As Jake fell unconscious, all three mares tried their best to catch him, thankfully succeeding. Without hesitation, they got him onto the couch.
Spike was the first to speak, “I am so sorry, it just...came out.”
“It’s fine, Spike,” Sunset replied. “It’s not like I was gonna have the courage to tell him anytime soon. I...I can’t believe this is happening.”
“Why exactly did you not want to tell Jake? I mean, sure he passed out, but you didn’t know that was gonna happen?” Starlight asked, coming up next to Sunset.
Sunset sighed. “Well...I came here because Twilight said she and Jake had something they wanted to tell me. I just didn’t wanna...like, upstage you or something like that.”
Twilight put her hoof on Sunset’s shoulder. “That was very thoughtful of you, but being pregnant...j-just trumps everything.”
“How can you say that?” Sunset asked, stepping away from Twilight. “You and Jake are getting married. For humans, a married man having a baby with another girl...it’s kinda frowned upon.”
“But we’re not human, or...you know what I mean. Jake, I’m sure he’ll be fine. If anything, he’ll be thrilled to have a kid,” Starlight countered.
“Umm, girls? We should probably focus more at the problem at hoof. As in, the unconscious human who just heard he was gonna be a father of Sunset’s...child,” Spike intervened.
“Spike’s right. All we can do right now is wait for Jake to wake up. When he does, we’ll just hear what he has to say,” suggested Twilight.
“You’re right. I’ll stay with him,” Sunset offered. “Whether he’s pissed or excited, he’s gonna want me to know.”
“Alright. Spike’s right though, it’s probably not a good idea to go through the portal right now with the baby,” Starlight replied before walking out of the library.
“Please tell me when he wakes up,” Twilight said.
Sunset nodded and said, “I will.”
With that, Twilight and Spike followed Starlight out of the library.
Sunset looked at Jake, who was still asleep. “I am so sorry. I didn’t mean for this to happen.”
The fiery-maned mare curled up next to him and closed her eyes.
I was in a pitch black void. I couldn’t see anything, hear anything, feel anything. I couldn’t remember anything after I’d proposed to Twilight, but I knew something happened after that.
Let’s see, I proposed to Twilight, all of our friends congratulated us, Shining Armor had given me a stern warning to take care of his sister, Cadance told him to back off, everyone went home except for Sunset...Sunset!
She was pregnant...with my baby...that I had impregnated her with...like the damn moron I was.
I...I didn’t know what to think. On the one hand, I was terrified...but on the other hand, I loved Sunset...but on the first hand, what the hell was she even pregnant with?!
As my thoughts intensified, so did the void around me. I could hear a loud ringing noise around me and feel an intense vibration.
There was no way I was ready for a baby. I don’t have any experience with children, and Twilight...oh God, Twilight! What’s she gonna say? A herd is one thing, but a baby-
“Greetings, Jake Taylor,” said a grand voice that pulled me out of my inner thoughts.
I looked around and saw the environment around me start to change. The black, empty void slowly morphed into the castle library. Sunset was lying next to me on the couch. I reached out to touch her so I could talk to her, but my hand just fell through her mane.
“She cannot hear you. This is a rather lucid, but not too lucid that I cannot enter such,” said the same voice from earlier.
“P-Princess Luna?” I asked.
Before me appeared the princess of the night in all of her glory. “Yes, ‘tis I.”
“W-What are you doing here?”
“It is uncommon for me to detect a dream at such an early hour, so when I sensed yours, I made no haste,” she answered. “Now, may I ask why you are having such a dream?”
“I...I think I passed out,” I answered. “She...she told me she was...and I-I passed out. What kind of boyfriend am I?”
“Please, I would like to help, but I required more detail,” Luna said.
I blinked a few times and realized there was no way I couldn’t tell her. “Have you ever been...attracted to someone? So much that you act on instinct and forget something so important and suddenly you don’t know what to do?”
I paused in case Luna had wanted to say something, but she didn’t.
“I...I got Sunset pregnant!” I finally blurted, even emitting a gasp from Luna.
“I must admit, I know nothing of this sort of event. How do you feel about it?” Luna asked.
“Well, I don’t know. I’ve never even thought about a family! But...I don’t want to leave Sunset on her own like this,” I lamented. “I guess having a family would be great, but I wouldn’t know the first thing about raising a child. And I don’t even know what Sunset’s gonna give birth to! I mean, is it gonna be some sort of half pony half human thing? I guess that wouldn’t really matter, but still...”
“Perhaps this is something you must speak to Sunset about,” Luna informed.
“Yeah, you’re...you’re right. Thanks for letting me vent,” I said.
Luna gave a bow as the world began to crumble around me. “‘Twas my pleasure, Jake Taylor.”
I woke up in the exact same surroundings as in the dream. Sunset still lay next to me, seemingly asleep. I could only imagine what was going through her head. Well, time to find out.
“Sunset, wake up,” I whispered, tapping her back a little bit.
Her turquoise eyes slowly opened and set themselves on me. Immediately, she got off the couch. “Jake, you’re up! I am so sorry about all fo this. I swear, I planned to tell you-“
“Sunset,” I cut off. “Sit down, we need to talk about this.”
Sunset seemed a little shocked. “A-Are you sure?”
I cupped Sunset’s cheeks in my hands and knelt down in front of her. “We need to get everything out in the air now.”
Sunset looked down, then back at me. “Alright.”
As Sunset took a seat on the couch, I turned to face her. “How do you feel about this?”
Sunset looked everywhere in the library but at me. “S-Scared. I don’t know how to raise a kid, I’m not even out of high school yet.”
I put a hand to her cheek and asked, “Do you want to have this child?”
“Do you?” she asked in response.
“That’s not important,” I countered. “What matter is, do you want to go through with this? Because if you don’t, I will support you in absolutely any way I can.”
I could see tears begin to glisten her eyes. “I-I don’t know. This is all just happening so fast.”
I took the opportunity to hold Sunset in a deep hug as she started to cry. “No matter what, you will always have me. I will be there every step of the way, making sure that you are never going through this alone.”
Sunset looked up at me. “R-Really?”
I nodded. “Of course. No matter what you give birth to, human or pony, I will love it just as much as I love you.”
Sunset tucked her head into my chest. “Th-Thank you. I’m still scared of what’s gonna happen...but knowing you’ll be here makes it a little easier.”
I stroked her mane a little bit as tears started to form in my eyes as well.
“So you’re okay with this? With having a baby?” she asked, breaking the comfortable silence.
I nodded. “Yes. I’m more than happy that we’re going to have a baby.”