In Sickness and in Health

Chu!

I heard the soft sneeze of my unicorn fiancée from the kitchen. If it were anypony else, I'd never have heard it, but it was Twilight. I could hear every sneeze and sniffle, and feel her fever through walls. It was as clear to me as the sky was that day to everypony else.

I smiled, carefully pouring the fresh soup I'd made into a bowl that rested on a modest bamboo serving tray. On that same tray was the spoon with which I would feed her, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Where most others would also bring cold-medicine, I did not. I didn't believe in modern medicine unless it was an absolute emergency. And since this was no emergency, I simply made the natural remedy for my lover's illness: vegetable soup.

I picked up the tray, holding it gingerly with my wings, humming softly to myself. I went upstairs with the soup and orange juice, ready to continue caring for my sick fiancée.

"You don't have to chu! do this, Shy..." she insisted as I re-entered our room.

"Twily, we're getting married in two weeks," I countered. "I'm going to take care of you in sickness and in health."

She hesitated, watching me set the tray down on her lap, "I'm fine, Shy."

She sneezed again, her face giving away that she was lying, more to herself than me.

I picked up the spoon and dipped it in the steaming soup, lightly blowing the liquid to a more edible temperature. Within a second, she caved and took the spoonful of soup. I resumed humming with a subtly smug smile on my face as I took care of my wife-to-be.

Author's Note

Suggested by rough_draft.

<3 DarqFox