> Today, I Might Murder My Wife
>  by Jade Ring
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> One Year Later...
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Bon Bon yawned and stretched her tired muscles. The silky smoothness of the sheets rubbed against her fur as she ran a hoof through her sleep-tousled mane. She completed the stretch with a satisfied grunt and rolled over to face her wife.

Lyra loudly snored in her face, a steady stream of drool flowing down to her pillow.

Bon Bon stared at the less than elegant display for a few moments longer, asking herself why she felt so strongly for the unicorn beside her. Unable to take the noise any longer, Bon Bon reached out a hoof and gently prodded Lyra's chest. "Lyra?"

The only reply was another loud, long snore.

She poked her again, harder this time. "Lyra."

Lyra snorted and waved a hoof over her face like she was chasing off an imaginary bug. She started snoring again.

Bon Bon's eyes narrowed. She held her hoof over Lyra's nose and nudged her there this time. "Lyra, wake up."

Lyra's eye cracked open in irritation. "Go back to sleep, Bonnie."

"No. It's time to..." Her voice was cut off as Lyra's magic seized the blankets and forced them up and over her head. "Lyra!"

The unicorn's giggle managed to flip the anger switch in her mind to the OFF position like it always did.

Bon Bon pulled the blankets down and looked upon her grinning wife, her yellow eyes laughing at her and dancing with humor and love. Suddenly she remembered why she put up with the snoring.

It was worth it to wake up this mare's face every day.

Lyra yawned and scratched her belly. "Aren't we off today? Why are you waking me up?"

Bon Bon rolled her eyes. "Because somepony was supposed to be bringing me breakfast in bed."

Lyra's eyes shot open. "Oh no! Is it your birthday already?!"

Bon Bon gave her wife the driest look she could muster. 

"...what?"

"Lyra, what day is it?"

"...Sunday."

Strike one. "Okay, what's the date?"

"...the third." Lyra responded, a confused look on her face.

Strike two. "Alright. What's special about today?"

Lyra closed her eyes in concentration, willing her sleep-addled brain into action. "Today is..."

Bon Bon leaned forward in anticipation. 

"Today is..."

Their muzzles were nearly touching now. 

Lyra stared in the eyes of the mare she loved and gave her the biggest, warmest smile she could muster. 

Bon Bon returned it. "I knew you wouldn't forg..."

"Colgate and I are going to Canterlot to see our old school friends today!" Lyra jumped out of bed after planting a kiss on Bon Bon's forehead. "Thanks for reminding me, babe."

Bon Bon's eye twitched as Lyra left their bedroom and headed for the bathroom down the hall. "...what?"

Lyra poked her head back into the room. "What was that? Whoa!" She ducked just in time to miss the pillow Bon Bon hurled at her face. "What was that forOOF!" The second pillow struck her straight in the face.

Bon Bon, now standing on the plush bed, trembled with rage. "I didn't think it was possible, but you actually forgot, didn't you?" She looked around, desperately hoping to find a heavier projectile to add to her arsenal.

"Forgot what?" Lyra demanded, tensed and ready to catch or dodge whatever Bon Bon decided to throw next.

"Ugh! You're so dumb sometimes, Lyra!"

"Hey, I'm not the one who fell for a little anniversary prank, am I?"

Bon Bon froze. Slowly, she turned to see Lyra smirking at her. "...what?"

Lyra sighed dramatically as she approached the bed. "Did you really think that I would forget the happiest day of my life?" Her magic flipped open a nearby jewelry box and pulled out a pair of scrolls wrapped in pink ribbon. "These are our tickets to tonight's special performance of Les Mareserables in Canterlot. Before we have to catch our train, we've got a special spa treatment lined up. After the show, we have reservations at La Bella Notte and will be spending the night at the Diamond Inn."

Bon Bon blushed hotly. "The Royal Suite?"

"Psh, what do I look like? A mare with plenty of favors to call in with her friends and family in the city she used to live in?" Lyra winked. "We're in the penthouse."

Bon Bon fell into the blankets and buried her face in them, suddenly desperate to commit embarrassment-induced suicide. "I'm an idiot."

"It can't always be me." Lyra laughed as she climbed back onto the bed and lay next to her love. "And I forgive you for not making me breakfast in bed."

Bon Bon cut eyes at her. "What are you talking about? It's your turn this year."

"Uh uh." Lyra shook her head. "We're married now. Dating anniversaries don't count anymore. The count has been reset."

Bon Bon smiled despite herself. "Clever girl."

"You know it." Lyra giggled as she put a foreleg around her wife and pulled her close. "Happy anniversary, Bonnie."

Bon Bon snuggled into her wife's embrace. "Happy anniversary." She snorted irritably. "And I'm sorry for freaking out on you."

"And?"

"...and for not making you breakfast in bed."

"Wow." Lyra smirked down at the earth pony. "Sounds like you've got quite a bit to be sorry for."

Catching her drift, Bon Bon began to plant small kisses along her wife's neck. "I really do. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"

Lyra shivered at the familiar tone in Bon Bon's voice. "...I can think of a few things."

"I knew you could." Her trek upwards ended with a lick on her wife's cheek. "How long until we have to be at the spa?"

"Thirty minutes."

Bon Bon pouted. "That's not nearly enough time."

Lyra surprised her wife by turning and catching her lips in a kiss. "It's a start."

Bon Bon cooed as their lips brushed again. "Well, we do have the penthouse tonight, don't we?"

Lyra nodded and kissed Bon Bon again. Her magic grabbed the blanket's edge and started to pull it over them. "Happy anniversary, darling."

"Happy anniversary." Bon Bon giggled. She grabbed her wife by the shoulders and rolled onto her back, pulling the unicorn on top of her. "Now come and get your present."

Lyra buried her face in Bon Bon's neck as she finished pulling the blanket on top of them. "What, no breakfast?"

"That would require me getting up. Would you be alright with candy for breakfast?"

"...Yes. I am very okay with that."

The ensuing laughter soon faded into the familiar and dulcet tones of love's sweet song as Lyra and Bon Bon Heartstrings marked their first year as mare and wife.

The first of many, as most would agree.