//------------------------------// // Progress for nothing // Story: Rewriting the stories // by FALG //------------------------------// "Why are you so far away?" I turned around and looked at her, I could barely see her with so little light. "I... I didn't want to bother you." I told her. "But, you don't bother me." she said. "No I know that, but I don't want to bother you in your sleep. That's different." "Oh..." I kept the distance between the two of us, even though we love each other, it didn't mean we actually have to be together all the time. I knew how she was (or so I thought), and she would want things to go slowly, not rushing anything. I just hoped she wasn't feeling forced to do something. Besides, she'd have to leave for Equestria sooner or later. "But why would you do that?" she asked again. I ran a hand through her cheek, it felt like caressing a teddy bear's. I lowered my hand and grabbed her hoof, and directed it to my chest. "Tell me, what do you feel here?" I asked. She gave a little gasp when she touched. "U-um... e-eerm..." "See what I mean? That guy is so nervous, it's like it's shaking the whole bed with every beat." I pointed regarding my increase of heartbeat. Then I removed her hoof from my chest. "I don't want you to stay awake because my heart can't make you sleep." She didn't say anything, instead, her breath had grown heavier. "Fluttershy?" "C-can I...? If you don't mind." she just asked, and I felt her hooves approaching me. "Huh?" I was a little confused, and it hit me "Oh you want to... um, hear it?" I asked, to what she confirmed with a mumble. "S-sure, go ahead." She then wrapped her hooves on my back, pulled closer and rested her head. Only a few millimeters of fabric separated my skin from her face. I felt my heart beating even faster. "Don't tell me this makes you sleepy." I joked. "Huh? Oh no, it's not that, I... just wanted to hear." she said. She nuzzled my chest, looking for a better position to rest, once she stopped, I brought her even closer to me, making her go "eep". I had my hands right below the birth of her wings, and I could hear her own heart beating against my stomach. "You know? I could be like this forever." I said, to which she responded with a comfortable sigh. I released from her grasp and pulled her to meet my gaze, never taking my hand from her side; we kept silent except for the heavy breathing of both. I really wanted to kiss her right there, but there was something a bit strange that was troubling me. How would it feel, to kiss a pony? So I grabbed Fluttershy's neck and pulled her even closer to my face, to the point that our noses were touching, feeling each other's breath escape through our nostrils. So I moved forward and softly pecked her lips. She didn't resist at all, so I kissed her again for longer. Then I lowered my hand, grabbed her back and embraced her, her legs folded against my body. The kiss was, well... strange; not that I haven't kissed anyone before, but it's different when your partner has a snout instead of a normal mouth. But taking that aside, it was also different, maybe because it's the way she kissed? I mean, many girls put passion in their kisses to make them feel good, but Fluttershy just didn't give any kind of emphasis on it, she just did it. I believed that now it would be a good time to (maybe) slowly spice things up. So I moved my hand to her chest, and softly scratching where her own heart is. Then I moved my hand to her wings, caressing them softly, I had an idea that pegasi were specially sensitive there, so I had much caution on doing it. Later, I took my hand to her flank rubbing it in circles, she wiggled her leg at that, and it was kinda soft too. Things turned around when I started making way to her inner thigh; she suddenly broke from the kiss and with a hoof stopped me from going further. "Oh! I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have!" I apologized. Now this was a contradictory situation, because I was more than aware of Fluttershy not wanting to rush anything, and yet I was making such moves on her. I knew she had her hooves on her face out of embarrassment, like many other shy people would do, so I tried to uncover it while apologizing again. "It won't happen again, I promise." I said. "It's okay... i-it's not like I don't want it to happen..." she mumbled. "Huh?" "...but, not right now, maybe... some time later." she continued. I couldn't help but hug her again, I think we made much progress that very night. So I thought it would be best to call it off and go to sleep. It was very, very late, and even though I've slept so little time, I rested like I've never had before. Like a week or so later, Twilight eventually found the portal that would lead them all back to Equestria. She, her friends, and my family were mighty happy about this. Now we could all return to our normal lives, for the best. But behind this happiness, there was sadness too. We all grew so accustomed each other, that it was like a half of the family divided, even my dad had enjoyed their company too! Despite that it would be a big relief for his pockets. We'd miss them dearly, but then the ponies came up with an idea to make something worth, so that we properly said goodbye to each other. They decided to make a picnic. Twilight said that the spell can wait, as long as she remembers which portal brought them here. My family agreed, and the next day we left for the forest, searching for a clearing where we could put all our stuff. During the walk, once I found my family completely distracted, I pulled Fluttershy to a nearby tree and hid from sight. "W-what are you doing?!" she whispered "Your family is here, they will see us!" "I don't care if they do, you're leaving anyway, so you won't have to bear with them anymore." I replied and kissed her. She insisted some seconds later. "But you will. I don't want you to be in any trouble because of me!" "And don't you think I'm in a trouble already after this last week?" I pointed "I don't care if I get into any trouble because of this. In fact, I think it might be worth it." "T-that's silly..." she said before I interrupted her again with a kiss, slightly pressing her against the tree. I broke the kiss and hugged her tightly. "I wished you didn't have to leave..." I whispered, to what she replied something muffled against my t-shirt. "Um... guys?" a strange voice called. Videogame race cars would feel impotent if they saw how fast Fluttershy pushed me away (with a surprising quantity of strength), she almost made me fall. When I looked at the source of the voice, I was relieved it was just Rainbow. "I really hate to interrupt you both, honest. But we can't keep your parents busy forever." she said addresing me "Come already, or they might suspect something." "Yeah yeah, right behind you." I said, making sure that Fluttershy was following. "... and then she tried to persuade that dragon with laughter!" Rainbow said. "And what happened next?" my mom asked between laughs. "As soon as she said 'hi!', BOOM!" she finished while slapping one hoof over another, in a falling tree fashion. Laughter then took over the picnic. "Even I don't know what happened, but I can't help but laugh at how fast it was!" Pinkie laughed. The rest of the picnic went like it started, telling each other our adventures, and misfortunes, but mostly the girls'. And the return to the house was exactly the same, Twilight always talking about studies (which my parents always pointed out to me), Applejack about hard work, Rainbow about racing (which made her the favorite of my dad), and so on. Then Twilight decided that it was no use on delaying it anymore, and made the preparations for departing. But she said that it might happen that they come back someday, whether by accident, or on purpose. This gave my mom a little joy, she'd love if they could visit us some other time. "Okay, this is it." the unicorn said once a portal appeared in front of all. "Hop on girls." Everypony entered the portal, each one casting a last glance back at us before entering, Twilight being the last. "I will report about this to Princess Celestia. She'd love to know we aren't the only ones in the universe." she said before leaving, and when she did, the portal closed shut as soon as her tail passed. And now we are again alone, just the four of us. We entered the house in silence, now it looked empty without the girls. So I asked to my dad: "Hey, how much will we stay here?" "Not much, a couple of days and the booking will be finished." he said. "These next days are gonna get boring aren't they?" Leonard asked. "Yeah, totally..." I confirmed.