Chapter 1
You stop and pause for a minute, wiping the sweat off of your brow and taking a short breather. It wasn’t that cutting the grass was exactly difficult but it had been a week since you had last done it.
“Serves me right for taking the week off” You thought to yourself in scorn.
With the hot midday sun beating down upon you, you only wish that you could take a quick dip into the small river that flowed near you, though somehow you knew that the animals which dwelled near and within the river would be less than satisfied at your intrusion. With a resolute sigh you begin to work again, slow and sure you go, taking care not to miss a single patch of grass.
“Grassmane!” You hear a voice call out, that voice that sweet melodious voice was like a drink of ice cold water re-invigorating you in the hot sun. You look over your shoulder, your dark green mane (as you name implies) getting in your eyes, quickly brushing it out of your eyes you focus onto the source of the voice.
You saw Fluttershy approaching you, walking meekly over the freshly cut grass, smiling ever so slightly to yourself at the sight of her you perk and meet her gaze.
“I brought you some lemonade, I thought you might appreciate it on a day like today” she said to you while handing you an ice cold glass of drink.
You only have time to nod in approval before you eagerly swig the almost clear nectar back, cooling you off slightly.
“Heh, thanks for that” You grin sheepishly somewhat wishing you had savoured the drink a little more.
“Oh, it’s no problem. It’s the least I can do for you” Fluttershy said smiling “Especially since you always work so hard to get my garden looking beautiful”
You smile at the compliment but brush of the compliment as was in your modest nature.
“It’s nothing, really. It was you who got it looking like this in the first place. I just maintain it”
You continued smiling at her for a few seconds before realising how creepy you must look , realising this you look around for something else to talk about to break the awkward silence. Unfortunately, nothing comes to mind; there is something about Fluttershy that just leaves your mind blank, even after 6 months of working for her you still find conversation hard. You begin to blush a little at the awkwardness of the moment. Sensing your embarrassment Fluttershy moves the conversation on for you.
“Well, I just came to give you your drink and make sure you’re ok since it’s so warm today” She said and began to turn to head back to her cottage “If you need anything else, you know where to find me” she smiled.
“Thanks Fluttershy, I’m almost finished out here” you replied.
As she walked away you couldn’t help but feel a little annoyed with yourself for such a lacklustre conversation.
“It’s been 6 months I’ve been helping Fluttershy with her garden, I should know how to carry a conversation on my now at least” you muttered, returning to work.
While you worked your mind wondered back to when you first arrived at Ponyville and began working in Ponies gardens. It had been 8 months prior that you’d arrived in the idyllic little town, searching for work, and of course because gardens were in abundance (unlike in Hoofington, where you came from) there was no shortage of jobs. It was ‘Miss Rarity’ (that you had had to refer to her by) that you came to work for Fluttershy. Rarity’s garden wasn’t exactly large or hard to deal with but she maintained that ‘A lady never gets her hoofs dirty’ but you were still grateful for the job none-the-less.
Your mind re-arrived at Fluttershy who had completely hidden herself from your sight when you had first met, but after a while of being around her she had eventually warmed up to you and got used to your presence.
Wheeling the little push mower back up to her cottage you highly looked forward to another glass of her lemonade and being in the little shy mares company, which you found to be more pleasant than any ice cold drink. With 3 light taps on the door she opens it up a crack before fully swinging it open and inviting you back inside. Lazily collapsing on the sofa, Fluttershy gave a little giggle at your mannerism, giving you a funny bursting feeling behind your ribs. Catching a scent of yourself you quickly jump back up. As if she read your mind Fluttershy spoke
“Oh my, you must be hot and sweaty after all of that hard work” she told you “Would you like to use my bath you get yourself cleaned up?”
Grinning once again you take her up on her offer. She walks past you and directs you down the hallway to the bathroom. She makes a side stop and a little airing cupboard and produces a light grey towel from it.
“You can use this to dry yourself when you’re done” she told you “If you need a hand, just tell me”
She quickly realised what she had just said and began blushing profusely, trying to cover up for her mistake.
“I- mean, I didn’t- Oh my” She stuttered.
You raise a hoof to silence her quickly before she can get even more worked up.
“It’s ok” You reassured her “I know what you meant”
She still looks mortified at what she said but seemed to calm down a little. Walking into the bathroom you give her one more smile before shutting the door behind you and turning on the taps to begin filling the bath, it didn’t take long at all.
Without a second thought you slipped into the bath allowing yourself to be enveloped by the relaxing warm, soapy water. It was pure bliss, washing away not only the dirt and sweat but also the worries and tensions you find to be building up whenever you’re in close proximity to Fluttershy. You took time to marvel at how relaxed Fluttershy had been around you in the recent weeks, it was almost as if the change happened over night.You had never understood these feeling and why she made you feel like this, part of you equated it just to wanting to please her and do a good job since she was paying you for it, another part of you insisted there was another, more deep seated reason behind the tension and the anxiety. Mulling over these thoughts in the warm water your mind drew to one conclusion, you pushed the thought to the back of your head.
Pulling yourself out of the warm water you begin towling yourself off and drying, stepping out of the bathroom you stick the towel into the washing basket and make your way back into the lounge. Fluttershy was nowhere to be seen so you just made yourself comfortable; you figured it would be OK with her since she usually invited you to stay a while when you had finished your work, curling yourself up on the sofa and waiting for her to return you close your eyes and give yourself over to the plush softness, you were about to drift off into a sleep when a soft voice jolts you back into consciousness.
“I’m so sorry, I didn’t know you were asleep, please don’t be mad at me” Fluttershy squeaked apologetically.
Collecting your thoughts you quickly reassure her.
“No no, it’s OK honestly, I was just resting”
Fluttershy seems to accept your assurances and relaxes a little. Since the other sofa in the room was taken up by a trio of sleeping squirrels you budge up a little bit and let Fluttershy sit next to you, a comfortable silence falls over the both as you as you began to take in the sights and sounds of the small cottage, deciding it would be a good time to bite the bullet you pick up a conversation with her, catching sight of a small picture framed on her mantle piece you make conversation with her.
“Fluttershy, what’s that photo on your mantle piece of? I’ve never seen in before” you asked
Looking at you in slight surprise she gets up and walks over to the photo while speaking.
“It’s new actually, I had Twilight take it a few days ago, she said it was such a lovely moment that would make a nice picture” She said, you could practically hear the smile in her voice.
Taking it in her mouth he walks back over to you and places it gently in front of you, taking in the picture you can feel your muzzle hang open slightly. It was a photo of Fluttershy laying down on the grass with a number of small furry creatures scampering around and over her; one seemed to be using her tail as a duvet of sorts.
Looking back up at her you had only one thing on your mind.
“You look beautiful” you told her.
At this she blushed profusely.
“Oh, that’s...” she tries to do her best not to look at you in the eye “um- nice of you to say”
Despite her embarrassment you could see a small smile on her face.
You fall back into silence, completely at a loss on what to say. Do you carry on and build on what you said or try to move on and forget about the moment? It was a very tense few seconds before one of you decided to act. Fluttershy finally sat back down next to you, albeit slightly further away from you. You noticed this.
“Celestia dammit” You thought angrily “I’ve completely blown it”
You look back over at Fluttershy and see her gazing at you, this time when you met her eyes she didn’t look away. You begin to open your mouth when she interrupts you.
“You’re always so kind to me” she says in a small voice.
“It’s kind of my job” You reply matching her gaze and tone of voice “What kind of stallion would I be if I were nasty to you?”
“No- I mean more than the other stallions, you take time to make sure I’m OK and that I’m happy” She practically whispers to you.
Gazing into her beautiful teal eyes you can feel the breath being robbed from your chest, mouth slightly agape you begin moving closer to her, closing the distance between your muzzles.
She whispers “Thank you for everything” before moving her head closer.
Your lips brush, only for a brief second before locking lips, sending a jolt of electricity down your spine, and up into your brain.
You quickly pull away breaking the embrace, heart pounding and sweat forming on your forehead. Fluttershy looks at you worriedly.
“Did-I do something wrong” She whimpered “Didn’t you like it?
“No- No, it’s not that” You replied while getting up off of the sofa “I-I have to go, I’m sorry”
Backing up and opening the door you see tears forming in Fluttershys eyes
“Please don’t- I’m so sorry” she said
You couldn’t form a word as you back out of the door in to the sunlight and began running down the path, your mind swimming.
“ I can’t do this” You thought.
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So, that's that. I wasn;t so sure about this story and where it went, I felt that it was moving a little too quickly for the first chapter and I almost have up, I slept on it and eventually decided where it can go from here.
If you liked it just leave me a comment and I'll continue, If you didn't, well I'll just get back to writing the story of mine that people do actually like. I'm also not so sure on the title, I feel like it doesn't do the story justice, if you have any better suggestion just let me know.
Cheers!
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Hmm looks interesting, added to read later list
im likeing it! Sould prove intresting
It needs some proofing. Some word choices are a little unusual, for example "You stop to pause for a minute". It would be better if you either stopped or paused. The ideas are fine but a little proofing would help a lot.
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Thanks for noticing that
Im off to bed right now but I will make changes tomorrow.
No way, I had an idea with that same picture in mind!
darnnit...lol o well i will read this later...
Edit: Yes this seems like it would be a good D'aww story, i like it i would love it if you were to continue this story.
More! :) plz
It is now off my read later list and on my fav list
cant wait for more
This interests me. Go on...
I can't help but think this would be the perfect theme for this story
Please continue..
More. Right now.
this is a very good fanfic.
and i would love it if you continued it
w-w-why would you say it was moving too fast? I enjoyed it before that ending of this chapter completely ruined it, congrats, instead of romance it should be sad... YOU MADE FLUTTERSHY CRY YOU MONSTER.
I'm sorry but i cannot enjoy this so long as the ending stays that way.
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Fear not, more is coming. I just need to get some free time to actually sit down and write. Things will be explained in the next chapter.
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there is justice in the world! i already thumbed up anyway, once fluttershy is cured of sadness i shall fav. until then, YOU MONSTER xD
Continue dammit! I can't leave her in tears like that!
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I will I promise! I just need to find the time to actually sit down and write
1437375 Well by all means, take your time.
I was just willing to continue the story myself if offered. I've never seen a romance story start off like that. It's unique, it just leaves a bad taste in one's mouth if that was it. 
Looking forward to more. won't say anything beyond that because it'd be a pot-meet-kettle kind of stuation. (I'm waaaaay behind on my current fic, and I have others brewing behind it.)
“I- mean, I didn’t- Oh my” She stuttered.