King Sombra Loves Fluttershy!
Chapter 4: Cottage Life
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Cottage Life
The first night in Fluttershy's cottage was rather nice for King Sombra. He had claimed her bed as his own, leaving her to rest on the couch of which he had initially occupied. Fluttershy, her spirit shy, did not protest or speak when he took her bed, she merely thanked him when he threw a pillow toward her.
She awoke as she always did, having only slept with one eye closed in fear of being attacked while she rested. Fluttershy awoke, still tired, rubbing her eyes and yawning cutely as she often did when tired. She sniffed at the light air of her cottage, taking in something particularly delicious. She stood up, stretching out her wings as she stepped toward the kitchen. She stopped at the door, quickly hiding herself behind the wall. She saw his back, the large grey unicorn standing before her counter and preparing something that made her salivate. After a moment, she heard him humming. Fluttershy could no longer stand back, so she moved to the door and stood there, watching him. "Hello." She murmured, not wanting for her appearance to be a surprise.
The stallion turned to face her, nodding his head and looking away with disinterest. "I suppose-" he started, Fluttershy moving to her small table and standing beside it, listening to him carefully as he spoke, "-that I am in your home." He looked back to her, his red eyes burning with curiosity, the blue, misty, steaks that trailed from them making her knees weak. Fluttershy nodded quickly, staying silent. He brought her a plate, returning with his own. "You have little, but I made due." He stated flatly, the stallion nibbling on the crunchy carrot biscuits he had made, some sort of gravy with them. Fluttershy ate, happy. "From now on, you will cook for me." He spoke seriously then, what chivalry he did have being torn from him as if it were a thin layer of wax. "What is your name?" King Sombra asked, Fluttershy blushing by the way he looked to her. "It's Fluttershy." He nodded, finishing his meal and pushing his plate toward her. "Clean it." He grumbled, stepping away from the table and limping outside, her aqua eyes tracing his path as he stumbled drunkenly out of the door.
Fluttershy did as she was told, watching him through the window, seeing him lurking through her grasses, almost amused with himself. Fluttershy stepped outside, moving closer to him. King Sombra turned to face her, losing his balance as he placed weight on his bad hoof, tripping and falling over with a thunk. "A-A-Are you hurt?" She asked, offering him a hoof so that he could stand, a hoof he waved away. "No!" He yelped, pushing past her and returning to the cottage, leaving the door ajar behind him. He took the armor from his hooves and the cape from his neck, leaving nothing but what he was made of. The stallion threw these things beside the door, marching to a seat where he found refuge for the day.
Fluttershy stepped inside to find him where he had first gone, the stallion intentionally looking away from her with embarrassment and hate in his eyes. "I was told that... um, I'm supposed to... help you be more kind..." She whispered, standing across from him with her head down. The stallion laughed, wincing at the sting he felt in his forehoof. "Kindness? Truly, I'm sure you are blessed with such intuition were as I am not so fortunate, but this-" he waved his hoof in the air, signaling to her and all that she had, "- this cannot cure who I am. Things such as these simply are not available for manipulation as I'm sure the princess would desire." Fluttershy hung her head, saying nothing for a few moments. She sat down beside him, keeping her distance. "I believe that..." She felt his eyes on her, the mare unsure if continuing to speak was a wise idea. He did not protest, so the mare found her strength, gathered it like flowers, and spoke: "I believe that you can be kind." He said nothing, sitting in silence. She looked up to him in a quick glance, then turning her head and sitting up to look into his eyes. "You are a mare of great hope, Fluttershy." He spoke, looking into her eyes to see if she were being truthful with him, to see if she were scared, to see everything and then to judge her. Yet, he found nothing.
As night rolled around, Fluttershy prepared dinner as she was told to do, the mare calling him into the kitchen. He waited for service, but was granted none. "It is unwise to disobey me." He stated, glaring at her as she ate. "You haven't said please." She whispered, not wanting to look at him. She had experienced a surge of courage and was playing a terrible game with him. "Please?" He questioned, only for her to nod. There was no going back, Fluttershy had begun this and now was condemned to finish, no matter the direction it took. "May I please have supper." He purred, she blushing at the tone of his voice and the way his hoof reached for hers on the tabletop. She retracted, although having heard no sarcasm or frustration in his voice, she did as he asked, bringing him a plate. "Thank you." He replied, she smiling at her momentous achievement. "You're very welcome." She replied, sitting and finishing her meal. He finished as well, sitting in silence afterward. "What would you like for dessert?" She asked, the stallion looking at her curiously. "What?" He asked, unsure if she were being honest or trying to play another game. "Dessert, do you... want any?" He nodded, the mare serving him. Once more, King Sombra replied with his manners.
The two of them finished, the king, in his stubbornness, not washing or clearing or doing anything as such. He merely limped back to the couch and sat, staring at the wall as he heard Fluttershy cleaning in the background, the water running and dishes clanking gently.
She came to the sitting room, resting on the couch beside him, a little closer. He looked around, taking a deep breath out and licking his lips. "I see that there are no traces of a stallion in your life." Fluttershy grew still, saying nothing and refusing to move. "I take it you've never been kissed before, I suppose no colt has ever even taken your hoof in his, as you're a very retracted and soft-spoken mare, aren't you?" He smirked, nodding his head with an understanding moan. "You see, do you see what kindness provides you? Nothing!" He growled, staring her down, his ears back aggressively as he attacked her very soul. "I guess you're right... is your life any more... full?" He hung his head, shaking his head. "No, not like it could be." He frowned, stopping there and biting his lip. Fluttershy watched the stallion as he seemed to sulk and turn his own hate against himself, sitting their and rubbing his legs in support, trying to self-comfort as the war that raged on in his mind grew ever more devastating to who he truly was. The pegasus beside him began to question who- if anypony- King Sombra wanted to be. She moved closer to him, reaching out to hold his hoof. She took several attempts, as the mare was overwhelmed by the idea of touching a stallion. To her own amazement, she managed it, the two ponies holding each other's hooves on the couch. He smiled, looking over at her. "You are kind." He said with emphasis on his verb, lightly stoking her hoof between his two, being particularly gentle with her and with his injured hoof. "You give me what I do not deserve." He added, dropping her hoof onto the soft surface of the couch and hanging his head. Fluttershy shook her head, blushing. "All creatures deserve a chance." He sighed, nodding. "If only I had seen that sooner, much of my nonsense could have been saved for another to attempt." Fluttershy scooted closer, hugging him. He held stiff, she squeezing his head against her chest. "Smothering me..." He said, his voice muffled against her coat. "Eeeeeee! I knew you were sweet! Awe I could just eat you up!" He sighed, struggling to escape her very tight grip. "Smothering me woman you are smothering me!" He gasped, pulling away from her and stepping out of the hug. She blushed, giggling slightly. "Sorry, I got carried away." He nodded, chuckling under his breath.
They sat beside each other for a long time, Flutttershy greatly enjoying King Sombra's company.
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