The song of love.

Chapter nine. Her special pony.

As the sun rise in the horizon, Soft could feel its warmth touching his face. He slept in his couch, due the fact that he let Sweetie Belle stay on his bed.

Last night, she asked him to be her special pony. And Soft accepted. He couldn't shake out that idea of at last having a special pony. Therefore, he had no idea what was laying next to him on his couch.

Just as he was starting to get up, he felt something at his side. Turning around to see it, he saw a small bump. Just of the size of a foal... or a filly.

He lifted the sheets only to see Sweetie Belle laying there, hugging him while she was deeply asleep. The sight leaved Soft stunned, not knowing why or how she ended there. However, she looked so beautiful there, laying asleep next to him. He just looked at her, feeling a soft wind coming in through the window...

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The window? Opened? He left it closed last day. Not to mention the fact that he hasn't been there for the last three days.

"Good morning, mister Soft."

Soft turned around to see Sweetie Belle, who was already awake.

"Umm... good morning, Sweetie Belle."

"How is feeling my special pony today?" Sweetie Belle asked with a sweet voice.

"special pony?"

"Yeck!"

A pair of voices that came from behind the couch startled them. Both of them saw behind the couch to see Applebloom and Scootaloo behind with a disgusting expression. They turned to see at each other before Sweetie Belle talked to them.

"Hey girls! How you doing?"

"We're doin' fine, I think. We came as promised to see if mister Soft was okay," Applebloom said.

"Instead of that we found a lovely couple together." Scootaaloo said.

"A couple?" Soft asked with a surprised look.

"Well... yeah. You're my special pony, after all... don't you?" Sweetie Belle asked to him with a huge smile.

"... Umm... yeah... I am." Soft said with a preoccupied look.

Sweetie Belle stood like that for several minutes, as well as Soft, just looking at each other. Soft's heart started to beat faster. He was too focused on Sweetie Belle's eyes that he forgot about the other two fillies who were in there.

Applebloom and Scootaloo's stomachs were about to throw out the last thing they ate. Therefore, they just turned around to go to the kitchen. Just when they were crossing the corridor, a sound in the door was heard and a letter came in through the door.

Applebloom went to pick it up, recognizing the formal style of Rarity.

"Mister Soft! A letter from Rarity came in!"

Soft suddenly realized something. It was the third day! Rarity would come home in that day!

"Oh, Rats! I forgot about it!"

"What?"

"Your sister comes back today!"

"Oh, Celestia! I forgot about it, too!"

The two of them jumped from the couch to get their belongings before leading to the door. The other two fillies were already waiting for them, tapping the floor with their hooves.

"Sorry, girls! We're ready!"

"At least! I couldn't stand to such an scene!" Applebloom said to him.

"Yeah. Let's hope Sweetie Belle doesn't get too excited about this."

The four ponies went running toward the boutique. Fortunately for them, Rarity wasn't back yet. The three fillies kept playing around while Soft cleaned everything in the house. After a couple hours, Soft had done the entire house and everything was tidy and clean.

He went outside, where the three fillies were on the grass, looking to the sky.

"Hey, girls. What are you doing?"

"Trying to earn our cutie marks." Applebloom said while looking to the sky.

"... How is that?" Soft asked them.

"Well... we're trying to see if we earn a cloud-observers cutie mark." Sweetie Belle said while looking a duck-shaped cloud above them.

Soft had to try his best to avoid laughing to them. A cloud-observers cutie mark?

He turned around and started walking toward the boutique when a rumbling sound startled him. He turned around to see Applebloom and Scootaloo looking surprised to the blushing Sweetie Belle.

"... looks like somepony's hungry." Soft said as he smiled to Sweetie Belle. "Do you want something to eat?"

His question was answered when he heard other two rumbling noises. Turning to the other two fillies, he saw them blushing, too.

"... that would be nice, mister Soft." Sweetie Belle answered to him.

Soft turned around to head to the kitchen, leaving the three fillies sitting in the middle of the grass.

"I can see why you like him, Sweetie Belle. He's kind." Applebloom said to Sweetie Belle while looking at him entering in the house.

"Yeah... speaking of which, is he really your special pony, Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo asked her in a serious tone.

"Of course he is. I discovered that he cares about me. Isn't that what your special pony is supposed to do?" Sweetie Belle answered her.

Applebloom and Scootaloo turned toward each other before starting to mumbling at each other in their ears.

Just in that moment, Soft came around.

"Hey girls. I've just prepared a lettuce sandwich and orange juice. Do you want some?"

Applebloom and Scootaloo turned toward Soft before giggling. Then, they started to jump around Sweetie Belle and Soft.

"Her coltfriend! She likes him! His marefriend! He likes her!"

As they went into the kitchen, both fillies were at the same thing, jumping around them as if they were trying to close them in a cage.

Even after the lunch, they went the same for the rest of the morning. Soft had to take them for the whole morning. Even when he tried to read something quietly, both fillies came jumping around and shouting the same thing.

Five hours later...

While Soft was sitting on the couch, trying to catch a breath, both fillies came around with the same thing. Soft Heart, having a huge patience, tried to ignore them... failing miserably.

Just when his patience was about to run out, the front door opened, revealing a white mare in companion of a white stallion and a pink mare with her.

"Rarity!" Sweetie Belle shouted before rushing to give her leg a hug. However, she also noted the pair behind her. "Mom! Dad! Welcome!"

"...Mom?... Dad?..." Soft thought to himself while seeing the couple qt Rarity's side.

"Hello Sweetie Belle. How have you been?" Rarity asked to Sweetie Belle.

"Very well, Rarity. Mister Soft have been a good pony to me!" Sweetie Belle answered with her typical huge smile.

The last part got the attention of both of her parents.

"Mister Soft?" Asked her dad.

"Who's that, Sweetie?" Her mom asked with a concerning look on her face.

Soft went to the living to present himself. When he showed up, Rarity and her mother greet him with a smile. However, not her father.

"...umm... Good afternoon. My name is Soft Heart. I'm Sweetie Belle's doctor." Soft said with a nervous tone in his voice.

"Oh, so you're the one who has taken care of my little daughter! I see what you were referring to, Rarity! He's handsome!"

"Mom!" Rarity shouted her at the obvious display of uncovering parents.

Soft got taken by surprise by this fact, too.

"... Umm... thanks?"

An awkward silence filled the room, as well as a black cloud. Soft recognized the smell immediately.

"Is that smoke?" Rarity asked to him.

" ... it looks like. Sweetie Belle must be cooking again." Soft said, absolutely confident on Sweetie Belle's ability for the art of burned cooking.

"Sweetie Belle is cooking?" Her father came in. "Good! I'm hungry! Let's go!"

The three ponies went trotting to the kitchen, were a black filly was in the middle, holding a dish in her mouth. Soft couldn't avoid but to chuckle at the sight.

Just in that moment, Applebloom and Scootaloo returned. Jumping around and shouting the same thing.

"Her coltfriend! She likes him! His marefriend! He likes her!"

Her father turned to Soft, who had a tolerant look on his face. However, noting that her father was looking at him, that expression changed from tolerance to fear as he approached to him and asked.

"What are they talking about?"