Brothers In Friendship

A few moments of talking about some things that ponies liked to do, Ben had left Twilight's house and gone on his way to Fluttershy's house. It was getting late. "Well, I hope she didn't take a liking to me…" mumbled Ben. He walked a bit quicker.

Rather weirdly, he was already here. He walked up to the door, and knocked. "Fluttershy?" he asked. No reply, He knocked again, "Hello?" he asked.

"One minute please" said the voice of Fluttershy from inside the house. He opened the door, and looked inside; Fluttershy was feeding a white rabbit, with small beady eyes, and looked to have a short temper.

"Hey shy" he said. Fluttershy looked up, startled,

"OH, goodness, you scared me" she said. Ben felt strangely weird, as though something was wrong.

"Oh, well, I'm sorry, I just thought that you'd be making some tea or something" he answered.

"Very well then, but please ask to open the door, if you're ok with that?" she asked.

"Yeah, no, I am sorry Fluttershy, I didn't think, I have been living on the street for some years now…" he managed to say before being interrupted by her,

"What?! Why didn't you have a home?" she asked.

"Well, my mother di-erm, passed on years ago, and I have no other family…" he mumbled. He hated it when he had to start this subject again.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry" she said.

"Fluttershy, it's fine, I just-" he said, but he could not finish his sentence, he closed the door, and had sat on a couch by now. He had a bad feeling in his gut, something was missing.

He had started to cry, "I really miss her…" he mumbled. Fluttershy sat beside him,

"It's okay to cry, maybe you can express how you feel because I'm here, and I'm listening?" she asked. Ben looked at her,

"Well, yeah, I had no-one but Kushal when she died-" he was cut off again.

"DIED?! I thought you meant she just left!" screamed Fluttershy, "You poor baby!" she finished.

At this point, Ben had burst into tears, and Fluttershy saw this and decided to give him a hug. "What?" said Ben. Fluttershy finished hugging him.

"Well, you have been on the street, which means that you haven't been loved in a long time, right?" she said.

Ben looked at Fluttershy with tears in his eyes. "I didn't think you ponies would be that clever…" he said. Fluttershy smiled,

"We're very clever" she said. Ben looked at the ground,

"Well, thank you-I feel much better" he replied. Finally having someone to talk to felt great, he could finally get rid of the built up grief in his mind.

"Would you like something to eat, you must be starving?" she asked. Ben looked at her once more,

"Well, don't you just eat hay?" he said, Fluttershy started to giggle,

"You have a lot of conceptions about ponies don't you?" she said.

"Yes…"

MEANWHILE [KUSHAL POV]

"Hey, Twilight?" I said. Twilight looked at me,

"Yes, Kushal?" she said, although I just ignored her, thinking about my life, but then I stopped, "It's just that I wanted to ask when the rest of your friends are coming?" I asked.

"They will be here in about ten minutes, Kushal, I've told you this three times now…" she said. She was right though, I was getting impatient.

"Well, erm, Pinkie's here, could she maybe-" I started, but Twilight interrupted me,

"Look, they will be here soon!" she said, angrily.

Twilight was reading a book. "What ya reading?" I asked. She looked at me, then the book, then me again and her face went red,

"Nothing!" she said.

"And by the way, I was going to ask if me and Pinkie could go and start the sleepover…" I said, finally finishing my sentence.

"Oh" said Twilight.

I headed over to the window, and looked outside, "I hope they all get here on time, I wouldn't like it if girls were late…" *smiles inappropriately*.

MEANWHILE [3RD PERSON FOR BEN]

"Fluttershy, this is delicious!" Ben said. Fluttershy had made him some herbal tea, which tasted like strawberries. Ben had never eaten a strawberry, but he loved it. Fluttershy was laid next to him on the couch, as she had a different bone structure, hence she couldn't sit like a human.

"Ben, why didn't you want to stay at the sleepover?" she asked. Ben thought, and came up with,

"Why didn't you?" he answered.

"I'm staying here tonight, because Applejack is bringing the girls over-" she said, but Ben spoke up,

"Girls?" he asked. Fluttershy looked a little bit annoyed, "Sorry…" he said, Fluttershy then looked fine,

"No, it's alright, the girls are- Well, they call themselves "The Cutie Mark Crusaders" and one of them is Applejack's sister, one of them is Rarity's sister, and Scootaloo, I'm not sure if she has a sister…" she said agitated, how did she not her ask this already?

Ben had finished his tea, "Well, that's finished" he said. He walked into the kitchen, and when he put the cup in the sink and left the kitchen, Fluttershy seemed to be talking to herself. "Fluttershy?" he asked.

"Huh, oh, I'm talking to Angel" she said, and she was. Next to her on the couch, had appeared a small, white rabbit.

"Oh, can I say hi?" Ben asked. As ridiculous as it sounded, he actually wanted to make as many friends as possible. Fluttershy looked confused, then happy,

"Of course you can, but don't scare him okay?" she said. Ben walked over and sat on the opposite side of her.

"I promise I won't" he said.

Ben looked at the rabbit behind Fluttershy. It didn't seem scared at all, it just seemed a bit-confused. "I assume he can't actually speak?" he asked.

"No, although I wish he could, but we get along okay" she said in her soft voice.

The bunny jumped off the couch and darted to the kitchen, "Whoa" said Ben.

"What? He's just hungry" said Fluttershy. Ben looked from the kitchen to Fluttershy,

"So, they do whatever they feel like doing?" asked Ben. That would be a great life…

"Well, I do have three rules' she said. Ben looked at her; her eyes seemed to be his point of focus. He couldn't look away! 'One, no animal is to leave without a goodbye. Two, no secrets. And three, most important, have a nice time" she said. Then she giggled, and Ben could now look away.

"What was that? I couldn't look away from your eyes!" Ben shouted. Fluttershy looked appalled,

"Oh, I'm sorry, I may have used the stare on you, sorry…" she mumbled, and then her voice went all squeaky and non-understandable.

"Fluttershy it's OK, I'm not mad, I just got a bit anxious. I'm surprised I haven't gone crazy by now, what with all these talking ponies…" he said. Fluttershy looked at him. "What?" Ben said. She was concentrating on something, but what? "Fluttershy-" Ben started, but Fluttershy spoke up,

"Ben, did you really mean what you said earlier?" she asked.

Ben thought quickly, "Oh, that. I… Erm… Yes?" he spoke, he wasn't sure what to say. "Well, if you want you can ignore me, I just tend to speak whatever I'm thinking!" He said. Fluttershy smiled,

"I don't mind, I think it's cute" she said.

'I know where this is going…' thought Ben.

"Fluttershy I've been here a day, and me and Kushal, we're like the big news. He's the cool one, he's the one who got girlfriends and loads of money and all the other stuff. I was just in the background, supporting him, although he stayed with me, I regret it a little bit…" said Ben, he'd never admitted this before. "Kushal is the life and soul of the party, I'm just shy, awkward and above all, I don't think many people care about me." He continued.

"What are you doing?" she asked. Ben was looking at the ceiling, and hadn't noticed that he had started petting Fluttershy's mane.

"Huh, oh, when did this happen?" he said. Fluttershy didn't answer, then she looked at Ben,

"What is this? It feels nice" she said.

"Well, where I come from, it's called petting, Humans usually like to pet nice things, such as animals or fabrics" he said.

Fluttershy really seemed to be enjoying the petting. "Kushal is probably having the best time right now, whereas I'm just having a talk" he said. Fluttershy looked like she was sleeping now, "Fluttershy?" he said, Fluttershy moved slightly,

"Yes, Ben?" she said.

"Nothing…" and he continued to pet her mane.