Pinecrest Resort

"Hey, nice hair," Shining Armor said upon seeing his sister's new hairstyle. "Almost didn't recognize you when I was looking for you in the bus station."

"Thanks," Twilight Sparkle replied, adjusting the bun while they waited at the terminal. "I figured it would be good to keep it up while we're camping. Keep it from getting too dirty." They loaded their luggage and boarded the bus.

"So two free tickets, huh?" he asked.

"Yeah!" Twilight answered excitedly, brandishing the two passes in her hand. "Timber Spruce gave them to me as a way of saying thanks for helping to save Camp Everfree last year. An all-inclusive weekend for me and a plus-one."

"But why me?" Shining asked. "Why not one of your new friends from Canterlot High?"

"I thought about it," she said, adjusting her glasses thoughtfully as the bus pulled away from the station. "But I couldn't decide who I could pick without it seeming unfair to the others, so I just didn't mention it to them. And I hadn't seen you since I transferred after The Friendship Games. That and I heard you were feeling a little down since..." Twilight trailed off.

"Yeah..." Shining sighed, not wanting to think about the recent breakup with Dean Cadance.

"So I figured why not? It would be good to spend some time with you before I go to college. And what better way than at a nature resort?"

"What about your dog?" he asked.

"I left Spike with Fluttershy. She was more than happy to look after him for the weekend. She's been working full time at the shelter ever since we all graduated," she answered. "Come on, Shiny, I'm an adult now. You know me better than that. "

"Little miss 'prepared-for-everything'," he mused, watching the city slowly drift away behind them as the bus headed into the wilderness. He watched the trees grow denser outside the bus window while Twilight was perfectly content to read a book that she had brought along for the ride. They had both agreed to leave all of their electronic devices at home and just be unplugged for the weekend. After more than an hour, the sign for the entrance appeared.

"Here we are!" Twilight said. She looked up at the sign for Camp Everfree. A different sign had been put up in front of it with neon letters. "Pinecrest Resort?" Twilight asked out loud. Shining just shrugged. It was his first time seeing any of it. A few of the letters on the sign had blinked out for 'Pinecrest', the P, R, and first E.

Twilight didn't think she saw the resulting word. But her subconscious did. She blushed in embarrassment and glanced at her brother. Shining was barely paying attention to any of it, nearly nodding off after such a long ride.

A moment later the bus pulled to a stop in front of the entrance-proper to the camp. It was a large simple building with a high wall that extended out to either side as far as they could see to the treeline. It resembled a cross between a train station and a gate house. A couple of the staff came out to greet the bus and start unloading the luggage from the cargo hold. Another directed the guests into the building. The crowd filed inside as the empty bus pulled away to make the long drive back to civilization.

Inside was a simple lobby to check tickets. Beyond the ticket counter were two doors, marked with symbols similar to restrooms to denote male and female. The guests in front of Twilight and Shining each gave their tickets and went into either door. Twilight gave them their tickets and followed suit.

Upon going through the door to the 'ladies' room, Twilight found herself in a locker room, complete with a row of lockers. The other women began disrobing right in front of her and putting their clothes in a locker.

Twilight had always been a bit shy and modest at Canterlot High. Changing for gym class, and the showers afterwards had always been an awkward time for her. She couldn't decide if being in a room full of strangers instead of her classmates was more or less uncomfortable. But the best way to deal with it was to just get it over with as quickly as possible.

Still, she found it strange that everyone was to be showering before 'roughing it' for a weekend. It must have been a new policy. Or perhaps they had added a pool to the camp, she reasoned. But none of the other guests there seemed concerned.

"When in roam," she sighed and undressed, putting her clothes into a locker and following the rest of them through the far door to, what she assumed was the shower room. Twilight was surprised to find herself stepping outside, in broad daylight, buck naked. She shrieked, moving her hands to cover herself and turn to go back inside the locker room, but the woman behind her bumped into her and nearly knocked her over.

"Righteous," Tree Hugger said, glancing down at Twilight's two-tone purple, furry crotch. "Free the bush!" The other woman pointed to her own crotch, showing off her full bush of salmon-orange pubic hair with pride. Twilight was paralyzed with mortified embarrassment. Her shock gave way to confusion as more nude women casually strolled out of the locker room into the open air of the camp.

"Twilight!?" The color left Twilight's face as she recognized the voice. She turned to see Timber Spruce walking towards her. He was likewise very nude. "Wow! I'm glad you made it! You know I actually didn't think that you would be brave enough come to a naturist resort."

Oh shit. Twilight's eye shrank to pinpricks as the words echoed in her mind.

It wasn't a nature resort.

It was a naturist resort.

A nudist resort!

"Oh- Hey!" Twilight squeaked, still shocked from the realization, standing there cross-legged like she desperately needed to pee. Her hand was firmly planted in front of her lady bits, and her other arm was across her breasts. She wiggled the fingers of her upper hand weakly in a vain attempt at a wave. Timber, meanwhile stood at complete ease. His penis hung limply from his closely trimmed crotch, despite the numerous nude men and women passing by them, exiting the changing rooms.

"No need to be modest here," he said. "We're inside the fence." He motioned to the tall fence separating the camp from the entrance road. "Here we're free to be our true selves with other nudists!"

"Hehe." Twilight chuckled nervously. "It's certainly... new."

"Yeah, well, we had to branch out after the property dispute with Filthy Rich. It turns out that just being a camp for high school kids doesn't pay the bills as well as being an exotic resort does. So we do this the rest of the year while it's warm. We just added the privacy fence after a few 'tourists' came by to take some unwelcome photos earlier this year."

"Twiliy!?" Twilight turned to look to the voice of her brother, but stopped herself at the last second and winced. She felt his hand on her shoulder. "When were you going to tell me!?" he said. Twilight hazarded to open her eye slightly, trying to keep her gaze far north of his equator. Even so, she could tell that he was also aggressively naked.

"Who's this?" Timber asked Twilight.

"Oh. This?" Twilight asked. "This is my b-" Her voice hitched in her throat, suddenly realizing how strange it would sound to tell him that she had brought her brother to a nude resort. "This is my boyfriend!" she lied. Shining Armor's expression was one of intense confusion added on top of his already intense distress.

"Oh," Timber replied, visibly a bit disappointed. "I thought that you might have used your 'plus one' to have brought one of your other girl friends."

"Nope. Yeah. This is my boyfriend, Shining Armor. Shining, this is my friend, Timber Spruce."

"Nice to meet you," Timber greeted, extending his right hand to shake Shining's. Shining's right hand remained firmly in front of his crotch.

"Can I have a minute with my- girlfriend?" Shining said through the grit teeth of his forced smile.

"Oh- yeah, of course!" Timber said, backing away to diffuse the situation. He turned to leave. "Oh- uh, by the way your tent is... number two. I'll see you around." As soon as he was far enough away, Shining turned to glare at Twilight.

"Well!?"

"I had no idea!" Twilight said as quietly as she could. "I thought it was a nature resort, not a naturist resort!"

"What are we going to do!?" he asked. "The bus is already gone and getting a taxi out here will cost a fortune! Not to mention that we don't even have our phones to call for one!"

"Look, just relax, okay?"

"Relax? This is a nightmare!" he said. "No, wait, this is worse than the nightmare where I go to school in my underwear."

"Hey, this is awkward for me too! Look, just- let's just try to make the best of it."

"We're naked!" he said, stating the abundantly obvious.

"Everyone else is naked too. It doesn't have to be weird unless we make it," she said. She looked around. Despite the ubiquitous nudity, they were the only ones catching weird looks as they were huddled in the corner covering their shame. "Just..." Twilight winced, realizing how apropos her words were. "Just act natural."

Shining took a deep breath and moved his hands away from himself to just stand naturally.

"Whoa," Twilight said, actually seeing him naked for the first time since long before either of them could remember, when they had bathed together as toddlers. She couldn't imagine any girl wanting to break up with... that.

"Don't make it weird," he said, echoing her words.

"Sorry." Twilight closed her eyes and consciously let her arms fall to her sides.

"Whoa," Shining said, seeing just how au naturel Twilight was down there.

"You were saying?" Twilight mocked. Shining averted his eyes, but it was too late. "Are you serious!?" Twilight scolded as Shining started to get hard. His impressive white shaft began to rise from his neatly trimmed two-tone blue pubes.

"It's involuntary!" he defended.

"I'm your sister!"

"My dick doesn't know that!" he said. "And besides there are naked women everywhere here!"

"Whoa there, cowboy," one of the other guys said, noticing Shining's 'salute' as he passed by. "You better go take a dip in the lake and cool that thing off. Don't want a strike on your first day."

"Oh, yeah, most naturist resorts have a rule about that," Twilight recalled. Shining grabbed Twilight's shoulder and moved her in front of him to block his offender-member.

"Shine-" she gasped. At least she was facing away from him.

"Look, you said you've been here before. Just lead the way to tent number two before we get in trouble," he said.

"Fine. But you better not poke me with that!" she said.

Twilight walked as quickly as she casually could. Shining kept close behind her trying his best to keep himself covered without making it look like he was trying to keep himself covered. They power-walked together over to the rows of tents. As Timber said, it was the first big one in the left row. Odds on the right, evens on the left. Twilight stopped in front of tent number two. Shining broke his promise when he walked into the back of her.

"Dude," she scolded.

"Sorry."

Twilight bent over to unzip the entrance to the tent. Realizing her compromising position, she glanced back just in time to see him twitch harder.

"Dude!"

"Sorry! I was following you! Where else was I supposed to look!?"

"Anywhere!" she said, ducking inside the tent. It was a large semi-permanent structure with a wooden frame and heavy canvas. It was tall enough for them to comfortably stand in. She stepped in, and then aside to let him in.

"Oh. Shit," Shining said, looking at the interior. There was only one bed. It was a full-size bed to comfortably have two people in it. But there was only one. Twilight sighed.

"Of course. He gave us a couple's tent," she said.

"Yeah, about that," Shining said, resuming his self-covering as Twilight followed suit. "Why did you tell him I was your boyfriend!?"

"What was I supposed to say!? That I came to a nudist resort with my plus one being my brother!?" she asked with rhetorical sarcasm. Shining raised a finger to respond, finding that he had no response to give.

"Okay, yeah. That's a good point," he admitted. He walked over to sit on one side of the bed, facing away from her. She sat on the opposite side, doing the same with her back to him. "So now what?" he asked. "I assume we can't just hide in here all weekend." As if on cue, the next obstacle presented itself.

"Dinner in a half hour!" they heard Timber announcing outside the tents.

"Dinner?" Shining quietly asked her.

"There's a row of picnic tables at the far end of the tents where they serve chow," Twilight recalled. "Do you think you'll be able to... behave?"

"That's not fair," he said.

"Yeah, I'm aware of that. But that doesn't answer the question."

Shining looked down at his still-very-hard erection.

"I don't know," he answered honestly. "It's... been a while. For me. For that. Like, even before the breakup with Cadance. And... it's kinda part of why we broke up, what with the increased workload of her becoming the new principal at Crystal Prep Academy. She told me she was too busy for a relationship at all, let alone doing... that with me."

"Okay, I get it." Twilight winced. "Look I'll- I'll just go to dinner by myself," she said. "I'll try to bring you back something to eat."

"You don't have to do that," he said.

"Look, I feel bad about this whole thing," she said. "It's my fault we're in this mess. It's the least I can do. Just, while I'm gone, try to just... think un-sexy thoughts. Okay?"

"I'll try," he said.

Twilight got up from the bed and walked to the tent exit, bending over a bit to step out. Shining turned to see her leave on reflex, catching another glance at her perfect, heart-shaped ass. Sister or not, it didn't help his problem. But he was set on dealing with his problem, one way or another. He looked down at his problem and took it into his hand, wrapping his fingers around it.

"I'm not proud of this," he muttered to himself as he proceeded to deal with his problem.

Twilight walked away from the tent and headed towards the row of picnic tables. She had her arms folded in front of her breasts. She tried to look anywhere but at herself, mentally trying to ignore the fact that she was naked. There was a small comfort in seeing everyone else naked around her. At first she thought that her own full bush would offer her a shred of modesty. But instead she found a disproportionate number of glances at her loins by the other guests. With the exception of that one hippie chick, Tree Hugger, the rest of the women were either closely trimmed, or completely shaved down there.

Twilight took a seat at the table, if only for the partial cover it offered, and waited for dinner. Timber Spruce wheeled over a cart of sandwich platters and brought one to each table. There was an assortment of cut sandwiches for any diet or taste preferences. Veggie, turkey, roast beef, ham, tuna, etc. He set the last one down at Twilight's table and took a seat across from her.

"Hey," he greeted.

"Hey," Twilight replied, hunched over with her elbows strategically placed on the table in front of her. Timber could plainly sense her nervousness.

"First time at a naturist resort like this?" he asked. She nodded. He smiled. "I understand. But you'll have a much better time if you relax," he said, motioning at her frigid pose, and then to the rest of the guests. Twilight looked down the row of tables at the other guests walking over to them, just as casually as a stroll down a sidewalk. Just... nude. Strangers meeting for the first time at the dinner gathering, striking up random conversations. "Who told you to be ashamed of your body?" Timber asked.

"What?"

"Who told you that you needed to be ashamed of your body, Twilight?" Timber asked, taking a sandwich wedge from the platter. "Your parents? Your friends? Society?"

"I- I don't know. I guess no one really," she replied.

"Was it you?" he asked.

"Me?"

"Just, looking in the mirror one day after a shower or something, and feeling ashamed." He took a bite of his sandwich. "Because you have nothing to be ashamed about," he said as he nodded at her. Twilight blushed at the compliment. "And her over there," he motioned to a particularly-heavy woman. "She has nothing to be ashamed of either. Or them," he said nodding at an older couple, her full of wrinkles, and him covered in enough body hair to cosplay as a Wookie. "We are as our creator made us. So there's no need to feel shame in it."

"No, no it's nothing like that," Twilight said. "I guess it's just, without clothes I feel-" A small gust of wind gave her a chill.

"Vulnerable?" he asked.

"...Yeah," she said. He nodded in understanding.

"Clothes do have their place," he said. "Like, if it's cold out, or if you're cooking bacon." He chuckled. Twilight gave a small laugh at the image. "Clothes have a purpose. But when that purpose passes, so too should the need for clothes. I mean, if you were a welder, you wouldn't wear a welder's mask all the time, would you?"

"I guess... I guess that makes sense," she agreed.

Timber picked up a sandwich from the platter and offered it to her. She reached out to take it. He placed it in her hand, but then held her hand, lightly pulling it. Not forcibly, but to gently coax the girl to relax. Twilight sighed and allowed her elbow to shift away from where she had planted it on the table, exposing her nipple. Twilight looked at him. He didn't so much as glance at her exposure. His eyes never left hers.

"See?" he said with a soft smile, leaning a bit closer as he continued to hold her hand. "It's no big deal."

"Tim," A female voice said as she walked over from behind Twilight. Timber dropped Twilight's hand instantly and sat upright. Twilight turned quickly to see another girl circle around behind her.

"Oh, hey Glory," Timber said with just a tiny edge of nervousness to his voice. Gloriosa Daisy walked around the table, wearing nothing but a smile and a crown of chained daisies in her hair. She stepped over the bench seat on the opposite side of the table. Twilight looked at the patch of mauve pubic hair trimmed into the shape of a flower just above her cleanly-shaven pussy. She sat down beside Timber Spruce.

"Oh, Twilight!" Gloriosa greeted. "It's nice to see you again! I was wondering who Tim was flirting with," she teased.

"Glory, you know I wouldn't!" he defended.

"I should hope not. It's against the rules for you to be fraternizing with guests." Gloriosa scooted closer to him, pressing her thigh against his as she looked at Twilight, as though emphasizing to her that he was off-limits.

"I know! Plus Twilight has a boyfriend anyway," he said. "Speaking of..." He looked at the empty seat beside Twilight.

"Oh, uh, Shining was feeling a little stiff... from the bus ride. And he, uh, just needed to take a load off," Twilight explained, taking another sandwich slice. "I'm sure he'll feel better soon."

"Well we can't be having guests skipping meals," Glory said. "We have lots of activities planned this weekend."

"I'll bring him a plate," Twilight said.

"Do you want ants!?" Gloriosa asked rhetorically. "Because that's how you get ants." Timber exchanged a look with her.

"It's okay this one time, Twilight. But please don't make a habit of eating food in the tents," Timber said.

"I'll be careful," Twilight assured them, assembling a plate of food for Shining. "I've got to say, Gloriosa, I'm actually surprised to see you here."

"Why do you say that?" she asked.

"Well because it's a nudist resort now," Twilight said. Timber and Gloriosa just stared at her waiting for some further explanation. "And Timber is... isn't he your...?" Twilight trailed off, not wanting to say it.

"My brother?" Gloriosa answered plainly. Twilight blushed at the word spoken out loud in the mixed company of the table. None of the other guests even batted an eyelash.

"Well, yeah... I mean, isn't it... isn't that weird?" Twilight asked.

"How so?" Tim asked. "We're both comfortable with our bodies."

"I mean, being naked around each other, specifically," Twilight said. "Like, when you first turned this into a naturist resort, wasn't it strange to- see each other like that?"

"Not at all," Gloriosa said. "We've been naturists since long before we started the resort. We've always been comfortable being nude, and nude around each other. Some people freak out when someone sees them in their underwear, but then they have no problem wearing a bikini to the beach."

"We used to share baths as kids, and when we got older, we'd go swimming in the buff," Timber added. "Being this far away from the city made it so we could be free to be ourselves whenever we wanted. It never mattered to us that we were related." He held Gloriosa's hand. "And so when we decided to turn Camp Everfree into a naturist resort, we agreed that we would do it together, just like the camp, as we always have."

"I could have done it myself," Gloriosa said, turning to smile at him. "But having Tim here actually helps me feel more comfortable, knowing that I'm not doing it alone. I hope that makes sense to you, Twilight." Twilight looked back and forth between the two of them, seeing the complete ease and comfort they had around each other, despite being completely exposed to each other. Maybe not in spite of it but rather, because of it.

"I think so," Twilight said as she finished her sandwich. "Thank you for dinner." She grabbed the plate for Shining before standing up.

"Whoa," Gloriosa said, getting an eyeful of Twilight's full, violet bush. Twilight sat back down in an embarrassed huff. "Sorry! I'm sorry!" Gloriosa sincerely apologized, even more embarrassed than Twilight for the faux pas. "I'm not making fun of you, Twilight. I was just surprised. It's... nice. Very retro!" Twilight rolled her eyes.

"Is there a commissary or something here where I could... get a razor?" Twilight asked.

"Don't worry, I've got this!" Gloriosa said with a smile. "You just go and enjoy dinner with your boyfriend. Come by our cabin tomorrow and I'll get you everything you need."

"Thanks, again." Twilight picked up the plate and excused herself from the table.

"Make sure you get some good sleep tonight. We have lots of activities for tomorrow!" Timber said to everyone as dinner started to wind down.

As Twilight walked back to the tent she made a point of lowering the plate below her breasts, exposing her nipples. The wind was still, and the warmth of the setting sun on her chest felt like a toasty bra, fresh from the dryer. It was nice. She smiled, realizing that she was enjoying it. She could get used to this lifestyle. Now if only another would as well, she hoped.

"Shining?" Twilight said from outside the tent.

"...Yeah?"

"Are you-?" Twilight stopped herself from asking if he was decent. He obviously wasn't. Or wasn't he? The negative connotation just because he was nude? Twilight slowly began to recognize her own skewed thinking.

"I brought you some food," she said. "I'm coming in." Twilight pulled aside the door flap and stepped inside. She walked into the vertical edge of a blanket, hanging from the center joist of the tent, bisecting the tent in half. She stepped into the half with the bed. Shining stood on the dirt floor of the other half, hastily kicking a bit of dirt over a damp patch. "What is this?" she asked through the impromptu curtain.

"I made a privacy curtain for us, so, you know, you can feel comfortable in here," he explained from the other side. "So we don't have to see each other." Twilight rolled her eyes and set the platter on the bed behind her. Or rather, on the bare mattress without a blanket.

"Shining, this is stupid," she said.

"I know it's not perfect, but it should work for the weekend," he defended.

"No, I mean-" Twilight huffed and grabbed the hanging blanket, untying the knots in the corners of it and pulling it down.

"Hey, what are you-" he said, covering himself with his hands.

"Who told you to be ashamed of being naked?" Twilight asked him, echoing Timber's philosophy.

"I- what?" he asked, confused.

"You don't need to be ashamed of being naked," she said.

"I'm not ashamed," Shining said. "You just shouldn't have to see your..." he blushed and lowered his voice. "You shouldn't have to see your brother like this." Twilight rolled her eyes.

"I don't care about seeing your penis," she said plainly. "I've already seen it before, so what's the big deal? Are you scared or something?"

"No I'm not scared. I just- I'm not- I- I'm..." Shining huffed. "Fine!" he made fists of his hands and begrudgingly put them to his sides, exposing his penis.

"See? No big deal," she said.

"Easy for you to say," he said, pointing at the balled up blanket she was holding in front of her, obscuring her torso. Without another thought, Twilight tossed it on the bed behind her, exposing herself to him. "Twilie!" Shining covered his eyes with his hands.

"Would you grow up?" Twilight said.

"Twi-"

"Shining, look at me."

Shining lowered his hands from his eyes and opened them to look at her. She stood there with her hands on her hips. Every bit of her body on full display for him. She lifted her c-cup breasts slightly in her hands and let them free fall to jiggle for a second before she gave him an indignant expression.

"There now! We've seen each other. It's old news."

"Okay, okay," Shining said.

"Now help me make the bed." Twilight turned moved the plate of food aside before she began to lay out the blanket, bending over the bed to do so. He didn't mean to look, but he couldn't help himself. "Are you going to help or what?" she asked, turning back to look at him. Shining had covered himself again. "Hey, you took the bed apart," she walked over and grabbed his arm, "come over here and give me a han-" She pulled his hand away from his groin, letting his fresh erection spring free. "Again!? Seriously!?

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" he apologized profusely, covering himself again. "I can't control it!"

Twilight could see that he was mortified with shame, on the verge of tears.

"Who told you to be ashamed of being naked, Shining?"
The words echoed in her mind. The very words she had said to him.
"I did," she realized.

"I'm sorry," she said, calming herself. "I know it's not your fault. I- I realize that you have no control over it and... and I shouldn't have made you feel bad about it. I just... this is new for me, too. But I meant it when I said that seeing it doesn't bother me. It's just that... when I saw it like that..." She looked at herself, and then at him. "I guess I should feel flattered."

"Twi, I-"

"Look, don't worry about it. Just help me make the bed, okay? It doesn't have to be weird."

"But what about... it?"

"Ignore it. I'll do the same. Come on." Twilight moved around to the other side of the bed and took hold of the blanket. Shining walked over to his side of the bed, standing at the edge of it with his hands still covering himself. "Well?" Shining sighed and moved his hands to hold the blanket. His erection stood proud in front of him. Twilight tried to focus on making the bed as quickly and efficiently as they could. "Congratulations, by the way," she said.

"I thought we agreed to ignore it," he said.

"I meant ignoring the idea of it being hard as being bad. Can't I compliment it?"

"But you're my sister. You shouldn't be complimenting my- my penis."

"You complimented my hair," she said as they finished tucking in the blanket.

"Yeah, your hair! Not your-"

"What?" Twilight asked standing up. "My breasts?"

"Yeah. Good example."

"Compliment my breasts."

"What?"

"Compliment them," she insisted, holding each of them in her hands to showcase them. "This shouldn't be any different."

"Twi, I-" he tried to say something else, but she stared at him with an insistent expression. "Okay, fine. They're nice."

"They're nice?"

"Yes. I-"

"Nice how?"

"They're... I don't know. They're just nice."

"You like them?" she asked.

"I-" Shining huffed and focused very carefully on his words. "Objectively, yes. I like them. As breasts. They're nice."

"What do you like about them specifically?" she asked. Her eyes never leaving his.

"They're... a nice shape?"

"You don't think that they're too small?" she asked, giving them a squeeze. "I think they could be bigger."

"No! No, I think they're perfect," he blurted. "For you! For your shape, your body."

"Why? What's wrong with my body?" she asked.

"N-Nothing! You have a great body too, okay?"

"Really? You like it?" she asked.

"Yeah, sure," he admitted.

"I mean, you must, obviously," Twilight said, pointing at his mostly hidden erection.

"Twi, come on!" he pleaded, blushing a deeper shade of red.

"Okay, okay," Twilight said with a playful giggle, playing off the levity of the moment to break the tension of his discomfort.

Twilight smiled as she realized something in that moment; Her nudity didn't make her vulnerable. She looked at the timid mess that her older brother had become in mere moments. Her nudity was empowering. But she didn't want it to be at the expense of someone she cared about. She picked up the plate of sandwiches and sat on the bed, motioning for him to sit beside her. He hesitated for a moment before sitting next to her.

"Shining, look, nobody can make you feel bad about yourself except you," she said. He gave her a dubious expression. "I mean it. It doesn't bother me if you get an erection. Even if it's for me."

"But it's not-" he tried to say. Twilight put her hand up to stop him.

"It doesn't matter. Really. I just got done talking to Timber Spruce at dinner about exactly this sort of thing. About not being ashamed. I got some good advice from him. And from Gloriosa Daisy."

"Am I supposed to know who that is?"

"She's his sister," Twilight said. He blinked for a moment as the words registered.

"Oh... And she was-?"

"Yes. Naked," Twilight answered. "They both were. They run the resort together, so they're like that all the time. And they sat together to have dinner with me. Just like this. Just as casual as anything."

"Huh."

"Shiny, I know this is new territory for us. But it doesn't have to be weird. We can just enjoy it. I'm already starting to." He gave her a sideways look. "I mean like, feeling the sun and breeze on your bare skin. Feeling... uninhibited, empowered. Free." He still didn't look convinced.

"There's a beach at the lake that I remember being just wonderful when I was here last time. I bet laying in the sun tomorrow will help you feel better." She offered him a sandwich from the platter on her lap. He reached over and took one, conscious of the fact that his hand was mere inches from her bare crotch. They sat in relative silence as he idly chewed on his dinner.

As the sun slipped behind the mountains it got dark quickly, being so far away from the city lights. He reached over to grab the last sandwich. His elbow just barely grazed her breast, making her jump from the surprise of the contact. He quickly pulled back his hand as the last sandwich got flipped off the plate and landed in her lap. Just as fast as it happened, Twilight grabbed it and placed it back on the plate as though nothing had happened. Shining just sat and waited for a second, unsure of how to proceed. He was still a bit hungry.

"Do... you still...?" she asked. "I'd understand if you didn't want it." she said.

"No, it's... fine," he said.

"Five second rule?"

"Five second rule." He took the last sandwich, gave it a quick inspection and then he ate it. As soon as he tasted it, he almost did a spit take. It was tuna.

They sat there on the edge of the bed in silence for a few minutes after he had finished eating. The entire time they spent making the bed and him having dinner hadn't been enough for the other problem to resolve.

"So-" they both said at the exact same time.

"No you go ahead," he insisted.

"So I'm going to bring this to a trash can," she said. "Then we should get some sleep. Tomorrow sounds like it's going to be busy."

"Okay."

Twilight got up and brought the paper plate outside to look for a trash bin. The sun had set, but there was still enough ambient sunlight reflecting from the low clouds for her to see where she was going. She navigated her way up to the end of the tents to one of the trash cans and dropped off the plate. With her hands empty, she looked down at herself. Even in the low light, she could see the white flecks of bread crumbs in her bush. She brushed them away with her hand. She was surprised to find herself damp.

It was warm out that day, but not nearly warm enough to justify it as sweat. Her outward poise belied the truth that she had become just as excited from some of the sights of the day. Her old crush in the buff. So many fit bodies on display. And the erection back in her tent. In her mind, she rationalized that there was nothing wrong with finding it objectively attractive, regardless of who it was attached to. But in her gut she had to agree with Shining, that is was strange for her to compliment her brother's penis. Even limp, it was more impressive than Timber's. She felt a pang of envy towards Cadance, to have known how it must have felt inside-

Twilight pushed the thought from her mind as she wiped her fingers on her hip. Her envy was supplanted by sympathy for her brother. The resort clearly had a double standard regarding arousal. The fact that the three-strike rule of nudist resorts only applied to men. Twilight could plainly tell that she was feeling horny. But to the casual observer, her state was invisible. Even her hardened nipples could be blamed on the cool breeze. Poor Shining had no way to keep his state hidden. He was just as new to all of this. And she could only imagine how difficult it must be for him with all the nude women around.

As she thought back on the dinner, she realized that there were far more women than men. And none of the men were single. Every one she saw was wearing a ring, (if nothing else), and all of them were accompanied by a female companion. Except for Timber, but he was the one running the place. Unless she counted his sister as his companion. The thought gave her pause. She walked back to the tent.

"Shining, I-" Twilight stopped mid-sentence when she pulled the tent flap open. Inside, her brother's hand was a blur stroking his shaft. This instant he heard her he froze and covered himself with his hands. He sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her, face flushed and short of breath, trying to pretend he wasn't just doing exactly what she knew she saw him doing.

"Hey!" he greeted, a bit too quickly and loudly to sound even remotely casual. "You're back early!"

"I just went to the trash can... not the next town over."

"Yeah, I- I just thought... that you meant..." he trailed off. "Never mind."

"Should I... go? So you can finish?"

"Finish what? I wasn't doing anything," he lied. Badly. Twilight adjusted her glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose. She had neither the energy nor inclination to play this game right now.

"Fine. Bed time?" she asked.

"Yeah, sure!" he said, eager to change the subject. He stood up and moved aside to let his sister climb into bed. As soon as she was all set, he laid down next to the bed. Twilight looked back over her shoulder at her brother lying on the dirt floor of the tent.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Going to sleep," he said from the ground. She sighed. He already had things bad enough from her accidentally bringing him here. She couldn't let himself sleep in the dirt like some vagrant.

"Get in bed."

"But there's only one bed," he said.

"Yeah dummy, I can count. Get in."

"It's okay. I don't want to crowd you. You can have the bed," he said. Twilight took a deep breath. He was still stubborn as ever.

"It's a full bed. There's enough room for both of us," she said.

"But I-"

"Shining, if you don't get in bed, I'M sleeping on the dirt!" she said.

"Okay okay!" He stood up and brushed himself off before slipping under the blanket, into bed.

"See? Plenty of room."

"Yeah..." Shining laid at the absolute edge of his side of the mattress. The blanket barely reached enough to cover half of him.

"You could have more blanket if you moved a little closer," she said. There was enough space between them for an entire third person.

"I'm fine," he said. Twilight rolled her eyes and shifted towards the center of the bed, tossing a bit of the blanket his way.

"I know it's summer, but it still gets cool at night."

"Thanks," he said. Even so, he remained vigilant to keep at the very edge of the bed.

"Get some sleep," she said. "There's still camp stuff I want to do this weekend. Even if it's... like this. Okay?"

"Okay. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."