The next day

Princess Celestia was still struggling to keep the human out of her head. Especially when her niece, Princess Cadence, tried to get some information from her last night. She expected her to not let go, but after some time she just gave up. Cadence thought that she heard her aunt say love, and that would be an excellent opportunity for her. She thinks that Celestia needs to find a partner to spend life with, but she never tried to push this idea further. She clearly must have misheard, but she will keep an ‘eye’ on her dear aunt.

Celestia on the other ‘hand’ is not sure if this encounter is something to even be considered an affection of any kind. She knows that engaging in any form of relationship is not a good idea as a Princess, it would split her life and create new problems that she does not have time solve. This... Humans. It is just an interesting creature that sparked her interest that day. Nothing more. Right?

Still, she clearly can’t help but to think about Anonymous. Today, she listens to ponies who wish to speak to her, twice a week she does that. And today they are making a fuss about farmers and the taxes. They do that pretty often.

“And that’s why your majesty. I want to propose the cancellation of the 5th tax. It would be very lucrative to apply this to all of Equestria cities.” Said one of the nobles. The rest of them simply nodded in agreement.

“Dear count Greenpeace. If you would like to submit any tax changes. Please go to the General Tax Management Ministry.” Celestia said, trying not to sound dull.

“I had been there already, and they rejected my application three times already, your majesty. I know you can see the potential of this. Please help me, help Equestria.” Greenpeace said they were a bit annoyed.

“Princess Celestia does not have the right to make any changes to the tax without the approval of GTMM. This means that she can’t do anything for you in that matter.” Celestia advisor, Raven Inkwell, said.

She would usually let Celestia state her opinion on that. But Raven has this amazing gift of understanding the Princess. And today, Celestia's head is not in the game. When this happens, Raven tries to end the conversation as soon as possible. To not get Princess a headache and to keep her attention on more important staff.

“That’s right. Thank you, Raven.” Celestia replied.

“I-But... I mean... Of course. Thank you for your time, Your Majesty.” Stallion said, a bit angry, after which he left the room and everyone else followed.

After everyone had left, Raven spoke again, this time to the princess herself.

“Would you like to take the rest of the day off, Princess? I see something that troubles you.” Raven said, concerned.

“No, we don’t have time to do that, Raven. Thank you, but I will be fine.” Celestia answered to the white mare.

“We don’t have much to do today. The only thing that’s left is the paperwork. And I can sort out the most significant ones to be filled out today. The rest we will leave for tomorrow.” She suggested.

“I’m happy that you value my health so much, Raven. But that won’t be necessary. I’m not sick or anything. I can just stop thinking about something.” Celestia answered again.

“As always, I’m all ears, Your Majesty.” Raven replied.

“That’s something I need to figure out myself, thank you. I will let you know if there’s anything you can do.” Celestia explained.

Raven simply nodded and went back to sorting the paperwork.

The rest of the day was, to be put lightly, boring. Nothing interesting. Day, like every day. After Celestia finished the last paperwork she had, she went straight to her chambers. Now she has one hour before she goes to sleep. Then tomorrow, she would do the same thing. And the day after...

‘This is tiring after so many years...’ she thought.

First she needs a good shower. Then she will think about anything else.

She proceeded to take off her regalia with magic, then she stepped into the bathroom. The large room had a big shower connected to the ceiling and was filled with skin care and mane keep products. The shower cabin had two temperature control knobs. She gently steered one 70 degrees and hopped into the cabin itself. The warm water immediately started to care for her skin and fur, while she started to scrub herself with the brush using magic.

Usually she starts with her wings, they are pretty sensitive and require a lot of attention, but today she thought she will start with her hooves. She could really use a massage... Her regalia is very heavy and wearing it all day is tiring for her hooves and back. After she finished brushing her hooves, she started to brush her back. Then she changed direction to her cutie marks.

This area is sensitive as well. One thought has appeared in Celestia’s mind...

But why, after so many years, she would feel an urge to do ‘this’? True, that’s nothing to be ashamed of, and she's done that like thousands of times already. But this time it feels... Wrong.

‘Why? Why does it feel wrong? This is not making any sense’ She thought.

She keeps changing, this weird feeling is something that keeps bugging her, making her space out. Why does this seem like a romantic novel? She shouldn’t do it. This feels wrong.

...

But then again...

The very next day

The clock on the bedside started to buzz. As it would every day. Celestia stopped the buzzing by touching the clock with her magic. It’s 5:30 AM, and she needs to get up and lift the sun. She wished that there would be a force of some kind that would do that automatically. But there wasn’t...

She got up, her eyes still closed, she started to work her way out of her room to the large balcony. There she stopped and finally opened her eyes. It was dark, but the moon was already down. Luna has lowered it already.

Now it is time for her to do her part. She started to pull the sun, higher and higher until it rose behind the mountains. She loves watching the sunrise. But she loves staying in bed even more. Unfortunately, there’s no time for that now. She needs to get ready for breakfast and the morning routine...

She came back to her room. Went to the bathroom and started to prepare herself for the day. She arranged her mane, polished her hooves and put on regalia. She made sure to look at the calendar to see if there’s anything important. There wasn’t anything written for the next two weeks.

She signed and left the room. She has begun walking to the dining hall to meet her sister and niece. As she did, she started to realize something. This morning, she has more energy than usual. Most likely because she slept so well and got ‘relaxed’. But something kept bugging her again.

Did she forget about something? There was nothing on the calendar... Well. Most of it was her imagination. Anyway, she made her way into the large dining room, where Luna and Cadence were already present.

And as soon as she entered, she felt that cadence was looking at her. Very aggressively... But kinda happy? She greeted them both and sat down.

“What would you like today, Your Majesty?” A chief stallion asked.

“The usual. Thank you.” She gently smiled as she answered.

“Of course.” Stallion replied and went back to the kitchen.

There was a moment of silence between Luna eating her salad, and Celestia's order arriving. Cadence took that silence as an excuse to start asking questions. And if you know Princess Cadence, you know when it comes down to intimidate questions and privacy, she does not have brakes whatsoever.

“So... Auntie... Who is the lucky stallion?” She said dramatically to the amusement of Luna and Celestia.

At the same time, Luna started to choke on the salad she was eating and Celestia started to freak out.

“What?! What do you mean ‘Who is the lucky stallion?.?!” Celestia began to panic. What is this question?!

“Well... Not to sound creepy Auntie... But I can tell when somepony had sex. You are emitting this aura around you. Now, with whom?! Do I know him?” Cadence started asking with enactment.

“I HAVEN’T SLEPT WITH NO PONY!” She yelled before realizing. “I-I’m sorry, didn’t mean to yell. I haven’t slept with anypony!” She corrected herself.

Luna finally started to breathe again after fighting for her life with a piece of lettuce. She simply stared with concerned expression at the two mares arguing about who had sex with who. Still trying to catch her breath.

“Oh Auntie Celestia... Don’t be like that. I know you have your eye on someone! I know it.” Cadence replied.

“What? Sister, explain yourself.” Luna finally spoke. Her sister knows that being in a relationship currently would not be a wise idea.

Celestia, now highly embarrassed, tried to speak up again, but was stopped by the chief coming back with her food. Large plate of pancakes and butter on top. No one spoke a single word. Celestia simply nodded when he put them down on the table.

“Bon appétit!” Stallion said before coming back to the kitchen. There was silence for at least 10 second before anypony spoke.

“Cadence, I don’t know what you are talking about.” She quietly said, to Cadence amusement.

“You know she won’t back up, right?” Luna answered mixed.

“That’s true, I won’t back up until you tell me what happened!” Cadence replied.

Celestia has two options now, avoid her until her death. Or lie to her. She won’t do either one of those things. Instead, she will play dumb.

“Are you sure, dear Niece? I was so tired last night, I went to bed right away. You can ask the guards if you wish. And you know I don’t engage in relationships, right?” Celestia asked, still embarrassed.

“I really doubt that you would. But I hope so! You are really beautiful. And so is Auntie Luna. You both deserve love! Please, I really-really-really want to know! Who is it?” Cadence pushed again.

While Luna heard that she might be pulled into this conversation, she backed up out of the room quietly. Celestia wanted to do that too, but she still wants to finish her breakfast.

“Cadence. Please... Would you really believe I would engage in any form of relationship without consulting the Princess Of Love? You are important to me. You have always been, but please, don’t make assumptions based on how you view ponies...” Celestia stated, while being this a complete bullshit, she does have a way with words. Hopefully Cadence can buy it...

“I...I... You are right... Sorry Auntie. I guess I got a little too excited that you might have been seeing somepony... But I don’t understand... How could I have been wrong? I still feel this aura around you... Did... Did you.” She stopped for a second. “You know what. Never mind...” She finished, clearly realizing something.

The rest of the breakfast was quiet and embarrassing. But after Celestia finished her meal, the tension in the air dropped. She said goodbye to her Niece and went to the throne room for work.

“You are so stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid!” Cadence quietly said to herself while the room was empty already.

Author's Note

Meme used: Oh great heavens...

Hey, thanks for reading to this point. I have taken some hints and changed the story to this point and onward. Thank you for your contribution.

I also made a decision that I won’t add any clop to the story. For two reasons.

Reason one. I don’t have enough experience with writing erotic scenes.

Reason two. It does not fit inside the story that well. It would be like 20+ more chapters before next clop, and that does not make any sense.

I will most likely create one someday, but currently I will focus on more romance+slice of life. Thanks for understanding.

Edited by: ArcaneDust