Before the Friendship Games: Sugarcoat

Sugarcoat opened the front door to her house and entered alongside Neon. She let out a sigh of relief.

"Glad to be home, babe?" Neon asked with a smile.

"Yeah." Sugarcoat said, "The last time my legs were this tired was last night!" The two shared a laugh. "Seriously though, I love it when you fuck me so hard." She pecked Neon on the cheek.

"Welcome home, you two!" Sizzle said as he left the kitchen. "I heard the news from Crystal." He said, grinning at Neon. "You two try not to fuck each other senseless every night now!" He said as he tousled Neon's hair, which caused him to laugh sheepishly.

Sugarcoat rolled her eyes. "Ease up, Dad. We're still kind of getting used to this."

Sizzle backed up, raising his arms in a defensive posture. "Okay, fair enough." He said.

"Well..." Neon said, "We've kind of been doing that already, Sugar."

Sugarcoat felt her face heat up and she smiled widely. She leaned over and licked Neon's neck, causing him to yelp in surprise. "Sorry!" She said, embarrassed. "I don't know what came over me." She said, then whispered in his ear. "But call me that again when we're in bed. I think we'll both enjoy the result." She said, then shuddered in delight.

Neon blinked. "What...what just happened?" He said, confused.

"I guess I just really, really like that nickname." Sugarcoat said dreamily as she drew imaginary lines on Neon's chest.

"Babe, are you really doing this in front of your dad?!" Neon said, panicked.

Sugarcoat blinked in surprise, then rapidly shook her head. "Yikes...thanks for bringing me out of it." She said, blushing.

"Anytime." Neon said, smiling.

Sizzle blinked in surprise, then recovered. "Crystal should be home any minute now, and then you two can tell us how your walk went."

Neon clenched his teeth. Oh, crap. Crystal's gonna find out what we did on campus...again! He sighed in defeat. Well, no point in trying to convince Sugarcoat to lie. Might as well take what's coming to me when the time comes.

Several minutes later, Crystal arrived with two pizzas. "Ahh, pizza. The perfect special occasion dinner." She said as she entered the living room. She then left to get some paper plates. "Hello, you two!" She said, "So...how was the walk?" Neon gulped nervously, then he and Sugarcoat told the latter's parents all that had happened.

Crystal put the palm of her hand to her head and made a sputtering noise. "Well...at least you two waited until you were outside this time..."

Sizzle put a hand on Neon's shoulder. "Sorry you had a rough go on your first relationship. Nobody should ever have to go through that sort of thing."

Neon smiled. "Thanks. I appreciate the sentiment, Sizzle." He said.

"No problem, Neon." Sizzle said as he smiled back, then removed his hand. He sniffed the air. "Wait...did you two take showers this morning?"

"No, I just ran off to school." Sugarcoat said.

Neon put a hand behind his head. "Same here...I didn't want to be late."

"Okay, then..." Crystal said, backing up slowly. "Neon, why don't you go take a shower?"

"Sure." Neon said. "It's why I brought a change of clothes, after all." He took his backpack and walked upstairs to the bathroom.

Sugarcoat waited until she heard water running from upstairs. "So I assume you want to yell at me for fucking Neon on campus again."

"You've got that right, kid." Crystal said angrily. "Seriously! There's got to be something you can do to keep your libido in check!" Sugarcoat sighed. "Look." Crystal continued, "I know you hate it when you get turned off, but don't you think this is getting out of control?"

"Yeah." Sugarcoat admitted. "It kind of is. Better to keep my sex drive at bay than to get expelled from school."

"Try thinking about things that turn you off, Sugarcoat." Sizzle said.

"Ugh. Fine." Sugarcoat said. "I'll just keep telling myself that it's for the better good."

"Thank you." Crystal said.

"Anything else?" Sugarcoat asked, "Nothing from the higher-ups at command?"

Sizzle and Crystal glanced at each other. "There is one thing. Have you and Neon thought of taking part in the Friendship Games?"

Sugarcoat raised an eyebrow. "You think Neon might be one of the other five?"

Crystal shrugged. "It's possible. This might just be what we need! The whole of Crystal Prep will get exposed to the six girls from Canterlot High School, and perhaps that could bring about the change of atmosphere we've needed all this time."

"Are you sure? This all seems kind of far-fetched." Sugarcoat asked.

"Well, so does magic from another dimension, but here we are." Sizzle said.

"Where's the proof then? Nobody has any footage of either of the magical incidents in question." Sugarcoat said, folding her arms.

"It's true that it sounds like nothing more than hearsay, hon, but I trust Vice-Principal Luna explicitly. She wouldn't go out of her way to make something that sounds so ridiculous into something serious." Crystal said. "Again, this might be the one chance we have at toppling Cinch."

"And if this fails?" Sugarcoat asked. "What if we get found out? We can't just hope that things will turn out all right. There needs to be a fallback just in case."

Crystal cupped her chin in thought. "Well, I haven't heard anything about a plan B. I'll contact Dean Cadence tonight just to check. Does that put your mind at ease?"

Sugarcoat smiled and nodded. "Yes. Yes it does. Anything else?"

"No, I think we've kept you here long enough. You better run up there before he gets out." Sizzle said.

Sugarcoat grinned. "Thanks guys. I love you both." She said, quickly giving her parents a hug.

"We love you too, kid." Sizzle said as he and Crystal returned the hug. "Now go up there and have a good time! ...Oh, and clean up after yourselves, would you?"

"Don't worry, Dad. I will!" Sugarcoat said excitedly as she broke the hug, then ran upstairs as fast as she could.