I set the cup of hot chocolate in front of Diamond Tiara and smiled fondly at the girl sitting on my couch.
“So how are you holding up, Diamond?” I asked as I sat next to her.
“I’m okay. I think the better question is how are you doing?” Diamond Tiara asked as she wrapped a hand around the mug.
“Up and down. Was pretty down but recently I’ve been pretty up,” I admitted as I eyed the well dressed girl up and down. “You don’t seem to care about anon a miss going after your family.”
“I can handle people laughing at me. I don’t care about that. You know I’ve never really cared if people laughed at me.”
I chuckled softly as Trixie came from down stairs with a towel wrapped around her head and Diamond gave her a confused look.
“I hope to God I didn’t walk in on whatever this is,” Diamond muttered as she blushed.
“She fell in the mud outside my apartment so she came back in to get a shower,” I admitted with an equally red face.
“Plus Sunset’s apartment has really good water pressure,” Trixie added as she sat down. “Better than my house. Plus dad and I are fighting right now so I needed to get away.”
Diamond hummed in response as she sipped her hot chocolate and her eyes lit up.
“You always make the best hot chocolate,” Diamond mused as she looked at Trixie. “I can relate to fighting in my house. Spoiled and dad have been fighting ever since anon a miss posted about them. I’ve just been staying in my room.”
“I heard a bit about that. Fuck parents fighting,” Trixie mused as she stood up and picked up my mug.
“Oh thanks,” I muttered as Trixie walked into my kitchen.
“Does she know?” Diamond asked with a smirk as I jumped.
“Know what?”
“That you like her, obviously. Based on that fifteen seconds told me a lot. Plus you blushed when she came down stairs and so did she when you looked at her.”
Diamond stared at me as I stared down.
“Okay fine you got me. And now I’m worried about who else knows. I don’t want her or Cloudkicker getting hurt to get revenge on me.”
“Hold on, you like both of them?” Diamond asked as I nodded sheepishly. “Wow, talk about a lot.”
“I know. Enough about me, we’re here to have a good day and not me bother you with my problems. Wanna play some video games?”
“After you talk to Trixie,” Diamond grinned evilly as I sighed.
“You drive a hard bargain. I’ll be back. Trixie!” I called out as I stood up and walked into the kitchen as Trixie glanced up. “Uh what are you doing?”
“Reading titles on your book shelf you got. What’s up?”
“Hug me,” I said as Trixie gave me a confused look before hesitantly hugging me.
“Uhm okay?” Trixie said in confusion as I hugged her back. “Why are you-”
“I’m not really the best at dating but after this is all over, we should totally like-”
“She likes you!” Diamond Tiara shouted from the other room as I felt my face burn. “More than friends! Date my sister figure!”
“Really?” Trixie asked in surprise. “Well of course Trixie would catch your eye! She is after all the greatest, powerfullest and hottest girl at Canterlot High!”
“Trixie?”
“Yes?”
“Powerfullest isn’t a word.”
“Okay fair enough,” Trixie admitted sheepishly. “And the other one?”
“Cloudkicker?” I asked and Trixie nodded hesitantly. “She’s attractive as well obviously but well, she has a reputation. I’m not exactly willing to share a partner with a bunch of her other people she sleeps with. But I mean, she’d be your girlfriend too technically.”
“Trixie has to think about it. Trixie has had plenty of friends but not any well relations if she is being honest. I don’t really share well,” Trixie said and I ignored the fact that she switches first and third person repeatedly in one sentence.
“Yeah well humans don’t really do herds like we do in Equestria. Oh fuck,” I muttered as we both looked down at my text messages and Trixie’s eyes widened. “Diamond!”
“Yeah?” Diamond said as she walked in. “What’s up? You two finally getting together? Because if so, Silver Spoon owes me thirty dollars.”
“You bet on us?” Trixie shouted as she blushed harder.
“We are talking about that later. But you’re staying here for a bit longer than we thought. Apparently it’s uh bad at your house right now so your dad asked me to let you stay here until further notice as they get all legal documents sorted out. Randolph is bring your stuff over as we speak. I have an air mattress that you can sleep on down here until I get a pull out couch.”
We both stared at her nervously as Diamond inhaled and we both stepped back.
”Yes!” Diamond shouted as she pumped a fist eagerly and we gave her stunned looks. “Let’s go! Finally, freedom from the witch! Sunset, I freaking love you!”
“You’re taking this surprisingly well,” Trixie noted curiously.
“Because I’m happy! I no longer have to live in Mother’s shadow. No rude remarks, no bullying nothing. The plug has been pulled. Looks like she screwed the wrong person over and sent that stuff to anon a miss.”
“I guess so?” Trixie mused as scratched her head with her free hand. “I did hear how she mistreated her staff a lot. I’m sure the stuff they heard would get her in a lot of trouble. And well, stuff you might have heard too.”
“Dang right!” Diamond laughed as I watched her toss a pillow down from the closet in the living room. Her dad has had her spend the night her so much it’s like second nature having her here. “I’m gonna go to the bathroom real fast.”
We both watched Diamond race up the stairs happily as we gave each other confused looks.
“What the hell was that about?” I asked finally as Trixie hugged me again.
“I have no idea but it was kinda weird. Who gets excited about their parents divorcing? I hate my dad but I’d be crying if they got divorced.”
“Can’t relate. Never knew my dad, only knew mom.”
“What’s it like? As a little girl in your world?” Trixie asked as I inhaled.
“It’s difficult being the daughter of a ruler of a whole country. You constantly have ponies watching your every move, waiting to see you make a mistake. Unlike Blueblood, I wasn’t willing to become a pawn in politics and I wasn’t afraid to make that fact known. One little mistake and it’s practically all over Equestria. I love mom but there were times when she didn’t know when to quit being a princess and be a mother. We never truly saw eye to eye on well, a lot of things.”
“I feel I should be way more afraid about liking the daughter of a princess than I currently am,” Trixie commented as I snickered. “So what exactly does that make you?”
“Not a princess, that’s for sure. Everytime I pony up, I don’t have wings. I’m just a noble but I’m still the same old Sunset you all know. I think Cloudkicker would be more afraid than you given her reputation for liking to have a few partners.”
“I think it’s more than a few,” Trixie snorted as I laughed. “Want me to help set up the air mattress for Diamond?”
“Yes please.”
Trixie paused as I yawned.
“You have to let me go so I can do so.”
“Oh. Right.”