//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Lingering Love // Story: The Reason I Don't Date // by LyNx_X_PiE_PiE //------------------------------// I awoke again, for the second time today and instantly froze as I watched Nightshine messing with my hind legs. I saw a cut that was pretty deep and my mind instantly raced to the word 'cannibal' for some reason. I grunted as she touched my hind leg with a cold rag. It was wet, wet enough that it just stuck to my leg with the slightest contact. "Nightshine, what are you doing?" I asked with a little concern, not for her, but for my poor leg. She looked up at me with a little worry in her eyes and froze at the sight of me glaring angrily in pain at her. "My bad… I wanted to try to fix your leg from yesterday." She stated, pointing down at the massive cut that went down the length of my hind leg. My eyes went wide at the sight. "What? H...how did that happen?" I asked with a little shock. Nightshine's ears splayed back and I instantly got the hint. "It… it was my fault! I didn't mean to… i… I went to get the knife out your holder and I put a lot of pressure one you and…" she muttered loudly, being paused by my hoof covering her pretty little muzzle. She blushed a little as she quickly pushed my hoof to the side and went to grab some rags and some more bandages. I looked at my leg in worry as she came back. I winced as he placed the cold rag against my wound. The coldness counteracted the pain with a numbness that felt almost pleasant at this point in time. I watched with curiosity as Nightshine wrapped the bandages around the rags on my legs with ease before cutting the bandage with my knife that she didn't place back in my holder from earlier. I sighed as she placed the knife on a table to the side of us. Out of nowhere, a voice echoed from inside my head, which caused me to go wide eyed. The voice stated over and over again to tell her. "Tell her what?" I stated loudly before I instantly remembered the events of the unconscious dilemma that I experienced. "Nightshine? I need to talk to you about something." I prompted, which made her look at her wide eyed. "You already getting bored of me Mist?" She joked. I smiled, getting the joke before commanding that she joined me on the sofa. She was only too happy to help as she flew up over me and landed on the space that I wasn't using on the sofa. She snuggled up to me and relaxed. I looked into her eyes as she gazed up into mine. She smiled slightly, which I found super cute. "What do you want to tell me then babe?" Nightshine stated, making me blush slightly because she had never called me babe before. It felt nice! "You know that I gained my magic today right? I also gained something else!" I calmly announced, getting a worried look from her. "Don't break my heart and tell me it's something bad!" She blurted out. I shook my head and then looked at her holding my hoof against her hoof. I stammered a little before letting it out. "I...I am able to talk to my best mate!" I blurted, getting a surprised response from Nightshine. She didn't look totally convinced, but I guess that she thought I was going crazy or something. "Are you sure that it's him?" She stated raising an eyebrow. I nodded and then began to hear the same voice repeat the phrase like a rhetorical question. "Are you sure that it's him? Cause it is you silly mare, didn't you just hear him stammer like that…" Colt echoed through my thoughts before I cut him off with a 'please be quiet' thought. He stopped. "If it is him, ask him what he thinks about me?" She asked looking deeply into at the TV, then immediately back into my eyes. I repeated word for word what Colt said and then sighed. "Thanks Colt, that makes me feel better!" I stated sarcastically. "He says that he thinks your cute, but he would still prefer his stallion, and that you could do so much better than me." I added. She was about to speak but then paused. "Are you his stallion?" She asked. I shook my head. "Nah. His stallion is called Whiplash and his colt is called Firerush!" I stated, getting a smile from Nightshine. "Good! I don't want to be competing for my stallion!" She announced with a lustful grin. I smiled and began to blush a little at the sound of her actually owning me. The thoughts sent shivers down my spine as Colt listened. "Saucy!" He briefly stated. I began to blush furiously and looked away from Nightshine. "Is he reading your thoughts or something?" She asked. I nodded as she shook her head. "I feel bad for you! You can't have a simple dirty thought about me without him noticing. Damn!" She stated sadly. I laughed slightly that she felt bad for me, before I rested my head back on the sofa cushion. I noticed that she slowly started moving up to be eye level with me. She placed her hoof on my chest and nuzzled my neck. I was in pure bliss. I was comfortable and best of all, I was loved! Someday, she would have something happen to her, but I would be there to counteract it, putting my life in danger. Just for her. "That's my boy!" Colt echoed in my head. I smiled at that before closing my eyes and relaxing for a couple of seconds. This was shortly interrupted by some vigorous knocking at the door. I lost all relaxation as Nightshine flew instantly to the door. I struggled to my hooves and winced at my leg. I didn't feel it before. Why did she have to mess with it? "Because she loves you!" Colt stated inside my head. I shook my head as if I wanted him to stop speaking and continued on three legs, the fourth leg in the air slightly, just millimetres of the ground. I walked up to the door to see a guard pony talking to Nightshine. I tried to inspect the package that was now visible on Nightshine's wing, but it was just cardboard, no markings or anything. I slowly walked back to the sofa before I heard the door slam shut and the sound of hoof steps coming closer. "I'm going to try this on, can I ask you to do something for me when I come back here?" She asked. I watched as she waited for my response. "Sure?" I questioned. She flew upstairs with the box in her hooves as I began to heave myself onto the sofa again. I relaxed instantly as I got back to the position that I was in previously and instantly sighed. Got to go to work tomorrow with an iffy leg! I thought. No response. That surprised me a little. Nightshine approached the room before stepped in and saw me watching TV. She coughed and I turned to see her stood there. My jaw dropped as I saw the enchanted mare stood there, fully kitted up in the royal guard attire. I was completely stunned by her beauty! Her armour was a mixture of a normal celestial guard, but had nocturnal guard designs on it. This surprised me a little, but maybe this was some sort of training armour? I thought. "Yep! The Canterlot standard issue training armour. It shows the patterns because the pony wearing it is not part of either of the guards. Purple it celestial, and dark blue is nocturnal!" Colt stated. His knowledge was specifically better with the army and with firearms. Of course it was! I snapped back to reality as the beautiful mare posed in different directions, showing off her armour more and more. She wore a smile on her face all the time as she turned about, almost as if she was dancing. I inspected the armour and admired the craftsmanship of it, as well as the craftsmanship of the pony underneath. My mare, to me at least, was the most beautiful mare I had ever met. She was gorgeous and sweet. I was right, Tremor really did miss out. "So, what do you think?" She asked, snapping me out of my daze. I inspected her more and more. The armour seemed to fit in place, leaving no more room for things to slide through. "You want my honest opinion? You look amazing! You look like a mare that could do so much better than a pony like me!" I stated with a hidden smile. She looked at me with a blush forming at her cheeks as she pushed herself onto me with her armour still on. "Ahh! Hey! Thats cold you know!" I blurted out, raising in my voice. She instantly froze as I broke her from what seemed to be a seductive trance. She looked both angrily and sadly at me. I didn't just kill her lustful mood, I also made her feel bad. Great! She got off quickly and I followed as she stood on all four hooves and I stood on three. "Get on your two hind hooves! That's an order!" I commanded with a slight blush. She did so as she flapped her wings to keep her from toppling over. I put pressure on my back hind hoof and then noticed that it wasn't that bad. I stood on two hooves as well, as I got to eye level with her. She wrapped her hooves around me and gave me a tight hug. "This isn't as nice!" She stated before loosely shaking off the leg guards and taking the full chestplate off with her wings. She made it looked surprisingly simple, but it looked very difficult to take off. The lack of room made this look harder than it actually was. She stepped away from her armour and was nude again. "Much better!" She said as she got on two hooves again and hugged me tightly. It did feel better to be able to feel her fur against mine. She looked fiercely into my eyes, lust driving her wild at the thought of having me for the rest of the night. "Well Mist, we have all night to do whatever you want! What do you wanna do?" She asked, hoping that lust was driving me too. I pondered the thought for a second before I made up my mind. "Let's go out and grab a coffee and some food!" I stated, getting a mixture of emotions flooding through Nightshine's face. The emotions ranged from anger for me not rutting her, to happiness and excitement because she was hungry. She looked at her armour and then back into my dark blue eyes. "Ok, but first, I want to thank you for saving me earlier and thank you for everything that you have done to get me to where I am right now!" She stated surprisingly quickly before she locked he muzzle with mine for another long kiss. This had some passion behind it, and a lot of lust as well. I opened my mouth and felt a brief tingle on my leg. Her tail thrashed wildly on the same side as my bad leg. I grabbed her tail with my magic as I proceeded to kiss her back, allowing her to gain entry to my muzzle. We broke the long kiss after about a minute and took the biggest gasp of air as we could to replace the oxygen that we needed from the kiss. She dragged me onto the sofa and laid on top of me. "Why do you keep avoiding this? I know you want it as much as I do!" She stated as inaccurately as she could, being drunk by lust at this point. I didn't want it, she knew that, but still she wouldn't accept it. I dragged her closer to me. "I don't want this yet… please!" I whispered in a whimper. She instantly stopped being lustful. "Why what's wrong babe?" She asked, sounding troubled by my distress. "I… I don't want to do it now. Maybe we can do it later… if that's ok!" I stated quietly. She smiled and kissed my horn. Pleasure raced down it like she was kissing a certain part of my anatomy. I pushed her back a little before she looked worrily at me. "Did I do something wrong?" She asked. I nodded. "Kissing my horn is like kissing…" I paused, pointing down at my crotch. She immediately started to blush bright red. "Sorry, I didn't know!" She commented. I shook my hoof in her face and looked into her eyes before dragging her face closer to mine. "Do you want to know why I don't want to do it now?" I questioned her. She nodded her head slowly and I sighed. "I was meant to do the same thing to my mare friend, for the first time, but she cheated on me after the Gala so I never got the chance." I added, gaining a stunned expression from Nightshine. "So you're a virgin?" She asked curiously. I looked down at the floor to the left of me and then sighed as I nodded my head. She looked shocked and then came to hug me tight. "I'm so sorry!" She stated sadly. I looked up at her and pressed my hooves against her chest. "I guess that there is a positive outcome from this! I get to lose it to someone who loves me and me only!" I stated quietly to her. She smiled a little more than usual. "So… you wanna skip the coffee and food and go straight to it!" I stated calmly. Nightshine perked up quickly and rushed upstairs to the bedroom. I followed slowly as I climbed the stairs that lead to her bedroom. I got to the top of the stairs and peeked through the door to see her ready. "Hey, I'll go easy on you!" She stated excitedly. I closed the door and then went to lie on the bed. She stopped me at the bed and kissed me quickly, before throwing down onto the bed. I was in for one hell of a good night tonight! I thought. "Yes you are my friend. Yes you are!" Colt stated before being silent for the rest of the night. My life was getting somewhere!