Finally something noteworthy happened to Noteworthy. In the last week he managed to get his job back, pay every single bill (maybe now he hasn't got any money left for goods but at least he's not going to lose his house), and he even got the opportunity to get back with his ex-marefriend.
Noteworthy was walking down one of the streets of Ponyville. He was happy. 'Why?' you may ask. Well, simply because he had a meeting with his boss and actually managed to get his job back. Anyway, he was heading back home; he never thought he'll be so happy saying that: "his home". After he nearly lost it he thought that-
Suddenly he crushed with something. Something big. And that smelled like roses."Ugh...watch your steps you -" He slowly opened his eyes just to see a sore Roseluck face down on the street."-oh my Celestia are you okay?"
"Hmph..yeah sure." She then noticed Noteworthy. Hum, someone noticed him, really noteworthy."Oh, hi Noteworthy. What are you doing here?"she asked while she started gathering the fallen apples she was carring."
"Oh, nothing really, just heading home." he responded while helping her with the apples.
"I thought you were going to lose your home."
"Well, I had a meeting with my ex-boss and guess what?" he pulled a contract out of his saddle bag and showed it to her "I got my job back!"
"Well congratulations then! This is truly something you don't hear everyday: the great Noteworthy gets a job!"
"Well, I wanted to throw a party to celebrate the event but then I remembered that I used all the money to pay the bills of the house, so no party after all." he added with a saddened face.
Roseluck mumbled to herself, before smiling to Noteworthy "Oh! I think I've got an idea" she gave him a paper with an address written on it." I have a free evenig today, so I might also offer you a good dinner in a restaurant. You know, to celebrate that engagement!" she gestured towards the paper "there's the address of the best reastaurant of Ponyville on that paper."
"You want me to...have an appointment with you?!"
"Well, aren't you a little bit rushy right now? But yeah, we can call it something like that." she tilted her head to the left "so, it's okay for you?"
"Uuuh...? Oh, yeah, of course! hehe..."
"Bye then." Roseluck sad before walking away. As she turned, Noteworhty had the impression thet she tilted her flank towards him in a provocative way. No, I must had been just his immagination. He looked at the paper thinking about how lucky he was: he just got an appointment with a a mare. The mare of her life. The mare he loves.
"That one no... oh maybe that one!... no, this one looks better..."
Noteworthy was struggling throug his closet trying to find an adeguate smoking for his appointment. Finally, satisfied with his choice (a slim black and white outfit), he took a look at the mirror admiring himself for about a minute. "I don't always have an appointment, but when I do I look great."
Said mister modesty.
He headed towards the door ready to go, but right as he was to head outside he stopped. 'What if I'm not ready? This is the opportunity of my life to make mine the mare I've always loved. What if I screw everything up? What if-'suddendly he remembered what the truth teller told him. Even if he didn't believe in such things (wich is curious considering that he lives in a world full of magic), he was reassured by her words. 'Yeah, like I really believe in all those things...' He smiled widely before opening the door and making his way to the reastaurant.
"...and then I said "Because there's two of them"!".
Noteworhy and Roseluck laughed to his joke as they enjoyed the meal. It was a very nice evening: there were a very few ponies so they could choose the table that suitted them the most (the one near the fireplace), and they also hadn't to wait too much for food.
"Hmm... I must say Rose, this 'Everfree Suspense of Beans' is amazing."
"Told you this was the best reastaurant of Ponyville!"
Celestia damn me if she isn't right."Sooo... how're you doing?"
"To be honest, not really well..."
"What happened?"
"Well... I broke up with my ex-coltfriend."
'Holy sh*t, f*ck yeah you motherf*cking f*ck f*cking f*cked f*cker f*cking f*ckups f*ck f*cking f*cked f*cking f*ckup f*cking f*cker's f*ck!'
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."
"Don't worry, he wasn't my tipe anyway."
"Ah. And...hrm...what's your tipe, then?"
"There there Noteworthy, are you trying to say something?" she asked giving him a sultry look.
"What? NO! I mean, yes! I-I mean-"
Roseluck started chuckling "Don't worry, I'm just playing with you."
"Oh, yeah right, hahaha...ha."
Noteworthy and Roseluck were chilling on a bench trying to digest the incredible amount of food they've eaten at dinner.
"Thanks for paying the bill; Noteworthy" she said him with a soft voice "I hope it wasn't a problem for you."
"Don't worry, I was broken anyway so..." They slightly chuckled to the joke before falling silent again. He forgot how beautiful her laugh was.
After a brief moment of just sitting there enjoying the night, Roseluck sighed silently "So, uhm, in two days I have, like, this convention in Canterlort about roses and their applications in potions and magic but it got delayed to the next day and since I can't give the ticket back I have a free day, so I was thinking that, well, if you aren't busy you could, ehm, join me so we can spend the day together."
Noteworthy could believe his own ears. Was she asking him for a date? "Sure! I mean, yeah why not..."
They both jumped off the bench
"Sooo... it's cool then?"
"Yeah" he replayed with a dreamful sigh " yeah it's cool."
Noteworthy watched as Roseluck started heading home before she stopped. She then quickly ran back to him and kissed him on the cheek, earning in respond what any normal stallion would say.
"Hhhhhhhhhhn" Noteworthy stated before collapsing on the ground.
Roseluck chuckled and walked away "Goodnight, 'worthy."
After fifteen minutes Noteworthy finally got up from the ground trying to process what just happened. It was the best day of his life! First he regains his job, then him go out and then he get kissed by the most beautiful mare in Ponyville! He couldn't beleave that she kissed him with those voluptuous lips, that perfectly shaped mouth, that wet tongue that could run up and down his-
Noteworthy run home being careful all the way back to not be spotted by anyone. A pony boner was quite evident, after all.
"Where is she... where is she..."
Noteworthy was waiting for Roseluck at the train station for over half an hour now. Around him ponies of every type were frenetically entering and exiting the trains. A group of pony teenagers was screaming and wowing all over the place because of the upcoming train to Las Pegas. A unicorn was trying to convince the inspector that he lost his ticket in the train. A crying filly was forcefully dragged on the train by his mother away from his fallen ice cream, now smashed on the ground in a melting strawberrychocolateblackberryvanillapistachio flavored rainbow. There was also a group of four minotaurs with gim bags. Judging by the expression on the porter's face they were really heavy. Maybe dumbbells?
"Here you are Worthy!" he turned around just to be tackled by a very happy Roseluck "Did I made you wait for me?"
Noteworthy had in his mind fifteen ideas on how to answer, half of them implying swearing. But at the end he just stated"No, I just arrived."
"Then I was lucky, you're always late. Oh, here's our train!"Roseluck headed to the passenger car followed by a Noteworthy really taking seriously the idea of murder right now.
Anyway the travel went flawlessly for both of them, so much that at some point thay fell asleep unconsciously cuddling. Three hours and many blushes later they were walking along the main street in Canterlot enjoying the fantastic view. Everypony in town seemed happier than usual, and even the snobby nobles were friendly and modest with other ponies. The sun shined high in the blue sky and not a single cloud was to be spotted. It was truly a somehow special day.
"Wow, it really seems like Celestia worked hard on the city's aspect today huh?"
"Yeah Rose, if I recall properly the minotaur's ambassador visit is expected today. They're gonna have a very important meeting about the Minotaur-Equestrian border today and they're gonna discuss about-"
"Yadda yadda yadda! Politics are boring and I don't want to hear about them," then, accompanied by her belly's growl, she added "especially when I'm hungry."
"Where do we go then?"
"Hmmmm..." Rose thought about it a bit before smiling wildly "I know a place that may just work for us."
"Oof... I've never been so full before in my entire life."
"Yeah... I don't... I don't think it was a good idea to order the full menu." A very fat Rose sat next to an even fatter Noteworthy at the Plumpy Scoot, the 'All you can eat' restaurant of Canterlort. With the stomach diameter longer then their legs, they decided that it was pointless trying to walk so they just sat on a sofa waiting to digest, surrounded by a dozen of ponies that suffered the same fate.
"So *burp* what do we do now Rose?"
"Well, after we're done here I have to go the florist to buy some special kind of roses and then we can head to the hotel I booked for us."
"Oh ok." It took him a while to realise what she just said:"Wait what? You mean that you booked the hotel for me too?"
"Yeah why? Something's wrong?"
"No no, it's just that... you didn't have to. Thank you really much Rose, that's... very kind of yours." As he followed a very happy Rose to the florist, he couldn't stop thinking about what she said. 'That's strange... why would she do something like that? I know that I'm not a prince, but I could have paid the room miself. Something is going on here... nah, what am I even thinking about? She's just being kind.'
"Ok Worthy, here we are." He followed her gaze, just to see a small shop at the end of a dark alley. The structure was three stores high and was completely made of white wood planks, whit the only traces of colour being a red roof and a green writing saying "Flordalisium". "Don't worry, it shouldn't take too long. You can wait outside if you want and help me carry the plant."
"Of course. I'll wait for you here then." That's it for today? How hard can it be to carry a plant right?
"Hnnng!"
Noteworthy was dragging around a cart with on it what was probably the biggest flower to ever venture through the streets of Canterlort.
"Hhhhhhhhhm! That was the flower you wanted me to carry? What do you even need it for?" Noteworthy glared back at the 40 hoof tall plant, attached to the cart with nothing more than just some ropes. The enormous rose was planted in a vase 10 hoofs in diameter, and had a massive thornless stem coming out of it. But the most peculiar thing about the rose were its petals: they we're only big, they were as red as flames, and they all curved in different ways, making it look like the flower was on fire.
"It's not just a 'flower', it's a Giant Phoenix Rose. When burned, its petals release an aroma with amazing healing abilities. In one of his many books, 'The Natural Wonders of Equestria', Star Swirl the Bearded hipotises that-"
"Ok, ok, I get, it's important for your presentation."
"Exactly! And that's why you better hurry carrying that flower, we're nowhere close to our hotel yet."
"Do you even have any idea of how heavy this thing is?"
"Oh shush, it can't be more than half a ton, you can make it."
"Wha-HALF A TON?" exclaimed Noteworthy stopping with a halt "I'm never gonna make it!"
"I see how it is..." Rose sighed and casually trotted to him.
"What are you-mmmmph!" Noteworthy was cut off as Roseluck kissed him. The world around him started to spin as he lost himself in the pure bliss of her lips. As she broke up the kiss, she leaned and whispered in his ear: "More are waiting for you at the hotel, but only if you make it before night".
Suddenly awakened from his trans, Noteworthy improvised a military salute and darted upwards the street, followed by Roseluck chuckling behind him.
Once they depositated the rose where the convention was going to take place, they both reached the hotel to get ready for the night. But when they went to the reception, Noteworthy had a rather strange surprise.
"What do you mean I have no reservation?!?!"
"I'm sorry sir, but no booking was made under the name 'Noteworthy'."
"There must be a mistake, I booked here with my friend Roseluck for two nights!"
"I'm really sorry Sir, but we have only a double booked for Miss Roseluck."
"What? A double?" Noteworthy turned towards Roseluck, only to find her smiling at him with an innocent look on her face.
"What? Since it's going to be only two nights and the double costs less, I figured we might as well save some money."
"O-okay then..." still uncertain, he picked up the key and headed towards their room. 'Is all of this true? Is she just playing with me, or does she feel about me the same way I feel about her?' After a brief staircase, they finally reached their room.
"Room 143." Rose sighed "The number of Love..."
"R-really? And why is that?"
"It's a numerical representation of the expression 'I love you', where each of the three numbers represents the amount of letters in each of the words: one letter in I, four in Love, and three in You." she turned towards him and looked deeply in his eyes "Pretty ingenuous, isn't it?"
Noteworthy gulped loudly "The more you know, am I right? Hehehe..."
"Yeah. Well, how about we enter our room now?"
"Uh? Oh yeah, s-sure." Noteworthy and Roseluck entered, and the door of room 143 closed quietly in the silence of the night.
"Ooooh, finally some rest!" 'Worthy exclaimed as he jumped onto the sofa "I needed it after all that carrying."
Rose chuckled as she started unpacking her suitcase "Yeah, you've earned it big boy." She pulled out a small pink bag and headed to the bathroom. "Since we've been walking around Canterlort all day, I figure we both need a bath, so I'll go first."
"Yeah, go ahead, I'm fine with taking turns."
As he heard the door close, he started reflecting about everything that happened today. 'Oh sweet Celestia what a day! Apart from the whole "dragging a gigantic rose trough the city" thing, it was the best day of my life!' His hoof went to the lips Roseluck kissed before, and he closed his eyes, drifting into memory, trying to remember the feeling of her mouth on his. He remembered every moment of it.
'Sweet Celestia, how much time does she need to take a bath!?'
It's been almost an hour since Roseluck entered the shower, and water could still be heard running on the other side of the door. Normally it wouldn't bother him that someone took their time, but the need take a piss was veeeery strong. A whole day without going to the toilet, even after that abundant meal at the Canterlort, was something he was not prepared for.
"Oh my- that's it! I can't hold it in anymo-ooore! I'm going in!" Said so, he quickly jumped off the bed and headed towards the bathroom. At that point he didn't care about Roseluck being inside: he would just have to sneak in, relieve his body of his terrible burden and then smoothly go away. It's as simple as that right?
Wrong.
Slowly entering inside, he started tiptoeing towards the toilet. But as soon as Noteworthy approached it, almost ready to do his business, the water suddenly stopped flowing and, midst the steam, Roseluck exited the shower. Startled by the unexpected guest she panicked, slipping on a bar of soap and sliding towards him. A wet and painful second later, they both opened their eyes only to see their muzzles nearly touching, pupils locked on each other.
"R-Rose! I-it's not what it looks like, I just-mph!" Noteworthy was shut when Roseluck pressed her lips against his, passionately kissing him, her hoof caressing his cheek. After a couple more seconds, they parted, each breathing heavily.
Suddenly realizing what they have done, Noteworthy regained lucidity from his dazed state, thinking for something to say.
"...that was amazing"
Rose started chuckling at his answer, before giving him her best bedroom eyes and gently whispering in his ear: "Nothing else to say hm? Well I do: I want more." No more words were exchanged that night as they lost themselves in each other's passion.
The next day went exceptionally well. After a lovely morning for both of them, Noteworthy attended Roseluck presentation, that ended up winning the first place with the prize (a flower shaped gold cup) being given to her by Celestia herself.
After that, they decided to find a nice place at the pub to watch the parade, as it was planned for the Princess to meet the ambassador in a restaurant next to them. They didn't understand why they couldn't just meet in the throne room as usual, but it was nonetheless an occasion to see the rulers in public.
So here they were sitting at a table outside just near the street, sipping on their drinks and happily talking and enjoying the day. The sound coming from the guards trotting alongside the parade could already be heard coming from the street, everypony excited for the occasion.
"You know, today truly is a magical day." Roseluck said looking at Celestia, just a dozen of hoofs away.
"Yes it is Rose," he said looking at her "yes it is..." Feeling his stare, he turned and smiled, before kissing him.
And then. Noteworthy realized how truly noteworthy that day was. It's was the best, most perfect moment of his life.
He didn't see the same minotaur that was at the Ponyville station with his back, he didn't see him throwing it at the Princess, he didn't see him shout "For the king!". All he could see were her beautiful green eyes.
He didn't feel the minotaur's exaltation, he didn't feel the guard's alarm, he didn't feel the spectators commotion. All he could feel right now was happiness. Peace. Love.
And one last thought crossing his mind: "That fortune teller was right after all."
"I love you Rose"
"I love you Noteworthy"
Then came the explosion.
