Rightfully My Everything

by Chloe The Great


The Colors Of My Cheeks

“I have no excuses, so I’ll answer you honestly,” Discord sighed. “I missed the power and I felt that its absence made me weak. It was cowardly if me to abandon you…you and your friends—“
“They’re your friends too,” she affirmed.
“Do you truly think I deserve their trust?” Discord wondered. “How can I even expect companionship from you after what I did? I resent myself for that foolish decision…if it means anything to you; I just wanted you to know that.” Fluttershy looked down at her lap and clumsily crossed her legs.
“You do now," she told him.
Discord slipped inside her thoughts and found the pure sincerity of her words. He wondered how long she had placed her faith for him…how long had she believed in him since his betrayal.
“It’s strange,” he said suddenly, “how we are friends.” Fluttershy only smiled at this, her cheeks glowing with a light shade of pink. A warmth began to spread through Discord, beginning at his fingers and then to his nose. “You’re compassionate…and beautiful, while I am—“
“You are powerful and…um, awesome,” she said sheepishly. “That’s something Rainbow Dash would say…” Discord had not been phased by the word she felt embarrassed to use, but taken aback the word—powerful.
“Do you really think I’m powerful?” Discord asked her, dazed.
She nodded and laughed gently, “But it sounds a little strange coming from me…”
“No, not at all, dear,” he chuckled.
“Discord, are you…are you blushing?” Fluttershy said, studying his face. His cheeks had begun to redden.
“What…no!” Discord lied, looking away from her. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
“You are! Aw, that’s so cute…” Fluttershy gushed, pressing her hands against the couch and leaning in to look closer at his blush.
“Oh, I don’t know what you’re prattling on about—!” Discord was saying, but suddenly Fluttershy’s face was so close to his. “Fluttershy…”
“Huh..?” she breathed, awing at his flushed face.
“You…I love...you—I love you, Fluttershy!” he exclaimed. Fluttershy’s smile grew wider and warmer.
“I love you too, Discord,” she sighed happily.
“Well, that escalated quickly!” blurted a familiar brash voice.
“Dammit, Rainbow Dash, why do ya always gotta do that?” groaned Applejack. Fluttershy and Discord stared at them as they argued in the doorway.
He stood up and walked slowly to them. Suddenly Applejack and Dash’s ears flattened as they turned their heads to see Discord.
“We’re real sorry, Fluttershy!” Applejack shouted.
“You two are just so cute…” murmured Rainbow Dash.
“Oh, really?” Discord asked with genuine sounding interest. “You,” he looked at her, and then Applejack, “…and you, are adorable. They both looked away from each other.
“I…I don’t know what you’re talkin’ ‘bout!” Applejack retorted.
“Yeah, it’s complicated,” Rainbow Dash grumbled.
“Could you two go away—that is, if you don’t mind,” Fluttershy demanded from behind Discord.
“Sorry,” Dash and Applejack said together. Discord slammed the door in their faces and then leaned his back against it, his shoulders relaxing.
“Where were we..?” Discord chuckled nervously.
“You love me,” Fluttershy smiled shyly.
“Y-Yes,” he agreed.
There was a long and comfortable silence between them. In that time, the sun vanished and the sky was now a light shade of purple; even a few stars began to shine. As Discord stared at the twilight outside, he didn’t notice Fluttershy walking to him.
“Sometimes, I can see the twilight in your eyes,” she told him. He sighed quietly and looked down at her. His expression of surprise faltered and he grinned timidly.
“Always, I can see the sunrise in your eyes,” he replied.
Fluttershy’s hair slipped past her ear and it fell into her eyes as she tugged at his claw. Discord slumped so that they were face to face, his face full of curious wonder. She intertwined her fingers with his talons and slowly pressed her head against his chest.
They savored silence together again, but Fluttershy’s singing began to interrupt Discord’s train of thought and destroyed the rails so whenever he was around her there would be nothing but her to think about. Her voice was angelic and he heard not even a siren sing so enchantingly.
At the end of her song, he said to her, “You have a pretty voice, Fluttershy.”
“You have soft fur,” Fluttershy told him. He blushed again but he looked with annoyance down at her head.
“Why would you say that?” he said.
“I just want to fall asleep on you,” she yawned. She rested her chin on him, looking into his red eyes. He cocked an eyebrow and smirked.
“I bet you do,” he teased.
“Hey…don’t be naughty, D-D-Discord,” she yawned again.
“Well, if you’re going to sleep at least—“
His words were interjected when Fluttershy quickly pressed her lips against his. His eyes were wide as her tender skin rubbed against his. His face went completely red as her tongue found his sharp teeth. Quickly he broke the kiss and he heard her panting below him.
“F-F-Fluttershy!” He gasped.
“I’m…sorry…if I…was…bad…” she panted, “It was….my…first—“
“That was your first kiss?!” He choked, his paw clutching his mane. She nodded and seemed to have finally regained her breath. “You looked so sleepy a second ago…”
“I still am,” she said quietly.
“Want me to carry you to bed?” he asked, still disorientated. She nodded. He tucked his arms under her body and raised himself off the floor. He brought her up the stairs cautiously and slowly. As he walked into her room, laying her down onto her bed, she looked up at him.
“Will you sleep with me?” she asked him. He blushed lightly and his eyes twitched. “You don’t have to…”
“No! I…I’d love to,” he told her quickly. He snapped his fingers and was instantly by her side. She crawled next to him and gently dug her head into his chest, her arms wrapped around his left arm.
“Goodnight, Fluttershy,” Discord whispered as he nestled his nose into her hair which he thought, as he drifted into sleep himself, smelled like cherry blossoms and roses.