Why did you really break up with timber?” sunset asked, her voice low and shaky. Refusing to look at her because she knew the answer, and it scared her.

She didn’t know why.

Twilight turned towards the girl sitting beside her. It was a humid day, slightly overcast too. Yet, the sun still peaked out of the clouds, just enough to illuminate the ground beneath them.

She took a deep breath and looked down, “You know why.”

She did.

Sunset shook her head, “I need to hear you say it.”

Twilight stayed silent for a minute. She’d never told anyone that she’d had feelings for them. It never seemed like something she had planned to do, and she planned a lot of things. Not that any of that mattered anymore, she was different now.

“Because of you.” She said quickly. Leaning back on her arms to hold her up, she turned to face Sunset who sat beside her, “You know it’s ‘cause I love you.”

Sunset didn’t move and didn’t look at her, she simply nodded.

“Do you not feel the same?”

“NO!” Sunset flinched at the volume of her voice, “Sorry, sorry.. I mean..” She finally looked at Twilight. She sat cross cross on the concrete as the small patch of sunlight shined directly down on her. Sunset inhaled sharply, thinking about how she just wanted drown in her light forever.

“I do. So much so..so much that I don’t understand it myself sometimes.” She breathed out.

Twilight couldn’t help but smile. She just couldn’t help it. It was the kind of smile that makes you feel like the sun, like you can’t get any higher.

Sunset scooted closer to Twilight and sighed, “You know I love you…but”

“but?”

“Not even ‘but’.. it’s just that I’ve loved you for so long but I never thought we’d be here right now, like this,” She let out a strained laugh, “The universe has never liked me much. I think that’s fair, I haven’t done it much good,”

She didn’t miss the face Twilight made, and how she rejected that thought so quick. She thought about how terrible it was, that so many people in the world would never get to meet Twilight Sparkle. The girl that would be on her side no matter what. She felt selfishly happy that it was just her.

“I never in a million years, or worlds, imagined I’d ever be here. I’ve thought about going back to Equestria, I’ve thought about leaving you all alone. And I know, I know better now, but still..”

She felt Twilight’s hand on hers, bringing her gaze up to meet her velvet eyes, “I get it. I do. You know I need to tell you that even if for whatever reason you think the universe doesn’t like you, we all do..I do.”

Sunset Shimmer was an idiot, or at least she was smiling like one. No one had ever loved her in the way Twilight Sparkle had, she felt her heart want to burst. She wanted to let go of everything from before and start over right then and now, but she knew it wouldn’t be that easy.

“I love you so much, Twilight. In ways even I don’t fully understand.” She breathed, face even closer to hers now.

They shifted so that Twilight could lean her head on Sunset’s shoulder as they stared out to the slowly fading sunlight.

“It’s not time yet, and that’s okay.” Twilight said, “I’m here to stay, Sunset, one way or another. We have all the time in the world.”

Sunset sighed contently and kissed the top of Twilight’s head, “In any world.”

Author's Note

I wrote this maybe a year ago and posted it on ao3 cuz I couldn't work my fimfiction :') Finally here yay!!