There's Always An Afterwards

"Are you sure this is such a good idea?" Cheese asked as the pair approached Twilight's giant castle.

"Sure it is!" Pinkie responded as she bounced along beside him. "Twi's always supportive! No wonder they made her a princess!"

"If you say so," Cheese said.

Cheese followed Pinkie as she opened the heavy double doors to the crystal tree-like castle.

"Knowing Twi, she probably has her muzzle stuck in some old book!" Pinkie giggled. "So she's probably in the library!"

"Do you know where that is?" Cheese asked.

"Of course! It's where I find her most often when she's in this giant place!" She laughed. "I'm starting to wonder what the rest of the castle is for!"

"What is the rest of this castle for?" He asked.

"There's a library and a throne room, but that's all it'll seen in here." Pinkie replied.

The couple went silent as they continued their journey up several flights of crystal stairs. Pinkie looked behind her and noticed Cheese behind her, his eyes to the ground.

"is something wrong, Cheesie?" Pinkie asked as they reached the top.

"I dunno, I guess I'm just being paranoid about Twilight and your other friends not trusting me." He said.

"Don't be so shy," Pinkie said. "And anyways, it'd be super weird if Twi didn't trust you!"

"It's just, not so much about our actual relationship that I'm worried about," He started. "It's its what it came from."

"It'll be alright!" Pinkie gave him a quick kiss on the bridge of his nose. He smiled a little.

"Alright, I'll give this a shot." He said.

"Yay!" Pinkie beamed. Cheese sighed.

"Hey Pinkie, oh, hey Cheese," Twilight said as she came up from behind the couple. "Haven't got a chance to talk to you yet." They both whipped around.

"Whoah!" Pinkie gasped. "What's with sneaking up on us?"

"Sorry, I saw you two on the way to the library, and thought I'd say hi!" She said. "I certainly didn't mean to startle you."

"No it's fine, we weren't startled!" Pinkie said. Twilight's attention turned to Cheese, who had been strangely quiet all along.

Just how much of out conversation did she hear?

"How are you, Cheese?" She asked.

"Oh-! I-I'm fine." He said, snapping out of his trance. Twilight arched an eyebrow at Cheese's strange behaviour. Pinkie noticed this, and came to his rescue.

"Cheesie was probably just daydreaming!" She said.

Twilight giggled at Pinkie's pet name for Cheese. Cheese turned red as Pinkie turned slightly darker from her natural colour.

"Hey, want to come with me to the library?" She asked.

"I wouldn't mind!" Pinkie said.

"Me neither," Cheese added.

"Great!" Twilight beamed as her wings unfurled with a 'poof'.

Pinkie began to hop as she followed Twilight, while the stallion behind them both looked to the floor in hopes that this would be alright.

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"Hey, you know what I totally forgot to do, and why I came?!" Pinkie said as she threw a book behind her, which was caught by the princess' magic.

Cheese looked up from the book he was reading about parties through generations, and found he had his forearm around Pinkie's neck the whole time. He frowned as his marefriend jumped up from her laying position beside him.

"What would that be?" Twilight's asked as she finished writing something down with a quill on some scroll paper.

Cheese jumped to his hooves when he realized what Pinkie was talking about. For some reason, he felt another blush attacking his cheeks.

"I got a coltfriend!" Pinkie beamed.

"You did?" Twilight asked. "Congratulations!"

"Wanna know who he is?" Pinkie asked.

"Let me guess," Twilight started. "He's right behind you." She smirked.

Pinkie gasped. "HOW DID YOU KNOW?!" She yelled. "Were you spying on us?" She asked as  her pupils dilated.

She better not have been spying on us! Cheese thought.

"N-no!" Twilight responded. "Of course not!"

"Than how did you know?" Pinkie asked as she narrowed her eyes.

"I'm no love expert, but it doesn't take a genius to notice the signs." The princess said.

"Signs?" Cheese spoke up.

"Yes. Like, your arm around Pinkie." Twilight said. "Or, the way you two are together and no party is being planned."

"What if we just want to hang out?" Pinkie asked.

"Pinkie, you used to despise Cheese, and didn't have much time to bond afterwards," Twilight said. "I can only imagine what it would be like if you two were just, 'hanging out'."

"You despised me?" Cheese asked.

"That doesn't matter now that I don't despise you," Pinkie said. "Does it?" She asked as she shuffled slightly closer to him.

"I guess you're right." Cheese said as he turned slightly pink.

Twilight smiled at them sympathetically. "And I'm no expert matchmaker, but I would put you two together first."

"Awe, thank you!" Pinkie beamed as she nuzzled Cheese's neck.

"You're welcome." Twilight replied.

"Hey!" Pinkie beamed. "I just had a good idea!"

"What is it?" The alicorn asked.

"What if you could go around and tell the rest of our close friends!?" Pinkie asked.

"Why me?" She asked.

"'Cause I think Cheesie's not too comfortable with doing this twice again," Pinkie responded.

"Alright, I'll do it tomorrow when I'm out getting a few things." Twilight said.

"Thank you so much!" Pinkie beamed. "Bye Twi!" Pinkie shouted as she grabbed Cheese by the neck and pulled him out of the room.

"Bye...?" Twilight said before she shook her head and started to clean the library floor of books that somehow got there.