The Moon princess and the weak link

"I'm sorry, Amber... I don't feel the same..." He said awkwardly avoiding to look at her.

She started to cry, frustrated, annoyed and sad. Her heart was just crushed by her platonic love.

"Why?" She asked. "Am I not your type? Just tell me what I have to change that I'll do so"

"No... You are great and I'm sure you will find a good guy to date. Don't be like that... I just don't wanna date anyone right now "

"LIER!" She yelled surprising him "I know you've never had dated anyone! You've never even kissed someone!"

"That doesn't mean anyth-"

"People has been talking about it... Your obsession..."

His eyes widen a little, his lips tried to ask why, but his throat made no sound to his mouth turn it into words.

"Your obsession for Princess Luna!"

He just sighted closing his eyes and started to walk away.

"You must be kidding me! She will never love you back! You are just a weak mortal! That arrogant princess will never stoop low enough to love you!"

He turned his angry face to her grinding his teeth and closing his fists.

"Don't you dare to talk this way about our princess of the night!"

He turned his back to her and leaved her there, spooked. It was the first time he would show such an aggressive face.

He walked angrily to his house, ignoring everyone in the way. Throwing his backpack on his bed and slamming the door, he just stared to his poster of princess Luna. She was wearing a deep purple cape and a royal blue Victorian dress. She had delicate pearl necklaces and ornaments on her wings with moonstones pendants. He loved this picture. It was so difficult to find it among the others princesses posters, but he found it and couldn't be happier about have bought it for a small price.

He sighed deeply, laying his body on his bed hiding his brown eyes with his arms.

"Of course they would have noticed. I'm such a fool..." He mumbled to himself "I know I'm nothing compared to the princess. I know she will never love me, you don't need to remind me that... But... I can't help it..." He laughed sadly "I'm such a fool"

He sat up and took of his snickers and socks, unbuttoned his uniform's shirt exposing his thin torso. As the sleeves were slipped out of his arms, he stared at his reflection in the mirror.

"So petty... So foolish " he mumbled sadly.

He knew he would never be a royal guard. His body wasn't even able to practice sports properly. His torso didn't had any hair, it was smooth, just like his face. He wasn't manly at all, and the worst part is that he was 18 and looked like 15.

"Pipsqueak, are you back from school?!"

"Yes, mom!" He replied slightly annoyed

"Are you okay? Your P.E. teacher said you fell in your training..."

"Mom, I'm fine! It's a track team training, people can fall anytime by accident!"

"Are you sure 'it' didn't happen today?"

"It has been almost 2 years, mom! Stop worrying about it!" He yelled annoyed.

He was born with weak lungs, so he would pass out whenever he pushed himself too hard in some physical activity. But as he grew up making some intense treatment to strengthen it, his breathing problems became easier to deal with. What annoyed him the most was how his parents became over protective. They literally asked to his P.E. teacher to report everything that had happened to him during the training.

He took off his pants and rolled a towel around his waist. Opening his window, he could see the sky darkening slowly.  He smiled as he saw the dark sky revealing some shy stars ready to welcome a smiling crescent moon rising majestically from the horizon.

"A wonderful night as always, my princess..."he whispered kindly feeling the cold night wind making some goosebumps on his skin.

He walked to his bathroom to take a warm shower. The water running on his skin relaxed some of his tense muscles. Today's training sure made him a little tense today. Also, there was Amber's confession and her trying to offend princess Luna. He knew she wasn't as popular among the equestrians like the other princesses. Maybe it was because of her past mistakes, such as falling into the darkness and becoming Nightmare Moon... People were still grinding it in their minds? She was punished and had showed regret about what she did. And in the top of all, she was always known for her will to help orphanages and homeless people before she became Nightmare Moon for a misunderstanding between her and her sister, princess Celestia. Now that she is back to her old self, she seemed to keep her philanthropic behavior. But still, her popularity wasn't better than princess Twilight's. Actually, despite the fact that they would respect her authority, she was usually saw as her sister's shadows and would secretly made fun of.

That kind of thoughts always made him uneasy. Why people couldn't see the kind goddess that stands before them. He remembered very well of the Harvest Festival that he saw her for the very first time. He was just 8 and had just moved to a small town called Ponyville, he was wearing a simple pirate costume. At first, he was dazzled by her beauty, but right after, he remembered the scary stories about Nightmare Moon. He was confused for some time, but he saw how she could be fun, but he was afraid of loosing his friends if he was associated with the princess that  embraced the darkness.

Such cowardliness... She was hurt for seeing how feared and possibly hated she was. He regretted so quickly about how they made her feel. He thought in any excuse to beg her to come to the town again. Asked her to scare them again next year because being scared was fun... It was sloppy excuse, but it was what he could think of so quickly. She smiled and spent the entire night playing with him and the other children. She even carried him in her arms to his house when he was feeling sleepy. Her perfume of white roses stayed in his dreams the whole night.

But in the next year, she didn't come to the Festival. She never went back to the town again. He was so disappointed...not with her but with himself and the rest of the town. They made her feel so hurt. He couldn't even forgive himself for saying what he said, for pretending being scared when he wasn't... Still, he knew she didn't hold any resentment, she still protected her subjects from nightmares. She even made sure that his dreams were adventurous and fun. He never understood why she was that kind to him, but wouldn't visit the town again.

He broke his thoughts when he started feeling the foam from the soap being washed off his body. His hair conditioner took a little longer to be washed of, but he finished his shower quickly. He dried himself with his towel and put on some comfortable clothes.  While he waited for her parents to finish preparing dinner, he started making his homework.

"High School will be finished soon... " he mumbled as an attempt of cheering himself up to keep doing his dull homework.