Endless Joy

"I don't get it?" Pinkie said, tilting her head with a look as if her train of thought derailed and exploded on the tracks.

Of course you wouldn't Pinkie, bless your innocence...

"Pinks. You've gotta understand something. I," I put a hand on my chest, "will be naked in the bath. You," I patted her head and she smiled, "will be like you always are. You can't take off clothes you don't have, get it?"

God, she better.

"But I'm technically naked all the time, and since I don't have clothes that can't be taken off, by your standards, I'm naked right now, and that makes no sense for you to be wearing clothes if you see me and everypony else like this to begin with, Massy." She sounded quite happy about that, I'm not sure why...

"But... What, no, because... I'm a human, and you're a pony, and..." I couldn't think of anything. "Fuck..." Pinkie grabbed my arm and swung open the door to the bathroom, tossing me into the tub with my clothes still on. The tub that is fucking deep, and HOLY SHIT SOMETHING TOUCHED MY LEG!

I looked down and saw a large pink tentacle with its suction cups around my ankle. I screamed and air bubbles escaped my mouth as I tried to beat the tentacle until it released and made a surprisingly feminine squeak. Somehow having enough water in the tub to flail like a mad man and swim to the surface, I came eye to eye to a frowning Pink pony sucking on her hoof.

"T-that wasn't very nice, Massy... My hoof hurts a b-bunch now." She said, tears forming in the bridges of her eyes.

"Wait, that was you!?" How in the hell did she- NO. Not going to think about this. "Pinks, you tried to drown me, not cool." I said stubbornly.

Wait... Where the fuck did my clothes go?!

"I was playing!" No she looks sad, no, no, not sad! "I was the big scary sea monster, and you were the shipwrecked survivor..." Oh god no, the TEARS. "I'-I-I'm sorry I did t-that! Please don't hate me."

"Ugggggggh, how can you even cry in a bath, you'll fill it up- Wait, oh shit, you are!" I shimmied over to her and started petting her soggy mane, "Come on, Pinks. You know you're my best friend. Hell, if anything you're the one pony I trust here more than any of the others. Calm your pouting and stop filling with bath with tears, it's freaking me out to be in here..."

She stopped her random Pinkie tears and smiled brightly, "Oh, okay!" She resumed what she was doing and dove under the water, giggling into it, making bubbles come up.

I worry about her sometimes. "Pinks, you just never give up on surprising me." I said aloud, slumping onto the back of tub and recoiling slightly as she breached the water, sounding like an Orca doing a barrel roll.

"BWAAAAW~!" She splashed down, sending a tidal wave after me and splashing against my face, letting the tubs water even out while she poured a bunch of bubble bath soap into the water.

"I'm still not getting how the tub is a fucking ocean right now. Care to enlighten me?" I asked, raising an eyebrow and wondering if the Cakes were hearing this too.

"It's easy, MassyMassy!" She giggled as she made herself a beard out of bubbles and continued, "See, when the cakes don't use the tub, I simply fill it up with water and toss Gummy into it. I don't know how Gummy does it, to be truthful. He's a mysterious one, you know~" She ended, making a hat out of bubbles as well and rubbing her hooves together creepily.

"Uhh. Alright? Sounds good I guess?" I'm think I'm starting to get how everypony else feels no- SHE SAID THAT LITTLE THING WAS IN HERE?!

Just as I came to the realization I felt something slither around my lap and jump out of the water, perching on my shoulders. I slowly turned to look at my right shoulder where the toothless little bastard's head was, "H-hey t-th-ere Gummy. H-how you d-doing?" I asked cautiously.

He blinked each eye agonizingly slowly, staring into my very soul and slightly to the left and right. His tail wrapped around my neck and I yelped, being pulled under and thrashed around.

This is what happens every time I see this shit!

While I was being mangled underwater, I could see Pinkie giggling away on the surface and smiling down into the water with a really happy gaze. Seriously, what's up with her lately?

"Those two are always like that... I wonder why Gummy likes him so much; I wonder why I... No, no, bath time!" Pinkie yelled excitedly into the empty bathroom, diving down to her favourite two friends.

"ARRGHH!!" I screamed through the water, gargling it and realizing I'll kill myself before I can scream any more, holding my breath, and biting on the gator's tail hearing a intense growl and spinning around in a frenzy, "Holllllllly shit!!" I yelled into the tidal pool he was creating before being launched back to the surface with a loud splash.

I gulped in air and spat out water, heaving and looking around for Pinks. OH GOD, SHE'S GONE, WHO WILL SAVE ME FROM THE EVIL LITTLE FUCK IN THE WATER?! I thought.

Somehow swan diving to the surface of the water, Pinkie elegantly landed on the mat by the edge of the tub holding Gummy in her hooves, "Bath time's over silly head!" She told me, shaking herself dry as I simply stayed in the water.

"What are you two..." I mumbled to myself scared to get out. Also a little reluctant on letting Pinks see my junk.

"The most powerful team in all Equestria~!" Jesus jones, she heard me! "Now get out of there mister, it's getting late and the cakes are going to be super sleepy, not to mention the twins."

"Uhhh. Thanks, but I'll wait for you two to leave." I said, a little red under the nose.

"But why? Not like you'll be naked, Massy." What? WUT?

"Pinks, I think you're so far gone passed the 4th wall, you can't even understand basic things any more." I said, staying in the tub.

"I told you Massy, I didn't do anything with the water, that was all Gummy here! He has ways~" What does she smoke?

"I'm not getting out of this water until you're outside the room, Pinks." I told her strictly.

"Yuh huh!" She said almost frustrated, "I'm getting you out!" She grabbed me by the arms and pulled me out so fast I didn't even feel the change of air from the water.

Wait... WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. There's a reason I didn't feel the fucking change!

"Pinks, what the hell... HOW?" I asked dumbfounded.

I was in my clean clothes, dry as they were before the food fight. I... I can't do this, my head is going to explode.

"I told you, Massymassy. He has ways~" She said, showing me Gummy and placing him on her mane, hopping out the doorway.

"Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope. I'm going with it." I told myself, following out the door behind her, and watching as she bounced into her room and stopping before she closed the door.

"You... You wanna come in? I have some awesome boardgames we could play!" She smiled over to me in that smile only the Pink ball of candy and fluff can. I couldn't say no this time. She makes me smile now.

"Sure Pinks, why not? I got nothing left to do today anyway's." I gave her my best impression of the smile I mustered earlier and strolled down to her door.

All I saw was a pink flash and a comfy bed with pink and purple frosting coloured sheets by the time I was in eye site of her door. I looked around her room for a moment, taking into account she doesn't really have all that much. Dresser, mirror, table, some toy chairs, bed, side table, and that's pretty much it. Other than the bright colours it's quite plain. I would have expected something different...

"Like it?" She asked almost hopeful from behind me, making me jump a little.

"Holy shit, Pinks you need to stop doing that before I have a heart attack. But yeah, I really do. Simple, not too much stuff around the room. Reminds me of my entire house." I told her, patting her head and sitting down on the bed.

"Really? Your entire house is like this?" She asked almost shocked and sat down next to me on the bed.

"Well yeah. I only came here with what I had in my pockets, I don't really need anything else. I have a lazyboy in my living room, table for meals and my bed. Other than a dresser that has a cool design I rarely even use that Luna gave me, I have nothing else. See no point in it really."

The whole time I told her this she actually seemed surprised.

"You have nothing else?" She said a little saddened for some reason, "Nothing?"

"Well it's all I've ever needed. You ponies don't have computers or t.v's here, so this is all I need." I stopped and looked at her, "Honestly, there's nothing better than laying around after a hard days work and listening to some tunes on my Ipod."

"Ipod...?" She tilted her head.

"Oh right, I don't think I've ever actually let you listen to anything on it before." I told her, reaching into my pocket and pulling out my Ipod with the headphones, "What kind of music would you like... Hmm, fuck it, this calms me down, lets see if sugar incarnate can be tamed, shall we?" I cracked a smirk from my own comment and she actually giggled.

"Sure, let us see." She smiled and shuffled over closer to me.

"Okay, now this will sound weird, but put these into your ears," She looked at me like I was retarded. "Just do it, Pinks."

"Uhmmm, okay. Ew, this feels weird." She said, putting them in her ears and staring blankly at me, "Now what?"

"Now this." I told her, pressing play on Clocks by Coldplay. What? It's a good song, I like to chill out to it.

The second it hit her ears, her eyes bulged and then slowly they closed about three quarters of the way, then half lidded, then almost fully closed, and finally she shut her eyes and started humming to the beat. She actually likes it? Pinkie started moving back and forth, a smile ever present on her face.

She started slowly leaning my way and ended up leaning on my right arm, a serene smile on her face and as the chorus kicked in she held onto my arm.

It... It kinda felt nice to be honest.

It ended and began playing Cage the Elephant, and to my surprise she gripped tighter onto my arm and began trying to hum to this beat as well.

This... This really does feel nice now.

I stared down at her and began ever so softly stroking her mane as she listened to the song and wouldn't stop smiling as it continued.

I couldn't help it, I smiled along with her. She was being just so damn.. Cute. She looks so happy right now, I wouldn't want to make her stop. But I really wanted to ask of what she thought of the music, so I pressed pause on the track and her eyes slowly opened.

She blinked and looked up at me from her new position; right next to me, holding my arm.

"W-why'd you stop it?" She asked, calmly and evenly.

"I wanted to see what you thought of it." She didn't let this stop her smile, "So? Did you like it?"

She let go of me and answered, "I thought it was wonderful, Massy... I didn't know peoples could make such beautiful music. That was great, thank you."

Did she just call it beautiful? Did she just say all that at normal pace?!

"I. Well, no problem Pinks. If you ever want to listen to it, just ask. I'll be glad to let you."

She gestured to the earbuds still in her ears and poked my side, "Can I again right now?"

"But I thought you wanted to play a game or something didn't you?" I wondered, not even really caring about it, actually.

"Not any more." She said, voice sounding so, so, delicate. "I'd rather sit here with you and hear what you like. It's amazing."

This is an intriguing moment. I feel kind of giddy to do this with her; to make her smile...

"Sure, Pinkie." I said as nicely as I could, petting her mane and smiling at her, "Let me pick one you'll like."

"Thanks, Massy." She grabbed my arm again and closed her eyes, leaving me to ponder the new feeling in my gut. Seriously, Pinkie's being so. So, not herself, and I actually want to smile around her.

I sighed and flipped through my songs and came to Today, by the Smashing Pumpkins. As soon as I hit play, she gripped me tighter and crawled to the head of the bed, taking me with her and making me lay on my back with her clutching my arm and grinning.

"Pinks?" I asked. She didn't move or anything, leaving that grin like smile on her face. "Okay Pinks. Fine by me..." I stared at her ceiling, arm behind my head on her pillows and just thought of something.

"I'm happy here."