Twilight let out a small yawn as she finished writing up the last letter. Since Ryan had come around she started making it a habit to report to Celestia her everyday activities with him. As uncomfortable as it made her, this also included telling her about the night she and him had intercourse...multiple times...in various ways.

Checking the clock she noticed that it was nearing eight at night. This was still pretty early to decide on going off to bed, she had plenty time to kill. A shower would be refreshing, she thought; but a bath sounds relaxing. With that in mind she rose from her desk and went over to her closet, grabbing a clean towel from the top and making her way over to the bathroom on the other side of her room.

She paused when she saw that the door was closed; how she didn't notice that earlier was a mystery. She was usually pretty vigilant when it came to where things were in her room, everything has its place and everything's in its place.

What was probably more striking was, no only was the door closed, but she could just barely see light coming from the underside of the door. Her brow raised a bit at this and she grabbed the handle, slowly turning it and pushing it away from her. A wave of steam immediately flowed out of the humid room and into her face. If she didn't know any better, she'd have thought a bunch of colts snuck in and hot boxed her bathroom.

Alas, there were no drug smoking ponies to be seen. Instead what she found was the whole room lit up with scented candles and naked bipedal creature in her tub. Its body was completely submerged in her tub, its form curled up in a fetal position.

Panic started to over take the alicorn and she charged over to the tub, dropping her towel on the floor and nearly knocking over several candles. She got down on to her knees and was ready to shove her arms in to grab him, but stopped when a powerful stream of bubbles started rising and he eventually pulled himself up.

Ryan took in a deep breath of the thick air around him. He couldn't really explain the logic of why he enjoyed the feeling of being under water, but it was enjoyable in a way. So, during his baths, he would let himself sink and hold his breath for as long as he could just so he could bask in it.

With his body coated in the hot water, and steaming coming off from his skin, he raised a hand and whipped the water from his eyes before shoving his hair over to one side.

He looked over and spotted a worried looking Twilight staring directly at him. He looked down and quickly covered his chest with his hands as if he were a naked woman trying to cover her breasts. "What the fuck? Do you just barge in on anyone trying to take a bath?" He asked with a hint of venom. "Pervert!"

Twilight tried to speak, but stuttered. "I-I-I...I just thought t-that-"

"What? That I was drowning in a bath tub?" He quipped, making the mare feel kind of stupid.

"Well, when you put it that way..."

"Yeah, it does." Ryan uncovered his chest and spread his arms out, placing them on the edges of the tub and leaning back some. "So what's up? You enjoying the show?"

A slight blush appeared on Twilight's face as she realized that she was looking at Ryan's naked body. She turned her head away from him and put a hand over her eyes. Then a thought occurred, "Okay, first off; How did you get in here without me noticing?"

He shrugged at her question, despite her not looking, a smirk going across his face as he did so. "I have my ways."

She let out an annoyed sigh. "Okay then. Secondly; What are you doing in my bath tub?"

His eyes rolled at this question; this one was just way too obvious. Sometimes he wondered if ponies asked things just for the sheer enjoyment of hearing themselves speak. "I'm rubbing one out, what does it look like?"

A light growl managed to escape her lips as she removed her hand and stood up with her back facing him. "Fine, I'll just go and use one of the other ones." She said as she made her way to the door.

Ryan didn't catch on to what she was saying at first. His eyes became glued to her flank the second she stood up. It wasn't big by any means, but it was prominent and cute in its own way. Once he noticed that she was taking off, he came up with a bit of a suggestion. "You know, you could just join me."

Twilight froze, her blush quickly returning at his proposal. She placed a hand on the back of her neck and started rubbing it while still refusing to look in his direction. "I don't know. Isn't that kind of-"

Weird?

"Not really." He replied, "Not compared to us having sex in the middle of your castle."

Or tying you up to a bed and blind folding you.

"Or having my face buried in your-"

"Okay, I get it!" She yelled slightly, getting his point. With everything that they had done before then bathing together was nowhere near being a step forward. In fact, it was quite a step back, that's probably something they should have done before they had sex. "I just...feel awkward about it. I mean- how would you have done it?"

"I didn't think about it." He simply replied.

Her head shot over to him, completely skipping over the fact that she was looking at a naked human now. "Wait, what?" She asked, finding it hard to believe that one could do something without thinking.

Ryan raised his shoulders, emphasizing his words with his hands. "When I was invited to take a shower with one of my ex's, I felt weird about it too. That's why I stopped thinking and followed the teachings of Mr. Shia LaBeouf, 'Just Do It.' And the next thing I knew, I had stepped into the coldest shower I have ever known." He shuddered at the memory.

Twilight took a moment to think about it, and by think about it she was making sure this was something she actually wanted to do. Part of her really did, this was the perfect opportunity to try and get closer to him personally. It worked in many of the books that she had read, so why wouldn't it now. Bathing with your partner is considered an intimate, but also innocent-sometimes- experience that could bring the two closer.

All that was left now was to fight through her doubts. She took a breath and closed her eyes, deciding that it might be easier to follow his advice and just not think about it. With her eyes still sealed shut and her mind forced clear of any thoughts, she started stripping out of her clothing until she was standing naked by the doorway.

Her lids rose as she locked eyes with the human who was smiling over at her, holding out a hand to lead her the rest of the way. She smiled back at him and took those first courageous steps forward, soon being close enough to lock her fingers with his as he gently pulled her closer.

She stopped just outside of the tub, slowly raising a foot and placing it in the water, only to jerk it back out and jump back a few feet. "Holy Celestia, that's hot!"

"Yeah, duh." He said, motioning a hand around the room. "How else do you think this place got all foggy?"

Twilight looked down and analyzed her foot, she could see the skin beneath it already darkening from how intense the heat was. "How can you sit in that like its nothing!?"

"I've been doing this for years." He said, raising his body out of the water a bit to show some of his lower half, revealing a prominent red line across him where the water rested on his body. "I'm prepping myself for when I die. Lord knows I'm not going to heaven."

Either humans were much more tolerable to heat or this guy was part dragon. Regardless, he held his hand out to her again, "Come on, I promise you'll get used to it." He says, hoping his words would give her some comfort.

"I don't think I want to."

You can come in willingly or we'll come out and throw you. Your choice, sweetheart.

Ryan's brows rose at her, showing that what his mind spoke was purely the truth. She took another breath to relax herself and reacquainted her hand with his. This time she placed her foot into the bath at a much slower pace, wincing a bit from the pain it caused.

With a bit of waiting, she managed to adapt to it a bit more and lowered herself down with Ryan guiding her down toward him. She let out a relieved sigh as she finally got to the end of this red hot journey into the tub, resting her flank on his lap.

She felt some movement in the water, then a sudden burning sensation on her back, making her body jerk slightly. "Calm down." Ryan whispered into her ear, "Just give it some time and you won't even notice it anymore."

He held a cloth in his hands, soaked with the hot bath water and started gently scrubbing her back with it. After about a minute of rubbing her with it, she visibly started to loosen up. Her tense and nearly defensive form now appearing much more relaxed.

To be honest, Twilight was enjoying this kind of treatment. Yes, it was a bit of a trial at first. Now though, the heat hardly even bothered her. Instead she was focused on the gentle caresses on her back, the warmth of the water mixed in making her body melt from his touch.

Twilight hummed in approval as Ryan washed her from behind, her eyes closing and her wings stretching out a bit to allow him more access to her back. "That feels really good." She said in a calmed and soothed tone.

Ryan smiled and stopped scrubbing her back, watching as her wings started to close back up. It must be cool to have wings, he thought, being able to have that kind of freedom. To go into the air without a care in the world and just fly.

Snapping out of his little daydream, he grabbed Twilight's shoulder and gave her a small tug, pulling her so that her back was pressed against his torso. With her body leaned against his, and her head resting against his neck, he dipped the cloth back into the water, only to lift it and start rubbing her chest and stomach.

She let out a pleased moan as he started working on her front. The light pressure he was applying was sending her into a whole new world of relaxation and even slight stimulation when he would go over her breasts, occasionally stopping to give them a soft squeeze and dragging the cloth over her nipples.

He placed a kiss on her cheek as he continued to wash her, enjoying just her mere presence and being able to treat her this way. It was the simple things that he really enjoyed about relationships. It wasn't about fancy dinners or flashy jewelry, it's about being able to spend some quality time with a person you care about and having the ability to make them happy by just staying close to them or performing the most simple of gestures.

With her midsection being completely tended to it was time to move on. He took one of her wrists in his hand and pulled it toward him, using the cloth to rub up and down her arm before moving on to the next one. He then moved on to her legs, washing from her knee up to her waist, being sure to pay special attention to her flank and waist line.

Every time he would rub around her waist her body would shudder slightly, a sure sign that she was enjoying the treatment he was giving her. He was glad she was enjoying it, because he was having a lot of fun just being able to do it. Something about pleasing her, sexual or not, filled him with a sense of satisfaction.

Once Ryan had scrubbed down basically her entire body, he reached over and gave the hose attached to the shower head a tug. The head was yanked free from the clamp that held it up and fell into his open hand. He turned on the water to a tolerable temperature, for him at least, and eased Twilight forward a bit before started spraying down her mane.

His fingers traced down her hair as it became soaked from the running water, causing it to hang down lower from the added weight as it started retaining moisture. He ran his fingers all around her head and scalp. A bit of curiosity kicked in and his hand moved up behind one of her large ears, giving it a light scratch to see how she would react.

Ryan didn't think she could appear any more loose than she already did, boy was he wrong. The second his fingers started digging into the fur behind her ear she let out a soft groan and was starting to look like she was about to collapse. He couldn't help but laugh a bit, which she didn't seem to notice.

With her mane now wetted down he set the shower head off to the side and grabbed a shampoo bottle, squeezing a moderate amount into his hands and began lathering it in his hands before applying it to her hair and rubbing it in. The texture was much like a human woman's, soft and smooth; nearly knotless. Seriously, he met almost zero resistance even when he really got his hands in there and followed her hair down to the end just passed her shoulders.

Now that her mane had been thoroughly rubbed down with soap, he grabbed the shower head again and started washing it all out. The suds quickly vanished due from the blasting water, revealing the beautiful purple locks beneath and that one lighter stripe. He didn't know how ponies cold have hair this colorful without the use of hair coloring, but then again they are born with fur that could be any color of the rainbow. So it wasn't too surprising, but it was still interesting to him.

Twilight pulled away from Ryan for a moment, only to turn herself around so she was facing him and retaking her position on his lap. She looked down at him with a smile, one that quickly vanished when he held up the shower head and sprayed her in the face.

She whipped the water from her eyes and grabbed the shower head, spraying him in return. "Knock it off, you jerk. You're ruining the moment." She said with a laugh.

Ryan yelped as he was sprayed, reaching up and grabbing the shower head to point it away from him. "Fuck off, you're the one spraying people." He said with a tone equal to hers.

"No, you fuck off, you started it!" She said playfully, her expression soon changing from playful to surprised. Did she really just say that? She wondered, feeling kind of embarrassed for using such vulgar language.

Ryan stared at her in shock. Not once had she uttered a word even close to a swear. Hell, hearing her say something like 'horse feathers' was even a rarity. "...You bitch!"

"I'm sorry!" She yelled, feeling somewhat bad, but also a bit insulted from his response.

"You can't talk to me like that." He explained, "Only I can talk to people like that."

"And what gives you the right?" She asks, moving her head closer to his.

He does the same in turn, further closing the gap between them. "Not being a pony, that's what."

They had a small stare down, glaring at each other as intently as they could. It was rather short lived as they both started grinning and eventually busted out laughing. When they stopped they locked eyes again, this time without any kind of cruelty behind them. They leaned in once again, sharing a tender kiss.

Ryan felt an odd tingling sensation on his wrists, forcing them back and against the wall behind him. He broke the kiss to look up at her, her horn was glowing and she had a mischievous grin spread across her face. Looking over at his arms he started to put the pieces together of what she was planning, the plan only becoming more clear as she held up the shower head and started spraying him down.

"Ahhh!" He yelled as Twilight laughed at him. He was doing his best to break free of her magical hold to block the watery assault on his face. It took a hot minute, but he managed to break free, earning an extremely shocked gasp from Twilight.

With his arms free he grabbed onto Twilight and pulled her into the water, wrestling her for the shower head and splashing water everywhere in the process.

After their wrestling match they exited the tub and dried themselves off, occasionally stealing glances at each other. Once they were dry they wrapped their towels around their bodies and retreated into the bedroom. Both of them took a seat on Twilight's bed, Ryan grabbing something off of her dresser beforehand and positioning himself behind her.

He grabbed her mane in one of his hands, gently pulling it all back toward him as he started running a brush through her hair. She didn't protest at all, she was enjoying it too much to even think about it.

However, there was one thought that seemed to be caught in her mind. "How did you break out of my magic?"

He shrugged, "I don't know, I just pulled." He said, wondering if maybe escaping something like that was common or not. "Why, is that a bad sign."

"I'm not sure." She replied, "I know its not an easy task. Usually only certain spells can help you get out of something like that, but you just pulled away like it was nothing."

"Hmm..." Ryan thought about it, but he was basically clueless when it came to magic so he couldn't really come up with anything. "I don't know, maybe I just got lucky." He ended the conversation on that note and continued combing away.

With every stroke from the brush Ryan would run his fingers through just behind it, enjoying the feeling of her hair gliding across his hand. When he was done her hair was completely straight. He tossed the brush aside and climbed off of the bed, getting ready to head over to his room.

"Where are you going?" Twilight asked, sounding almost desperate; Like she thought once he left that he wasn't going to come back or something.

He looked back at her and pointed to the door with a thumb. "I was gonna head to my room and go to bed."

"Oh." She said, feeling kind of stupid for assuming he was just going to take off. A blush started to work its way across her face as she forced herself to speak. "Y-you could always just...stay in here...with me tonight."

Her eyes were practically pleading for him to say yes. As much as he wanted to, but not really, how could he possibly say 'No' to that face of hers. He smiled and let out a chuckle. "Okay, I'll spend the night with you."

"Yes!" Twilight yelled, blushing again as she realized what she had done. Her hand moved up and started rubbing the back of her neck, "I mean-Okay, cool..."

"You're too cute sometimes, you know that?" Ryan says as he walks back over to the bed.

Twilight jumps off of the bed and goes over to her dresser to grab a pair of pajamas. She stops when she looks over and sees Ryan drop his towel and slide under her blankets completely naked.

She looks at herself in a nearby mirror and took a breath, shooting herself a determined look. Her hand moves to where she had tied the towel and pulls it, letting it come undone and fall to the floor.

With the towel gone she now stood completely naked in front of her dresser. She turned back to the bed and made her approach, slowly climbing under the blankets and moving as close to the human as she could. Their arms were nearly touching when she decided to just stop and stay where she was.

Her body turned to the side, leaving her back facing Ryan as she used her magic to switch off the lights. "Goodnight, Ryan."

"Goodnight, Twilight." He replied, getting comfortable in his spot.

Silence filled the air as Twilight laid in place, unable to fall asleep. The bed started shifting around a bit and she soon found herself being moved as well. One of Ryan's arms slid beneath her body and pulled her until her back was pressed against his chest, as well as her flank against his crotch.

His other arm worked its way through the sheets and wrapped around the top portion of her, only to press her further into his body. The warmth he gave off was nothing short of bliss to the purple mare, waves of comfort she had never known started coursing through her body. She could already feel herself becoming relaxed and starting to drift off.

As great as sleep was starting to sound, there was something that was bothering her. Something that she needed to get out into the open so she could finally stop thinking about it so much. She remembered what Ryan had told her, 'Don't think, just do it.'

Twilight's eyes clenched shut as she forced herself to stop thinking about what could happen, the consequences, what may come out of it; good or bad. She opened her eyes again, turning her head toward him a bit as she spoke. "Ryan..."

He shifted a bit, his eyes refusing to open as he responded. "What's up, sweetheart?" He asked in a tired voice.

"I..." She stopped, her mind immediately becoming flooded with thoughts of doubt. When she was about ready to give up something started up within her. A fire of sorts that seemed to burn away any shreds of doubt she previously had just moments ago. "I think I love you..." She finished, now feeling nothing but anticipation for his response.

...gay...

He stayed quiet, leading her to assume the worst. Her head turned away from him, angling slightly downwards as her eyes started to water.

Ryan tightened his grip on her, moving his chin so that rested on her head. "I love you too..." Twilight's head immediately raised a bit, her sadness quickly being replaced with happiness and joy. As excited as she was though, she was still tired. So, yay, no over-the-top reaction.

You didn't even say that to Kendra...and she was your longest relationship...This girl means that much to you?

"She aint no normal girl and she never will be. And I'm more than happy with that. What can I say? She's a nerd, but she's my nerd." He thought back, being too tired to remember that Twilight could hear his thoughts.

Twilight felt a tugging on her heart strings, a good kind of tug. The kind of tugging you feel when you find out your crush wants you just as much as you want them. She tried to move deeper into Ryan, but if she were to go any further she would be wedged into his chest cavity. She let the waves of comfort overtake her and started sinking away into the world of dreams.

"...Jackass." He muttered to her, earning himself a punch in the arm from the lavender alicorn who soon became lost in the wonderful waters of sleep.

As the world around Twilight faded away, she started to hear something in the distance. A voice that she could recognize almost instantly. One that belonged to a certain blue alicorn who just so happened to be the princess of dreams, as well as the night itself.

"Twilight Sparkle, do you even know what you've done?"

Author's Note

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