Pinkie Pie opened her eyes slowly, but then shut them again more tightly and put a hoof in front of her face once she realized the Sun was shining brightly right onto her face. She looked at a watch that suddenly appeared on her wrist. It was 15 minutes over 12 pm. Pinkie groaned. Her mane was a mess and strands of hair were sticking out of it. How long had she been up last night? Memories of last night came back to the surface of her mind in a hurry. She smiled and looked around the room. It was a bit of a mess after last night's quiet partying. The floor was covered in confetti, streamers and balloons. There was a ruffled and upside-down yellow sleeping bag on the wooden floor... empty. Pinkie's smile faded quickly. Where was he?
Suddenly Pinkie heard a loud bang under her bed, which made her jump a bit. She felt something hitting the bottom of it.
"Youch!"
Pinkie giggled. Oh, there he was. He must have rolled over there in his sleep. She looked under the bed from the side of it, but there was nothing but dust and a bit of confetti to be seen.
"Wait what?" Pinkie tilted her upside-down head in confusion.
She lifted her head up and all she saw was a pair of happy green eyes.
"Whoa!" Pinkie yelled astronomically loud and fell face first onto the floor.
"Surprise!" Cheese Sandwich looked like he had been awake for hours already with no signs of tiredness on his face. He took a pair of rather large earplugs out of his ears, after which his face sported a really wide grin. His poncho and hat were nowhere to be seen, so his bright yellow polo shirt was the clothing of the day.
There was a loud pounding on the door.
"Keep it down in there! The twins are starting to get upset!" a mare's gentle voice called out from behind the door.
Cheese looked at the door behind him for only a second, but that was enough time for Pinkie to stand up and tackle Cheese, pinning him to the floor.
"Nopony surprises Pinkie Pie without consequences!" she exclaimed with a sinister grin.
"Oh? And what are these 'consequences' exactly?" Cheese said with a grin that mirrored that of Pinkie's.
"Look out for the... tickle monster!" With that she started tickling Cheese's armpits, which made him giggle and squirm uncontrollably.
"No... Stop it..." he managed to say between giggles.
Pinkie stopped meddling with his armpits, but then immediately lifted up his shirt and gave his stomach a raspberry.
The giggling intensified greatly for a few seconds, until Pinkie finally stopped and lifted her head up to look slyly at Cheese, who was still in a trance from all the giggling.
"Ahaha... ha... Okay, now I know to never surprise you again", he said and looked up at the ceiling, eyelids lowered.
"Well, surprise parties are okay, but making me yell like crazy and hit the floor face first is not okay!" Pinkie said and pressed Cheese's muzzle with her hoof.
"Boop!" Cheese said playfully. It made Pinkie giggle. Oh, how Cheese loved her giggle. It was full of sunshine, rainbows and butterflies... if that made sense.
Now that Pinkie was officially his marefriend, Cheese felt like he had been freed from the restraining chains of friendship. He felt like he could now think about Pinkie in that sort of way without feeling conflicted.
Cheese got out from under Pinkie in swoop. Pinkie blinked for a second before realizing he now stood in front of her.
"So, what do ya wanna do today?" he said while admiring Pinkie's bright eyes.
"Oh, I already have the whole day planned! First I'll show you around Ponyville and tell everypony that you're my coltfriend" – There was a shudder in Cheese's back at that word – "and then we'll get some party supplies and throw the biggest party this town has ever seen! And, uh... That's it I guess", Pinkie said excitedly and hopped up and down.
Pinkie stopped in her tracks and was lost in thought for a moment. Her face turned into to a heartbreaking frown.
"What are you gonna do after that?"
"Huh?"
"Are you gonna leave or stay?" It hurt for Pinkie to say something like that and her ears drooped.
Cheese flinched. He didn't want to think about that right now. Would the question go away if he pushed it aside?
"I dunno", he said, also frowning.
"Well, even if you do leave, I want you to know that I'll always love you", Pinkie said and smiled a little. Cheese blushed. Why did she still make him blush?
A stallion's yell could be heard from downstairs: "Dinner is ready!"
"Race downstairs 1 2 3 go!" Pinkie announced fast and took off, only leaving a puff of pink smoke to where she had just stood.
Cheese stood dumbfounded for half a second and then zoomed out of the room in a similar speed to Pinkie's.
Pinkie was the first to sit beside the table and Cheese came just a little behind. Pinkie stuck out her tongue and winked in a silly manner at the loser. Cheese did an annoyed face, but smiled at the same time.
"Oh, you're just like little kids", Mrs. Cake said and giggled as she came from the kitchen with a plate on her back.
"Pound and Pumpkin already had their dinner, so here's yours!" She placed the plate onto the table.
Cheese hadn't realized how hungry he was until food was put in front of his face.
"Surprise! We made grilled cheese sandwiches!" Mr. Cake said and chuckled at their slight joke as he also came from the kitchen and pointed at the plate full of warm, cheesy sandwiches.
Cheese immediately took one of them in his hooves and started eating happily.
"Why didn't you wake me up to help you like I usually do?" Pinkie pouted.
"We thought we wouldn't want to bother you since you have a... visitor", Mr. Cake said and grinned knowingly. "We heard that you were having a kind of small party up there last night, and thought you would be tired after that."
Pinkie was really hungry and didn't bother to carry the conversation any longer. She also took one of the sandwiches in her hoof, meaning to eat it right away.
Then she stopped and said something that made Cheese choke on his food, though he didn't know why.
"Oh and by the way, me and Cheese are dating!"
Pinkie patted Cheese on his back as he coughed. She didn't seem fazed by his reaction.
The Cakes looked at each other like they were contemplating something telepathically. "Really?" they said in unison.
"Y-yeah", Cheese managed to say through his diminishing coughing.
Mr. Cake looked at his wife and wagged his eyebrows. She gave him a warm smile.
"Alright, you win", Mrs. Cake only moved her lips, so her husband alone would understand what she meant.
"Or can it even be called dating if we haven't been on any dates?" Pinkie pondered as she chomped on her sandwich.
"Really? How long have you been together, then?" Mrs. Cake asked, lifting an eyebrow.
"Uh... Seven hours...?" Cheese said and cringed slightly.
The Cakes' eyes went wide as they looked at each other and then back to the couple.
"Are you sure you're really up for it? I mean, ponies tend make rushed decisions when they're tired", Mr. Cake said. He seemed genuinely worried.
Pinkie gave the stallion a weirdly serious look and sighed. She closed her eyes and tried to hold in her frustration. "Mr. Cake, I do believe I'm a grown mare that can take care of herself and do her own decisions without being confronted by her employers slash landlords about it."
Her mouth curled into a slight smile. "You've got to understand that we've both been in love with each other for months and probably years" – she looked at Cheese and lowered her eyelids rather seductively – "so I believe we're ready for this kind of thing." The smile turned to its usual size again. "Maybe." Nopony heard the last word she added.
Cheese nodded awkwardly. He had never before seen Pinkie so serious about something... except when she challenged him to a goof off, of course. She was quite an interesting mare.
The Cakes nodded slowly and all of them continued eating.
The room was completely quiet for ten minutes, which is if you don't count the sounds of munching and the occasional sound of swallowing. Sometimes a faraway, gleeful cheer could be heard from the babies' room's crib. Eventually there was just one sandwich left on the plate, which was full of bread crumbs and spots of warm cheese.
A pink hoof and an orange hoof met on top of the last sandwich. The orange hoof backed away quickly.
"You can have it", Cheese said and looked at Pinkie, eyes full of glee. Pinkie's eyes lit up too and she nuzzled him gently. She leaned onto the table to eat the sandwich whole.
"Thfankfs! I'mf" – she swallowed – "really hungry today!"
The Cakes watched them closely and looked like they were really interested in how they acted as a couple.
Cheese blushed a bit. It was odd having ponies watch you show affection. He should get used to that since they were going to be going around Ponyville telling everypony about their newly found relationship. How would that turn out?