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It had been several days since Quick Mend had invited Pebbles to be her roommate.

Short Story #1

SFW / Anthro / OC only

OC: Quick Mend the Earth Pony
OC: Pebbles the Diamond Dog

It had been several days since Quick Mend had invited Pebbles to be her roommate. While both worked at a strip club together, neither of them actually were strippers. Quicky was the place's nurse, while Pebbles was their club’s custodian, a nice way of saying she cleans up stains nobody else wants to touch.

The main difference being Pebbles, was a diamond dog, making her standing in Equestria not exactly high.

Hard to say if working for them improved this or made it worse. Still, it was hard enough for them, so it was safe to assume any semi-normal job was welcome.

While maybe looking scary to some, Pebbles was a polite thing with a big heart, just maybe a touch too naïve. But it was one of the reasons why Quicky had enjoyed her company.

And upon finding out she didn’t really have a proper place to stay besides their workplace and literal garbage cans, she invited her to hers.

Now, the two were lounging in the living room together, TV running in the background talking about their work. A by now established tradition. Quick Mend on the couch, Pebbles on the floor as her size and fluffy butt constitutes as her being her own couch.

“Ok Ok Ok, so what’s like, the worst you’ve ever seen?”

The diamond dog began tapping her chin, staring up in thought.

“Hmmm, Pebbles not sure….”
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“Oh wait!! Pebbles remember! She was called in after an older stallion once, he there sometimes, but this time it was different. Not just little stain on mattress, no. It was EVERYWHERE!”

The mare snickers.

“No shit? Some old guy?”

Pebbles gave a few quick nods.

“Yes, Pebbles say truth! Entire ceiling was all disgusting and gooey.”

Quicky looked at her furry roommate in disbelief.

“T…the ceiling?! What? How? How did he reach? How did it even spread that much? We don't even have a ceiling fan or anything in those rooms!”

The diamond dog gave a cute little shrug, no time to ask about how when you have to deal with that nightmare of an aftermath. 

“That sounds disgusting. I mean…how...? Wait, was it that kinda creepy old guy, the fat one with the Hawaii shirt? Super hard to miss.”

Again, no clear answer from the diamond dog. The customers are not her job after all.

“Pebbles not know, just know he has money to come often.”

The mare made a disgusted face thinking about the ceiling again.

”Well, I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that. Also, glad I didn’t eat anything yet, I would have hurled that right back up. But, speaking of…”

She pulls out her phone, opening a delivery app.

“What will it be today? I’m starving. What about Pizza?”

The diamond dog nodded excited.

“Like yesterday? Pebbles don’t mind! If…if Quicky want to spend more money on Pebbles...”

Quick Mend scrolled through the app, checking the recent orders, there was the pizza order from yesterday, and plenty of other things following the lineup.

“Don’t worry about it, it’s nothing. Gotta make my roomie feel welcome right? Besides, it's not like we had any time to cook something recently. We sure did kinda burn through every take-away in the area though…”

She gives her cheek a few scratches, looking around the room. Pizza boxes, tinfoil, plastic wrapping, takeout containers. Recent, old, predating Pebbles move, it was all there.

And something else that got her attention, a diamond dog's big puppy eyes, with a slight hint of sadness and embarrassment in them. 

“What is it?”

The shy furry creature looks away, putting her massive paws together in shame.

“Pebbles never really had…home food….”

Quicky’s eyes widened for a second in shock.

“What? No shit? How?!”

She looks the diamond dog up and down. For a moment she had forgotten her…humble origins.

“Actually, don’t answer that. Well damn now you don’t leave me with a chance! Been a bit I did it, but it's time I show you something really good. Some original self-made food by yours truly.”

Pebbles gasped, her eyes lighting up.

“R-really? You don’t need to put in so much work for Pebbles!!!”

Quick Mend waved her sentence off with a smile.

“Oh please, what did I tell you? Gotta make the roomie feel welcome!”

With a stretch the mare lifted herself off the couch, making her way to the kitchen, rummaging through the cupboards, swiping away the occasional garbage or unwashed dishes.

A slew of ingredients were prepared from tomato sauce to meat and onion. She already knew what it's going to be. Staying with the Italian theme, she's going to make her famous lasagna for her!

Enough to feed a diamond dog.

Pebbles would stay close, watch the mare cook, curiously watching the process, offering her help on occasion while also making sure not to be in the pony’s way. 



Quicky appreciated the offer, but kept the few tasks she could give her simple, like stirring the cheese mixture. Perfect for someone with such massive paws, even if Pebbles worked with such vigor that not all of it also stayed in the bowl.

Some more steps and time later, the mare would call her back over to reveal her masterpiece in all its cheesy glory.  There it was.

Lasagna.

A lot of it.

A massive tower of Lasagna, layer after layer of goodness.

Pebbles stared at it in absolute awe, her tail wagging excited, mouth wide open. The look, the smell, it was mouthwatering. 

“Wow! That’s a big tomato cake!!”

Quicky was gleaming with pride. Not that often she gets to show off her cooking, even less to someone who doesn’t question why it was a damn tower.

“Heh, thanks. Its my special recipe”
…
“Its…a lasagna by the way…”

She grabs two plates and a pair of knives and forks, carefully cutting out two portions before the two would walk over to the couch, Pebbles struggling a little with her comically large lasagna. 

Once at their place, the feast could begin and Quick Mends smile grew wider and wider as she watched her roommate enjoy her first ever bite of home cooked food, see the sheer joy on her face.

“THIS SO TASTY!!!”

Her eyes met Quicky`s as she looked over.

“Quicky good. Good Pony! Thank you…”

The mare looked to the side, a touch of embarrassment from the praise.

“Ah please, no problem. Needed to cook at one point anyway, right? I mean I did try to make it memorable. Your first time after all!”
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“But, thanks. And you’re a uh…good…dog?”

Pebbles would only answer with a tail wag and her cheeks lifting into a big happy smile as her mouth had already been stuffed with the next bite of the delicious treat.

Quicky chuckled to herself, eyes going back on the TV, finally taking a bite of her own.

Yeah. She can get used to this.  

Direction & Art by REDXBACON

Story Written by Tomson

All characters featured are original characters owned by REDXBACON