It had been nearly a month after the whole, cookie incident. Which ended in Circuit throwing a lamp at the hybrid who simply sidestepped the projectile. Let’s just say Adhesive’s eyes nearly bulged out of his head that day. Anywho~! The two had gotten to know each other a lot more and had gone on a few more dates. And now it was the biggy! The two stallions had been planning a picnic all week and were very excited. All that was left was a little prepping.
“Do you really think we’ve known each other long enough? I mean, a month isn’t all that long of a time. What if he laughs at me? Or what if I make him super uncomfortable?” The gray coated ‘pegasus’ spoke to the changeling hybrid from his spot in the bathroom, where he was currently trying, and failing, to fix his mop of dark gray mane.
Ebony was in the kitchen, making Circuit’s half of the picnic because the stallion was hopeless at cooking. She looked up from stirring something on the stove and chuckled. “Oh hush Circuit, it’s going to be fine. A month of just downright structure is perfect. Besides, you’ve already kissed like, how many times now?” The mare asked with a smile on her face as she added some salt to the mixture. The stallion let out an embarrassed huff, setting his comb down as a warm blush spread across his face.
“Oh shut up Ebony, we’re not going to talk about that!” He grumbled as he trotted from the bathroom to join the mare in the kitchen. Yes he and Adhesive kissed a lot, but he couldn’t help himself, the stallion was a really great kisser....He quickly shook that thought out of his head before it could go any farther than that. “How’s the food coming along?”
“Pretty good, I’ve got the sandwiches prepped, the champagne packed as well as a few bits and bobs for snacking that won’t make too much of a mess. I’m just finishing up the chowder now. And before you ask why I’m making chowder it’s for me while you’re gone so shush.” Ebony let out a soft huff before smiling at her friend. “Don’t worry, no meat whatsoever for you herbivores.” The changeling hybrid did eat meat, it was part of her diet, technically she was an omnivore. But that’s a story for another day.
“Yeah yeah….” Circuit let out a soft snort, shaking his head a bit. He never understood Ebony’s meat eating, and probably never would. Just one of the many, many...Many, things he’d never get about her. He didn’t mind though, it made their friendship interesting. “Do you think I should dress up for this or should I just wear my usual stuff?”
The pegasus thought for a moment as she took the soup off the stove. “To be honest, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look good. But not a full on suit, maybe just a nice jacket? It is getting colder now, running of the leaves is coming up.” With that said Ebony began walking over to her friend’s room to leaf through his closet. Completely ignoring the decency of privacy, friendship goals I guess. Circuit just followed after her, already used to the whole, never having any sort of privacy whatsoever thing. Just one of the ‘perks’ of being best friends with the changeling he supposed. He sat behind her while he waited for her to find something decent for him to wear, casually attempting to fix his hair up a bit while he waited.
The mare flipped through the hangers of clothing with a small frown on her face. “No, no no… definitely not. What even is that?! No, no… Ah ha!” She pulled out a light brown jacket with a soft inside and a hood. It was nothing too fancy but not ratty either. “Circuit! It seems your wardrobe isn’t a complete wasteland after all!”
“My closet isn’t a wasteland, I have some nice things in there! Mostly dresses you forced me to buy...But still! Not a wasteland!” He huffed as he snatched the jacket from her, slipping it on to make sure it actually fit before tossing it on the bed to grab later when he was about to leave. “And before you even try to suggest it no, I’m not wearing a dress for any of my dates with Adhesive. In fact, I’d prefer he never learn I own any dresses to begin with.”
She glared at him, green magical aura wrapping around some of the more ratty clothing rags. In a small poof, they were on fire with the same color while the mare glowered in protest. “Yes, it is, and those dresses were expensive, and I bought them you dumb ol grump. Besides, if you do go out with him, he’s gonna find out eventually and you can blame it on me.”
“Okay first off, was it really necessary to burn my things? I could have fixed those up you know...Eventually, second I know you bought them but they’re still mine so hush it, and third, I will gladly blame it on you if he ever does find out. If things go the way I want though, he’s never going to find out ever. I don’t want him thinking I’m a pervert or something.” The ‘pegasus’ let out a soft huff, totally not pouting whatsoever as he crossed his hooves over his chest.
“Oh quit your whining, the things I burned weren’t even clothes anymore. More like dishrags, hell, you actually hung up a dish rag! It’s right here!” She took said rag in her hoof and shook it in Circuit’s face before it burst into flame.
“I thought it was like a scarf thing or something okay! You know I don’t bother with fashion outside of my normal clothing.” His pout grew as he grumbled over the now burned rag. “I could’ve still used that dishrag you know...If I ever bother to clean my dishes...Or use dishes in the first place...Or actually buy them…” A very loud sound of a hoof smacking a forehead vibrated through the room as Ebony expressed her disappointment.
“I bought you an entire dish set last Hearth’s Warming Eve....” The mare let out a sigh. “Nevermind, it doesn’t matter, he’ll be here any minute and I’ve gotta finish packing the picnic basket, come on.” The hybrid waved him to follow and headed back towards the kitchen.
“You bought me dishes…?” The stallion muttered to himself as he got up to follow her, his brow furrowed slightly. He snatched up the jacket and brought it with him, dumping it in the ‘living room’ for later use. “Was this the Hearth’s Warming Eve when I drank all that cider? Because I don’t remember most of that holiday.” The mare stopped and furrowed her brow in thought.
“...Yes, actually I think it was. That would explain a lot actually, you got up on my dining room table and began singing Deck The Halls.” Ebony snickered at the memory. “My sister couldn’t stop laughing for a good ten minutes!”
“...And of course...That’s one of the few parts I actually do remember..” Circuit let out a long suffering sigh, dragging one of his hooves down his face. “Let’s just finish packing the picnic basket and forget I ever mentioned this.” A long loud laugh that sounded like a snort mixed with a chortle echoed through the kitchen as the hybrid laughed. “Oh Luna, your face!” After a few moments of laughter, the mare composed herself and began levitating the food items into a picnic basket on the counter next to the stove.
“Oh hush up you…” The gray stallion let out an almost fond sounding sigh, shaking his head a bit. “Let’s just hurry up and get everything finished, I don’t want Adhesive to have to stand around waiting for us to finish packing things.” He sighed, pulling a strand of his shaggy mane down to his eyes. “While you’re packing, I’m going to go attempt to brush my mane again.” Ebony rolled her green eyes before smiling softly and packing more of the food. She smirked with mirth as she found a little, something extra to put in the basket. Finding the sticky notes and a green pen, she began to write.
“Hehe, now they’ll definitely have… fun.” Circuit rejoined the mare after a few moments of attempting to drag a comb through his mane, said comb still tangled up in his dark gray locks. He scanned over the basket, a soft, slightly giddy smile spreading across his face.
“This looks great Ebs, I owe you one.” The mare smiled back at him shrugging. “Hey, don’t worry about that. Just have fun alright? I want my little grump to have fun with his special somepony, or soon to be anyway.” The golden pegasus fluttered her wings before snorting and handing the basket to Circuit. “Now go! Don’t keep him waiting!”
“Yeah yeah don’t jinx me woman…” The ‘pegasus’ let out a soft huff, yanking the comb out of his hair and hucking it somewhere where he’d probably forget it ever existed, before grabbing the basket out of her hooves. “Wish me luck okay?” He shot her a nervous smile, straightening himself out before he headed out the door. She shouted back some encouragements before he left before sitting down in front of the TV with a bowl of chowder to watch some random movie.
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Adhesive Stamp was gently pacing back and forth under a weeping willow tree on one of the many hills in the nearly deserted park at the edge of Ponyville. He had laid out the blanket he was supposed to bring long ago and was now just waiting. The stallion was nervous for some reason, they’d been going on dates for weeks now. Why was he nervous? The green maned male didn’t know but he was.
Circuit took a deep breath as he slowly trotted through the park, keeping his hoofsteps steady so the basket didn’t slip from his back. He forced himself to breath calmly as he made his way to their meeting spot, trying to keep himself from panicking and chickening out. He’d be fine. It’s not like he was going to ask him to marry him or anything, he was just asking him to be his coltfriend. That was all. He’d be fine. It’d be fine. At least that’s what he kept telling himself as he made his way over to the willow tree.
“Hey! Sorry I’m late! Were you waiting for too long?” The other stallion shook his head.
“Nah, don’t worry about it. I wasn’t waiting long, besides, it was worth it! I see you have the basket, I’m guessing that means our picnic is officially on?” Adhesive smiled brightly, he wore a soft blue hoodie that was unzipped and under it was a black t-shirt. Circuit smiled warmly at him, trying to ignore the way the way his heart fluttered slightly as he set the basket down on the blanket.
“Of course, I’ve been thinking about this picnic all day. Ebony made the food too, so it’s gonna be amazing.” He snickered softly as he sat down on the blanket, patting the spot next to him. “C’mon, let’s dig into this before my stomach eats itself.” The stallion let out a chuckle before nodding. “You know it’s good food when Ebony makes it! Remember that time she made cookies? And interrupted us during the movie? Good times, good cookies too!” He smiled and opened the basket, pulling out food. Delicious aromas surrounded the two as the green maned stallion began dishing out food on two plates. “Huh? What’s this?” His brows furrowed, Adhesive pulled out a small bag of, sugar cubes? As well as a note. “It’s from Ebony… Don’t have too much fun boys. Huh, wonder what that means.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Circuit muttered as he grabbed the note from him, crumpling it up before shoving it back into the basket. “Knowing Ebony, it’s probably better that we don’t think too hard about what that could mean. Let’s just enjoy our meal, yeah?” The other stallion nodded before handing a plate of food to Circuit, a big smile on his face.
“I’ve been waiting all day for this, besides, it’s nice out today. The pegasi must be busting their flanks to take out all of the clouds.” He scooted closer to the darker stallion, his own food in tow. The ‘pegasus’ nodded as he smiled at him, feeling a slightly nervous blush spread across his face. He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down and stop acting like a filly with a crush or something. He was a full grown stallion for Celestia’s sake.
“Same here, I was ah...Really looking forward to this date.” He shot a shy smile at Adhesive, shoveling some of the food into his mouth so he’d have a reason not to talk. The blue eyed stallion smiled and took a bite of his daisy sandwich and took the bottle of champagne in his hoof. “Eh? Lemme guess, Ebony packed this too?” He winked at Circuit, smirking at the blush erupting from his companion’s face. Circuit let out a soft huff, snatching the bottle from him so he could pour two glasses.
“Of course she did, I usually don’t bother buying the stuff. It’s always way too expensive, plus I’ve never had a reason to drink it. Er...Well...At least, until you came along I suppose…” He let out an embarrassed huff as he hoofed one of the drinks over to the other stallion. Adhesive took the offered drink with a smile, taking a soft sip before laying his head into the crook of Circuit’s neck. “I’m glad we have a reason to, I’m actually… really happy with you Circuit. You, make me happy.” Blue orbs looked up to connect with green ones.
“I ah….You...You make me really happy too Adhesive...I um…” The dark coated stallion quickly tossed back the glass of champagne, the bubbly drink giving him a little boost of confidence. “I’ve actually been meaning to talk with you about that...We’ve ah….We’ve been together for a while now, yeah..?” Stamp nodded, smiling brightly. “Yeah, a month to be exact, it’s been super fun, I’m really enjoying it.”
“Y-yeah so ah...I was..I was just thinking..I mean, since we’re enjoying each other's company so much and ah...We seem to make a pretty good couple so...I was thinking that maybe we could ah….Make things a little more...Permanent..?” He took a deep breath, reaching over to gently grasp one of Adhesive’s hooves. “I guess what I’m trying to ask is um...W-will you be my coltfriend..?” The blue stallion’s eyes went wide as his brain came to terms with the words being spoken to him. “Yes! Celestia yes! A thousand times yes!” He launched himself at Circuit, wrapping his hooves around the stallion’s neck and hugging him in happiness. Circuit let out a happy, totally very manly squeal as he wrapped his arms around the white stallion’s waist, rolling across the blanket as he held his new coltfriend in his hooves. It took him a few moments till the words really hit him.
“Y-you will…? That’s...That’s great! Oh Luna, wait till I tell Ebony, she’s going to be ecstatic.” He let out a soft chuckle as he gently nuzzle Adhesive’s neck. The white stallion made a small purr in reply to the nuzzle and clung slightly tighter. “Knowing her, she’ll probably want to be the Maid of Honor at the wedding.” He giggled before looking up at his new coltfriend with glee.
“W-wedding…? Oh phew, let’s not move tooo fast….Ebony will be excited enough with the whole, coltfriend thing, I don’t need her to shriek wedding plans are me quite yet. And knowing her, she’ll probably want to plan the entire thing if we do end up getting married. Takes the stress off of us though I guess.” He chuckled softly as he continued to nuzzle him, his face heating up considerably. “Hmm, I do like the sound of Adhesive Heart though, ah well I-” He was about to say more when a bout of thunder clapped through the sky.
Adhesive sat up in alarm. “But today is scheduled to be sunny!”
“Crap! Abort mission! Abort!” Circuit quickly leaped to his hooves, quickly shoving their things into the basket. He wasn’t far into his frenzied trying to put the things away when the rain began to fall in fat drops. “Crap!” Adhesive held the blanket over their heads as best as he could and began running for cover. There was a small little overhang near the tree, it was connected to a greenhouse of sorts. “There!” Stamp cried and began galloping towards it. Circuit quickly finished packing up the basket before he followed after him, swinging it from his jaws as he followed after him. He let out a relieved sigh as he slipped into the greenhouse, dropping the basket down next to them as he shook out his damp mane.
“Oh thank Luna for this….” Adhesive chuckled, smiling at his coltfriend. “I know right? And it’s warm in here too.” It was warm, and a bit humid, but the plants of all different kinds from all over Equestria were beautiful. All kinds of colors, all different kinds of shapes, the aroma alone was perfume of the highest quality. “Woah…” The green maned stallion murmured. Circuit smiled as he let his gaze travel around the greenhouse, his nose twitching slightly at the sweet scent of the flowers wafted across his nose. He carefully plucked one from a thick patch of dark blue flowers, gently tucking it behind Adhesive’s ear.
“There, perfect.” Said white stallion blushed brightly before snuggling into his side. “If anypony, I’m glad it was you Circuit.”