The things i do for love

A/N: I realize this is probably one of the cheesiest chapters I've ever written. I'm okay with that. I hope you guys are too. Enjoy.

Fifteen years. Fifteen years I’ve been in this world of colorful and happy ponies. I’m now thirty-one, but I still feel so much older. I still think back and wonder if I made the right decisions. I wonder if signing that contract was worth all the pain I’ve suffered. I wonder if Discord was telling the truth when he said that I killed Rainbow. Sometimes, thinking back real hard I vaguely remember doing the deed, but I’ve always dismissed it as more of his tricks. I still wonder how things would have turned out for this world if I’d never come here.

But then I look at Pinkie, and all my worries, all my doubts seem to melt away.

I’d been saving up money from every little side job I could get for a couple years, just for that moment. I can still remember it as if it were yesterday.
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As I said, I’d been saving up money for a couple years. Pinkie was running Sugercube Corner then, and she brought in enough cash to pay for necessities, though I still chipped in what I could spare. I was saving up for something special, something I didn’t want her to know about just yet. “Sunshine, where are you going?” She asked me as I walked towards the door. It was mid-afternoon, but it was still chilly out since it was autumn.

“Just out for a little bit babe, I’ll be right back.” I said, wondering if she’d caught on. She gave me a dirty look, and I instantly knew what she was thinking, but I couldn’t say anything without increasing her suspicion or telling her what I was going out for. Neither of which were really an option.

“Okie-Dokie-Lokie.” she said in that tone between angry and suspicious. That tone always scared me. I simply nodded and stepped outside into the chilly air, shivering slightly as I walked into town. She’d been thinking I’d been having an affair with Rarity for a while, but hadn’t asked either of us about it. Which made no sense, since I couldn’t stand her at all. But, such is the logic of Pinkie Pie. Anyway, I passed some of my new friends, and a couple fans, on the way to my destination. Where was I going?

The jewelry store.

We’d been together for almost three years, and I figured it was time to pop the question. I was nervous about it, but I was fairly confident in how it would turn out. When I got to the store, the clerk smiled at me.

“Finally picking up that ring you’ve been looking at Mister Struggle?” she asked, making me laugh a little.

“Yes ma’am. Today’s the day.” I said, placing a bag of bits on the counter with a smile. She smiled back, pulling the earring out from under the counter and placing it in a small box and sliding it across the counter.

“I’m sure she’ll say yes. She’s always talked about you in that sunshine-and-butterflies type of way.” she said with a giggle. I sighed a little.

“Yeah, well trying to keep this my little secret hasn’t done me any favors. Thanks, though.” I said with a wave as I took the box in my magic and walked out the door. I smiled a little bit as I walked home. I was gonna pop the question as soon as I got home. I was too nervous to wait for a day or two. I had to do it then, or I’d lose my nerve. I smiled a little more when I saw Sugercube Corner in sight. “I’m back.” I said as I stepped through the door, holding the box behind my back. I heard a quiet sobbing from the living room and walked in to see Pinkie sitting on the couch with piles of tissues around her. “Babe, what’s wrong?” I asked. She snapped around to look at me, and it broke my heart to see her eyes filled with tears.

“N-nothing Sunlight. I-I’m fine, really.” she said, looking away from me. She almost sounded angry.

“Pinkie, it’s obvious there’s something bothering you.” I said, stepping closer. A bit slowly, since I was never really sure if she’d go ‘Cupcakes’ on me in a situation like that. Her mane was down, and she was in damn near full Pinkamena mode. Which scared me.

But, that was when she snapped. The flood gates that were her eyes opened up, letting lose an unnatural amount of tears. Remember Celestia and Luna’s reunion in the second episode? Yeah, she was crying like that again.

“You don’t love me anymore!” she yelled. I just looked at her with the most confused face I’ve ever had. And that’s saying something.

“What makes you think that?” I asked as I got a little closer.

“You’re never home anymore…. And I’ve seen you hanging out with Rarity a lot… So why don’t you go live with her instead, huh?” she asked between sobs. If she hadn’t been crying, I’m sure she’d have sounded pissed beyond all known anger. I sighed.

“Well, I guess it’s now or never.” I said with a chuckle. She looked at me with a face of confusion that rivaled my own. I smiled a little bit and kneeled, pulling the box from behind my back. Her eyes went wide.

“That isn’t……..” she started, but never finished.

I slowly opened the box, and watched her eyes grow wider, which used to bother me but at that point I’d gotten used to it. “Pinkie Pie… Will you marry me?” I asked with a sheepish smile. Instead of answering, she decided to tackle me.

Onto the coffee table.

Which broke.

When we finally managed to remove ourselves from the debris, she threw her hooves around my neck, hugging me to the point I couldn’t really breath. “YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!” she yelled in my ear. God, love seems to come with so much physical pain these days.

“Pinkie…..Can’t……. Breath…..” I gasped, causing her to let me go. I fell to the floor, gasping for breath. When I could actually breath easy again, I stood back up. “Well, besides the back breaking hug I am now very happy and content.” I said with a laugh. Her response was to punch(or would it be kick?) me in the shoulder.

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TWO MONTHS LATER
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Wedding day. People, and ponies, always say that it’s one of the most nerve wracking moments in anyone’s life. They’re not lying. I was sweating, and it was damn near winter. I was standing at the altar, waiting for Pinkie to walk down the aisle. We were in a large cathedral by insistence of Princess Celestia. There were stained glass windows of her and her sister everywhere, making me wonder just how self absorbed Celestia was. Ponies were talking throughout the room. My best stallion turned to me and whispered in my ear.

“Listen bro, I know you love her and everything, but she’s fucking crazy. You sure this is the best idea?” he said, making me chuckle quietly.

“I know I’ve never had good ideas, but neither have you. Besides, she’s not that crazy once you get to know her.” I said. He just shook his head and took his position again. And not a moment to soon, either since Pinkie had just stepped into the aisle. I have to say, she looked beautiful. She was wearing her Gala dress with an added pink veil, which made me smile. She was lead up the aisle by her aging father, who shot me a look that said ‘you break her heart, I break your horn’. I nodded to him, and he nodded back. Message received. When they finally reached the altar, her father walked back to his seat and sat down, for once since I’d met him showing a smile.

Then Celestia showed up, nearly giving me a heart attack.

“I take it you’ve been good these past years my friend?” she whispered, looking at me with a sly grin. I chuckled a little.

“I don’t think I’d be here if I hadn’t.” I whispered back.

“Well then, let’s not waste time.” she said. We stood there for a while, while Celestia performed her speech.

“Do you, Pinkie Pie, take this stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband? For better or for worse, through sickness and in health, ‘till death do you part?” celestia asked, looking at Pinkie with a warm smile. Pinkie nearly squealed with joy.

“I do!”

“And do you, Sunlight Struggle, take this mare to be your lawfully wedded wife? For better or for worse, through sickness and in health, ‘till death do you part?” she asked, turning her gaze towards me. I looked at her for a moment and then shifted my gaze to Pinkie. She smiled. I smiled back.

“I do.”

“Then, by the power vested in me, by me,” she said with a small giggle. “I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride.” she said, stepping back a little. I used my magic to lift Pinkie’s veil to see a very happy face with tears of joy streaming down them. Or at least I saw it for a second. The next thing I knew our lips were locked and we were kissing passionately. I could hear cheers in the background, but the noise seemed to dim until I couldn’t hear anything. Then the kiss was broken, and the sensation of sound returned.

“So where should we go for our honeymoon, I’ve always wanted to go to Fillydelphia, or maybe we could go to Jamaica! I’ve always wanted to go to Jamaica!” she started talking a mile a minute I picked her up in my magic and carried her towards our carriage outside.

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And that was about a month ago. Right now we’re in Jamaica. Who knew there was a Jamaica in Equestria too?

“What’re you waiting for, silly? The show’s about to start!”

Oh, shit, umm, heh, this is awkward. Wait a minute, you guys can’t see this anyway……

“Who are you talking to?”

Nopony Pinkie, I’ll be right there. Gotta go guys. Duty calls.