Reborn in a Dating Sim: Life as a Mob is hard in an Equestria Girl’s Dating Game!

Reborn in a Dating Sim:

Life as a Mob is hard in an Equestria Girl’s Dating Game!

Chapter Special

Diamond Tiara laid in the bed at the Bit family estate. The ceiling above her was pristine, a bit plain, but none the less it was a well care for room. It told her of a close family that cared for one another. Additionally, she found that she didn’t dislike Gold Bit, Copper’s father, nor did she dislike his actual mother. Which is was odd seeing a woman that should be twice her age but was instead merely a couple of years older than herself. She did wonder how Copper was dealing with that revelation.

She tried to settle herself, to understand the feelings that were coming to pass. Some how Copper had managed to pull victory once again from the bitter jaws of defeat. They should be dead. The lich should have won. There was no doubt on that. She she have been strapped to a table and used as a incubator for new soldiers for the lich’s army. Instead she was alive and well. It also didn’t change what she was feeling. She’d been feeling it for a while, but she had convinced herself that it wasn’t the case.

She had considered him a friend, a dear one, but she didn’t push it further. The same was for Applebloom. Still, the signs were there, and the battle had cemented what had been denied for a while. She was in love. She had began feeling it, but seeing Copper defend them all, seeing him protect one of their classmates, and then watching as he went out to battle the monstrosity that Starlight Glimmer was piloting had been the final nail in the coffin for her denial. She couldn’t deny it anymore. As a Duke’s daughter she could marry a single level below her. An Earl was that level.

She was no longer engaged to the prince, and as such she had no prospects. The other side of the coin was Applebloom herself. She was, well, she was feeling things toward her as well. It bothered her exactly how much she felt toward her. Applebloom had been a constant companion, a dear friend, and she had cuddled with her when she felt vulnerable and lonely. She felt herself wanting to be near her all of the time. She felt in love with her as well.

She also found that she didn’t hate Artemis. The rabbit woman was blunt, direct, and often spoke exactly what it was that she was thinking, but she wasn’t someone that she actively hated. Instead she found herself thinking quite highly of her. There was no denying at this point that Copper had feelings for her. No, there was no denying at this point that he loved her. He didn’t treat her as a mere sexual object. She wasn’t just stress relief for him, and he didn’t parade her around with a collar like she’d been told men would do with a servant.

Instead she was treated with the most respect that Diamond Tiara had ever seen a servant treated with. He treated her like a companion. No, it was more than that. He treated her like someone would treat their lover or their wife. The question she found for herself was would she be willing to share? The fact was that it wouldn’t be Artemis that was the other woman. It would be her. She would be the other woman. She would be stepping into the relationship.

Part of her wanted to say no, but then there was a part of her that questioned what Copper thought of her. Did he love her too? She had heard her father say that since it was obvious that women could love more than one man it only stood to reason that men could love more than one woman. Was that the truth? Was there enough room in Copper’s heart for another two women? She couldn’t leave Applebloom out. She just couldn’t, especially since she knew that Applebloom felt the same.

She also wanted Copper. She wanted to be with him, to marry him, to carry his child. Since he was officially a temple knight he could marry commoners. It was one the reasons why so many men fought so hard to become temple knights. Especially those born to border barons. They wanted the chance to be able to marry from outside of their own scope. She understood it completely. Queen Chrysalis had caused so much discord between the sexes that it would take ages for things to correct themselves.

She wasn’t even sure if things truly would ever go back to where they should be. So much had been said, done, and acted upon that there was the legitimate question of would things ever be repaired. She for one didn’t see an extremely happy ending in sight. There had simply been to much said, far too much done. It hadn’t affected the higher ranking members of nobility, but she knew the lower ranking now seemed far more standoffish.

Oh there were a few exceptions. Copper’s friends Button Mash and Pipsqueak both were engaged. Button Mash was engaged Sweetie Belle, and of course the baron’s daughter had become fast friends with Applebloom. The two seemed to get along well, but she found there was no reason to be jealous. She was often included in on their talks, invited to accompany them to get something from a vendor, and she found herself giving Sweetie Belle advice, or at least she hoped it was advice, toward her relationship with Button Mash. Succi, Pipsqueak’s fiancee, was bubbly, kind, and a bit clumsy.

She enjoyed talking to them when she was there, but it was obvious that the girl preferred a minimalist lifestyle. When it was them, alone, she was usually down to a simple shirt, a pair of panties, and that was it. She had confessed that she liked to dress this way when she was alone with Pipsqueak too. It certainly wasn’t the worst thing that she’d seen a noble do before, but it certainly made her a little strange.

Still, she seemed happy enough, and she made Copper’s friend happy, and honestly that was all she could ask for. Well, no that wasn’t all she could ask for. She could ask for a few things that had nothing to do with their happiness, but she didn’t want to. She had come to find herself not needing so much of the more frivolous things. Granted, ballroom dresses, fine jewelry, and impeccable tea and treats were still desirable. The thing was she didn’t need them.

Instead she found that the life that was here, that was away from the Capital wasn’t so bad. It was actually enjoyable. There was something magical about watching over a family, of seeing things grow, and of living a simpler life. In a way she almost wondered if that was exactly what she had really been meant to be. If there was a version of her somewhere the lived in a small town, that was friends with Applebloom already, and that was a combination of who she is now and who could be.

The thought was interesting, but it didn’t hold her attention nearly long enough to stop the original though. Did she want to move forward with what she felt. If she did then it would change things for Copper. There was no doubt in that. She wasn’t sure how he felt, but it would change things for him. She breathed out, whatever happened, however it happened, she wanted to move forward with it. She needed to be sure that Applebloom was a part of it, but she would move forward.

Keeping it to herself wasn’t something she could do anymore. She couldn’t deny what she felt, and she would be a fool to even try. She looked at the ceiling, her eyes fixated on the simplistic look of it, “Dia, what are you doing?” she asked, her voice sounding a little lost, “You know that he cares for Artemis. No, you know that he loves her. If the law wasn’t against it he would already be engaged to her. I have no doubts on that. I know that she said she wasn’t against us pursuing him, but has that changed?”

She considered her options. There were a few, but none of them ultimately struck her as a perfect way to talk about it. The most direct way was likely the best, but then there was a good chance that he would run off. Copper was brave, but then again there were times that he seemed to disappear when it was about something he wasn’t sure of. She wondered if he’d run off when she confessed, and she knew the answer. He would disappear. The only one that he hadn’t disappeared from was Artemis, and that was more due to the fact that Artemis didn’t leave his side. She didn’t give him the chance to run off.

Maybe that could be the way she confessed. To simply remain at his side, to walk with him, to be close to him. It could be something that would work. It also could fail, but she wouldn’t know until she tried. A quick thought of how her days would be spent made her realize that it wasn’t an option. Besides the fact that she had her own home to return to there was the fact that the fact that her classes were different.

She didn’t want to admit it, but like it or not things were certainly going in a direction she hadn’t wanted them to. Not that it mattered. She was going to confess, things were going to work out, and she was going to build a life with Copper, Applebloom, and Artemis. There was Sunset Shimmer, and it was obvious that she her eyes on him as well. He’d saved her, and more than that he’d stepped up and helped her since then.

She wasn’t sure how she felt about her joining. In truth, she was still coming to grips with how she felt about Applebloom. She was in love with her. She truly loved her, more thana friend, and practically at the point of lovers. How did things get to this point? How did her sexuality change so much? She had always considered herself strictly into men, but since everything went awry she found that her tastes weren’t at all in line with what had been expected of her.

“Am I a deviant?” she asked, her voice sounding unsure again, “I mean is that really what I am now? Do I really find pleasure in things that I know the nobility would frown upon? It’s not wrong for women to turn to women, but to do so while pursuing a potential husband was another thing. It spoke of a woman that just wanted the marriage for the simple reason of having it. It wasn’t because of love, or lineage, but rather it was to have a marriage only in name. It was those same women that kept no servants, and more often than not they allowed their husbands to take a completely different lover as well. Someone that wanted to be near them, that wanted them, that would bear them sons and daughters.

Those women were frowned upon because they were the ones that had no intention of continuing their own family lines. That was often considered one of the single greatest wrongs. To not want to continue their own family lines, to decide that they wanted to experience the need of their own lusts, but to leave their responsibilities behind. It spoke of a kind of greed that was seen as destructive. Still, that wasn’t how it was with her and Applebloom. They just wanted to be with him, and with each other.

“I hope that things go well,” she said as she finally started to get up, “I also hope that I don’t say the wrong thing. No, you are Diamond Tiara Rich. You come from a long line of nobility, and you have learned how to state what is needed from Queen Celestia herself. You’ve got this.”

With that decision made she looked toward the mirror. She was mentally ready, she was certain of her feelings, and more importantly she was certain of her resolve. She was however not physically ready in the slightest. She stood there in a pair of panties and a simple bra. She had slept comfortably, and in doing so she was not ready to greet the world. Still, she wanted to go talk to him as soon as possible. But she understood that proper manners demanded that she get some clothes on. She needed to dress, and it wouldn’t hurt to ensure that her hair was at least brushed and tied back if nothing else. She considered all of this, and her resolve almost felt like it was going to soften.

“Dia?” came the sleepy voice of Applebloom, “Everything okay?”

She looked toward the other girl, the one that was her dearest friend, and she nodded, “It is,” she admitted as she stood there, “Applebloom, tell me, how do you feel toward Copper? Do you feel as if you love him?”

The room was quiet, “Mighty early in the mornin’ fer that question, ain’t it?” Applebloom asked as she sounded more awake, “Ah mean, really, that’s jest kinda goin’ fer the jugular, right?”

Diamond Tiara smiled at her, “Perhaps, but I feel that the next course of action I take needs to be addressed with both of us being perfectly honest with ourselves, and with Copper. I want us to be happy, all of us, and I feel that in order to get there we need to be honest about our own thoughts, our own intentions, and our own desires.”

Applebloom sat there for a moment before she let the sheet fall from her. Where Diamond Tiara had been wearing panties and a bra, Applebloom was dressed merely in a bra itself. It showed off her endowment, which was just as big as Diamond Tiara’s. Not that there was a problem with that. If anything it felt right. Still, she kept from looking too long at the endowment that her dearest friend had, and instead attempted to keep her eyes on her dearest friend’s eyes, “I understand that I am potentially asking a loaded question, but I promise there is a good reason for it.”

Finally Applebloom nodded, “Okay, okay,” she said, her voice sounding a little uncertain, “Ah think ya know that I care fer him. Well, more than that Ah love him. Copper and ya have been kind ta me, but more than that he’s stood by me. He done it cause he felt it was right. On top of that he’s done everything he could ta keep the both of us safe. He’s a real gallant fella in that way. Course, the other parts of his personality are a might warped, but Ah jest consider that part of who he is.”

She shook her head, “Ah love him, and there ain’t a darn thing that Ah can do ‘bout it. He’s a noble, and Ah’m a commoner. Even if he wanted ta, he couldn’t marry someone like me. He’d have ta go after a noble of the same rank, or a rank higher at most. The most Ah could hope fer would be ta be a lover. A woman kept close by, that was loved, but not officially married ta him. Ah don’t know how Ah’d feel ‘bout that.”

Diamond Tiara moved toward her, “He’s a temple knight,’ she said, her voice firm, “Applebloom, temple knights can marry commoners. It’s one of the reasons why so many barons and viscounts attempt their hardest to become temple knights. They don’t have to be stuck with the women of their social equals. They’re even allowed to marry further up than one tier,” she said as she held Applebloom’s hands, “And that means that he could marry you, and he could marry me.”

She smiled at her, “That brings me to the next question, could you share him?” she asked, her voice firm, “Could you possibly share the man that you love with a woman you love? Could that be something that you would be fine with? Could you also share him with a beast woman that obviously loves him as well.”

The room was silent, “Ah…Ah… Ah could,” she admitted, “Mah family, especially mah sister, would pitch a fit though. Ah’m afraid that she might want ta beat the tar outta Copper. She might be able ta. Sis became an adventurer, followin’ in the footsteps of our father, and Ah’ve been told that she’s purty good. The idea that he’s marryin’ more than me might make her wanna have a talk with him while she’s a polishing her sword.”

Somehow the idea of a swordswoman sitting there, polishing a broadsword, all while talking threateningly to Copper struck Diamond Tiara as funny. The idea that he would even remotely be scared didn’t occur to her. Instead she felt the laughter bubbling up, and she couldn’t contain it. It soon erupted from her, and she shook her head. Besides, she knew that Artemis would be there, and undoubtedly Artemis would ensure that nothing happened to Copper. If anything Applebloom’s sister might end up having a small duel with Artemis.

Once that happened she was certain that Artemis would likely be the one that would win. There was little doubt in her mind about that. She was simply that talented when it came to battle and fighting. There was no doubt in her mind about how accomplished she truly was, “I wouldn’t worry about Copper,” she said as she smiled, “I believe that he would be just fine. For one, I’ve never seen him go into anything that he couldn’t win, and two honestly I doubt that Artemis would allow anything to happen to him. You’ve seen how protective she is of him, and I believe that she would ensure that he would be unscathed.”

Applebloom nodded, “Ah’d like ta ask her to leave ma sister unscathed as well,” she replied, “Ah mean, we’re talkin’ ‘bout a sister wantin’ ta make sure that her sister was more than some play thing ta a noble, no offense.”

Diamond Tiara smiled at her, “And that simply means that your sister is a good person. I believe that she would get along well with my brother. Regardless,” she said as she looked into the eyes of her dearest friend, “I believe that if we want to do this, then we need to rise up, go find Copper, and both see how he feels.”

Applebloom shook her head, “That ain’t gonna work,” she said as she looked at her, “Copper can be flighty when it comes ta feelings. We gotta go through his ma and pa. We can set something up, and get it going. Maybe we could get Artemis to help us out as well. The girl did kinda give us permission ta move forward a while back.”

Diamond Tiara nodded, “You’ve got a point, then we’ll speak to both Baron Gold Bit and Baroness Delicate Emerald Bit as soon as we’re dressed.”