> ButtonBelle: A Collection of Oneshots
>  by Eevee-Lover
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> Story 1: Don't Mine at Night
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_TMtgjQuZI

Story 1: Don't Mine at Night
Universe: (Equestria)





It was a wonderful afternoon in Ponyville! Nothing but the usual, everypony was either roaming around in the streets or making friends! Some ponies had jobs, others did not, and some ponies decided to relax today! There were a lot of things to do in Ponyville! One thing in particular involved a game date (Or at least... That's what it was teased as) at a young orange maned brown colt's house. Accompanying him was a white coated filly who was a Unicorn. She had a pink and purple colored mane, along with green emerald eyes and a horn of course! Together, the two friends pulled out their laptops and started the very long evening ahead of them.

"Good thing you told me to bring my laptop Button." Sweetie Belle giggled, taking out her pink colored laptop with a heart shaped icon on the back.

"Well what else would you bring for fun? It's better than drawing pictures of your sibling" Button teased her, looking down at the drawing of Rarity on the table.

Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes playfully and simply shrugged back, earning a raised eyebrow from him.

"What?" Button tilted his head, trying to get on her nerve.

"You're such a dork!" She giggled again, her voice cracking when she said that last word.

It was at that moment Button's heart skipped a beat! He always found something about her laugh being adorable, despite being the loud obnoxious pony that he was. He blushed lightly but looked down at his own laptop to avoid being noticed. He opened up his blue laptop with a D-pad icon, then Sweetie Belle did the same.

"Are you ready to find some diamonds this time around? I did my research and we just have to dig straight down until we get to the bottom of the world!" She happily exclaimed, clapping her little hooves together.

"DO THAT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS SWEETIE! YOU NEVER DIG STRAIGHT DOWN IN MINECRAFT!" Button shivered in fear, remembering all the mistakes he did when he was new to the game.

Sweetie Belle jumped back a bit and was startled by the sudden outburst. Who knew a young colt like him could have such a loud voice! She saw him trying to reassure himself by drinking the box of apple juice beside him. His propeller hat started spinning faster and faster as he finished the juice box. After finishing the drink, he turned it over and looked at the peel able sticker that read,

"Are you a winner?"

"Button, don't!" She quickly spoke out and tried to take the juice box away from him, but it was too late!

He had already peeled the sticker off and it read, 

"Sorry, you lose... Better luck next time!"

"Uh oh..." Sweetie Belle's ears dropped as she knew what was coming next.

She expected him to have another one of his moments, screaming and crying and begging for his mom to come and comfort him. To her avail however, he just shrugged his shoulders and tossed the juice box away into the garbage behind them. Sweetie Belle sighed in relief, no longer worried about having to cover her ears for Celestia's sake. She took a sip of her strawberry milkshake and was more than ready to start playing!

"I should've gotten another milkshake when we went to Sugarcube Corner earlier." He sighed in sadness, dropping his head a bit.

"You're the one who came up with the stupid idea of having a milkshake race!" Sweetie brought it up.

"True, so true!" He replied.

Sweetie Belle noticed his sad expression and an idea came to mind! Upon thinking more about it, she blushed lightly and decided to move the milkshake in between them. Meanwhile Button was trying to figure out what she was doing, and once he did... Oh boy... The two of them were put on the spot, blushing hard!

"D-D-Do you want to share mines?" She offered him her own drink, her face turning crimson red.

"I-I uh... S-Sure!" He stuttered, sounding just as nervous as she was.

He didn't know how to feel about using the same straw as her, but when he looked at her again for approval, she nodded at him to confirm her answer.

"U-Using the same straw? I-Isn't that like... KISSING!?" He thought to himself, only making it worse!

"W-Wait if he and I are using the same straw..." She had the same thought in mind, shaking a little.

He took a quick sip from the milkshake and licked his lips once he was done. His propeller hat started spinning faster as a big dorky smile crept onto his face!

"You like it?" Sweetie managed to say something without stuttering, finding his dorky smile quite cute!

"Mhm! I've never had strawberry before, that might be even better than chocolate! T-Thanks!" He noticed her smiling happily at him in return.

The two were a little distracted from what they were about to do, the young ponies looked down at their laptops, then exchanged looks once more before finally logging onto the game!





Sweetie Belle’s eyes suddenly opened as she looked at herself and noticed she was wearing a diamond tiara, while holding a diamond pickaxe in her mouth. She looked around and noticed Button doing the same, except he was holding a Sharpness II Iron Sword while wearing an iron chest plate.

“Better get started!” Sweetie Belle looked around the cave they were in and noticed all kinds of different ores inside the walls.

There were only Iron and Coal scattered around, so she immediately swung the pick axe into the coal block in front of her. As she was mining however, paying no attention whatsoever to her surroundings, Button was already occupied with something else.

“Rrrr...” A zombie crept up behind Button as he proudly raised his sword confidently.

It only took him several seconds to hear the footsteps from behind, but once he turned around the zombie had something in his mouth! Something that made Button scream out,

“What!?!”

He saw the zombie holding out an enchanted Iron Sword, and started backing away in fear. He looked at his health bar and gulped.

“I only have two and a half hearts, with little to no hunger left! And what’s worse is I’m all out of bread!” He started shaking in fear, not wanting this zombie to be the death of him.

He looked around and saw the little dirt wall that Sweetie Belle built to protect herself from any monsters, and quickly walked around the zombie to get to the wall. Once he made it, he destroyed the dirt block and got himself in. He looked at Sweetie Belle and she was already finished mining the Coal and Iron blocks around.

“Look at yourself Button! She’s just casually mining while you’re over here running from a zombie when you have a bow!” He thought to himself, quickly turning around to face the danger.

The zombie slowly crept towards them, his footsteps silent with the sword intimidating Button.

“Come on Button play it cool! Fight for her!” Button thought, looking back at Sweetie Belle to make sure she was alright.

However, once he turned around he saw something very horrifying! There were three zombies including the one with the sword, a Creeper, and a Skeleton as well as a Spider! He started to sweat nervously as he did not want to die. Sweetie Belle on the other hoof was carelessly walking ahead trying to find more ore.

“This isn’t so bad right? I just gotta... Keep my distance!” Button muttered under his breath, that was until an Endermare popped up just behind the Creeper and Skeleton.

Button was already caught staring her down with the Endermare starting to shake. Button gulped once again as he locked eyes with the monster. He saw his own life flashing right by, seeing as this mistake was certain death for him. With Sweetie Belle nowhere in sight, he backed away and maintained eye contact with the Endermare. Until he reached the corner and jumped down seeing Sweetie once again. He heard the Endermare teleporting right behind in the dark, spooking the daylights out of him. His heart was racing faster by the second, with Sweetie Belle acting calm as a butterfly.

“Over here Button! I don’t think we’ve explored this part of the cave yet!” She looked behind and saw him trotting beside her.

The two had walked down a narrow cave together, close enough to where the two of them were barely making contact with one another. The two foals blushed lightly once they felt their own manes brushing against the other. Once they reached the end of the narrow cave, there was another turn. Before doing anything stupid, Button went ahead and kept an eye out for any danger to come. With Sweetie Belle hiding next to him, she was the only one with a tool, so she couldn’t defend herself.

“Be careful Sweets, there’s no monsters around are there?” He asked, expecting an answer from her.

All he got for a response was, “SSSsss...” his heart immediately stopped as he looked to his side and saw Sweetie Belle frozen with fear. Her pupils shrank, with no means of escape! (Or was there...?)

“SweetieBelle left the game” The chatbar announced.

“Oh dang...” Button’s ears dropped as he groaned in annoyance.

All of a sudden there was a white light following after a loud explosion, the Creeper blew up before Button could even fight it back or leave himself!





“Oh come on!” Button whined like a brat, raising his hooves and crossing them in anger.

He spared Sweetie a look as she looked at him with innocence.

“What’s wro-“ Sweetie asked but was cutoff from an angry Button!

“You literally left me to die and disconnected just so the Creeper wouldn’t kill you!?” He replied, huffing his face.

“I don’t have a weapon to defend myself, I thought you were gonna protect me while I mine! The Creeper would’ve killed both of us! Look I’ll bring your items back to you!” She offered with a cute smile making him blush.

“F-Fine!” He gave in to the offer, clicking the respawn button.





"See, told you I'd make it out fine by myself! Here's your items." Sweetie Belle stated proudly, dropping him his Sword, his Bow and Arrows, and whatever Torches he had left.

Button sighed as he picked up his things and put his chest plate back on, he looked up to see what they would do next. Since the full moon was shimmering in the night sky, it would've been a great idea to sleep and make it turn to day. However, Sweetie had other plans, plans that Button was totally against.

"Why're you looking at the cave again?" Button asked, showing a concerned look.

"Cause I wanna find diamonds! It's what we came to do, besides what can possibly go wrong?" Sweetie Belle looked determined to enter the cave once again, her eyes showing determination.

Before even giving him a chance to stop her, she ran off into the dark cave without saying anything more. Leaving him to chase after her, he quickly stopped once she was already in the cave.

"Don't mine at night! Oh Celestia... Why doesn't she learn!" He started talking to himself, looking at the ground in frustration.

He looked back at their house, then looked up at the moon, finally returning his gaze toward the cave. The only thing that could go wrong was certain in mind, only death! As the two ponies made their way back into the cave, Sweetie Belle took charge and just ran off without him. All Button ever did was keep an eye on his surroundings, as well as trying to keep up with her. By the time she finally slowed down, Button's stomach started growling.

"Sweetie Belle you got any cookies?" He asked, holding his hoof out.

"Yeah of course, I have a whole stack of them!" Sweetie Belle happily exclaimed, giving him a few cookies to munch on.

Button stood frozen dumbstruck, now he had the answer to his question earlier... About not having any bread left. There was barely any bread in their house to last a full trip to and back from a cave.

"Are you telling me you used all the wheat to make yourself a whole stack of cookies??? Rather than bread!?" Button facepalmed himself.

"Well yeah! Cookies taste so much better than bread, and you can make so much more with them!" She put down her pickaxe and looked around the cavern.

Button sighed heavily as he began munching on the cookies to regain his hunger back. He had to admit, they did taste really good and all... But they still weren't enough to satisfy an entire bar of hunger. Once he was done eating, he looked back at where Sweetie once was only to realize she was gone yet again.

"Now where did she go?" He spoke out loud, walking to the edge of a cliff.

He heard a clinking sound from below, looking down to see what was going on. Much to his surprise, Sweetie Belle was already mining Gold. Behind him, he heard several zombies groaning at him. Without looking back he also noticed another zombie down below creeping up on Sweetie without her even realizing.

"Get that gold and get away! Zombies wanna eat our brains!" He warned, trying to knock some sense into her.

"Huh? You mean they wanna eat your brains." Sweetie Belle looked up at him after collecting the Gold, noticing his concerned face.

"Wait WHAT?!" Button turned his head and saw three zombies grinning at him.

"Told ya!" Sweetie laughed upon his reaction, turning around quickly.

"Grrr!" That same zombie got closer to her, and she backed up against the stone wall.

Button pulled out his Iron Sword and started slashing away at the three zombies. Once he finished taking care of them, Sweetie was about to get bit by the Zombie inching closer and closer.

"E-Eep!" She squealed and started kneeling to the ground, fearing for her life.

That was until, Button jumped from the cliff and landed right on top of the zombie, slashing his head off before he could harm her! Sweetie Belle gasped and looked up at Button. He put his sword away and held a hoof out for her to grab, she was quick to grab it and allowed him to help her up.

"T-Thank you m-my hero!" She blushed lightly and shuffled her front legs shyly, making him blush even harder.

"N-No problem! Let's go find some diamonds and get out of here!" He suggested, letting go of her hoof.

"Fine by me!" She couldn't agree any more, following him instead this time around.





The two of them continued on playing, after Sweetie Belle was processing what just happened. She was still blushing at the fact that he saved her from dying. Without thinking, she went to grab her milkshake to drink out of it. With Button going for the same move, but once the two of them touched the glass cup, both of their hoofs made contact. They thought they were gripping the cup, but instead they were just grabbing onto each other. Both of them looked away from their screens and noticed that they were holding hoofs! Both of their faces grew red and they looked down to avoid each other's eye contact.

"S-Sorry I uh... Hehe... Fillies first!" Button rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"I-I No I'm... I'm s-sorry... Thanks!" She replied, doing the same thing that he was.

Button let go of her hoof first and heard her taking a sip from the straw. Once she was done, he took a sip right after and still blushed rather hard. The fact that they were sharing from the same straw only proved that they were kissing in some sort of way. The two of them looked like complete dorks, along with their reddened cheeks. One or the other had to confess their feelings at some point. Otherwise it would forever be a mystery to the other...

“What if he doesn’t...” Sweetie thought to herself before shaking her head with mixed feelings running through her heart.

“Sweetie Belle go on and find diamonds, there’s Skeletons shooting at us!” Button immediately shouted, breaking her out of her trance.

She looked at the screen and put her focus back to the game.





“Ding!” An arrow hit the wall missing three unicorn skeletons.

“Oh crud.” Button groaned at his arrow, staring down the three skeletons.

Before the skeleton could react back with its magic, Button fired another arrow landing its mark on its skull! The skeleton went down with ease, leaving the two others ones behind to shoot back.

“Uh oh!” Button gulped, seeing an arrow being shot at him.

Luckily the skeletons were terrible with their aim, so the arrow missed him by a long shot! He gave them a smirk only mocking them, resulting in death glares.

Button looked down to see how many arrows he had left and despite being an Earth Pony, it’d take him way longer to reload the bow since he couldn’t use magic. He saw Sweetie Belle mining a piece of Lapis, and grunted at her!

“Button I guarantee you there’s gonna be some Diamond hidden behind all of this Lapis!” She kept mining away, being careless about the skeletons.

“Oh for crying out-“ Button quickly put the bow away and grabbed her by the tail, dragging her along with him to safety.

“Gah!” She yelped in shock and eventually noticed the skeletons taking aim.

They shot once again but the arrows still missed! Button let go of her and ran off ahead, with Sweetie following pursuit. They eventually reached a dead end at a cliff, with a massive dark hole leading to who knows where. There were two waterfalls leading down the side of the wall, so there had to be water waiting for them at the bottom to break their fall.

“SSss...” There was a hissing sound from where they came from, catching them both off guard.

The two foals looked back and saw the two skeletons taking aim, as well as a Creeper sneaking up beside them.

“Button what’re we gonna do? We’re so dead!” Sweetie Belle started to panic, holding onto her precious pickaxe.

Button growled back at the monsters, then looked back and fourth between the hole and the threat they were up against. He took note of the water and instantly knew what to do! Sweetie Belle thought that this was the end, but was interrupted when she felt his hoof grabbing hers. She looked down at her own hoof and he was holding onto it tightly! The sudden action made her blush and before she could even say anything, Button lead her off and the two jumped together! Arrows flew at them, but they were able to get out of the way thanks to jumping! 

“Aaah!” The two foals screamed in unison as they fell down the long dark hole.





As the two played on for just over an hour, Button began to think to himself just how careless Sweetie was.

“When will this night end, it feels like it won’t! Luna why’re you so cruel In this game!” Button cried to himself, seeing Sweetie Belle clicking away on the mouse.

“Hey Button I’m gonna mine this Iron then we can head back down in the cave! Oh yeah watch out for the Endermare in front of you!” Sweetie spoke out, making Button gasp.

“What!?” Button shrieked, paying attention to the screen.





Without even getting the chance to react Button already made eye contact with the Endermare, only making the hideous creature furious!

“Oh no!” Button screamed, turning around and running the other direction.

They were out in the middle of night, and Sweetie Belle paid no attention to him. She was busy mining a single block of Iron, all while he was being chased by an Endermare. Once she finally broke the block she wiped the sweat off her forehead and dug into her inventory to pull out a cookie. She set the pickaxe down and started taking a nibble of the cookie, savoring the sweet taste!

“Take that!” Button let out a battle cry, quickly turning around and swinging at the Endermare.

However, the creature teleported away before it could be struck down, leaving Button clueless about the other monster creeping up behind him.

“Ssss....!” A Creeper hissed from behind, towering over Button by several inches.

“You gotta be-“ Button looked back and was blown up, with his items flying all over the grass.

“Hm?” Sweetie Belle didn’t turn around but heard the explosion, she kept nibbling on her cookie without a care in the world.

When she finished eating the cookie she looked next to the Iron that she mined and saw Coal! She took a swing at it and grew tired by the second, getting her pickaxe stuck in the rock. Button had already came back and gathered all of his things, he saw her mining the coal and hung his head in frustration. He sat there looking around her to make sure there wasn’t anything harming her. He heard footsteps coming closer behind him and raised an eyebrow as he turned his head. To his surprise there was a Skeleton, a Creeper, and a Zombie staring him down! Button gulped and dropped his ears, his pupils shrinking in fear. His sword was just about broken, so he couldn’t really fight back with it much longer.

“Maybe we should just stay in the cave where it’s safer.” He muttered, running to her before the monsters could attack.





“What’s the point of you getting Iron and Coal in the first place if we’re looking for Diamonds!” He questioned her, counting the amount of times he’s died already.

“You’ll eventually find out! You wanna go to the stronghold and use this bad boy?” She replied, making her character head into the cave.

“You have an Elements of Harmony?” Button asked in shock, receiving a nod for an answer.





The two already made their way to the End Portal. Sweetie Belle had already given him the Element. Allowing the portal to activate!

“Can’t believe we’re finally opening this portal! I have yet to see what’s on the other side!” Button smiled, curiously putting the final piece into the frame.

The portal activated and created a dull black void in the empty window, he looked at the portal amazed! He was a little hesitant on whether or not he should jump in, seeing as it was a totally different world!

“Ding!” There was a sound of an arrow landing behind him and he turned around hearing Sweetie Belle running.

“We’re being shot at!” Sweetie Belle ran away from the skeleton and dove straight into the portal!

“Wait SWEETIE BELLE!” Button cried out, trying to stop her from entering.

But it was already too late, she got sucked right through and he dropped his ears letting out another groan.

“Well why not.” He sighed, jumping in after her.

After entering through the portal Button landed on his face beside Sweetie Belle. He sighed and quickly sat up, rubbing his head in pain. Upon what he saw however, made his heart stop! The two of them found themselves surrounded by an entire herd of Endermares, watching them.

“Oh come on!” Button screamed, making all of them shake angrily.





A little while later...






“I don’t even wanna mention how we got out of that alive... You said you needed Glowstone?” Button asked, looking up at Sweetie.

Both of them were in the Nether, but luckily there weren't any monsters to interrupt them.

"Yeah!" Sweetie replied, sitting on top of a platform of Glowstone.

"You need any help?" Button asked, nervously looking below her.

"Nope I want to mine it all on my own!" She replied, already starting to break the fragile blocks.

There was an ocean of lava right underneath her, and she paid no attention to it all. Button knew what was about to happen, he watched her breaking a block directly underneath her.

"Does she not realize!?" He thought to himself, pulling out dirt blocks from his inventory. Before she could destroy the block and fall to her doom, he quickly placed the dirt blocks from the side of the ground, desperately trying to get to her!

As he eventually got there in time, she fell directly on top of him after breaking the block and pushed him into the lava without even realizing! Before even getting the chance to scream or save himself, Button was already submerged underneath the surface of the lava. Sweetie was covered in Glowstone Dust from destroying the block and kept trotting along the dirt bridge, leaving Button behind to die in the lava.

"Wha-!" Button's eyes opened and he found himself inside their house back at the surface. He sat up awake in his bed, and looked around remembering what had just happened.

His face fell to a grim look, hearing the sound of Sweetie Belle walking out of the portal. He stared outside the window and saw her placing a block of Glowstone beside the portal emitting light around the area. He sighed sadly and decided to give up on trying to save her from harms way. 

"So much for being a knight in shining armor..." He spoke in a disappointed voice, ashamed of himself for trying so much.

The only time she paid attention was when he saved her from the zombie earlier, everything else... She just ignored it or didn't even see him dying. He got out of his bed and walked over to his little chest beside hers. Her chest was so much bigger than his, and she had a lot more stuff than he did. As he opened the chest, the only thing that laid there was a single Wooden Sword...

"I lost all my stuff, That's it!" He thought to himself, closing the chest and holding in all of his anger.





"RAGE QUIT!" Button screamed at the top of his lungs, crossing his hooves with one another against his chest.

Sweetie Belle was paying no attention to him, he gazed at her before taking a sip of the milkshake between them. She was too distracted by the game that she didn't even hear him screaming in rage! Instead, he decided to log back in... However he wanted to spectate instead of playing with her. 





He watched everything she did, and she put on that confident stance again before looking at the same cave they went into from the very beginning. She started running into the cave without a care in the world thinking to herself,

"This time for sure! I'm finding a Diamond!"

As she entered the cave, she ventured deeper and deeper oblivious to the fact that she was already being watched by several monsters. She made it back to the same place where they were before the skeletons ambushed them. Missing a single piece of Gold Ore in the wall where the Lapis once was. She quickly dug out the Gold for herself and picked it up, examining it with joy! Without realizing what was behind her, Button noticed two zombies staring her down, ready to attack at any second while she was distracted! She quickly hopped out of the way and decided to continue on, dodging the two zombies' attacks. After a while of searching, she passed by a Skeleton Dungeon without realizing it was there. 

"How does she not hear them?" Button thought to himself, watching the Skeletons staring her down as she passed.

The Skeletons quickly chased after her with their bows already loaded, meanwhile Sweetie Belle examined the roof and walls of the cave. When one of the arrows were fired at her, she didn't realize where she was going and tripped down a small ledge, falling into a pool of water below before the arrows could strike her! Button followed after her and saw her resurfacing for a breath of air! He looked behind her and saw a dozen monsters crowding around. There were Endermares, Creepers, Skeletons, Zombies, Spiders, and even a little baby Slime...

"Yep, she's dead... Let's see how she likes it when she dies and loses all of her precious things!" Button gave a smirk, taking a sip of the milkshake.

After waiting for the inevitable to happen, Button felt a hint of guilt and knew he had to do something to help her out at least. He set the milkshake back down and quickly logged back on the game to save her!

"ButtonMash joined the game." The chat announced.

He looked back at the single chest in the house and pulled out the Wooden Sword, rushing out of the house to come to her aid. She was seconds away from certain death, as the Skeletons drew their bows one more time. She eventually turned around and gasped at all of the monsters staring her down! An Arrow flew at her, but she quickly leapt out of the water to avoid them. The spiders jumped into the water, followed by the zombies, and the Creeper decided to avoid the water so it just walked in some other direction.

"Button Mash!? Where did you even go?!" She called out for him, fleeing from the spiders.

Luckily, she managed to turn several corners and found a single torch lighting up a smaller cave. It was the first section that they were once at from the start when Button noticed a Zombie carrying a Sharpness II Iron Sword. She heard somepony running in her direction, but looked at the wall. After examining it for a bit she noticed a single stone block emitting a blueish glow.

"Wait a sec." She thought, walking closer to the stone block.

Her heart started pounding as she guessed what the glow could've been coming from, so she started breaking the block with her pickaxe. Once she finally broke the block, behind it... Was something truly glorious! There in a stone block behind the wall, revealed a single Diamond Ore with several Diamonds inside!

"BUTTON! I FOUND DIAMONDS!" Sweetie Belle screamed at the top of her lungs, just like Button did when he rage quit.

"Hold on Sweetie Belle I'm on my way!" Button Mash called out to her, spotting her mining a block in the wall.

When he finally arrived next to her, he saw her holding a Diamond in her hoof admiring it with all it's beauty! He looked beside her and saw a Creeper ready to blow up!

"Ssss...!" The Creeper started to ignite and was mere seconds before blowing up both of them!

Just before the Creeper blew up, Button looked at the chat announcing,

"SweetieBelle left the game."

"You've gotta be-" He yelled but didn't get to finish what he said, he was already long gone.

"BOOM!" He was caught up in the explosion and everything went black!





"THAT'S IT! I'M DONE!" Button raged and slammed his laptop shut.

He slammed it so hard that it shook the table, causing the milkshake to tip over! Sweetie Belle looked away from her own laptop and saw the milkshake spilling all over the table.

"B-Button?" She gave Button a look thinking he was crazy, and he kept his arms crossed.

He was beyond furious, and she couldn't place her hoof what he was mad about.

"Button Ma-" She tried to calm him down, but he immediately cut her off from speaking.

"NO SWEETIE BELLE, I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT! YOU'VE GOTTEN ME KILLED SO MANY TIMES!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, making her freeze in her chair.

"I was only trying to have fun..." Her ears dropped and she hung her head, sadness taking over her emotions.

"No, I don't wanna hear it Sweetie Belle. I've tried countless times trying to save you from death! I saved you from the Zombie who nearly bit you, dragged you to safety, built dirt blocks underneath you just so you wouldn't fall in the lava and lose your Diamond Pickaxe, and I even rushed back to save you from the Creeper, which you abandoned me and left the game TWICE NOW!" He kept on shouting at her, seeing her eyes welling up with tears.

She thought about what he said and remembered all of the things that happened in-game, especially how she didn't fall in the lava in the Nether. Or how he didn't come with her to the cave, how he wasn't there to protect her when she saw all of those monsters chasing after her.

"I-I-I didn't even realize you did all of those things..." She spoke in a very quiet tone, letting a tear fall down her face.

"I'm not surprised, you never realize anything I do for you!" He sighed, looking away from her.

"Button I'm sor-" She wanted to apologize and make it up to him, but he cut her off by yelling out,

"Leave me alone Sweetie Belle, just leave... I'm not in the mood right now!"

"F-F-Fine!" She began sobbing in front of him, placing her laptop back into her saddlebag.

What could've been a great gaming session, turned out to be a disaster... To the point where to his mother, Cream Heart overheard them arguing, she made her way into the dining room and saw Sweetie Belle taking her leave with her head hung low. 

"Sweetie Belle, what's wrong? Button?" Cream Heart tapped her hoof against the carpeted floorboard, seeing the angry look on her son.

"Bye Mrs. Mash." Sweetie Belle waved her off.

Cream Heart watched Sweetie Belle opening the front door and started to leave. She on the other hoof was hoping Button would forgive her, not looking back at either one of them to see their reaction.

"G-Great... Now he's mad at me and he'll never forgive me." She sniffled and sat outside the front of their house, closing the front door behind.

"Button Mash! Go apologize to her NOW!" Cream Heart shouted at him, taking a seat beside him.

"But Moooom!" Button whined like a little child.

"No buts Button... You might've just lost her right then and there from getting angry at her over a game!" His mother stated, wanting Button to do the right thing.

Now that he realized what he did, he immediately regretted it and started to cry himself. His mother took note of this and held him close to her, rubbing her son's back to comfort him.

"I know how much you two mean to each other, listen... When your father and I got into arguments when we were younger, we both didn't want to lose one another... You and Sweetie Belle have a lot in common, and trust me... That's not something you wanna lose!" She spoke in a calm motherly voice, wiping the tears from her son's eyes.

She saw his face reddening from what she said and found it adorable. He stood up on all fours and turned to face her, still frowning from his mistake.

"I don't even know if she feels the same... What if she-" He started panicking but his mom covered his mouth to stop him from going on.

"Don't say stuff like that, trust me sweetie. Just go to her and apologize! Show her that you're truly sorry about snapping at her like that, and show her that you care a lot about her!" She suggested, picking her son up.

"A-Alright mom, you sure know a lot." He let out a sigh, allowing himself to head to the front door.

"Well of course! I was young once too you know!" She chuckled, watching her son opening the door.

When he opened it, he expected Sweetie Belle to already be gone. Expecting her to hate him forever, expecting her to leave him and ending their friendship. But he didn't receive any of that... He saw her sitting on the front doorstep with her saddlebag beside. She knew who it was and felt his presence behind her, she didn't bother to look at him which only made his condition feel worse. He took a seat beside her and both of them stared at the ground without saying anything. It was just a very long awkward silence, shared between two ponies. The other didn't want to say anything that they would regret, but the silence eventually got to the both of them. Together, at the same time... Both of them blurted out,

"I'm sorry!"

The two foals made eye contact and blushed lightly. They truly were dorks together, and Button's mother couldn't help but 'awh' at the cute little scene. She watched the two from a window, keeping herself hidden from their sights.

"What're you sorry for Button... It was all my fault for not even paying attention to what you were trying to do." Sweetie Belle apologized first, frowning.

"No, I shouldn't have yelled at you like that! Seeing you cry made me really upset, and I don't want to hurt you! I care about you... A-A lot!" Button admitted, causing her blush to darken.

"R-Really?" Her eyes widened in surprise, and she saw the blush on his face.

"Y-Yeah! I promise I'll never yell at you again like that, still friends?" Button held out his hoof for her to shake on, forcing a small grin.

She looked at his hoof for a moment, before looking into his eyes. She smiled back and pushed his hoof out of the way. Instead, she wrapped her forearms around his neck and pulled him into a passionate hug. One that shocked him and caused his blush to be just as bad as hers! The two stayed like this for a moment before finally breaking apart from the hug.

"Sorry about the milkshake" Button apologized for earlier, only to receive a giggle from Sweetie.

"No need to apologize, we can always get them for desert." She replied, scooting a little closer to him.

They were just barely touching each other, but Button felt his heart pounding heavily. He remembered what his mom said to him, about them being so close and sharing similar traits. He knew his feelings about her, but what did she think? He could only admit it and hope that she would feel the same for him.

"Listen.. Sweetie I uh..." He started off, and stared back at her emerald eyes.

"Yes Button?" She tilted her head in an adorable manner, wondering what he was going to say.

"I-I... D-Do you w-w-want..." He stuttered so nervously, his blush was barely hidden anymore.

Sweetie Belle knew the question he was asking her, the question that only a pony would ask to another if they had feelings for them. Especially on Hearts and Hooves day, her blush was even darker than his, almost as red as a tomato! Without letting him take all the embarrassment for himself, she quickly blurted out,

"Y-Y-Yes Button! I-I would love to be your S-Special Somepony!" She smiled really happily, but closed her eyes wondering if he was actually saying that question.

"I-..." Button kept quiet, not expecting her to know the question he was asking!

"Oh shoot... You've done it now Sweetie! T-That probably wasn't what he was asking you! Way to jump to conclusions! Now he's going to think you're a complete idiot! He's gonna be so freaked out he's going to end our friendship, and never want to talk to me again!" She started panicking, breathing at a faster pace, while Button stared her down as if she was crazy.

She kept her eyes closed and waited for him to laugh at her, to make fun of her... To forever turn their friendship into something awkward. But none of that ever came, she felt him planting his soft lips against hers. Her eyes widening in surprise, she noticed that his eyes were closed though while he was kissing her.

"H-He's kissing me!" Her heart was beating in unison with his, as she ceased her panicking to a halt.

She stood frozen, but eventually gave in to the kiss, relaxing herself and returned the kiss. Together, the two shared a very passionate kiss, one that was truly romantic. Especially with the sun setting in the background, the two ponies finally knew about how the other felt... They no longer had to worry, as both of their hearts started beating together in unison. When they finally broke out of the kiss, they nuzzled each other with their muzzles, and Sweetie Belle laid her head in between his neck, resting a hoof into his. The two stayed like this for a while, just taking in the peaceful breeze, their manes sweeping against each other.

"S-So are we... L-Like... Am... Am I, your... C-C-Coltfriend now?" Button struggled to get the word out, but eventually did, making the same blush appear across both their faces.

"W-Well... A-As long as I'm y-your... F-Fillyfriend." She looked up at him and gave him a quick peck on his cheek.

He sat there processing everything, both of them were now together... It was about time, seeing as  they've been friends for little over a month now. Everyone at school would tease them about their friendship, wondering if they kept a secret relationship hidden... But now it all came to show, with their hearts beating as one! 

"So um, what was the reason for you mining all of that Iron and Coal?" He asked, questioning her from earlier.

"Hm? Oh I was doing that so I could replace your gear if you died... Hehe, looks like you might have to." She dropped her ears, embarrassed that she practically killed him several times.

"O-Oh!" He blushed, seeing how thoughtful she was... It all made sense now!

When he remembered about what he did with her milkshake, he decided to bring it up again.

"So um... Want to give me the honor of buying your milkshake again?" He raised an eyebrow, smirking at her in a dorkish manner.

She giggled innocently and sat herself up to his level, she was silent for a moment before finally replying back,

"So long as you protect me on the way there my knight."

"Deal." He replied happily, taking her hoof into his once more.

Together, the newly formed couple made their way down the road, to get milkshakes one more time. His mother watched the entire scene unfold and she sighed in relief, knowing her Son fixed the issue between them.

"Young love... So beautiful!"

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> Story 2: Hearts and Hooves Day!
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Story 2: Hearts and Hooves Day!

Universe: (Equestria)






It was a beautiful sunny day in Ponyville! There were no clouds in sight, the temperature was just right with a mixture of wind, making the trees and bushes shake peacefully. Not a sound was heard, and everything was at peace... That was until a certain brown colt decided to ruin the peaceful moment...

“RUMBLE! RUMBLE! WAKE UP!” Button shrieked as he instantly woke up his best friend Rumble, who was taking a nap outside of the school underneath a tree.

"Wha-What!? WHO WHERE?!" Rumble screamed, catching the attention of all the other ponies at the playground.

Upon hearing his voice, Rumble jumped up to his hooves eyes widened in shock! He saw how close Button was to his face and screamed, backing up against the tree. Once his flank was against the tree, he lowered his head and growled back at him.

“I need help!” Button called in worry, watching as Rumble used his wings, as well as his hooves to lift himself up.

“What’s wrong with you! You didn’t have to wake me up from my nap! I was having the BEST dream ever!” Rumble sighed, rolling his eyes at his best friend.

“Whoops... Sorry, it’s just that I need help from you to ask a certain pony out for Hearts and Hooves Day!” Button was talking just as fast as the propeller spinning on his hat, in which Rumble could barely understand him.

The two have been close friends since the beginning of the school year, occasionally hanging out at Button's house and playing video games together. Rumble had his fair share of experiences with Button going on and on whenever he freaked out, so he had to process what he just heard. Once he knew what Button was saying, he gave him a killer look making Button's eyes shrink in suspense.

“YOU WOKE ME UP FOR THAT!?” Rumble screamed in anger, causing other fillies and colts nearby to notice the two.

“Yeah, make a scene! That’s cool!” Button crossed his hooves, annoyed at his grey colored Pegasi friend.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and even Scootaloo noticed the three from afar distance. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were caught staring at them, while Apple Bloom tried waving at them to get their attention off of the two colts. Rumble and Button glanced at the two fillies for several seconds. Only for Rumble to snap out of his trance and get Button to stop staring at Sweetie Belle. The other colts and fillies in their class returned to what they were doing previously, seeing as everything was alright between the two.

“Alright alright alright, just next time... Don’t wake me up when I'm peacefully asleep... PLEASE!” Rumble sighed, letting him off the hook.

Rumble sat on his flank and rested his head on his two front hooves, there was a leaf on the grassy ground just inches away from him. As the leaf laid there without moving, Rumble gently blew it away with his mouth. All the while, Button Mash was staring at him blankly, rubbing his chin and giving him a sly smirk. Rumble looked up and noticed his goofy grin, immediately knowing Button was onto something. As much as he tried to ignore his grin, Button kept staring him down just to make him uncomfortable.

"ALL RIGHT WHAT!?" Rumble sat up and raised his hooves, feeling stressed.

He wanted to just walk around the tree and go back to sleep, so he stood up to do just that!

“What were you dreaming about?” Button quickly stopped him from getting up, expecting an answer.

"Nothing, just leave it be." Rumble crossed his hooves, looking at the playground once again.

"You told me it was the BEST dream ever!" Button mimicked the way Rumble shouted at him earlier, only earning a loud grunt from the Pegasus.

"I said drop it Button!" Rumble said once again, raising his voice to intimidate Button.

After thinking for a little while, there wasn't much Rumble could dream about. Sure, maybe the Wonderbolts every once in a while but that was an average dream for him. It had to be something better... Something that meant a lot more to him than his obsession with the Wonderbolts. When Button caught Rumble staring at the playground, he turned and saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders doing their own thing. They were just sitting at the swings minding their own business, probably brainstorming ideas about what they should do next on their crusading adventures. That's when Button confidently knew what the dream was about. After chuckling in an evil manner, Rumble eye's shrank when Button took a few closer steps to him. 

"You were dreaming about Scoots weren't you?" He finally spoke out, tilting his head and raising one of his eyebrows playfully.

“Huh!? N-No! Heck no! Pfshh Me!? Dreaming about her!? Nah Button, you got me all wrong.” Rumble shook his head, backing away from him and denying the question.

Button stepped even closer, giving him the stare! If only he had his father's trademarked mustache, then it would really give him some bonus points for intimidation! Without even saying a word, he noticed a sweat drop cruising it's way down the side of Rumble's face, eventually hitting the grass.

“Nononono! It’s not what it seems like! Button, you've LOST IT!” Rumble felt his cheeks blush, and he couldn’t hide it easily no matter how much he wanted do.

“If that's the case, why're you blushing then?” Button wondered, making the blush on Rumble's face expand, the color becoming darker the more he pushed it on.

“This is a big misunderstanding you've got to believe me, I... YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING TOO MANY VIDEO GAMES!” Rumble couldn’t take it anymore, he spread his wings and yelled at him angrily, flapping them as fast as he could.

As much as he wanted Button to shut up and drop the topic, he knew for certain he wasn't getting out of this mess. With his cheeks red and noticeable to Button's eye, it was already too late... Now Button knew he was hiding something, and knowing his best friend had it's perks. He was definitely not going to drop it, probably not until Rumble would admit it. As the quiet time passed on by the second, more sweat started dripping from Rumble's reddened face. Another reason for Button to continue pushing the subject onto the poor grey Pegasi.

“Listen I am telling you! You better believe me Button Mash!” He let it out, staring Button straight in the eye.

He kept flapping his wings and jumped up and down, trying to get Button to stop.

“You dreamed about Scootaloo didn’t ya Rumble? You know you can admit it!” Button grinned like a nerd, seeing Rumble look to the floor in shame.

It was about time he gave up! Rumble just stared at the ground and kicked a little pebble off to the side, he wanted to get Button back for what he did, and he knew just the thing!

“Dreaming about a crush, isn’t the same as constantly telling your best friend about them is it???” Rumble raised his eyebrow, feeling the blush fade away from his own face, he wanted some revenge!

The blush transferred onto Button’s face, giving Rumble the chance to get him back! Button started getting nervous as his propeller hat stopped spinning magically on its own.

“Yeah that’s right, you talk WAY too much about Sweetie Belle, just walk up to her... And ask her to be your Special Somepony! Tomorrow’s Hearts and Hooves Day!” Rumble walked up to the brown colt, patting his back gently.

“What if she says no? Or rejects me! We’re only friends with each other, she probably doesn’t notice me as I notice her!” Button sighed, giving him a worried excuse.

“Bro... I’m gonna be real honest here, she’ll never reject you! I don’t know if she likes you in that way or not, but still! Just go for it! After all, do you notice any other colt she talks to?” Rumble stated facts to reassure him.

Button thought for a moment before turning to stare at Sweetie again. Everything about her was so mesmerizing to him.

“Yeah she talks to other colts other than me, you and Pipsqueak, several others too.” Button replied, still keeping his head hung low.

“You’re right, but she hangs out with you and talks to you the most, so you should consider asking her!” Rumble nodded, lying back down beside the tree.

“B-But...” Button continued being himself... Worried as ever for the outcome.

“You see that’s it! Stop wondering if she’ll say yes or no! Jeez, you’re just like her!” Rumble sighed, facehoofing himself.

“Heya guys! What’s up!?!” Pipsqueak came along, standing behind Rumble.

Much to his surprise Rumble turned around and gave a friendly nod at him, then he looked back at Button. Pipsqueak was usually known to pop up out of nowhere, often scaring some ponies if he screamed out enough. But both of them had gotten used to it, it became a norm.

“This colt here, is too afraid to ask Sweetie Belle to be his Special Somepony!” Rumble told him the problem making Pipsqueak chuckle back.

“Hehe! Yer worried bout that? She’d wanna go with yah anyday!” He smiled confidently, as both he and Rumble stared Button down.

“You know, even if she did say yes, what’s the point of having a fillyfriend anyway! They’ll just distract me from playing video games! Or break my heart if it didn’t work out or worse!” Button crossed his fore hooves, blushing lightly with the thought of Sweetie being his fillyfriend.

“That blush doesn’t help with your case, it’s obvious you have a thing for her and you can’t hide it from us.” Rumble mumbled, shaking his head with an annoyed sigh.

“Okay? Her sister is one of the Elements of Harmony, Equestria’s frontline defense! That makes her way out of my league!” Button kept on going, making himself feel a whole lot worse than before. He was so nervous that he started trotting in place, in which Rumble and Pipsqueak were both in disbelief.

“Don’t be such a downer Button! She isn’t Rarity!” Pipsqueak sighed.

“I mean sometimes she can be.” Rumble nudged Pipsqueak chuckling.

Both him and Pipsqueak laughed by the joke, which annoyed Button.

“Pip’s right though, I’ll give you some brotherly talk, right here! Right now!” Rumble moved over and sat next to Button, patting him on the back jokingly.

“We’re not brothers though.” Button raised his eyebrow, giving Rumble a confused look.

He didn’t quite understand the meaning at all... Then again, it was Button Mash after all!

“Shut up... That’s not... Gah! Just let me speak! I’ll give you a few reasons why it’s pretty obvious she likes you back! One, she stares at you from time to time even in class, second, she talks to you way more than the other colts in our class, and three, Pipsqueak and I both believe she has a crush on you.  Just make your move, ask her out on a date! Problem solved! All is done! Get it? Got it? Good! You better get that in your head! Cause I’m not explaining it again.” Rumble spoke calmly, but Button was at a lost for words.

When he was about to open his mouth to say something that’ll oppose Rumble’s statement, Rumble already cut him off from speaking,

“Don’t you dare say anything!”

“If it’s so easy as you say it is, then why haven’t you’ve asked out Scootaloo then?!? HUH!?!” Button yelled back, making Pip laugh.

“Haha! Good one Button! It’s true!” Pip agreed, laughing it up!

“O-Okay and? Girls are... Icky!” Rumble came up with an excuse, hoping it’d fool them.

“You’re hilarious... Making up excuses just to avoid admitting your mushy feelings. Plus, you two are both Pegasi! There’s already something between you two!” Button nudged him with his right hoof, making Rumble blush once again.

“Well, good luck asking them both, because tomorrow’s the big day! Ahm gonna go talk to Apple Bloom, maybe ask her to be my Special Somepony and all that. See ya both later!” Pip waved them off, trotting happily towards the CMC at the playground.

While he left his two close friends behind, they were exchanging looks with one another. That’s when an idea suddenly came to mind! Rumble had the perfect idea!

“How about, we both help each other out! Help a brother out! I’ll help you with Sweetie Belle first, because I know for a fact that you can’t talk to fillies! And after that’s over, you help me with Scootaloo! I gotta be cool to impress her! Not just some romantic geeky colt!” Rumble offered his hoof out for him to shake, thinking it was a pretty good deal to accept.

Button thought it over carefully, scratching his chin in the process.

“Just shake my hoof...” Rumble frowned at him, facehoofing himself again.

“Okay! Thanks Rumble!” Button laughed, shaking his hoof and accepting the offer.

“Cool, now let’s get back to class!” Rumble smiled, already starting the walk back.

“Okay!” Button agreed, joining him.

As the two of them approached the schoolhouse. Button gave a quick glance towards Sweetie, and caught her staring at him! She quickly turned her head, and looked somewhere else, but Button still caught her off guard. They eventually caught up to Pipsqueak and saw him holding an orange tulip in his mouth.

"You're already making a move?" Rumble asked, examining the flower in his mouth.

"wh- els- woo ah hav dis" Pipsqueak glanced at him and tried to speak with his mouth, but failed at doing so.

Rumble somewhat understood though, giving him a wink in return! The three colts started getting closer and closer to the three fillies. Rumble and Pipsqueak were actually feeling great, Button on the other hoof was getting more and more nervous. The three fillies noticed them walking closer and they all smiled.

“Oh Celestia... This is it isn't it?” Button sighed to himself.

He felt himself working up a nervous sweat, ready to have a breakdown at any moment. He looked over to his left and saw Pipsqueak walking up to Apple Bloom, as well as Rumble standing in front of Scootaloo. Button stood back for a moment wanting to get out of the situation, but it was already too late when Sweetie Belle greeted him,

"Hey Button!" She shuffled her front hoof shyly, feeling a light blush pinch her cheeks.

Finally working up the courage to do so, Button tried to force a smile feeling his own blush forming.

"HiSweetie!" He spoke so fast she almost didn't understand him, but luckily it was only two words.

"So what's up?" She tried to make conversation with him, both of them refusing to look at the other in the eye.

Finally taking a breath of relief, Button looked up and eventually made eye contact. The two of them saw each other's blush, which only made their own blushes significantly darker.

"Nothing much, just been trying to beat Dark Souls 3... What else is new?" He replied, smiling proudly about his game.

"Did you bring your Joyboy to school again? Or did you stay up all night playing the game?" She smirked, already knowing the answer to both her questions.

"You know me!" Button laughed, pulling his Joyboy out from his saddlebag.

Seeing it made Sweetie Belle giggle, she casually rolled her eyes. After a brief moment of silence between the two, both of them realized that they were standing alone. Pipsqueak and Apple Bloom went their own way, while Scootaloo and Rumble went the other way. Seeing as this was the perfect opportunity to get it out of the way, Sweetie Belle brought up the topic while she had the chance.

"So um... Tomorrow's Hearts and Hooves Day." Her voice was quiet, giving the impression of her shyness which Button caught onto.

"Of all the topics she had to bring up... SHE CHOSE THAT ONE!?" Button thought to himself, feeling sweat drop down the side of his face.

"Y-Yeah! Are you doing anything for the day?" He asked, wondering what she would say to the question.

"Not really, I don't have much going on." She answered, her emerald green eyes shimmered in hope.

After taking deep breaths mentally, he had to work up the courage and get the question out of the way. Finally letting out a big sigh, he decided this would be his big moment!

"W-Well I was wondering..." He started the question feeling hot in his face.

"Y-Yes?" Sweetie Belle shook her head gently, letting her mane sweep around to the side of her face.

"Please be the question, please be the question!" She mentally spoke to herself, her heart pounding excitedly.

"If you..." Button started shaking slightly, ready to ask the final part!

"RIIIIING!!" All of a sudden without warning, the school bell rang and interrupted the two foals!

"Alright everypony, recess is over!" Their teacher Miss Cheerilee called out to the class, signaling everypony to come inside.

The two foals frowned in disappointment, each hoping to finish their little moment. Sweetie Belle brushed her mane back and turned back to Button for a quick second.

"Guess we better get back huh?" She tried forcing a smile to cheer herself up, but it ended up being half of one.

"Y-Yeah..." Button replied with an upset sigh.

The two foals walked beside each other, heading back to the classroom. Button looked around to see where Pipsqueak and Rumble were at, he even saw Apple Bloom and Pipsqueak holding each other's hoofs, walking very close together.

"Well at least somepony got the chance to ask." Button thought to himself, dropping his ears and frowning.





Later on...





As the day progressed, Miss Cheerilee was going through the daily subjects... Boring the class, and having them participate in activities to keep the day going.

“Okay Ponies! I think we’ve learned quite enough of history today! You all did well working hard on those essays, so take a five minute brain break, then we’ll get to the next subject, math!” Miss Cheerilee happily announced, opening up a book and began reading it.

Meanwhile some students groaned at the mention of the next subject, led by Button of course. As the entire class began talking to their own friends beside them, he sat between Pipsqueak and Rumble. Luckily he had his Joyboy with him to cure the boredom. Sometimes he would sneak it out of his bag and play it while Miss Cheerilee had her back turned to the class. 

"What game you playing?" Rumble asked, catching Button's attention of the screen.

"Dark Souls 3, also I can't talk right now! I'm busy trying to beat Lothric and Lorian!" Button replied, sticking his tongue out as he mashed away at the Joyboy's buttons.

"Right, well you've been playing that game for the past week... Figured you'd be playing Minecraft or something." Rumble eyed the Joyboy, turning and looking over at Scootaloo.

"Nah, I only play that game with Sweetie Belle whenever she comes over." Button responded, concentrating on the game.

"Yeah, your little playdate." Rumble teased.

Button chose to ignore that comment, putting all his focus onto the screen. That was when something came flying by his way! Rumble saw the object flying and it eventually landed on Button's desk. It turned out to be a paper airplane with some words written on it!

“Huh?” Button saw the paper airplane sitting there next to his Joyboy.

He paused the game and set the device down, then he took the paper airplane and opened it up. Next, he flattened it so that it would be easier to read. However the words on it were written in very small print, not to mention they were also cursive.

Huh?” Button couldn’t figure out what the words read.

He tried flipping it several ways, but didn't understand cursive writing at all. Either way, Rumble saw him messing with the piece of paper and gave him a dumbstruck look.

“What? I can’t even read this!” Button continued struggling.

"Give it to me, let me see." Rumble demanded, as Button gave him the piece of paper.

"Yeah good luck!" The brown colt gave him a sarcastic attitude, crossing his hooves.

"I don't need luck, I can read it!" Rumble chuckled, looking at what was written.

Even then, he too couldn't understand the words... They were so small and compact that the writing just looked like scribbles. He eventually gave up on it and gave it back to Button. Button sighed, thinking maybe it was just a prank from somepony else in the class. He crumbled up the piece of paper, and aimed for the blue colored recycle bin in the corner of the classroom. He threw it with ease, landing the shot perfectly, earning a smile from Rumble.

“Nice! That’s a three pointer for sure!” Rumble congratulated his throw, making Button grin.

“Thank you! Now what do you wanna do later?” Button asked.

“Well, we’re helping each other out remember? I’ve been thinking more about that since we agreed to it, maybe you should get Sweetie Belle flowers, or chocolate even! Most fillies like her would love that stuff! You’ll win her heart for sure!” He suggested, giving him some ideas to store in his memory vault.

“That sounds perfect! I might just do that!” Button smiled happily, giving him a hoofbump!

As the two were discussing their plans with each other, on the other half of the classroom... There was a certain white unicorn, looking quite saddened at what she just witnessed. One sitting between a yellow Earthpony with a pink bow, and an orange Pegasus pony.

“Uhm, Sweetie Belle?” Apple Bloom asked if her friend was alright, and was she wrong about that!

“H-He threw out the note I gave him!” She sounded devastated feeling ready to cry.

Her heart was partially broken, both Apple Bloom and Scootaloo felt bad for their friend. Scootaloo gave Button a killer look, but he didn't see her face since his back was turned to her.

“Alright that does it, I told you that clueless colt doesn’t deserve you! Let’s see if there’s any other colts in this class that you may like.” Scootaloo suggested, trying to cheer her up.

"Ah thought he would've understood the question at least... Ahm sorry Sweets." Apple Bloom patted Sweetie on the back for comfort.

Within moments Sweetie Belle nodded slightly at both of her friends, then started sniffling... She wasn’t very happy that he threw it out. It only gave her the impression that he simply ignored the question that she wrote to him.

“R-Right, but I don’t think we should just focus on me... Let’s focus on you with Rumble instead!” Sweetie Belle forced a fake smile, in order to cover up her depression.

“Forget about me, Apple Bloom was asked to be someone’s Special Somepony during Recess!” Scootaloo’s blush was faint but she played it off and put the attention on Bloom.

“Awh! You were?? Pipsqueak finally asked you!” Sweetie cheered, missing Scootaloo’s blush.

Now the spotlight was on Apple Bloom, whose cheeks started warming up.

“Y-Yeah, he gave me a nice tulip and asked me under a tree! It’s too bad Scoots and Rumble didn’t get their moment, right Scootaloo?” Apple Bloom squinted her eyes and leaned forward out of her desk.

“Shut up... You both know I’m not the romantic type! Bleh! Rumble and I are just friends! Acquaintances, classmates, that stuff!” Scootaloo looked away, hiding her blush from the other two.

“You say that yet you can’t even say it without looking away to hide yer face from us.” Apple Bloom continued.

“Wha-“ Scootaloo went to speak but Sweetie Belle joined Apple Bloom in teasing her.

“You can’t hide it Scoots we already saw your blush.” Sweetie grinned happily, making Scootaloo’s face redden.

“Enough about that! Tell me what you and Button were talking about.” Scootaloo asked, avoiding their teasing.

“Not much, just the usual stuff... He did almost ask me if I wanted to b-be his Special Somepony” Sweetie Belle’s voice cracked when she stuttered, while Bloom and Scoots laughed at her.

“He did!?” Scootaloo and Apple Bloom both asked at the same time.

“Yeah, I mean I think he was asking me that. The bell interrupted him from finishing!” Sweetie growled.

“That colt is clueless during math when he gets called on to solve a problem on the board. What do you see in him Sweetie?” Scootaloo asked.

“Ah can agree, no offense Sweets. He could also be silently planning something, and maybe he’ll give ya a romantic present tomorrow! Yah never know!” Apple Bloom shrugged her shoulders, wanting to give Sweetie some hope.

“None taken...” Sweetie Belle’s ears dropped.

She was hoping him throwing out her note was a mistake, so she had something to hang onto. Maybe Apple Bloom was right about what she said. Maybe he was planning something for tomorrow. As the free time flew by, Miss Cheerilee announced the brain break’s conclusion.

“Okay my little ponies, let’s get started on some math!” She shouted out, putting her book down and standing up with a piece of chalk in her mouth.

Once everypony in class ended their conversations, they all turned forward and faced the board. For the most part everypony knew this was going to be very boring, all except one brown colt who had a solution for his boredom!





One hour later...





"All right everypony, I think that's it for our algebra lesson! How about we do our lunch period now hm?" Miss Cheerilee offered the class, earning cheers from everyone.

"It's about time!" One student shouted out in annoyance.

Luckily for him though, Miss Cheerilee didn't hear him, otherwise would've been upset. As everypony grabbed their lunches, everyone ran outside to sit at the lunch tables. A lot of ponies were grouped at tables with their friends, while others decided to sit by themselves. The CMC all sat at one table against the schoolhouse's wall, while Rumble, Pipsqueak, and Button sat at a table across from them. Button and Rumble had their backs turned against them, leaving Pipsqueak at the other side.

“Alright let’s figure this out! I don’t know what to get Scootaloo!” Rumble rested his head onto the table, not really feeling his appetite.

“Hm, that’s an easy one! She’s into scooter tricks and cool stuff right?” Pips asked, taking a bite out of his sandwich.

Rumble nodded happily, making the answer as clear as the skies above. The day was nice out, and the sun was shining without a cloud in sight. Those weather ponies sure knew what they were doing! If only...

“What if I fly up there, and shape some clouds? If I can do that, well...” Rumble felt unsure about it right after he finished talking, thinking it’d be too cheesy to do.

“There’s no clouds in sight, so how can you possibly get a huge cloud! You’ll easily get spotted too! It’s just like a sneaking type of video game! Why don't you do it overnight!?” Button exclaimed, playing with his Joyboy while sipping from a juicebox.

“Meh if I did it overnight, then I'd have to babysit the cloud so that it doesn't blow away. Look, I’ll try to find something for her. In the meantime... Button and I are going to hangout right after school and we’re going to visit Daisy's flower shop in town, aren’t we Button?” Rumble patted him again like he did earlier, making him blush.

“Y-Yeah! Let’s do it!” Button chuckled nervously, afraid of his own outcome with Sweetie.

The pair of friends hoofbumped each other, until Button noticed Sweetie Belle staring at him from across. His head was facing Rumble’s, so he saw her through the corner of his left eye. He gazed at her for a second but when she caught him, she quickly looked somewhere else and started playing with her mane, trying to look as attractive as possible.

“Pink and purple huh?” Button continued daydreaming about her, lost out of thought with her mane.

"Lookin' at Sweets again?" Pipsqueak chuckled, forcing a death glare on Button’s face.

"N-No!" Button refused, turning his attention back to his game.

“Mhm... Suuure! What else would ya be thinking about.” Pip continued.

“His video games obviously!” Rumble joined in, picking up a shiny juicy apple from his food tray.

“Riiing!” The school bell rang, signifying that lunch was over.

Button rolled his eyes, desperately wanting the time to go faster... But he knew this was going to be a very long day ahead.





Later on... In class of course!





“Okay everypony! I have a special announcement to make!” Miss Cheerilee sat up from her desk chair, gathering all of the foal’s undivided attention.

Meanwhile, everyone else was whispering to each other silently, wondering what she was going to announce. Was it big? Small? The announcement of the next subject...? Or something else? These were the questions that everypony wondered, each hoping it wasn’t subject related.

“Since tomorrow is Hearts and Hooves Day, I was just going to let you all go home early! Seeing as most of you seem to have something planned with others in the class! So enjoy the rest of your evening and tomorrow when we get back to class, I’ll let you all have the time to give presents, and other stuff too, class dismissed!” She finished her announcement sitting back down.

The school bell rang as everypony immediately sprinted out the door. Some ponies pushed others out of the way just to make it out first.

“Bye Miss Cheerilee!” Button waved, leaving the school house.

“See you tomorrow!” Rumble said goodbye, joining Button.

“Wait! Before you two go...” Miss Cheerilee gave them a concerned look.

The two young colts turned back around, with open ears.

“You two stay out of trouble! You hear? You two can be... Destructive sometimes... But since tomorrow’s a big day, I’m sure you both won’t have trouble keeping yourselves from destroying something.” Miss Cheerilee warned them, opening a book on the desk.

“We’re not destructive!” Rumble asked in shock trying to look innocent.

“Yeah!” Button argued, backing up his buddy’s statement.

“You two get the idea, if you decide to hang out with the Crusaders don’t let them do anything destructive got it?” Their teacher showed a positive smile, waving the two young colts goodbye.

“Goodbye Miss Cheerilee!” The two friends spoke at the same moment carrying on with their own business.

The pair happily trotted their way down to Ponyville, hoping to find the perfect presents to give to their significant others!





Anyhow...





The CMC were helping each other out as they were walking through the town. Apple Bloom wasn’t worried at all about Pipsqueak. Scootaloo just didn’t seem to mind about Rumble unless it was brought up by her two friends, meanwhile a certain Unicorn was still worried about not being asked yet to be someone’s Special Somepony! She easily showed it too with some nervous sweat coming off her forehead. Bloom stopped for a moment and examined Sweetie, forcing the other two to slow down for her.

“Why are yah getting so worked up over him? Don’t even sweat it!” Apple Bloom tried calming her emotions down, giving Scootaloo a turn to at least try.

“She has the right to be anxious, considering Button hasn’t talked to her yet this week.” Scootaloo answered.

“No that’s not true he spoke to me today. We’ve both just been busy with homework and everything.” Sweetie denied Scoots with a low sigh.

“And you’re not scared about Rumble now?” Apple Bloom raised a brow acting like her bigger sister whenever it came to asking questions.

“I don’t know what I should get him for Hearts and Hooves day okay!? Everypony knows I’m not the romantic type, that stuff is groooss!” Scootaloo raised her forearms up and spat her tongue.

“Wonder why... You’re too “cool” for it?” Apple Bloom quoted the word with her hooves.

“Never said I was, oh hey! Look! There’s Sweetie’s future stallion!” Scootaloo pointed her hoof, and her two friends looked.

Upon sight, they saw Button and Rumble talking it up at the center of town. Sweetie Belle blushed once she laid eyes on Button, looking to the sky above so that they wouldn’t notice her staring.

“So Sweetie, yah need any help finding a gift for Button?” Apple Bloom asked, comforting her some more.

“Shouldn’t be too much of a problem, they spend a lot of time together anyway. It’s enough for them to be married.” Scootaloo nudged Sweetie with her hoof, making the white unicorn blush hard.

“You’re NOT helping!” Sweetie spoke back, raising her tone in voice.

“Yeah wait until you two officially get married then you’ll have a foal, maybe two-“ Scootaloo kept teasing and nudging her, earning a death glare from the Unicorn.

“SCOOTALOO!” Sweetie screamed.

Once she saw the look on Sweetie’s face, it was enough for her to get the message and shut up.

“Fine I’ll shut up now.” Scootaloo nodded, hearing a giggle from Apple Bloom.

“I should get him something related to video games, there has to be something at the game store.” Sweetie Belle thought to herself, sitting down and brainstorming ideas.





And now back to the duo colts!





After school, Rumble and Button finally reached the flower shop in town. Ran by Daisy of course, she was an older mare who was obsessed with flowers. The kind of pony you'd always go to and ask for opinions on arrangements. The two saw her fixing up a bundle of beautiful pink roses along with tying together a pink ribbon.

“Hey Daisy!” Rumble greeted the older mare happily, meanwhile Button stood beside him silent.

The magenta colored Earth pony turned around and looked down at the younger colts. She grinned at the sight of them, eager to help them both! Why else would they go to her shop?

“Awh if it isn't Rumble and Button Mash! So good to see both of you especially you Button! What brings you here?” Daisy wondered, attaching the pink ribbon to the bouquet of roses.

When she made that comment Button rolled his eyes, but she did have a point. It wasn't often he showed his face around town, he was either inside playing video games or hanging out with Rumble at his place.

"Hehe, she does have a point. You barely go outside everypony gets shocked whenever they see you doing something other than playing video games." Rumble whispered to Button giving him a smirk.

"Shut it." Button mumbled back.

“We came to see if you had any pink or purple flowers in stock, roses in particular!” Rumble went ahead and got straight to the point, catching Daisy's attention immediately.

She set the bouquet down on a nearby table and walked around the shop to see what she had. There were dozens of red rose bouquets ready to be sold, until she finally found the color they were looking for.

“Pink and purple roses hm? Of course I do! I have every single type of flower in all of Equestria! Even the rarest ones! Are you only looking for roses though?” Daisy showed them around the store, turning to face Rumble.

After getting a nod from him, he replied,

"If you could make an arrangement for us, that'd be great!"

"I think I know who this is for!" Daisy pondered on, then she started grinning down at Button.

“You better believe it! It’s for his future Special Somepony!” Rumble smiled, making his best friend blush as red as a tomato!

"Rumble, I swear to Celestia if you keep saying that!" Button threatened, but Rumble knew he wasn't being serious.





However, there was a certain trio spying on the two, and they were just staring at them from afar distance.





"Is that Rumble and Button at Daisy's flower shop?" Apple Bloom asked, pointing her hoof at the two colts.

"Yeah, and it looks like they're buying flowers! Sweetie Beeeelle!" Scootaloo smiled, nudging Sweetie Belle like she did earlier.

She gained a menacing growl from Sweetie, who was desperately wanting her to stop teasing.

"Jeez ya'll are children." Apple Bloom facehoofed herself while shaking her head.

They watched as Daisy kept talking to them, showing them all kinds of different pink and purple flowers. Once they saw the two colts nodding their heads to one of the flowers she picked out, she began working on an arrangement for them.

“Pink and purple roses! See, that right there gives it away Sweetie! Daisy must be making an arrangement for you! The colors match your mane, isn’t that enough evidence for you?” Scootaloo flapped her wings, hopping up and down excitedly.

“O-Okay okay fine! You’re probably right... But you know who else has purple hair? Diamond Tiara!” Sweetie Belle sighed, losing her hope just a bit.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo stood without saying a word, they exchanged disgusted glances at one another before facing Sweets.

"Are you telling me you think Button is buying those for Diamond?" Scootaloo shouted.

"W-Well, it's just... What if he is?! Or if he's buying them for some other pony! I'm gonna be all alone on Hearts and Hooves day while you two have your own colts!" Sweetie panicked, her voice cracking with every other word.

“Aw shucks, it looks like she’s doing it again...” Apple Bloom sighed.

“Pulling off a Sweetie Belle?” Scootaloo asked back.

“Pulling off a Sweetie Belle!” Apple Bloom chuckled silently.

“WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?!” Sweetie raised her eyebrows and squinted her eyes.

"IT MEANS YOU'RE TURNING INTO RARITY!!!" Her two friends yelled together.




Meanwhile...




“Pink and purple roses?! Don’t worry, I got you covered for that pretty filly! I’ll have the arrangement done by tomorrow morning, so remember to pick them up before you head off to school okay Button?” Daisy giggled, walking back to another set of flowers to water.

“Okay, thanks Daisy!” Button’s voice squeaked in joy, as he galloped away from her flower shop.

“Button where’re you going?? Bye Daisy!” Rumble quickly shouted, flapping his wings and flying towards the brown colt.

When he finally caught up to his friend, both of them made it back to town square. Rumble got his attention again as he landed on the ground gently.

“Why did you just run off?” Rumble asked, breathing heavily.

“Are you tired?” Button asked, looking perfectly fine from the quick jog.

“My wings aren’t exactly fully grown yet dude, of course I’m tired.” Rumble sighed, showing his wings off.

“Then what’s next on the checklist?” Button asked eagerly.

“Well flowers are checked off the list! Now what should we get?” Rumble closed his eyes, acting cool.

“Chocolate!” Button grinned, feeling his heart doing a triple flip!

“Hm wow, you actually remembered! I’m proud of you!” Rumble spoke the question out, giving Button a hoofbump.

“Of course I did! Now where should we go for the best chocolate in town?” Button wondered, staring at him in concern.

Rumble had to think for several seconds until one pony’s name came to mind.

“We could visit Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube Corner! She can help us pick the best chocolate for Sweets!” Rumble finally spat it out, flying fast towards the restaurant.

Without a moment to react, Button didn’t expect his friend to leave him so fast all of a sudden! He started galloping as fast as his legs could carry him, shouting at Rumble to slow down.

“Hey! I’m not a Pegasus pony like you! Slow down!” He ran straight for him trying to catch up.




And back to the fillies...




“We’ve got a whole selection here so choose already Sweetie! We don’t got all day, so choose choose and CHOOSE!” Scootaloo wrapped a hoof around Sweetie’s neck, being sister-like to her.

“Ooo! They all look so awesome though!” Sweetie Belle gasped, looking at the many different consoles.

The three fillies spent their time in the tech store. It was filled with all kinds of things you could possibly imagine! Mainly video games and consoles, even the newest Oculus Rift VR set. While Bloom and Scoots stood right beside Sweetie, they weren’t familiar with any games.

“Ya’ll know for a fact that we can’t afford any of this fancy tech stuff right?” Apple Bloom killed the moment, not that it was already killed in the first place.

“Why do all of these games cost sixty bits! That’s absurd!” Sweetie Belle complained, face hoofing herself.
“Well, now we know how rich he is with all those games he has. Hey! Maybe when you get married, you don’t have to worry about paying bills for a while when you move in with him HAHA!” Scootaloo joked around, making Apple Bloom chuckle.

“Ya’ll won’t even have to worry about how expensive it’ll be to take care of your foal!” Bloom took advantage of the teasing and joined Scootaloo’s side.

“I WISH TWILIGHT COULD TEACH ME A SPELL THAT COULD MAKE BOTH OF YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTHS!!!” Sweetie Belle screamed at the top of her lungs, her face reddening in rage!

That was enough to send the message once and for all, Scoots and Bloom’s eyes widened and their ears dropped. The two of them backed away in fear, and decided to keep quiet for their own sakes. Every pony else in the store overheard Sweetie’s loud voice, so they stared her down wondering what she was so mad about.

“I-I’m sorry...” Sweetie Belle looked at everyone else and blushed in embarrassment.

“Gee... Okay now we know how she’ll be with Button, she’ll be the more dominant one in the relationship.” Scootaloo whispered into Apple Bloom’s ear. covering her own mouth to avoid being heard from Sweets.

“Come to think of it, yer totally right!” Apple Bloom snickered.

Sweetie Belle on the other hoof, didn’t find it funny at all... She stared at both of them, giving them grim looks.

“Just help me find a gift for him! What should I even get?” Sweetie Belle spoke out loud, walking between the aisles.

“Hm... First of all, do you have any money on you? Second, get him a um.... Get him a new controller or whatever.” Scootaloo walked beside her.

There wasn’t much of a selection to choose from. Sure there were games and consoles, but Sweetie couldn’t afford them! Her only choice would have to be something that’s merchandise or an accessory.

“Ahm no help here so you two do whatever.” Apple Bloom sighed, walking over to one of the Xbox models.

“There has to be something...” Sweetie Belle stopped in her tracks for just a moment, beginning to think out loud.

“Ah right! You and Button spend a lot of time together, so... Why don’t you just get him something related to his favorite game!” Apple Bloom suggested, earning a large grin from Sweetie.

“Great idea Apple Bloom!” Sweetie Belle quickly ran between the aisles, making sure to slow down every once in a while for her two friends to catch up with her.

When she finally reached the section, she saw it! The game they always played together whenever she came over to his house. It wasn’t the game he played the most, but it definitely wasn’t his least played game either. This specific game was one of her favorites since they met, there were all kinds of different items being sold. Plushies, shirts, hats, pins and badges, even special designed controllers!

“Minecraft!” Sweetie Belle cheered, galloping up to the large display.

Scootaloo and Apple Bloom just gave each other odd looks, following closely behind.

“You know Sweetie, ever since you’ve started hanging out with that colt, you’ve become a nerd at video games just as much as him!” Scootaloo stuck her tongue out.

“Shut up...” Sweetie felt her cheeks being lit up with a pink blush.

“Ah gotta agree, anyhow! It looks like you can handle the rest by yourself can’t you Sweets?Scootaloo and I will be waiting for yah outside, won’t we Scoots?” Apple Bloom winked at Scootaloo, making the Pegasus tilt her head in confusion.

“Um, okay?” Sweetie Belle nodded at them both, continuing to look around the display.

While the two of them left Sweetie to doing her own thing, Apple Bloom dragged Scootaloo outside by the wings.

“O-Ow! Hey! Watch the feathers! They don’t grow back very quickly you know!” Scootaloo whined, trying to tug her wing out of Apple Bloom’s grip. The two finally made it outside and that’s when Bloom decided to ease up on her grip.

“Sorry about that, we just gotta take care of your problem!” Apple Bloom apologized, winking at her.

Scootaloo looked around then back to Bloom’s gaze, not understanding what she was referring to.

“What problem?!” Scoots wondered.

“We’re gonna help yah find a gift for Rumble, whether you like it or not!” Apple Bloom smiled, as Scootaloo let out a slight gasp and started blushing lightly.

“If I get a gift for him, you know how much that would affect my awesomeness? To the other ponies in our class, I wouldn’t be as cool if they found out I was doing something romantic with a colt!” Scootaloo stood her ground, hiding her blush from Apple Bloom.

“Ohh! Ah get where this is going! You’re blushing! Ah would pay all of my bits to see you two making out in the middle of recess tomorrow!

“APPLE BLOOM!” Scootaloo screamed, turning her head away.

Her blush turned into a dark shade of red. Seeing her blush only made Apple Bloom wanting to tease her more.

"Come on, let's go find Rumble a present." Apple Bloom suggested, walking along with Scootaloo.

"Fine..." Scootaloo huffed trying to play it off.




And now...




“Hi Pinkie!” Rumble and Button greeted the pink party mare, they noticed she was working on cupcake orders.

Immediately recognizing their voice, Pinkie Pie greeted them while putting frosting on some of the cupcakes.

“Hi Button Mash and Rumble!”

The two colts walked closer to the counter where she was working, there were tons of sweet treats on display. Things like cakes, muffins, cupcakes, lollipops, even all kinds of candy. It was definitely the perfect place to get a sweet tooth!

"What can I do for you?" Pinkie stopped what she was doing and walked around the counter.

Both Button and Rumble looked around the room and noticed a display of chocolates.

"We'd like to buy a box of chocolates, what kind of chocolate do you recommend?" Rumble asked, pointing over to the chocolates.

Pinkie started hopping up and down to the section, without replying to them. After looking between which box of chocolate to grab and offer them, she quickly found the perfect box. Lifting the box up with her mouth, she hopped all the way back to the counter and placed it down.

"Soo...?" Rumble asked again, expecting a reply from her.

"Sweetie Belle's going to love these chocolates Button! They're mostly filled with caramel!" She smiled, giving a shocked face to the two colts.

"H-How'd you know it was for her??" Button wondered, eyes shrunken.

"Eh, just a hunch!" Pinkie shrugged, tossing the box of chocolates over to Button.

Without having to react, his saddlebag was already open for the box to land in perfectly!

"Wow... She's good!" Rumble whispered, smiling at his friend.

"No cost needed! Just enjoy the day tomorrow!" Pinkie Pie laughed, hopping back over to her cupcakes.

"Oh sweet, thank you Pinkie!" Button thanked her, noticing Rumble already taking his leave.

"Aren't you going to get chocolates for Scootaloo?" Button continued.

"Nah, I'm not that type of pony, neither is she." Rumble opened the door, holding it open for his friend.

Button walked through the door and came to a halt, the two of them looked at the tech store in front and saw Sweetie Belle coming outside.

"Oop, look who it is!" Rumble nudged Button, making the brown colt nervous.

Once Sweetie Belle saw the two colts, she laid her eyes on Button and felt her cheeks redden. She was carrying a plastic bag that was peeking out of her saddlebags. It must've been her gift for Button!

“Go hangout with her.” Rumble suggested, making Button confused.

“What about you and your gift for Scootaloo?” Button asked back with a blush.

“Don’t worry about me, this is about you two! Spend some time with her and maybe ask her to be your Special Somepony.” Rumble reassured him.

He wanted to stay and help Rumble find a gift for Scootaloo, but to ditch him and hangout with Sweetie? He didn’t know who to pick, but without knowing... He looked down and saw himself being pushed towards her.

“Wait what!?” Button shouted out loud, looking behind and seeing Rumble pushing him closer and closer to her.

“Go to her!” Rumble shouted back.

“Hi Button! Rumble what’re you doing?” Sweetie Belle tilted her head and saw Rumble behind Button.

“Oh nothing, I gotta go though. Gotta find something for Scoots! Catch you two later! Rumble waved his hoof and started flapping his wings.

He took off at the speed of light and left the two to themselves. A few minutes later the duo stood motionless and just looked to the ground. Both shyly shuffling back and fourth but also trying not to embarrass themselves.

“Hi Sweetie.” Button finally broke the long silence, looking at her face directly.

Sweetie Belle looked up and smiled, she giggled at him and returned the gesture,

“Hello Button, what’re you doing here?” She asked.

“Oh I just came from Pinkie Pie’s, I had to buy chocolates for-“ Button replied to her question without even realizing he almost gave it away...

“Oh Celestia! You keep your mouth shut!” Button heard his subconscious speak in his own mind covering his mouth.

“Huh? Oh really!? For who?” Sweetie Belle continued smiling.

“Uh... Uhm, it’s for somepony special...” Button rubbed his front hoof against the gravel path, trying to cover his blush.

“Awh, that’s sweet!” Sweetie awed, oblivious to the fact.

“What about you? Did you just go to the tech store?” Button wondered, noticing the plastic bag.

“Wha- how’d you know?!” Sweetie Belle gasped, trying to hide the bag.

“Because I recognize the look of that bag anywhere! What’d you buy from there?” Button wanted to take a look, curious whether or not she bought herself a game or something.

“Oh, I didn’t really buy much. Rarity wanted me to buy some accessories for an order she’s making.“ Sweetie lied, desperately wanting to keep it a secret from him.

“Ah.” Button nodded, his ears dropping.

As curious as he was, both of them were too focused on hiding their own gifts for each other, despite not realizing that they bought gifts for the other. Sweetie Belle then remembered that she had something to do, so she walked closer to Button and stood by his side asking him a question.

“I’m gonna go home and start helping her with the order. Do you want to w-walk me there?” She offered, blushing lightly.

“S-Sure!” He responded happily, blushing harder than her.

Together the two looked forward without taking a glance at the other. As awkward as it already was, both of them stared down at the gravel road. They were walking at a very fast pace, and since the Boutique was so close to town square, they would make it there in no time.

“What do I even say?” Button thought to himself, trying to get the butterflies out of his stomach.

He felt very awkward about not saying a single word, it was almost as if they were walking by themselves.

“Soo, what’re you doing for Hearts and Hooves Day tomorrow?” Button blurted out, hoping she would say she’s free.

“I’m not doing anything, just going to school then going back home. I don’t usually spend the holiday with anyone.” Sweetie sighed, frowning at the ground.

“Shoot she’s upset! Quick Button, think of something... OH!” Button thought to himself, looking at Sweetie’s facial expression.

“W-Well um, I’m sure somepony will ask you sooner or later! I mean, you’re really pretty and stuff so...” Button complimented her hoping he’d cheer her up.

She looked at him from the ground and blushed heavily, but she forced a smile at him and couldn’t help but giggle.

“H-He thinks I’m cute!” She thought.

“T-Thanks Button!” She continued on, walking ahead of him.

Within seconds, they found themselves already in front of the Boutique. It wasn’t a long walk, but the two stayed silent most of the way there. Button frowned slightly, knowing the walk was quickly over, but Sweetie Belle had other plans.

“Thanks for walking me home Button.” She spoke with a sweet voice, trotting closer to him.

He was starting to get nervous by how close she moved up to him, their faces were practically mere meters apart.

“N-No problem!” Button nodded, feeling a shiver go down his spine.

With both of them staying silent yet again, their hearts were starting to beat at a rapid pace. Each knowing their own feelings about each other, both were afraid to make the first move... But at some point, somepony had to break it at some point. Thinking the time was right and the mood was set, Button gulped hard and began to stutter when he asked her,

“S-S-So uh, would you like to w-walk to school together tomorrow?”

It was his stutter and his dorkish behavior that always struck her heart. Whenever she heard him laugh, smile, play games, or just being himself. It was just enough to make her feel happy inside!

“O-Of course!” Sweetie Belle leaned her head forward, then placed a small peck on his cheek.

It wasn’t a passionate kiss, but a small gesture to thank him for the walk. Both of their faces were as red as hot tomatoes, but the two didn’t avert their gazes to somewhere else. Their eyes locked in on each other, and Button felt like he was about to pass out.

“I-I-I” He tried to get the words out, but Sweetie Belle hushed him with her hoof.

“See you tomorrow before school!” She spoke confidently, turning around and opening the door to her home.

She left Button standing there, giggling as she closed the door and left him by himself.

“S-See you there.” Button mumbled, eyes still shocked by what he just witnessed.

He held his hoof up and placed it on his cheek, rubbing on it gently. His cheeks felt warm from the blush, and he couldn’t help but grin dorkishly. He started trotting his way back to his own house, nearly forgetting about Rumble! He figured that his friend would be able to find a gift for Scootaloo perfectly on his own. Once he finally made it to his house, he knocked on the front door and awaited his mother. As if on queue, Cream Heart came to the door and let her son in, looking down upon him and smiling wide.

“Sweetie! You’re back!” She wrapped a hoof around him and pulled him into a hug.

“Hi mom.” Button greeted back, returning the hug.

“You’re home a little later than usual, were you and Rumble hanging out?” She asked, closing the door.

“Yeah him and I went to do some shopping! M-Mom I’m thinking about asking Sweetie Belle to be my S-Special Somepony.” Button stuttered, blushing hard at the mention of her name.

His mother continued smiling and noticed how nervous he was, she spoke to him in a calmly voice only a mother could have,

“Honey I think that’s a great idea! She’ll definitely want to be your Special Somepony!” She reassured, making his worries disappear instantly!

“You think I’m going to be okay? I got her pink and purple colored roses, and also a box of chocolates! Pinkie Pie said that caramel chocolates are her favorite!” Button answered, showing his saddlebag to her.

His mother opened his saddlebag and took the box of chocolates out with her mouth, placing them on the dining room table beside them.

“If Pinkie said that these are her favorite, then trust her.” She laughed, recalling memories from the past.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Button tilted his head.

“Let’s just say, if Pinkie says something about somepony such as stuff they like, or hobbies, then she’s telling the truth. After all, nopony in town knows everyone by heart besides her!” Cream Heart replied.

"Good point." Button nodded in agreement, chuckling.




A little while later...





After a long night of careful thinking, Button was playing on his Joyboy while talking to Rumble. The Joyboy had a feature on it that allowed other Joyboys to connect to a chat if they were in range. Luckily Rumble's house wasn't that far away from Button's so the two could communicate on their Joyboys while playing their game! The two of them were playing Mario Kart, and the races usually went back and fourth! Even though Button won most of the races, Rumble would always end up either 1st or 2nd.

"So did you find something for Scootaloo?" Button asked.

"I actually did! My brother helped me come up with some ideas, and I think she's going to love it!" Rumble replied, mashing the buttons away.

"What is it?" Button was curious.

"Well you know how she's been wearing her scooter helmet for Celestia knows how long now." Rumble said.

"Don't tell me." Button responded, already knowing what his gift was.

"Yup! I got her a brand new helmet, it looks really nice and I think she'll like it. It's colored black and orange but the orange part looks like flames, so it'll match her color!" Rumble announced happily, earning a sly giggle from Button.

"Gee, didn't think you'd be the romantic type of pony to give Scootaloo a gift, but neither is she." Button chuckled at his friend.

“Shut up Button!” Rumble immediately shouted in an angry defensive voice.

Even though Button couldn’t see his face directly, he knew Rumble was blushing over Scootaloo by how defensive he sounded. After the two finished talking about tomorrow, Button decided to ask him one last thing before going.

“So tomorrow Sweetie wanted to walk to school together but I’m going to be a nervous wreck!“ Button talked with a nervous voice.

“Listen dude, you got this! You don’t need anymore help.” Rumble tried reassuring him, only to prevent him from freaking out.

“If you say so.” Button let out a sigh.

“Now then, do you wanna play Minecraft?” Rumble offered.

“Sure!” Button answered back happily, his nervousness fading away.

The two friends continued gaming all night, a little bit too much though... Button’s mom had already gone to sleep, leaving him awake by himself. The two ended up playing and playing, losing track of time! This continued on until one of them knocked out from being too tired, that being Rumble first!




The following morning...




Today was finally the day! Hearts and Hooves Day! A romantic day like no other, a day dedicated to those who spend time with their Special Somepony, and buy them wonderful gifts to celebrate! Most ponies had someone else, while the unlucky few were forced to spend it alone. Regardless, it wasn’t a day like no other! There was a lot of love in the air, but one little brown colt made quite a mistake... One he’d regret for the rest of his life.

“BUTTON!” A feminine voice shouted at him.

“Mm...” Button groaned like a zombie, burrowing his head underneath his pillow.

The same voice played again but this time it sounded muffled from the pillow, he wanted to enjoy his sleep. He heard trotting sounds coming towards him, until they suddenly stopped.

“BUTTON MASH!” Cream Heart screamed, biting the pillow and throwing it to the side.

Button’s eyes opened immediately, and he had a zombie look on his face. His mother already knew the reason as to why he had one.

“Sweetie have you’ve been playing games all night again?” His mother raised an eyebrow, tapping her hoof against the floor.

“M-Mom I was just playing with Rumble.” Button yawned and sat up.

“Well I’ve been trying to get you out of bed for the past hour, you’re late for school!” Cream Heart told him, making his eyes wide.

“Oh no! I was supposed to walk to school with Sweetie Belle!” Button panicked, jumping out of bed and looking at the clock on the wall.

“Get ready for school and I’ll tell Miss Cheerilee you’re running late.” Cream Heart reassured him, walking out of his room.

Button sighed, all he could think about was Sweetie Belle. What her reaction would be since he completely overslept past their walk to school. He started panicking and sweating as he thought she would be really angry with him.

“She’s gonna be so mad at me... Especially on a day like today!” Button started panicking even more, raising his hoofs.

She’d be so mad at him she would say no to his question, she wouldn’t spend the day with him, and he’d be all alone!

“Donk!” His glass window made a sound, a light tap from a small object being thrown.

Button’s ears went up when he heard the tap, he turned around and looked at his bedroom window above his bed.

“Huh?” He tilted his head, jumping on his bed and heading closer to the window.

Before he could look outside another object was thrown at the window, a small pebble. It bounced off as Button finally looked to see who it was. Much to his surprise, it was Sweetie Belle using her magic to throw the rocks.

“Button Mash!” Sweetie called out, looking up at him with glee.

“S-Sweetie Belle? What’re you doing here?” Button asked, forcing a smile.

“You said we’d walk to school together, so I’m here!” Sweetie shouted.

“But we’re already late! We’re late by an hour!” Button panicked, disbelieved by her.

“Well too bad, we’re walking to school together.” Sweetie grinned with a blush, making the little colt smile even more.

He couldn’t keep his own blush from showing, so he waved at her and went back into his room. Grabbing all of his things, and even the chocolates to give her. He fixed himself up and made sure he was wearing his propeller hat. Sprinting downstairs carefully, he finally made it to the door only to be greeted by his mother standing beside it.

“Honey.” Cream Heart started, making him stop in his tracks.

“Yeah mom?” Button wondered, looking up to her.

He noticed she was holding something in her mouth, it was the bouquet of flowers he ordered at Daisy’s shop! It had pink and purple roses attached together by a pink ribbon. It looked really beautiful and well done, he gasped at it.

“It’s so perfect! She did a great job!” Button trotted in place, spinning around happily.

“I went to pick up the arrangement earlier since I knew you were going to oversleep, but Miss Cheerilee will be fine.” His mother replied, walking closer to him.

She placed the bouquet of flowers into his saddlebag next to the box of chocolates, then opened the door for him.

“Sweet! Thanks mom!” Button nodded with a wide grin, heading outside.

“Good luck sweetie!” His mother waved at him, closing the door behind.

After heading out Button turned the corner to the side of his house, seeing Sweetie Belle standing there patiently. Her mane was different this time around, instead of the usual curly look, this time her mane was tied together in a ponytail!

“W-Wow your mane looks... B-Beautuful!” Button gasped, taking mental pictures of her.

“T-Thanks, now are you ready?” Sweetie blushed at his comment, holding her hoof out.

“W-What’re you doing?” Button asked, blushing harder.

“N-Nothing I...” Sweetie wanted to grab his hoof but sighed, bringing it back to the ground.

She frowned slightly, feeling her heart beat out of her chest. Button had an idea of what she was trying to do, then he blushed hot red.

“O-Oh uhh...” He stuttered nervously, seeing the frown on her face.

Both of them were put on the spot now! Just mere inches away from one another.

“It’s now or never...” Button thought, pulling out the roses and the box of chocolates with his mouth.

Sweetie Belle looked at him and saw what he was holding, just the sight of the objects alone made her face look like a tomato!

“I-I-I” She tried to get the words out but her nervous heart took control.

She held a hoof up to her mouth and felt tears welling up in her eyes.

“S-Sweetie Belle, will you be my S-Special Somepony?” Button asked with hopeful eyes.

Sweetie Belle on the other hoof was struggling to speak, the roses looked really beautiful and the box of chocolates was shaped like a heart. After processing everything together, she remembered the note she gave him yesterday.

“Maybe he threw it out on accident. I could’ve sworn I wrote...” She was caught up in her own thoughts that she didn’t notice him.

His look of hope immediately transformed into a sly frown, thinking she was going to say no. After realizing, she shuffled around scared of her own emotions.

“Please say yes! Say yes! Why can’t you say YES!” Sweetie continued in her mind, sweating even more.

“I-It’s alright! I uh... Oh I didn’t think you’d want to be-“ Button started off assuming her answer was going to be a no, but he was cutoff from her charting at him!

“YES! YES! A MILLION TIMES YES!” Sweetie screamed at the top of her lungs, tackling him with an affectionate hug.

She nuzzled her face onto his cheek, making him gasp in shock! The two of them fell to the ground, holding each other in a romantic hug. Not a word was said, just actions! Sweetie eventually let go of him and stood up on her own, holding her hoof out to help him. He fixed himself up and grabbed her hoof, making sure the flower and the box were safe and sound.

“*Phew* I thought you were going to say no.” Button sighed in relief, handing the items over to her.

“I-I... NO! Of course not!” Sweetie smiled, giggling happily.

No longer did she have to spend the holiday alone, she had somepony to be with, somepony she knew better than most other ponies in their town. She looked into her own saddlebag and pulled something out with her magic. Levitating the object, it was wrapped up in a small little gift box. Button gasped and saw the little box hovering closer to him. Sweetie levitated the flowers and the chocolate with her magic, and released the gift box into his hoofs.

“Ohh Button these look really pretty!” Sweetie grinned, examining the roses.

While she was looking at the flowers and getting ready to open the box of chocolates, Button set the gift box down and started untying the ribbon. After getting the ribbon off, he took the lid off and tossed it to the side. Pulling out something that caught his attention rather quick! Inside was a case that looked like it could fit on his Joyboy! It was Minecraft themed with all kinds of design printed on it. It showcased most of the biomes, the mobs, the logo, and also had holes for the buttons to fit through!

“Wow!” Button looked at it for a while longer, just before taking out his Joyboy. He took it out and put the case over the Joyboy, a perfect fit! It made the Joyboy look a lot better, and it felt indestructible!

He put the Joyboy away and looked at Sweetie Belle once again. Walking closer to her to thank her for the gift.

“Are these caramel filled turtles?” Sweetie asked with a raised eyebrow, setting the roses into place in her bag.

He responded with a nod, but tried something different this time around. Normally the two would hoofbump each other or hug on rare occasions. Remembering the kiss she placed on his cheek yesterday evening, he leaned forward and returned the gesture. Upon contact Sweetie’s eyes opened wide and her mouth hung open. Button laughed at the look, helpless to contain his own embarrassment.

“B-Button!” Sweetie held a hoof up to her cheek, starting to show a dorkish smile.

“We’re gonna be late for school, let’s go!” Button wanted to shrug the kiss off to save themselves from embarrassing each other.

Without hesitating, he grabbed her hoof into his own and started dragging her along. She stumbled a little but caught back up to him. The blush on their cheeks were indescribable, both complimenting each other. Even though the two didn’t say a word, they walked hoof in hoof to school together. Not a word was shared, but the two of them could tell in their hearts that they had both found what they were looking for. A special day to spend with a Special Somepony.
> Story 3: Young Love
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Story 3: Young Love

Universe: (Equestria Girls)





It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and everything was peaceful as always. The smell of Mr. and Mrs. Cake’s delicious freshly-baked goods wafted through the air as a certain white Unicorn trotted by. On her way home from school, Sweetie Belle caught the irresistible smell of Cinnamon Rolls. When she passed by the doors to the bakery, she finally made it home to the Carousel Boutique. She opened the door and headed on in, calling out for her sister.

"Rarity, I'm home!"

Upon entering, she tilted her head in surprise at what she saw. It wasn't everyday you'd expect to see your crush's mom in your house.

"Rarity?" Sweetie called again, finally catching her sister's attention.

"Oh, sorry dear sister! I'm a bit busy fitting your friend's mom in a new dress I've designed." The designer replied.

"Hello Sweetie." Button's mother Love Tap waved a hoof at the young filly.

"Huh, guess that explains it then."

"Hi Mrs. Mash!" Sweetie finally greeted back, looking over to the living room area.

As Rarity and Love Tap were busy doing their thing, she heard familiar beeping sounds coming from the couch. Her heart skipped a beat, gett more excited as she obviously knew who it was! Once she got around, there he was gaming as ever. The brown colt that stole her heart on the first day of school.

“Button Mash, what are you doing here?” She asked, knowing this would be the last place he'd go to.

The little colt’s eyes brightened at the sound of her squeaky voice filling his ears, it was the only thing that distracted him from his Joyboy.

“Hi Sweetie Belle! I was just going with my mom to run some boring errands, she won’t let me stay home alone anymore... Especially not after I set the oven on fire last week.” He gazed at her for a second before returning to his game.

"Let me guess, you left a pizza in the oven and were too busy playing that new game?" She questioned, rubbing her chin mischievously.

Button nodded his head and sighed, sticking his tongue out at her for guessing right. That gesture alone forced a giggle out of Sweetie Belle. She happily trotted over and jumped up to sit on the couch beside him.

“What ’cha playing?” She wondered.

“It’s called Dungeon Dice Monsters! Wanna try?” He replied.

Sweetie Belle nodded eagerly, and took the device from him, frantically pushing the buttons. Button scooted closer to her and leaned his head next to hers. As soon as they made contact the two of them blushed as their hearts started beating in unison. Button realized what he was doing and lightly backed off, noticing a small frown from Sweetie.

"I-I uh..." He wanted to apologize for the sudden contact, but she cut him off.

"N-No it's okay, you can't really see right?" She smiled again, scooting even closer to him and returning the move.

She rested her head on him and looked back at the screen, both of their blushes becoming darker.

"So... Wanna teach me how to play?" She stuck her tongue out.

"I bet you won't even get past the first level!" He teased back.

"We'll see about that nerd." She laughed.






Minutes later of a tutorial...






“No, jump! Now run to the left! No, the other left! Ok... Wait for it... Wait for it... Ok, NOW! JUMP, JUMP!!!”

With all the pressure on top of her, Sweetie Belle was in full concentration mode. She desperately wanted to beat the level and proof she was just as good as him! She started sweating by the time she finally completed the level. Smiling with certain victory, she looked up at Button Mash.

"Level completed! I told your flank I could do it, but you doubted me!" She pushed him off of her gently, laughing at him.

"YEAH, THE FIRST LEVEL SWEETS! THAT LEVEL IS A TUTORIAL LEVEL!" He screamed back, sitting up and pushing her back down. 

"Says level 1 doesn't it? I consider that a huge win... Anyway, that was too much for me! I think I've had enough of that game, there's too much going on. You wanna play some Minecraft?" She rolled her eyes, handing him back the device.

Button nodded his head excitedly, putting his Joyboy back into his saddlebag. That was until he started digging around in the bag trying to look for his laptop. His ears dropped in disappointment, looks like he didn't pack everything for the trip.

“Uh... I accidentally left it at home, I'm gonna have to go and get it.” He sighed in frustration, getting up from the couch so he could head home really quick.

He began to gallop off towards the front door, but he was immediately stopped when Sweetie Belle called after him.

“Wait! Can I come with you?” She asked, hopping off.

"Are you sure? It'll only be like five minutes." He answered.

"YES, Button! After almost burning the house down, I think you need a Foalsitter to make sure you don't cause any trouble." Love Tap screamed, interrupting the two younger ponies.

"Fiiiine Mooom!" He whined like a little foal, earning another soft giggle from his best friend.

"Don't worry Mrs. Mash, we'll be back before you know it!" Sweetie reassured her, patting Button on the back.

Seeing as this was the perfect opportunity for them to be alone, Rarity and Love Tap exchanged looks and chuckled.

"Well, how about you two stop at the bakery and get us some cinnamon rolls or something? You two will look soo adorable carrying the basket together." Rarity suggested, putting the pair on the spot.

"RARITY!" Sweetie Belle blushed and yelled at her sister.

He looked back and smiled, “O-Of course! C’mon Sweetie!” Button led the way out of the boutique with Sweetie following close.

As soon as both of them were outside, that same fresh scent from Sugarcube Corner caught their muzzles. The two of them passed by the building as they figured it would be best to go there on the way back. Without saying much to the other, they were thinking about how Rarity's comment made them blush.

"Every time I'm with you she always does that, it's so annoying!" Sweetie looked at the ground and let out a sigh.

"I don't mind it, everypony else does it." He added on, mentioning her friends.

"Don't remind me." She rolled her eyes, thinking of Scoots and Bloom.

When they finally got to his house, Button opened the door and held it open for her, giving her a goofy grin. She smiled happily at his manners and loved it when he was a dork for her. 

"Do you remember where you put it?" She asked, expecting her guess to be correct.

"Nope!" He laughed sheepishly.

"Why am I not surprised, c'mon let's go look for it." She giggled.

The adorable pair started searching for his laptop, splitting up so that they could find it much faster.

“Check in the kitchen!” He called from the living room. 

Sweetie Belle ran in there, and checked everywhere. Nothing at all. The two of them searched the entire first floor, even the basement and there was nothing to be found. When they headed upstairs, Button was way ahead of her. She heard noises coming from his parent’s room and peeked her head around the corner. She saw Button Mash checking under the bed, and in the drawers of his parent’s dresser.

"Okay why would it be in your parent's dresser?" She questioned him, facehoofing herself.

"Sometimes they hide it in there when I'm grounded." He defended himself, throwing piles of clothes on the floor.

"Hm, fair point." Now she felt like a dummy, then again she was rarely ever grounded.

Then a certain item caught Button's eye. He dove into the dresser and quickly snatched his father's fake mustache. He slapped it onto his muzzle, gazing at it in the mirror.

"You're such a dork!" She giggled, walking closer to him.

"No, I am... The Stache!" He gave her a serious look and played around.

"Stop it!" She couldn't control her giggle, laughing hard.

She looked around the rest of the room. It was  then she took note of his parent's beautiful room. With the lavender-purple walls, the green bed frame with gray-purple sheets and blankets, and the closet. It really stuck out compared to the rest of the house. With an idea popping in her mind, she remembered that Rarity was fitting her for a new dress. Sweetie Belle always liked to see Mrs. Mash wear dresses that Rarity designed. She opened the closet door to look at all her beautiful dresses. As guilty as she felt going through their stuff, she couldn't help herself awe at the dresses Rarity designed. There was a whole rainbow of colors to choose from, but one certain dress caught Sweetie’s eye. A gorgeous white one with a lacy trim, and pearls lining the collar. It had a very long train of fabric in the back. Sweetie Belle recognized her sister’s handiwork, and was marveled by it for a bit longer before she turned around to ask about it.

“What dress is this? I don't remember Rarity making this one for your mom.” She asked.

Button turned around and looked at it,

“I think that was my mom’s wedding dress... I think, I'm not totally sure. I haven't actually seen her wear that one once.” 

Sweetie turned around to gaze at it again. She took it off the hanger, and put it on. It was a bit big, but it looked beautiful! It really complimented her pink and purple mane. She turned around for Button Mash to see. When she showed him, his jaw dropped. She was the most beautiful pony he had ever seen. She blushed at his reaction and giggled, as she pointed at his mustache giving her another idea! He laughed nervously, and took it off. Then Sweetie looked at his father’s side of the closet. She found the tuxedo that a stallion would probably wear on a wedding day. She called Button over, and showed him the tux,

“W-Wanna play wedding?” She felt her heart skip more beats, feeling her face boil red.

"S-Sure!" Button blushed harder than she did, not sure where she was going with this.

Deep down she knew her feelings for him, but did he feel the same? She and him have been friends for the past year, and they've gotten very close. They practically see each other once or twice a week, and whenever they're together, she can't help but think about him in that way. He smiled and grabbed the tux from the closet, trying to put it on. Sweetie Belle looked at him fondly, then turned her head towards the dresser. She saw Mrs. Mash’s makeup kit. Sweetie couldn’t resist the urge to put it on. She hopped up on the stool, and put on mascara, lipstick, and perfume. When she turned around, she saw Button dressed in the tux, slathering his father’s hair-gel in his mane. She couldn’t help but giggle as he tried to spray the cologne, but ended up spraying some in his eyes! Luckily though, he had his eyes closed. Once they were all dressed up they began the ceremony! 

"Am I actually going to do this?" Button started to sweat, his heart coming out of his chest.

He knelt down on one hoof and mockingly said, “Sweetie Belle, will you marry me?” She blushed redder than a rose and giggled shyly.

“Yes!” Then Button stood up, took her hoof in his, and pretended to “walk down the aisle” with her, which was just walking down the length of the bedroom. When they got to the wall, he took his mother’s wedding ring that was placed on a table next to them, and slid it delicately onto Sweetie Belle’s horn. Then they stopped and stared at each other. Button looked at her nervously, he couldn't stop himself from shaking.

“A-A-Are we going to do this?” She blushed bright red, looking directly into his orange eyes.

“I-I-I guess we have to.” He gulped, knowing this was the moment everything would change...

Both ponies knew how they felt about the other, totally unaware of what the other would think. This was the moment both of them had been waiting for, and it was finally happening. Without saying a word the two ponies leaned in, and connected their soft lips to one another. Each of their hearts were racing so fast, they felt like exploding! They were both blushing blood red once they finally broke apart for a breath of air. The newly made couple looked deep into each other's eyes. They had both enjoyed the kiss very much! Then, without anything to say about it. There was a sudden sense that neither of them have felt before. Sweetie Belle started biting her lip and took a deep breath. Without giving him a chance to speak, she kissed him again, making it last several seconds longer before she broke away for another need of air. The two ponies finally knew how the other felt, and their hearts truly were in sync. It was then that their peaceful moment, one had to break the silence. Button spoke up, 

“Sweetie, I-I...” He stopped. She smiled and began to take her makeup off,

“C’mon, lets get out of these clothes and get those cinnamon rolls from Sugarcube Corner!” Her voice squeaked, he could tell she was beaming with happiness!

He nodded and ran to the bathroom so that he could put his head under the bathtub faucet to rinsed the gel from his mane. He then shook it dry, and added his propeller hat to complete the look. Sweetie Belle took off the dress and placed it back where it belonged and took her makeup off. Once the two of them were finished, they eventually found the laptop sitting right there on the kitchen table.

"Didn't I tell you to check the kitchen?" Button asked, putting the laptop away.

"Well... I sorta got distracted." Sweetie looked toward the ceiling innocently.

"BY WHAT!?" Button shouted.

"By you silly." She nudged him playfully, blushing.

"Let's just go." Button sighed, taking her hoof into his own.

Then he and Sweetie Belle walked side by side towards Sugarcube Corner together. The thing that was different was, just like before... They weren't saying much, especially after what just happened. They weren't quite sure on what to say or do now that they were a thing. They haven't experienced anything like this before and they definitely did not want to screw it up. One wanted to say something about their newly found relationship, but was too shy. After a short distance of trotting together, they got to Sugarcube Corner and entered the building to order the cinnamon rolls. 

"Well if it isn't Button Mash and Sweetie Belle! What brings you two lovers in today!?" Mrs. Cake saw them and gave them that warm smile of hers!

"Hello Mrs. Cake!" The two young ponies greeted her at the same time and made her laugh with a soft blush on their faces.

"We're here to order your famous cinnamon rolls!" Sweetie Belle told her, getting to the point.

"Well I still have to bake the next batch, should only take around fifteen minutes or so, in the meantime how about you both enjoy a nice milkshake on the house?" Mrs. Cake replied, showing them to a table.

"Wow really!? Thanks!" Button gasped with a child-like voice, making Sweetie giggle.

When they got to the table, they ordered their milkshakes and just sat there. 

"S-So Button?" Sweetie asked, wanting to talk about what happened earlier.

"Y-Yeah? What is it?" Button looked back.

"A-Are we like... A thing?" She wondered, rubbing her hoof in an adorable manner.

Not trusting his own voice, he led her off and wrapped her into a soft warm hug. The hug eventually turned into them cuddling each other, with Sweetie Belle’s head resting in the crook of his neck. Both of their eyes were closed and they were just savoring the moment that they shared together. Holding onto each other, refusing to let the other go. When the milkshakes were ready and placed on the table, the two ponies were once kissing again, paying no attention to their drinks. Button reached up while they were still kissing, and stroked Sweetie’s soft mane, then brought his hoof down to her face, caressing it, memorizing every detail of her delicate jaw. When they broke away, Sweetie Belle was bright red again from all that he was doing. Just then Pinkie Pie burst through the backdoors of the bakeshop, taking them both by surprise.

“Hi Sweetie Belle! Hi Button Mash!” The pink mare bounced up and down joyfully.

“Hi Pinkie!” Replied both ponies. The pink mare was running around in excitement, carrying a pallet of all kinds of sweet treats!

“I would love to stay and chat, but Rainbow Dash says that she’s been spying on Cranky, and she wants to prank him and Matilda!!!” She began to laugh, “It’ll be great!!! See ya later!” and with that, she was off. 

The couple exchanged weird looks but shrugged it off. They knew that whatever Pinkie was planning, it was definitely something nopony else could top off. Mrs. Cake eventually brought out a basket and gave it over to them. The two gave her the bits that they owed, and quickly drank their milkshakes before finally leaving.

"Oh my Celestia, these rolls smell so good!" Sweetie smiled, levitating the box mid-air with her magic.

"You said it, I can't wait to try them once we get to your place!" Button agreed, smelling the freshly made rolls.

The two of them stared at each other for another moment, remembering what Rarity had told them.

"You two will look soo adorable carrying the basket together."

Smiling from cheek to cheek, Sweetie Belle stopped levitating the basket with her magic, and held it with one hoof in between them. Button joined her and put his hoof next to hers, supporting the basket.

“Sweetie Belle... Do... Do you really like me?” He asked looking deep into her big beautiful green eyes. Sweetie Belle blinked at him with confusion,

"No Button, I don't..." She spoke harshly, breaking his heart.

"W-Wha-" Button felt his heart tugging at him, everything they just went through the past hour?

"I don't like you, I love you!" She giggled, playing around with him.

"Y-You know what I'm not saying it back." He groaned with a soft sniffle, sticking his tongue out.

"B-But I, you... What!?" She raised an eyebrow, frowning.

"I love you too!" He finally said the words, earning a beaming smile!

Once the pair finally reached their destination, hoof in hoof while carrying the basket, the front door of the Boutique was opened just for them. Rarity and Love Tap smiled at the two carrying the basket, they looked adorable together!

"So, how did it go? Did you two find the laptop?" Button's mother asked, proud of her little colt.

"Yeah we did!" Button replied, not letting go of Sweetie's hoof.

"And how was your experience at Sugarcube Corner darling?" Rarity joined in, raising an eyebrow at her younger sister.

Sweetie Belle looked at Button, then looked back up to her with a blush on her face that said it all.

"It, was amazing!" She sighed in joy remembering the moment they shared, Button blushed along with her.

It was at that moment, the two ponies' faces turned bright red! How did she know what they did?

"W-Wait, how did-" Button asked, lost in thought.

"Let's just say a best friend of mine saw you two." Rarity smiled, chuckling with Love Tap.

"That Pinkie Pie, what did she say again? Oh yeah! She was going on about how close you two are!" Love Tap smiled, tapping her chin.

Both Sweetie and Button didn't know what to say, they were embarrassed.

"Give it a few more years darling and they'll already be marri-" Rarity replied to Love Tap, until she was cut off by her sister's signature scream.

"RARITY!!!"
> Story 4: Valentine's Day!
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Story 4: Valentine's Day!

Universe: (Equestria Girls)





“Okay, now you wanna place the obsidian in this exact way!”

“But how am I supposed to know, I’ve never gone to the Nether before!”

“Well today’s going to be the day!”

Before anything could happen, the two “lovebirds” were spending the evening together yet again! Button Mash and Sweetie Belle occasionally decided to hangout and play some Minecraft! Although tomorrow was a very very special day! One that could easily be forgotten about if you didn’t celebrate it. Especially with a special someone, it made the holiday more romantic!

“Ohh! Okay now I know how to do it! Thanks Button!” Sweetie took a look at the image her friend showed her from his smartphone.

Moments later, she moved her fingers on the buttons of the Xbox controller, and followed the pattern.

“Four obsidian blocks as the base! Five obsidian going up on both sides and close it off! Now what?” She was jumping up and down excitedly, looking at Button once more with her emerald green colored eyes.

“J-Just use Flint and Steel and light it up!” Button stuttered at first when he saw the look on her face, she was super happy!

The smile that was placed on her lips, her eyes widening in surprise as she finally lit the portal, opening the gateway to the Nether world! Button’s heart skipped a beat when she shouted out,

“Yay!”

“You did it! See I told you it wasn’t that hard!” He congratulated her, patting her on the back to celebrate.

“And I didn’t even die once this time! I wonder why?” She rubbed her chin in question, earning a glare from Button.

“Yeah... While we were trying to find diamonds I ended up dying just so I could protect her from monsters. Never doing that ever again!” He muttered underneath his breath, it wasn’t loud enough for her to hear though.

“What was that?” She turned and faced him directly again.

“Nothing, OH YEAH ALSO! You’re definitely not ready to go into the Nether.” He Warned her and crossed his arms in disapproval.

Sweetie Belle looked on the tv screen and saw herself in game, she only had a diamond pickaxe and a diamond tiara on her head to go with the look. She puffed out her chest and confidently stated,

“Of course I’m ready! Let’s goo!” She cheered, making her character run into the portal!

“Sweetie Belle! Button Mash! Dinner's ready, come and get it!” Love Tap, Button’s mother interrupted their gaming moment.

Button smiled seeing as he didn’t have to worry about Sweetie going into certain doom just yet, but it would eventually come. The two of them paused the game and started heading out of his room. Once they finally reached downstairs and entered the dining room, Their bowls were already served! Love Tap was already ahead of the two, eating her own bowl across the table.

"Sweetie, I made your favorite! Spaghetti and Meatballs!" Button's Mother saw her son's excited expression.

"Gee, than-" Sweetie went to thank her, but Button cut her off.

"Aw cool! Thanks mom!" Button shouted, hopping onto a seat.

At first Sweetie Belle thought she was talking to her, but after realizing Button's mom didn't, she felt embarrassed. She shrugged it off and sat beside Button, grabbing a fork and started eating her meal. Unlike Button, she had gained polite manners at the dinner table. He stuffed his face into the bowl and started chowing down, Sweetie stopped eating to look at him and gave him an odd look.

"Button! We have a guest here, eat with proper table manners!" His mother disciplined, forcing the young boy to gulp.

"Moooom!" Button whined and let out a groan.

"Hehe!" Sweetie giggled, covering her mouth to hide it.

"So Sweetie Belle, how is it?" Love Tap asked, looking over to her next.

"It's really good Mrs. Mash, thank you so much!" Sweetie thanked her.

"Please just call me Love Tap dear, no need to be so polite all the time." Love Tap grinned, closing her eyes and savoring the dish she made.

Within a moments time, Button dropped his fork back into the bowl making a light metal banging sound, his mother gazing at him in surprise.

“You’re already done?” She asked in shock, seeing as her and Sweetie just started.

“Yes! It was great! Sweetie Belle I’ll wait for you upstairs!” Button shouted happily, getting up from his seat to run upstairs, but his mother called for him.

“Button put your plate where it belongs and wash it for me please.”

“Fine mom.” Button responded, turning around and grabbing his bowl.

While Sweetie Belle smiled at him, she heard her phone beep from her pocket. She pulled it out real quick to see who texted her. It was her sister Rarity, she quickly opened the text to read it.

“Sweetie I hope you’re having a good time at Button’s place, I won’t be home tonight because the girls and I are having a sleepover at Pinkie’s. See you in the morning!”

She sighed in relief, at least when she got home she’d have the whole house to herself! That was until an idea popped up into her mind, tomorrow was a special day! She got two other texts from a group chat, and they were from Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

“Soo how’s your date with Button?” Apple Bloom texted first.

Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes and tried to hide the blush forming on her cheeks.

“It’s not a date! We’re just friends hanging out!” Sweetie texted back, immediately getting a response from Scootaloo.

“That’s what they all say, did he ask you yet?”

“Not not yet, but Rarity’s at a sleepover. I think I’ll ask to spend the night.” Sweetie replied.

“Oooo!” Both Apple Bloom and Scootaloo texted the same response, throwing heart emojis all over the screen.

“You and him are gonna get some action later! Dang Sweets!” Scootaloo teased around, giving her a wink emoji.

Without the need to reply, Sweetie got tired of all the teasing they were doing. She put her phone back into her pocket and decided to ignore them. Luckily Button’s mother didn’t see her blush, but she wanted to ask if she could spend the night.

“Mrs. Mas- I mean... Love Tap?” Sweetie asked, feeling a bit nervous as to how his mother would respond to the idea.

“Yes dear?” Love Tap wondered.

“Would it be alright if I spent the night?” Sweetie tapped her fingers on the table, looking over to Button on the left who was at the sink.

“Ah I see, you wanna spend more time with my son huh? That’s cute!” Love Tap smiled wide, making Sweetie a bit nervous.

“W-What? No! It’s not like that!” Sweetie replied.

“Yes dear it’s alright!” Love chuckled at the teen’s response.

Sweetie played it off, finally going back to her dinner. Once she finished eating, she got up from her seat to put the plate away.

“At least tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day... I’ve gotta get a date for tomorrow!” Sweetie thought to herself, looking at Button.

She blushed lightly and brushed her hair back to the side of her face.

“This’ll be a peace of cake. Those two are gonna be so shocked, I’m gonna have a date and they’ll be all alone.” She thought confidently, shuffling closer to Button.

“Here Button, I got-WHA!” All of a sudden from the slippery kitchen floor, she tripped forward!

“Sweetie!” Love Tap realized and quickly got up from the chair.

Button immediately turned around and leaned forward ready to catch her just in time! As soon as she felt him lightly catch her, she felt embarrassed in front of him and his mom. Unfortunately... He lost his balance from trying to help her back up to her feet, only to fall back down!

“Waah!” Button Mash yelped, tumbling down onto his back.

He ended up breaking her fall as she fell onto his chest.

“Oh my! Are you two okay?!” Love Tap ran over to help the two up, until she momentarily stopped to look at them.

They seemed alright, they didn’t show any sign of pain or whatnot. Once they realized what was really happening, Sweetie lifted herself up and looked at Button’s red face. She looked down and saw the position she was in, panic immediately taking over. Love Tap on the other hand found it cute, she wanted to grab her phone to take a picture, but she knew she’d be doing a little too much.

“Button I told you to wipe the floor earlier, looks like you missed some spots!” She examined the floor and noticed some water spots from the mop.

“I-I I’m sorry!” Sweetie finally got off of Button and stood up straight, fixing her attire.

She brushed off some dust and pushed a strand of hair back.

“In front of his mom too! How much more awkward can it get!” She felt flushed, her cheeks obviously giving away her emotion.

“Sorry Sweetie, I shouldn’t have rushed my chores earlier.” Button chuckled nervously, his mother giving him a raised eyebrow.

“Button you had plenty of time to do chores before she came over.” Love smiled, knowing her son.

While they were having their part of the conversation, Sweetie pulled her phone out and saw the group chat with the other Crusaders. All she saw was Scoots and Bloom spamming her home screen with kissy emoji’s and hearts, especially “B+S” written all over. She frowned and made an angry face, quickly taking a picture of herself to send to the group chat. When the picture got through, Scootaloo replied within seconds!

“I can’t tell if you’re mad, or if you’re blushing!”

“Oh that’s obviously a blush!” Apple Bloom joined in.

“UGH, YOU GIRLS!” Sweetie Belle shouted out loud, catching her friend and his mom’s attention.

“What was that?” Button asked, wondering why she screamed.

“Nothing, c’mon, the night’s going to get late and we won’t have any time to play Minecraft, you told me you’d teach me how to survive in the Nether.” She crossed her arms.

“I have to finish cleaning up-“ Button proceeded to speak, but his mother cut in,

“Nono! Sweetie Belle’s right, you two go have fun! I’ll clean up down here honey.” Love smiled wide, heading to the sink.

“Thanks mom!! Let’s go Sweetie!” Button replied, zooming past her.

“Ah young love.” Love Tap smiled watching the two young teenagers go up the stairs together.

She thought about the idea of them being together, satisfied with the idea of Sweetie potentially being a future daughter in law.

“Oh I’m getting too ahead of myself! Though they’re perfect for each other!” She started talking to herself.

Meanwhile, back to the two gamers (or mostly one) they finally arrived back at Button’s room.

His bed took up half of the room, it was practically king sized, and his PC was setup right beside it. Along with a TV right in front of the bed in perfect view to play while lying down.

“Gee, sun’s going down already?” Button looked at the window and saw the change in color outside.

The sky was a beautiful fiery orange color, and since it was February, the dark came quicker.

“Already? Shoot it’s like... six o’clock!” Sweetie joined him at the window, standing right beside him to see the sun in perfect view.

The two stood there motionless, their shoulders barely touching. The sun was already setting down and it added a pinkish hue to the sky’s color. It was a beautiful sight to take in! The two’s eyes glistened as the sun shone bright dead ahead.

“It’s so beautiful!” Sweetie Belle couldn’t help but lean forward against the windowsill, raising her arms and resting her head on her hands.

“Y-Yeah! It is!” Button couldn’t agree more, wanting to lean forward, but Sweetie was already taking up all of the space.

Sweetie Belle noticed his action and scooter over just a tad bit for him to join her, to which he happily gave a goofy smirk. Copying her exact stance, both of their shoulders were now touching, with the side of their heads barely inches away. Despite the almost contact, there was still the thought of not having a valentine for tomorrow’s holiday. One of the biggest holidays of the year, not for everyone... But definitely something you could celebrate with friends or family. Feeling the courage building up inside of him, he thought carefully about how he was going to say it. One wrong move or mistake and he could kiss any normal friendship with her goodbye. It’d be forever awkward between the two if one thought the other. Taking a slight breath of air, he finally turned to face her much to her surprise.

“S-Sweetie Belle?” He started off, trying his best not to shake.

She sat up straight from the windowsill and looked directly into his eyes, the confused look on her face was just too adorable to resist.

“Yes Button?” She asked back, eyes filled with plea as she expected what he was going to ask.

At that moment the world just stopped spinning around him, he was locked in a trance deep into her emerald eyes. That casual look on her face, her slight smile, and how the side of her hair swept over. She tucked it back with one hand and she ended up making his cheeks burn pink.

“I uh... Uh!” Button finally regained his senses, unable to collect himself from the deep long trance.

“Um, Button are y-“ She proceeded to ask if he was feeling alright, but he blurted out his response.

“SWEETIEBELLEWILLYOUBEMYVALENTINE!” He shrieked the words out with his voice squeaking from the sheer embarrassment.

His pink cheeks flushed to a blood red, not even paying attention to her reaction. He just closed his eyes slightly and pretended she wasn’t there, but it was no use. Sweetie Belle just stood there, her hand over her mouth as she gasped silently in shock. 

“D-Did he, DID HE JUST!?” She thought to herself, thinking the impossible happened.

Her cheeks shared the same color as his, she wanted to stare back into his orange colored eyes, but she looked down instead.

“J-Just say yes! SAY YES!” She started panicking on the inside, noticing the everlasting awkward silence slowly growing between them.

Until she finally got sick of her own humiliation, she lifted her hand up underneath his chin, raising his head a bit.

“YES!” Sweetie cheerfully answered, throwing her arms around his neck and pulling him into the biggest bear hug.

Their immediate blushes were shared, as Button stumbled back onto his bed. Sweetie fell right beside him as her arms were still around him. The two teens shared a small laugh before staring up at the ceiling. Their nervous feelings now replaced by something bigger.

“At least I don’t have to worry about finding a date for tomorrow!” Sweetie showed the brightest smile Button had ever seen.

He stared at her smile and let out a sigh of relief, thinking she was going to react differently.

“Heh yeah! Speaking of which, I uhh... I don’t have...” Button suddenly realized his own mistake, the biggest thing of all to get for a girl on Valentines.

“Huh? Don’t have what?” She wondered, raising an eyebrow.

Thinking of several things to do, he didn’t want to burst out a random promise. He didn’t even get chocolates or an arrangement of flowers for tomorrow. With his heart starting to pound quicker by the second, his brother’s voice played back in his head like a record player.

“Listen squirt, it’s not all about the gifts you give to a girl, it’s about how you spend time with her.”

“THATS IT!” Button shrieked, startling Sweetie.

She gave him an odd look, scooting a few meters away from the boy.

“Tomorrow we’re going to the Valentines Fair at the pier!” He shouted his answer, making her blush lightly.

“Ooo! Sounds like fun!” Sweetie cheered, moving back closer to him.