We giggled as we fell backwards onto the bed, our hands still clasped together.

"I'm sorry," Sunny said. "But I am so glad to get out of these heels!" She gave her feet a little kick and I heard the shoes thump on the floor.

I giggled at that as I slid my loafers off. The advantage to having the Pony Rarity go over your outfit and hair prior to going out was you didn't have to worry about sneaking comfortable shoes into the outfit. Since she never had experience with them, she never thought to double check. I almost felt guilty.

Almost.

"Well, then," I said, rolling over slightly and looking at her over the rims of my glasses, knowing that she liked the way it looked.

She grinned, a slight flush covering her cheeks. "Yes?"

"Shall we discuss the plans I made for the honeymoon?" I reached over and pushed a lock of hair back behind her ear.

"Well, there's the house in Equestria," She said. "Rent free and easily stocked."

"I was thinking of something else," I said, leaning in and kissing her on the ear. "Princess Cadence mentioned it, actually, before we left the Crystal Empire."

"Oh?" she whispered, her voice going a little husky.

"She mentioned a resort she and her Shining Armor went to on their honeymoon," I said, my breath against her neck. I could feel her shiver. I had never been this forward about things before the games, and I knew that she had become more analytical since we had become friends. I suspected that parts of our personalities had synched up after the events of the Games.

Or maybe we had just become more in tune with them. In either case, it wasn't important right now.

"A resort," she whispered. "What's it called?"

"Hello Tropics," I said, reaching the tip of her chin. "She said she'd put us in touch with one of the directors, an Oxygen Rush, I believe."

"Isn't that the fancy and expensive resort down in Jamaneca?"

"It's already paid for, Sunny," I said, kissing her to silence her.

Wedding gift from the Princesses, I said through the bond.

Remind me to keep them on the Christmas list, she thought in response, easing into the kiss.

"Um, Twilight?" I heard a voice ask.

I looked up to see Fluttershy standing in the doorway to the library. She was nervous, the twitching in her wings giving it away. "What is it, 'Shy?" I asked, setting the book I was reading aside.

"I...I wanted to ask you something," she said, her voice soft.

"Sure," I said. "What's on your mind?"

"Well, I...that is, well...I, um...like you."

Did she just say what I think she said? Outwardly, I smiled and offered a well-known exchange.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" I smiled. "Didn't quite catch that."

She smiled, her courage gathering.

"I like you," she said.

I grinned, and held my hoof behind my ear. "One more time?" I said.

She giggled out loud. "I like you, you silly filly!"

"That's what I thought you said," I said, smiling still.

She came over, a slight flush on her cheeks under her butter-yellow fur. "I wasn't sure how to tell you," she admitted.

"Oh, Fluttershy," I said, feeling a similar flush creep up my neck. "We're friends. You can always tell me anything."

"I...I think I just did," she said.

I nodded. "I think you just did."

Her blush kept growing, and I knew any minute now she'd rush away out of shyness. I leaned forward and gave her a peck on the cheek.

She blushed fiercely and rushed away with a speed that even Rainbow Dash would have been proud of.

I smiled, lifting a quill and jotting a note down on my calendar.

Schedule dinner with Fluttershy after she comes out of her cottage.

I smiled, going back to my book.

Author's Note

And that's a wrap, fillies and gentlecolts!

And now I'm going on a brief hiatus. Over the next week or so I'll repost links to guest week entries and update you as to events going on as well as the next story I'll be writing.

Oh, and a final shoutout to BlackWater for permission to use their Hello Tropics resort from the Twilight Shimmer story.