The Sun rose over the horizon inviting a new day full of opportunities and chances. The Sun's rays shone on Coco's face. She opened her eyes and smiled. Infront of her Spike was sleeping soundly. She blushed when she noticed their muzzles were touching. Out of curiosity she put her hoof on his face. She could feel his scales, it didn't feel rough at all but felt more smooth than it appeared. She could feel his warm body as they lay together. If anypony saw them like this they wouldn't be wrong to assume they were in a releationship. She put her head on his chest and sighed. Maybe a few more minutes wouldn't hurt she moved even closer and relished the warmth. She felt him shift. She opened her eyes and saw his brilliant emerald eyes stare back. They both smiled.
"Good morning Coco," Spike said softly.
"Good morning Spike, how do you feel?," she asked. Spike lightly chuckled.
"With you here I feel like a million bits," he pulled the blanket off of his body and stood up. He opened his hand and gestured to Coco. She smiled and put her hoof on his hand, he pulled her up. Spike stretched until he heard a pop come from his joints. "Even though we slept on the floor, that's the best sleep I've gotten in a while," he opened the door for Coco and walked in after her. They walked through the crystal corridors. Coco blew her mane out of her face.
"I must look a mess," Coco said as she played with her mane. Spike chuckled.
"You look fine to me, but brushing your coat might help," Spike said playfully. They walked down the staircase and entered the corridor which houses their rooms. They stopped in front of their rooms. Coco blushed when a thought entered her head.
"Spike?," Coco began. Spike turned towards her. "W-would you like to help m-me brush my c-coat?," Coco said nervously. Spike cheeks turned red.
"You want me to help you?," Coco nodded. "I um...sure," he said. She opened the door and they entered the room. Coco walked to her bed and laid down. Spike grabbed a brush and sat down next to her. "So where do I start?," Spike asked.
"Anywhere you like," she said. Spike put the brush to her tail. He pulled down which surprisingly had little resistance. Coco sighed. Spike continued brushing her tail. Trying his best to get rid of any tangles and knots. He started brushing her coat. Coco closed her eyes.
"Why haven't I tried this before?," she moaned. "Can you brush my back?," she asked.
"Uh sure," he put the brush on her neck and pulled down to her flank. Spike's cheeks felt hot. Sure he may used to do it for Twilight but doing it for Coco it felt different. After a few more strokes Spike decided it would be time to start on her mane. Spike put one hand on her cheek and put the brush to her mane. He started stroking and did his very best to try to mimic her hairstyle. She giggled.
"You're quite good at this,"
"Well I used to brush Twilight's mane when we were younger," he put the brush down and smiled. "I think I'm done," he got off the bed and gave Coco a mirror. She admired herself for a few seconds.
"Thank you Spike, I look great," she stood up and placed the mirror on the table. "Should we get some food?," she asked.
"Yeah I'm pretty hungry too," they exited her room and walked through the corridor. They walked through the shield and down the stairs. They entered the throne room where Twilight was studying the map.
"Good morning you two, I trust you had a pleasant sleep last night?," she giggled into her wing, Spike and Coco blushed.
"The thing about that is-," Spike began.
"You don't need to tell me," she looked away from them. "You two were awfully cute together," she said before she returning her attention to the map. Spike and Coco glanced at each other and put a few more inches away from in between them. They walked into the dinning room and Spike pulled a chair out for her. She sat down and Spike hurried to the kitchen. Coco thought to herself. Does he like me?, maybe I should ask him out...what if he says no? What do I know? I haven't been on a date in eight years and that was a school dance. she sighed Maybe I could... she turned her head when she saw Spike holding two bowls.
"What did you make Spike?," she asked. Spike placed the bowl in front of her.
"Just some oatmeal with cinnamon and apples, you know the basics," Spike sat down across her.
"It looks great Spike," she lifted her spoon and dipped it in her meal. "I love oatmeal,"
"You do?, " he said.
"Yeah my mom used to make it when I was a filly," she tasted it, "It's delicious," she said happily. Spike pulled out his gem pouch and placed some topaz in his oatmeal.
"Now it's starting to look good," he began to eat as well. It didn't take long for the two to finish their meal. Spike grabbed her bowl and stacked it onto his. Spike walked into the kitchen and placed the bowls into the sink. He walked back into the dinning room where Coco was waiting for him. "So I guess we better get going to Rarity's right?," Spike said enthusiastically.
"Yes Rarity," Coco said in slight distaste but Spike didn't notice. He walked out the dinning room. Coco rolled her eyes and followed after him. Twilight was in the throne room talking to a mare. She glanced over and waved goodbye. Spike and Coco walked through the giant corridor. He opened the double doors and they exited the castle. The town of Ponyville was pretty quiet, there was a few ponies about going along with their day. There was a few stallions in the park cleaning up the remains of the storm. They saw the object of their destination, The Carousel Boutique. Spike started walking faster with a stupid grin on his face. (That was not me I swear) Spike stopped when he made it to the door. Coco caught up with him quickly. "So more work," Coco said.
"Yep, we did miss it yesterday," Spike knocked on the door. A few seconds later they were greeted by the white unicorn that once Spike was enamoured with.
"Good morning darlings," she said before giving them room to enter. Inside there was five dresses on mannequins. "Well yesterday the storm couldn't allow you two to work, but fortunately I managed to get two done, but due to the storm that was one less day for work to be done," she walked up to the other six mannequins. "We have three days to get six dresses done," sge walked to the pair. "Can we get this done?," Rarity asked. Spike saluted.
"Yes ma'am," Spike said confidently. Rarity kissed his cheek.
"I knew I could count on you," she said. Coco stood there staring at her.
Who does she think she is, playing with him like that, Coco took a deep breath and slowly let it out, Spike said there is nothing between them, but that's getting hard to believe, she walked to her table and pulled out the cloth. Work will take your mind off of Rarity she began cutting the fabric. Spike was over at the cabinets where Rarity keeps her jewels. Spike grabbed a basket and began to fill it with rubies and garnets.
"Well a red dress, I wonder what Cadence is going to do with a red dress," an image of Cadence and Shining Armor doing the tango appeared in Spike's mind. He shook his head. "Definitely not that," he carried the basket where Coco was working. "Here you go Coco all the red jewels we have," Spike said proudly. Coco smiled.
"Great those gems and sequins will make this dress shine!," Coco said. Spike grinned.
"I love helping when I can," Spike said.
"A few more hours and the dress will be done,"
"Well let's kick this baby into second gear!,"