Twilight snapped out of her thoughts as she held Ascentia’s sleeping form against her, turning her arm over to see her tattoo.

It wasn’t there.

Confused, she checked the other arm, it wasn’t there either.

“Kitten, wake up,” Twilight said, somewhat concerned.

“Mmm… what?” Acentia asked.

“Back in high school you got a tattoo of my star symbol on your arm,” Twilight explained, “What happened to it?”

Ascentia yawned and turned over, “Uh… last January, you scorched it off with the iron…” Ascentia sighed and snuggled up against her.

Crestfallen, Twilight looked away, “Oh… I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be, the burn healed a while ago,” Ascentia said through her drowsiness and held up her arm, “See? They told us the synthetic skin grafts would blend in with my arm, and they did.”

“Still… It was nice,” Twilight sighed, patting the spot gently, “I ruined it for you. You can’t even have a tattoo without me ruining it.”

“Hmm… well, I could get another one. Maybe right over my back this time,” Ascentia said with a smile.

Twilight looked puzzled, “But then you wouldn’t see it. Not unless you looked in the mirror by having your back facing it and contorting yourself.”

“No,” Ascentia smirked, nuzzling into Twilight’s chest, “But you could see it given the right circumstances.”

“Well, yes, but, it’s no fun if you can’t share it either,” Twilight pouted.

“Fine, I won’t get the tattoo,” Ascentia shrugged, “Probably too much scar tissue to get one anyway.”

Twilight cringed, “Right, no kidding…”

“You okay?” Ascentia asked groggily, “It’s 3 in the morning and you’re still awake.”

“Sorry… I was just… thinking back to when we were in high school,” Twilight murmured, rolling onto her side.

Ascentia smiled and tried to turn her back over, “Yeah, that was… a crazy time. Hey, turn back over, why’d you stop cuddling?”

“Sorry,” Twilight rolled back around, “I don’t know, I’m a little frazzled.”

“Over what?” Ascentia asked, snuggling back up to her, sighing contentedly.

“The way I treated you even back then…” Twilight murmured, exhaling, “Breaking up with you like Edward did Bella…"

"Don't you ever compare me to that bitch ever again."

"Then progressively taking you for granted and smacking you… How it all came to… everything else. I was telling Doctor Firebrand about our high school experience today, anyway. I guess that was a whole new set of memories I was trying to forget…”

“It’s alright,” Ascentia smiled, nuzzling her neck, “It’s all in the past.”

Smiling sadly, Twilight ran a hand along her hair, “I know… I know…”

Ascentia wrapped her arms tightly around Twilight’s midsection, grinning as she nuzzled into her warmth, “Good. Cause I don’t like seeing your pretty face upset. I want you to be happy, not worrying about stuff I already forgave you for. I love you, Twiley.”

“I… love you too, Asy,” Twilight murmured, kissing her cheek, “I’ll try. But that’s what this is all about, making sure I can move past all of it. And it’s working…”

Ascentia grinned and cooed cutely, snuggling her tighter, “I’m glad, sweetheart. Now get some sleep before dawn.”

“Okay,” Twilight chuckled a bit, smiling.