I can feel a familiar sensation spread across my lips. I slowly open my still tired eyes, hoping to see what was giving me the sensation. For a few seconds my vision is blurred. I blink a few times hoping to unblur my vision.

"Come on D-Daddy, It's t-time to wake up." GentleShy's voice giggles.

"GentleShy? What time is it?" I ask with a groan.

"It's s-s-six in the morning, w-wake up l-lazy." GentleShy giggles.

"Why are you waking me up at six in the morning? I'm not a miner, I don't have any reason to wake up at six." I yawn.

"Y-you never spent the f-full day with me y-yesterday.... E-even though it w-w-w-was my day.... I don't w-want any o-of the others t-to miss out o-on some t-time with you." GentleShy answers.

"I guess that's true.... *YAWN* Let me get up and dressed then."

GentleShy climbs off of me and excitedly runs out of my bedroom.

I sit up and lazily run my hand through my hair. I look to my left and see Fluttershy still a sleep with a calm smile spread across her cheeks. I smile and carefully climb out of bed and get ready for the upcoming day.

------------ One Hour Later ------------

"So who's day is it today? You've got quite the selection to pick from." Rarity asks as we sit at the table eating our breakfasts.

"Hmmm.... I was thinking of it maybe being Solisia." I answer as I use my spoon to scoop a mouthfull of cereal.

"Celestia's daughter? Not a bad choice Adrian. First GentleShy, the cutest of the fillies. Then you pick Solisia. You truly have a great taste in fillies." Rarity says as she wipes her mouth with a napkin.

"That's one of the weirder things I've heard.... 'You have a great taste in children' is basically what you just said." I sigh.

"Where we come from all love is accepted as long as the love goes both ways. Love is an amazing thing darling, love can create anything yet at the same time it can also destroy anything." Rarity explains.

"So what you're saying is a ninety year old stallion can love a 1 month old filly and vice versa?" I ask.

"Adrian, we ponies may encourage love but like I said before, all love is accepted as long as the love goes both ways. As soon as a filly or colt starts to feel that special connection that love creates then they are able to give love. If they didn't know what love was then you can't give it, meaning the love does NOT go both ways. Are you starting to get it Adrian?" Rarity asks back.

"A different society with different societal norms will always seem weird to another society." I answer.

"Like your hatred of incest. To us it's baffling, when a pony loves a different pony we don't get caught up in if they're related or not." Rarity explains.

"What about the birth defects? Incest causes birth defects." I point out.

"Not for us. Some families have gone through generations of incest and not had a single thing wrong with them. Quite a bit of canterlot are families that have been having incestual relationships for as long as anyone can remember." Rarity explains as she stirs a cup of tea.

"I heard you'll be picking Solisia for today. Now don't worry, I know what you're doing, Rarity explained it to me during our mares night in." Celestia giggles.

"Yeah, I feel really bad for her to be honest. I've barely spent any time with her so I wanted to spend a bit of time with her, so I picked her for today."

"I'm glad you're finally getting to her. She's been really depressed lately." Celestia explains.

"I'll have to make today as special as possible for her to make up for it." I say as I drop my spoon into the bowl of cereal. "I have a bit of planning to do so I'll skip the rest of my breakfast."

"Would you like me to go wake up Solisia?" Celestia asks.

"Yeah, she'll need a good breakfast. Can someone take care of that while I get everything ready?" I ask.

"I'll do it. You go get ready for the day." Rarity happily answers.

"Thanks Rarity, I owe you for this." I say as I jog out of the kitchen, through the living room and up the stairs towards my bedroom.

As I jog through the door I notice that Fluttershy and Rainbow Burst have already left. I quickly sit down on the end of my bed and start to think about 'What should we do?' and 'What should I wear?' like when I was preparing dates for their mothers.

"God, what a mess I was back then.... I've barely changed at all." I mumble to myself with a smile.

After a few minutes of thinking of the different dates I could take her on and what I should wear I decide that I was going to take a huge risk with her, she deserved it.

"Dad? Mom said you wanted to talk to me." A monotone voice mumbles from my doorway.

"Solisia? Are you okay?" I ask as I jump to my feet and rush over to her.

"I've missed you dad, I've been so lonely." Solisia sadly mumbles.

I pull her into a hug.

"I'm so sorry, really I am."

"Dad.... Are you going to forget about me again?" Solisia asks as a tear falls down her face.

"I've been a terrible father to you Solisia, I was always too busy with the others to be there for you. It may not mean much to you now but you will always be one of my top priorities. No matter what." I mumbles into her ear.

"One of.... I know you can't promise me that I'll be your top.... But I can't help but feel sad about being 'one of your top priorities'. I guess that's just my selfish side coming out." Solisia mumbles.

"Be selfish Solisia, you deserve it after what I've done to you." I tell her as I start to sway with her in my arms.

Solisia flops her head into my chest.

"Dad.... Please don't forget me again." Solisia cries, her tears dampen my shirt.

"I won't.... I promise."

Author's Note

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