Roommates

You wake up to the sun shining in your eyes, dragging your eyelids open. You throw the sheets off of your body, flinging your legs off the side of the bed.

You get up slowly, stretching and yawning. You gently open your door in case Sky is still sleeping. It's way too early. You walk over to her room, slowly opening the door and peeking inside.

Sky is sleeping peacefully, her fluffy chest slowly rising and falling. It brings a smile to your face seeing her like this. You close the door just as quietly as you opened it, heading straight for the kitchen.

It takes you a bit to figure out what to do for breakfast, eventually, you settle on a salad for Sky and some eggs on toast for yourself. You start frying the eggs and then head back over to Sky's room.

You push the door open, taking light steps towards her bed. Her ear twitches, but she remains asleep. You lower yourself onto the bed, making sure not to wake her yet.

Reaching out, you run your hand over her head and partway down her neck. She smiles, leaning into your hand. Her eyes open slowly, looking up at you as she stretches, covering her mouth as she yawns cutely.

"Good morning.." She says, her voice groggy and quiet, but happy. You were a bit worried she'd dislike the petting. You risk rubbing her ear as you speak.

"I'm making breakfast, you gunna get up?" You tease, getting a groan out of the tired pegasus. Her wings spread out, lifting the sheets before she throws them off of herself.

The two of you head out of the room, Sky lounging on the couch and you returning to the kitchen to finish breakfast. It doesn't take long for it to all come together.

You walk into the lounge room carrying a plate for both of you, one with a fresh salad and the other with some fried eggs on toast.

Sky smiles at you as you approach, immediately digging into her breakfast. You sit down beside her and eat slowly, shaking your head at her ravenous pace.

You finish after not too long, Sky is already laying back with her eyes closed when you're done. You quietly get up, not wanting to disturb her, taking the plates to the kitchen.

Sky once again offers to help, you insist that it's fine once more. After you finish washing the dishes your return to the lounge room to find Sky with a pencil held in her wing and a sketchbook on the table. She's got the linework done, it's you, cleaning.

You place yourself down on the couch, careful not to mess up her sketching. She's got a hoof on the corner, keeping the book in place as she's erasing and redrawing a lot of stuff, you wonder if maybe she hasn't drawn many humans.

You sit there for a bit, silently watching her draw. It's relaxing, nothing but the sound of pencil to paper, watching the piece come together. You have to admit, she's pretty good, not that you doubted her. She spends a bit more than an hour perfecting it, you're happy to sit there for that long, but you do get up to get a drink halfway through.

Sky does a final bit of shading before leaning back, smiling at her work and then looking over to you. At this point, you're resting your head on your hand. You look over the sketch, nodding and returning her smile. With all of her refining, it looks great, certainly better than you could do.

Sky closes the sketchbook, putting it back in her room and then crashing back onto the couch. She looks up at you, her big eyes asking for something. She's visibly excited when you lift your hand, you roll your eyes and start petting her.

Sky is like putty in your hands, a dreamy smile on her face as your hands gently rub her ears and scratch her chin. You think about how ponies act like pets sometimes, it's baffling how they go from cooking and intelligent speech to nuzzling and slurred words so quickly.

It's not long before Sky is on the edge of sleep again, her head resting in your lap. You feel good knowing that you can bring peace to her with something as simple as petting. You look down at her, smiling. It warms your heart, seeing her like this, in utter bliss.

Begrudgingly, you pick her up, moving slower and more delicately than you ever have before, and place her on her bed, making sure she's covered and comfortable. After a small pat on her head, you go to your own bed and almost immediately pass out, sleep eagerly embracing you.