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// Cautious Minuette (June 8th, Saturday afternoon) (Not Every Song... minor crossover) 
// Story: Time To Model 
// by Jhoira 
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“Rarity Rarity Rarity!” Fluttershy galloped into the boutique and over to her friend veritably vibrating with excitement. Rarity was taken aback by her normally shy friends excited manner. Even Minuette opened an eye from her supposed nap on a nearby couch to watch the two mares. Rarity grinned and blew a kiss to her marefriend before looking back at Fluttershy.

“Yes, I’m right here darling. What has you so excited?” Rarity has rarely seen Fluttershy like this, had she discovered some new animal?

“I have a date!” 

Rarity’s polite smile turned instantly genuine. “Oh, that’s great news darling! You finally told Muffins how you feel!”

Fluttershy shook her head. “It’s not Muffins.” Fluttershy bounced excitedly up and down but didn’t continue.

Rarity tried her best to ignore Minuette’s snickering. In her overexcitement, Fluttershy apparently forgot to say who her date was with. Rarity couldn’t help but grin, quite pleased to see her friend so pleased. “Care to tell me whom it is darling?”

Fluttershy giggled and nodded. “Sorry! I’m excited!”

“I noticed that. Now, her name Fluttershy?” Rarity rolled her eyes good-naturedly, wondering slightly if she’d be asking a third time.

“Oh oh oh! It’s Octavia!”

Rarity was surprised, but pleased. Octavia was a kind mare, if a very proper one. “She’s a very fine mare. Kind and a very skilled musician.” Rarity pointedly ignored the fact Octavia was filthy rich. Rarity made a mental note to work out some joke about being filthy rich but not being Filthy Rich. However, Rarity’s planned questions were interrupted by Minuette, who had apparently given up in her nap, or attempted nap.

“You said Octavia?” Minuette was frowning as she walked over to the only other ponies in the boutique. At Fluttershy’s enthusiastic nods Minuette managed to catch Rarity’s eye and motioned off to the side with her head.

Rarity frowned but nodded. “Well, why don’t you take a look around the shop dear? You want a new dress for your date?”

Fluttershy oblivious to the secret conversation between the other two shook her head. “No, we’re meeting up in an just a little bit! I’ll just look around?”

Rarity smiled and nodded as she followed Minuette into her storage room. She glanced back out at Fluttershy humming and perusing around the store. “What’s the matter Minuette?”

Minuette frowned as she too watched Fluttershy. “There’s something going on here Rarity.” She shifted her eyes to Rarity. “Is Fluttershy distantly related to one of the old pegasi generals?”

"Not that I know of darling... Why?"

Minuette shook her head. "I know Octavia's family Rarity, they're old money, old nobility types. They wouldn't give me the time of day, and I'm a freaking Grand Master! Well, at least her mother wouldn't, her father's also as arrogant but at least he's not a prick about it."

Rarity frowned, Octavia was a bit standoffish but she wasn't rude. "Darling Octavia's nothing like that."

Minuette smiled, reaching up and gently rubbing her marefriends chest. Rarity liked to think she understood the nobles, but there were two tiers of the nobility and Rarity only understood the ones who were willing to associate with her. "I'm sure she isn't dearheart but... She has responsibilities to her family to put on the proper airs."

Rarity frowned and pushed the other mare's hoof off of her. "The nobles aren't like that darling, well, at least not most of them. I'm sure Prince Blueblood is."

Minuette shook her head. "No Rarity. There are nobles and then there are nobles. Octavia's family falls into the later."

Rarity frowned, still irritated with her marefriend but she didn't think Minuette was lying to her. "Very well darling, what of it? Octavia obviously doesn't think like her parents."

Minuette grimaced a little. "Well keep your eye out, there's either a misunderstanding, or there's going to be a big fight between Octavia and her parents sometime soon. Since I've not heard of her being disowned."

Rarity blinked and tilted her head to the side. "Disowned?"

Minuette sighed and patted her marefriend consolingly on the shoulder. "The brighter the glamor the deeper the shadows Rarity."

Rarity frowned and glanced out at Fluttershy. "This is going to... End poorly isn't it Minuette?"

Minuette nodded. "Unless Fluttersy's secretly related to royalty, oh yeah."

Rarity shifted a bit. "So... what should we tell her?"

"Nothing."

Rarity wielded around and stared incredulously at Minuette. "Nothing!? Fluttershy is my friend!" Rarity glanced out the door again, glad to see that it seemed that Fluttershy had missed her raised voice.

Minuette cooed gently to Rarity. "No dearheart. We don't know enough at the moment to do anything."

Rarity let out a small breath smiling at her marefriend. "Sorry, darling."

Minuette grinned. "You're just protective of Fluttershy." She reached up and booped Rarity on the nose. "It shows me how you'll be with our future foals."

Rarity blushed brightly but still smiled gently at the teasing. "Don't get ahead of yourself there darling, it's Coco and Applejack who are getting married, remember?"

Minuette grinned and raised an eyebrow. "Are you hinting at something?"

Rarity chortled and shook her head as she started to head back out to Fluttershy. "I'm fond of you darling but I'm going to make you work for it for a bit longer, I mean we just moved you in here, and that's not even full time."

Minuette smiled as she followed after Rarity, but keeping her voice low. "Anyway, it's not like Octavia's parents are going to show up today. Let Fluttershy enjoy her date then we can have a chat with Octavia about what's going on."

Rarity nodded and smiled as they got back into earshot of Fluttershy. "Did you see anything you might like darling? Like a new hairpin, or a hat?"

Fluttershy shook her head and smiled. "Oh no, but that's ok! We're going shopping anyway!" Fluttershy blushed a little as she continued. "And... Octavia said she wanted to buy me something cute."

Rarity smiled, slightly forced after the revelations from Minuette. She tried to think of another way to change the subject before Minuette saved her, pointing out the window of the boutique. "Isn't that Octavia?"

Fluttershy looked out the window and meeped quietly. "Oh! Oh! Oh! I should go talk to her! Right?" At the nods from both the other ponies, she rushed out the door to approach her date, at least, who she thought was her date.

Minuette looked at Rarity, a small grin despite the coming issues she assumed were on the horizon. "She's really bad at this isn't she?"

Rarity chortled and nodded. "She's shy and she's never actually had a special somepony except for two days when she was a teenager, what do you think?"

Minuette smiled, she remembered her younger days of putzing around fondly because she heard her call. Time magic was a powerful special talent and she felt blessed to have it, but it certainly hadn't helped her decide what she'd wanted to do with her life. And she’d found her calling in her knighthood. Glancing over at Rarity Minuette grinned. It was still early and they still had a lot to talk about but she hoped she might have found one she’d be spending her years with. “I think that I’m a lucky mare.” Rarity turned to ask about the change in topic to receive a kiss on the lips.