The two mares were slow to get out of bed, but they both knew that their lives had to move on, and they had to catch up with the day that had already started off so fast. The two shot looks at each other throughout their morning routines, smiling softly giggling to themselves at the sight of the other. The earlier evening's activities and sleeping in each others arms had cause both mare's manes to become nests of tangles. But they eventually become situated and headed downstairs together, tails gently intertwined.
Spike was already downstairs, smirking to himself when he saw the two coming down next to each other. He was making breakfast for them, stacks of pancakes on the table. He had taken the precaution of making extra, since he had seen Pinkie alongside Twilight this the evening before when he had come back from Carousel Boutique.
"Hey Twilight, I don't know if you heard me last night, but I sent that letter to Celestia. I saw it on your desk and thought you'd wanted me to send it before I left, so...I did." He states simply before turning towards the two mares, his smile dropping when he saw the look on Twilight's face. Her eyes were open wide in both shock and fear, her ears lowered back against her head.
"Spike, that wasn't for Celestia..." she whispers softly as she slowly lowers her rump onto the floor beside Pinkie, who now had a look of concern on her muzzle. The pink mare lowers her head slightly to nuzzle Twilight's neck, trying to comfort her.
"What's the matter, Twilight? It can't be that bad, can it?" Pinkie asks calmly to her marefriend, sitting beside her on the cool wooden floor.
"Y-Yes it can. It sooooo can." The lavender princess chokes out before turning her eyes to Pinkie's own. "That was a letter, yes. But I was going to send it Cadence to ask her advice on something that I didn't think Princess Celestia or Luna could possibly answer. Oooohhhh man, this is bad...horseapples."
"Twilight, don't curse. Especially in front of Spike." Pinkie reprimands softly, which causes Spike to raise and eyebrow and look at Pinkie for a moment. "Look, I think you're overreacting. Its okay, really. I don't think you give Celestia much credit on that account. She's lived for a very long time. I'm sure she has some idea about your questions. Right?"
After a long moment, Twilight lets out a deep breath and nods in response, moving her head to Pinkie's neck to nuzzle it softly, needing the comfort of the mare who was often wise, despite her normally sporadic personality. After a short moment, they both get up and make their way to the table, where Spike sets down the last of three batches of pancakes before the two mares.
"There you go ladies. Enjoy."
"Thanks Spike."
"Yeah, thanks Spikey!"
The young dragon nods at the thanks and wanders into the other room to start on his chores while Pinkie and Twilight started in on breakfast. True to her bottomless appetite and Spikes prediction, Pinkie ate most of the pancakes herself, while Twilight stuck to polishing off the rest. The librarian then levitates the dishes to the sink and wipes her mouth while Pinkie's comically long tongue lashes out over her lips to clean off any clinging syrup on her muzzle.
The two then slide out of their seats and wander back into the library, where Twilight stops and brightens up a bit. She trots over to the corner, where Pinkie's saddlebags still sat, and she lifts them with her magic over to Pinkie, smiling sheepishly at the bubblegum toned mare.
"Here, I forgot to give these back." She says softly as she returns them to the earth pony before her, blushing lightly when Pinkie gives her a signature face splitting grin.
"Thanks Twi! Oh, which reminds me, I got something for you!" And with that, the bouncy mare leaps over to the door, where a little box sat, having been placed there the night before without notice by the hostess of the library. The party mare moves back over to her marefriend with the box between her teeth, smiling brilliantly as she sets it down.
"There you go! I picked it out special. I hope you like it."
Twilight's eyebrow perks up slightly as she sees the box, using her magic to open it. But when she sees what's inside, her heart stops for a moment, her eyes going wide with shock. After taking a deep breath, she lifts the glistening item from the velvet confines and holds it before her eyes. It was a horseshoe. But not just any horseshoe. It was a bright silver, with an inscription on the curve that read, 'The Purple to My Pink, I'll Always Love You'. At the bases of the curves are two cutie marks, one side showing three little balloons and the other a shining star.
"P-Pinkie..." The princess whispers out shakily as hot tears leap to her eyes, which read the inscription over and over again before they turn up to Pinkie's own, which are filled with at tender love that Twilight had seen only in others for others, that special love that you see only once in a lifetime.
"I know it may be a little much, but...I just wanted to give you something. You know? I mean...just for everypony to know." The party mare states shyly, surprising in and of itself. But Twilight shakes her head and wraps her hooves around her marefriend, holding her close against her chest.
"Oh Pinkie...you have no idea how much this means to me. I'll have it put on right away." Twilight says with a little smile, kissing Pinkie's lips once, softly. "But...why have you given me so much?"
"What do you mean? I've only gotten you that." Pinkie asks, confused at the question.
"No you haven't...you've given me so much more. You've given me your love, your heart...even your body." She whispers the last part with a heavy blush. "But now this...why so much?"
"Oh Twilight...all that is so easy to give. You've had it for so long. Loving you is so easy, it couldn't be hard. And I love you so much. And I know sometimes people say that I'm a little too bouncy, too much to be around, but you do it. You calm me somehow, you make me...better, I think."
"Pinkie, I don't care what other people think. Not when I'm with you. And you aren't, you know."
"Aren't what?"
"You're never too much."