It's starting to get lighter, maybe around sunrise, some rays beaming into your face, making you forcefully wake up from your great sleep with your pink-colored mane fellow. You open one eye, just to feel that Fluttershy was hugging your down-stomach area, not letting you be able to move yourself in any way. You try to slip out, just for her to squeeze you a bit stronger. Who would imagine that for a mare of that port, so fragile, so innocent, would be that strong? "Aww... Isn't that just adorable... I guess I can go back to sleep a bit..."

With that, you go back to your resting position, embracing your friend in a warm hug. You give a quick peck on her muzzle before going back to the same position, not seeing that she was actually aware of what you just did. She squealed pretty much out loud, blushing fluorescent red, hiding her face in her gorgeously big mane. "W-W-W-Wha-at d-d-did you d-do t-t-that f-for?!" She breathed heavily, while you were trying to explain yourself to her.

"Uh... I-uh, I-I... I-I'm s-sorry?" You smile sheepishly, while blushing yourself with a dark tone of red, explaining yourself to her. "I-I... T-Thought you were sleeping... T-That's why I d-did that!" Your blush not fading away, you frown, groaning a bit before your next words. "I-I guess i'll be l-leaving-" A hoof stops your chatter, as she shook her head a bit.

"No... Please... S-Stay here..." She glares at you from the opening on her mane, her blush from before still strong but starting to fade. "I d-don't want you to go..." Saying so, her blush comes back stronger, making her bit her lower lip on the choice of words she just made.

You, of course, didn't quite understand everything, but you could guess that she didn't want you to go. With such understanding, you nod, making her jump a bit and smile at you, hugging you again. "H-Hey... It's nothing..."

"Nothing? I-It's everything..." Another choice of bad words, she stutters and tries to explain herself. "I-I mean, um... It's so lovely of you- um, I-I mean, I-It's nice of you to s-stay..." She smiles, looking incredibly adorable as she cleared her field of view using a hoof.

You giggle, followed by getting yourself out of the cozy bed you and your dear friend slept. "So... I guess we should..." You yawn, stretching yourself a little. "...start our day, shouldn't we? As we're already here, I'll help you with your dailies."

"Oh, my! Y-You don't need to worry, I can do it!" She yawns quietly, rubbing her eyes a bit.

"But I do want to help! After all, I'm here already, so... I guess i'll be helpful!" Your happiness contagious her, as she gives you a sweet look saying 'thank you'.

"Um... I-It's very nice from you... Thanks..." She beams, as she opens the bedroom window, letting the sunshine warm her for a second. "I'll make us some breakfast, do you want anything? I-I mean, if you don't, we can just go to Sugarcube Corner and get someth-" You silence her with a quick boop, making you and her giggle for a instant.

"Anything is fine... But I would like some tea." You give her a warm smile, as she so nods, going downstairs, letting you alone in the room. You make her bed, as you look yourself in the window reflex. You brush your mane with a hoof, just getting it on place again. Rushing downstairs, you sit on a chair by the kitchen, staring at a kettle being ready to boil some hot water.

"This place is yet so small... But so... Comforting... I feel like I was at my old home... Before I moved to Applewood, of course..." You smile to Fluttershy, as she was humming some song, searching for tea flavors for the both of you.

"So, um... What flavor d-do you like the most? I got plenty here!" She shows you them, pointing her hoof on each and every one of them, it was a lot of options! "...and we got my favorite, chamomile!" You widen your eyes in surprise, as it was your favorite too. You weren't used to drink tea that often, but you sure did like to drink some to calm yourself down.

"Well, I guess chamomile for two is great! It's my favorite too!" You tell her, as she widen her eyes a bit, before beaming towards you.

"Oh, really? I like it because it's so-"

"...calming!" You both say it at the same time, both of you letting a giggle come out.

The whistle of the kettle took the attention of you both, as you both go to your seats. Waiting as your companion takes the steaming hot container of water off the stove, separating teacups for both of you. The smell of tea getting your attention while you sniff the air took your mind elsewhere, relaxing you in a great level.

"Um... S-So..." Fluttershy started, blushing slightly in her short, straightfoward phrase. "H-How o-our day w-will be?" She blushed harder as flashfowards start forming on your head of what can possibly happen. You smirk in what could possibly happen, drifting it off to dirty conclusions after all.

"So... I guess..." You scratch the back of your neck, looking back and forth at the small, yet more-than-welcoming kitchen. "I guess pretty much nothing else... I just want to... You know... Know you more!" You let a really nervous giggle come out. "Haha, isn't that what new friends do?" You don't understand yourself, as you feel bullets of sweat run down your mane. "Ugh... Come on! Just act chill! It's nothing much! You've passed by worse things than this, you scaredy little colt! Now steel yourself up and keep it down, or she'll notice your plan and bam! The night's ruined, and you'll never be able to get a piece of that sexy fla-" You stop your thinking as you thought you were mouth agape, a pair of dark-turquoise eyes staring at you in worry.

"Umm..." She ducked her head a bit, hiding her face on her mane for a second. "A-Are you okay?... Y-You just seemed to be... Off... For a moment... N-Not t-that i'm interrupting y-your thoughts! I-I mean-" You motion a hoof on her soft lips, making her understand that it was nothing much. You give her a warming smile, as she returns in with a more comfortable look on her face.

You both share some giggles as for that morning talk, telling each other a bit of theirselves.

"Oh my... What should I get for this? Maybe daisies? But what if he doesn't like them? Maybe daffodil? I actually have no idea..." Fluttershy sighed, as she was lost on which one she would choose. She shrugged, taking in mind what she liked the most, fresh blue and red roses. They always made her smile... So why not him?

She darted to the next shop, finding out that Twilight, along with the other girls, were coming on her direction. Releasing a noisy "EEP!", Fluttershy managed to hide herself from the view of her friends on a bush nearby, hoping that they haven't noticed her. All of a sudden, she feels a hoof on her shoulder, just to turn around and see Twilight and the girls standing right behind her.

"Uh... Fluttershy? Why are you hiding?" Twilight was using a tone of worry, but tried her best to keep her friend as calm as possible.

"Um... I-I... N-Nothing! I-I... Y-You know... I... H-Have been, um... B-Buying s-stuff..." She blushed hard when she remembered of your figure, but lied. "F-For t-the animals!" She gave them the most nervous grin and loads of sweat were visible on her forehead, along with the hot-pink tone of blush on her cheeks right along.

"So... Why did you hide then? Are you playing hide-and-seek?! Oh, oh! I love hide-and-seek! It's soo fun to find ponies and-" Pinkie received some glares from her friends, as "hide-and-seek" wasn't the answer, but when all were giving attention to their pink fellow, Fluttershy took the opportunity to flee without making any suspicious noise, except...

BONK!

She headbutted a small hut that was infront of her, drawing everypony's attention in the buying crowd, being able to hear a "Ow!" and cursing from Fluttershy, but nothing else than that, ponyfolk went back to their business. After the happening, Fluttershy fled flying as fast as she could, getting out of her friends' sight.

"I just hope it doesn't give a big bump... Ow..." She rubbed her forehead in the sore place, putting some ice as soon as she got into her cottage. Giving it a rest, she took a look at the time. She was almost late, if not being late already.

"OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHI'MLATE! WHAT DO I WEAR?! WHICH ESSENCE DO I USE?!" Fluttershy was in despair as she was trying to steady her breathe. With a quick change of look, she applied some perfume, and didn't wear anything, taking with her the basket with the ingredients for their picnic. She rushed off her cottage as time was running against her.

You tapped a hoof to the grass, as you've settled a picnic cloth on the ground already, just waiting for any signal of her light-pink mane companion to appear. You, wore nothing but just used some essence, preparing your picnic basket on the ground, leaving the plates on place, as you see the sun shining stronger by the second and winds running through your mane and ears. The weather was quite pleasurable, actually, it was perfect.

Suddenly, you hear a flap of wings and panting, as you see a sweaty yellow pegasus come by your direction. Fluttershy seemed to be with a frown on her face, as for being late, but, the moment she landed and slid by a small pud of mud, falling on her chest by the cloth, as the town clock started ringing. She managed to get on time, but there she was, all messy, all embarassed of probably how she was looking like. "Ohmygoshi'msosorryIdidn'twanttogetlateIt'sbecauseIgottroublewiththegirlspleasedon'tbemadatme!!" She took some air, before calmly getting up and trying to wipe herself off.

You chuckle, as she was trying to explain herself being so nervous about it. "Don't worry, you're not late, look." You point a hoof at the town clock, as she look there wide-eyed, giving a relieved sigh. "You know you didn't quite have to be so pontual, right? Everypony sometimes lose track of their time." Both of you share a giggle, as you wipe away any dirty spots that you could find. You sigh, as you start trembling and feeling like you could just blow your entire plan with a simple choice of words.

"Um... So... S-Should we start eating f-first?" Fluttershy suggested. You nodded as she gave you a little smile, as she reached for her picnic basket. As you reach yours, both of you start setting up everything. You brought tulips, bread and some spearmint tea. Inside the basket, still, remained a red rose and a cupcake that you arranged to get done quickly at Sugarcube Corner to give to Fluttershy as a form of greeting her for being with you.

"S-So... Um..." You stuttered for a second, but got quickly back in thought. "Fluttershy, I have something to give you." You tried your best not to spill everything that you felt about her right away, the way she acts, her body, her mane, her eyes, every little thing she does... That drives you crazy.

"Hmm? What is it?" She leaned her head a little, giving you a shy, but comforting smile. She made the most innocent face you could ever imagine of. You gulped loud enough to be hearable, but after steeling up and building courage, you managed to give her the treats you wanted to give her. Your blush, coming from a bit before, started turning redder by the time. She gasped loudly, putting her hooves over her mouth, as a blush was starting to form, as she saw the draw of herself on the cupcake alongside with a little heart.

"So... T-This is just something that came by my mind and I wanted to... Share it with you, to be together as a friend with you... I know we haven't even met each other for long... But I still really admire you as a friend!" Rivers of sweat took over your forehead as of what she could possibly say. Your eyes darted everywhere, except to make eye-contact with her.

Her face was expressionless, she was babbling, and blushing even harder than some hours ago, but, she managed to get some words out of her mouth. "Um... T-This... Is really... lovely." She squealed a bit on her choice of words, blushing a fluorescent pink, hiding her face on her mane.

You were shocked by her reaction. It was something that you couldn't quite get out of your mind. It was... Lovely. With that, you and her share a awkward silence for a couple of minutes before you taking the lead to talk. "So..." You sighed happily, trying to bring that good mood from the start back. "What about we eat a bit, and get to know each other... more? Like I said! You seem to be a really interesting pony to talk to..." She blushed at the reaction, but nodded in response.

"-and so, I was walking down the street to the rodeo when I saw a big, clumsy stallion. I don't quite remember his name, but oh my, surely he knew how to get people laughing!" You and Fluttershy share a giggle at a story you were telling her after going to Appleloosa.

"Oh, my..." She stares to the sky, dragging your attention to the same direction, making you notice that it's getting dark already. "I guess I should be going... It's getting late already..." She frowns cutely, staring at you with a sheepish smile.

"Um... Do you want me to walk with you home? It can get pretty dangerous out there..." Your cheeks taint lightly, as you gaze to the ground. She nods, as you both make your way to her cottage.

As you both arrive at her cottage, the twilight forming on the sky gave away that it was starting to become a dusk, cold night. "So... I guess this is it... It was pretty fun, though! I really liked to talk to you." You and her lock gazes for a while, as tinting reach both of your cheeks.

"Yes, it sure was... So..." You scratch the back of your neck softly with a hoof. "I guess i'll be going-"

You didn't even have time to finish your phrasing, as Fluttershy quickly gave you a peck on the cheek, soon after thanking you for being with her that afternoon. Crimson blush grows on your cheeks, as so do on hers "Okayitwasanicetimethankyougoodnight!!" She shuts the door in front of you, still not reacting to what just happened. Mouth agape, you blinked quickly, shaking your head out of thoughts.

"G-Guh... Good n-night..." Touching the cheek the pink-colored mane pegasus has just kissed, you start to have more thoughts about her.

"How does she make me feel so... Tingly inside?... It's incredible..." Brushing the cheek with a hoof, you feel warm inside. "I guess I'm really in love, then...".

Author's Note

Late chapter, my apologies.