Floof is for Cuddles

by Iorii

Rating: everyone
Tags: Romance, Comedy, Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash
Length: 5453

Rainbow decides to floof herself up in preperation to cuddle with Twilight. It goes horribly wrong.

Excited at the prospect of snuggling with Twilight, Rainbow decides to floof herself up in preparation.

Instead, she unknowingly releases World War Floof among the citizens of Ponyville.

Co-authored with An Intricate Disguise.
Proofread (and author of the original) by The Abyss.

Published 2018-02-21 18:40:07 UTC
Last updated 2018-02-21 18:40:07 UTC

The Floofening

Rainbow stretched out and began preparing herself for a nice, hot bath after a long day out with the weather team. The sun was setting over the horizon, lighting up her bathroom with a warm orange glow and heating up the room to a pleasant temperature.

The steam rising from the faucet caked the room in a light mist as her bubble bath foamed up; Rainbow would never let anypony know that she used such a thing, but secretly she loved bubbles. She lit a couple of sweet cherry candles, enjoying the scent as she slipped into her bath, her tense muscles relaxing in the still, steaming water as she let the day’s fatigue and stress slip away.

It was therapeutic, the feeling of water rushing over her fur and getting all caught in her mane as she shimmied down lower, stretching out and laying still for a few moments, fighting the familiar urge to close her eyes—porcelain baths had nothing on the comfort of a cloud bath.

Once she had finally grown tired of the sensation, knowing she would only lay there forever if she didn’t motivate herself, she reached over and grabbed her body wash, but paused as a thought popped into her head. Maybe she should begin building up her floof again? It was getting close to her vacation, and getting more snuggles with Twilight was a very tempting prospect.

After the whole floof fiasco of last month, she’d kept the bottle far away from her toiletry shelf to remove temptation—she’d grown to love having a large, bodacious amount of floof, especially when it gave her an excuse to get all cosy with Twilight, but she couldn’t have her fur like that while she was working! That wouldn’t be an issue now though, she had a week off soon and already a plan of spending the entirety of it in Twilight’s bed was hatching, warming her heart.

Giving in to her desires and forsaking the warm hold of her cloud tub, she clambered out and began looking through all the items she had stored on her shelf. It took awhile, but she finally pulled out what she was looking for - the special body wash that had brought her and Twilight so close. She stared at it for a second, reminiscing over the events of that week.

She smiled brilliantly, hopping back into the bath with a flounce of her wet fur and dumping the entire content of the bottle onto her chest and soon entire body, slowly lathering it in as she imagined her imminent reward, an entire week of comfort, affection, and napping. Snuggles with Twilight, ahoy!

Knock knock knock

“Hey, Rainbow Dash, you in?” Cloudchaser shouted from the other end of Rainbow Dash’s front door for the third time.

She waited for a few more seconds, but there was still no response. Sighing in frustration, she looked around the porch for the fake cloud that Rainbow hid her spare key under. After a minute of grumbling to herself and stumbling around the cloud, she tripped on a protruding cloud chunk, her face smooshing against the soft wall as she felt her hoof begin to sting.

Brushing off the feeling with a shake of her head, she checked under her assailant and quickly pulled out the key, rubbing her hoof as she tried to stop tears from forming in her eyes.

She hastily unlocked the door, stepping into the darkened house. “Heeeeeeeeeey! Rainbow! You still home? You didn't show up to work again!” Cloudchaser again waited for some form of response, but none came. “How heavy can a mare sleep in?” she muttered to herself as she headed towards the spiral staircase on the other edge of the room.

flooooooooooooof

Cloudchaser felt herself freeze in fright from the sudden, ominous noise coming from deeper within the house. What the hay was that? Staying stock still in the darkness for a few seconds, she shook off her worry, willing her legs into moving, one hoof in front of the other. Maybe Rainbow just ate something funny yesterday? That was probably just a groan.

She began to move further into the house, trying her best to keep her shivering under control. Was it always this cold here?

Floof floof!

Cloudchaser continued pushing on, despite her legs threatening to give out under her. That definitely wasn’t a groan! The dim, chilly house gave off a powerful aura of oppression, and she couldn’t help but feel as if it would be smart to turn tail and flee, leaving Rainbow to whatever it was she was doing.

She kept moving anyway, trouncing her fear for the sake of Rainbow’s paycheck, until she saw one of the doors ajar, a small measure of light bleeding through. She pushed it open, and fear filled her heart at the sight she saw...

“Floof floof awesome floof!”

There, in the middle of the bathroom, was a large blue floofball.

Cloudchaser could only stare in fear at the large, frightening ball of floof. The very large, very blue ball of floof slowly rotated, like something out of a fluffy nightmare, causing a small shuffling sound to emanate as the floof’s floofy floof rubbed against the cloud floor. It stopped moving, and Cloudchaser found herself staring at the deformed, floofy face of her friend. The two of them stared at each other for what felt like forever, unmoving. The blue floof opened her mouth.

“Floof!”

Cloudchaser let out a scream and tore out of the bathroom, heading straight toward the stairs. She heard some rumbling behind her and quickly glanced back to see a big blue ball of floof rolling down the hall after her. Reaching speeds that would have left the Wonderbolts astounded, the screaming mare shot down the stairs and out the front door at breakneck speeds. Slowing down to catch her breath, she landed on a cloud near the house, looking back to where she’d just witnessed the cataclysmic floof monster.

Bam Floof! Bam Floof!

The floofy entity burst through the front doors, tearing through the clouds and bouncing one more time before tumbling off the plateau of Rainbow’s doorstep entirely, rocketing towards the ground. Cloudchaser shouted in surprise, and in a sudden and very pony-like change of heart, shot down towards the descending ball of floof, hoping to catch it before it landed on the ground.

Unfortunately, she had expended all of her energy during her escape, and she was far too slow to reach it in time.

Cloudchaser looked away as the floof ball hit the ground with a loud tremble, causing everything in the vicinity to tremble from the impact. Praying for the floof’s safety, her eyes traveled to where it had landed. She was shocked to see that the floofball was completely unaffected, despite the large crater it had left in the ground. It began its roll towards the town, floofing all the way there.

Cloudchaser rushed as fast as she could back to Ponyville to warn the townsponies of the impending floom.

“So you’re telling me that a big, blue ball of floof that was in Rainbow Dash’s house is now rolling towards Ponyville, and will wreak havoc on all of its buildings and citizens?”

Cloudchaser only nodded, shivering in her sister’s embrace.

Flitter sighed, she’d had it with Cloudchaser’s silly delusions. “Go get some sleep, sis, you’re obviously losing touch with reality again. I told you not to stay up for four days again, but noooooooooooo, somepony didn’t listen.”

Flitter picked up her panicked sister in a bridal carry and proceeded to take her to her bed, where she was to get her much needed sleep. As she reached her destination, she dropped her sister into her bed, and Cloudchaser was out cold. Flitter bundled some blankets around her and planted a small kiss on her forehead. She deserved that for being such a silly mare.

Honestly, huge floofy monsters? Pull the other one. Flitter went over to the bedroom window, intent on closing the blinds, but her hoof stopped dead. Outside, rolling through the garden and bouncing over fences was a huge, round, fluffy, floofy ball.

For the longest time, Flitter merely stood and stared. Looked like she owed Cloudchaser a free dropkick.

Meanwhile, back where important events were not taking place, Mayor Mare looked over at Twilight. “Princess Sparkle, do you know anything relating to this ‘big, blue ball of floof’ that the dear was talking about?”

The purple pony went to shake her head, but paused. A big, blue ball of...floof?

Floof... Blue...

Oh no.

Twilight nodded, worry and amusement mixing into a strange emotional cocktail. “I think I know what’s coming our way, I just don’t know how bad it is...” She sighed dramatically, almost passionately. “I think it’s Rainbow Dash, all floofed up. She came to me a few weeks ago with a floof problem, she may have accidentally made it worse this time.”

“A floof problem, you say?” the mayor responded, an eyebrow cocked.

“That exactly. You see, she’d been using a special brand of body wash—”

Mayor Mare’s eyes instantly sharpened. “Floof-tacular Body Wash?” she said, her cadence powerful and solemn.

“Y-yes, how did you know?”

“Let me tell you why I dye my mane, Twilight,” Mayor Mare said, looking away wistfully. “A long time ago, I used a special conditioner called ‘Floof-tastic Mane Care’, but I made the mistake of leaving it in for too long. You’re only meant to use it for two minutes at a time, I left it in for fifteen.”

“Fifteen?!” Twilight repeated, aghast. “What were you thinking?”

“I wasn’t thinking!” Mayor Mare replied, her eyes glossy as she thought back to the fateful day. “I just wanted my mane to shine, but it started to floof up and grow erratically! In the end, I was forced to visit a zebra shaman to find a cure, but by then, the effects had already set in. The only solution was to use a solution that stripped all of the colour from my mane.”

“Alright, alright. That makes sense. I always wondered why you dyed it. But what bearing does it have on this situation?”

“Well, naturally, after those events, I started to pay a lot more attention to the warnings on product labels. For example, on the body wash Rainbow uses, it says that you aren’t meant to leave it on for too long or use it in the bath. The worst thing that they say will happen is an excessive amount of floof growth.”

“Is that so?” Twilight asked, her head tilting to the side. “I’m not sure if Rainbow takes baths, so I don’t think she would’ve checked.”

“No, I doubt she would. If I remember rightly, the floof effects of the body wash are amplified by bodies of water, and the water is all absorbed into the fur of its user, quickly drying and causing the user to become much floofier than before, floofier than they’ve ever been. Worst of all, when you have that level of floof… the floof controls you.”

Twilight could feel a worry growing in the pit of her stomach. “...it controls you?”

“Yes. Rainbow might not be herself right now. With that level of floof infecting her mind and body, she might have embodied the floof, BECOME the floof. The only way to put a stop to it is—”

Floof!

The two mares stopped dead in their tracks, an immense feeling of dread and paranoia filling their chests.

Floof floof!

Twilight and Mayor Mare ran outside of the town hall to see a large blue ball of floof rolling into town. Many ponies in the streets ran away screaming as this unfathomable monstrosity went forth, turning the town on its head.

Poor Roseluck wasn’t able to get out of the way in time, and was promptly crushed under the large ball of floof. When it had fully rolled over her, continuing its trek through the town, she was fast asleep, cuddling a pillow of floof.

In a moment of panic, feeling a need for decisive action, Twilight called out to the floof, hoping to drag its attention away from the rest of the town. Her heart sank as the large lump of floof paused, and sharply turned towards the sound of her voice before continuing its odyssey for full and total floofage.

Seeing that she successfully diverted its attention, she let the floof follow her hoofsteps, leading it back to her castle. Right after the floof entered, she shut the doors behind it, before cowering and accepting whatever fate might come her way.

The floof gazed into her soul.

Floof Twilight!

Twilight creaked open her eyes after hearing her name, and the fact that she did not experience a floofy fate, and gave a glance towards the floofball. “W-what do you want?”

Floof floof Twilight floofy!

Twilight could only stare in awe as the pieces clicked into place. It really was her. “Rainbow?” The floof nodded in response. “H-how did this happen? Did you use the body wash again?” The blue floof looked at her questioningly, rolling aimlessly around the room. “Um...body...wash?” Rainbow turned towards Twilight, tongue cutely sticking out of her mouth, and nodded once.

Twilight quickly opened a tele-link to Mayor Mare. “Mayor, could you check for any sort of… lotion, or other solution that counteracts Floof-tacular Body Wash? I think that might help Rainbow’s situation.”

Mayor Mare looked at her through the link in a panic. “We have larger issues, Twilight! Many of the ponies around Ponyville are beginning to suddenly grow excessive amounts of floof!” Twilight could hear floofing in the background that sounded quite similar to Flitter. “And all that they’re floofing able to say is floof!” Mayor Mare’s hoof shot up to her mouth as her eyes filled with terror. “Oh, floof. I’ll have to get back to floof later, Twilight!” The mayor quickly cut off the link, leaving Twilight alone with the flooftacular Rainbow. She looked up at her friend.

Heavens, the floofy Rainbow looked inviting. Twilight sauntered over to her fuzzy body with a wry smirk on her lips, knowing that she should be searching for a cure, but she was all too intrigued about how it would feel to snuggle deep in the vestibules of Rainbow’s chamber of floof. She just looked so snuggledorable! Snugtastic! That combination of long, luscious fur and her little grinning face beneath, Twilight needed to at least try it once, she might not get another chance.

Floof! Rainbow bounced around in her floof stupor, her little wings buzzing and lifting her a few inches off the ground as she struggled to maintain altitude, skipping and hopping around Twilight like an excited foal. Twilight felt Rainbow’s tail brush against her barrel as she bounded about, and even that felt softer than usual, more than it had any right being.

Twilight snuck a conspiratorial glance left and right, making sure no one could see what she was about to do. A pang of guilt resonated in her chest: she shouldn’t have been thinking about all the cuddles she could have with Rainbow, she should have been trying to help her!

Rainbow stopped before Twilight for the first time, the flash of a grin visible beneath her floof, which gradually started to fade into confusion as she noticed the conflicted look on Twilight’s face. Floof? She asked, hopping over to Twilight and lightly brushing its snout against her chin.

Rainbow continued to rub her floofy muzzle against Twilight like a playful kitten, the feeling of bliss encapsulating Twilight as she struggled to stand up straight… It tickled so much!

Fighting off a giggle, Twilight gave in. She pushed her head forwards, nuzzling into Rainbow’s fur and engrossing herself in the floofiest cocoon she had ever imagined, enveloped by the soft cushion of Rainbow as she felt her heart beat a steady, manic rhythm and her wings continue to buzz beneath her mountain of floof.

Floof floof floof! Rainbow’s ears perked up as she raised a hoof, stroking Twilight’s mane. In response, Twilight let out one of the most adorable sounds Rainbow has ever heard. Even through all of her confusion, the way the floof had addled her brain, Rainbow still wanted to be affectionate towards her, and in her current state was showing it more than ever.

Floof snuggle floof. Rainbow’s breathing slowed as she pulled Twilight down, landing on the ground in a cushion of floofy body hair and nestling in deep, rubbing her head against Rainbow’s chest as she imagined never getting up, feeling the soft hum of Rainbow’s satisfaction.

It was perfect, but it had to end sometime. Twilight probably could have snuggled that wondrous floofball forever, but she wanted her Rainbow back. “I’ve got to go now, Rainbow,” she said with a soft, loving voice, hoping she would listen.

Floof? she replied, her voice a little shaky. Twilight was sure she could feel a vulnerable little quiver in her chest as she wrapped her hooves around her tight, protesting Twilight’s departure.

She tried her best to ignore it; she couldn’t go getting mushy now. “I need to get you back to normal, Rainbow Dash. Please let me up? I promise there’ll be more snuggles after, I really do.”

Floof… Rainbow almost sounded dejected, and Twilight could swear she felt her floofy fur begin to deflate a little from her disappointment.

She had to reassure her somehow. “I absolutely promise, Rainbow. We’ll snuggle for the entire night, and it’ll be wonderful, but right now I need to fix this. Please, for me?”

Floof floof, Rainbow replied with a healthy dose of skepticism, her hooves slowly and reluctantly releasing Twilight as she raised herself up some, looking into Rainbow’s eyes. They looked to be yearning and a little pained, and she had an eyebrow raised. Floof? Rainbow said, maybe meaning ‘you really promise?’ or ‘will everything be okay?’ or ‘do you love me too, Twilight?’.

“Floof,” Twilight replied, the sincerity in her voice unwavering as she finally separated from the cushiony hold of Rainbow’s floof, finding her hooves. It could have meant yes to any of those things, and it still would have been true.

Twilight, her heart wounded from needing to leave her floofy lover alone, flew away from the castle and went back into the town, crossing her hooves that things hadn’t got too much worse since she called up Mayor Mare.

Of course it had gotten worse. What a silly question. It only took a couple of teleports for Twilight to find herself in the center of town, and oh Celestia were things looking whacky.

Ponies were rapidly floofing up until they looked like balls of puffy floof with manes and tails, floofing around and spreading their floof through paws and snuggles and other bouts of immeasurable cuteness. While not as floofed up as the floof monster floofself, they were still rather floofy. Twilight ignored the floof creatures, only thinking of Rainbow as she drew ever closer to Mayor Mare, who despite her floof aversion was slowly beginning to develop thicker fur.

“Twilight! Thank floof you’re here! I’ve sent for Zecora, she should be here soon with an antidote and—you’re looking floofier than normal.”

Looking down at her chest, Twilight realized that she had indeed sprouted a fair amount of floof. She gave it an experimental poke with her hoof, curious, and found it soft and floofier than only minutes ago. Could it be that the floof was spread through touch? Or worse, snuggles?

Twilight glanced left and right, finding that the floof ponies were slowly beginning to draw near, their floof swaying and billowing in the wind as they approached, circling her. Twilight began to feel claustrophobic as one of them lightly brushed against her, another quickly swiping the other side of her body, and they both neared as Twilight attempted to worm away, careful not to bump them too hard for fear of hurting them. They were still ponies, after all.

She fell into the embrace of another floofer, and by floof, was she floofy. Oh, floof, now she was floofing too. Their floof was enchanting, and it mixed with Twilight’s in a swirling torrent of floofiness, but despite the euphoric sensation, Twilight shook her head, batting her away.

The floofball that resembled Lyra Heartstrings stumbled back from having its floof struck by a hoof, but didn’t seem deterred. “Stop,” Twilight said, trying to reason with it. “I’m going to make you better, but you can’t snuggle me.”

“Imma floof floo,” Lyra said, her eyes predatory as she swished her tail, looking ready to pounce on Twilight and floof all over her.

Worryingly, Twilight understood the floof speech a little better by now. “Floof,” she responded, meaning, ‘I can’t snuggle you because I only want to snuggle Rainbow Dash, okay?’.

“Floof!” Lyra charged at Twilight, barreling her to the ground and causing the pair of them to careen through the dust, landing on top of her and smothering her with floof without consideration of her wants or refusal.
Twilight’s non-consensual floofing was as sudden and suffocating as it was comforting, and she had to resist the urge to let go of her tension and truly enjoy it as a yellow floofball dived on top, covering the other side of her as more and more floofy ponies floofed their way over to her, intent on snuggling the will out of her.

Twilight’s walls were closing in, her vision obscured by a never-ending chasm of floof, her body constricted by floof on every side, even her mind addled with floof, her thoughts coming out in a series of floofs. When would the floof it end?

Flooflight again attempted to floof the floof out of the floof, but floofully faced floofure as she continued drowning in a floo of floof. Sight was floof. Touch was floof. Taste was floof. Everything was floof.

Everything was floof.

Everyfloof was floof.

Loooooove floof.

Floof floof magic floof.

Floo floof Rainbow!

“Floof floof! Floof floof-”

A loud splash resounded through the town square.

“I do not know what you monstrosities are, but you should know you will not go far!”

All the floofs cut out, replaced by coughing and gasping, then followed by a rush of cold as Twilight and the surrounding ponies were covered in a chilly fluid, their floof instantly receding. Twilight hacked and sputtered as the liquid got into her mouth and some of the floof hairs got caught on her tongue.

Attempting to right herself, she shoved all of the closest ponies away with a mix of physical push and magical toss. Taking her first deep breath of fresh, unfloofed air in what felt like forever, she choked out the last of the hair, taking a moment to reaffirm her surroundings.

All the ponies around her were now completely de-floofified, many of them dazed or coughing up a mixture of the mystery liquid and hair. After seeing that everything had returned to a relatively normal state, Twilight turned to Zecora and gave her a deep hug, tears of relief running down her face. “Thank Celestia you came, Zecora.”

Zecora returned the hug, and Twilight could feel her smile against her shoulder. “It is of no issue, my purple friend. I always strive for these happy ends.”

Twilight pulled away from the zebra, brushing away her tears, and gave her a small smile in return. It took her a moment to notice it, but she was taken aback by the large pot of mystery liquid sitting behind the enchantress. Recovering from her surprise, she turned to Zecora. “Do you mind if I take some of that solution? There’s a certain pony that I separated from everypony for...safety reasons.”

Zecora picked up one of the empty bottles by the pot and dipped it in, soon pulling out a full bottle. She handed it to Twilight. “Now, I must go to help cure the affliction. If I do not act fast, floofpocalypse is my prediction.” With that, Zecora departed further into the town, splashing the liquid on every floof she passed by.

Twilight held the bottle in her magic as she ran towards the castle, ignoring everything else with a single goal in mind.

After a short sprint, Twilight finally reached the castle, the floof still fading from her mind. She was amazed by the sight she saw. Rainbow still stood in the exact same place, as floofy as ever. Not a single thing in the castle had been trashed, altered, or otherwise floofed on. She was such a good ball of floof for Twilight.

Still, time to fix that. It was almost a shame, really, to let all of that beautiful floof go to waste. “Hey there, Rainbow Dash. I’ve got something for you.” Twilight smiled, waving a bottle of potion in her magic. Rainbow’s tail started tapping a soft beat against the floor as soon as she heard Twilight’s voice, and she quickly jumped over to her, nuzzling her in contentment.

“Now hold on, I need to put some of this on you first. Can you roll over for me, Rainbow Dash?”

Floof! Instantly, like an obedient puppy, Rainbow rolled onto her back, looking up at Twilight with a joyous smile. Twilight felt a blush cross her cheeks as she realized what Rainbow had said, something to the tune of ‘anything for you, Twi’. Twilight wondered, ‘Would she be this open when the effects wore off?’

Reaching for the bottle and emptying a measure of its liquid into her hooves, Twilight began to rub the thick, tingly liquid against Rainbow’s floof, working her entire body from her hind legs all the way up to her neck as she massaged the formula in, Rainbow purring underneath as she clenched her eyes shut in happiness. She looked so adorable, it almost hurt.

Slowly, with each soft rub and continued application of the solution, Rainbow’s floof began to shorten, becoming half its length as her floof speech became less intense, her eyes seeming to regain some of their usual sharpness as she was brought back to full cognisance and understanding.

Rainbow still nuzzled against Twilight’s hoof as she worked her neck and chest, a detail that wasn’t lost on her as she managed to reduce the original floof to a quarter of its length, still very long but by no means unmanageable. Rainbow laid there with a pant as she lifted a hoof to brush away her mane from her face, her eyes locking with Twilight’s as she rubbed more of the lotion in.

“H-how you doing, Twi?” she asked with a snicker and a slight blush, her hind leg nervously tapping against the floor as Twilight sat back, deciding that she had done enough.

“I’m… I’m good, how are you?” Twilight’s heart was thumping against her chest, but she wasn’t sure why. Maybe it was the fear she felt for Rainbow, or even the intimacy of the moment, but there was something special about this instant, something she couldn’t quite place, but really didn’t need to as she continued to sit there beside her, her hoof still trailing next to Rainbow’s chest as she fought the urge to touch her again.

“Uh, a little dazed. The worst part is that I remember everything,” she sighed, a small snarl on her fuzzy muzzle. “I’ve been really stupid. I’m so sorry, Twi.”

Twilight couldn’t help it, she reached forwards and wrapped her hooves around her, intent on squeezing the guilt out of her with a tight and loving hug. Rainbow’s hooves wrapped around her back and held on tight, and Twilight was sure she could feel a light shake emanating from Rainbow, who slowly unfurled her wings, wrapping one around Twilight.

She had really needed this all day, and now she was getting it. The remaining floof of Rainbow’s fur tingled against her cheek, and the floor was a little uncomfortable, but none of that mattered because she was finally snuggling Rainbow, just as she’d wanted to all along.

For what could have been a minute or an hour, they laid there as a couple as Rainbow’s heart began to slow, her breath calming as she adjusted to her new normality. “Do you need to put more of that lotion on me, Twi?” she asked, her voice slightly frail.

“No, I’ve got rid of enough. You’ll be fine with only a little floof, don’t worry.”

“Alright.” A few seconds passed, and Rainbow spoke up again. “I remember you speaking to me. Earlier, when you told me we’d snuggle. You promised, remember?”

“Heh, and now I’m keeping my promise.”

“...You know what I was saying earlier, don’t you?”

Twilight looked away for a moment, instantly understanding what Rainbow was referring to. Luckily, she found plenty of escape in Rainbow’s chest fur. “Y-yeah, I know what you said.”

“I meant it, you know. Still mean it, actually.” Rainbow cleared her throat, taking a deep breath. “I do love you, Twilight. I-I mean, you’ve always been really great, and you’re always there for me, and you know I’m not good with words but I just wanted to tell you that—”

Twilight wasn’t used to interrupting other ponies, but a small peck on the lips sufficed in this case, their lips brushing together as their fur conducted the static electricity of excitement coursing between them. Floof or no floof, Rainbow Dash was every bit of the adorafloof she was from earlier, and Twilight knew that was on the inside, too.

After a brief stint of passion, Twilight broke the kiss, looking at Rainbow with a flushed smirk. “In case it didn’t come across, I love you too, you silly filly.”

Twilight had never heard a pony try to play off a squee with a cough before, but Rainbow always was one for surprising her; this day was a testament to that. “Hey, Twilight, do you think we can—” Rainbow cut herself off with a yawn, stretching and pushing out her fluffy chest. “Oh, wow. I’m a tired floo—err, pegasus.”

“Well, we can always just lay here awhile and have a nap,” Twilight offered, rubbing her muzzle against Rainbow’s chest as she softly inhaled through her snout, breathing in the scent of the body wash that had caused all of this mess. Was it ironic that it smelled wonderful?

“We could… but I’d rather we go to bed. You get to lay on me, I get a cold marble floor. That’s not really fair,” Rainbow pouted, shifting to the side and batting Twilight with her chest floof.

“Oh, fine.” Twilight shrugged her withers, lighting up her horn and teleporting the pair of them onto her bed, pulling a blanket atop them as Rainbow rapidly shook her head. “Twilight! Warn me before you’re gonna do that!”

“Well, why don’t you warn me before you’re going to turn yourself into a fluffy monster?”

“...I didn’t see you complaining at the time.”

“Hey! Don’t pull that on me! You know, I nearly got smothered out there,” Twilight huffed, a small grin growing on her face.

Rainbow’s smile faded a little bit. “Wait, seriously?” She gave Twilight a concerned look.

“I’m fine, Rainbow, don’t worry. A few ponies, or, well, floofs were trying to snuggle the living heck out of me, but I managed to get out of it with some help from Zecora. I didn’t want to snuggle with anyone that wasn’t you, I even told them that.” When she looked up at Rainbow, she could swear that Rainbow was fighting back laughter.

“You really said that?”

“Well, I mean, yeah, in floof.” Suddenly, Twilight paused. “Err, floof speak. No, that still doesn’t sound right. Floofian? Hmm, the gerund to floof is floofing, so which suffix would I—”

The rainbow pony shoved her hoof in Twilight’s mouth. “Just shut up and snuggle me, you massive dork.”

“Oh, if I must...” Twilight chortled.

Rainbow draped one of her hind legs over Twilight, then intertwined her front hooves with hers. “So... any chance of you wanting me to floof up again? You gotta admit you loved snuggling with me when I was all... floofy!”

The two of them giggled, cuddling up into each other’s grasp and letting the familiar feeling of fur, floof, and a loving warmth surround them as their minds floated away to the blissful world of dreams.

Author's Note

Didn't listen to music for this one. I focused the hell outta this.

Thanks to An Intricate Disguise for all of his help, Abyss for letting me write a sequel to his floof, and Vengeful Spirit for annoying me with some messages.