How I Met Your Lover

For the first time in nearly a month, Vinyl spent the night alone. Needless to say she had hardly gotten any sleep at all and wasn't ready to get out of bed bright and early. However, Bon Bon had insisted they meet up in the morning at a nearby cafe. She looked in the mirror and quickly straightened her messy blue mane out before hiding her tired eyes behind a pair of wide purple glasses. She then headed out to meet her friend. It was a short walk down the block so she made it there in no time. As she entered, the cream colored mare was already sitting there enjoying a cup of coffee, staring out the window. She looked up and smiled when she realized her friend had arrived.

"Hi there." Vinyl greeted her from the doorway.

"Oh hello, you're earlier than I expected. I usually get to enjoy my third cup before you arrive." Bon Bon smiled and gave her a wink.

"So, what did you want to talk about this time?" The mare anticipated something about the previous night, and she had nothing to say.

Bon Bon sat her mug down and waited a moment. She saw the waitress walking up behind her friend and decided to let her take her order first. Vinyl simply asked for a cup of herbal decaf tea with a drop of mint and waited for the mare's reply.

The mare stared at the unicorn for a moment, then took a deep breath. "Well, it's our partners: we need to do something about those two. It's just getting worse. The first couple weeks were great, but lately the tension between them is suffocating."

"It's not going to be easy for me to talk to Octavia about this. We don't live together like you two and you know how she is... She won't let me talk about it unless she wants to, which, chances are, she won't." Vinyl turned away with a pained frown.

Bon Bon smiled and rolled her eyes. "You're too optimistic dear. She loves you, she'll hear you out, just give her a chance to show you how considerate she can be."

"Okay, so what should I say, because I have no idea..."

"I have an idea, but first I need to know that you're not going to hold anything against either of them once they work out their issues. They're going to fight probably, but it'll be worth it in the end. During their fight, they might throw ugly details in one another's face, and those details might be hard for us to hear but it's important we don't overreact - okay?" The coercive mare spoke firmly, not really giving Vinyl an option.

"Okay, I'll try. So how do we get them together to work this out?" The worried unicorn imagined another detail would cause her mind to explode. She couldn't begin to fathom the things those two might say when fighting, and she knew this wouldn't be easy. She also knew it needed to be done if they were all going to remain friends.

"That's where I need you to help. Like I said, Octavia loves you and you two go way back, she'll hear you out. Just let her know that we have a plan to make this right and she'll surely agree to meet me at my apartment. I'll handle the rest, I'm a smooth talker." Bon Bon confidently smiled and she finished her last sip of coffee just as Vinyl received her tea.

"If you're such a smooth talker then why don't you just convince her to meet you there?" The unicorn asked as she began to blow on her still piping hot beverage.

"Are you kidding? She won't listen to me, she'd probably hit me if I even mention trying to make her see Lyra. Did you see her face when she ran away from you last night? I'm not going near her until you calm her down."

Vinyl sighed and placed her hooves on her face. "Ugh, when did I become the type of mare to have morning meetings to plot against her friends' wishes? And why does Octavia have to be so high strung all the time, she's a freakin' cellist for crying out loud!"

Bon Bon put on a crooked smile. "Seriously? Did you just... wow. Okay, so you get her to come by my apartment later tonight, it doesn't matter when, I don't have any plans. Lyra will be there of course, I'll see to that. And on that note, I'm off. Good luck dear, I fear you'll need it with that one. Her strings are going to snap any minute now if we don't fix this tonight."

She dropped a couple bits on the table and trotted up the the still moping unicorn, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "You're a good friend, Vinyl. A really good friend." She brushed another kiss across her nose and trotted out the door.

The blushing unicorn sat still, looking down at the table, occasionally taking a sip of her drink. After a few minutes lost in thought, she cringed and trotted back home. Something about that sweet mare always looking out for the best interests of others stuck out in the back of her mind. It was a trait Octavia could benefit from adopting.

It wasn't long before she reached home, where she paced her room and cleared Bon Bon's actions from her mind. She convinced herself that they were meaningless, harmless. To take her mind off these selfish thoughts, she headed to Octavia's house early. Maybe she'd be up for some fun: that was always a nice stress reliever.  It'd probably make her more open to this little plan of theirs as well. She headed off, still tired, and began the long walk to Octavia's home. She chose to walk rather than pony transit simply to clear her mind in the cool autumn air. With a deep breath, she tapped the buzzer to her marefirend's apartment.

"Vinyl?"

"Yup."

The door beeped and opened, then the unicorn trotted in. She was greeted by a exhausted looking mare with tears in her eyes. "I'm so sorry love, I missed you... so so much, too much." The gray mare quietly said with a quivering lip as she slowly wrapped her hooves around Vinyl.

"Awe, that's alright, I missed you too. I'm just glad to be near you again, I couldn't sleep a damn bit without you. I just don't know how to anymore." Vinyl said lovingly with a hint of laughter in her voice.

"I couldn't sleep either sweetheart. Come on in and let's talk." The two headed into the room and and cozied up.

Octavia laid down on the couch where she'd been sulking all morning and Vinyl joined her, positioning herself to lie snugly on top of the mare. She leaned up to give the unicorn a long overdue kiss and wrapped her hooves around her.

"So you wanted to talk about something, Tavi?" The unicorn lightly whispered into her lover's ear sensually.

"Yes, as a matter of fact I did... um, Viny. I'll work on the nickname later. I just wanted to say I'm sorry for running off last night, I don't know what came over me." Octavia attempted to speak beneath a barrage of kisses and nibbles.

"Don't mention it sugar. I don't know what came over you last night either, but I do know what's about to come over you right now." The excited unicorn raised her eyebrows and giggled at her own joke.

"Lemme guess, is it you?" Octavia smiled and Vinyl wasted no time kissing her neck and quickly making her way down between those sexy gray thighs.  "Ooh, eager for a taste are we?" Octavia gladly spread her legs apart on the couch, allowing for easy access.

Vinyl let out a faint "Yum," before further occupying her mouth and tongue. The gray mare enjoyed herself as much as she should have, until an awful thought pierced her mind. Tavi, Vinyl had called her Tavi again, not knowing what it meant to Lyra. Suddenly Lyra popped into her mind, that adorable little green oblivious unicorn. Octavia closed her eyes and pressed a hoof to the unicorn's mane. She looked down with her eyes still closed and saw a vivid green mane happily tucked between her legs.

"Vinyl?" She called out, not sure if she actually said it out loud or simply in her own mind.

"What, vinyl? No, they're cashmere weirdo. Vinyl could be kinky though." After speaking, the green unicorn looked up and made eye contact with her,her tongue still snugly tucked inside of her.

"Holy... crap..." Octavia began breathing heavily, partially due to her rising pleasure, partially due the fact she thought she was losing her mind.

She forced her mind to blank and opened her eyes. She looked back down to see the familiar blue mane she loved so much. "That feels amazing Vinyl, please don't stop..."

The unicorn took a moment before replying. "Now why would I stop Tavi, just lay back and relax."

"Oh god..." Octavia pressed her hooves into her eyes.

Sexy images of her ex-lover filled her mind as she remembered that adorable green unicorn's moans, screaming the nickname Tavi during their sexual encounters, and she came to a quick orgasm. She imagined Lyra licking up and down her entire body as she came, just like she used to. That unicorn was always sure to satisfy and keep on giving after the fact. She was an amazing lover. Octavia knew she couldn't keep this up, something needed to be done. She needed resolution. She looked down to the smiling white unicorn beneath her, she was beautiful and a very sweet, loving, and considerate pony. She deserved her full attention, thinking about someone else while she did that was unacceptable.

"Vinyl, you know I love you, right? Well I do, I really really do. I wish I could show you that more often, in better ways than this. I know this is all we do for the most part, but there must be more, right? Our relationship means more than just this - right?" Octavia began breathing more heavily and covered her face with her hooves.

The concerned unicorn crawled up next to her troubled marefriend. "Hey now, calm down Tavi, I love you too."

"Stop calling me that!" She blurted out, then quickly covered her mouth.

Vinyl was shocked but not surprised. "Sorry, I'll stop. Octavia, lets talk about what you just said. Why are you asking me about the value of our relationship? What's on your mind?"

"Don't be sorry, I'm sorry for yelling at you, I didn't mean it. You can call me anything you want, okay? I... I was asking because I think we don't do enough together. I mean, other than this. Not that I don't love this, it's just... What else do we have?" She lowered her eyes, knowing the unicorn would read them with ease.

"At the risk of sounding too damn cheesy, we have each other, we have love for one another, and most importantly, we have our friendship. You're the best friend I've ever had, and what we do together now is just an extension of that friendship - that's what love is. Octavia, Tavi, don't for a minute think our relationship is purely sexual: it's so much more than that." Vinyl took off her glasses and wiped her eyes with a laugh. "Remember our first date? At the show, you... you." The mare was cut off by her own laughter.

Octavia was blushing and smiling, her mind successfully taken off her worries. "Must you bring that up? Of all things, why that?"

"That step took you down a notch didn't it? You should have just let me carry the stuff, but no, miss earth-ponies-can-do-anything-unicorns-can-do had to go and embarrass herself. I'll admit it was really cute to see you balancing all that popcorn and those drinks on your front hooves before you walked over that step and face-planted." The unicorn's white muzzle was now bright red as she restrained her laughter.

Octavia covered her eyes and tried not to relive that dreadful night. "I'd rather not think about it, dear. At least you helped me clean it up though. That was sweet of you."

"How could I not help you? What kind of mare would I be if I didn't?" Vinyl put on a cocky grin, hoping for more praise.

"Well, you certainly wouldn't be my kind of mare, that's for sure." The purple eyed pony made eye contact again, feeling a reignited passion in her heart.

The two shared another loving kiss and a few more fun memories from their short time spent together, along with some from the years they had known one another. Reinvigorated, the gray mare recalled that she still owed her Vinyl a certain sexual favor in return for the one she'd just received. With her mind clear of Lyra, she was able to give her lover all the attention she deserved.

***

Bon Bon circled her nervously shuffling partner. "Now, who's going to be a good little mare when her friends show up, hmm?"

Lyra stopped moving and stared at the floor. "Me..."

"That's right, you. And who's going to act like a reasonable open minded pony when we work out our issues?" The assertive mare stopped circling to look the unicorn in the eye with a raised eyebrow.

"Me again..." She said with an unenthusiastic tone.

"Once again, that's right my dear. And then, once everything is back to normal between the four of us, what happens?" Bon Bon smiled and winked.

The green mare's expression changed completely. "Then I get to do the thing where I turn you upside down and..."

"Yes yes, that." The creamy mare blushed and giggled at her easily swayed marefriend. "Now get ready, they'll be here any minute now. I didn't give her a set time, but I know she'll come through."

The two mares trotted out of the bedroom and waited on the couch for their friends to show up. It wasn't long before they heard a buzz at the door. The two expected ponies came trotting in with unexpected smiles. Octavia seemed happy to be there, which was a plus: at least they'd avoid the drama queen routine.

"Hello there you two, I'm so sorry about the way everything went last night. I know Lyra and I have some long overdue issues to work out. I'm glad I have such supportive friends willing to help." The surprisingly cheerful gray mare trotted up to Lyra and gave her a long tight hug, then did the same to Bon Bon.

The green unicorn didn't seem so enthused. She was still dreading discussing all these issues in front of the mare she so cherished. She didn't have an alternative though: Bon Bon would kill her if she tried to back out now. It would be hard, but she knew that this was her last chance to get everything back to normal, and to become better friends with Octavia again.

Lyra didn't behave with her usual cheerful demeanor, and instead sat drearily on the couch to started things off. "So, let's get all of this over with already."

Bon Bon shot her a glance of of disapproval. "Now now Lyra, positive attitude remember?"

"Yeah, yeah." She rolled her eyes.

Vinyl took a seat and decided to stay out of this, she recalled her morning encounter and remembered that the two mares were likely to get into some kind of fight. Octavia dropped her smile as she realized this wasn't going to be as easy as she had hoped.

"So then Lyra, like you said, let's get this over with. Why don't we start off by you explaining what you meant by "I lied" last night?" The gray mare glared with sharp eyes. "Was it the letter?! It was the letter wasn't it?!" Octavia immediately teared up, strong emotions filling her heart.

Bon Bon decided to take a seat with Vinyl and just let them go at it for a while. Lyra stood up and looked at the creamy earth pony she loved so much, she didn't want to discuss this in front of her at all. She took several deep breaths to level her mind. She knew Bon Bon might be hurt by this discussion, but she also know nothing could drive them apart. It would all be for the best in the end, or so she convinced herself.

Lyra braced herself before speaking. "Yes, it was the letter, but... You know things weren't the same between us then. Before I left for Ponyville, we had already grown apart. We were never meant to be."

Octavia wiped her eyes with a forearm. "Then why did you lie about it, why not just destroy it? Or tell the truth: maybe we could have started over again! Or something, you didn't have to lie to me like that, do you know what that did to me? It crushed me! I should have known you lied about the letter! I should have known all along! How could I have been so oblivious?!"

"It was too late - I had already moved on, and I was falling for Bon Bon. It had been a year, what did you expect?"

Bon Bon decided to speak up. "Do you mind telling me what you two are talking about? I'm sure Vinyl is just as confused as I am. What letter, and why is my name coming up? I thought all of this happened long before I was in the picture."

Lyra knew she was past the point of being able to hide anything. She decided to lay it all out. "Seven years ago Bon Bon, I never technically or officially broke up with Octavia, but I went to Ponyville for the summer, for inspiration. I needed to get out of the city, and that's when I met you. I was still with Octavia at the time, I just didn't love her anymore. I cared about her a lot, but I didn't want to be near her or see her like I used to. At least not til after I spent some time in Ponyville. After a while I began to miss her like crazy, and I wrote her a letter and a poem describing the way she made me feel. I planned to give it to her when I returned to school after the summer was over. Before that happened I got closer to you and took the whole semester off. You stole my heart away from her and that's when I promised I'd come back to Ponyville permanently as soon as I could. But when I returned to Canterlot, Octavia found the letter. She was thrilled that I felt that way, but I lied and said I wrote it for you. She wouldn't talk to me after that - she hated me for months and made that clear everyday. But the day I planned to leave Canterlot forever, she met me at the train station and we parted on good terms. She promised I'd always have a friend in Canterlot as long as she still lived there. I never lost touch with her: we talked through letters the entire time I stayed in Ponyville, you know that. You've read them with me plenty of times."

Octavia was silent, a painful lump clogged her throat. Bon Bon was heartbroken. "Lyra, is that the same letter you showed me before you left? You said you wrote it for me... It was for her?"

"Yes, I'm so sorry Bonsie, I didn't want you to find out. I regretted showing you that, I know it was wrong." Lyra's tears couldn't be stopped, she was cracking under the weight of her regrets.

"That letter is what made me fall for you... and it was never meant for me?" The once strong and supportive mare was losing her composure, on the verge of tears.

Vinyl didn't know what to say, but she could see the mare next to her needed comforting. She wrapped an arm around her neck and held her, gently stroking her mane.

Lyra was a wreck. She knew all this pain was stemming from her bad decisions, and her inability to cause anypony else harm. She just wanted everypony to be happy, especially Bon Bon, but Octavia didn't deserve any of the pain she was forced to endure either. She could remember her face, her emotions, and her heart breaking on that day, clear as ever.

***

She had just arrived back into the room she shared with Octavia. She dropped her bags and unpacked a few things, but left most of it and the letter inside because she was tired from the long trip, and decided to take a nap. During her nap, Octavia had entered the room to see her sleeping there with the light from the window gently shining down on her lustrous mane and cheeks. She decided to finish unpacking the tired unicorn's things for her, because she had missed her terribly while she was away, and could only hope the feeling was mutual. As she reached the bottom of the bag, she found the crinkled letter. Curiosity got the better of her, so she opened it and  began reading. Her joyous tears and sniffles woke Lyra, who was surprised to see her there. She hadn't expected the gray mare to have returned from her parents' house til morning. After Octavia realized the unicorn was awake, she quickly threw her arms around her, hugging her tightly and crying into her shoulder.

"I missed you so much sweetheart, and I love you too. I want us to be happy again, together, like we used to be." The mare smiled and kissed her friend's cheeks. "Your letter was beautiful, thank you so much."

Lyra's eyes snapped open. She no longer intended for Octavia to have seen that. So she said the first thing that popped into her head: the truth enhanced by a big lie. "I'm... so sorry, that letter wasn't for you... I wrote it for someone else, a mare I met in Ponyville. I'm going to move there after the year ends, because...  I love her."

Lyra sat still and felt her friend pull away from her while her aching heart shattered. She hated the thought of causing someone she cared so much about such pain, but she didn't know how else to handle the situation. The shocked gray mare stood with tears flowing, humiliated and rejected. She covered her mouth with one hoof, the letter still in the other. She fell to all fours and put the letter in her mouth before gallopping out of the room. She didn't speak to Lyra again until the day she left Canterlot.

***

With the comfort of Vinyl, Bon Bon was beginning to regain her senses. "Lyra, I'm sorry for the way I acted. It was hard to hear, but I'm glad I know it. That's not the reason I fell for you, I love you because of who you are. That won't change no matter what you tell me, I promise you that."

The gray mare grew more furious the more she thought about the fact that Lyra had lied to her, and how obvious a lie it was considering the contents. "So what? You think you get to confess and I'm supposed to just forgive you? Just like that?!" Octavia huffed and turned to the door, she then heard Bon Bon forcefully clear her throat.

The angry mare faced her friend. She was staring her down with an evil eye. It was a look that told her she wasn't allowed to leave or there'd be hell to pay. Instead of storming off the way she wanted to, she turned her rage to Lyra. She quickly trotted up to her with narrowed eyes. Vinyl detected potential violence and went to stand up, but was stopped by a creamy foreleg across her chest.

"Just let them work this out. I knew they'd fight, but it'll be okay. Trust me: they need this. There's so much tension between them you can taste it in the air. Let them get a little physical, it'll do them some good. They never had closure, and this will be it... Hopefully." Bon Bon whispered into the unicorn's ear, making sure the other two couldn't hear her.

Vinyl was heavily blushing. Bon Bon was laying across the couch now with an outstretched hoof touching her legs and chest. Bon Bon's lips were less than an inch away from touching her ear as she whispered into it, her soft warm breath licking the inside. She turned to face her sensual friend and was met with a quick wink and a smile. The mare then nodded her head towards the two fighting ex-lovers and turned to face them. Vinyl was still distracted, staring from the long fluffy blue and pink mane down to the cute little candies on her flank. Bon Bon turned in time to catch the mare staring at her flank, she raised her eyebrows and put on a crooked smile.

"Sorry, I was just, uh... just nothing. Sorry." Vinyl quickly looked away, hoping to avoid discussing the topic.

"That's alright dear, I'm aware of my 'sweet ass' as your crowd likes to call it." Before Vinyl could be offended  by that statement, she turned to see Bon Bon winking and sticking her tongue out at her playfully.

They went back to the fighting mares. Octavia had pinned Lyra to the wall, her hooves pressed tightly against it on either side of her. She was yelling about the fact that she was lied to, still not able to put it past herself. Lyra was no longer crying, as she now feared for her life, but she wouldn't dare use magic on the gray mare. That'd be a guaranteed death. As Octavia's insults weighed in, the unicorn began to lose her passive personality.

"Your letter was poorly written anyway! I could have written a better one myself, at least it might have meant something to someone then. Your writing is sloppy too, I could hardly read the thing. It took several tries, I felt as if a small foal tried to write it with their hoof."

Lyra glared at her, and her horn sparked as she placed her hooves on Octavia's shoulders. She raised one slightly as if she were about to strike her.

Bon Bon smiled and leaned back over to Vinyl. "Do you see the body language? Look how Lyra is gently resting her hoof on Octavia's shoulder like that. Now look at her stomach: it's pushed forward, almost as if she wants to make contact with her. Her arched back is a similar indicator that she wants to touch Octavia with full body contact. Look at her breathing now: very shallow breaths. Her heart is aching, I know it. If she were only angry she'd be taking full deep breaths. All the same is true for Octavia, except her eyes. Unlike Lyra's they're slowly closing. Her anger is fading completely now and she's already beginning to forgive her whether she knows it or not. Now that she's at least had a chance to let some of her old pent up anger out, she's clearly feeling much better. Lyra is after something else: Octavia got what she wanted, which was to make Lyra feel some of what she felt. Humiliation, hence the writing insults, because that's something Lyra loves very much; its very personal to her. Now Lyra, she wants only to be forgiven, and she already got that from me. Now she needs it from her, but will it happen? Let's find out."

"Wow, thanks for the play-by-play Bon Bon," Vinyl said turning to her and smiling. "Honestly though, that was really insightful, what's up with that?"

"Well, when you're an actress you learn a lot about the importance of body language. Tools of the trade so to speak." The cocky mare grinned, knowing she was being impressive. "You know Vinyl, I've picked up on a lot of your body language lately too. Something you want to tell me?" She said, batting her eyelids provocatively.

The unicorn immediately blushed. "No, nothing at all, uh... What did you pick up on?"

Bon Bon leaned over further, resting her head on her shoulder. "I know you want me." She placed a hoof on the unicorn's soft white thigh and ran it up her leg. "I have an idea. Tell me: how far would you be willing to go to make sure Octavia is happy again? What's your limit?"

"A bit cliché, I know, but I'd do anything for her." Vinyl looked over Bon Bon's long stretched-out body laying lazily across the couch.

"Even me?" Bon Bon spoke quietly into her ear, almost licking it as her tongue formed the words.

"What... what does that have to do with it? That'd only get me killed - both of us!" The nervous unicorn couldn't believe she'd even consider it.

"Vinyl, you silly mare. Just watch for a moment longer, then decide."

The two ex-lovers were still arguing back and forth, getting closer with each insult until their noses were touching. Suddenly, Lyra had had enough. She aggressively placed her raised hoof across Octavia's mane and wrapped it around the back of her head. The gray mare let out a deep breath that spread across Lyra's hot cheeks. Seconds later, the two began to kiss. They were both still very angry at one another, but couldn't resist the urge any longer. Bon Bon laughed and pointed.

"Ha! See? I told you so." Bon Bon jumped up and celebrated.

"What?! Why are you so happy?! Stop them! Octavia, what do you think you're doing?!" Vinyl jumped up to rush over and stop the love of her life from continuing to kiss another mare.

Bon Bon quickly intervened. "No no no, they need this. Trust me: once it's over everything will be back to normal. And after tonight, we'll all be much, much closer friends."

The unicorn stopped for a moment and watched her lover drag the green unicorn to the floor and pull her on top. She could see their tongues touching as they continued to lustfully kiss.

"What do you mean after tonight, mmmm mm..." Vinyl was cut off by the lips of the blue and pink maned mare next to her.

Bon Bon pulled away to see bright red eyes looking back at her with a matching blush on her nose and cheeks. "How'd you like tha..." The unicorn immediately pressed her lips back into the earth mare's, then pushed her down onto the floor.

As Vinyl and Bon Bon vigorously made out and rolled around, Octavia's attention was caught. She stopped kissing Lyra for a moment and watched her lover with another mare. Strangely enough, she wasn't jealous. It was Bon Bon, what did she have to be jealous of? Lyra turned to see them as well, but rather than try to interfere, she turned back to Octavia. With a hoof around her head, she pulled her back down into the kiss. The four mares continued to lay on the floor and kiss one another. Eventually their hooves got curious. Lyra made her way down Octavia's back with a hoof until it was firmly rubbing her flank. The gray mare knew she wanted this, she needed it. She caught a glimpse of that electric blue mane and might have reconsidered for a moment, but then she noticed Bon Bon happily biting her neck.

Vinyl pulled the excited mare over to the left, rolling on top of her. She placed her hooves on Bon Bon's and held her down while she forcefully kissed her. Next Lyra had rolled over with Octavia as well. Now the four were in reach of each other. Lyra intentionally let her hoof fall softly into Bon Bon's mane. The cream colored mare felt her mane being touched and leaned in closer so that the hoof was now touching her cheek. Octavia straddled the unicorn beneath her, looking down to see Lyra touching the creamy mare's reddened cheeks. The sight was surprisingly arousing for her, and she wanted to take it further, but before she could form a plan of any sort, Lyra forced a hoof between her legs. The mare was already very wet and began rocking her hips back and forth over the hoof as she watched Bon Bon begin to bite and lick Lyra's other one while Vinyl sucked on her neck. Liking what she saw, Octavia began to nudge her hips to the right, Lyra got the message and scooted over until she was right next to Bon Bon. The pale-green unicorn leaned over and kissed the mare, immediately placing her tongue in her mouth.

Vinyl glanced over to Octavia, who met her eyes with a wink. The unicorn was more than happy to see that the gray mare wasn't angry or jealous. Bon Bon seemed to have been right about everything. The gray mare leaned over and shared a kiss with her lover, then gave her ear a light lick. "I bet I can make my mare come first," she whispered.

"You're on." Vinyl licked her friend's nose and smiled before diving between the mare's creamy thighs.

Octavia did the same, knowing she had the upper hoof in this little challenge. She already knew exactly what Lyra wanted, whereas Bon Bon was a mystery to them both. The gray mare closed her eyes and anticipated the sweet familiar taste that had been lingering in the back of her mind for so long. Her heart pounded in her chest at the thought of the delectable sensation once again gracing her tongue. With a shallow breath, she sent chills up her friend's spine as she gave her what she wanted: a deep lick in between her dripping lips. The taste was everything she remembered: so succulently, subtly sweet. She hated to think that she preferred Lyra's taste over Vinyl's, but this pale green mare had something special, something amazing. She wanted more of it, just like their first time. She continued to lick between the lips, pressing deeper with each stroke of her tongue.

As Lyra continued to kiss her lover, each was moaning into the other's mouth while their tongues touched. Both quivered beneath the ravenous licks as their faces became flushed. Bon Bon lifted her leg and placed a hoof on Vinyl's shoulder. Her moans grew more high pitched as she began to come closer and closer to orgasm. Lyra loved the sound, and the thought of exactly what was happening around her was bringing her closer as well. Octavia felt her tongue being squeezed by moist green lips around it. Knowing what this meant, she shoved her tongue deep inside the delicious mare and bit down on her clit.

The green mare screamed out in pleasure. "Tavi, that's it, don't stop!"

Bon Bon smiled while biting down onto Lyra's neck, she knew she had just had an orgasm and was ready for one of her own. Moments later, her eyes rolled up in ecstasy as Vinyl delivered. Octavia remained completely still while Lyra's warm liquid slowly dripped down her tongue and chin. She kissed her inner thighs and climbed up on top of the quivering mare. They shared a deep kiss while Bon Bon recovered from her trembling orgasm.

"Looks like you won Tavi." Vinyl said in a mocking voice.

Octavia made eye contact and smiled while still kissing the mint-green unicorn, acknowledging her victory. Bon Bon stood up and brushed herself off. "Thank you Vinyl, that was wonderful. Now if you three will please follow me to the bedroom." The mare walked ahead of them, provocatively wiggling her flank as she trotted.

They all made their way into the bedroom. Bon Bon laid down on bed facing the ceiling. She opened her legs and gestured for a pony to join her. "Octavia, I want you, now."

The singled-out gray mare glanced over to her friends with a raised eyebrow and a grin before shrugging at them and trotting over to the mare on the bed. She climbed up and was guided to spread her legs over Bon Bon's head and face the foot of the bed. Lyra and Vinyl trotted over to join them, they stood at the edge of the bed and each spread one of Bon Bon's legs. Octavia had lowered herself onto the mare's tongue and was enjoying the deep penetration that followed. The two unicorns below nervously looked at one another, not sure how to react. They had each always preferred the more girly ponies. After blushing and shyly glancing to the floor and back, they kissed. Despite never feeling an attraction towards the other, they decided that considering everything that had already happened, nothing could go wrong. Neither regretted it, Lyra in particular enjoying the kiss. She loved the familiar taste of her lover on an unfamiliar tongue. It was a sensation she'd never experienced before, and one she liked very much. Vinyl could hear Octavia's moaning growing louder, and she began to kiss Lyra harder and press her tongue deeper into her mouth. She was already very aroused and more than ready to be satisfied.

Lyra knew what Vinyl needed. She pulled away from their kiss and nudged the unicorn's face towards Bon Bon's already widely spread legs. The green mare then stepped behind the unicorn and pushed her tail out of the way to reveal her already wet opening. The bold green mare then gently inched her horn inside. Vinyl had never been penetrated before, other than by a tongue, and gasped at the sudden sensation. Lyra loved the warm tight squeezing on her horn, she let her tongue hang out as she continued to press deeper until the base of her horn was submerged inside the tight pink tunnel. Octavia saw Vinyl's face as she was being gently pushed by the unicorn behind her. She realized that this was Vinyl's first time experiencing something like this, and she was glad she could be a part of it despite not having a horn of her own. She leaned down and licked the tip of the white unicorn's horn, catching her off guard. Vinyl let out an uncharacteristically cute squeak that brought a pang of delight to Octavia's heart. The gray mare then licked from the base to the tip, then wrapped her lips around the horn.

Bon Bon was still slowly licking all around the inside of Octavia, enjoying every sweet taste and feeling every subtle twitch or gentle squeeze when she hit a sensitive spot with her tongue. As Vinyl continued to suck on her clit, Bon Bon found it increasingly hard to concentrate on Octavia's sensitive spots. Her mind became clouded with growing pleasure and she simply began swirling her tongue around in a frantic manner, hoping to make the mare above her come to an orgasm. She arched her back and pressed her hips up, forcing herself into Vinyl's face and prompting more aggressive actions from the unicorn. Octavia continued to vigorously suck on her horn, quickly bobbing her head in time with Bon Bon's hip thrusting. These sensations quickly came to be too much for the white unicorn to handle. She sent sparks of pleasure through Octavia's tongue as Vinyl came to a magical-spark induced orgasm with the help of Lyra's over-charged horn. The light-green mare herself was soon overwhelmed by the pleasure brought from the tightly squeezing unicorn.

Lyra pulled out and stood next to Vinyl. Octavia tiresomely fell over on the bed while Bon Bon caught her breath. As the gray mare panted, the other three looked her over. They all realized she was the only one who had yet to be satisfied fully. Lyra was tired as well, and she laid down next to Octavia on the bed, watching the other two follow her. Bon Bon ran a hoof down the panting mare's gray stomach and placed it snugly between her legs. Lyra gently kissed her neck and massaged her chest and sides with her hooves. Vinyl grabbed her leg and kissed it all the way down to her hoof before gently nibbling on it. Octavia simply laid still and enjoyed the sensation of three mares tending to her needs. She especially loved having her hooves tended to so tenderly. Vinyl kissed the bottoms and licked from the back of her leg up the center of the hoof. Octavia gasped as Lyra simultaneously began nibbling on her ear and Bon Bon slowly kissed down her stomach towards the center of her legs.

As the earth pony reached her target, she felt intense heat radiating from between the gray mare's legs. She took a deep inhale through her nose and enjoyed the aromatic scent filling the space near Octavia's sweet spot. She leaned over, facing down, and licked her lower stomach all the way down between the succulent lips. She reached her hooves over and spread them apart, revealing the tender pink flesh within. Holding the lips apart, the experienced mare precisely licked across a particularly sensitive spot. Octavia was nearly overwhelmed by the strong sensation that followed. She arched her back and stretched her hooves out. Lyra bit down on her ear and licked the inside while Vinyl softly planted her teeth across her hooves, forcefully licking the sensitive area in the middle. With one last vigorous lick from Bon Bon, Octavia's eyes rolled up into the back of her head as she exploded into an overexerted orgasm. She screamed out at the top of her lungs and looked as if she were about to snap her own spine. Her hooves got tightly wrapped up in the sheets as she sprayed a small stream of ejaculatory liquid across Bon Bon's face. The cream colored mare could only smile.

"Wow, Octavia dear, I didn't know you had it in you," Bon Bon chuckled and wiped her face off with a hoof.

The gray mare simply giggled uncontrollably and writhed on the bed. Lyra's eyes were wide as can be, she'd never seen her ex-lover do that in all their years together.

"Not fair Bon Bon. Now you have to do that for me later Tavi," Vinyl joked and climbed back onto the bed to cuddle up to her friends.

The four lay there and pulled the blanket over themselves. Lyra hit the lights with her magic and they all began to doze off after having such a long, hard and strenuous night. "I love you all, you know that? I really do guys, and I hope everything between us is better than ever after this."

"Awe how sweet, I love you too Bon Bon." Vinyl chuckled and closed her eyes.

"Same here," Octavia said, still panting a little.

"Shh, get some sleep Bonsie Bon Bonny... I love you too." Lyra pulled the blanket up to her cheek and rolled over.

The four were cuddled up warmly and quickly fell asleep. Nothing occupied their minds except for their newly fortified friendship. Each hoped that it would last forever, and that they'd be the friends they knew they could be: best friends forever.

***

Several days later, Octavia stepped into her room. Vinyl was asleep on the couch after another fun evening, and Octavia spent some time thinking about a few things for the first time. She was more certain now than ever that she was in love. She decided she would ask Vinyl to move in with her. They spent all day and night together as it was, and more importantly, it'd be a sincere confession of her love, fidelity, and commitment. Her onetime experience with her two best friends had brought her and Vinyl closer together than ever, and opened a clear and free relationship between her and Lyra, with no more tension. The group of friends had never been happier.

She shut the door behind herself and opened a small dresser drawer in front of her bedroom mirror. Inside was a small envelope, and inside that, an old crinkly letter. The gray mare lifted it out and opened it up on the dresser's table top. She looked at herself in the mirror for a moment. Her purple eyes brightly reflected the dim lighting in the room before she turned them down to the letter. Tears immediately filled them as she thought about how the poem was always meant for her. A second chance never given, and a world of potential love unknown. She asked herself if it was right to have any regrets left: she would have never gotten with Vinyl, the amazing and sweet mare she loved so much today. The mare she wished to someday perhaps marry may have never even been a part of her life, and she couldn't stand to think about that. However, regret still lingered, along with curiosity. She read over the letter, and stopped at the poem. It was so obviously meant for her that it was painful. She wondered how Bon Bon could have ever thought otherwise.

As she read over it for the last time, a few tears dotted the paper. She took the letter and the old envelope in her mouth and trotted back into the front room. She clasped it tightly between her teeth as she trotted towards the kitchen. Something about the fact that she had so pettily held onto this letter for so long stuck in her mind. She felt so foalish, and needed to rid herself of this painful reminder of the worst years of her past. She reached up to her mouth with a hoof and ripped the envelope and folded letter in half, then dropped it all into the garbage. She trotted back out to a sleeping Vinyl and snuggled up to her on the couch. Looking over her lustrous white coat and vivid blue mane, she realized how lucky she was to have found such a fun and beautiful mare to call her own. She was finally able to let her past go, and focus on the days to come. She gave her lover a kiss on the forehead, then laid her head against the mare's soft chest. She was soon lulled to sleep by the sound of her heart gently beating, and the subconsciously produced sound of a certain mare singing her to sleep.