A few days after Pinkie had scattered the flyers, the subject was already forgotten. Three of them were still stuck to the notice board in the main hall, covering the announcement poster for the Fall Formal, which had also not been taken down yet, but everybody had moved on. Their relationship was just part of the common knowledge pool now.
After a week, the gossip circles had moved on to completely new things and nobody looked twice at Sunset and Pinkie holding hands on the way home or stealing a quick hug and a chaste kiss between classes. Even Rainbow stopped teasing them regularly and the two of them sitting together and staying close was the new routine when they were all together.
That weekend, two weeks after fall break, Pinkie had invited herself to Sunset's place again. She was going to have a long afternoon shift at work and wanted to relax together afterwards and Sunset wasn't going to argue against the idea. She cleaned up a little and lit a scented candle, a little while before Pinkie would arrive.
The doorbell made her skip up from the couch right away. She ran to the door and opened it for her girlfriend. Instead of jumping at her, Pinkie just slumped against chest with a relieved sigh. "Hey."
"Hey. Come in." She put an arm around her and stepped back inside with her before closing the door. "Hard day, I'm guessing?"
"Mhyeah," she muttered, holding on for a moment longer before stepping away again. Her hair was still tied back, the way she wore it at work, but several strands had slipped out of the hair tie and she looked tired, something that was rarely apparent with her.
"You wanna talk about it?" Sunset asked casually as she walked back to the couch.
"Nah," Pinkie answered, kicking off her shoes and then settling next to her, leaning on her shoulder. Sunset resumed the game she'd been playing and she stared blankly at the screen, then suddenly sat up straighter. "Actually, yeah. I do."
"Hm? What happened?" Sunset kept her eyes on the game, splitting her attention to listen to Pinkie, who didn't waste any time, getting right to the heart of the matter.
"People are so..." She just made an annoyed grumbling sound. "I bring everyone their food when it's done! Just because you got there earlier doesn't mean you have priority! I'm not gonna make somebody else wait just because you ordered something complicated!" She breathed out, like she was trying to wind down, but started right back into the next complaint. "And I'm nice to everybody! I'm not flirting with you just because I was smiling!"
Sunset tensed up a little at that. "Customers think you're flirting with them?"
"Right!? I left our SunPie flyers around and everything."
"The ones you made for school? You put this out at the diner?"
Pinkie shrugged, sinking against Sunset's shoulder again. "I had leftovers."
"You made way too many of those. I think a few would have done."
"Whatever." Pinkie pouted and crossed her arms.
Sunset endured the silence for a few seconds, before she hit pause and put the controller down, putting her arms around Pinkie from behind. "Hey, I'm sorry that you had to deal with that." She kissed her unusually exposed neck, making Pinkie giggle and pull up her shoulders.
"S-stop it, not there."
"Hm? Not here?" She put her lips back on Pinkie's neck and blew a raspberry on her skin. Pinkie squealed and tried to lean away, but Sunset tightened her arms around her and kept her trapped. "Okay, not there. Got it." She waited for Pinkie to settle down and somewhat relax again. "But what about here?" she said quickly, pushing her lips just an inch further down, closer to her shoulder. Pinkie already yelped again in anticipation and this time Sunset let her escape.
Pinkie pushed herself away and held her neck while fighting off the last few giggles, but soon moved closer again, resting her head on Sunset's shoulder. Sunset embraced her and closed her eyes, lying back a bit on the couch. "There, now you're smiling again."
"Thanks," Pinkie said quietly and picked up the controller to pick up where Sunset had left off. "But I think I'm gonna shoot some zombies to vent anyway."