“Hey, Flutterwing, take it easy!” Trey called out. “You’ll hurt yourself!”
“Oh, they’re little. Let them have fun. Looks like they’re having a lot of it.” said Fluttershy as the two of them watched their children play. “Reminds me of us when we were younger.”
“We’re not old...” said Trey. “I’ve still got some fight in me yet. It’s only been 6 years.”
“I know.” she said, nuzzling her head into him. “I just think it’s cute how you get so worked up over it. You’re as bad as Rainbow Dash.” she said, smiling. Trey put his arm around her, hugging her, pulling her head closer to him. She was so adorable.
“Daddy, come play with us!!!” yelled Flutterwing, the daughter, a white Pegasus with a pink mane.
“Yeah, Dad!” called Anacrusis, a tan Pegasus with a dark black mane. A few red highlights accented his mane, giving him his father’s image.
“You really want me to win again?” Trey called out to them.
“Go easy on them, Treyble.” said Fluttershy.
“Always.” said Trey, smiling. Fluttershy had finally come up with a pet name for him. After several that just didn’t fit, like Treighth note, or Treynee, Treyble Clef seemed to fit the best.
“Alright...I got a new game...” said Trey.
“A new game?” said the children, bringing in close to him.
“Yes...it’s called...tickle and everything.” said Trey, quickly reaching out and holding them tight, tickling them as they tried to escape. This had been a game Trey got his father to play with him. He created it himself and now understood just how great it felt to play it as a dad. Fluttershy smiled from the porch as she watched the stallion she loved prance about the yard, chasing the kids, hearing their shrieks of laughter. She continued to watch, mesmerized. The days and years had slipped by so fast. Sometimes she wished she’d kept a diary, a catalogue of their days together...
Soon, Trey managed to capture the kids again, but they both tackled him as he wrestled with them on the ground, tickling them all the way. Fluttershy carefully got up from the porch, avoiding hitting her stomach, and went to fix dinner, his favorite meal.
***
“But I’m not tired, Dad!”
“It’s your first day of school tomorrow, Flutterwing. You too, Anacrusis. Cheerilee’s going to want to see your bright smiling faces. Not some tired, mopey foals who can’t pay attention!”
“Will you tell us a story?” asked Anacrusis.
“Sure. Which one do you want to hear this time?”
“Tell us how you met mommy!” said Flutterwing.
“Yeah!”
“Well...” said Trey, looking over at Fluttershy, who smiled. “See, I came here from Canterlot...as you know I took a teaching position. Well, I got introduced to a few friends, whose children you’re bound to see tomorrow, by the way. One of those friends was the absolute most beautiful mare I’d ever seen.” he said, as Fluttershy blushed.
“Get to the good part already!”
“All good things to those who wait. Anyways, this beautiful mare, who just happens to be right beside you, caught my eye.”
“Wouldn’t that hurt?” asked Flutterwing.
“It’s a figure of speech, Flutterwing, silly! I just meant that since she was so beautiful, I paid a lot of attention to her.”
“Mom, what did you think of him?”
“Well...I don’t know if you could tell, but I was terribly shy. The way he introduced himself and his kindness took me by surprise, I guess. I’d never really known anypony to stick with me when I couldn’t introduce myself.”
“After that day, I just couldn’t get her out of my head. Soon, we became best friends, and, well...I fell in love with her.”
“Awwwww!” said Flutterwing.
“Yeah, yeah, when did you kiss her?” asked Anacrusis. He seemed genuinely interested, even for his age.
“Well would you look at the time! Guess we’ll have to save that part of the story for tomorrow night.” he said, winking. They complained loudly, asking for more. “Well the faster you fall asleep, the faster you can wake up to a new day of storytelling!” he said, to which the kids promptly went to their rooms, closing their eyes tight, trying to fall asleep. Trey smiled as he and Fluttershy went into their bedroom, closing the door behind them.
Once inside, Trey caught Fluttershy by surprise, giving her a powerful, emotional kiss. She couldn’t help but melt.
“I love you, Flutterheart. More than anything.” he said, looking deep into her eyes, the very ones he fell in love with on the first day he met her.
She smiled at him, gaining her composure, kissing him back romantically, leading him back into the bed. “I love you too, Trey. More than you love me.”
“No way...I love you more.”
“I love you most.”
“I love you mostest.”
Fluttershy exhaled quickly, smiling, before kissing him again as they laid on the bed, facing each other. They stared into each other’s eyes for a long while, Trey rubbing the side of her face, Fluttershy playing with his mane. She didn’t know why, but she enjoyed running her hoof through his hair. It seemed romantic and sensual. For as romantic as the two were, it was quite appropriate.
“Hey, Flutterheart?”
“Yes?”
“Did you know that you’re still the prettiest mare in the world?” he said, quickly putting his hoof to her heart. “And that your nickname never fails?”
Fluttershy, impulsively, kissed him, madly in love with him. He always found a way to make her feel wanted, loved, appreciated...she couldn’t live without him.
As Trey returned her impulsive act of love, he reflected on how she could always make him feel worth something. He’d never had self-esteem in his life, but ever since he fell in love with Fluttershy, he had a reason to believe in himself. Every time he gave her a kiss, she matched the emotion with a fervor like no other. She made him feel wanted, loved, appreciated...he couldn’t live without her.
As they settled down, looking into each other’s eyes again, Trey stroked her face again. “I have something for you.” he said.
“For me?” she asked. “What’s the occasion?”
“Beautiful mares don’t need an occasion.” he said, to which she blushed and smiled. He got off the bed, to his closet. He returned with two relatively old, worn journals with assorted scraps of paper.
“What’s that?” she asked, curious.
“This, my love...is a journal. I’ve been keeping a diary for a long time. I’ve never shared this with anypony. And I...I want to share it with you. It starts shortly before I came here...and continues up to today. I guess it’s sort of a catalogue of our adventures. I never get tired of going back and reliving some of my greatest memories with you. I think it’d be fun to relive them together.” he said, smiling at her.
Fluttershy couldn’t contain her excitement as she smiled from ear to ear. “Trey, I love you. You always know how to make me happy. I’d love to revisit lost time with you.” she said, bringing him in for another kiss. Trey smiled at her.
“Want to start tonight?”
“If that’s ok with you.”
“Absolutely. I guess you could call these the Flutterheart diaries.”
Fluttershy smiled at him. He was just so cute. He didn’t even know why, but he was.
Trey opened one of the journals up and started reading to her. Fluttershy rested her head on his chest, nuzzling him, as he read to her until she fell asleep, lost in memories not too far gone.