Your Shy Seduction

Fortunately you haven't wasted any time at all, so a steady pace is all you need. Grabbing your coat and a hat (please tell me it's not a fedora), you leave the house. The sun feels nice and warm as you step out, reminding you how competent the weather team is. Or Rainbow Dash. You know she does all the work anyway, in ten sec- No, no jokes. Stop it. That isn't even funny anymore. Not even 20 per-

Damn it.

On you way to Fluttershy's cottage, you pass by the marketplace. Roseluck and a couple ponies are tending to their stall, selling tulips, roses, and other delicious pretty flowers. You briefly consider buying some flowers for your date, but decide against it. Fluttershy would just eat it; that's like bringing a bag of Doritos to a date, right? Shrugging, you wave to the friendly ponies and leave the market.

Sugarcube Corner catches your eye as you make you way through town, the sweet scents forcing you to salivate at a single whiff. Finding yourself unable to resist a little peek, you find yourself at the window and looking inside. Images of calorie-filled snacks fill your vision. Thank goodness you exercise and don't constantly snack, otherwise you'd get fat. You do, right?

More buildings caused you to fondly reminisce as you pass by. Rarity's Boutique, where your first tuxedo was sewed. The marshmallow pony was delighted*, to say the least, to fit Equestria's newest sentient creature with their first outfit. Twilight's library (whose actual name you couldn't remember), where she performed inhuman experiments on you to unlock humanity's secrets. You survived, and she learned her lesson and apologized, but don't worry too much about it. Plenty of humans can live with a single kidney, you'll be fine. Next, you passed by Lyra's home. Cozy, with a mailbox decorated with her and Bonbon's cutie mark in the front yard, the house appeared like any other. It was where you and Lyra spent time talking about Earth and human culture, and the place you'll always remember as where you first lost your virginity**.

Shaking your head, you pull yourself out your memories and continue your journal to Fluttershy's cottage. Once at the outskirts of town, her cottage in sight, you take a last breath, pop in a mint, and prepare to take your final steps.

Forget the date and get out of there, spineless plebeian.

Knock on her door.