A few hours later...
It was one of those times where it was so late that it was early. The sun had just begun peeking its first rays of light over the horizon when Spike finally left Derpy’s house to return back home.
He was still reeling from everything that took place the previous night, in a good way of course. He was tired, sure, but at the same time, sleep was the farthest thing from his mind. Who could possibly think about rest when you just had a mare confess her love to you and vice versa?
He wasn’t sure what the answer was, but he knew for a fact that he couldn’t.
As he strolled through the quiet, darkened streets of town, he could feel his heart rate picking up. Thoughts of his girlfriend and everything they did that night raced through his head. Her gorgeous mane covering her beautiful eyes as they moved on the dance floor. Her soft fur brushing against his scales as he pulled her close to him. Her cute laugh when he told her jokes that were arguably not even funny. Even the way she latched onto him when crying made him feel special.
And then, of course, when the ‘L’ word came out of his mouth. There was not a time before where he could have ever imagined himself saying such a word to a mare. Well, at least not in a non-platonic manner. But, it happened. And he didn’t even get slapped when he said it. That right there: that’s when you know things are working out.
He took the first few steps into the castle, his face aglow with a large smile. He stumbled up the stairs the best he could, dragging his feet over every step. He tried his best to not make noise and wake everypony up, but at the same time, he wasn’t overly concerned.
He finally finished his trek to the top and began the walk down the hall toward his room. His goal? His bedroom, where he could lay down and think about how awesome life was. The only obstacle? The unicorn mare that was standing in the hall with a devious grin.
“Hello there, Spike,” Starlight said. “You have a good time last night?”
Spike would normally protest what was sure to be a snark-ridden conversation at this time of night, but there’d be no getting around it this time.
“Alright, Starlight, let’s talk.”
The two went into Spike’s bedroom and sat on his bed. Starlight eyed him up and down, the look on her face getting more and more sinister and suspicious with every pass her eyes made over him.
Spike turned to her. “Okay, what do you wanna know about? The dance? The conversations? How things went with Twilight?”
“None of the above,” she replied. “Something happened between you and Derpy, didn’t it?”
Spike’s eyes popped open for a brief second before he played it off and waved a claw. “Psh, nah. Just, you know, usual stuff. We talked, we danced, and then, you know… came home. And here I am.”
“Cut the crap,” Starlight said with a nudge. “I was at home all night while you and Twilight were having a blast in Canterlot. I want details. I know something happened because the only other time you’ve smiled that big for that long was when you found that rare comic book at a yard sale. So, c’mon, spill the beans!”
Spike shook his head. “Pfft, I’m telling you, nothing happened. We just had a good time at the dance, went to her place afterwards and—” Spike covered his mouth. His story was already unravelling.
“Aha!” Starlight cried out. “I knew it! I could see it all over your face!”
Spike’s face scrunched up. “I’m sorry, and what exactly about my face told you I had a pleasant visit at my girlfriend’s house?”
“Hmm, let’s see here.” Starlight rubbed her chin. “You’ve got the bags under your eyes which shows that you got no sleep. You have lipstick smudges on the corners of your mouth which indicates that you engaged in some rather rough kissing; kissing that she initiated more than likely. Your third head frill is bent slightly to the left which is a classic sign of some aggressive cuddling. You’ve had that same goofy half-smile stuck on your face since you’ve been home, so I know for a fact that something life-changing must have happened. And oh yeah, most of your scales are a bit shinier, which means that you probably sweated a bit more than usual for whatever reason. I could go on all day.”
Spike rapidly tosses his claws up to fix said bent frill. “Okay! Okay! So, we kissed a little bit. Not exactly surprising consider we love each oth— Oh!”
“Ahh, you said it?!” Starlight nearly fell back laughing. “After all this time, you let it slip!”
Spike folded his arms. “Yeah, yeah, fine. I said it. But you know what? I don’t care how cheesy you think it is. I’m confident enough in my masculinity to admit my emotions out loud.”
Starlight calmed herself down a bit and shook her head. “Spike, don’t worry. I think it’s sweet, honestly. But please, tell me she said it back. I’d rather you not be a victim to the ‘thank you, let’s go eat something’ response so many other males fall prey to when confessing their feelings.”
Spike beamed. “Actually, just for your information she said it first.”
Starlight’s eyes widened. “Wait, wait, wait. She said she loved you before you told her?”
“I know! I was just as surprised as you are! I always figured if a girl confessed her feelings to me I’d end up apologising to her. But no! I capitalised and said it back without crying!” Spike nodded and let out a satisfied sigh.. “And oh yeah, there was no alcohol involved either. Try that one out for size.”
Starlight sat there for a moment, a look of sheer bewilderment on her face. After a moment, however, she turned to Spike and smiled. “Well, Spike, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you’ve found yourself a keeper. A mare that cares enough about you to throw caution to the wind and express herself like that? Don’t let her get away or I’ll smack you extra hard, okay?”
“Don’t worry,” Spike said, waving his claw. “Even I’m not that stupid. There’s no way I’m gonna leave her, at least not as long as I can help it. Besides, I don’t think I ever wanna leave her. She… makes me really happy. Honestly, I didn’t even wanna leave her home at all tonight.”
The mare gently nudged him with an elbow. “Well, I believe it. You’re in love. I’m gonna have to schedule at least three dentist appointments after all the cavities I just got from listening to your little tangent there. But just do me a favor and be careful with, well, you know. I wouldn’t mind babysitting some dragon-pony hybrid babies, but at the same time, I might recommend you at least find your own place, first. Because, you know that—”
“Well…” Spike chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. “About that.”
Starlight’s eyes grew even wider. “No… you didn’t? Did you?” She gasped. “You did, didn’t you?”
The dragon blushed but nodded. “Yeah, I’m not gonna lie. It kinda happened.”
“Get out!” She unintentionally shoved him hard enough to send him to the floor.
“Oof!” Spike slowly began to pick himself up but was assisted by a magical aura that pulled him back onto the bed. “What was that for, Starlight?”
“Sorry!” She said. “I reacted more in shock than anything.”
“Your immediate reaction to being surprised is to cause bodily harm to me? Well that’s just as comforting as being tossed against a bookcase by one of Twilight’s magical mishaps. True story, by the way. Remind me not to throw you any surprise parties, though. I’d appreciate being able to walk after age thirty.”
She rolled her eyes. “Okay, fine, I’ll try not to do it again. But Spike, I just can’t believe it. This relationship is actually getting to be a really serious thing for you, isn’t it?”
“Uh, yeah? Newsflash, it kinda has been serious for awhile.”
“Well yeah, but you know what I mean.” Starlight smiled at him. “I’m just, like, really proud of you. But you know that you’re stuck now, right?”
Spike cocked his head to the side. “What do you mean?”
“How can I put this?” Starlight looked at the ceiling for a moment. “Now that you two are on this level of, shall we say, intimacy, there’s no going back. At least not without consequences. She’s attached now, You’re attached to her. So, basically, you’ve passed the point of no return. If you wanted to stop seeing her and just be friends, it’s too late. It’s all or nothing, now. Can you handle it?”
Spike had to take a moment to comprehend what she said. Before, yeah, he loved her and cared about her. But there was always the security blanket given that he could just say ‘sorry, things aren’t working out’ and he could leave without thinking twice. But, she was completely right. Somehow, he knew things were different now. They were, well, serious.
Luckily, it took him all of seven seconds to realize how he felt about that.
“I can handle it. And, honestly, I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
Starlight smiled at him. “Well, then you’ve got my support. You know I’m here for you. Just, you know, you might avoid talking to Twilight about the specific details of what happened. I don’t think she’s ready for that mental image, yet. Actually, she probably never will be. Her knowledge of romance begins and ends with a biology textbook.”
“Agreed. And, thanks, Starlight.” Spike let out a sigh and then scratched the back of his head. “Hey, uh, did we just have a mature conversation?”
Starlight rose a hoof. “Uh… I think we just did. I’m not sure how to feel about that.”
Spike shrugged. “I guess it was kinda nice. But like, let’s try and not do it again. At least not too soon. It feels kinda weird. Going more than three consecutive sentences without being mocked by you seems to go against the will of the Gods.”
“Agreed.”
The two finished off their conversation with a quick hug and Starlight hopped off the bed to head to the door.
“Get some rest, Spike,” she replied. “You earned it.”
“Will do. You don’t have to tell me twice.”
Starlight was about to exit but turned around. “And oh yeah, just because you’re probably not gonna hear it from anypony else… next time you engage in, uh, romantic conduct, try taking a shower before you come home.”
The dragon blushed. “Whoops.”
She shook her head and smiled at him. “Get some sleep, Spike. I’ll see you later.”
“Later, Starlight.”
The dragon crawled under his covers and pulled them over his head. He had a lot on his mind, but now that he was actually laying down, he could feel just how tired he was.
The only thought that kept replaying through his mind was just something that Starlight said: he was stuck. But, for whatever reason, all the thought did was make him smile.
Short but Good
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RAWR XD
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Not enough Monsters. Get rekt, boi.
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Thanks man!
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Your Welcome.
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I refuse to show sex on screen in my stories. If I wanted to write about sex, I'd open up a separate account. But, that being said, I tried to lead into it a bit at the end of the last chapter and now it just opened up ever so slightly.
But I'll tell you right now: everything that happens in this story has a purpose. This does, too.
Loved Starlight turning into a surprised Elaine Bennis for a second there.
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Thank you! I hid that reference in there hoping someone would get it.
Me for the first half of the chapter:
"Did they do it?"
Me when spike said "about that..."
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P.s. awesome chapter as always FLW!
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How does Starlight know this much. She is best pony
haha she's jealous isn't she
Hey, it's not that short of a chapter. At least it has enough goodies in it to make the chapter feel nice and complete. I'm not sure but doesn't Spike think it might be a bit rude to leave Derpy's house without any warning? I mean maybe place a note or something.
Also excited to see what'll challenge their love this arc. It can't be that carnival pony, right? Man screw that guy.
lets hope their love isn't a fading light
I'm proud of Spike. He treated Derpy right without knowing how much she needed it. Now he's been rewarded for his efforts and instead of losing interest, he's happy about being "stuck" with her.
So much love for this chapter, but why, oh why did he have to leave?!
Morning cuddles are awesome to wake up to. Especially after a good night, good time *wink* *wink*!
The one-on-one time with, Spike and Starlight, made up for it. Great job!
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Hey FamousLastWords.
I'd like to apologize for the last comment that I made on here. it didn't properly convey how I was really feeling about the chapter and instead came out as horribly as it did.
Why was that case? Because it was midnight and I was already REALLY tired. And...admittedly...I was a little tipsy. Just had a bit much to drink. Why? As I near the end of my college semester, I unfortunately let stress get the better of me. And now it came at the expense of horrifically commenting on this wonderful on this wonderful chapter.
For this I'm sorry and I hope you'll forgive.
What I meant to say was the knowledge of Spike and Derpy being as intimate as they did was surprising to me, but it was a great surprise. Honestly, the way you portrayed it here was actually rather beautiful. Two innocent souls expressing their love for one another without actually seeing it, which I do appreciate and respect. I don't read sex stories all the time. I come to stories like these to love and respect the characters you've set out to make. I know this has purpose to the story, just like everything else that has happened in your story. And i look forward to seeing where it all goes.
As always, keep up the good work my good man.
(And I deleted my comment so nobody else has to look at it)
He is telling her still to often about it.
? I'm not sure if it was that obvious, I might have suspected something like that, but I wasn't sure if that really happened.
I took a look at the end of the last chapter and....well I'm maybe a little bit dissapointed that it wasn't already mentioned in the last chapter, because now it kind of looked like...."oh yes it happened....anyway what do we eat today?"
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Yep maybe that would also have made it appear more special, I was kind of a bit dissapointed to read it just happened.
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Well, Starlight was at the Castle on her own and Twilight would be coming back from Canterlot at any point soon as well. He'd rather them not get worried over nothing.
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Don't worry about it, man. I didn't sense any hostility or anything from it. I've legit had people tell me to kill myself and burn in hell when they didn't like one of my stories. (true story). I just appreciate that you're taking the time to read the story at all.
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Hey man! Thanks for letting me know you didn't care for the chapter that much. I can definitely take a look and see what I can do better.
As far as revealing what happened in this chapter rather than the last, its less about the importance of the action itself but the way it's going to impact their relationship moving forward. That's why I didn't spend much detail on it last chapter because there was so much going on there.
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When did I said I didn't cared for the chapter much?, I hope I didn't offended you accidently. I think either I or you missunderstood something,....well maybe you could say i wasn't exactly happy with the details.
Just to be sure I liked the chapter, but i guess long story short, the important moment in their relationship was...I guess you could say to casual in the story. It was the first time I actually had the feeling it....uhmm was not enough?, not sure how to say it exactly. I mean it wasn't about showing more, but more how it felt to me.
I don't remember it right now, if it was the first or the second time at her home. I think if it was the second time then I think it kind of works out for me, otherwise I would probably think it was a bit rushed or at least their romance worked a bit to fast for how I like it to read. However that don't means it doesn't work out like this, I just always have my perfect story scene in mind if I make such comments I think.
Hhhmm I think I said anything, if I forgot something I correct myself later.
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I'm sorry I misunderstood you man.
And just to clarify, that was his second time at her house.
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Oh okay that makes it better afterall I think the relationship itself felt pretty good at that point, but still I would kind of liked it to be aware of that it actually had happened before.
Well thank you now I just wait for the next chapter.
Ambiguous question of whether protagonists engaged in coitus last chapter is ambiguous. Sorry bro, but that definitely needed to be foreshadowed better. Otherwise, a solid chapter. Keep up the good work.
OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPIKE IS NOW THE FIRST ONE IN THAT GROUP THAT'S NO LONGER A VIRGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spike should have a knock-knock joke for the others to get the meaning.
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You could always just write.
They had sex.
I'm fashionably impressed, Spikey I knew you had it in you
In me....
In something
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couldn't say it any better
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Ever since Spike said "about that", I;ve been waiting for something to be said to reveal that they misunderstood each other. But instead, it was confirmed as not being a misunderstanding. I know this is in the future when Spike is a little older. But isn't Spike too young to be a father?
Yeah, but like. I had no clue that you meant that they were going that far, and I tend to read into things far more than I should. I do think that it could’ve been foreshadowed better, despite not being so crucial that it needed to be directly stated. It’s hard to judge what a characters actions mean for a relationship when you can’t even figure out what the character’s actions are. Still, great job, that’s my only complaint about the story thus far
Given all the help Starlight has given to Spike, he's really got to see if he can set her up with somepony.
That settles it.
Up until this point, I've been only partly hooked. Interested? Yes, absolutely, and it's been great so far, but it wasn't quite to the point that I couldn't put the story down. But now? I'm 100% invested, and I'm dying to see how it turns out in the end. Only really good stories manage to get me that deep into them, so you've done something extremely right.
Now, let's see where this last arc goes!
so, forgot that I was following this, so feel like that's bad. 8 chapters left and you already had the off-screen major moment. so, gonna be interesting seeing what you do with the last few chapters.
Wow spike got laid before twilight and starlight but now I waiting to see twilight reaction to this news
Damn my man spike got laid before twilight and starlight. But now I can’t wait to read what twilights reaction will be to this news