At First Glance

Light poured in through the blinds, leaving shadowed lines on the carpet. Unfortunately one individual caught the light instead of the shadows and began to stir.

Twilight closed her eyes tighter in an effort to try and ignore the light and go back to sleep but had no luck. She groaned and began to open her eyes, rubbing the tiredness out of them as she did so. She took a moment to survey her surrondings when she realised something.

This was not her dorm room.

It was still early, by Twilight's standards, so her brain was currently rebooting. Giving herself a moment she remebered that Sunset had, sweetly, offered to let her spend the night in her dorm room as her own dorm room was all the way across the other side of the campus. Sunset had let Twilight borrow a pair of her PJ's, which was really just a tshirt and a pair of baggy flannel bottoms, and they had slept together. Literally just slept, no funny business as both girls thought it was way way too soon for any of that. Also they had only gone on one date and Twilight knew putting out was for the third date at least. While lost in her thoughts, she felt movement underneath her.

Twilight looked down at the hand that lay on her stomach and followed the arm the hand belonged to all the way up and around only for her eyes to land on a sleeping Sunset. Her breathing was soft and she looked so peaceful, like she didn't have a care in the world. Twilight couldn't help but smile when she remembered how she ended up cuddled up with Sunset.

*Flashback*

"Sunset seriously, I can take Rainbow's bed! I texted her and she said she didn't mind as she was staying in Fluttershy's room tonight,"

"Nu uh, you shouldn't have to feel like you can't share a bed with me! I don't bite!" Sunset argued until pulled Twilight in by her waist and leant down next to her ear, practically purring "Unless you ask nicely~"

Twilight laughed and smacked Sunset's arm, looking at the girl with amusment.
"God, you are the absolute worse!"

"Oh I know," Sunset replied, blowing a raspberry into Twilight's neck which caused the girl to erupt into more laughter.

"Sunset, stop!" Twilight laughed as Sunset continued, beginning to tickle Twilight's sides to add to the torture.

Twilight tried to push Sunset away as she began to walk backwards only to stumbled and fall onto the bed, dragging Sunset with her as both girls let out a cry of suprise. Twilight shook her head and laid there on the bed; looking up at Sunset, who had both hands either side of Twilight's head to keep herself up and a worried look on her face.

"Twilight, I'm so sorry! Are you hurt? Did I hurt you?" Sunset asked frantically as her eyes scanned the shorter girl for any sign of injury. Twilight couldn't help but smile softly at the sight. It was cute how much Sunset cared for her, even before they developed proper feelings for each other.

Twilight reached up a hand and cupped Sunset's cheek, Sunset looking into her new girlfriends eyes with traces of worry still in her own.

"I'm okay, Sunset. I promise," Twilight spoke gently. Sunset kept staring for a moment before nodding, leaning down to plant a kiss upon Twilight's lips.

Before Twilight could react, Sunset pulled away and kissed her cheek, then her jaw and then planted soft kisses on her neck.

Twilight let out a hum of pleasure, her head tilting back slightly and closing her eyes as Sunset worked her way back up her neck and nibbled on her ear. As if Sunset could tell Twilight was enjoying it, she pulled away which caused Twilight to pout in annoyance. Sunset shot her an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, babe. I think it's way to early to go into any of that right now," Sunset replied as if reading Twilight's thoughts, pushing herself up so she was now stood.

"No, I agree with you. But must you tease me so?"

"I must, dear. So it'll be that much sweeter when we do get around to it," Sunset spoke in a low voice, running her tounge over her upper lip as she stared directly into Twilight's eyes. Twilight narrowed her eyes and huffed.

"That's fine. I'll just masterbate to the thought of you then," Twilight spoke proudly, thinking that would gross Sunset out enough to retract her statement but when Sunset just said nothing, Twilight got confused.

"That's hot," Was all Sunset spoke before a pillow hit her square in the face. Sunset laughed loudly as she caught the pillow on the way down to the floor and at Twilights reaction.

"You're so gross!"

"Hey, you're the one who basically said they were gonna finger themselves to the thought of me. But I'm the gross one, sure!"

"It was a threat of sorts to make you retract your statement!"

"Well that went poorly then, didn't it?"

"Why are you this way?" Twilight asked flatly. Sunset shrugged and gave Twilight a wide, grin.

Twilight shook her head before looking between Rainbow's bed and Sunset's. She chewed on her lip before finally giving in.
"Alright, I'll share your bed with you,"

"Huh. Nagging does work after all,"

"Apprently so," Twilight scoffed. Sunset walked over to her cupboard and rummaged around for a short moment before pulling out a plain white tshirt and flannel bottoms and then a black shirt and flannel bottoms but in a different colour, handing the first pair to Twilight.

"These might be a bit big for you but I don't think it matters too much since its just for sleeping. You can use the bathroom to get changed," Sunset smiled. Twilight nodded and walked to the bathroom. When going to close the door, Twilight did a double take on Sunset, who was now standing in her topless in her jeans as she looked down at the shirt in her hands. Twilight took a good look at Sunset's upper body, taking in her toned stomach with traces of faint but noticable abs. She spent too long staring becuase she noticed that Sunset was beginning to take off her jeans, unbuckling her belt. Twilight quickly but quietly, closed the door and finally let herself breath again.

"I'm dating a goddamn model" Twilight thought to herself, sighing as she felt her self-eestem lowering, not that it was that high to begin with. As Twilight got changed, her mind began to wonder.

"What could she possibly see in me? Is this all just a massive prank?" Twilight pondered, a frown making its way onto her lips. She stuck with those thoughts for a few moments before shaking her head "No, Twilight don't think like that. Sunset wouldn't do that, she's not like that...she can't be.."

Twilight finally finished getting changed, trying to push her doubtful thoughts away but some still remained in the back of her mind. She walked up to the closed door and pressed against it slightly.
"Are you decent?"

"Always," Was the responce that Twilight got, causing her to let out a small giggle. Although she didn't get a straight answer to her question, she opened the door and walked out of the bathroom anyway. Sunset was, thankfully, fully dressed into her PJ's.

Sunset looked up and opened her arms to Twilight, to which the boom worm walked into and wrapped her arms around the taller girls waist. Sunset returned the hug and burried her face into Twilight's hair, smiling sadly.

"Are you okay?" Twilight asked softly, curious as to the sudden display of affection. Of course she'd been affectionate all night, with the kiss and cuddling under the stars and all that, but the hug they were sharing here felt..different.

"I'm good I..." Sunset stopped, taking a deep breath and releasing Twilight from the hug. She looked the shorter girl in the eye before sitting down on the bed, looking down at the floor while her leg bounced up and down "I'm scared,"

"Of?"

"This. Us. I don't want to fuck this up..." Sunset spoke sadly, avoiding eye contact at all costs. Twilight felt a pang of hurt for Sunset shoot through her body as she put the pieces together. She walked a couple of steps and sat down next to Sunset on the bed, placing a gentle hand on her restless leg.

Twilight looked at Sunset and spoke, even though Sunset didn't look back.
"You won't. Whatever you think you'll do to screw this up, I can guarantee it won't bother me or make me think any less of you. And it certainly won't make me want to just up and leave you, not by a long shot. I've made a commitment to this relationship and to you and I'm not going to bail under any circumstances,"

Sunset finally looked up at Twilight, looking into her eyes to find the answer she was looking for.
"You know then,"

"If we are talking about your ex girlfriend, then yes, Wallflower told me everything. I'm so sorry you had to go through all that,"

"Don't be. It's all just a memory now. But I guess you understand why my fear is warranted,"

"Yes. I do,"

Sunset shifted slightly, crossing her legs over each other and now facing Twilight, who remained in the same sitting position but kept her head down.

"I had never felt about anyone the way I felt for Adagio. I fell hard, I fell fast. I thought that she was the one. So when she treated me like shit and did all the things she did, I just took it because I was so in love with her. I just kept saying to myself 'she's having a bad day, its not your fault'. But those days turned into weeks which turned into months until one day I finally snapped. I finally realised that I didn't deserve to be treated this way but she didn't like that, nor did she like the fact that I tried to leave her. She made my life an absolute misery."

Sunset lifted her head to look at Twilight, tears brimming and beginning to fall.
"That's why I'm scared. I'm falling for you, Twilight, just like I did with Adagio and I'm so so scared."

Twilight waited for Sunset to finish, tears threatening to spill.

"I don't want to get hurt again..."

Twilight gave up trying to hold back her tears and just let them run. She mimicked the sitting position Sunset was sat in and took the girls hands causing Sunset's eyes to go wide.

"Sunset. I know you're scared. If I was you right now, I'd be absolutely terrified. But I will never, ever, hurt you and I know that's what Adagio said to you but I mean this from the bottom of my heart. You mean so much to me. Even in the short time we've know each other, I've felt a deeper connection to you in this past week than I have in any of my previous relationships. I don't want to hurt you, I could never hurt you. You are so special to me, Sunset Shimmer,"

Sunset hung onto every word that Twilight said and couldn't stop the smile that broke out onto her face, even through the tears. She rested her forehead against Twilight's and let out a shakey breath.

"I won't let you down. I won't ever hurt you, Twilight. I can promise you that. And I can promise that from this day on, my heart belongs to you and to you alone. I may still be a bit sore, but if you can be patient with me, I assure you that I will do my very best to be the best girlfriend I can be for you,"

"And that's all I ask. I'll help you through your hurt every step of the way,"

"Thank you," Sunset sniffled. Twilight, still hold Sunset's hands, stroked the back of them with her thumbs.

"Let's get some sleep, you must be tired after all that,"

"Yeah, being an emotional wreck is exhausting," Sunset joked, letting out a laugh that Twilight joined in.

Sunset crawled under the covers; Twilight following soon after. Sunset lifted her arm up into the air and motioned her head to Twilight to basically say 'come here'. Twilight moved over and rested her head on Sunset's chest, placing her hands on Sunset's stomach.

Sunset snaked her arm around Twilight and squeezed her tight, kissing her head.
"I'm so glad I met you,"

"I'm glad I met you too," Twilight spoke tiredly, letting out a yawn. She wanted to say more but she was tired and in a very comfortable position so she fell asleep almost instantly, a small smile of her lips as she slept.

Sunset noticed that Twilight was asleep already and sighed softly, closing her eyes.
"Goodnight, Sparky,"

*Flashback End*

Twilight had seen a side to Sunset that she didn't even think she had. Under that tough girl exterior, Sunset was a sensitive soul that just wanted to be loved. Twilight cuddled up to Sunset more, nuzzling her face into the taller girls neck. She assumed Sunset felt that as the arm around her tightened. She looked up to see that Sunset had a smile on her lips; assuming that Sunset was just pretending to be asleep at this point. Twilight grinned mischievously, blowing a raspberry into Sunset's neck.

Sunset tried to stifle her laugh but couldn't hold it for long, bursting out into laughter as she tried to push Twilight off her.
"Okay, okay you got me, I'm up, I'm up!"

"I could tell. You are awful at fake sleeping,"

"Yeah, apprently so," Sunset chuckled as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She began to push herself up, Twilight taking that as a hint to remove herself from Sunset.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Better than I have in a while," Twilight replied with happy sigh, crossing her legs as she watch Sunset yawn and strech. Twilight raised an eyebrow at the noises Sunset made as she woke herself up and snorted, Sunset glanced over at her and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"What?"

"It's like watching a zombie come to life,"

"Ha ha, fuck you,"

"You wish,"

"Oh you're not wrong there~" Sunset purred, letting a growl erupt from inside her throat. Twilight let out a breath that was a little too breathless causing Sunset to smirk.

"What's the matter, Sparky? Cat got your tounge?"

"I actually hate you," Twilight grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest in a huff and looking away from Sunset. Sunset crawled over to her and tilted her head downwards to try and look at Twilight.

"C'mon babe, you know you could never hate me,"

Twilight pursed her lips and shifted her eyes to look at Sunset briefly before looking away again. She tried her best to 'ignore' her girlfriend but out of the corner of her eye she could see Sunset doing puppy eyes. Goddamn puppy eyes! Twilight looked at Sunset fully and saw the puppy eyes get wider.

She gave up and kissed Sunset on the nose, shaking her head as she smiled.
"How on earth you managed to get me to cave with puppy eyes, I'll never wrap my head around,"

"It's because I'm just so darn cute,"

"No...no it can't be that," Twilight pondered, tapping a finger to her chin. Twilight glanced to Sunset and saw her with a really bored look on her face. Twilight just grinned and lifted up her hand, which was balled into a fist. She made a winding motion and slowly, her middle finger started to lift up.

"Twilight, don't you-" Sunset stopped as she saw that Twilight's 'machine' had finished and the book worm was currently flipping the bird at her.

Twilight looked at her finger and let out a mock gasp, holding her spare hand to her chest in fake suprise.
"Oh my goodness, I had no idea it would do that!"

"Woooow," Sunset shook her head, rubbing her temples "You're worse than me,"

"Perhaps," Twilight just smiled innocently. Sunset glanced at her clock and started to push herself out of bed, scratching her bed.

"How tolerant are you of heavy music this early in the morning?" Sunset asked, looking at Twilight over her shoulder. Twilight smirked and leaned back on her hands.

"Do your worst,"

"God I knew liked you for a reason," Sunset said happily before turning to her smart speaker "Play Kerrang! Radio,"

"Playing Kerrang! Radio," The speaker responded, a song, that was about midway, began and Sunset and Twilight just turned to each as if they just knew they both knew the song. Both girls waited for the right moment before yelling the same thing.

"Of Reckoning!"

Sunset began to headbang along to the song, Twilight leaping to her feet and joining in as well as both of them sang along while getting themselves ready. The Speaker was loud so when Twilight went to get changed in the bathroom she could still hear the music.

"Sparky, are you almost done? I need to shower," Sunset asked, knocking on the bathroom door lightly.

"Yeah, coming out now," Twilight responded, unlocking the door and coming out in the same clothes she wore last night.

Sunset took a step closer to the girl and placed her hands on Twilight's hips before leaning down to place a kiss on her cheek.
"Thanks,baby,"

"You know, I really like the pet names," Twilight whispered into Sunset's ear, nipping at it and smirking when she saw Sunset visably shiver.

"Don't make our first time be in the shower, Sparky,"

"I know you wouldn't do something so crude though, would you babe?"

Sunset looked at her girlfriend and bit her lip before shaking her head and smiling gently.
"Of course I wouldn't,"

"Go shower, you smell like a horses ass,"

"First of all, that's a lie and second, that's just fucking rude, wait to ruin a tender moment," Sunset snorted, walking into the bathroom but not before bopping Twilight on the head. Sunset closed the door to the bathroom before Twilight flopped on Sunset's bed with a smile, hearing the shower begin to run.

She had been on cloud nine since last night; it all felt like a dream. She knew Sunset cared about her dearly and vise versa. She was everything Twilight wanted in a partner..but it scared her how fast she was falling. She didn't want to stop it, not by a long shot, but she knew this feeling and how quickly it was happening meant she was 10x more likely to get hurt if everything, somehow, goes to shit.

She shook her head and tried to not think about it, turning her head towards Sunset's phone and the speaker. Thinking hard about it for a moment, she got up and grabbed Sunset's phone before walking over to the bathroom door. She breathed deep and knocked on the door lightly.

"Sunset?"

"Hello!" Sunset responded over the sound of water.

"Um..I was wondering if I could just pick some music to play on your phone, from Spotify or something, whats your phone passcode,"

"0508" Sunset replied without hesitation. Twilight's eyes became the size of tennis balls. Sunset just..blindly gave her the passcode to her phone.

"You're just giving me your passcode? Just like that?" Twilight asked, her head against the door. She heard the water stop running.

"I have nothing to hide, Sparky," Sunset said, drying her hair as best she could without a hairdryer before wrapping a towel around her body and walking over to the door; opening it. Twilight stumbled forward slightly due to the door opening suddenly and looked at at Sunset, still in shock over the passcode to even notice that she was just in a towel.

"Timber never gave me his and we dated for almost a year,"

"Then maybe he was hiding something," Sunset shurgged, walking over to her cupboard and rummaging around for something to wear.

"Really? Does not sharing a passcode to your phone mean you're hiding something?"

"Not always. People are entilted to their privacy. I wish I had that with Adagio but I still gave her my passcode because I trusted her. Look how that worked out," Sunset grumbled the last part, shoving the clothes she wanted to wear on the floor "Could you turn around for a moment while I get changed,"

Twilight raised an eyebrow before she finally realised that Sunset was just in a towel. Her blush reached her ears and she quickly spun around, putting her head into her hands and mumbling to herself.

"You've only just clocked I'm basically naked?"

"Shut up, I was still baffled that you gave me your passcode without second thought,"

"Like I said, nothing to hide. Well I'm currently hiding my very very naked body to you right now but we don't count that,"

"Why did I agree to go out with you again?" Twilight groaned, shaking her head and dragging her face in her hands.

Sunset snorted as she tightened her belt around her pants, thus finishing her outfit off.
"Who knows, babe. I'm a nightmare but you agreed to date me so this whole thing sounds like a you problem,"

"I've made a dreadful mistake,"

"That you have," Sunset laughed as she adjusted the rest of her outfit "You can turn around now,"

Twilight ignored her and walked over to the blinds, pulling on the string to open them and gasping.

"What? What is it?! Whats happened?!" Sunset paniced, running over to the window and looking out it franiclly. It took a moment for her to realise why Twilight gasped, her lips curling into a huge smile.

"It's snowing!" Sunset cried happily, skipping back over to her cupboard. Twilight's eyes followed her and she let out a short laugh.

"Did you actually just skip?"

"Fuck off. It's Christmas time, my favourite holiday, and it's finally decided to snow so forgive me for being a tad enthusiastic,"

"Oh my god, I've been baited,"

"What do you mean?" Sunset asked from inside cupboard, searching for her winter coat.

"When we first met I thought you were this hot biker chick but you're actually just a cute cinnemon roll with the body heat thats equivalent to the sun,"

"Pretty sure you just called me a radiator," Sunset mumbled, standing up finally while slipping on her winter trench coat.

"Do you have another coat? I have one in my dorm room but not here.."

"Oh! Yeah, one second," Sunset scanned her cupboard quickly and pulled out a winter trench coat similar to her own but in dark purple "Here you are, it might be a bit longer on you but should still fit all the same,"

Twilight put it on and instantly felt snug, hugging the coat around herself while subtly trying to inhale the scent. It smelt of Sunset; she felt comforted by that.

"I have class from 1 til 5, what time do you have class today?" Sunset asked, brushing herself off.

"3 to 6, you shall be rid of me for a good while today,"

"Don't remind me, my heart breaks even thinking about it," Sunset wrapped an arm around Twilight's shoulders and kissed the top of her head, giving her girlfriend a squeeze.

"Do you want to do something after we are both finished?"

Sunset pondered for a moment before turning her head to look down at Twilight.
"I've been dying to see the new Spiderman film. Into the Spiderverse? Would you be willing to see that with me?"

Twilight could only smile.
"It just so happens that I'm dying to see that film too. So I'd love to,"

"Awesome! Will you be staying the night again?" Sunset said, making sure she had everything. Her heart sank a little when Twilight shook her head.

"I wish I could but I have to finish off my essays before the holiday's. They are almost done but I just need to make sure it's all correct and up to scratch,"

"I understand," Sunset offered a understanding smile, letting Twilight out the door, of the dorm room, first before following her out "Can I atleast walk you to your dorm room so you can pick up your stuff before class?"

"I'd be honoured if you did," Twilight mock bowed, both girls laughing. They arrived at the front door of the dorm room building and saw the brisk weather outside, deciding to hold hands as Sunset didn't own a pair of gloves and Twilight did, but they were in her room.

Breathing in and out, they faced the weather together while wearing huge smiles of their lips.