Don’t think about it. Don’t think about it. Don’t think about it. Don’t think about it…

Alas, despite how badly Troy tried, it was clear what was taking up the majority of his thoughts as he flew towards the movie theater with Canvas on his back. While flying in a somewhat shaky manner (which even Canvas was beginning to notice), the Gryphon wasn’t sure which detail was more apparent: that his cock was still hard and out of its sheath, or that each flap of his wings caused his hole to contract around that plug which was still in his rear. Even though he already felt too strained to fly correctly with how stiff his wings were, he knew that it was a better choice than trying to walk the entire distance in the state he was in. Plus, if his coltfriend wasn’t on his back, then there would a good chance he’d see it and freak out before they got there.

So, in a split-second decision which he knew was the wrong option, Troy chose to just go to the movies with his partner without relieving himself, and without removing his butt plug. As they got closer to the theater, Troy’s worries only grew as he felt his cock throbbing between his legs. But fortunately, something in the Gryphon’s line of vision gave him a quick idea:

A row of several cumulus clouds.

The clouds were about twenty feet higher in altitude than where Troy and Canvas were currently at, but the Gryphon’s eyes narrowed on them in focus. He could tell that even with his stiffened wings, he could possibly get up to those clouds with a steep enough swoop, and hopefully use their colder temperatures to tend to his fully unsheathed issue. So, after making sure his boyfriend was secure on his back, Troy pulled his wings back and raised his body up higher.

“W-whoa!!!” Canvas had to grip his hooves tighter around Troy’s neck, and shouted while the Gryphon soared just over the first cloud. “T-Troy! What the heck are you doing?!”

Troy didn’t answer, and instead made a straight line over the group of cumulus clouds as fast as he could. Even though most of his body swooped right over the brisk clouds, Troy held back a strained gasp as he felt his cock rip through the tops of them like a boat’s rudder. His face strained from the intense coldness touching his exposed flesh, and he could feel the plug being sucked in much tighter in an attempt to alleviate the discomfort. Even though each pull from that plug in his hole made his cock throb in eager need, Troy was able to feel it begin to recede by the time the last cloud was passed. The Gryphon sighed in brief relief before soaring back down to lower altitudes, and he made a quick glance down to see if there was any change.

While his erection was greatly diminished, it was clear from the bobbing pink flesh still sticking out at the tip that Troy was at least at half mast.

“TROY!” shouted Canvas loud enough to make Troy jolt his head back up. “What was THAT for?!”

“Oh! Ummm…” Realizing he didn’t make a valid explanation for that sudden change in flight, the Gryphon stammered a bit and replied, “I-I was… running my claws through the clouds to wash them?”

Canvas’s head tilted to the side in confusion.

“I mean,“ continued Troy as he tried to look ahead during flight. “Y-you did make me leave the bathroom pretty quickly. I didn’t have much time to wash them…”

Troy was worried about whether or not Canvas would buy that, but he was mostly just shocked that he managed to come up with that lie on the spot. Fortunately, Canvas raised his brows and made a quick “Ohhh” in immediate understanding. “Okay, that makes sense.”

After a quick sigh of relief, Troy turned his head around to add, “Umm, sorry for doing that on short notice.”

“Oh, no. You’re fine,” said the stallion with a shrug and a smile back at him. “I get it, Troy. Just give me a little warning next time, okay?”

Troy nodded with a smile of his own, and was rewarded with a quick peck on the cheek from his coltfriend. While blushing, the Gryphon refocused on his flying and picked up the pace. As he soared as quickly as he could towards the movie theater, his entire body tensed while positioned like a bullet. Unfortunately, that tension also made his rear tighten around the butt plug during the flight.

And each squeeze sent another rush of blood down to his slowly growing erection.

Troy and Canvas finally landed outside the movie theater, and the stallion was pleased to see they were a couple minutes early. While Canvas stood at the end of the short line of ponies that lead to the box office booth, Troy awkwardly backed himself up to the wall by the front door. Carrying a deep blush on his cheeks, the Gryphon was worried about what might happen if any of the ponies in line noticed the plug’s black base that could be seen right underneath his tail. While his tail tried to stay as still as possible between his legs to conceal it, Troy clenched his beak shut while forcing the end of his tail to cover his erect member.

Of course, the tingle of that tuft of fur brushing against his cock only made it feel harder to cover. By the time Canvas finally reached the ticket booth to redeem their tickets, an involuntary brush of his tail along the growing length was enough to make Troy let out a tiny moan. He was sure nopony heard it, but he still clenched his beak shut with a claw while a stallion walked past him to the door.

Troy was in trouble, and he knew it. Along with his tail only making his cock grow harder from that stimulation, each throb also made him clench harder around that plug. And by the time Canvas walked toward him with the tickets, it was nothing short of a miracle that the pony didn’t see how flustered and beet red his boyfriend was looking. “Here you go,” said Canvas as he handed him his ticket with a hoof. His head was looking inside his art bag for his bag of bits, so he didn’t see Troy squirming as he snatched his ticket. “Can you get us a seat? I was thinking of getting us some pop--”

The sound of the door opening and slamming shut made the stallion look up from his bag. Troy was long gone with his ticket, and Canvas merely shrugged while holding the bag of bits in his muzzle. Knowing how much of a stickler that Gryphon was about seats, he figured his boyfriend just wanted to make sure the back seats weren’t taken.

Meanwhile, the Gryphon practically ran past the concession stand with his ticket stub, and only paused long enough to show it to the mare who was outside the movie rooms. Even with his tail tucked between his legs like a scared puppy, Troy tried his hardest to appear normal before his stub was given back to him by the apathetic pony. “It’s in door three on your right,” said the mare

Troy rushed past her into the room without hesitation, hoping that no ponies he went past saw the plug or the cock bobbing between his legs. But when he finally stood alone in the darkened theater room, he let out a breath of relief before walking more naturally. Seeing just how dark the walkway that lead to the seats was, Troy cautiously relaxed his tail so it wasn’t tucked so tightly against the plug’s base.

On his way up the steps at one side of the seats, Troy saw that it was surprisingly well-packed for such an early showing. Most of the seats were already taken, but two of the coupled seats on the very back row were empty. As he walked, the Gryphon realized something else while shuffling past the ponies; all of them were focused on the movie trivia questions playing on the screen, and not a single eye was on him.

Even though he was rock-hard and carrying a thick butt plug, nopony was looking. Not even when they were less than a foot away from him.

Troy didn’t slow down his pace while walking, but he was beginning to blush deeper as he thought about what he was doing. Despite being in such a bad situation, he was actually getting away with this. If any of those ponies looked at him for even a second, they could see his throbbing cock or plug base in an instant. But they weren’t. Instead, they were all glued to the screen like moths to a flame.

As he reached the top, Troy tried not to think about why that thought was making his wings stiffen.

But still, as he sat himself down in one of the seats, his thoughts kept racing as he slowly pressed down into his chair. A long, silent exhale escaped his beak when he sat down, feeling that plug sink deeper into him once more and make his cock throb. But despite how he may have looked, no eyes were on him; there was nopony else in the very back row aside from him, and everyone in front was looking at the screen.

Letting all of this sink in, Troy’s blush remained when he realized he was completely exposed, but also strangely secure due to the questionnaire playing at the front. Even if it wasn’t for his two claws covering his crotch, none of these ponies would notice his erect cock right now…

Troy’s heart thundered in his chest, and he stayed frozen as that thought raced through his mind. Without even realizing it, the Gryphon could feel his claws slowly come down, revealing himself in public as they rested at his sides. But still, even after twenty seconds of silence, nopony seemed to notice the obvious Gryphon cock standing in plain view under the light of the movie screen. Troy’s breathing became more rapid, and he wondered how long this could hold up while sitting in this riled-up state.

Of course, his claws came back to his groin as soon as he saw a mare stand up a couple rows ahead of him. As she shuffled down the row of seats, Troy kept his beak clutched while seated upright, his heart racing faster than before. However, despite what felt like a dangerously close call, he kept thinking more and more lewd ideas as the seconds passed. His eyes slowly peered down at his cock, and he briefly wondered if he could visit the bathroom before the movie started, just to make sure he wouldn’t risk trying that again.

However, before he could get up, the already dimmed lights around the theater walls began to turn off completely, and Troy was encased in complete darkness along with everypony else. By the time the opening theater logos showed up on the screen, the Gryphon cracked a naughty grin before putting down his claws again.

Canvas tapped his hoof impatiently as he stood behind the large mare at the concession stand, who seemed to have ordered every single item this theater seemed to have. Of course, he knew couldn’t necessarily complain when he was getting a bucket of popcorn for himself and his boyfriend. Despite all the soda and candies he snuck inside of his art bag, he couldn’t necessarily watch a movie without popcorn; and even though he had no idea why, movie theater popcorn was ten times more amazing than anything he could make himself.

By the time the mare finally left with her box of overpriced items, Canvas quickly made his order and gave his payment. While the clerk got his bucket prepared, Canvas looked over at the clock and saw the previews were already starting. He groaned in frustration as he placed his change back into his bag, but paused when he noticed the black remote again. His head tilted curiously, and he pulled it out to examine what it really was. It was shaped like a tube, but it had a large red button on the top of it like some sort of detonation device. There was also a switch on the side of the remote, that seemed to have three different settings. Not realizing that the batteries were already inside of it, the stallion clicked the red button right as his bucket was handed to him.

In the theater, Troy didn’t see the red light on his plug turn on underneath him. But while the opening animation for the theater’s sound system began to play on the big screen, something else was slowly building up. Troy felt a weird tingle for only a second, but when the audio began to boom over the room’s speakers, he nearly jolted out of his seat when he felt the plug come to life and vibrate inside of him. He gasped loudly from the overwhelming sensation, which was just barely able to be heard over the speakers. The Gryphon bent down in his seat as he quickly covered his crotch, and was shaking as hard as the vibrating plug while hunched and panting.

Troy was afraid a couple of ponies were going to turn around from how heavily he was breathing, but he was fortunate nopony looked to see him cradling himself with a half-lidded look in his eyes. His beak was agape, and he was barely able to focus on the screen as he felt the plug shake him to his deepest core.

By the time Canvas finally got into the theater, the first trailer for some action film was playing. Fortunately, the bright action sequences provided enough illumination for the stallion to find Troy seated at the very back like usual. But when he finally reached the top, Canvas instantly became worried when he saw how the Gryphon was hunched in his seat with his claws over his midsection.

“Troy?!” whispered Canvas as he rushed up to him. He placed the bucket of popcorn in his own seat and asked, “What’s wrong, honey?”

Troy wanted to make a response, but he was feeling close enough to orgasming that his voice came out in a strained creak. “N… Nnnnnn…”

Troy didn’t try to say anything more and risk having any ponies turn around at the commotion. Canvas rifled through his bag to get a bottle of water. While looking for it, he pulled out the remote and placed it on the seat as well. “Here,” said the pony after getting the bottle. “This might help.”

“N-n-noooo…” The Gryphon shook his head, and continued to squirm in a fetal position by the time the second preview began to play. “I… I need to tell you…”

Troy tried to keep speaking while the trailer for the sappy romance movie played, but his attention was diverted when he saw a blinking red light beside him. On Canvas’s seat, the red button on the remote was lighting up every second. Canvas stared at it as well, and pondered why he didn’t notice that when he placed it in his bag back at the concession stand. “What the…”

Canvas picked up the remote and clicked the button once more, turning off Troy’s plug. A louder (but still reserved) sigh escaped Troy, and he slumped down lower in his chair as he felt a wave of relief from that stimulation ending. Of course, the stallion beside him only turned more confused as he looked between his Gryphon and the remote in his hoof. “Troy, wha…”

Troy slowly sat himself back upright in his seat, but didn’t remove his claws from his crotch by the time the romance trailer ended. But despite his claws covering up the sight of his throbbing cock, there was one thing those talons couldn’t conceal. As the small cartoon of dancing candies played on the screen to advertise the concession stand, Canvas’s nostrils flared as he picked up a very familiar scent.

His eyes widened, and he looked between Troy’s crotch and the heavily blushed and embarrassed expression on his face. Canvas made a quick glance around to make sure nopony was watching them, and turned back to Troy as the trailer for a suspense movie played. “Troy… what did you do?”

Even though he was panting and beginning to bead sweat, the Gryphon put his beak up to Canvas’s ear to whisper as quietly as he could. Meanwhile, the trailer showed a stallion in a business suit being taken down by a swat team, with one of them saying to him, “You probably think you hid your identity from everyone, didn’t you changeling?”

“WHAT?!”

Canvas quickly covered his muzzle with two hooves, but several ponies still turned around to shush him from that outburst. Fortunately, all of them turned back around, figuring Canvas’s reaction was from the very well-timed trailer. Turning sheepish himself, Canvas picked up the bucket of popcorn and sat down beside Troy. While more action from the trailer continued to play, Canvas hissed towards his boyfriend quietly, “Troy why did you do that?!”

“I… I thought I had some time. You were the one who got the tickets for four instead of six!”

“But you could’ve said something!”

“I didn’t have enough time!”

Fortunately, despite the intensity of their words, they were able to whisper to one another quietly enough to not have anypony eavesdrop on them. After a brief huff, Canvas settled himself down enough to give a more sympathetic look towards his boyfriend. “Troy, I’m really sorry…” While Troy made a small nod in acceptance of that statement, Canvas looked around the theater before asking, “Do you think you could go to the bathroom real quick? You can take my bag if you want.”

Troy peered down at the rows of seats in front of him, letting Canvas’s suggestion sink in with serious thought. But before he could even think of a statement to make towards the stallion, he felt his head shake shortly after that question was asked. Troy’s eyes widened in surprise, not knowing why the buck he turned down that idea so quickly.

Of course, he squirmed in his seat shortly after that head shake, mostly from his his cock twitched in his claws.

Canvas’s eyes narrowed on him suspiciously, and opened his muzzle just as the feature presentation credits appeared on screen. Realizing the movie was about to start, the pony apprehensively closed his muzzle and settled next his boyfriend. Of course, he couldn’t stop thinking about why his boyfriend didn’t want to get up as the screen got darker.

Why did he shake his head?! Thought Canvas to himself. Is he seriously going to watch the entire movie with a butt plug?!It makes no sense! Why would he let himself…

Canvas’s train of thought paused during the opening credits, and his attention turned back towards Troy when he saw his claws come down a little. Since everypony was watching the screen, no attention was brought to the Gryphon whose cock was slowly becoming exposed for anyone to see. His claws slowly settled on his legs, and the Gryphon’s beak was tightly shut with a heavy breath.

When Canvas looked up at Troy, he could see just how much he was blushing from the light coming from the movie screen. With the way the Gryphon’s eyes were darting around, it was like he was scanning the place to ensure nopony was going to get up.

Before he could ask what his boyfriend was doing, Canvas’s eyes widened when he saw Troy crack a smile for a split-second.

The stallion whipped his head back towards the screen as he sat wide-eyed in shock. No way! He thought distressingly. Is he seriously getting turned on by that?! Is being exposed in public getting him off?! What if somepony catches us?! What is somepony sees?! We’d get kicked out! We would be banned! And he’s just…

The movie opened in Trottingham, but Canvas’s focus went back to the Gryphon beside him. By now, his claws were fully down to his sides, and Troy’s cock was standing in full view in the back of the theater. Canvas looked around in a frenzy, but his panic began to decrease when he saw nothing but the backs of ponies’ heads in front of them. All the attention was focused on the movie, and there was no real reason for anypony to turn around if the couple stayed silent…

Now Canvas was starting to blush, and neither of them said a word for the first ten minutes of the movie. Even though the opening scene and character development was interesting enough, it was clear what was taking up a large majority of Canvas’s thoughts. Even though they were in such a tightly packed place,there wasn’t a single pony who knew what was happening behind them. And while it was unbelievably wrong, Canvas was beginning to grow just as interested as his boyfriend was. In fact, his own hindlegs started to squirm from what was occurring between them

By the time the protagonist in the movie began to go on his hiking trip through the woods alone, Canvas remembered what was sitting at his side between the seat and his flank. Making a short glance down at the remote, an idea popped into the pony’s mind. A terribly unsafe idea, but still one that made him grow a mischievous grin on his muzzle. With a smirk across his face, Canvas picked up the remote as he looked back at the movie, and placed his hoof on the armrest between him and Troy.

It didn’t take long for Troy to spot the remote, and his head turned towards it before noticing the stallion next to him. Canvas had his eyes on him for a couple seconds, and raised his brows one time before shaking the remote in his hoof.

Troy widened his eyes before looking back at the movie. His claws moved up for a second, but slowly went back down due to nopony noticing them. As the dramatic music began to intensify on screen, Troy glanced back at Canvas again.

The pony gave him another stare, with a more apparent grin as he motioned to the remote.

Troy’s heart was practically rattling in his chest, instantly knowing what Canvas was suggesting they do. Troy took a minute as he looked back at the movie. The protagonist was getting closer to danger, and the shadows of the Werewolf were more prevalent in the background. As the wide-eyed Gryphon watched the action unfold, he could feel his cock leaking a little pre which glistened under the movie light. Even though the theater was thick with the smell of popcorn and other foods, it was a shock that the Gryphon's thick musk wasn’t apparent to anypony but them.

Even with the danger looming over themselves, as well as the stallion on screen, Troy made a small breath before turning his head back to the stallion. His face was an extremely deep red, which made his wide, Golden eyes stand out as he beaded sweat. He didn’t lift up his claws, but he still made sure Canvas was looking at him when he finally made a response.

Without saying a word, the Gryphon made a nervous nod of his head.

Canvas’s smile widened naughtily, and he looked back at the movie before pressing the button.

The orchestral theme suddenly intensified as the Werewolf jumped out at the protagonist, which made Troy’s jolt seem normal in comparison with everypony else. But while most of the theater yelped or shouted as the chase on screen began, Troy brought one of his claws up to bite his beak down on while moaning softly. The plug inside of him hummed and vibrated deeply, and the Gryphon could barely keep his eyes open as his back arched in unmatched pleasure. Even though he could feel himself getting close to cumming, the Gryphon didn’t even dare attempt to use his other claw to rub himself off. Given where they were, things could get very bad if he shot off right now.

Canvas bit his lip with a guilty grin of his own, and was growing hard at how much his boyfriend was squirming beside him. Seeing that the Werewolf got the lead character, Canvas quickly pressed the button again before the music could die down. Troy panted heavily as he began to settle, and made a deep groan while covering his cock with his claws. Fortunately, the Gryphon’s sigh didn’t arouse any suspicion from any of the ponies in front of them, and not a single head turned as the next scene began.

Troy slowly put his claws back down, and his cock glistened in precum while twitching upright. Canvas considered giving the Gryphon a helping hoof (or a helpful muzzle~), but he was just as aware as Troy about the risks from getting him off at the moment. Plus, given how much his own heart was racing, the pony was having too much fun to stop. Especially when his own cock was only at half-mast.

For the rest of the movie, Troy and Canvas kept up their near exhibitionist routine without a single pony in the know. As soon as an intense or loud scene was going to occur, Canvas made sure that his boyfriend was ready, and then put him as close to the edge as he could with the press of a button. The exhilaration of doing something so lewd, and in such a public and crowded space, was leaving both of them in an exhausted and riled-up state by the time the climax began.

By that time, Canvas was just as rock-hard as the Gryphon; of course, the pony was cautious enough to keep his own erection concealed with his art bag while beside his boyfriend. Troy, on the other hoof, was still keeping himself fully exposed in devilish pleasure. In fact, the only time he had to cover himself was when a stallion in front of them got up to use the bathroom. But other than that, Troy was a deep red throughout a majority of the film due to his own tabooed libido.

The movie’s love interest, a red mare with a yellow mare, was squared off against the lead character in Werewolf form while holding a stake of silver. The music was building up, and the full moon illuminated the two facing each other in the graveyard. Of course, this was merely a slight focus to Troy and Canvas, who were peering at each other in lustful anticipation for the music to reach its peak.

And as soon as the fight began, Troy made a small, but very eager nod of his head.

Canvas pressed the button one last time, and Troy squirmed in his seat while gripping both armrests with his claws. He hasn’t touched himself once during this movie (not counting when he covered himself for protection), and it was a miracle that he didn’t shoot his load already. But as he reached closer to his peak, the Gryphon could only ride the vibrations from that plug while the fight on screen got more intense.

His beak was clenched as tight as he could, and his hips thrusted up with each throb his exposed cock made in the theater. Troy knew he was as close as ever to cumming; and judging by how much Canvas was biting his lip, he wasn’t too far off either. Troy knew he could last a few more seconds, and he wanted to get as close as possible before nudging his coltfriend to press the button again. He could feel those pulses spreading throughout his body, that need to release growing stronger with each second that butt plug kept humming. His breathing was rapid, and the Gryphon could barely lift his claw to--

“Umm, excuse me?”

In the millisecond that he heard the mare’s voice, Troy shot his claws over his crotch as he became wide-eyed in a panic. His eyes saw the mare who was in front of Canvas, who looked to be Golden Harvest. She had her head turned around to whisper to the stallion, “Do you have a napkin?”

“U-uuuuhhhhh…” Canvas had his art bag over his lower half, but the blush on his face made his aqua fur turn to a deep purple. He took a few seconds to register what the mare asked him, and he quickly stammered while nodding. “Uh, y-y-yeah…”

Canvas opened his bag and pulled out a wad of napkins to hand to her. Golden Harvest gave a small nod to the stallion before tending to the soda she spilled on her lap, but she still paid attention to the movie more than anything else. Meanwhile, Troy and Canvas were frozen in place, with only Troy moving his claw for a split-second to press the button to the remote himself.

By the time their heartbeats began to settle from almost being caught, the couple watched as the Werewolf was vanquished on screen. The police arrived around the graveyard, only seeing the mare sobbing in front of the now dead protagonist. And throughout the conclusion and open-end of the movie, both the stallion and Gryphon kept themselves covered with looks of pure fear.

The credits began to roll, which made all of the ponies in front of them start to leave their seats. Of course, due to the fact that neither of them got themselves off yet, the couple stayed in their seats at they watched the crowds thin out. The theater lights turned on, but only to the slightly dimmed state they were at the beginning. No ponies seemed to pay attention to the couple at the back, and the last of them were almost out of the theater by the time Troy turned to his coltfriend. “Uhhh… Canvas?” whispered the Gryphon worriedly. “You alrigh--UMMMFFFF!!!”

Canvas was too turned on to care about the last of the ponies leaving the room, and he hungrily made out with the Gryphon while the credits continued to roll. By the time they were the only two left in the room, Canvas pulled from his boyfriend’s beak with a wet pop. He grew a lustful grin as he picked up the remote in his hoof, and pulled up the armrest between them.

“Give it to me,” growled the stallion before pressing the button, Troy wasn’t even able to gasp in surprise before the stallion took the twitching length of the Gryphon’s into his hungry maw, and he bobbed on the thick cock as eagerly as he could.

Even after that close encounter, Troy was already close. Feeling that plug pulsate deeply inside him, it took less than ten seconds for the Gryphon to arch his back once more. Both claws gripped the top of Canvas’s head, keeping him in place when he let out a strained groan.

After over an hour and a half of teasing, a thick volume of Troy’s seed spewed out hard enough to make the Gryphon struggle to stay in his seat. Canvas had his eyes clenched shut as he let spurt after spurt shoot into his throat, which quickly began to collect within the rest of his muzzle. Troy’s entire body pulsated as he made a groan loud enough to echo in the empty room. By the time he finally finished cumming, leaving the Gryphon a panting, quivering mess, the only sounds that could be heard in the theater were the music from the credits, and the very faint sound of Canvas’s throat swallowing up every drop of Troy’s load.

When he managed to swallow enough of Troy’s jizz to pull away from his cock, a few thin lines of saliva connected Canvas’s lips to the member before breaking apart. With his eyes closed, savoring the strong taste still on his tongue, the stallion pulled out another wad of napkins from his bag without any trouble. Canvas then leaned back in his seat with the pile of napkins wrapped around his cock, and he stroked as quickly as he could to get himself off before the credits could end. And just as the logos of the production companies began to pass the screen, the pony gasped loudly as his hips thrusted upward.

Troy could actually hear those thick volleys of Canvas’s cum hit the napkins wrapped around the head of his cock, and the wad quickly darkened as the entire stack became soaked. Canvas’s teeth were clenched while he stroked himself, and it wasn’t until he slumped back in his seat that he reopened his blue eyes. After making a very relieved whinny, the stallion breathed heavily while wiping the head clean. And as soon as he tossed the wad into the now empty popcorn bucket, the lights in the room came on fully.

Since both of them were relieved and no longer erect, the couple slowly got out of their seats and tried to wobble down the steps. By the time they got their leg strength up again to walk normally, the stallion tossed his bucket of popcorn in the trash bin as they left the room. A couple custodian ponies passed the two, but it was clear that neither of them were aware what happened less than a minute ago.

Canvas stood outside of the movie theater as a huge of line of ponies waited by the ticket booth. Even though the foliage around Equestria was beginning to pale and change color in anticipation for fall, the skies were still bright enough to ensure that the long days of summer were far from over. Just as the box office opened to accept ticket sales from ponies, Troy walked out of the front doors on the theater while holding Canvas’s bag.

“Ummm… here you go,” said the Gryphon meekly while carrying a heavy blush. Of course, considering the fact that Troy’s tail was now swishing like normal, Canvas figured that he felt a lot better without that plug inside of him. But still, Troy looked away from his coltfriend as he muttered ashamedly, “I tried to clean it in the sink as best as I could, but… I wrapped it in a bunch of paper towels just in case.”

“It’s alright, Troy,” assured Canvas with a smile, and he motioned for Troy to follow him as they walked from the theater. Instead of flying, the couple decided to take the scenic walk home as the blue skies began to fade to a light yellow. Of course, during their walk, Canvas couldn’t resist giving a sly smirk to his boyfriend to ask, “So… were you planning to do that all along?”

“Wh-what?!” asked the Gryphon in shock.

“Oh, come on,” jeered the pony with a grin. “I saw how you were looking in there.”

“W-well, yeah, b-but…” With his blush becoming deeper from embarrassment, the Gryphon rubbed the back of his head with a claw while pointing his beak away from Canvas. “I-I told you that I didn’t plan to have the plug in, didn’t I? It wasn’t like I was flying there and thinking, ‘Hey, I wonder how we can make it more fun?’!”

Canvas giggled at his boyfriend’s answer, and decided to let Troy settle down for a moment. But after about another minute, Canvas made sure that the Gryphon wasn’t visibly flustered when he asked, “Okay, then… when did you decide to do that?”

Troy cringed a little, and looked down at the ground while they walked. “I dunno. I just… I was already really… you know… from the plug. And I just sorta saw that… nopony noticed me....”

Canvas had a small smirk as he chuckled to himself, but tried not to interrupt his mate who was still talking. Meanwhile, the Gryphon’s blush only grew deeper as he continued with a groan. “Ugh… I can’t believe we actually did that. That had to be the most insane thing we could’ve possibly done.”

“Yeah, it really was,” admitted the stallion with a guilty nod of his own. Of course, after a little thought, Canvas looked up at the Gryphon as he asked, “So… what did you think?”

Troy blinked before looking back at him. “Think about what?”

“About what we did,” said the pony with a growing smirk on his muzzle. “Did you… you know…” His cheeks began to blush a little when he finished. “Did you like it?”

“Oh! Ummm…” Troy looked away from Canvas again, his feathers ruffled out in hesitation. He didn’t want to say anything in response to his coltfriend’s question, but he knew he couldn’t just leave him hanging. So, after a brief sigh, the Gryphon made a very small nod of his head. “Y-yeah… a bit…”

Canvas giggled before responding, “Me too.”

With that, the two had a fairly uneventful walk back to their home. Even though there was some small talk about the movie, it was clear that neither of them paid much attention to make that conversation very lasting. However, by the time Troy walked into their home first, Canvas realized something and asked, “Hey Troy…”

Troy looked back at his coltfriend, and saw him take off his art bag after closing the door behind him. Canvas pulled the plug from his bag, which was heavily wrapped in brown paper towels, and glanced up at his boyfriend. “I was curious… why did you decide to use this?”

Troy’s eyes quickly widened, and he winced a bit while averting his coltfriend’s curious stare. “Oh, ummm…”

Canvas waited patiently, and handed Troy his plug back so he could properly clean it himself. After taking the plug from Canvas’s hoof, the Gryphon sighed before admitting bluntly, “Well, ummm… I figured that maybe… sometime in the future…”

With a nervous glance back at the stallion, Troy mustered a shaky smile on his beak and said, “I could be ready for, uhhh… b-bottoming or something?”

Canvas’s eyes shot wide open, momentarily at a loss of words. He had to blink a few times in clarification before opening his muzzle. “R… really?”

The Gryphon looked away timidly, his feathers ruffled when he made a meager nod of his head. “Well, ummm… yeah…”

Canvas’s smile grew, and he looked touched by what Troy just admitted. “Oh, honey…” He quickly trotted towards the Gryphon to give him an assuring hug, and nuzzled his neck feathers while they were still ruffled. “You don’t need to be embarrassed about that.”

“I know,” muttered Troy before nuzzling him back. “I just…” He had to take a breath before pulling back, and he added in a more upfront tone, “I might need a little more time to.... practice and stuff…”

Canvas nodded with a bit lip, understanding his point perfectly. After all, he couldn't blame the Gryphon after seeing his reaction to him on their first night.

“But…” With a smile emerging across his beak, Troy put both claws on the stallion’s withers as he said sincerely, “I can honestly say that it’s something I really want to do.”

Canvas smiled even wider, and gave his boyfriend another tight hug. “Oh, Troy!”

Troy giggled and hugged the pony back. When he pulled away again, Canvas had a smirk pointed at him as he asked, “So, when you say you need to ‘practice’…”

With the way Canvas perked his brows up suggestively, it took a moment before Troy blurted, “N-not like what we just did! I mean, like… with bigger plugs and stuff…”

“... Oh.” Canvas shrugged with both brows raised, and giggled to himself for what he was thinking. “Okay, that makes sense.”

“Y-yeah…” Troy scratched his head with his eyes pointed elsewhere, hoping to avoid any awkward conversation with what they did earlier that day. Of course, Canvas couldn’t resist looking up at the Gryphon with a grin.

“Although… if we were to be in that kind of situation again…”

Troy looked down at Canvas with a befuddled expression. Meanwhile, Canvas kept his smirk as he finished his question. “Would you… be against that sort of thing?”

Troy froze, but his face was visibly turning pinker from his blush. Canvas didn't say a word, and only waited to see how Troy would react to that sort of question being asked.

And his smile couldn’t have been wider when the Gryphon shook his head.