//------------------------------// // Pinkies Confession // Story: Taboo and Bitter sweet Pie // by SecretAgentPlotTwist //------------------------------// It was a busy morning in Ponyville. Everypony was rushing around frantically and the markets made it very noisy. Pinkie had just about managed to get through the commotion unharmed but the hot sun still stared down on her, making her flustered. Pinkie followed the dirt roads through the woods and plains. The roads were a lot quieter and calmer than usual; it allowed her a spring in her step despite the heat. As she reached the top of the last hill she saw the sun shining upon a small cottage up ahead. Pinkie took a deep breath and headed straight towards it. As she approached the cottage, she began to hear the noises from inside, the sound of animals rushing around becoming louder and louder the closer she got to it. Pinkie began to lose energy more and more through every step. As she reached the cottage all energy and motivation was lost in her movement. Pinkie looked at the cottage's door with a worried look. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Pinkie swallowed before the door opened making all the noise from inside sound louder. This revealed a pink-haired pony with the sunlight shining off her yellow coat. “Oh hello Pinkie,” Fluttershy said with a calm and quiet tone, “what brings you here?” “Hi Fluttershy, how are you, that’s good, I’m fine as well, lovely weather we’re having, are yes I imagine it is a bit too hot outside. Oh me? I was just passing by through the woods casually as you do and I thought why not pass by my good friend Fluttershy’s house,” Pinkie Pie blabbered with a forced smile. “…Um, okay,” Fluttershy replied as she tried to piece together what Pinkie had just said, “would you like to come in?” Fluttershy extended her hoof to signal Pinkie to come in and she stepped out of the way to let her. Pinkie bounced in past her and looked around. The cottage was unusually dirty with broken vases and ornaments on the floor and animals running in between Pinkie's hooves. “Sorry about the mess,” Fluttershy said as she picked up a broom to clean up a bit. “I’ve had some new animals come in and they are being a bit difficult.” “It’s fine, why wouldn’t it be fine? I’m in a perfectly good place of mind and I’m definately not screaming inside with any sort of worry about anything, that would be silly.” Fluttershy turned to Pinkie with a confused look. “Um, okay…” There was a long moment of silence with Pinkie looking at Fluttershy with a big unnatural smile and Fluttershy looking back at her with a worried look. “...So... is there anything I can do for you?” Fluttershy asked. “Me? Well there may be something but that’s not really important. The real question is, what can I do for you?” Pinkie Pie said holding up her hoof to point at Fluttershy. “Um, Pardon me?” “I could clean the dirt from under the sofa!” Pinkie said while holding up the sofa over her head. “You really don’t have-“ “Or I could oil this creaky door!” Pinkie said as she swung the back door open and closed. “Erm, Pinkie are you feeling ok-“ “I could even change all the light shades in the house so they match the ceilings - Rarity taught me how,” Pinkie added as she hung off the ceiling. “You’re starting to really worry m-“ “I could even throw you a party!” Pinkie cheered as she threw around confetti and put party hats on all the animals. “Pinkie.” “Or I could even-“ Fluttershy threw out her hooves in front of her and caught Pinkie in mid-sprint. She turned her around so that they were facing each other. “Pinkie please, I know when you’re worried about something. Can you please calm down and tell me what’s going on?” “Hehe… yeah, I’m sorry. Could we please sit down for this?” Fluttershy nodded and let go of Pinkie. They both went towards Fluttershy’s sofa and sat facing each other. Fluttershy looked straight at Pinkie, but Pinkie kept moving her head all around to avoid looking directly at Fluttershy and her hooves were fiddling with random objects. “So what is going on?” Fluttershy asked politely. “Well erm… I really need to tell you this thing. It’s kind of hard to say out loud though. You know how ponies fall in love with ponies, and well, they only fall in love with certain kinds of ponies… and well they…” Pinkie sighed as she frantically tried to put words together. Pinkie turned to look at Fluttershy expecting to see a look of impatience or annoyance but instead she was greeted by a warm smile. Pinkie gave her a small smile back before taking a deep breath. “The truth is that I’m gay,” Pinkie said and immediately went red and turned away in panic. “But please this doesn’t change how I act or anything, and I’m not in love with you or anything, it’s just, you know… but I understand if you don’t like it or are against it and I understand if you don’t want to be around me or anything…” “Oh, no, that’s fine,” Fluttershy replied with a smile and a calm voice. Pinkie turned to look Fluttershy in the face. “Eh?” replied Pinkie with an almost shocked look. “Well you know… I’ve never really had anything against it, and you're one of my best friends, so I couldn’t really be against you… I’m sorry, were you expecting a different reaction?” Pinkie blinked a couple of times before leaping across the table into Fluttershy and wrapping her forelegs around her in a hug and squeezing as hard as she could. “Thank you, thank you, thank you!” Pinkie screamed repeatedly with a massive smile on her face and watery eyes. “It’s really no problem,” Fluttershy said, gasping for breath. “Oh, sorry,” Pinkie replied, letting go of Fluttershy, “It’s just I wasn’t expecting that reaction. It always went a lot worse when I tried to tell ponies before.” Fluttershy looked at Pinkie with a sad smile. “Yeah… I can see how things could be like that... but I’m here if you need anything or just want to talk.” “I would like that,” Pinkie replied with a small but warm smile, “you know it’s a weird feeling to suddenly change from hiding it from everyone to be able to say it out load. And I really have to thank you, it feels really super good to be able to say that out loud to someone,” Pinkie says with a shy smile. “You’ve been hiding it from everyone all this time,” Fluttershy started to say as her smile disappeared, “You were going through so much pain all this time and I was never there to comfort you or anything.” “No don’t say that, that doesn't matter. The fact that you are here now and that you accept me makes me the happiest pony in all of Equestria!” Pinkie Pie said as she gave Fluttershy another hug. “Thanks… so are you going to tell anyone else?” “I don’t know, not at the moment anyway; I mean, you were great but I can’t expect that from everyone. Plus if it gets out it would be trouble - I’d end up losing a lot of friends and I might even be stopped from doing some kids' parties. It’s just difficult, knowing that something like this could make so many ponies hate me, it’s ju-“ Fluttershy put her hoof on Pinkie's back and smiled at her. “It’s okay, there's no rush and I’m here if you need anything.” “Thanks,” Pinkie replied with a relieved smile. “Hay, could I stay here for a while? I don’t really feel like going out anymore today.” “Yeah, it’s fine, you can stay as long as you want. Even with the new animals I don’t have too much work to do today so we can have fun after that. We could even have a sleepover,” Fluttershy said joyfully at the idea. “Oh it’s been so long since I last had one, it would be great… you know if you want to that is, it’s really up to you.” Fluttershy’s posture retracted inwards as her blissful confidence leaves her. Pinkie giggled at Fluttershy’s sheepishness but then fell silent with a worried look on her face. “Yeah I’d like to but… do you really want to, you know, with me being… well, you know.” “Pinkie,” Fluttershy said as she looked directly at her, “it’s fine, really it is.” Pinkie went a bit red in response. “Yeah, you are the best of friends, Fluttershy.”