Love Is Like That

by Sunny Days

Chapter 5: Fluttershy

Trixie wakes up, the sun shining through the window. Even though she had a sound sleep, her eyelids felt like they had rocks on them. All she wanted to do was to drift back asleep...

"Trixie! Get up sleepyhead, we're going to visit somepony!" she heard Twilight yell from down below.

Oh no. Visiting somepony. Trixie groaned as she falls back down on her bed, pulling her pillow tightly around her head.

Twilight walks up the wooden stairs. "Come on Trixie! She'll be expecting us any minute!"

Twilight looks at her student, obviously not overly enthusiastic about meeting her friends.

She goes over to the side of her bed, and sits down.

"Are you sure? My friends are very understanding, I'm positive you'll be fine!"

Trixie looks at Twilight though a tiny hole in her pillow. "A-Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure,"

Trixie gets rid of her pillow, and sits on her bed, on the verge of tears. "Your friends stopped by yesterday. They talked about me like, like I was some sort of monster,"

Trixie couldn't hold back her tears anymore. She starts crying on Twilight's shoulder, hugging her.

Twilight starts to stroke her soft mane. "It's okay Trixie, let it all out," she says, surprised at herself. She usually never lets even her dearest friends cry like this on her shoulder. It makes her feel to uncomfortable. But when she's with Trixie, it feels as if all of her worries or barriers disintegrate. She has no idea why, though. She doesn't want to just shrug off this feeling, either. It's new and exciting, like a breath of fresh air.

Trixie smiles a crippled smile at her friend. Friend. It feels weird calling Twilight her friend. Almost as if it were out of place.

"Tell you what, how about we just meet Fluttershy today, okay? She's very nice," Twilight suggests.

Feeling better, Trixie nods her head in agreement, and gets out of bed.

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They arrive at her cottage, greeted by a beautiful bridge and lots of bunnies. There were spotted bunnies, gray bunnies, and everything in between. Trixie walks slowly behind Twilight, not particularly sure that this was a good idea.

Twilight looks behind her to see none other than The Great and Powerful Trixie cowering behind her because they were going to see Fluttershy. She tried as hard as she could not to giggle, but it was too much and she let out a loud laugh.

Trixie did not see what was so funny and made a sour face at Twilight. She couldn't keep it for long, though, and started giggling with her.

They composed themselves as they knocked on the cottage door.

"Yes?" cam a quiet voice as the door swung open.

"Oh, Twilight, so nice of you to stop by, wh-who is behind you?"

Trixie sighs, and steps forward.

"Y-You! What are you doing here!" Fluttershy exclaims.

"It's okay, Fluttershy, she's staying with me in the library, I'm teaching her," Twilight tells her.

"I-I'm sorry for what I did, if I could go back in time, I would try to fix what I did," Trixie says.

"Oh, th-thank you, Trixie," Fluttershy says, obviously uncomfortable.

"Come in, I'm making some tea, want any daisy sandwich?" Fluttershy offers.

Twilight is the first to enter, closely followed by Trixie.

Trixie's mouth is opened with shock. She knew that Fluttershy loves animals, but she never knew she had this many of them. There were squirrels and bunnies and cats and turtles and many, many more. Twilight must've seen her face and whispered, "I know, it's a lot to take in,"

"A lot to take in" was understating it. Trixie had never seen this many animals in one house.

Fluttershy came in the room, daisy sandwiches in hand, and sat down on the log sofa.

Both Twilight and Trixie took their daisy sandwiches and ate them blissfully, forgetting how hungry they were.

"So, are these all your animals?" Trixie asks.

"No, I have more outside," Fluttershy responded.

"MORE?" Trixie exclaimed, mouth wagged open.

Fluttershy and Twilight giggled at Trixie, happy and content.

Author's Note:

Sorry that this one is shorter than usual, I didn't have much time to write it :/
Oh, and I'm trying to make their relationship grow subtly, but how subtle is too subtle?

Comments

[OmniFox]

Trixie might get a pet if this keeps up.

[Mattricole]

Give Trixie a pet manticore. I DEMANDS IT!!!

[Sunny Days]

2556170 I really need to change that, thanks

[Frankie2]

I figured Fluttershy would be the best one to introduce Trixie to first. The others are going to be more difficult. As for the subtly for Trixie's and Twilight relationship, they both have to realize what they are feeling first, then go from there. I don't expect to be a two day process. Perhaps, after Trixie meets at least two more of her other friends?

[Hope]

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