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Anon yawned between bites of his buttered bagel. It was a pretty boring breakfast, but then again, breakfast was always a boring meal. The only one in the day he always made while half asleep. Lunch was the meal he always rushed through while dinner was the meal he could put time and thought into perfecting. That left breakfast as the boring one. No rush, but also no mental power to make it good. Anon took another bite of his bagel while humming at his meandering thoughts. Then his attention was pulled towards the doorway where the clopping of large hooves was slowly drawing near. A moment later Milky Way, his roommate and boss, staggered into the room.

Milky Way was an earth mare with cream colored fur and a mane of two blue shades, one dark and one light. She also had a few freckles on her muzzle and the brightest green eyes the man had ever seen. And, like the rest of the ponies in Equestria, she was the size of an elephant compared to Anon.

The huge equine sleepily dragged her hooves across the floor towards the fridge and threw open the door with practiced ease. She roughly grabbed a glass pitcher filled with orange juice then waddled to the counter and quickly poured herself a drink. Anon was polite and kept his eyes off her while she started her own day several minutes behind him.

"Good morning Milky," he greeted politely.

"Hmm, mornin' Anon," she mumbled after downing her juice. Then she groaned. "Oof, I'm sore."

"Already? You haven't even eaten yet," Anon said with a hint of concern.

The large mare glanced at the man apologetically. "I'm sorry, but I feel full to bursting. Could you milk me early today?"

Anon hastily swallowed the last of his bagel. "We'll probably have to empty them an extra time today then."

She cringed. "I can't help it," she whined.

Anon rolled his eyes. "I'm not blaming you or really complaining. I'm just..." he shrugged. "Head for the station. I need to wash my hands."

Milky sighed. "Thanks Anon, you're the best."

A few minutes later saw the large mare standing anxiously in the middle of a back room filled with metal tanks. Milky fidgeted as Anon entered through a door sized for a pony. However, the man would have to keep her waiting for a little bit longer. The practiced hand stepped over to one of the walls where he retrieved a wooden stool and one of the many iron buckets that were neatly stacked beside it. He approached the equine and set his work stool by one of her legs and his bucket beneath one of the mare's enormous drooping breasts, a feature seemingly unique to her.

Anon grunted as he took a seat, rubbed his hands to warm them up a bit, then looked towards Milky's head. "Ready?" he asked.

"Mhm," she hummed, fidgeting again.

So Anon gently pinched one of the mare's engorged teats and began to rhythmically tug. In moments the bucket began to fill with milk while the pony sighed with relief. When the bucket filled Anon set it off to the side to be processed later and quickly grabbed a new one. Milky's comfort came first so he continued diligently milking her until she was drained.

She had specifically hired him to replace the mechanical pumps after all. She described them as being "too aggressive" and his hands as being much more comfortable. Milking her by hand was definitely awkward though, so he kept it strictly professional. No jokes or quips were allowed while he was on the job. For her sake of course. He didn't want to embarrass her.

Author's Note

I don't have any deep insight to offer for this one, but I did have an amusing side adventure because of it.

Before I wrote this flash fic I needed to look up a reference image of Milky Way so that I could describe her color scheme accurately. So I went to Derpibooru and just typed "Milky Way" into the search. And... all I got were images of some random gray pegasus OC. Like, "who the FUCK are you? Where's the milk mare with the giant titties!?" I spent a few minutes trying to sort through that mystery. I couldn't believe that no one had ever submitted an image of Milky Way to Derpibooru. There was no way. I checked my search filters, I tried messing with my capitalization, I wondered if I was crazy and the milk mare's name never actually was Milky Way.

Then the mystery was solved. I had typed "Milky Way" into search and got nothing. But proper syntax on Derpibooru meant I had to type "oc:milky way" THEN many pages of her popped up. Crisis averted everybody. And good job bronies. You managed to tag EVERY single image of Milky Way correctly, using "oc:milky way".