Interesting and well-written as always, with a not-so-common take of Twilight and Rarity's friendship. Well worth reading!

This doubled sentence fragment seems to have slipped through editing:

In her presence Twilight felt , a crow beside a swan. hopelessly dull; a crow beside a swan.

You could say they've a "friends with benefits" thing going on, but I feel that'd be waaaaaaaaay to simple to describe it.

~Skeeter The Lurker

it feels like twilight is in love with the "idea" of being in love with rarity, as shes the only one to show her physical evidence of an aspect of high level of care.

this almost makes it look like twilight is suffering from social anxiety but she knows it and doesn't know what to do.

thank you for fleshing out rarity. but, that slip about spike...

It’s something that might shock you”

You're missing punctuation at the end of this paragraph.

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It was a joke, meant to startle Twilight into flipping the table.

Friends let friends borrow material stuff. Real friends let friends borrow...

Run, Thunderlane! Or not.

Her nipples stung, victims of Rarity’s aggressive incisors

*Blinks*
Incisors?
*Google search*
Oh, ok. Didn't know herbivores had those. Carry on.

Am I the only one who's absolutely pissed that the chess game ended the way it did, while being simultaneously impressed by how Rarity tricked Twilight into bumping into the tabel?

7457334 the same thought was running through my head lol

This is one of those stories that I cannot read in one go because I spend all of my time fussing over how good it is.
Awesome story and thanks your work

Rarity was either half-awake or half-asleep.

This is one of the quirkiest lines I've witnessed outside of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

“Mm.” Rarity pressed her muzzle against the side of Twilight’s neck, giving her a little kiss beneath her jaw. “And what does Princess Twilight Sparkle have to feel insecure about?”
“You’ll laugh.”
“I will not.”
“You will, though.”
“Twilight, listen to me.” Rarity pulled Twilight closer into a hug. “I promise I will not laugh at you.”
“Okay, fine.” Twilight took a long breath, held it, and slowly exhaled. “I don’t have a penis.”
Rarity laughed.

I laughed too.

Hush, I can deprecate myself if I want.

God, this chapter is just full of fun writing.

It's interesting to see a story that's about sex (and other things) rather than showing sex.

>Thunderlane

Why? D:

What about love that could possibly frighten you?

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It was before Marks and Recreation :(

“Chess is for the patient,” Twilight said. She lifted a pawn in her magic and nudged it forward to threaten the troublesome knight.

It's actually a strategy game. It's just that unless you're in a timed tournament, then unlike war or war games, you can take time to make a move.

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Mm, nah. That doesn't sound right.