Unexpected Friendship

Striped Fist and Cookie Crumbles were walking slowly down the stone road, which lead towards the beach. It had been around seventeen minutes since they left the resort behind their backs and both of them were completely silent.

Since her companion wasn't saying a word and she didn't want to annoy him with her rambling, Cookie decided to use this to her advantage and looked her surroundings. And while it wasn't something amazing or unseen, being made mostly of singular small palms, which was surrounded by short grass, but it was still nice to look at and you couldn't see much of that back in Ponyville.

And while the mare was busy enjoying the nature around her, her new friend was walking next to her, looking straight ahead, with hands in his pockets, and had a serious look on his face. Since yesterday, after he talked with her, Striped Fist was trying to come up with a plan on how to take her to the bed.

When it came to such things, the zebra usually didn't spend so much time just walking around and talking and overall doing nothing. He would go to the mare, flirt with her, maybe buy her a drink and would turn the talk to something more lewd and inappropiate. He didn't even need to say much.
, just showing off the huge buldge in his pants was sometimes enough for the mares to hop in his bed.

But this time his target was not some random young bimbo college mare or a needy, size queen slut, but a married woman who, even through she had problems with her marriage, wouldn't just jump in the bed with the first sweet-talking macho she met. Besides, this wasn't going to be a one-night thing, so Striped Fist needed to be more patient and clever with his tactics.

Soon they reached the beach and as soon as their feet stepped onto the soft sand, Cookie Crumbles looked at the zebra and asked him, "So, Askari, can I ask you a question?"

Striped Fist turned his eyes towards her and simply said, "I don't know, can you?" He chuckled and continued. "Sure, sweetheart. Ask away."

Cookie giggled and asked him,"Are you married or in a relationship with someone?"

The old zebra grinned to himself, but he quickly took a more serious look and answered her. "Nope. I am completely free for any girl who wants to have some fun." The zebra winked at her.

This act made Cookie's cheeks slightly red again. She looked aside, not sure what to say in return.

Why was this still happening? Why did she constantly blush when he said or did something even slightly flirty? It was not that rare for her to be flirted with. It actually happened quite a lot, but she usually just smiled and thanked them. This was actually the first time she genuinely blushed because of a compliment. Was it because of his behaviour? Well, maybe. Cookie had to admit that Askari was definitely way more confident, compared to the previous ponies who flirted with her, but it was not only that: his deep and smooth manly voice, which managed to send a waves of pleasurable shivers across her body everytime he spoke, his strong and athletic looking body. She bit her lower lip and just imagined the feel of those hard muscular pecs and abs and- What is going on with me?!

Luckily for her, she managed to get out of these thoughts the moment she turned her look towards Striped Fist who had a puzzled look on his face, one of his eyebrows raised up. "Are you okay?" he asked, not sure why the face of his friend suddenly got so red even though he hadn't said anything.

"Um, yeah. Don't worry about me. I am fine. I just... I was just thinking about something," the mare said, smiling nervously.

Striped Fist shrugged his shoulders. "If you say so."

With that the two continued their walk across the suprisingly empty beach. There were little to none ponies on the beach. The sun, despite being relativley high, was still tolerable and the sand underneath the two friend's feet was still nice to walk on, if somewhat cold.

As the they stopped, Striped Fist took out his phone and asked Cookie, "Hey, would you like to take a picture together? After all it will be a nice memory... For me. But still."

Cookie Crumbles chuckled a little bit and answered him, "Sure."

The zebra smiled and as he opened the camera on his phone, he came by Cookie's side and gently wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him.

Cookie felt how Striped placed his firm palm right on her upper thigh. Her cheeks again became slightly red. Then as the zebra raised up his hand, pointing the camera at them, she made the victory sign with her fingers.

"Say cheese!" Striped Fist said, smiling at the camera.

Cookie said it out loud too, smiling, but the moment the picture was snapped she felt how Askari's grip on her thigh tightened up. He was groping her. Her face immediately turned bright red again and she managed to sneak out of his grasp. Striped Fist noticed this and frowned.

"Oh, please, don't pull this crap on me! You know you liked it. I can see it in your eyes and the way you look at me!" the zebra said out loud, almost shouting at the mare. His voice echoed throughout the air. He then crossed his arms, still looking her in the eyes.

Cookie was caught off guard, not sure how to respond to this. She just lowered her head and tried to avoid eye contact. Her cheeks and face remained the same red color as before. Her eyes got watery and she sniffed a little bit.

The two were just standing there, the akward silence between them growing with every second. Realising that to some extent he is the reason for this akwardness and fearing he might loose the chance to talk with her again, Striped sighed and decided to do something about this. He scratched the back of his neck, and as he turned his head aside, said, "I, Uh... Sorry about that, Betty." His voice was much more low now and he couldn't even look her in the eyes.

To that Cookie simply said, "Oh, no. It's okay." She went silent again for a few seconds. She then took a quick glance at her watch before saying, "I should probably go back to the resort. It is getting late and I don't feel very well."

The zebra looked at Cookie and sighed. "Alright. Do you want me to escort you?"

"If you want to," Cookie said, mumbling, and turned around. She began walking.

The zebra just stood there and watched as the mare slowly headed towards the resort, leaving him all alone. Striped Fist groaned and kicked the sand, sending some of it flying in the air."Fuck! What the actual fuck, man!" He wanted to destroy something around him.

Striped Fist calmed down rather fast and decided to try to think of an excuse, and the best way he could think of it was at the bar. Maybe he could even get some advice. With that he headed towards to the closest bar his eyes could spot.