Mixing Apples and Oranges

The next morning, Big Mac did his best to act like what happened last night didn't. Thankfully it seemed Aunt Orange was completely unaware, as well as Uncle. She made small, flirtatious gestures towards her husband, which he didn't seem at all surprised by. Maybe Uncle woke up and they had some fun, Big Mac thought to himself. Or maybe they always flirt in the morning.

They had breakfast in the dining room, the maid and butler having come early to prepare it. Apple Bloom and Babs came down at the same time, side by side in their pajamas. Once those two were brought together, they were practically joined at the hip. Big Mac nearly checked to see if their ankles were tied together.

It seemed Babs's mother had not imparted the same kind of rules Granny and Applejack did, her bed head and disheveled sleep wear in contrast to her cousin's combed mane and smoothed out pjs. Thankfully, Aunt and Uncle Orange paid it no mind, even despite the fact they they were already dressed for the day.

While they ate, Big Mac couldn't help sneaking glances at his aunt, who was wearing essentially the same thing she wore the day before. He recalled how she looked at him and her compliments when they'd arrived. Tall, muscular, mare magnet.

After last night, he was certain there was more truth behind them than the usual kind of compliments from a family member. He could've sworn he saw her stealing glances toward him as well, his arms on display thanks to his sleeping undershirt.

It was one thing to be attracted to her, but to know it was mutual and beyond that, it made him even more drawn to her.

"Subtle."

"Huh?" All three of the visiting family member said at their aunt's word. Big Mac thought he had been caught staring, and was relieved to see his aunt was addressing his sister and cousin.

"You could've wiped that drop of syrup from your cousin's cheek onto your napkin instead of licking it up, Babs" Citrus teased.

"What? I didn't want to waste it" Babs said in a convincingly earnest tone. "I'm sure you and Uncle pay for the good stuff. Just cuz you're loaded doesn't mean you should see your money go to waste."

"We do buy some pretty good syrup" Sliced admitted.

"Well just make sure not to make a habit of it. You don't want to be seen doing that with your cousin in public, do you?"

"I...what?!" Apple Bloom said, who'd had her head lowered bashfully the whole time but now had it raised, her eyes wide in alarm.

"You're practically a grown mare, Apple Bloom. You don't want ponies to see you being treated like a filly in public, right?" Citrus replied as she focussed on her food and continued eating.

"Oh! Y-Yeah, right. Of course. Of course that's what you meant" Apple Bloom said with a nervous chuckle before lowering her head and returning to her breakfast. Babs meanwhile eyed her aunt suspiciously before following suit. Big Mac had to suppress a chuckle when he saw his aunt look at the two with a smirk.

Once they all finished their breakfast, Citrus and Sliced surprised their visitors by informing them that they'd volunteered them all to help set up the ball room where the banquet was being held. They assured them that it wouldn't be too much work, mostly decorations, chairs, and tables; and the sooner they finished, the faster they could go out and explore Manehattan.

Babs grumbled a bit about having to work while on vacation, until Citrus pointed out her and Apple Bloom could work together and leave together.

The Apples and Babs got dressed and accompanied their aunt and uncle to a mansion made specifically for renting out its numerous ballrooms and a few banquet halls. Big Mac and Apple Bloom were once again in awe. Babs had a more...city response.

"Wow, get a load of this fancy joint! I bet you could have a wedding and a funeral at the same time." Apple Bloom snickered at her cousin's remark, Big Mac chuckled, and Citrus and Sliced had a hearty laugh, finding their niece's demeanor charming.

Apple Bloom and Babs were put on chair duty, Big Mac and Sliced were on tables and their cloths, and Citrus set up the decorations. Luckily, everything was marked with different colored tape strips.

Babs and Apple Bloom chit chatted as they worked, catching up on their own events. Big Mac unintentionally made a display of his strength by hefting two rectangular food tables on his shoulder at a time, and carrying each round table almost single handedly. His uncle was impressed.

"I knew you were strong, but not that strong! Leave some for me though, I could use the work out."

"Sure thing, Uncle Sliced" Big Mac replied with a chuckle before lifting two more food tables.

"Oh my."

Big Mac turned toward the distant sounding whisper and saw his aunt quickly turn her head away. He managed to catch a glimpse of red on her cheeks. He smiled and resumed carrying the tables to their destination, purposely flexing his arms. A short while later, she called out to him and his uncle.

"Oh boys, could one of you hold this ladder for me while I put up these streamers? It seems a little rickety to me."

"You go ahead, Mac" Sliced insisted. "I got this, and I'm sure you wouldn't mind a break."

Truthfully, Big Mac was barely working up a sweat, but he accepted the reprieve. He went to his aunt, who thanked him before starting to ascend the ladder. He held onto it as requested until she came down. They then moved to the next spot and repeated the process as they moved along the wall.

Big Mac had been looking around aimlessly while holding the ladder, until his aunt asked him something. "Oh, Big Mac, I'm gonna have to stretch a little to reach this last spot. Would you keep an eye on me in case I slip?"

"Eeyup."

"Thank you, dear." Citrus then started to lean to the right to try and reach the spot, lifting her left leg in the process. Big Mac's eyes widened.

His aunt was wearing a skirt, and her outstretched leg was spreading it out, giving him a clear view of her panties. They were a light green, similar to an orange leaf, and the way they were holding her ass cheeks were a perfect eye catcher.

He tried to make himself look away, but what he could've sworn was the faint outline of her marehood kept his eyes where they were. Her tail raised slightly, pulling up her skirt and giving him a better view of her ass. His mouth almost started to water.

"There we go" Citrus said as she finally attached the streamer and lowered her leg, which made Big Mac finally tear his eyes away from that specific spot. As his aunt climbed down, he prayed that his natural red was hiding his burning cheeks.

"Oh!" Citrus exclaimed as one of her hooves slipped on the edge of a step, causing her to fall backward.

Big Mac had stepped back when she started climbing down, and he bolted forward when he saw her slip. He caught her in his hands, one on her back, and the other on her ass. As he held her, he couldn't help but remember how nice and plush her cutie mark area had felt.

"Oh my goodness. Clumsy me" Citrus lightly chuckled in amusement and relief. She joined her hands behind her nephew's neck for support. "Thank you for catching me, Big Mac. It wasn't that high, but I still could've hurt myself."

"N-No problem, Aunt Orange" he stammered a bit. He had to stop himself from dropping her when he realized that the way his hand was on her ass had caused his thumb to slip between her cheeks, and touch her marehood through her skirt. He gently set her down, doing his best not to apply any pressure with his thumb, and hope she didn't call attention to it.

"Dear, are you alright?" Sliced said in slight worry as he rushed to his wife.

"Yes, don't worry honey, I'm fine. All thanks to Big Mac. If he weren't here I could've gotten hurt. Not that badly, but maybe enough that I'd have to skip the banquet. I wouldn't want to limp from a sprained ankle at such an event. And I wouldn't get to dance!"

"It's a good thing you were here, son."

"Aw, it was nothing, Uncle Sliced."

"I think we should ask for his help more often, Sliced" Citrus suggested. "In fact, maybe now is the time to ask him..." she trailed off, hoping her husband would catch on. "Regarding the adden-"

"Not yet, sweetie" he cut her off, sparking Big Mac's interest. "I think we should wait a little more. After all, our nephew has earned himself a long break. Here you go, Big Mac" he said as he produced a small bag of bits and handed them to his nephew. "An extra treat from us. Go out in the city and spend them on whatever you like. I don't wanna hear any 'I can't accept' out of you."

"If you insist" Big Mac replied with a chuckle as he took the bag. "Thanks, uncle." He started heading for the door, a destination already in mind. One most wouldn't expect of him.

"I can guarantee you'd never hear me rejecting such a kind and generous gift, my handsome and most favorite uncle" Babs said from behind Citrus and Sliced, making them both turn around. "Me and Bloom finished setting up all those chairs by the way. Took us a bit of time, but it's worth it just to help the you two out."

Apple Bloom was a short distance away, covering her eyes and shaking her head. Were it not for her smile, one might think she were embarrassed or disapproving of her cousin's behavior.

"Well" Sliced replied with a chuckle "I'd say that merits a reward too." He produced another, slightly bigger bag. "Enough for the two of you. Go out and have some well earned fun."

"Hell yeah! Thanks you guys! Come on Bloom!" Babs exclaimed as she took her cousin's hand and started leading her to the door.

"Thanks, Aunt and Uncle Orange!" Apple Bloom said as she was pulled along.

"Hold it, you two" Big Mac said, stopping them in their tracks. "I promised AJ and Granny I'd keep an eye on you, Bloom. I think I should go with you."

"Aw, come on, Mac" Babs replied in exasperation. "We're both almost eighteen, and your little sister's gonna be with me."

That's part of what I'm worried about, Big Mac thought snarkishly.

"I've lived in Manehattan my whole life, I know the safe areas from the dangerous. And we both know how to handle ourselves. We'll be perfectly safe."

"Oh, let them have their own little adventure, Big Mac" Citrus said. "Besides, from what I've heard, Apple Bloom is more than well versed in going off on her own. And Babs has a point. I'm sure if they run into any trouble, they can get out of it."

The two young mares exchanged a look and nodded. They then placed their hands together in a pleading gesture, made their eyes as wide as possible, and said "Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaase?" They also puffed out their lower lips and made them tremble.

Big Mac half rolled his eyes, having developed an immunity to this sort of tactic a while ago, but he knew they'd keep doing it. He breathed in and exhaled with a sputter. "Fine, go ahead. But be back before dark. And you better not tell Granny or AJ about this."

"Thanks, big brother! My lips are sealed!" Apple Bloom exclaimed as she gave him a quick hug before grabbing Babs's hand and pulling her out of the room.

"No promises!" Babs called out as she was lead away.

"Oh, the excitement of adolescence" Citrus said wistfully.

"Well, you're free to go wherever you wish, Big Mac. Enjoy your free time" Sliced said.

"I will. See you two later" Big Mac bid his aunt and uncle farewell as he left.

"So did he catch the show you gave him?"

"Are you kidding? I could feel his eyes on me. He may not know about the addendum yet, but I can tell he's interested. I saw him flexing toward me on purpose."

"Well, when he gets back we'll see if he decided to do some research. And if not, we'll fill him in, and hopefully convince him."

Big Mac walked through the city, occasionally going into a store or park, purchased lemonade from a vendor, but those were all detours towards his main destination. Whatever this Amore Addendum was, he'd surely learn about it in the library.

He found the desired structure, entered, and went to the computer to search the database. After few slightly embarrassing misspellings, he managed to identify the book that contained the knowledge he sought, and soon found it. He was quite surprised by what he learned.

Some time later, after taking time to process and think things over while also doing some more sight seeing, Big Mac returned to the Orange house. He was greeted by his aunt and uncle, who informed him that Babs and Apple Bloom had yet to return.

In this instance, he was actually glad to hear that, as this gave them an opportunity to talk. But he decided to let them initiate, so as not to make them think he was confronting them. After they allowed him to rest and refresh himself, they approached him.

"Big Mac?" Citrus said as she and Sliced entered the kitchenette where Big Mac had chosen to relax. "Your uncle and I were hoping we could talk to you about something" she said tentatively. "Something important, and kind of personal. Is that okay?"

"Eeyup." Big Mac gestured to some empty chairs on their side of the table. They took the invitation and sat down across from him.

"Before we talk, I was hoping you'd promise us that what we discuss stays between us three" Sliced requested.

"Eeyup."

"Thank you. Now, Big Mac. You may have noticed me and your aunt haven't had any children thus far. I know we don't really seem the parental type, but we have been wanting a foal. Unfortunately, we've encountered rather distressing dilemma."

"You're sterile" Big Mac replied bluntly, surprising the two of them. Then he surprised them even further. "And you want me to be a sort of donor."

"I..." Citrus trailed off, while Sliced remained stunned speechless. They weren't surprised about him knowing of course, but that he was being so blunt. They thought for sure he'd keep the fact that he knew to himself, or at least nervously reveal that he did once they talked to him.

"Y-Yes. How did you know?" Citrus asked after composing herself, maintaining the facade.

"You kind of wandered into my room by mistake last night, and you talked in your sleep, or while you were half asleep. You thought I was Uncle Sliced."

"Oh my goodness, how embarrassing! I didn't do anything else, did I?" she asked, testing him.

"You did get a little touchy feely with me." Not exactly a lie. "I don't remember much else, I was half asleep myself, thought I was dreaming of Sugar Belle for a bit."

"Oh I'm so sorry, Big Mac."

"It's okay, Aunt Citrus. It was an honest mistake. And truthfully, I didn't mind all that much. In relation to that, you also mentioned the Amore Addendum. I went to the library earlier and looked into it."

"Oh" Sliced replied. "So then...you know what sort of donor we were considering you as?"

"Eeyup. And I gave it some thought."

Citrus and Sliced looked at each other and back to Big Mac. "And?" they both asked hopefully. Big Mac didn't respond for a moment and showed no emotion, causing them some legitimate worry.

"I'll do it."

"Really?!" they both replied optimistically.

"Eeyup."

"You're okay with...having sex with me?" Citrus asked tentatively.

"Honestly, I'm a little more than okay with it" Big Mac replied while bashfully rubbing the back of his neck. "I've thought you were pretty attractive for a while, Aunt Citrus."

"Well, that's good to hear. The feeling is mutual, by the way" she said with a wink.

"I figured" Big Mac replied with a light chuckle. "But I have to ask. Are you okay with this, Uncle?"

"I am, actually" Sliced replied. "We discussed alternatives almost right away after we found out we would have to if we wanted a foal. Citrus said she preferred to achieve it the old fashioned way. And it wouldn't be the first time one of us has bedded another while we were together. We just laid down some ground rules and made some promises, and we agreed."

"So you two have an open relationship?"

"Not a very active one, but yes" Citrus clarified. "It's fun mixing things up a little."

"Funny. That's pretty much what me and Sugar Belle thought."

"Wait, you and Sugar Belle have a similar arrangement?"

"Eeyup."

"Does that mean this won't cause any problems between the two of you?" Sliced asked.

"We agreed that if one of us wants to keep some details secret, we can, as long as we still tell each other that something happened. We don't need to share who."

"Well, that's a relief" Citrus replied.

"Speaking of details, I think we should establish what we were thinking" Sliced said. "This will be a one time thing, one night of sex to try and conceive."

"Tomorrow night after the banquet, I'm guessing? I take it that's part of why you invited us to it. Everypony will be plenty tired and have plenty of drink, they might not catch Aunt Citrus leaving with another stallion. And even if they did, they don't know us."

"Smart boy. You'll bring your aunt back here while I stay behind with the girls. I'm sure they won't mind having less supervision for a bit. One last thing. If it doesn't take the first time, we were hoping you'd come back and try again."

"I'd have to think about it. And only after you tell me if it didn't work."

"We could do that" Citrus replied. "Whatever you're comfortable with."

"Well, it looks like we have a plan."

"We do. We do. We do" Citrus replied, still processing that the conversation had actually happened, and that it had gone as they'd hoped. "Sliced, it's actually happening! We're on our way to having a foal!" she exclaimed as she embraced her husband, her eyes watering.

"Yes we are, my dear. Yes, we are" Sliced said in an equally emotional tone.

"We haven't even done the deed yet, but we can't begin to thank you enough just for agreeing to this, Big Mac."

"What's family for?" Big Mac replied good naturedly. His aunt got up from her chair and walked around the table, approaching him with a grateful smile and open arms. He stood and welcomed her embrace, hugging her firmly but gently. They stayed like that for a moment, one of his hands slowly rubbing her back up and down.

"You know you can get a feel if you want" Citrus teased, wiggling her hips when his pinkie brushed the top of her ass. "I mean, you already got a pretty intimate feel when you caught me earlier."

Big Mac's eyes widened and his ears stood up. "Oh. You noticed that. I was kind of hoping you didn't" he said bashfully after pulling back to look at her.

"Oh, sweetie, there's no need to be embarrassed. You didn't plan to do it. Besides, you're gonna be doing a lot more than feeling me up tomorrow night" she said with a wink.

"Alright, dear. Don't scare the boy off by being too forward now. Save it for tomorrow. And we need to prepare our outfits."

"Oh, you're right, I almost forgot. I can't wait" she whispered in Big Mac's ear before pulling away. She blew him a kiss as she and Sliced left the kitchenette, leaving Big Mac redder than usual.