"Damn it, if only I'd remembered I had today off..." Shining armor sighed as he paced the floors of his bedroom. "I have no way to get a hold of him, we could have hung out today."

It was seven o'clock in the morning of one of the rare days off Shining Armor gets and even rarer yet for it to be a Monday, the newly crowned Prince unable to remember the last time he slept in so late. Though he gave Heart Flutter whom he had met yesterday his contact information, having the day completely free slipped his mind. He would simply have to wait for the cute guy to contact him and then make plans to hang out for his next day off and who knew when that would be? For today, Shining Armor would have to find something else to occupy his time.

Cadence would be busy with her own duties for the day's entirety so Shining Armor figured something simple such as taking a stroll until he found something interesting would suffice. The Crystal Empire was fairly new to him and he had not seen much of it save for from out of the windows in the castle to taking a trot about the town seemed like a good idea. Perhaps he could check out the new shopping mall. When in doubt, if you're bored, go out and buy frivolous things you don't need!

Shining Armor decided he would do just that. He had nothing to lose by trying and he could even find something interesting, perhaps even a little random gift to give to Cadence once she returned later. It was just something they did, rather than simply expressing their love for each other only on special occasions, they would do so quite often. They used to though it had been quite some time since the last so it couldn't hurt to start that up again, plus it would be a great chance to meet more citizens of the Crystal Empire. First however, he would have to simply take a stroll about the city as it was too early for most businesses to be open save for coffee shops and the like.

The hour of trotting around the beautiful, shiney streets of the Crystal Empire as every brick in the road glistened in the sun dragged by like the agonizing wait the day Shining Armor met his little sister for the first time. Finally, nine o'clock rolled around as up did the gates at the Crystal Mall rendering the stores and boutiques open for business. It was the so-called "girly" type of stores Shining Armor always liked and couldn't help but visit first. He would just get to the sporting goods stores afterwards but felt that today he most likely wouldn't need to buy anything from them.

His first stop was the tea shop and he was indeed glad that was the case as the boredom of waiting had made him drowsy and the aromas within the store were just what he needed to perk right up. After filling up a shopping bag full of a dozen or so different types of teas, he headed over to the bath boutique next door. He was a stallion who loved his bath products and he was in no way shape or form ashamed of it nor did he make any attempt whatsoever to hide it. Despite having already bought several boxes and bags full of soaps, bath bombs, bubble solutions and other such items, he put his unicorn aura to work as he levitated all he could carry with him. Perhaps later on, he would fancy himself a nice bath and spend the remainder of the day just soaking in the suds.

It was still barely past ten o'clock in the morning so there would that much more of the day left to trot around and find something new. In a city that simply popped back into existence after a thousand years of lying dormant, something new would surely not be far away as Shining Armor was about to find out as he trotted past a pet grooming boutique. A frightened looking cat with a coat of a smokey gray and eyes of emerald green ran out from the store with a staff member in hot pursuit, the former darting right under Shining Armor much to his surprise.

"Wait! Come back!" A pegasus stallion called out before screeching to a halt and plowing right into the confused Prince.

"Guh!" Both ponies grunted simultaneously as they tumbled to the glossy, well polished and waxed floor. Upon impact, everything Shining Armor was carrying went soaring through the air in every direction and once their inevitable impact with the floor occured, all those perfectly good products would be destroyed. As Shining Armor just began to gather himself, the yellow pegasus who ran into him refused to allow such expensive bath products go to such tragic waste so he seemingly instinctively went to work gathing them as gravity took its toll.

With seemingly expert precision and perfect balance, the familiar stallion caught every single bottle and bath bomb as they came down and balanced on top of one another as he rushed to the other side of their owner to catch the rest. With his jaw hanging wide open, Shining Armor watched as this pony he already admired impress him even more as he floated back down to the ground and began to carefully set all the items back down.

"Um...hey." Heart Flutter said through a sheepish grin and a blush as he hoofed all the items back over. "Heheh, fancy seeing you here."

"Uh huh." Shining Armor said with a blush of his own. "Didn't know you worked here."

"Oh! I almost forgot!"

Suddenly remembering exactly why he had ran out of the store, Heart Flutter then swooped over to the frightened and disoriented cat and very gently picked her up and began to comfort her.

"She's fourteen years old so she can't see or hear very well." Heart Flutter said as he cradled the elderly feline in his arms and gently stroked her coat. "She tends to get skittish when there's a lot of commotion around."

"Aww, she's so sweet." Shining Armor cooed as he reached over to pet the cat on the head. "Is she yours?"

"Nah, I wish. See, she's got arthritis so she has trouble cleaning and grooming herself. Her owner brings her here every couple weeks to have us take care of her."

"Sounds like this little gal's in good hooves all the way around."

"Yeah. So um...what brings you here?"

"Had the day off and got bored. I was just looking for something to do to pass the time and it looks like I just found it."

"Whoa, at least buy me dinner first, big fella!"

"Oh! I uh, I didn't mean it like that!"

"Says the guy who gave a corndog a blowjob and looked me right in the eye while doing it!"

The two stallions shared a hearty laugh together followed by awkward silence save for the occasional meowing and purring of the sweet old cat Heart Flutter held in his arms. They were both at a loss for words as the odds of them having bumped into each other the very next day had left them just about speechless. Their eyes darted around the mall as they both scrambled to find something to say and break the newly formed layer of ice, the cat behaving much of the same way but for a different reason. Finally, Shining Armor caught a break and put his mouth back to work.

"So...I thought you said you were gay." Shining Armor said quizzically.

"I am." Heart Flutter replied with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, you never struck me as the type of guy to go around chasing pussy."

"Gahahahaha! You're funny, Shining Armor! I wish we could hang out!"

"What's stopping us?"

"Uhh..."

"I have literally the whole day free and nopony to share it with! My wife is down South in Equestria until late tonight and it's been way too long since I've had a guys day!"

"Will she be okay with that?"

"Having a friend over? Of course she will! She's been wanting me to get out again and make some new guy friends! She was happy to hear about me hanging out with you yesterday...though I didn't tell her you were the guy who was checking out my ass. I mean, she didn't mind either way...and I mayyy have left out the corndog part."

"Well, I guess it's not like you're running around on her or anything."

"Right! So whadda you say?"

"I say I get done with my shift at four."

"I'll be here."

"Great. Well, I gotta get this little gal back in there and straighten up her floof. She's getting antsy again. Later."

After Heart Flutter hurried back into the pet grooming store where he worked, Shining Armor wasted no time hurrying back home to the Crystal Palace to drop off his things and give his mane a quick once over. With his mane looking neat and tidy and his hooves polished too because why not, he set back out to wait four long hours before his friend would be available. Still, there were things he could do to occupy his time and he soon found himself relaxing in a nice, comfy chair within a bookstore and occupied himself with one of his favorite books and a cup of coffee.

The best way to make time seeming go by faster is to take your mind off what you're looking forward to however that can have a negative affect in the form of forgetting it to the point of tardiness. The book which was about a mutated physicist that Shining Armor had his muzzle glued to was so riveting that he in fact allowed the time to pass by four o'clock and it was by pure dumb luck that he glanced up at the clock upon the wall.

"Oh shit, it's twenty after!" Shining Armor gasped before springing up from the chair.

Still, the book Shining Armor was enjoying was just too good to leave in at the store so he hastily paid for it at the counter and galloped off back to the mall where he badly hoped Heart Flutter was still waiting for him. Normally he would teleport to save time but in the Crystal Empire, it was unsafe and unlawful to do so within the crowded city limits before six o'clock in the evening. Being that he was the Prince however, he could probably get away with it without getting fined but he wanted to lead by example and he felt it would be unfair to his citizens should he break the law that they all had to abide by.

The training Shining Armor received within the ranks of the royal guard was serving him well as he galloped down the streets as fast as his legs could carry him, which was actually quite impressive. Despite having put on a small amount of extra weight since being crowned Prince, his stamina was a sight to behold and he didn't even work up a sweat until he was halfway there. Though he had somewhere he needed to be, he was not about to be rude to his citizens made it a point to return their greetings be them waves or smiles as he rocketed past them. He nor Cadence would ever dream of snubbing anypony who took a moment to say hello, it just wasn't who they were. Though politeness to others was something Shining Armor always made sure to practice, being late for a hangout wasn't really a good way to do it.

Surely Heart Flutter would understand and be willing to accept Shining Armor's apology, if he was actually still waiting there that is. There was only one way to find out but since he was now running a half hour late, he could not be entirely sure that he was and feared that maybe he had grown tired of waiting and left. At least Shining Armor now knew where Heart Flutter worked so he could explain that he had no intentions of standing him up. Worse case scenario, he could just make plans with him for his next day off but who knows when that will be? Fortunately for Shining Armor however, he was about to find that he had lucked out as he rushed over to a discouraged looking pegasus tapping one hoof and glancing at a pocket watch he held in the other.

"Dude, I am so sorry about this!" Shining Armor said as he screeched to a stop.

"I was starting to think you weren't gonna show!" A relieved Heart Flutter gasped as his eyes lit up.

"I'll make it up to you. I was reading a book and time just went by so fast."

"Don't sweat it, I'm just glad you actually showed up. So, what do you wanna do?"

"Well, I was thinking we could just hang out at my place and we could order a pizza, maybe check out this copy of volume 22 of The Power Ponies I just picked up."

"Sweet!"

"But for originality reasons, we'll have to make reading comics a minor part of what we do." Shining Armor then shifted his gaze to his left as his eyes narrowed. "That idea has...already been used."

"Who are you talking to?"

"Ugh, I'll explain later. Oh! I got all that bath stuff earlier, we could...um..."

"You really are a funny guy, you know that? But hey, I'm down. It's not like we don't trot around without clothes on most of the time anyway, only difference is we're in water."

"True. Okay, let's head over there."

It was a breath of fresh air for Shining Armor to be able to slow down to a leisurely trot and even more so to enjoy it with a new friend. It was only nearing five o'clock in the evening so there was plenty of time for the two to hang out and better get to know each other. The trot back to the Palace was at least a half hour but the conversation made it go by rather quickly and proved just how small the world can be.

"Oh, Fluttershy's your cousin?" Shining Armor asked as he lead his friend through the front entrance to the palace.

"Yup." Heart Flutter confirmed. "She and I both have our appreciation for animals and I have her brother's love for hairdressing...heheheh, he just doesn't have my talent."

"So like, what's his deal anyway?"

"Who, Zephyr? You mean how he can be a narcissistic douche or what's his deal deal?"

"Uh, yeah that."

"He's straight. I know he looks and acts pretty gay but he's just into mares."

"I would have guessed he went both ways. Jeez, this one time I was hanging out with my sister and her friends, I though Rainbow Dash was gonna cave his face in!"

"Hey, it's not like he couldn't use a good asskicking once in a...wow! Nice place!"

Naturally, Shining Armor's place would indeed be nice as it was a literal palace afterall. The dark blue carpet that sat before the doorway lead down the massive front hall and up a huge staircase and ultimately to a gargantuan loft level. That was just the start of it all. Heart Flutter's pupils fully dilated as he looked around the Crystal Palace in awe while his friend Shining Armor gave him a tour. Not only was it an astonishing spectacle, it felt like quite an honor to be invited to the palace by none other than the Prince himself. Still however, Shining Armor was far from being used to the title and thought himself a modest pony.

"And this is our bathroom." Shining Armor said as he opened a door to show his friend around.

The bathtub was easily big enough for a dozen ponies which caught the interest of the Prince's guest. Directly behind the tub, a series of small crystal steps lead up to a shower that could accommodate another six. Heart Flutter's jaw hung open as he stared at the magnificent room as those for bathing were his favorite. Even though it was all his, Shining Armor was still coming to terms with it and often found himself soaking in the suds and questioning whether he actually deserved it. In the back of both ponies' minds, they knew that with all that space, there was equally as much fun that could be had in there.

"Hey's how's this for an idea?" Heart Flutter asked as the wheels in his head began to turn. "How about we eat pizza, read comics and use that magnificent and might I add, spacious tub at the same time?"

"Great minds think alike, my friend." Shining Armor said with a smirk. "I'll go send for some pizzas and if you want, you can draw us a bath."

"Glad to."

Two pizzas quickly arrived and a nice, hot bubble bath was ready for the two buddies to soak in. Shining Armor even decided to bring in a bottle of champagne and two glasses to share with his guest. Heart Flutter had chosen the lavender scented bath mixture because on their way to the palace, they both agreed that they had both been under a lot of stress lately. With a comic propped up on a little stand by the tub, Shining Armor turning the pages with his aura, the two friends enjoyed their pizza as they chatted on about anything and everything they could think of.

"Dude, you have no idea how awesome it is to have a guy friend to hang out with again." Shining Armor said before letting out a hearty burp from all the pizza the two had been sharing. "Any of my pals I used to hang out with just...moved on with their lives, you know? And when I became Prince here, it was the last nail in the coffin. It hurt, man. I never thought I was too good for anypony but..."

"Let it out, buddy." Heart Flutter said as he hugged his weeping friend. "I'm here for you, just let it out."

"*Sniff* They didn't even gimme a chance to get settled in here, they just up and stopped talking to me! Just assumed that because I got crowned that I wasn't one of them *hic* anymore! B-but that's not me, I'm down to Earth enough, I don't think I'm b-better than anypony!"

"Well, I can see that and from hanging out with you, I can tell you're a great guy. You know, sometimes that just happens, friends come and go. You make new ones but still cherish the memories you made with your old ones."

"Y-you know I just...you're right about that for sure. It's just a bitch, you know? Heh, look at me, I'm whining and crying like a little bitch myself."

"And there's nothing wrong with that. See, I never liked how us guys are expected to be all tough and stoic about everything. The fuck's wrong with being capable of emotions?"

"Fuck all, that's what. Finally, somepony who gets that. I've always been open with my emotions, it's just who I am."

More laughs were shared and tears shed as the two companions poured their hearts out, told stories of their foalhoods and continued to sip on champagne. Sooner or later however, as the conversation topics became more and more personal, the two stallions would be comfortable enough to talk about their sexualities without things being awkward.

"I was fourteen when I learned that I was gay." Heart Flutter said as he recalled his past. "It wasn't until I was seventeen that I came out to my family."

"How'd they react?" Shining Armor asked.

"I was really nervous but turns out they already knew. My parents have always been the open minded type and they didn't wanna get me to come out before I was ready. How about you?"

"Aw, my parents are awesome. Pretty much the same thing, they knew that I was bi for a while, only difference was that they asked me about the, um...well, they found my little collection of 'toys' in my room. I was nervous about it too but they put that to rest pretty quick."

"Hey that's great. Sooo...have you actually...you know, been with another guy before?"

"I've made out with a couple of them and sucked one off before but never really had sex with one. I started dating Cadence at the time and our relationship got pretty serious so I never went looking. How about you?"

"I haven't been around a lot, only did one guy I dated for a while. Nothing since."

At the same time, the events of the day prior played through the minds of the two friends as they thoroughly enjoyed each other's company in the luxurious suds. Their conversation was making both of them blush and lose track of their surroundings. Shining Armor snickered as he recalled tormenting Heart Flutter by winking at him as he sucked off a corndog and the latter could only giggle at his own sad attempt to conceal his arousal at the time. The image of his friend's lips wrapped around the fried treat and the sounds of him licking off the mayo could only lead to him thinking about the reason Shining Armor doing so in the first place. Heart Flutter quickly found himself spacing out and drooling slightly as he thought of a certain cutie mark of a shield on a firm flank with a glossy, white coat. Shining Armor being as emotionally open as he was, would promptly snap his pegasus friend out of his trance.

"Holy Shit!!" Shining Armor gasped as he frantically pointed directly in front of the his startled friend. "You're fucking huge!!"

"Huh!?" Heart Flutter gasped as he looked down.

Sure enough, Heart Flutter losing track of his surroundings and looked down to see his own arousal poking through the suds. Judging by how far down under the water the base was, the fact that it was at eye level with Shining Armor was a good indication that he was above average. The only thing Heart Flutter was uncertain of was how Shining Armor would react from here on out.

"Wow! Heheheh, impressive!" Shining Armor complimented as he stared intently at the other stallion's dick. "Oh man, is that why you've only been with one guy? Anypony else probably couldn't handle it, am I right?"

"That...could be why." Heart Flutter chuckled nervously. "I mean, I usually like being on top sooo...I-I-I mean I-I don't like to act like I'm bragging or anything b-but..."

"Hang on a sec, I gotta compare these."

It wasn't long before Shining Armor was also at full mast and he scooted over closer to Heart Flutter and placed his own member right up to that of his friend's much to the latter's slight embarrassment. Though things were starting to become a bit awkward, both stallions knew that they at least had a mutual attraction for each other from the moment they met. As Shining Armor compared his own stallionhood to that of his above average companion he estimated that the latter was a good four inches longer than his own average member. At this point, the next words that came out of the aroused Prince's mouth were simply an inevitability.

"Dude, can I...can I suck it?" Shining Armor asked, his glossy eyes almost seeming to be pleading.

"Oh fuck yea-er...well, do you think your wife would be okay with it?"

"I...I'd be lying if I said I knew. I never told her I'm bi."

"What!? What the...Shining, you've gotta tell her sooner or later! Look, from what you've told me about her and the relationship you have with her, I think she'd understand! She seems like a reasonable girl!"

"I know, and I feel horrible about it! I just...I've been neglecting my own needs to stay loyal to her and I've been able to keep my urges quiet but now that I met you...I mean, if you were a mare then yeah, I get it, I'd be a complete scumbag but..."

"I think I get it. Now that your urges that you've been stifling have kinda...been woken up I guess, you need time to mentally prepare yourself to come out to her. Am I right?"

"Dude! You...I swear you read my mind! Look, if you don't want to do anything, I have zero right to put pressure on you. It's just...Oh, Heartsy it's been so long since I fooled around with a guy."

"Okay, go ahead."

"Hell, the last time I even got to kiss a dude was before I got into the guar-huh?"

"You wanna suck my dick? As long as this doesn't hurt things between you and your wife, go ahead. It's...been a long time for me too and I don't even have mares as an option."

To hear Heart Flutter give him permission to go down on him was music to Shining Armor's ears. It almost seemed too good to be true. For the first time since he was a silly, awkward teenage colt, Shining Armor had himself and a close male friend who shared their mutual attraction in a quiet, relaxed, and private setting. When it came to mares, Cadence was and would always be Shining Armor's one and only but alas, she simply could not satisfy his needs to fool around with another male but he simply couldn't think about that now. The only thing he could wrap his mind around was the thick, wet cock in front of him that he so badly wanted to wrap his lips around. Without another word, he slowly inched his face over to his friend's throbbing member and puckered his lips as if he were going in for a kiss.

It had indeed been a very long time since Shining Armor had another male in his mouth so he knew he would be quite rusty and made it a point to keep the sensitive organ of his friend away from his teeth until he could get a feel for it. Very gently, almost as if afraid of hurting him, the horny unicorn slowly took the tip in and pushed it in further as he opened his jaw to allow it in. Once he achieved a slight gasp followed by a series of soft moans from his friend, he grew more confident that he was doing a good job.

"Ooohhh, mmmf..." Heart Flutter moaned softly as Shining Armor very slowly took more and more of him into his mouth. "Ahhh...you're doin-oooh...d-doing great, b-buddy...k-k-keep it up..."

Those words of encouragement were just what Shining Armor needed to keep going. Though he was nowhere even remotely close to the medial ring on his friend's cock and his gag reflexes were already acting up, still he slowly worked his way up and down the end of the shaft. It was a slow start but the familiar feeling of having a throbbing penis in his mouth started coming back more quickly than he expected and made his way closer to the center. Inch by inch, Shining Armor took some in, rose back up to give the back of his throat a break for a moment before sinking his face back down, taking in even more once he reached his last point. Though only five minutes into this heavenly activity with his friend Heart Flutter, Shining Armor would find that he was not the only one who needed to blow off some pent up steam.

"Sh-Shining!" Heart Flutter gasped as he felt the impending explosion that he couldn't hold back no matter how hard he tried. "Oh my g-oooooohhh! Ahh! Hahh! Hahh!"

As the horny pegasus huffed, puffed, and panted, several hot loads of thick, sticky spunk flowed from the end of his shaft, forcing its way out of Shining Armor's unprepared mouth. On several occasions, he too had forgotten how to breath while massaging a cock with his mouth especially since this was the biggest one he ever had. Finally, after the bliss of his orgasm died down and he could now think rationally, Heart Flutter looked over at his friend who had just sucked him off to see him sitting motionlessly before him, his face absolutely covered in his jizz. After staring at each other for a moment, the two stallions burst out into laughter at the hot mess they just made together.

"Aw fuck, dude!" Shining Armor laughed as he wiped cum from his eyes with a hoof. "Hahahaha! You really got me good, huh?!"

"Wow, ahahahah! Well, it's been a while since I got to take care of business!" Heart Flutter said with a laugh.

"So I take it we're even now and my showing up late is forgiven?"

"And then some! Aw man, you knew what you were doi-"

"Ohhh Shining Armooorrr!" The familiar voice of a female sang from outside the room, making both stallions' blood run cold. "I'm home, darliiinnnggg!"

"Oh shit!" Shining Armor cursed as he nearly began to panic. "I lost track of time again! Dude, she can't find out like this!"

"Well, what do we do!?" Heart Flutter asked, regretting their actions for fear that he just ruined a marriage. "I don't wanna be a homewrecker, I could never live with myself!"

"Shining? Sweetums?" Cadence called out, sounding much closer. "I smell pizza so I know you're here somewhere! I hope you saved some for meee!"

It was when the handle on the bathroom door began to click and slowly turn counterclockwise that there was only one thing that Shining Armor could do to keep his wife from discovering what he and his friend just did. Knowing that he had to act quickly and apologize later, the frightened unicorn firmly placed his hooves on top of Heart Flutter's head and pushed him under water just as the door swung open revealing an irate looking pink Princess.

"Shining! How could you!?" Cadence yelled as she glared daggers at her husband as he sat in the middle of their tub.

"W-wait! Cadence, baby I swear it's not what it looks like!!" Shining Armor screamed frantically, knowing that he had been caught in a terrible act.

As shivers ran down Shining Armor's spine, he completely forgot about his friend who's head he was holding underwater but to his relief he would find that she was upset for a different reason if she was at all. Almost instantly, as if getting joy out of toying with her stallion, Cadence's expression of rage melted into the sweet, bright smile he fell in love with and she began to giggle leaving him immensely confused.

"Oh Shiney..." Cadence giggled. "You know better than to start a bath without me you silly guy you!"

Author's Note

Why do you people read this shit? You people only like it because it has more sauce than my other work. Now I have to live with myself...you bastards.