Author's Note

Merry Christmas everybody

Interrupted Cuddle Time (Edited by SH32)

With the gentle sound of breathing coming from both his sides, the mayor of Canterlot slowly opened his eyes and subsequently smiled, tightening the hug his mares were giving him. It reminded him that this situation wasn't a dream and at the moment he was lying in bed completely spent and naked with the princesses of Equestria, or rather the royal sisters of Equestria and the future ruler of a brand new nation call New Harmonious. A notion that took him by surprise, knowing it to be real would be hard to believe if he wasn’t currently living it.

The princesses of Equestria. No, the royal sisters of Equestria... He took a glance at the sleeping image of a content Celestia peacefully resting over his shoulder with a serene smile, some bed hair, and some small drops of sweat on her forehead glittering under the morning sunshine. Before turning around and seeing Luna hugging tight to his arm, giving him a pleasant sensation of her voluptuous boobs while Twilight rested on his stomach. Both in a similar position to Celestia and with Twilight even drooling a little.

...and the future ruler of New Harmonious. God if this turns out to be a dream, I pray it never ends. He chuckled quietly, though it seemed his efforts were in vain as the three mares stirred in their sleep before slowly waking up, each smiling once they got their eyes on the human they were cuddling with.

"Good morning, my sleeping beauties. Did you three sleep well?"

Giggling they took turns to each give him a quick peck on the lips before snuggling closer, using their wings to tighten the embrace a little more.

"Heavenly dear." Luna was the first to reply as she closed her eyes with a content sigh and a whiff of his arm.

"As I have never done before." Twilight continued kissing his chest, "Last night was really something I have never experienced before, and by Celestia, I hope it never ends."

"I hope you are ready to take responsibility mister." Celestia said with a stern voice, catching the mayor by surprise. He began to relax once he saw her smirking at him and swiftly she stole another kiss before starting to spoon him. "I don't think I would ever be able to sleep peacefully unless a certain human lay next to me. I’m going to have to give you the title of royal bed from now on."

He couldn’t help but laugh. "I don't think Canterlot would take me seriously if their mayor has the title of 'Royal Bed' Celly."

"No, they would die of envy knowing what that title entails." She replied. Mark seemed startled a little upon noticing Celestia rubbing herself against him. "Should we go over your new duties?"

"Come on Tia, give the poor stallion a break! We can fool around later." Luna reproached, "We are not even in heat anymore."

"Oh hush Lulu, it’s not my fault you can't tell when your sister is in love."

"Come on girls, no fighting in bed." Mark took glances at each of them, "I love you all the same. And hey, we can go over that later Tia." He shot her a smile. "For now, I only want to cuddle with my marefriends."

"Marefriends?" They all asked at the same time, smirking as they sat up straight to lock eyes with the reclined human.

"S-Sorry, too soon?"

They all exchange glances before bursting into laughter as they took their spots once more. "We are only messing with you dear." Celestia replied as she calmed him down.

"Indeed just a little jest, of course we will use the label!"

"To be fair, I think we’re past the "Moving too fast" part of the deal. " Twilight said, giving him a deadpan stare as she raised her torso a little to remind him that they were all still pretty much naked. "Using the titles seems like a must at this point."

"Right, sorry I suppose I'm still kind of nervous about this whole ordeal."

"It’s ok Mark, I am too." Twilight rubbed her head on his shoulder, nuzzling him softly. "But we can figure this thing out together." The others nodded in agreement, and sighed happily as they cuddled together, just enjoying each other's company.

Their peace unfortunately, was short-lived. They all looked to the door as they heard a knock, followed by the voice of the last pony they wanted to see right now.

"Aunty!? It's Cadence, are you ok?" Immediately all their eyes shot open. They looked at each other and then back at the door before realizing the state they were all in. Not to mention the heavy scent of musk permeating the area. "There is something I wanted to talk about with you but when I asked a guard, they told me you haven't left your room yet, and that you canceled your first five appointments of the morning, is everything alright?"

The princess immediately burst out of bed and tried to tidy up the place as fast and as quietly as possible. "Y...yeah! Everything is alright dear, just...just…" Celestia tried to come up with something as the others looked at her in expectation. The she came up with an idea, and she let out a sigh in sorrow, "It's just that this last heat hit me a bit harder than expected and I needed a bit more time to prepare for the day."

She gave the others a thumbs up that made them relax a bit. "Just a moment, I will be right there."

"Oh! I get it now. So sorry aunty, take your time." Cadence replies in her usual cheerful tune as they finished attempting to clean the place. Mark tried to help only to discover his arms were now asleep and without any support he fell out of bed with a loud thud.

"What was that?" Cadence asked as the princess began to panic. Twilight helped him stand up as he held in a yelp from the pain.

"My arms... are asleep!" He managed to whisper as the royals looked at him in concern.

"Ah just a coffee table, I stumbled by accident." Celestia answered.

"Oh no, are you ok? I’m coming in." Their panic grew as they saw the door knob starting to move and taking glances, Celestia put on a bathrobe and approached the others before kissing Mark.

"I'm sorry." She whispered before retreating and wrapping her arms around herself.

"What?"

That is all Mark could say before Celestia shoved all of them into her bathroom, Luna and Twilight having to hold his mouth to muffle the scream of pain from his arms once again recovering sensation.

Luckily Cadence didn't see that. Celestia made sure everything was hidden and finally turned to face the door as Cadence stepped in to see her aunt wearing a robe.

"Hi Cadence, it has been a while." Celestia said, trying to remove the tension using her traditional smile. She was doing her best not to look or seem suspicious at all, much to Cadence's amusement who immediately start to sniff the place. She then began to stare at Celestia with a critical eye, making the princess giggle nervously as a drop of sweat dripped down her brow.

While Celestia was busy sweating, Luna tried to help Mark regain the sensation in his arms slowly while Twilight placed her head against the door as she tried to hear their conversation.

"There you go, slowly, slowly. Feeling better?" Luna asked, moving Mark's fingers slowly as he opened and closed his eyes, gradually gaining speed.

"Yeah, it doesn't hurt as much."

"Auntie, I'm not a little filly anymore. I know exactly what happened here." Cadence’s voice made them all pause and subsequently join Twilight in listening in.

"Whatever do you mean dear?" Celestia replied, claiming ignorance as she did not want to give any more clues to her niece.

With a disappointed sigh, Cadence could only shake her head. "You’re going to make me say it are you? Fine if that's what you want I will." She looked at her with a stern gaze, "You had another relapse and took another masturbation marathon, did’nt you?" She demanded, crossing her arms with a raised eyebrow.

The reaction was immediate as Celestia turned red, and her companions in the bathroom were left slack jawed.

"W-WHAT?! No, I...What?"

"Oh quit the act aunty! You do this every year right after heat. You feel hollow for not having a partner, try to fill the gap with cake, and then shut yourself away from the world for days with your fingers as your only company!" She looked around and sighed in relief. "Well at least there is no cake this time, so that’s progress."

"Cadence you couldn't possibly..." She paused as she thought about it, "... be more right. I have a problem." Celestia admitted as she looked down in shame. It especially felt embarrassing considering the others were more than likely listening.

"What is she doing?" Twilight asked.

"Dodging an arrow, that is what" Luna answered, "You know how Cadence can be, I love my niece but she is our biggest obstacle if we intend to keep our secret. She is a firm believer that loves should never be kept hidden."

"Not to mention how relentless she can get." Mark added with some irritation, earning a curious glance from the two princesses. He dismissed their looks however, "I didn't part on the best of terms when visiting her. She tried to make me a project and I got mad. I’ll explain later."

They still had questions but stopped so they could keep listening to the conversation.

With sorrow Cadence made her way to Celestia. "Auntie this, this right here is why I have been so adamant for you to start dating again."

"And once more, while I appreciate your concerns. My love life is of no concern of yours Niece" Celestia admonished.

"Auntie, you are sleeping on your own musk for ponies sake!" Cadence pressed on, "This is no way of living. Your hand and pastries will not fill that hole in your heart! And you know it. Please Auntie I'm on my knees here. It’s destroying me seeing you suffer for no reason. I know how hard it was when Sombra turned into a dictator."

"I'm sorry what? Did she date...?" Mark started to ask, but Luna shook her head.

"Long story."

"Or how Eris made you feel when she told you how she didn't find you attractive."

"Oh wow, that...that probably was before she knew about being asexual." Twilight mentioned.

"And I'm not even going to touch the fiasco you and Aunt Luna went through when you tried your luck with Tirek."

With wide eyes, Mark and Twilight slowly turn to Luna who only smiled nervously at them.

"Ok I get it, Niece, I had a streak of bad choices, no need to go rubbing in."

"It's more than a streak Aunty, it's a pattern! You have an issue and that is that you have a weakness for the "bad boys". Bad creatures in general actually. Tell me one single relationship you ever had where your partner has transformed into or was already an evil individual."

Celestia could only remain silent and look away in what Cadence assumed was shame, but what she didn't see was the smile forming on her lips as she looked at the bathroom door.

"That is what I thought. Auntie every year we go through the same thing. I offer to hook you up with someone nice, you say you would think about it, and nothing changes. So I am done waiting. I had been more than patient and you haven't even tried dating since the old gods know how long!"

"Cadence please, let's be rational here." Celestia tried to calm her down a little.

"Then show me why I shouldn't, give one good reason, NOT an excuse. A legitimate and rational reason why I shouldn't step in when you are living among your own musk, fighting a losing battle against loneliness! And don't you dare say something like "must keep my image" and "Our subjects needs to see us as pure" or some other bullshit like that"

"Language!"

"I'm sorry Aunty but it's true and you know it, and to keep saying otherwise would be an insult to me, Shining, and Flurry so don't you dare hide behind that idea." Cadence warned as she gave her a stern glare.

Without many options, Celestia could only sigh in defeat, "Will it ease your mind if I tried once?"

Her demeanor changed to a more relaxing one as Mark sat behind the door, surprised.

No, no Celly please don't do it...

"That's all I ask."

"Fair enough ONE chance. After that, you would have to promise you will stop meddling in my romantic life."

Cadence couldn't help but giggle and jump in happiness. "I knew I could get to you! Seriously thank you, Auntie, thank you, thank you! Oh! Could you talk with Aunt Luna too? I have been dying to help her date too. Twilight as well, I think it is time for her to move on."

"I will chat with them." Celestia only nodded briefly.

The surprise in Mark kept building as he turned to Luna and Twilight who shook their heads.

"Please, think about it, that could be the perfect cover." Luna reasoned.

"Yeah, this way we can get Cadence off our backs." Twilight added.

Mark remained tense for a moment before sighing in defeat. "I suppose since we can't technically say we are dating...plus I would be hypocrite since I'm dating three mares.d"

Luna smiled and kissed his cheek. "Don't worry my love, yours is the only company I wish to warm my bed."

"Same." Twilight hugged his other side. "Besides it’s just one date, one dinner, one walk in the park, and one goodbye. We will not even kiss them. And once we are done, we are all yours again." Her gaze turns more seductive, and the same could be said for Luna. "And we will not mind reminding you how much we love you."

That helped him calm down as they kept listening.

"So, was this the reason for your visit?" Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow, "To see if I had someone with me and scowl at me when I didn't?"

"What? Oh! Thanks for reminding me! No this was just an added subject to discuss." She dismissed her with a wave of her hand, "I wanted to also say hi of course, but in reality, I was looking for Mark."

Now everyone present was shocked to hear this and all attended began listening closely. "Really? And why is that?" Celestia remained calm as Cadence smirked.

"I heard what happen to Snake Eye and how he faced heat weak in here." She started to rub her hands together. "I want to see if he is ok...and maybe see if the whole ordeal helped him find that special lady. If you catch my drift."

"Cadence we both know that everything that went on that week was induced by our biology clouding our minds and nothing more."

"Oh Aunty, so wise yet so naïve. He is my latest project, and I have been working on his case for years now. And after putting him on the list of more eligible bachelors, I'm sure more than one mare would like to start a relationship."

"Wait, that was your doing?"

Cadence nodded in pride as Mark clenched his fists

That little vixen. Even now she keeps trying to turn me into a project?!

"So, what do you say Auntie? Want to come and see if the mayor found a 'candidate' so to speak?" She asked with an eager smirk, causing Celestia to fake a chuckle.

"Well that certainly would be quite the image, just give me a moment to change really quick, ok? Mark is still my employee. I don't think he would like to see me in a bathrobe."

"Wouldn’t be so sure about that, but sure I can wait." Cadence sat on a nearby couch as Celestia entered the bathroom, her eyes wandering the place until they landed on a riding crop sticking out of her nightstand.

Oh dear stars, she is even self-spanking herself for pleasure now? Oh Auntie you need to get laid A.S.A.P! Cadence shook her head in disappointment.

At the same time in the bathroom, the group tried to come up with a plan.

"What do we do? I can't open the door smelling like this. And even less smelling like spaghetti." Mark commented.

"Don't worry we have time, I can stall for time while you clean yourself." Celestia calmed his nerves while opening the faucet of her shower to drown their voices. "She thinks I'm cleaning myself, and there is a spell to speed things up."

Disrobing, they entered the tub and washed quickly. "I will teleport you out of here. Luna and Twilight, you can teleport yourselves to your rooms."

"Right." They both nodded as Celestia prepared her spell.

"And go to sleep already Luna" Mark added, "It's too late in the morning and I’ll bet you’re just about ready to drop any second now."

His concern warmed Luna's heart as she hugged him. "Will do my love, thanks."

He then pointed at Celestia, "And we will discuss this blind date deal later." He promised, making her gulp a little before teleporting everyone away with a sigh.

And this day started so well. With nothing else to do, Celestia started working on stockpiling two spells to clean and dry herself in order to keep her appearance so she could quickly get herself presentable once more.