Pretty in Pink

It’s been a few days since the party where I surprised everyone with the Wonderbolts tickets. Everything has been rather normal, to say the least. Just came back from fixing Lyra’s sink. I showed up yesterday but it somehow started to leak again. Honestly that was a bit of a weird job. Seems to leak every so often no matter what I do. Lets not add the fact Bonbon doesn't like me at all. She has this weird idea I’m trying to stealing her marefriend or something. I don't know, kinda silly when I think about it.

I pause as I look to the journal and think about my day. Even I knew I was beating around the bush...

Alright I’ll be honest... I’ve been noticing things. I don't know if Rainbow has finally gotten into my head or what but, something considerably strange has been happening to me lately when I’m around Pinkie. I can't help but feel myself smile more. I feel my hugs linger a little while longer then they should... I-I just think maybe Rainbow has been putting too many funny thoughts into my head lately... I don't know, I still can't believe what happened though.

“Alright so if it starts leaking again then let me know. I’ll just replace the pipe with a new one.” I say making sure I had all my tools.

“Thanks again for coming over on such short notice.” Lyra says beaming at me.

I give a nod. “No problem Lyra. See you later.”

I give a final wave as Lyra returns it on my way out. Bonbon just giving me a death glare from her seat on the couch. I don't even bother saying goodbye to her anymore. If she wants to act like that around me then that’s her choice. It doesn't take too long for me to leave my tools at home. I didn't have any other jobs to go to right now so I decided to spend some time with Pinkie.

One short walk later to Sugarcube corner. I walk through the door and see that Mrs. Cake was working the register.

“Oh, hello deary. Looking for Pinkie?” She asks.

I smile as I give a nod. “Yes m’am.”

She nods her head at the double doors. “She’s just in the back baking.”

I give another nod as I walk towards the back. “Thanks again.” I say as I go into the kitchen.

As I walk into the kitchen I take notice of a pink blur that is moving around. Even as it speeds around the kitchen I can hear it say something.

“Hey Anon. Whatcha doin?”

I just smile as Pinkie doesn't stop the speed tricks.

“You know me, just wanting to spend some time with a friend.” I say honestly.

“Well, I don't know where Rainbow Dash is right now.” I can hear the deviousness in her tone.

I roll my eyes. “You know who I meant.”

Soon the blur stop in front of me and reveals Pinkie, her mane still sitting clean atop her head. Kinda odd, would make sense if her mane was swept as if she were in a wind tunnel. Then again Pinkie rarely makes sense.

“I don't know. Talk around towns been you two have been rather chummy lately.” She eyed me warily.

“Oh, course we are Pinkie, she’s my bro. Bro’s are like that.” I cross my arms.

“So you two aren't an item?” She asks surprised.

I shake my head. “No Pinkie.”

“You sure.”

“Positive.”

“Really, definitely, absolu-”

“Pinkie.” I stop her ongoing sentence. “There’s nothing there. Trust me.”

“Okie dokie loki!” She says briefly before resuming the blur trick.

“So, you’re too busy or something?” I ask.

“Just one more aaaaannnd, done!” She stops and gives a nod. “I’m free now.”

I look around and suddenly notice that all the counters are filled with different cakes and sweets. I decide to ignore it as I look down at Pinkie.

“So, wanna hang out or something?” I ask.

“Sure! Wanna go to the park?” She offers.

I shrug. “Yeah, why not.”

“Alright, you find a spot and I’ll pack something for us. Meet there in ten?”

Another nod from me sends her speeding off again. I take this time to show myself out and head towards the park.

I’m currently sitting under a tree as I wait for Pinkie to show up. She doesn't leave me waiting as I spot her merely hopping towards me with a basket in her mouth and a blanket on her back. I get up from my seat as she approaches closer to give her a hand. Once she’s close enough I grab the blanket from her back and set it onto the grass. Pinkie goes about gently setting everything onto it as we both take our seats.

As we both get comfortable. I take notice that Pinkie scoots closer to me and leans against my shoulder. I can't help but feel myself become nervous from the closeness... This isn't the first time she has done this, but this is the first time I have ever felt so nervous about it.

“So how’s work been Anon?” She asks still snuggling up against me.

As I feel her nuzzle lightly into me. I can't help but feel a heat rising into my cheeks from this action.

“I-Its been going fine. Can get tiring at times.” I admit.

She lets out a huff. “Tell me about it.” She rotates her forehooves some. “My hooves are achy from baking.” She giggles some at her unintentional rhyme.

“Wouldn't your mouth be aching more?” I ask confused. “I mean, thats how you carry stuff.”

She shakes her head. “Not as much as my neck. Sure my mouth is a little tired but my neck is so sore. Lifting is mostly on the neck and shoulders.”

I could see her fidgeting a little as she tries to slowly rotate her neck some. I felt a slight ache in my chest as I seen her uncomfortable.

“D-Do you want to me to massage you?” I ask hesitantly.

She looks up to me with a smile.

“Sure!”

She lies herself across my lap and throws her mane to the side to expose her neck to me. I hesitate some at how sudden and willing she was. I shake those thoughts away as I gently lay my hands onto her shoulders first. I don't know why but my cheeks kept getting hotter and hotter as I slowly worked her pain away. I’ve never massaged a pony before but from the little squeaks and moans I was getting I assumed I was doing something right.

“I-I’m not hurting you am I?” I ask making sure I wasn't doing something wrong.

She slowly shakes her head. “No, you’re doing better than I imagined. Maybe you should’ve taken a job working for the spa.” She says in a dreamy tone.

I can't help but feel myself smile at making Pinkie feel better. Soon though I slowly start to ease up and just settle into petting her gently. The sounds of light snoring come to my ears and make my heart flutter a bit. To think she was so comfortable with me that she fell asleep on me. Again this has happened a few times but today it just fills me with something I wasn't sure of.

I push the thoughts away once more as I just lean my back against the tree and continue to idly stroke Pinkie from her neck to her back and then back again. Honestly, I didn't have a care in the world right now. I have never felt so content with my life as I do at this moment. Everything was so peaceful. I could feel my senses heighten some as I close my eyes.

I catch the sweet smell of cakes in the air. I easily know where the source is. Pinkie has always had this sweet smell on her since the day we met. I can feel how smooth and soft her fur is as my fingers run over the curves of her body. It wasn't anything like a horses fur on earth. Hers actually felt so smooth you could mistake it for silk. I couldn't help but chuckle as the thought of jealous women wanting skin as soft as her fur came to mind. I was lost in thought as I suddenly hear Pinkie ask.

“What so funny?”

I open my eyes and look down to see Pinkie had rolled over so she could look up at me. I didn't even realise I was still petting her from her chest to her stomach this time.

“Just a silly thought.” I try to wave it off.

“You know I like silly things.” She says with her usual smile.

I shrug. “Just the thought of human females being jealous over how soft your fur is.”

I can't help but see her cheeks redden some at that.

“My fur is alright... You should see Rarity’s, I bet hers is softer.” She says.

I shake my head. “I’m serious. True I never felt Rarity’s but I felt Rainbows, and hers wasn't as soft as yours.” I try to compliment.

“Well I th-”

I was still looking at her as her eyes suddenly get wide and her cheeks become completely red.

“Is something wrong?” I ask concerned.

“Y-You are going a little low.” She all but whispers out.

I look down to see I was still petting her stomach.. I didn't realise what was wrong until I notice two little nubs under my fingertips. My eyes go wide as I quickly draw my hand back.

“Oh, god... Pinkie, i'm so sorry.” I try to apologise.

How could I have been so stupid?! I honestly forgot that ponies even had nipples.

“Anon, i-it's fine... Honest mistake.” She says clearing her throat.

I still kept my hands to myself as she rolls off and sits a little bit away from me. Even if she didn't say anything I knew what I did was still fresh on her mind as well as mine. We continued our picnic in awkward silence. Sometimes we would glance at each other and then quickly turn away. I knew that it was my fault so I decided to kill this off quickly.

“I-I just remembered that I had to help Rainbow with... Um.” I pause to think of an excuse. “Practice!” I say quickly as I get up. “Yeah, practice. You know how she is. Always wanting to show off...” I chuckle nervously. “Who can blame her though? I mean she does have the skill... So, so... Yeah.”

Pinkie gets up and shakes her head. “Don't worry Anon.. See you tomorrow?” She asks.

I gulp a little as I nod. “Yeah... See you then.”

I made sure to help Pinkie pack before I took off into a mad dash to Rainbow’s house.

“You fucking idiot!” I berate myself as I approach Rainbow’s home. “How could you do such a stupid thing?!” I stop as I look up at the cloud house. “Rainbow! Rainbow I need to talk to you!” I scream at the top of my lungs.

I see a tuft of Rainbow mane poke out from a cloud window.

“Anon?” She yells back.

“Yeah! Come down here. Defcon One!” I yell.

“Defcon one!” She screams as she quickly zooms down to me. “What's up?” She asks concerned.

“I-I think I really messed up Rainbow.” I say as I take a seat on the grass.

“Alright, just calm down and tell me what happened.” She asks concerned.

“Just, promise me you won't laugh.” I say seriously.

She gives a nod. “Of course. Just tell me.”

I take a few breaths. “Ok... So, I was at the park with Pinkie, we were having a picnic.”

“Did you ask her out!?” She asks excitedly.

“What? No!” I scream back. I get back on track. “Just a friends picnic... Anyways. We were talking and she told me her shoulders were aching because of all the baking. So, I gave her a massage.” I see a grin forming on Rainbows face. “Not a date.” I say again. “So, soon she falls asleep. I starting to think about stuff and laughed.”

I pause a little to collect the next part. “So, Pinkie asks me why I was laughing. She was still laying on my lap but rolled over so she could face me. I was petting her gently and telling her that her fur was soft and human females would kill for skin like that.”

“So what was the problem?” Rainbow asks unsure.

“I... Well when I was petting her... I... Kinda went too low and... Well, maybe have been petting her...” I cough out my answer.

“What was that?” Rainbow asks leaning closer.

“I... um... Was petting her... Breasts.”

The silence was immediate as it fell before us. Rainbow’s face was in complete shock and soon she quickly threw her hooves to her mouth to stop the laughter from escaping. I was boiling mad at how she was acting but I knew her too well to expect anything different. She keeps the laughter from escaping well enough as she regains composure.

“S-so you were groping her?” Rainbow says trying to suppress her chuckling.

“I didn't mean to!” I shoot back.

“So was she mad?”

“I don't know!” I scream back. “All I know is that she said it was alright and then it all went to hell... We couldn't even look at each other!”

She pats my back as I place my face into my hands.

“Calm down Anon, I'm sure it wasn't that bad.”

“It was worse.” I groan through my hands. “I think she doesn't want to be my friend anymore.” I say sadly.

“Come on Anon, Pinkie isn't like that.” Rainbow says. “She wouldn't ditch one of her friends just like that. Let alone a cool guy like you.”

“How could I ever face her again Rainbow?” I ask looking to her. “Everytime she looks at me, I’ll remember this day.”

“Why don't you just give it a few days and let everypony settle?” Rainbow offers.

I fall onto my back as I look to the sky.

“I would but she wanted me to come over tomorrow.” I tell her.

Rainbow rubs her chin with a hoof. “Well, if she didn't like it she wouldn't have invited you back anytime soon. I’d take that as a good sign.” Rainbow give a nod at that.

“Even if she let this slide... It’s just so embarrassing.” I say to her. “I... I molested her!” I groan as I cover my face again.

I hear Rainbow let out a groan this time. “You didn't molest her Anon. Pinkie is a grown pony.”

I roll onto my side facing away from Rainbow so I could wallow in my self pity.

“You don't understand Rainbow. How would you feel if a friend started touching you like that?”

“On purpose or accident?”

“What's the difference?”

“Well you have done it to me plenty of time on purpose... Never on accident.” She says with a smug tone.

“Those don't count.” I state burying my face in the grass.

“Really? I’m pretty sure all those times you rubbed my cutie mark or pulled my wings were entirely on purpose.”

“I-I didn't know about your wings though!” I quickly sit up to face her.

“But you knew about my flank, so it still counts.” She sticks her tongue at me.

Again I fall onto the grass looking to the sky.

“You’re not helping me Rainbow. Please tell me there's a point?”

“The point is that I let it slide because I know it’s all in good fun.” She runs her hoof up my thigh. “Kinda like when I try to get a rise out of you.” She says with half lidded eyes.

I push her hoof away with a huff. “But it’s not the same Rainbow. We kid around like that...” I then pause as I think about how Rainbow and I are. “Honestly I don't even know how we got so close in our own friendship to do stuff like that and think it’s ok. Now that I think about it... Regardless though. Pinkie and I don't have the same thing we have. You should have seen how awkward it got afterwards.”

“Have you ever thought that she actually liked what you were doing?” I was about to shoot back denial but Rainbow held her hoof up. “Think about it, if she didn't like it. Well, she would’ve been more forwards about it. I know Pinkie enough that when it comes to physical stuff, she is very clear. But from what I’m hearing from you. You two were just embarrassed.”

I didn't move as I thought over what Rainbow said. There was some truth in what she spoke. Pinkie was rather clear in what made her uncomfortable when it was more adult like. Maybe not as cutthroat as Rarity or Applejack but Pinkie was still an adult and would put a person in their place if she thought it was right. So what was the deal at the park then?

It then hit me like a ton of bricks... The park! It was a public setting! Little foal play there. I slap my hands to my face as I let out a louder groan.

“What is it?” Rainbow asks.

“I think I got one piece of the puzzle.” She raises a brow at that. “We were in the park Rainbow.”

Her eyes go slightly wide as she then gives a nod. “Yeah, that too!”

I then felt a sinking feeling. “What if we weren't at a park though? What if it was just Pinkie and myself in her room or my home?” I then felt my imagination get lost as thousands of scenarios filled my brain. All of them thoughts I would’ve never thought about my friends before. “Rainbow.” My voice was lower.

“Yeah?” She takes a seat next to me.

I gulp a little. “L-Lets just say that... hypothetically I might like Pinkie...” I look to her desperately. “D-Do you think she likes me back?”

I see confidence on her face as she opens her mouth, but she quickly shuts it and pins her ears back.

“I’ve been friends with her a long time Anon. I think she likes you but, even I’m not too sure what goes on in Pinkie’s head.” She admits looking down sadly.

I let out a sigh. “I guess that's the best I could hope for.”

I go back to looking at the sky as I fall onto my back. Rainbow joins next to me as we just lie there next to each other.

“You’re a cool guy Anon. Anymare would be lucky to have you.” She says.

I reach over and bring Rainbow closer to me. “Thanks Rainbow, you’re a cool mare too.”

Rainbow chuckles as she nuzzles closer to me.

“Alright, I can see why everyone thinks we’re an item.” She admits.

I wave it off. “Whatever. You’re my bro... Bros can sometimes get cuddly with each other... I think... I mean, you don't mind do you?” I ask warily.

She shakes her head. “Nah, I kinda like the idea of having somepony as close as you and not have to worry about the pressure of a relationship or sex.”

“No sex? When did this happen?!” I say with mock surprise.

She rolls her eyes at me. “You know that was always off the table.”

“Rainbow.”

“Yeah?”

“I want a brovorce.”

She looks up at me from my chest as I look down at her. We both smile and start to laugh.