After finally getting the courage to ask out Equestria's resident Lord of Chaos, the yellow griffequus realizes that things are never that straightforward.
[OCxDiscord] [M/M]
Having met before, Existential Panache decides it's a good idea to ask out Discord, but things don't go so smoothly.
This story is an introductory excerpt into the relationship between these two characters, and serves to give a view into how they came about knowing each other. This is a reasonable take on these two characters getting together and having fun.
Today was a sunny day on the outskirts of the quiet little town of Ponyville. The sun pierced through the beautiful blue sky and let waves of golden light hit a grassy field. As the wind fled through the tall grass, it brushed passed an anxious yellow pegasus trot his way down the dirt path.
Quiet mutters could be heard from the pony as his eyes fixated on a small, soft cottage nestled next to a creek. The quaint sounds of the water grew louder as the pony’s strange front paws patterned against the dirt, and brought him closer and closer. His face was a half smile, half scared look that seemed to fade into the slight shade under his yellow mane. The sun seemed to glow beams off of his off-yellow coat coloration.
Finally, after moments of consideration and a few nervous flaps of his wings out of indecision, he knocked on the wooden front door. Moments ticked by as he waited impatiently for an answer. He hoped and prayed in his mind how it should all go well. However, in passing seconds, the door slowly opened to a faintly familiar face.
A humble yellow pony, with a pink mane and sparkling summer blue eyes, answered the door.
“H-hello?” She stared at the stallion for just a moment before a distant memory shot back to her. “Oh! You’re Existential Panache, right? Hehe, I almost didn’t recognize you. I’m sorry.”
With a nervous smile, he nodded, “Hey, Fluttershy. U-Uh, is Discord in today?”
“Oh no. He doesn’t usually visit today, but I’ll be sure to let him know you stopped by.” She smiled warmly.
“That’s… unfortunate.” He looked at the ground, defeated again. His eyes cast down at the floor.
Fluttershy’s ears perked up a bit as she saw the stallion this way. “Um… Do you want to come in?” Her demeanor changed as she opened the door a bit wider.
He blinked before nodding and accepting the friendly gesture. She returned with her warm smile. There was an air of unease about him, but his anxiety had subsided for now. His face had flushed off its half-tones and became calmer as he was greeted by a light, airy smell inside the home.
Looking around inside, the stallion’s emerald eyes peered over the various animal paraphernalia. Hanging from the ceiling, he could see some chimes and bird perches. As he followed Fluttershy, he was sure to keep from stepping on any small animals that may have lived in her home.
She led him to a boothed table that sat snugly against a few open windows. A tea set sat on the open table. The set itself had a white and blue quaint design that depicted animals in different poses all the way around the kettle, while the cups themselves had a gold inlay rim. The set looked to be very well made, and it was clear that the mare kept them quite tidy. Fluttershy smiled as she beckoned the stallion to sit across from her.
Passing conversation lasted a few minutes as they spoke about minor things. Their work, their lives thus far, and their hobbies. Exist slowly became more and more relaxed as his anxieties were put to rest. Discord was not here, so there was nothing to rile him up now. The light of the room, and the smell of the fresh tea made him realize how silly he looked to the other pony.
“It’s been a while since your brother came to my workplace.” Exist smiled, taking one of the empty teacups with a paw, and pouring himself a drink. “I still think about how bad of a liar he was.” He chuckled.
Fluttershy just sighed quietly and glanced out the window, “I know… I care about him a lot, but sometimes enough is enough.” She took a sip of the dark, lukewarm drink as she reminisced. “It’s silly though, pretending to be a mental patient to get free stuff…”
The stallion nodded with a more relaxed smile. His eyes peered out the window which had a wide view of the fields that cascaded against Fluttershy’s humble home. He watched as the trees just off to the right danced and moved in the breeze. Every so often he would see a bird or another animal scurry by.
“I hope me stopping in so randomly wasn’t rude.” Exist regaled in his newly poured cup of tea. “... I had heard that Discord is a good friend of yours, and I wanted… to talk to him.” He trailed off as he attempted to speak his mind.
“I-if… you don’t mind me asking-” The quiet pegasus spoke up, “What did you want to talk to him a-about? I swear, he’s turned over a new leaf.”
The young stallion couldn’t help but snort to himself as he stifled a laugh. A paw clenched into a fist as he brought it away from his face, “No, no. I… I wanted… mmm. You can keep a secret, right?”
“Of course. I’m a certified secret keeper, even Pinkie Pie said so.” She flinched as she finished speaking, her eyes agape, “B-b-but that’s a secret! So don’t tell anypony…” Quickly, her hoof was brought to her mouth.
“I understand.” Exist’s eyes peered around quickly, looking for any souls that might hear what he had to say. Fortunately, there were none, “Well… I wanted to get to know him better. I-I think I want to ask him out on a date.”
Fluttershy’s eyes stayed wide as she began to blush. Small pink flecks grew on her face as she pressed both cheeks with her hooves. She looked happy but also excited. Her ears perked all the way up, ready to listen.
“Oh that’s… That’s so wonderful. I’m sure he’d be happy to hear that!” She leaned in closely, “B-but um… Well, we’re, um, in a relationship right now, but ...”
Time stopped as her words broke into the void that occupied the space that Exist’s heart used to inhabit. Now marked with piercing darkness, her words echoed up through his chest, and welled in a painful lump in the stallion’s throat. His body flinched and shivered a bit as the realization flooded his mind - the water seeping out in the form of tears.
“W-what?” He could barely utter, “No I…”
Before Fluttershy could even continue what she was saying, Exist exited his seat with a thump. His face had fallen low as he made a dash for the door. As wings flapped upon reaching the outside in only a few trots, he could barely hear Fluttershy say something under his muffled whimpers.
Reaching the sky, his body zoomed through the sky towards his place of comfort. His paws and hooves grazed a few loose clouds as he could only see loose blobs of light and color through the tears in his eyes. Swirling and twisting emotions wretched at his heart as he clenched his chest in physical pain. He bit his teeth together hard as cheeks and eyes clenched shut.
There was a time when he’d felt this way before. A long time ago, but the memory had all but faded - the feelings remained. Dredged up emotions could never fully be extinguished through time alone, even if the memories had been whisked away by that same flow. Like the sun flowing in and out of the sky, these feelings continue to burn even should the moon’s remembrance of the sun’s rays at night should remain.
Still, as sad as he was in this moment, the comfort of home was only a drop of fresh water in the world’s oceans. As he opened the door, he was greeted by the shaded peace and quiet. Retiring for the day, he made his way up the wooden stairs in his clouded home. He left behind the couch and various homely decor alone, finding his plush, velvety blankets the only place he should be.
…
The next morning came and went as the poor griffequus stayed asleep in his bed. Unwilling to let go of his soft covers, he laid their motionless for hours into the morning. The sun began to pierce his clouded glass ceiling, making his eyelids slowly lift. Light from the sky revealed the rest of his room to him with everything where it should be. His clothes were tucked away into a small drawer set against the back wall, while a large closet lay just to the right of his bed.
On his nightstand sat a group of pictures of different ponies. Each one near and dear to his heart in some way, he couldn’t help but look at the picture of Fluttershy and her brother standing at the front gates of Cloudsdale Mental Hospital. His thoughts turned over though, as he remembered the person who took the photo. A frown appeared on his face as he sighed, pressing his paws into his forehead.
The quiet moment had ceased, however, as a familiar ring reverberated throughout his home. It was his doorbell, of course, prompting him to make his way through his home. Begrudgingly, he trot his way down the stairs and into his furnished home. As his paws pressed against the wooden front door, he was greeted to a familiar face: Fluttershy.
“Oh. Hey.” Exist flinched as his eyes laid on her figure. “...Sorry I left so suddenly yesterday.”
A look of concern had befallen her expression as she looked him over, “I-I just wanted to make sure you were okay. Um, how are you feeling…?”
One of Exist’s eyebrows creased a bit before answering, “Not great. It feels like my heart is a big black hole. But…” He sighed, shaking his head. “I know better than to get mad at you. Or him. ...It’s not either of your fault that I’m upset. You just - told me the truth.” The door opened a bit wider as he pulled himself out of the way, “Would you like to come inside?”
Fluttershy nodded as she replied, “I, yes. I-I’m really sorry that I upset you. I mean it, truly.”
As the stallion closed the door, he swallowed a bit of spit. With a soft lump in his throat, he led Fluttershy over to his small kitchen that nestled in a corner of his contemporary cloud-based home. Light refracted off of the clouds and windows that his home had been built with creating a heavenly glow in the midday sunlight.
“Did you want something to eat? I think I still have some snacks left…” Exist said, trying to take his mind off the past. His paw slowly opened one of the cupboards to reveal some long-lived goodies.
“No, no thank you. I had plenty to eat already.” Fluttershy took a seat at one of the short wooden chairs that surrounded a short stone table. The table had blue markings all over it that seemed to shine and sparkle in the sunlight. Her eyes darted to the blue speckles in the stone as she looked closer. “...Oh my, is this lapis lazuli?”
Exist paused as he had a bag of banana bread chips in his paws and looked over to his table. “I… think so. I’m not sure. I ended up buying it at a Stop n’ Swap Shop down in Trottington. I think my previous table broke or something. It’s nice, isn’t it?”
“Oh yes, it is…” She smiled warmly, looking up at Exist. “I only really know about that because Rarity likes gems like these.”
“I was about to say,” The stallion took his seat, placing his unkempt yellow tail against the glossy marble floor. “You’re more of an animal lover, right? Yeah…”
She nodded, “Animals are what I know best. Taking care of them, making sure they stay out of trouble, finding the right home for them. It’s… Oh, I’m sorry, I’m talking too much.”
“No, no, you’re fine.” Exist tried to smile, but took a bite of his snack.
Fluttershy seemed to think for a moment, putting a hoof to her chin before finally speaking up again, “I, um, wanted to know more about you, actually. You helped my brother after all, even after all he put you through, and… well, we were friends in school, right?”
The stallion rubbed his paw on the back of his head, “Well, I don’t remember much from school, other than being made fun of for having these paws. Mm… Maybe it was because I looked like a cat? Hmm… I dunno. Maybe it was because I only like stallions, too... Fillies are mean.” Exist’s elbows pressed against the glossy table as he leaned on his cat like front paws.
“I’ve felt that way before. They’ve made fun of me for being too scared to...do much. But I just know that they’re better ponies now, and I have to move on. Um, right?” She looked at the stallion with determined eyes.
“R-right.” He concurred and pressed his head down a bit with a huff. “There’s no point in staying upset over something that’s happened a long time ago.”
The mare agreed as she began to chat about her experiences in school with the stallion. Their conversation bled into other things like weaving fabric into a beautiful piece of clothing. Before long, they had begun to take a look around Exist’s home.
Having moved to the living room, Exist talked about the main reason why he wanted this house in particular. He noted the way this room was setup let him have a lot of space to fly around, or walk around if he had non-pegasus friends visit. He liked having the space open up to a balcony on the second floor, which led to his bedroom. It kind of reminded him of a tower, even though the home was very contemporary for the standards he had come to know for Southern Cloudsdale.
“What’s this small closet for?” Fluttershy asked, pressing a hoof against a small door stuck up against the wall just above his couch.
“I keep old photos in there and other important stuff. That part of the wall is actually made of rock, and so is the door. If my house caught fire, I wouldn’t have to worry about losing that stuff.” Exist floated up to the door with ease.
His wings kept balance as he carefully opened the door and removed a book full of photographs. Inside the chamber, there was other files and personal information kept neatly in the back. Slowly he descended next to Fluttershy, who had taken the liberty of making herself comfortable on the plush couch.
She rubbed her hoof against the fabric and smiled, “I love this couch. It’s so nice!”
Exist just huffed happily, and brought the pictures over next to him. “Yeah, I like lots of soft stuff. I know that’s a bit stereotypical of somepony like me, but I just can’t help it.” He opened the book.
“There’s nothing to be ashamed of. Your business is yours and yours alo--” She cut herself off with a gasp as she looked at the first few pictures that had filled the book. “Is that...?! You have pictures of… Wait, those are the animals that live in the Royal Garden up in Canterlot! But… they’re babies here…!”
The glow and sparkle in her eyes intrigued Exist as he explained, “Well, I had this picture for as long as I can remember. I just have a bunch of pictures from Canterlot, actually.” As he spoke, he flipped through a few pictures. Some of the gardens, the hedge-maze, the castle itself, and even some statues showed up. “I don’t remember where I got these. All I remember is that when I was very little, I kept them in a little shoebox in my room. I remember my mom giving me this book, too.” His somber smile was not unnoticed by the yellow pegasus.
He flipped through more of the pictures, but stopped as he got to a picture of a large statue. He sighed, swallowing some spit again, “Hmm…” He flipped passed the picture of the large stone statue as Fluttershy silently eyed the griffequus worriedly. Strangely, past that page, was a bunch of missing pictures. “Wha…? Oh, I must’ve taken some of these out when I came home yesterday.”
Fluttershy didn’t need to ask what the pictures were of. It was clear what they were, to her, and prying into that bit of detail would have been too much to handle. She just shifted her body a bit as her face got a better view of the glossy photos that laid neatly in the book, keeping her face as respectfully out of his view as she could to give him enough space.
Exist stopped at a particular photo of himself. It seemed to be of him standing in some kind of office, but most of the details are indecipherable. “I think I took this picture on my first day of work? Ah, I’m not sure. I think I look cute in this picture.”
“You look great, Exist...er Panache? E-Existential Panache is such a long name, sorry.” She apologized for the tenth time.
Panache shook his head, “You can call me Exist or Panache, either is fine to me.” More pages flipped before Exist stopped again. “Hmm… Oh, I think this photo is of my ex-boyfriend. Care Package?”
The picture revealed to be a rather sultry photo of a young pegasus stallion with a yellow coat and a red mane. Off to the side of the pegasus seemed to be a mail-stallion’s outfit. The striking blue and black rimmed hat and matching saddle really stuck out compared to everything else in the photo. Care Package himself seemed to look at the camera with a loving look, and lazily leaning on one hoof while lounging on what seems to be a red velvet fainting couch.
“I’ve met this pony before! He delivers some of Rainbow Dash and my mail from Cloudsdale Central. I’ve heard he gets around, and is quite a heart---” She cut herself off as Exist just stared at her. “U-Um, did I say something wrong?”
“No, you just seemed to know this pony a bit more than I figured you would have.” He shrugged. “It’s fine. Regardless, me and him are still friends, despite breaking up. Just too busy with his job, not enough time for me.”
“Aww… No… I’m so sorry, that must have been awful.” Fluttershy looked down. She seemed to take on Exist’s sadness.
“No need to be sad, I haven’t thought about him in a while.” He tried to smile, but felt he couldn’t. “That doesn’t mean I still wasn’t heart broken and… upset.” His paw clenched the book a bit tighter.
Without warning, Fluttershy lept at Exist with a light embrace. Her frail body got close to the stallion’s in a warm hug. “It’s going to be okay…” She hugged tighter.
Exist reciprocated albeit apprehensively. “Uh, okay…?” His mouth scrunched up as she seemed to be fiddling with something behind his back. “Wh-what are you doing?”
Right after his questioning of her doings, she let go of Exist. A small smile was on her face as she pulled up an array of photos. The griffequus flinched in shock, eyes widening as he saw what the photos were of: Discord. One photo was another shot of the statue that he inhabited, while the rest of the photos seemed to be of the draconequus from afar. Another photo was of Discord hanging out with Fluttershy out in the grassy fields. To top it all off, the photos were being held by a cat like hand.
“I… What!?” The book of photos fell to the floor with a muffled sound, bouncing only once. Blood started to rush to his cheeks. “...Discord?”
Fluttershy’s face was indescribable as she began to laugh strangely. Never in his life would he have ever heard her laugh like this. It was then that he saw it, before his eyes, Fluttershy’s head ripping like paper. As though a filly were playing with crafts, her body dissipated into ripped pieces of paper that seemed to dissolve into bubbles which then subsequently floated up into the open air of the room. The photos she was holding fell to the ground.
She completely disappeared. In that moment, Exist had completely frozen and waited for whatever needed to happen - happen. Slowly, a low, strange laughter began to fill the room as the photos seemed to shake and rumble. Exist’s eyes darted down at the photos, mouth agape, and saw that with every photo that Discord inhabited, he seemed to be moving. The photo’s scenes were now alive, or at least Discord was, laughing, giggling and staring at Exist. The stallion felt cold and unable to move.
Outside Exist’s view, the bubbles slowly fell behind the griffequus. Their luminous colors refracted the sunlight that shone through the windows throughout the room. Slowly and softly they fell just behind the stallions head before finally popping. The pop was loud but seemed to explode into confetti. Exist flinched as it exploded, still frozen in confusion.
The confetti converged into Discord, inexplicably. As he formed, his laughter quieted to a soft chuckle just behind the stallion as he said, “It’s so nice to meet one of my biggest fans.” His breath brushed passed Exist’s hot, steaming face. “Don’t worry, I’m gonna make you feel nice and… silly.”
Large hands immediately grabbed at Exist’s body making him jolt. The jolt transformed into a girlish yell, which only amused Discord further. The stallion couldn’t move as his body was played with and turned around to face his confusion head on.
“You’re so cute, I might need an insulin shot.” He said as another version of him poofed into existence.
The other version wore what looked to be doctors clothing, complete with a stethoscope around his neck. “I’m sorry, but your insurance doesn’t cover the cost.”
Discord just shrugged then turned to face his biggest fan, “What sorts of other secrets have you been hiding? Those photos look pretty suspicious to me… If I had to think of a reason, you’re obsessed with me.” He poked a finger on the griffequus’ nose. “That’s so cute. You want to worship the very ground I walk on…”
Exist couldn’t respond. His mind had gone completely blank ever since the pictures started laughing at him. His heart was beating very fast, and he had noticeably become more and more dizzy the longer he stared at his crush.
Discord snapped his fingers, and a few more copies of himself filled the room. One copy wore a stereotypical executioner’s mask. Another, black rimmed glasses and a business suit that reminded Exist of a therapist. The last one, a french maid’s outfit.
“Perhaps we should ask him how he feels. Poking at his brain might make it easier to get closer, relationship wise…” The therapist said tapping a newly formed clipboard with a pen.
“No! We need to punish him! He’s been a very sinful stallion.” The executioner pulled out an endless supply of rope from his back.
“What about ze house? Vhy not clean it up a bit, no?” The maid said, pulling out a small pink duster and brushing the air.
The doctor pushed the other Discords away, “We must be careful! He could faint at any moment from excitement… aaannnd there he goes.” The doctor hovered over the fainted stallion, who had a silly smile on his face, and placed the stethoscope on his lightly fluffed chest. “He’s gone, Jim…”
…
The sounds of relaxed breathing and the occasional clack of porcelain against a stone table was all that could be heard in the warm home. Light from the midday sun had slowly changed into a auburn yellow and red coloration. The windows let in the light, and kept the house quite bright despite the small amounts of alternative light sources in the rooms.
In the center of the room was a large, plush, velvety bed of sorts. Fuzzy, furry blankets had been piled comfortably beneath Exist’s head and body. Despite the whole ensemble being held in place (bobbing and floating ever so slightly) in the air, as well as being upside-down, the properties of the bed seemed to make it so that everything was pulled downward with a relativistic gravitational pull.
Sitting on the couch “above” the bed was a lounging Fluttershy and a cup of tea. She seemed to be reading some kind of sewing magazine, and saw it fit to get comfortable on Exist’s couch. Her back rest against the arm cushions as she waited on the griffequus to awaken.
Regardless, Exist continued to be asleep. His eyes stayed closed, even after everything had been moved around in his home. The draconequus’ eyes flickered in the light as he passed effortlessly onto the velvety bedding. His body slithered up next to the sleeping sweety pie, propped up his head with one arm, and smiled with a sultry grin. With his free hand, he began to slowly pet his “fan’s” soft tummy.
Immediately, there was a loud audible purr coming from the stallion, as he slowly awoke. “Mmmn.” His eyes slowly opened to peer at Discord’s. “Ah! Discord! W-what’s going on?”
Discord ignored his confusion and just continued to pet him softly, “I’m making you feel nice, can’t you see?” Quickly, he gave Exist a peck on the cheek with his large, goat-like muzzle.
Immediately, the griffequus’ face grew a familiar reddish coloration, “B-but I-” He looked up, which was down in this case, to see Fluttershy look up and smile at him warmly. “A-Aren’t you two together? This seems kinda inappropriate…”
Discord paused for a moment, thinking before responding, “Well, yes we are but- Fluttershy?” He looked up, but in doing so his eyes fell out of their sockets and into Fluttershy’s lap - looking up at her with questioning pupils.
“Yes?” She looked up and then back down at the pair of eyeballs, unsure of which to look at.
“You didn’t tell my biggest, littlest fan about our relationship properly!” Detaching the arm he had been using to pet the griffequus, he floated the rest of his body gently down next to Fluttershy with a knowing, coy smirk. Quickly, he picked up his eyeballs and popped them back into his head. His detached cat like arm continued to stroke and pet at Exist, much to his confused delight.
Fluttershy put a hoof to her chin, and then spoke, “I thought I said it aloud, but… um, I guess he didn’t hear me. I-I’m sorry. Let me explain.” She cleared her throat before bringing herself into the air with her wings. Flying closely to her lover she started to explain, “While me and Discord do love and care about each other very much, we have decided it’s best to meet other ponies so we don’t lock ourselves away to just each other - um - that’s how he puts it.”
Discord squeezed Fluttershy close to his side as he looked up at the griffequus. “We’re in an ‘Open Relationship’, Existykins. As long as we talk to each other and communicate, we’ll be just fine.” The draconequus’ free hand gave Fluttershy’s pink mane a light pet.
“Mmhmm! As long as we---” Fluttershy flinched as a memory smacked her in the face, “O-Oh! I almost forgot! Rarity and I were going to help Twilight with her- Oooh, I’m gonna be late!”
“Here, Fluttershy.” Gently, he let her go and bent over. Lightly he tapped her face with a kiss, and she was gone. “Have fun, hunny bunny.”
As she disappeared, the draconequus slowly turned to greet his special friend. His smile never faded as his free hand brought some fingers together into a snap. In an instant, a pair of tea cups full of the hot stuff appeared and floated around the wuzzled stallion. They turned and orientated themselves for perfect drinking without spilling, despite rotating a full 180 degrees.
“So, you can have as many special friends as you want, then?” Exist reluctantly took the dainty looking teacup and began to sip the drink. The cat hand moved up from his belly and began to rub his ears slowly. Exist grew goosebumps as he felt the paw’s squishy pads rub against the tips. “H-How special would I b-”
Discord slithered up next to his new coltfriend, letting the cup sip slowly into his mouth, “You’re the first coltfriend I’ve ever had, heh heh, and-” He gave the blushing young pegasus a deep kiss on the cheek, letting his beardy lightly tickle the griffequus’ neck, “-if you stick around, I’ll make sure you’ll be as important to me as Fluttershy is.” As he spoke, he pulled out a pink and black hat that had a matching feather coming out the back. Briefly he put it on before tossing it away, the hat disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Exist closed his eyes. He knew what Discord really meant saying that, and swallowed the small lump in his throat. “B-b-but will you actually love me? I just wanted to ask you out. Y-you’re so amazing I- just took a long time.” He paused, looking up at his lover with needy eyes, “Can you say it?”
Discord blinked albeit stunned. He could feel the radiating devotion within Exist’s heart beaming out and poisoning him with every word. His thoughts circled around the need for insulin. “You are JUST so unbelievably adorable! I can’t stand it!” In one swift motion, he snaked his whole body around the griffequus - his arm reattaching itself. He brought him in close and nearly smothered him in all the love he could give, “I love you I love you I love you I love you” Discord said the phrase over and over ad nauseum. The tone in his voice changing randomly.
Exist couldn’t help but laugh. Finally bringing his paws around the draconequus’ neck, he pulled himself into a deep embrace. His laughter competed with Discord’s repetitive words. Discord continued to say the magic phrase, however, seemingly without needing to breathe. The words just continued to spill out like a broken dam.
“Hahaha! Okay okay, you can stop now!” Exist said with a huge grin on his face. He looked up to face his lover head on.
Discord released him slightly, pushing him gently on his back, and began to wriggle his fingers into the griffequus’ lower tummy. “I love you - tickle tickle - I love you - coochie coo - I love you” He refused to stop. Tickling and teasing him now, his fingers slowly worked up the now laughing and squeaking young griffequus. Happily, he shook his head “no” rhythmically as he brought himself closer and closer to his lover’s face following the wriggling hands.
“Aaannnd… I love you, I love you, I love you…” His lips touched the helpless stallion. “Let’s see, how many was that? 45? I know I’ve told Fluttershy that at least 500 times.” He kissed Exist again. “No no, I think I need to say it more now. It’s only fair. That way, it will be undeniable that ‘I love you’ (46) as much as I do, her.” As quickly as the number 46 came up, the number itself came into existence as a pair of floating lights of sorts. A small ringing noise went through the air as the number appeared.
Exist slowly calmed down, still giggling, “Y-you don’t have to say it that much. Hehe, I understand.” He brought himself close to the draconequus, and pressed his lips gently against his other.
“Thaaat simply will not do!” Having been initiated upon, Discord’s face grew a bit red. “I’ll not be the one to let somepony I care about feel like they aren’t loved enough. Besides, saying ‘I love you’-” He pointed to the number as it flashed. It changed to 47 with a familiar ring. “Isn’t the only way I’m going to show you my love, Existential Panache-!” He gasped, “Panache! Panache… I understand now.”
“What? What do you understand, Discord?” The griffequus said smiling.
“You told me you love soft things, but I didn’t realize fully why you kept such silly objects like feather dusters, and other questionable items upstairs.” Discord put a finger to his chin, “Yes, I may have been a bit of a nosey draconequus, but you have to understand I was quite intrigued by what you told me… Now I understand you better, I believe.” Discord snapped his fingers again causing something to change. “Hehehe, you’ve made a wonderful choice picking me.”
All around the bed, all Exist could see were absurdly large, and fluffy feathers growing out of the edges of the bed. Making an arc, the feathers seemed more concentrated at the corners as an array of colorful tendrils splayed over the two lovers. Despite the feather’s thickness, sunlight easily made its way through to light up the enclosed bed space.
“Does this satiate your pteronophilia?” Discord asked as he gently placed himself and Exist on the bed, close to one another. They both lay in the ultra soft blankets and looked up at the tantalizing fluff that swayed in a light breeze. “Perhaps you’re a knismophile? No no… both!” He chuckled as he raised a hand to the air.
With one motion of that hand, beckoning at the space in front of him, a feather bent down to greet Exist. The mystified look in his eyes was more than enough to excite the draconequus even further. Without a second thought, Discord grabbed at the fluffy thing and pulled it closer to Exist. The feather was now more of a ridiculous looking pen in his hand. Chuckling, his eyelids lowered onto the needy body now beneath him. The “pen” in his hand now a tool to tease the griffequus with.
Exist was eating up all this attention, “I love you.” It was all he could say.
Discord brought the feather down and began to stroke the griffequus’ belly slowly and gently. Chuckling as he did this, he didn’t ever lose that charismatic grin on his face, “I love you, too.” Another familiar ring had aired; the number had became 48. “Let me hear that giggle of yours.”
The feather was unbelievably tickly having been placed upon the griffequus’ stomach. Slowly, the bristles swished and brushed lightly against the body. Its wiggling, furry tentacles suspiciously spread out and flayed a bit each pass it took at his aching body. Naturally, Exist began to let loose his bubbles of laughter.
He fought back the urge to grab at the feather to make it stop, “Nohoho! That tickles! Hahaha!” Squeaking and squealing was all that was left to do, and he did it exceptionally well.
“I love you,” 49. “But, something tells me that you like being tickled. I can’t help but get this nagging feeling that this is exciting you beyond your wildest imagination. That’s okay.” Discord brought his mouth close to Exist’s ear, and whispered into it, still tickling, “I’m gonna take you even further beyond.” ...
Discord started out slow. He took his time stroking the fiery feather against the griffequus and making sure to squeeze out every giggle he possibly could. He cooed and teased his lover all over with his voice; playfully making fun of his excitement. Before a third feather could come into the mix, Discord made note of the pole that had arisen a few moments after the first feather had appeared. Loosely his lips told Exist that he loved him over and over as he tickled the stallion.
“Tell me if it’s too much. I don’t want to break my cute, giggle-boy.” His voice rumbled in the stallion’s ears.
In a swift motion, he let go of the feathers in his hands. They flung back into the dome of ticklish sea. Chuckling to himself, he brought his hands, as well as his head, to Exist’s hardened member that had been standing at attention. The stiff soldier was happily awaiting its leader for quite some time now. Occasionally it wiggled and bounced as the griffequus flinched and bucked.
“And what do we have here? A loyal soldier it seems. How interesting.” He brought his paw, and began to rub the length with squishy pads. Snickering now, he slowly circled the top of it with a finger. “How does this feel, hmm?”
Exist had his head slowly leaned back into the fluffy blankets just below him. His mouth agape, all he could do was breathe and quietly moan. Still, he mustered a bit of his strength to reach down and touch his lover’s paw, letting it ride his length. The sound of his own purring was more than enough to entice his draconequus lover to go further - to clasp the length fully.
“Ah!” Exist shivered as something felt a bit off. It felt good, but he wasn’t sure what was going on.
Discord just snickered, “I just can’t help myself. I just HAVE to keep your soldier for myself. He’s quite sexy.”
Peering over, Exist could feel an unfamiliar draft on his lower body. As his eyes laid upon his naughty bits, he noticed they were in Discord’s hand. He watched as the draconequus twirled them around as though they were a dildo. The back of the dildo was obscured by a strange purple-white swirl of colors. The same colors were faintly seen where his bits had originated from.
Wide eyed, Exist spoke up, “H-How did you… I- Um! My soldier!”
“Shhh. Don’t ask questions~!” His voice had become sing-song like. “What’s the fun in making sense? Just enjoy the ride.”
Before Exist had the chance to properly respond, he watched as Discord brought his member to his long mouth. Something changed again. The stallion couldn’t put his paw on it, but there was more to his naughty bits being detached than was being let on. Slowly, he pulled himself up and tried to walk closer to Discord.
However, the moment that thick, strong soldier decided to delve deep into the chaotic cave of madness, Exist felt an overwhelming sensation. All around his cock was this soft, fluttering feeling that stroked and explored every inch of it. He buckled and gasped as the feeling was far too much to let him have even a hair’s breadth of energy.
“What are you doing to my soldiAAHH!” His words turned into a squeak like yell as Discord slowly, methodically pulled the member out of his mouth.
“Why, I’m having him explore this new cave. You want to know what it’s called?” Joyfully he smiled as a few feathers from the dome snaked their way over to Exist. “I call it… the Funny Cave.”
“D-Discord I’m-GONNA HOLYCELESTIAAAAAAHHH!!” Exist screamed as he witnessed his buddy sliding down the aptly named feathered cave.
His length was fluffed and teased to an infinite degree. He began to pant and twitch, falling to the floor, as he was subdued. All he could feel was his length gushing and hardening as he finished inside the heavenly fluff. In and out it went, still, making sure every inch was touched by a fluffy assailant.
Satisfied, Discord slowly and agonizingly pulled the member out of his mouth. His lips smacked a bit as he tasted the gooey flavor before saying, “Hm. That was more… apple-ly than I thought it would be. Are you related to the apple family by any chance?”
There was no way he could respond. All Exist could do was lay on the soft bed panting and twitching in a blissful afterglow.
“Ah well, doesn’t matter to me. Hehe, but I think I need to tell you something first.” He bent down, and placed Exist’s happy member back where it was supposed to be.
With both of his hands free, he clasped them around the tingly pony and slowly lifted him off the bed. Tenderly, he coddled him closely before giving him a kiss on the lips. Their eyes met and they began to stare into each other. However, the tender moment turned to an array of color as the draconequus’ eyes changed from their red and yellow, to a repeating undulation of purple, green and orange.
A voice so soothing to Exist’s ears, he couldn’t help but let it seep into his skin, spoke to him, “I want you to remember this moment forever. Whenever you think of me, that overwhelming sensation you felt just now will wrap you up and cover you from head to hoof.”
Reflected in Exist’s eyes was the same undulation of color, but for some reason he continued to smile. Slowly, he brought a paw to Discord’s snout and pressed it gently while saying, “Boop!”
Discord just blinked. His eyes turning back to normal he gave the pony a curious look, “You… Heh. You’re full of surprises, aren’t you?”
“You forgot to say ‘I love you’.” The yellow pony grinned.
Immediately, the draconequus laughed. Placing a free hand on his face as he did so, he stopped just as quickly as he started and went back to staring. He walked his fingers up Exist’s chest and stopped when a finger poked his nose, “Of course, of course… I. Love. You.”
50.
A triumphant ding rang through the air as the floating number turned to fifty. Upon doing so, a small series of fireworks expulsated from its white center in a congratulatory manner. Discord could only grin as he let the arcs of feathers grab Exist’s extremities. They held onto him tight enough that he couldn’t move, but not so tight that it was uncomfortable or harmful. Slowly, some of the feathers crept up and around his body and began to lightly tickle him in all directions.
Eating up the return of the yellow pony’s squeaking and squealing, Discord grinned wider than before. With a low, sultry voice, he spoke to the pony as his body danced around everything, and floated through the air, “We’re only at fifty! How lovely~. And we still have a ton of time together for today. That means… I’ve got some toys I can finally use.”
A low snickering and chuckling competed with giggling and laughter as both of the new lovers played together. The day was sure to be full of more smiles and happiness...
