Rumbled by Pinkie Pie’s unexpected arrival had most certainly ruined the mood for both of the girls.

Even though Pinkie Pie soon pretended to ‘see nothing and proceeded to step back slowly,’ which was spoken in her own words at the time, there was no rescuing what they had experienced at the most pinnacle of their growing and explorative lovemaking.

Twilight fussed over Sunset’s nose more so after Pinkie Pie’s departure and, being the one in pain, Sunset Shimmer felt the need to rest her emotionally drained self rather than to attempt a second initiation of debauchery.

The whole ordeal was quite taxing for both of them, but none more so draining than the utter shock of being caught by one of their friends right in the middle of a particularly all too obvious position, to which neither could possibly explain away as being an accident. After all… how could they? Twilight’s head was positioned right between Sunset Shimmer’s thighs, with her tongue hanging out and drooling with anticipation; her nose almost buried into the upper folds of Sunset’s vagina.

Needless to say, neither slept well that night. Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer topped and tailed the bed with their backs turned away, so that neither could see the other. A minor though pointless deterrent so that they could at least get some measure of shut-eye, without having to think about what could had been.

That night, their dreams were mirrored. The topics very much the same; if neither could make love in the real world then clearly, in the safety of their imaginations, they had managed to succeed.

Morning had come far too quickly and although both girls exchanged pleasantries and acted completely normal around each other at breakfast--like the friends they always were, neither had nothing to say about what they had shared that night.

Their intimacy; their most wonderful and most beautiful of experiences; sharing a passion both never knew could exist between them, was clouded by an awkward embarrassment they simply could not shake off. Their conversations always faded into the mundane: the weather, school and the occasionally magical theorem Twilight initially instigated just to break the silence.

Despite the strange air, Twilight acted like she normally did, though purposefully avoided questions pertaining to herself, while Sunset? Sunset was an emotional mess on the inside, even though she put on quite the display of nonchalance in front of the other girl…

Almost as if nothing had happened.

But something did happen...

Just as Sunset Shimmer slipped on her boots and shouldered on her backpack, Sunset glanced away from the front door and back towards Twilight that had just finished wrenching a finger on the inside of her shoe to better slip it on.

This is… silly! We… we almost had sex last night and… Is this how people normally react the morning after? Do they just… don’t talk about it? As if the whole thing didn’t even occur?

Sunset wanted to. She really did… but she was too afraid of the response. It was clear that Twilight wanted nothing to do with the topic.

Wrinkling her nose a little as she pushed her thoughts aside, Sunset breathed heavily through her nostrils. Although she did not break it, it was somewhat a little bruised; especially upon the bridge of her nose where Twilight’s head impacted the strongest.

“Um… Sunset?”

The nervous mentioning of her name drew her eyes right up to lock onto Twilight’s own. “Yes, Twilight?”

Sunset’s heart clenched her chest, her throat tightening as a sense of dread consumed her.

“A-about… last night…”

Relieved, Sunset took a few steps forward to the other, her fingers idly playing with the straps of her backpack while her complete attention was focused solely upon Twilight’s blushing face.

She's... just so beautiful... How can I be so much in love? It almost hurts.

Her own cheeks flushed a lighter shade of red, but nothing compared to Twilight’s. Her cheeks were as red as a darkroom light bulb.

“Twilight… we don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to. I mean, it is an awful lot to take in and trust me... I'm still trying to figure out if what happened last night was a dream or reality."

“W-what do you mean?” Twilight tilted her head a little.

“We… I don’t know what came over me and… I…” Sunset lowered her head. “I hope this hasn’t damaged our friendship in anyway. I would hate it if you would think any less of me because of what we did together... I sort of forced it on you, after all.”

“No! Of course not, Sunset.” Twilight stepped coldly forward, grasping one of Sunset’s hands between her own, dipping her body a little so she could come back into eye contact with Sunset’s wandering gaze. “I would never think that about you and… what happened between us was a little shocking for both of us.”

Sunset nodded numbly. “Yeah… something like that.”

“What we did wasn’t what friends are supposed to do… Just… We acted more like special someponies, who love each other in that way and… I suppose what I am trying to say is, I didn’t feel like what happened was a bad thing… I liked it.”

“Y-you don’t think it was bad?” Sunset’s eyes widened; hope renewed within them. She could not help but smile just as she noticed the corners of Twilight’s lips curl upwards slightly at her reaction. “You liked it? Um...” Sunset drew timid rather suddenly as she whispered her next words. “R-really? Are y-you sure?”

“Yeah… I really enjoyed it, while it lasted…” Twilight glanced to Sunset’s nose. “I do feel really bad about your nose, though. It was kind of unavoidable, I suppose, given what had happened at the end of it.”

Sunset managed a little giggle at that. “Yeah, you're telling me. I still can’t believe Pinkie Pie just suddenly showed up like that.” She made a face; one of confusion. “And at such a… um… crucial moment? It was like as if she had planned it or something.”

Twilight agreed with a nod, smiling a little embarrassingly. “By Celestia, I can’t imagine how it looked from the window... she must had been in so much shock!”

Sunset murmured as she grasped Twilight’s hand a little tighter, gently pulling the other girl closer so that the gap between them was significantly reduced. “From where I was, it looked pretty hot to me…”

So, so, so, so hot! I don't think I will ever scrub that image from my mind!

Giggling, Twilight averted her gaze and moved a hand up to tuck an errant strand of hair behind her ear. “Y-yeah… it was pretty... um, you know? H-hot...”

An awkward silence befell them momentarily, but soon enough, Twilight spoke up again, though with a much flatter tone, to which immediately felled Sunset’s smile.

“But… you know we can’t, right?” Twilight swallowed hard as Sunset’s eyebrows fluttered with confusion.

What? We... we can't? Why?

“What do you mean?” Sunset’s grip on Twilight’s hands loosened, her fingertips falling away. “Why can’t we? If you’re afraid of what our friends will think about it then—”

“Sunset, I know our friends will support us no matter what we decide.” Twilight interjected with a shake of her head. “I know as soon as the moment the rest of them find out about what we did, they would be more than overjoyed and supportive if we ever wanted to start a relationship together.”

Wanted? Why is she speaking like that? I thought we were going to...

Taking a step back, Sunset crossed her arms over her chest rather stubbornly. “Then what is the problem? I mean… by the sounds of it you want this as much as I do!" She didn't mean to raise her voice; but Sunset could not contain her concern so quietly.

“I-I do!” Twilight stammered, offering out her hands in surrender, palms facing up. “Sunset, I didn’t know that my love for you as a friend could be something more until last night. I knew I was experimenting a little when we first started but, to be honest, I really, really did enjoy the time we shared together… I-I really, really wanted to have s-sex with you… I wanted you to kiss me and to hold me… I wanted to touch you in places no other has done before and…” She almost welled up, her eyes sparkling as she turned her head away, her words choked. "B-but..."

A genuine sadness overtook Sunset’s chest as her mind was thrown into a garbled confusion of sheer panic. She curled a fist over her own chest to try and steady her aching heart. “But… what?”

Gathering her emotions up and bottling them away, Twilight took in a deep, shaky breath. “I consider everyone here in this dimension my friend; I would do anything for them, but… my duty as a Princess of Equestria takes priority over…” Her words slowed to a stop as she noted Sunset’s body trembling.

Tears threatened to spill out the corners of Twilight's eyes, as she continued on. “Sunset… we can’t… You belong here, because your friends need you here. I sense magic still exists somehow in this place and it is somehow tied to you. I feel… it was destiny that you were to be here in this strange new world and to make new friends to whom you could make better memories with.”

Sunset had felt that her entire world had shattered into a thousand pieces. Dread had won and left her with a feeling of emptiness as she listened to Twilight’s painful resolution. But the worst part is? A small part of Sunset agreed with her. A small part that she refused to acknowledge completely.

We... never had a chance to begin with, did we? It was hopeless... All of it...

The entirety of their evening was nothing more than a one-night only affair and Sunset’s feelings? They were thrown aside as something mundane and vastly unimportant in the shadow of Twilight’s forever-looming duty as the Princess of Friendship.

“Yeah.” Sunset gripped the strap of her bag’s shoulder strap until her knuckles turned white. “I understand.”

“Y-You do?” Twilight responded a little stunned by the resolute nature to Sunset’s voie.

“Completely.” Sunset steeled her gaze and tried her best to smile back at her. “I mean, we’re still friends right?

The smile that Twilight saw, however, was sour. “Of course we are… that will never change.” Twilight nodded.

“Good.” Sunset droned as she turned around to open the front door. “I’m going to school. If you want to come along that is up to you, Princess.”

Being called a Princess, visibly made Twilight flinch. Was there some bite to it? Twilight was not entirely sure.

“Y-yeah… I might as well say goodbye to everypony before I head back to Equestria…” Twilight released a giggle, trying to lighten the mood. “I mean, we have to make sure Pinkie hasn’t said anything too awkward to the others, right?”

Sunset said nothing.

Both girls walked in silence to Canterlot High, with Sunset Shimmer taking the lead some paces in front of Twilight Sparkle, not once looking back at her.

Author's Note

Sorry for the length of time between posts but, hey ho, life.

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