Nothing's Ever Simple

by WittyNameTFM

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, Shadowbolts (EqG), Romance, Equestria Girls, Comedy, Profanity, Sour Sweet, Lemon Zest
Length: 1560

Sour and Lemon decide to tell their friends about their relationship.

After some introspection, Sour is ready to tell her friends that she and Lemon had been dating. This called for celebrations, and one of her friends decides to gift them something tangible. A nice commision from a popular artist.

Published 2020-08-31 21:50:00 UTC
Last updated 2020-08-31 21:50:00 UTC

Is it?

Author's Note

I came up with this idea after finishing the last SourLemon fic, I just had a rough time finding time to actually write it.

I hope you like it, it might be a little rushed.

Is it?

Sour and Lemon stood in front of their friends, all sat at the lunch table. "Um, hey, everyone?" Sour began, nervously.

"Hey! We saved you a seat." Starlight said with a smile, the other three in the group looking up as well.

"Well, there's something we wanted to tell you." Sour fidgeted.

"We've kinda been going out for a while." Lemon said, patting Sour's back.

"I figured as much." Sugarcoat said simply, "Sour always seems to calm down around you, even when she's hyperventilating, you know exactly how to help her."

"That doesn't exactly mean-"

"Sugarcoat, you're ruining the moment." Sunny informed, Indigo stood to give them both a big congratulatory hug.

"Right." The bespectacled girl said, adjusting her glasses.

"You don't think it's weird? For us to be dating?" Sour asked, nervously messing with the hem of her shirt.

"As long as you two are happy, that's all I care about." Indigo nudged her. "But hey, now Lemon has someone to rein her in when she gets too wild."

"I don't get too wild! You're just boring." Lemon huffed, crossing her arms.

"Like that time you managed to get the cops called on a party that you snuck into?" Starlight asked, leaning back in her chair.

"You snuck in too!" She pouted.

"Yeah, but all I did was get hit on by that weird guy. You're the one who took the title of 'DJ' too seriously and almost blew the windows out."

"Does Trixie know about that weird guy?" Indigo asked.

"Shut up!" Starlight flushed, crossing her arms.

"Thanks for the assist, Zap." Lemon lifted her hand for a high five.

"Anytime, Zest." She smacked their palms together.

"Don't mind them. They've always had that kind of bond." Sunny said from her spot at the table.

Sour watched as her friends poked fun at one another, like she and Lemon didn't just come out to them. Like nothing had changed. A warmth filled her chest. She knew it was silly to get worked up about. She knew they'd be supportive, they always have been, but, actually feeling like it was normal and not having the burden of silence. It was liberating. Her shoulders felt so much lighter than the day prior.

"Take a seat girls, lunch is on Sunny today." Indigo cheered.

"Ex-cuse me?!" The thespian balked. "I can barely afford you when we go on dates with your appetite. Compound that with Lemon having a stomach akin to your own!"

"We're growing girls." Lemon giggled.

Sour smiled softly as she took her spot beside Lemon. The girls ate and talked happily.

***

Upon splitting off, Sour and Lemon walked back to the former's house, hand in hand.

"So...when are you gonna come out as being an artist?"

"Never."

"Okay." Lemon said with a giggle, her mood never seemed to, ugh, sour whenever she'd get such short answers. "So whatcha got going in that mind of yours?"

"I'm thinking about a project."

"Ooh, what kind?"

"It might be a video to post."

Lemon gasped excitedly. "Ooh! Do you need any help putting yourself out there? I know people-"

"I just-" She cut her off, but took a breath to focus her thoughts. "I want it to be a way to vent, and maybe tell a story or two."

"Oh, that's cool! If you ever need me for anything just ask!"

"Well, I'll need you to help me make sure I post it, if I actually do it."

Lemon saluted with a big grin. "I gotchu babe."

"And uh, maybe stay the night again?" She asked, hopefully.

"Of course. Anytime we can spend together is great." She shifted to hug her with one arm, resting it on her shoulders as they walked.

They made it back to Sour's place and soon enough they were up stairs and in her room. Lemon fiddling with one of her games as Sour opened a document and began to write.

Lemon glanced over from time to time, seeing her so focused was nice. She enjoyed being allowed in Sour's space when she was being creative. It was a show of how much she'd come to trust her. The rocker thought for a moment and pictured two cat ears on her girlfriend's head.

She reminded her of a cat. The kind that always seemed to hiss and snarl at people, but the ones who got to know her saw a very different side of her. Especially Lemon. Sour wasn't very affectionate at first, but ever since their first kiss, there had been way more hand holding or nudges for attention. She wasn't the aggressive girl that people saw when she got annoyed. She was an introverted girl who had trust issues, and now that Lemon had that trust she would rather die than lose it.

"Hey, you okay? You spaced out." Sour's voice shook her from her thoughts. The artist had stopped and spun her chair to see what she had been up to. Lemon glanced past her to see a good page full of ideas written before she responded.

"Oh, just thinking about how lucky I am to have bagged such a cutie."

Lemon's grin widened at the reaction. Her face looked so cute when she was flustered.

"Sh-Shut up, geez. I can't believe you're so sappy."

"I can get even sappier!" Lemon cheered.

"Ugh. Forget I asked."

"Hey Sour?"

"...What?"

"Can I kiss your freckle?"

"My-. I have more than just one freckle." She said over her shoulder.

"I know~"

"I'm ignoring you."

"Nooo, I really was thinking about you~" She whined.

"Whatever." She scoffed, clicking over to her browser. A notification popped on her artist's alias account. With another click it was open, seeing a request.

Her eyes scanned across the words quickly. "Hello. I wanted to see if you were open for commissions at this time. Two of my friends just came out as dating and I want to congratulate them, I however am not very adept at showing my enthusiasm. Another friend recommended you and after seeing your art, I agree that you are very talented. If you are not open at this time that's fine, thank you for your time."

Sour blinked, her eyes glancing up to the email address. 'No way.' There was only one person she knew who could make text sound as uninterested as she sounded in person.

"Sugarcoat just sent a commission request to my business account."

"Huh?" Lemon looked over. "Wait for real?" She read over her shoulder. "Whoa, what're you gonna do?"

"I dunno. It'd be kinda weird to get paid to do a picture for us…" She noted.

"Maybe offer to do it for free?"

"That's not usually how it works, besides could you imagine Sugarcoat just letting that happen?" She asked.

"How about you take the commission and then do something for her with the money?"

"That's," She cupped her chin. "Not a bad idea."

She pulled up a reply and asked for specifics, Sugarcoat needed coaxing to get anything specific. She wasn't the artsy type, but she could tell that her heart was in the right place. Sour sent her cost for her service, even discounting it a little.

"I'll get to work on it right away." She sent before turning to Lemon. "This is weird."

"She's being supportive." The taller chuckled. "She's trying at least."

"Well, I guess I can start sketching. Sugarcoat sent some reference pictures." She opened the attached images and felt a smile tug at her lips.

The first was a picture of herself, wearing an oversized pink hoodie and seemingly arguing with Indigo about something. She remembered that day, they were all hanging out despite how cold it got suddenly. They ended the night at Sunny's place. Sugarcoat had taken this picture, she clearly enjoyed the time spent together on that day.

It was difficult to tell with her, but Sugarcoat really did care deeply about her friends. She opened the attached image of Lemon and blushed lightly. 'Well. It makes sense that she wasn't surprised when we told them.' The image was of Lemon talking to Sour as they ate. This was a few months back at the diner Pinkie worked at. She remembered how Lemon shared her milkshake with her that day.

"We...weren't very subtle it seems…" Sour noted with a sigh.

"Guess not. But hey. Good on them for letting us tell them."

"Yeah. That was pretty nice of them." She clicked on the final image and it was one from earlier in the day after they had confessed. Seeing herself in the picture, she groaned at how sappy it was, though her heart swelled, actually seeing herself look like a lovestruck goof was painful.

"You look cute."

"I will destroy you."

Sour opened a new project and sighed, starting to sketch out an idea.

"Is this the first time you've drawn us?"

"Nope."

"Can I see?"

"Later. Maybe." She said over her shoulder. "Start thinking up a way to pay Sugarcoat back for me."

"On it!" She saluted, taking out her phone to search.

'Nothing's ever simple, is it?'