- >You wanted to sleep.
- >You needed to sleep.
- >And boy did you sleep.
- >You and your wife were out for hours.
- >It wasn't until about noon did you stir even the slightest.
- >You crack your eyes open and look around this strange room.
- >Your memory comes fading back in.
- >You were back in Ponyville.
- >Twilight's house, more specifically.
- >You squeeze your eyes close and whimper to yourself.
- >This is Twilight's bed.
- >That means you gotta move...
- >Too bad you weren't home else you could just sleep all day.
- >You cover your face with a pillow and yell.
- >Fluttershy's eats twitched from your muffled shouting.
- >She rolled over, threw a leg around you, and buried her face in your chest.
- >You ran your fingers through her mane and stared at her resting form.
- --
- >There's a knock on the bedroom door before it cracks open.
- >A purple muzzle pokes through.
- >"Is it safe to come in?" asked Twilight.
- "Your good."
- >The door opens all the way and Twilight walks in carrying a tray with two bowls of cereal.
- >"I heard you shout, so I figured you must be awake."
- >She sets the tray in your lap.
- >"I brought you breakfast."
- "Thanks. We appreciate it."
- >You gently nudge Fluttershy's shoulder.
- "Wake up, mama. Breakfast in bed."
- >Fluttershy lifts her head from your chest.
- >She looks up to you, down to the tray, then to Twilight with those drowsy eyes.
- >She smiles.
- >"Thank you, Twilight," Fluttershy said softly.
- >"Your welcome Fluttershy."
- >As the two of you eat, Twilight takes a seat near the bed.
- >"So do you plan on going home today?" asked Twilight.
- "Yeah. As much as I'd rather lay here for the next couple days, I just want to go home."
- >"Me too," said Fluttershy.
- >"Okay. I suppose that's a better plan than stinking up my bed," said Twilight.
- >You raise an eyebrow, but decide to sniff your shirt.
- "Uh... I'll wash your sheets," you tell her.
- >When was the last time you had a bath?
- >Neither of you look dirty, but your collective stench says otherwise.
- >Why didn't anyone say something before?
- >Now you just look like an ass.
- --
- >You set your empty bowls on the tray and Twilight takes them downstairs.
- >You slowly rise from the bed and stretch.
- >Fluttershy slinks out of bed behind and goes downstairs.
- >You laugh to yourself upon seeing the bed head Fluttershy's got going on.
- >You run your fingers through your own hair.
- >Then you rub you chin to feel the beard you have going on.
- >First things first.
- >This hair needs to go.
- >You follow your wife downstairs and find Twilight helping her brush her hair.
- >Fluttershy grimaces as her hair is tugged when the brush hits a knot.
- "That's why I like having no hair," you comment.
- >"It's nothing a quick, grr, brushing can fix," says Twilight, grunting as she forces the brush through another knot.
- "Now watch Rarity kidnap you all day at the spa to clean you up to her standards."
- >There's a knock on the door.
- >"Come in!" calls Twilight.
- >"Are they awake yet?" asks Rarity as she enters.
- "Speak of the devil."
- >"What?" asked Rarity.
- "Nothing. What's up?"
- >"Oh, I just came to treat the two of you to a trip to the spa as a Welcome Home present from myself."
- >You throw one hand in the air and look at Twilight and Fluttershy.
- "Oh! Called it!"
- >"What?" asked Rarity.
- >You lower your hand.
- "Nevermind..."
- --
- >"Ow!" Fluttershy whimpers quietly as the brush snags again.
- >Twilight pulls the brush away and picks out all the hair.
- >Rarity gasps in horror.
- >"You're mutilating her mane!" she cries.
- >She runs over and shoves Twilight away and stealing the brush.
- >You help Twilight to her feet.
- >"Now that was rude," muttered Twilight.
- "Just let it go."
- >Rarity fixes Fluttershy's mane the rest of the way, but she's still not satisfied.
- >"No, no, no,l. This simply will not suffice!" she proclaims.
- >She stands Fluttershy up and starts pushing her to the door.
- >"To the spa!" she shouts.
- "No thanks."
- >They stop.
- >"Oh no you don't," said Rarity. "I am generously treating you to a relaxing afternoon. You're not slipping away from this one."
- "Watch me."
- >Three hours later, you're walking out the doors of the spa.
- "Damn it all," you grumble.
- --
- >Back at the library, Twilight and Rarity offer to accompany the two of you back home.
- "Actually, I want to surprise the fillies when they get off of school."
- >"That's a great idea," said Rarity. "Poor Sweetie Belle and her friends have been absolutely distraught since you left."
- "I need to ask. Did they find their cutie marks yet?"
- >"No, not yet," Rarity sighed.
- "A shame. But anyways, I'll see you at home, 'kay hun?"
- > You kneel and kiss Fluttershy.
- >"Okay. Just be back soon. Promise?" asked Fluttershy.
- >You groan.
- "Yes mom..."
- >The mares giggle and you part ways.
- >Ponies you haven't greeted yet wave and say 'Hello'.
- >It doesn't take long to reach the schoolhouse.
- >The bell sounds, signaling the end of classes for the day.
- >You quickly duck behind a tree as the children leave the building.
- --
- >You spy the Crusaders stand outside the door for a bit few starting your way.
- >You press your back to the tree.
- >Their voices grow louder and they eventually pass right by you.
- "One, two, Anon's coming for you..." you sing.
- >You duck behind the tree opposite from them.
- >They freeze and turn around.
- >"H-Hello?" calls Applebloom.
- >You can hear one of them cautiously step forward.
- >You crouch so the bushes around you conceal you a little more.
- "I want to play a game," you say.
- >The little filly stops just behind the tree.
- "Lets play..."
- >You round the tree and dive at the filly.
- "Hide and seek!"
- >Applebloom shrieks when the creature pounces her.
- >And then she can't stop laughing.
- >"Noo! Hahaha! Stop!" cries Applebloom.
- >You tickle her unrelentlessly.
- >Your vision goes orange when Scootaloo attaches herself to your face.
- >Sweetie Belle climbs onto your back.
- >Applebloom slips free and joins her friends' assault.
- >You give in and fall backwards, laying on Sweetie Belle.
- "Hurk... Blagh..."
- >You play dead, your tongue hanging out of your mouth.
- >Sweetie Belle crawls from beneath you and the three stand on your chest.
- >"Cutie Mark Crusader Human Fighters!" they proclaim.
- --
- >You reach you arms up and sweep them all into a hug.
- >You squeeze them tight against your chest.
- >"Hi Anonymous!" the greet.
- "How are my three favorite fillies doing? You getting any closer to finding your cutie marks?"
- >Their faces light uo.
- >"Yeah! We're so close we can smell it!" exclaimed Scootaloo.
- >"That's not our cutie marks," said Sweetie Belle, covering her nose.
- >You release the fillies and they jump off your chest.
- "Thanks for making me feel self-concious about my personal hygiene," you say sarcastically.
- >"When'd y'all get home?" asked Applebloom.
- "Yesterday, but we stayed at Twilight's house. We were too tired to go home."
- >"Where's Fluttershy?" asked Sweetie Belle.
- "She went back to my house with your sister and Twilight."
- >"Do you have any good stories to tell?"
- "You know it. I'll have to share them with you sometime."
- >"Hey!" exclaimed Applebloom. "Do ya got your guitar ya?"
- "Oh. No, actually. The strings broke. I need to see about getting it fixed."
- >"Aww," they pouted.
- --
- "But hey. The wife wants me home, so I'll see you later, 'kay?'"
- >You kneel to give them another hug.
- "Do you want me to walk you home?"
- >"No thanks," said Scootaloo. "We're going crusading!"
- "Alright. Good luck and be safe, okay?"
- >"Okay! See you later Anon!" they all chimed.
- >They turned and ran down the road.
- >You head home before your wife decides to smother you with a pillow in your sleep.
- >You can't help but notice she had been getting a little more irritable lately.
- >You chalk it up to hormones.
- >You happen across Twilight and Rarity coming the other way down the road.
- "What's up?" you ask.
- >"We moved your stuff in and cleaned up a little," said Twilight.
- "And Fluttershy?"
- >"She said she would be fine by herself," said Rarity.
- "Alright. Thank you both. I appreciate all you've done."
- >"No need to thank us, Anonymous," said Rarity.
- >"Yeah. That's what friends are for," said Twilight.
- "I'll see you both later. And Rarity, I need to ask you something later."
- >"Very well," said Rarity. "Goodnight Anonymous."
- "You too."
- >You walk past and make your way home.
- --
- >As you walk up to your home, a fulfilling sense of joy and belonging overcomes you.
- >You open the door and step inside.
- >The first thing you notice is the lack of stink you were expecting.
- >The furniture is also dusted.
- >Again, not what you were expecting.
- >Someone had been cleaning recently.
- >No way Fluttershy and them had cleaned this much in such a short time.
- >You patrol the house but can't find Fluttershy.
- >You walk outside and around back, bypassing the cart on the side of the house.
- >You hear music.
- >You check behind the house and find Fluttershy with a flock of birds on her head and extended forelegs.
- >"AAaa AAaa AAaa aaaa~" sings Fluttershy.
- >The birds chirp along.
- >You lean up against the house and watch in silence.
- >A thought comes to mind.
- "Who are you," you whisper to yourself.
- --
- >You know that Fluttershy has a life of her own.
- >And you as well.
- >You can't spend every waking moment together.
- >So you wonder,
- >Just who is she when you're not around?
- >Fluttershy holds a bird on her hoof close to her face and they whistle a song in unison.
- >You know how silly and playful she can be when you're alone.
- >Does she try on some of your socks and slide around the house?
- >Does she sneak a small glass of cider when your not looking?
- >Perhaps she has chocolate cravings from time to time.
- >Fluttershy finishes her song with the birds.
- >A few smaller creatures had gathered around as well.
- >Fluttershy flinches when you give her a slow clap.
- "You always did have a way with animals," you say with a smile.
- --
- >The two of you head inside.
- >Shower was on your to do list, but Rarity helped check that off with a chemical bath at the spa.
- >You check the freezer and find your preserved meat neatly stuffed inside.
- >Dinner was one of the best you've had in a while.
- >Fresh vegetables and spices in the cupboards added plenty of flavor and filler.
- >You went to bed earlier than usual.
- >You stripped out of your disgusting clothes and tossed them aside.
- >You crawl beneath silk blankets so soft that royalty would be jealous.
- >And your bed...
- >Finally a bed that can actually accomodate you.
- >The soft down feathers of your wife's wings were more than a sufficient pillow.
- >But the best thing of all?
- >You can stay here as long as you pleased.
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