"Hmmmm..." Rarity reclined on Fluttershy's sofa, levitating a bowl of ice cream. She spooned some sugary vanilla into her mouth, smiled, and draped her head towards the floor. "Mmmm-heeheehee... oh Fluttershyyyyyyyy?" She sang, grinning from ear to pale ear. "Knock knock..."
"Here you go, Angel," Fluttershy said, hoofing the rabbit a pair of carrots. "Share them with Mr. and Mrs. Mouse." She squinted menacingly across her cottage's living room. "Shaaaaare."
"Knock Knock, Fluttershy!"
"Uhm..." Fluttershy busied herself with a bag of feed while several ducks congregated around her fetlocks. "Who's there?"
"Hmmmmmmm..." Rarity took another bite of ice cream and smiled giddily. "Cutie-poo."
Fluttershy fed the birds, then reached for a bag of oats. "Cutie-poo who."
"You!" Rarity grinned. "That's cutie who, cutie-poo!" She curled up, cradling the bowl of ice cream to her fuzzy belly. "Heeheeheehee!"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Fluttershy blinked, awkwardly trying to toss oats onto the floor for a pack of squirrels and badgers.
"Mmmmmmm..." Rarity took another bite, dangling her hoof over the side-rest of the couch. "Mmmmmm-knock knock."
"Don't be too greedy, my little friends!" Fluttershy said, her voice wavering with a modicum of stress. "Mommy Fluttershy has plenty of food to go arou—"
"Knock Knock, darling!" Rarity sang.
"Rarity, please, I'm trying to feed the—"
"Knock knock!"
"Guh... who's there?"
"Flutter butter."
"Flutter butter who?"
"Flutter butter come over here and flutter pet her!" Rarity curled and uncurled like a windsock, giggling like mad.
"Pfffft... whaaaa—?" Fluttershy smiled over her shoulder. "Rarity, what's gotten into—?"
"Fluttershyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..." Rarity stuck a spoon of vanilla into her mouth, suckling and savoring the dessert. "Mrmmmmmm... noggf noggf!"
"Rarity, I... heehee... I have a lot to do and you're not—"
"Noggf noggf!"
Fluttershy rolled her eyes. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." She paused knee-deep in a sea of fur and fuzz to face-hoof, then looked up. "Who's there?"
Rarity swallowed the ice cream and pulled the spoon from her mouth. "Snuffle fu," she said upside-down.
"Snuggle fu who?"
"You!" Rarity's horn glowed, tugging Fluttershy towards her. She rubbed the mare, cheek-to-cheek. "Teach me snuggle fu, you!"
"Buhhhh! Snkkt—Heehee! Rarityyyyyy!" Fluttershy shoved and protested. At last, she flapped her wings, hovering out of Rarity's reach. "Really, now! I have to—"
"Mmmmmmm?" Rarity's eyes sparkled as she licked the spoon in her grasp.
"Have..." Fluttershy blinked, her cheeks flushing red and redder. "Have... to... t-to..."
"Mmmmhmmmmmmmmm...?" Rarity's painted eyelids lowered as her tongue slurped, snaked, and twirled around the curves of the spoon. "Mmmm-mmm-mmm?"
Fluttershy gulped. "...fluff the b-bunnies... feed the clams. Er... I-I mean fish... lots of fish in this creek outside—"
Smack! Rarity released the spoon from her mouth and fluttered her eyelashes. "Knock knockkkk!"
"Rrrrgh... Rarity, pleeeeeeease please please let me finish my chores so that the animals won't hate me and then we can cuddle. I promise. Pinkie promise!"
"Heeheehee... knock knock!" Rarity's tail twitched left and right like the arm of an upside down grandfather clock. "Knockity knock knock!"
Fluttershy closed her eyes, sighed, and did her futile best to keep a straight face. "Who's there."
"Boo!"
"... ... ...boo hoo—?"
Rarity pulled Fluttershy in again. "Don't get sad! Get saddled!" She nuzzled the mare's belly. "Who's a pretty purse of snugglebumps? Hmmm? Who is?"
"Pffft! Rarity!" Fluttershy batted at her with feather-soft fetlocks, all the while giggling like mad. "Don't... d-don't pull out the 'purse of snugglebumps!'" She gasped and laughed. "You know how m-much that makes me melt all over!"
"Chuuuuuu..." Rarity kissed and kissed Fluttershy's tummy. "Looks like I'm carrying you down the runway, snugglebumps!"
"Heeheeheehee—stop!"
"Then say the magic worddddddd!"
"I... I..."
"You haven't said it yetttttt!"
"Ohhhhhhhhh..." Fluttershy deflated, cradling her body softly into Rarity's embrace. "This is the last time I offer you ice cream at the cottage."
"Hmmmm-hee-hee-hee..." Rarity kissed and nuzzled her way up to Fluttershy's ears. "Is it realllllly?"
"Eeeeeeeee—yay! I mean!" Fluttershy puffed her cheeks out. "Yes! No! No! No more ice cream! You turn... e-evil!"
"I heard a 'yay' in there!"
"No, I didn't—"
"Is my purse of snugglebumps full of 'yays'?" Rarity pretended to look down into Fluttershy's mouth. "Oh goodness! Look at all of them rattling around in there!" She nuzzled Fluttershy's ear again. "Better let them out before they spoil!"
"Ack! Heeeheee! Rarity! Nuuu—!"
"Hmmmm? Where are they?" She playfully nibbled right under Fluttershy's ear.
"Guhhh—yay yay yay!" Fluttershy's eyes widened and she slapped a pair of hooves over her own mouth.
Rarity laughed in victory.
"Mmmmmm..." Fluttershy curled up into a yellow ball while Rarity cradled her on the couch. "...youalwaysknowhowtomakethathappen."
"I'm a fast learnerrrr..."
"Well, could you learn to help me feed the animals—yay!" Fluttershy gnashed her teeth. "Stopit!"
"Heeeeeeeeehehehehe!"
Fluttershy sighed, ultimately smiling as she draped herself in Rarity's grasp.
Meanwhile, across the foyer, the animals all stood still in mid-munch. The critters' beady eyes reflected two joyful shapes, one white and the other yellow. Eventually, they exchanged glances, shrugged, then returned to their food dishes.