//------------------------------// // Love Is Fun! // Story: Love, Equestria Style // by Bluecatcinema //------------------------------// (As with the last two chapters, this takes place near the end of "Twilight's Love") It was another day at Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie was putting on one of her comedy shows, a full crowd of cheering and chuckling ponies watching. One pony in particular, a stallion named Cherry Fizzy, cheered louder than the rest. Though he had lived in Ponyville for a while, he had only recently came across Pinkie's performances. Her wacky antics had brought him out of a dark mood he had been stuck in. Her zest for humor struck a chord with him. He'd enjoyed the performance so much that he had attended every show since. Currently, Pinkie was cartwheeling across the stage, blowing a noisemaker at the same time. "WHOO!" Cherry cheered. "Go, Pinkie!" Pinkie backflipped onto the center of the stage, and honked a horn. "Big finish!" She yelped, flipping across the stage. She overshot her last flip, which carried her into the crowd. She land on top of Cherry. "Whoops!" She giggled. "Guess I've got more of a spring in my step then I thought!" Cherry chuckled as Pinkie got up, and found himself looking right at her. Her blue eyes, her smiling face... Cherry felt his face getting warm. "You okay?" Pinkie asked. "You're looking a little peaky!" "Oh, I'm fine." Cherry smiled weakly. "Okay, everypony, that's it for today's show!" Pinkie announced. The crowd of ponies began to file out of Sugarcube Corner, while Pinkie put her away her props. Outside, Cherry wandered dazedly, her face still red. 'Why do I feel like this?' Cherry asked himself. 'All I did was look her in the eyes. Her beautiful, sparkly eyes...' Cherry shook himself in disbelief. Though he had admired Pinkie's love for fun and comedy for a while, he had never considered himself to be romantically interested in her. Until now, it seemed... 'Even if I do have a crush on her, what of it?' He told himself. 'The very things I admire about her, her carefree attitude, her love of comedy... It doesn't exactly describe a mare who wants a serious relationship. And besides, I'd hate to distract her from her work. She makes so many ponies laugh, make them so happy... It'd be almost selfish of me to take that away from them!' It seemed like Cherry's mind was made up, and that was the end of it. However, his subconscious had other ideas. Over the next few days, his dreams with visions of Pinkie's smile, and her infectious laugh. Eventually, Cherry could take it no more. He went to Pinkie's next show, his face set in determination. 'Just go up to her, and ask her out.' He told himself as he sat down. 'She'll probably say 'no', and I can put this all behind me.' After another hilarious show (Which Cherry enjoyed in spite of his worries), the crowd began to leave. Taking a deep breath, Cherry walked over to Pinkie. "Hi, again." Pinkie smiled. "I don't believe we've been introduced." "I'm Cherry Fizzy." Cherry smiled. "Nice to meet you, Cherry." Pinkie smiled. "And you already know who I am, since you've been to so many of my shows!" "Yeah." Cherry smiled. "Now, I, uh... would like to ask you something." "Ooh, what is it?" Pinkie smiled, curious. "Well, I've kinda been... admiring you for a long time..." Cherry stuttered. "So I was wondering if... maybe you'd like to go... on a date... with me?" Pinkie didn't reply immediately. 'Here it comes...' Cherry thought, already turning to walk away. "Okay, sure!" Pinkie smiled. "Fair enough, I- wait, what?" Cherry gasped. "I said 'yes'!" Pinkie giggled, tapping Cherry's ear. "Hey, is this thing on?" "You really wanna go out with me?" Cherry smiled. "Sounds like fun!" Pinkie nodded. "Speaking of fun, there's this great new comedy showing at the movie house! Can we make that our date? Pretty please?" "Anything you want, Pinkie." Cherry beamed. "Great!" Pinkie kissed him quickly on the cheek. "Give me a sec to put my props away, and we can go-go-go!" Cherry could hardly believe what had just happened. She had actually said 'yes'. Somepony was smiling down on him that day. "Okay, done!" Pinkie smiled. "Now, shall we?" "You bet." Cherry offered his hoof. Pinkie grabbed it, and dragged him outside at high speed. "Whoa!" Pinkie practically dragged Cherry to the movie theatre. The comedy they saw was the latest Berry Lewis movie. The antics of the popular pony comedian had the whole audience in stitches, especially Pinkie and Cherry, who were still chortling as they left the theatre. "Oh, that Berry!" Pinkie giggled. "He always makes me laugh!" "Me too!" Cherry chuckled. "So, I guess this is it for our date, huh?" "Yeah." Pinkie shrugged. "This one, at least." "This one?" Cherry asked. "You mean... you'd like another?" "And another and another, and another..." Pinkie took a deep breath. "And another and another, and another, etcetera, etcetera!" "Really?" Cherry grinned. "Oh, yeah!" Pinkie smiled. "I like a stallion with a healthy sense of humor. And you're kinda cute, too..." "Well, I, uh, think you're really pretty." Cherry replied, blushing heavily. "Especially when you smile." "Aww, thanks!" Pinkie planted another kiss on Cherry's cheek. "See you soonsies!" She waved as she returned home. "Wow…what a mare..." Cherry sighed, stroking his cheek.