The two simply stared at each other.

Sunset Shimmer’s eyes burned with an unrestrained passion while Twilight almost looked feeble beneath its fiery gaze. If there was ever a time she felt like she was being undressed by someone’s eyes, Twilight knew it was now.

Twilight’s cheeks burned hot and try as she might, she could not completely divert her attention away from the shimmering beauty that was hovering above her.

“Twilight…” Sunset’s voice cracked as if she were about to cry, but it simply boiled down to the fact that she was immensely nervous at what was to come next. “Say something.”

Kissing Twilight Sparkle was but the first step in the right direction, however, she hadn’t expected herself to act so boldly, so quickly. A confession is customary before that, right? A declaration of love so that the kiss could not be misconstrued as mere lust or a moment of confused madness, with hormones playing the culprit.

“I…” Twilight began with a nervous tremble, shifting under Sunset’s weight pressing down upon her. Her legs had curled so that her feet planted firmly against the bed; unsure as to why the pits of her stomach flared with a heat she had never quite felt before. “What… is this?”

Was it the body heat of the other girl, being absorbed by her own? Or was it something else. Something… primal? Something her body knew it wanted but her hormone intoxicated mind could not quite formulate in its drunken stupor.

Sunset nibbled at her own lower lip as the million dollar question was left hanging in the air.

“You’ve… you’ve been…” With another rally of her slowly dwindling confidence, Sunset Shimmer pushed through the barrier of fear that lingered behind her words. “For the longest—that is… you have always been on my mind, but more so since… you’re in my dreams and… you drive me nuts.”

Twilight looked up at Sunset, equally as intrigued as she was terrified to discover the full extent of this whole situation.

Sunset’s cheeks were as red as her hair at this point, her own body weight feeling like a ten ton anvil she could just about barely keep from collapsing entirely upon the girl below her. But a part of her wanted just that. She wanted to feel Twilight writhe; to know what it meant to have the other girl’s hot flesh smothering her own as her lips explored the uncharted reaches of every inch—of every crevice her body could possibly offer.

“You’re so pretty, that I just can’t explain it properly… you hypnotize me every time I think about you. You make me feel… hot and, my breath just catches in my throat and… I feel sick to my stomach knowing you’re not mine… to hold and to… and to…” Sunset fell into a whisper. “T-to kiss… to touch...”

Twilight felt moved by the heartfelt confession. But also confused by it. She knew deep down in her heart that she loved Sunset… but only as a friend.

“Sunset, I… I am not sure… what to say? I… I love you, Sunset.” Twilight lifted a hand and cupped Sunset’s cheeks, frowning as she noted the growing joy erupting in the other girl’s eyes. “But, as a friend. I never really thought of you—or any of the girls as anything more. Not even like a special somepony...”

The sudden rapture that Sunset felt at hearing the words that she was loved in return by the subject of her desire was snuffed out as quickly as it formed. “O-oh… yes… I know. I understand… I just had to… do something, I suppose… just so you knew how… how I truly felt… it wasn’t supposed to be like this.”

A friend…

I’m nothing but a friend… I’m happy with that, right? I was worried she’d hate me. Find me strange or… be angry about the kiss...

“W-was it… the kiss… or… that we’re both girls?” Sunset’s tears came quick and although her voice croaked with her sadness, she did not openly sob as her heart snapped into two. She didn’t even realize it registered on her face. “I understand it’s weird and… I’m not… I just wanted you to know the kiss was… I couldn’t stop myself… and… I love you. I just wanted you to know. So much more than a friend.”

Twilight nodded, her hand remaining upon Sunset’s cheek so she could wipe away the tears that fell. “I’m not sure about things like that… I mean, I am not going to judge anypony for loving somepony, even if they’re the same gender but… I kind of respect you a little more, Sunset, for admitting it the way you did. It was bold and a little shocking, sure, but, I’m proud of you… but, um, next time when you confess to somepony would you warn them before you kiss them like that?”

“Do you think we could… ever?” Sunset smiled something bitter-sweet.

Twilight swallowed hard, averting her eyes. “I’m… not sure…” Twilight Sparkle slipped her fingers behind Sunset Shimmer’s head and fed her fingers into the locks of her hair, lifting her other hand to gingerly touch the other girl’s slender hips. “The kiss wasn’t… terrible?”

Sunset merely nodded numbly, petrified within Twilight’s grasp. “O-oh…”

“Can you… can you close your eyes for a moment, Sunset?” Twilight stammered, her blush darkening as she purposely looked away from her.

“Wh-why?”

“I… I want to see if I… I… want to try a little experiment. That’s all. To confirm something.”

“Wh-what kind of experi-mmmph?!”

It was Sunset’s turn to freeze up, as Twilight Sparkle pulled her into a deep kiss that had filled the empty space within her mouth with a wet, hot tongue that cautiously probed against her own.

Author's Note

I'm sorry for the lateness of this post, but life and... yeah. Life! More will come.

Ladrian probaaaaably is gonna be shocked this is up since he hasn't edited it yet... sorry bro. I just had to get this out, typos and all.

Love hate flame. All good.