Author's Note

There’s clop in this here chapter! First I’ve ever written, I’ll place a marker to skip if you prefer that :)

Also thank Sena Hoy for the name MarshyPie, you’ll see why

19 A Special Bond (CLOP)

Like Valentine’s Day, the pony holiday know as Hearts and Hooves day happens to be very similar in the theme of love and caring for others. While single individuals back on Earth might despise the day, ponies seem to become enlightened at the thought of celebrating. Those single rather then mope around or sulk instead spend time with those close to them, enjoying the company of a good friend. In other cases it can even be a family holiday where new found relationships can finally meet each other’s families. From what I’ve gathered from the ponies I know personally, it’s supposed to be a special day for all.

This doesn’t tame my worry however. Although I’d experienced Valentine’s Day in both forms, single and not, this would be my first experience with Pinkie Pie. To say expectations weren’t already high, I had to go and court the pony holiday master. I couldn’t possibly figure out an idea that would impress her! She’s likely to have seen and thought of it all. Then there’s the gender reversed roles as well. Technically she wears the pants in this relationship… well not technically I’m still unemployed but, that’s not the point. She’s expected to make the day special for both of us and it goes against everything I’ve ever known. Of course I’d be expected to give her a gift and spend the day with her but, I wanted to make this day special! One she’d never forget… I just don’t know what to do.

I lay in bed early in the morning without my normal groggy sickness. Reaching for my collar I feel it’s already missing. Pinkie must’ve taken it off again. Sitting up I look over to Pinkies side of the bed to find it empty. The only remaining sign wrinkled up covers and a few pink hairs. She’s gotten an early rise and was getting ahead of me already. Leaping out of bed I move over to the closet to check if her present was still there. Sure enough it’s red shiny wrapping paper remains untouched. A large heart shaped card still taped to the top, lettered to Pinkie.

I can’t even explain how embarrassing it was to go out and purchase the wrapping paper and card. Ponies feel the need to be so personal and the checkout mare was excited to see my basket. I can still hear her voice now, tingeing my cheeks red at the thought. “Ooo who’s the special somepony? Oh I’m just messing with you, we all know you’re courting Pinkie. Isn’t she just the best? Blah blah blah blah blah” spare me.

If there’s one thing that really makes me uncomfortable, it’s talking about my personal life. Unfortunately, thanks to my whole kidnapping fiasco everypony knows who I am. They know about my friendship with the elements, they know where I live. Also yes, they know about me and Pinkies relationship… somehow. Well not somehow, if I had to guess Pinkie likely spilled the beans, that or Rarity. Either way it doesn’t matter anymore because it seems every fuckin pony I see already thinks they know me! Peeking out the bedroom window toward Ponyville, I can’t even think about going back into town today.

Yet I had plans so staying inside for the day was a no go. Looking around for my collar I eventually find it on the dining/living room table. Picking it up and placing it around my neck I notice it was laying atop a small note written from Pinkie.

‘Have to head into town for a few things today, I’ll be back later tonight! Try to meet with some of the girls and see how they’re doing. Also make sure you don’t come back to the house til 7!!! Love you OXOXO

P.S. Some of the girls feel extra lonely on Hearts and Hooves day so be a good colt
P.S.S. Make sure to not be home before 7 seriously!!!
P.S.S.S. Love you tons!’

She even dotted each I with a heart, how cute. My admiring of her sloppy handwriting doesn’t last long as the warning about leaving home makes me nervous. She had something planned, something big. Surely it wasn’t a party but, something for the two of us right? I wanted this day to be for us. There was no time to worry however and I headed back into my room to get dressed for the day. Slipping on the shirt I got during Hearth’s Warming, some khaki shorts and some makeshift pony tennis shoes Rarity made, I head outside ready for the day.

After a few steps of a radiating sun I remember the difference between Earth and Equestria’s weather cycle. This wasn’t Valentine’s Day and we weren’t in February. I go back inside and grab a pair of sunglasses as well as a baseball cap. Actually I don’t know if ponies call it a baseball cap, I don’t even know if they have baseball at all!

Now outside again and slightly more protected I decide to head over to Flutters house first. Given the proximity to my house and the lack of ponies along the way it was a nice start to the journey. Not even half way I begin to get a little hot. Pulling at my shirt collar it’s little relief against the punishing heat. With dry conditions and a lack of wind it’s not hard to break a sweat. Fluttershy’s cottage isn’t very far though and I’m there before I perish under the blazing sun. With a few knocks Shy opens the door apprehensively until she spots my face.

“Joey! Why are you here? I mean I… I didn’t mean to make it seem like I didn’t want to see you today but..”

“Is it wrong of me to check in on a friend?”

“Isn’t today um, Hearts and Hooves day?”

“Uh yeah and last I heard it wasn’t just for special someponies Flutters”

“Yeah I guess…” she rolls a few circles into the porch with her hoof. “I don’t mean to sound rude but… shouldn’t you be spending the day with Pinkie?”

“It’s a short story, let me tell you inside before I melt”

Stepping aside she lets me in and heads over to the kitchen to get us both a drink. I wait until she’s returned with some water to start my story. “Okay so Pinkie has something planned for later tonight and she’s pushed me out the house til then. She’s also told me to be her replacement for today in checking on the rest of you to see how you’re doing… but it’s not like I wouldn’t have anyways right?” I give a cheeky smile.

Giggling she covers her mouth bashfully, “Oh, I’m sure you would’ve Joey but, I really am fine” standing up she heads over to the window and peers out to her forest friends. “I have all my animal friends to keep me company on a day like today”

Shy’s expression tells me she’s being honest and I don’t know whether to feel happy or sad for her. It’s great to see she’s not lonely but, does she want to stay single forever? “Shy I don’t mean to make you uncomfortable by saying this but, don’t you want a special somepony eventually?”

She comes back over to sit down blushing, “Um… I guess I wouldn’t mind one… but I have you and the girls if I still feel lonely” she can’t even look my way as she talks.

Now it’s my turn to get uncomfortable, “Shy I um… maybe this is just me but aren’t you afraid of being alone in the future? I know I am”

“You have Pinkie, why would you be afraid?”

“*sigh* cause nothing lasts forever I mean what if Pinkie doesn’t love me anymore or something. Peo- ponies fall out of love sometimes don’t they?” I twiddle the top button of my shirt uncomfortable at the words leaving my mouth.

Fluttershy’s eyes soften after hearing me and she moves over to hug. I’m still a little hot and sweaty but she doesn’t seem to mind. “Joey there’s no point to worrying about that. You should enjoy the time you have now with Pinkie instead of wasting it worrying about other things. I’m sure you two will be together for a long time” she smiles.

I feel a little more content until I realize she’s changed the subject. “Wait you never answered my question, aren’t you afraid of not finding your special somepony?”

Shuffling some she answers quietly, “I was kind of hoping somepony would um… come to me first”

“It’s okay to be patient but, sometimes you have to take charge. Specially finding somepony you love. You can’t just sit around waiting while another pony takes initiative otherwise you’ll miss out! You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take Shy” thanks Wayne Gretzky for the quote.

“I don’t know… getting rejected seems sorta… scary” her voice shrinks.

“Yeah it sucks. Doesn’t suck worse than regret though and that’s the truth”

Thinking for a bit she sits back contemplating, “You’re right! I can’t sit around and let somepony else take my pony!” She says suddenly hyped up.

“Fuck yeah now go out there and tell them you like them!”

“I will!” She shouts before slowly deflating, “ ….If there was a pony I liked”

Laughing I pat her on the head, “I guess we’ll have to wait until then!”

With her newfound confidence she sits there giving me a small smile while I praise her with a few scratches behind the ear. “I’ma love somepony” she says in her toughest voice. She makes me laugh until my stomach hurts.

“Alright tough mare, I gotta head over to the next ponies house. I hope the rest of your day goes well”

“Yours too! Hopefully you and Pinkie will have a nice… whatever she has planned”

“Adios” I say shutting the door behind me. Assaulted by waves of unbearable heat I frown. “I miss the winter”

Heading into town the next closest pony from Fluttershy’s would be Rarity. Trying to avoid attention I hurry my way through the street with my head low behind my hat. It’s my best ‘I don’t have time to talk’ walk and it doesn’t work very long. A mint green mare suddenly stands in front of me blocking my way. With a quick glance to her side I see her cutie marks a harp, this isn’t some reporter trying to ask me questions.

“Are you Joey Marshall? The human that lives out by the Everfree? The one who helped catch those nasty traffickers near Canterlot and is courting Pinkie Pie? Who’s friends with princess Luna and helped defeat queen Chrysalis?!”

Okay maybe she is a reporter

With eyes now wide open and my sunglasses halfway down my nose, I readjust them and start to walk around her, “Yep, that’s me”

She starts walking with me in stride so I hurry my pace. She doesn’t get the hint and speeds up as well. “I have so many questions! What’s it like to have hands? What do you do for fun? What do you eat? Do you eat meat? Would you eat a pony?”

I stop in my tracks frustrated, “Why are you following me!?”

She gives me a stare like it’s obvious, “Cause your the only human in Equestria, duh!”

“And why do you care?”

“Because humans fascinate me!”

“You ponies never even knew what a human was until I came here”

“I did but, everypony thought I was crazy! Then bam! You arrive and now I finally got the chance to meet you. Celestia this is amazing! Can we take a picture together?” Her knowledge over humans and myself begins to get more stalker like by the second.

“Listen mare, I’m kinda busy so if you wouldn’t mind, leave me alone”

“But, but, I just met you! Can’t you sign me an autograph or something?” She pulls out a photo of me taken in secrecy almost moments ago. It’s a Polaroid picture.

“What the fuck? When did you take that?”

“Please just one photo?”

It’s by now I recognize who this mare is. I’d heard of her before but, never met. She was Lyra Heartstrings and she’s was to be avoided at all costs.

“No! You’re creeping me out and acting like a fucking stalker!”

“Oh! I’ve never heard that word before! Fucking? Is that like bucking?”

I speed walk past her until I’ve reached Rarity’s, the mare still right behind me hoping for a souvenir. Rarity opens the door surprised to see me and another mare. “Hello Joey, what brings you here with Miss. Heartstrings?”

“Rarity make the bad mare go away!”

Looking around me at the smiling Lyra Rarity sighs, “Lyra would you mind leaving my friend alone for the day? He doesn’t like strangers all that much and you’re making him uncomfortable”

“Sorry Rarity, and sorry Joey. I didn’t mean to be so… much. I’ll go now” downtrodden she walks away.

Rarity shoos me in angrily, “Now why did you make me do that! Miss Heartstrings would’ve loved to have talked with you if you were willing to give the time”

“She was flippen following me the whole way here even after I told her to stop!”

“She’s fascinated with humans dear. It’s likely this won’t be the last meeting between you two anyway” she walks into the next room as she talks.

Following her into the back, it’s one of the few times I’ve ever been in this room. Delicate silks and tapestry line the walls and pony mannequins surround the entrance. Their pony counterparts aren’t nearly as frightening as a human mannequin. The rest of the room teemed with various dresses and outfits scattered across the floor. Things were definitely less messy last time back here.

“What even are you doing here Joey? Don’t you know what day it is?”

I lean against the wall beside her as she works on an outfit, “Oh you know, just sharing the love around”

“You should be sharing your love with Pinkie” she says still distracted with her work.

I pretend to be a little shocked at the phrase, “Wow Rarity that’s awfully raunchy from a sophisticated mare like yourself” She gives a deadpan look. “Okay not funny… I’m just checking with all you girls until 7. Pinkies got something planned and kicked me out my house til then so”

Her ears perk up, “It would seem some pony has a big night ahead! Oh you’ll have to fill me in with all the details the next time we meet!” She giddily stomps her hooves.

“What? No absolutely not! That’s- “ I realize then she’s joking… hopefully. “Yeah she probably has something crazy planned, who knows”

“Something crazy? Dear do you not understand what today means for you two? Why it is a day for couples to reimburse their vows or for young lovers to share intimate time together, a night they’ll surely never forget. I still remember my first Hearts and Hooves day, it was in a carriage whe-“

“No thank you Rarity, keep your nasty love story in your thoughts please”

Smirking she motions closer towards me, “Are you nervous about what Pinkie has planned?”

“No” I say a little too fast.

“You mustn’t forget she’s a mare first before she’s Pinkie. I’m sure she has some wonderful gift for you” she motions me close for a whisper. “And I bet it’s her”

I step away very uncomfortable now, “Okay Rarity I’m glad to see your doing okay though so I think I should head out” I turn around bumping into a few of her mannequins knocking them over.

Tripping to catch the one I get up hastily and continue my retreat. “Goodbye Darling! Do tell Pinkie I’m excited to hear about how the gift turned out!”

I step outside finally catching a breath and It’s a hot one cause it’s still fucking a billion degrees out.

What did she mean by gift? Did she know what Pinkie had planned?

I shake my head ignoring Rarity’s weird comment, chopping it up as nonsensical words coming from a romance deprived mare. She’s sure to find a pony for herself one day, although it should’ve been Spike. My missions starts again and I make my way over to Twilights library.

The day was still young and my journey was surprisingly taking much less time then I anticipated. Maybe I should’ve talked more at Shy’s and Rarity’s but it was too late now. Looking to the cloudless sky I can only wonder how I’ll check in on Dash, she could be anywhere. Given her houses ability to float and move plus my lack of wings, it was completely up to Dash whether or not we met today. I move on from thinking about her and reach the library with only a few extra stares. Another pony even asked for a picture as well.

Waltzing into the closed library without knocking I would need to keep searching if I were to find Twilight with no pony presence within the first room. Pushing the door open into her living quarters there’s also a lack of life at first glance. “Where the fuck is she?”

“Joey?” Spike asked from behind the kitchen counter, popping his head up at my voice.

“Hey what’s up man?”

“Nothing really… I was going to go to Rarity’s but after thinking about it I’m not really sure I want to anymore” he seems bummed.

Time to initiate bro mode, “You can’t let Rarity’s rejection hold you down! Cmon Spike you’re better than that”

“I’m not letting it affect me at all! I just thought about it and I’m sure she’s really busy today seeing how it’s Hearts and Hooves day”

“I was just at Rarity’s, she wasn’t busy at all”

“Really? That’s surprising…”
…
…

“So are you going over there?”

He bites his lip, “Okay! I might be a little bothered still by the whole Rarity thing but, I’m telling you I’m fine. I’m sure Twilight would love my company today anyways”

I frown and pick him up, walking him to the door under my arm. He’s much heavier than he looks despite being slightly smaller than most ponies. Kicking against me he fights to escape.

“What are you doing? Let me go!”

“You’re going to spend this day with one of two mares dammit whether you like it or not!”

“What?!! No! I’m not going to Rarity’s!”

“Sounds like you’re going to Flutters then” Reaching the door I fumble to twist the doorknob with his struggling. He escapes kicking my stomach in the process hard enough to bring me to my knees. “Oof”

“Sorry!” He shouts uncertain of my reaction while I twist in pain on the ground.

“Ugh, damn dude… you hit me hard as hell”

“Sorry I didn’t mean to kick you I was just trying to not fall!”

“Yeah you can pay me back by going to Shy’s house otherwise she’s gonna turn into a crazy cat mare in a few years” I say from the ground still.

“A crazy cat mare?”

“Mm hmm, oh god my gut…. go over there alright before I get up and grab you again”

“But-“

“I’m getting up!” I start pulling myself up causing him to rush out the door with a slam. Soon as the coast is clear I go back to writhing in pain, bluffing my ability to stand. “Ow….”

“Quit being such a baby dude” Rainbow jokes while poking me with a hoof.

I glance up at her confused, “Why are you here? Where’s Twilight?”

She shrugs, “I was hoping you knew!”

“Then how did you get in here? I walked in the front door and never saw you” She points to an open window swinging in the breeze. “Shut the window you heathen, you’re letting in the hot air!”

“Alright jeez, you sound like my dad”

“Maybe you should’ve listened to him more if you think letting in all the hot air is okay” I say feeling well enough to get up.

She shuts the window and gives me a bow, “There, happy?”

“Very now where’s Twilight”

“Weren’t you listening? I just said I don’t know, I was looking for her too!”

“Shit, I was gonna check in on how she’s doing today”

“Huh? Aren’t you supposed to be with Pinkie or something today? What are you doing here?”

“I could ask you the same thing pride month”

“Pride mon- what does that even mean? Where’s Spike I’m sure he knows”

I point back to the door, “Just left, I didn’t think to ask him cause I didn’t know she was gone”

She frowns angrily, “Nice going doofus. Now what do we do!?”

“You could always go flag him down for us both”

“In this heat? Heck no! It’s like pony melting weather out there! My house can’t even hold together without evaporating right now”

“You’re being lazy because I know you just said you flew through that very window right there which means you’ve been flying around anyways and I’m not even going to bother to question about your weird cloud house”

“You’re the one being lazy! How come you’re not going on a date with Pinkie right now?”

“Cause she’s got something planned later and kicked me out my house, putting me on Pinkie duty today! Speaking of which, how the fuck are you?!”

She crosses her hooves, “I was fine until I ran into your stupid ass! I mean how do you not think to ask Spike where she is before he leaves?”

“Why the fuck would I ask him that if I thought she was home?”

“Why do you think she was home in the first place? It’s Hearts and Hooves day, she could be on a date!”

“Then why are you here huh?”

“…I was hoping Twi could help me find the next Daring Do book…”

I pause ready to burst but stop myself, “What if I help you instead?”

Her ears rise hearing my proposal, “Really? You’d do that?”

“Eh, who knows. Maybe she’ll come back home before we find it”

“Yes! This is sick! I can’t wait to read it so let’s hurry up and find it” she leads the way back down into the library.

What at first seemed like a easy task drastically changed after the first 15 minutes. 15 minutes stretched to 30, then an hour. We had multiple piles of books pulled out at this point, settling for messier techniques to save time. My patience by now had grown thin. I still needed to check on Twilight and Aj and I was running out of time.

“Are you sure Twilight even has this book? We’ve been searching for over an hour!”

“I knows she does!” She says chucking books behind her. “She even said I could borrow it once I finished the last one”

“Ughhhhh!” I pinch the bridge of my nose. “Why did I even volunteer to help you”

“Cause you’re a great friend now keep looking”

I sit back defeated, “I’m surprised you haven’t lost your patience by now. Usually it’s impossible to keep you cooped up this long”

She turns to me with a serious expression, “It’s Daring Do, I need to read it” I lay on my back rolling my eyes.

At this point I given up and decide messing with Dash was much more entertaining, “How are those new shades I bought ya?”

“Not going to lie, they’re kinda growing on me. Honestly at first I was super pissed when I saw they were all pink but, they’re kinda sick. Probably because I'm wearing them though, makes them at least 20% cooler”

That didn’t work. Let’s try again, “Is this the book?”

“Where?!” She flys over in a heartbeat. Checking the cover her smile reverses. “Oh my bad, this is a ‘Do it yourself book’. My bad, I saw the do and thought-“

“Less talking, more searching” she floats back over to her section.

“How come you even like those books? Aren’t they for like kids?” She doesn’t know the word kids but can easily assume what I meant.

“The Daring Do series are the best books in Equestria! You wouldn’t know that though seeing how you’re too stupid to read”

“Illiterate. The word you’re looking for is illiterate and no, I can read I just choose not to read little filly books like you”

“If you don’t shut up I’ll show you why they’re the best books in Equestria and do a few of her sick fighting moves on you!” She does a few flying kicks in the air.

“Wish you’d show me a good time instead, this shit is booooring” she blushes at my comment.

“If you’re not gonna help then how about you just leave”

I sit up from laying on my back, “How about Twilight comes home already”

Glancing forward from where I lay I spot the book. Squinting my eyes to make sure it is indeed the one Dash needs. Taking a look her way to see if she’s paying attention, I grab it and hide it under the pile next to me.

“What about a bet”

“What kind of bet” she doesn’t bother to look my way.

“If I find the book before you do then you gotta tell me your last crush”

“Why’s it have to be so sappy?”

“Spirit of Hearts and Hooves day darling”

“And what do I get?”

“I don’t know, you decide”

“How about you have to read Daring Do”

“Okay that’s fair now shake on it” sure enough she shakes my hoof. “Alright now let’s begin”, I let at least 10 seconds go by before I pull the book from the pile. “Found it! Looks like I win” I smirk.

“What?!? No fair! How long have you know where it was?”

“About 2 minutes” she flys by me and snatches the book from my hands.

Her eyes practically glow reading over the cover, “Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!!” She notices my stare, hands at my hips. “*Ahem* thank you”

“Where’s my answer Rainbow? Spill the beans”

She lands shuffling awkwardly, “Hehe, what if I say I’ve never really had one?”

“Then I’d say you’re lying” I sit down on the check in desk in anticipation. “Cmon, there’s gotta be ONE pony you like. It doesn’t even need to be a pony you like anymore, it can even be somepony you thought was hot before”

Her blush intensifies heavily, “Umm, yeah how about I do something else instead? I mean I don’t what this to be awkward between us and-“

“What are you two doing here?” Twilight asks from the living quarters doorway.

“Twilight!” Dash zips over to her. “I came over to find that next Daring Do book you said I could borrow but, I thought you weren’t home so me and Joey looked for it and found it instead”

“Well of course I’m home, didn’t you bother to knock on my bedroom door?”

Dash slowly turns my way to see the fire within me growing, “Hehe, I guess I didn’t think about that. I oughta get going though, gotta read this book!”

“No hold up!” I shout but, she’s quick to run by Twilight and fly out the same window she entered from.

She leaves it open again and Twilight uses her magic to close it, both of us now back in her living room. “Ugh, Dash never understands how important it is to keep my windows shut when she flys in here! I’ve told her at least a hundred times by now”

“For real? I totally barked at her for the same thing earlier”

“At least somepony gets it. Anyway what brings you here today?” Her tone shifts to excitement, “Did you bring me a gift for Hearts and Hooves day?” She blushes. “I’ve been sorta busy so I didn’t really think of getting you anything… and we haven’t really talked about us in a while so I wasn’t sure if I should”

I feel a little bad at her assumption but, it’s her fault for jumping to conclusions anyway, “Sorry to disappoint you but, I didn’t bring a gift” she pouts for a second, snapping back to normal as I keep talking. “Actually I came over to see how you were doing. Pinkies got some sort of fiasco planned for me when I go home so I have to stay out the house until she’s done”

“That sounds interesting, I wonder what she’s got planned? I don’t think Pinkies ever had a coltfriend on Hearts and Hooves day”

“Ah jeez, that probably means I’m in for something big”

Giggling Twi walks past me back into her bedroom, “Since you’re here could you help me with something I was working on?”

“Sure” I follow behind her.

I’d only been in Twilights room a couple of times but one thing I remember is that it’s massive in comparison to normal bedroom proportions. It’s not only double leveled, it also has its own balcony as well. Her bed sits at the end of the room and at the highest point where the rest of the room is almost like circular shaped steps away from the bed. There’s even a little collection of books that are Twilights personal favorites to the left side. Having such a nice bedroom truly makes her spoiled without even realizing it. She marches over to the balcony where her telescope sits indoors away from the balcony glass doors. Most of her shades were up likely to fight against the heat.

“See my telescope can only look so far so I ordered this new magnifier to put in it but, I can’t really get it to fit without worrying about breaking it”

“And you want me to use my delicate hands to do it instead?”

“Yes” she laughs, “If that’s what you want to call them”

“Alright seems easy enough” she hands me the glass circular object and following her instructions it doesn’t take long before I place it together.

She looks through the scope while I fumble with it some more, testing the lenses as I ready it. “Okay I think you got it, let me see”

She climbs right in front of me bumping my chest to see. Before I can make a silly comment about personal space she turns around nearly face to face with me on two hooves. “You got it…” she seems to notice the proximity by now, faintly coloring her face red. “So what now”

I gulp unsure what to do. Does she want me to do something? I back away nervously. “Sorry about that, heh”

“No, I didn’t mean to… Joey we should probably talk about what we said in the hospital. I don’t want things to stay weird between us any more”

“Okay… let’s do that” We both stand there awkwardly a little longer. “You start”

“Ok, um… I… I really do like you Joey and if you and Pinkie were okay with it..”

She doesn’t need to continue, “I… I am okay with it but, I’m not” she doesn’t react instead waits patiently for me to explain. “I keep telling myself that I’m fine with courting more than one mare but, when I think about it… it just feels really weird. Like I’d be unfaithful to Pinkie”

“How about I explain herding a little more for you, would that maybe help?”

“Please”

“So in Equestria, stallions with herds generally have a dominant mare among the pack that is considered the primary relationship. Even though it’s expected for each mare to be loved the same, there still is one individual considered the original or primary mare. In some larger herds there’s sometimes even multiple stallions and multiple primary relationships but that doesn’t change the fact everypony involved is both willing and in love with the stallion in question”

“Wait the stallions are gay?”

“Huh? Oh hehe, no silly they don’t have to be gay. It’s just to maintain larger herds”

“So you’re saying Pinkie would still be my marefriend and you would be like, friends with benefits? I don’t really like the sound of that, it’s unfair to you”

“No, I’d be your marefriend as well but, you’d prioritize Pinkie” I sit down to wrap my head around the whole thing. “I’d still expect you to treat me like we’re courting though and not like it’s some secret fling”

“Trust me I wouldn’t do that… I’m just trying to rationalize this to myself to make it okay” placing my hands in my head, it really is a difficult hurdle.

“Why not act like we’re courting from this day on and see how it goes? You’ll never know how it’ll actually feel unless you try it”

“Aren’t you worried I might be even worse about it after? What if I don’t like it?”

“Then you don’t have to court me” she says it so carefree. “I’d much rather see you happy and if that means staying with just Pinkie then that’s okay with me” she trots over patting me on the shoulder.

Shaking my head to clear my thoughts I let out a deep exhale to settle down. “Alright, I’ll talk it with Pinkie sometime this week. I promise”

She gives me a genuine smile, hugging me in the process. “Thank you”

I hug back happy to call her a friend, “You’re an angel”

“If that’s what you want to call me” she sheepishly remarks.

We sit there until I remember about Lulu as well. She’d skin me if she heard I was courting Twilight before her. “By the way, I might um… court Luna as well, hehe” I rub the back of my neck nervously.

“Princesses Luna?” I slowly nod. “Huh, I didn’t realize you two were that close”

“Well… I mean we have a lot of similarities and we both enjoy each other’s company…”

Twi lowers her voice, “Did she bully you into this?”

“No! Okay a little but, it’s something I was willing to try out… like us”

“But you definitely like me more right?” She confidently asks.

“I uh.. I thought you said it doesn’t matter and that I should love you all the same”

“Of course it matters! I don’t want to be the last option!”

“There’s no options! It’s all of us or none”

She magically throws a pillow at me strutting across the room to her bed. “You can’t weasel your way out of this forever. Soon enough your actions will speak louder then your words”

“But, you said… Twi!”

“No buts! Now get over here and brush my mane for making me put up with this”

I walk my way over to her hesitantly, “Wha- when did you get so aggressive?”

After a nice Twi pamper session, I glance at the clock to see it’s 5:50. If I wanted to be back home on time I’d need to hurry over the Sweet Apple Acres soon. “Twi?” I ask.

She stirs awake, sleeping in my lap from the brush and scratch session. “Whu- hmm?”

“I gotta go check on Aj still and it’s almost 6”

“Aj? Mmm she’s fine… toughest mare I know”

“Twilight I should at least check, cmon get up”

She makes herself limp, “No! You never do this stuff for me anymore, I want this as long as you can manage”

“Stop being such a selfish poop and get up!”

“Selfish? Would a selfish pony have bought you a box of chocolates?” Suddenly a large heart shaped box of milk chocolate appears before me on the bed.

“Twilight what’s this?”

“I lied earlier, I really did buy you a gift. I just didn’t want you to feel bad when I realized you didn’t have one for me”

I grab the box admiring the choices, “Twi… you shouldn’t have”

“Enjoy them, it’s from my favorite chocolate shop”

“Now I have to get you something”

She smirks, “A few more minutes of brushing wouldn’t be too bad”

“I really don’t have time so you’ll have to settle for this” I lean forward placing a kiss upon her lips. As passionate as it might be, it doesn’t last long leaving a lingering urge for more. “Sorry but, I really gotta go” she doesn’t argue, instead still lost in my kiss.

Leaving the tree home I rush my way over to Sweet Apple Acres in the still dry Ponyville. Passing the town limit I come over the hill toward her farm with a nice sweat going. While not entirely drenched, my shirt was sticking to my back and chest in some points. The summer heat practically pulls the energy from my body, seeping out through waves of sweat. “Imagine I was dog” I mutter coming up to the front door. “No sweat, just panting… wouldn’t that be great”

Knock, knock, knock

“GRANNY CAN YA GET THE DOOR!”

“I TOLD YA I WAS KNITTING A SWEATER FOR YER BROTHER! I AIN’T GETTIN IT!”

“GOSH DARN GRANNY Sm-…” I hear Aj’s hoof steps approach the door. I pull at my shirt for some circulation.

Pulling the door open a very sweaty Aj stands there wearing an apron, “Hey there Joey! Whatcha doin round here at this time? Ain’t ya supposed to be with Pinkie?”

“Oh I was just checking- “

“You ain’t here to give me a present or something are ya?” I frown. “I’m jus kiddin, go on”

“Pinkies got something planned at 7 and wanted me out the house til she’s done. She also wanted me to check on all of you for her today so here I am”

“Well ain’t that sweet of ya, how bout you come inside a have a slice of apple pie straight out the oven. I’m sure you haven’t had a chance to eat today”

My grumbling stomach agrees, “Actually that’d be great, I’m starving”

“Alright! Come on in and follow me” the cowpony leads me into their kitchen to a seat at a small table. Across on the only other seat sits her younger sister Apple Bloom.

“Hiya there mister! You’re one of Aj’s friends um… Jokey?”

“Joey, Apple Bloom, and ignore her. She’s in trouble for what she tried to pull earlier today. Her and her friends”

“The crusaders right? What did they do?”

“We didn’t do nothin wrong on purpose! We just wanted Big Mac to get along with Miss Cheerilee that’s all”

“By get along did you mean court?” Apple Bloom blushes in embarrassment cowering at the words.

I laugh, “That’s adorable. Did it work?”

“Maybe…” she twiddles her fork unsure.

“Alright you two, here’s two slices of famous Apple family apple pie. Enjoy” she tips her hat.

Extravagant. That’s the word that comes to mind with my first bite and I’m not even an apple pie guy! “Wow, this is really good”

“Mm hmm!” Bloom hums with a mouth full.

“I’m just glad you enjoy it. Thanks for comin over just to check on me sugar. That was an awfully nice thing of you to do”

I brush her praise off, “No problem but, I’m only covering for Pinkie. I’m sure she’d bring a whole lot more to the table than I ever could”

She pulls up a chair and sits beside us with her own plate, “That don’t mean we don’t like talking with ya. Plus Pinkie can be a bit much sometimes if ya catch my drift”

I nod in agreement, “I get ya” I enjoy the rest of my pie without talking.

“What did you and Pinkie do for Hearts and Hooves day?” Bloom asks.

“Guess every pony knows about us” Aj laughs awkwardly.

“That’d be my fault. At least for Apple Blooms case”

“Well little Aj, we haven’t done anything yet. Apparently there’s a surprise waiting for me back home in-“ I glance to the clock. “-about 30 minutes”

“What’d ya get her?”

“Apple Bloom! That’s personal!”

“No that’s fine. I got her a few things. First, I got her some chocolates cause I know she loves candy. Then, I got her a bracelet that says MarshyPie with her cutie mark and last I got a bunch of our pictures framed for the house. I got the wedding, Hearths Warming, our first date”

“Ain’t that a lovely gift. I’m sure she’ll like the last one best”

“Yeah I’m excited to see her reaction” Just the thought of her happy face makes me smile uncontrollably.

“I can tell” Aj smiles. “I hope you survive whatever she has planned for you big guy”

We share a laugh, “Me too!”

“You’ll have to tell me about it later”

“Eh, who knows. It might not be something we can discuss aloud”

Bloom tilts her head, “How come?”

“Finish your pie and stop talkin with your mouth open”

I laugh, eat some more pie and talk a little longer until I feel it’s time to head home. Sharing my thanks and waving goodbye, I make my way back home in the still sun scorched Equestria. I had to smell by now, I was completely sticky and hot. Hopefully I can take a bath before Pinkie smells me.

Approaching the door my house seems silent. With a slow push into the abode I look around for signs of Pinkie. Empty. Peeking down the hall to my room I see a faint light, likely from some candles. Taking the chocolate from Twi and dropping them on the table, I Step closer to notice the shades are pulled down cascading the room in darkness.

“Pinkie?” No response. “Pinkie so help me god you’re going to give me a heart attack if you pop out of somewhere” but pop up she never does.

Did I get home too early?

Looking at the clock, it’s 7:05. I was right on time. Confused, I decided to take a bath quick before she gets back from where ever she is. I could tell by my room she had been setting it up for something likely not PG-13. With a flick of my match and a light of the candle I am shocked at the sight before me. Pinkie sat directly center of the bathtub filled with water. She was shaking slightly as if she was cold.

“H-hey b-big g-guy, y-you m-m-mind warming m-me up?” She says with a wink.

“Pinkie what are doing?” I move over to feel the water, it’s cold. “This water isn’t even hot, how long have you been in here?”

“I knew y-you’d b-be hot so I s-stared a c-cold bath”

“That’s really nice of you Pinkie but, I don’t want you to catch a cold sitting in there!”

“T-then hop in!” She playfully exclaims.

I wanna argue but, I’m worried for her so I go to pull her out. Noticing this she pulls me into the bath with her fully clothed. I’m fully drenched from head to toe, my best shirt soaked.

“Pinkie!” I shout blinded by the water. I can feel her huddle against me.

“F-feel better?” Truthfully I did.

I wrap my arms around her trying to warm her up best I can. “Wrap around me goofball before you freeze” she snatches on to me with a few shivery giggles.

“Ooh you’re warm” she coos, rubbing her face into my neck while we hug facing each other. Leaning back into the tub wall I start to adjust to the water’s temperature, slowly getting colder by the second.

“Pinkie we gotta get out and refill this sucker, I’m not taking a bath in water this cold”

“But you’re already taking a bath! I might as well start washing you off!” Giddy she pulls at my shirt. It’s soaked material sticks to me making it much tougher then she expected. “Come on you… Joey help me”

“I’m already getting cold, I don’t wanna strip down!”

She stands up on two legs with her hooves at her hips, “In a survival situation, if a ponies clothes gets wet it’s best to strip down to avoid getting colder”

“Who are you now, Bear Grylls?” I start taking the shirt off.

“And the pants”

“And the pants..” I take those off as well leaving me in my underwear.

“And the-“

“Ugh fine just don’t… actually I don’t even care anymore” I take them off as well throwing them into the pile of wet clothes on the side with a plop.

We stay huddled together in the cold tub not wanting to make a move away from each other. Her body heat against my bare skin progressively started stirring things inside of me. It wouldn’t be long before she got a friendly visitor between us.

“You’re stinky!”

“Yeah I know, I had to run around town so a certain pony could fill a bath tub. For real though why couldn’t I come home before 7?”

She blushes heavily, “I… I was nervous and I needed time to get my thoughts straight. I know how wonderful you are and I didn’t want to disappoint you on our first Hearts and Hooves day!” She buries her face into my chest, “I had something else planned to be honest… but I got scared”

I can feel her heartbeat against mine, it’s rapid. She’s clearly still nervous even now. “To be honest I was worried about today too, I didn’t want to disappoint you either”

“Disappoint me? You could never do that silly”

“Same goes for you… I don’t think you could ever let me down”

Smiling she kisses my cheek, “Let’s get you washed up so we can get out and warm up!”

“Please, I’m starting to freeze”

Like the times before she washes me however this time without any privacy hiding what’s below. She doesn’t bother to take a peek, instead focuses on getting me cleaned up so we can quickly warm up. Not much later we get out and dress in our pajamas. We lay by the fire with our gifts. My bright red box rests before her and my present still remained wrapped.

“Okay can I open it now?”

“Yep, go ahead” I hold her camera up to catch her reaction.

She hides her face, “Noooo! No photos, that’s not fair!”

“But it’s for the future!”

“No no no!”

Sighing, I hand it over with a pout. Gleefully she takes it and begins ripping through her present. Pulling out the chocolates first she opens the box immediately and starts eating them. “Wow, these are really good!” She says with her mouth still full.

“Gross close your mouth when you eat” I boop her nose. “Put the chocolate down and keep going”

“There’s more?” She digs deeper finding the bracelet. Reading the words she slips it on and jumps over to hug me. “It’s super cute! I love it!”

“There’s one more”

“What?!” She tears back into the box stopping with a halt. “Are these…” she pulls out a photo of us at the wedding posing for a picture. We both wrapped around each other making two weird faces toward the camera. She slowly lowers the frame with a few tears brimming in her eyes. “I… I love…”

I wrap her up, ecstatic to see her so happy. The warmth her reaction brings to me is worth more than anything in the world. It’s tough not to squeeze her too tight. “I love you Pinkie”

“I l-love you!” She wipes the tears from her eyes and pulls away. “Now *sniff* it’s time for your gift”

“Where is it?”

Her blush returns only this time it’s the largest I’ve ever seen from her, “Close your eyes until I say otherwise” Closing them I hear her run off back toward the bedroom. There’s a few sounds of a pony tumbling around until her hooves start to make their way back to me. “Okay, y-you can open them”

The Pinkie standing before remains as cute as ever however, adorning all four hooves are white long socks nearly reaching her torso. Each displaying a multitude of black balloons and hearts which grow in numbers the closer to the floor. Glancing up her legs it’s very noticeable the distance change of color from her otherwise Pink body. It’s an adorable pony maid outfit colored black covering the blushing mare. She’s even got a little bonnet.

“What d-do you think?” She gives a small twirl, still blushing feverishly.

I was never one for role play or at least I figured, it was something I never tried before. Now getting to see Pinkie dressed the way she is now, I can comfortably say she was adorable. “You are adorable, I could just…” I move over to hug her, “Eat you!”

She hurdles my attack, “What?!? Doesn’t seeing me dressed like this make you go crazy?!”

“I mean your cute. I don’t know if I’d say it’s very… sexual”

Pouting she bits her lower lip in thought. “Rarity said this outfit would ‘be sure to make any stallion riled up at just the sight’!” She gives her best regal impression. “It really doesn’t make you… you known” I pretend to be oblivious. “I’m not gonna say it out loud Joey!”

I can’t hold back my laughter, falling onto my back. Pinkie was truly flustered beyond belief. I’d likely never see her this embarrassed again. She stomps her hooves. “Oh hahaaa oh my…” she stares daggers my way. “Listen it looks great! How about this, we go into some role play or something and see where it goes”

“But” her ears sink, “Don’t you like my gift?”

“Of course love, you’re absolutely beautiful and you’d be beautiful in any outfit you wore” Her smile is small and seemingly unconvinced. “Pinkie I don’t need a gift from you on any holiday because every day I get to spend with you is my gift. Knowing that you’re here for me and that you love me is plenty. Honestly I feel spoiled”

“This wasn’t the only gift” she slowly pulls the bonnet off. “I also got you this ring” waking over to her saddle bag she pulls out a small silver ring shaped for a human finger. Something like this would’ve been difficult to obtain given most pony jewelry is precisely made for horns and hooves. She would’ve needed to find a non pony manufacturer. As she places it in my hand I notice it comes with small lettering etched on the side however, It’s written in a language I can’t read.

“What does it say?” She meets my stare.

“It’s in poniesh and it’s a word I can’t really pronounce hehe, but I do know what it means! Twilight told me it means ‘once half, now whole’. Supposed to be some fancy pants way ponies used to pronounce their love”

I fiddle with the ring in my fingers admiring the lettering. Almost squiggly like as if it wasn’t a language at all. I’d see it before in Celestia’s private library so I wasn’t doubting Pinkie. “I love it” I place it on my finger. “Not as much as your first gift. I mean the look on your face was priceless” she tackles me onto the ground. “Hey! Alright I really like them both!”

“You better! Pinkie had to try real hard to find somepony willing to make a ring that size and do you know how hard it is to measure a finger while a ponies sleeping?”

“Why are you talking in third person and why did you get me a ring? Isn’t this something y’all do for matrimonial purposes like humans?”

“It’s not a wedding ring silly! Ponies like to wear rings sometimes for style… aaand it may also be a place holder so other mares leave you alone” Pinkie looks away innocently.

Chuckling to myself I turn her head toward me and give her my sincere gratitude with a half lidded smile, “I love you”

Her still red face breaks into a large dopey smile until it’s interrupted with a kiss. Greedily I hold her close for more, nearly for an entire minute. We pull apart with a gasp, a strand of saliva stretching out between our lips. With a wipe and a few giggles things become passionate in a hurry. Hot labored breaths, a light sweat, and pure silence only interrupted by gasps for air before coming together again.

**CLOP BELOW THIS POINT/ THE NEXT BOLD LETTERS WILL SIGNIFY THE END**

Pinkies the first to talk with her face heavily flushed red and a desperate plea in her eyes. “Can we… go to the bedroom” her hot breath against my neck riles me up even more.

“Mm hmm” I murmur while picking her up into my arms. Hugged around my front, we still continue to kiss while my arms wrap around her lower back. So distracted by her tongue it takes much longer then it normally should. I toss her on the bed so that she faces me, then climb up to pin her below me.

We’re both more then eager now, our once delicate nerves now dissipated in a heated wrestle. She reaches down between us and begins rubbing a hoof against my groin. It’s a surprise to see her take lead but, I’m all for it. The soft friction against my dick added onto Pinkies light moans make my pants become tight. Blinded by the feeling she flips me over and moves down, her head hovering just below my waist. With hungry eyes she bites my pants and pulls until she’s undone the button. I watch while she slowly lowers them with both hooves inspecting her prize with excitement.

Now I can’t lie and say I wasn’t worried at this point. A bunch of questions ran through my head. Was I large enough? Would she think I look weird? Would she be disgusted? I was even worried that I might freak out because of what happened Nightmare Night. I was internally panicking yet frozen in place. If there was going to be an issue it was too late now.

With a final tug, the only thing protecting my little guy from Pinkie would be a tent shaped pair of boxer briefs. Checking to see my expression she runs her hoof down the length of my cock lightly. I shudder at her touch. Glancing to see that I’m still okay, she continues. With a slight pause as my dick gets stuck, she pulls fast making it snap forward. She flinches in reflex at it’s reveal. It’s much to embarrassing to look her way so I focus elsewhere. Holding it with a hoof she inspects closer about an inch or two away from her face. Noticing that I’m looking away she blows a whiff of cold air onto my tip causing me to tense up. She lightly bats it around some before giving it a little boop.

“I like it! It’s cute!” She pulls it forward some to make it snap back. “And it’s all springy!”

“It’s not a toy. Me and this little guy have been through a lot together. You could even say we’re brothers”

“He does look like you”

“Did you just say I look like a penis?” She giggles hopping onto my stomach.

“Now let’s get the rest of your clothes off”

“Yes ma’am!” I shout pulling my shirt off as fast as I can.

Now completely naked, even with the hot summer weather I start to feel cold being so bare. Pinkie presses her hooves down onto my chest for leverage and begins to grind against me. The feeling is noticeably wet on my cock yet it’s clear she’s wearing some sort of panties. A few moans slip out my mouth causing her to pick up her pace. I become painful erect at this point, bothered by her deliberate teasing. Grabbing hold of her dress at the shoulders, I pull it off toward me leaving the mare with only her socks and black panties on. I didn’t even know ponies had panties. Now exposed she sits down on my stomach hiding her face with one hoof.

“Okay maybe I see why you’d feel uncomfortable not wearing clothes now” I reach down placing my hands on her hips and slowly pull the panties down her legs, throwing them to the side. The hoof she was using to hide her face quickly moved to cover her privates. Blushing she can’t keep eye contact. “Ummm maybe you don’t have to look I mean I know my body and it’s not a pretty sight so let’s just cont-“

I sit up pulling her into a kiss. Accidentally in doing this I place our privates against each other, any movement causing us to grind. She stops kissing to let out a moan. Hearing her voice make such intimate sounds only adds to my throbbing desire. I need her.

“Pinkie… I want you so bad” we stay pressed together.

“I need it… please” she moans, slowly grinding against my cock, coating it in her sex.

Placing her on her back I use a pillow to lift her hips up so that we align. Placing the tip at her entrance at look for approval which is given by a nod. She closes her eyes as I slowly advance into her, the tight pressure fully envelops me in ecstasy. Once fully inside of her I go on until our hips meet, stopping at the hilt. She places a hoof against my stomach, “Oh… ohk-k-kay, that’s enough” I lean forward onto my elbows inches from her face waiting for her eyes to open. Slowly she meets my stare with a dazed smile, “You feel a lot bigger then you look”

I kiss her a few times, “And you feel wonderful”

She peeks down at our hips, “It feels like your in my stomach”

“I probably am”

She wiggles some still holding me with a hoof, “Can we stay like this for a bit? Its really tight” I nod while laying my head beside her.

Enjoying the moment it truly feels like she’s prefect for me, a fitted body to match mine in loving pleasure. Like that ring said, I felt whole. Like we were one person/pony now, connected at the hip. Her warm and wet grasp held my cock firm in its embrace. I didn’t want this to ever end, wishful for an eternity wrapped in each other’s arms, connected in the most private and delicate of ways. There was no going back from this point, we’d go beyond the normal bonds of friendship or love, to a place where my body was Pinkies and her body mine. Nothing would be considered too intimate at this point between us.

“I think I’m ready now”

“I’ll go slow” Leaning up I slowly retreat myself stopping short of the tip before advancing again. Her body feels like electricity running through my dick with each repetition. I can feel her try to hold me inside as I pull back.

Checking to see if she’s okay, her eyes stayed closed and she almost appeared in pain. If it wasn’t for her moans I wouldn’t have hesitated as long but, eventually I worry. “You okay?”

She’s doesn’t even speak, instead nods rapidly while holding me firm with her hoof. I take her other hoof in my hand and hold it while I start to build a pace. Instinctually she meets my hips at certain points causing us to lose speed and restart. We keep at this until we reach a matched rhythm, our hips smacking at the same time. Each stroke build to my pleasure driving me to speed up. Increasing our speed I begin to slam into her hard enough to make a wet plop. Looking to see the cause, her sex builds up at the base of my cock leaving behind a rather slippery looking visual. We sped up again this time rapidly, Pinkies moans become almost shouts with each slam audibly changing her voice like bumps on a car ride. I meet her mouth with a kiss as we fuck away. Eventually we have to stop to catch our breaths allowing me to look at her again. Pinkie holds her blush with a serious sweat now going, only noticeable once we’ve stopped. I probably hadn’t noticed thanks to my own. She pushes some against my stomach as to say pull back.

“Can we try a different position?”

I pull out leaving my dick feeling awfully wet and cold now. He needed to be back home. “What do you have in mind?”

Again, she seems way too embarrassed to face me, “Maybe… from behind? The doggy way?”

Her confused yet serious expression followed by the words, ‘the doggy way’ makes it hard not to laugh. Thankfully I’m in the horny zone so I motion for her to get up and turn around without so much as a cackle. She points her ass up to me with her head down into the pillow. Her ass was surprisingly human like from behind. It was my first glance at pony pussy. Truthfully it looks about the same as a human one although it less vulnerable looking, less like an open wound. Human pussy was certainly a displeasing sight from some angles but this appeared rather tame to that. The thing that really stood out though was her anus. It was profound, stuck out puffy like and was comically shaped like a donut. A ponut.

She turns her head to the side to look at me, “Is this okay?” Lining myself up again I push back into her with decent speed. Her legs go weak and she falls onto her knees. “Oooouhhh” she weakly moans. Placing my hands on her hips I start thrusting into her, this time the grip she holds on me feeling much tighter. It doesn’t take long in this position before I feel a pressure building. “T-this… this is much better” she can barely talk.

Each thrust becomes more and more satisfying. Our fucking becomes louder and faster, wet smacks continually more frequent each passing second. She becomes overwhelmed falling onto her stomach, I lean over her without missing a beat. Deeper I push at as each connection creates louder and lustier moans from Pinkie. Speeding up I can feel myself almost ready to blow, the pressure building more and more. It becomes almost impossible not to go as fast as possible. The sight of her tight pussy holding me in with each pull drives me to the brink. “Pinkie… I’m going to”

“Me too” she manages to get out between gasps. Clearly she was feeling this a whole lot more. Im not trying to take away from the fact it felt amazing rather she appeared like she was going to faint.

Speeding up our hips meet with synchronized rhythm until the pressure within me become too much to bare. I hold on a few seconds making my cock tense up hard as steel. Pinkie suddenly moans much louder and her legs seems to shake with electricity. She pushes into me hard. Just then I shoot an absolute load straight into her, rope after rope of seed. It was the largest bust I’d ever had. All those months of pent up sexual tension without relief finally let go in one full swoop. It had to have been at least five or six shots of Joey jizz straight into Pinkies pie. She fell limp and I fell behind her spooning, my dick still inside. The feeling was bliss… and dizzy.

“That was amazing” I whisper into her ear.

“Y-yeah… that was fun”

“Heh, normally you’re not this quiet. Was big Joey too much for you?”

“Pinkie is tired… she… needs sleep”

“I’m pretty tired too” With that I rest my arm around her and cuddle in. My body seems to shut down and I become more exhausted then I’ve been in a very long time. I close my eyes and drift away holding Pinkie tight against me.

CLOP OVER

My night is dreamless and probably for the best. If Luna came in on my mind after that experience let’s just say it would be a little awkward. Coming to I open my eyes to see Pinkie still fast asleep in my arms, her little chest moving up and down in rhythm with my own. She looked so precious to me in this moment, my little pony. I would do anything to protect her.

Light in my home remains dim, a few strands of sunlight peek through the corner of the shades giving me a guess at the time. Morning was upon us, we’d slept through the whole night. Then there was the sticky feeling across certain points of my body, an overall feeling of stank given our sweaty mess. With a sniff it was clear some business went down, a real funk show.

I brush her mane from her face to admire her beauty, so tranquil when resting. It was hard to believe this pony could be the most rambunctious mare at times without filter. Not smiling wasn’t an option around her and I was glad for the things that led me to her. If Twilight never messed me up would I ever had gotten this close would Pinkie? Perhaps love finds a way no matter the circumstances but, it would be impossible to know without going back into the past. The past… was I happier here in Equestria then Earth? Sure there was more freedoms, less stress and some familiarity yet knowing the girls and courting Pinkie seems to outweigh those advantages. I am happy here.

Pinkie stirs some and flips over to face me, her eyes struggle to stay open. Her smile grows by the second. “Morning silly” I’m speechless at the sight of her, instead taking this moment all in. I can only smile and kiss her in response. She pushes away after a little bit with a sniff, her nose scrunching up. “Wowie we smell! We gotta take a bath! Unless you’re thinking about going again? Or maybe two times? Three?”

“Hehe maybe later tonight Pinkie, I feel super gross right now”

“You’re right about that! I can still feel all that Joey j-“

“Okay that’s more then I need to know” she giggles wrapping me in a hug.

I carry her with me to the bathroom to clean ourselves up. I needed a shower, not a bath. Looks like somepony was going shopping today.

“That was so much fun! I bet all the girls would love to hear about it!”

“Pinkie!”

She laughs smacking me with a hoof, “I’m kidding! Unless..” she pulls the bonnet from seemingly nowhere and puts it on. “Master wishes to keep us quiet”

Sighing I shut the door behind us and start the bath. For some reason I get the feeling this bath won’t end without another round.