An Adventure in Gay

Late next morning, Shuffle awoke to the sensation of a tongue playfully licking his snout. He clenched his eyes, stretching his forelegs outward then using one to rub an eyelid as he opened the other groggily, focusing slowly on Bubble Berry aimlessly tonguing away at his nose, smiling like it was some sort of a prank. He opened his other eye and blinked vigorously, staring at the sunlight-illuminated Berry.

"Oh good! You're awake!" Berry said with a smile.

Shuffle simply groaned sarcastically in reply, then put his hooves to the bed and tried to stand up, but was caught with a sharp ache in his rump, along with a hefty amount of dried cum around his nethers. He crumpled back down on top of Berry, not ready prepared to ward off the pain.

"Oop, you alright?" Berry asked with care in his tone.

Shuffle made another attempt at standing up, this time feeling all his bones ache along with the particularly intense pain around in and around his anus.

"Yeah... I'm good. Just not ready for an ass-ache this early in the morning." Shuffle joked, trying to take the after effects of losing his anal virginity like a woman.

"You get that for quite a while afterward." Berry stated sympathetically, rubbing the back the back of his own neck.

Shuffle winced a bit, collecting himself looking around the room. The candles that lit up last night's lovemaking were now thoroughly burned through, light now filling the room from a window that Shuffle swears he doesn't remember being there the night before. The sheets were ruffled and crusty from the loads released upon it, and the cum-filled stocking was still clinging to the wall where Berry threw it.

Shuffle turned his attention to dried cum on his aching rump, most of the scene after Berry mounted him blurred from his memory. He rubbed at it with a forehoof, some of it flaking off and spreading. Idly, Shuffle shook the flakes away, turning back to Berry who was just laying beneath him, watching him lovingly.

"You came inside?" Shuffle asked Berry with a cocked eyebrow and a smirk, displaying the dried cum sticking to his hoof.

"You practically begged me to." Berry shot back, catching Shuffle's sarcastic tone.

Shuffle just rolled his eyes and shook his head, then tilted his head to the side and massaged the exposed area with his clean hoof, wincing again.

Berry's smile fell a bit, upset to see Shuffle so sore because of him.

"Sorry." He said, feeling discouraged.

"Don't be." Shuffle replied reassuringly.

"It hurts so good." He followed up, trying to prove to Berry he was alright with a cheap laugh.

Berry smirked a little then looked away. Shuffle, not convinced, put his hoof on Berry's cheek and gazed into his eyes.

"Hey, I'm alright. I wanted this." He said in a gentle, genuine tone, taking another approach.

Berry smiled lightly back at Shuffle, looking back into his eyes. Seeing him feeling a bit better, Shuffle planted a soft kiss on his snout, then stepped away and climbed off the bed.

"We should uh- probably get cleaned up." Berry said, standing up against his own mild aches and walking over to the stocking stuck to the wall. He reached up and wrapped his hoof around it, and tugging on it. When it didn't budge, he put more strength into it, but it still wouldn't move. Berry pulled and pulled on it with all his might, propping a hind leg against the wall to push off with even more force, but it clung still. Only when Shuffle came up behind Berry and pulled on the stocking with him did it release from the wall and whip off with near lethal force, hitting the bed and ricocheting off into a burnt out candle, sending it topping to the ground.

The crashing settled, and the two shrugged, silently agreeing that it wasn't their problem, though they didn't know whose it was supposed to be. Berry cocked his head toward the master bathroom, then started into it. Shuffle stood awkwardly around, rubbing the back of his neck with his hoof until Berry popped out of the threshold and beckoned him in.

Berry was turning on the shower when Shuffle entered, thinking it was only customary to take a shower together after the rough night. He was met with the shiftily standing, blushing Shuffle when he turned around, silently observing the bathroom.

The bathroom was large, easily able to accommodate the married couple that usually occupied the space. The walls were painted a clean coat of warm maroon, accented by light grey tile, a circular black rug which matched the toilet cover, and pearly white, long counter along the left wall, complete with two separate sinks and a mirror spanning almost the whole length. The shower was much larger than average as well, the outside closed off by two opposite glass doors, opening up to a white, rectangle interior with two different shower heads.

"You feelin' alright?" Berry asked with an encouraging smile, then went to bite his stocking and pull his hoof out of it and tossing it aside.

"I've never showered with anyone else." He replied, shooting a shy smile toward Berry before diverting his eyes back to the floor.

"What, are you afraid I'm gonna look at your dong?" Berry joked in hopes that sarcasm would lighten the situation while trying to step on a loose part of his sock to take it off.

Shuffle stifled a grin and looked up a bit. He swiftly swiveled around to display his plot to Berry whipping his tail around playfully.

"How bout you take a looooooooong look!" He played along.

"I think I will. Shake it, baby." Berry shot back, leaning casually against the sink.

Shuffle continued to whip his tail around, showing off his booty and adding in some exaggerated kissy faces until he and Berry simultaneously broke out into laughter.

Shuffle turned back around, facing Berry with a stupid smile he couldn't seem to get rid of, and his face only made Berry return the look. The two took a bit just to look at the other's grinning face, sharing a moment loving inner-fuzziness, broken only by Berry asking "Anyone ever tell you you're really cute, Shuffle?" He blushed and looked away, making Berry laugh a little bit, only finding him more adorable to be embarrassed so easily.

"No I'm serious!" He said through giggles.

Shuffle hid his face in one of his hooves and stifled an overjoyed smile, peeking out at Berry occasionally. Berry walked over to the embarrassed stallion and threw his foreleg around him, pulling him in and rustling his hair affectionately.

"Really, really, really, cute." He repeated while messing up Shuffle's mane.

"Thanks." Shuffle squeaked, muffled through his hoof.

The feeling of Berry enveloping him seemed to make all his embarrassment fade, replaced by a warm, fluffy feeling in his stomach. He tucked himself into Berry, shaking his mane out against his hoof.

Berry smoothed Shuffle's hair back lovingly until he noticed steam clouding the glass shower doors. Though he didn't want to, he moved away from Shuffle and over to the doors, opening one and ushering the littler pony in. Shuffle reluctantly entered, having wanted to have stayed held by Berry.

Shuffle stood under a drizzle of water and wet his mane and coat, the warmth melting away the ache in his bones. He closed his eyes and let the shower water barrage his face as Berry entered the shower behind him and closing the door behind himself. Shuffle opened his mouth the the shower head and allowed the water collect in his mouth, then spit it out in a weak stream when it overflowed. This repeated mindlessly a few times until Shuffle shook himself out of the relaxing daze and began running the water through his long, thick mane.

Berry, a couple feet from him at the other shower head, let the water wash over his body. He turned for a moment to see Shuffle struggling to keep his moist, matted hair from getting into his mouth. He smirked a bit, seeming to find every little thing Shuffle did adorable in it's own way.

"How do you manage that thick mass you call a mane?" Berry asked half jokingly, turning around completely and letting the water run down his back and tail.

Shuffle peeked around from his long bangs, smoothed it into a sopping swoop with his hoof and turned around to face Berry.

"Conditioner, mostly." He answered, mimicking Berry's half-sarcastic tone.

"Oh, well I think Mrs. Cake has some of that right over here!"

"Jokes on you because I already use female shower products. Makes me smell all fruity."

"That works well cause you a fruitcake."

Shuffle took a second to laugh lightly, then, badly suppressing giggles and speaking at the same time, he asked "D-Did you just call me- a fruitcake?" acting like being called a fruitcake was some ancient insult to him, though he couldn't help letting little snickers escape his mouth.

"Yeah. Kinda taste like one too." Berry replied with a fake, exaggerated lip of seductiveness, gesturing down to his groin.

Shuffle opened his mouth to sass something back, but couldn't hold himself back any longer and burst into laughter, which only made Berry chuckle alongside him with satisfaction.

When Shuffle recovered, he whipped around and filled his mouth with water, then turned back to Berry and spat a long steam into his still-laughing face.

"Hey!" Berry protested at the giggling Shuffle as his face dripped with warm water, then gathering a mouthful of his own and spitting it back at Shuffle, to which he retaliated the same way. This, of course, thrust the two into an improv shower spitting water war full of chortles and chuckles. When Shuffle realized he could use his wet mane as a weapon, he smirked and began whipping it around wildly in Berry's direction and would have soaked him had he not already been waterlogged. The water streams stopped momentarily when both Shuffle and Berry stood off, cheeks full of water and ready to fire, shooting phony threatening glances at each other. Swiftly, Shuffle jumped forward and unloaded a few inches from the stallion's face, and Berry only managed to spray his water onto Shuffle's chest, but both found themselves laughing at water sprinkled down upon them until Berry subtly pulled Shuffle into a tender, affectionate kiss.

Shuffle was caught off guard, but quickly closed his eyes and fell into the loving gesture and kissing back. Berry reached a hoof up and rested it against the smaller colt's cheek, letting his caring instincts take over his gentle lip movements. As the moment went on, their entwined tongues slowly grew more passionate, though never getting deeper. The warm feeling in their stomachs paired with the sweet taste of each other's lips was enough to make the two melt into each other.

The two lost track of how long the kiss went on for, but it eventually got lighter and lighter until their lips were no longer touching and the took a step back to just look at each other with little satisfied grins. Without warning, Shuffle lunged forward and wrapped his forelegs around the back of Berry's neck, pulling him into a tight, loving hug. Berry awkwardly put his hoof around Shuffle's back and pulled him into his chest, then rested his chin on his head.

"Thank you." Shuffle said through an overjoyed smile he couldn't fight, nestle himself into Berry's chest tuft while still clamping around him.

"What for?" Berry returned, slightly confused by the whole situation.

Shuffle paused for a moment to experience the body pressed up against Berry's while both shower heads rained down from opposite directions.

"Caring for me in the way you did."

Berry's own smile perked up and he nuzzled his cheek affectionately through Shuffle's hair.

"What's gonna happen to us, Berry? After today?" Shuffle asked, his face mushed up against Berry's chest fur.

"What do you think is gonna happen?"

"This was only supposed to be a one night stand, but the way you hold me makes me want to rethink that."

The shower would have been quiet if not for the constant batter of water against the tile. Shuffle let his weight fall against Berry and kept his tight hug consistent.

"I don't know. I've never seriously considered a relationship, especially with a guy, before today."

Berry kept silent and let Shuffle speak his mind, feeling the indecision and tension in the same way he did. Shuffle unclamped his hooves and took a step back, gazing into Berry's eyes, his pupils darting back and forth as his mind wandered.

"Would we even work, Berry?"

"Shuffle, I know you're a little scared, but you've gotta make the call on this one."

Shuffle became silent with indecision, his eyes slowly falling. Berry reacted quickly to keep things from getting too emotional.

"Tell you what. How about you keep coming back to the bar, and if you ever feel like you want to be a little more with me, I'll be around. If not, well I'd be more than willing to spend another night with you. Sound good?"

Shuffle's head slowly came back up and a smile returned to his face. He nodded, finding the smile he had before. Once again, he jumped forward and hugged Berry with all his might.

"Thank you."