For as long as Pinkie Pie could remember, she was the one who was full of surprises, but now she had found somepony else who liked to surprise her just as much as she like to surprise him. "So, where are we going exactly?" she asked the stallion leading her. He didn't respond. "Cheese? Cheese, where are we going?"
"Oh!" He turned to face her. "I can't tell you that, Pinkie! It's a surprise!" He giggled lightly and continued to lead her. Pinkie was confused and excited, not sure what Cheese Sandwich had planned for her. "Ah! Here we are!"
Pinkie studied the area around them. "It's a grassy hill..." she said, confused and slightly disappointed. Of course, she didn't mean to insult the hill. It was actually a very nice, grassy green hill, but it wasn't what she was expecting. Things with Cheese Sandwich were almost always bit, so this was making the gears in her head turn, but she couldn't come up with any reason for them to be out there on that grassy hill.
Cheese Sandwhich pulled what looked like a checkered piece of cloth out of his saddle bag and tossed it up into the air. It landed on the ground, completely flat and square. It was a picnic blanket. Cheese began to take various other things out of the saddlebag and place them on the blanket. Lemonade, daisy sandwiches, hot sauce, and several other things.
"Oh, it's a picnic!" Pinkie said happily, "Fluttershy had one with her critter friends once, but I...." She giggled nervously. "I kinda accidentally ruined it... Well, it wasn't me...but it was..." Cheese was giving her a confused look. "Nevermind! It doesn't matter." She trotted over to the blanket and sat down.
"Well....okay! I hope you like daisy sandwiches...and I heard you liked hot sauce, so I brought some along..." He smiled a bit sheepishly.
"Oh, yeah! I love hot sauce!" Pinkie looked around. "So, is anyone else coming to the picnic, or is it just us...?"
Cheese began to blush. The mare couldn't help but think that his cheeks looked good in pink. "Well, um, it's just us..." he glanced down, "This is kind of...a date..."
"Date?" Pinkie repeated the word. She had heard it before, and of course knew what it meant. She, however, had never been on one. Then again, she had never had a coltfriend before either...
"Yeah..." he nodded, "I thought it would be nice... Kind of like a...a personal party..." His face was getting redder and redder as he spoke, and it made Pinkie giggle.
"Yeah, I guess you're right! And it doesn't have to be a crazy party... Just a nice casual party for two ponies!" she said happily.
"Yeah...casual..." Cheese muttered, "Anyway, Pinkie, would you like a sandwich?" The pink pony nodded eagerly.
"Yes, please! And some hot sauce would be nice with it!" Cheese passed her a sandwich and the bottle of hot sauce before taking a sandwich for himself. "Thank you, Cheese!"
"You're very welcome, Pinkie Pie," he said, seeming a little nervous. He glanced over at his saddlebag, which he had set at the edge of the blanket. "So, how have you been?"
"Oh, I've been great!" Pinkie said happily, "It's just been so amazing ever since you got here, Cheese! I've never been happier." She giggled. The stallion smiled.
"That's great to hear, Pinkie!" he said, a little less nervous, "It has been great to be here with you and all your friends....but especially you..." Pinkie giggle and blushed a bit.
"Aww~ Thank you!" Pinkie poured herself some lemonade and starting drinking it. "You know, this is really nice... Just having the two of us..." She smiled. "Parties are great, but sometimes it's nice to just be the the ponies you care about the most."
A smile spread over Cheese's face and he glanced over at his saddle bag again.
"You're the best coltfriend a pony could have!" Pinkie said, giving him a tight hug that he was completely unprepared for. He returned it, but not after a loud gasp of surprise. "Oh, sorry!" She released him and blushed a bit in embarrassment.
"No, no! Don't apologize, Pinkie. It's fine!" he said quickly, trying to get his breath back.
She smiled, relieved. "Good! Cause hugs are funneriffic!" She scooted a little closer to him and put her hoof on his. He blushed and looked over at her.
"You're the best marefriend I could ever have, Pinkie..." he said, smiling. She smiled back with that adorably huge smile that Cheese absolutely loved. Just the way she looked when she did that, how happy she looked, it made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Gently, he nuzzled his snout against her cheek. "Have I told you you're my number one party planner?"
"Yes," she giggled, "I have I told you you're mine?" Cheese nodded and giggled along with her.
"I love you, Pinkie Pie..."
"I love you too, Cheese..." Smiling, Pinkie turned to him and kissed his cheek. Cheese blushed a bit before kissing her back, except this time on the lips.
Once they broke apart, Cheese reached for his saddlebag. However, just as he was pulling it towards him, he accidentally knocked over the hot sauce with his tail. He tried to grab it, but was too slow and the red sauce spilled everywhere. Blushing in embarrassment, he tried to clean it up, not noticing that he knocked over saddlebag while doing so and spilled its contents. Once he had given up on cleaning up the hot sauce, her turned and spotted a little black box with a curved lid sitting on the ground.
"Hey, what's that?" Pinkie had seen the box too, but Cheese grabbed it quickly and stuffed it back into his saddlebag. He was far too embarrassed now.
"It's nothing!" he said quickly, starting to out the picnic stuff into the bag with the little black box. "I just remembered, I have to be somewhere. Sorry, Pinkie, I'll see you later!" he said quickly, throwing the last of the stuff into the bag and putting it on his back. He looked at her for a second, hesitant, before muttering the word "Sorry" again and then running off as fast as his legs would carry him.
He stopped after he was far enough away and pulled out the little black box from his bag. "I was so close..." he mumbled, opening it up to reveal a golden hoof-ring. "Oh, Pinkie Pie... Someday..."