Teaching Fluttershy

Chapter 13: Regrets

“I am such an idiot,” I thought to myself. I had spent the last twelve hours awake, nine of which were raining as hard as possible. I had thought up every single scenario of what could have been wrong with Fluttershy... every one except for the most obvious one. She likes me, and there is nothing more to it. She likes me, and I like her. Or, at least, she used to like me.

I guess there was no point in going back to apologize; I figure she would be angry at me. Even though she isn't like this, she would ask to return to Equestria and never come back. I do deserve it, after all.
I sat at an old tree log that rested against one of the lake's shores. I was really wet still, so it's likely that I would get sick.

“Well, I should head home, time to face whatever lays ahead for me...” I slowly stood up, quivering from the cold rain water that still resided in my clothes.

“Girls, we've got to go look for Peter,” Twilight suggested. The Mane 6, except for Fluttershy, were standing in the living room. They had all heard the feud and were concerned about both of them.

“Never in two years have they fought. Why now, all of the sudden?” Pinkie asked.

“Well, that's 'cause they're in love with each other.” Applejack said.

“Wait, so Peter does like Fluttershy?” Rarity asked.

“Yup. He told me yesterday at the movie theater," Applejack replied. She was the only one that knew this, but there was a real good hint on to where this whole dilemma could end.

“Now we defiantly have to find him! Come on, let's get going!” Rainbow sprung up from her seating place, ready for action.

“Sure, but we're going to need aerial vision," Twilight said, facing Rainbow Dash. "I’m going to turn us back to ponies.” She hurriedly used her magic, and in a matter of seconds, they were galloping out of the back door, heading towards the woods to find Peter.

I walked in through the front door of the house after a few minutes of walking down by the lake.
“Hello? Anypony here?” I called out into the empty house. I began my way upstairs to change, all the while hoping to find somepony. My efforts are in vain- it seems like I was right, they did leave... And I have nobody to blame but myself.
I stopped in the middle of the staircase to cry. I couldn't believe I messed up so bad that I was starting to have a nervous breakdown, but I managed to continue upstairs.
I walked straight into my room and headed towards my closet while taking off my semi-wet shirt. Right as I was about to put on a new one, I noticed a ball covered by sheets on Fluttershy's bed. As I walked closer I noticed it was moving.
“F-Fluttershy?” I slowly removed the sheets from the lump, revealing a shaking tan pony. By the looks of the damp pillow, she was crying.
She launched herself at me with such a force that it knocked me down.
“Oh, Peter! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make you feel bad!” She apologized. I felt her tears fall onto my bare skin, and this caused me to renew my own crying. It wasn't even her fault, yet she was still feeling guilty about it.

“Fluttershy, look at me.” I sat up and moved her face so she could see me.
“The one that has all the fault here is me. I'm the one that screamed at you, but that's because I was stupid and had a bunch of emotions running through me. Besides, the way you acted in the car before we got to the theater made me think that I may have been the problem. And after last night, I was afraid of coming back here.” We were now sitting up on the ground, she had her front hooves wrapped around my neck.

“W-why is that?” She asked, looking up at me. Damn, I love those eyes.

“I don't know. I thought maybe you would be mad at me and would go back to Equestria, never to return.” This time I look away. I know it wasn't like her to do anything like this, but there was always that small chance.

“I-I would never do that...” She said. I quickly turned back and smiled at the news.

“So... Then why were you acting so strange?” I asked her. I already knew, but I needed her to say it.

“I-It's because... Oh, Peter! I just don't know how to say it!” She said, burying her head into my chest like how she did before.

“Then why don't you just show it...” I said leaning my face closer to her.

“Huh?” She said.

“We can't always say what we feel, but we can show it...” We slowly leaned into each other until our lips met. It felt amazing, her lips brushing against my own.

“Is that really what you really feel?” I asked her as our lips separated. She nodded, blushing furiously.

“Because that's what I feel for you.” I leaned in and kissed her again, this one lasting much longer than the first.

“That was useless!” Dash said as she flew in through the door. They had searched for about one hour with no success.

“We'd better tell Fluttershy then.” Twilight said with her head hanging low.

“Do y'all think it's over?” Applejack asked.

“What do you mean?” Rarity responded.

“Do you think that they no longer like each other? After such a big bond they established?” Applejack looked at all the girls.

“We'll just have to wait and see.” Pinkie said, she was rather gloomy herself.
They all headed upstairs to tell Fluttershy that they couldn't find Peter, that is, if she even wanted to see them.
As soon as they went up and were standing outside the room, they had to choose who would be the one that would tell Fluttershy that Peter was nowhere to be found.
They decided that they would send in Rainbow Dash. However, as soon as she walked into the room, her jaw dropped, and she quickly signaled for the rest of the girls to come inside.
“What is it?” Rarity asked.
They saw that Peter was not only back, but sleeping with Fluttershy. Both of them had smiles on their faces. The other girls were thrilled, not only since Peter was back, but because they had apparently forgiven each other and hadn't ended a great friendship; they may have even taken it a step further than that.
“Oh my gosh!” Dash said in joy.

“Yay! They made up!” Pinkie said before getting shushed by her friends.

They decided to leave them alone as they were, the details could wait for later.

As I slowly opened my eyes from their slumber, first thing I saw was Fluttershy looking at me with her big bright aqua-colored eyes.
“Hey...” I said slowly brushing the hair of her face so I could get a full look at it.
“Hi...” She responded smiling at me, a small blush forming on her cheeks. Damn, it was way better when she did it in real life than when she did it in the show.
I wrapped my arm around her and brought her closer to me; I wanted to feel her warm body against mine.
“Do you think we should go talk to the girls?” Fluttershy suggested as she nuzzled my neck with her nose.

“Yeah, just so they know I'm back and tell them the news.” I removed the covers before getting up, Fluttershy doing the same.

The other girls were in the living room, playing a Call of Duty tourney.
“Hey girls!" I said, walking in with Fluttershy beside me.
“Oh! You guys are awake!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she paused her screen before getting up from the ground where she was sitting.

“Umm... yeah.” Fluttershy simply replied.

“So, I'm guessing you guys made up?” Twilight asked. She wasn't playing, so she didn't have to worry about pausing the game.

“That's right.” I assured her.

“We're more then just friends now.” Fluttershy said, blushing a bit. I guess she was a bit embarrassed to say it and may have wanted me to say that.

“Oh, really?” Dash said jokingly.

“Yeah. I'm happy to say that Fluttershy and I are officially dating!” I said, excited a bit. To this, the girls cheered, and at first I was confused a bit by their reaction, but I guess they saw this coming.

“Okay. Applejack, are you ready?” Twilight asked. She was about to preform a spell that could take her back to Equestria. This was her first time performing it, and I wasn't quite sure what the outcome would be.

“Ready when you are, sugercube!” Applejack said. She felt a bit scared, but this could be helpful, since Applebuck season was about to start. Her family was going to need her, and that's the reason why she volunteered.

“Okay, then. Here goes nothing...” Twilight said, whispering the last part before her horn started glowing. In a matter of seconds, a big blast of light engulfed the whole room before simmering down.

“Wait, what the hay!” Applejack said. She still remained where she was, as did Twilight.

“What happened? It didn't work?” Twilight said looking around the room. Everything seemed normal and nothing was out of place.

“Are ya sure you aimed at me?” Applejack asked looking towards a confused Twilight.

“Yes, but maybe it doesn't work like that.”

“Wait a darn minute. If ya didn' teleport me, then WHO did you teleport?

"Peter?" The ponies turned to Fluttershy, who had spoken up. "Peter? Peter! Where are you!?!?"