Where Humans Don't Belong

“Wait—this is just another joke, right?” I ask, a smile coming to my face, but a look of uncertainty still remaining there. The embarrassed look on his face says otherwise, his gaze avoiding mine. I try to make eye contact with him, but to no avail.

I sit there for a few seconds, not receiving a response from him. “But aren't you still mad at me about the fight over the couch?” I say as I scoot closer to him, shrinking the gap in between us.

“That was days ago, I’ve gotten over that.” He responds, still quite embarrassed, his blush returning once more.

“But I’ve only been here a few weeks… Are you sure you feel that way?” I ask, and he nods his head.

I stop talking, pondering his response for a few seconds before asking, “For how long?”

He hesitates before responding with “Since the first day I met you. You looked like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and you were just as different from the ponies as I am. You would listen to me talk without judging me, and…” He cups the side of my face with his lion paw, looking into my eyes, making me blush deeply. “You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen…”

He leans down, getting closer to my face. His lips begin to get closer to mine, almost reaching them before I gently push him back. I turn my head away, all of this being too much to register.

“I’m sorry… I- I can’t…” I get up to walk out the door, explaining myself on the way. “I have to go, I just met you and… I’m just not ready.”

I walk out the door, closing it behind me and leaving a dejected looking Discord sitting on the couch, staring sadly at the door I just walked out of. Feeling slightly guilty, I look back toward to cottage, but decide to keep going.

~

“Twilight!” I call, walking through the door into her house. “I really need help with something!”

A very busy looking Twilight runs down the stairs while levitating a few papers behind her, attempting to write on one while doing so. She looks up at me with slight irritation at the interruption and stacks the papers on a small desk positioned next to where she is standing. She trots over to where I'm standing and moves a strand of hair out of her face using her magic.

“I’m extremely busy, what do you need?” She groans, looking very tired and angry.

“Discord tried to kiss me.” I say, her ears perking up and the tired look leaving her face. I can tell I've got her attention, hoping she doesn't get angry about the situation.

~

Fluttershy returns to the small cottage, opening to door to a sad and a bit angry looking draconequus. He looks up at her sadly before turning his head away in shame and hiding slightly teary eyes.

“Discord, sweetie, what’s wrong? Where’s Kelly?” Fluttershy asks worriedly, looking around the cottage.

“Oh, she ran off, to get away from me. Just like everyone else I’ve ever shown affection to.” He responds, anger in his voice. He looks back at Fluttershy, tears dying down before they can read the edge of his eyelid.

“Discord… what happened?” She asks.

“Well, you see…”

~

“…And that’s how it happened.” I explain, having just told Twilight about how it came to this. She sits there, pondering what I just told her and finally looks up at me. I can tell the whole thing is a bit confusing to her judging by the look on her face.

“Why don’t you just accept his feelings?” She suggests. “He can’t become fully reformed unless we accept his feelings and help him out.”

“But I don’t know if I like him! That’s the problem! He’s a nice guy but it’s only been a week since I met him and I’m sure as hell not ready to kiss him…” I add, feeling more frustrated. I sit down, feeling downcast and confused. Twilight trots over to me.

“Kelly.” Twilight says sternly, putting her hooves on my shoulders and looking me in the eyes. “Please, just try.”

~

“And then she left, just like everyone else…” Discord says angrily, finishing the story. Tears are almost falling freely, but, being the God of chaos, he tries to hide them as best as he can.

Fluttershy looks at him sadly, walking over to sit down next to him. She puts a comforting hoof on his shoulder to help calm him down and begins to comfort him with her words.

“Don’t be upset with her Discord, she was probably just startled. She’ll come around soon, don’t worry.” Fluttershy explains softly, looking up at him with a smile. “I think you should try to find her and apologize… She’ll surely come back then.”

~

I sit on a hill just outside of Ponyville, watching as the sun begins to go down. I wonder how Celestia and Luna do it; raise the sun and the moon. It must take an incredible amount of magic to be able to do it, considering none of the regular unicorns can do the same. not even Twilight, the student of the Princess, herself.

I hear footsteps behind me and, looking around, I see Discord walking up to sit next to me. I begin to feel a bit of dread, hoping this doesn't turn out horribly. I begin feeling shy and uncomfortable, the memory of before still fresh in my mind. I try not to look at him, hoping things don't get more awkward.

“I’m sorry” He apologizes, slightly hanging his head. “I didn’t mean to scare you, but… It’s been so long since I’ve liked something or somepony. I guess I just never knew how to say it right.” His eyes reflect the orange light from the sun, giving them a surreal look. i can't help but stare at them, the beautiful light drawing my gaze.

I put my hand on his forearm in a comforting way, looking up at him to respond. “I was just startled. I wasn’t that popular with the boys back home, so… I’m not use to this kind of stuff." I shift from a sitting position to a standing one so I’m eye-level with Discord. His red, mismatched pupils stare into mine and I put my hand on the back of his head and lean in close to his face, my lips touching his.