Long showers
“Snow Cane!! I got a surprise! You gotta see this!” I heard my coltfriend Fire Fleet yell from the foyer of his house. I was visiting him today because it was my day off from my normal job of being a weather pony.
“Ok! I’ll be right down!” I shouted back as I made my way from the living room and to the house’s entrance. I saw Fire Fleet standing there with a goofy smile on his face that would make a lunatic hang their head in shame. His brown body with crimson eyes and smooth mane are the first features I see before looking down towards the box in his hooves. I walked closer to him to get a better look at it as the image showed a shower head.
“Surprise! Aren’t you excited!” Fire Fleet said as he jumped up and down in a childish and fractious way while shaking the box.
I giggled at his antics and took the box from his hooves and took a look at the label.
I read out loud the item’s name, more to myself than to Fire Fleet. “Power shower.”
“Yep! Aren’t you ecstatic!!!” Fire Fleet howled in excitement. I had to rub my ear due to the volume.
“Excited? It's… well.” I took another look at the box again and saw nothing different than a normal showerhead.
“It’s just a shower head.” I deadpanned with no intrigue.
“NOT just a normal shower head!” Fire Fleet snatched the box from my hoof and began to give me a speech about the item’s capabilities.
“The Power Shower is more than a normal shower head! It can produce 12 different types of heats, has stronger pressure than a normal shower, has 30 mini holes that is 23 more than most household shower heads, and best of all… It saves 40% of all water while delivering the same feeling and power as the normal amount!” Fire Fleet said as he jumped in place again like a child.
I shook my head at his antics but humored his mindset. “So tell me why this is good? Besides the saving me extra bits on the water bill” I asked him.
“Easy! This has higher potential than most household shower heads! And you know I like my hot showers.” Fire Fleet said as he placed a hoof on his chest with a snarky grin.
“‘Like?’ You mean you live in the shower.” I emphasize the live part because it is true. Fire Fleet would take 2 hours in the shower just to “bathe” and leave all the hot water drained. Many times we got into arguments about how selfish that is, but to my annoyance he hasn’t gotten off of that habit. One of the flaws of Fire Fleet.
He’s just lucky that he is a fine lover.
“Yes well..Now its won’t break my bank and the head self-heats using red warm crystals found in the dragon lands! So as soon as I install this thing to my shower, it will have its own heating system and I can take hot showers as long as I want! Life is good” Fire Fleet said as he puts the box on the table in the foyer. I shake my head for the second time and start making my way towards the living room.
“Are you coming? I came here to play some games and cuddle.” I said as Fire Fleet followed behind me.
The next day
“Fleet! Come to bed already!” I said as I got dressed in my lacy nightgown in my coltfriend’s bedroom. It was Saturday and tomorrow I had to go to work in the morning. It was a calm day for once and I spent it relaxing on the couch watching movies. Fire Fleet installed the new Power Shower head and gave me the opportunity to try it first after its installation. I was surprised at first at how the water was indeed stronger than my own shower and the heat settings were nice and easy to use. I was well relaxed after the shower and I actually saw the hype my coltfriend was spewing.
Much to his bragging rights I thought to myself while I began to get annoyed with my lover’s long ass shower time.
“Fleet! COME ON!!” I shouted again in frustration. Fire Fleet has been in the bathroom for about 2 hours now. The steam from the shower is creeping into the room and the air is starting to get moist. I looked at the adjacent room bathroom door to my left and got out of bed. I went to the door and knocked on it with my left hoof.
“Come on baby! You have been inside for 2 hours! Come to bed!” I said in a calm and understanding voice. I was feeling the heat from behind the door and a spasm came to me as I began to imagine how hot Fire Fleet has the shower up to. The heat from behind the door was enough to warm up my hoof in the cool spring air in the room.
After 5 minutes, I heard the shower head stop and the door opened revealing Fire Fleet in all of his naked glory. His erection and muscles are all protruding and glistening in the mist from the shower. I would normally look on in lust, but I was more annoyed at the length of his bathing to care about his assets.
“What the Tartarus Fire? What was with the long ass shower?” I questioned him as he gave a jolly laugh and a cheshire cat smile.
“What?! I gotta get all the nooks and crannies! That shower head is rejuvenating! I feel like a 20 year old pony!” Fire Fleet said as I face-hoof myself.
“You are a 20 year old pony you dolt. Look. Let’s just go to bed” I said as I went back into the bed and got comfortable in the covers. Fire Fleet came to the bed as well and got in. His body heat was extremely high and the heat on his skin was enough to keep me up all night. The cool spring air didn’t save me, even with the windows open; the couch downstairs was still an option. I debated with myself to tell him about his body temperature and how the heat was causing me to sweat. After about 3 hours laying in the bed with him, the heat from him didn’t die down at all. I woke him up by nudging him with an elbow.
“What?” Fire said groggily as he was disturbed from his slumber.
“You are burning up Fire. Don’t you feel how hot you are?” I asked him in the early morning moon light.
“Well Snow Cane. If you wanted to do that, then you could have woken me up with a special kiss~” Fire said sexily as I felt his hoof trail its way to my vagina.
“As much as I would like to engage in that type of fun Fire, that isn’t the kind of “hot” I was referring too. I am talking about your body temperature” I grabbed his hoof off of my private part and moved it towards his side.
“Huh? I don’t feel any different though” Fire Fleet said as he placed his hoof on his forehead.
“Well I am cooking next to you. You can even see the sweat outline on the bed.” I said as I got up slowly and clicked the lamp next to me. After a slight strobe effect, I showed Fire the sweaty outline of myself in his bed due to his heat. Fire Fleet scratched his chin and started to get up out of bed with his pillow.
“Where are you going?” I asked my coltfriend as this kind of behaviour was a bit unusual for his character.
“I am going to sleep in the living room. I don’t want you uncomfortable if you think I am the root cause” Fire said as he began to walk into the hallway.
“Fire Fleet wait! I don’t want you to leave the bed. I...was just worried about you being sick is all” I said as I looked downcast and guilty that I could have made my lover feel bad.
“Ok Snow Cane. I’ll come back to bed” Fire Fleet said as he came back and settled himself in. The rest of the night continued and the heat from his body kept me up. I wasn’t able to get a wink of sleep and work in the morning was hellish to say the least.
A month later
“Where did you put the shower head Snow CANE!!?” Fire Fleet yelled as he cornered Snow Cane in the bedroom. Several boxes, selves, and articles of clothing can be seen thrown all across the room in a state of messiness. Fire Fleet’s house is in a much worse state as the rooms and closets have all been looted to find the one piece of technology that has his obsession.
“I don’t know Fire! I truly don’t know!” I said in fear as my coltfriend got closer towards me. He wasn’t always this menacing or vicious towards me for such a small, silly, and replaceable item.
For the past month has gone from weird to fearsome: Fire Fleet was losing his mind in ways that shouldn’t be natural. His obsession with having these long and hot showers has become a frequent thing that slowly stopped his life. For instance, Fire Fleet was late to work 4 weeks ago because he was taking a long and late shower. The boss from his security job called me as his emergency contact when he was worried about my boyfriend’s tardiness (He is the best security guardpony in the agency), so when I called him on my end, the crazy stallion had just gotten out of a 1 hour shower.
The next weird thing was his abnormal body temperature. After enough nagging and begging on my end, Fire went to the doctor for a check up. The doctor who was examining him saw that he has a high body temp, but he housed no illnesses at all. Dr. Achilles even said: “This is not natural.” The only ominous response that has left me wondering about the only thing that could have caused the rise in temp.
His body was so hot that if he is close enough to a fire detection system, the alarm would classify him as a “level 1” risk of causing a fire. I had long stopped sleeping in the same bed as him because the heat was too much to handle and I would wake up with a strong coat of sweat every time I am in the room with him for more than 4 minutes. Interacting with ponies became hard for him as well.
But most of all is his attitude.
Fire Fleet was the most kind and gentle stallion I have ever dated and known. He wouldn’t damage a flower or smack a bee if it buzzed too close. However for the past 3 weeks… Fire Fleet became steadily more belligerent than the last time I saw him in the flesh. He started with being easily irritable and would even excuse himself if he got a headache from any confrontation. However, as the days turned to weeks, so did his actions turn to physical repercussions. I’ll spare the worst details but long story short: His house had run out of paint and sealing liquid for the numerous holes in his house.
He still goes to work as normal, but he has a more demented mentality about him. He isn’t violent openly, but he has changed from the stallion I had loved.
Now I am cowering in the corner as he stepped so close that his hoof slightly touched my thigh.
All I heard was one last question: The showerhead.
I gave out a lie because I didn’t want to tell him where it was, but the scene after that was one I wake up crying to every day.
He started punching me with his rough and jagged hooves. His blows would hit the top of my head with frightening strength, my skin started to bruise on my shoulders and arms as he punched and kicked me with reckless abandon. I shield my face from his blows as the pain slowly crept up all over my body and the fatigue and my arms burned my joints. After 3 minutes of a gruesome showcase of stamina and retaining strength, my arms gave out and slid down to my bruised sides. Tears and whimpers were all I had as I feared he would do much worse now that my defense is down. Fire Fleet asked me again the same about the object of his obsession. I gave the same lie and next thing I know is a painful blow to my left cheek and my head hitting the wall behind me. Fire asked me again and yet I lied. Two blows hit the opposite side of my face as he repeatedly asked me the same question. Over and over. Over and over.
After the 31st blow to my bruised and bumped up face, I raised my hooves against him and weakly gave him the answer through pained sobs and gasps.
“Under the boxes in...your attic..”I whimpered as I slumped down and broke down crying as Fire Fleet ran like a mad bison possessed. After 15 minutes of bangs and crashes, I stealthily made my way out of his house. I walked and walked for the strength in my legs are gone and the emotional exhaustion was too much for my mind to take.
“One day Snow Cane… Imma propose to you!”
“I! Um… got you some chocolate for today!”
“ love you SNOW CANE!” I remembered all of these moments in our relationship.
Tears and the loudest yell came out of my mouth as the memories of the pony I once cherished more than life has been taken by a sick obsession with a showerhead.
A week later
The local news has reported that the house of Fire Fleet has been destabilized due to increased mold in its walls and foundation. The cause was extremely hot water eroding the interior past a safe point and the house came down.
And all that remained of Fire Fleet was the melted skin and liquified innards as seen on the uncensored news paper.
Ever since then, I have not taken hot showers the same way ever again. The heat would remind me of the pony I once loved… and lost due to the contemporary pleasure.