//------------------------------// // Chapter IX // Story: An Unusual Romance // by DashieFan258 //------------------------------// "Good morning" Said Twilight who was standing at the foot of my bed with a smile spread across her face. I sat up and looked at the clock. It was only 6:45. "Why are you waking me up so early?" I ask Twilight's smile dissapeared and her ears flopped downwards. "I'm sorry. I just figured you'd want to hang out for a few hours before you have to go to work. I didn't mean to upset you. You can go back to bed if you want." The look on Twilight's face made me feel guilty. "No. I'm up now. And I wouldn't mind spending time with you before work." I say as I pat the empty spot on the bed beside me. Twilight takes the hint and climbs onto the bed and lays down beside me. I wrap an arm around the mare and she snuggles into my side. "What do you do while I'm gone all day anyway?" I ask. "Mostly just sit around waiting for you to come back." She says as she smiles slightly. "That sounds exciting." I say sarcastically. Twilight lets out a small adorable giggle. "Oh yeah. You have no idea." She says as she lets out a sigh of content. "Hey, Jason?" She asks "Yes,Twilight?" "What are we exactly? I mean with what happened yesterday and stuff I don't think we can really call ourselves friends anymore." She says. She has a point. I mean we did kiss and confess our love. "I guess that means we're a couple now. If that's alright with you." I say as I run my fingers gently through her mane. Twilight lets out a small moan. Not a sexual moan. More of a moan of pure bliss and euphoria. "I'm not experianced with dating. Like, at all. I've never had a coltfriend before. What am I supposed to do?" "Just be yourself and never stop being adorkable. That's the best thing you could do for me. I love you exactly the way you are." I say, smiling wide. "I too don't have much dating experience. My last girlfriend was when I was like 14." "That sounds simple enough." She says. Just then my stomach decides to ruin the moment by making a loud gurgling sound. I sigh. "Well I guess that means it's time to eat." I say as I get out of bed and get dressed. Twilight and I head into the kitchen and begin preparing breakfast. Some chopped up fruits and vegetables for Twilight and a simple bowl of cereal for myself. We sat down at the table and began to eat. I can't stop thinking about the kiss we shared last night. The feeling of her lips on mine, her warm breath. It was very different from kissing a human. But for some reason, I prefered it. I'm not sure what, but something about it made it better than a human's kiss. I look over to Twilight who's still eating. She catches me in the corner of her eye and raises an eyebrow at me as if to say "What?" Twilight swallows a mouthfull of her breakfast and looks me in the eyes. "Is something wrong, jason?" She asks with a hint of concern in her voice. "No. I was just you know...thinking about stuff." Twilight cocked her head slightly to the side "What kind of stuff?" She asked. "About our kiss last night." I say "Yeah. What about it?" She asks as she takes a bites from an apple slice "It's weird. I mean it's so different from kissing a human but for some reason, I prefer it over every other kiss I've had." Twilight smiles slightly. "Well if you play your cards right, there's more where that came from." She said in a teasing tone. I rolled my eyes. "Oh please. You know you liked it too." I say Twilight stopped for a moment before hanging her head in defeat. "Yeah. I guess you got me there. It was pretty nice." She said. I just chuckled slightly and raised her chin so she's looking me in the eyes. I then leaned in and planted a quick kiss on her forhead. "How did you get so adorable, Twilight?" I ask "I don't do it on purpose. It just comes naturally I guess." She said with a shrug. I pulled my phone out of my pocket to check the time. 7:30. "I better start getting ready for work." I say as I stand up from the table and put my bowl in the sink. "I'm gunna take a shower. I'll be like 5 minutes. Just put your plate in the sink when you're done. I'll do the dishes after work." I call out as I head into the bathroom. "Alright." Says Twilight. As soon as the bathroom door closes Twilight begins to swoon slightly. She places a hoof where Jason had kissed her moments ago and she lets of a sigh as she smiles wide. Twilight has never felt like this before. She feels hot and she has butterflies in her stomach. "Is this love?" She asks herself. Twilight finishes up her breakfast and levitates her plate into the sink. "well, now what?" She asks. She can hear the shower running in the distance. Jason will be out soon. She trots over to the couch and sits down to wait. After 5 minutes of waiting, Jason exits the bathroom and heads into his room to get dressed for work. I throw on a basic black tshirt and a pair of work jeans. I exit my room and sit on the couch beside Twilight. "Well we got like 15 minutes before I gotta leave. So what do you want to do?" Twilight says nothing and instead wraps her hooves around my neck and gives me a kiss. I wrap my arms around her as I return the kiss. I close my eyes and let her warm breath fill my mouth. We slowly break the kiss and stare into eachother's eyes. "What was that for?" I ask. "Just cuz." Says Twilight, with a smile. I return the smile. "Alright. Well I gotta go" I say as I stand up and head towards the door. I put in my shoes and grab my keys. "You know the rules." I say "Jason?" Asks Twilight "Hm?" "I love you." She says. My heart races as a smile spreads wide across my face. "I love you too, Twilight." I say as I exit the apartment. "Alone once again." Twilight says to herself. Twilight despises this time of day. It's so boring without her colt er... boyfriend around. Sure, she has videogames and the internet but she'd rather spend her time with Jason. She doesn't know if or when she'll be returning home so she wants to spend as much time with him as possible. Twilight lays back in the couch and begins to think about the kiss they just shared. She's never kissed anyone before Jason. She never knew it was that exciting. Twilight sighed with content and decided she might as well take a nap to pass the time. She stood up and headed towards Jason's room. She climbed into the bed and got comfterble under the covers. She could still smell his cologne on his pillow and blankets. She doesn't know why, but she loves the smell. She sighed happily and slowly drifted off to sleep. ------------------------------ "Twilight?" I call out as I enter my apartment and take my shoes off. No answer. "Twilight?" I call out again. Nothing. "What the fuck?" I say to myself as I check the kitchen. No sign of her. "Where the hell is she?" I ask. I decide to check my room. I opened the door to find the mare curled up under my covers. Fast asleep. She looks so peaceful when she's asleep. She has a slight smile on her face. I walk over to Twilight and nudge her gently. "Hey sleepyhead. Wake up." I whisper into her ear. Twilight groans and slowly opens her eyes. As soon as she sees me her smile grows wider. "Hey, you." She says as she sits up. "What time is it?" "like 3:30." I say. "How was your nap?" I ask "Not bad. But this was easily the best part." She says I just chuckle and sit down on the bed beside her. Almost instantly, her hooves are around me and her face is buried in the crease of my neck. I gently stroke her mane. I can feel her hot breath on my neck. It's rather calming. I love moments like this. The quiet moments with just us. "I missed you." She said. Her voice muffled slightly. I couldn't help but chuckle at that. Twilight noticed and lifted her head to look at me. "Did I say something funny?" She asks. I plant a gentle kiss on her nose. "No. I missed you too Twilight. But I'm back now so we can spend the rest of the day together." Twilight's smile grew and she leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "I love you." She said as she placed her head back into the crease of my neck. I continued to stroke her mane gently. "I love you too. I'm going to be really sad when and if you leave." I say "Me too." Says Twilight. "So what do you want to do?" I ask "If you don't mind, I'd like to stay like this just a while longer. it's your cologne. I can't get enough of the smell." I chuckled. "I'm glad you like it. and I don't mind. We can stay like this for as long as you want." "Thank you." Says Twilight. her warm breath on my neck is relaxing. Twilight's breathing began to slow and become more peaceful. "She must be falling asleep" I thought. I didn't stop her. I just continued to stroke her mane and I began to gently rock back and forth. Eventually Twilight was out cold. Fell asleep in my arms. I gently layed her down in the bed and gave her a kiss on the forehead. It's hard to believe I have her all to myself. If you told me a few years ago I'd end up falling in love with a purple unicorn with a star on her butt, I'd call you crazy. But here I am. Taking care of and falling for a cartoon pony that showed up in my apartment with no explanation. Sure it's really weird. But she's happy and I'm happy. And I wouldn't have it any other way.