“Pssst... Could you sit up for a sec?”
“Why...”
“I’d like to feel both of my arms for just a minute.”
The girl in question saw no reason to delay the request, other than her own comfort. Twilight decided that would be a fair trade, for now, lifting her torso up without another word.
The girl that was holding her tightly from behind quickly went about, stretching and moving the appendage in every direction, sighing in relief as the feeling returned to it briefly
“Thank the goddess.” Sunset murmured trying not to be too vocal about it before placing her arm in its previous resting spot. Wordlessly Twilight rested herself on Sunset’s right arm again.
The two were currently on Pinkie Pie’s living room couch. They were lucky to secure it, the only other option being the floor in a sleeping bag. The only trouble with that being Sunset wanted to actually hold Twilight, which was rather hard when the two would be in separate bags. So the decision had been made to migrate to the couch, which may as well just be a glorified love seat. It wasn’t exactly the best for two girls laying down. They had to spoon as close as possible just to stay on it, plus they had to share one small blanket that had already been on the couch. Sunset was doing a good job of keeping her partner on the couch all at the cost of a nose full of hair and constant grip on the other girl. Sunset wouldn’t have it any other way, despite how much she mentally complained.
“Twilight?” Sunset asked
Twilight tilted her head, letting Sunset know she had her attention again.
“I need you to scoot back just a bit”
She did as instructed and scooted back a few inches so Sunset had more control over her right elbow while under Twilight.
Not five minutes later the silence was broken again by a soft “Hey?” from Sunset
A groan rang out in the room. “What now?!” Twilight asked a little annoyed at another interruption in her process of going to sleep, the irritation certainly slipping through in her tone.
Sunset gave an equally soft “I love you.” Further accentuated the words with a tight squeeze and a soft kiss on the back of Twilight’s head.
Twilight’s expression softened, letting a moment pass. “Love you more Sunny,” Twilight muttered, closing her eyes.
“Hey, Twi?”
“Yeah?” The bookwork replied giving Sunset her full attention now.
“Could you move your foot? Please..”
“This isn’t working,” Twilight said flatly, trying to get further under the blanket than was physically possible. “Why can’t we just try the floor again?”
Sunset groaned and buried her face deep in Twilight’s hair, trying to think of what she could do to remedy the situation. No way was she sleeping on a hardwood floor with just a sleeping bag. She had come too far. An idea did come to mind after a minute of silence. With a growing smile, Sunset tightened her hold on Twilight’s waist and midsection.
“Sunset, what are you do...” before Twilight had a chance to finish, Sunset had picked her up rather quickly and flipped them both so they were resting on each other's stomachs with Twilight on top. This action led to a squeak from the smaller of the two girls.
As comfortable as this was, Twilight tried to squirm away, adding to Sunset’s already playful behavior tonight.
“No no no, Twi, you’re not getting away that easy~” Sunset teased, holding onto Twilight much tighter now, rubbing their noses together with each “no” she utters.
After only a bit of playful squirm fighting, Twilight settled down and took her partner's left hand with her own right hand, smiling when their fingers locked tightly. Both girls shared a moment of silence as the feeling of scars on both their hands made itself apparent.
A streak on Twilight’s palm and various corse lumps on Sunset’s knuckles.
A reminder of what they viewed as failures from both of them, but important ones nonetheless. One's failure to protect, and the other’s failure to protect from themselves.
It didn’t take long before Twilight was reminded of how tired she truly was, her eyes drooping more with each millisecond. Soon enough, without another word, Twilight was asleep in the other girl’s arms.
Sunset treasured this, adoring the feeling of her lover’s breath slowing and her muscles relaxing. She had grown accustomed to exactly how it felt when Twilight was truly asleep in her arms, rarely ever letting herself fall asleep until she was certain Twilight was resting peacefully first. Sunset moved strands of Twilight’s hair out of her face, fixed the blanket and gave the bookworm’s nose one last rub with her own before us succumbing to the warmth.
-=+=-
Through the living room window, the slowly rising sun leaked a yellow and deep orange glow. With this, one of the two girls groaned softly, pulling her head up to get a grasp on where she was and when. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to understand how she and her partner had ended up, (even if Twilight was pretty close to just that).
Twilight blinked a few times more color coming to her eyes and a few shapes, but nothing beyond that without her glasses. But she didn’t need her eyes to remember last night’s struggle to get comfortable. A small blush came to the timid girl's cheeks as she stared down at her sleeping guardian angel, her fingers gently tracing the edges and curves her eyes wouldn’t allow her to fully see.
The light in the room only added to the magic of a mood the girl couldn’t describe with human words. Twilight couldn’t tell where the sunrise ended and the Sunset started. Everything just melded together to create perfection. Certainly a word you wouldn’t see Twilight use often.
With a growing smile, Twilight laid her head back down onto Sunset’s chest, her heartbeat almost lulling her back to sleep. It was song Twilight could never get tired of hearing. Suddenly the beat was shadowed by the sound of Sunset inhaling quickly before smirking. With her eye’s still closed she tightly wrapped one arm around Twilight’s back. The fiery-haired girl was the first to speak up this morning.
“Good morning, Twilight~”
Author's Note
“What hell is LHaFW?”
You may never know... Why are you reading my content? xD What do you want?? I post because I don’t want the ideas to die on my notepad. Sure they suck and I’m terrible at writing but eh. MAYBE you’ll see LHaFW someday xD its almost 500K it just hurts too much to write without her...