Maniacal Affection

Morning arrives. The alarm goes off on your phone. Slap the edge of the table, until you can feel a warm, vibrating surface. Press it again, letting it stop. Stretch a little bit and do what you must. Head into the bathroom and use everything to get yourself cleaned up, and ready for the day. You get some simple clothes; a pair of boxers, a shirt, and some pants. Finish it off by wearing a sweater and putting on a pair of socks. Check the phone to see that the weather will be cloudy, with non-stop winds for the entire day. Turn it off and head for the kitchen. You grab a bowl of cereal and eat, while watching your parents move around like mad. Your mom is putting on her signature heals, while your dad is getting his blazer.

"Lunch is all set inside the refrigerator, Anon! Have a nice day and before I leave, remember what we talked about last night." Your mother rushes out to say while putting on her best high heels.

"Listen to your mother. This might be your only chance to find something worth more than learning." Your father says while grabbing his briefcase from the dinner table.

"Wait!" They stop whatever they're doing and look at you. This would be perfect for a confession, but would it be pointless? "I love you guys." They smile, while they walk over to you and give you a gesture. Your mom kisses you on the forehead, while your dad pats you on the back.

"Your mother and I will be late, so here." Your dad hands over fifty dollars. "Use it if you must." You take it and put it away in your wallet.

"Have a nice day, honey!" And like that, they bolted out of the door.

You're waiting at a bus stop, playing around on your phone. Even you can't be constantly thinking about this all the time. It would stress you even further, causing something even more regrettable than where you're at now. The bus comes along and stops in front of you. Show them your bus ID, and walk to the back. Everyone in the bus is either distracted on something, or they don't want to be troubled with. There is someone who you don't see that often here. You can see Rainbow Dash sitting on the window seat in the far back of the bus. Make your way over and sit right beside her. You give her a light tap on the side.

"Hey-" she shoots up and takes a good look at who would bother her daydreaming "-oh, it's you."

"Hey Dash, what's up with you?" She slouches back in her seat and looks at the window.

"Just upset that my dad's car broke down, so now I have to take the bus to school this morning."

"Damn, that sucks."

"Yeah. what's up with you?"

This is it. You can ask one of her friends. "It's about Fluttershy."

She goes away from the window and raises an eyebrow. "What about her?"

"Do you know anything about her family?"

Rainbow Dash looks stunned by your question. "What about it?"

You do not want to get into too much detail about her. It might create a fuss. "I just met her yesterday while heading home, and she said that she was never loved."

She looks around the bus and shushes you. "Alright, I'll only tell you a little bit, and just this once. Ya got it?" You nod. Rainbow moves closer to you, and gets her head right beside your ear. "She was an orphan ever since she was born. The foster home that they put her in was a living nightmare. People would constantly bully her, and the staff never paid attention to it. She didn't get adopted until she was about twelve, but, it wasn't any better there. The mom would beat her up while her dad would just ignore it."

"Jesus fucking Christ." You whisper out.

"It still goes on to today. That's why she would usually stay over late at the animal shelter, or try to hang out a little bit longer with any of us." She backs away and grabs her backpack. The bus is starting to grind into a halt. "This is our stop. The high school is just across the street." You head out of the bus and take the crosswalk with Rainbow Dash. "Just, keep it to yourself, alright?"

"Yeah, I got it." You dolefully say while nodding. She runs off and heads for the soccer field. You continue on walking down the sidewalk and start to pass the statue. Someone grabs your shoulder, and tugs you beside it.

"Hello Anon." You meet face-to-face with Fluttershy, who pins you to the side of the statue. "I see that you've met with Rainbow Dash. Did you tell her anything about us?" You only shake your head. "Anyone else?" You shake your head again. "Good. We wouldn't want any commotion this soon."

"What do you want from me? I've kept my mouth shut, and you've already taken a lot from me." She inches her way up closer and nibbles on your ear. It would feel good, if you weren't shaking that much.

"Don't worry. As long that you do whatever I say, everyone will be fine and happy." She pecks you on the cheek, then backs away a bit. "So, what where the both of you talking about?" You carefully think on what you need to say.

"She said if I wanted to see her practice today."

"Bullshit." She pins you back on the concrete statue. Your issue is not to get an erection... "She only practices on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, not on Wednesday." If only she wouldn't constantly go on about how her team preforms, you would concentrate on what she would say. "Tell me what happened on the ride here."

You sigh as she loosens her hold. "I just asked her about what you've been going through."

Fluttershy's devastated as she brings her arms back. "I... I wanted to tell you that later."

"Flutters, I didn't know it would be that bad." She looks agitated now.

"I've only wanted someone who would stay with me and treat me right." Tears start to flow down from her eyes.

"I'm sorry. I wish that I really knew what you've went through." She balls her hands into fists and animosity looks at you.

"That's the thing. When everyone thinks of me, they just give me pity and sorrow. No one ever tries to stay with me and keep me happy. But you, you're not like the others." You talk with her a few times by yourself, and this is how you're rewarded?! She starts to become placid, as she inches her way to you to hug you.

"You're nothing like them. You're different, just like me." This is just, disturbing and somewhat dismal.

"Wasn't there anyone that could take you in?" Her hands behind your back start to grab through your shirt and onto you. Her tears start to come back as she muffles her whimpering. "Okay, okay. Can't you leave your house?"

"I-I have nowhere else to go." You forgot she volunteers at an animal shelter. She is either broke as fuck, or her parents must be 'so forgiving' to give her some kind of allowance. Best bet is that it isn't enough for her to get a place.

"Even though that, things are completely different now, I have no other choice but to somehow help you." She brightens up, and gives you a snug kind of hug. It really is nice to see her more like this way. Maybe you could ask her if she could stay this way more often. "If it isn't too much, would you stay, yourself?" She looks as if she was perplexed.

"I don't know what you meant by that, Anon? I am being myself right now." She can't be. You've seen on how she acts, talks, and everything else.

"What about you being all shy?"

She jumps from her hug and forcibly squeezes you. "Does everyone always think I'm shy? Is it because of my name?!" Fluttershy almost yells out with fury. The hugs stops and just becomes a threatening hold. "I can be other things too!" She brings you up to her face. The flared up eyes and bent frown fill you with fear and for some reason, a boner. "I can be very caring about the ones that need my help. There wasn't much to cater at the shelter, but then, I've met you." Her right arm moves around in a circular motion on your back. "I... want to take care of something more than just a few animals. I want to take care of my husband."

Woah, hold the boner, husband?! "Fluttershy, isn't that a little straight forward right there?" She stops the rubbing. No one said anything for a quarter of a minute, until she looked directly at you.

"I see, you still want to wait a while before you want to be called that. That's fine. I understand, honey."

"Sure, not ready yet." You mumble out.

The first bell rings for the day. "I'll see you around, sweetheart!" She releases you from her flirtatious hug and runs into the school. Before she enters, she looks back and blows a kiss to you, finishing it off with a waive. You waive back and watch her go inside. You're very glad that you have her for just one class. Then again, it can go sideways. Her reaction with Rainbow Dash earlier seemed skeptical. You'll figure it out later, you still have to attend school At least, for the next couple of months.

The first two classes went out well. Even break time wasn't that much of an issue. But something was wrong. Out of instinct you would look around. Something or someone was watching you. This normally happens, but it's abnormal today. Wait. Could it be her? Not only from today, but all the other times? Has she always been watching you? Stay calm, don't give yourself out.

The bell rings again, letting you go for the third class. Mathematics, at least you don't have her. Not yet. Best part about it, is that she's in your last class of the day. Better not-

"Hey Anon." Oh, it's just your partner.

“Hey Rose.” You see that her hand is covered with a bunch of roses. “I see that you went gardening again.”

”Oh, I just thought that the school might need some more. Darn this season, especially the weather outside.” Roseluck says while leaving the roses on the side of the table.

“I know. If the wind goes any faster, we’re all going to start using bricks for shoes.” She chuckles at your pathetic attempt of being a clown. Damn your retarded jokes. At least she laughs at them.

”You really are silly, Anon!” The classroom door slams shut.

”No more talking!” The teachers here are really hardasses. ”Get out your textbooks and turn to page 318.”

Everyone gets out of their seats.

”Just review the pages for tonight! A test is coming up soon.” Before you get up, Roseluck grabs your arm.

”Here, Anon.” She pulls out a perfectly trimmed rose. You grab the base—

“Ow!” You drop the flower on to the table. She picks it back up, but is holding it on the bottom of it.

”Whoopsie, I forgot to mention that the lower part is the safe place to grab it.” Ignoring the pain, your hand slips through hers, allowing you to grab the flower. ”There you go.”

“So, what is this for?”

”A gift, I’d hate to let any of these get ruined by the winds, so I kind of thought that you would take care of it, or maybe give it to a special someone.” She scratches the back of her head. ”Y-you know, if there is…” You smile while twirling it around.

“It’s beautiful.” You compliment her craftsmanship while twirling it around.

She shrugs. ”I should start going, I’ll catch ya later!” Roseluck grabs her bundle of roses and runs off. Just as you see her leaving through the door, you spot a slight shade of pink in the corner. A familiar type of pink… You grab your backpack and leave through the doorway. As you’re looking through the crowds, you can’t see it anymore. You almost thought that… Get your shit together, you are thinking of her too much. You start going for your next class and forget about the thought of seeing her.

You walk with your lunch, trying to find a seat. The rose is resting on your tray, right beside a sandwich and a carton of milk.

"Hey, Anon!” You can see Sunset waiving from her spot. ”Come sit with us!” You see Fluttershy moving to make space. You sigh and sit right beside her.

”What’s wrong, Anon?”

“It’s just cold, that’s all.” You calmly say to Sunset Shimmer. After dodging a bullet, you grab your sandwich, while Fluttershy rubs your arm.

”You alright there, you two?” Rainbow picks you and Fluttershy out.

”Just helping him to warm up a bit.” Fluttershy replies while her hand moves lower to rub your hand. She flips it around and notices the marks and cuts. ”Oh no.”

”What?” Rainbow says with a full mouth.

”W-we’ll be right back.” Fluttershy stands up, while tugging on your arm. You follow her into the hallway and walk into an empty classroom. ”Who did this to you? Was it that flower girl?”

“She didn’t— Wait, you were watching?” You can spot the sudden change on her face when you’ve said that.

"I was, making sure you we’re OK.”

“I am, now can we go?”

She tightens her grip. ”No, we can’t. We need to find some bandages and treat this right now.” You struggle to get her hands off of your arm, but eventually do so. ”Anon, why must you make it so difficult? Is it because you have a thing for her isn’t it?”

“What? That’s insane. You know that I’m with you.”

”Don’t try to hide this. I’ve seen how she acted around you.” is she sensitive on jealousy?

“No, we’re just partners, I swear.”

”Explain the rose!” She cries out.

“It was a friendly gesture. She even mentioned that I should give it to a special someone.”

Her eyes start to water. ”Horseshit!” Fluttershy cries out as she runs past you and out the door. She goes down the hallway and enters another classroom. You assume that she will calm down and join you later. You wash up in the bathroom, and go back to eating with the group.

”Is everything alright?” Rarity asks.

“Don’t worry about it, she’ll come back.” You say while grabbing your food.

After fifteen minutes, Fluttershy comes back and sits right beside you. Rarity turns over to face her.

”Where did you go, Fluttershy?” Rarity asks.

”Bathroom break.” She says with an emotionless face. Rarity goes back to eating her salad.

”Hey Anon, what’s up with the rose?” Rainbow says.

“Oh, this? It’s just a gift from a friend.”

”Huh, that’s kind of cool. Just don’t go around and scratch people with it.” Rainbow jokingly says. You laugh with her. The room gets louder as the students start to run outside.

You grab a random person by the arm and ask. “What’s going on?”

”Someone got crushed by an air conditioner.”

“What!?” You and the girls run out of the cafeteria and follow the crowd. When you get outside and head for the left side of the school, there is a group of policemen and EMT’s covering up something. After you struggle through the crowd, you see a pile of flowers scattered around, next to a body covered in a sheet. At the corner is a crucially damaged AC covered in blood. The bits of red hair and cream white skin on the air conditioner gives you the urge to puke when one of the investigators escort you away from the scene. You vomit in a nearby bush, while a shadow casts over you.

”Careful, you just ate.” You hardly hear Rainbow’s voice. You clear your throat and look at the crowd. Many of them are concerned, while Fluttershy stays herself and try to look away from you and the scene. You know she did this, but you don’t want to cause unnecessary drama.

“I’m just, forget it.” You march away and enter the school.

The next day, there was a ceremony for a few minutes. The police called it an unfortunate accident, since the AC was only kept up by an old piece of board. You still think Fluttershy did this, but she won’t say anything about it. Forget it; you have plans for talking with her after school.

For most of the school day it was just quiet. Not only in the classrooms, but even the cafeteria was almost deserted of noise. There is some talk about the school will be tightened on maintenance, since one of their students died and upset a bunch of parents to keep their own children safe. You’re sitting on the front door step of your house, waiting for Fluttershy to come over and talk to you. Fucking winter… The sun is barely out at this time of year. At least the winds died down for now. You kick a nearby pebble to make it roll. Once it stops, a recognizable shadow casts over it.

”Hi Anon.”

You look up and see her. “Hey Flutters.”

”You wanted to see me?”

“Yeah.” You get up and open your door. “Come on in.”

”T-thank you.” You follow her in and close the door. ”Is there something bothering you? We could go out, if that’s what you want. But if you don't, I don’t mind staying here with you…”

“I want to know why you did it.”

She sits on the back of the couch. ”I’m sorry?”

“You know what you did. That accident yesterday was done by you.” Fluttershy lets out a sigh of despair.

”That was for your protection.”

“Protection!?”

She stands and gets closer to you. ”Of course, I wouldn’t let you go out with a harlot.”

“She was just a friend!”

Fkuttershy grabs your elbows. "Who tried to take you away from me!” They slide down to grab your hands. ”But I took care of it, just at the right time.” You shake away from her.

“You’re insane!”

”No, I’m not! I’m just doing this to keep you safe.”

“By taking what was harmless and had nothing to do with us?!”

”You can’t be sure, Anon. You don’t know what’s truly in everyone’s personality by seeing one side of them.” You can’t say much since she was a classmate. Also the fact on what is Fluttershy anymore. ”You don’t know unless you’ve spend some time with that person. Where you really get through the first layer and understand their intentions, knowing what makes them run.” You watch as she gets closer to you. ”You should know that you’re everything to me.” Her arms wrap around you. ”And I don’t want anything, or anyone that will get in between us.”

“Not if I have anything to say to the police!” You pull out your phone.

”I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

“Give me one reason.”

”I’ll admit that you raped me and you’re the one who killed her.”

“Now you’re full of it.”

”No one was outside of the cafeteria but us. It wasn’t too far from the classroom we were in, and I can say that you forced me.” You can’t believe on what you’re hearing. ”If you want to stay away from jail, I would suggest that you should stop this and relax.” Your shaking arm lowers to put the phone back in your pocket. ”Good, is there anything else you wanted to talk about?”

You sit on your couch. “No, now go before my parents come home.” She sits right next to you.

”How come they aren’t here?”

“Besides from working most of the time, they’re at the hospital.”

”Are any of them sick?”

“It’s my mom… she has leukemia.”

Fluttershy gasps and covers her mouth. ”Is… it critical?” You struggle to swallow.

“It’s acute myeloid leukemia.”

She rests a hand on your lap. ”H-how bad is it?”

“She needs radiation therapy for it.” Your voice quivers a bit. Fluttershy wraps her arms around you. You break and embrace it. You never told anyone about this, not even to any of your old friends. Knowing that your mom could die within a few months, or even any week, it was more of your problem than anyone else. No one moves for a couple of minutes.

”Anon, I know that… these are hard times, but the future will always be better.”

“I’m not sure. I just hate to see my mother like this.”

She gives you a small peck on the cheek. ”It’ll get better, Anon, trust me.” You kiss her back before standing up. Maybe this isn’t so bad. ”I should go; Angel is left in the shelter.” Angel isn’t with her? That does not sound like Fluttershy at all. She gives you a long kiss before heading for the door. ”I’ll see you tomorrow, sweetie!” She says before closing the door.

You hug the couch pillow for comfort, praying for your mom’s arrival. That can’t be. Fluttershy leaving Angel behind, it’s just… it can’t be. He’s a vital piece of her. Or is he some kind of therapy pet, and you’ve replaced his spot? This is more threatening that possible. Then again, it always was. Hard, forced sex, killing someone, possible chance to send your ass in the jailhouse… Shit, you can’t be this slow. You hear the door open.

”Hey Anon, we’re home!” You get up from your mom’s voice.

“Hey mom.”

”Are you alright? Did you eat dinner?” She asks.

“No, I didn’t.”

”I’ll get something for us. The two of you stay here.” Your dad says before leaving the house.

”How was school today, Anon?”

You don’t want to say what happened earlier or anything involving Fluttershy. “Disappointing, no one kept a smile throughout the day, not even Pinkie Pie could cheer herself up.”

”Ah, your very hyperactive pink friend. That really does sound dreadful.” You try to imagine Pinkie frowning. It’s barely even a thing up until today. ”Anon, what happened to your classmate was, a unfortunate accident. We can’t do anything but mourn for her passing.”

“Roseluck didn’t deserve this.” You say while sniffling.

”I know, she’s in a better place. Only positive part about this is that she didn’t suffer.” The image of that exceedingly dented AC with drops of red blood in the corner still exists in your mind. You shiver at the thought, but stop when your mom rests a hand on your shoulder.

”We can only move on, honey.”

“But… what if, you moved on?”

She takes a breath. ”Just like what I said, if anything happens, we can only remember who they were and live on. They wouldn’t want us weeping for them all the time. They would want us to continue on, and enjoy our lives.”

“Are you sure?” You snort on your mucus.

She brings you into a hug. ”I’m sure of it.” You hug her back, somehow thinking this is Fluttershy instead. Stop that! Don’t let her get to you. ”It’s what I would want for you to do if I ever met with such a fate.”

You back away from the hug. “You’re the greatest mom in the world.”

”And you’re the best son that any mother could ask.”

When your dad finally came home, he gives out a set of burgers. Roseluck's flower is in a vase on the center of the table. You almost hate to say it, but it reminds you of the times you've met her. After dinner, you did your homework and went to bed, trying to pass off the horrible images of the crime scene.