Author's Note

I hope you all end liking this chapter. I wanted to take a smut approach to this chapter, but it ended up turning into fluff. This is kind of my first time at writing fluff, so please let me know if I did alright. Anyway, enjoy and please leave a comment! Also, I'm not sure if I want to end this here or not, so please let me know what you think

A Thoughtful Night

Shining groggily opened his eyes and hissed a bit when he felt burning, tingling pain on down his back. He groaned, "Why is my-"

He ended up stopping dead cold when he heard a loud snore in his ear. He turned to the side and saw Sombra lying in his bed, cuddling him. Shining covered his mouth, so that he won't let out a squeak. He stopped for a bit and stared at the handsome (you mean beastly) stallion, just to make sure he didn't wake him by his movements. He jumped when he saw Sombra move and snort, but relaxed when Sombra turned (unfortunately carrying Shining over with him). Now on Sombra's stomach, Shining-without a choice-laid his head on his, uh, welly acquainted friend's chest and thought. Okay, I'm lying on the stallion that has liked me for a while now, and we are both kind of…sticky. Gross. But, that doesn't mean anything, right? It could mean anything, not just sex. We could've ended up fighting and each other, and it's just blood. Yeah…even I don't believe that, Shining Armor thought sullenly and panicky. He froze again when he felt Sombra shift a bit in his position. Now, Sombra placed his head on top of Shining's murmuring something. Whatever he said, it must've been happy thought. He's smiling.

Shining sighed and closed his eyes to think, but he opened them up again when he noticed how dark it was. If he were to guess, it had to be about 7 or 8pm. How long were they asleep for and how long did their se…fight last? Shining cautiously moved his hoof up to rub the back of his head in frustration. He just couldn't think straight, maybe because there's a head filled with a gigantic ego on top of his! He sighed and whispered, "Well, I guess it could be worse. He could have an irrepressible urge to fuck me again. Haha. …Why am I laughing about that?"

Shining softly face-hooved. His eyes roamed to Sombra's face (or at least what he could see of it) and noticed how calm he looked. It was weird to see him smiling opposed to his annoying, condescending smirking, but it wasn't uninvited. Silently and not willing to admit to anyone, thought it was actually kind of charming. Shining frowned and whispered, "I can't believe I even came to that thought. C'mon, Shining Armor he basically raped you! Sure, you may have enjoyed a teeny bit, but that doesn't mean anything. I mean it's not like I could do anything, he's stronger and bulkier than me. If he wanted to, he could easily knock me out with one punch!"

He looked back up Sombra, who, apparently, moved his head back on top the pillows. He still a content smile on his face and Shining felt Sombra's chest vibrate, almost as if he's purring again. He never really took in how gentle he looked. He almost looked like a litter kittens lying on top of one another, having little shy smiles in their faces, and dreaming happy thoughts…or something. Shining sighed, "Okay, maybe he couldn't punch me. He doesn't look that threatening, at least, not now."

Shining jumped a bit when he felt Sombra run his hoof up and down his back. He relaxed a bit at the feeling and actually started feeling calm. Heck, he even started feeling bad about…Wait! I can't like this! Don't you remember he claimed you as his own!? That's fucking stupid! Who…does…, his thoughts began trailing off when he started getting serener. Shining started feeling tired again, as he listened to the somewhat quiet rumbling and beating in Sombra's chest.

Sombra turned over again in his sleep and turned him and Shining back onto their sides. He whispered, "I love you so much."

Shining woke up a bit at hearing this, sure this isn't the first time Sombra has said this to him, but this time there was no sexual undertone to it, he didn't want to see Shining squirm, and he didn't expect Shining to look fearful and get kick out of the expression. He meant it, and took him to be asleep to say it. Shining blushed a bit, unsure on how to express himself. Instead, he just ended up-he swears it just happened like that-cuddling closer to Sombra, bearing his face into his chest.

This little amount of movement was enough to wake Sombra. He fluttered his eyes open and looked down at Shining, smiling. But, the smile soon turned to surprise when he saw that Shining was snuggling close to his chest. Blushing shyly, Sombra whispered, "Shining, what are you do-"

Shining interrupted with a question, "Did Cadence ever come in?"

Sombra's hope for love fluttered away when he asked about Cadence. He sighed, "Yes, but I told her that you were too tired to leave out your room. She didn't question why I was in the bed with you. She's the Princess of Love for fuck's sake! She can figure it out."

Shining noticed the venomous malice in Sombra's voice when talking about Cadence. Not wanting to ruin the good feelings before, Shining mumbled, "Ilikeyou."

Sombra's eyes widened a bit. No, no. This isn't real. This has to be a dream, Sombra thought upsettingly and confusingly. He asked, "Wh-What did you say?"

The prince took his face away from the king's chest, looked up at him, and repeated, "I-I, uh, I mean this is no guarantee, but, you know, I sort of l-l-like you."

There was no answer, no emotion, and not even a snarky glint in Sombra's eyes. There was nothing, but silence. Shining rubbed his hooves together underneath the covers, feeling a bit embarrassed. Of course he didn't expect me to say that. He only wanted sex, I knew that in the first place. So, why am I getting upset about this? Shining thought depressingly. He put his head back on the frozen king's chest and reassured, "You know what it was stupid of me to even th-think of saying that. I-I just heard you say it in your sleep," he looked up and saw Sombra's eyes widen further. He felt so stupid saying this. Feeling his eyes sting, he buried his face further in his chest and sighed, "I'm sorry. Let's just go back to-mmm!"

Shining got interrupted by Sombra lifting his head and placing his lips softly onto Shining's. Shining felt heat rush across the bridge of his nose. Before he could respond back, Sombra let go of his lips. Sombra said, "I sort of like you."

Shining's blush got redder when he heard him say that. He noticed that Sombra was smiling honestly like when he was asleep, which made Shining know that he wasn't going do anything forward. Sombra started rubbing Shining's back again, causing him to relax. Sombra suggested, "Why don't we go to sleep?"

Shining nodded tiredly. The two cuddled closely with another and drifted happily to sleep.