Author's Note

Sorry yall it is taking so long, I barely turn on the PC throughout summer.

This one's a bit more like the previous chapters, less lewd, more Suzzane being a goof.

These mysteries of life

After I changed and got rid of the ruined bedsheet, I took Suzzane to the bathroom so we could both have a proper bath; This time together. Both to save time and because it kinda felt appropriate. Now that we were something like,.. partners?

Oh yeah, I quickly found out that I liked to use such terms in my head. With it though, came first worries about our future. I wondered if I’ll be able to keep things between us hidden in front of my parents. If THEY found out… I gulped.

In their eyes, this wouldn’t be okay at all. I was actually quite surprised that I managed to adapt to this new viewpoint myself so easily.

Suzzane didn’t seem to care about such things at all. She almost always lived in the present and her present moments at the moment were full of joy. Thanks to the little rest we took after making love, she was full of energy again and the glee simply dripped from her.

Not the white kind of course, she managed to clean that off before it would start dripping.

On the way to the bathroom, she slightly, but very lively, waved her head to a rhythm I couldn’t hear. I wondered if it was something made up or one of my songs that I played to her in the past. Nonetheless, just watching her carelessness made me want to put away my worries for later.

In the bathroom, I locked the door as usual but this time I was actually going to use the bathtub that we had, instead of just taking a shower in it. It was a special occasion for Suzzane too because she’d never even seen anyone use it that way before.

The mini mare climbed on the ledge with her front hooves and watched the steamy water fill the tub with undisguised interest.

“Wash Soozan?” she pointed her hoof into the water after a minute of pondering.

“Oh yeah, and Anon too.” I chuckled, helping her climb up over the ledge which she was already trying to get over. I followed right after her. It was great that she actually liked water because not many animals do. Then again, she was no animal. She was my girlfriend.

And my girlfriend’s tiny wings flapped in joy when she saw me joining her.

“Anon wash!”

“Yup.” I grinned and splashed some of the slowly rising water at her. That she understood very quickly because she immediately went for a revenge.

“Suzzaan!” She smacked her hoof into the bottom of the tub so hard it splashed on both of us. There wasn’t yet enough of it to make a mess outside of the tub.

“Jeez, calm down!” I laughed, shielding my eyes with one hand while fighting back using the other one. I knew if we carry on like that, soon there will be a lot to clean up for me but I wasn’t really mad at Suzzane.The other way around, I loved seeing her so happy and careless because it was exactly what I needed in my life as well.

I let the outside world bury the part of me that used to be happy with little, but through Suzzane, as if I began digging it up.

Eventually, the situation turned into an intense play-fight in a very narrow space and a puddle began slowly forming under the arena. One moment I tried to blow a raspberry on Suzzane’s belly while she was trying to squirm away and get on top of me. The next second, she was behind me with her teeth softly biting on my ear. In the water, her body was a lot more slippery and harder to keep in place.

After a few minutes of changing positions and a few little victories for each of us, Suzzane ended up laying on her back between my legs; both resting.

“I guess it’s high time we finally began with the actual washing.” I turned off the water which was already so high up that only Suzzane’s head was sticking out.

“Anon Suzzane wash!” she eyed up at me and reached for a soap, only to immediately drop it in the water.

“Oh yes, I’ll wash you good.” I chuckled, trying to fish out the slippery block from the bottom of the tub, somewhere between Suzzane’s legs. When I finally had it in my hand I began rubbing it on her fur. The pony adjusted herself for me to reach easier and eventually stood up as well so I could get to her more intimate parts as well.

I found myself laying on my back with her rump in front of my face once again. However, this time it was merely to clean the mess I made earlier. There wasn’t too much to clean either because most had already washed off so I was done with it before I’d get any ideas.

And honestly, I had enough lewd stuff for the day. I just wanted to enjoy our time together with the knowledge that there’s something more between us. Something amazing and kind of a secret. It felt great.

While scrubbing Suzzane, I mostly managed to soap up myself as well but after I was done washing her, she still insisted it was my turn to get pampered. So, I let her somewhat clumsily trace the soap on my own body, occasionally reaching into the water for the slippery block when she dropped it. I have to admit, it felt kinda nice and definitely “new” to be touched like that on my bare body by someone. The frogs on Suzzane’s hoofs are pretty soft and pleasant overall.

When Suzie got particularly close with her muzzle to my face, I couldn’t help but to give her a short kiss on the mouth because of how sweet she was and partly because I wanted to see how she would react.

I kind of expected her to blush like an anime girl except Suzzane doesn’t blush very often. Simply, because she very rarely feels bashful or coy. So, naturally, it only made her smile, give me back a lick on the face, then slip with one of her hooves and ever so ungracefully fall down straight on my chest, hitting my nose with her head on the way.

“Ow…fucking Christ…” my hand instantly sprang towards my face to check if I wasn’t bleeding while my clumsy gf began picking herself. Luckily, there was no blood and as much as it hurt, it was also funny enough for me to snicker through the pain “Oh, Suzzanne…” I grinned while holding my nose.

“Suuz…” she poked me with her snoot a few times in a very apologising manner.

“That’s okay you blunderbuss.” I chuckled for the last time and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her on myself to forget the pain. “...I think it’s time we finish though, the water will be lukewarm soon. Don’t ya think?”

“Soou…” the mare just laid her head on my chest as if she was so very tired, even partly closing her eyelids before eyeing up on me to see how I'd react to her proposition of staying a bit longer.

“Alright then, we'll have five minutes more.” I laid my head back back as well, just staring into the ceiling and enjoying the water while it was still enjoyable.

However, the beautiful calmness got interrupted in less than two minutes by a knocking on the door. It was my mother who just finished watching TV and she was going to take a shower, then go to sleep. Soon to be followed by my dad.

“I’m having a bath mom! Almost finished though…” I yelled at the door.

“You? Bathing?” My mother sounded a little amused, her good mood probably supported by Friday wine. “Since when?”

“I dunno, I just felt like it.” I shrugged, even though she couldn't see.

“Alright, I’ll come back in five minutes then. Have you seen Suzzane by the way? Your sister was looking for her. It was strange she was gone the whole evening. You did not let her out to chase colts, right?”

“Uhh, no. She’s… She was watching a movie with me. Two of them actually…”

There weren’t any more questions so I used my 5 minute window to get out and dry both of us with a towel as thoroughly as possible. There was no time for a hairdryer for Suzzane which I felt just a little bit bad about because of her wet tail but it was a warm summer night outside. I knew she’d dry easily anyway. Then I threw the towel on the floor to dry it as well and wringed the water back into the tub before leaving the dirty cloth next to a washing machine.

We sneaked out of the bathroom straight back into my room and although I felt a little bit tired while in the water, I felt quite refreshed on the way out. I also knew I should probably wait for Suzzane to dry completely before going to sleep too, so I asked her:

“Ay Suzie, do you want to grab something to eat before we go to sleep?”

“Eat! Suzzane!” she exclaimed. After all, we didn’t eat pretty much anything since lunch that day.

“...I think I did “eat Suzzane” already but I guess you catch my meaning.” I chuckled at her. She might have known the words back then but she completely missed the joke. I didn’t mind.

Since it was settled, we crept out of my room for yet another little adventure, this time a crusade to a fridge for some snacks. I was only in my bathrobe and Suzzane, still a bit wet, was right after me. On the way, we could hear the sounds of my mother showering while my dad was still on the couch in the living room, waiting for her to finish. We had to sneak past him in order to get into the kitchen unseen.

It wouldn’t really be a big deal if he saw us of course. It wasn’t like we were doing anything shameful or wrong at that point but it was fun to pretend we were on a secret, fridge raiding mission.

Once we were in the kitchen, I closed the door behind us and opened the white treasury box.

“Ta-dah!” I whispered a bit too quietly, considering the TV was still on in the other room. “What would you like to have Suzie?” I nudged her closer while grabbing some things for myself. I already had a pack of Lotus biscuits, a pack of eidam and some sauce in my pockets when Suzzane turned around at me with a very specific expression on her face.

“Suzzan?” she asked as if asking: “Me? Really? …Are you sure?”

She wasn’t exactly allowed to rummage through our food. That one time she tried, my dad made sure she’d know not to do that again. So, to make 100% sure that this wasn’t some kind of joke or a test, I had to push her directly in front of the fridge.

“Yes, you Suzie! Come on, pick something you’d like.” I chuckled into her ear from behind and gave her a few encouraging scritches.

The pone cautiously checked whether the door to the living room was still closed and deeming it was, she slowly pulled herself even closer into the light of the fridge. Her dark pupils slightly widened at the sight of all the food but to my surprise, after a few seconds of staring and sniffing, her hoof landed on nothing less than a simple tomato. It was fresh and ripe but nonetheless it was still just a plain tomato.

I kind of expected Suzzane to pick something like one of my sister's puddings or something.

“...Are you sure? Is this what you want?” I grabbed a few tomatoes and held them in front of her.

“Suzzane yes!” She nodded, nudging the fruit with her snoot.

“You can have more Suzie, come on, pick something unhealthy. This is a special occasion.” I laughed and gestured with my opened hand in front of the fridge.

It took a bit of persuading but I managed to explain to the mare that she can pick more than one thing but we got there eventually.

When we did, her hoof first landed on a salad but then she changed her mind for a cucumber.

“You really like your veggies eh?” I grinned while Suzzane’s eyes sparkled at the sight of me, taking both the salad and the cucumber.

“Suz!” she exclaimed happily at whatever I was saying to her.

I thought it was kind of a plain thing but then again, she rarely received fresh fruit and veggies from my parents. They either let her eat grass outside or they’d give her some granules; Occasionally a carrot or an apple but that was it. Me and my sister would sometimes slip her a bit of our own food but it would either be a bit of baked potato, fry or something like that. Thinking back, it made sense Suzzane was drawn to these veggies. It was something natural but new at the same time for her.

“Whichever floats your boat.” I tousled her mane and took all the stuff to the kitchen counter to slice it and put on a plate.

After a few seconds, Suzzane put her front hooves on the counter and cautiously pulled herself up to see what I was doing with her veggies. A bold move, considering she normally wasn’t allowed to do that either. However, she must have understood already that when she’s alone with me, we have different rules. I just hoped she wouldn’t get into trouble with my parents when I’m not around.

Soon I had a pizza sized plate, full of sliced veggies and pieces of eidam cheese. I even arranged it into a fancy, colourful spiral. Then I sprinkled it with just a tad of ranch in case Suzzane would prefer it plain.

“Voilá!” I presented my work to her for which I was rewarded with a big smile and a light stomp of her right front hoof. “Hope you’ll like it but we’re not done yet.” I smiled back and put a piece of tomato that I couldn’t fit on the plate, into Suzzane’s mouth.

While Suzzane was chewing on it with visible relish, I turned back around towards the counter to make a big cup of hot cocoa with cream on top ready as well. I thought that the pone would dig into the plate in the meanwhile but she was waiting for me, watching what I was doing.

“I had to make something for myself as well.” I smiled when I had everything ready, showing her the cup of hot cocoa. “I made a big one though so you could have as well.”

“Suz!” She sniffed the cream, deeming it edible.

“Let’s take it to my room though, come on!” I stood up before she could have a sneaky lick and I with both hands full, I rushed back to where we came from. By that time my dad was already in the shower so we went straight to my room, where I laid the plate on my bed while Suzzane closed the door behind us. I could see the glee in her face.

“Come on then!” I invited her on the bed, patting the place next to me.

For whatever reason, I felt as excited as if we were about to make love again or something; Even though we were merely having a late dinner together. Never before did we eat from one plate like that though so it was probably it. A few months ago, I would find it gross to eat from the same plate with her but that was a long time ago. Suddenly, I was so looking forward to it. It was-...’Romantic’, yes that’s the word! That’s exactly how it felt.

Each time I looked at her smiling face as she laid herself right next to me, I felt such hardly describable joy and I just wanted to do all kinds of things together. Not as a boy and his pet but as two lovers. Yeah, weird to most maybe but it was how I felt and I was enjoying it so much.

I picked up a piece of sliced cucumber with a drop of the ranch to feed it to my inamorata next to me like in one of those cliché movie shots with a strawberry and a whipped cream. The resemblance made me giggle slightly. Suzzane smiled back and didn’t even break eye contact when I slid the veggie in her mouth. Only after the first crunch, her attention shifted more to the taste and flavour of the food.

“Good eh?” I chuckled. “Maybe I should try some too.”

“Goood.” Suzzane cooed back.

“Alright, I’ll have some then.” I was about to pick a piece of veggie for myself but Suzzane somehow managed to do that first and she hovered the green slice in front of my face.

“Gooood.” She told me.

Before I could even try to eat it though, she dropped it back onto the plate, partly ruining the carefully arranged food artwork I made. Upon realisation of what she’d done, her brows furrowed a bit and she tried to pick it up again to pretend it never happened but she made it even worse. That was a typical Suzzane. Such a clumsy gentlemare.

After like 3rd failed attempt to pick the same piece up and arrange it all back she resigned and glanced at me:

“Suzzan sowry…”

“That's okay Suzie.” I snickered and put the piece into her hoof. I wasn’t sure if I should feel amused by her clumsiness or astonished by the fact that she actually used words to apologise instead of her usual body language. Before I could decide, she kind of shoved the piece of cucumber into my mouth to make sure she doesn’t drop it again.

“Anon, gooood! Eeeh?” She exclaimed in whispers because we must have been the only ones still awake in the house.

At that point, I no longer doubted which emotion I felt. I almost spat the morsel out while trying to hold back laughter.

“Gee, thanks Suzie. Very romantic.” I wheezed.

…

We managed to eat the whole plate together over approximately half an hour of chewing, giggling, cuddling and teaching Suzzane how to pick up small pieces. In her defence, it really must be hard to do that with her hoofs. Pretty much impossible, I would think if I didn’t know better, but her frogs worked in a mysterious way that she could make things “stick” to them.

Anyway, by the time we were finished, I realised we still had the hot cocoa. It wasn’t exactly hot cocoa anymore though, more of a lukewarm cocoa. That didn’t stop me from bringing it up though.

“Hey Suzie, try this.” I took the cup and presented it to Suzzane. “Cocoa.”

“Coa-coo…” She tried to articulate after me.

“Yup. Aaand, I know they never let you drink from a cup but let's hope you can do that. You gotta drink it like so.” I took a sip while making a demonstrative slurping sound to make sure she‘d know to suck the liquid instead of just letting it fall into her mouth. “Think you can do that?”

Suzzane, always up for anything new, eagerly nodded: “Suzzane!”

“Alrighty then.” I grinned while putting the cup to her lips and gently tilting it.

To my surprise, she didn’t even spill anything because she slurped it just as hard as I demonstrated. She didn’t drink too much either though because she was extra careful.

“Goood.” She announced appreciatively and nodded her head in a very human manner. I wasn’t sure whether she was complimenting the cocoa or herself but probably both. I also wasn’t sure where did she learn such gesture, if it was her own or if she saw someone do it.

“Glad you’re liking it. And a good job too.” I grinned and I had a sip as well.

I put it back in front of her face to have more, which she did and she slurped like ⅕ of the cup in one go. I think she was about to let me have my turn with the cocoa but then she realised that if she’d blow air into it instead of sucking it in, she could make bubbles in the milk. Which she immediately began doing.

“Aww, Suzie. You’re spitting in it like this.” I pulled the cup away from her face.

“Su..?” She tilted her head like: “What’s wrong?”

“No bubbles. Okay?”

“Boobles? No?”

“Uh-uh.” I shook my head. “You’ll spit in it.”

I consumed more than just her spit that day, so it felt kind of unimportant. However, I wanted to teach her at least some kind of manners. I hoped that maybe one day she could learn enough for other people to realise what I did that day:

That she wasn’t just a simple animal but an actual sentient being and they would start treating her with more respect. So, I wanted to insist on her not making the bubbles.

“No boobles…” She hung her head just a little.

Watching her made me kind of feel like my own parents though. Which I hated more than anything.

“Damn, you know what? Have as many bubbles as you want. We can teach you manners some other time… Ehh, bubbles yes, then?”

“Suzzan!” She smiled and affectionately licked my face.

“I love you too Suzie.” I chuckled before giving the cup back to her “You have a long way to go though…”

We were taking turns in drinking the lukewarm cocoa while Suzzane would always bubble it up before giving it back. By the end though, she had enough of it and would just drink normally. Even the excessive slurping mostly stopped over time. When there was about enough for her to finish the cup, I took her hoofs into my hands and placed the cup in between them.

“Can you hold it yourself Suzie? Like that?”

“Holt Suzzii?”

“Yeah, like that.” I very slowly let go of her limbs to see whether she will or won’t drop the cup. There wasn’t too much in it so I wasn’t worried about her staining the sheets (a lot). However, Suzzane proved herself to be capable and held the cup firmly enough.

“Nice, Suzie. Now try to hold it and drink.” I gestured with my hands, downing an invisible cup.

Suzzane, naturally copied my movements as authentically as she could… and she dumped the rest of the liquid straight onto her face.

It took me a lot of self restraint not to burst into loud bouts of laughter and wake up the whole house upon witnessing that.

“Jeez, Suzzane…” I almost cried “I’m sorry but I just can’t…”

Suzzane seemed mostly shocked about what she had done at first but I guess that my laughter was infectious and she began laughing with me.

Just as I mentioned, there wasn’t exactly a lot of cocoa left but it was enough to know that we’ll have to visit the bathroom together once more. For me to brush my teeth and for Suzzane to get her face washed. …And maybe to brush her teeth as well because she just had milk and it would make her breath truly awful in the morning. I thought.

So, as soon as we were done laughing, we went on our last mission that night. It wasn’t going to be a long one because it was quite late and we were both past our usual bedtimes. With full stomachs and overall satisfaction about our day together, we were both just about ready for bed.

I quickly washed and dried Suzzane’s face, brushed my teeth and then I grabbed one of the unused brushes for Suzzane. She was already yawning by that time so she didn’t participate a lot while I stuck the brush into her mouth, although she was quite surprised by the sudden minty flavour of the paste.

To me, it felt strange brushing someone else’s teeth but it wasn't the strangest thing I did that day so I carried on.

“You gotta spit it out now.” I told her after I was done and spat into the sink, which Suzzane repeated after me flawlessly. She even rinsed her mouth with water just like I did.

To my surprise though, when we went back to my room, Suzzane went to her mattress instead of joining me in bed. I thought it was obvious but I guess habit is a shirt made of iron, so, I called out to her:

“Come on, Suzie, come here!” I patted the bed and opened the blanket for her. She was allowed on the bed before but not exactly over the night and certainly never under the blankets.

It did take Suzzane a second of deciding but then she happily rushed to me, straight under the blanket and into my embrace.

I’d probably not fall asleep while holding onto a dog sized mare under normal circumstances because I was used to a certain sleeping position. However, I was so tired and in love that night, I didn’t even consider my usual habits.

“Goodnight Suzie. I love you.” I gave her snoot one last kiss and turned off the lights.

In the dark, I could feel Suzzane awkwardly trying to kiss me back which earned her one more additional smooch. For a second I thought I could just kiss and cuddle with her a bit longer but all that sleepiness has already caught up with me. And not just me. In less than a minute, Suzie was out cold.

“Wuw yuu…” was the last thing trailed off from the mare’s lips.

The last thing I remember from that day was pulling her soft furry body a bit closer and burying my face into her mane.

“Love you too Suzie…”