“What is this?”

A familiar white hoof pushed a rather large tome into Twilight’s vision, blocking her access to her most recent read that morning. It wasn’t hard to recognize. She did, after all, know every book in the library and her own tower.

“I believe, Shining,” Twilight answered lightly, slowly pushing it aside to return to her own, “that this is what normal ponies call a ‘book.’”

“I know what a book is, damn it,” Shining growled, “”but what I want to know is why it had been stuck in Sunset’s bed this morning. What was that for!?”

“I should think it was obvious,” Twilight turned a page idly. “It was for you to read.”

“Any plans on not being smart with me today?” Shining demanded, his white hoof practically shoving her book out of her own, down onto the library table. “Look at me, Twily.”

Twilight did, giving her brother a cool gaze as she did. “I was reading that, Shiny,” she said.

Contrary to her expectations, Shining didn’t look angry. He only looked mildly irritated at worst, truth be told. And he was staring at her suspiciously.

“Twilight, no more games,” he sat across from her at the table. “Why did you leave this book on Sunset’s bed last night?”

“Did you even read it?” Twilight asked, feeling no small amount of exasperation. Honestly, what did ponies even do with books if not read them?

“We wanted to know why it was left on her bed,” Shining answered.

“Yes, as you’ve told me three times now,” Twilight replied airily, before sighing. “Fine. Shining, what is the title of that book called?”

Shining looked down at the book in question, with its green hardback cover, and slid his eyes across the words printed on its front.

“‘Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Herds, But Were Too Afraid To Ask’,” he recited.

“Yes, Shiny,” Twilight smirked. “Tell me, have you ever read about herd dynamics before?”

She just felt so light today! After the amazing events of the night before, she wanted nothing more than to prance and leap all around the library, but unfortunately, she couldn’t because that would lead to some awkward questions. That didn’t stop her voice from showing off her newfound confidence and joy. She hadn’t stuttered once since the night before, her heat appeared to be completely gone for the year, and she just couldn’t keep her mind off of the amazing things Sunset and Shining had done with her.

“I’ve never even heard of herds before,” Shining replied, before he winced. “You set that up, didn’t you?”

“Maaaaaybe,” Twilight’s smirk widened. “Didn’t know you liked puns, Shiny.”

“Okay, what’s going on?” Shining asked, giving her an amused look. “You’re different today. I haven’t heard you stutter, you suddenly seem oodles more confident, and I don’t remember you ever being this teasing.”

“I just feel great today,” she practically sang, taking the opportunity to stretch.

“Anyway, back to herds,” Shining steered the conversation back where he wanted it, “what’s all this about herd dynamics?”

“Alright then, let me be brief,” she pressed her hooves together and rested her chin on them. “Herds are like traditional marriage, only less binding and capable of including more than two ponies. You don’t see very many herds in Canterlot due to how traditional this city has the tendency to be, so I can’t really give you a good example of one that exists, but…”

Shining’s look of irritation had changed to one of interest by this.

“...say you and Sunset and… a hypothetical mare not based on a current living pony named Starlight Glimmer,” she gave her brother a meaningful look, “decided that you all wanted to be in one large relationship. Each pony loved the other two equally. They couldn’t get legally married, but by invoking a herd dynamic, they would have the same legal protections and privileges as those that are married, with a few alterations.”

“Twilight, are you asking if you want to form a herd with me and Sunset?” Shining asked.

Twilight, however, chose to continue as if she hadn’t heard.

“Now, let’s say Sunset found another mare she liked,” she continued. “If you and Starlight decided you both liked her, this new mare would become a core member of your herd. If not, Sunset could keep this mare as her…” what was the phrase again? “...I think it’s called ‘auxiliary’ herd? We’ll go with that.”

“Twilight, let me ask again,” Shining gave her a very pointed gaze, “are you asking to form a herd with me and Sunset?”

“No, Shining, I’m actually not,” she huffed, irritated that he wasn’t giving her ample time to explain. “Not yet, anyway.”

Shining blinked.

“‘Yet?’”

“Let’s face it, Shiny,” Twilight sighed, “I loved last night. I really did. And I know you and Sunset did too. But unfortunately, we live in Canterlot.”

“What’s wrong with living in Canterlot?” Shining asked, confused.

“Perhaps it would be best if I were the one to answer that, my faithful student.”

Twilight felt all the blood drain from her face. From behind a bookshelf stepped none other than Princess Celestia herself, looking down at the both of them with a gleam of mischief in her eyes.

“Hello there, Private Armor,” the Princess smiled at Shining, who grinned back and waved.

“Morning, Princess.”

“H-how much of that d-did you hear?” Twilight asked, mortified. How was Shining not terrified out of his skin right now!?

“Enough,” answered the Princess, giving her a rather meaningful gaze. “As I have told your brother several times by now, however,” she turned to glance out one of the windows, “the personal relationships of my subjects are no business of mine.”

Twilight glanced rather nervously at Shining, who gave her an encouraging smile and a nod. “She kinda figured out Sunset and I a few days ago. I guess it makes sense she’d figure this out too.”

“You’re not… mad?” Twilight asked her mentor. Celestia also gave her a gentle smile.

“My opinion doesn’t matter, Twilight. Though I feel it is worth pointing out,” and here her voice got conspiratorially-low, “that if I of all ponies were to act judgemental towards others for having feelings for their siblings, or for acting on them, I would be one of the greatest hypocrites in all of Equestria.”

“W-wait,” that could only mean… “...you have a sister?”

“I do,” Celestia nodded, before turning to stare wistfully out of the window up to the sky. “I have not seen her in a very long time, and I miss her dearly, but I know we will see each other soon. And perhaps…” she shrugged, “...pick up where we left off, so to speak. So you see,” she turned her eyes back to Twilight and Shining, “you will hear no admonishment from me about your evening activities.”

“Did you find out by listening in, or…?” Shining queried.

“Sunset took all the precautions,” Princess Celestia strode toward their table and took a seat with them, “but the air was thick with magic when I retired to my room for the night. Her’s… and Twilight’s.”

“O-oh,” Twilight felt herself blush. Right. Her… what did Sunset call it? A “horngasm?”

“And of course your own, Private,” added the Princess. “It was rather easy to put two and two together. Now, if I recall, you were discussing herds?”

Twilight and Shining looked at each other for a moment.

“She left a book on them in Sunset’s room,” Shining tapped the one in question. “I wanted to know why. And what does living in Canterlot have to do with this?”

“I will start with the latter,” the princess slid the book toward herself. “As you are well aware, Canterlot is a very traditional city. While things have certainly gotten more progressive elsewhere, tradition remains deep-seated within Canterlot. As a result, you will not find many herds here in this city.”

“Um, okay,” Shining looked more confused now. “But why does that matter?”

“Canterlot’s traditionalism matters, Shining, because it would affect how you would want to go forming your herd, should you choose the route that includes your sister.” She sounded quite patient with him, which Twilight was thankful for. Sometimes her brother could just be so thick, but he never meant badly by it. “Relationships between brother and sister have long stopped having a biological impact due to the prevalence of magic, but the traditional taboo still exists, as far as marriage is concerned. Due to herds being much more fluid than marriages, that isn’t the case, and seeing siblings within the same herd, while uncommon, is not considered taboo.”

Shining’s eyes lit up with understanding.

“Oh!” he exclaimed. “But because Canterlot is as traditional and gossipy as it is, I can’t just add Twily to a herd immediately, because then rumors will spread, right?”

Celestia smiled and nodded. “Exactly, private. There is law against public insults. If someone were to publicly insult you, due to your status as a guardspony, they would have insulted the entire brotherhood of guardsponies, and thus would make themselves many enemies. And were someone to insult Twilight, or Sunset, they would have insulted me by proxy, and thus would have to answer to me for the slight. But despite that, there is no law that can prevent gossip, or prevent your reputations from suffering.”

“Wouldn’t having Twily in the herd at all cause them to spread anyway?” Shining asked.

Celestia shook her head. “Not necessarily. Were you to have a herd with more than just yourself and Sunset in it at the time you decided to add Twilight, it would appear to the outside that the other mares of your herd wanted to add her. Or at least, it would be unchallengeable to those wishing to do harm to you or your reputations. But if it were just you and Sunset forming a herd, it would raise suspicions that the herd was formed just so you could bed your sister.”

“Oh,” Shining said.

“And that is why Twilight is suggesting this book to you. Am I correct, Twilight?”

Twilight smiled and nodded at her teacher. “Yep!”

“So, if this is the path you choose to tread,” Celestia pressed her hooves together under her chin, “Speak with Sunset first. And when you do, tell her to speak with me about it as well.”

“Yes ma’am,” Shining dipped his head.

With that, the Princess stood up and trotted out, humming something to herself as she went, leaving Twilight and Shining to stare after her.

“Did she just butt in on a conversation about sex?” Twilight asked.

“Yep,” Shining answered.

“You don’t seem terribly surprised.”

“Nope.”

“Did she do it to you too?”

Sort of,” Shining shrugged. “She broke the ice between myself and Sunset with ‘How long have the two of you been having sex?’ After that, this was rather tame.”

“Anyway, she basically said it better than I could have,” Twilight’s magic coated the book and shoved it back into Shining’s hooves. “You and Sunset should still read it.”

“Hang on,” Shining frowned, “she mentioned that it needed to be more than just me and Sunset if we wanted to make this a thing.”

“She advised it, yeah,” Twilight dipped her head, “which was what I was going to tell you myself before she came in. Herd history is rather fascinating. Did you know that Braytish King Henry VIII was the one who invented the concept of the herd?”

“Uh, no,” Shining started to slowly back away. “I, uhh… do you really have to lecture me about history now?”

“It’s relevant, I promise,” Twilight assured him, marking the book she had been reading before and closing it. “Basically he wanted to divorce his wife, but he wasn’t allowed to, so he decided to introduce the concept of herds, so he could bring in any mare he wanted with his wife’s, and later, herdmates’, approval. It also proved to have the side-effect of being a way of dealing with the high mare-to-stallion ratio among the Equestrian race.”

“Twily, stop,” Shining facehoofed. “I just want to know what you mean by that.”

“By what?” Twilight tilted her head.

“By needing to bring in more than just me and Sunset.”

“Oh. I think that should be obvious,” she placed her forehooves neatly into her lap. “If you want to go the herd route, and you want to include me in it, you need more mares in your herd than just Sunset.”

She tapped her chin thoughtfully.

“Maybe when Cadance gets back, you can try to recruit her.”

She almost didn’t notice the slightly-pained look that crossed his face. Almost.

“Are you still sore about that?” she asked.

“No,” Shining shook his head. “It’s just… she is back.”

“Wait, what?” Twilight leapt to her hooves. “The best foalsitter in all of Equestria is back from her little trip, and you never told me!?”

“You were stuck in that tower of yours the whole time!” Shining raised his hooves defensively.

“Where is she? I’ve got to go say hello!”

And without waiting for an answer, she dashed off.

Shining sat alone in the library for several minutes, processing all that he had learned.

So, Twilight wants to join a herd with me and Sunset.

Ugh, why did this whole romance stuff have to be so complicated? First it was just him and Sunset, and then Sunset was letting him go after other mares, but now Cadance is back to muddy the waters, and his own sister had the hots for him and they’d had sex the night before.

What would Mom and Dad think? he thought, letting his chin rest on the table Twilight had been reading at, before he noticed her book was still there.

Should probably take this back to her.

So he did. Or rather, he tried to. Unfortunately, her tower was locked when he visited.

He supposed he could leave it on her doorstep, but then he remembered the weather team had scheduled light showers that afternoon, and if a page so much as got even a molecule of water on it, she would have given him an earful, quite possibly for several hours.

Shuddering as he remembered how much she had yelled at him after the Pony of Liberty incident, he turned around and trotted back into the castle. Clearly there was only one other solution, and that was to give it to Twilight directly.

Which meant he would be in proximity to his ex-marefriend.

He gulped. Hopefully, she didn’t hate him.

Unfortunately for Shining, he had never visited Cadance’s room like Twilight had. Cadance had always been the one to meet him at Mom and Dad’s house. As such, he had no idea where he was going.

Fortunately, some of his fellow guards knew the way and pointed him in the right direction. Cadance’s room was in the same wing as Princess Celestia’s room and the Dusk Quarters, naturally, but Cadance had apparently moved out of it and to a different floor, presumably to distance herself from Sunset in light of her’s and Shining’s relationship.

It wasn’t hard to find. But when he did, he found the door cracked open and could hear Twilight’s and Cadance’s voices from within.

Shining didn’t want to eavesdrop, he really didn’t, but he just couldn’t help himself, as he let the book slide out of his grasp and he sat against the wall.

“--and I’ve been living in that tower ever since!” he heard Twilight chirp happily. No doubt she was telling Cadance all about what happened over the last three years to her.

“I always joke with Auntie about how you were one day going to live in a library, and now look,” snickered Cadance. “Your own personal tower of books.”

“Living in a library would be pretty nice,” Twilight sighed dreamily. “Just think of all the books! Hours and hours of reading and time all to myself! Maybe even a library inside a tree!”

Shining felt a smile tug at his face.

“You know, you seem to have really come into your own since I left,” Cadance said. “Last time I talked to you, you had that stutter you were trying to get over. What happened?”

“Oh, this and that,” Twilight replied airily. Shining was intensely grateful she didn’t spill the beans.

“‘This and that’, huh?” Cadance asked, and Shining cringed. Of course the alicorn of love could figure that out. “Alright, who is he? I want to meet him.”

“He’s uh…” and here Shining could hear the nervousness in her voice again. “H-he’s not here right now.”

“I just want to know his name, Twilight.” Shining could visualize the teasing grin on her face as she said that. “Did he help you with your heat? Is that it?”

“Pr-retty much.”

Cadance sighed happily. “You know, I’ve heard there’s a lot of things getting a special somepony and making love with them will fix. Confidence is most obvious, and you’re oozing it compared to how you were when I saw you last. Was it last night?”

“Y-yeah, it was.”

“Twilight, this isn’t an interrogation. If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to. I’m just teasing you.”

“I kn-now. I was just… I wanted to talk to you about something else while I was here. Something… private.”

“Oh? What juicy secrets do you have for me?” Cadance asked conspiratorially.

“W-well, it’s about my brother.”

There was a long pause. Shining could have heard a pin drop on the carpeted floor.

“Are you mad at him?” Twilight asked nervously.

“No,” sighed Cadance. “He didn’t do anything wrong. It’s… it’s my fault honestly. I took what Auntie wanted me to do so seriously I didn’t allow myself to act rationally, and now.... now he’s with that Sunset Shimmer mare.”

“Have you met her?”

“Yeah. She seems… nice. I mean,” Shining visualized her waving a hoof vaguely like she used to, “I haven't exactly spent what you’d call ‘quality time’ with her, but she doesn’t seem bad. Why do you ask?”

“Well, we are both Princess Celestia’s students, so we’ve spent some time together.”

“How much time, exactly?” Cadance asked. “I don’t remember Auntie’s apprentices doing much cooperative work. You’re all usually on your own private curricula.”

“She helped me out with my heat this past season.”

“Was this before or after you got a coltfriend?”

“I, uhh…”

Shining felt the bottom of his stomach drop out. He knew that tone. That was the tone of voice Twilight always took when she was about to spill.

“...I n-never said I had a coltfriend, did I?”

Again, pin drop.

“Have you been sleeping with Sunset Shimmer?” Cadance asked. She didn’t seem mad, strangely enough. More… amused? That seemed like the right word.

“Uhh… sort of?”

Everything fell silent again. But then, Shining could almost hear Cadance put two and two together.

“Noooooo,” Cadance exclaimed. “No, don’t tell me…”

“Yep,” sighed Twilight.

“You and…?”

“Mm-hmm.”

“With her there?”

“She kind of arranged everything.”

A wet trickle at the nape of his neck got his attention. He didn’t realize he had been sweating, and quickly pawed it away.

“Twilight, I don’t need to tell you how dangerous that is, right? For you and him? And Sunset Shimmer for facilitating it?”

“No, you don’t,” Twilight answered. “We had a nice talk about it this morning, and I already have a solution in mind.”

He could hear shuffling.

“Oh damn, I left the book in the library,” cursed Twilight. “Mind if I go retrieve it real quick?”

“Sure,” Cadance replied. “I’ll just sit here, freaking out about how my ex-coltfriend is sleeping with two mares, one of which is his own sister, while I only just officially broke up with him mere days ago. Any way fate can twist the knife further?”

That rhetorical question was answered by Twilight trotting out the door and turning to head to the library, only to freeze when she saw him there.

For a long, heartstopping moment, they just stared at each other, Shining on his haunches and Twilight frozen in surprise.

“Twilight? What’s up?” asked Cadance, trotting forward. And once she stepped out and saw who Twilight was staring at, she too started to stare at him.

“Umm,” Shining got to his hooves and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, before offering Twilight the book she was after. “You f-forgot your library book.”

Twilight, however, did not take the library book she had been on her way to get ten seconds before.

“In,” ordered Cadance, in a deathly quiet voice, backing up and jabbing a hoof inside her room.

Shining had never before appreciated just how well Cadance had taken after their mother. He supposed she’d have to if she’d been able to keep a good eye on Twilight while she was a foal.

That was the dreaded Whisper of Grounding.

Only now, he was sure he’d rather be grounded for months than be here for this.

But before he could flee, Twilight’s horn glowed and Shining felt something grab his tail and yank him inside, the library book flying out of his hooves as he did.

Cadance’s room was pink. Her bed was pink, her carpet was pink, her walls were pink, the throw rug between her door and her bed was pink, the ceiling was pink, even her desk was pink!

“Why is your room so pink?” he wondered aloud.

Cadance hopped up onto her bed, snorting. “It’s not pink, it’s lightish-red.”

Shining was about to retort that there already was a color for lightish-red, and it was called pink, but Twilight picked him up with magic and slammed him down on his back on Cadance’s bed.

This is a really nice bed… he thought as he bounced at least six inches up before coming back down.

“So,” both Cadance and Twilight were glaring down at him now, “eavesdropping, were we?” Twilight asked, scowling at him.

“:I haven’t been dropping no eaves, Twilight, honest!”

Twilight snorted. Inwardly, Shining smiled. While his literary repertoire would never be as good as Twilight’s, he could still drop a mean Coltien reference every now and again.

“What did you hear?” Cadance asked, glaring down at him.

“Uhh… I plead the fifth?”

Cadance looked over at Twilight, who just shrugged. With a groan, she let Shining up.

“Why were you listening in, Shining?” she asked.

“I, uhh, I didn’t mean to,” Shining immediately responded defensively. “I just… you really did forget your book, and I was gonna bring it to your tower, but the door was locked, so I came here, and the door was open and… well,” he tossed a hoof lamely.

“I mean, we did need to talk about that,” Twilight noted, sliding off the bed and trotting out to grab the book that had been left out there. “You, me, Sunset, and Cadance.”

“Wait, what?” both Cadance and Shining stared after her, confused, before turning to each other.

“Did you know about this?” Cadance asked.

“Twilight’s been very secretive today, so no, I didn’t,” he replied honestly, before screwing up his eyes thoughtfully. “Though she did leave that book on Sunset’s nightstand after… uhh…” he trailed off, again aware of exactly what he was about to talk about to the last pony he wanted to talk about it with.

Cadance, however, blushed a bit when he realized just what he was going to talk about, and looked away.

“You know, I can’t help but notice that Princess Celestia’s more cunning side has rubbed off on Twilight,” he said, hoping to change the topic.

“Does that surprise you?” Cadance asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Honestly? Yeah, a lot,” Shining answered, letting his head fall backward into Cadance’s incredibly-comfy bed. “You should have heard her last night.”

Cadance blushed rather furiously.

“O-oh,” Shining realized what he’d said. “Sorry. I mean before that. She picked up a stutter after you left, and it was at its worst last night. That filly is so awkward when she’s in an unfamiliar situation…”

“I don’t know about that,” Cadance tapped her chin and glanced at the ceiling thoughtfully. “You never got to foalsit her. She’s really excitable when you get her on a subject she’s enthusiastic about. But unfamiliar things, yeah, I can understand that.”

“And where is she, exactly?” Shining glanced toward Cadance’s door. “It does not take that long to go get a library book that I just left outside the--”

But before he could finish his statement, there was a sudden burst of light, and something heavy tumbled onto the bed, landing right on top of Cadance.

“Oof!” Cadance gasped, topping over underneath the heavy shape. When Shining turned to see who it was, he was startled to see Sunset there, lying on her back on top of Cadance, eyes wide, mouth thin, and looking as though she had no idea what had just happened.

“...the buck was that?” she asked, not turning from the ceiling. “Where am I?”

“My… room…” grunted Cadance from underneath.

“Oh! Sorry!” Sunset scrambled up, allowing Cadance to right herself. As they both got into more comfortable positions, they noticed just who it was they were meeting.

“Princess,” said Sunset in an emotionless voice, sidling closer to Shining subtly as she did.

“Sunset,” Cadance inclined her head. “What was that?”

“You tell me!” Sunset exclaimed in exasperation, tossing her hooves into the air. “One moment I’m, lying on my bed doing some reading, and the next thing I know, I hear my door open and poof, I come crashing down on you!”

“That was me,” Twilight came trotting in, smiling sheepishly, the library book in her telekinetic grasp. “Sorry. I’m still working on fine-tuning teleporting others.”

“Okay, spill,” Cadance shut the door behind her and locked it. “What’s going on?”

“Shining is already aware of my plan here,” Twilight sat on her haunches, her tone entering “Lecture Mode™” as she set the book aside.

“Wait, ‘plan?’” Shining’s train of thought came to a screeching halt. “You said nothing about a plan.”

“Well, it wasn’t an actual plan then, but it is now,” she grinned.

“Twilight wants the three of us to form a herd,” Shining interjected before she could get started. “Then after we’re a herd, you two can invite her in, and that way all four of us end up happy.”

Twilight’s grin slid into a pout. “Some ponies just have no sense of dramatic build-up.”

“I’m sorry, what?” Cadance stared at her, mouth agape. “You want the three of us to what now?”

“Fuck it, I’m down.”

Cadance’s and Shining’s gazes snapped to Sunset, who looked rather indifferent. When she noticed they were staring-- even Twilight looked surprise by this--, looked thoroughly non-plussed.

“What?” she asked, looking between both of them. “Shining knows I don’t mind him going after other mares if I’m alright with it . And uh, well…” she tossed a hoof lamely at Cadance, “he’s not exactly over you.”

Cadance’s shocked look turned to Shining. “And you’re okay with this?” she demanded.

“She wears the saddle in this relationship,” admitted Shining meekly.

“Not immediately,” Sunset added. “I think we can give this a try, I think it’s a good idea and everypony wins, but…” she grimaced and gave Cadance an apologetic look. “Just… not right now. I don’t know anything about you other than you broke my coltfriend’s heart. Not to mention that first impression we got a few days ago.”

Cadance winced. “Yeah, I agree.”

Twilight observed the proceedings with interest. “I didn’t expect both of you to be open to the idea like this.”

“You leave Canterlot for a few years, and when you get back, everyone’s completely different,” Cadance remarked softly.

“Welcome to my world,” Shining replied. “Just a few weeks ago, everything was nice. Then suddenly I get into a relationship with Sunset and everything gets turned upside-down.”

“You love it though,” Sunset smirked at him.

“I didn’t say I didn’t,” Shining retorted with a smirk of his own.

“Alright, fine,” Cadance seemed almost defeated as she sighed. “We can… try it, I guess. Whenever you feel ready, that is.”

Twilight let out a tiny squee as she observed the proceedings.

“Excellent. Project HERD is a go!”

That caused everyone to stare at her.

“What?” Twilight looked confused. “It stands for ‘Helping Everypony’s Relationship Dynamic.’ It’s the perfect acronym.”

“The acronym isn’t the problem,” Cadance sighed patiently. “I’ll handle this,” she told Shining and Sunset. “And I need some time to think about things.”

Twilight pouted again as they left. “But I haven’t gotten done explaining the intricacies of Project HERD yet!”

“You’ll manage,” Cadance assured her as the door opened, allowing them to exit. “Time for some filly talk.”

As Sunset and Shining trotted out, with the door shutting behind them, Shining was trying to wrap his head around the past 36 hours.

In short order, he had gone from just him and Sunset to having sex with his sister and now being involved in a plot by said sister to pair all three of them together with Cadance.

“Is my romantic life ever going to be normal?” he whined aloud.

Sunset snorted, and gave him a playful bump. “With a family like yous, I doubt it. But if it means that much to you, how about just you and me tonight?”

Shining felt a grateful smile cross his face as they neared Sunset’s room, which it turned out was not as far fro Cadance’s room as he thought. “That sounds nice, actually. A refreshing change of pace.”

“Cool. But for right now, you can help me clean my sheets. We made quite a mess last night.”

“Sure thing, Sunny,” He nodded as they trotted inside.

“And I reserve the right to make more of a mess on them before we clean them,” Sunset added, giving him a sultry look as the door shut behind her.

“Have I mentioned I love you yet?” Shining asked as the lock clicked.

“You can say it as many times as you like,” Sunset replied, before they spent the next several minutes making absolutely sure the sheets needed cleaning..

Author's Note

Super-sorry about how long this chapter took. After I got sick in February, it kind of killed my momentum, and I wrote more than half of this today.

Anyway, I'll try to turn out updates more frequently than once every couple of months. Next chapter will feature Trixie (nothing too elaborate, just some PWP). I'm hoping to get it done soon as kind of a make-up gesture, but eh, to be determined.

Anyway, may your pants stay dry, your dreams stay wet, and may you spoil your sheets with your special someone the same way people are out spoiling Infinity War.