I wake up feeling well rested and snuggled warmly up to Luna. She is still asleep and so I simply adore her sleeping form. She has the most peaceful smile on her face as she sleeps. I gently stroke her mane and smile while she is asleep. I then very carefully inspect and brush one of her wings, trying not to mess up any of the feathers. Not long after, Luna slowly opens her beautiful teal eyes and I look into them. “Good morning, Luna” I give her a short kiss on the lips.

Luna looks back into my eyes and gently kisses me back. “Good morning, Travis.” She wiggles a bit and flexes her wings a little, before wrapping them around me to cuddle again. “Is there anything you would like to do today?”

What would I like to do today? I still don’t know much about things to do in the castle, or out in the city and Equestrian society in general. Then again, I’ll probably be stuck in the castle until the announcement, just in case. I suppose I could do some more reading, or more magic practice. Maybe I’ll have a better time of trying magic now than I did yesterday. “I guess we could try to see if I could make any progress with learning about my magic?”

Luna gives me a supportive smile. “That sounds like a wonderful idea. The more you try, the sooner you will succeed.” She nuzzles me and kisses my forehead.

I smile too, nuzzling her back and kissing her neck. “Yeah, that’s what I was kind of thinking. Wanna get up soon?”

She nods happily. “Indeed, I would; I feel rather well rested after our sleep and shared dream last night.” Luna lets go of me and gets up out of bed, stretching her legs and wings.

I look her up and down, although focusing more on her wings and front to avoid the same awkwardness from the dream. She’s just such a beautiful person, regardless of the fact that she’s a pony and I’m a human. I then get up too and stretch my arms and legs, blushing mildly. “You know, not thinking about less appropriate things, you’re very beautiful, Luna… You just have such a majestic form; wings, mane, and all. I’m sure that anybody could see that about you.”

Luna blushes a little too and pulls me into a hug with her magic. “Thank you, Travis. You too are quite handsome.”

I shake my head, chuckling and blushing more in slight giddiness from her compliment. “Compared to other humans, I’m nothing special. I’d probably be a little below average, maybe average or slightly above if I really clean up and dress fancy.” I look down at myself for a moment. “Also, I’m getting a slightly big belly, despite being pretty skinny everywhere else. It’s not exactly an attractive look.”

Luna giggles and kisses my cheek. “If you say so, but I suppose I do not know any different in terms of human attractiveness. Even so, if we were to make it to Earth and I saw humans you deem more attractive than yourself, I would surely disagree.”

I’ve never really cared about my own appearances too much, but I have felt like I’m not that attractive. I generally don’t think about it until I sometimes see myself in a mirror. Luna’s words definitely make me feel good about myself, despite the fact that I thought I don’t ever ponder my own appearance. I smile and thankfully kiss her cheek, before brushing my cheek against the side of her neck. “Thank you, Luna… I never thought I would care about my looks, but your words just then meant a lot to me…”

Luna gently places a hoof on the back of my head, holding me close to her neck. “And it means so much to me that my words mean so much to you.” She then rests her head on my shoulder and we spend a moment simply holding each other.

I slowly pull away from the hug and look towards the ensuite bathroom. “Should we have a shower or bath now? Or do you think we’ll be fine to just get dressed?”

She looks at herself, me, then the bathroom. “I believe that we should indeed bathe, as we did not yesterday.”

I look back to Luna. “That makes sense… Will we take turns… Or…?”

Luna walks towards the bathroom and guides me with a wing. “We should bathe together, as it is normal activity in Equestria. Ponies often bathe together as a bonding activity between friends and family, and lovers even more so… Unless you are too uncomfortable with the idea…”

I blush intensely and think for a bit. Bathing with Luna? It seems so soon, but I guess it’s different in Equestria. Probably because they don’t really wear clothes unless trying to show off or for special events. I should at least try to adopt some of Equestria’s social standards if I plan on living here for much longer. “Um… Sure, we can bathe together… But we’ll keep to ourselves in terms of our privates… If that’s okay…”

Luna blushes slightly as I say so. “Of course, that is a given… Ponies are not commonly that intimate with bathing; they wash each other’s less intimate areas… I would guess that lovers may wash each other more intimately when they are ready to do so, but I do not truly know… After all, you are my first lover.”

I walk with her into the bathroom to see a very large bath with a ramp leading down into it. It’s about the size of a medium pool. Luna turns some taps with her telekinesis and the bath begins to fill. I look down at myself, then back at Luna. “I guess now you’ll… Er… See all of me…” I blush as I remove my underwear and place them by the side of the bath.

Luna looks me up and down with a slightly more noticeable blush, then walks into the bath as it’s nearly full. “I must admit, I do not mind what you look like below the waist…” She pours some sort of bubble bath or shampoo into the water and lets it mix in. It smells flowery, like roses or something. I can’t really tell though what flower it smells like, since I don’t study flowers or smell them often.

I walk into the bath too with a very heavy blush, the bubbles obscuring Luna’s view below my waist. “Thanks… I guess…” I look around a bit, kind of nervously. “So, do we scrub each other or something? I don’t really know how non-intimate, partnered bathing works…”

Luna giggles and nods. “Yes, we may use sponges, hooves, or in your case, hands.” She then levitates a sponge from a rack and soaks it in the bath, before scrubbing my shoulders with it.

It feels great, and I can’t help but blush from the feeling and idea of this all. “All right… Um, I’ll try… Tell me if I do anything wrong…” I rub my hands in the water and get them all soapy. I then start scrubbing along the sides of Luna’s neck with my hands, trying to run my fingers through her coat.

She gives me a pleased smile and brings the sponge down to soak more water, then back up to rub my chest. “You are already doing fine, Travis.”

I close my eyes for a moment with a smile matching Luna’s. Apart from kissing, this so far is one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever felt. “I’m glad you think so… You’re doing a good job with me, it feels so good…” I open my eyes and wet my hands some more to finish scouring Luna’s neck, finally working my way down to her withers and shoulders.

Luna kisses my cheek briefly as she puts the sponge aside. “Turn around for a moment.”

I softly return the kiss. “All right.” I turn around just as she says.

I then feel her hooves on my back as she decides to hoof scrub my back. It feels as good as the sponge, but something about it seems more comforting, like a closer method of cleaning. “Is this okay, Travis?”

I nod and gently press my back against her hooves as I enjoy the tender action. “Yeah, it feels great… Thank you, Luna.”

Luna scrubs my back a little more, then I feel my hair pull back gently and become wet as she uses her magic to soak my hair with some floating water. “You are very welcome.”

I let out a sigh of relaxation as she thoroughly and tenderly washes my hair. “Ah… I see why ponies bathe together, this is so much better than bathing alone.”

I feel my hair be taken by gravity once more as Luna releases it from her magic. “Indeed, it both feels better and allows for closer bonding between friends, family and lovers. You may turn back around now.”

I turn back to face her and get my hands soapy again to start scrubbing along her back and barrel. Luna lifts her wings a bit so that I can clean her sides. “Yeah, I could see how it’s a good way to bond. It also feels good to clean you, not just to be cleaned by you.”

Luna’s floating mane and tail slowly lower down until they just look like normal hair, apart from them being the colour of the night sky. I never knew Luna could do that with her mane and tail. She sees my slightly surprised face and explains. “I can choose to let my mane and tail down sometimes to make them more convenient to clean.”

I nod a bit and cup my hands in the water to bring it above Luna’s head to wet her mane. “Right, that makes sense, I suppose.” I need to make several trips with my hands between the water and her mane to sufficiently soak it, before I run my fingers through her long mane. Every now and then I bring more water up to Luna’s mane with cupped hands as I clean it. I then firmly rub her scalp with my fingers to make sure I do a good job.

Luna closes her eyes and lets out a contented sigh similar in sound to mine from earlier. “Oh… Your fingers feel far better than anypony’s hooves could…” She tilts her head back a bit to provide me with better access.

I chuckle lightly at her reaction and scrub her scalp a little more, then I rub her behind her ears for a bit. “I’m happy to know that you enjoy the feeling of my fingers so much.” I slowly work my way back down her neck again and stop for a moment as I look at her wings. “Should I work on your wings as well? Or should I leave them to you? I wouldn’t want to mess up your feathers by doing something wrong.”

Luna opens her eyes and looks back at me. “I can clean and preen my wings if you are worried about making a mistake.” She lowers herself deeper into the bath to wet her wings and then lifts them out, shaking them a little. She finishes by using her magic to quickly straighten out her feathers and pull out any old or bad ones, leaving her wings looking completely immaculate.

I smile as I watch Luna clean and preen her majestic wings. “You’ll have to teach me how to preen your wings sometime, maybe in a dream or something so that it won’t matter if I mess up.”

She smiles back with a slight blush. “That sounds like a lovely idea, I will be sure to remember to for next time I visit your dreams.” Luna then turns her flank towards me slightly, but only enough so that I’m still to the side of her. I begin to look a little flustered and she notices, deciding to check on my thoughts. “Would it be too intimate for you if I asked you to scrub my flank?”

I blush as well as I look at her flank and cutie mark as I recall a book calling it by. “I don’t know… Maybe… Is it something that friends and family clean?”

Luna giggles a little bit. “Flanks and cutie marks are a little personal, but they are not as much of an intimate area as you may think. It would be rude for a stranger or light acquaintance to touch another’s flank, but it is quite appropriate if the ponies are friends or family.”

I blush some more and lather my hands with the soapy water. “Then I guess I’ll scrub your flank for you…” I then start rubbing Luna’s flank clean, looking at her cutie mark with curiosity. I’ve read that they represent a pony’s talent, but I don’t know how it’s there. It couldn’t be a tattoo, and it isn’t dyed fur, I guess it’s just magically there.

Luna turns around so that I can clean her other side and I start from her shoulder, working my way back to her flank again. “I am pleased that you decided to bathe with me, Travis. It has been very relaxing and enjoyable.”

I smile and move about to stand in front of Luna when I finish scrubbing her flank. “So am I, it’s definitely been a great experience for me too.” I then look her up and down. “So, should I clean your forelegs now, and you work on my arms?”

Luna smiles back and nods. “That would be great.” She lifts her left foreleg out of the water and gently places it against my chest.

I tenderly place my soapy hands on her shoulder and lovingly rub back along her leg to her hoof. I do this a few times, before grabbing her hoof and focusing on the underside of it. It’s hard around the outer edges, but the middle is surprisingly soft. “I’ve never noticed until now, but the inside of your hoof is so soft. I always thought that hooves were hard all the way through.” I gently massage her hoof - or at least try to - until I feel like I’ve done a good job.

Luna lowers her leg, then lifts her right foreleg to place it on my chest like the last one. “Hooves are completely hard, the soft part you are referring to is called a frog.”

I fondly begin scrubbing her other foreleg, making sure to do as well as I did with the previous one. “I never knew that… But I guess I’ve never really spent much time around equines back on Earth.” I then massage her soft frog for a bit, before kissing her hoof and letting go of it, holding out my right arm for Luna. “I love you, Luna.”

She blushes a bit and gently rubs my arm with her hooves until she makes it to my hand, which I open for her. Luna looks at my palm for a moment, then scrubs it with the tip of a hoof, as well as the back of my hand with her other hoof. I offer Luna my left arm when she finishes with my right, and she works on it just as lovingly as she was with my right. When she finishes rubbing my left hand after I open it, she kisses it just like how I kissed her hoof. “I love you too, Travis.”

I blush as well, cupping her muzzle with my right hand, then tilting my head and kissing her lips. Luna leans into the kiss and slips her equine tongue out to meet my lips, which I open for her. We both softly moan as our tongues meet and dance together. Of course, it still feels extremely amazing. We then explore each other’s mouths for a short time and finally break the kiss to breathe.

Luna looks into my eyes for a little while after the kiss, then she turns to the side and lifts her left hind leg. Needing no explanation, I immediately begin to scour her hind leg, then hoof. I let down her leg when I’ve completely cleaned it, and she turns a little more to lift her right hind leg. I clean her leg and hoof as finely as I did previously, letting go when I’m done. Luna then turns back to face me and look down my body. I understand the look and I try to lift my right leg for her, holding onto the side of the bath to keep my balance. It doesn’t take her long to thoroughly scrub my leg clean. I then lift my other leg, which she makes short work of too.

I give Luna a smile when she finishes. “Is that all in terms of non-intimate cleaning? Or have we forgotten something?”

She smiles too and turns around completely. “I would appreciate it if you clean my tail. Friends and family wash each other’s tails as well.”

I nod and cup my hands to lift the water over her tail and soak it. “Uh, sure…” I run my fingers through Luna’s tail and clean it firmly, but I’m careful not to pull it up or look under it. After a short moment, I look up towards her face. “Does that seem done to you?”

Luna looks back at her tail and nods. “Yes, thank you very much, Travis.”

I smile and look around slightly nervously, blushing. “You’re welcome, Luna… Now should we turn away from each other to clean our more private areas?”

She giggles softly. “If that is what you would be more comfortable with, then yes.”

“Yeah, I feel like we should wait a while longer before we… Um, go any further with each other in the bath…” I turn myself around so that we’re facing away from each other, and I clean the rest of myself. “Tell me when you’re done.”

I hear Luna reply. “Very well.” After some time, she speaks up again. “You may turn around now.”

I turn back around just as she does, blushing lightly. “So, should we go get ourselves dried off?”

Luna nods and walks out from the bath. “That would be the logical conclusion to finish bathing.”

Of course, that was a pretty dumb question with an obvious answer. “Right, dumb question.” I follow her out of the bath and she levitates a towel to me, while getting one for herself, and we dry ourselves. Luna’s mane and tail rise back to their floating state once they’re dry. I put on my underwear as we finish, hoping that I’ll have some new underwear made by Rarity soon… Crap, I forgot to tell Rarity about underwear… I’ll have to tell her next time we meet, otherwise I’ll have to go commando when getting my underwear cleaned.

Luna makes her way to a sink to brush her teeth. I follow her and see an extra tooth brush. I grab it and give Luna a look of uncertainty about whether I should use it or not, and she simply nods. I then brush my teeth beside her. When we’re done brushing our teeth, we make our way out from the bathroom to the bedroom. I get dressed in my jeans, shirt, and runners, while Luna puts on her neck piece and shoes. She then nods to her tiara and lowers her head. “Could you do the honour, Travis?”

“Of course, Luna.” I carefully pick up her tiara and place it on her head just so, then kiss her cheek.

Luna kisses my cheek back, then heads for the door. “Shall we go get some breakfast for ourselves?”

I follow her as she opens the door. “Yeah, that’d be good. I’m feeling pretty hungry.”

“Yes, as am I. Breakfast would be rather delightful about now.” We then leave our chambers as we make our way towards the dining hall.

Author's Note

So, I just noticed something as I finished this chapter, and it's that I've never mentioned brushing teeth in any of the previous chapters. It's a bit of a nit pick, but I went back through the earlier chapters and edited in some oral hygiene.

Also, thanks for reading!