Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Ditzy beckoned her daughters to sit down at the table. Joining her on one side was Naruto as the mare began to speak. There was no telling how Dinky and especially Amethyst would react, but there was only one way to find out.

“So girls,” she pauses and takes a breath, “As you know, Naruto and I have been spending time together. In fact I have been in the process of joining the herd he’s forming and we’ve also been considering exploring the nature of our relationship.”

“In fact we’re even looking into paperwork necessary for adoption. If your mother becomes my mate than I would end up adopting you too.”

“Really?” Dinky exclaimed. “Would that mean you’d become my daddy?”

Naruto nodded with a smile.

Dinky’s eyes lit up. She really enjoyed it whenever Naruto was around as he was nice to her and played with her and he made her mom happy too. “You hear that Amey?” She turned to her sister and waited for a response.

Amethyst just sat there, motionless and staring at Naruto. “Yeah, wonderful.” She replied with a tone void of emotion.

Ditzy, upon hearing the tone tried to speak with her daughter. “Amethyst, don’t shut us out. Talk with us.”

“What’s there to talk about? Congratulations. Sorry I suddenly don’t feel well.” Amethyst suddenly excused herself from the table.

“Amethyst wait!” Ignoring her mother’s call Amethyst stormed off to her room.

Ditzy was pale, her face held a mix of shock and anguish. “I- I should probably talk to her,” she concluded.

“No,” he stopped her, “I’ll talk with her. “ He gently assured her as he went after the mare.

“Mommy? What’s’ wrong with Amey?” Dinky was wondering what happened. Amethyst seemed fine earlier when she picked her up from auntie Carrot Top’s.

“Don’t worry muffin, Naruto will see to it everything is fine.”

Naruto arrived outside Amethyst’s room. Knocking at the door he asked, “Amethyst, you ready to talk about what’s bothering you?”

“I’m fine, I just don’t feel well.” She yelled from the other side of the door.

“We both know that’s a lie. What do you have against me dating your mom? You have to let us know what’s bothering you.”

For a minute nothing but silence permeated as Naruto patiently waited for a reply. He was not going to give up so easily. “You’ll hurt her, just like the rest. You’ll say and act like you have good attentions, but eventually you’re going to grow tired of her like all the others.”

“Why would you even think that?”

“Because every other stallion that came into her life that made her happy ended up breaking her heart. Eventually you’ll get sick of defending her against bigots and jerks or you’ll grow tired from having to accommodate for her condition. And if it’s not that, why stay with her when you have so many admirers in town, especially since anytime anypony sees you it’s with one of your fellow heroes from the Summer Sun Festival incident.”

“You’re afraid aren’t you? That I’ll break her heart and you’ll be stuck picking up the pieces?” For his question he only got silence.

“Do you love her?” Amethyst suddenly asked. “Do you love her more than any mare you’re involved with?”

Naruto was shocked into silence at the question. It was not something he was expecting, but taking a few seconds to contemplate there was only one answer to give.

“The honest answer? She’s not the one I love the most.” He answered as he could feel Amethyst practically trembling with fury. “You wanted honesty, here’s honesty Amethyst. Love isn’t as simple or easy as the films or sappy romance novels make it out to be. There is no love at first sight, infatuation maybe, but not love. Growing up I was an orphan who was mostly ignored by his village. I grew up with poor social skills and hardly knew what it meant to be a good friend let alone a good lover or companion. It took me a long time to grow up and understand romance and what it means to love someone. “He took a moment to pause and collect himself before continuing his speech. “Love is complicated and not something clear cut that can be easily explained and it’s not the same for everypony. The way I care about your mother is that of much more than a friend who I’m attracted to and hoping to grow close enough that I can build a life with her. What we have is strong but it’s not yet at the level of an eternal bond one would expect from a husband and wife.”

“So you feel this bond with somepony else?”

“Yes,” he answered honestly. “Memories of our time together. My fondness of her. Being with her is like home. My feelings for each mare is different because of our experiences together are unique. It wouldn’t be fair to them to lie to their faces and just say what I feel for them is perfectly equal when my experiences with that have all been so different. What I do feel is that I care for all of them greatly and one day there might come a time where my love for them can’t be measured. And it works in inverse, is it possible that some of my herd have a love deeper for me than the others, that’s possible and it’s just a fact of life. I do know one thing, and it’s the fact that all of them have a place in my heart and I will never intentionally hurt any of them or intentionally with hold any love I feel for them as a means to invoke some competition. If at the end of all this we find love and become a family than I would say the journey I’m traveling with these mares will end up being worth it.” As he finished he turned to leave but not before saying one last thing. “I have no plans of leaving your mom or breaking her heart. I’ll be here for as long as she’ll have me.”

Naruto made his way downstairs to see Ditzy waiting at the bottom. The expression on her face, serious and contemplative indicating she must have overheard at least part of what was said.

“Ditzy I…”

She placed a finger against his lips. “It’s ok. Even if hearing that I don’t share the strongest bond with you hurt its reassuring to hear you really want to make things work and that you’re taking this situation seriously. Here and now I wish to continue making memories with you and hope you’ll come to think of this place as one of your homes.” If it was going to take time to make this work then Ditzy would be happy to take that time. If time was what it was going to take to make them a stable and happy couple she had no problem with that. To build a life and a family with this stallion in front of her was something putting time and effort into.

Naruto was more than happy to return the sentiment as he and Ditzy shared a passionate kiss. At the very least they could spend the rest of the day with Dinky in order to make it easier for the filly to adapt to the situation.

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