Red, White and Orange

Chapter 1: News for Cadence

They arrived at shining and cadence's castle a few hours within leaving the hospital, with Smokey sleeping soundly on Shinings back the whole way there. The light warm breath coming from Smokey blew through his mane relaxing him, feeling a fatherly bond he has never felt before.

Shining stopped at the entrance. Well, he was stopped by one of the royal guards. "Um... Sir? Mind If I ask..."

"He's my new son," Shining cut him off, before he could finish his question, and the guard bowed his head, stepping aside, allowing the Princes access with no question for the time being. He thanked the guard, and stepped forward into his kingdom, guiding himself through the halls of the palace to an empty bedroom for Smokey. He used his magic to lightly lift the colt off his back with the same aura as earlier, still sound asleep, a small amount of drool on his lip. Shining disregarded this, though he wondered if any was on his mane, and decided if there was, he would just wash it later. He slowly pulled the blanket back, resting the colt in the bed, smiling as he pulled the blanket to his chin, preforming the entire act slow, in fear of waking the colt. The whole thing was only a few minutes, but felt like an hour. He let out a relieved sigh, turning to the door, stepping out, and carefully closing the door with a quiet click, another few minutes that felt longer than it did. He walked tiredly to the room directly next to the colts, into his own, where his wife laid in the bed with a smirk stretched across the left of her face.

She was laid on her side, her head rested in her hoof propped up by her elbow, and her leg moved to a ninety-degree angle perpendicular to the opposite in a small suit, her pink and white striped socks pulled up to below her rear. He blushed, not sure how to turn the moment down, or how to break the news about their new son, that only he knew about.

Once she noticed he wasn't aroused by her setup, she sat up in the bed, looking at him concerned. "Hun? Are you alright?" she asked worriedly. "This is my favorite outfit, I was hoping you liked it."

shining yawned. "No, no, I love it! I just have been rather busy today, that's all. It's made me rather tired. Sorry to put your hard work to waste, my beautiful princess. Maybe tomorrow night?" He asked, smiling groggily.

She smiled, nodding acceptingly, repositioning her hind legs to where they were parallel, rolling from her side to her back. "what've you been doing all day, my prince?"

He took his spot in the bed next to her, pulling the blanket up under his arm, and her being snuggled under, warmly. "Now, before I tell you this, just realize, I thought about it clearly, and made this decision on my own, and I must ask for your forgiveness for not contacting you about the issue?"

She raised an eyebrow, her head previously rested on the pillow, now her whole body sitting upright in the bed, the blanket on her lap. "Well, it depends on what this 'issue' is, Shining. Her smile was gone, as she looked at him, as a mother would when she knew her young one was doing something he or she shouldn't have been doing,

"Oh, Honey, it's nothing too serious, It's just that, you know how we've wanted a colt?"

She nodded

       "But you didn't want a foal?"

       She nodded again, a little more impatiently.

         Shining took a deep breath and quietly said, "I adopted a four year old, and he is sleeping in the room right next door," followed by the breath being let out of his lungs in a long sigh.

Cadence sat there with a blank expression, aside from her eyes, which were wide open, and slight blush, until she decided to open her mouth to say something. "I-I... you... huh?" Her expression went from surprised to dumbfound, after collecting her thoughts. she didn't look angry, just confused. Really confused. "What made you think I wouldn't have a say in this? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Well, I had to make the decision there and then. It couldn't wait, Cadence. he was at the hospital all alone, and had no way of getting home. and even if he did, he didn't  have anyone to watch over him when he got there."

Cadence blinked at him a few times, shaking her head, and returning her face to a thoughtful look. "Can we please just talk about this tomorrow?"

Shining nodded, also sitting up. "And since he's not a foal, I thought you would be okay with me adopting him as our own."

"As long as we don't need to change any diapers, I am fine with this. But you're still going to have to help me raise him, is that understood?"

"Yes, Cadence," Shining said with a smile.

Cadence leaned toward him, locking their lips for a short number of seconds, and pulling away reluctantly. "Can I... see him?"

"Maybe in the morning, dear."

"Alright." Cadence laid back down in the bed, flopping the blanket over her shoulder to keep warm, as shining did the same.

Shining leaned in, planting another well meant kiss on her lips, this one lingering, placing his hooves around her back, one moving to her rear, followed by her eyes widening. Shining slowly pulled away. "Do we have to wait until tomorrow night?" He asked with a small blush returning to his cheeks.

The smirk returned to her face, moving her leg over both of his in the same position she was in earlier, pulling his lower half to make contact with hers, his blush deepening and a warm sensation of excitement between his legs. "You tell me," she said in a sultry, enticing voice.

Shining smiled, prepared to enjoy the rest of the night, no matter what was in store, as he placed his lips on hers once more.

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