Rummy's Story

  The next couple of weeks went by with great improvement for Rummy. It had taken him some time to actually heal the wound in his side, but thanks to Pure Heart and his heavy knowledge in the medical arts, he was able to recover a lot faster. During the healing process, Pure Heart treated him like a King. Tending to his every need, as it seemed fit. Of course, he knew not to take advantage of such kindness. So the bell was only reserved for basic necessitates like food, water, and personal hygiene. After some time, Rummy was finally able to walk on his own without any kind of assistance what so ever, however the bandages still had to stay on for the sake of keeping the wound clean. After the final week of recovery, it was finally time to remove the bandages. The excitement that beamed on Rummy's face was strong as Pure Heart removed the bandages. Once the final strap was removed, Rummy jumped with joy as he looked at the now non-existent wound on his side. He immediately gave Pure Heart a big hug, to which the stallion returned.

" Thank You so much for your help Pure Heart." Rummy said with tears of joy in his eyes

"Your very welcome Rummy, you cute little Changeling you." Pure Heart teased

  Rummy and Pure Heart remained in there embrace for a few minutes more, until they finally decided to break it up. Rummy looked back down at where the wound had once been, and then turned to face his caretaker. The amount of love that he had received over the past few weeks where nothing less, but amazing. He had met one of the nicest, loving, and sweetest Stallion in all of Equestria, and he just didn't know what to say or do to thank him for all of his hard work. Then something dawned on him that made his joy turn into sadness. He was all better, and now he had to leave. He couldn't take up any more of Pure Heart's time, heck he already did enough for him already. He didn't want to be a burden. Pure Heart noticed the sudden change of emotion that had dawned on the Changeling's face, which worried him.

"Rummy, what's wrong?" Pure Heart asked concerned

    The Changeling looked up at him, and gave a weak smile.

"Thank you again for everything you've done for me. You've shown me so much love and care over the past few weeks, and I want you to know how appreciative I am of all of your work."

  The Stallion was about to say something, but the next set of words that exited the Changeling's mouth shut him up.

"However, since I'm all better now, I don't see any more of a reason for me to stay here. I'll only be a burden to you." Rummy said weakly

  Pure Heart couldn't even find any words to say. He knew for a fact that this wasn't true at all, as a matter of fact, Rummy was more of friend than anything. Pure Heart's blood turned to ice as Rummy made his way over towards the front door. Rummy placed his hoof on the doorknob and slowly turned it.

"Wait!" Pure Heart yelled out

Rummy stopped what he was doing and looked at Pure Heart.

"You don't have to leave, I mean....Your welcome to stay here for as long as you want." Pure Heart said biting his lip

" Thank you for the offer" Rummy replied " But I don't want to take advantage of you anymore than I already have."

"Why would you think that?" Pure Heart replied "Your my best friend, you could never take advantage of me."

The words "best friend" echoed into Rummy's head. Had he heard what he think he just heard. He turned around all the way, and asked

"You..... I'm your best friend?" Rummy asked confused

"Of course you are Rummy. Why wouldn't you be?" The stallion questioned

Rummy was both in shock and surprise at what he had just heard.

"Rummy, you are my best friend. At least that's how I see you as." Pure Heart began, " I won't try and manipulate your decision to leave or not, but I really care about you. The last thing I want is for you to go back out there and get hurt, or even killed for that matter. I also know how most ponies are, and how nasty they can be towards Changelings like you. They don't know you as well as I do. Their not going to be kind to you, just because your nice. Rummy, I love you dearly. And I want you to stay with me. You don't have to pay any kind of rent or anything like that, I promise."

   The Changeling didn't even respond, he just ran up and embraced the stallion in front of him. Weeping tears of joy, as he hugged the Stallion tighter and tighter. He wasn't going anywhere anymore. After a few minutes of hugging, Rummy looked back up at the Stallion in front of him.  He blushed a bright red, as his eyes became half lidded. Pure Heart gave a seductive grin, and pressed his lips against Rummy's lips. Rummy's eyes lit up like a seventy's game show sign, and he soon kissed back. The two of them held one another in there hooves as they both continued to passionately kiss one another. They continued the kiss for quite some time, until they both needed to breathe. As they seperated, Rummy asked one final question.

" Does this mean?"

   Pure Heart nodded. Rummy blushed and began nuzzling into his new lover's chest. As he was nuzzling, another question popped up in his head.

"Hey Pure Heart." Rummy asked

"Yes. My little Changeling." The stallion asked softly

" Would you be weirded out if I told you that Changelings, at least 99 percent of them that is, were completely gender less?" Rummy asked

"Not at all, Rummy. Not at all." The stallion replied

" That's good. That's really good."