Three days later:
I had no clue on what to do, we finished our business here, what was I still doing here on Canterlot?
Well, we still had to decide what to do with the house, keeping it would be a waste, not to mention that we'd still have to pay the taxes. That wasn't much of a problem considering the fortune we recently found.
If keeping it would be a waste, leaving it would be a loss, there were so much memories there, and our house in Ponyville couldn't handle all the furniture unless we sell it.
But it is hard to get rid of stuff you got so used to, things that were there since your foalhood.
"What should we do?" I asked.
"Now, that's a very good question." my brother pointed.
"It's too hard to give up all this stuff, and the house."
"So? Let's not sell the house."
"Are you kidding? We'd be taking up space, when somepony else could need it."
"Why not rent the place?"
"Yeah right. I don't plan on feeding from others."
"Then tell them to pay you as much as the taxes ask!"
"Wait, you lost me."
"Oh forget it."
As always, I went for a walk, I had to decide what to do with the house, sure, that problem could wait. But I wanted to get rid of problems as soon as they come.
To my surprise, I ran into Twilight while walking.
"Hey." I greeted, without too much enthusiasm.
She made a grimace in response. Which was followed by an awkward silence.
"Listen, I..." I started
"Before you keep speaking Flare, there is something I have to tell you." she said.
So I nodded, allowing her to continue.
"Our arguing from a few days ago, had no reason to ever happen."
"I think I knew that already. But why exactly is that?" I asked.
"Maybe because I was a bit angry at the thought of you leaving my friend alone in Ponyville."
"That's where you're wrong, I asked Fluttershy to wait for me, I promised I'd come back for her."
"I know. But I still doubted you."
"It's fine, don't worry."
"I'm sorry."
"Twilight, it's okay. Sure, you doubted a promise I made, but in the end you regret doing so. That's what counts."
She smiled.
"Thanks for understanding. You're definitely a great guy." she finished, and turned around to leave.
As I was about to do the same, she stopped me:
"If I got paid for everytime I'm stopped this week, I wouldn't need my dad's chest for anything." I thought.
"Sorry, there's something else I have to tell you." she said.
"What is it?"
"Well... it's something a bit delicate. Please don't get mad."
I waited in silence, for her to finally ask me that "delicate" question.
"Is it okay... if I ask you for a kiss?"
"What?!"
"I won't ask for anything else. Please just give me this."
"Um, why are you asking me for this anyway?"
"Well... I do have a crush on you. But I know I can't ask you to be anything more than friends. So I'm asking it as a favor, and nothing else. I don't mind if you don't like me back."
I stammered a little, unsure of what to say.
"Besides, I never kissed anypony before." she added.
"Well, it's just a favor for a friend, there's no harm in it, right?" I thought.
"Anyway, this isn't a topic to talk in the middle of the street. Let's go somewhere else, a bit more private." she replied.
She took me to an alley, where we wouldn't be bothered by anypony.
Once there, we stayed still for some minutes, unsure of what to do.
"I'm pretty nervous, how about you?" she asked innocently.
"Hey Twilight." I started. "Do you really wish for me to do this for you? W-wouldn't you like to wait for another colt for that?"
She looked at me.
"I will not answer questions like that." she simply said.
The next moment, she closed her eyes, waiting for me to make a move.
"She's just like a doll, completely passive. And yet she asked me to do this in the first place." I thought.
No matter how much of a thought I gave to the situation, even if it was just a little favor for Twilight, I couldn't do it, it didn't feel right.
"I'm sorry." I said. "I can't do this."
Twilight looked at me, a bit surprised at first. But suddenly she looked brightly happy.
"Yes! I knew you would say that!"
"I beg your pardon?" I asked.
"Okay, here's the thing." she started and explained me the situation.
Fluttershy was very sad that I departed to Canterlot, I already knew that, and I promised I'd come back for her. But anyway Twilight felt bad for her, so she offered her help, to keep Fluttershy out of worries. She declined the offer, but Twilight did it anyways.
So she used the excuse of stargazing to have a way to approach me, and that leads up to this point.
"So summing up, it was all some kind of test?" I asked.
"Pretty much. I'm sorry I did it, but I wanted to make sure you were out of my league." she apologized.
"The fact that I promised Fluttershy to come back wasn't enough prove?"
"Many ponies make promises and the next day they forget them!"
"Are you implying that I wasn't going to keep my promise?"
"Well... no, but..."
"But what?"
She went silent. And looked down.
"I gotta admit I had my doubts about this anyway." I confessed.
"What?"
"After thinking about it a little, I found out you and I share some stuff together. That made me doubt my promise."
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, absolutely. But a friend helped me decide."
"That one which I saw you with?" she guessed.
"Yes, and I repeat, she is my friend now, nothing else."
"I believe you, now." she said.
"Good."
"Well, now that all this situation was solved, I guess I can leave for Ponyville now. I'll see you there." she said and trotted off the alley.
"Hey wait, I got a last question for you." I stopped her.
"What's up?"
"What would you have done if your calculations were wrong, and I actually kissed you?"
She was very surprised at the question. But she gave me a smile and with her hoof she poked her lower eyelid in a sign of "careful with that", and she said:
"I will not answer questions like that."