Midnight dropped to the floor and curled up into the foetal position. His past three days seemed to be a roller coaster. He would go from happy to being manipulated or terrified by random mares in just a few minutes. He felt like he was losing control of his life to the two mares who, up until so recently had been fighting over him. His eyes began to tear up and he hugged himself with his forelegs.

Octavia and Luna walked over to Midnight and looked down at him. Tears were slowly welling up in his eyes. Octavia leaned over and whispered into Luna's ear.

"Do you think that we went a little bit too far?"

Luna just nodded, then both turned back to look down at him. Sitting down, the two mares curled their bodies around Midnights prone form. They both started to sing gently, a lullaby laced with Luna's magic and Octavia's crooning love filled Midnight's ears causing his ears to perk up and twitch. Slowly, he unclenched and sat up. Looking around warily, he got to his feet between the two mares. He looked from one to the other, and slowly, they stopped singing.

He didn't see the hug coming. One second there were two beautiful mares singing on either side of him, the next, they were on top of him, forelegs holding him tight. Midnight was surprised, but pleasantly so. He returned the hug, eyes welling up in tears of joy and relief. Luna and Octavia's eyes were brimming as well. Suddenly, the three of them were crying on the balcony. Tears of shame over what had happened over the past few days, mixed with tears of joy that it was finally all over.

Vinyl just looked at them from the relatively new board game table. She sighed.

"If you are quite done there, can we please just play a damned game? I don't want to listen to this all night."

Slowly, the other three calmed down, hugs and kisses flowing freely from each to the others, Vinyl pretending to gag on the sidelines. They got to their feet and walked over to the table, carefully turning their thoughts to the task at hand.

"Okay", said Midnight, "we only have risk up here and I don't particularly feel like fighting amongst ourselves tonight." He looked at the other three faces. As ponies had never experienced true war, they held the same romantic fascination with it that humanity so recently had until the early 1900's.

"Well, we can do it later, but for now, lets play something peaceful, and not break the friendship that we all have right now." finished Midnight.

"Friends with benefits I hope", whispered Luna to Octavia, who blushed deeply. Everyone could see that she wanted it, except for Midnight.

"So what do you suggest?" added Luna in a more normal voice.

"I was thinking monopoly." replied Midnight.

"But that takes so loooooong", moaned Vinyl, "are you sure that we have time?"

The others just looked at her.

"We have all night", said Octavia, her voice full to the brim of exasperation.

"I know, but its monopoly", rebutted Vinyl, letting a little bit of a whine into her voice.

"Okay, how about this", placated Midnight. "We can turn it into a drinking game."

Luna, Octavia and Vinyl stared at him, looks of surprise covering their faces. Vinyl's expression slowly transformed into a broad grin.

"I think that sounds like a wonderful idea." she said..

"Actually," pondered Octavia out loud, "I think that it could be fun."

Luna and Vinyl stared at her incredulously.

"Are you just trying to get Midnight on your sid-" began Luna before Midnight cut her off.

"No being over protective. Either of you," he exclaimed, a note of panic in his voice. Luna and Octavia both picked up on it and looked chagrinned.

"Sorry Midnight," said Luna, head down.

"I really did think that it could be fun," said Octavia, her head down a little less, but then she sighed, "but I was mostly just agreeing with you." Her head drooped to Luna's level.

Midnight got up and slowly rounded the table, he took Luna and Octavia aside and hugged them both around the shoulders with a foreleg each, before kissing them both on the forehead. They looked up at him and slowly their chagrin was replaced by small smiles of love. Midnight smiled down at them, kissed them both again and took them back to the table without having to say a word. Smiling gently, he began to outline the rules of the drinking game.

"Okay, here is how we will do it. When you pay out money to anyone, you have to take a shot, by medical cc measurements of alcohol mixed with something else to fill out the shot. You pay out sixty dollars, you take sixty ccs of vodka plus whatever, and so on. Got it?" The others all nodded. "If you go to jail then you take a straight vodka shot each turn that you are stuck in." The others nodded again. "When you have to pay someone else rent, you have to kiss them. Minimum 1 second for each hundred dollars rounded up." Vinyl looked surprised but Luna and Octavia both smiled.

"Okay, lets do it." proclaimed Luna.

"Yes, lets." said Octavia.

"O...kay?" said Vinyl, a little nervously.

Midnight ran to get the game and refused to let either Luna or Octavia go with him. Instead, Vinyl joined him. Luna and Octavia sat on the balcony awkwardly, a silence hanging over their heads.

"So, umm, how was your day?" asked Luna pleasantly.

"Do you really think that this will work?" asked Octavia.

Luna looked at her.

"By this, do you mean me making small talk or us sharing Midnight?"

"Us sharing Midnight."

"Well, as long as we both try to be bicurious..." Luna began, carefully watching Octavia's face. Octavia began blushing furiously.

"I suppose." was all that Octavia could really say to that.

"What's the big deal, everyone in Equestria thinks that you were with Vinyl for years," said Luna, jovially. Octavia just blushed harder.

"Yeah but, that was just casual. What we would be doing is a lot more serious."

"Look, I have never been a lesbian or even bicurious. If I can do it for him, so can you." consoled Luna, a slight grin on her face.

"So, let me get this straight. Out of love for a stallion, you will become bicurious?"

"When you put it like that..." They burst out laughing.

"I think that we can manage it." said Octavia, calming down to occasional giggles.

"For Midnight." confirmed Luna.

"Yes, for Midnight." said Octavia, walking forwards and hugging Luna.

At precisely that instant, Vinyl and Midnight opened the door.

Author's Note

The chapter title is different because this time I took a paraphrased song quote from the song "Poor, Poor Joseph".
Day 1 after surgery update:
This turned out rather well considering my painkillers. I actually forgot that the tab button doesn't work in the notes bar and backed out of the page by mistake. I'm just happy that I remembered to save the story this time. I lost a chapter a while ago and it SUCKED. This time, I kept it. Anyway. Thank you all. Ranak, trust me, the blockage came from nervousness, but your consolation really helped me through this. Same to you King of Blades. Thank you both. A lot of other people in lots of random other places wished me luck as well, but you stuck in my mind as I walked in. This may be the drugs talking, but whatever, its still true.
As for the rest of you reading this, I hope you enjoy this more than the brain dump. I got bored and showed it to my mother and she liked it up until Obama walked into the street, One day I might write a fic about Obama turning into a pony. It could be fun...
But I am ranting again. I love you all, mostly those who comment, but all of you nevertheless. It has always been and will always be a pleasure to entertain you. Thank you and happy reading.