The dinner was going fine all in all. Food was great, the room looked quite nice. This was going to be a great evening. That is, if Cadence wasn't being all moody right now.

Ever since she came back she has been like this. Sure she is a little better now than when she first arrived but she at least could just make a proper honest smile. Shining tried to learn why she was feeling like that but she kept insisting that she was fine. He had learned a while ago that if she insisted on something there was no way to make her change her mind and make her talk. So he just decided to let it be.

"Ummm. So...." Shining broke the grave silence that had captured the room "How do you like the food?"

"Hm?" Cadence looked up to him "Oh the food. Food's good" she replied. But in reality she had barely touched the plate. This didn't go unnoticed by Shining

"You sure? You haven't really eaten anything."

"I'm just not all that hungry. That's all." she replied and got up from her chair "Maybe I'll go take some sleep. Maybe when i wake up my appetite would be back" she started to trot away

"To sleep? Now?" Shining found that weird. Sure it was dusk already but it wasn't late enough to go to sleep.

"Yes. I'm feeling tired so maybe some sleep would freshen me up"

Tired? Yes maybe that's why she's acting weird today. Maybe she was tired from her trip and she isn't thinking clearly. That was enough of an explanation for Shining

"Okay hon. Go on. I'll join you later" he said with a smile

"Yeah..." she said in a somewhat meek voice as she left the dining room.

"Well" Shining said to himself as he was now left alone "I just hope she's better when she wakes up"

Cadence stood there laying onher bed for minutes now. She really didnt feel like sleeping and she definetly couldn't sleep while she kept thinking about what she had discovered. No matter how hard she tried she just couldn't getthe images of the last night event out of her mind. How could she thought. After all it happened right here in this room. On this bed...

"Ugh" Cadence got up with a peeved face "I need my damn pills"

She went to her closet and opened it. She used her magic to levitate to her a small bag that was hidden well in the corner of the closet behind a few shoe boxes. Cadence opened the bag of Anthflexpine pills she had secretly brought home and took one pill out before hiding the bag again and closing the closet.

She swallowed the pill and went back to bed, waiting for the effects to start. She didn't have to wait long. After a few seconds, the rush of pleasure and relaxation she really needed right now overtook her and she almost completely forgot what she was feeling sad for. She melted into the the bed and rolled in the sheets, cherishing all the sensation her temporarily enhanced senses were allowing her to experience.

"Oh yeah that's the stuff" Cadence muttered ecstatically to herself

She stood like that for a while listening to her own heart beat. Then her attention was taken away when she heard the sound of hoofs coming from the hall. Whoever it was seemed to come to a stop at the door of her room and opened it. She only saw the shadow on the wall as the door was opened but she could tell that the silhouette belonged to Shining. He stepped inside and she could already hear his breathing.

"Honey? You awake still?" Shining asked to see if she was asleep or not

"Shhhh not so loud please" Cadence replied without turning around, in a voice that sounded sleepy but that in fact was that way as an effect of the drug. And she also didn't want Shining to speak that loud. To her it sounded like yelling.

"Oh I'm sorry hun" Shining started whispering "just wanted to see if you were asleep or still awake"

"Somewhere there" she said, almost too cutely sleepy due to the ecstasy of the moment.

"Okay" was all Shining said as he too came and layed himself on the bed. After making sure he was well covered, he started asking "So feeling any better?"

"Mhmm" was all Cadence have as reply. By the sound of it he could tell she was actually feeling somewhat better.

"Well that's good to hear. Seems you've been so tired from you vacation that you were acting weird all day today" he said with a chuckle

"Yeah..." she simply replied in a daze

Shining went to her side and put a frontleg around her, causing her to shiver slightly. Physical contact, while you are high on anthflexpine, could be tricky.

"So ummm, Cadence?"

"Hmmmm?"

"You've been gone for two days and...I've kinda missed you"

"Missed you to..." she didn't really lie as she did miss him but after she caught him and Twilight you can say there was a certain amount of time when she didn't miss him.

"I bet. So..." his hoof started moving slowly down her body, sending waves of sensations down her spine. "How about we..."

Cadence's eyes went wide

'Oh no'

"Make up for the lost time" he planted a kiss behind her neck, making her shiver

'Oh no'

"Shining i-" she tried talking but couldn't finish as Shining's hoof had arrived to her lower regions

'Oh no no no no no'

She felt as his hoof got dangerously close to her danger spot.

'Oh fuck no i ain't doing this right now'

"Shining I'm not in the mood" she said almost too loudly for her enhanced hearing as she pushed his hoof away. Not only had she caught him cheating on her not only a night ago so no way she could sleep with him now. She was also not really sure what would happen if one had sex while high on anthflexpine. She never tried it but she had a pretty good idea that heightened sensitivity and sex probably wasn't a good combo.

Shining just stood there confused. He could understand if she wasn't in the mood but acting this aggressively was definitely new for her

"You aren't?"

"No i am not" she sighed "Look, I'm just tired is all" she lied "I just need some rest tonight"

"Ummm okay" Shining replied "I just thought we could have some alone time together but it's fine"

'Oh for my aunt's cake devouring stomach, wasn't Twilight enough this past two days?'

"Maybe some other time. But i just don't feel like it tonight" she said as she turned at him and tried smiling so as to calm the situation.

Shining looked at her for a moment but then he smiled back "It's okay hon i get it. There are times when i overwork myself so much that i just don't feel in the mood later either. Get some rest, it'll make you feel better i assure you" he gave her a kiss on the lips and fixed the blankets and went to his sleeping position "Goodnight honey"

"...night" Cadence replied. She stood awake even a few minutes after Shining started snoring. But eventually she closed her eyes and let sleep take over her

Days passed on and Cadence tried to act normal so that Shining wouldn't get suspicious. Well at least he was easy to convince things were okay. Had Twilight been here instead she would have practically interrogated Cadence to figure out what was wrong.

And the she was. Thinking about Twilight again. As much as it irritated Cadence, she had found herself thinking about Twilight and no matter how much she tried she couldn't get her out of her head. Probably it had something to do with the fact that she caught her sleeping with her husband, which happens to be her brother. As much as that hurt she was even more irritated by the fact that she still didn't understand how two siblings can feel like that for each other and she still didn't understand how Shining could love two mares at once. And for whatever reason it irritated her not understanding and she couldn't understand why she would be irritated about that and that irritated her more. She was like a bomb ready to explode and if she didn't find a solution soon she might as well do.

"Morning hon" Shining said Ashe came in with Flurry on his back "How did you sleep"

"...I slept great" she hadn't really. Not at all. It was easy to sleep in all this mess of a situation when you had a drug to help you but after almost going through an experience she may possibly not be ready for, she had tried not taking not any pills for a while. And that left her without a way of distracting herself enough to sleep comfortably.

"Good to hear" he put Flurry on her own little baby chair, gave her a bottle of milk which dhe immediately started drinking and went and sat down on the table so he could eat his breakfast "By the way did you hear that Twilight's coming over"

Cadence literally spit out the orange juice she was drinking "She what?!"

Shining was startled for a moment but thought she must have gotten surprised "Uh, She's sent a letter saying she'll be coming over. With her friends. They'll be here today"

Cadence tried to play it cool "Ummm did she say why she'll be coming over?"

"Does she need a reason to come visit?" Shining tilted his head in confusion

"No no of course not" Cadence smiled sheepishly "I was just asking. Nothing else"

Shining though for a second "Well she maybe is still worried by how not in the right mood you looked when you came back five days ago so she probably talked her friends into having a trip so she could check on you"

She simply looked at him, blinking once in a while "You did notify her that i was just tired so she wouldn't have to worry, right?"

Shining was as still as a statue. In fact he could give Discord a run for his money. His face looked like he just remembered he forgot doing something important he was supposed to do a year ago "Ummmm.....i can tell her when she arrives"

Cadence simply facehooved in aggravation . Shining was never going to change was he? Although she doubt it would have made a difference if he had notified Twilight. She would have come anyways cause all this little visit is about is so she and Shining can oogle at each other and Cadence wasn't buying any other supposed explanation.

"So when will they arrive?"

"In a few hours i think. We should go at to train station to get them when they arrive" he said

"Mhmmm" she monotoned in reply, looking at her plate "You know what" she unexpectedly got up " i should probably go get ready for when they arrived" although hard, she tried her best to smile.

Shining smiled back "Sure honey. Go on" he said and went back to eating

Cadence didn't say anything. She just started walking away and once she was out of the room she trotted away fast. Once she was far away, she looked around to see if anypony was around and when she was sure she was alone, she disappeared in a flash of pink light as she teleported away.

Author's Note

I'm sorry i haven't been active in a while. I've had health issues (quite possibly Covid at one point) which made me just not feel like writing anything. I mean who would feel in the mood to write stories about ponies when also struggling with fever and aggressive coughing?

Anyways. So I'm not going to ask what you think about this chapter because in all honesty, this isn't the chapter I'm most proud of(you may have different opinions, that's okay). It just doesn't feel like a really good chapter to me but i assure you, the next ones are gonna be better.

Stay tuned for more