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// Fluttershy 
// Story: Cuddle, Please? 
// by Grasshopper Keller 
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	Another day had passed by for you. And as a man who worked as a forest ranger, you knew how to evade danger when it was absolutely needed. And you were able to help Ponyville know when the same dangers would try to go to the town that you loved to death. But today was blessed off day, meaning that no danger was present at the time. And no injured animals were reported to you, thus making your job a little easier for you.

Today was a day that you would just take the day off, as requested by your boss. And you decided to take advantage of the day by going into the town. You meet up with a flower vendor named Roseluck, who happened to be one of the proprietors of a flower shop that had great floral selections for you to choose. You picked out a cherry blossom from her, paying three bits for it. And as you left, you focus your sights on the edge of the town.

And on the edge of the town was a place, and a pony, that you wanted to go today:
Fluttershy's cottage.

Some minutes later, you arrive at the doorstep of the house and knock three times on the door. On the other side of the door, you hear a squeak that tells you that the resident is quite surprised.

"Uh... w-w-who is it?" the voice asks from the opposite side.

"It's Anon, the human forest ranger," you announce yourself.

"Oh my goodness! Anon! Uh... hold on, let me get the door, okay?" she says to you from the door.

"Take your time, Fluttershy," you nod to the door, knowing that the timid, cream-colored pegasus was about to unlock the door for you. The door then opens up slowly before a small, beautiful looking pony with cream-colored wings, a pink mane and tail and teal blue eyes looks at you. "Hi there, pretty pony," you salute to her with an imaginary hat on your head.

"Oh! Uh.... h-hi, Anon," she softly says as her mane hides half of her face.

"Only she could make that face look adorable!" you say to yourself before asking, "So, uh... May I come in and see you, Fluttershy? I have the day off, and I also brought you something," you say to her with a smile on your face.

"Oh? W-well, um... o-okay," she gestures for you to enter her house.

"Thanks, Fluttershy," you thank to her as you enter the house. It may have been a little small, even for your standards, but it was still quite comfortable to go into. "Here," you call to her after pulling out the flower to her.

"Oh? Oh, my! Is that a cherry blossom?" she asks as she sees the flower in your fingers.

"Made sure to get it for you," you reply to her.

"It certainly looks delicious," she then says, taking her tongue to lick it up from your hand. A second later, you start to caress her pink mane after she swallows the flower whole. "Um... Anon?"

"Yes?" you ask her, knowing that she was still nervous about being touched in the way that you did. And with that, your hand pulls back from her.

"Does... um... t-that is, if you don't mind me asking... Do you... do you always give my mane a caress every time that you see me?" she wanted to know, feeling just a tad nervous about asking.

"Well... not really. I mean, only if it is with you, because...." you start to say to her.

"Because?" she softly urges you to speak up.

The moment of truth had arrived at that moment. After summoning up all the fine points as to why you should ask her out as your marefriend, you take a deep breath and look deep into her eyes. And as you kneel down to meet her eyes, you clear your throat before you tell her why.

"I've been in love with you for the last few months, Fluttershy. And I give you those caresses because of how much I just love you. The way you gently take care of the animals? The sounds of your singing? Your kind nature towards all of the creatures, including myself? All of those, and more, are what have attracted me to you, Fluttershy. And I am just very happy to have been able to call you my great friend. But now....? Now.... I have looked into my heart, and it says to ask you to be my special somepony."

A moment of silence passes by the both of you before you face her once again.

"No matter what your answer will be, just know that I-- mmm??"

Fluttershy, in a surprisingly assertive move, kisses your lips while keeping her wings around you.

"Yes, Anon! I'd love to be your special somepony," she giggles at you with another kiss.

Feeling quite happy, you give Fluttershy a gentle squeeze before letting her down to her couch. You join her side and snuggle up to her.

"And um..."

"Yes, baby?"

"Can-can I, uh, that is.... can I cuddle with you, please?" she asks you before she takes her eyes to fully meet yours.

"Yes. Yes you may," you nod to her. And with that, you feel her hooves wrap around your face before she kisses you on the lips again, this time allowing you to kiss her back fully. "And I have been wanting to say this to you for a long time, Fluttershy..." you tell her as she gets comfortable on your body.

"Yes?"

"I love you."

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"I love you too, Anon."

And after a moment of kisses and nuzzles with her, you close your eyelids and sigh lovingly.

This feeling... was much better than having to worry about some random creature in the Everfree Forest. And even your loving pegasus pony felt the same way.