"I never came so much before in my life!" Shining Armor told Heart Flutter as the two friends trotted up the stairs of the Crystal Palace.

"Sounds like you two found what makes you tick." Heart Flutter replied with a smirk. "It's never too late to learn new things about yourself."

"True that, buddy. Hey, thanks for helping me with this paperwork though. Really, I mean it."

"What is it with you and your sister shaking your flanks around to bribe ponies into helping you with paperwork anyway?"

"Ah, I dunno, bud, I don't really wanna think about my sister trying to 'seduce' somepony, you know?"

"Right, right, my bad...uhh, who are you glaring at?"

"And I also don't wanna have to see another fanfic about me and my own sister or my mother doing...things."

"What the hell are you talking about? Who are you pointing at?"

"Them."

"Ohhh."

Once again, Cadence had matters to attend to outside the Crystal Palace, thus leaving Shining Armor to complete his own tasks within it. Since Heart Flutter was still taking time off work, it would be a perfect time for him to spend time with a friend and hopefully lift his spirits. Despite that most of it would be spent performing tedious, white collar work, it should be much better than sitting at home, bored out of his mind. Simply by being in the presence of a good friend should make for a decent day.

"I bet we can get this done twice as fast with both of us working on it." Shining Armor said cheerfully as he levitated a pen with his aura. "Don't be afraid to sign my name on it, I can just say my secretary did and nopony would question it."

"You're...finally banning neck ties with polo shirts?" Heart Flutter asked with a slight gasp as he forged Shining Armor's signature on a bill.

"Ponies look like tools wearing that. Cadence agrees with me on that, and I'm sure a lot of non-hipsters do too."

"This oughta be fun to watch."

"Oh, and you might get a kick out of this one. Check it out."

Shining Armor then levitated a small stack of papers of which were bills he would be signing into law. Heart Flutter scanned through the text, his eyes widening more and more with every line he read.

"Ohohohoho, Cousin Zephyr's gonna looove this!" Heart Flutter said with a laugh. "Two hundred bit fines for wearing stallion buns!? I love it!"

"You should have him visit sometime and totally 'forget' to mention the new law." Shining Armor snickered.

"Took the words right out of my mouth. Hey you know what? I actually think I'll write to my cousins and have them come around sometime. I still have a while before I go back to work."

"Yeah, it'd be cool to see Fluttershy again."

Mental notes taken and more signatures forged, paperwork was a breeze and before the two friends knew it, they were finished and had nearly the whole day to themselves. Cadence wasn't expected to be home until dusk and Shining Armor made a promise to Heart Flutter in exchange for helping him complete his paperwork so quickly; something that he and his sister both had in common when it came to getting friends to help with white collar tasks.

Like two giddy school colts sneaking away with a Playcolt magazine, Shining Armor and Heart Flutter hastily made their way to the bedroom where they locked the door and explored each other's bodies. Both stallions enjoyed a nice, steamy, mutually beneficial sixty-nine as Heart Flutter lie on his back. Both of them understood the importance of leaving no evidence behind as Cadence was a rather observant and intelligent mare. Any spillage not cleaned up would surely catch her attention and it would be a matter of time before she found out that some of it did not belong to her husband.

Hours later, Cadence returned home to find a note from Shining Armor on the door to their bedroom, saying that he went out to pick up a few snack items for the couple to enjoy later. What the note didn't mention was that he was trotting his butt buddy home unbeknownst to the love Princess. Cadence decided to enjoy the brief moment of time she would have to herself and take a quick nap before figuring out what she and her husband would have for dinner.

The bed wasn't made perfectly but not a complete mess as to keep within Shining Armor's not so tidy but still not so messy character, again as a measure to keep from arousing suspicion. It was just at that very moment when Cadence shut her eyes, that something caught her attention that could blow up Shining Armor and Heart Flutter's little secret naughty times and from there, there would be no going back.

Squinting at the small, out of place object laying a mere hoof away from where Cadence would otherwise be laying her sleepy head, she used her aura to gently grasp and lift off the sheets, a lone pink hair. While she held this single, thick, pink hair in her aura, she arose to a sitting position as she studied it. This hair was a hot pink and much too thick to be one of her own, yet still very flexible and obviously originated from a well kempt mane as it was too short to be the average pony's tail hair. This would be a loose end that the two stallions who enjoyed the couple's bed would have been better off having not neglected to tie off.

"This...this isn't mine." A confused Cadence said to herself as she continued to squint at the hair in her aura.

"Hey, babe!" Shining Armor beamed as he excitedly pushed the door open and jumped onto the bed to join his wife.

"Shining! Hey, studmuffin, how was your day?"

Shining Armor was completely oblivious to having aroused curiosity and suspicion in his beloved as she had withdrawn her unusual finding underneath her pillow.

"Got a lot of stuff accomplished and I think this empire's on the right track from here on out." Shining replied as he moved in closer to snuggle with his bride.

"Oh?"

"Yeah! No more hipsters with stallion buns and ties with polo shirts!"

"Finally! God, those ponies are annoying."

It had been a long day for both and after an hour or so of snuggling and whispering sweet nothings to each other, Shining Armor drifted off to sleep for the night. As the stallion snored away, he was completely unaware that unlike him, his wife was laying next to him wide awake as she simply could not get her mind off a few things that caught her attention. The princess mentally went back and forth between the two used champagne glasses and now the strange hair that didn't belong to her nor her husband.

At first, she waved off the champagne glass incident as her husband simply grabbing an extra one for her and drinking from it but with the odd hair she had found, things were cause for concern. Aside from that, he did mention that he had a new friend that he had been spending time with, but what would one of his or her hairs be doing in their bed?

On one hoof, Cadence felt that it could be entirely possible that her husband may very well be having an affair of sorts, and on the other hoof, she felt ashamed of herself for having such lack of trust in her beloved. Sure, he had forgotten to hide a second glass or retrieve a stray hair that had fallen from his friend but the more Cadence thought about it, the more anxious she became and the more it made her stomach ache.

"I'm just being paranoid." Cadence whispered to herself as she drifted off to sleep. "I hope."

The next day, Shining Armor was able to get his tasks completed before three in the afternoon which meant that he had a few good hours to spend with Heart Flutter at his home. The latter being a pet groomer was sharing some of his professional grooming tips with Shining Armor but much to his frustration, he was having trouble keeping the silly unicorn still. Shining Armor had always found it difficult to maintain a comfortable position whenever somepony works on his mane and this time, the one coiffing him was about to lose his patience.

"Damn it, Shining!" Heart Flutter huffed as he struggled to adjust his friend's mane. "Hold still! Do you want me to teach you this mane style or not?"

"Would it kill you to let me get into a more comfortable position?"

"The only position you seem to be comfortable is your ass in the air with my dick in it!"

Out of frustration, Heart Flutter angrily grabbed Shining Armor's mane and shoved his head down to the level at which he could work. Shining Armor let out an excited squeal in response to being abruptly jerked around. Heart Flutter would find that he may have pushed Shining too hard, as the latter ended up slipping on a small dollop of pomade, ultimately landing on his back. Much like other encounters with his special buddy and a recent one with his wife, Shining Armor would be proven to be more sub than dom once again.

"Yes! That's it! Toss me around like a little bitch!" Shining Armor beamed with the widest possible grin on his face as he lay on his back, his dick quickly standing at full mast.

"I thought we were gonna do your mane!" Heart Flutter whined in disappointment.

"Not when I'm like this we're not! That'll have to wait. Now, what are you gonna do to me?"

"You know what? Fuck you, I'll be right back!"

"Fuck me? Yes plea-"

"Shut up!"

Heart Flutter had a plan for his disobedient friend and he angrily stomped out of the bathroom to retrieve an implement from his saddle bag that he left in the next room over. The pissed off pegasus huffed as he pawed through his bag in search of what he would use to teach Shining Armor a lesson that he so badly wanted to be taught. After a moment of searching, Heart Flutter then pulled out his prize in the form of a dog leash and held it in the air as he thanked Faust that he happened to have it in his bag. With his implement in his clutch, he trotted over to the bathroom where an overly excited Shining Armor waited to be disciplined.

"Alright, you wanna be a bitch?" Heart Flutter asked through his teeth as he very rudely placed the leash around Shining Armor's neck. "Okay, you got it...bitch!"

Shining Armor's pupils dilated and nearly filled his eyes in their entirety at the excitement for what was about to commence. Heart Flutter was now using his wings to help pull a resisting Shining Armor into the bedroom. Though he was all for what his pegasus friend was about to do to him, to put up a fight made Heart Flutter even angrier which just made Shining Armor even more excited. Shining Armor becoming more excited, in turn was just fanning the flames and making for a vicious cycle that neither of them wanted out of.

Hours later, Shining Armor and Heart Flutter lost track of time once again and the latter had to sneak out the bedroom window to avoid being caught by Cadence. This latest close call would end up being the absolute closest of calls as when a sweaty Shining Armor trotted out of the room past his wife, now more suspicious than ever, the whole affair was about to be busted wide open. With her husband claiming that he simply had been working out and going to fetch himself a drink, Cadence had a chance to inspect the bedroom for herself. It wasn't long before she found something rather out of place.

"Ugh! I'm not cleaning this up, Shining!" Cadence hollered as she observed a series of white stains on the bed sheets. "Jeez, you were working out alright. Wait a minute..."

Cadence, being married to and very intimately acquainted with the consistency of her husband's spunk knew that something was off upon further inspection. Like a savvy police detective, she popped a small cotton swab into existence and prodded a one of the stains of cum to find that it was much thicker than that of her husband's, even if it were to have sat there for hours. Upon giving it a sniff, she knew for a fact that it was indeed not that of Shining Armor's.

"What, did you have an orgy here or something?"

Author's Note

I'm so sorry this took so long and I'm sorry this chapter is so much shorter than most of the other ones. Now that I'm fully moved into my new house and settled in, I can spend more time at night after work on my stories. For now, here's a taste of what to expect next. As always, happy reading.