Rarity tensed up, caught somewhere in between a gulp and a giggle. "You want to kiss?"

Fluttershy blushed and hid her face behind her hands, then nodded. "Yes."

"Okay... I don't have a problem with that. Let's see... so, what kind of kiss are we talking about?" Rarity asked, placing a finger to her lips.

Fluttershy shrugged and stared down at her knees. "The one that we keep almost doing, but then it gets interrupted."

Rarity thought for a moment, then raised her eyebrows with a slick grin. "Oh I see. Well we have to let it come naturally, so we can't just do it right this instant. How about we set up a situation that we know will cause it to come about?"

"That sounds good. What do you think will work?" Fluttershy asked.

Rarity leaned back and grabbed the laser pointer from the table. "Let's make Opal chase a dot. That'll be fun, and who knows what it'll lead to."

Fluttershy scratched her head as she watched Rarity struggling with the package for several moments. It soon gave way and popped wide open, sending the device flying through the air. Wanting to catch it, Fluttershy shielded her face and cowered as it landed on her head.

"Ouch," she squeaked.

Rarity gasped and threw herself across the couch to Fluttershy's aid. "Oh my! Are you alright?! I'm so terribly sorry, love. The package really shouldn't be so tightly sealed, I... I had no idea it'd do that. Let me see where it hit you."

Fluttershy rubbed the sore spot and looked up into Rarity's eyes with a wobbly smile. "I'm okay... really."

Rarity was still leaning over Fluttershy's lap and balancing herself on her hands while she took a deep breath and sighed in relief. "Oh, good. It looks like you have a little lump, though. I'll be right back."

Fluttershy ran her finger over the bump as Rarity headed into the kitchen.

"Opal! What a mess you've made!" she shouted, lifting the pictures and magnets from the floor.

The cat quietly stirred in her sleep atop her perch at the mention of her name.

"I swear, that cat loves getting into trouble. How did she even manage that mess in there?" Rarity complained while sitting in front of her friend with a small icepack.

Fluttershy shrugged. "Maybe she saw a fly or some bug and jumped up after it."

"Who knows with her..." Rarity lifted the icepack and gently eased it onto Fluttershy's lump.

"Thank you, Rarity," she said, sniffling. "I'm sorry I'm such a klutz."

"Don't be silly darling. You're no klutz... You're just a scaredy cat, silly." Rarity lifted her friend's chin and smiled. "Don't apologize for that... You're my scaredy cat."

Fluttershy blushed and flicked her bell with her fingertip. "Am I?"

Rarity nodded, her smile slipping away. She grabbed the bell with two fingers and rolled it around, then slid her fingers beneath the collar. Her heart skipped a beat, and she used it to pull Fluttershy into her lips. Rarity closed her eyes as their lips interlocked, and she felt the world stop around them.

Fluttershy squeezed her eyes shut and balled her fists, her body limply leaning into Rarity's, who parted her lips, inhaled, and reconnected. Fluttershy felt her partner's breath slip through her nose and pour across her cheek, then felt coldness before opening her eyes.

Rarity had leaned back, taking deep breaths and wiping her mouth. "Our first kiss..."

Fluttershy looked up and down Rarity's body, then began to chew on her own tongue. "I loved it."

"I did as well."

...

Each girl sat quietly for several long, nerve wracking moments. They averted their eyes at the detection of a glance from the other, and Fluttershy fidgeted with her collar.

"Well... now what?" Rarity asked.

Fluttershy lifted the lazer pointer from her lap and smiled. "Opal," she called out. "Here kitty kitty."

The cat rolled onto her stomach and peered down over the edge of her perch, eyeing Fluttershy. At the sight of a small dot creating a figure eight, she jumped down and stalked it from around the corner, her tail flicking side to side.

"What's that?" Rarity reared up and playfully asked as she grasped her knees.

Opalescence wiggled her rear and darted across the floor, her front paws attempting to capture the dot as she chased it. With her target stationary and resting several feet in front of her, she pounced!

Fluttershy deactivated the pointer just as the cat reached it, and laughed as she began searching for her prey. She covered her mouth as she snorted and blushed, Rarity laughing at her side.

"Here, give it a try." Fluttershy handed the laser pointer over and watched Rarity run it across the floor. "It's important for Opal to do this to release her pent up urges to hunt. If she has them bottled up inside then she'll start hunting anything she can find and pretend is her prey; including, your feet, your hands, things on the floor, random bugs, and really anything that moves at all. They're very attracted to movement."

Rarity nodded and giggled. "I can tell."

Fluttershy took a breath and sank back into the cushion. "She loves that thing."

"So tell me, love. Do you have any pent up urges you want to release?" Rarity asked with raised eyebrows.

Fluttershy blushed and shrugged. "Want to help me release them? Like a good pet owner should?"

Rarity accidentally dropped the pointer and gulped as Fluttershy crawled across the couch on her hands and knees. "Yes... Yes I do," she said with a shaky laugh.

Fluttershy rested her chin on Rarity's lap as she fumbled for the laser pointer. "Then pet me. I have the urge to be pet while you play with Opal."

Rarity fanned her face and let out a deep breath. "Oh, yes I'd love to."

Fluttershy winked and began to purr while Rarity pointed the light back at the floor. With a beautiful smiling girl above her and the soothing sensation of fingers running through her hair, she yawned.

Several hours later, Fluttershy opened her eyes and stretched her limbs. She quickly wiped her mouth to check for drool, and sighed in relief when there was none. The room was dark, and she wiped her eyes to glance around. Rarity was near her, her body laying the other direction and her feet hanging over the arm of the couch while their foreheads touched.

"Rarity?" she asked mid-yawn.

Her friend stirred and opened a single eye, a smile breaking as their eyes made contact. "Good evening, love."

"Sorry I dozed off." Fluttershy sat up and rested her face in her palms. "I get sleepy sometimes."

"Me too. We needed a nap anyway. Now we can stay up late and watch another movie." Rarity winked and noted the darkness. "I'll get the lights."

Fluttershy hid her face and adjusted to the bright light before she cleared her throat and sat upright. She watched Rarity fiddle with a remote controller until a movie began to play.

"I don't know what this is, just something my dad recorded on the DVR, but who cares. Let's watch it." Rarity slumped down onto the couch and yawned, shaking her head to clear her grogginess.

"I like most movies..." Fluttershy added.

"Me too." Rarity tapped her leg at the sight of her pet walking through the front room, and she leaped up next to her owner, stepping in circles and purring.

"It's good to finally see you two really bonding. I can tell she's loosening up already... I told you cats aren't hard to keep happy. You just gotta know how they think and feel, because sadly they can't tell us very easily. They do tell us everything in their own way though. All you've got to do is learn their body language." Fluttershy fell onto her elbows and brushed noses with the cat.

Rarity nodded and smiled widely. "I can't believe how long she's been purring. I usually get a good ten seconds before she leaves."

"Well you're scratching her cheeks and chin. You aren't scaring her or towering over her right now either. I can see why she's so comfortable being affectionate. Soon she'll be like this any time you want her to be," Fluttershy explained.

"I hope so..." Rarity continued petting her cat, then tilted her head and scoffed. "Why is she... licking me?" Rarity asked as Opalescence licked her knee.

"Awww," Fluttershy squeaked and bunched her shoulders up. "She's grooming you. It's one of the most affectionate things a cat can do to its owner."

"Oh." Rarity blushed as the cat jumped off the couch and headed to her water dish. "That's great then, right?"

"Definitely. That means she feels like you're part of her family. You've had her since she was a kitten, right?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes that's right. We bought her shortly after she was weened from her mother."

"Then she might feel like you're her mother. Especially if you two spent a lot of time together when she was growing up." Fluttershy nodded with closed eyes. "She's definitely your cat, Rarity."

"Yes she is... I got her a few summers ago, and her and I spent the first three months together in my room, almost exclusively with each other. She was my best and only friend after moving here. I feel like she's my family too." Rarity blushed and pressed a palm against her forehead. "Listen to me go on... I must sound pathetic."

"Oh no... Definitely not. Animals are the best friends a person could ask for." Fluttershy winced and shook her head. "She'll never lie to you or make fun of you behind your back. She'll never be too busy for you, and she will always love you unconditionally, even if you hurt her or scare her, and cause her to be skittish, the love for her provider and source of affection will last for a lifetime."

Rarity nodded and took Fluttershy's hand. "Darling... I understand why you're feeling this way. I promise you that I'll never do any of those things to you. You can be like family to me too."

Fluttershy kneeled back down, her bell jingling as she crawled over Rarity's lap and took her hand. "I'll love you just like Opal does, and if you take good care of me, I can be even more affectionate than her."

"I'll take very good care of you... as a cat, or a friend... or even a girlfriend." Rarity bit her lip and ran her free hand through her friend's hair.

Fluttershy help Rarity's hand with her own two and examined it, playing with her fingers and running them over her lips. "I'm pretending to be your pet cat right now... but I'd still like to be your girlfriend the rest of the time."

"I want you to, too. I want that affection you mentioned."

Fluttershy giggled and kissed the fingers in front of her. She then stuck her tongue out and flicked it against the fingertip.

Rarity gasped and closed her eyes. "Such an affectionate kitty..."

Fluttershy nodded before kissing the top of Rarity's hand and nuzzling her wrist.

Rarity shuddered and closed her eyes. "This is the start of a great relationship, Fluttershy. I can feel it."

Author's Notes:

Well, here's the end. I Hope it's satisfactory!