Princess Twilight Sparkle smiled as she levitated the last of the returned books into their respective spots on the shelves. Even though this was usually Spike's job, she figured that, since there were so few books in the inquiry, she could take over the task while he made breakfast. Over by the lounging area, Rainbow Dash was sprawled out on the couch, oblivious to everything else as she lay with her snout in the latest Daring Do novel.

The front doors of the library opened, revealing Canvas as he trotted in with a smile on his face. Behind the aqua stallion, Troy followed in tow and carried the large, framed piece, bound in a thick, canvas tarp on top of his outstretched wings. While the finished painting wasn't that heavy, keeping it balanced on his wings was proving difficult enough for the Gryphon to begin grunting in frustration.

As the two entered, Twilight's eyes widened in elation and she smiled. "Oh, hey guys!" She lit her horn, lifting the painting from Troy's back, making him sigh in relief. "Is this what I think it is?"

At Twilight’s voice, Rainbow Dash looked up to see the two who had entered. Catching the tired, yet happy looks on their faces, the Pegasus's eyes narrowed on them suspiciously.

"It sure is!" Canvas's smile grew from ear to ear in pride. "I just finished the painting for Celestia last night!"

Twilight made sure to be especially careful as she placed the piece down on the floor against a clear wall. Happy to hear that he finished the commission before the Grand Galloping Gala, she grinned as she turned back to him. "Well, congratulations, Canvas! I'm sure that Princess Celestia will love it!"

Twilight looked to Rainbow Dash with a smile. "Don’t you think?"

It took a moment for Dash to register her friend's words. After a couple seconds, the mare jolted herself back into reality. "Oh! Um… Yeah… She probably will."

When Troy glanced over at Rainbow Dash, he became slightly confused when he saw how wary she looked. Twilight was just about to ask about the painting before Spike walked in from the kitchen. He carried a tray of pancakes for him and Twilight before noticing the large, wrapped piece by the wall.

"Twi, breakfast is rea—whoa! What's that?"

"Canvas's painting for Celestia," Twilight said with a smile. "He just finished it last night, right?"

When Twilight looked back to Canvas, his cheeks began to redden as he looked away from her. "Y-yeah… I did…" Canvas bit his lip a little before adding softly, "It… it was a great night…"

Rainbow Dash's eyes narrowed even more on Canvas, noting his change in tone.

Canvas smirked at Twilight when he saw how curiously she was looking at the wrapped painting. "So, Princess… You wanna see it?"

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "R-really? You… you'd actually let me see it? Before Celestia?"

"Well, why not?" Canvas shrugged. "Troy already saw it last night…"

The stallion looked back at Troy, who then nodded, his blush beginning to show as well. "Ummm… yeah… It's a really nice painting."

Rainbow Dash noticed Troy's bashful smile. She began to grow a smirk on her muzzle.

"If you want," Canvas said, motioning to his finished painting, "you can take a sneak peak before sending it to Canterlot. Think of it as having 'Royal Access,’ I guess…"

Growing a devious smirk of her own, Twilight looked back at the wrapped painting for a moment before turning back to him with a smile. "Canvas, I'd love to!"

"Great!" Canvas exclaimed as the Princess used her magic to lift up the painting once more.

"Let me take it to the back room where all the parchment is. That way, I can have this shipped to the castle before lunch!"

Twilight headed towards the back room, the painting carefully levitated in her glow. As Canvas happily trotted behind her, Spike put down the tray of pancakes. "Hey, wait up! I wanna see it too!"

Rainbow Dash, still sitting on the couch, leaned forward as she watched the three leave the room. While her eyes widened at the sight of how Canvas was walking, Troy stretched his back out in the middle of the library. After hauling that painting on his back, his wings felt quite a bit strained.

Just as Troy got back into a normal stance, he opened his eyes to see Rainbow Dash right in front of him. Troy made a small yelp as he jumped back, not expecting to see her standing there so quickly.

Or with a grin as devilish as Discord's.

"You dirty little bird."

Troy gave her a confused look, unsure of what she was getting at.

Before he could reply, Rainbow Dash chuckled under her breath and held her hoof out for him to bump. "Come on, Troy! Don't leave me hanging!"

"Ummm…" Troy blinked a few times and tried to process why she was acting this way. "Dash, why are you… I didn't even do anything! Canvas was the one who made the painting!"

Rainbow Dash's hoof and smile immediately dropped as she gave a deadpan stare at him. "Dude, are you serious?"

"What?" Troy put up his claws in confusion. "I seriously don’t see what you're getting at."

Dash rolled her eyes. She groaned, taking a moment before looking at Troy with a growing smirk. "Don't think I can't see what happened with you and Canvas last night…"

Troy's eyes shot open. He stepped back. Although he didn't want to reveal what he and his coltfriend had done last night, Dash’s cheeky grin was enough to indicate she already had a good idea of what happened. And since there was nopony else in the library right now, he knew that she wasn't going to hold back.

"I've seen that look on a lot of ponies, Troy, and you and Canvas are no exception."

"I… I-I-I…" Troy's stammering started to weaken as he tried to step away from the grinning mare. "I… I don't know what you're talking about…"

"Oh, come on! It's pretty bucking obvious, Troy… The way you two look really happy… How tired both of you look…"

"Y-yeah!" Troy defended, "Because he finished his painting!"

"Uh-huh…" Rainbow's grin grew more mischievous as she narrowed her eyes on him. "And the way he was walking kinda hob-legged when he was leaving the room…"

Troy's feathers ruffled out at that last phrase, his beak clenching shut. Knowing he wasn't able to make an excuse for that, Dash kept up her cheeky grin and leaned in close to him.

"You. Two. Did it."

Troy winced as he looked behind them, hoping that Canvas or Twilight didn’t hear them. "Dash," Troy growled, turning back to her and giving a nasty glare, "I really don't wanna talk about this with you!"

"I'm not hearing a no," Rainbow said with a growing smirk.

Troy groaned and face-clawed. He knew that his boss was a bit of a hothead, but he really didn’t expect her to act like this. "Are you being serious right now?! I'd rather not have my employer intrude on my personal life, and I certainly don't want to talk about this in a public place!"

"Oh, come on! Nopony else is here!" Rainbow Dash motioned around them. "And besides," she added, pointing at Troy's shoulder, "if I didn’t 'intrude' on your personal life before, then you probably never would've realized how you felt and gotten together with that stallion in the first place!"

Troy opened his beak and pointed a talon at her, but paused. Despite her brash attitude, Troy knew that she technically had a point. Remembering that first night he and Canvas got together, when he finally confessed his love to him, Troy knew that he may have never went through with it if Rainbow had never calmed him down enough to slap some sense into him. That was the night he truly realized how important Canvas was to him, and he knew he partially had Dash to thank for that.

After a brief silence, Troy put down his talon and sighed painfully. He stared her down as he insisted, "Okay, you might have a point, BUT! That doesn't mean I'm going to discuss my sex life with my boss!"

"So it DID happen!" Dash pointed at him, grinning widely. "I totally knew it—"

"Can you PLEASE shut up!?" Troy was now getting legitimately angry as he said in a hushed tone, "Rainbow Dash, I do not want to talk about this with you while we're in a bucking library!"

"Oh, yeah…" Rainbow looked around. "I guess this wouldn't be a good place, huh?"

Troy groaned and rolled his eyes, but was unable to say anything else before Twilight and Canvas emerged from the back room.

"Hey, Rainbow Dash,” Twilight said, smiling, "you want to see the painting Canvas made? It's absolutely incredible!"

"Ummm… Actually…" Rainbow Dash dropped her smirk and said in a more professional manner, "I just found out there's a cloud cluster coming in from the Everfree Forest, so I need to borrow Troy here to take care of it."

"What?" Troy's glare was especially strong as he looked down at her. Before anything else could be said, Rainbow Dash used a wing to pull Troy's head in and turn them around away from Twilight and Canvas.

"One second," Dash said to Twilight and Canvas, giving them a cheeky smile. Turning back to Troy, she whispered, "Troy, I'll give you a deal. If you tell me the dirty details in private, I'll promise not to say a word to ANYpony. And I'll also give you a week off work, so you can more fun-time with your stallion back there."

Troy's eyebrows rose in surprise. While he still really disliked the concept of talking about his first time to her, the idea of having a week off work was certainly tempting. Furrowing his brow, Troy looked back at his coltfriend for a moment before turning back to her.

"Two weeks."

"Dude, no!" Rainbow spat, an annoyed look on her face. "I'm not giving you two bucking weeks off!"

"If you wanna know the details, that's my offer." Troy leaned closer to her before adding, "Besides, after running that bucking betting pool between Canvas and I, I think it's only fair that you make up for that."

Rainbow Dash gave him a nasty pout. Troy’s stare didn’t waver.

"Two weeks off, and I'll tell you. Deal?"

Dash gave a frustrated growl before narrowing her eyes on him. "A week and a half! And I'll buy you a coffee."

"Fine."

The two then turned back to Twilight and Canvas. Troy now gave them a more satisfied smile, while Rainbow looked more upset than before.

"Yeah, Dash seems to need my help," Troy said, nudging her with a wing. He looked over at Canvas. "It'll only take fifteen minutes or so. Is that okay?"

"Ummm… sure." Though he was slightly confused at what was going on, Canvas still nodded slowly before looking into the art bag on his shoulder. "I was planning on getting some stuff for dinner tonight anyway. Meet me at Lyra and Bon-Bon's when you're done?"

Troy smiled and walked over to him. "Deal."

After giving the stallion a tender kiss on the lips, which caused Twilight to blush slightly and look away, Troy and Rainbow Dash left the library and took to the skies. Canvas gave his own goodbyes to Twilight and Spike before heading off as well.

After a surprisingly quick trip through the market, Canvas had all the items he needed to make dinner for him and Troy. Although he got his shopping done in record time, the stallion tried to keep his walking at as normal a pace as he could. Despite his assurances to Troy, Canvas had to reluctantly admit that he did feel a bit of pain from walking after what happened last night. Of course, he was able to keep his discomfort to himself and out of sight as much as he could.

It may have been a pain, but, as he thought back to how amazing everything went that night, Canvas wouldn't have changed it for the world. He finally got to do something that special with someone so important in his life; if all he had to deal with was a little pain in his rear the next morning, it was a cost he was more than willing to take.

Canvas kept a smile over his blushing face as he walked, each slow step reminding him of his previous night with the magnificent Gryphon. His muscular body… His enticing musk… His caring tone as he spoke gently into his ear…

Canvas almost didn't notice when he reached Lyra and Bon-Bon's sweet shop, his mind so overloaded with sensual thoughts regarding himself and Troy. Of course, he was lucky enough to keep his thoughts to himself without letting anything show. After a quick shake of his head, Canvas sighed, smiled, and entered the sweet shop.

As soon as he entered the confectionary, Canvas's senses were overwhelmed. The sugary sweet scents that filled the shop were more than enough to keep him focused as he walked up to the counter. Looking around, he saw that he was the shop’s first customer this morning.

"Morning, Bon-Bon!" Canvas smiled when he saw her tending to the register. "You keeping busy today?"

"Hmm… about the same as usual," Bon-Bon said, giving a smile back to him. "It's nice to see you up and about again! I was starting to think you would never come out of your art studio!"

Canvas chuckled a little, looking away sheepishly. "Yeah, I… I guess I was a little focused on Celestia's painting…"

His smile grew when he looked back at Bon-Bon. "…Which is why I'm glad to finally have it finished!"

Bon-Bon gasped in delight. "Oh my gosh! Really?!" She closed the register, keeping her smile as she ran around the counter and hugged him. "Congratulations, Canvas! I'm so happy for you!"

Canvas clenched his eyes shut as he hugged her back, trying to keep himself from tearing up at his accomplishment. "Thanks, Bon-Bon," he said, not noticing as Lyra came out of the back room. "I just can't believe I finally did it."

Lyra gasped loudly, her eyes widening in surprise. "No way!"

"Yeah," Bon-Bon said, turning to her wife, "Canvas finally finished his painting for Celestia! Isn't that gr—"

Lyra pointed at Canvas and shouted, "You had sex!"

Canvas jolted away from them, then froze. Bon-Bon's jaw dropped as she glared at her wife.

"LYRA!" Bon-Bon demanded, "What the buck is wrong with you?! What if somepony else was here to hear that?!"

"But he did!" Lyra kept pointing at Canvas, who was getting redder from a mix of shock and embarrassment. "Just look at him!"

Canvas almost felt like bolting from the shop, but his hooves were currently immobilized. Bon-Bon, who looked like she was about to smack her wife over the head for acting so thoughtlessly, noticed the stallion's shocked state when she looked back at him.

"Canvas…" Bon-Bon walked up to him. "I'm sorry about Lyra. She's just acting foalish."

"Am not!" Lyra shouted behind her.

"Oh really?" Bon-Bon glared at her. "You think that making an assumption like that is smart? Just what makes you think that he even did—"

"How…"

Canvas, still frozen, heard his own voice as he spoke out of instinct. Though he was unsure how he was even speaking right now, he could still feel himself trying to respond as both mares looked back at him.

"H-How did you know?"

Bon-Bon's eyes widened in shock, while Lyra grinned smugly. "Told ya."

"Re… really?" Ignoring Lyra's comment, Bon-Bon kept her attention on the increasingly embarrassed stallion. "You… you and Troy…"

Canvas bit his lip and looked away from them. Though he didn’t want to admit it so soon, his lips still managed to bend into a small smile as his blush grew deeper. Much to Bon-Bon's surprise (and Lyra's overwhelming enjoyment), Canvas slowly nodded. "… Mmm-hmmm…"

"EEEEEEE!!!!' Lyra hopped to the front doors of the shop, lighting her horn as she quickly locked the door and flipped the sign to “Closed”.

"TELL US EVERYTHING!" Lyra levitated a chair from behind the counter, then shoved Canvas into it by surprise. "I want to know eeeeeevery little detail! I you to tell me everyth—MMMFF!"

Lyra's giddy chatter was interrupted by Bon-Bon shoving a hoof into her open mouth.

"Canvas, you don't have to say anything!" Bon-Bon said sincerely as she tried to keep her wife silent. "Lyra just had some coffee earlier, so she's probably still a bit hyped up."

"Oh, come on!" Lyra whined, pulling Bon-Bon's hoof out of her mouth. "I wanna hear how they did it!"

Paralyzed as he sat in the chair, Canvas fidgeted a little before he heard Bon-Bon speak to him again.

"Listen, if you don't wanna talk about it, you don't have to. And Lyra and I are NOT going to press into it if you want to keep this to yourself…" Bon-Bon looked back at Lyra with a nasty glare. "RIGHT, honey?"

With a disappointed pout on her muzzle, Lyra showed an obvious hesitation. However, knowing how nasty her wife could be if she was pushed too far, only a couple seconds of silence passed before Lyra nodded in reluctant agreement. "Oh… Fine…"

"Good." Bon-Bon looked at Canvas with a warm smile. "So," she began, trying to make him feel more at ease, "you want to try a new candy I'm working on? I've been trying to get an apple flavor ready, but it's sort of hard to get it right with the Apple Family living so clos—"

"Ummm…" Blushing heavily, Canvas looked over at the front door, which was still locked. While he still felt hesitant, he also didn't want to keep this in. While Lyra's curious grin grew wider, Canvas fidgeted in his seat before asking quietly, "Could… Could we, maybe… go to the kitchen in the back room?"

Lyra, who was now grinning from ear-to-ear, had to keep herself from jumping up and down. "Oh my gosh! You mean… You mean you want to…"

Canvas bit his lips tightly as he avoided Lyra's gaze. Nevertheless, he still managed to nod very faintly. Though it was embarrassing to admit, he still felt like telling somepony about what happened with him and Troy. "Well… Maybe—"

Canvas could barely get another word in before Lyra grabbed him with her magic, lifting him up as she levitated him to the back room. With Bon-Bon running after them worriedly, there was very little she could do as Lyra began chatting incessantly.

"Ooh! I have soooo many questions! How did it start? What did he do? How did it feel? Ooooohhhh… What did it look like?"

"LYRA!"

After a very uncomfortable conversation with Rainbow Dash—mostly due to how frequently she asked inane questions like "How does that work?" or "He let you put a talon up there?!"—Troy finally managed to finish his discussion about his first time with his coltfriend, thus allowing him to have a week and a half off of work like promised.

By the time he flew back to Ponyville from the secluded cloud he and Rainbow Dash had perched at, Troy felt a lot better about his morning. Sipping the Venti-sized mocha he acquired from a coffee shop along the way (at Dash's expense), Troy kept a smile on his beak as he landed in front of the confectionary, just as the sign at the door turned back to open.

Surprisingly enough, Canvas was fairly quick to leave the shop as soon as Troy arrived. Before they could leave, Lyra was generous enough to give Troy a huge bag of licorice, all while giving him a suspiciously cheeky smirk. With Bon-Bon standing to side, keeping an equally large (albeit guilty-looking) grin of her own, it seemed like Canvas was rather insistent on heading back home as quickly as he could.

Of course, after the unfortunate discussion he had with Rainbow Dash, Troy wanted to get back home as well, just so he could get Dash’s last words out of his troubled mind.

Riding on his back, Canvas stayed silent while Troy flew them back home. Thinking everything over, the stallion was feeling increasingly guilty about telling Lyra and Bon-Bon about his first time. Though it felt great to talk about it with somepony else, he hated that he went behind Troy's back like that. Plus, as he recalled what both of them said after he was done, Canvas wasn't sure whether or not he wanted to bring it up with him.

It wasn't until they landed in front of their home that Troy finally noticed Canvas's unusual silence. Before he could say anything, Canvas hopped off his back and made a beeline toward their side door. Hoping it wasn't anything bad, Troy put a claw out to Canvas's shoulder.

"Canvas? What… what's wro—"

"I'M SORRY!"

Wincing in guilt, Canvas looked away from Troy. "I'm sorry, Troy! I… I told them…"

Troy's eyebrows rose. "What?"

"I… I told them about last night…" Feeling extremely ashamed, Canvas kept away from Troy as he continued, "I didn’t plan to! I… I didn't expect them to catch on so quickly... But then Lyra took one look at me and said 'You had sex!' and I got flustered and then they were looking at me, and I didn’t want to lie to them because they're my friends, and… and then…"

As soon as he felt Troy wrap his claws around him in a tender hug, Canvas's words began to dissipate. The stallion slowly closed his eyes, savoring his lover's warmth as he hugged him back.

"I'm sorry…" Canvas said faintly, trying to speak through his guilt, "I just… I didn't want to keep it to myself… and they already figured it out, so…"

"Shhhhh…" Troy softly nuzzled Canvas's mane and finally responded in a warm tone, "It's okay… It's really okay, Canvas. Don’t feel bad about it…"

After a brief moment of silence, Canvas slowly looked back up at Troy. "R-really?"

"Yeah," Troy said, smiling. "Seriously, I'm not mad or anything. I'm sure ponies would be bound to find out sooner or later."

"Yeah… But I at least wanted to wait longer than a day before ponies found out…" With a deep sigh, Canvas noticed that Troy's smile seemed a little off. Knowing how his beak usually changed at the corners when he was happy, Canvas's eyes narrowed when he saw that they were off by a small amount.

"Troy…"

With the stallion's suspicious eyes on him, Troy worriedly looked away. While he hoped it wasn't noticeable, he should've figured any little change would be noticed by a pony whose talent lies with artistic detail.

"Troy… What is it?"

"Ummm… I…" Gritting his teeth, Troy sighed, knowing better than to keep anything from him. Especially after Canvas told him about Lyra and Bon-Bon. "I… kinda told Rainbow Dash about us, too."

Canvas's eyes widened. "Seriously?"

"Yeah…" Troy started to look guilty as well as he slowly looked back at him. "When she saw us at the library, she… kinda figured it out instantly…"

Canvas groaned and facehoofed. "Crap… I guess I should've known she'd do that."

Troy nodded. "Also… There wasn't any cloud job to do. She… kinda insisted I tell her what happened…"

Bewildered, Canvas looked back up at Troy. "And you agreed?"

"Hey, I got a week and a half off of work for it!" Troy tried to smile, but it didn't change Canvas's scowl. After a moment, Troy sighed in guilt and looked away again. "I'm sorry. I just… figured it would be an easy way to get a week off. Plus…"

Troy glanced back at Canvas with a warmer smile as he added, "I… figured it would be nice… you know… to spend more time with you…"

Canvas's brow rose in surprise, his anger slowly fading. Knowing his boyfriend's heart was in the right place, Canvas merely sighed before growing a small smile on his muzzle. "Well… I guess I can’t be mad at you for that…"

Troy chuckled lightly, then slowly moved his head in towards the stallion. Before his beak touched the pony's lips, Canvas put a hoof out to stop him. "Just what exactly did you tell her, by the way?"

Troy paused, taking a second before moving his head back. "I… told her what I could. You know, what we did, how we did it, how…" Troy blushed as he added bashfully, "How… absolutely amazing it was…"

Smiling back at him, Canvas began to blush as well. Troy's beak began to skew once more as he looked down at the ground. "Also…"

Troy slumped back as he sat on the ground, pondering her last words before they had gone their separate ways. "She… thought that… it was weird…"

"What was weird?" Canvas smirked at him. "Because I think a lot of things about our relationship could be considered weird to her."

"I mean…" Thinking it over, Troy avoided Canvas’s eyes as he recalled her words. "She… she said that… it was weird… that my first time with you didn’t feel weird…"

Canvas blinked. "Huh?"

"I mean…" Troy leaned back on his claws and said in a puzzled tone, "When I told her how amazing it was, she… said that it usually doesn’t work that way. That most of the time… the first time is supposed to feel awkward, or weird…"

Canvas's eyes widened as he looked down to the ground as well. "That… that's what Lyra and Bon-Bon said too…"

When Troy looked back up at Canvas, he saw the stallion look at his own hooves for a moment before meeting his eyes. "Are we weird?"

"No…" Troy shook his head and lifted himself back up. He gently petted the side of Canvas's face with a claw. "How could it be weird? We had a great night, didn’t we?"

"Yeah… We did…" Canvas furrowed his brow as he tried to think it over some more. "But… Was it weird that it… wasn't weird?"

"Oh, come on…" Troy held his coltfriend in for a tight hug. "What do they know? This is us we're talking about… We're not like most couples."

Canvas chuckled a little as he hugged Troy back. "Yeah… That's very true."

Thinking it over, Canvas began to smirk as he remembered how their first time went. "I gotta admit… Your reaction to seeing… me… was a bit weird…"

Troy pulled his head back to look at Canvas. "Oh, come on! Are you serious? I mean…" His eyes trailed down the stallion's body for a moment before he looked back up, his blush starting to grow. "You… you're freakin' huge!"

A small giggle escaped Canvas. "You know just what to say to make me feel good, don’t you?"

Troy smiled as he rolled his eyes. "Well… I guess…" He then gave a more bemused smile as he added, "And it's nice to know that mine looks 'muscled' to you…"

Canvas's blush grew heavier as he looked away. "I-I-I… Shut up…"

Troy giggled and bent his head in again, nuzzling Canvas. "You see? We're awkward enough, aren't we?"

Canvas began to giggle, regrowing his smile as he looked back at Troy. "Well… I suppose so…"

Looking into Troy's gorgeous golden eyes, Canvas couldn't hold back anymore. He lifted his hooves up, gripping the back of Troy’s head before pressing his lips against his beak tenderly.

Closing his eyes, Troy held Canvas in closely as he kissed back, letting the taste of the stallion fill his mind once more with pure pleasure.

And after last night, Troy had a good idea what they could do now…

"Mmmmm…"

Troy used a free claw to open their door. The two of them entered their home while they continued to kiss more passionately. While Troy used his tail to wrap around the doorknob to close the door behind them, Canvas allowed his tongue explore the inside of Troy's beak once again. As soon as he felt the familiar muscle inside of his beak, Troy gladly accepted it, letting his own tongue meet it in light swirls of pure ecstasy.

Soon enough, Troy pinned Canvas against the wall. They continued to make out, letting their tongues wrestle with one another as they began to grow hotter in each other's embrace. Slowly, Troy brought one of his claws down along Canvas's back, gently petting his soft fur as he kissed him. With his libido growing stronger with each passing second, it wasn't long before he brought his claw down to Canvas's soft, supple flank. After a moment, Troy grasped the flesh tightly with his talons.

"AAAAHHHHH!!!"

Canvas yelped, releasing his muzzle from Troy's beak. Troy immediately let go of him, feeling genuinely horrible as he saw how much the pony was clenching his eyes in pain.

"Canvas, I'm sorry!" Troy blurted, holding up his claws. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to—"

"It's alright," Canvas muttered, wincing, using a hoof to rub his flank softly. "It's just…I'm still a little sore back there, that's all…"

"Oh, Canvas…" Troy quickly moved in to hug him again, making sure not to hold him too tightly. "I'm so sorry… I should've known better… I shouldn't have—"

"Don’t worry." Canvas looked up at him with a smile. "Seriously, it’s okay. Don't beat yourself over it."

Noting how ashamed Troy looked, Canvas kept up his smile and kissed him tenderly on the cheek. "It might be another day or two before we can do… that again…"

Before Troy could nod in agreement, Canvas's smirk turned more sultry. "But… That doesn't mean we still can’t do other things right now…"

Troy's smile immediately returned. He looked at Canvas seductively before bending in to kiss him. After a very long kiss shared between them, Canvas pulled his muzzle free one last time and added in a sensual tone:

"And believe me, Troy… I really… really want to do that again when I feel better…"

"Mmmmm…" Troy pulled Canvas's head in as they kissed deeply, letting their desires flow right back as they held each other tightly.

While Troy's tongue began to venture inside of Canvas's mouth, feeling the stallion’s tongue slide against it with passion, his tail began to flick about excitedly. With a new idea coming to his mind, Troy decided to test out just how effective his tail could really be.

While his tongue continued to ravish the inside of Canvas's mouth, Troy began to focus on his tail, making it move more under his own control.

Slowly, Troy's grey, lion-like tail began to flick around less impulsively, gradually starting to wave about in a smoother motion. As he held Canvas against the wall, Troy started to lift his tail around to his side, letting the tuft of tan fur appear within his line of vision.

Obviously, there were a lot of interesting facts about the Gryphon's unique anatomy, since it combined many of the traits seen in both lions and eagles. However, there were still quite a few facts that weren't known by most ponies without extensive research. Among the more menial or useless facts, there was one that Troy happened to recall, which involved his trusty tail. While most of his body was composed of a familiar tone of grey or silver—except a few spots on the underside of his wings, where there were a few tan feathers—the end of Troy's tail happened to have a tan tuft of fur..

More interesting than that, the tuft of fur at the end of a Gryphon's tail carried three prominent uses. The first use was to maintain flight during sharp turns. The second was its ability to grip things when claws couldn't.

However, in cases when a Gryphon was more… sensually heightened… the tuft of fur was known to let off a powerful musk, which Troy could feel coming off him right now.

Troy kept his beak pressed against Canvas's lips as they kissed, making it so the pony's snout was the only source of breathing he possessed. Slowly, Troy flicked his tail closer to their faces, letting his scent brush off and be caught within the stallion's senses. Almost immediately, Canvas's eyes began to roll back, his tongue moving about more wildly as soon as he caught Troy's masculine scent.

With each brush of his tail, Troy felt Canvas take more charge with his tongue as they kissed, making the stallion grow more enticed within his grasp. Soon enough, Troy felt Canvas's stallionhood prod against his stomach, now fully out of its sheath. Knowing that he was ready, Troy pulled his beak free and looked at him lustfully.

"So…" Troy spoke between pants as he stared at the revved-up stallion. His grin grew bigger in anticipation as he looked down, seeing the stallion's larger cock throbbing for attention. "Should we take this to the bedroom?"

Canvas nodded immediately, catching his breath while Troy led the way. As he made his way to the stairs, making sure to take his steps as slowly as possible, Troy looked back at Canvas and moved his tail close to his face.

The tuft of tan fur waved about in front of the stallion for a moment, unnoticed by him until it quickly brushed against his snout. A brief gasp was all Canvas could muster before he took in more of Troy’s tantalizing aroma. Immediately blushing deeper, a faint exhale escaped the stallion's lips in a slight shudder.

Troy's grin grew wide, loving the sight of Canvas becoming more entranced by his tail. As soon as Canvas closed his eyes to catch his breath, Troy moved his tail up to his muzzle once more.

This time, when Canvas breathed in, he took in the scent much deeper than before, letting the masculine musk fill his aroused senses. As soon as he breathed in fully, a low moan escaped Canvas's lips as he reopened his eyes, seeing the tail waving in front of him invitingly.

Keeping a half-lidded daze on the tan fur dancing in front of him, Canvas could barely think before his body took over. Before Troy could react, Canvas grabbed the end of the Gryphon's tail and held the tuft of fur up against his muzzle.

Troy gave a enticing smirk as he saw his lover breathe in the musk from his tail. Clenching his eyes shut, Canvas held the tuft of fur tightly against his snout and breathed in as deeply as he could. His face became even redder as he took in the Gryphon's powerful aroma.

"Nnnnnn…" Canvas held the end of Troy's tail against his muzzle, his mind filling with more thoughts of pure desire. Right now, all he could think of was taking Troy upstairs and holding him close as he savored every inch of his amazing body. He wanted his strength… his scent… his taste…

He wanted Troy. And he wanted him now.

As soon as he felt the Gryphon's tail pull away from his grip, Canvas reopened his eyes to see Troy staring back at him with lustful intent. He motioned for the stallion to follow him up the stairs, which Canvas obeyed immediately.

With each step he took, Canvas couldn't keep his eyes off Troy's muscular body, and couldn't stop thinking about what he wanted to do with him. When Troy reached the top of the stairs to their loft, Canvas rushed up as quickly as he could, pouncing on him as they fell onto their bed.

The wooden frame creaked, but neither cared as they sunk into their bed within each other's embrace. After catching the Gryphon's enticing musk, all that Canvas wanted to do was hold Troy down and ravage his beautiful body. Using his hooves, the stallion kept Troy pinned down while his muzzle stayed pressed against the Gryphon's beak.

Troy's eyes widened in surprise as he laid on his back, barely able to move while the stallion practically shoved his tongue down his throat. He tried to move his claws to get some leverage, but Canvas's hooves had him pinned down surprisingly tight.

Even with the stallion’s weight on top of him, Troy didn’t feel claustrophobic at being held down like this. In fact, he felt comfortable at having the stallion hold him so tightly, making him feel secure within his grasp.

Since he was considerably larger than his coltfriend—at least, most of him was—Troy never thought that he could be in this sort of position with him. The stallion held him down as their embrace became more passionate with each passing second.

After growing more comfortable being like this, Troy closed his eyes and let Canvas take over, feeling his tongue continue to roll inside of his beak dominantly. As his body began to relax underneath Canvas's hold, Troy almost didn’t notice when his lips began to pull back from his beak.

Canvas, pressing Troy into the bed, kept an anxious grin as his hips grinded against the Gryphon's soft fur. When he finally pulled his head back, Canvas looked down at him as both their blushes deepened. Between their bodies, both of them were fully erect, practically shaking from stiffness as they stood within inches of each other.

Seeing how close his own member was to Troy's, Canvas grinned, an idea coming to his head. Keeping himself pinned against his lover’s shoulders, Canvas lifted his hips, letting his cock rise up from the fur of Troy's stomach. Slowly, Canvas readjusted his position, moving himself so his hips were right over Troy's.

After a deep exhale, the stallion slowly lowered himself again. Troy made a light gasp as he felt Canvas's cock brush against his own. Pressing himself against Troy, Canvas kept a smirk on his muzzle as he let his length rub up against the side of Troy's cock.

By the time both of them were fully pressed against one another, a small trickle of clear pre began to escape from the head of Troy's twitching member.

Seeing the fluid pour down his lover's length, making Troy’s red cock glisten with an enticing sheen, Canvas began to rub his own cock upward along Troy's length. A light moan escaped the stallion’s lips as he felt the slickness between the two of them, making their rubbing much smoother. Looking down at his love, who was smiling back up at him tenderly, Canvas barely noticed when his own cock began to start leaking pre as well.

Canvas bent down to kiss Troy once more, letting his body take over as he continued to grind harder against his lover. As more pre began to seep between them, Canvas's frotting started to make every thrust almost completely effortless.

Feeling how Canvas's cock was rubbing against his own so well, Troy began to move his hips against the stallion's, making their friction harder and more profound with each thrust. He tried to moan in pleasure, but the stallion's lips were pressed tightly against his beak.

Clenching his eyes shut, Troy began to feel himself getting close already. The sensation of Canvas rubbing his cock against his, combined with the slickness of their combining pre, was making it difficult to keep himself from going off too soon. After several more slow rubs between their hips, Troy tried to pull his head back to speak.

"Ca…Canvas…"

Hearing his lover's strained voice, Canvas pulled his lips away from Troy’s beak. His cock began to grind a little less as he look down at him. "What is it?"

"I… I'm…" Troy panted as he tried to calm himself down. "I… I was… getting close…"

Looking down at the blushing Gryphon, Canvas smiled as he saw how pent-up Troy was starting to become. "Oh, really…"

Canvas peered down at the space between them, seeing just how much both their cocks glistened from their combined pre. When he began to pull his hips back, Canvas saw a faint line of pre connect them. It wasn't until he pulled a couple inches back that the line broke, leaving Troy's cock covered in a thick sheen of the clear fluid.

Canvas's eyes narrowed on Troy's waist. He smiled as he licked his lips.

Before Troy could say anything, Canvas slowly bent his head down towards his crotch. Seeing how the red flesh glistened against his grey fur, Canvas could barely contain himself as he caught the powerful scent up close.

Taking in the strong, overwhelming musk coming off Troy's member, Canvas could feel his mouth watering in anticipation. After breathing in deeply, taking the scent for all it was worth, Canvas moved his head down and opened his mouth.

Troy groaned in pleasure as he felt the stallion's tongue slowly move up the length of his member. With his cock twitching hard, there wasn't much Troy could do while Canvas ran his tongue up to the head.

Collecting as much pre as he could on his tongue, Canvas savored the unique taste and texture as he caught even more coming from the tip. Before he could go back down the length to get any he might have missed, he overheard Troy's shuddering voice just as his lips touched the head.

"Canvas! I'm… I'm gonna…"

Before Canvas could react, Troy's cock throbbed as the first strand of his seed shot out unexpectedly.

Canvas was surprised as the first rope of cum hit his face, while Troy gripped the bedsheets tightly, nearly ripping them with his talons as he came. Canvas tried to open his mouth to wrap his lips around the head, but another load shot out before he could do so, making another strand hit his face once more.

Fortunately, before any more shots of white fluid could hit his aqua fur, Canvas got the head of Troy's cock inside of his muzzle while he continued to release. Closing his eyes, Canvas tried to overcome his first bout of surprise as he focused on collecting the rest, letting the last few spurts of Troy's seed hit his waiting tongue. While the Gryphon groaned in elation, Canvas suckled on the head as the last of his cum settled inside his muzzle.

With one last throb, which shuddered through his whole body, Troy slumped back on the bed, moaning as he felt the stallion's tongue continue to caress the underside of his member. After taking a brief moment to catch his breath, Troy slowly reopened his eyes to look down at Canvas.

"Oh, man… That was—" Troy's eyes widened in surprise. Finally noticing the large strands of cum splattered along the stallion's blushing face, Troy clenched his beak shut and tried not to laugh.

Seeing how his lover was trying not to snicker at him, Canvas narrowed his eyes, his cheeks slightly puffed out. Since his muzzle was still full, it was rather hard for him to respond.

Troy looked away as he tried to collect himself. "S-sorry," he muttered, trying not to giggle, "I just… I didn’t mean to…"

Canvas exhaled deeply through his nostrils, ignoring his boyfriend's comments as he closed his eyes. Instead, he focused on the inside of his muzzle, letting himself appreciate the slightly sweet taste of Troy's seed on his tongue. Savoring the unusual texture, Canvas barely noticed Troy's bemused stare on him as he relished in the taste, taking a moment before he swallowed.

When he reopened his eyes, Canvas saw Troy looking at him with a heavy blush. Remembering how much Troy seemed to enjoy him doing that last time, Canvas grinned sensually as he bent in towards him.

"So…" Canvas gave his lover a lustful stare and said in a deep voice, "Do you like it when I do that?"

Blushing even deeper against his silver feathers, Troy exhaled heavily before giving a quick nod. "…Y-yeah…"

Though his breathing came out shakily, Troy decided to take action, bringing up a claw toward Canvas's face. Using a talon, he wiped every strand of his cum off Canvas's fur, being careful to not accidentally poke him. After Troy wiped his face clean, Canvas held onto his claw with a hoof.

With an enticing grin, Canvas slowly brought the talon up to his mouth, staring straight at Troy as he extended his tongue. Running his tongue along the smooth, yellow cartilage of his talon, Canvas caught every drop of the Gryphon's remaining cum. Canvas then put down Troy's claw and showed the inside of his mouth, revealing the small pool of milky white fluid resting on his tongue.

And with an alluring smirk, Canvas closed his mouth, never breaking eye contact as he made an audible gulp. When he reopened his muzzle, showing that his tongue was now clean, Troy shuddered in delight, a smile on his beak.

"Oh man…" Troy's voice came out in a low, shaky tone. "That… was so hot…"

With a satisfied grin, Canvas bent in towards him, wrapping his hooves around Troy as he replied, "I'm really glad to hear that…"

Closing their eyes, the two shared another deep kiss, letting it linger as they held each other tightly. With a newly energized craving building up inside of him, Troy lowered the stallion down against the bed, now anxious to return the favor.

After another long moment, Troy finally pulled his beak back and eyed Canvas lustfully. "So… Are you ready, big boy?"

Canvas began to blush, giggling under the Gryphon's embrace. "Maybe…" The stallion looked downward, marveling at Troy's muscular body. "What do you have planned?"

Troy kept his eager grin as he chuckled lightly. "Well…"

Slowly, Troy’s tail began to move upward towards Canvas, snaking through the air before it come into view. Seeing the tan tuft of fur in his line of vision, the stallion's smile began to widen as he remembered the alluring musk it gave off earlier.

"Oh?" Canvas asked seductively, looking up at Troy's grinning face. "What are you going to do with that?"

"You'll see…"

With a lustful smirk on his beak, Troy moved the end of his tail up to Canvas's face, letting it brush against his snout. Catching the enticing scent it was still giving off, Canvas shuddered in pleasure before the tuft began to move downward.

While Troy had him pinned down, Canvas began to pant heavily as he felt the tail gently brush against his body, ticking him as it moved lower.

"Hehe… Hehehe…"

When the tuft of fur reached Canvas's stomach, Troy bent his head in, letting his beak align with the stallion’s blushing muzzle. While his tongue began to caress the inside of Canvas's mouth, Troy focused on his tail, making sure it brushed against the stallion's body as sensually as he could. As soon as he let the tip of his tail brush against Canvas's thigh, Troy felt him pull back his lips and make a light gasp.

"Don’t worry," Troy cooed as he looked down at Canvas, giving him a loving gaze as he kept brushing him with his tail. "Just let the big eagle take care of it, baby…"

Canvas closed his eyes and moaned at Troy's words, barely able speak as that tail continued to brush against him. Though it tickled, Canvas couldn't deny how amazing the touch of the Gryphon's tail felt, especially as it started to near his throbbing stallionhood.

"Nnnnnn…"

As soon as the tuft of fur graced the base of his cock, Canvas moaned louder, his hips thrusting upward.

Troy kept a seductive smirk on his beak as he looked down at his lover's shaking body, marveling at how hard the stallion's cock grew from his touch. Slowly, Troy began to wrap his tail around the medial ring of Canvas’s cock, letting his grey fur brush against his twitching aqua flesh.

While Canvas continued to groan deeply at the sensation of Troy's tail gripping around his member, the tan tuft at the end moved downward between the stallion's legs. Before he could realize what was happening, Canvas gasped as the tuft of fur brushed very gently against his balls. The tingling sensation of the fur touching his exposed skin, combined with the tightening grip of the rest of the tail around his cock, was enough to make the stallion whimper loudly.

"Aaaaahhhh… Troy…" Canvas tried to cry out, but felt his voice come out weakly as he became overpowered by the incredible sensations Troy was giving to him. "Troy, I… Nnnnnn…"

Troy used the end of his tail to brush against the underside of Canvas's balls, making the stallion shudder in pleasure, before moving the rest of his tail. Slowly, his tail began to pull upward, keeping its grip around Canvas's shaft as it moved up to the head.

Canvas bit his lip as he moaned, loving the sensation of Troy's tail as it began to stroke him. While the Gryphon's claws kept Canvas's hooves against the bed, Troy's tail began to move down his shaft, stopping just as it reached the base.

Seeing how Canvas's member throbbed in approval, Troy moved his tail up the shaft once more at a slightly faster pace. Feeling it stroke against his medial ring on the way, Canvas groaned again from the sensations building up inside of him.

"Oh… Troy, I… I didn't… I didn't even—nnnnn! I… didn’t know your tail could even do that!"

Troy chuckled a little and bent his head in toward the stallion’s as his tail moved back to the head of Canvas's member.

"Yeah, it's one of the more… private traits that Gryphons possess…" Troy then pressed his beak against Canvas's muzzle for another moment, keeping him in place before pulling his head back slowly. "You like it?"

Canvas quickly nodded, smiling as he looked up to the Gryphon.

"Oh yeah… that feels reall—haaaaa!"

Canvas gasped as Troy's tail moved back down the length of his cock, giving a quick stroke to add another jolt of pleasure throughout the stallion's body. When Canvas slowly exhaled once more, Troy licked his beak and continued his work.

Keeping more focus on his tail, Troy began to move it faster along the stallion’s length. He tightened his grip as he looked down, marveling at how much Canvas was blushing.

"Nnnnnnn…" Canvas gritted his teeth, closing his eyes while Troy's tail began to stroke faster. "Yeah… Keep… Keep going…"

Canvas began to pant heavily, which made Troy’s determined grin grow wider. While his tail continued to caress his lover's sensitive stallionhood, Troy noticed several small beads of sweat glistening against the stallion’s fur.

While Canvas kept his eyes closed, focusing on the immense pleasure of the tail wrapped around his cock, he almost didn’t notice when Troy's tongue brushed against his face.

While the stallion's legs began to writhe involuntarily, Troy continued to gently lap away any sweat that appeared on Canvas's face. Catching the salty and tart taste on his tongue, he began to take longer licks along Canvas's face, making the stallion moan as his hips bucked outward for release.

"T-Troy!" Canvas tried to shout, his voice sounding feeble due to the rocking waves of pleasure building within him. "Troy, I'm… I'm gon… I'm com—"

While his muzzle hung open in frozen bliss, Canvas felt Troy's beak press against his lips for the final moment. As Troy kissed him sensually, his claws finally let go of Canvas's hooves.

And as he felt himself begin to release, Canvas wrapped his hooves around his lover, holding him as tightly as he could during the climax.

Feeling his entire body tense up in pure ecstasy, Canvas let himself go after several last jerks from Troy's tail, causing his cock to pulsate before shooting off several large strings of hot cum everywhere. While his tongue swirled around Troy’s passionately, Canvas's eyes rolled back as he felt wave after wave of crippling bliss flow through him. With every heavy throb of his cock, which sent more of his sticky seed splashing between their sweating bodies, the stallion felt himself begin to drift off.

By the time the last of his orgasmic finale came to a close, Canvas could barely keep his eyes open.

"Canvas?" Troy opened his eyes as he slowly lessened his tail's grip on him.

Canvas was nearly half-asleep as he laid there, sprawled out on the bed.

Seeing how the stallion looked right now, barely conscious, sweating, and covered in his own fluids, Troy could barely keep himself from giggling. "Canvas, you alright?"

Canvas exhaled heavily, giving a very faint nod as he kept his eyes closed. "Ye… Yeah…"

Canvas spoke in a soft whisper, still feeling wiped out from the massive orgasm he just experienced. He was still able to stay conscious enough to mutter, "That… That was great…"

Smiling, Canvas slowly reopened his eyes and looked up at Troy. "Thank you."

"No problem."

With a smile of his own, Troy kissed his stallion one more time on the lips, letting it linger there for a moment before pulling back. Looking down at Canvas's body, as well as his own, he chuckled a little before he said, "Just so you know, I think we both need to take a shower sometime soon."

Canvas groaned a little as he pressed his head harder against the pillow. While he didn't want to get up right now, he knew that his boyfriend was right. Despite how incredible their experience last night was, the fact that it took so long to clean the dried fluids off their bodies the next morning wasn't so great. "Urgh… Yeah… I suppose…"

Noticing how tired and upset Canvas looked over the idea of getting up,Troy sighed before lowering himself down beside him. He closed his eyes as he nestled himself closer to the stallion, cuddling him as he said tenderly, "Although… Maybe we could both use a quick nap right now."

"Mmmmm…" Canvas smiled at hearing that, snuggling closer to Troy. "Okay… That sounds nice…"

With that, Troy felt himself begin to settle as he rested alongside his love, making him smile as he felt the warmth of Canvas’s body against his own. Before he could doze off, the Gryphon heard the stallion speak up softly.

"Hey, Troy?"

Troy reopened his eyes to see that Canvas was looking back up at him with a smile. "Yeah?"

"I was just thinking…" Despite being incredibly tired, Canvas grew a sensual smirk as he looked down to the Gryphon's tail, which was now gently moving against the sheets below them. Staring at the swaying appendage moving past his hooves, Canvas sighed deeply before looking back up Troy.

"Are there any other Gryphon tricks you haven't shown me yet?"

With a cheeky smile, Troy giggled, taking a second before he narrowed his eyes on Canvas.

"Oh, baby…" Troy pulled Canvas in closer, licking his beak with a smirk. "Believe me… I have plenty more to show you."