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// Chapter 2: Forgiveness  
// Story: Lyra's True Feelings 
// by OtenBrony 
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	Lyra just stood there as the mare she loved was kissing her. She could not believe that her luck had actually turned in her favor at this moment. But that did not matter to her, the only thing that mattered to her was that mare she loved was showing feelings back to her. Lyra soon began to close her eyes and return the kiss.
"Um...Lyra?" droned a voice into Lyra's ears.
"Mhmm?" was Lyra's muffled reply since her lips were locked up at the time.
"What exactly are you doing?" was the voice's next question. Suddenly Lyra recognized the voice as the voice of Bon Bon. But the thing was, the voice of Bon Bon was coming from beside her, not in front of her, which is where the Bon Bon Lyra was kissing had been standing. Lyra suddenly spun her head towards the sound of the voice and saw the beautiful mare with a curly blue and pink mane staring at her with concerned, blue eyes. Lyra's eyes suddenly grew wide with shock as her brain finally comprehended what was happening.  
Lyra's fear began to grow at the realization that the Bon Bon she had been kissing was not really Bon Bon, but just some hallucination from being so tired. As much as Lyra hated to do it, she had to find out what she had been kissing. She slowly began to turn her cyan head back towards the fake Bon Bon. When her head was turned around, there was only one thing in front of her that could have been the perpetrator, the bookshelf in the room.
Oh you have got to be bucking kidding me. Really? REALLY!? Lyra's anger began to swell insider her unicorn body at the predicament. The reason not just being because the kiss wasn't real, but because she probably just looked like a complete crazy pony to Bon Bon just then. She had just KISSED a dresser in front of the earth pony. Lyra had told herself to act cool and calm and not embarrass herself in front of her secret love when she offered to help Bon Bon with the shop, but yet here she was, standing in front of a dresser that she had been making out with whilst Bon Bon stood there and watched.
Lyra could only imagine how Bon Bon was going to react to this display of her own stupidity. She had embarrassed herself before, but this was the icing on the cake. Lyra began to think of excuses she could use to make the situation better. Lyra put her brain into overdrive while trying to find a way out of this without losing any chances with Bon Bon.
Just as Lyra was about to say one of the excuses that she came up with to her friend, Bon Bon spoke up first. "Thinking of a special somepony, Lyra?" she asked with a sly smile across her face. 
Lyra was surprised and taken back by her friend's question and tried to quickly think of an answer. "Wh...what?N..no!" stammered Lyra. Yeeaahh, great answer, thought Lyra while mentally rolling her eyes. 
"Aw come on, you can tell me," insisted Bon Bon. 
"No! I wasn't!"
"Tell me,Lyra! Come on, please."
Lyra's frustration from the entire situation and from Bon Bon persistently trying to pry information from her began to build, and unfortunately it showed itself against Lyra's will. 
"No! Okay!? I wasn't! Just drop it, okay!?" spouted Lyra in a tone louder than she wanted. Bon Bon grew wide eyed and seemed a little taken back at her friends sudden anger. Lyra swiftly placed one of her hooves over her mouth at the realization of what she just done. She had just yelled at the mare that she loved with all of her heart. She wanted to always be there for the gorgeous mare, help her whenever she needed it, cheer her up whenever she was sad, and hold her whenever she called for it. But instead of what she wanted, Lyra had just acted like the opposite.
Lyra slowly removed the hoof from over her mouth and looked straight towards Bon Bon, who was just standing there in complete silence still looking at Lyra with her wide eyes. Lyra looked straight into her blue eyes that felt like they were staring right into Lyra's being and intensifying her guilt. Bon Bon's eyes usually showed kindness and understanding but they didn't right now; they showed a hurt pony. Lyra had hurt Bon Bon, the mare of her dreams.
Oh Celestia, what have I done....., thought Lyra, I...I have to fix this. I caused this, so I have to handle it.
"Bon Bon....," Lyra began, "look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It's just I don't have a special somepony, so I was frustrated at the fact that I couldn't answer your question. So about the dresser then, I didn't even mean to be kissing it. I'm just so bucking tired that I didn't even know that I was kissing it," explained Lyra. And that's not I complete lie. I really didn't know I kissing a dresser; I thought I was kissing Bon Bon,retorted Lyra, justifying her explanation to herself. 
Lyra stood there and awaited a response from Bon Bon. She closed her eyes and began to expect the worse from the cream colored mare: a yelling, a hoof across the face, kicking her out, or anything that meant that Lyra would be punished. 
I deserve it....I hurt her when she didn't deserve it, so I deserve the hurt. I'll happily accept any punishment from you, Bon Bon, thought Lyra as she opened her eyes a little to look at the floor at her hooves, and with a small smile on her face knowing that the person who brought Bon Bon pain would not go unpunished.  Lyra braced herself for what was to come, but after a few seconds of bracing, she felt the tug of hooves around her. The surprised Lyra opened her eyes fully and looked up to see that Bon Bon was giving her a hug. 
What? But why? I hurt you..., thought Lyra.
"I'm sorry too, Lyra. I shouldn't have pushed the question on you so much. It was my fault too. You were tired because of me, and I basically teased you because of it. I'm sorry," were the words that came from Bon Bon's mouth. The cyan unicorn could only stand there in awe and respect for the forgiving and caring Bon Bon.
This is one of the reasons why I love you so much, you amazing mare, thought Lyra before wrapping her own hooves around her friend and returning the hug. When she did, the unicorn could only smile and feel happiness from the experience. Then Lyra suddenly realized, this is the first time that the two had ever hugged. The thought only made her smile more and become even happier. While they were embraced in each others hugs, Lyra happened to take in the scent of the lovely earth pony. The cream colored mare turned out to smell just like the delicious treats that Lyra smelled when she first walked into the sweet shop/home. 
I wonder if she taste like....no! Bad Lyra! This is a sweet moment, don't ruin it!, thought the unicorn to herself secretly. Although it was no secret that she began to blush at the thoughts that had begun to form in her head. She was just glad that Bon Bon couldn't see her face right now.
Bon Bon was the first to break off the hug after a moment or two. After doing so, she looked at Lyra with a bright smile upon her face. The cyan mare could only just stand there while she wished the hug between the two had lasted longer.
"Lyra?" came the question from Bon Bon along with a hoof waved in front of Lyra's face. Lyra was suddenly snapped out of her day dreams and realized that she hadn't been paying attention to what Bon Bon was saying.
"Sorry, Bons. What'd you say?" 
The mare just giggled a little bit that Lyra found absolutely adorable. "I said, you should probably get some rest. You've had a long day," she replied with a sincere smile on her face.
"Oh yeah. I probably should. Thanks again for letting me stay the night, Bon Bon."
"Well it's the least I could do. You helped me out so much today with the store. I should be the one thanking you," replied Bon Bon
"Well that is kinda true. You know, I don't think you would have survived the day without me. I am just that awesome, you know," joked Lyra. Bon Bon just rolled her eyes and smiled before telling Lyra where her room was in case she needed anything. 
"Well goodnight, Bon Bon."
"Goodnight, Lyra. Try to not dream too much about dressers in your sleep," joked Bon Bon before closing the door while laughing at Lyra's reaction. Lyra's muzzle scrunched up with a frown upon it at Bon Bon's last statement. She then proceeded to walk over to the infamous dresser.
"Let's get one thing straight. You and me? We're not a thing," hissed Lyra while narrowing her eyes at the dresser. After she was down with the stare down with the dresser, Lyra walked over to the bed and laid down in it to finally get some rest from the day. The mattress turned out to be excitingly comfortable to Lyra and the raspberry comforter set rested upon the mattress was even more so. She snuggled deep into the covers and felt all of the stress of the day leaving her as sleep began to beckon her.   
Ironically enough, she did actually dream about dressers. But in the dream, it mostly consisted of her beating one to nothingness.
"Hey, Lyra. It's time to get up."
"No, mom. 5 more minutes...," groaned Lyra from under the covers.
"Well seeing as how I'm not your mom, I don't think that excuse is going to work on me," said Bon Bon. Lyra lazily sat up on her hindhooves on the bed and looked towards the mare. 
"I still wished it worked though," stated Lyra as she roughly tried to manage her bed mane. Bon Bon just stood beside the bed and couldn't help but laugh at her friends bed mane. "Oh hardy har har. I'll fix it after a bit," grumbled Lyra giving up on fixing her mane.
"Well the bathroom is down the hall and on your left. You can just use one of the spare brushes that I have in there. Oh! There's also some breakfast prepared and everything. That's why I decided to wake you up this early, sorry," said Bon Bon trying to offer Lyra a forced half-smile.
"Oh it's all fine, Bon Bon. I really needed to get up anyway. I've gotta go around Ponyville and book an act," stated Lyra as she stepped out of the comfortable bed. She then turned around, looked at the bed, and used her magic to completely fix it back up, good as new.
"Where do you think of trying to get an act?"
"Uh....I honestly haven't thought that far ahead yet," chuckled Lyra rubbing her head with one of her hooves.
"Well I could always use a nice act here at the shop for full time," offered Bon Bon.
"What? Really?"
"Yeah. You're great on the lyre, and I'm sure it would really help keep the customers happy while I make their orders," answered Bon Bon. Lyra thought about the offer for only a second before taking it.
"Sure, sounds like fun to me," said Lyra, trying to suppress the inner joy she was feeling. 
"Awesome! You can start tomorrow if that'd be alright with you." Lyra nodded her head at the offered date, and Bon Bon then turned and headed out towards the kitchen where breakfast for the two mares was waiting.
"Well, I might have not made it too far yesterday, but at least I'll be able to help her a lot now and be close to her. It's defiantly a start, " Lyra said silently to herself with a smile across her muzzle, "because she's worth it to me." And with that, Lyra headed downstairs to the breakfast that had been prepared for her.