The song of love.

Chapter 16. Sexual education. Part 1.

Soft opened his eyes, finding himself in his own room. Last night, after telling Rarity all that happened in the cave (well... not exactly everything), they took Fluttershy to the hospital. After getting her in, they found an unknown toxin in her blood torrent, which caused some kind of temporal heat. Soft already knew what this new toxin was, but he didn't said a word.

Much to the disagreement of Rarity, Soft preferred to return to his house, with the excuse that it had been a very long day, and he needed some rest. It was true, but he seemed somewhat shocked with the experience.

Nopony paid attention to that, so he just head to his home and got into his bed.

It had been a really tired day. But this was a new day, Soft thought. So he got up and started to get his house tidy. Certainly, it was one way to relax a little. Being alone with his favorite music, singing to it, while sweeping around. Singing "Pretty Pony" was one of his favorite ones. He sang it every once in a while. Now, cleaning the dishes, he felt more relaxed.

Now, with his house all clean, he noted that it had just passed a few hours. It wasn't even midday. Soft thought about sitting in his favorite couch and read a little of fiction. Maybe one of Daring Do's books.

He walked over to his library, where dozens of books remained tidied in the shelves. In one section, he had some medical books, which were useful for his work. But in a smaller one, there were many books of fiction. He really loved those. He took the first one that caught his attention and sat in his couch. It was then that he found that he didn't really had much intention to read. Just to have something to hold while he thought.

Lately, his life had been a total mess. A filly got a crush on him, her father wanted to see him dead, he were rapped by a crazy mare, half of Ponyville pursued him. Those things didn't were in his original life-plan.

He DID wanted a marefriend, sure. Who doesn't? Well, except for male-sexuals, he thought to himself. But... THIS didn't seemed good. The filly wanted him to be her coltfriend. And she was just a filly!

His mind was busy to note a certain uneasy white mare in the outside. Once she spotted him through his window, she rushed to the door. Sweetie Belle knew that he never locked his house. So, she literally busted in.

"Mister Soft!" Her fearsome cries startled Soft, taking him out of his thinking while. He turned around, pointing to the mare with his horn. However, once he recognized her, he lowered his guard.

"Sweetie Belle! What's wrong? You okay?" He said at the time he trotted to her side.

"I-I'm not sure!" Sweetie said nervously. That caused Soft to turn around and look at her.

"What do you mean by 'not sure'?"

"I-I'm... I'm... bleeding..." Sweetie said, growing more and more nervous. Soft literally opened his eyes at full.

"Bleeding? From where? What happened?" Soft said at the time he started to inspect her.

Suddenly, Sweetie backed a little at Soft's touch. Suddenly, he caught a slight smell in the place. A certain smell that started to take his toll on him. He was surprised to find that he was panting. It was then that he saw a red liquid running down on Sweetie's leg.

"Oh, crap." He said at the time that he turned around. Sweetie only saw him to run toward his kitchen. In there, she saw him drawing out a pack of ice cubes and put them in a bowl. After that, he put some water in there.

"Umm... mister Soft? Is that for me?" She asked at the time she got closer to inspect the large bowl.

"Nope." Soft said while walking there and sinking his head in the bowl. Sweetie got scared by this. Suddenly, Soft got his head out while panting. "It's for me."

Sweetie Belle, getting even more nervous at the sudden reaction of Soft, only sat in a chair in the other side of the table. "Umm... Mister Soft. What was that for?"

Soft picked up a towel from his bathroom and went back, still drying out his face. "Just to cool off. Now, tell me. Did somepony touch you recently? Like, in the past two or three hours?"

"Well... just my sister."

"No, I mean like, touching you in your privates?"

Sweetie Belle opened her eyes widely while processing Soft's question.

"W-W-Why do you-"

"You're bleeding from down there. Do you not?" Soft said almost too plainly.

"..." Sweetie only remained silent.

"... That's what I thought." Soft said at the time he exited the kitchen.

Sitting in his couch, he closed his eyes to try to calm himself.

"How did you know it?" Sweetie came in, talking in a serious tone.

"... Sweetie, I'm a doctor. I'm supposed to know every sign of the pony's body to alert of something. And I can assure you: What's happening to you is perfectly normal... at least for a mare of your physical age."

"Normal? How do you know it?"

"Well, it's part of a cycle in the mare's body that is named heat."

"Heat?" Sweetie said at the time she got at his side. Suddenly, Soft stopped in mid thought. What was he saying to her?

"Crap. What are you doing, Soft?" He thought to himself while his nose caught a certain smell, coming from Sweetie. He started to grow more and more nervous at that smell. Suddenly, he felt a soft touch in the front of his head. He turned his eyes to find Sweetie Belle touching him. In her eyes, concern.

"Mister Soft? Are you alright? You're sweating too much."

"Y-Yeah. I'm okay Sweetie. I-It's just that... crap, I'm s-stammering."

"You sure you're alright, Mister-"

"Yes! I'm okay! Just..." Suddenly, he stopped to think clearly for a few seconds. Those hormones were taking the best of him. "... Sorry, Sweetie. But... I'm not the appropriate one to talk with you about these topics. I think it would be better if you just asked you sister or you mom."

Sweetie was scared. What was happening to him? Maybe something was wrong? Why was he so nervous? She just stood in there while seeing him exiting the room and heading toward the kitchen. She started to think about what reasons could he have to be in this mood. Suddenly, the sound of water falling to the ground filled her ears. She instantly trotted to the kitchen, only to find a wet Soft standing in the middle with a towel in his face.

"Umm... Mister Soft?"

"Yes, Sweetie?"

"... Tell me the truth."

"... About what?"

"Why are you so nervous? You're even more nervous than me at this moment!"

"... I'm not really in the place to tell you that, Sweetie. As I told you before, you better go and ask Rarity or your mother about this. Or, if you don't feel comfortable with that, you may ask to another adult."

Sweetie, seeing that he wouldn't answer her questions, opted to do what he said. After all, he always did the best for her.

"Alright. If you say so. See you later, mister Soft."

"See you later, Sweetie."

Sweetie turned around and exited the house, leaving Soft alone with his own thoughts. That was until he heard something out of his house. It sounded like a fight.

He instantly remembered the many times he saw a battle in the school. Every time there was a fight, he was of the first ones to get in the front row, cheering one of the two or more ponies who fought. Many times, making bets about who would win. It was in one of those occasions that he earned near of 200 bits.

He smiled while remembering those glorious days. Those glorious days whose ended nearly twenty years ago. The day they-

"AAAAHHH!"

His thoughts were interrupted by the scream of a mare. He didn't wanted to play the hero, but just standing in there, pretending to play fool didn't seemed fair. He went trotting to the door and pushed it open. Suddenly, his eyes opened widely while seeing the scene: Sweetie was forcing while two stallions tried to get her to the ground. It seemed obvious that he didn't were the only one who caught the essence of her heat.

His mind instantly got to work while planning something. He didn't knew much about offensive or defensive spells. He did knew the basics, like telekinesis and teleportation. Then, an idea rushed to his mind.

Turning around, he found some empty plant pots. He started to levitate them off the ground and threw them at the two stallions. One pot hit the eye of one stallion, while another pot went directly to the other stallion's mouth.

While they tried to recover, a rain of pots and dirt started to fall over them. They couldn't do other thing but run. Soft instantly went running at Sweetie's side. She was covering her face with her hooves. Sweetie retired her hooves slowly to find Soft standing over her.

"Mister Soft!" Sweetie wrapped her front hooves over Soft's neck and embraced in a tight hug.

"Ugh, Sweetie!" Soft was about to tell her to stop. However, he started to feel more light. He was enjoying the feeling of her warm fur against his.

Turning around in embarrassment, he noted the tons of pots and dirt all over the ground. A conclusion came to his mind. Sure enough, there might be other stallions who would succumb to their desires when they discovered Sweetie's state. If she were alone, then something bad might happen to her.

He just groaned at the idea. He just wanted to be at home, have a quite day, closed and enjoying the company of himself. However, getting out with Sweetie would surely meant that he wouldn't have a quiet day.

Sweetie let him go upon hearing his groan.

"Mister Soft?" She asked while looking at him.

"It's nothing, Sweetie. I  was just thinking." He said at the time he smiled weakly. "Come on. I'll walk you to your home."

Sweetie got in her hooves and started to walk. Soft could only follow her

Meanwhile, at the market, two unicorns were having lunch. They were eating a hay sandwich.

The one with blue fur started to talk.

"So... did you know about the poisoned mare?"

The other unicorn looked above the report he was reading. Even in the lunch time, he had work to do.

"Not really. What about it?"

"I heard that the toxin in her body was one that can cause a temporal heat in a mare's body"

"You kidding me?"

"No. In fact, you know who brought her to the hospital?"

Suddenly, the gray unicorn spit all his lemonade all over the blue one. In his eyes, nothing but surprise.

"Oh, hey dude! What's wrong with you?" The blue one asked very angered.

"Look!" The grey one pointed to a point at the other side of the market.

In there, they saw Soft walking with a mare just at his side. They couldn't believe it! Last day, he was being chased by who-knows how many mares. And now, he was actually dating one! And a very beautiful one!

"Is that... Soft Heart?"

They only stood in there, watching them crossing the market. Once they were out of sight, they turned to each other.

"... I'm REALLY jealous..."

"Yeah... me, too."

Once both of them got to the Boutique, Soft was at his limit. Those hormones didn't were something easy to handle. As soon as he could, he knocked at the door. Then, he waited as patiently as he could, walking from one side to another.

It was then that Rarity opened the door.

"Who is in- EECK!"

"Excuse me!" Rarity wasn't even to finish her question when she saw a blur of yellow passing at her side and getting to the bathroom. Instantly, the sound of water falling got to Rarity's ears.

"Huh. I suppose he needed badly to go." Sweetie said while trotting happily inside.

"Sweetie Belle! I have tell you many times that you must tell me when you are going out!" Rarity started to shout at her sister while she closed the door.

"I know, but I was bleeding and I-"

"You were bleeding? From where? Are you okay?" Rarity frantically started to check her.

"Yes, sister. I went to mister Soft's house and he assured me that everything was okay." Sweetie said at the time she got out of her hooves embrace.

"Did he put a bandage on you, or something like?"

"No. I didn't understand at full what he said, but... he told me something about something called... how was it? Heat?"

Rarity's ears perked up while trying to process the thing her sister just said.

"... Sweetie. Tell me exactly everything that happened in there." Rarity commanded with a serious tone.

Soft closed the cold water and got out of the shower. After drying himself properly, he went to the mirror and started to brush his mane. He didn't was somepony who cared much about his personal image. But he just liked to see himself good in the mirror. For most other part, he didn't cared much about other stuff.

Finally opening the door, he got out. He let out a relaxed sigh just by enjoying the gentle breeze that got in that part of the Boutique. That was until he literally bumped into Rarity's side.

Soft turned and found her with an angry expression on her face.

"Oh! Sorry! I didn't mean to hit you! I just didn't... Umm... Miss Rarity?" He asked nervously while seeing Rarity lifting a hoof over her head. Soft literally connected the dots about what was to come.

"Oh, this is gonna hurt."

Rarity's hoof then connected with his face, literally sending him to the other side of the corridor. He didn't said at thing as he saw Rarity trotting at a fast pace toward him.

"How do you dare!" Rarity asked literally in his face.

"... Umm... the what?"

"How do you dare to tell my sister about... about... HEAT?!"

"Wow, wait. I only mentioned her about it, but I only told her to get advice from somepony else, like you or your mother. She was very curious about it, and-" Soft suddenly shut up while a white hoof pressed against his lips.

"Don't. Say. Another. Thing." Rarity only said those things, before she started to get over him.

Soft could only be quiet while a sudden realization hit him: Looking at her, her eyes showed nothing but craziness. From her legs, a moist but pleasant smell could be detected.

Soft's ears perked up while guessing what was going to happen to him.

"Oh, crap..."