Pandora paced nervously about the living room of Cloud's home. She had shed her disguise and was now waiting for her date to arrive. A loud boom came from the kitchen followed by a quick "£#€!%! ASS BISCUITS!"
"Beat! Please don't burn the house down. I really want this date to go well."
The aforementioned changeling poked his head out of the kitchen with smoke trailing from his crest.
"Not my fault that vegetarian food is so damn flammable. I mean seriously, at least ask him if he eats fish sometime. Not all ponies get all whiny over it. And besides, not only am I helping out as your brother, but also as Cloud's wingman, no way am I gonna mess this up!"
Pandora sighed, hoping Cloud would head home soon.
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Cloud anxiously walked through the castle towards the main hallway. He was both nervous, excited, and terrified of how his date would go, and as such was paying no attention to his surroundings. He didn't notice the crowd of mares hiding around the entrance, watching the latest attempt at the prize being performed by the newest player. The mare in question had removed her armor revealing her purple coat and hot pink mane. She adjusted her stack of papers before deliberately getting in Cloud's way, causing him to bump into her. Rather than just spill the papers, she misjudged not only his trotting speed, but how close to the door, and more importantly the massive flight of stairs right outside them. They both fell forward towards the stairs, but Cloud's eyes widened before he spun them both and pushed her back through the doorway. He then proceeded to descend the stairs in a rapid and loud manner.
"Ouch!"
"*Crash!*"
"*Thump*"
"My spleen!"
"*Boing*!!"
"Doh!!"
"Why me!"
"*Unintelligible Screeching!*"
"*Hurt horse noises*"
Before landing in a heap at the bottom, blood trickling from his nose. All of the nearby gaurds winced in sympathy at his prone form. One of the mares smacked the newbie upside the head.
"Are you ok!"
Cloud giggled drowsily, his eyes drifting in different directions as he responded,
"Yup! I feel super! I'm just gonna head on out to the bouncy house so I can pick up my nephew's pumpkin from the princess. See you guys later, the angst lord is out!"
They all watched him worriedly as he staggered away.
"He ok?"
"He'll be fine, he's corpse face! Nothing can bother him!"
They started when they heard him start start singing,
"When you're rife with devastation,
There's a simple explanation.
You're a toy maker's creation trapped inside a crystal ball!"
"..."
"He'll be fine."
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Cloud finally got home after cleaning himself up in a public bathroom. He entered his house to be stopped by Beat, who was wearing a tuxedo for some reason.
"Good evening sir, I'll be your server tonight, may I take your armor?"
Cloud stood there stunned, staring at the candlelight dinner, and more importantly the changeling seated at the table.
"Wh-what b-but Beat how? I-I'm not ready yet!"
Beat shushed him before grabbing him in a hug,
"You got this dude, you're my little pepper master."
Cloud waited for the hug to end, bit it kept going.
"Um... Beat?"
Beat backed away sheepishly,
"S-sorry, it's just, ponies are really soft and cuddly. And unfortunately you can't really experience it when in disguise. It, it's like petting a dog while wearing rubber gloves, it just isn't the same man."
Cloud sighed, and gave the changeling a pat on the shoulder before sitting down with Pandora.
"H-hey Pandora, how are you doing... you know... today?"
Pandora's cheeks tinted blue again before she laughed,
"You look adorable when you have no idea what to say, you get this big cheesy grin that makes me want to hug you forever... I mean! Good, very good."
Now both of them were grimacing. Beat looked in before facehoofing, and then bringing out their food. Despite the rocky start, the conversion soon picked up.
"So... Pandora's, I... like your fangs?"
Pandora looked perplexed and gave him a questioning look.
"I'm sorry, I just don't know what to do, I really haven't done something like this before."
"So... you don't like my fangs?"
"No! No, I actually do, they make you look really cute, in a, Pandora-y way."
"I don't think that's a word Cloud." Pandora responded with a giggle.
"Whatever, I think it's a word in the given context."
Pandora giggled again,
"Yeah, you probably would change your opinion of my fangs if I bit you though."
"I dunno, what if I'm into that?"
"Well the venom would probably be a major turn-off."
Cloud's eyes bugged out,
"Venom! Is it dangerous, er... in the death by venom sort of way?"
"No, it's a mild paralytic coupled with a strong sedative. Plus, if consumed, it acts as an aphrodisiac, very useful stuff. It's even am antiseptic!"
Cloud whistled,
"Any other cool changeling things you wanna tell me about. Like lasers or stuff like that?"
"Well... changelings can make a substance called resin from glands in the holes in our legs, it acts as an adhesive and can be used to repare walls, hold stuff up, and restrain ponies."
Cloud looked a little shocked before giving her a sly smirk.
"Wow... that's kinky."
Her cheeks turned blue again, and Cloud realized that was actually her blushing.
"You know, you're really cute when you blush."
The two stared into eachother's eyes, leaning closer and closer, they were so close that they could feel each others breath on their muzzles. Cloud kept moving forward before suddenly stopping.
"What if she freaks out, or doesn't want to, I...I..."
"What if he gets weirded out by my fangs and then decides that he doesn't like me that way or is grossed out by the forked tongue or..."
With these hesitations in mind, the two slowly moved back apart. Suddenly Beat burst out explosively,
"ARE YOU £#€%!>¥ KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, COME ON!"
Before grinning sheepishly and backing away. After that the date was pretty much over, and the two wearily crept into bed. Cloud looked at her before extending a wing and bringing her closer.
"Huh? A-are you, you want to, you know, snuggle with me?"
"Well we are dating, I figure it'll be alright, if you don't mind that is"
Pandora responded by hugging the stallion fiercely, burying her head into his soft chest fur.
The two fell asleep, wrapped in each other's embrace.