Twilight levitated the carrot to Angel, who was in a frustrated mood. The stubborn bunny wouldn't accept Twilight's food offer, the purple unicorn became frustrated herself. She used her magic to put the carrot near Angel's mouth, he faced the other direction, Twilight put it near his mouth again, Angel did the same action.
"Agh! Why won't you accept this carrot!" Twilight shouted, still trying to feed the obstinate bunny. Twilight raged and released a quitting yell. Fluttershy heard the cry. The kind pegasus finished up feeding the squirrels- they blessed Fluttershy for yet another food giving. Fluttershy simply smiled, she stopped and trotted to help Twilight with her problem.
"Oh, Twilight, you should never be furious with the animals, they're gentle and loving." Fluttershy stated to her still angry friend.
"This animal won't take the food!" Twilight raged. Fluttershy grabbed the carrot and placed it next to Angel, the complicated yet hungry bunny gracefully accepted it. Twilight's jaw dropped.
"See Twilight, sometimes kindness needs to be shown to others, anger is never the right answer." Fluttershy said, demonstrating the proper way to show kindness. Fluttershy trotted off to feed the rest of the animals, Twilight squinted her eyes at Angel and backed away, following Fluttershy.
"I'm sorry Fluttershy, I really wanted to help you feed the animals in a happy manner. I guess I ain't cut out to care for animals" Twilight hanged her head is disappointment. As a kind and caring pony, Fluttershy's instincts quickly flowed through her. She stopped in front of the shed- where she usually keep her supplies for feeding the animals-, Twilight did the same with her head raising up.
"Twilight, it's okay, I appreciate you on helping me with the animals, even you do it badly, um...no offense. But you shouldn't feel bad for yourself, you should first relax yourself though." Twilight inhaled and exhaled slowly, concentrated on controlling her breath. After a few breathes, Twilight found solace in herself. "Do you feel better?" Fluttershy asked.
"I feel calm, that's it." Twilight said, feeling at ease. Fluttershy placed her hoof on Twilight's back, patting it, letting her know she's proud of her friend. Twilight responded with a slight smile. "Thanks, Fluttershy." Twilight praised.
"It's no problem Twilight, I'm your friend, I always like helping ponies out...my modest ways doesn't let me though, sometimes." Fluttershy's cheeks lightly glowed pink. They both instantly chuckled.
"Shall we finish feeding the animals for today?" Twilight asked, sheepishly. Fluttershy nodded and opened the door to her shed, the small window provided little light for the two. Fluttershy grabbed a bucket full of seeds and lent it to Twilight, She used her magic to lift the bucket. Fluttershy grabbed another for herself.
Both Fluttershy and Twilight trotted out of the shed and headed out to where the chickens were. A short walk took a short amount of time, they were there in seconds. Fluttershy settled the bucket down and poured a medium amount of seeds down. The chickens were already surrounding Fluttershy, when she stopped pouring, they ran to the food in a feeding frenzy.
Fluttershy stepped back to watch the crazy scene, she laughed to herself. While Twilight copied Fluttershy's routine, she asked Fluttershy an odd question. "Fluttershy, have you ever thought about...love?" Fluttershy's eyes slightly grew bloodshot.
"Oh, we'll, um...no I haven't." Fluttershy replied. Twilight waited for the rest of the chickens to accept her offering.
"Oh, I sometimes think about it, I've been lonely for some time now. Always expecting that very special somepony to drop down on me. I'm only telling you this because, well not saying I don't like the rest of the gang, I trust you the most. And I sort of wondered if you knew anything about romance." Twilight set the bucket down, gently. Fluttershy began heading towards to the shed again, Twilight catched up.
"Honestly, I don't know anything about love, have you talked to Rarity? I'm sure she knows a lot about love, maybe she's also had lots of special someponies considering she's...well beautiful." Fluttershy answered back, stopping in front of the shed, realizing she doesn't need to go in her shed to feed mice- which was her next animals' to feed. She went up the trail to her cottage, of course, Twilight followed.
Fluttershy opened the door to her cottage, she trotted to her kitchen. She opened a drawer where there was a plate with a big piece of cheese. Fluttershy pulled it out of the drawer and placed it on the counter. She bit a small piece of the cheese, Twilight walked through the doorway seeing Fluttershy holding cheese in her mouth. "What are you feeding now?" Twilight asked.
Fluttershy put the cheese in front of a hole on the wall, a family of mice crawled out. "There you go Mr. Mouse." The mouse brought the cheese back inside the hole, he came out and waved to Fluttershy, thanking her.
"Right, mouse. Well that was dumb of me, of course it was mice, I mean what else eats cheese." Twilight said, criticizing herself. Fluttershy glanced over her, Twilight cleared the silence with a "Hehe", during this not so awkward moment.
"So are we done feeding the animals for the day, Fluttershy?" Twilight implied.
"Yes, thanks for helping me out Twilight." Fluttershy acknowledged. Twilight nodded, smiling.
"Well I'll see you later Fluttershy, or possible tomorrow. I'm not sure yet, well bye Fluttershy." Twilight finally said, exiting the cottage.
"Bye, Twilight." Fluttershy waved to her. Fluttershy watched her friend leave, following the trail. Fluttershy went and sat down on the couch. She sighed.
Fluttershy sat there for silent ten minutes, waiting for somepony, somepony very special. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Fluttershy quickly trotted towards the door, excitedly. She opened the door, she instantly smiled at the pony in front of her. "Bashful!" Fluttershy called.
"Hi, Fluttershy" Bashful gratefully replied.
"I missed you so much." Fluttershy put her head against his. Bashful embraced her.
"I missed you too, I thought about you every moment I wasn't with you!" Bashful pulled back, so did Fluttershy. The happy pegasus lead her colt friend to her couch. She sat down, Bashful did the same. "So what do you want to do, unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time. I have to go teach Poetry class in about thirty minutes." Bashful said, disappointedly.
"I, um...I actually don't know." Fluttershy cowarded.
"Well actually there is something I want to ask." Fluttershy turned to him, staring over him. "Why are you hiding me from your friends?" Bashful asked in a demanding tone. Fluttershy broke her glance and looked straight in front of her.
"I just...don't want them know about me and you. I don't think my friends will accept this, our relationship." Fluttershy revealed.
Bashful exhaled, he began stroking Fluttershy's elegant pink mane. "Fluttershy, your friends support you right?" Fluttershy nodded. "And your friends would support on anything you do, especially if it makes you happy?" She nodded again, looking at Bashful this time. "Then I'm sure they wouldn't mind me and you having a relationship!" Bashful smiled at her. She smiled back.
"Okay...I'll tell them on Saturday." Fluttershy declared.
"How about we both tell them, that way they can meet me at the same time." Bashful suggested.
"Okay" Fluttershy finalized. Bashful wrapped his hooves around her, she hugged him back. Since Bashful only had twenty minutes left before he had to go teach, he had five minutes until he had to start heading to his class.
After seven minutes had passed, Bashful finally decided to go. He released the hug from Fluttershy, Fluttershy gave a small frown.
"I have to go, Fluttershy." Fluttershy stood as so did Bashful.
"Okay...I'll miss you." Bashful put hoof to her chin.
"I'll miss you too, love you Fluttershy." He put his muzzle against hers. She smiled as her cheeks slowly fired up.
"I love you too Bashful." Fluttershy's heart started to feel warm and cozy, she loved that feeling, every time her love came. Bashful smiled to her, then trotted out the door. Fluttershy was left smiling.