Secrets and Realizations
A long awaited confession.
Previous Chapter"I'm glad you answered my letter. I thought you were gonna be a no-show." Gilda said as she and Spike flew back to the castle.
"Well, I thought it was worth showing up for. I'm glad I listened to my gut." He said. As they got nearer, to the castle gates, Gilda suddenly stopped flying and landed on the ground. Spike seeing her land, followed suit.
"What's wrong." He asked.
"I think this is as far as I should go. Gotta get back to Gryphonstone." She said.
"Why, you're more than welcome to stay here. I'll just ask mom to arrange a room for" he stopped, feeling Gilda's hand on his shoulder."
"Spike, it's fine. Besides, you know I don't do fancy." She insisted.
"You make a good point. Well,...I guess this is goodbye." He said sadly. Gilda walked up to spike and gave him a small kiss on his cheek. Spike froze.
"It's goodbye...for now anyway. Let's meet up again sometime. Drinks maybe?
"Yeah," he said smiling, cupping his cheek.
Gilda turned around and flew into the sky. Spike turned around and walked inside the castle, greeted by a pair of guards at the entrance. He said his hellos and walked into the dining hall where he saw a passed-out Celestia. Slightly smiling, he walked over to her and tried to nudge her awake. It failed. Then genius struck him.
"Ma'am, wake up. Auntie's about to throw away all the chocolate cake!" he whispered into her ear.
"SHE BETTER NOT." She said shouting herself awake. The sound causes all the ponies in the castle to jump as the sound. She look around in a daze and saw her son standing next to her.
"SPIKE! Your back. Oh, I missed you. Where did you go? I had a whole day planned for us. You know what, it doesn't matter, I'm just glad you're here now." She shouted again. She quickly stood up and hugged her son.
"What's all the commotion." A voice in the distance said.
All of the members of the main 6, except rarity, heard Celestia shouting and rushed to her aid thinking the worse. However, they were treated to the sight of Spike being bear-hugged by Celestia and froze in place. They wanted to run in and hug him too. seeing that he was back at the castle. But, part of them said that they didn't have the right to welcome him back since they spied on his conversation with Gilda. They simply welcomed him back with their words instead.
"Good to see you again sugar cube. How are you feeling." Aj asked.
"I've honestly never felt better. Like, I just ate a house-sized bowl of emeralds." He said with a big smile on his face.
"Now that's good to hear," Fluttershy said.
"Wait, where's Rarity?" He asked looking around the room. The girls looked back at each other and then back at Spike. "Well...She's not really feeling all that good right now. She'll get better soon. You can't expect that girl ta' stay down for long." AJ said.
"Well, now that you're home, I think we should all get something to eat. I made you an assortment of emeralds to snack on for when you returned. You can eat those while we wait on the chefs to bring out the food." Celestia said.
As spike snacked on the emeralds, the girls tried to pull Celestia away from the table. Celestia said it could wait after dinner, but twilight insisted that she hear them out first. A little annoyed, Celestia agreed and stepped out with them.
"What is it, girls? I would like to enjoy another dinner with my son again.
(One heartfelt/fast explanation later.)
"So...you know about Gilda? She questioned.
"We know everything. I wish I could erase it from my brain. Wait, how did you know about Gilda?" Twilight said.
"Spike told me. Though, it wasn't at the start of their relationship. He needed someone to talk to, and I'm just happy I was there." She said.
"But, I'm always there. He could have told me." Twilight said.
(sigh)
"Well, while I admire your devotion and care for my son, I am very disappointed in you all that you didn't leave after seeing that he was ok. I wanted Spike to be the one to tell you about his relationship with her. Directly, not indirectly I add. You all need to tell Spike what you did and apologize to him. Hopefully, he won't be too mad at you all." Celestia said biting her fingernails.
Suddenly, they heard what sounded like glass breaking and wood snapping, they looked over and saw Spike, with his knees to the ground. Celestia rushed over and helped spike up. Spike was scowling, bearing out his fangs, looking down at the broken glass cup.
"YOU SPIED ON ME!" He said looking up at the girls.
Spike held up his phone and a video of the main 6 sneaking around in bushes near Spike's meet-up place with Gilda. It was currently trending all over Equestria. The girls looked at spike's phone in disbelief. Spike gripped at his phone, cracking it down the whole frame. He shook Celestia's hand off him and backed away. He felt cornered and his trust betrayed, in order to escape this feeling he cast his teleportation spell on himself, blowing fire on his body. His eyes glowed green and then he vanished. The girls looked at the slowly dying flames on the ground. Celestia called for the Palace maids to clean the mess, while she spoke to the girls in private.
Back in spike's room
Rarity was currently staring at the gift that she bought for Spike. Still slightly crying, she wiped off the droplets of tears that hit the gemstone. Looking up and gazing at the Ceiling of spike's room, she noticed that the Gemstone in the middle look a lot like her cutie mark.
"I can't believe that I never even bothered to notice you, my spikey-wikey." She said, still staring.
Having seen her own horrendous reflection on the gemstone, she walked over to spikes bathroom. She decided that she should at least clean herself up before spike came back. She cut on the hot water and enjoyed the feeling that it brought her. She stripped herself and walked inside the running water. Noticing all of the expensive shampoo and exotic bars of soap, she helped herself to Spike's collection.
"Bawh, I can believe it! After all of these years, I never even bothered to look at him. And once more, that feathery, muscle-headed, hussy got to him first. And, what was her deal with all of those lewd jabs at my dear Spikey? He's an Angel compared to all of those prudes, hornballed, snobs I've been with. And, "shrimp". What kind of nickname is that! He's not some child that she...can... pick on......Oh, dear. Is...have I been treating him like that? Oh by Celestia I have. I've never treated him right, have I?"
Rarity realized that she's never really treated spike as anything more than a servant. She's only ever treated him differently when they'd hang out together. And even then, it was only ever as friends. She wondered how she never noticed the signs of his affection for her. She thought to herself again.
"Why is it just now hitting me? It's as if over a decade's worth of obvious signs are crashing down on me. Like, How he would make me food and fix my tea during my breaks. Help make clothes for me. And dig in the mud and dirt to gather gems for me. Oh, ESPECIALLY that last one. Come to think of it, he didn't even care if it was roasting hot outside or not. He'd just keep digging in the dirt, for hours on end. Getting sweaty, so sweaty. He'd toss off his shirt, revealing that gorgeous 6 pack underneath. I bet that overgrown chicken Gilda probably drooled when she first saw him topless. To think that avian featherhead was his first. I would have treated him better. So, much better. And, she knows only have of what I know about him. She only scratched the surface of what he's really like. What with his... perfect smile. His wonderful emerald eyes, his toned muscles. And that gropable butt. If and when I get the chance, I'm gonna-"
Rarity opened her eyes to the sensation of her hands touching herself as the hot water stimulated her body. Her wetness covered her fingers.
She quickly finished up and wrapped a towel around her hair and body as she walked back over to Spike's bed to cut on his TV. As she reached for his remote a sudden spark of green caught her eye. She turned around and saw Spike materialize in front of her. A rather angry-looking spike. Rarity had a flash-back to her dream the other night. At that moment, she screamed making spikes jump from the sound, and turn around to see an almost naked rarity. He screamed in shock. He closed his eyes, screaming "I'm sorry" over and over while he crouched down keeping his eyes closed. Rarity ducked back into the bathroom, now regretting waiting on spike so she could talk to him and give him his present. She slammed the door causing Spike to wince at the sound. He slowly looked around to see his bathroom light on. He shifted over to the door and sat next to it.
"Rarity, what are you doing inside my room." He asked, more curious than anything at the moment.
"I-I was j-just waking on you t-to come back. I had a p-present for you." Rarity said making her embarrassed that what she said sounded a lot like an innuendo rainbow would say.
"I-I MEAN an Actual gift." She said embarrassing herself even more.
"I'm just g-gonna step outside and let you get dressed." He said. He walked outside and waited about 15 minutes before walking back in. Rarity, now properly clothed sat in the middle of his bed. He walked over, somewhat enjoying the thought of rarity on his bed. He sat next to her as she handed him his present. Spike looked at the present box and set it to the side.
"So, aren't you going to open it?" She said.
"Why did you you spy on me?" He asked bluntly, ignoring her question. Rarity jumped back ever so slightly that spike knew.
"We were all worried that you left Canterlot or something after this morning." She said
"Why would you think I would leave Canterlot? Did you guys think I would just up and leave right after taking us here? I'm not some kid still you know." He said agitatedly.
"We know that. Well, at least Applejack did. But, I promise you we didn't spy on you intentionally. We originally just wanted to know why you left without telling us. Why you lied to use." She said.
"I don't Have to tell you ANYTHING. You are not my guardian. And, even SHE betrayed me. I'M-I...just leave ME ALONE." He said. Anger filled his voice. Scared, Rarity backed off of Spike and scooted over to the far end of the bed. Seeing her fear, spike inched back, a little panicked by her face. He curled up on his side of the bed and breathed in heavily. They sat there in silence for about 20 minutes.
"............................................"
"Be honest, If I didn't ask you why you spied on me, would you have even told me?" He asked, looking over at Rarity. She scooted back near him. Not too close to potentially get him mad again, but just enough to reach out and touch him.
"I wanted to tell you after you opened your present that I...I spied on you. I'll be honest and say that I'm truly sorry. I'm your- well. I don't even know what I am to you anymore. But, what I do know is that you know I would never-" Rarity stopped herself as spike looked at her. She thought back to her dream not wanting to make the same mistake again. She reached for his hand and placed it on her cheek. Surprised by her actions, he hesitated to stop her. Apart from him wanted to, but the other part said that it was for the best to let this play out and hear what she has to say. He listened to his subconscious while keeping his blank poker face the best he could.
"I've been a horrible person to you, Spike." She said, tearing up.
"No Spikey-wikey this time. You've never called me by my real name like that." He said breaking his poker face, not wanting Rarity to cry. No matter how hard he wanted to stay mad at her and his friends, he found it hard to if they were crying. Especially Rarity.
"That was a nickname meant for a child. You're a man now. You've been a man for a while. A real and sincere man at that. And, I can't believe that I've always failed to notice everything else about you." She added.
"What do you mean. You know a lot about me. We've been "friends" for years!" He said bluntly.
"But, I've always neglected you. I've neglected all of the actions you've done. You've always been there for me. You helped get Fleur-de-lis to attend my showcase. You stayed Overnight helping me work on my projects and commissioned pieces. You studied fashion and colors for me too. And, so much more that I just talk about for hours. Like your strength. You're strong enough to melt away an enormous ice cloud that could have killed half of everyone in the Crystal Empire. I loved being about to brag about you saying that you assist at my shop every now and then." She exclaimed. Hearing this made Spike perk up and look at Rarity.
"Really. You bragged about me?" Spike said, a smile slowly growing on his face.
"Of course, I do. I mean- have you ever really looked at yourself. You are what every man should aspire to be. Brave enough to stage a rescue for me, kind enough to help a complete stranger, Humurous enough to make crowds laugh, Your loyalty to your friends and family holds no bounds. You can be honest with your words to the point that they beat poetry & you were generous enough to give me that Fire ruby. And on your own birthday. I'll never forget that for as long as I live. I love those qualities about you." When spike heard the words "love" and "you" in the same sentence being directed at him by rarity, his mind nearly shut down.
"Gee, thank you rarity. I don't know what to say. Those words mean a lot to me. I-I'm pretty sure that you might have heard me say this with Gilda, but...I LO-" Rarity suddenly places her hands on Spike's face. Spike stopped talking. She moved her hands down to spikes shoulders and then back to his face. Spike stared at Rarity's eyes. He felt like he could get lost in those eyes and never want to find the exit. She brought her lips to spike ever so closely.
"I love everything about you. I Love You." She finally said.
She kissed Spike. Spike fell back by her kiss making him literally fall back onto his bed. Rarity not wanting to break their kiss, feel on top of him. Slipping her tongue into spike's maw, she explored every inch her flat tongue could reach. Spike feeling her tongue grace his fangs used his tongue to wrap around hers. As they continued their messy make-out sessions spike found his hands-on rarity's ass. He groped at her ass, enjoying her perfect mounds of flesh cupping his hands. Trying to lean up to get a better feel of her he wrapped his arms around her waist and raised himself upward, but rarity pushed him back down. She broke their kiss staring into spike's eyes, both panting heavily.
"huff..."Huh"..." huff"...
"Did...did that really just happen? Is-are we-" Spike said. Rarity interjected, placing two fingers in spikes mouth. She continues to stare into his eyes, getting lost in the perfect emerald color. She used her fingers to open up spikes maw, making his tongue hand out and causing his eyes to squint. He pushed a mighty red, as she opened up his mouth further with her other hand. She gazed into the depth of his throat, monitoring his mouth. She felt how his fangs slightly curved into his mouth. How wet his tongue was, how hot and fresh his breath was. Spike was starting to sweat from excitement.
"Spike? Are you ok to continue this with me?" She asked, letting go of him. A small bead of saliva connected between her fingers. She stared at her hand.
"More than anything." He said, slowly leaning back up. To his surprise, Rarity was playing with the saliva in her hands. Opening and closing her fingers, until she did something Spike could only find...out of character, but hot for a lady-like rarity. She cleaned her fingers off his saliva, with her own mouth, suckling her fingers as he watched. Once she was done, the saliva covering her fingers was only hers now. Spike's nose was slightly gumming with white smoke coming out.
"Mmmm. I love the taste of dragon." She said.
Not wanting to waste any more time, she quickly stripped herself of all her clothing. Spike stared at her figure in Ahh. As he admired her cleavage, Rarity moved for spike's belt. He removed his shirt and undid his pants, revealing the monster that she dreamed about. Needless to say, Spike was well equipped. A bit too equipped. At 11.4 inches, he quickly outclassed the men rarity had been with. His manhood stood at attention, touching rarity's nose.
(Gulp)
"We, we don't have to continue now if you don't wanna," Spike said a little nervous.
"No, I want to. Now please lay down so I can work my "real magic." She said in a sultry/seductive tone.
Spike listened to the mare and laid down on his back. Rarity took in a deep breath of spike’s musk. She instantly became addicted to his scent. Using her hands to fondle his sack, she took in more deep breaths of spikes musk`. When she had enough she started kissing up spikes length, earning some moans and groans from the dragon. He's had sex with Gilda more than he could remember, but it was always more driven by lust and a desire to please her. With rarity, it was a role reversal. She lusted after him and wanted to make him feel good. He felt the same never less.
She placed one last kiss on his tip, before swirling her tongue around his head making the dragon's eyes roll back in moans. Her hands stroked him for all he was worth, Slightly starting to bob her head down his length. With her expert tongue combined with her warm mouth, Spike felt himself getting tenser b the moment.
"R-Rarity. Hang on f-for a sec." he pleaded with her.
Not wanting to finish so soon, he forced himself upwards and pulled her off of him. Using his tail, he played with rarity's clit, making her moan from the sudden touch. She let up off of him, slightly massaging his cock still.
"I don't wanna finish just yet. Let me try something." He said, grabbing rarity and rolling her onto her back. Spike looked down, taking in her luscious naked body. Her F-sized breasts, how long they have teased spike. Her nipples looked more inviting than any gem. He made quick work of them, taking one in his mouth and nursing himself. His other hand massaging the other while, his tail to continue his work from before. His spade-like tip rubbed her entrance slightly thrusting inside her. Rarity moaned out loud. She wrapped her hands around Spike's head, stroking his spines and feeling his scales. Spike tugged at her nipples, suckling hard, and with a small pop sound, released it from his maw. He moved up to her chest and placed his cock in-between his tits.
Spike now sat lightly on top of her, still playing with her clit with his tail. In one final action, he quickly thrust his tail into her and shook it to mimick a vibrator.
"Hahh, Ughh, S-S-S-Spike!," she moaned out.
He continued this for a few more moments, reveling in her sounds. He finally released his tail from her confines, bringing the end to his face.
"Wh-Why d-did... "Uhh, huff... y-you stop?" Rarity asked.
Spike brought his tail to his mouth. His spade-like tip was wet with her juice. He stuck out his tongue and licked most of it clean as Rarity watched. He ran his tongue down some of his spines and back to his tail's tip.
"Mmmm, you taste amazing, Rarity. You know, I couldn't really call myself a gentledrake if I don't share a treat like this with you too, right." He said waving his tail in front of her.
Nervously, she licked the spade-shaped tip of his tail. To her surprise, she enjoyed the succulent taste herself. As she cleaned his tail herself, Spike grabbed her breast again, using them to massage his cock. Once he had his fun, Spike stopped and pulled his tail back. He moved down the bed, eyeing up his prize.
"I'll go slow." He said grabbing her legs and hoisting them over his shoulders.
She gave a small nod and proceeded to enter into her moist womanhood. He slowly made his way down to the base. Rarity takes a small gasp of air, as she's never had a partner as big as he before. Spike, feeling the tightness and wetness of her, groaned out in pleasure. His tongue hung out as she tightened around him. He loved how she trembled and quivered all around him. He began thrusting, earning some moans from rarity. She groped at her breast, letting her nipples glide through her fingers as she pleasured herself.
"You feel amazing. I-I wanted to do this with you for so long" He said
"I'm sorry-ughhh, I-I made you wait so long, darling. Now, please...ruin me" She demanded. Wasting no time, Spike changed positioned and started pile driver Rarity. Letting his instincts take over, he bared his fangs and his eyes turned more primal as he sped up.
"Yes, YES, YES, Please don't stop, SPIKE." Rarity pleaded out.
"You and your cunt belong to me now. Nobody else is allowed to even touch you". Spike said. His voice grew more earthy and deep.
This made rarity go overboard. In her head, she knew of spike's loving and kind nature, But this side of him, She felt like she could get used. If only in the bedroom.
"YES SPIKEY. I Promise." She cried out. Her mouth salivated by his assault. The sounds of Spike slamming into Rarity echoed out and passed his bedroom door. The noise of their love-making cared throughout the night. By a miracle, nobody walked passed his room.
"HUFF, UHHH, I-I'M GETTING CLOSE." He said, bitting down on his teeth.
As Spike's climax approached, he grabbed her once more, holding her tightly. Taking her lips for his own, he pumped his seed inside her. Spike reveled in the taste of her mouth, loving the lingering taste of her own juices still floating in her mouth. Rarity wrapped her arms around her lover using her tongue to lick the roof of his mouth and play with his own. She felt herself getting close.
" SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE, I LOVE YOU". She Shouted.
Part of her wanted someone to hear her so they know who she loves and belongs to. With a groan, spike bit down on rarity's neck and sped up at a blinding speed, making rarity cum all over spikes member. Her juices flowed down spikes rod down to his lap. His seed pumping into her. Her stomach was now filled to the brim with his cock being the plug.
10 Minutes later.
"Ohh, Spike. That...was...Amazing. I've never felt so good before," Rarity said.
"Same. I've wanted to do something like this with you for a while. Thou, I didn't expect it to turn out like this." He said, rolling over to his side.
"Neither did I. As happy as I am thou, I'm a little saddened that I wasn't your first." Rarity whispered loud enough to only where he could just barely hear it.
"Ahh, right. Kinda forgot about that to be honest." He said, rubbing the side of his head.
"Well, if it's anything to you. You were my first love."
"I was, wasn't I."
(small laughter from them both)
Spike, I was wondering, How long did you love me? From what I understand it's been for at least a few years." She asked. Rarity slid over to spike, placing her head atop his chest.
"It was when I first saw you," he said bluntly.
(Pfff, hahaha)
"Don't be silly Spike. You couldn't have-"
Spike quickly sat up on the bed, causing Rarity to fall atop the pillows. He turned over to look at Rarity, grabbed her by her arms, and gently sat her upright. He drew her in and held her tightly.
"It's true. I wasn't trying to be funny or anything. I loved you the very moment I saw you. I wanted to be with you from that very moment." He said.
"You-you really mean it. You loved me for that long." Rarity said, starting to sniffle.
"Please don't cry. After all, it's not very "ladylike" of you. Plus, I hate seeing you cry." he said trying to comfort her. Out of nowhere, Rarity leaned in and kissed Spike. Spike closed his eyes and kissed back. This tender moment lasted a few seconds before Rarity pulled back.
"You truly are the greatest gentledrake anyone could ask for. I'm so happy that you're in my life. I hope that continues to stay true after tonight. If y-you would h-have me as your of course?" She asked of him. Spike nearly laughed it off and smiled at her.
Didn't I tell you earlier, "You and your cunt belong to me now! Nobody else is allowed to even touch you". He told her. Spike cuddled into Rarity's boobs, running his tongue up and down her chest. She moaned out as he did so. He stopped and looked up at her, his eyes filled to the brim with love and passion for her. She wiped her face and planted one final kiss on his lips. As they made out, tiredness took control of them as they passed out on top of spikes bed, still covered in their own fluids.
In the morning
"OK girls. We practiced all night on how to best apologize to spike." Twilight said. She and the rest of the girls stayed up late last night talking about how they can make it up to spike. Pinkie and Applejack made breakfast for him. Fluttershy and Twilight wrote an apology poem & Rainbow bought tickets to a power pony movie playing in Canterlot.
"I wish rarity was here. She probably doesn't even know what happen last night." Fluttershy said.
"You mean the da part where spike gave us THE most intimidating death stare or where Celestia reprimanded us for 2 hours for getting caught on camera for spying on him," AJ said.
"I'm still trying to find out how we got caught. We were careful." Rainbow questioned.
"Well, we are pretty famous. Maybe it was some crazy fan wanting to record us." Pinkie said.
"Girls, Focus. It doesn't matter now. We all came here for the same reason." Said as they arrived at the door. All right girls. Here goes nothing." They said walking to spike's room.
In Spikes Room
Spike slowly woke up after his and rarity's last night's love confession/making session. As he came to, the sounds of running water filled his ears. He walked over to his bathroom and saw rarity washing, with the door open. She looked over at spike, blushing lightly.
"Good morning darling," She said cheerfully.
"I hope you slept well, I know I did." She said with satisfaction in her voice. Spike grinned and walked into the bathroom with her. Closing the door, leaving it slightly cracked.
"I was planning on cleaning up here and maybe you and I could catch breakfast at a local cafe in the city." She said.
"I like the sound of that. Mind if I join you. I kinda wanna-"
"Have a squeal to last night." She said cutting him off.
"I was gonna say "get clean too", But I would be opposed to continuing," He said stepping into the shower.
Rarity uses her body as a sponge to gather the fizz and bubbles on her body, coating Spike in them from head to toe as best as she could. She used this chance to feel upon spikes body again, touching every muscle she could. She felt along the lines of his wings and squeezed at his biceps. She bent down behind spike and started to wash his ass. She loved how firm yet bouncy his ass was. Then, an idea came to mind. She spread his cheeks apart, revealing spikes untouched virgin ass, startling Spike.
"UGH, Rarity. N-Not that I'm worried or anything but, what are you doing." He said looking back at her.
"Tell me, Spike, Did Gilda ever do anything with you back here?" She asked while groping at his ass.
"No, huh. She was more interested in the front part of me," he said. Rarity smiled.
"Well then, looks like I do get to take something from you after all." She said.
"WHAT?" he said. Before he could protest, Rarity stuck her tongue in with full force. Spike, falling victim to this new sensation, placed his hand on the shower walls. Rarity let her tongue explore spike, Enjoying the new experience and tastes she gets to enjoy with her lover.
"Ehh, ughhh, F-F-F-Fuck, this...feel...good. Like...Really good." He admitted. Embarrassed, he covered his face with his hand and leaned on the shower wall. Growing to like this new feeling, he reached over and placed his hand on rarity's head, forcing her tongue in more.
"FUCK Rarity, get your tongue in there. YAH, Ahh, This feels so good." Spike moaned out. Rarity loving the sound that he was making came up with a new idea. She reached around and grabbed spikes cock, making the dragon growl in delight. She intensified her licking and started jerking spikes member.
"I-I'm gonna cum." He shouted, Rarity sped up-
With the Girls
"All right girls Here goes nothing," she said.
"Spike, Can we talk. We want to apologize-"
She reached for the door, to her avail. It was unlocked. She opened the door and peeked in to find no one.
They walked in and saw the bathroom light on.
"Spike. We're so sorry for spying on you. We never-AHO MY DEAR CELESTIA. She shouted.
All the girls gasped in shock as the sight of rarity having her mouth pressed against spikes ass with spike's hand force-feeding her glued into her eyes. They all stared at each other with heavy amounts of blush.
Fluttershy passed out. Pinkie caught her, her eyes never leaving the sight in front of her.
(Nervous laughter)
"UHH, Hi girls". I'm gonna go on a whim here...and guess you all need an explanation.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's Note
We did it. I'm so happy I got it finished. I hope u enjoyed it. As for the present that the girls got him, that's going to be for another story. It's going to be a short one, but I like the idea of keeping it more paced on the next one. I kinda got a little lost in writing on this one, so for the next story, I'm gonna take my time making it.
