“Man, my teats still feel weird,” Rainbow says as she walks to the front door.
“Thanks again for helping me out.”
“No problem. Thanks for the meal. I gotta head on back before it gets late.”
Anon gives her a nod as he shows her out.
“You’re welcome here anytime.”
“Yeah, I know that. Make sure you figure out how to keep your kid fed. Don't want any more mishaps.”
Rainbow is right about that. He’ll need to have a chat with Applejack when he goes to her place tomorrow to work.
“I’ll work something out. Goodnight, Rainbow.”
“Night, Anon.”
With that out of the way, Rainbow quickly flies off to her home. Anon is now left alone with Faith. He closes the door and makes his way back into the living room where he left her. She’s resting peacefully right now, but it’s starting to get colder, and it’s almost time for Anon to head off to bed. He’ll be waking up early tomorrow to work with Applejack, so there’s no time to waste.
Anon picks up her basket and brings her to his room. Thankfully, with the help of Twilight, he was able to get a heating crystal installed in his place so the chill of the night will be a lot more bearable. He walks over to it, taps it twice, and can already feel warmth starting to fill the room. With that set, Anon walks over to Faith and looks her over. She’s asleep, but he wants to get her into the crib AJ brought.
With careful hands, Anon picks up Faith, still wrapped in her blanket and sets her in her crib. She moves a bit but soon settles onto her back as she holds her blanket close. This entire day has been crazy, and Anon’s thoughts are starting to become frayed a bit. He lets out a sigh as he walks over to his bed and falls onto it with a loud thud. It’s weird for Anon to be laying in bed, lost in thought about how much his life has changed.
He used to fall onto this bed drunk, not thinking about much other than the party he came from. Throughout the next day, he’d hang out with Pinkie or Rainbow and get into all kinds of trouble. Now, it’s odd how much he’s not thinking about that stuff. In fact, his thoughts are mostly about Faith and how to take care of her. Is this normal for a parent? He doesn’t know, but he does know he needs to grow up pretty fast to make sure Faith is adequately taken care of.
After talking to AJ about possibly helping him feed her, he’ll need to head over to the store to buy the essentials. Diapers and what not. Maybe even baby proof the house for when she starts crawling around? Do ponies also have stuff like that? Could he create a market for it if that were the case? Damn, he doesn’t know. Not only that but do they have a baby formula of some kind?
Oh no... Now that Anon is thinking about boob milk, he’s starting to think about AJ and Rainbow. Anon’s not too concerned about AJ. She’s hardworking and eats a lot of apples. Her milk has to be filled with all sorts of vitamins, right? Rainbow... Well, she’s fit and all, but she does eat a lot of terrible things. Plus the drinking... Sure, it’s not like Earth where the alcohol is super potent—pony stuff is close to water—but still. Anon shakes his head. He’s probably worrying over nothing. Well, maybe he’ll talk to Twilight before going over to AJ’s.
All these thoughts are starting to tire Anon out, so he closes his eyes and decides to get some sleep.
Anon’s eyes snap open as crying enters his ears. His heart is racing, but then he remembers what the crying is. He gets out of bed and quickly walks over to the crib.
“Are you alright?” Anon asks in a whisper.
It’s somewhat dark in the room, but the glow of the moon is enough for him to see his daughter. She calms down a bit, tears in her eyes as she looks at him. She’s sniffling a bit and looks ready to cry again at a moment's notice. As Anon is leaning over the bed, he notices a certain smell coming from her. Well, it’s to be expected. However, he hasn’t gotten diapers yet. He feels his mood drop. He’s a shitty father, no pun intended.
Anon has to find some way to remedy this. So he walks over to his dresser but finds something is sitting on top of it. Laying on the top are a few diapers and even some wipes. Not to mention, there’s a letter neatly folded beside the items. Anon grabs the note and looks it over.
I know it’s not much, but here are a few items to help with your first night. -Fluttershy
Anon feels a smile on his face. His friends have thought of everything, it seems. Anon sets the letter back on the dresser and gets one diaper and some wipes.
“Alright, Faith... Bear with me on this one,” Anon speaks gently to her.
Well, this’ll be a new experience. Anon’s never done this before. He makes sure to take her dress off, because who knows what Rarity would say if he got this type of mess on it. He then notices she’s wearing a onesie... Weird, did Rarity make that too? He shrugs and unbuttons the bottom part and gets to the diaper. Man, that’s not a pleasant smell by any means.
Anon decides to hold his breath and quickly get this over with. With quick hands, he takes off her diaper, wipes her clean and replaces her diaper. For his first diaper change, Anon’s pretty proud of himself. Faith seems to be in a better mood too, so that’s a plus. He tosses her diaper into a nearby bin, which will forever be known as the diaper bin from this point on, wraps Faith backup, and sets her dress to the side for tomorrow.
Thankfully, she’s quick to fall back asleep. Anon has to admit that she’s rather well behaved. He’s heard how babies can cry up a storm, and perhaps that’ll happen at some point, but for now, Faith is only crying about problems, not much else. Anon lets out another sigh as he falls onto his bed. He has to get some sleep. He looks over at his clock and sees it’s about three in the morning. Damn... Only two hours more of rest. Well, he’ll make the best of it.