Canterlot High

He did not just do that.

He isn't....no way. This must be a prank, it had to be.

Sweetie Belle and I hurry on downstairs toward the living room to witness this shocking discovery. Already, people were as shocked and confused as I was.

There, the dude just took a mic from this blue-haired DJ and decided to make sure everyone inside and out could hear him loud and clear.

"Once again, I Garble am in love with..."

"SNIPS?!" everyone exclaimed.

"Yes," he nodded solemnly. "Snips and I have been in love for a long, long time and I wanted the whole world to know. And if anyone's got a problem with it, they can take it up with my FISTS!"

Everyone's bewildered murmurs had went silent quick.

"Nobody? Good! Now continue your li'l party here, I've said my piece."

The DJ hesitantly raised the music to a low beat as Garble left without another word.

I dunno if he knew, but after dropping stuff like that outta nowhere, at a party no less, things tone down and become awkward from then on.

So it's no surprise that after about a half hour or so of uncomfortably silent partying, people eventually took their leave. I can't believe I'm saying this, but that was actually pretty brave of Garble to do there. I...gotta give it to him.

Sure hope Snips agreed to letting this announcement come out.

The girls wanted to stick around to comfort Diamond Tiara and I decided to do the same.

I wasn't even the one going through this crap and I felt just absolutely terrible for Diamond Tiara, I couldn't even imagine how she must be feeling right now.

I got her a nice cup of water as the Crusaders cuddled up around her struggling to fix up her beatened appearance.

"You good there, T?" I asked, handing her the cup.

"I-I...just......WHAT THE HELL?!?!" she roared, mascara-filled tears streaming down her cheeks. "It's bad enough that he dumped me, but it's even worse that he turned out to be a flippin' TWINK!"

"Hey, hey, it's okay," I cooed, patting her back. "We're here for you, right?"

"Darn tootin'!" Apple Bloom nodded proudly.

"We gotcha covered, girl!" Scootaloo stated.

"Heck, we'll help you tidy up the place!" Sweetie Belle cheered.

"No, no." Diamond shook her head. "It's my mess, might as well clean it myself."

"Nonsense," I scoffed. "Let us help, we're not taking 'no' for an answer."

Diamond opened her mouth to object to the idea before remaining silent. Our determined faces told her we meant bit-niz.

She let out a long sigh and gave a little grin.

"Okay," she sniffled. "Have at it."

"YES!" the girls cheered. "Crusader Clean-Up Crew!!!"

"..."

"And Button!!!"

"Sweet!"

And so, we did what all good friends do and helped Diamond clean up the place. We couldn't just leave her to sort all that clutter out.

AB cleaned up all the crumbs and bits of leftover party snacks, Sweetie Belle helped Diamond realign all the paintings and furniture in the house, Scootaloo collected all the plastic cups and empty bottles...

And my job?

SMACK!

"Nnnnno! BAD, Scootaloo, BAD!"

Made sure Scoots didn't drink a single drop of any of them.

By the power of teamwork, we managed to fix the place up within a half hour and basked in our awesomeness.

"Garbage-B-Gone, son!" I cheered.

"We're finished!" the girls said proudly.

"Thank you," Diamond smiled warmly. "For everything."

"No prob!" AB nodded. "Ya ever need us, just give us a holler."

As we all grabbed our things and turned to head out, I felt a hand grab lightly tug at my wrist.

"H-Hey, Button?" Diamond uttered.

"Yeah?" I said.

"If it's not too much trouble......do you mind sticking around just a little longer? I-I need a little company."

"Oh, sure."

I waved goodbye to the Crusaders and chilled with Diamond in the living room.

She turned on a massive television and scrolled down toward TooYube, where she pulled up a compilation vid of a wacky purple donkey doing all kinds of silly shenanigans with his friends.

"Aww, sweet!" I chimed. "I LOVE My Giant Donkey!"

"Hee, same here. Whenever I'm down, I just watch it. When I see others happy, it makes......me happy sometimes. It's wholesome."

"A gal of quality, I see."

"Why thank you, fellow bronkey."

And so we watched on for about an hour or so. We laughed, we d'awwwwww'd, we got a tad in our feels...

Cut us some slack, kid shows can be emotional too!

Soon, it eventually got a little late and we ended our short Donkey binge.

"Thanks again for keeping me company, Button." Diamond said wholeheartedly. "Really means alot that someone cares enough about me to make sure I'm okay."

"That's me," I chuckled. "Always here to help anyone out as best I could. You deserve it the most though, Diamond. Some day, you'll find that special someone, 'cuz you deserve to be happy."

"You really mean all that?"

"Of course I do. And whoever that guy is, he would be incredibly lucky to have you."

"You're......you're so nice to me, Button..."

Diamond locked eyes with me, giving a warm smile. Her small, soft hand rested on mine, she slides over to me a little close.

"Hey, don't sweat it," I shrugged. "Just helpin' out a friend- MMM!"

My eyelids shot up faster than the speed of light. For a second, I almost felt my heartbeat come to a screeching halt.

I never thought this would happen in a million years.

Diamond Tiara...

Was kissing me.

I felt her hands reach over and brush all over my hair as she let out a low, satisfied sigh and deepened the kiss as I just sat there in shock.

Eventually, she pulled away from the surprise affection, ending it with a little tug at my bottom lip before giggling to herself.

"What was that?!" I gasped for air.

"Mmm, you're such a good kisser," Diamond purred, rubbing her hand down my leg. "I like that. You lucky, lucky boy..."

"D-Diamond, y-you're just on a rebound, this is NOT a good idea. You have to heal, your mind's not in the right place!"

"Oh, it's exactly in the right place. It's telling me it wants more. Much more..."

"Diamond, NO!"

My protests were silenced by her moaning lips as she pinned me down on the sofa and wrapped her arms around my head like a voluptuous viper.

"Diamond, please, this isn't right!" I wheezed, barely getting my words out. "We shouldn't be doing this!"

"Why not?" she giggled. "I saw how you used to look at me in geometry. I want you, and I know you want me."

"No, I don't!"

"Hehe, we'll see about that." the hungry predator snickered, placing my hands on her heaving chest. "This, and many more can be all yours, Button. Aaaaaaaaall yours."

"Not ag-aaaaaah!!!"

Her lust was insatiable, and her grip grew near inescapable.

"Mwah! You know you love me," she panted hard in my ear, assaulting my face with lustful smooches. "Come on, say it to me. Say you love me. Whisper it in my ears!"

After some more aggressive affection, I used all the cowardly strength I had within me to
finally break free from Diamond's love grip and backed away from the sofa, lipstick stamped across every inch of my twitching face.

I backed away as Diamond sat up, rubbing her fingers around her curves seductively.

"Admit it, you liked that." she sighed in a satisfied tone.

"N-No, I didn't!" I mumbled, wiping the red goop off my cheeks.

"Then is that a Neightendo 3DS XL in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

"No, it's a normal-sized 3DS, duh!" I said, pulling my device out. "This is crazy, girl! You gotta relax!"

"I'm sorry, Button, I can't help myself. I've never been around someone who's been this passionate toward me before."

"Well right now, I'm filled with more fear than PASSION, ya know!"

"Don't worry, I'll change that feeling soon enough."

"Whatever, I-I gotta go."

"Hee, I'm always here if you ever wanna go for round TWO."

Well...

That escalated quickly.

The next day, I met up with Pip in the halls and told him my little situation.

"You did WHAT?!"

He took the news well.

"I got outta there, Pip. It was too crazy."

"And you didn't SHAG?!?!"

"Your British is showing, bro. Didn't what?"

"Bonk, have it off, getting your end away, sex!"

"What? NO!"

"Dude, she let you touch her baps and you didn't take that opportunity to hook up just 'cuz you would rather beat the bishop over Sweetie Belle? Diamond Tiara was clearly gagging for it!"

"She's just on a rebound. If I did get with her, I'd feel like I was using her. And I don't want that."

"You should feel COOL, bruv! You're a stud!"

I didn't feel cool. Or like a stud.

I felt filthy.

Like some unsavory growth latched onto me and can't be washed off. Like some surly presence was wrapped around my waist.

...wait a minute.

"Guess whoooo?"

Aww, damn.

"H-Hey, Diamond," I uttered, standing stiff as a statue. "Pleasure seeing you today."

"Not as much of a pleasure as you were last night." she whispered in my ear, resting her head on my shoulder.

As I entered sweaty nerd mode with the sly succubus holding me in a tender embrace, I locked eyes with Pip.

"Pip," I muttered. "Initiate Locker Down Delta."

Quicker than you can say "Run, Geek lord, run!", I slipped from under Diamond's arms and dove inside Pip's locker the minute he opened it and slammed it closed right behind me.

When all else fails, take refuge in some dude's locker.

It's the nerd code. 🤓

"Mmm, I like it when you play hard to get." Diamond purred. "Makes me so......HOT."

The thirsty lioness stalked around her prey's protective domain.

"Pip, dear," she said sweetly. "What's the combination?"

"Don't fall for those eyes, Pip!" I shouted.

"Pretty please?" Diamond pouted playfully.

"U-Uh, I, uh..." Pip gulped. "Nine..."

"BRO! WHAT THE HELL?!"

Diamond scratches the top of the poor kid's head. Judging by the ecstatic look on his face, she had found a sweet spot.

"Fifteen."

"Don't you freaking finish that last number!"

"She's too good, Button!" Pip whined. "She has me trousers feeling funny!"

"You can talk to me, Pippy." Diamond smiled, booping Pip's nose. "You're so smart, and cute and......oh, so cultured."

"Don't say it!"

"..."

"..."

"...three."

"NO!"

"Thank you, dear Pip." Diamond chimed, skipping over toward my safe zone. "Just give me five minutes."

My sphincter clinched hard with every small "click" I heard outside.

With a sly smirk, Diamond opened the locker, lunged inside and closed the door behind her.

"PIIIIIIIIIP!!!"

"Kiss me, Button!"

"AHHHHHHH!!!"

I...

I barely made it outta there alive that day...