Behind the Bleeding Veil

Sunset fumed as she drove back to campus. Adagio had been a complete embarrassment tonight. Sure she could excuse her behavior as the adverse side effects of too much drink; but Adagio was a practiced drinker with over a millennia of practice. No; she chose to get drunk. Maybe she chose to simply so she would have the excuse to write off the things she said. Whatever the reason; Sunset was furious and planed to let her have as soon as she sobered up the next morning.

Adagio just leaned back in her seat with a drunken smile on her face, gayfully looking around, oblivious to the growing storm sitting beside her. "Good party tonight, huh? Well good booze at least. That cider, wow. I haven't had anything like that since . . . since . . . huh, when was the last time I had it? London, no, BIRMINGHAM! That's it. Birmingham, seventeen forty one. Or was it two? Eh, whatever. Hey, you're driving really fast. You must really want to fuck. Hey, you wanna fuck now? You can pull over and we can hop in the back."

At that Sunset slammed on her breaks. The car screeched a hellish wail as it came to an abrupt stop. The force was so great that despite having a seat belt on; Adagio still was thrown forward with such force she almost hit the dash with her head.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Sunset shouted, her eyes burning red with rage.

"Me? You're the one who almost caused me to flying out of the windshield by slamming on your breaks so hard. Jesus! I know you want to fuck me, but at least find some place to pull over first," Adagio replied annoyed, not understanding what Sunset was getting at.

"No, I don't want to fuck you. Hell it's taking all I got not to punch you in god damn face right now!" Sunset wasn't lying either. Her rage at both being embarrassed by Adagio and her lack of comprehension about it had come to full froth and was about to boil over it a spectacular display of violence.

"Ok, go for it. Seriously. I'm so drunk now I won't feel a thing," Adagio replied dismissively.

Sunset reached out and touched Adagio's left shoulder. "There, you're sober now. You forget that I'm a goddess."

A newly sober Adagio looked at Sunset in shock and then annoyance. "Goddamnit you're such a buzz kill."

"Now tell me what all that was back there at Apple Jack's for! You embarrassed the hell out me tonight."

"Oh, I embarrassed you huh? Well I guess that stands to reason since you've always been embarrassed of us. Three years Sunset! Three mother fucking years before you and I made love for the first time and even then I thought we were going to break up before we had it. Hell, we didn't even sleep in the same bed together when we moved into the dorms. At least we did that back at your apartment. Going to school was a step backward! And then I get to hear tonight that A Rarity and Apple Jack, the two straightest girls on the planet were dyking it out before we were, but then to hear you say that you actually still loved Val! Jesus! Do you know how that made me feel? I felt like pure fucking shit. That's how I felt. I gave up everything for you! I gave up my dream of returning to Equestria for you! And here you are still pinning over your dear, dead boyfriend!"

"I DO STILL LOVE HIM!" Sunset screamed, throwing her arms out at her side and bumping the windshield with her left hand. She then turned around and sank into the driver's seat and closed her eyes. "And I'll always love him. And I'll always blame myself for his death. I knew I was going back to Equestria after we had defeated Chrysalis. I had no business starting a relationship with him; but I did. I put him in the line of fire, broke his heart, and he got killed anyways and I live with that shit every god damn day.

"And do you know what's worse? The thing that I actually almost hate him for? With his dying breath, he forgave me. He fucking forgave me. JESUS FUCK!" Sunset screamed and slapped the steering wheel. "If he had cursed me, yelled at, said he'd wished it was me, I could have handled that. Hell I deserved it. But no, he forgave me. He paid the ultimate price and I paid nothing. I lived, I got accepted to a great school, I have amazing friends who all survived, and I have you, my other great love."

Sunset slowly opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Adagio. The anger was gone, over taken by a deep sadness. She reached out and took Adagio's hand. "I love you Dag, more than life itself. I do, I really do," she spoke softly, quietly, slowly; somewhere between a mother comforting a child and a person giving their death bed confession. "You fill my life with so much joy; I can't imagine not being around you, not having you in my life. And I hate myself for it because I don't deserve it, I don't deserve you.

"If Val would have survived, I would be with him. He was handsome, funny, smart, could fuck like a freight train," at that, Sunset gave a quick laugh, "he was everything I could have ever wanted. But I love you as well. As much although I have to say I still prefer men overall. I love him and wish he was still here but I love you and wouldn't give you up. It's not just guilt I feel, but torn. What do you do when you love two people equally? What do you do when you love two people equally and the only reason you're with one over the other is because of a mistake you made that ended up getting the other killed? Yes, part of the reason I resisted having sex with you for so long was because there was a part of me that was still like, ew, girly parts, yuck; but the other reason is because I didn't feel like I deserved it. I don't deserve to be happy." As she finished, tears gently rolled down her cheek and dripped on to her seat.

Adagio took Sunset's hand and kissed it. "He loved you as well. I know he did. I never wanted you to feel like you had to choose. I was fine with being just friends. I was also opened to sharing. I told you that. And, hey, Val was super cute. Who knows, maybe the three of us could have made something happen. We could have been the Valhalens; one big happy family. I am bisexual you know." Adagio then gave a quick laugh.

Sunset smiled, shook her head, and looked up at the roof. "I know Dag, I know. As tempting as that idea is, it's not for me. As I said; I have nothing against polyamory, for some people it works out great; but for me, being in a relationship with someone, it means being exclusive to them, giving them all of you - emotionally, physically, mentally, sexually. I wouldn't feel right. I'd feel like I was giving both of you less than who I am and probably would have bowed out eventually and let you two be happy.

"Not that that matters anyhow. He's dead. And he's dead because of me."

"He didn't feel that way. If he was here right now, he would tell that because of you, he was able to ascend to the angelic realm. He also would tell you he wanted you to be happy. In fact, he did. I was there remember? He also told me to look after you, which I said I would. Now, you wouldn't want me to break a promise to him would you?" Adagio's tone was light and comforting. In all this time, she never thought to have this talk with Sunset. She never thought how all this was affecting her. They had talked so much, about so many things, but never about their own private pain.

"The night before the battle, I talked to Twilight about how I felt. I've talked to her a few times since about it. It helps, but the pain, the guilt, always comes back. It never goes away for long. I feel guilty then I feel guilty about feeling guilty." Sunset sighed in frustration.

"If it means anything, you were never planning on going back to Equestria. Not really. That became clear to me afterwards. You're human now. Not just in form but soul. Hell, maybe I am too. If Val would have lived, you would have stayed to be with him. You weren't leading him on. You were following your heart and so was he. Yes, you did break his heart but he understood why. Even if you didn't break up with him, he still would have been kidnapped; except then he would have been tied up and tortured like the rest and never would have been able to fight back and become an angel."

Sunset looked back to Adagio. "I love you Adagio. With all my heart, all my life; I love you." She sat up, leaned over, gently took Adagio's head in her hands and began to kiss. First on the lips, then the side of her mouth, down her cheek, then to her neck.

As she Sunset kissed and nibbled on her neck, Adagio leaned her head back with her eyes closed and said, "I love you to. As much if not more. You are the only person I've ever loved besides myself and that's what scares so much. That all my love isn't enough."

Sunset kissed her way back up to Adagio's mouth and put her finger on it. "Sssshhhh. It's more than enough and I'll never, ever leave you. Heck, I already got our wedding planned out."

Adagio gently removed Sunset's finger. "Oh really," she said in faux annoyance. "And when were you going to tell me that?"

Sunset smiled a wicked, sexy smile. "Right after I make you cum," she said in her most sultry voice.

"Well then, I think we should find a better place than the middle of the road. I don't want anything to disrupt you in that noble pursuit."

Sunset put the car in drive and started back toward their dorm. "Undo you jeans," she simply said.

Without a word, Adagio unbuttoned her jeans and pulled the zipper. Sunset's hand slipped down inside Adagio's panties and slowly began to rub Adagio's clit. Adagio moaned in delight. She grabbed her own breast and began to squeeze them. Sunset began to rub as fast as she could with her non dominant hand and being constricted by Adagio's clothes. As if by psychic mind reading, Adagio lifted her bottom and slid down her pants, giving Sunset full and unfettered access to her nether regions. Sunset drastically picked up the pace now that she was unencumbered, moving her index and pointer fingers lightly, side to side over Adagio's clit, the way she liked it. Adagio squeezed her breast harder, her hips moved and ungulated with a force and will all their own. Finally she screamed out, grabbing the head rest of her seat, arching her back as far as she could. She then plummeted back into her seat.

Sunset smiled as her eyes remained focused on the road. "And that was just a," she started to say and then sucked on the fingers she used to masturbate Adagio with, "taste of what's to cum when we get home."

"Whew-hoo," Adagio shouted in joy. "I am so eating your pussy first though."

"You bet you are," Sunset teased. She then paused. "White dresses for both of us, white rosses, ceremony held at the statue at Cantorlot high, where we met. That's what I was thinking. Twilight and Sonata as the maids of honor."

Adagio smiled as she pulled up her pants. "I'm not sure about the white dresses deal, but I'm fine with everything."

"We can talk about it."

"Yes we will!"