Chapter X
The Confession
Day 43
It is a beautiful sunny autumn day in Ponyville, at a cottage just outside of the Everfree Forest, Fluttershy is inside, wearing an apron, cooking some omelettes. She is happily humming, feeling happier than she has ever felt before. She then hears footsteps coming up from behind her, followed by a pair of arms lovingly wrapping around her.
“Hmm...smells good.” gleefully states Adam, he always loved her cooking. He then proceeds to kiss the top of her head.
“I’m making omelettes, your favorite, if you don’t mind of course.” happily explained the yellow pegasus to the human.
“Well, do you mind making it to go, I’m kind of running late today and those foals are not going to teach themselves.” explained the human, he really wanted to enjoy breakfast with Fluttershy.
“Why of course, besides,” her voice then turns sultry. “you already did enjoy my ‘breakfast’ this morning in bed, so I really don’t mind.” she then gives the human a flirty smile.
“Well...I’m glad.” mused the human. The pegasus then finishes the omelette, wraps it and puts it in his saddlebag so he can eat it for lunch. Adam grabs the bag. “Love you.” he states, giving Fluttershy a deep kiss on the lips, the pegasus returns the kiss.
The human then runs off out of the cottage to head off to work, while the yellow pegasus just happily smiles. “I love you too.”
“FLUTTERSHY! WAKE UP!” yells a voice.
Fluttershy’s eyes shoot open as she sees her friend Rainbow Dash straddling on top of her, with a look of desperation on her face. She notices that it is still dark outside.
“Dash...what are-” she states groggily, before her friend interrupts her.
“Get up Shy! We have no time to waste, I don’t want to miss this!” explained Dash, desperate. She then forcibly removes the bed sheets off of Fluttershy with her mouth. “I want to get there before the line forms!” she continues.
Fluttershy then realizes why Dash is acting that way, it is Apple Cider Day at Sweet Apple Acres, and she knows more than anypony how much Dash loves the stuff. “You know...you can go on without me, I have to get myself ready, and I’ll meet you there later...if you don’t mind of course.” she yellow pegasus explains to her friend.
“Really? Okay then, as long as you’re there.” stated a grateful Dash before flying out of her bedroom window toward the farm.
Fluttershy then also comes to the realization that she dreamed about HIM again. Third time this week.
“Oh...why do I keep dreaming about him?” stated a confused Fluttershy to herself. All she could think about was spending time with the human, his kindness, politeness and his smile, a genuine smile that can melt the hearts of anypony, a smile that assures you that everything will work out for the better.
“I need to tell him!” stated a serious and determined Fluttershy, making up her mind for what she’s planning to do for the day.
In front of Sweet Apple Acres, the sun has finally rose for morning and a long line of ponies have formed in front of a stand being run by Applejack, Big Mac, Granny Smith, Apple Bloom and the human, Adam.
One by one each of the ponies buy the famed apple cider and move on, the line getting shorter and shorter until it is finally Rainbow Dash’s turn.
“A barrel of your best apple cider please!” requested the eager pegasus to her orange friend. She gives her her bits.
“Sorry Dash,” stated Applejack, trying to gently break her the bad news. “but just plum ran out.”
“DAMN IT!” exclaimed Dash, pounding her forelegs on the stand in frustration. “Every! Single! Year!”
“Calm down Dash, we know how much you like the stuff, so we saved a barrel just for you at the barn.” chimed the human.
“You did?” asked the pegasus, surprised, trying to confirm what he said.
“Eeyup.” exclaimed Big Mac. He then motions for Dash to follow him into the barn so she can get the barrel of apple cider. Dash happily trots of behind him as they leave.
Just as Rainbow Dash and Big Mac leave, and Applejack, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith start to close down shop, Fluttershy flies in and gently lands in front of the stand.
“Good morning Fluttershy, sorry, but we just sold out.” apologized the human to the yellow pegasus approaching the stand.
“That’s okay, I’m not really into cider, I only drink that stuff when I’m with my friends.” stated the pegasus, slightly nervous to be around the object of her affection. “I just came here to ask you...something.” she continues, her voice starting to falter from nervousness.
“Sure,” happily stated Adam. “ask away.”
“Well...y-you see...winter is coming up in a few weeks and I...I could use some help with getting the animals ready for the upcoming winter...you know...feeding, cleaning and stuff...if you don’t mind-” she stammers before she feels Adam putting a hand on her mouth, silencing her.
“Of course I don’t mind, I'll be there this afternoon!” smiled the human. Fluttershy’s heart just melts upon seeing that smile. But she immediately refocuses herself.
“That’s great!” happily exclaimed the pegasus. “I’ll be waiting.” Fluttershy decides to leave, before she embarreses herself further. She take off and flies off back to her cottage as Adam waves to her goodbye.
“Hey Adam, do you mind takin’ this here sign an’ puttin’ it in th’ barn?” politely asked Applejack, giving the human the sign for the stand.
“Of course, but I’m going to be a Fluttershy’s to help her get the animals ready for winter afterwards.” explained Adam, accepting Applejack’s favor.
“That's okay, we've got nothin' much else t'do here fo' th' rest of th' day, an' wiith winter aroun' th' corner, not much else until spring.” stated the orange mare. The mare then goes off to continue dismantling the stand as the human takes the sign and heads towards the barn.
Along the way to the barn, Adam can see Rainbow Dash stumble out of the barn, with a barrel of apple cider on her back and a red blush across her face, she seems to have some trouble walking. She immediately uses her wings and flies off towards her home instead without noticing the human heading towards the barn. Adam doesn’t pay much attention, instead focusing on his task.
Adam enters the barn, a strong musky smell hitting him as he puts down the sign and sees a sweaty Big Mac sleeping on a pile of high, snoring loudly. “Applejack is going to be mad when she finds out you have been sleeping on the job again.” stated Adam to the sleeping Big Mac, who did not stir, not knowing the real reason why Big Mac is asleep. He then leaves the barn, closing the door behind him and heads off towards Fluttershy’s cottage.
"Oh Angel, tell me, how does my mane look?" asked Fluttershy to her pet bunny, in front of her bedroom mirror, trying fix herself up so she can look good for Adam. Angel just crosses his arms and rolls his eyes. "And are my wings okay, are there any loose feathers, do I need to preen again?" continued the anxious pegasus checking her wings. The bunny just gives her a dirty look, getting annoyed by all the questions.
"You're right Angel, I just need to calm down, Adam doesn't care about how I look as long as we're friends." stated Fluttershy trying gain some self-confidence.
Suddenly, she hears someone knocking at the front door. "EEP!" the pegasus squeaks out, startled. "That must be him, wish me luck Angel!" she states, floating off towards the front door, while Angel gives a sigh of relief, happy to no longer be bothered by his owner.
Fluttershy floats towards the door and lands behind it. She gives herself a few deep breaths to calm her down before finaly opening the door, to reveal Adam outside waiting. "Oh...y-you made it...that's great!" stammered a nervous, yet happy Fluttershy, letting the human inside.
"Of course I did," the human happily states, hanging up his long coat and scarf. "anything for a friend."
"Uh...good...we'll, if it's okay with you, you can help me feed the birds and clean up after them, I already took care of the rest, if you don't mind." explained Fluttershy, nervousness in her voice. "I'll take you over to where the birds are." Fluttershy leads the way, walking in front of Adam, the pegasus uses that opportunity to sway her hips and swish her tail to secretly flirt with him, but Adam is too busy looking around her home to notice.
The feeding and clean up went well for both the pegasus and human, except for the part where the birds would constantly bite the human's fingers whenever he would feed them. By the time dinner time rolled around, they finally finished the job.
Both Fluttershy and Adam are sitting together on the living couch, the pegasus wrapping several band-aids around four of his ten fingers. "Sorry my birds bit you...they get carried away sometimes." apoligized the pegasus.
"That's okay, it's not your fault, it happends everytime I feed birds anyways." mused Adam. Fluttershy finishes tending to his minor wonds, she puts away the first aid kit.
"Do you want some tea?...If you don't mind." asked the pegasus, hoping he'll say yes.
"That would be lovely." stated Adam.
The pegasus then flies off to the kitchen to make the tea, with a smile on her face.
Several minutes pass and Fluttershy finally finishes making the tea, she returns to the living room, taking her seat next to the human on the couch and gives him his tea.
"Cheers!" exclaimed Adam, tapping Fluttershy's tea cup with his own. Fluttershy just smiles before they silently begin drinking. A minute of silence pass before Fluttershy finaly decides to ask the human a question.
"Uh...I was wondering...have you been in a relationship?" asked the pegasus. "You don't have to answer...if you don't want to...I-I was just curious." she stammered.
Adam sees Fluttershy hiding behind her mane and starts to feel sorry for her, he has never met a pony, or person for that matter, who is as shy as her. She lives up to her name.
"Well," began the human. "I have been with many women, or as you would say 'mares', in my life, but I have only been in just one true relationship." he states, he starts to think about Mary, his first and so far only serious romantic relationship. "Her name was Mary, she was a librarian and she was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, everything about her was like a dream come true for me, plus her mind, I loved her mind more than her body." nostalgically mused Adam with fondness.
"She sounds like the perfect match for you." stated Fluttershy, with a hint of saddness in her voice. Sad because Adam is already with someone else. "I bet she couldn't wait for you to come back home." she continues. She suddenly notices Adam's expression change from happiness to saddness, something is not right.
"She's dead." was all Adam could say without emotion, staring into space.
"I-I'm so sorry...b-but what happend? I-If y-you don't mind m-me asking." stated a shocked and sorry Fluttershy, curious.
"She was murdered in front of me Fluttershy, that's all I can say." stated the human, a single tear rolling down his cheek.
"Oh...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry." comforted Fluttershy, wrapping her forelegs around Adam in a deep comforting hug.
"That's okay...it's just that I think it's best that I don't say anymore about, her death still haunts me sometimes." the human explains rubbing Fluttershy's back. The human lets the Fluttershy go of the hug and decides to ask the pegasus the same answer to hopefully lighten the mood. "So...how about you?" asked the human. "Have you ever been in a relationship?"
The pegasus just puts her head down in shame and sadness. "No...never." she mumbles.
Adam is shocked, he always thought a beautiful creature like Fluttershy would've had at least one relationship in her life. "How?" was all he was able to spit out.
"I don't know...I tried to find somepony to love...but I guess I was just not good enough for them." she explains, getting sadder by the moment. Adam feeling sorry for her takes his hand and places it under her chin so they can see each other face to face. They end up staring into each other's eyes, Fluttershy's teal to Adam's brown.
"Don't say that, I think you're the most beautiful pony I have ever met, and it is their fault that they could not see that." he states trying to cheer her up. "Besides, all you need is a little self-confidence." he mused.
"You think so?" asked Fluttershy for confirmation.
"Of course!" answered the human. "If you put mind to it, you can do anything!"
Fluttershy just smiles at him, she then suddenly lunges at the human and wraps him up in another hug. "Oh Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she happily whispers in his ear as the human rubs her back. They then break, only for them to end up looking to each other's eyes again, both of them smiling, their faces inching closer and closer together until their lips meet.
The kiss starts out slowly, but gradualy gains in passion and heaviness as Fluttershy pushes Adam onto his back, they continue on, lips parting and toungues intertwining with each other, some soft moans coming from the pegasus as the intesity of the situation increases. Adam doesn't know what is going on, or why he's doing it, but some reason wanting to go further. He begins to run his hands through her pink mane as he begins to kiss down her neck.
"Oh...my..." quietly moaned Fluttershy, her wings beginning to fully expand. The human's left hand begis to wander down her back, across her sides until he comes across her flank and gives a light squeeze, elicing another moan from the yellow mare, while his right hand also goes down her back, but this time goes to her left wing. He gently touches and squeezes the base of the wing, getting another moan from her. "Yess..." she hisses with ecstacy.
Adam and Mary are walking alone in the park, arm in arm.
“Winter is so beautiful, isn’t it?” said Mary.
“Not as beautiful as you.” answered Adam, he then starts to stare in the distance, deep in thought. Mary is Adam's first and only girlfriend, they met two years ago and have been dating ever since.
“What are you thinking about?” asked Mary.
“About the time I met you, two years ago, spring.” answered Adam. “I was bicycle riding in the park at sunset when I saw you sitting in the green seeing the sun go down. Then I saw your eyes, those eyes that seem to sparkle in the twilight. I knew I had to meet you, so I walked up to you, but I was so nervous, I wasn’t able to get a single meaningful word out--“
“I found that cute, so I took pity on you and started talking to you.” interrupted Mary, finishing the story. “Why are you thinking about that?” Mary can see that Adam is nervous.
“Because of how beautiful your eyes sparkled…in the twilight.” explained a nervous Adam. “And I knew I wanted to see that for the rest of my life.” Adam then moves in front of Mary and goes down on his knee.
“Mary Oak,” said Adam, reaching into his pocket and showing her a ring, starting to cry. “Will you mary me?”
Mary just smiles and nods yes. Adam is over joyed by her reaction he then gets up as they both hug and kiss each other while saying "I love you" to each other.
Adam's eyes shoot open as alarm bells start ringing in his head as he starts to realize what he's doing.
"NOOO!" yells the human, forcibly pushing Fluttershy off of him. Adam quickly gets up from the couch, breathing heavily and in complete shock.
"What's wrong?" asked a conferned Fluttershy, confused as to why the human is acting this way.
"This isn't right...I'm sorry...but I can't, it's a mistake." stated Adam, trying his best to explain why he couldn't continue.
"A mistake?" was all the pegasus could say as tears begin to form in her eyes.
"It's not your fault Fluttershy...it's mine...I just don't think I'm ready to move on." he explains trying his best not to make her cry.
"Is-Is this about Mary?" asked Fluttershy, looking sadder by the minute.
Adam just reluctantly nods to comfirm her suspicious.
Tears start flowing down her cheeks, her heart breaking, "Then I suggest you get out." ordered the pegasus through her tears. Adam just stands there stunned and feeling sorry for her. "I said...GET OUT!" yelled an angry and sad Fluttershy.
Adam does as told, grabs his coat and scarf, and leaves the cottage, the sound of Fluttershy crying can be heard from outside. The human just walks away, trying his best to ignore the cries of saddness and desperation.
The human notices that it is sunset, the air colder, but he quickly returns back to his conflicting thoughts, now finding himself in love with both Mary and Fluttershy.
"AHHH!" he screams to sky, kneeling in desperation. He begins to cry, not sure what to do. "Forgive me...forgive me Mary, for I have no idea what I have done!" mumbled Adam through his tears, begging for forgiveness. He can't give up on Mary now, not as long as there is a small chance he can save her. Snow begins to gently fall around his, signaling the start of winter in Equestria. "I promise...I will not give up on you, not now." continued the human, still crying and now on his hands and knees.
NEXT WEEK: The Snow