Lifting a Soul

Guilt and Pleasure

"So you're saying that you will replace Samphy?" Berry asked.

"No." I protested. Me and Berry were just sitting at the bench in the park in this afternoon. Nothing much happened this morning, maybe except Amabel ignored me the whole morning. "I told her to forget the past, not to make a new one with me." I started to hyperventilate.

"You need to chill." Berry rubbed my backside.

"Maybe you're right." I regulated my breathing. I finally calmed down. "Its just, I wanted to help her but I can't even find a solution for her problem." I lowered down my head. "Maybe I should just give up." I sighed. I felt a hoof tap me on the shoulder. I quickly raised my head.

"Excuse me sir, do you know Amabel?" the stallion in front of me asked.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" I replied to him.

"I am Samphy, her old lover." I quickly stood up from the bench. I faced Samphy head to head.

"How could you?" Samphy tilted his head. "How could you hurt Amabel?" I leaned closer to Samphy. "Didn't you know that Amabel is going through a lot of pain because of your carelessness?" Berry held on to my tail.

"If you would kindly let me tell you my story, you would understand our situation clearly." Samphy pushed my face away. I tried to calm myself down.

"Okay then." I sat back to the bench. Samphy sat beside me. "Tell me your story now." I said to him with a smile.

"It all started a year ago, when Amabel and I met each other in a random alley here in Ponyville. I was just a poor earth pony, living in an alley. It was about to rain that time so Amabel let me stay inside her home. Amabel was so nice that she even fed m-." I interrupted Samphy.

"If she was so nice then why did you hurt her?" Samphy stared at me blankly for a few seconds. "Oh yeah, my temper." I started to calm down again.

"As Amabel feed me, I was mesmerized by her beautiful face. I started to compliment on her appearance. After that, she invited me to her bedroom an-." I interrupted Samphy again.

"And had sex? Don't you think that you two are rushing a bit?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Just let me continue." Samphy rolled his eyes. "Anyway, after that night, we fell in love with each other. I was living with her for 3 months and I started to feel a bit worried for living in with her without paying her, so I thought maybe having a job would help. I talked to her boss where she works as a salespony at a mattress store. Her boss was a mare and it tried to seduce me. Amabel saw me with her boss laying down in one of the bed in th-."

"You know you could avoid that right?" I tilted my head a bit.

"Have you been ever seduced by a mare." Samphy raised his eyebrow.

"Please continue your story." I gave him a sheepish smile.

"I tried to talk to Amabel back at her home but she had already left. I searched for her everywhere, but even a trace I didn't find. Where did you find Amabel anyway?"

"At the park. She was offering some services to a stallion just to live."

"What kind of services?" Samphy scratched his head.

"You don't want to know."

"Okay, and also I was hoping if you could get Amabel to talk to me so I could apologize to her." Samphy gave me a sheepish smile.

"I don't think letting her talk to you is the best solution since you already left a big hole inside of her, and when I say hole, I don't mean her private area." I facehoofed myself.

"Just let me talk to her." I rolled my eyes.

"Okay fine." I sighed.

"You sure about this Pico and even if you are, won't it be better if you try to make her happy before you let her face Samphy?" Berry whispered to my ear. I turned my head to look at Berry.

"What do you mean?" I whispered to him.

"I mean, try to make her happy enough so when she faces Samphy, it wouldn't be a trouble."

"Okay fine." I turned my attention back to Samphy. "Would you mind if I let her talk to you after Hearth's Warming Eve?" I asked Samphy.

"I wouldn't since it is only two days to go." Samphy replied.

"Looks like it is settled then?" I offered my hoof to Samphy. Samphy bumped my hoof with his hoof.

"See you after Hearth's Warming Eve." Samphy waved at us as he left the park.

"So what do you have in mind for Amabel?" Berry asked.

"Will just go to Manehattan then try to have some fun which reminds me, do you know any hotel we could move in?" I asked Berry.

"There are a lot of hotels in Manehattan but mostly all of them are built for couples who are searching for privacy." Berry smiled.

"I'll just try to rent two rooms." I sighed. "I just hope it won't cost me a lot of bits."

"Don't worry, it won't." Berry chuckled. We walked back home, almost at 6:00 P.M. Berry and I stood in front of my house. "Remember that the Hearth's Warming Eve party will be held inside of your house." said Berry with a smile on his face.

"I can't believe that you're going to throw a party inside of my house." I scratched my head.

"Well you ain't bringing anything so you're the one who should provide the location." I sighed. I entered inside of my house. I quickly went upstairs to find Amabel. Amabel was just sleeping at my bed. I sat beside Amabel at the bed. I tried to wave my hoof in front of her face, hoping that she would wake up but it didn't. I laid my back down on the bed. I turned my head to face her. She quickly wrapped her hoof around.

"Amabel." I said to her in a low voice. She slowly opened her eyes.

"Oh sorry." said Amabel as she remove her hoof off of me.

"No, it's okay." I placed her hoof back around me. "Listen, we're going to Manehattan tomorrow to have some fun." I said to her with a smile. She just nodded. "Doesn't that make you happy?" I raised an eyebrow at her.

"It does." Amabel avoided my eyes.

"I don't see any excitement in your face. There might be something missing." I moved my face closer to her. "There it is." I gave her a kiss on the forehead. Her face quickly blushed.

"What has gotten into you?" she quickly covered her face with her hoof.

"I just want to make you smile." I smiled at her.

"Last night, you said that I shouldn't act like a lover in front of you." she slowly removed her hoof on her face.

"I said that you should stop treating me like Samphy." I nuzzled her.

"Last night, I didn't treat you like Samphy." she moved her face closer to mine. "Last night, I know that I was kissing Pico." I felt my heart skip a beat. "I know that Pico is a great kisser." she smiled at me.

"Well then prove it to me." I gave her a sheepish smile. She slowly move her muzzle closer to my muzzle. In less then a second, our muzzle meet. I felt her tongue, trying to get inside of my mouth. I quickly opened my mouth a bit, letting her tongue inside of me. I let her explore my mouth for a few seconds before I push her tongue back inside of her mouth. I tried to explore her mouth with my tongue. I felt the mix feelings of both guilt and pleasure. I was feeling kind of guilty for making her fall in love with me but then I would have to give her up to Samphy in the next two days. After a minute of tongue fighting, she finally released from the kiss. A trail of saliva connected my muzzle to hers.

"See? I told you that you are a great kisser." she smiled at me.

"Well then you're right." I nuzzled her. "We need to get some sleep now." I wrapped my hoof around her belly. "We're going to Manehattan tomorrow." I smiled at her. I closed my eyes and then tried to focus on sleep.