Dear diary,
Today was a Hearts and Hooves day I won’t ever forget. The boring school and the same activities from always were nothing in comparison. I still feel the hard beating of my heart in my chest because… I kissed Diamond Tiara!
Silver Spoon giggled innocently and stopped writing for some time while some pleasant sensations formed again. From her chest came a warm comforting sensation, and a slight blush painted her cheeks.
After a minute, she focused on her diary.
I’ll start from the beginning, and I hope I won’t digress too much. It was a beautiful day this February 14th…
The pegasi were moving the clouds to clear the sky and prepare everything for the happy couples that’d go out, on this joyous occasion without equal, to share a magical moment with that special somepony.
This year, the CMC gave a scroll expressing their best wishes and congratulations to Miss Cheerilee. They didn’t exaggerate like last year with that giant heart. Or so they thought until the scroll unveiled meters upon meters of paper that, in the chance it had a life of its own, toured the halls of the school with nothing to stop it.
“Don’t you worry miss, I’ll get the rest so that you can read it” Scootaloo said as she chased the scroll.
Miss Cheerilee’s expression was so funny when one of those lose-
She erased that last bit.
I’m sorry diary, it wasn’t my intention. It’s just that sometimes my beloved’s attitude sticks to me before I know. You know how it is.
As I was saying, her expression before then was funny. Truth is, they’re good girls and sometimes it hurts to me to treat them like that, they don’t deserve it, but everything I’ve done, I’ve done it for her. For Diamond Tiara.
Then came the usual card exchange. The few colts in the class gave Diamond Tiara a lot of letters. That put Silver in a jealous mood and it saddened her at the same time. She feared that one of them would take her filly away from her. She squinted to see how Diamond indifferently read those cards with cheesy overexploited captions.
At least that brought some relief to her.
I feared I’d lose her. There were occasions where some colts approached her and actually asked to go out with her, but she dismissed every one of them. That relieved me but at the same time, it worried me. I was afraid to think that she’d dump me like garbage if she didn't loved me back. That she’d treat me like a sick pony for wanting to be with a mare instead of a stallion.
But that doesn’t matter now…
At the exit, Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara took advantage of the festivities to take part in the many games and attractions that Ponyville was hosting.
Lover’s Race, Leap of Trust, and Which Couple Devours the Heart-Shaped Apple Pie the Fastest?
Courtesy of Applejack, Apple Bloom’s sister
She added with a giggle after remembering the apple pie spotted face of Diamond Tiara.
For all of the afternoon, they both enjoyed the company of one another. If we forget about her smug attitude and her attacks on the CMC, the rest of her is lovely. Her laugh, mane, eyes, her moments of bliss and joy.
All of that and more, gave Silver a reason to love Diamond.
I looked at her each time so that I could laugh with her. I liked to see her happy and cheerful. That’s why I’m at her side and bear with her being annoying to anypony else, to content her.
She sighed before she continued writing.
But while we were coming back home I realized I couldn’t wear this fake mask while my heart goes on an emotional roller coaster. To be honest, it was time to tell her the truth.
But how?
Well, the answer came by itself.
Diamond’s mansion was on the way to Silver Spoon’s. Their walk was lively, with talks about their day and things about fillies their age. And of course, tomorrow’s homework.
But after a while Diamond Tiara took notice that her friend kept looking at her, leaving her to speak alone. The times she caught her doing that, her friend looked away with a blush on her fur.
“Is she feverish?” Diamond thought without much thought.
And then she felt she was alone.She turned around and she saw her friend standing in place without any movement.
“Are you okay Silver Spoon? You’ve been acting weird all afternoon,”
Now Silver’s face tinted itself a powerful red as she found out that her eyes had not gone unnoticed.
“There’s something I wanted to try,”
“Yes?” Diamond inquired.
“Can you… come closer?”
Diamond didn’t like the runarounds, they were like rodeos, running around on the issue and never getting to the point. So she approached heavily.
“What is this alread-”
But she couldn’t finish her question.
Silver Spoon invaded her personal space by casting a chaste kiss.
The flare of their blushes mixed into one.
She broke away grieved, looking away from her beloved while Diamond did the same.
“S-sorry” said Silver without looking and with a heartwarming smile.
“I’m okay.”
She couldn’t answer due to the amount of thoughts that flooded her mind. Most of them nice.
Her heart wanted to jump from her chest.
They kept on their way accompanied by the sunset and a deep silence. Not awkward, more like special.
The birds singing in the area away from the village harmonized with the moment.
Neither looked at each other. They kept their eyes forward following the trail of dirt decorated with white stones at the sides until they got to Diamond’s house.
It was so hard to say goodbye.
She remembered the instant where both of them stopped at the big grilled gate that marked the property of Diamond’s family.
Normally I’d have said something like ‘see you tomorrow Diamond’ and leave just like that. And sometimes she even ignored my farewells.
Today was different though. I didn’t want to leave her. My body and mind knew. And it seemed like hers did too.
I stayed in place with my head down until she caught my attention with a soft touch of her pink hoof… and said to me…
“Today w-was a… great day,” she said to break the silence.
She turned around with no other option than to face the situation.
“Listen D-Diamond… what happened half-way here…”
But she couldn’t finish because of the soft contact of Diamond’s hoof on her lip.
It was a really cute way to tell me to shut up for two seconds. It’s the first time she asked so nicely.
“Give me time to process all this… but first I want to know something… are you… in love… with me?”
She nodded shyly, with the hoof on her mouth still and blushing.
And before she took her hoof off, she closed in quickly and planted a kiss on her cheek. Just as chaste, just as pure.
“Bye-bye.”
She quickened her place and ran desperately through the wide front garden until she disappeared behind the main door’s threshold like a little girl who just did evil and ran to her house to find shelter.
Thanks to that I didn't sleep, which led me to writing to you my dear diary. One part of me feels relieved that I did that. But the other is afraid. Afraid of losing her because I wanted to fulfill the whims of my heart.
If she decides to break our friendship, will that kiss be worth it for something?
She touched her lips, searching for a trace of that magical moment.
I am only sure about one thing. Whatever happens. Whatever it is you decide. I’ll never forget that kiss… or even you… my spoiled princess.
Dear diary:
I know I’ve been… not using you appropriately for months and I’m really sorry about using you for dumb drawings, and also ripping off your pages to make paper boats. But today, I have something really important to tell you… my best friend kissed me.
That is what Diamond Tiara wrote on her diary the night that the full moon was over the skies.
She couldn’t sleep. She could only remember that magical moment time after time again.
Magical?
She wrote slowly, doubting that word for a second. She wanted it to erase it but couldn’t, something very deep in her prevented it.
There was so much pressure that she started shedding tears. She was desperate to find out what was going on with her. Doubt and the unknown tormented her.
I don’t know what to do diary, I’m afraid. I can’t stop thinking about that, her. I don’t even see her as a friend… but I also can’t think about distancing myself or tell her we are not going to be anything anymore.
Frustrated, she threw her diary to the wall and sunk her head on her double bed, and yelled to vent herself.
It worked, but not enough.
After staying like that for a couple minutes, she rose from her bed to go to the bathroom and wash her face with cold water. But she realized the way the moon was invading her room, and pointed to her diary.
Some of the pages separated due to the force of impact.
Distressed, she picked up the pages and tried to place them in order, guiding herself by the first writing that she recognized.
It’s the first time I wrote in one of these things. My new friend gave it to me, she says it’s called a diary. It’s so cold in here. I’m in a sort of camp where the children of parents like my dad have fun for a while.
I met a nice filly, she’s called Silver Spoon. During the days that the camp lasted we turned into great friends. Her glasses are funny.
She laughed after remembering the first impressions she had of Silver. She kept reading the innocent annotations of her being until she reached a part she deemed important.
Silver Spoon told me that thanks to her daddy’s job she’d be moving to Ponyville. Now we can be friends forever! Although, lately I’ve been feeling a bit weird. I don’t know how to describe it but at the time of sleep I felt a strange warmth in my chest, what’s strange is, it’s happened before when I shared a tent with Silver.
I’m not going to lie to you diary, I love this feeling. I’ll do what I can to keep feeling this way when we come back to Ponyville.
This written statement left Diamond thinking. As innocent as it was, and taking into account that back then she knew nothing about love, she could identify that same feeling from those days in Silver’s kiss.
She had to keep investigating.
All night, she stayed up, placed the pages in order and read them, page after page of her personal diary, discovering with astonishment how her relationship with her friend grew more and more up to the point of becoming real close.
And every few pages she felt the same thing.
Hard hearth beats.
Warm sensations.
Mind in a blank.
Wishes of hugging her and never letting go.
And it only happened when they organized sleep-overs. More specifically, when they shared a bed to sleep.
“But what’s going on? Why did I feel that when I was with her?” she thought.
But just as she was about to discover the cause, she found something she wasn’t expecting. Scribbled pages.
All and every single one of them.
She passed over the pages faster each time, only to discover that they were all unreadable.
«Scribbled. Scribbled. Scribbled. Torn. Crumpled. Erased. Scribbled scribbled scribbled!»
She gave a yell of resignation before dropping herself to the ground. What did this all mean? Why were most pages like that? She concentrated in vain trying to remember what happened.
Something inside her intuited that Silver Spoon was behind all this.
Now, how to find out?
The next morning, the sun crowned the first hours of the day, and fillies like our protagonists had to attend to a new school day.
As always, Silver Spoon walked alone to the school. Not being alongside Diamond during the walk was usual, but there was something else that morning. She had the feeling that somepony was closely following her.
But her suspicions were cast aside after seeing a gift box on the floor, with a big red bow and white cover.
She looked around hoping to see someone hidden. Must have been good at it because she saw nopony.
Cautiously, she bit the bow with her teeth and unwrapped the gift. Her eyebrow rose in doubt as she saw a blindfold next to a written letter.
“Wear it, and walk forward.” Was written in impeccable letters.
Without opposing, she blinded her eyes and started to walk a few slow steps forward, making sure there were no trees to bump into.
Ten steps were enough to get to her surprise.
A big blush came up on her cheeks as she felt how some lips made contact with hers. All of her senses rocketed and her heart reached the sky.
There was only one pony that could make her feel like that.
The mysterious mare broke the kiss and took off her blindfold. A warm smile was the first thing that she saw, followed by a blush as strong, or even stronger than hers. Greyish blue eyes that hid under a coquettish stare and a last personal touch, her diamond tiara.
“You thought I could let you go to school alone after what you’ve done to me yesterday?” said Diamond Tiara in her usual bullying tone.
“I-I d-d-didn’t” her nervousness forced her to shut herself up with her own hoof.
“I’ve still got a lot of doubts about this Silver, but I know we can figure it out,” she explained while holding her friend’s hoof “Together.”
Her heart melted in her chest after the words of her beloved that gave her a chance to be together, swearing to herself that she’d help clear all her doubts if that meant being together forever.
“W-we better get going or we’ll be late” Silver said nervously regaining her composure.
Both took the usual path to the school, only this time, they were head to head, symbolizing their “union”. The chirping of birds and the sunlight made it all even more special.
On a last note:
Tomorrow’s enigma, is what drives us to try it today.
Author's Note
I hope you all had a great Hearts and Hooves/Valentine's day. See you next time.
