Author's Note
This is r63 and it is boy love. Enjoy.
Truth or Dare
Bubble Berry bounced around his room up in Sugarcube Corner. His brothers, Bronze, Siltstone, and Slate, Apple Buck, Dopey, and Bab Seed sat huddled together on the beds. Dopey and Slate were cuddling. Slate's shadowed eyes were closed contently, while Dopey's crossed, yellow eyes were wide open and watching his cheerful friend bounce around. Bronze and Bab Seed were smirking in amusement at the bouncing stallion, and Siltstone and Apple Buck were laughing together.
Bubble Berry soon quit his bouncing and looked at his brothers and friends, "I can't believe we're finally going to a party that isn't thrown by me!"
Bronze chuckled, "Only you throw the best parties, Bubble."
"We love Berry's parties!" Dopey exclaimed with a flutter of his wings. One of his grey wings hit Slate in the face, and he opened his eyes, looking around.
"I can't wait to go to the party!" Apple Buck smiled, "I wanna see how somepony else throws a party!"
"Can we brings muffins?" Dopey asked excitedly.
"Of course we can!" Berry grinned, then giggled manically, "We have plenty of our secret ingredient!"
Suddenly, Slate lifted his head up and looked at his cheerful little brother, "D-Do I have to go to the party?"
Siltstone looked at him, "Why? What's wrong?"
"I don't want to be around other ponies... I'm just not ready yet," Slate said, staring at the floor with his eyes half closed.
"You don't have to go," Bronze said, smiling slightly, "Not if you really don't want to."
"Thank you," Slate replied, eyes closing again.
"Well, it's almost time for us to leave. The party's in Canterlot, right? We better get ready! Come on boys!" Bubble Berry bounced up and leapt away from the six bakers.
Dopey looked at Slate beneath his wing and frowned, "Slate not coming to party?"
Slate opened his eyes again, "Sorry, Dopey. I just can't be around other ponies..."
Dopey nodded, then closed his eyes.
The four bakers, Siltstone, Bronze, Bab, and Apple Buck all stood and left the party pony's room. Dopey and Slate, however, stuck around in the room on the bed, contently.
"Is Slate going to be okay?" Siltstone asked Bronze.
"I'm sure he'll be fine," Bronze replied. Then he frowned, "But...somepony should really stay with him..."
"Well, I'm going to the party," Siltstone said, crossing his arms, "So I can't."
"I can stay with him," Apple Buck offered, but Bronze shook his head.
"That's thoughtful, Apple Buck. But you're a filly and Slate isn't the fatherly type. He can't take care of you and...despite me having the upmost trust in you, I don't think it'd be a good idea."
Apple Buck frowned and huffed, "Okay."
"Hmmm...We could have Dopey look after him," Bubble Berry said.
"Don't he wanna go to the party?" Bab asked.
"I honestly don't know," Bronze sighed.
"Dopey!" Siltstone yelled to the grey pegasus.
There was a soft clip-clopping that gradually got louder and louder until Dopey drew back a curtain and revealed himself to the five bakers.
"Yeah?" Dopey asked with a soft smile, eyes moving slightly.
"Dopey, do you wanna go to the party?" Bubble asked his second apprentice.
"Dopey excited!" Dopey exclaimed, fluttering in the air.
"H-How badly...do you wanna go?" Apple Buck inquired slowly.
Dopey's smile slowly fell and he dropped to the floor, tilting his head curiously.
"Dopey," Siltstone said hurriedly, "Can you stay here with Slate?"
Dopey smiled again, "Okie dokie lokie!"
"Really?" Bubble Berry grinned, "Thanks, Dopey!" He hugged his pegasus friend, "You're gonna be okay, right?"
"Yes yes yes!" Dopey said with an affirmative nod. He then trotted back to Bubble Berry's bedroom. Slate's head was lifted up slightly in curiosity.
"Is everything alright, Dopey?" The broken stallion asked.
Dopey nodded, "It suuuuure is, Slatey! We're gonna stay here together and play games and sing and hug each other and everything!"
Slate smiled slightly, "O-Okay. Are you sure you don't want to go to the party?"
Dopey nodded, "Dopey sure!"
Slate's smile grew and he moved over slightly, offering Dopey a place to lay next to him. The grey pegasus happy took the offer and laid next to his BBBFF, draping his wing over him. The two both closed their eyes and slowly drifted off into sleep.
It was a little while later that the five boys exited the dressing room. They were dressed in fancy tuxedos and accessories, and of course, Bubble Berry was dressed in the brightest clothing.
Bronze saw the two stallions laying on the bed, and he smiled. He went over to them and he shook Dopey awake. This action caused Slate to awaken as well.
"Hey, guys. We're leaving," Bronze said softly.
"Okie dokie lokie," Dopey said with a yawn.
Bronze chuckled and he and the four others exited the bakery. Dopey looked at Slate silently, and saw that the dark stallion had closed his shadowed eyes again. He poked Slate in the head with his hoof, and Slate opened his eyes to see Dopey's bright yellow ones staring right back at him.
"Yes, Dopey?" Slate asked in his quiet voice.
"Is Slate sleepy?"
Slate nodded slightly, "I've just been really tired lately."
Dopey nodded, and once all was quiet, it stayed like that for a little while. That is until Dopey said, "Dopey bored. Slate play game with Dopey?"
Slate opened his eyes once more, "A game?"
"Mhm! Like...hides and go seek, or truth or dares!" Dopey suggested happily.
"I...I suppose we can play Truth or Dare. I really like that game."
Dopey smiled wide and stood, "Yay!" He fluttered to the floor and Slate followed him with a yawn. He laid down, while Dopey sat up in excitement.
"Okie dokie lokie! Truth or dare?" He asked Slate.
"Ummm...truth," Slate replied.
"Okay! Ummm...How long was Slate put into the basement?"
Slate hummed, "I was locked in there for twenty years." He stared at the floor, not thinking of anything at all. His mind was just blank, and it was usually filled with scary thoughts. He suddenly sighed and said, "Okay. Truth or dare, Dopey?"
"Dare!" Dopey said with a wide grin.
Slate had to smile, "Okay. I dare you to do a backflip in the air."
Dopey smiled and floated above the floor. Then, he thrust himself backwards and he did a backflip. Actually, he had thrust himself a bit too hard, and he ended up doing about three backflips. Afterwards, his eyes were spinning around and trying to regain composure. He shook his head roughly, "Whoo! Dopey dizzy!"
Slate smiled and giggled, watching his pegasus brother float back to the floor.
"Truth or dare?"
"Hmmm...dare," Slate said with a determined smirk.
"Okay! I dares you to kiss Dopey!"
The dark stallion's smirk fell and he felt his cheeks heat up, "W-What?"
"Kiss Dopey!" The pegasus repeated.
"O-On the lips?" When the pegasus nodded, Slate felt he was going to faint. He loved Dopey like a brother, but this made him blush profusely out of either embarrassment or...true love for this stallion. Slate gulped and nodded, shakily standing up and walking over to his friend. Sitting down in front of the smiling pegasus made Slate look away bashfully. He didn't think he wanted to do this, but it was a dare. And he had to take it. He breathed in and out very slowly before leaning in and placing a passionate kiss upon Dopey's lips. The wall-eyed pegasus kissed back, and Slate's eyes slowly slid shut. The two stallions stayed like this for about a minute or two, before Slate pulled away to breathe.
"Yay!" Dopey exclaimed as if kissing another stallion wasn't shocking.
Slate was left speechless and panting, eyes wide and cheeks pink. He had never kissed anypony before, and didn't think he ever would, especially not another stallion. He "grew up" in a society where being homosexual was wrong. Suddenly, Dopey drew Slate's attention when he was kissed on the cheek by him.
"That was fun!" The grey stallion giggled.
Slate nodded, slowly beginning to smile, "Y-Yes...yes it was..."
"Okay, your turn!" Dopey said.
Slate didn't move from his spot, but said, "Truth or dare?"
Their game went on into the night, when the two stallions decided to cuddle up on the bed again. They decided with a bit of talking that...they had fallen for each other. The five other bakers returned home late at night to see Dopey and Slate kissing and cuddling. Bubble Berry squealed, and the two jumped and stared at the group in shock.
"YOU TWO ARE TOGETHER!" Berry squealed in excitement.
Slate blushed deeply, and Dopey giggled, nodding.
"How'd it happen?" Bab asked curiously, and the pegasus went on to tell the group the whole story.
The end.
