Under The Blue Sky

Alfred slowly opened the door to his home, allowing Rainbow inside before closing it on them both. He moved away and took a deep breath, happy to be home...with her. He glanced down to his side and saw her smiling happily, she then turned her head up to his, locking their eyes. They both stood there, frozen for a second and then continued through the house, coming to a gentle stop at the wall of photographs. Upon recalling their precious memories, Alfred playfully rustled Rainbow's mane, not looking away from the wall.

There was something about it that kept him mesmerised. There was something that grabbed him and wouldn't let him go, like an outer force. He felt as if he could stare at that wall for hours on end, days possibly. He gazed upon the smiling faces, the faces that he had come to know and love, no matter how different they were to what he was used to. Those small, glass rectangles held more treasures than any chest could. Alfred felt as if he was whole, staring into those happy eyes alongside his lover. He started to point out each and every special memory that they shared, starting with buying the house, and then all the amazing times they went out together. Alfred would take each picture off the wall and view it with Rainbow, looking over and over every single little detail, filling themselves with joy...these were their fragments of joy.

Rainbow's face lit up when Alfred picked a particular photograph off the wall. Her eyes widened with glee as his hands lowered, holding the frame. He brought it down and kept it stable for them, smiling as he saw her eyes fixate onto the glass. The photograph was taken at their wedding. The two of them were so happy, and that happiness reflected off the photograph and onto Rainbow's face, seeping through her fur into her mind where it slowly possessed her. Alfred blinked up from the photograph to her, noticing the small changes in her face, the sudden tweak of a smile, the rise of an eyebrow after recalling a fond moment and the slow tears forming in the corners of her eyes. He wrapped an arm around her, tugging her in closer and nuzzling up.

"Have you ever seen anything more beautiful Rainbow?" Alfred whispered, holding her tight.

"No...have you?" Alfred smiled down as she looked up to him with those beautiful eyes of her's.

"Hehe, yeah maybe..."

"Oh?"

"Why, you of course..."

Rainbow smirked and brushed her head against his chest, closing her eyes in his safe embrace, and after another minute or so of reminiscing, he placed it back on the wall, on its perfect spot, and moved onto the next fragment.

The two started to chuckle as the next was removed from the wall. It was a photo of them attending another one of Pinkie's wild parties, this time with a lot less punching. Alfred was clearly drunk, sprawling his upper half over a table while Pinkie, Rainbow and even Applejack were writing crude and hilarious phrases and diagrams on his face, back, and pretty much anywhere with clear skin. The ponies in the background were laughing, of course, and some could even be seen bringing more pens to the scene. Alfred remembered waking up the next day and looking in the mirror after being carried back home in his drunken state, only to see a living piece of artwork staring back. He spent the first 3 hours of that morning laughing his ass off...and planning revenge, of course. There had been many exciting and thrilling nights for them two and this only being one example of hundreds. As Alfred smirked after examining the photo, he turned to Rainbow, who was giggling uncontrollably beside him, trying to hold it back.

"Come on Rainbow, it wasn't that funny," Alfred said, only to receive a larger uproar of laughter.

"Are you kidding!? It was hilarious!" Rainbow managed to blurt out, now fully rolling on her back.

"Wait...well...yeah it was pretty funny."

"Especially...Especially in the morning, and dragging you back home! Gosh that was a crazy night."

"Yeah, I bet bringing me back must've sucked."

"Mhmm. You're heavier than you look," Rainbow said as she nudged him playfully, still laughing, "another reason why I love ya."

Rainbow slowly regained her composure and sat back up next to Alfred, looking back to the photo, but as her eyes turned back, she spotted a particularly vulgar yet ridiculous drawing and burst out again, almost wetting herself in laughter. Alfred looked at it and chuckled, carefully placing it back on the wall, considering whether he should have that up for display after seeing it.

He brushed it off and moved onto the next photo, ripping it off the wall in delight. Rainbow slumped up next to him after catching her breath, nuzzling against his shoulder as she looks to the photo. The photograph depicted Alfred beside the Cutie Mark Crusaders, smiling happily as the three were wearing golden medals they had received from winning the 'Pogo Stick Flick Trick' competition. None of them received their cutie marks unfortunately, but they did somehow win, which was great. Rainbow smiled warmly and wrapped a hoof around him.

"You're so good with those little guys. I think they really like you."

"Yeah, I'd say so, although I don't really do too much."

"What? You're their moral support and that's really important."

"I suppose so...they're good kids."

"Yeah," Rainbow turns an eye to Alfred, smiling a little seductively. "Makes me excited to think about our own..."

Alfred's ears suddenly pricked up, slowly turning to Rainbow with the same smile. "Yeah, me too..."

Rainbow held the smile, but it slowly faded after a few seconds and she looked to the ground. Alfred noticed this and placed his hand under her chin, carefully lifting her face back up. Their eyes met, and Alfred could tell she was slightly distraught by something.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Well, it's...its just a shame that we can't....you know...make our own child, or at least have it be...well, part you."

Alfred sighed and brought his eyes downward too, still holding Rainbow. "Yeah I know...but trust me when I say that we'll sort it out. We will be happy Rainbow, I promise. It'll all be okay."

Rainbow weakly smiled back, and Alfred carefully caressed her cheek. "We'll talk about this properly soon, okay?"

"Okay..."

"Now, come on, let's head to bed. There's something I want to show you."