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// Flowers 
// Story: Canterlot And Beyond 
// by Starlight Shadow 
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Button Mash walked through the flower fields, humming Sweetie Belle's favorite song. He was looking for some flowers to pick Sweetie for her cutecenera, which was this evening. Sweetie Belle liked daisies and tulips, particularly pink ones. 

One problem.

He couldn't find any daisies or tulips. 

He searched and searched, becoming increasingly frantic. He needed to give Sweetie Belle a nice big bouquet, and the only flower he could find was one measly tulip. The sky became darker and darker until it was dinnertime, only an hour before the party. By this time Button was tearing up the meadow, not a single daisy to be seen. 

He could see lights starting to flicker on back in town, reminding him of fireflies. The party was going to start soon. But he needed to find these flowers. 

He continued to search until he collapsed in the middle of the field, crying a little. He didn't have time to get her anything else other than a mere pink tulip. Even that measly thing was starting to break, a single petal having fallen off. 

"Button?"

He turned around, wiping one eye to see Sweetie Belle in all her newly-earned-magic-butt-sticker glory. It was a pink heart with a music note imposed on top of it. She looked concerned. 

"What are you doing out here? The party started half an hour ago."

"I was trying to find you some flowers. Daisies and tulips, the kind you like...But I could only find this one." Button held out the tulip. Sweetie took it in her magic, twirling it around before giving him a small kiss.

"I love it." She laughed a little. "You know, you didn't have to get me anything fancy. Just a kiss would do it." 

They walked off towards her party, the pink flower held aloft as a tribute, a flag, a testimony to the beauty of simply being there.