I walked down the street to Sugar Cube Corner, humming a song I had written for the Rainbooms. I wasn’t sure it was all that great, but I was still going to show it to Rainbow Dash and see what she thought. However, this wasn’t the reason I was going to the shop. No, it was to meet up with Twilight, who hadn’t been back here in nearly a month simply because she was so busy in Equestria. As envious as I was back when I first met her, I don’t think I could do her job. Especially if it kept me away from someone I loved. It didn’t bother me that she spent these long stretches of time away. I mean, she had put off going back last time because I’d gotten so sick helping Applejack at the farm. She stayed with me until I was one hundred percent better, which took two weeks. It was nice having her around for that long, but as expected, it was even longer before she could come see me again.
Shrugging off the thought of her absence, I pushed the door to the shop open and walked in. Glancing around, I found Twilight sitting in a booth about half way between the door and the counter. I didn’t realize how much I had missed her until that moment. I had to stop myself from sprinting to her and pulling her into a big hug and kiss. No, I decided I’d have a little fun with her. With a deep breath, I walked over to her and placed a hand on the table.
“Wow. It’s not everyday you see a pretty girl in here. What brings you here?”
Twilight looked at me with a bewildered expression, but it seemed she caught on after a moment. “Are you talking about yourself, because I agree.”
Oh, good one. I gave her a smile. “Well, I was going to be meeting someone else here, but I think you’re more interesting, Mind if I join you?”
Twilight gave me a sly smile. “I don’t know. I was supposed to be meeting someone here myself. I don’t know if she’d like it if she saw me talking to you when she got here.”
“Oh? And why wouldn’t she like it?”
I saw a small look of guilt flash across Twilight’s face for a moment, then vanish before she spoke again. “Well, I haven’t seen her in a month. I don’t think she’d want to share me with someone else.”
“Well, I might have to have words with that person who would keep someone like you to herself. It really would be a shame for that to be the case.”
She looked to the table for a moment, then back up to me. “What about the person you were coming here to meet? Won’t she be bothered to see you with me instead of her?”
For someone who had probably never had a conversation like this, Twilight was doing really well with it. Then again, she was pretty smart.
I moved a hand on top of hers. “Don’t worry about that. I’m sure once she finds out how pretty you find me, how pretty you are, and how great we’re getting along, she won’t mind sharing me with you.” I squeezed her hand gently. “But I still think you take the beauty prize.”
Twilight blushed and twisted a strand of her hair around her finger nervously. “Alright. You convinced me. Sit down and join me.”
With a smirk, I took a seat across from her, still keeping my hand on hers as I did. I couldn’t believe how amazing she looked after not seeing her for a month. She made me so happy and it was so hard not seeing her for so long. However, all of that faded as I sat there holding her hand and looking at her from across the table.
“I missed you so much…” I said, unable to keep up the teasing and flirting.
Another look of guilt formed on her face as she looked at me. “I know. I’m so sorry it took me so long to get back here and see you. I missed you a lot too. I feel like such a terrible person.”
I shook my head slowly and took her other hand as well. “No. I know what I was getting myself into by getting into a relationship with you. I love you Twilight. Nothing will change that. If I have to wait a while between visits, it’s worth it because it’s you.”
“Wow...That makes me feel really good, Sunset. I figured you were already getting tired of the long amounts of time between visits. It’s good to know you aren’t,” she said.
“Well, when the prize for waiting is you, it’s not that hard.” I remembered how I felt a minute ago when I walked in and saw her. “You know, I had to stop myself from running to you and pulling you into a hug. I didn’t think I could feel that way about seeing you until that moment.”
“Why didn’t you?”
I shrugged and gave her a smirk. “I don’t know. I guess I wanted to have a little fun before we got into talking about how guilty you felt for not being here sooner.”
She laughed now. “Well, at first I was confused. I honestly thought for a moment you didn’t know who I was, but then I realized what you were doing. I thought it was cute.”
I gave a sheepish smile. “Aw, well, I just wanted to help break any tension you might have been feeling. I hope I managed to do that at least.”
She nodded. “Yes. You definitely made me feel more comfortable. That’s what I love about you. You have this way of making me just feel at ease. I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you aren’t angry with me.”
I sat there for a moment and studied her. I found myself wanting to memorize every part of Twilight. I knew that after this visit it could be another month before she came back. The feelings inside me in this moment were simply indescribable. Even true happiness didn’t cover what I was feeling.
“Sunset? You aren’t angry with me, right?”
I said nothing, but instead I stood and moved to sit next to her in the booth. I looked at her, placed a hand on her cheek, and shook my head. “Never,” I said, leaning in now and giving her a gentle kiss on the lips.
Twilight seemed to return the kiss, wrapping her arms over my shoulders. After a moment, I felt something wet touch my cheek. I pulled away and looked at her. There were a few tears falling from her eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
She smiled. “I missed you more than I thought I did and I’m relieved you aren’t furious with me when you have every right to be.”
I wiped her tears away and took her hands in mine once more. “Twilight. I said it before, but I’m going to say it one more time. You are worth the wait. I wish I could tell you what I was feeling right now, but I don’t have the words. You do this to me every time I see you. I’ve never been so happy in my life and it’s because of you. Why would I be angry with the person who gives me that feeling?”
“I think I know what you mean. Thank you for being so understanding. I don’t deserve that from you, but I’m glad I get it anyway.”
I shook my head. “Don’t think about it. Now come on. We’re going to go see a movie. I want as much time with you as I can get!” I exclaimed, standing up out of the booth and pulling her along with me.
That moment in Sugar Cube Corner was something I loved. Between the teasing we did back and forth, right down to the serious conversation we got into. All that mattered to me was that I was with Twilight again in a moment I would cherish for a long time to come.
Author's Note
I hope you enjoyed this sequel to Times We Cherish! I thought this would be a fun little story to write and it was. Got a little mushy at the end, but that's kinda the point.
Thanks for reading!
