> Beauty & The Otaku > by Oldtakufanboy > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Meet Jake Bolton > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I came walking down the hallway to put away my books so I could head to lunch. As I got to my locker, I opened it up and saw the pictures of anime memes that I taped on there to make my day better. I chuckled at the sight of them and placed my backpack down and unzipped it. I reached into my bag and took out three heavy books that could be the death of me if I continue to walk around with these books with me any longer. I placed them at the bottom of my locker and shut my locker till I heard a 'click' meaning that it was locked. "Phew, I can finally move better now." I thought as I gave out a sigh of relief. I zipped up my backpack and placed the backpack over my shoulders and headed towards the cafeteria. As I headed closer to the cafeteria doors, someone came from the right side of me and pushed me down to the floor. As I collapsed, my glasses went right off my face and fell a few feet away from me. "What's the big idea?!" I said as I looked towards the source. The person-grabbed ahold of me by the collar and all I could see was the color of the persons skin. It was amber color with a pair of irises the color of cyan. I then looked towards the hair that had the mix of red and yellow. As my brain processed who this person was, I then finally figured out who it was. It was none other than Sunset Shimmer. "Watch where your going you anime crazed loser." she said to me as she pushed me down onto the floor. I was on my fours as I tried to reach my glasses. Before I could reach them, Sunset got ahold of them and held them up close to her face. "These look dirty. Let me help out with that." she said as I noticed a gob of spit shooting out of her mouth onto my glasses. She then threw them back at me, which smacked me right on my forehead. I grabbed them and used the edge of my shirt to wipe them off. "I'm not in the mood to bully you anymore. I'm starving. Bully ya later though." she said to me as she walked away. As I placed my now spit-free glasses on, I stood up and patted my clothes to get any dirt off of me. "What a bitch." I thought as I continued towards the cafeteria. As I sat down in the cafeteria eating my lunch on an empty table so that no one could bother me. I took out my phone and played the latest episode of One Punch Man. I love anime and manga so much. It seemed as if they were my only friends in the world. As sad as it is, I have a social anxiety disorder, which means I have problems communicating with other people (except for my mother). I'm always alone, sitting by myself in a area of the school where no one could irritate me. At times, I notice people staring at me and see them whispering to each other. I guess they are saying things like, "That guy always sits alone." or "Does this guy ever hang out with anyone?" Why don't they just mind their God damn business and get back to what's really important to them. The only person I could talk to is my mother, but not most of the time 'cause she's always on trips. I'm usually alone around the house. Luckily my mother still pays for the rent and would often send me money for whatever I need to live while she's gone. I'm so lonely. As I finish my episode, I sat up and threw away my lunch and sat back down on the same table where I waited for the bell to ring. As I sat there, I looked around the cafeteria and saw all of the couples that were in love. They were taking selfies together and do what ever couples normally do. I couldn't help but feel pain in my heart. "Will I eventually find the girl who would love me?" I thought as a tear came rolling down my cheek. I couldn't help but cover my face as I cried out of loneliness and despair. After crying for about five minutes, the bells have rung and everyone headed out of the cafeteria towards their next class. I looked up and wiped the tears from my face. I slowly got up and walk out of the cafeteria towards my 5th period class. "Well, at least school's almost over." I said to myself as I passed through the doors. School has finally ended and I headed out of the doors. As I walked passed the school statue, I heard a feminine voice call out. "Yoo-hoo! You there!! Sir with the glasses!" I turned around and saw a girl with purple hair waving to get my attention. It was none other than Rarity. I heard about her from passing students talking about how good her fashion designs are and that she also plays on the keytar with her friends. What would she want with me? I walked up to her while starting to quiver not knowing what she wanted from me. "Y-y-y-y-yes?" I stuttered as I came up to her without looking at her in the eye. "Could you help me out carrying these boxes into the school with me?" she said as she pointed towards her car. "WHYME?WHYME?WHYME?" was all I could think of. "S-s-sure." I replied. "Thank you, darling. Walk this way." She and I walked towards the back of the car. I was nervous about screwing up. What if I accidentally break something and she'll go all she-demon over me. I sure as hell don't want that to happen. By the time we reached to the car, she unlocked the back of the car and picked up one of the boxes. "Here you go, darling. Be careful it's a tad heavy." she said as she handed the box to me. I picked up the box and the weight of it felt as if she put a large rock in it. "G-g-got it." "All righty, darling. Follow me." she said as she headed back towards the school with me following. As we walked to the school, I was on the verge of running away. I was really starting to get scared if I dropped the box. I don't know much about her or what she's like, but from the looks of it, she seems like a nice person. "So darling, have you ever helped a girl or at least someone like this? Don't you have anyone to talk to? When ever I see you around the school, you always seem lonely." she said as she stopped at the top of the stairs near the school entrance waiting for me to catch up to her. I was freaking out on how to answer that question. I never get that question from anyone around the school. Not even my mother asks questions like that to me. "Come on, Jake. Say something. Anything." I thought. "N-n-n-n-not really. I don't r-r-really talk that much to other people." I replied as I made it up the stairs and helped her push the doors open. As I looked at Rarity's direction, she gave me a rather somewhat sorry face. It felt as if she really cares for me. "Do you have any friends?" she asked. "N-no." "Darling, if y-" "COULD WE PLEASE GET THESE BOXES IN?!?!" I snapped trying to get Rarity to stop asking these questions. Rarity stopped her babbling and walked through the doors looking rather surprised. I went in after her. As I followed her down the hall, I really felt bad for snapping at Rarity. "R-r-rarity?" "Yes?" "S-s-sorry for s-s-snapping." I couldn't look her in the eye. "No darling. It was my fault. I shouldn't have babbled on like that." Rarity turned right towards the room where I believe she and her friends go to practice. "Darling, could you open the door for me please?" "S-s-sure." As I tried slowly tried to put the box down, the box slipped out of my hands and all of the equipment that was within the box clattered all over the floor. Some broke into little of pieces. It was at this moment that I knew, that I fucked up. "Oh no!!" said Rarity as she placed her hands on her head. "I'MSORRY!I'MSORRY!I'MSORRY!" was all I could say as I fell to my knees. "That equipment costs a lot of money! How am I gonna tell the girls?! What am I to do?!" she said as she looked down at me with a fit of frustration. "Why…WHY CAN'T I DO ANYTHING RIGHT!!!" I shouted as I ran down the hall away from Rarity. "Darling, wait!!" said Rarity as she tried to catch up to me. "LEAVE ME ALONE! DON'T TALK TO ME!" I shouted as I ran out of the school and towards home with my hands covering my face. At home, I laid down on my bed face down crying my eyes out of my failure. I always screwed up. I can't cook, I can't talk to people, I can't even help a single person. I felt like a weakling. It was moments like these that make me want to commit suicide and not have to deal with the troubles around me. Of course I couldn't do that, 'cause I'm too much of a coward to do that. "Rarity must hate me. Why can't I do anything right." I said as I snuggled my face on my pillow. Fifteen minutes have passed and I was starting to feel so much better. I got up from my bed and walked down towards the kitchen where a slice of pizza is waiting for me in the fridge. After warming it up, I remembered that I needed to catch up on Parasyte. I then headed down to the living room where I sat down and flipped through recordings of Parasyte. I was right, I missed the latest episode. "Let's get started." I said as I pressed the play button. "Now that that's done, time to read the latest chapter of T-REX Na Kanojo." I sat up and grabbed my plate to put away in the dishwasher. After putting my plate away, I headed down the hall to my room where I switched my light on and turned on my Mac. Before I read, I went through my iTunes and played the song Fine On The Outside which was heard from the film When Marnie Was There. This song really reminds me of myself. Would someone out there cry if I die and would they remember my face? That question will be a mystery to me. I clicked onto Safari and went through my bookmakers for the website to where I usually read manga online. I looked on there and found out there wasn't a new chapter. "Shoot! And I really wanted a new chapter." I said to myself as I closed off the web and continued listening to the song. As the song ended I silently shut down my Mac and walked tony closet where I could change into my PJ's. I yanked out some sweatpants that have the symbol of the brand of sacrifice all over from top to bottom. After changing, I turned on my lamp and lay down on my bed while reaching the top of my drawer to grab ahold of the light novel Spice & Wolf. Spice & Wolf was the anime that made me what I am today. I love the characters, I love the plot, and I love the romance between Holo and Lawrence. "Why isn't there a season three of the anime yet? It needs another season." I said to myself as I opened up the book and continued where I left off yesterday. Thirty minutes have passed and I was starting to get tired. I looked towards my clock and said 9:30. Man does time fly by. I bookmarked the page to where I left off and placed it on top of my drawer. I then reached to my lamp and turn it off. I snuggled in my bed to get all warm and cozy. My bed felt really soft as I lay there staring up at the ceiling. As I lay down on my bed, I couldn't help but think of the song I heard earlier. "Would someone out there besides my mother cry if I die and would remember my face?" I slowly felt my eyes getting heavy and heavier as I was beginning to drift off to sleep. The next day, I walked down the path towards the school listening to a sad song that also fits myself. I gave out a sigh and looked around my phone to see if mom called me. As I looked, there were no new messages. "It would be nice to hear moms voice again." I said while looking towards the ground as I continued walking straight. As I walked up to the school, the bell rang so suddenly. "Huh?" I said as I took out my phone and looked at the time. " 7:55?! Damn it! I must have left home later than usual." I thought as I ran blindly towards the school. As I ran up to the school, I heard the footsteps of someone running behind me. As I turned my head to see who it was, I connected heads with the person and somehow papers were fluttering all over me. "Ugh, who hit me? And where are all of these papers coming from?" I said as I grab ahold of one of the papers and rubbed my head to clear away the pain. As I looked at the paper, it had a paw print on the top right corner. At the top of the paper, it said, " Canterlot Animal Shelter Needs Your Help." "Are these pamphlets for an animal shelter? Who would do that?" I said to myself. "Ow, my head." said a soft feminine voice in pain. "What's the big id-" I was cutoff at the sight of the person who bumped into me. In front of me was a pink haired girl with the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. Her eyes were like the color of the sea. She wore a tank top with a skirt that had three butterflies stitched onto it. She even had a hairpin that looked like a butterfly. She was beautiful. She looked at me with surprise and covered her mouth out of shock. "Oh my gosh! Are you ok?" she asked me as she reached her hand towards the bump on my head. "Oh...Uh, y-y-yes. A bit hurt from the collision." I said as I backed up and rubbed the bump on my head. "Are you sure?" she asked. "I'll b-b-be fine. Hakuna Matata." "Hehehehehe. What a funny word." she said as she giggled again. "Hehehehe. I guess it is f-f-funny." I replied while joining in on her giggling. "Oh my gosh, now's not the time to giggle. Could you help me pick these up?" she said as she grabbed the pamphlets one by one. "Sure." I said as I grabbed Ahold of a pamphlet one-by-one. While picking them up, I looked up at the girl. She looked like an angel that came down from heaven to be by my side. "I've never seen anyone so beautiful and cute around here. I guess I don't pay that much attention to the people around the school or even around me." I thought as I looked back down at the ground picking up the pamphlets. After picking up the pamphlets. I handed them back to the girl. "Thank you, um..." she said as she got up. "Jake." I replied as I did the same by standing up. "Thank you, Jake." she said as she gave me a little smile. My heart began to beat quickly and my face was starting to sweat at the moment she gave me that smile. "Go on. Say 'your welcome'." I thought. "Y-y-your welcome." I replied as I began to blush. "Also would you mind taking one of these?" she asked as she handed me one of the pamphlets. I stood there, not knowing what to say. "Come on, man! Say something to this cute girl." I thought. "S-s-sure. I w-wouldn't mind. D-d-do you give these out often?" I asked nervously as i grabbed ahold of the pamphlet she held out for me. "I hand these out every Wednesday. The Canterlot Animal Shelter needs volunteers and I help spread the word about it." "D-d-do you work there?" I asked. "Of course. I always help an animal in need. Are you interested in volunteering?" "W-w-well, I uh-" I was caught off as the tardy bell ran. "Oh my gosh! We're late! See you then, Jake." she said as she ran up the stairs towards the school entrance. "See you, then." I replied though I didn't project it loud enough for her to hear me. My heart has stopped beating quickly and I whipped off the cold sweat off of my head. "Why is my heart beating so quickly? Well, I'll have to think about that later. I'm tardy to the party!" I thought as I ran up the stairs towards the office for a tardy pass. > Making Friends > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I sat down at the empty lunch table and observed the pamphlet the pink-haired girl from this morning gave me while taking a bite of my apple. As I read it, the girl from this morning was on my mind. She sure was a cutie. I'm surprised that I have feelings for her, and yet I don't even know her or her name. "I should've gotten that girls' name." I thought to myself as I read the last paragraph. Before I could finish up the final sentence, the pamphlet was yanked out of my hands. I looked to whoever took it and it turned out to be Sunset Shimmer. She looked at it for a couple of seconds then back to me. "Volunteers for the animal shelter, huh? Let me guess, you got this from Fluttershy, didn't you?" she said as she looked down at me with an evil grin. "Who?" I asked giving her a cocked eyebrow. "You idiot! Fluttershy! She's the girl with the pink hair and she hands these out every Wednesday." she retorted as she smacked me behind my head. "So her name's Fluttershy." I thought. "Why did you get one of these anyway?" she asked as she lifts my head up by my hair. "I-i-i-i don't know. I t-t-thought it would be nice." I said. "You couldn't do it. By the time you enter that place and ask for the job, you'll puss out immediately and run home to mommy." she said as she let go of my head. "Go away." I said softly "What was that, loser? I couldn't hear ya?" said Sunset as she cupped her ear close to me. "I SAID,'GO AWAY'!!!!" I shouted out of anger. Everyone in the cafeteria stared at me, including Sunset Shimmer. "WHY DON'T YOU GO BUG SOMEONE ELSE, YOU SKANK!!" Everyone gasped as they looked at me knowing that I've screwed up. I did. Sunset looked at me with fury in her eyes and raised her right arm. "YOU LITTLE SHIT!!" said Sunset as she slapped me across the left side of my face, which made me collapsed to the floor along with my glasses flying away to the right. I fell with a thud. I slowly got back up, but was stopped by Sunset's boot that slammed onto my right shoulder. "Aghhh!" I yelled out of pain. "Listen up, you little shit. If you ever call me anything again, I'll make you suffer. Got it?" she said as she rammed her boot harder against my shoulder. "Y-Y-Y-YES! I WON'T DO IT AGAIN! I SWEAR!" I cried out of pain. "You better." she said as she took her boot off of me. I lay there on the ground terrified. I quivered out of fear and waited for Sunset to leave, but instead, as I turned my head, she grabbed ahold of my orange juice and spilled it all over my face. "See ya, loser." she said as she threw the juice carton at my face and walked off. "God, I hate her. I hope she burns in hell." I thought as I crawled over to get my glasses. As I placed them on my face, I looked to my right and some people were still staring at me. I was on the verge to running out of this school, but I couldn't do that. Instead I put my backpack in front of myself so that I can hide my face from everyone's gaze. I then got my phone and ear buds out and blasted out some music so that I wouldn't hear about my humiliation. As I stood there out of possibly humiliation from what Sunset Shimmer did to me, I felt a hand on my left shoulder and immediately made me jolt out of my seat. As I looked to who it was, it was the girl I met this morning holding out napkins for me. I took my ear buds out and stared back at everyone else who was busy possibly talking about whatever. I then looked back at Fluttershy. "W-w-what do you want?" I asked. She stretched out her arm with napkin at hand towards my head. "Hey! W-w-what are you d-" I was cutoff as she softly pressed the napkin on my face and slowly wiped away the juice that was on my face. I locked eyes with Fluttershy's as she continued wiping my face with the napkins that she had in her other hand. "What a meanie she is. I'm so sorry that you were hurt by her." she said as she gave me a sad expression. My heart was beating quickly again. I didn't know what to say. No one was this nice to me. "T-t-thank you." I said while I began to blush. "You're welcome." she replied as she gave me a faint smile. I can't believe that this girl cares about me. I haven't been this cared for in such a long time. I then began to tear up and cover my face to not let Fluttershy seeing me like this. As I cried, I felt her left arm wrapped around my back and grabbing ahold of my head with her other arm and letting my head rest on her chest. I then felt her head rest on top of mine. "Don't worry. You're safe now. Go ahead. It's ok to let it out." she said as she rubbed the back of my head tenderly. I felt tears coming out of my eyes again and began to sob on her chest as she hugged me tighter as a mother would do for her child during a tough situation. After sobbing for about five minutes, I was beginning to feel better and the both of us stood back up. "Are you feeling any better?" she asked. "I-i-i feel better, I guess." I replied. "That's good to hear." she said giving me a smile that made my heart beat rapidly. "U-u-um, is your name 'Fluttershy' b-b-by any chance?" "Yes. Who told you that?" "Sunset Shimmer told me about you. She seems to know you." "Don't worry about her. As long as I'm with you, she won't bully you." she said to me in a protective manner. "I guess I was right about what I said this morning about her. She really is an angel that came to my side." I thought. "Y-y-you're so sweet." I said, as I blushed harder than ever. Fluttershy looked at me with surprise, then looked away blushing. "Thank you." she said softly. There was a bit of silence and then Fluttershy looked back at me. "I was thinking, would you like to hang out with me and my friends? You know, I've notice that you always sit here alone and watch things on your phone. Yesterday, I noticed you crying about something? What's wrong? You can tell me." she said as she placed her right hand on my left shoulder. "W-w-w-well…. I'm just lonely." I said looking down at the floor. Fluttershy removes her hand off my shoulder and looked at a different direction. I looked towards where she was staring and saw her friends waving at her to get her attention to sit with them. "Why don't you hang out with me and my friends? We have room for more on our table." she asked me as she turned her head towards me. "I've never been asked to sit with a group of people before. I hope I don't embarrass myself in front of them." I thought. "S-s-sure. I guess." I said while looking at Fluttershy in the eye. "Oh, good." she said as she grabbed me by the hand and pulled me along with her. My God her hands were soft. My heart was beating quickly again as my face was getting redder than ever. "Are y-" Fluttershy was cutoff possibly because she saw how red my face was. This was starting to remind me of a certain scene from the Monster Musume manga when Kimihito held onto Centorea's hand and she was blushing. I was having that exact same moment with Fluttershy holding onto my hand. "Oh, um. Sorry." she said as she let go of my hand making a little blush. "Oh, no. N-n-nothing's wrong." I said as I waved my hand back and forth. We walked closer to the table and her friends waved at her and me. I waved back shyly without looking at them. She sat down near Rarity and then she looked back up at me. "Here, sit down." she said as she patted at the empty space where I could sit. I slowly sat down and looked down at her friends. I especially looked over to Rarity who was looking rather sad for me. She then stood up and placed a hand on my right shoulder. I jumped not knowing what she was going to say to me. I bet she's still angry about what I did yesterday. "Darling about yesterday." The moment she said that, I could tell this could end badly. I began to sweat a lot like something out of a basketball manga. "Don't worry. Accidents happen." she said as she let go of my shoulder. "So she isn't angry at me? I thought she was gonna go ORA!ORA!ORA!ORA! on me." "Yeah. hehehe. Accidents happen." I said to her. "Also, sorry for not having to introduce myself to you when we met, my name's Rarity." she said as she patted my shoulder and headed back down to where she sat before. "Name's Applejack." said the girl with a cowgirl hat. "The name's Rainbow Dash, but you can call me Dash for short." said the girl with multicolor hair. "Pinkie!" said the pink poofy-haired girl as she waved her hand at me rapidly. I slowly lifted my hand up while quivering. "N-n-n-nice to meet you girls. M-m-m-my name's Jake." I replied looking a bit pale. "Oh God. I hope I don't embarrass myself again." I thought as I began to sweat. "So Fluttershy, how did you meet him?" asked Rarity. "We bumped into each other this morning and all of my pamphlets went flying. He was nice enough to help me pick them up and taught me a funny phrase called, 'Hakuna Matata'." said Fluttershy as she giggled over the phrase. "'Hakuna Matata'? What's that?" asked Rainbow Dash as she looked at my direction. All of the girls stared at me waiting for an answer. "W-w-well, it means -" "OH! I KNOW!" shouted Pinkie out of excitement cutting me off. "What is it, Pinkie?" asked Applejack. "It means,'no worries'. I heard it from The Lion King." "Oh, The Lion King. I haven't seen that movie in a long time." said Rainbow Dash. "I love that movie!" said Rarity. "Now that's an animated classic." said Applejack. "I'm sorry but, what is The Lion King?" asked Fluttershy. The girls and I looked at Fluttershy out of surprise without blinking once. "Fluttershy, you don't know what The Lion King is? You love animals and yet you've never seen The Lion King? I might as well give you a little synopsis of what the film is about, darling." While the girls distract Fluttershy about what the film is about, I might as well sneak out my iPhone and continue watching the top best Naruto openings. While getting to 2nd best Naruto opening, I noticed a shadow coming from behind me. I slowly turned around and saw Pinkie's head near my left shoulder looking down on my iPhone screen. "What are ya whatchin'?" she asked with a smile. "O-o-oh, these are t-t-the best openings of Naruto." I replied without looking at her. "Ahhhhh, so you're an anime fan. Aren't you?" she said. "Y-y-yeah. W-w-what about it?" I asked as I began to shake. "I feel as if she's gonna bully me like Sunset would. I hope she doesn't called me a 'looser'." I thought. "Oh, it's nothing. I wouldn't care if you were a guy that was into anime girls rather than real girls." she said while giving me a big smile. "Hehehehehe, yeah. If I was like that." I laughed sarcastically. "HOW DID THIS GIRL KNOW THAT?!?!" I screamed internally. Pinkie went back to her seat as the girls sound like they were finishing up about the just of the film. "My gosh, it sounds interesting." said Fluttershy. "It's worth the watching, Fluttershy." said Rarity. "Oh yeah, also, hey, Jake. Sorry about what Sunset did to you over there." said Ranbow Dash. "Sugarcube, don't worry. We've also been bullied by her." said Applejack. "You guys too?" I asked giving them a cocked eyebrow. "Yes, darling. You aren't the only one being bullied by her. She's been like this the moment she came to this school." said Rarity. "Jake, you are not alone." said Fluttershy as she placed a hand on my shoulder. "T-t-thanks. I feel m-much better." I said. "Why don't you smile?" said Pinkie. "S-s-smile?" "You should feel happy knowing that got us by your side." said Pinkie as she hopped over to me. "Yeah sugarcube. A friend of Fluttershy is a friend of ours." joined in Applejack. "Y-y-you guys wanna be my f-f-friends?" "Sure we do. You seem like a cool guy." said Rainbow Dash. "So smile for us. You can't be with us unless you smile." said Pinkie as she grabbed ahold of my mouth to make it look like I'm smiling. I could help but try my best to smile in front of these girls. I gave it all I got and started doing something that I may regret doing. "Derishishishishishi!!" I laughed out loud. I looked over to the girls that had a rather confused look on their faces, except for Pinkie. She looked as if she was gonna burst out laughing. "What the heck kind of laugh is that?" said Rainbow Dash. "I d-d-d-did the laugh of Jaguar D. Saul from One Piece. H-h-he had a laugh that always m-m-makes me smile. It was one of my favorite laughs out there. Y-you know what, being with you guys reminds me of a quote from him. I-i-it goes,' There is nothing more ridiculous than being born in this world to be alone. Someday you will meet brave friends who will protect you. Go and live with them.'" I then began to cry tears of joy knowing that I now had friends who would protect me. I felt Fluttershy wrapping her right arm around me. I looked over to her and she looked as if she was snuggling with me. My heart was pounding again. I looked towards the directions of the other girls who were enjoying the tender moment. Rairty looked as if she was gonna burst tears out of her eyes, Pinkie stood there covering her mouth knowing that she was gonna cry, Rainbow Dash tried her best not to cry, and Applejack stood there smiling. After being in an embrace for a minute, Fluttershy let goes of me and pats my back. "Don't worry. We're friends to the end." she said with a smile. "You swear?" I asked. "We Pinkie Pie Swear. Cross out hearts and hope to fly, stick a cupcake on our eyes." said Pinkie Pie. I gave them a smile and another one of Jaguar D. Saul's laughs. "Derishishishishi." I laughed. "Derishishishishi." laughed the girls along with me. As I noticed everyone around us, they all looked at us with smiles on their faces. I bet they think we're funny doing this, but right out of nowhere, everyone in the cafeteria went: "DERISHISHISHISHISHI!!" "Hehehe. I just thought of another quote from Jaguar D. Saul,' When you have a hard time, just laugh'." I thought as I made another laugh. As everyone laughed for five for minutes with my new friends and me, the bell rings. Everyone got up and through away their lunches and headed to class. "Well, looks like lunch is over. Well, see you around, Jake." said Fluttershy as she got up and walked out the cafeteria doors. "See ya, Sugarcube." said Applejack as she walked away. "See you soon, darling." said Rarity as she ruffled around with my hair and walked away. "See ya." said Ranbow Dash. "Bye, Jakie! It was fun laughing with you." said Pinkie as she stormed out the cafeteria. I was the only one left to leave the cafeteria. I got up and placed my backpack straps over my shoulders and walked towards the door. Before I left, I looked back at the cafeteria with a smile on my face. "You know, today's been my best day at school ever." I said to my self as I left the cafeteria heading towards my next class. The final bells have rung and I went through the doors of the school entrance. As I walked down the sidewalk, I then heard a honk coming from behind me. As I turned around, I notice a hand waving to get my attention. "Who would want to offer me a ride?" I thought as the car pulled up close to me. As the car came to complete stop, the window closes down and it turns out to be Rarity on the drivers seat and Rainbow Dash is on the seat next to her. "Hey, Jake! Wanna lift?" said Rainbow Dash. "I g-guess so. Why not." I said as the door behind Dash opened up to reveal Pinkie, Applejack, and Fluttershy waving at me. The girls squished into each other trying to make room for me. "You know, these girls are the sweetest." I thought as I entered the vehicle and shut the door. We drove around the neighborhood as one by one of the girls left the vehicle to their homes. All that was left was Fluttershy, Rarity, and I. "So Jake, where do you live?" asked Rarity. "Just a few blocks down here." I said as I pointed up ahead. We drove for about two minutes and then I told her to stop. We came to a complete as they looked at my house and house nice it looked. "So this is where you live. I have to say, this looks like a cute house." said Rarity. "Thanks." I said. "Looks like your folks aren't here." said Fluttershy. "My mother usually isn't." I said while looking back at Fluttershy and Rarity that were quite surprised. "Then how are you living here? Do you have the money to live here? Where do you work? Darling, tell us. We're your friends" asked Rarity. "Well, w-w-while my mother is away, she does pay for the rent and sometimes send me money for groceries. I usually warm me up something from a can or eat whatever I have around the house. I can't cook. Whenever I do, I always end up screwing things up." "Do you have a job?" asked Fluttershy. "B-b-because of my s-social anxiety, I'm t-t-to scared to do that." I replied. "You know what darling, I'll be back here at this spot tonight around 7 and we're gonna give you the best dinner you've had in a long time." said Rarity as me and Fluttershy looked back at her with our mouths gapping wide open. "WHAT?!" shouted both me and Fluttershy. "That's right darling, me and the girls will come here at 7 O'clock to make you a special dinner in honor of becoming our new friend." A dinner? For me? I haven't had any good cooking in such a long time. Plus, this is also a special dinner. "S-s-sure. I'll be w-w-waiting for you girls tonight." I said with a nervous smile. "Ok, darling, see you tonight with the other girls. bye." said Rarity. "See you, tonight." said Fluttershy waving at me. "See you girls tonight." I replied as I opened up the door and walked towards my house. I looked back and waved to the girls as they waved back and drove off. I turned around and entered my quiet home. As I headed towards the kitchen, I smiled bigger than I had in a long time. "I'M GONNA HAVE SOME DINNER MADE BY MY NEW FRIENDS!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs out of pure happiness. "First things first, I need to wear something spiffy." I said to myself as I looked down at my school clothes. "Good thing I have an issue of 'Long, Tan, & Handsome'." I said as I grabbed ahold of the magazine and looked through it. > Dinner Party > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was 6:25, the girls would be here by 7. I got up from sitting on the couch, turned the TV off, and headed down the hall towards the bathroom. I first wanted to clean my teeth. I got my toothbrush and some toothpaste and began brushing my teeth from top to bottom. After rising out, I then went for my shaver. I was starting to get hairy on my face. I got ahold of the shaver and began buzzing down my face. After that, I had one more thing to do, make my hair look slick. I grabbed my brush and the spray bottle and started combing my hair back. (I don't know why, but I always liked my hair slicked back. I thought it looks cooler that way.) "And for the final touch, a dap of hair gel." I said to myself as I started rubbing the jell all over my hair and slicked it back again with the comb. I then looked at myself in the mirror and went all Johnny Bravo. "Studdly." I said as I pointed to my reflection. After giving out a couple of poses, I walked out of the bathroom and headed to my room to put on some something spiffy. As I looked around my closet, I found a tuxedo my mother got me a few months ago for this sort of occasion. I'll have to thank mom for that when she gets back soon. I got ahold of it and looked at it and it seems like it could fit. I looked at the mirror in the bathroom and wow, I felt like a new man. It felt like I was gonna laid tonight. I know I'm not gonna get any, I just met these girls. I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they see me. I looked over to my clock. It was 6:43. I still had enough time to prepare the house for their rival. I walked out of my room and headed towards the kitchen where I grabbed some cleaning utensils and started cleaning up the table. After cleaning the table, I grabbed ahold of some candles and placed three candles in the middle of the table and lit them up. "Whoa, I feel like I'm setting up a lovely dinner for my girlfriend." I said to myself as I thought of what the girls would react when they see this. "I hope this doesn't look too lovely." I thought. I then grabbed ahold of my iPhone and placed it onto my iPhone dock where I can blast out some soft music to fit the mood. I switched it over the classical music and played Night on Bald Mountain. I remember hearing it from Disney's Fantasia. Lovely film. I then walked back into the kitchen counter where I grabbed ahold of my behelit necklace I got from my grandfather a few years ago for my birthday. To me, the behelit was like a good luck charm to me. I threw it over my neck and watched it dangle a couple of times. "Please make this night worth it." I said to my behelit as I clenched it with my right hand. I looked at the clock on the stove. 7 O'clock. The girls should be here at any moment now. I rushed to the door and brushed off some dust off of myself and straightened out my collar. "I hope I don't screw this up." I thought as I gulped sharply. I then heard a knock at my door. It seems they have arrived. I gave out a sign and walked up to the door and clenched down on the doorknob. "It is time." I said to myself as I twist the doorknob. As I slowly opened the door, I saw the girls wearing dresses as if this was prom night. Rarity wore a sparkling blue dress with white boots that had two diamonds on them, Pinkie wore a pink dress that had stitches of balloons on the sides while wearing a tiny little hat on her head, Applejack wore her cowgirl hat along with a dress that had stitched apples at the bottom that went all around, Dash wore a dress that looked like a rainbow, and last but not least, Fluttershy wore a light blue and yellow dress with boots that also had two stitched butterflies on them. These ladies look beautiful tonight. Besides the dresses, Applejack was carrying bottles of apple drinks, Pinkie carried a bag that looked like there was baking stuff within it, Dash was holding onto a tray that was steaming a bit, and Fluttershy was holding onto a tray that had a strong scent that I could smell it from a few feet away. "My goodness, Jake. You look handsome for this fine night." said Rarity as she held out her hand. "Think of something gentlemanly. Try to act like Jojo when he tried to be a gentleman if front of Erina." I thought as a bead of sweat came down my head. "A-and you ladies are l-l-looking lovely tonight." I said as I grabbed ahold of Rarity's hand and kissed it. "My, darling. You sure are gentleman when it comes to the ladies." said Rarity. "Nailed it!" I thought as I opened the door all the way. "Come on in." I said as I greeted them in. The girls entered my house and looked around with surprise. I then got my eyes fixated on Fluttershy. She looks beautiful in a dress. I wonder if her cooking is great. "My God. I have girls at my house and they already like the interior of the house. Things are going better than I thought." I thought as I made my way to the girls and showed them around the living room. "My darling, I didn't know you play the piano." said Rarity out of astonishment. "W-w-why yes I do. I have been practicing on it when ever I have the chance." "After dinner, could you show us what you can do?" asked Rarity as all of the girls stared at me with curiosity if I would accept the offer. "S-sure. I know how to do a song." I replied. "Splendid." said Rarity as she clasped her hands. "Cool." said Dash. "I'm in." said Applejack. "Yippie!" said Pinkie as she made a jump out of excitement. "I bet it would be lovely." said Fluttershy while rubbing her arm. My heart was beating again by what Fluttershy said. "Wow, they'd really like to hear me? They will be the first people to witness my piano skills." I thought. "If you ladies c-could, step into my kitchen and l-let me see what you've got in store for m-m-me." I said as I lead them towards the kitchen. "Oh my God, I hope I didn't sound sexist." I thought as a bead of sweat came down my face. As we entered the dining room, they were surprised to see how extravagant the table looked, along with the classical music playing in the background. I bet they think it looked too romantic. The girls placed their things onto the table. Applejack and Pinkie dropped theirs off on the counter and head back towards the table. I noticed Rarity looking around the dark backyard through the sliding windows and then back at the table. She seemed to enjoy looking throughout the house. The girls sat down on the chairs and looked towards me. "Sit right next to Fluttershy, darling. Tonight is the night you get some home cooking." said Rarity as she pointed to the empty chair next to Fluttershy. I obeyed and sat down next to Fluttershy with a small blush on my face. I looked at the girls that were looking at me with smiles on their faces. "Oh, Applejack. Could you go get the apple drinks and serve everyone here?" asked Rarity. "No problem." said Applejack as she stood up and got ahold of the one of the bottles. Applejack gave us one by one a bottle of apple drinks that I believe are made by her family. "Here you go, sugarcube." said Applejack as she handed me a bottle. "Thank you." I said as I grabbed ahold of the bottle and twist the top open. "Before we make a toast, let's show our new friend Jake, what we have for dinner. Fluttershy, show what you've made for him." said Rarity as she pointed at Fluttershy's tray. "O-o-ok." said Fluttershy as she stood up and reached her hand over to take off the top of the tray. From within the tray was a full thing of shrimp scampi. My mouth was starting to water over the sight of Fluttershy' cooking. "Now yours, Dashie." said Rarity as she pointed at her. Dash stood up and opened up her tray to reveal a bowl of steaming garlic bread. "Shrimp scampi and garlic bread?!?! These girls know exactly what I like." I thought out of glee. "Wow! These dishes look delicious." I said as my mouth was seriously beginning to water. "Jake, a toast, for-" before Rarity could finish, the song distant lover was playing on the speakers of my iPhone dock. All of the girls looked with surprise and then back at me. I got up out of my seat. "Sorry about that. I'll go change the music." I said as I rushed over to my iPhone dock and changed it to more classical music. "Marvin Gaye is never a good choice to play around these girls. With that kind of music, I feel like I'm starting up an orgy with these girls. My mother always said to me that the ladies couldn't resist Marvin Gaye's music." I thought as I walked back down to my seat and sat back down. "As I was saying before. A toast to you Jake, for being our new friend." said Rarity as she and the girls raised their glasses and took a sip. I did it after them and placed my drink to my left. "Go on, darling. Dig in. I hope you like their cooking. I didn't have enough time to make mine, but at least you get something from these girls." said Rarity as she rested her head on her hands waiting for me to eat. Fluttershy scotched her tray and grabbed he ladle and poured me some of her shrimp scampi. It smells so great. I haven't had shrimp scampi for three years. Dash brought her tray close to me and grabbed a piece of garlic bread with her tongs and placed it on my plate next to Fluttershy's shrimp scampi. It looked so good, but something was missing. Where was pinkie's dish? "U-u-um, Pinkie. Where's your dish?" "That's something special I'll make for you after dinner." she said with a smile on her face. I could help but smile back at her. "Well, might as well start eating." I said as I stirred the shrimp scampi around my fork. I took a bite out of it. Oh my God. It was so delicious I couldn't help but ahead a tear by how good it was. I was like that scene from Kill La Kill when Mako was eating. The girls looked rather surprised as I stared back at them. "Is there something wrong, Jake?" asked Fluttershy. "N-no…It's…Delicious." I said as I whipped my face. The girls looked back at me smiling. "Go on, everyone. Please dig in." said Rarity as she held up her bottle of her apple drink. Everyone started to get ahold of the bread and the shrimp scampi and we all gorged on the cooking. We all gorged in on the food till there was none left. "Girls, I have to say, this was the best dinner I've had in such a long time. And for that, I thank you." I said as I whipped my mouth with a napkin. "I'm glad you liked it, darling. It was out pleasure." said Rarity. "Your welcome." said Fluttershy. "No prob, sugarcube." said Applejack as she tipped her hat. "Sure thing, Jake." said Dash as she gave me a wink. "It was our pleasure." said Pinkie as she gave me a big grin. "So, what now?" I asked. "Would you mind playing us a song that you didn't mind letting us hear?" said Rarity. "Why certainly. First things first, would you ladies wait in the living room while I clean your plates?" I said as I grabbed ahold of my plate. "Certainly, darling. Come on girls, let's head to the living room." said Rarity as she and the other stood up. "Actually Rarity, I'll be here helping Jake." said Fluttershy as she grabbed ahold of her plate. "As you wish." said Rarity as she and the girls left the dining room and made themselves comfortable in the living room. The only people that were left in the dining room were Fluttershy and me picking up the plates and cleaning the dishes in the kitchen. While cleaning up the plates, I really wanted to tell Fluttershy how good her cooking was tonight. "Go on, Jake. Tell her how good her food was." I thought. "U-u-um, Fluttershy?" I asked with a blush. "Yes?" she said as she turned her head towards me. My heart was beating fast again. Seriously, every time she looks at me or even talks to me, it feels like my heart is gonna burst out of my chest. Could it be? Am I…in love? "Y-y-you're dish. It was the best thing I've eaten tonight. You're a really good cook." I said as I noticed a little blush on Fluttershy's face. "T-t-thanks, Jake. It was a pleasure." she said as she went back to the dishes. "She's so cute when she blushes." I thought as I continued doing the dishes along with her. Fluttershy and me headed towards the living room after putting away the dishes and turning off the music on my iPhone, where the girls sat on the couch waiting for Fluttershy and I to finish the dishes. "You ready, darling? To show us what you can do?" asked Rarity as she walked up to my side and patted my back. "S-sure. I'm just-" I was cutoff as Pinkie grabbed ahold of my behelit and observed it. "What's this weird necklace you're wearing? It's been buggin' me ever since we arrived." said Pinkie as she let go of it. "It's the behelit that my grandfather gave me for my birthday a few years ago. It's from an anime series that I wouldn't recommend you ladies watching called Berserk." "It looks so weird." said Rarity. "I've never seen anything like that." said Applejack. "It looks cool to me." said Dash. "It's giving me the willies." said Fluttershy. I grabbed ahold of the behelit and shoved it down my tux so that it wouldn't bother the girls. "I usually wear this at times, 'cause it gives me good luck." I said. "Interesting." said Pinkie. "Well, enough talk. Ladies, I advise you to sit down on the couch and prepare to listen what I have in store for you." I said as I walked over to the piano and sat down on the stool. The girls sat down comfortably looking excited to see what I have in store for them. I placed the music sheet in front of me. This piece was from a lullaby played by a doll named Lala. The part where Lala died made me tear up the most. She sang till she stopped working. (Seriously, that scene made me shed tears). I found the sheet music online and had to do this. I snapped my fingers and started playing. As I finished, I looked towards the girls who look like they were about to cry. Rarity stood up and started clapping. The girls did the same as they sniffled one by one. "That was divine, darling." said Rarity as she pulled a handkerchief out of her dress pocket and blew her nose. "It was amazin'." said Applejack. "It was great." said Dash. "Amazing." said Pinkie. "That was a really beautiful, but sad song." said Fluttershy. "I'm glad you ladies loved it." I said as I gave them a gentlemanly bow. "Where's that piece from, sugarcube?" asked Applejack. "Well, it was from an anime called D. Gray Man. The song was sung by a doll named 'Lala' who died after Guzo passed away." I replied. "It must have been a sad scene, darling." said Rarity. "Indeed it was." I replied. "You know what. After this sad song, I'm in the mood for desert. Anybody still got enough room left for desert?" asked Pinkie. "We sure do." said all the girls. "Jakie, you in?" asked Pinkie. "Oh why not. I'm in." I said. "You guys do whatever. I'll be in here making something yummy." said Pinkie as she stormed into the kitchen. "S-s-so…what do you ladies want to do? I have movies." I said as I pointed towards the closet near the TV wear the DVD's and games are in. "Let us see what you have." said Rarity. "Oh boy, I hope the girls don't find my collection weird." I thought. "Wait a minute, Jake." said Dash trying to get my attention. "Y-yes?" I said. "Do you have The Lion King in there? Remember earlier today that we were talking about it and Fluttershy here hasn't seen or heard of it." "Oh, indeed I do." I said as I opened up the closet and revealed a huge ton of cases of DVD's and some games. I turned around and the girls looked pretty surprised to see all of the movies I had. I had a lot of anime like Chobits, Devilman, Video Girl Ai, Record of Lodoss War, etc. (I especially love the classics. No one never talks about the classics that much. Now a days, it's all about the mainstream anime). As for the non-anime stuff, I had different genres (mostly fantasy, Scifi, horror, and animation). As I looked around the animation genre, found it. I was lucky to have the movie on blu ray. (I have my movies separated by genre). As I closed the door, I switched the TV on and switched the channel settings to the blu ray players and placed the disc in. I then head back towards the girls and sat down on the chair close to the couch with the control at hand to get to the film. As I skipped the previews, the movie menu appears and I pressed play. The movie began and I looked over to the girls that looked rather excited to see it again. The film starts with obviously the circle of life. When the title of the film appears, I looked over to Fluttershy with her mouth gaping wide open out of pure surprise and excitement. "Looks like she really likes the movie." I thought as I turned my head towards the movie. As we got done wish be prepared, Pinkie bursts in with a messy powdery face and smiles. "It's ready!" said Pinkie as I paused the movie and me and the girls headed towards the dining room. As we got in, I was surprised by the deliciousness Pinkie had in store for the girls and me. On the table was a bunch of sugar cookies that looked pink with red and white sprinkles. I have a craving for sugar cookies. They are my most favorite type of cookie. Looking back at Pinkie, I don't know why, but looking at her delicious treats remind me of the english theme of Candy Candy. "She's a girl, who brings so much, so much of sweet things to eat. She'll bake you cookies, as well as pancakes. She cooks marshmallows in cold hard winters. She makes juice in warm summers. Spell her name 'Candy'." I sung in my head. "Go ahead everybody. Eat to your hearts content." said Pinkie as she took off her cooking hat and sat down on a chair and started eating. The girls and I sat down and started taking bite after bite after bite. I have to admit that her cookies were absolutely delicious. I haven't had these kinds of cookies in a while. "Man, I'm full." I said as I kicked back in my chair. The girls sat on their chairs satisfied from what they've eaten. I then stood up from my seat and gave a bow for Pinkie. "Pinkie, those cookies were superb." I said as I stood back up. "Your welcome." said Pinkie giving me a large smile. "Ok ladies, would you like to watch the rest of the film?" I said as I clasped my hands. "Sure. Come girls." said Rarity as she and the girls headed towards the living room. "I'll be there in a bit." I said as I grabbed ahold of my plate. "Hey Jakie. Would you mind if I do the cleaning? You've been busy being really nice and all, but could I do the honor this time?" said Pinkie. "Y-you really do that for me?" "Sure." said Pinkie as she grabbed ahold of my plate and started picking up the other plates. "Thanks pinkie." I said to Pinkie as I walked into the living room where the girls sat on the couch and continued where we left off. As the movie ended, the girls clapped away. "Feels good to see this film again." said Dash as she got up from the couch and stretched out her arms. "Still love the movie." said Rarity. "Still an animated classic that is one of the best in my book." said Applejack. "That was fun." said Pinkie. "How did you think it was, Fluttershy?" I asked as I turned my head towards her. "It…was an amazing story." said Fluttershy with amusement in her eyes. "Glad you liked it." Rarity gave out a stretched and took out her phone. "My goodness it's 10:40 already? Time sure does fly by. Say darling, would you mind if we had a sleep over here? We have our PJ's and sleeping bags if we ended up staying here longer than we thought." said Rarity as she rubbed her eyes. My face went pale. "Oh my God. Now they want to sleep over? I hope by the time they leave here in the morning, no one sees these many girls leaving the house. They might think I'm some kind of player like Tsukune Aono. Try to stay calm." I thought. "S-s-sure. What ever makes you girls comfortable. Make yourselves comfortable. My house is your house." I said as my face went back to normal. "That's sweet of you, darling. Come on girls, let us get our things." "WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SLUMBER PARTY HERE?!?!" shouted Pinkie as she rushed out of the door and back in a flash with her PJ's and sleeping bag. "Ready" said Pinkie as she gave out another big grin. The girls and me stared at her with surprise. "What?" said Pinkie confused. "Anyway, come on girls. Let us get our things." said Rarity as she and the other walked to the car to get their things. The girls came back with their PJ's and sleeping bags between their arms and dropped their sleeping bags in the living room floor. "Do you know where we could change, darling? A bathroom perhaps." said Rarity as she came to me. "S-sure. Right this way." I said as I lead them to the bathroom. "There it is." I said as I pointed out the bathroom door. "Thank you. I'll go first." said Rarity as she entered the bathroom. "You girls do your thing. I'll go change as well." I said as I walked to my room and locked the door. "Let me see what I can wear tonight." I said as I took of my tux and looked through my closet. I then had an idea of what to wear. By the time I got back out, the girls were standing in the hallway waiting for me. They then stared at my PJ bottoms that had pikachus on them. "Awwww, your PJ's look so cute. I wanna get me a pair of those to take home with me." said Fluttershy as she went all Rena Ryugu over how cute my PJ bottoms were. "T-t-thanks." I said as I looked away blushing. As I looked back at the girls, they looked like they were snickering about something. "What's so funny?" I asked. "It's nothing, darling. Well, looks like we should hit the hay, but first, would you mind joining in on a photo shot with us?" A smile came onto my face. "Sure." I said as I walked over to the girls huddled together and joined in. Rarity grabbed ahold of her iPhone and started positioning it for a shot of all of us. "Say 'cheese', everybody." said Rarity giving out a big smile for the camera. "Cheese!" said the lot including myself as Rarity snapped the photo. "Ok, time for bed girls. Good night, darling." said Rarity as she waved at me. "Good night, sugarcube." said Applejack. "Night." said Dash. "Nighty night." said Pinkie. "Sleep tight, jake. Don't let the bed bugs bite." said Fluttershy as she waved at me shyly. "Good night, girls. If anything goes wrong, call me. I'll have my door unlocked." I said as I waved back. The girls left to the living room and shut off the lights. I closed my door and turned off my light and lie down on my bed. As ten minutes pass, I still couldn't sleep. I was just so happy about today. Today was probably the best day ever. I made new friends and they made me a really good dinner and desert. I have never been this happy in a long time. These girls brought my happiness back. Before I could sleep, a knock came to my door. "Who is it?" I asked as I turned my lamp on. "It's me, Fluttershy." said the voice. My heart was beating quickly. "Um…come on in." I said as the door slowly creaked open. Fluttershy came in and looked at me with a blush across her face. "Is there something wrong?" I asked. "No…i was wondering, if tomorrow…could we…hangout together?" said Fluttershy as she began trailing off. "Come again?" I asked. "W-w-would you like...to hangout tomorrow around town? Just the…two of us?" she said as she looked away with her face getting redder and redder. I looked at her as a big blush came across my face as well. "Wait a minute…Is she?" I thought. "Sure. T-t-tomorrow is Saturday, anyway. W-what time? I have a car." "Ab-b-bout…12:30…is that good for you?" "As you wish." I replied as a calm smile came across my face. "Oh, good…anyway, good night." said Fluttershy as she gave me a little smile. "You too." I said as Fluttershy walked out and shut my door. I reached to my lamp and turned it off. "IT'S A DATE!!!" I thought as I closed my eyes and fell asleep out of pure excitement. > The Date > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The sun was shining brightly on my face as I can feel its warmth touching me. I slowly opened up my sleepy eyes and stood up. I turned my head to stare down at my clock that says it was 7:10. I got out of my bed and stretched out my arms and legs. "What a beautiful Saturday morning." I said as I looked towards my window where the sun was shining brightly. "And for such a beautiful Saturday, I'm going out with Fluttershy." I said as I jumped out of excitement. After I gave that jump, I then heard snickering that seems to be coming from outside of my door. I cocked an eyebrow and grabbed ahold of my glasses as I walked over to my door. As I opened my door, there was no one there. I turned my head towards the kitchen where I was very shocked to see Pinkie wearing nothing but an apron and was what I believe to be her making pancakes. She turned her head towards me in a seductive manner and waved at me. "Good morning, Jake. Would you like breakfast? A bath? Or may.be.me?" said Pinkie as she continued to look at me seductively. My face immediately went bright red. "PINKIE?!?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! PUT SOME CLOTHES BACK ON!!!" I shouted as I marched up to Pinkie. "I don't wanna. I want to be your love slave." said Pinkie as she slowly walked towards me. "PLEASE PINKIE!!! STOP THIS!!! THIS ISN'T LIKE YOU!" I shouted as I began to back up. "I feel like I just walked into a hentai." I thought. As Pinkie closed in to me, she wrapped her arms around my quivering body and stared at me with seductive eyes. She slowly lifted her head towards my ear. "Gotcha" whispered Pinkie as she began to giggle. "What do you mean?" I asked as my quivering stopped. Pinkie let go of me and placed her hands on her stomach and laughed so hard that she was going to loose her laugh box. "This was all set up by Rarity. We've gotcha good." said Pinkie as she continued her laugh. "BY RARITY?!" I shouted as my member went back to normal again. "Yes, darling. It was I that set this up." said Rarity as she and the girls came out from hiding in the living room laughing. "THIS ISN'T FUNNY!! FOR A SECOND THERE, I THOUGHT PINKIE WAS GONNA HAVE HER WAY WITH ME!!" I yelled out of embarrassment. The girls continued to laugh. I don't know why, but for some reason, I couldn't help but laugh along with them. As we all finished a good laugh, Pinkie dashed over to the living room and immediately grabbed her clothes. She then dashed into the bathroom and came back out in her everyday clothing within ten seconds. Damn. The girls and I stared at Pinkie wondering how the hell did she get that kind of speed. I began to have Otaku thoughts by wondering if she's doing Saitama's exercise routine of a hundred sit-ups, push-ups, and squats. But now that I think of it, this girl has a serious sweet tooth and for some reason is not fat. If she doesn't exercise, how the hell does she move that quickly? As much as I wanted to know that answer, I let it go. Pinkie is Pinkie and that's the only answer that I needed. "Why's everyone staring at me again? Come on let's eat. Breakfast is ready." said Pinkie as she somehow placed her full apron into her pocket. The girls and I sat down in the dining room table, which was already set up and laid out by Pinkie. I sat down next to Fluttershy who was visibly giving out a small blush. I then turned my heads towards the girls that were trying to hide their snickering. "What are they Snickering about? Did Rarity prepare another prank on me?" I thought as I turned my head towards Pinkie as she placed a pancake on Rarity's plate and so on. "Here you go, Jakie. A pancake made by the one and only Pinkie. I also added some chocolate chips in there." said Pinkie as she placed the pancake on my plate. "Oh! One more thing." said Pinkie as she took out a can of whipped cream and shook it. She then started drawing on my pancake with the whipping cream. She drew me a smiley-face. My face lit up. "There we go. All done." said Pinkie as she hid the can of whipped cream and moved over to Fluttershy. "Here you go, Flutters." "'Flutters'? Must be her nickname." I thought. As I watched Pinkie grab out her can of whipped cream again, she drew not a face, but a heart. She then drew letters that say F+J in the middle of the heart. I looked over to Fluttershy who was blushing harder than before. She looked embarrassed. "Why would she write that? Wait a minute. Do they know? DO THEY KNOW THAT I HAVE A CRUSH ON FLUTTERSHY?!?!" I thought. I looked back at the girls as they whispered to each other's ears and snickering. Oh, God…I believe they do know. As Pinkie finished up by serving herself, she put the pan and her can of whipped cream away and sat down with the rest of us. "Okie dokie everybody. Enjoy." said pinkie as she grabbed ahold of her fork and scarfed up big pieces of pancake on her mouth. The girls and I ignored her terrible eating manners and began eating our pancakes. As I ate my pancake, I stared back at Fluttershy's pancake. I'm still wondering if they really do know that I have feelings for Fluttershy. As much as I wanted to know, I'll let it pass for now and think about it when they leave. As I finished my last bite of Pinkies pancakes, I gave out a sigh of satisfaction. I then turned my head towards Pinkie who has a bunch of chocolate chips that somehow got into her hair. "Pinkie, this was the best pancake I ever had. This is way better than the ones down at Itrot." I said as I gave out a giggle by all of the chocolate chips in her hair. "Glad you like it. It was my pleasure." said Pinkie as she gave me a grin. The rest of the girls finished their plates and also gave out a sigh of satisfaction. I got out of my chair and grabbed each of the girls' plates and walked over to the sink to get them cleaned. I turned on the water and began cleaning them one by one. "Say Jake, would you allow us ladies again to use your bathroom to change?" asked Rarity as she and the girls got out of their chairs. "Of course I wouldn't. Go right ahead." I said as I gave them a smile. The girls smiled back at me and walked over to the bathroom where they began to form a line to wait for the next girls turn. As I finished cleaning the dishes and turning on the dishwasher, I walked over to the living room and sat down close to the piano and slowly began playing the English dubbed tune from a certain mainstream anime series. I slowly began singing the lyrics: "Gather up all of the crew, it’s time to ship out Binks’ Brew. Sea wind blows, to where, who knows? The waves will be our guide. O’er across the ocean’s tide... Rays of sunshine far and wide. Birds they sing, of cheerful things, in circles passing by. Yohoho-" I was cutoff as I saw the girls looking at me with surprise. "That was wonderful, darling. I never knew you could sing." said Rarity with surprise. "It was kinda creepy, though." said Applejack. "It did give me the shivers a bit." said Dash. "I DIDN'T! IT WAS FANTASTIC!" shouted Pinkie with excitement. "It was good. Where was that from?" asked Fluttershy. I gave out a chuckle as I stood up and walked over to the girls. "That my friends, was a song by Brook from One Piece. It all started two months ago. I've been practicing the music sheet for at least a month, and I than in no time, I got the tune down. Thinking about the song now, I felt like trying to sing the english lyrics." I said while giving them a smile. "Who's Brook?" asked Dash as she cocked her eyebrow. I walked over to my closet and searched around trying to find one of the DVD sets of One Piece. As I looked for about two minutes, I finally found it. I took it out and revealed to them whom Brook was. The girls walked up closer to me to get a closer look. They were rather surprised to see that he was a skeleton. "That's him? He looks like if Slash ever came back from the dead." said Dash. "I'm confused, darling, is how can he sing without vocal chords? He's a skeleton." said Rarity. "If he were real Rarity, he would be quite angry about you saying that." I said. "Why's that?" "He is very sensitive about his appearance and doesn't like when people make fun about his appearance." "Oh… anyway, we are heading out and going back to our homes to check on things. See you around, darling." said Rarity as she and the girls closed in on me and together gave a group hug. I joined in on the hug. As we all let go, we went our separate ways. I watched the girls as they went through the entrance door and walk over to their car. Rarity for some reason walked back and gave me another hug for some reason. She then lifted her head up and whispered into my ear. "Have fun on your date with Fluttershy. The girls and me know you'll take care of her while you're out and about. Also, here's her address. She'll be waiting for you by 12." whispered Rarity as she placed a small piece of paper between my left hand and ran back to the car. "Wait! How did you-" I was cutoff as Rarity entered the car and drove off. I stood there at the door, confused. I then looked down at the piece of paper, which had Fluttershy's address and then back at the street. "I guess they do know. Did Fluttershy tell them that she wanted to go out with me last night? I guess I'll have to ask her later about that. For now, I need to change and take a shower. I don't want to go on my date looking like I just got out of bed in the morning." I said to myself as I shut the door and walked over to my room where I went to find my normal everyday clothing. The time was 11:49, I was all cleaned up and ready for my day with Fluttershy. I grabbed my phone, my wallet, my keys, my behelit for luck, and most important of all, Fluttershy's address. "It is time." I said in the way Rafiki said when he found out Simba was alive. I walked over to the hallway and opened up the door that was nine feet away from my bedroom door and entered into the garage. I clicked the button on my left and the garage doors opened up slowly to reveal the outside weather. As I gaze up at the weather, I felt a chill run on me. I inhaled and slowly exhaled to see my breath. "Brrrr, it's freezing out here. I might as well go get a jacket." I said as I walked back into the hallway and into my room. I looked around my closet and found my Sailor Soldiers jacket which was a combination between *Sailor Moon and Sons of Anarchy. "Ohhhhh yeeaaaah." I said slowly as I put the jacket on. I then walked out of my room and walked into the garage where my love bug was waiting for me to put her in motion. I grabbed out my keys and pressed the button to unlock the car. Before I got in my car, I have to lock the door to the house. I walked out of the garage and headed towards the door and locked it. I gave it a couple of pullings on the knob just to make sure that the door was completely locked. I then walked to the car and sat down in and turned on the key ignition. I closed the door and put on my seat belt. I then reached over to the cabinet and grabbed ahold of a chord, which I use to plug into my iPhone and listen to music. I went around my music and played a classic anime theme that every Otaku should know. I also don't just have anime music, you know. Just a reminder that I have classic rock, jazz, romantic, and other songs (not a big fan of todays generation of music. I do have a few of those though). "Alright, Jake, this is the moment you have been waiting for. Let's roll!" I said to myself as I placed the key in the ignition and drove off towards Fluttershy's. As I arrived to Fluttershy's place, it was 12:20 on the dot. I was late. "Damn! I'm late! I hope Fluttershy doesn't feel like I lied to her. I feel like Zoro with a bad sense of directions." I said to myself as I walked out of my car and walked towards her rather cute little cottage. As I looked around her cottage, I saw a lot of birds, along with the sounds of animals. I guess Fluttershy's more of an animal person than I thought. It started to remind me about the pamphlets she and I picked up, which was also the day I met her. "I wonder if I should volunteer at the Canterlot Animal Shelter." I thought as I arrived in front of Fluttershy's door. I knocked on the door to get her attention. I waited for fifteen seconds. She then opened the door slowly. "Hey Fluttersh-" I was cutoff by what I saw. Fluttershy stood at the door looking away from me blushing, wearing a jacket that says, 'I'm secretly a sailor scout' with Luna's crescent moon under the words. She put a scunchie in her hair to give herself a ponytail. She even wore blue jeans that had Usagi's moon wand stitched on the right pant leg. I also noticed her carrying a handbag with her that had Hatsune Miku on it. Is Fluttershy trying to hide the fact that she's an Otaku? I looked back at Fluttershy with a small blush. "Hey Flutters. You ready?" I asked shyly. Fluttershy looked towards me taking in a deep breath and exhaling. "I'm ready." she said as she formed a smile across her face. "Oh, good. Well, let's head downtown." I said as I waited for Fluttershy to lock her door. She came walking over to my side and we walked over to the car. "I'm sorry if I was late. I was lost while trying to find your address." I said as I looked away from her out of pure embarrassment. "It's not a problem. I knew you would come. There's nothing to feel bad about." said Fluttershy as she patted my back softly. I opened up the door for Fluttershy and she entered in looking at my small Goku plushie hanging on my rearview mirror. I walked into the other side and buckled up. Fluttershy did the same and stared at me with a cutesy look on her face. "I love your Goku plushie. It looks so cute. Where did you get it from?" asked Fluttershy while in Rena Mode. I was surprise to see her gawking over a Goku plushie. I couldn't hold back a smile. "I got it from an anime store over in downtown Canterlot. They have manga, DVD's, posters, and other Otaku related things." I said to her. Fluttershy was so excited she did that thing from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. (The Phantom Blood series, not The Stardust Crusaders) "Nice" said Fluttershy in the way Joseph Joestar did it. Seeing her do it, made me laugh. Fluttershy laughed along with me. "Ok, Flutters. As you wish." I said as I started up the car and headed towards downtown Canterlot. We had five miles to go to reach downtown Canterlot. I thought, that while we're still in the car, let's tune some things up. As I drove with one hand, I used my other to reach my iPhone from my pocket and grabbed the chord to connect it to the car. I then handed my iPhone over to Fluttershy. "Flutters, you have the honor of being my car DJ." I said as she grabbed ahold of my iPhone. "Don't worry, you can play whatever you want. I don't care. Whatever you like, I'll like." Fluttershy scrolled through my music to find a song. She then gasped, and pressed on the song. As the song started, the song that she picked was from another anime classic that I didn't know anyone would know. Fluttershy is full of surprises. We arrived at our destination. We just parked and were finishing up the song Roundabout by Yes (Which is also the ending song to The Phantom Blood series of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure). I love Fluttershy's taste in music. She has some of the same taste in music as I do. As the song ended, I shut off the car, unplugged the chord connecting my iPhone, and placed my iPhone in my right pocket. The left pocket I placed in my keys. I waited for Fluttershy to get her things. She then walked up to me with a little blush. "You alright?" I asked. "Well…I was wondering…could…you…hold hands with me?" said Fluttershy as she trailed off. "You want me to do what?" I asked. "Would you want to…hold…hands with me?" said Fluttershy as her face went even redder. My heart was beating again. "As you wish." I said as I slowly grabbed her right hand with my left hand. We slowly walked out of the parking lot, and headed boards downtown. Around downtown, there appears to be a lot of people walking around with groceries, children at hand, or couples like me and Fluttershy holding hands. I was surprised that she wanted to hold my hand. I think I really am starting to fall in love for Fluttershy. And I bet Fluttershy has feelings for me too. "So, um…Jake, where is this anime store you told me about that I would really like to go. I never knew Canterlot downtown had an anime store." said Fluttershy as she looked over to me. "I said the exact same thing when I first saw the place. I was so amazed I had to go in there. It's down a few blocks." I said as we walked together hand-in-hand. As we continued our walk, I then briefly noticed the color of red and yellow at the corner of my eye. I immediately turned my head towards the colors, but the colors were gone. "No…it can't be…if it was who I think it is, then I sense a bad mojo happening soon." I thought as I continued to look over the direction where I saw the colors while walking along with Fluttershy. "Is there something wrong?" asked Fluttershy getting my attention. I turned my head towards her and smiled. "I thought I saw someone I knew, but it wasn't that person." I said while trying to stay calm. "Who?" "Just a person." I said not giving away too much detail. "At least I hope it isn't who I think it is." I thought as I looked back and then turned my head forward. "Fluttershy, welcome to Otakucopia." I said as I presented the store to her by the time we arrived at our destination. Fluttershy was in awestruck as she looked at the logo of the store and then started getting all giddy. "OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!" said Fluttershy with excitement. "You should see the look on your face." I said as I began to chuckle. "Come on. Let's go." said Fluttershy as she grabbed my hand and dragged me into the store. As we entered, Fluttershy stopped dragging me and started squealing over the sight of what she saw. There were posters, rare anime DVDs, a manga section, a section of clothing, and cosplay material. "Come with me, Fluttershy. Let's go to the manga section." I said as I grabbed Fluttershy's hand and headed to the manga isle. Around the isle, there was manga in alphabetical order. I especially love their price for 'Buy two, get one free' on the manga. As I looked around with Fluttershy being at my side. I looked around the 'O' section and found what I was looking for. The third volume of Onepunch Man. "Oh, what is this series about?" asked Fluttershy. "It's about a guy named Saitama who has gained the power he always wanted to defeat a villain with one punch, but is bored that with his strength, he can't find a formidable opponent. In this volume, Saitama and his disciple, Genos, are now joining in the hero's association. There's an anime to this now, that comes out every Sunday." I said giving her a little taste of what the plot is about. "Sounds good. I think I'll buy me the first volume." said Fluttershy as she reached her arm to grab ahold of the first volume. Before she could grab it, I placed my hand on top of hers. She looks at me with surprise. "No. Allow me to buy you that. Everything's on me." I said. Fluttershy gave me a happy teared up face and hugged me tightly. "Thank you." she whispered softly. "Your welcome." I said as I hugged back. "Anywho, I'll grab this and let us continue throughout the shop." I said as Fluttershy let go of me as I grabbed the first volume of Onpunch Man. "Is there another manga that you would like me to buy for you, my hime*." I asked in a gentlemanly manner. "Um…yes, there is. I would like to find the first volume of Spice & Wolf." she asked me. "Your wish is my command, my hime." I said as we walked down towards the 'S' section. As I looked around, I found the first volume. "Is this what your looking for, my hime?" I asked while holding the book towards her. "Yes. That is the one." said Fluttershy. "Here's a true fact: Spice & Wolf was the anime that made me into an Otaku." I said to her. Fluttershy looked at me with surprise. "Same here." said Fluttershy. Fluttershy and I looked at each other with surprise and then looked away blushing. "Ok, anyway, which section would you like to go now, my hime?" I asked. Fluttershy gave me a smile and pointed towards the DVDs. "As you wish." I said as she held my hand and together the both of us headed down to the DVDs. After being in the store for like an hour looking around, we were done with paying and I walked out with Fluttershy carrying two bags of DVDs and manga. "That was fun, Jake. Could we go there again?" said Fluttershy as she looked at me with a smile. "Whenever you want to, my hime." I said while smiling back. The cold breeze touched us and we both felt a chill down out spines. "Brrr, it's cold out here." said Fluttershy as she cuddled up to me for warmth. "Would you like to go to the coffee shop across the street and get some warm cocoa?" I asked. "S-s-s-sure." said Fluttershy shivering. Fluttershy and I quickly crossed the street and hurried on inside the coffee shop. As we looked around, I pointed out a booth to where she and I could sit. She sat down on started to get comfortable. "I'll be back." I said as I walked over to the line. I came back with two cocoas at hand and placed one on Fluttershy's side and mine on my side of the booth. "Enjoy" I said while taking a sip. Fluttershy took a small sip of hers and placed her cup down. "How is it?" I asked. "It was delicious." she said giving me a smile. I smiled back. "Say Jake, you've changed." said Fluttershy. "Why's that?" I asked while taking in a sip. "Ever since I've met you, you seemed lonely and un-talkable. Yet, by yesterday last night when my friends and I made you dinner, it seemed like you came out of your shell. I also recall you stuttering a lot whenever you talked. Why aren't you doing that now?" I never knew that she would answer that question and right here in a coffee shop. I gave out a sigh and put my cup down on the table. "I could say that somehow, my social anxiety disappeared because of you girls. You and the girls are the first people I will ever know that are so nice to me. Not even my mother is as nice as you and your friends. Ever since 8th grade, my mother kept going out more and more every year on trips without giving me a call or text to ask me once how was my day or to talk about what she's been doing while over on her trip. I felt like she didn't care for me and that I was nothing to her. She didn't care if Sunset Shimmer bullied me since freshman year. Sunset is a demon that came from hell to torment me. I really just want to go all Shion Sonazaki on her to end her reign of terror. Sometimes I just want to end my life, but I didn't have the guts to do it. As I tried taking care of myself I-" I was cutoff as Fluttershy leaned forward and placed both her hands on my own. "That's enough. Don't worry about being alone. You've got my friends and me. You are not alone in this world. We are here to help you." she said in a soft and angelic voice that made me calm down. "Sorry, you had to hear all of that. Fluttershy…I want to say that I am in-" I was cutoff yet again, but not by Fluttershy's hands, but by her lips. Fluttershy and I connected lips together! My eyes widen. It was my first kiss. The girl that I fell in love at first sight is kissing me. As we unlocked lips, Fluttershy leaned backwards into her seat with a blush on her face. "Jake…I know…you love Me." she said as she looked back at me, "Because I myself…have fallen for you. And the girls know it too." she said with tears of joy dripping down her eyes. I got up from my seat and I sat down beside her and snuggled against her. I couldn't help, but cry along with her as well. We then looked at each other with tears still rolling down our faces and gave each other another passionate kiss. My lonely life has come to end. As we unlocked our lips, I could hear the people at the coffee shop stop their conversations. Fluttershy and I turned our heads towards everyone, who were looking at us with tears of joy in their eyes. It felt like these guys are watching a soap opera between Fluttershy and I. Fluttershy and I looked away from everybody else for a moment, and then everything went back to business. Everybody was back to his or her normal everyday conversations. I then looked down at Fluttershy. "Say Flutters, do you want to leave this joint?" I asked. "Please" she said as she and I sat up and threw away our cups. I walked back quickly to our booth and grabbed ahold of both the bags and walked out of the coffee shop. Outside, the sky was getting grey and the air was cold. "So…do you want to go more around town more?" I asked. Fluttershy shook her head. "Let's go back to the car. It's to cold out here to go anywhere else." said Fluttershy as she snuggled up close to me as I placed the other bag in my other hand. "As you wish, my hime." I said as we both headed back to the car. As we were three minutes away from the car, I saw something white fall to the ground. I looked towards Fluttershy who was awestruck at the sky. I looked up and saw snowflakes falling down the sky. I looked back at Fluttershy who was looking at me with a smile. I smiled back. "You know what, this is starting to remind me of episode 3 of Video Girl Ai and it was snowing just like this and a really beautiful song was playing in the background. Fluttershy, you are my rainbow." I said as she looked at me with happy tears in her eyes. "You are the same to Me." she said. "Come on, Flutters. Let's get to the car." I said smiling as we continued our way towards the parking lot. As we got into the car, I put the bags in the back and off we went. I got my iPhone out and plugged it into the car. I then gave it to Fluttershy. "Um, Flutters? Could you switch it to the song 'It's Not Easy'?" I asked. "Sure" she said as she looked around my music and pressed play on the song. As we listened, Fluttershy rested her head on my shoulder and gripped onto my jacket. "What a beautiful song." she said softly. "I'm glad you like it." I said while still paying attention to the road. As we made it back to Fluttershy's cottage. I handed one of the bags that had things I got her while over at Otakucopia. "Jake, this was a good day. Thank you." she said while giving me a kiss on my cheek. "Your welcome, Flutters." I said giving her a smile. "Also, while we were in the car, I've been thinking. Could you wait here for five minutes?" she asked as a blush came across her face. "Sure" I said as I watched her run into her cottage and left the door opened. As I stood there in the car, I began to think about the kiss Fluttershy and I had back at the coffee shop. "My first kiss." I said to myself as I thought back more on what she and I did today. Fluttershy came back with her handbag as she locked her door. As she walked back to me, she removed her scrunch letting her elegant pink hair be released. As I looked at her bag, I noticed clothes that looked like PJs. "She wants a sleepover again?" I thought as she made it back to the car. "I wanted to ask, could I have a sleepover with you? Just the two of us?" she asked with a blush. "If that's what you want, so be it done, my hime." I said as she came into the car and sat down on her seat with her handbag set down on her lap. "Could you also perhaps make me a good dinner again?" I asked. "Sure. Whatever you like." she said as she gave me a small smile. I smiled and started up the car and together we drove off towards my house. I have a good feeling that I'm gonna have another night to remember. > "I love you" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- As we arrived at my house, I opened up the garage and pulled in. I then pressed the button again and the garage door closes. "Ok, Flutters. We're here." I said in a singing tone as I unbuckled my seatbelt. She giggled as she did the same. I grabbed my bag and everything else as me and Fluttershy headed on in. Fluttershy and me went through my room and walked over to my room where I placed down my bag and everything else. I even took off my jacket (The house was warm anyway). I then turn my head towards Fluttershy that was awestruck by the things she saw in my room. She saw my Berserk poster, she saw my huge manga collection, and she even saw my Goku uniform I made during my freshman year. It was like she entered my world (Or as Dio would put it,'ZA WARUDO!') I gave out a chuckle as Fluttershy looked at me with a smile. "What's so funny?" she asked as she walked close to me. "You should see the look on your face." I said as I chuckled again. Fluttershy joined in and then looked over to my Mac. "I was wondering. What's your wallpaper on your Mac?" she asked me. "You want to know? Sure, I'll show you." I said as I sat down on my computer chair and turned on my Mac and typed in my password. After I typed in my password, I forget that my music list isn't closed. She saw that it was paused on the song Fine On The Outside from the film When Marnie Was There. She cocked an eyebrow as I looked back at her. "What's that song?" she asked. "It's Fine On The Outside by Priscilla Ahn." I told her. "Could you play it for me?" she asked. "Sure" I said as I rolled the song back and pressed play. As the song ended, I looked over to Fluttershy who had tears rolling down her face. "Why did you get this song? It's so sad." she asked. "Well, this song describes me. I always did wonder if someone would die if I died and would they remember my face. I felt lonely." I said as Fluttershy walked up to me and gave me a tight hug. "I would…I would cry if you died and still remember your face." she said as she kissed me on my cheek. "I know you would. Even the girls will too. You girls are my friends till the day I die." We hugged for a moment and then let go of each other. We stood there not knowing what to do. I then had an idea. "Would you like to watch When Marnie Was There with me?" I asked. "Sure…I'd like that." said Fluttershy as we walked out of my room hand-in-hand. I turned on my blu ray player and inserted the disc. I then grabbed the remote and snuggled next to Fluttershy on the couch. Waiting for the previews to end and watched the film. As the movie ended, Fluttershy and me stood there on the couch crying our eyes out. She then raised her head and looked towards me. "That…was a sad movie." said Fluttershy as she sniffled. "That song always get's to me though." I said as I got up and took the movie out of the blu ray player. I looked over to the clock to figure out what time it is. The clock said it was 4:50. Man, does time fly by. I then heard my stomach growling. I looked over to Fluttershy who was giggling. "What's so funny?" I asked. "I could hear your stomach growling all the way from here. Are you hungry?" asked Fluttershy. "I sure am." "Well, I might as well get started making you some dinner. What do you want?" "I could go for pasta." Fluttershy smiled. "As you wish." she said as she got off of the couch and walked into the kitchen. "What would you like me to do?" I asked. "Just relax in the living room and play something else on. I'll be there in a bit." said Fluttershy as she went through my cabinets. I walked back into the living room and I put away the movie When Marnie Was There. As I looked around what to play for Flutters, it then came to me. I'll play the anime that turned us into what we were. I'm surprised that it was also her first anime as well. I looked around for it, and then, I found it. I snickered as I grabbed ahold of the first season and brought it over to the blu ray player. As I skipped through the previews, I turned down the volume low, and pressed play on the menu. I then put up the volume as soon as the theme started to play. I then heard Fluttershy gasping from the kitchen, I knew she was gonna react the moment the theme song came on. I heard her footsteps running into the living room and she immediately sat down on her face with a big grin on her face. "I knew you would react like this." I said as I walked over to her and sat down with her on the couch as we snuggled together watching the opening. As fifteen minutes passed, she grabbed the remote and paused it. She got up and walked over to the kitchen, I guess the pasta is ready to come out. I still sat on the couch waiting for her to call me over to the dining room when it was ready. "It's ready." announced Fluttershy from the kitchen. I got up from the couch and walked into the dining room. I saw two plates filled with pasta, which were for the both of us. I sat down on the chair next to Fluttershy and grabbed the fork that lied next to my plate. I twirled up the pasta and placed it in my mouth. "Delicious" was all I could say to her. "I'm glad you like it. Let's eat." said Fluttershy as she ate along with me. "That was great, Flutters. Your pasta was excellent." I said as I placed my fork in the middle of my plate. "Your welcome." said Fluttershy as she gave me a smile. I then grabbed ahold of our plates and walked over to the sink where I began cleaning them up. After placing the now cleaned dishes on the side, I walked over to Fluttershy and held her hand. "Come, let us watch our anime together." I said as Fluttershy got out of her chair and headed into the living room where we sat on the couch and continued watching Spice & Wolf. It was 8 O'clock and Fluttershy and me were getting tired. I pressed the button on the blu ray remote to let the disc come out. As it did I placed it back into its case. "Do you want to change? I'm gonna go put my PJs on." I said as I looked over to Fluttershy. "Sure. I'll be right back." said Fluttershy as she headed down into the hallway and into the bathroom. I did the same, but I walked into my room and closed the door. "I guess I should wear the usual." I said as I flipped around my closet looking for my PJs. As I got out, Fluttershy was standing out at the end of the hallway wearing something that I didn't expect. She was wearing the exact same PJs that Black Hanekawa wore from Bakemonogatari. My jaw immediately fell as I stared at Fluttershy's PJs. I also avoided looking at her breast, which were a bit exposed. "I can tell you really like this." said Fluttershy as she gave me a snicker. "I do." I replied as I snickered along with her. "I also like your PJs as well." she said as she pointed at my Rosario+Vampire themed PJs with Moka's Rosary on every crook and nanny. "Come, Let us snuggle on the couch together." I said while I held Fluttershy's hand. "Wait, I need to get something out of my handbag." said Fluttershy as she reached into her handbag and pulled out a rolled up blanket. As she unrolled it, the theme of the blanket was Naruto. On it was Naruto and Hinata kissing under the moonlight. "Fluttershy, you are just full of surprises." I said as I brought her along with me to the living room. "Would you like this lamp on?" I asked in case if she was scared of the dark. "As long as I'm with you, I don't need it." said Fluttershy with a little blush. I blushed back at her. "Whatever you say, my hime." I said as I shut the light off making the room completely dark with the exception of the full moon shown through the living room window. Fluttershy lied down on the couch together and placed the blanket over the both of us. Her body was really warm. I couldn't help, but tell her how much I love her. "Hey Flutters." "Hmm?" "I just want to say that…I love you. You are the sweetest girl in the entire world." I said as my heart heated quickly. Fluttershy turned towards me and rested her head on my chest. "I love you too." she said as she gripped onto my shirt. I hugged her tightly in a loving embrace. "I love the sound of your heart beating." said Fluttershy as she continued to listen to it. As I looked over to the window, I couldn't help but look at the starry night sky. I was so amazed by the night sky I had to let Fluttershy see this. "Hey, Flutters. Look." I said as I pointed over to the window where Fluttershy was completely entranced by it's beauty. "What a beautiful night." said Fluttershy. Just then, a shooting star flew far away from where it came from. Fluttershy and I gasped. "It's a shooting star." said Fluttershy with amusement. "This reminds me of the ending song of Assassination Classroom." I said. "You're right. It does." said Fluttershy in agreement. We lied there snuggled up together still looking through the window to see if any more shooting stars flew around. Nothing happens. "Ok, goodnight Flutters." I said as I got myself in a comfy position with her. I then felt Fluttershy's lips touch my cheek. "Goodnight, Jake." said Fluttershy as she wrapped her arms around me. This was one night I will never forget. The room went silent as me and Flutters fell asleep. > Standing Up > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday already?! Man, does time fly quickly. Fluttershy and I have been enjoying each others company the day before on Sunday; She made me breakfast and then went to a movie together. The movie we saw was the signature edition of The Iron Giant (Of course me and Flutters together cried during the 'you know what scene'). We were also surprised to see two new scenes. One of them was The Giant's Dream sequence that was taken off from the original film. As a kid, it did bug me to wonder where did the giant come from and why he's here. Anyway, Flutters and me loved it and we had a blast on Sunday. Now, it's Monday and it's time for school. I can't wait to tell the girls what me and Fluttershy did over the weekend (Unless Fluttershy told them before I did). It's already lunchtime and I already got my lunch, while heading towards the table where the girls are waiting for me. I walked over to the girls who were looking at me and snickering to one another. I got curious and cocked and eyebrow. "What are you girls, snickering about?" I asked as I sat down next to Fluttershy. "Darling, Fluttershy told us about your weekend. You two make such a dashing couple." said Rarity as she clasped her hands with a dreamy look in her face, which reminds me of Fuko Ibuki from Clannad. The girls and I looked at each other and then back at Rarity. "Anyway, sugarcube, we sure are proud of you." said Applejack. "You two are adorbs." said Rainbow Dash. "You two will someday...be..." Pinkie was cutoff as she had a shocked look on her face. "Pinkie, what are you staring-" Applejack was also cutoff from whatever Pinkie was looking at from behind me. The girls including Fluttershy were looking at someone from behind me. I cocked an eyebrow. "Girls, what's wro-" I was cutoff as I was grabbed by the back of my collar and thrown down to the floor headfirst. I got up slowly as my vision was blurry. Even though I still had my glasses on, everyone around me looked blurry. I then looked up to whoever thrown me down to the floor. I could make the details by the colors of yellow, red, and orange. Oh shit, it's her. As I moved my head more, my head felt like I was hit by a rock. I rubbed the back of my head to make the pain feel less painful. When I brought my hand in front of me, I noticed a red color on my fuzzy-visional palm. When my vision gotten clearer to see, within the palm on my hand, was blood. My eyes widen and my body was quivering. "B-b-blood?" I stuttered out of shock. I was pulled up by the collar and there, I came face-to-face with Sunset Shimmer who looked rather angry. I quickly looked at the other students that had really surprised looks on their faces and then turned my head back to Sunset. "No shit, Sherlock. Yes, it's your blood." she said to me as she threw me back to the floor again. I fell, but at least I prevented my face from getting hit as I used my arms to stop the fall. "If your wondering why I'm hurting you this much, it's because I saw you and Fluttershy on Saturday holding hands and walking down to what I can guess is that stupid anime store. I also notice that you hang around these losers as well. So the loser finally has friends? HA! You don't deserve friends, and you especially don't deserve Fluttershy. If I see you ever hanging out with these girls or even Fluttershy, I will beat the shit out of you, till I break every bone in your body." she said as she looked down on me. "You're wrong." I said as I slowly stood up trembling. "About what?" she said with a cocked eyebrow. "About me not hanging out with these girls. These girls are my friends and I will continue to be their friend. Fluttershy is also my girlfriend and she's helluva lot sweeter than you will ever be! SHE MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME!!! I WILL LOVE HER WITH ALL MY HEART!!! YOU CAN'T BREAK OUR LOVE!!! YOU WON'T DO SHIT TO STOP OUR LOVE!!! SUNSET SHIMMER, YOUR NOTHING, BUT A BULLY!!! A BITCH TO THE CORE!!! IT'S YOU THAT DOESN'T DESERVE ANYONE!!! YOU HAVE BEEN BULLIED ME SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOW I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!! IT'S TIME I STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND FOR YOU TO PISS OFF, YOU BITCH!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs out of pure hatred for Sunset Shimmer. Everyone in the cafeteria went silent and was completely shocked from my words. I've never spoken that harshly out loud in ever. Sunset had a look of fury in her eyes. She really wanted to beat me to a bloody pulp. "How dare...you call me...A BITCH!!!!" shouted Sunset Shimmer as she ran towards me with a clenched fist of fury. As her fist launched for my face, I immediately lifted up my right hand and grabbed her fist. She and everyone looked at me with much more surprise than ever. My hatred for Sunset Shimmer is flowing around my body. As I held her fist in my hand, I then pressed my fingers down on her hand as hard as I could. Sunset Shimmer was yelping in agony. "LET ME GO, YOU FREAK!!!" shouted Sunset as I released her fist and she walked back a few feet away from me looking at her hand. "Why...HOW DID YOU GET THIS STRONG, YOU ASSHOLE?!?! HOW CAN AN A FUCKING TENTACLE PORN LOVER DIPSHIT LIKE YOU, BE THIS STRONG?!?!?! TELL ME!!!! Everyone looked over to me with shock in his or her eyes. I stood there calmly staring at the now terrified Sunset Shimmer. "My hate for you, burns within me. You've made me miserable, and now you've unleashed the power of hate within me." I replied. "WHAT KIND OF A ANSWER IS THAT?! DID THAT HIT IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD MAKE YOU RETARDED?!?!" "Why do you continue to say such mindless names about me? When you continue doing that, it reveals your own fear and ignorance." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 'MINDLESS NAMES'? I CAN CALL YOU WHATEVER I WANT, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!" I then thought of an inspirational quote from Goku: "I guess name calling's your only attack because you're too weak to challenge me any other way." "SAYS THE GUY WHO'S ABOUT TO BE KICKED THE SHIT OUT OF!!!!" said Sunset Shimmer as she charged towards me with clenched fists. As she swung her fists all around me, I was somehow dodging them. I felt like I was using the Kaioken. As she continued to launch her fists on me, I raised my hands up and grabbed both of her fists and gripped them tightly. Sunset's eyes widen as she looked at me while panting out of exhaustion. "Face it, Sunset. You can't beat me. Give it up." I said while looking down on her with a calm look. Her body was shaking. She felt like she used up all of her energy on those punches with sweat beaming down her face. "I…won't…give up…till I beat you...to a pulp." said Sunset as she limped down to the ground as I let go of her fists. "You won't…you're time of bullying me is over. Go find someone else to bother. You don't stand a chance against me." I said as I walked away towards the food court to grab napkins for the bleeding on the back of my head. As I walked over to get them, I didn't expect Sunset to charge towards me once again and punched me on the side of my face. Everyone gasped as I fell to the floor with my glasses falling a few feet away from me as napkins flew everywhere. I slammed down hard onto the floor face first. It hurt so much. I could feel the blood running out of my nose, making a small puddle of blood on the floor. I could hear Sunset Shimmer huffing and puffing. She then began to laugh at me lying on the floor as my nose continued to bleed. "Look whose high and mighty now? YOU ARE A WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!!!" Shouted Sunset as she kicked me in a fit of rage. I cried out in pain. I couldn't see the people or my friends because without my glasses, they all look like blurs. I lied on the floor turning my head over to the colors of my friends. I thought I was gonna die here. The way Sunset kicked me, felt as if she wanted me dead. Before She could lay another kick on me, I heard the doors burst open. Sunset stopped her kicking and looked over to the cafeteria doors. I looked over to the doors and could see a blurry black figure charging up to Sunset Shimmer. "Missy, you're under arrest for assault. Come with us." said the gruff voice as I could her a clinking noise. I could now tell that it was a police officer. I forget that they were around the school. Who told them that I was being beaten up? "LET GO OF ME! I WANT TO FINISH HIM OFF! HE'S NOTHING, BUT SHIT!!!" shouted Sunset as she was dragged away. I gave out a sigh of relief as I looked up at the ceiling of the cafeteria. My body was starting to feel cold. It really did feel like I'm going to die here. My vision was getting dark. Before I could pass out, I heard running footsteps towards me. I weakly turned my head over to the source and could see the color of pink and bright yellow girl on her knees. I knew immediately it was Fluttershy. She lifted my head and let it rest near her chest. I then felt dripping of tears on my bloody beaming face. She held my head tighter and started to cry. "GIRLS!!! PLEASE!!! CALL 911!!! HE'S BLEEDING BADLY!!! HE NEEDS SERIOUS MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!" shouted Fluttershy as she turned her head towards her friends. She then looked down at me. "Please…don't die." said Fluttershy as she leaned in her head near my face and kissed my cheek. "I…need to say…something." I thought. I slowly lifted my left hand, but was too weak to reach over to Fluttershy's face. Before my arm could fall, Fluttershy grabbed it and placed it on my chest. "I…love…I…won't…Lea-..." was all I could say as my body began to shiver. "Don't stop talking. You're going to make it. Stay with me." said Fluttershy as she lifted her right hand and placed it on my forehead. "You feel cold." said Fluttershy as she retracted her hand. I then heard more footsteps, I slowly looked over to the source and could see what I can tell are the girls. I heard them sniffling as they got onto their knees, sitting around me. I looked over to whom I could tell is Pinkie, bringing something to my face. They were my glasses and I could finally see their faces looking down at me with sorrow in their eyes. "The gang's…all here…" I said as I began to feel a tad faint. "Jake, darling, don't you dare go to sleep on us. We need you to stay with us." said Rarity. "Stay with us, sugarcube. Help is on the way." said Applejack. "Stay with us, buddy. You need to stay alive." said Rainbow Dash. "PLEASE STAY AWAKE! WE MADE A PINKIE PIE SWEAR THAT WE WILL BE FRIENDS TO THE END! DON'T LEAVE US!" said Pinkie as a waterfall of tears came out of her eyes. "Do you hear us, Jake? The girls need you. I need you. I love you. You are not going to die right here in front of us. I won't allow it." said Fluttershy as she held my head tighter in her arms. "I…feel sleepy…I must…rest." I said as my eyes slowly begin to close. "Jake? JAKE! STAY WITH US! JAKE! DON'T DIE! PLEASE!!!" said Fluttershy as her voice and my vision began to fade. "Is this it? Am I…going to die…right here?" I thought before my mind went blank. > Reunited > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My eyes slowly opened up. Everything looked blurry. I heard the sound of beeping from the left side from where I lied. I looked around and noticed the white curtains all around me. I was wondering where my glasses were. I looked on my right side and could see my glasses lying there folded. I grabbed them and placed them on my face. As I looked around me, I noticed the white ceiling, the heart monitor on the left side of me, the clothes I wore that aren't my own, and the fact that I am in a hospital. As I tried to move, I felt a sharp pain on my chest as if an arrow hit me. I slowly lied back down as the pain began to subside. I could even feel a patch on the side of my face where I was punched. I even noticed a patch on my nose. "Ugh, Sunset sure did beat me up good." I said to myself as I looked up towards the ceiling. I then heard a door opening and closing on the left side of me. I could hear the sound of footsteps coming up to me. As the curtains moved to the side, a nurse was bringing in me a tray of food. As I looked down to the food, it seemed like it was breakfast related. I looked back up to the nurse and noticed that she gave me a smile. "Well, good morning. How do you feel?" she asked me in a calm voice. "I…feel like crap." I replied. "Hehehe. Don't feel like that. You're lucky to be alive, which is all that matters. Whoever hurt you, sure was rough on you." said the nurse as she placed the tray in front of me. I wondered how long I've been here at the hospital. What I can remember was that I was bleeding a lot and the girls were at my side before I passed out. "Excuse me, nurse, uh…" "Redheart, call me nurse Redheart." said the nurse as she grabbed a spoon and dipped it into the porridge to feed me. "Oh, ok. Well, nurse Redheart, How long have I been here?" I asked. "You've been here for about five days. Now open up and say 'ahhh'." said nurse Redheart as I opened up my mouth for her to feed me. "I've been here for five days?" I said after gulping down the porridge. "Indeed. Your injuries were pretty bad. Your nose was broken, you had internal bleeding, a few of your teeth were removed, and one of your ribs was broken. I guess that you knew that when you tried to lean forward, huh?" she said as she dipped the spoon into the porridge and continued to feed me. "Wow…I guess I did get hurt pretty badly." I said as I gulped down my next tablespoon of porridge. I was then beginning to think about Fluttershy and the girls. I knew they are still worried about me and if I may not make it. I especially thought about Fluttershy. I know that out of all of the girls, Fluttershy is the most worried. "Um, have any girls come to visit me?" I asked. "Indeed. There were five girls coming in here to check on you everyday. They really do worry about you. Are you their friend?" she asked as she put away the tray and walked back to me. "They are. The friends that changed my life. One of them however, is really special to me. She and I are in love. It seems that our love for each other has kept me alive. Love is a really powerful thing that keeps me going and moving. Nothing can stop our love." I said as I looked over to nurse Redheart who looked like she was about to cry. "My…God…that's beautiful." she said as tears start forming out of her eyes. "Also, has the hospital contacted my mother?" "Oh yes…she was called and she says that she'll be here tomorrow." "Oh, ok. Thank you." I said as I looked back up to the ceiling. "Say, would you like some TV?" she asked as she pulled away the curtains all around me and walked over to the TV that was connected on the wall. "I would, please." "Okie dokie." said nurse Redheart as she turned on the TV and handed me the remote. "Please make yourself comfortable. Also, those friends of yours will be here soon. They say they'll be here by noon." "Thank you for informing me on that." I said. Nurse Redheart smiled back at me and left me alone in peace. I looked over to the to where the clock was. It was 11 AM. I guess I'm gonna have to wait an hour for them to be here. I switched onto the new and then looked over to the windows on my right and noticed the snowflakes falling from the sky. The tops of buildings were covered in snow. It looked as if Mizore came to town. "Oh girls, I can't wait to see you again." I said as I continued to look out the window. It is 11:58 and the girls should be here any moment. I thought of something funny. I'm gonna do a little prank on them for that little prank they did to me before. "Hehehe. It's payback time." I thought as I heard the door squeaking slowly open and immediately made myself look like I was sleeping. I heard the girls forming a circle around me. I could hear them sniffling a bit. Ok, this is my chance. "3…2…1" I thought as I lifted up my body slowly and said: "I liiiiiiiive!" Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, and Applejack jumped out of surprise. I began to laugh my ass off. "HA!HA!HA! Guess who's back? I'm not gonna die just yet." I said as I leaned back onto the bed slowly. "Darling, why would you do that?" retorted Rarity. "This is payback from that prank you girls did to me, when you made Pinkie wear nothing, but an apron!" Rairty smiled while letting out a sigh of defeat. "Well, at least you're alive, darling. That's all we care about." said Rarity as she walked over to the left side of me and gave me a hug. The rest of the girls slowly joined in on the hug. As I looked around, I noticed one girl was missing, Fluttershy. "Um, Rarity? Where's Fluttershy?" I asked as she and the girls let go of me. "Fluttershy? Darling, she'll be here a little later. She says she wanted to give you something as a 'get well' present." said Rarity. "Oh…well, how's she doing? I guess, not so very well." "Indeed" "How is she taking it?" "She's devastated. She really misses you. She hasn't been eating or sleeping. Darling, without you, Fluttershy isn't the same." said Rarity as she and the girls were about to cry. I noticed Rarity's mascara coming off as tears came out of her eyes. "Don't cry." I said as I lie my hand on Rarity's, who's hand was coincidentally next to mine. "What was that, darling?" asked Rarity as she took out a handkerchief from her pocket and blew her nose. "I don't want you girls to cry. I want you girls smiling. Be happy that I'm alive. When Fluttershy comes in here seeing me alive, everything will be back to normal." I said as I let go of Rarity's hand while giving her and the girls a smile. The girls slowly began to smile and whip the tears out of their eyes. "You're right, sugarcube. We shouldn't be sad." said Applejack as she sniffled. "Yeah, cool people shouldn't cry." said Rainbow Dash which sounded like something Soul would say. "Jakie, I'm so happy that you are back in our lives. We all love you as a friend. I even brought you a couple of heart- shaped sugar cookies." said Pinkie as she took out a bag that had two cookies within it from her pocket while placing them on the drawer on my right. She then leaned in on me and whispered into my ear. "Wait for Fluttershy to show up. I wanna see you two eat them together." she whispered. "Anyway, thank you, Pinkie." I said as I gave her a smile. We then heard the door opening. We all looked towards the door and coming in was nurse Redheart who was about to leave the door open for someone to come in. "Come in, sweetie. He's awake." said nurse Redheart as the person walked in front of the door. It was none other than Fluttershy. As she turned her head towards me, she gave me a look of surprise. Her eyes were beginning to tear up, as she dropped her bag and dashed towards me. She stopped right at the edge of my bed and lied her head on my chest and let all of the feels out. "Oh, Jake…I thought I lost you." said Fluttershy lifted her head and looked at me with teary eyes. I slowly lifted my left arm and placed my hand against her face. I used my thumb to wipe away the tears under her eyes on the right. "Don't cry, my love. I'm still here. My love for you has kept me alive." I said as I slowly placed my left arm on my chest. Fluttershy gave me a teary smile while leaning forward towards me and giving me a kiss on the lips. I couldn't help, but shed a tear. As we parted lips, we heard crying coming from both the girls and nurse Redheart. Nurse Redheart was the one in the room that was crying more than the girls did. "I can't watch this." said nurse Redheart as she left the room covering her face to hide her tears. I looked back over to Fluttershy and smiled. "Looks like we created quite the soap opera in here." I said as the girls, Fluttershy, and I began to laugh over my saying. "Also, Flutters, you dropped your bag next to the door." I said as I slowly lifted my left arm and pointed towards the bag. Fluttershy looked towards to where I pointed and gasped. She ran over to the fallen bag and picked it up. She then walked back to me whipping her face. "While you were asleep, I went over to Otakucopia and got you a couple of things." said Fluttershy as she placed the bag on my left side of the bed near my hip. My eyes lit up. "Ohhhhh, what did you get for me?" I said, as I got all giddy. Fluttershy giggled as she reached into the bag and took out the DVD case of Dragonball Z: Resurrection 'F'. Metaphorically, my heart exploded. Twice. "Flutters…you got this for me?" I said out of pure surprise. "Anything for my Otaku boyfriend." said Fluttershy, which made me blush. "I also got you the manga series I"s by the same creator of Video Girl Ai." said Fluttershy as she showed me the cover and handed it over to me. I've never heard of this manga series. I know Video Girl Ai, but not this. I grabbed it and placed it on the drawer on top of the drawer on my right. "I'll read that if there's nothing good on TV. Plus, tonight is episode 6 of Parasyte on toonami. I'm excited to see that." I said as I grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. "Oh, that show is creepy." said Fluttershy. "Hehehe. I love the series, 'cause I've read the manga series before it even was an anime." I said. "It was a manga series?" asked Fluttershy. "Yeah. I have all eight books." "Anyway, I have one more thing for you that wasn't from the store. I made this for the two of us." said Fluttershy as she reached into the bag slowly. I was getting curious to what it was. As she pulled her arm up, my jaw dropped. It was an anime-styled plushie of me and Flutters wearing the same shirt with a heart in the middle that had letters on it. It said on both hearts, "JXF". I looked over to Flutters who was giving me a shy look. "Flutters…this…is the best thing you ever made. I love them." I said from the kindness in my heart. Fluttershy placed in the plashes in the bag and gave me another hug. "Your welcome." whispered Fluttershy as she hugged me a little longer. "Hey, Jakie! Fluttershy! Would you two like to now have my cookies?!" said Pinkie as she quickly grabbed the cookies from out of her pocket. "Thanks, Pinkie." said Fluttershy as she reached her hand in and took out one of the cookies. "Pinkie, I'll say this again, that you are the best." I said as I grabbed my cookie. "Your welcome." said Pinkie as she gave us a huge grin. I looked back at Fluttershy as she did the same. We brought our cookies to our mouths and started eating them. They were delicious. "Pinkie, that was the best sugar cookie I ever tasted." I said as I gulped down my last bit of cookie. "I get that a lot." said Pinkie. "Excuse me, your visiting time is up. He needs to rest and relax a little more." said nurse Redheart as she walked into the room whipping the tears from her face. "Well darling, looks like we have to go. We'll see you tomorrow around noon. Get well." said Rarity as she walked towards the door. "See ya, Jake." said Rainbow Dash as she did the same. "See ya, sugarcube. Get better." said Applejack. "Bye bye!" said Pinkie in a way that Gin Ichimaru did in that one episode of Bleach. "See you soon, Jake. Get well." said Fluttershy as she ruffled my hair softly and giving me a kiss on the cheek. "See you soon…my hime." I said as Fluttershy walked out of the room and disappeared from my view. I looked over to nurse Redheart who is still crying. "Redheart, are you ok? Did that whole thing with me and Fluttershy get to you?" I asked. "Yes…you two lovebirds remind me of when I was married. I met a nice man who said the exact same thing you two said earlier. I haven't heard those kinds of words in a very long time. My husband passed away five years ago." she said as she sniffled. "Oh, well I'm sorry for your loss." I replied. "Well, now's not the time for you talk about romance. You need your rest. It is said that you'll be able to leave this place in about three more days. While you're here, it is my job as your nurse to keep you comfortable and to help you in your time of need." said nurse Redheart as she left the room. "Well, at least I'm not with a psycho nurse from a certain hentai. Ick…even thinking about that gives me the willies. "Well, might as well read the manga Fluttershy got me." I said as I reached towards the drawer on my right and began to read it. Sunday I lie on my bed bored from watching TV. There's nothing good on. I wanna be at home. I wanna see Fluttershy again. "Wait, a minute. What time is it?" I thought as I turned my head towards the clock. "11:55…the girls will be here in a bit. Good. I need some company." I said to myself as I lie back on my bed and watch a little more TV. I hear the door opening eight minutes later. I grabbed the remote and shut off the TV. The girls entered and formed a circle around me. "Hi, Jake." said Fluttershy as she and the girls waved to me. "Hi everybody." I said as I waved back. "So darling how's-" Rarity was cutoff as the door was pushed open immediately. Me and the girls looked towards the door. Storming in the room was my mother. She marched towards me and started to give me hugs and kisses as tears came down her face. "Oh my sweetie, I heard about what happened. I had to come straight over here to see you. How do you feel?" she said as she looked at me whipping the tears out of her eyes. "Mom, I'm doing fine. I'll be out of here soon. My wounds are healing. It's good to see you though." I said as I gave my mom a smile. "MOM?!" said all of the girls at once. My mother turned around and looked at the girls. She gave them a smile and then looked back at me. "Jake, may I meet your friends?" she asked. "Go right ahead, mom." I said. "Nice to meet you girls. What're your names?" "My name is Rarity, Miss Bolton." said Rarity as she did a curtsey. "I'm Applejack." said Applejack as she tipped her hat. "Name's Rainbow Dash." "I'm Pinkie!! Nice to meetcha!!" said Pinkie as she grabbed ahold of my mothers' hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you girls. And who might you be, sweetie?" said mother as she looked over to Fluttershy. "I'm Fluttershy. It's good to meet you." said Fluttershy. "Awwww, Jake, these girls are very sweet. How did you meet them?" asked mother as she turned towards me. "I met them around school. They even made me dinner one night." I said. "Oh? They made you dinner? How thoughtful of them." said mother as she smiled at me. "I know, right?" I said. "Did you play Marvin Gaye to get their attention?" said my mother as she began to snicker. "MOM?! No, I didn't!" I said as my face went red out of embarrassment. "I'm just kidding, sweetie." My mother turned around towards the girls. "You girls, look over my son. He can be quite clumsy." said mother to the girls. "We will." said the girls. "Thank you very much. Well, it's time for me to go. Jake, I love you and I will be back sometime next month to check on you." said my mother as she kissed me on the cheek an walked towards the door. "Mom, wait!" I said to get my mothers attention. "Yes, sweetie?" said my mother before she could walk through the door. "It would be nice if you call or text me everyday to check on me. Could you do that for me?" I asked. My mother smiled. "Of course, sweetie. If it makes you happy, I'll do it." said my mother as she waved to me and disappeared from my sight. "I feel so much better. At least I'll hear her voice everyday." I thought as a smile came on my face. I turned over to the girls who looked at me with happy faces. I cocked an eyebrow. "What's so funny?" I asked. "Your mother was really funny, darling." said Rarity. "You got yer mothers' hair." said Applejack. "I like her." said Rainbow Dash. "She reminds me of you." said Pinkie. "She's a really nice woman." said Fluttershy. "That's very nice of you, girls." I said. "Also, who's Marvin Gaye, darling?" asked Rarity. That question made my face go red. How could I explain it to them? "Let's just say he's a great singer and the ladies love him." I said as I began to sweat. "Oh, ok." said Rarity. "She bought it?" I thought. "Well, we got to go, Jake. We got some things we need to do." said Fluttershy as she came up to me and kissed my cheek. "See ya soon, girls." I said as I lay back on my bed. "Bye, Jake." said the girls as they left the room. I was all alone again. I let out a sigh. "I think my life is about to change." I said as I turned on the TV. > Epilogue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything went back to normal as soon as I left the hospital. Fluttershy and I are finally together again. We still hang out with friends, every once in a while, we'd like to go to downtown Canterlot and go to the malls, get a cup of coffee, or go to Otakucopia. She'd been coming more and more to my house just to be with me whenever she felt bored or if she needed company. She and I were like a happy married couple. Maybe someday, I'll get the both of us, those Pokemon rings I saw on the Internet, once I get the money for that. Speaking of money, I now have a job at the Canterlot Animal Shelter that gives really good payment. With Fluttershy as my helper, together we've been doing our jobs taking care of different animals. I learned so much at my job. I've been getting quite a good amount of dough as time passed. With this money, I could afford my own place and live on my own. Mother will be so proud by the time I live on my own. As a year passed, Sunset Shimmer has returned back to school, but was less dangerous than usual. She was still a bitch, though. However, a girl from another world came my friends and I. Her name was 'Twilight Sparkle' along with her companion, 'Spike'. With the help of Twilight Sparkle, she and the girls stopped Sunset's wrath upon the school. I discovered that she and the girls had some sort of magic. Too bad I don't have any. Sometime later, Sunset began to change. She began to become more and more friendlier to approach. She surprisingly became friends with us. She even apologized to me for what she had done in the past. I forgave her and we let bye-gones be bye-gones. Everything was peaceful once again. Or so I thought… A few months later, three mysterious girls came to the school who go by 'The Dazzlings'. I don't remember much. All I remember was feeling really angry all the time. I guess they must have all of us under some sort of spell. Twilight returned from her world to help us yet again. My friends defeated the sirens. I don't know what happened to them after their humiliation. I guess they are hiding out there around Canterlot (At least that's my guess). Everything went back to normal again. YET AGAIN, THEIR'S ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS A MONTH LATER!!! The Friendship Games tournament came. This time was different. We met Twilight, but it somehow wasn't Twilight. She also had also had a dog, named Spike who for some reason couldn't speak. As the tournament began, Twilight had this weird amulet thing that has been taking away my friends' magic one by one. It seems like me and Sunset knew what was going on. Twilight became some sort of she-demon, but was stopped from tearing rifts by Sunset who transformed into some sort of unicorn humanoid. Seeing her and Twilight charge at each other reminded me of Goku fighting Beerus. After that, we became friends with Twilight, until we found out that this Twilight, isn't the Twilight that we knew. By the time I moved out by age 21, I was already in college. I still had my job at the Animal Shelter, I lived in an apartment with such good neighbors, and Fluttershy has been visiting me more and more. We had more and more nights to share together. She and I were much closer than ever. By graduation, I had the most perfect idea for Fluttershy and me. I got enough money for the both of us to go to Japan. She was so happy as much as I was. She kissed me so hard that I had a feeling I was gonna get hickeys like Tomoko (Except I'm not doing it on purpose). While we were out eating dinner at a fancy restaurant, I had to give her another surprise. I took a knee down while holding her hand and said: "Fluttershy. These years being with you have been mind blowing. I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I want to be there with you during the troubled times. I want to love you forever. Will you marry me?" while holding out those Pokemon rings that I found online a few years back. Fluttershy had so much tears coming out of her yes when she heard my request. She replied: "Yes! Yes, I will marry you!" She and I were married in a traditional Japanese way. She wore a pink kimono as I wore a black yukata. Our friends were crying tears of joy over the site of our marriage. She and I were together forever. Our love will never be broken.