Icing On The Cake

I woke up without Carrot by my side. I was kind of sad, but I knew I had to get home.

The Cakes made sure I stayed at their house long enough to eat breakfast. And a long talk. After a long time, I made sure I had time to go home.

"Thank you so much for letting me stay overnight, but I really should be getting home now." I pleaded with his parents to let me go home. Carrot wasn't up yet, I assumed he stayed until I fell asleep, which might have been late.

"Oh, please, come over whenever you need it, since your family isn't home. You are for sure welcome here!" Bun Cake pleaded with me.

"I'm fine, thank you, I don't want to overrun your hospitality."

"You could never do that. Anything for our boy's closest friend." Yellow Cake said after I tried opening the door. They just kept on talking to me, they were always this talkative.

I finally got out of there. I shut the door, and sighed when I got outside. My hat might of blocked the sun, but warm sunlight bathed me... It instantly made me happy. I searched deep in my brain for the way back to my house. I must have remembered it sometime in my life.

I walked through Ponyville, looking for something familiar. I finally spotted Fanny's uncle's shop, and where they also lived... It was a run down shack, but they didn't mind. If I could own that... I would make it a shop. A fabulous shop... Where anyone could buy hot fresh treats at any time of the day... That would be lovely. Absolutely lovely.

I kept on searching, and finally, I found my home. I was really happy, but then I heard a yelling off in the distance...

"Cup!!!" Fanny breathed, running quickly towards me.

"What is it, Fanny?" I went to open the door to my home, when Fanny threw himself on the door, blocking me.

"Fanny, you're being absolutely ridiculous. Can I not get into my own home?"

"NO!" He yelled, then changed his mind and said it more civilly, "Not right now."

I rolled my eyes. "And why not?"

"Because..." He said searching around, there was obviously something I didn't see.

"What are you looking for?"

"That!" He grabbed my hoof, and we were off.

"Fanny Pack!! Where are we going?"

"I don't know, but away from your house!"

"Wait, what??" I dug my heels into the ground, and forced both of us to stop. "Why are we running away from my home? Thank you very much, I haven't been there in almost a month. And if you don't tell me why, I'm going to go home, normally, like I always do."

Fanny sighed. "There's a surprise, waiting for you, back there. But there's something over here that I need to show you first."

"What's the surprise?"

"Umm Cup," he laughed, "it's a surprise. As in, I can't tell you."

"A hint??" I tried not using my puppy dog eyes, but hey, they worked on Carrot, why not try them on him?

"That's not gonna work on me, Cup."

Darn it.

"So now I'm supposed to leave you, it's somewhere around here."

We were in the town park. Or at least I was. I looked everywhere. There was an odd old stallion selling balloons, obviously trying to get my attention. I ignored him and kept looking. There were at least a dozen young fillies playing frisbee, and people softly talking, laughing.

Where was this, and what did he want me to find? Gosh darn it Fanny. He knew I was too impatient for surprises.

"Excuse me? Miss? I was told I needed to talk to you!"

I turned around to the old man, nearly knocking my hat off in the process. "Me?"

He nodded. "Two boys came over here, told me to sell you a balloon, and a very specific one."

"Which one?"

"This blue one here. They already paid for it, but they said you were supposed to pop it."

"Umm... Okay. Thanks sir." I took the cerulean balloon to a more secluded place, so my balloon pop wouldn't scare everypony.

Of course, there was a note inside of it.

Congrats! You've found this note.

You'll notice the balloon is the color of your coat.

This is not the end to your quest,

I won't put too much of your wit to the test.

Don't worry, no crazy places you must go,

Because now you are going to your home.

On the way,

Think a little bit about yesterday.

What was that supposed to mean...?

I ignored that, and walked home anyways.

I was NOT going to think about yesterday.

Well, what did Fanny mean about yesterday? Did he mean why he was acting like that? Did he notice and change it? Or maybe he was talking about me urging Carrot on to ask me out. I would never do that. I respect Carrot just as much as he respects me, and I would never make him do any of that stuff.

Nor would I ever do it. Because I feel like I did it before, but if I remember correctly (thank Celestia I would) the relationship didn't end quite like I wanted it to.

I opened the door to my house. It was dark, as I expected it to be. A single light came from the kitchen, and I had to check it out.

Carrot was there, in a cute little bowtie and a smock. It seemed to fit him so well.

He turned to me with a smile.

"What's up, Cup?"

CARROT CAKE

She giggled. Man, she was adorable when she giggled.

"I just found this note... In a balloon... And it told me to come home. So I did. What are YOU doing in my kitchen?" She teased, obviously trying to see my fabulous creation.

"I will show you..." She pushed me away, "as long as you wait at the table."

She sighed. "You know I hate waiting."

I smiled. "I won't keep you waiting that long, okay?" She turned around, and sat down, as I frantically put on the last touches.

I stared at it... And for 5 minutes worth of staring, all I added was one little heart. It was perfect, it needed nothing else.

The icing on the cake... It was perfect.

I carried it out to her dining table.

She read it.

At first, her mouth dropped open.

Then, she got a great big smile.

Then she giggled. And that progressed very quickly.

And then she jumped up, and screamed, "YES!"

She jumped into my arms, and giggled. Quite a bit.

I looked back on the cake.

'Would you like to be mine?'