulled the shirt over up her body to her shoulders, pushed it up her neck, pulled her head into the neck hole, moved the shirt along her arms until the garment was in her hands.

She looked at her shirt, embroidered with the logo of her middle school, the article had loyally stood with her throughout her adventures in Amphibia. She slept in it, worked in it, and fought in it. And now here it was, in her hand, as she knew that Sasha was looking directly at her. She felt so vulnerable without it.

She could feel the air against all her exposed skin. Without having even looked up at Sasha yet, she swore she could also feel her cerulean eye soaking up the image of her body. It wasn’t the first time she’d been shirtless in the same room as her friend, they had changed together in the locker room and at sleepovers. But she had never done it like this before, intentionally exposing her body so that Sasha could look at and feel it. Her heart pounded at the thought of this, of the image of her body feeding Sasha’s hungry eyes.

And it still felt completely unreal to Anne. She still couldn’t believe the thought of her body being desired by, well, anyone! Much less another girl! Much less her beautiful and strong best friend Sasha Waybright!

Oh gosh, wait. What if Sasha didn’t like Anne’s figure? What if at this very moment the blonde was looking at Anne’s exposed body with disgust or disappointment? Anne’s mind suddenly started flashing with all the horrible words guys had used to describe her body in the past. All the times other girls talked about how ‘mannish’ she looked behind her back when they thought she couldn’t hear (or just didn’t care). All the times adults commented on how gangly and scrawny she looked. This made Anne’s heart pump even faster. She felt sick, and dreaded meeting Sasha’s eye.

Slowly Anne worked up the courage to raise her face to look at Sasha. She was greeted by a look of pure joy, maybe the most joy she had ever seen on the blonde girl’s face since they first met back when they were in kindergarten and Anne offered to be Sasha’s friend.

“Woah! Look at you!” Sasha said in a voice full of warmth and awe.

“Heh, like what you see?” Anne said, even though her slightly tilted down head and hand on her forearm communicated that she was still quite shy.

Sasha nodded her head vigorously, continuing to smile. A tear started to drip down her cheek as she sniffled slightly.

“Sasha, why are you crying?” Anne asked tenderly.

“No, no, I’m happy! I just… heh, it’s a lot of emotions right now!” Sasha said as another tear dripped from her good eye.

“Yeah, it sure is.” Anne said, rubbing her arm as she continued to smile back at Sasha. Tears continued “We’ll just take it real slow and casual, ok?” Anne softly stroked Sasha’s back as she spoke.

“Yeah!” Sasha rubbed her eyes. “Yeah uh, I’m just. Frog! I am so happy right now! It’s like- like everything is gonna be ok!” Sasha hugged her topless friend as tightly as she could.

“Yep! Everything is gonna be ok Sash!” Anne said raspily as Sasha squeezed her with extreme tightness. “You are hugging me a bit tight though dude.”

“Oh sorry! Don’t know my own strength, heh!” Sasha loosened her grip on Anne. Anne wrapped her arms around Sasha. “Better?”

“Much.” Anne said before laying her lips on Sasha’s.

They kissed, and snuggled, and groped each other for a good ten minutes. Exploring each other’s bodies, with Sasha giving special attention to Anne’s lower half.

“Jeez, you really like my butt don’t you?” Anne teased in between kisses, biting her own lips.

“Can you blame me? It’s so damn cute!” Sasha confessed as she squeezed each of Anne’s butt cheeks with her hands. Anne squeed in response.

Sasha began biting Anne again, to which Anne responded by moaning. As Anne moaned, Sasha began to dig the claws of her gauntlet covered hand into Anne’s back.

“OWOWOWOW!” Anne whined.

“Oh sorry! I forgot to take this glove off!” Sasha said as she began tugging her hand out of the gauntlet.

“No, no! Leave it on!” Anne urged.

Sasha obliged and pulled the gauntlet back up her arm. She raked the metal glove against Anne’s back while continuing to bite the girl all over. With her teeth she left marks all along the caramel skinned goddess’ shoulders and chest. Eventually Sasha’s teeth caught the lace of Anne’s bra. She grabbed it with her bite and tugged at it slightly.

“Frog do I wanna suck on your tits!” Sasha finally let out with a grunt.

“Heheheh, go ahead.~” Anne softly spoke with a chuckle.

Sasha instantly started fiddling with the back of Anne’s black lacy bra. She struggled and grunted until finally the thing was undone. The bra unclasped in Sasha’s hands. She pulled the bra straps down Anne’s arms. She then held the bra in her hands as she admired the sight of her handy work.

“Woah, did you go up a size?” Sasha said with a smirk.

“Heh, Maybe.~” Anne said as she quickly covered her breasts with her arms. Her face felt hotter than the sun at the moment. “I’m up to a b-cup.”

Sasha simply sat there staring with a guyish smirk, as she teasingly twirled Anne’s bra in the air. Anne watched her bra which once adorned her body, rotate around Sasha’s finger, reminding of her state of partial nudity with every spin.

“Stop twirling it like that! It’s embarrassing!” Anne whined as she gave Sasha a playful shove.

“Okay! Sorry!~” Sasha said as she gingerly tossed Anne’s bra across the room.

“This is unfair, I’m topless here, and you’re in a full suit of armor! Maybe you should take something off.” Anne said grinning.

“Oh,” Sasha said, rubbing the back of her head. “Anne, I dunno if that’s a good idea.”

“Oh, right.” Anne remembered that Sasha was still uncomfortable with how scarred and muscular her body had become while in Amphibia. Something that happened while she was on Earth, in her warm house, with her family. The guilt began to prick at her heart. Anne looked down at the floor, ashamed about what she just asked. “Sash I am just… I am so sorry about everything you had to go through while I was gone.”

“Hey. Don’t worry, ok?” Sasha gently spoke as she caressed Anne’s face. “We’ve apologized enough to each other tonight. Let’s just go back to having fun, yeah?”

“Yeah. Yeah! You’re right!” Anne said with a nod and her smile returning. Slowly Anne pulled her arms away from her breasts. “There, heh, boobies!”

Sasha let out a whistle as she looked hungrily at her friend’s (girlfriend’s? lover’s? Whatever they were.) breasts. She lowered her head down until Anne’s breasts met her eye level and then began to press her lips against Anne’s left nipple. Anne began to softly moan. Sasha began to suck on the girl’s budding breasts harder, and harder. And Anne’s moans became louder and louder.

Sasha and Anne’s sexual arousal had reached heights they hadn’t even known were possible until tonight. They were so incredibly turned on they felt they were going to explode. Neither of the two girl’s could handle this level of fooling around any longer, they both desired each other immensely, and the hunger they both had for each other had become far too intense for them to be able to endure this foreplay any longer, they both knew that something had to give, they both knew that they needed to go further.

“Fuck.” Sasha said as she spat out a mouth full of Anne’s breast. “Fuck it!” Sasha said as she began undoing her belt.

Sasha flung her belt across the room. She stood up and began to rip the armor off her legs. Anne just silently watched as blonde warrior removed her armor, revealing the trim unshaven muscular legs, covered with scars and even quite a large burn which ran from her knee, up her thigh, being semi-covered by the pair of shorts she had had on underneath her leg plating

“Fuck! Fuck!” Sasha grunted as she started untying the straps on her breast plate. Her torso armor fell off her onto the floor with a crash. “Holy fuck!” Sasha exclaimed as she climbed back onto the mattress with only a pair of shorts and a collection of bandaging wrapped around her chest serving as her only clothing. “Boonchuy, I want you! I want to make you mine!”

Anne sat there speechless staring back at her muscular champion. Sasha’s body was truly a sight to behold. Her time on Amphibia had truly molded her body to become so gorgeously strapping. And the scars that adorned her body gave Sasha such a handsome ruggedness, while also showing how much she had sacrificed to protect Wartwood, Anne realized in that moment that Sasha had done this all because she knew how much Wartwood meant to Anne. Sasha finally cared about what Anne wanted, to the point she was willing to risk her life for it! She was a true friend, and now Anne wanted to give her friend something that she wanted in return.

“Then,” Anne’s blank mouth-agape expression slowly grew into a smile. “Take me, Commander.”

Sasha quickly got to work, kissing Anne on the lips, then the neck, then biting her shoulders, then her waist. Sasha’s hands were flying all over, Anne’s breast, her butt, her hip, her back, her inner thigh, her outer thigh. Anne moaned so loudly as Sasha felt and kissed and licked and hit her all over.

Sasha began tugging at Anne’s skirt, pulling the purple garb down the girl’s smooth legs. The only thing Anne had left on was a pair of white panties with a red bow. Sasha slowly reached for them, grabbing the waistband, then taking a brief pause to look at Anne’s face and confirm that she was ok with this. She saw on Anne’s face a look of pure elation and anticipation. Immediately Sasha ripped the panties off of the Thai girl. The idea of Anne being forced to go commando for the rest of her time on Amphibia absolutely thrilled Sasha, (until she realized Anne almost certainly brought some extra-pairs from earth this time around.) Nonetheless she felt so incredibly satisfied with how Anne was submitting to her every action.

“enjoying yourself?” Sasha asked as she slowly circled Anne’s vagina, brushing up against Anne’s developing pubic hair. Anne rapidly nodded her head to indicate that she was indeed enjoying herself. “Boonchuy, are you sure that you’re ready?”

“Of course I am Sash!” Anne answered eagerly but sounding almost nonchalant in her delivery. “I mean, I trust my commander after all.”

Sasha flashed a smile, before gently parting Anne’s labia with her fingers and working her forefinger slowly up along the exposed area. She knew from health class and experimenting with her own body during masturbation sessions, that she was looking for the clitoris in order to give Anne the pleasure that she wanted to make the girl experience.

“AAAH! AAAAH!” Anne moaned as Sasha found the sweet spot. She moaned so loud that she knew there was no way that half the resistance wouldn’t be able to hear her, including the Plantars.

“Anne! OMG! People will hear us!” Sasha chastised while at the same time sounding thrilled by the prospect of such a possibility being true.

“Heh, I don’t care. They deserve to know how strong our partnership really is!” Anne answered as her breath huffed with pleasure.

“Oh, you’re not even a little embarrassed at the prospect of Sprig and Polly hearing you have sex with me?” Sasha said semi-mischievously.

“Well, maybe a little.” Anne answered with an amused grin as she held back her moans. “They might not even know what sex is though.”

“Doesn’t the idea of all the Frogs hearing the Hero of Wartwood getting fucked by the resistance commander embarrass you at all? It’ll make them see you as my bitch. They may never look at you the same way again.” Sasha grinned at her friend, Anne grinned back beginning to understand what Sasha was doing here.

“Oh, Commander! You’re so right! That would be absolutely humiliating!” Anne’s voice went extremely high as she spoke. She was practically grinning from ear to ear.

“Well then, I don’t think you’re going to like my next order.” Anne and Sasha smiled at each other as the blonde continued to finger fuck the Thai American girl.

“Oh what is it Commander? I’m just dying to know!” Anne said with her eyes closed, her voice still extremely high.

“I want you,” Sasha leaned in real close to Anne’s ear and whispered as she spoke in a sultry tone. “to shout my name as loud as you can when you orgasm. And don’t hold back, cry out as loud as possible. It’s important that the resistance understands the exact nature of our relationship, so they don’t feel like we’re hiding anything. Understand?”

“Oh Commander! I don’t know if I could survive the sheer humiliation of something so mortifying!” Anne said, barely able to contain her excitement. “But, I must obey my commander’s orders!”

Sasha started rubbing Anne’s clitoris with middle finger as well as her forefinger. She began to pump her hand faster and faster as Anne softly moaned the resistance commander’s name.

“Sasha… Sasha… Sasha! Sasha! Sasha!” The hero of Wartwood spoke her commander’s name louder and louder. “Oh Sasha! I love you! Sasha!”

“Come on! Cum for me! Please!” Sasha urged as she bit her lip in anticipation.

“SASHAAAAA!” Anne finally cried as she came for her commander, her cum flowing like a fountain out of her, onto the mattress which she and Sasha would share that night.

“Holy shit!” Sasha exclaimed in a combination of sexual satisfaction and second-hand shame.

After the last bit of cum dripped out of Anne, the two just stared at each other, smiling, panting with exhaustion. Sasha slowly lowered her body and laid her weary head onto Anne’s chest, and passed out within minutes from exhaustion. Anne quickly followed her into the realm of unconsciousness.

Sasha’s head was beating like a bass drum. She must have had a hangover from the little victory celebration the resistance threw last night. She knew that was a terrible idea. Well at least it kept up morale, that is an important factor when leading a liberation movement, isn’t it?

Plus it was her own stupid decision to get herself drunk, wasn’t it? The commander of the resistance really should watch her alcohol intake. Though sometimes it was hard not to get hammered, given the situation they were in, and the all the awful things that have happened to her… and the awful things she’s done.

Still, Sasha knew she shouldn’t be getting drunk like this, especially since Anne was here now, it wasn’t a good influence on her, though that had never been a problem before had it? Sasha felt the guilt course through her body.

Still though it was so good to have Anne back, it would be so good to… wait a minute, Sasha thought to herself, did something happen last night between her and Anne? Oh frog, what if it was something bad?

Sasha tried to go back to sleep, she knew she had a responsibility as the commander of the resistance to be up as early as possible in the morning, but her headache hurt a lot, she was up way too late last night, and something happened between her and Anne, though she couldn’t even remember. She quite frankly didn’t even want to think about what that thing was, the thought of losing Anne again made her sick to her stomach.

No, she wouldn’t think, Sasha would just rest for another hour, or thirty minutes, or ten! Whatever! Anything to stop her from thinking! Anything to stop her from being present at this moment. She would let the warmth of her bed carry her back into the blissful grip of…

… warmth… warm… her pillow was rather warm. Weirdly warm. Body heat levels of warmth. And it didn’t actually feel like her pillow. It actually felt fleshy. Was she… resting on her arm?

Sasha moved each of her arms slightly. Nope, that wasn’t it. Hmmm, if that wasn’t her body heat, and whatever she was laying on felt fleshy, does that mean it was… the body heat of another human? Wait, she was on top of another person?

Sasha moved her hands along the thing she was on top of. She felt ribs, arms, waist, this was a person! Why was she laying on a person? Wait, Sasha just realized that this person she was laying on, this person she had quickly felt up, didn’t have any clothes on. This person Sasha was on top of was naked. Why was she on a…Wait! Amphibia didn’t have other humans. Other than Marcy, who was out there somewhere being held prisoner. Oh, and also Anne who came back recently.

Wait a minute, Sasha thought, was she…. Sasha quickly took a deep inhale through her nose, Anne’s scent quickly filled her lungs. She was laying on top of Anne. This person she was on top of, was her best friend Anne. This person she was on top of was naked. This person she was on top of was Anne. Anne was naked. She was on top of Anne… who was naked… that means… Holy shit. HOLY SHIT!

Sasha’s good eye sprung open. She awoke to a mocha colored breast in front of her face. Sasha quickly realized that this meant her face was on top of Anne’s other naked breast.

They had sex, Sasha thought to herself. They had sex! SHE had sex! With Anne Boonchuy! THE Anne Boonchuy! HER ANNE!

Sasha closed her good eye and buried her face in Anne’s chest. This was real, Anne was here, Anne was in her bed, this was actually real. Sasha wondered, what would happen when Anne woke up? Would they cuddle? Would Anne make her breakfast? That’s what people did after sex right? Wait, what if Anne had regrets? What if it would be awkward? What if it would always be awkward now? What if they never have the same relationship again?

Sasha’s thoughts began to subside as the warmth of Anne’s body soothed her. The softness of Anne’s breast felt so nice against her head. The melody of Anne’s heartbeat lulled Sasha’s mind as her friend’s breathing slowly rocked her. She felt so warm. She decided that for the first time since their fight at Toad Tower she wouldn’t worry about her future with Anne. Anne was here with her, right now. She decided to just lay there and soak in the moment for a second…
THEY ACTUALLY HAD FUCKING SEX HOLY SHIT-

Suddenly Sasha felt Anne’s body start to move underneath her. She felt through the vibrations of Anne’s body that her head was starting to move. She lifted her face off of Anne’s chest and gazed up at Anne’s face. There she saw that her sleeping friend was slowly opening her eyes.

“…mornin Sash…” Anne said in a half awake voice, her eyes barely open.

“Anne!” Sasha’s excitement at seeing that her friend/crush/lover was awake forced the blonde into full consciousness.

“Wait, why am I,” Anne yawned as she took in her surroundings. “in your room.”

“Oh, heh, about that, so last night we…” Sasha started to explain as she rubbed the back of her head.

“And why are you laying on…” Anne’s eyes jumped fully open. “OH MY GOSH I’M NAKED!” Anne’s cheeks turned bright red as the embarrassed girl realized her state of undress.

“Sorry! Sorry!” Sasha yelped as she awkwardly shuffled off of Anne. Quickly Anne pulled the covers over herself.

“Wait a minute, did we…?” Anne’s shame was rapidly replaced by elation as her brain cycled through her memory of last night. “DUDE WE TOTALLY DID!”

“Ha, Yeah, we did.” Sasha said softly with a small grin as she filled with relief that Anne was visibly as happy about the sex as she was.

“Woah! Holy shit dude!” Anne couldn’t think of what else to say, so she just sat there smiling, and Sasha smiled back. They just stared into each other’s eyes lovingly.