The things i do for love

I sat back in a lawn chair, stretching out my legs a little. The sun felt good, but a guy can only take so much heat. “Hey, you want another glass of lemonade?” I turned to see Pinkie balancing a tray with a couple glasses on her back and smiled.

“Sure Pinkie, that’d be great.” I said as she slid a glass over to me. I grabbed it and took a quick sip, setting it down on a nearby table. “Good stuff.”

“Thank you! I made it myself you know!” she said in her usual energetic tone, causing me to smile more.

“Well who else is gonna make it? It’s not like either of the Cakes ever make lemonade, right?” I asked her, tilting my shades a little bit.

“Oh, you silly, they can’t make anything anymore, they’re too old!” she said with a giggle.

“Exactly.” I said with a laugh.

“So, what do you wanna do later?” she asked, making me think for the first time that day.

“Hm, I don’t really know. We could always go visit Applejack, see how the farms doing.”

“OOH OOH, ooooorrrr, we could go visit that store you really like, see if they have anything new!” she suggested, making me laugh more before drinking more lemonade. It really was good stuff.

“Pinkie, we were there an hour ago, I doubt they have anything new.”

“You have a good point…” She said, sitting in the chair next to mine. “Well, we could always go see how your parents are doing.”

“Pinkie, remember what happened last time we broke the fourth wall?” I asked, shuddering at the memory. Obviously she knew what I was talking about, because she did the same.

“I could never look at Spike the same way ever again. I mean who would have thought him and Applebloom would-”

“I know right? Having to watch until you could get us out of there was horrifying.”

“You know you could have looked away, right?”

“It was like a train wreck Pinkie, I couldn’t look away unless I was puking.” I said, making her giggle some more.

“You were puking a lot while we were there.” she said, making me laugh a little. I looked down at my hooves and sighed.

“You know, sometimes I miss having hands.” I said. I couldn’t help but feel kinda sad looking at my coat. It was as white as my hair had been, but with patches of a light grey . But you could hardly tell the difference. My mane and tail were a combination of a light green-ish yellow and a light yellow-is orange color. And, to top it all off I was a unicorn. Go figure. “Did we have to ask celestia to turn me into a pony?”

“Well, we wouldn’t want everypony thinking you’re different, would we?” Pinkie said with another giggle. “Besides, Lyra wouldn’t stop flirting with you, and we don’t want that, now do we?” she asked, giving me a coy smile. I knew what she was getting at.

“No we wouldn’t babe.” I said with a chuckle. “That was getting annoying, after all. She was always like ‘Oh, I bet you can do all kinds of things with your HANDS’, and ‘Oh, your FINGERS are nice and long, and smooth too’.” I said with a laugh in my best imitation of Lyra. It wasn’t that great.

“You think it was annoying for you? Do you have any idea how many times I had to pull her off to the side and say ‘Hey, those fingers are MINE’?” she said, and we both busted out laughing.

“Oh that was awesome. Have I ever told you how much I loved you for being so damn funny?” I asked jokingly. She put a hoof to her chin in thought.

“Well, you could stand to say it more. And for other things.” she said, shoving me playfully, causing me to fall out of my chair. “Ohmygosh, are you alright?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.” I said with a laugh as I slowly pushed myself up. “It’ll take more than that to keep me down.”

“Oh? How about this!?” she said, jumping on my back before I was fully up, sending me back to the floor again. I groaned a bit, but laughed with her all the same.

“God, maybe I should call the spousal abuse center and report you.” I said jokingly as I tried, with little success, to push myself up again.

“Oh, you know you would never do that. You love me too much.” she said making me laugh again.

“Oh, so you’re saying the thorn is worth the scent of the rose?”

“Who said anything about flowers?” she asked me, legitimately confused. I fell back down laughing, and we ended up rolling around for a while before we found ourselves face to face(or muzzle to muzzle, whichever you prefer). There was a little bit of an awkward silence. Sure, we talked like we were together, and we lived together, but we weren’t dating.

“Sunshine?” she asked, making me smile a little bit. It was her little pet name for me. My actual pony name was Sunlight. Sunlight Struggle. Celestia’s idea of a joke, I imagine.

“Yeah Pinkie?” I asked. At this point, I was above her. We both had pretty blank expressions on our faces, and we were starring into each others eyes. God, I never noticed how blue her eyes were…….

“I…. I don’t really know how to say this….” she said, shifting her eyes to one side and biting her lip a little bit. I was shocked that Pinkie, the most talkative pony I knew, was at a loss for words. But, then again, so was I. I shifted a little to, getting kinda uncomfortable with how awkward this was.

“Just…. Just take your time.” I said. I was pinning her hooves to the ground, but my shifting caused me to allow them just enough space to get free. She smiled and took the opportunity to tackle me. And then she was on top. Take that how you will. Anyway, we looked at each other for a moment, then she slowly lowered her head until our noses were literally touching. She stopped for a moment, seeming unsure.

“I love you.” she whispered, almost too quiet for me to hear.

“I love you too.” I said, just as quiet.

[And then.

Our lips.

Collide](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORRJnMqoadU).

Sorry, I couldn’t help making a None Like Joshua reference. In all honesty though, we slowly began to kiss, cautious at first. Even after twelve years, my self consciousness about women(or mares, rather) never truly faded. But, then, in the heat of the moment, most of that seemed to disappear. I feel her tongue start to poke into my mouth and poke it with mine without thinking. She jumps slightly and breaks the kiss, making me feel like I messed up.

“I-I’m sorry if I took it a little too-” I was hushed by her hoof on my lips.

“I-It’s not you. I….. I just wanna take it slow for a while.” She said with a warm smile before letting out a small giggle. “Would you believe me if I said this was my first serious relationship?” she asked with an awkward smile. I thought for a moment before coming to a realization.

“Would you believe me if I said the same thing?” I asked, giving the same smile, and we both started laughing. She laid down on top of me and we just sat there for a while, enjoying each others company. “We should probably get up soon.”

“Yeah, we probably should.” she replied, but we both just laughed lightly.

I still miss Dash, yeah, but in retrospect….. This was worth passing on Discords offer for.