Blueberry POV

Zitrus and I spent a long time just kissing and being in each other's embrace. Or better, I was in his, since my whole body soon was not able to follow any of my commands. Instead, I kind of melted in Zitrus’ front legs. and with each kiss I just melted more. But he held me close and did not dare to let me fall on the ground, no matter if I was a half-head taller alicorn.

I don’t know how much time we spent like that. Time didn't exist for me anymore. I can only tell that in the end I found myself, half laying on the ground, snuggling on Zitrus’ chest while he moved his hoof through my long mane. I had my eyes closed while I felt his heartbeat.

“We should go back to our tent”, Zitrus then whispered to me.

I did not want to give up this perfect moment, but I knew he was right. The nights were still too cold to spend outside.

We both stood up, and I leaned on Zitrus. I was still too love-drunk to walk straight. We did not share a word on the way back. There was no need for it.

When we reached our camp, Crystal and Savage were nowhere to be seen. Most likely, they were sleeping in their tent. Or maybe in their tent and doing the opposite of sleeping since I now knew what they sometimes did…

As such thoughts went through my head, it triggered the words from Crystal. That I should be the one who has the first night with Zitrus. And by night, she meant sex.

I became nervous. Zitrus opened the tarpaulin to our own tent and held it open for me. I hesitated for a short moment, but then entered. Zitrus followed…

I had never slept with any pony before, not even while being with the Goddess. I was there, a lonely working alicorn who barely met any sisters. I was completely untouched in the intimate area…

“Alright let’s get-“

“Pleasebegentle!”, I squeaked.

I didn’t want to say it but it just slipped out, which only made me blush more. I normally was such a calm pony that barely showed any emotions but now I gave away that I have zero experience about sex…

“What?”, Zitrus said confused.

He stepped next to me and laid a hoof on my shoulders.

“Blueberry, we don’t have to sleep together if you don’t want to.”

I looked at Zitrus and saw him smiling calmly at me. I was able to gather some of my nerves.

“But we are supposed to. I waited so long. We both waited so long. We know each other’s for longer than half a year now while spending the whole day together. And isn’t this what two ponies is expected two ponies in love would do?”, I asked him.

Zitrus nuzzled my neck, and a shudder went through my body.

“We don’t have to do anything if you don’t feel ready for it. If we've waited so long, then we can surely wait a little bit more. Love is not dependent on sex”, Zitrus explained to me. He then looked at me directly, and I could easily lose myself in his eyes.

“It was such a beautiful night. Let's not force anything. We can leave it for now and see where it goes”, he offered.

“I would like that”, I said.

Zitrus placed his right hoof on my cheek and we both shared a sweet kiss.

The next day, in the early afternoon, we arrived at our destination. The Undiscovered West had not been as heavily affected by the bombs. The chances of finding mutations or irradiated places were lower. There were even some places that still had edible grass, although they were rare.

Greengrass was a larger village built right next to one of these edible grass patches, which was why they named the village Greengrass. After the great war, some ponies had escaped to this place in the hope of finding food, and when they did, they claimed it as their own. Over the years, the village had grown and now housed many wastelanders, but they still protected their grass fields like gold.

Fortunately, we were not here for the grass. Instead, Zitrus talked to a unicorn pony stallion about the mail he had received from Haykjavik. The stallion had brown fur, a short black mane, and wore an old blue postal hat. He was responsible for all kinds of mail in this village and owned the post office, although calling it a post office might be a bit of an exaggeration. It looked more like a stand with "POST" written on it. Nevertheless, this was the place where we had to deliver the letters.

Greengrass residents were very skeptical of alicorns, but they did not attack us. Still, I didn't like the way they stared at us, hid, or acted tense around us. That's why my sisters and I stood in the background with my invisibility spell on us. Zitrus was dealing with the post stallion while I played with one of my arrows and reflected on the previous night.

No, Zitrus and I had not slept together. After our long and affectionate kiss, we had simply laid down and fallen asleep. When I woke up, I found myself wrapped in Zitrus' front and back legs as the little spoon. (Ironically, he was half a head smaller than me.)

I hadn't felt the need to wake him up, so I had stayed in that position and enjoyed it. Maybe it wasn't what others might have expected, but it was enough for us. Zitrus had been right; there was no need to rush things, and I was thankful that he hadn't pushed me. However, there was still a part of me that wanted to take that next step. Maybe next time?

“What do you mean? In Haykjavik, they promised me payment.”

Zitrus' words got me out of my thoughts.

"Sorry, lad, but that was never mentioned to me", the post stallion replied.

"Yes, it was! Haykjavik has an agreement with Greengrass that couriers get their payment from the place of delivery", Zitrus insisted, his voice a bit louder now.

"Well, I guess they tricked you", the stallion answered.

"I doubt it. I wouldn't carry a bag of papers for multiple days through the wasteland without making sure that the deal I made was watertight."

I didn't like where this was going. This stallion was messing with Zitrus. My alarm senses were tingling.

"It doesn't matter anyway. You delivered the letters. The ponies of Greengrass thank you for your service", the post pony said dismissively and started acting as if Zitrus didn't exist.

"Thanks alone don't pay the bills, you greedy bastard! I helped you, so pay for the honest work I did!"

Zitrus was seething, and so was I. Still invisible, I stood up and made my way to the stand.

Wait for us, sister. Don't hog all the fun for yourself, I heard Crystal say in my mind.

True, there were hoofsteps from two other ponies behind me.

"Look at me when I talk to you!", Zitrus yelled at the stallion, who was still half ignoring him.

"Pal, I don't know what you-", The post pony's voice trailed off when he looked in Zitrus's direction again and saw a tall green alicorn approaching.

"Is there a problem, sweetie?", Crystal said with an innocent smile and gave Zitrus's ear a lick.

Zitrus, who had his back turned to Crystal, was taken aback but soon relaxed and gave my green sister a thankful smile. The stallion, on the other hoof, was frozen in shock, especially when a second alicorn appeared out of nowhere.

I placed my wing protectively on Zitrus's back and shot the brown-coated pony a look that was half neutral, half angry. To complete the scene, I dropped the invisibility spell on Savage last.

"Boo!", Savage, who was just behind the stallion, added for dramatic effect, wearing an evil smirk that could freeze blood.

"AAAAH!" the stallion screamed, and it looked like his black mane turned white.

"Oh, we're sorry if we scared you. We were just here to make sure our dear stallion gets his reward", Crystal said with a polite voice that left no doubt of her sarcasm.

The post pony cowered behind his stand and whimpered. At first, I thought we had broken him and he was now frozen in fear. But then, a bag filled with bottle caps landed on the counter.

"Thanks a lot, PAL", Zitrus said, emphasizing the word "pal."

With that, the four of us left the stand, leaving the "poor" stallion in a state of shock.

Author's Note

Like always, a huge thank for everyone helping me on the story.
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Also, check out the story of a friend of mine who helps me a lot with my own story. Without such friend my story would not have such big vocabulary instead a lot more typos. With means if that friend now writes an own story, I am sure it has huge potential.
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/537942/a-dance-of-black-and-white