When I woke up I was in a better mood than usual, but that ended when he saw that RD wasn’t in the bed with him. “AWWWWW! I wanted to kiss her for a little while! Oh well, maybe she is downstairs making breakfast again or something” I said as I got out of my bed like less than a boss, I say that because I caught my foot on the blanket as I got off, so I fell on my face…..AGAIN!!! At least I didn’t hit my nose this time! A concussion is nowhere near as bad as a permanently rearranged nose! And my forehead cushioned my fall so I’m ok.

I must have woken Stratus up because he walked into my room rubbing one of his eyes with his hoof. He looked at me lying on the floor talking to it like it was an evil that deserved to listen to a ten hour loop of Justin Beiber’s Baby song…..Never mind, that might be too much! I’d make his ears melt and fall off!, and started to laugh “Dad, why are you talking to the floor? And why are you on the floor in the first place? Don’t tell me, did the blanket catch your foot?”

Don’t laugh at me! It’ll happen to you eventually! I got up off the floor and scooped him up in my hand. “Come on, let’s go see if mom is making breakfast….before I hurt myself” I said as I walked out of the room and down to the kitchen.

Whelp, this sucks, she isn’t down here either! I looked around the empty room and saw that there was a note on the table. I walked over and picked it up. Good grief, her writing really is as bad as mine! I strained my special eyes so I could see the words clearer.

Dear Loverboy,

If you got this that means I had to go away for a day to Cloudsdale to help the weather team. I will be gone until late tonight, so don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone. Take care of Strat.

Rainbow Dash

Ohhhh, she wants to play the ‘don’t do anything stupid’ card hmmmm? Ok, I will listen…..this time! I looked at Stratus who was looking at the paper. “Well, it looks like we get the day to ourselves then. Mom had to go somewhere to help some ponies, so you and I are all alone today” I said to the little pegasus.

“What are we going to do?” Stratus asked me with a smile.

“Let’s figure that one out after we get some breakfast ok?” I said to him with a smile before I walked over to the cupboards to get the stuff ready.

After breakfast was done and over with, I took Stratus outside where we sat on the porch and enjoyed the mild winter day. It was sunny and the snow was melting slowly, probably because it was like 45 degrees. Reminds me of our weird temperature changes back home. Weird weather, not sure if like it yet. Stratus was sitting next to me on the porch and we were just enjoying the nice day, but somethings always change for a reason.

Shadow Breeze was walking up to the house. He was smiling and I could tell he was in a really good mood by how he was walking. My god, why are you so happy? Give me some of whatever you have in you! He stopped when he was in front of us and he glanced at me and smiled, then looked at my son with another. “Hey Kyle, I just wanted to stop by and talk with you for a little bit. Do you think you could help me with something?” he said as he blushed a little and looked away sheepishly.

I definitely can see what is going on here now! He wants to talk about Fluttershy; I knew he liked her when he bumped into her yesterday! Genius! I bet he wants me to help him with something that relates to her…….four points on my winning board if I am right. “Sure, we can talk for a bit. Oh, by the way, this here is my son Stratus” I said as I looked at him, he was hiding behind me and looking at Shadow Breeze.

“Hey little guy, your dad is pretty cool” he said to Stratus with a smile. Then he turned back to me “Do you mind if I sit down?”

Do you even need to ask? “Nope, go right ahead.” I want to see if I am right about the whole Fluttershy thing, let’s see if I get those points. “So Shadow, I just want to take a guess but, did you want to talk to me about Fluttershy?” I said as I smiled at him widely.

He looked at me with amazement. Yes, I got those 4 points on my winning board! “How did you know?” he said as he twiddled his hooves a little and blushed some more.

“Well, I could tell you kind of liked her from yesterday when you bumped into her. And you had that look in your eye, which also gave it away. Then there was the blushing you are doing right now, that also gives it away a little” I said as I patted him on the back.

His face turned red and he looked away from me. “Am I that obvious? Geez, this is kind of embarrassing” he said as he continued to stare off at something else.

God darn it, it isn’t a bad thing you mook! I patted him on the back again “come on, you shouldn’t be ashamed for having those feelings for her. I had the same problem as you, and look where I am now? I have a family that loves me and all of my stupidity, and a son to make it all the better.” I took a breath and he looked at me with a smile, then I continued. “Fluttershy is a nice mare without an ounce of anything but kindness in her body. I think she kind of likes you too, she just is really shy. I am weighing my options when I say this but, if you want me to, I can help you if you want to show her how much you like her” I said to him with a smile.

His face looked like it was glowing with radiation it was so bright. Oh sweet Jesus, what did I get myself into! My eyes are burning from the brightness of his face now! “You would really do that? You would help me with Fluttershy?” he said with a smile.

Despite my better judgment! “Sure, were bros right? That’s what friends do” I said to him.

Stratus had warmed up a little after hearing our conversation. “Mister Shadow Breeze? Are you going to try to get Fluttershy to love you? Because if you are, dad here can help a lot, he knows things” Stratus said to the shaded grey pegasus.

“I’m going to try, and your dad here already has helped me a lot. I just moved here and he helped me get the lay of the town. Your dad is being a really big help for me right now” Shadow Breeze said to the little pegasus colt.

Stratus, you are digging me into a bigger hole than I already am in! Pretty soon I won’t be able to get out! I felt really humbled right then. “It really is not a big deal, she is my friend and so are you” I said to Shadow Breeze with a smile.

We spent the whole day talking together. It was a nice change of pace to do so, it kept things moving. Stratus really warmed up to Shadow Breeze and that made me feel good. Now it is like 10pm and Dash should be coming home soon hopefully. I can’t believe I am now going to turn into a matchmaker for Shadow Breeze and Fluttershy! Not sure if I want to do this or not, but I will anyways because I am full to the brim with kindness.

About an hour later Dash came home. She looked pretty tired, but she was happy. “Hey Dash, how was helping the weather team? Not too boring without me I hope?” I asked her with a trollish grin. U MAD at my trolling skills Dashie?

“It was pretty boring, but now that I’m back I feel pretty good. I sure am beat though, we had to take rain all over the place today, it was a pain in the flank with the new stallions there” she said as she got up and sat on my lap in the couch. “Stratus asleep?”

“Yep, so he won’t mind if I do this then” I said with a smile before I kissed her lips. She was taken a little by surprise, but then accepted the challenge of our tongues having a little wrestling match. She is such a good kisser! Me gusta! We sat there and swapped tongues and loved on each other until it was midnight, then we went up to bed.

When we got into bed I leaned in and wrapped my arms around her. “Tomorrow, I guess I have to start helping Shadow Breeze with his issue on Fluttershy. I guess I am going to become a matchmaker” I said with a chuckle.
She laughed and then we fell asleep shortly after.

A/N: here you go! I will tell you that this one is already planned out, I have the whole side story already planned and it will be funny. I am going to start work on another chapter now, next update in a while!

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