Zero Tolerance

"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." - Lev. 20:13

"I can't lie to myself anymore Button Mash! I love you! And nothing's gonna change that!"

Over the loud music and excited fillies chatting, a light grey colt with a dark grey mane, purple eyes and no cutie mark confessed his love for another pony. That colt is named Rumble. Tonight was the Ponyville Schoolhouse dance and the place was packed with fillies, colts and mares all around. A few were struttin' their flanks, as they put it, on the dance floor, others were talking with their friends. Rumble, on the other hand, was sitting at a table talking to somepony. Sitting opposite was the pony of his dreams.

Another colt.

This colt had a dark amber coat, a moderate tangelo mane and moderate amber eyes. He was also wearing a small red, white and yellow striped propeller beanie which had green propellers on it. This colt was also missing a cutie mark. This colt was Button Mash.

"Ya know, ya don't have to shout! I can hear you just fine from here!" Button Mash shouted back over the cluster of noise, causing Rumble to grasp the former's hoof in his and snap back "I don't care! I really don't care! Nothing's gonna change if we fake it or not! It took me until I started my relationship with you to now realise it! There's no other way around it! I'm a colt-cuddler!"

But, as if fate wanted to make his life hell, the music stopped just before his confession. Upon hearing this, everypony turned and looked at Rumble and Button Mash locking hooves together. At first, the place was quiet, nopony saying a word, even the adult ponies were shocked at this sudden revelation, but after a few seconds, there was murmuring among the fillies.

After a few seconds of silence, the mare known to many as Diamond Tiara pointed out her hoof and shouted "Did you guys hear that? Rumble admitted to being a colt-cuddler!"

Almost instantly, the murmurs turned into laughter. Heinous, cruel laughter that plagued Rumble and Button Mash's ears. It seemed everypony in the room was mocking them in one way or another, when in reality, it was only half the room. Realising he had been caught, Rumble let go of Button Mash's hoof and began to run out of the schoolhouse, tears brewing in his eyes.

However, Diamond Tiara tripped him up, causing the laughter to intensify and finally made him break down on the spot, begging the other ponies to stop laughing at him. But his pleas fell onto deaf ears as the laughter blared on and on.

Button Mash looked down at his weak and weeping coltfriend. After looking around, he noticed that everypony that was laughing was making fun of Rumble and not him. Was it because he was the one to confess he was a coltcuddler? Button Mash even noticed the DJ, a white coated, neon blue maned mare with opaque googles. She wasn't laughing at Rumble, but she was beginning to smirk, as if she could burst out laughing at any second. Button Mash looked back at Rumble, who was still crying on the floor. Button Mash then looked up to see his mother and father looking in at them, shock on their faces. After a few seconds, they looked up at their son, concern now replacing shock in their faces.

Button Mash shut his eyes, trying to blur the horrible noise around him and recalling all the events prior to this.