My Little Pony Generation 5

It was early in the morning in Ponyville as Feather Tang was sleeping peacefully on his bed in his hotel room and even with the sun rising above and the light coming through the window, he refused to wake up. It was only when he heard a knocking on his door that he snapped his eyes open. However still he didn't get up, not wanting to get out from his comfortable place.

"Feather, you awake yet?" A familiar's friend voice called as Feather didn't answer.

"Coming Flurry!" Feather called loud enough for his alicorn friend to hear as he sighed, lifting off the covers of his temporary bed in Ponyville as he then got out of bed, stretching out his legs and wings before going to the door. "Something wrong Flurry? Couldn't this wait until later?"

"Well your mom and you are leaving by the end of the day and Rose and I will be going back to our homes as well, so I thought that we all could enjoy some lunch together at the Cafe Hay, to catch up on things just between us three." Flurry answered.

"Sure I guess, it'll be nice to have some alone time with you two." Feather smiled weakly, still tired. "Now, can I get some more sleep?"

"Sure." Flurry chuckled. "Just make sure you're not late and like my Auntie Rarity would say, do try to look presentable." Flurry advised as she then left, leaving her hippogriff friend slightly confused with that last comment.

"Why would she say that..." Feather thought. "She never said anything like that before..." However Feather decided to not think too much into it and went back to his hotel bed, to enjoy what remaining sleep there was to enjoy until he had to get up fully for the rest of the day.

As lunch time came around, Feather prepared, making sure his feathers were not messy as he gave himself a quick wash in the pond in front of the School of Friendship before heading to the cafe to meet his two friends. As the cafe came into view, he saw Rose at a table, waiting for her friends, looking up every once in awhile to check if her friends were coming. And she saw Feather as she waved at him, however Flurry was not there...

"Suddenly I got a funny feeling about this..." Feather said to himself as he slowly walked to the cafe, entering it as he then took the seat from across Rose, Rose smiling at him as he nervously smiled back.

"You look good Feather." Rose commented.

"Thanks, you too..." Feather slowly spoke as he breathed out slowly, feeling his heart beat a little faster. "So, is Flurry in the mare's room or something?"

"No, she hasn't come yet, maybe she's discussing things with my brother for relations between Ponyville and the Crystal Empire, she is a princess after all and can get pretty busy last minute." Rose thought.

"Right..." Feather replied as he wished Flurry would come so he wouldn't be alone with the girl he very much liked as a waiter came with a small piece of rolled up parchment.

"Excuse me, are you Feather Tang?" The waiter asked.

"Yes, I am..." Feather answered.

"Princess Flurry Heart has left this note for you." The waiter replied as he held out the rolled parchement.

"Thank you..." Feather said to the waiter as he left, Feather unrolling the note as he read it.

"Feather,

I'm sorry to have to do this to you, but I tricked you into being alone with Rose to get you to confess your feelings. I hope you'll forgive me for this, but I know you can do it, just talk to her nice and calmly, ease into it and you'll find the right things to say. You'll feel much better when you do and if I know Rose, she'll be very happy and accept the new relationship between you two.

From Flurry."

"So what does the note say?" Rose asked.

"Turns out you were right, she had some last minute things to discuss with the mayor of this town." Feather lied as he rolled the note back up and put it on the table. "So I guess it's just us two." Feather nervously chuckled a little.

"Well, I guess that's fine, come to think of it... I don't think there was ever a time when we were alone without any of our other friends." Rose thought.

"Yeah, funny how that turns out..." Feather mentally telling himself to calm down and relax as the waiter once again returned.

"Do you both know what you want?" The waiter asked.

"Oh sorry..." Rose apologized as she forgot that she should eat lunch. "How about we share a plate of some hay spaghetti Feather?" Rose suggested.

"Sure, whatever you want." Feather agreed as the waiter took note and once again left.

"So, how are things on Mt. Aris and Sequestria?" Rose asked Feather, starting up a conversation.

"Good!" Feather answered right away with haste, but cleared his throat as he lowered his tone. "My mother and my Auntie Skystar have been running things quite smoothly, although my mom's having some problems with the relationship between our animals on Harmonizing Heights and the flock of Cockatrices living there now, it's lucky my mom has Edith by her side to help her out at least. Makes me wonder how I will be able to step up to my mom's position when I have to take her place."

"I'm sure you'll make a great prince for both Mt. Aris and Sequestria." Rose smiled as she held out a hoof and took one of Feather's claws to help reassure him.

"Thanks Rose..." Feather blushed lightly." You always know what to say... So what about you? Is everything going alright for your future flower shop?"

"Well, so far it's mostly alright, have to take a lot of things into consideration, lots of bits to spend on the endeavor, but with my family's support it will become a reality." Rose answered. "In fact I already have the perfect motto for the shop."

"Really, what is it?" Feather curious.

"Well, since most of my friends are not ponies, I can't very well have my shop be restrained to just ponies, so it's going to be... "Open to everycreature!", because I want to make sure visitors to Canterlot know that they're welcome." Rose announced. "What do you think? Too bland, too speciest?"

"No, I think it's perfect and I'm sure all our friends, including me, will be there to support the official opening." Feather quickly said so as not to make Rose feel bad, as it was now Rose's turn to blush.

"Thanks, I really do hope my shop's a success." Rose replied as the waiter came back with a plate heaped high with fresh hay spaghetti for the two friends.

"Enjoy your meal." The waiter told the two after he placed their food on the table in the middle before leaving.

"Oh boy, I'm starving now looking at this." Rose commented as she went froward and took a full muzzle bite of spaghetti, enjoying the hay noodles for a minute with her eyes closed before she opened them to find Feather staring at her. "What?"

"Nothing..." Feather replied back as he found himself blushing again, ashamed that he was caught staring or Rose thought that he didn't like the way she was eating. "Lets just enjoy our lunch." Feather taking his own bite.

The two continued to eat their meal, sharing the plate of hay noodles, silent until the two each took a rather long piece of noodle, chewing at it, but needing to go more and more froward until...

"Oh no..." Feather mentally said to himself in his head as he opened his eyes to find that his beak was touching Rose's muzzle.

Rose was rather embarrassed as well as she herself was blushing, it was fortunate for her that she had red fur, so it wasn't easily noticeable. The two just as quickly broke the accidental kiss as whatever noodle was left fell down onto the plate.

"Well..." Rose not knowing what to say at the moment.

"That was something..." Feather feeling like he was going to faint and well he thought it would be rather stupid, but best to get it over with, he couldn't take it anymore...

"You know what I feel full now, so lets just pay for the meal and how about we go back to our families..." Rose suggested as she was starting to get off of her stool she was currently on at the table.

"Wait Rose, I need to tell you something, something I been waiting for years to say." Feather said as Rose stopped. "Listen, ever since we first met at our first day at the School of Friendship, I have been having these funny feelings around you, but I could never admit them because I was just so nervous and afraid of how you might react. To be honest, I even felt you might not want to be friends anymore."

"Feather, of course I will always be your friend, no matter what, same goes for the rest of our friends, you can tell me anything you want." Rose replied, reassuring Feather that she would not think differently.

"Okay... The truth is, Rose..." Feather took a deep breath, swallowing the lump in his throat before revealing the truth. "I really like you, like more than just a friend."

"Oh..." Rose very shocked as now her blush was a little more visible.

"I knew it, you don't feel the same way I understand, I'll just be going..." Feather now being the one to get up as now Rose stopped him.

"No Feather, it's alright, I'm just surprised, can I ask why?" Rose a bit flattered that a boy had these kinds of feelings for her.

"Well, you're smart, shy, but also fun to be around, you like flowers and animals, and well... I know some other boys may say this, but you're the prettiest girl I ever met..." Feather confessed as suddenly he felt a lot better finally being able to let his feelings out, Flurry was right.

"Thank you Feather..." Rose blushed. "And can I tell you... I feel the same way about you." Rose revealed, now her blushing fully visible.

"Thank you Rose." Feather smiled. "Now, how about we finish up our meal and then head on down to the lake for some alone time?"

"I would like that." Rose smiled back as nearby, hiding behind some blushes was Flurry, who was watching the whole thing go down.

"See Feather, I knew you could do it." Flurry proud that her plan worked and she had her mother's traits in her. "And I hope you two enjoy your life together whatever your future brings."