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// 3 - Lavender rain 
// Story: My adorkable marefriend 
// by SkarinOfAtmora 
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As she chewed on the snail, Twilight had one question going through her head: was she a bad pony? Not morally but as a species. You see, when she tried fish for the first time, Twilight almost emptied her stomach then and there. It was raw fish but that's how a pegasus would prefferably eat it, in one go, and since she was an alicorn now, Twilight decided to give it a shot. Suffice to say she never wanted to eat fish again. And yet, here she was, eating snails. And liking it!

"Why a feather?" Ryan suddenly asked and Twilight looked at him quizically, her mouth filled with snails "You were a unicorn to begin with, so why give me a feather if it's a pegasus thing?" Remembering to swallow before speaking Twilight elaborated.

"Well, a unicorn would offer an ornate ring that the other party would place on their horn-don't even think about it!" She scolded Ryan as he opened his mouth "I'm serious! You could've gotten hurt!"

"Alright, alright! No more unicorn jokes!" Ryan laughed at a pouting Twilight "Besides, if you offered me a ring I'd consider it as a proposal." Twilight's brow rose curiously.

"A proposal? A proposal for what?" she popped a single snail into her mouth.

"Marriage." Twilight almost choked on her meal "That's what an ornate ring means on Earth. Though it's usually the guy giving the ring."

"Oh..." she fidgeted nervously in her seat "Then it's a good thing I went with a feather, huh? Otherwise you would've said no..."

"What makes you say that?" Ryan asked in confusion and Twilight almost fell out of her chair.

"Y-you'd agree to marry me?" her face flushed to a bright red.

"No." her ears fell in disappointment "What I meant was, after we cleared things up I'd still agree to go on a date with you." aaaand ears back up "I like you Twilight, a lot. And I want to do this right." Ryan reached out and held her hands beneath the plate she was holding "I was just too scared to ask since I didn't want to ruin our friendship."

"Me too..." Twilight admitted quietly, a smile spreading on her lips.

"I'm guessing you're new to this whole relationship thing but so am I." this got him a confused look from Twilight.

"But you said-"

"I said I had a lot of sex, that's different." Ryan was gently rubbing her hands and she liked the feeling "I've never had a real relationship. I didn't go on dates and got to know the girl more or went on walks in the park or just hung out and watched a movie together. I'd meet a girl, had a one nighter and then we went our separate ways." Ryan sighed deeply before continuing "I'm not exactly proud of it but that's how I was. Always on the move, finding new things to see and experience and continue traveling."

"So what happened?"

"You did." Ryan answered with a warm smile "I've never felt this way about anyone and it kinda scares me." Twilight gently grasped his hand in comfort "At first I didn't even think about dating a pony, or anyone for that matter. I was in a new world! There were so many things to do and see I felt like a kid in a candy store!" both laughed at this since it was true "But then, as I spent more time with you I felt drawn to you." Twilight felt her cheeks getting hotter "You make me smile, you make me laugh and generally make me feel good whenever I'm close to you. These past few years I've spent with you is the longest time I've ever stayed in the same place and I don't regret one second of it. I want to feel like that every day and... I guess, being just your friend any longer wouldn't cut it anymore. I want more of us, Twilight."

"Me too." Twilight felt she could cry how happy she was right now because that's exactly how she felt!

"You still didn't say why you chose a feather." Ryan asked again and Twilight looked bashfully to the side.

"W-well, I thought it was a cute gesture and that it would look cute on you..."

"Louder." Ryan squeezed her hands more and offered a smile in support.

"I thought that it would look cute on you..." she finally answered and her cheeks were red as tomatoes. Ryan simply chuckled and took the feather from his ear.

"Well, you are right."  he said inspecting the feather "I do look cute with it." he finished with a smirk and returned the feather behind his ear "Besides, wherever I may roam, you'll be with me." the feather fell from it's resting place to the floor. Ryan picked it up and sat it behind his ear once more "I think I'll grow my hair out a little longer and tie it down so it doesn't fall out."

"That is how you're supposed to wear it." Twilight nodded and drew closer to him, their faces merely inches apart, eyes lidded, everything set up for their first kiss Do it! both screamed inside their heads "So that everypony can see that you are mi-"

"Dezert iz' 'ere!" a wild Sauwingon suddenly appeared, startling the two. Ryan jerked back and took Twilight's plate along with him, splattering the food all over his shirt.

"Your timings suck! " an irritated Ryan said to the chef before Twilight's horn lit up with magic.

"Here, let me help!" and with a pop, Ryan's shirt decided to do a table and vanish, leaving the human shirtless to show off his impressive physique.

"Really Twilight? I thought we should wait until the third date." He began teasingly "I didn't think you were the kinky type. And in front of all these ponies? Guess there's no helping it..." Ryan stood up, some sauce that got under his shirt still trickling down his body, making his abs stand out even more. It didn't help that he took some of the sauce with his fingers and licked it off. The whole scene caused the young alicorn's wing to expand and stiffen.

"W-w-what? NO! I mean-" Twilight fumbled with her words and grabbed a napkin from Sauwingon's chest pocket to clean Ryan "I'm not kinky! At least I think I'm not! That's not the point!" Ryan was laughing as Twilight tried to clean the sauce off.

"Whipped cream would look much better on 'im." Sauwingon handed Twilight a spray-can which after some consideration the alicorn took with a devious smirk.

"I agree." then to Ryan's surprise, Twilight sprayed on his body to make a smiley face over his torso "That's for teasing me." she huffed in satisfaction and Ryan looked over his cream covered torso with amusement "And I'll be taking my desert to go, please!" Twilight pointed at Ryan just in time for him to smear a finger's worth of whipped cream on her muzzle.

"And I'll be taking mine right now." before Twilight could retaliate, Ryan leaned in and actually licked off the cream from her muzzle which in turn caused Twilight to blush furiously and her wings to stiffen once more "Check please!"



After a little hassle over who would pay the bill, Sauwingon decided to treat them to dinner so they can get on with their date. Ryan was still shirtless, a smiley face still on his torso and Twilight stealing glances as much as she could. All in all everything was going well...

"This is an outrage! " a mare with a pale magenta coat and violet mane screamed at the poor receptionist, her husband just rubbing his temples in exhaustion "What do you mean our seats are taken? "

"Please calm down honey. " her husband said despite knowing she will not calm down.

"I will not calm down! You reserved one month in advance and now this?"

"I'm sure the owner had good reason- "

"I 'ad every reason, Platinum Clover! " chef Sauwingon suddenly appeared at the reception and glared daggers at the mare.

"Oh boy... " Filthy Rich didn't like where this was going.

"You! This is your restaurant? " she asked, livid with rage.

"Oh? You didn't know? " the griffon grinned triumphantly and crossed her arms.

"If I had know I would never have come here! " she yelled back. Apparently these two have a history...

"'Zen I hope you won't make that mistake in 'ze future! " Sauwingon growled back and the two were locked in a glaring contest. Filthy Rich was about to give up when he spotted his savior. Ryan had a knack for defusing situations like this.

"Mr.O'Connor! " the stallion greeted with a big smile, totally ignoring Ryan's shirtless state "Was it you who took our seats? "

"Hey Mr.Rich!" Ryan greeted back and extended his hand towards the stallion who accepted the gesture "Yeah, sorry. It was kinda' last minute... " Twilight looked sheepish for a moment before something clicked.

"Hang on! Why are you two so chummy all of a sudden? " she asked Ryan and looked a Filthy suspiciously.

"We were always chummy, Princess Twilight. " Filthy replied in confusion and looked at Ryan "The boy helped me seal some pretty good business deals! " Twilight looked at Ryan who tried to avoid her gaze.

"But you said- " before she could finish Filthy interrupted.

"I am terribly sorry for what my wife said about your friend. " he then looked at Platinum and Sauwingon who were engaged in a glaring contest "She's not a bad mare, just... Tempramental? " Twilight then glared at Ryan "And sometimes Miss Sauwingon assumes I am as well. "

"So you lied to me? " she asked and crossed his arms, her hoof tapping impatiently on the wooden floor.

"Weeeeell, technicallyyyyyy... " Ryan scratched the back of his head and tried to think of something quick "You said you wanted to eat here and it's our date soooo... "

"You're on a date? " Filthy asked and looked between the two "Now everything makes sense! " he clapped his hands and then pulled out a white and dirty dress shirt from somewhere, apparently... Magical pony world.

"That's my shirt! " Ryan took the shirt and sure enough, snail sauce stains.

"I was wondering why a table almost fell on us and then this shirt appeared mere moments ago! " Filthy said with a chuckle and before Twilight could begin apologizing he held up his hand "I am sure you are nervous, Princess Twilight, but these things happen. No harm no foul, as they say. " meanwhile, Ryan put on his shirt but left it unbuttoned "Now, you two love birds go have fun while I deal with... " he looked to his wife and the chef and did a circling motion with his hands "This... "

"Thanks Rich. " the two shook hands once more and so Ryan and Twilight were off to continue their date "Where to now? "

"Aren't you gonna' clean this off first? " Twilight asked pointing to his cream covered torso.

"You said you're taking desert home. " he said with a smirk "I expect you to lick it clean. " then he leaned in and whispered in her ear "Maybe I'll lick some of your cream... " her face flushed red and wings sprang wide open as her whole body shuddered from his husky voice and warm breath. Twilight thought if there was a cherry popping innuendo after this, the date would lead to a very secluded location. Shaking her head to regain composure, Twilight glanced at her cheat sheet and then looked back at Ryan.

"Anyway! We should go to the amusement park! I heard there's some pretty fun games there! " she pointed in the general direction they were supposed to go and Ryan simply nodded. As they walked, Twilight asked a question that bugged her for a while "Hey Ryan? Didn't Spitfire give you one of her feathers? " Ryan looked at Twilight and answered.

"Well, yes and no. " his answer confused the princess "She took a liking to me but never really said anything. And once she presented me with a feather I thought it was a gift of some sort. I was just about to grab it when Rainbow Dash appeared out of nowhere and dragged her off to some emergency Wonderbolts meeting. " Ryan then thought about it "Now that you mention it, the girls did have a tendency to appear whenever a mare tried to put the moves on me. "

"Really? " Twilight asked in amusement and happy that her friends were keeping Ryan a free stallion so she can have her chance.

"Yep. " Ryan nodded and continued "I'm not that dense,Twilight. But whenever a pegasus or unicorn tried to pull the feather or ring on me, somepony would appear and save me. "

"You and Lyra seemed to hit it off. " Twilight commented since it was well known that Lyra had a thing for Ryan.

"I think it has more to do with the fact I'm human. She has some strange fascination with us... " Ryan said thoughtfully but quickly shook the thoughts away and looked at his date for tonight "Anyway, Rarity would drag me away to help her with new designs, Pinkie would throw a surprise on-the-spot party for... Something. Applejack just yanked me by the arm, yelling something about Brown Snout falling down a well again. Fluttershy had some animal emergency I needed to help her with or there would be a wide-spread crisis that conveniently got in the way. "

"So, umm... " Twilight's wings ruffled nervously behind her "Was there any mare you had interest in before me? "

"Nope. " Ryan smiled widely and it made Twilight's heart skip a beat "Just you. " Ryan pulled her closer as they walked towards the carnival "Now let's go play some games!"
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CLOSED DUE TO RODENT INFESTATION


"Awww man! " Ryan whined and shook his head in disappointment "I really wanted to play Whack-a-Discord... "

"I was looking forward to the ferris wheel... " Twilight's head hung low.

"I'd bet you I could break the record and you'd give me your cheat sheet as a prize... "

"And I wanted to- wait, what? " she looked at Ryan with wide eyes "Y-you know about... "

"Just confirmed it. " he winked at Twilight causing her to pout "Oooooh relax you adorkable mare, you! " he pulled her into a hug and she immediately felt better "I know you're trying to make this the best date ever- "

"And failing miserably... " she said quietly.

"-but as long as we're together and having fun, it's fine! Nothing could ruin this night! "

*CRACK*

A flash of light, drops of rain, a single dark cloud above and a blurry afterimage of a rainbow colored mane.

"Of course it's raining! I didn't even check the weather for today! " Twilight removed herself from the hug and began pacing nervously "I was late for your pick up- " she began listing off on her fingers.

"Twilight? " Ryan took a step closer...

"Then I knocked you out- "

"Twilight? " and another...

"And the restaurant! I forgot to book the restaurant! " she groaned and buried her face in her hands "I made the table disappear-" Ryan was very close now, their clothes completely drenched from the rain.

"Twiliiiight? "

"And now it's raining, and we're wet- " Ryan shook his head and chuckled "-and we're gonna' catch a cold and-MMMPF! " as soon as she felt Ryan's lips on hers, Twilight.exe stopped responding. Ryan noticed this and pulled back, his expression a little confused.

"Um, sorry... I just thought it would be romantic-MMMPF! " Twilight jumped him in the blink of an eye and crashed their lips together in a passionate kiss that sent them hurling towards the muddy ground beneath. She grabbed his collar and made sure he wasn't going anywhere as she hungrily attacked his lips. Ryan wrapped his arms around her and returned the kiss with equal passion she was giving him. Their first kiss quickly erupted into a make-out session on the muddy ground, the single cloud still pouring rain on them and a certain cyan pegasus snickering on top of it. Their heated make-out session was sadly interrupted by somepony.

"Get a room! " a mare yelled and the couple's eyes shot open, realizing they were in fact surrounded by ponies that also didn't know the amusement park was closed. Both felt their cheeks heat up but right now, they didn't care. Everything they wanted to happen tonight, happened, and nopony can take that away from them.

"Soooo, does this make me your coltfriend now? " Ryan asked with a cheeky smile.

"Only if this makes me you marefriend. " Twilight responded in equal.

"Sure. " then Ryan quickly kissed her nose and Twilight scrunched it in the most adorkable way "My adorkable marefriend. "


THE END

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"Now hold it right there mister! " oh crap, it's the pink one...

Pinkie? What are you doing here?

"You can't end the story like this! "

I'm the author! I can do whatever I want!

"Nuh-uh! You owe us some answers! "

What answers?

"For example, what happens after the date? Do they have sex- "

Pinkie!

"-do they go on another date? Do they catch a cold? Why is Ryan's past so mysterious? And what about Platinum and Sauwingon? A college phase perhaps? "

*rubbing my temples* Seriously?

"And I have to throw a Congratulations on dating party! You can't take that away from me! "

Pinkie, this is how I envisioned the story to end and that's final. Short and sweet.

"Well your vision is lame! Continue! "

No!

"Don't make me send turkeys to your house! "

You wouldn't dare...

"I would so! "

Those things creep me out!

"It'll be like a thanksgiving extravaganza! "

Fine! Fine! I'll continue the story!

"Good! " and in a poof of pink smoke she was gone...