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// Chapter 28 
// Story: A New Beginning in a New Land 
// by REDACTED99999 
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Two months and a week after Jax’ arrival

The following two weeks went by in a blur, and Jax enjoyed most of it.
As time went by, Luna and Jax became so comfortable with each other, they reached the stage where they sang in the shower. It started it out with Jax humming a melody, that soon turned into full out singing, joined by Luna because apparently ponies had a magical ability to join anyone in singing a song. They would often sing a song of Jax’ choosing, since he did not have that magical ability. Luna did teach him a couple of songs though. Some she said were ‘outdated’, but sounded fine to him. No matter what, they had a ton of fun, using imaginary microphones to sing to an imaginary crowd, who would cheer for them no matter how bad Jax sounded. Luna had a perfect singing voice, but Jax wasn't jealous. They were having fun, and that was the most important thing.
Their teasing of each other became a regular thing. Nothing mean, like between two guys, just simple lines meant to embarrass the other, that could then be shot right back. The winner was found when the other couldn’t make a comeback. He didn’t know why they did it, all he knew was that it made Luna smile and laugh, and that made him feel good. 
He felt good most of the time he was glued to Luna. No weird accidents, no bad stuff happening, just a human and a pony having fun. He was a bit paranoid that something would happen, but so far it was just good times.
Of course something that still made him uncomfortable was the toilet visits. They had received earplugs from Spike, and Luna used a spell for the smell but still… Jax preferred not to think about it.
Jax’ voice returned after the first week, thanks to the medicine. He and Luna spent long nights talking about everything and nothing since then. Apparently her favorite color was ‘the silver of the full moon’, which was such a cool response, he wished he had said something like ‘the blue of a calm ocean’ instead of just blue. When he found out she enjoyed pizza, they started spending a bit more time at the local pizzeria as well. No meat options, but the vegetarian pizza tasted fine as well. He got tired of eating fish every now and again, even though Fluttershy gave him different variants of them.
Most of the days were spent doing something with Twilight and her friends. Sometimes they would go to a picnic, sometimes they would go play some new or old game. Luna and Jax were really good at working together, so it was often discussed whether they should be counted as one player or not, mostly by Rainbow Dash and Applejack.
When they weren’t doing that they would visit some of Jax’ friends. Turned out Rainbow Dash lived in a cloud-home, so visiting her mostly consisted of Jax riding on Luna, holding on for dear life in his fear to fall through the cloud. It was nice to fly on Luna when they got up and down though. He also borrowed a book about pony Indiana Jones that he read when he and Luna decided they didn’t want to do anything that day, and Jax was tired of losing to her in chess and various other strategy board games. 
He found out where Beating Heart lived, and they would meet once in a while in her comfy home on the ground. She offered snacks and they chatted some time about this and that.
Rarity was almost always ready for some tea as well, but Jax had to admit that even though she was the nicest person, her probing for gossip was annoying. To her credit, when she found out it bothered him, she stopped fairly quickly. The tea was good as well. She received bonus points for beating him to a pun about such good tea being a Raritea, which was funny on so many levels. She said that she was a pony after all, and if there was one thing ponies knew, it was puns.
He decided that she was his friend as well. No big reveal this time, just a simple agreement between them. He liked to confirm it, to be sure, so he just asked her if she saw him as a friend, and she said that she did… in a bit more posh manner than that though.
Friendship established.
They went to Sugarcube Corner when they had some spare time, what with the delicious cake, and Pinkie joining the conversation unexpectedly from time to time, which was amusing to them.
Even though Jax was small-talking more than he normally would, he didn’t really mind anymore. Luna was right there beside him when things got too boring or awkward, she would cover for him when he didn’t want to answer anymore. It was nice to have someone you could rely on.
Something that wasn’t so nice was his sexual frustration. No privacy meant no time to take care of the problem by himself. The result was confusing to him.
For one, he had morning wood every morning, and with him hugging Luna, that meant that she had to be extremely occupied to not feel it. Almost every morning was greeted by a blushing Luna, so he didn’t think that was the case. He quickly adjusted himself, and she never spoke a word about it, which he was thankful for. Thank God he didn’t have sex dreams, would be even more awkward waking up to him dry-humping Luna.
The second thing was what was confusing for him. He started to find ponies… sexy. Once he saw a mare turn around a bit too fast, taking a wide stance, revealing what she had behind her tail in perfect detail before it fell down in place. He couldn’t get the image out of his head for a long while, and he became very conscious of the fact that they all walked around naked. It was weird how much it had looked like a humans… Thankfully, the tail was pretty good at covering everything up, and only revealed anything when they turned a bit too fast. Except Pinkie, her tail didn’t give a flying fuck how fast or slow she was moving. Not that he had been looking of course. Okay so he was a bit curious, so what? There were no humans around to judge him anyway, and ponies seemed to be fine with interspecies relationships, if Beating was anything to go by.
Still, it felt weird to him when he started to appreciate the curve of their… flanks. Especially Luna’s, since he could look at it whenever he wanted. He was no expert on pony butts, but Luna’s seemed especially nice. He liked how her mark covered most of it.
Not that he was checking it out a lot. Sometimes it just happened. Sometimes Luna caught him looking, at which point he looked away. She never said anything, and he never mentioned those times he caught her looking in the shower.
The visits at psychologist were progressing nicely. He had mastered only having one hand on her, and at the end of the second week he went so far as to completely let go of her, as long as she was in the same room as him. When she left the room, he felt a deep panic in his chest. Slow Healing told them that they were making good progress though, and that he would be able to leave her side soon. Just being able to walk beside her instead of riding her was a huge relief. She didn’t seem to mind, but he felt bad about being a bother to her. 
He still wanted to hug her, but the thought was at the back of his mind now, instead of being the deep panic that he had experienced before. She didn’t seem as happy as he was though, but he couldn’t figure out why.
Of course he missed having her in his arms, so he took every opportunity he could to hug her, and they still snuggled close at night by some unspoken agreement. When they walked, he would always have a hand on her shoulder or whithers, just to feel her soft fur.
It was nice.