Sweetie Belle was looking at a description of Hearts and Hooves day while Rarity worked away on a dress. While Rarity was working on her dress Sweetie Belle also did some coloring while she sat on the floor a few steps away from the work area as Rarity didn't want her sister to get in the way of get hurt. Rarity was glad that Sweetie Belle had stuff to do while she worked. She did promise her sister that they can hang out after but until then Rarity needed to finish an order for a client that had ordered the dress that she was making.
As she colored on a few sheets of paper Sweetie Belle started to think about love and its connections to Hearts And Hooves day as it hasn't been explained to her. Her sister never told her anything about love. She looked over at Rarity as she wanted to ask Rarity a question about love but she was kind of shy about the subject. She didn't want to bother Rarity with a silly question about love either but the question was bugging her so much that she needed to ask her sister about he definition of love. She asked Rarity the question.
"Rarity what is love about? What's the definition of love. Im just really curious as its Hearts and Hooves day today. I was afraid that if I asked anypony else at school they would give me innapropriate answers." Sweetie Belle said. Rarity stopped and turned around to Sweetie Belle. She tried to think of the best way to describe what Sweetie Belle was asking about. She didn't want to confuse Sweetie Belle. She was nervous about possibly putting confusing ideas into her sisters head.
She felt extremely uncomfortable that her sister had brought up the issue of love. Sweetie Belle was still a filly but was older and did understand some mature topics to an extent. Rarity frowned about the possibility of corrupting her sister so she wanted to avoid doing that. She put down her material that she was working on and walked up to Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle looked up at her.
Rarity silently took a deep breath to calm herself as she was nervous that she had to answer Sweetie Belle. She didn't want to slip up and say something innapropriate about the subject. She looked at her sister who waited for her to speak. Rarity then got the courage to speak up and spoke to Sweetie Belle about the subject of love in a calm manner as she didn't want to be nervous and get Sweetie Belle even more curious about the possibility Rarity was hiding something from her her.
"Sweetie Belle love is when a mare and a stallion like eachother more than friends. They have romantic feelings for eachother and are labeled as lovers. They have a more personal relationship. They get married to eachother after trading vows to eachother and then they live together happily." Rarity explained to Sweetie Belle. She hoped that Sweetie Belle wouldn't pry further as she knew that Sweetie Belle was still curious about a lot of stuff.
Sweetie Belle smiled happily at her sister as she was happy that Rarity answered her question but there was something in the back of her mind that was telling her that something was missing from Rarity's explanation about love that Rarity was trying to avoid while trying to tell her sister abo love. She furrowed her brow as she wondered if Rarity was trying to leave a detail out on purpose.
"That's it? There's no other forms of love that exist in Equestria? Love is only between Mares and Stallions?" Sweetie Belle asked her sister after the answer that Rarity gave her as she wanted to clarify the answer that she heard from her sister. But before she could continue with anymore questions about the subject Rarity interrupted her in a quick fashion to stop her from becoming to curious and finding out about the truth.
"Yes Sweetie Belle there are no other forms of love that exist. Other forms of love aren't possible. That's the only logical form of love that can happen between ponies. Love is between Mares and Stallions." Rarity said to her sister. Sweetie Belle seemed to accept Rarity's answer as she smiled and responded to Rarity.
"Okay! Thanks for answering my question Rarity! The question was bugging me as ponies were talking about it today. I'm glad I put my curiosity to rest. Maybe I'll find a nice stallion who will love me and treat me nicely in the future when I'm grown up! I'll love him as well. I'll be so happy." Sweetie Belle exclaimed to her sister. Rarity smiled and ruffled Sweetie Belle's hair. She then spoke to her sister.
"Your welcome Sweetie Belle. Don't worry you will find a nice stallion when you grow up who will love you. You just have to look. Every Mare needs a stallion." Rarity said. Sweetie Belle giggled and hugged her sister and her sister kissed her on her head. She then ran off to play. Rarity watched her leave and closed her door. She let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm so grateful that she didn't probe. I don't want to explain the other form of love and corrupt my poor sister." She said as she continued to work on her dress. It was a good day for Sweetie Belle as she dreamt about marrying a stallion in the future. Sweetie Belle was happy that Rarity answered her question while Rarity was happy that she could explain stuff to Sweetie Belle when Sweetie Belle asked questions about those topics and she was glad that Sweetie Belle didn't probe for more answers.
