- "Nononono! Trust me, that won't be neccesary!"
- >You back against the wall as Fluttershy approaches you with the largest fucking thermometer you've ever seen in your entire life.
- >"But Twilight's book says that the best way to get your temperature is to-"
- "I don't need a thermometer to know I have a fever!"
- >"But we need to know for sure. If I can just..."
- >Fluttershy closes in on you.
- "NEVER!"
- >You slap the thermometer away and vault over her.
- >You dive behind the safety of your couch.
- >"Oh. That's okay then. I guess we don't need to get your temperature right now."
- >Damn straight, skippy.
- >Fluttershy seats herself down on the rug.
- >"Well, how do we find out what's wrong with you?"
- "I told you already. I'm feeling fine."
- >But you're still not well."
- "Does it matter?"
- >Fluttershy ponders this for a moment.
- >"Well... I guess not."
- "So it's agreed? No more crazy medical procedures that neither of us know anything about?"
- >"But I was certain that a colonoscopy could-"
- "No, it can't!"
- >"But the book said-"
- "Since when did you turn into Twilight?"
- >She bowed her head and began to sniffle.
- >Oh, nononono.
- >Bad, Anon. Bad.
- --
- >You come out from behind the couch and crouch in front of her.
- >You brush her bangs from her face and lift her chin.
- >"I *sniff* only want what's best for you. *sniff*" she whispers.
- >You embrace her.
- "I know," you whisper in her ear. "I'm sorry."
- >She calmed down rather quickly.
- >"So... I take it you don't want the thermometer?"
- >You pull back from the hug and give her a deadpan stare.
- >"I'll take that as a no."
- >You stand and look at the stacks of books Twilight had left for Fluttershy.
- >She said she only left you a few...
- "Maybe it's best if you just don't read up on this anymore than what's needed."
- >"How do we know what's needed?"
- "I'll tell you. And I say, no more."
- >You look over the mess once more.
- "Perhaps we should clean this up."
- >"Oh. Okay, then."
- "Can I ask you a question?"
- >You grab a small stack.
- >"Okay."
- >You look at her and smile.
- "You should show me how you made that veggie soup from last night.
- >Fluttershy lifts a book and adds it to your stack.
- >"That would be wonderful."
- --
- >You awaken the next morning with a slight pain in the base of your neck, and your voice is a little raspy.
- >But all in all, you feel fine.
- >You playfully gloated to Fluttershy about how you knew all along.
- >She seemed upset about how she couldn't play the tender, loving, and caring mother anymore.
- >You try to get your daily routine back on track.
- >You workout schedule has been derailed so many times now, it was pathetic.
- >How you are making any progress is beyond you.
- >You decide to push yourself today in hopes of making up for anything you may have lost over the last few days.
- >You instantly regret this decision.
- >After a slow mile, you say 'Fuck it' and turn around, walking back home.
- >So tired and worn out..
- >You're getting fat.
- >This sucks so hard.
- >"Hey, Anon. What's up?"
- >You stop and turn around.
- >Nothing there.
- >You turn back around to see Rainbow Dash staring you RIGHT IN THE FUCKING FACE.
- >You reel back and fall on your ass in surprise.
- >She laughs at your idiocy.
- --
- >She sits there, hovering over you.
- >A smile is plastered across her face.
- >You're curious as to what she wants, but also a little scared.
- >She offers her hoof to you.
- >You're suspicious of accepting it, but take it anyways.
- >You feel relieved when all she does is pull you to your feet.
- >"Dang, Anon. You're a heavy one."
- >That kind of hurts.
- >Yeah you were just calling yourself fat, but that's different.
- >You think.
- "Yeah," is all you can respond with.
- >You continue your walk home with Rainbow Dash hovering beside you.
- >"So, Anon."
- "Yeah?"
- >"What are you doing out here?"
- "Training."
- >"I can see that. But WHAT are you doing?"
- "..... Training?"
- >Rainbow Dash facehoofs.
- >"No stu- ... No. I mean, why are you walking?"
- "Im tired."
- >Rainbow blows raspberries at you.
- >"And you expect to beat ME in a race?"
- --
- >She must have already forgotten how sick you were just the other day when she came by.
- >That, or she's just busting your balls.
- >Hard to tell, really.
- >She's not the brightest pony you've ever met.
- "Well, you know. I need to get faster somehow."
- >"You barely ran a mile!"
- >Stalker...
- >You don't call her out on it though.
- "Bad pacing on my part," is your excuse.
- >She found this rather hilarious and dropped to the ground to walk while she laughed at you.
- "Is there a reason you're here? Or are you just getting off making me feel bad."
- >She ignored you, but responded when she finally calmed down.
- >"I, uh... heh... I just came by to see if you're game for the Running of the Leaves."
- >The Running of the- Oh yeah!
- >Way back when you first got here, you had a conversation with Fluttershy about it.
- >How you thought that sprinting through the forest, a shower of-
- >You get punched in the shoulder by Rainbow.
- >"Snap out of it and answer my question," she demands.
- >You think for a moment.
- "When is it?"
- >"Two months."
- --
- >Two months, eh?
- >At least she's waiting until after your wedding.
- >Just barely though.
- >There's still a lot of time until then and now.
- >Plenty of time to get into shape.
- >That is, as long as you stop getting yourself hurt.
- >Or if you don't freeze due to it being the middle of November.
- >Is the Equestrian calendar the same as Earth's?
- >You're going to assume it is.
- >Come to think of it, the nights are going to become rather cold soon.
- >Maybe you should start wearing your faded, old jacket from when you got here.
- >If you can even find it, that is.
- >Maybe Rarity can patch it up for you?
- >Or make something a little warmer at least.
- >Rainbow Dash punches you in the shoulder again.
- >"Hey. Question. Answer. Now."
- >You rub your shoulder.
- "A little impatient, aren't we?"
- >"Well, what is it?"
- >That's a yes.
- "Yeah, sure. I guess."
- >Rainbow Dash smiles.
- >"Perfect. I'll see you then."
- "Won't I see you at the Gala tomorrow night?"
- >Her smile disappears.
- >"Sh-shut up. You know what I meant."
- >She flies away, your childish laughs following after her.
- --
- >You make it home, much to the surprise of Fluttershy.
- >"You're home early."
- "Didn't want to push myself too hard."
- >You fucking liar.
- >"Oh, okay. That's good of you. What would you like for breakfast?"
- "Hmm..." you scratch your chin. "I don't care."
- >Fluttershy's eager face left for a blank stare.
- >"What would you like for breakfast?" she asks again.
- "I don't care."
- >You walk over to the couch and lie down on your face.
- >Fluttershy walks around and stands beside you.
- >"What do you want for breakfast?"
- >Ah, so it's this game, is it?
- >You turn your head to face her.
- "Surprise me."
- >She jumps onto the couch and onto your back.
- >You groan and as you feel the weight on your back.
- >"What do you want for breakfast?"
- >You roll over, dropping her to the floor, and you landing on her.
- >You land on your arms to keep as much of your weight off of her without hurting her.
- "I don't care."
- >She uses her wings and slides out from under you.
- >She lands on your back and pushes you into the carpet.
- >"What do you want for breakfast?"
- >You stand up and back into the couch.
- >Fluttershy was holding onto the back of your neck.
- >You sit and press her against you and the couch.
- "I don't care."
- --
- >She released your neck and covered your eyes with her hooves.
- >You bend over to weaken her grip, then pry her hooves away with your hands.
- >She spread her wings and wrapped them around your face.
- >"What do you want for breakfast?"
- "I don't care!"
- >You stand and begin walking around, blindly.
- >Fluttershy is bending and twisting your head, causing you to stagger around unbalanced.
- >She finally releases you and hops off of your back.
- >You are standing in front of the fridge.
- "Clever girl..."
- >She smiles and squees in victory.
- >You sigh and open the fridge.
- >And... what do you know?
- >Nothing.
- >Fluttershy walks around you to get a peek inside.
- >She lets out an audible 'Oh,' at the sight of the empty fridge.
- >She turns and goes through the cupboards, looking for anything.
- >Unless you can find a way to mix peanuts, pepper, and baking soda, there was no way you were eating this morning.
- "How could we possibly run this low on food?"
- >"Now that you mention it, I'm not sure."
- "Didn't we just make a pot of soup last night?"
- >"You ate it all."
- "Oh yeah..."
- >After a few more minutes of staring into the empty fridge, you shut the door.
- "So I guess it's back to Ponyville, huh?"
- >"It seems that way."
- "Damn it."
- >It sucks being poor.
- --
- >You were drawing a few stares from the other ponies as you walked through town.
- >Jeez, get over it why don't you?
- >You've only been here for...
- >Uh...
- >Who cares.
- >You shouldn't be a damned attraction everytime you do something different.
- >You don't wear shorts into town very often, and only once before to your knowledge.
- >So your legs are exposed.
- >So what?
- >Also, why are you putting so much thought into this?
- >You shake your head and clear your thoughts.
- >Breakfast is shot, unless you go for brunch.
- >And you don't feel like going out to eat this morning.
- >The two of you wander through the market, pointing out various produce, and disagreeing for the most part.
- "This sucks."
- >"It's not that bad. Why don't you go sit down and rest for a moment or two? I can do this."
- "But then you'll end up buying the asparagus. I hate asparagus."
- >"But we can't decide on anything this way."
- >You sigh.
- "Fine, I guess. Maybe we can feed the asparagus to Angel."
- >There's no way in bunny hell that rabbit is going to accept straight asparagus.
- >Even after you've arrived, Fluttershy constantly caves into his picky behavior when you're not around.
- >Come to think of it, that's probably where all of your food goes.
- >If something is out of place even the slightest, he throws his food to the ground.
- >You're going to have to rectify that.
- --
- >You leave Fluttershy to her shopping as you find a bench to sit down.
- >It's probably not the smartest idea to be sitting with your legs spread like they are, but fuck it all.
- >The breeze feels good.
- >You nonchalantly wave to the passing ponies.
- >The colts and high class ponies showing disgust, while most of the mares giggled and waved back.
- >You lean your head back on the bench and rest your eyes for a moment.
- >"Hey you."
- >Well that didn't last as long as you would've hoped.
- >You look towards the voice, expecting a certain brown pony waiting to get his ass beat.
- >Instead, to your surprise, a fancy-looking unicorn is sitting beside you.
- "Oh, sorry," you say to him as you scoot over to allow him more room.
- >"Why, thank you, sir."
- "No problem."
- >You cross your arms and tilt your head back again.
- >"Fine weather we're having, isn't it?"
- >You crack your eye and look over to him.
- "Yup," you say, closing your eyes again.
- >You're not one for small talk with strangers.
- --
- >"Anonymous, isn't it?"
- >You look over to him before sitting up straight.
- "Yeah. How do you do?"
- >You extend a hand, which he meets with a hoof.
- >"Ah, a firm shake, I must say. It tells a lot about a pony."
- "Indeed."
- >You could chalk it up that you are actually able to squeeze as opposed to a real pony hoofshake.
- >How do ponies even shake hooves?
- >"So I heard through the grapevine that you are short on bits at the moment?"
- "Well, it's no big secret that I need a real job. But we're scraping by just fine."
- >"Well it just so happens that I have a special proposition just for you."
- >Sweet!
- >Finally, some real work!
- >And from a rich pony at that!
- "Sure!"
- >You try to hide your excitement, horribly at that.
- >"It involves your fiance Fluttershy."
- >Suddenly you have a bad feeling about this.
- >And the sudden urge to punch him in the mouth before this gets potentially worse.
- "Yeah?" you ask, concerned.
- >"It's really nothing to worry about," he assures you. "I have a distinct memory of when Fluttershy used to model for the great Photo Finish a while ago."
- >You sigh in relief.
- >You thought this was going somewhere horrible.
- >"I would like to acquire her from you as a trophy wife. For a modest fee of course."
- >The sudden urge to punch his fucking face in is back with a passion.
- --
- >You stand and walk away before you tear him a new asshole.
- >But the bastard follows you.
- >He trots up alongside you.
- >"Well. That was rather rude. Don't you think?"
- >That stuck up little...
- >He thinks YOU'RE being rude?
- >Well you are, but that's besides the point.
- "No." you state flatly.
- >"Aw, come now, Anonymous. There's no need to be like that."
- "There's every need to be like that."
- >"Well frankly, I fail to see any reason at all."
- >He would.
- >"If you would just hear me out, this wouldn't have to be so hostile.
- >You stop and turn towards him.
- "I'm listening."
- >"Well, it's really quite simple. All you need to do is act like a monster to her. Perhaps strike her while she's shopping. That should work quite well. Then I will come in, play the hero, and Fluttershy will be mine."
- >Flawless plan.
- >One problem though.
- "And what exactly would I get out of this?"
- >"Why, money, of course."
- >Of course.
- >You can always use more money.
- --
- >You about face and walk away.
- >Once again, he trots up beside you.
- >"Here."
- >He levitates a coinpurse and secures it to your belt.
- >"Take this stipend as a consideration."
- "I don't want your money."
- >You untie the coinpurse and hand it over to him.
- >He waves a hoof at you.
- >"Keep it. That's just pocket change, my boy. There's more where that came from if you would reconsider."
- >And with that, he trots away, leaving you with his unwanted sack of coins.
- >You contemplate scattering the bits around the market.
- >You want nothing to do with this pony's ill-gotten money.
- >But you do need it...
- >And he said he didn't want it, so it wouldn't be stealing for you to keep it.
- >Against your good concience, you pocket the money and try to find Fluttershy, just in case something else were to heppen.
- >You find her in no time, bartering with the bastard cherry vendor... again.
- >You sit and watch and barely manage to surpress your laughter when Fluttershy jumps onto the counter and gives him 'The Stare'.
- >The vendor tosses a bag across the counter along with a few bits.
- >Fluttershy happily walks away, the bag in her mouth.
- >She spots you and you wave her over.
- --
- >She jumps into your arms as you laugh and give her a kiss.
- >She's getting bolder, and finally able to stand up to that guy by herself.
- >You're so proud of her.
- >But now onto pressing matters.
- "Hey Fluttershy," you pull out the sack of coins. "We might have a problem on our hands..."
- >"Hooves."
- "Now's not the time..."
- >She frowns at her bad timing for a joke.
- >"I'm sorry."
- "Don't be."
- >Fluttershy opens the coinpurse to find a surprising amount of bits inside.
- >She cocks her head to the side, unable to understand the issue.
- >"Did... Did you steal it?"
- "What? No! No, I didn't steal it."
- >"So... What's the problem here?"
- >You relay the conversation you had with the unicorn only a few minutes prior.
- >Fluttershy hides herself behind her mane.
- >She apologizes...
- >To YOU.
- "I don't understand."
- >"If it wasn't for those magazines, this wouldn't have happened."
- >She sniffles, signaling a cry coming on.
- >You crouch and rest both hands on her shoulders.
- "Hey now, don't be like that. You think I would leave you for a few coins? You gotta be out of your pretty little mind to think I would do something like that. I doubt we'll ever hear from him again."
- >She looks up at you with her big teal eyes from behind her beautiful mane.
- >There's that smile you know and love.
- --
- "Hey, I just got an idea."
- >"What's that?" asks Fluttershy, looking up at you inquisitively.
- >Without a word, you begin walking away.
- >Fluttershy, confused at first, decides to follow.
- >You round a corner and your destination becomes all to clear.
- >You enter the Carousel Boutique and find Rarity working the front counter.
- "Hey Rarity, I gotta question for you," you say as you step through the door.
- >"Huh?" Rarity looks up from her work to spot the two of you entering.
- >"Oh! Good afternoon, Anonymous. Fluttershy."
- "Afternoon, Rarity. Hey, can I ask you a question?"
- >"Of course, Anonymous."
- >Rarity takes off her glasses and sets her pen down.
- >"What do you need?"
- >You pull up a seat for Fluttershy and you lean on the back of it.
- "Well, a few questions actually."
- >"I have all day," she says with a smile.
- >Quite.
- "Well first, you know a lot of high-class ponies, right?"
- >"Of course, darling. You don't become the greatest fashionista in Equestria just by dealing with commonfolk."
- >You don't know how you should take that comment.
- "Alright. Well, do you know anything about the modeling business?"
- >Rarity stared at you with a blank expression.
- >Even Fluttershy turned and looked up at you with an 'are you serious?' face.
- "Okay, sorry I asked."
- --
- "Well, uh... There's this one pony, a unicorn, who came up to me today."
- >"Okay?"
- "He talked to me about being interested in Fluttershy. Especially since she used to be a model."
- >"A job offer?"
- >You shake your head.
- "Not quite. He wanted to... uh..."
- >You scratch the back of your head.
- "How can I say this..."
- >"Purchase me," said Fluttershy.
- >Rarity gasped and reeled back in surprise before growing a very angry expression.
- "Uh... Yeah, actually. What she said."
- >Rarity stomps a hoof.
- >"What else did this stallion say to you!" she demands.
- "Nothing. He gave me a sack of bits and left."
- >You pull out the coinpurse and toss it to Rarity.
- >She catches it and peers inside.
- "He gave it to me to help persuade me."
- >Shaking her head, she returns it to you.
- >"What a cheap little..." she growls.
- >Rarity takes a deep breath and cools down.
- >"Please tell me you're not seriously considering it?" she asks.
- "Of course not!"
- >She nodded.
- >"Just making sure."
- --
- "So do you think you can help us?"
- >She shakes her head.
- >"Without a name, he's just another Canterlot pony. There's not much I can do."
- "That's a shame."
- >"But you know a lot of influential ponies, right?" asks Fluttershy.
- >"Of course, darling."
- >"So if you were to meet this pony, or get a name, then all would be fine, right?"
- >"That is correct."
- >Fluttershy nods.
- >"Thank you very much, Rarity."
- "Yeah, thanks Rarity."
- >"It's my pleasure, you two. Please tell me if you have any other problems."
- "Will do."
- >"Mhmm," agreed Fluttershy.
- >"Well please drop by soo- WAIT!"
- >Rarity throws up a hoof to you and Fluttershy as you turned to leave.
- >"I forgot something!"
- >She galloped off to the back of the shop.
- >You and Fluttershy traded glances.
- >Neither of you were expecting anything from Rarity.
- >Rarity returned with two flat boxes and hovered them over to you and Fluttershy.
- >"Your masks!" she said, excitedly.
- >The two of you reached out to grab the boxes, only to have them pulled out of reach.
- >"But not yet!" she said with a smile.
- >What a tease.
- --
- >"You can't see them, but trust me, you'll like them," said Rarity.
- "Well you've never disappointed me before, so I trust you."
- >Fluttershy nodded in agreement.
- >"Well now that I've shown you your masks, is there anything else you need from me?"
- "One thing. Could you actually SHOW us the masks?"
- >"No."
- "Fair enough. Other than that, I got nothing. Fluttershy?"
- >Fluttershy shook her head.
- "Nope. Looks like we're good for now."
- >"Okay, darling. Now, if you don't mind, I need to get back to work."
- "Alright. It was good speaking with you, Rarity."
- >"It's always a pleasure, Anonymous. I'll see you tomorrow night. You too, Fluttershy."
- >"Okay, Rarity."
- >You hold the door open for Fluttershy as you leave.
- "Let me take those bags," you say to Fluttershy after a few hours of shopping.
- >She releases them from her mouth and allows you to take them.
- >"Don't cut your hands."
- "Don't cut my-? Oh, pfft. Yeah, right."
- >Fluttershy giggled and you rolled your eyes.
- "Let's just get home, alright?"
- >"I would like that."
- >[One hour later]
- >You kick open the front door and race to the kitchen.
- >You drop the many bags of food onto the counter.
- "Son of a bitch!"
- >You shake flail your hands around, trying to ease the pain.
- >It's not working.
- >"You try too hard," said Fluttershy, laughing as she trotted into the kitchen.
- "I don't try hard enough. Otherwise we wouldn't have this money situation."
- --
- >Fluttershy kissed your hands.
- >Like a mother kissing her child's boo boo.
- >"I don't care about money."
- >She presses her head against your side.
- >You instinctively throw an arm around her and pull her closer.
- >"I'm sure we will get along just fine. I have confidence in you."
- >You don't.
- >You don't even know if you will ever get your house payed off.
- >Or even find a steady job at that.
- "Thanks," is all you're able to respond with.
- >You check your pockets and pull out the still-full coinpurse the unicorn gave you.
- "Well, at least we're better off than when we left home today.
- >Fluttershy nodded.
- >You hand the bag to Fluttershy.
- "It WAS because of you, you know. I think you should have it."
- >Fluttershy stared at the sack of bits in your hand.
- >"I don't want it," she said.
- "Well I don't want it. So here, take it."
- >You toss the bag onto her back.
- >She shakes her flank and drops the bag to the floor.
- >"Well I don't want it either."
- "He gave it to me for you. So it's only right if you take it."
- >"But he gave it to you."
- "For you."
- >"I'm not touching it," she says, backing away.
- >Well, crap.
- --
- "So..." you twiddle your thumbs. "What do we do with it?"
- >"We could put it away. Maybe have it go towards the house payment."
- "That... is not a bad idea, actually."
- >You walk over and pick up the bag.
- >You look back and forth between Fluttershy and the bag.
- >You touch Fluttershy with it.
- "Touch."
- >"Anon!" jumped Fluttershy.
- "Heheh, sorry."
- >Fluttershy's yelp drew the attention of Angel, whos was napping in a basket in the living room.
- >You never saw much of him lately.
- >Probably because it always ended with him being punted out the door.
- >Nevertheless, he ran to Fluttershy's aid in the kitchen.
- >She was still in that flinching pose when he came running in.
- >Thinking you were trying to hurt her, or just taking this opportunity to be an asshole, he leapt up to you and roundhouse kicked the coinpurse from your hands.
- >The bag hit the wall and exploded, sending bits all over the kitchen.
- >Fluttershy gasped and covered her mouth with her hooves.
- "Angel, what the hell!"
- --
- >The rabbit looked around, confused at the flying coins and Fluttershy's reaction.
- >He reached down to his feet and picked one up to inspect it.
- >You could swear his pupils turned to cash symbols for a second.
- >He hopped onto the counter and grabbed a cookbook.
- >You gave a quizzical look at Fluttershy, who only shrugged in response.
- >Angel flipped through the pages before coming to a stop.
- >He lifted the book and pointed to his prize.
- >A giant freakin salad.
- >Adorned with all manners of vegetables, and even whipped cream and a cherry on top.
- >"What's that Angel Bunny? Are you hungry?"
- >He shook his head and started impatiently tapping his foot.
- >"Aw. Here. Let mama take care of-"
- "No."
- >The two of them looked at you.
- >Fluttershy in surprise, Angel in anger.
- >Like hell if you're letting Fluttershy spoil him today.
- "How do you expect us to make that?"
- >Angel points to the bags of groceries sitting on the counter.
- "We don't even have everything we need for that."
- >Angel points to the bits scattered around the kitchen.
- "I'm not wasting money so you can take one bite and throw it in Fluttershy's face."
- >He began repeatedly hitting the book, furiously point at the salad and demanding you to make it.
- >You couldn't help but notice Angel putting special emphasis on the cherry at the top.
- "You touch my cherries, I'm gonna stomp your li-"
- >You look at Fluttershy, growing increasingly worried.
- "Go get yourself a carrot or something."
- >He pouted and hopped up on the counter and dug through the bags.
- >You can feel your rage building when he pulls out a little paper bag with a cherry sticker on the front.
- --
- >He holds the bag high above his head, showing defiance towards you.
- "Son of a bitch..." you whisper under your breath.
- >His face contorts and he pulls out one of your cherries.
- >Damn those bunny ears.
- >"Angel," whispered Fluttershy. "Please don't."
- >He turns his head to the side, opens his mouth, and hangs the cherry over it.
- "Don't you fucking dare..."
- >You begin slowly taking steps towards him.
- >He cracks open one eye to see you slowly approaching.
- >He extends his tongue and begins to slide it over the cherry, seductively.
- "Mother fucker..."
- >You squint your eyes and try to stare into his soul like Fluttershy can.
- >It doesn't work.
- >He lowers the cherry into his mouth.
- >You aggressively take another step forwards.
- >He clamps his jaws shut.
- "That's it!"
- >You lunge at the offending rabbit.
- >You want blood.
- >"Anon! No! Wait!" pleaded Fluttershy.
- >Angel, foreseeing your inevitable rage, simply hopped up and jumped off your head.
- >You hit the counter and spun around to see him racing out of the kitchen.
- >You make a break for the kitchen door before Fluttershy grabs your legs and you hit the floor.
- >Instinctively, you threw your arms up to protect your face.
- >You don't need that getting busted again.
- >Hitting the floor like that didn't help your overall condition either.
- >Needless to say, it calmed you down very quickly.
- --
- >You bury your face in one arm and slam your fist into the floor with the other.
- "I really hate the rabbit," you say into the floor.
- >"He's not so bad once you get to know him," consoled Fluttershy.
- >That made no sense whatsoever.
- >She acts like the victim of spousal abuse when it comes to Angel.
- >No matter how bad it is, she loves him.
- >That's not a bad thing, per se, but there are limits.
- "I'm sure he's a swell guy," you say sarcastically.
- >Fluttershy releases your legs and gets off of you.
- >You push off the floor and slowly rise to your feet.
- "So," you brush yourself off. "Dinner plans?"
- >Please say rabbit stew...
- >Fluttershy shrugged.
- >"Do you want some more vegetable soup?"
- >With rabbit.
- "I suppose."
- >Fluttershy flew up and kissed you before moving over the the groceries on the counter.
- >You sigh.
- >Maybe next time.
- >You decide to help her prepare dinner.
- >Since you're the one with the great and powerful hands, you work the knife as Fluttershy tosses you the vegetables and mixes them in the pot.
- >Cooking is always fun when you got a system or a game going.
- >Angel peeks in the kitchen, expecting an ambush.
- >Needless to say, he was surprised to see you calm and preparing dinner with Fluttershy.
- >He scowled and kicked a carrot that was sitting on the floor for some reason.
- --
- >You can see Angel out of the corner of your eye.
- >'Someone's mad', you think to yourself.
- >Your smile catches Fluttershy's eyes.
- >She doesn't know what you're smiling about, but seeing you happy makes her happy as well.
- >You taste your veggie concoction and determine that it could really use some beef.
- >But alas, then Fluttershy would be out of something to eat.
- >Unless she decides to-
- >Nah, fuck it.
- >Perhaps tomorrow night you can fry yourself up a giant porkchop or something if you get home early enough.
- >But from what you heard from the others, it's practically an all night thing.
- >And Canterlot is supposed to be a few hours train ride away.
- >You are NOT looking forward to tomorrow morning.
- >A simple dinner tonight is all you need to be content.
- >Tomorrow will be an extravagent evening.
- >You can spend the night with Fluttershy doing whatever she wants.
- >It's not like you know the castle grounds or the city proper.
- >She is sure to know the better sights and areas at the Gala.
- >Either her, or Rarity.
- >But Rarity wil probably be busy showing off her outfit.
- >Can't blame her much.
- >But if Fluttershy decides to go do her own thing, you're pretty much stuck in a crowd of prying pony eyes.
- >Rich and fancy ponies at that.
- >You wish Spike was going...
- >Then you'd have someone to hang out with should you get abandoned by the others.
- >Perhaps you can talk him into it tomorrow.

