Flash Sentry's Secret Santa.

It was two weeks left until Hearth’s warming and roughly one week left of school. It was also Friday and the last class before the day and more important, the week(!) was over. Ms Inkwell was standing at the board, going over the “deep mysteries of trigonometry” as she called it, and most of the class wasn’t listening. Math last class on a friday? Really? One of them was Flash Sentry. He wasn’t thinking about anything special, just a line of varied thoughts that passed through.

Rehearsal on sunday. Must get new picks. Or ask Sunset to borrow… Sunset was going to see the new Daring Do movie on saturday… Wonder if it is any good. Rainbow was complaining about too much fanservice. Stalwart Stallion going with a ripped shirt most of the time. She’s the straight one and SHE complains? ...Chestnut must be her free pass. ... Perhaps I should give it a chance after all…Damn it, how Sunset blushes. A text from AJ probably… That girl can be so raunchy… Speaking of raunchy… Rarity’s newest catalogue looked interesting. Perhaps I can get a gift for... Wonder if dad gets afternoon shift of on hearth’s warming… Perhaps We should make some donuts and come out to him instead… Why are they called donuts anyway? There´s no nuts in them… Or is it Do Nots? Whatever is it you shouldn’t do… New biology teacher is kinda cute. He can’t be much older than Rod… And Rod look like shit. I can’t understand how he can get away with all that pot under dad’s nose… I suppose the son of a cop knows how to hide stuff… Pinkie is shaking again… what the heck is wrong with her? I get that it’s not the funniest class but still. Damn she’s twisting… looks almost like she’s masturbating. Come one! Even Pinkie has her limits. Wonder what mom made for dinner to…

And there he was cut off in his thoughts as the sounds of jingle bells was heard in the room. Miss Inkwell had put a santa hat on and was shaking the bells in a loud and off-beat way.

“Finally I got your attention! I can’t believe you kids, Trigonometry IS interesting AND important and you WILL be tested on this!" Beat. "Well, not until next semester, but still. Anyway, that wasn’t why I wanted your attention. I have talked to the principal and she agreed to my idea! Which means that just as we did last year... We will be doing a Secret Santa!”

The distrait uninterest was quickly switched to a complete focus. Every kid straightened up and looked eagerly at miss Inkwell.

“I suppose you all know the basics since last year, but to be on the safe side: You will all pick a name from… this… “ -she placed a large red top hat on the desk- “hat. And then you will give the person THREE gifts. A few of you have red dots. You with red dots on your notes have gift day Monday, wednesday and friday. And the ones without have tuesdays, thursdays and friday. Friday is also the reveal day. You may guess who your secret santa is, but no spying is allowed, is that CLEAR miss Pie?” Pinkie Pie nodded, with a slight blush, “Also, there is a max cost at 50 bits in total, but a few bits over or under is allowed. So no golden earrings, miss Dazzle. Oh, another thing. You are not allowed to switch. The reveal will be next friday, in this class. That will be the last thing we do before christmas but even so, please do not deliver your gift then. It will be to messy. Everyone clear? Good. Class is dismissed. Go pick a name from the hat, and then you have the weekend to think about it.”

The whole class rose almost as one man and started to get their stuff down so they could be among the first to choose. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie was the two first at the hat, and had their hands down almost at the same time when Miss Inkwell spoke again.

“One more thing! Do NOT open and look before you are home alone. I am serious about no switching and 'the opportunity to use this as foreplay' is NOT a valid excuse. Miss Shimmer? You go with what you get, ok? And that goes for Miss Lulamoon as well!”

Sunset shimmer blushed and nodded, and Trixie huffed and murmured something about “Maudie would get a great and powerful gift anyway”.

There was a lot of buzzing as the class went to their lockers and got their bags, but no one dared to look at their notes. Flash closed his locker, took his jacket and made a straight line home. He wanted to know who his secret santa would be so he could get started as fast as possible.

He was hoping he could get to his room before dinner, but that was thrown off the minute he stepped through the door. There he was greeted with a lamb stew by his mother Sunshower and a beer from his father Wave Chill. His mother protested, but his father said “Kid is going on nineteen. He needs to understand if he likes it or not. Also, if our little cutie want to attract boys, he needs to drink what the boys drink! Besides, nothing beats a dark lager with a Lamb Curry Stew!” Has mother shook her head and murmured "If that's true YOU should drink nothing but rosé wine..." Flash on his side blushed. He also was glad that his big brother Lightning Riff was out casue then he'd get nothing but innuendos for dinner, Dad at least only did them one at the time. He understood that his father needed time to accept his choice in life, but he would never be sure if his dad was joking or actually thought he was being a caring parent. His brother was just a jerk. Nevertheless he ate his stew and drank his beer. He made a face, but drank it all. His father laughed and said that they would try something lighter next time. After dinner, he went to his room and practiced his guitar. After about ten minutes he put down his guitar and carefully listened. Any footsteps? Any voices? After a while, he heard his father taking down his jacket and leaving for night shift and his mother turning on the TV. Rod was out as he usually was. Flash locked his door and from under his bed he produced a magazine well read and well hidden.

It was “F! Magazine”, the movie edition from from last May, The Daring Do Special. He kept it not because he was especially interested in the behind-the-scenes special (Most he already knew, you’re not friends with Rainbow Dash without hearing it all) but for the centerfold special about Stalwart Stallion. Nothing NSFW, but… a few of him without a shirt and even one where he was sporting a very tight pair of leather pants… Flash felt a part of him react and he pulled down his pants to let his member free. He put down the magazine on his desk, sat down and took a deep breath. Then he gently placed his hands on his dick. And...

Five minutes later, he wiped of his hands and put away the magazine. He sighed. He wasn’t ashamed that he was jerking off to a movie star, and he knew he had his parents support in him being gay, even if his dad has his own ways but… He would prefer to have a relationship with someone real, and not a teacher or a movie star, that he had to love from a distance anyway. Flash was a huge romantic, and he did believe in destiny and one true love.

He sighed. Ah well, it wasn't like a true love would jump on him here at his desk anyway. Then he remembered the note and produced it from his pockets. He then opened the note and read “Fluttershy.”
He shrugged his shoulders and said to himself, “That will be easy gifts. A pair of maracas, a bag of fancy cat food and a collar. That I can get tomorrow.”

He then proceeded to do his homework and then he joined his mother with some popcorn and a late movie. Sunshower and Flash adored bad action movies, and those were easy to find, it was Friday after all. As he let his mind wander off into the movies cliched plot he thought about the challenge one last time. He could only hope his secret santa would have better imagination than he had himself.