Where Friendships Wither, New Things Bloom

*Beep! Beep! Beep!*

Half asleep I rolled over, subconsciously reaching to stab at my alarm, to my surprise I hit with the first attempt. Rolling back over I could feel myself pressing up against something, it was warm and surprisingly soft. Still only semi-conscious me and my sleepy brain decided it would be a good idea to snuggle closer to the warm, fluffy thing I had found myself intertwined with. Tasting a few stray strands of hair, I started to wake, reaching up and wiping my hoof at the evil hair invading my mouth.

A few minutes passed by as I slowly woke from my sleepy state, thinking about the past few days. I thought about Rarity, I'd seen her a few times before but it had been years ago. She hadn't really changed that much, sure she had a few little wrinkles under her eyes which were most likely from the stress of trying to run two stores and be an element of harmony at the same time but she was still as beautiful as ever with all the curves of a fully grown and matured mare. Rarity and Sweetie Belle, being sisters, had always had a close resemblance to one another and with Sweetie Belle now being a fully grown mare they looked even more alike, though Sweetie Belle always seemed the cuter of the two.

Suddenly I felt a shiver run up my spine, had I forgotten to close the window? Fuck. With that, my mind turned back to the fluffy warm thing I had my face buried in. Wrapping my hooves further around it and squeezing tighter I heard a slight moan followed by what sounded like a slightly muffled voice "Mph... Good morning Button". My eyes shot open as I realized who's mane I had my face buried into, she must have realized too as we both reflexively recalled away in opposite directions. Trying to stop myself falling on my ass I grabbed at anything, unfortunately, I happened to grab the blanket which we were both lying on, dragging Sweetie Belle down with me.

I hit the carpet with a thud, slamming my back flat on the ground and knocking the wind out of my chest. Sweetie Belle followed soon after, landing rear first on me, she might have been small but she was a lot heavier than she looked. Taking a deep breath in I looked up at the mare who had once again found herself sitting on me "What is it with you and sitting on me?"

Sweetie blushed furiously, quickly untangling herself and getting up. Rolling onto my stomach I got up, catching my breath and dusting myself off. "So I know you wanna stay with me for now and everything but- can I expect that sort of a wake up every day?" She gave me a slightly annoyed yet amused glance followed by a little huff "Hey, YOU pulled ME off the bed!" I mulled the logic of that over in my head for a second before trying to break the awkwardness of the situation "Hey, don't act as if you don't like being rudely dragged out of bed in the morning." she gave another huff followed by what seemed to be a sort of growl, after a few seconds of what seemed like a stair off we both started smiled breaking into a fit of giggles so hard that our my eyes almost started watering.

After a few munites I'd reset the bed and Sweetie Belle was already making breakfast, apparently she'd been shopping while I was out, it seems like having a roomy had its perks, mainly the free food. I decided to I'd make myself useful for a while, grabbing my tool kit out of the cupboard I went to work fixing the boiler. The thing wasn't too complicated, my dad was an engineer so he'd taught me the basics back when I was a kid, he always told me I should go into the trade seeing that I had somewhat of a knack for fixing shit but I preferred spending my time in the digital realm. Honestly, I think I should have listened to him, I could always get a job fixing stuff but where's the fun in that?

A little while later and I'd fixed it, unfortunately though, I still need to replace the exploded shower head... fuck it, I'll do that later.

Right now I have a more important matter to attend to, breakfast. Putting the tools away I could smell something good, I thought I recognized the smell, it was sweet, very sweet. "HEY SWEEEEETIE BELLE! WHATCHA MAKIN?!" a few seconds after she shouted back "Come in here and take a look"  At that, I trotted back to the main room where Sweetie Belle looked to be preparing a feast of spongy,  syrupy goodness.

Dropping to my ass on the couch I waited patiently for Sweetie Bell to finish up, picking up my tablet and using the time to go through my daily routine, checking my social media pages, clearing my browser history and looking for work.

To my surprise, I had a new E-mail. Reading the E-mail my jaw dropped, apparently the biggest game developer in Equestria had picked up my resume and wanted me to go in for an interview two days from now. I let out a scream followed by my hooves smacking the air above me "YES! THANK YOU CELESTIA!" Sweetie Belle jumped with a little scream, almost dropping the waffles she was levitating in front of her "What is it?!" she yelled in a sharp voice. "I've got a job! Finally!" she smiled "Button, you scared me to death! You need to give me some warning before you do that!"

Getting up I quickly trotted over to the table, Sweetie Belle had really outdone herself here, in front of me were at least twenty crispy, glistening waffles, all warm to the touch. "This is really good Sweetie Belle, I can't remember the last time I had someone else making me food." She took a drink of the Orange juice she was levitating next to her at the other side of the table from me "Hey it was nothing, think of it as compensation for letting me stay over." Speaking of which I remembered that we'd actually been sleeping together, I don't think she really cared much, I defiantly didn't but it still seemed somewhat weird to me that I'd been sleeping with my best friend.

"Hey, Sweetie Belle? You don't feel awkward at all do you?" she gave me a funny look "Awkward about what?" I looked at my plate, trying to not make myself feel any more awkward than I already did "You know? About last night? Us sleeping together?" She blushed, giggling at the thought "Not really, we always did it when we were younger" I smirked, "We were kids then Sweetie Belle..." Now she was the one looking away but I wasn't sure why "So what? Anyway, I kind of liked the warmth on my back and you didn't seem to hate it either" Fuck. Now I'm the one blushing.

After we'd finished breakfast Sweetie Belle took a shower, apparently, she'd done some washing while I was away too, huh go figure.

While she was in there I decided to have a little sneaky rummage through the stuff she'd brought, it looked like she'd commandeered a few of my draws, moving my stuff out and neatly refolding it all in another place. Most of her stuff was what I expected, make-up, brushes, a few light fitting dresses... the usual stuff mares take with them. Then I found it. It was only a small thing hidden at the back underneath some long green/white striped socks in a small black velvet bag, a vibrator.

I felt my heart begin to beat faster as if I'd seen something I wasn't supposed to see, like a colt who'd just found a Harthswarming gift early "Oh, hohoHO! What do we have here?" I picked it up in one hoof feeling the rubber texture, it was shaped like some sort of a deformed spoon with a bulbous end instead of a rounded edge. I could smell what I could only guess was Sweetie Belle, it was sweet with only a hint of what you could describe as a musky tang. Pressing the button on the side I almost dropped the thing it was so powerful, it had a certain weight to it, though, it wasn't at all that heavy.

Just as I turned it on I realized something, it was quiet, too quiet. "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!" The shower had stopped running which also meant that Sweetie Belle would be out any second now. Quickly turning the thing off and fumbling to put the thing back into the bag I shut the draw. Just as I shut it, however, the door swung open followed by the mare in question. I dived for the couch, hoping she wouldn't notice the flying Earth Pony, thankfully she didn't seem to notice anything.

Looking down at my tablet and trying to act as casual as physically possible I piped up "So... Er, what did you say you were doing today?" Sweetie Belle, still drying herself off walked towards the set of draws across from me "I'm supposed to be meeting Rarity today so we can interview a few mares for the boutique, she's pretty meticulous in interviews so I'll probably be there most of the day." She opened the draw I'd just been snooping around in, trying to keep her from noticing anything that might be out of place I carried on "So... what time are you getting off?" She levitated a brush out of the draw but thankfully didn't take her eyes away from me "I don't know for sure, probably around 6/7-ish? Why? Are you going out?" Quick brain! Think of something! "Ye- yes! I was hoping we could go out... for a drink or something? Maybe go into town?" I bit my lip hoping she wouldn't look in there, thankfully though she just closed the drawer and walked towards the bed "Oh, ok then, I'd like that. I'll call you when we're finished up at the boutique. You could pick me up from there?" I let out an almost inaudible sigh of relief "Er, yeh. Will do."

Lying on the bed Sweetie Belle began carefully brushing her mane out. Remembering something from the night before, I lifted my head to look over a Sweetie Belle "Hey, Sweetie Belle? Do you know why Rarity was taking my measurements last night when we were at the shop?" She seemed somewhat taken back by the question "Hpm... I don't know. She said she wanted to 'repay' you so maybe she's making you a suit?" an evil smirk crossed her lips "Ooor some sort of a kinky latex suit?" I wasn't amused, putting my head back down I thought about that for a second before shoving that image to the darkest corner of my mind "Yer, I'm good thanks."

Half an hour later and she was ready, dress, makeup and all. Me? I was still playing FlappyPegasus on my tablet. "Hey Button? I'm heading out. I'll see you later." looking up at her I put on the cheesiest grin I could "Ok I'll see you later then. OH! Wait, I've got a spare key around here somewhere." I quickly got up and found the key in one of the kitchen cupboards "Here, just in case." And with that, she was off. "Well thank fuck for that, I thought she'd never leave!" I quickly trotted over to the drawer, checking to make sure everything was in order. Thankfully I'd put everything back where it was supposed to be. I walked over to the open window, slamming it shut and locking it, looking around the room "What now?"