[Monday Morning]

[Cyan’s POV]

I slowly woke up to the white ceiling above me with an unfamiliar feeling. The bed seemed roomier, I was under the blankets, but still felt a little cold from something missing. I turned my head to the right, and noticed that Lumina was gone. I sat up on the bed, and scanned the room around me. The door to the bathroom was open, but no one was in there. The one that leads out to the hall was closed as well. I noticed my face feeling dry and gross from all the crying last night, so I got up and went to the bathroom to wash my face.

Huh, where did Lumina go this morning? I guess I can understand if there wasn’t any paper around to write a note, but it would be nice if she left SOMETHING to let me know that she went somewhere. Oh well, she’ll come back eventually. Might as well get dressed.

After I finished cleaning myself, I got to my bag to get a clean change of clothes. I was about to put on my black t-shirt after slipping on my bottoms before the door opened. Lumina was there at the entrance with a sweatshirt and sweatpants with dark spots that looked to be damp from sweat. She also had a white paper bag in one hand as the two of us just stood there staring at each other for a moment before Lumina spoke. “Um… Sorry, was this a bad time?” Lumina asked with her face tinting red.

“I-it’s fine,” I stuttered as I quickly put on my shirt. “I’m just glad I had my pants on when you came in… Were you on a jog?”

“Uh yeah,” she replied as she held up the bag. “I got us some breakfast on the way back. Muffins and milk okay with you?”

“Sure, sounds good. Did you want to clean up real quick before you eat?” I asked as I gestured to the bathroom.

“A shower sounds pretty good right now. Here, you can get started, and I’ll be right back,” Lumina said as she handed me the paper bag. She quickly went to her own bag of gear to get her clean clothes before she dashed to the bathroom and closed the door behind her.

…Well that could have gone better. At least she didn’t see me in my underwear, let alone my birthday suit. I’d rather wait for Lumina to get back from her shower before we eat though. I guess I could try to make some kind of clothing out of my Shadow Magic while I wait. What should I make though? Hmm… Oh! I know!

[Lumina’s POV]

After I quickly dashed in the bathroom with a change of clothes, I cast a sound-proof spell in the room before I quickly took off my sweatshirt and sweat pants, undid my ponytail, turn on the water to cold, and stepped inside. “FUCK! Cold cold cold!” I exclaimed as I tried to get the water to help me cool down despite the shivering feeling I was getting from it. I quickly adjusted to the temperature though as I washed myself while I looked into my thoughts.

Okay, what the fuck was that about? He’s only fourteen years old for crying out loud, and you were standing there staring at him like a young high school filly! Fuck, I thought I’d be okay with him being topless around me, but I didn’t think he was THAT toned! How much exercise did that damn P.E. class and Roxxie put him through?! Wait, am I starting to see colts around his age HOT?! That just CAN’T be right, no way no how! Okay, try to calm down. You’re reverting to your sexual side because you haven’t gotten a good fuck in a while. Though it wasn’t too long ago since you last masturbated, that must not be enough for you to satisfy your needs. Try not to think about it too much, and you should be fine. As soon as you find the time to be by yourself for at least twenty minutes, you can go crazy in the bathroom, or on the bed once you have enough towels to keep the mess getting to the sheets. Oh and don’t forget to clean the air out afterwards too.

Remember, you’re trying to keep your sexual teases to a minimum so Cyan can get more comfortable around you. At least he didn’t mind me being in my shirt and panties last night. That’s a good sign… I think. ANYWAY! Cyan has opened up a lot about himself yesterday, which surprisingly made him more attractive than I realized. The guy puts his friends before himself, and goes so far as doing something girly for them. If THAT doesn’t take balls to do, I don’t know what does anymore. Then there’s him seeing the little ‘imperfect quirks’ in ponies that makes them, and even MY FUCKING AWFUL PIG LAUGHTER cute! My Goddess why does he have to sound so fucking perfect?! Even if he DOESN’T like the concept, it just makes him all the better! If he were even just a FEW years older right now, I would seriously let him take a shot with me and do more than just kissing like we did on stage yesterda—Oh Goddess the kiss! WHY did I have to bring that up NOW?! Stop it, just stop it RIGHT NOW Lumina! Just get done with this fucking shower, and see if you can open yourself up a little bit to him so he can be more comfortable with you. Maybe that will help get my mind off of things. I should probably get out of here now before Cyan gets suspicious for why I’m taking so long.

[Cyan’s POV]

“Ha! I’ve done it!” I exclaimed as I held up my newest creation. “Took a lot of work, but a great way to start off my new session of practicing my magic, AND it’s something Lumina might like! I’ll have to adjust the size if it doesn’t fit, but this is not bad for my first try. Oh! I should probably set something up for Lumina and I to have breakfast real quick. I’ll bring this up to her as a surprise,” I said to myself before I hid my creation behind the pillows, and made two small tables suited for eating food in bed. I set up the milk on each table, and my first muffin (which was blueberry by the way) on my table while I put the bag with the rest of the food on Lumina’s. I got myself ready before Lumina came back from the bathroom with a purple tank top and jeans. I could see her cutie mark of three hot pink hearts, and a white light behind them on the joints of her shoulders. I took a mental note to ask what her cutie mark meant before I spoke. “Welcome back! I wanted to wait for you to finish so we could have breakfast together. The milks are still cold by the way.”

“Aww, how sweet,” she replied. “And breakfast in bed too? Don’t mind if I do.” She levitated her table with the bag up in the air to get on the bed next to me before she set it back down above her lap. “Thanks for making this less of a hassle to make a mess on the bed.”

“No problem, but we should probably wash these with our clothes before we leave the city. It’s the least we could do for Barley,” I pointed out. “Oh! Maybe we should get him something nice as a thanks for letting us stay and work here soon.”

“Sounds good,” she answered as she took a poppy seed muffin out of the bag before the two of us started our first helping of breakfast.

“Hey Lumina, you think I could start training with you like this morning?” I asked in between mouthfuls.

“Why would you want to do that?” She asked after she drank some milk. “After seeing your… Well, that, it kind of shows you’re fit enough.”

Though I was a bit flustered that she thought I was fit, I shook my head to regain focus. “Not like that. I mean if you could train me like the academy did with you if possible,” I corrected. Lumina’s eyes widened with her eyebrows raised at the request before I continued. “I may have learn some things on fighting with Roxxie back in Canterlot, but I feel that may not be enough if I’m going to be living on my own like this. Not only will there be a chance we come across some violent thugs, but who knows what kind of creatures are roaming outside of the cities? I want to start pulling my own weight and not be a burden while we’re searching for answers on our magic, and if you think I shouldn’t worry about it, I’m not going to listen.

“It’s like what you said before when we first spent the night here. I need to be strong so the two of us can look out and support each other in times of crisis, both physically, AND mentally. If you can’t train me for some reason, I’ll find a way to do it myself if I have to.”

The two of us sat there for a bit while I stared intently in her shrunken, violet eyes before she looked down in front while thinking deeply. After a bit, she looked back and returned the same expression I had before she answered. “What I had to go through at the academy wasn’t easy, and I may even put in what the old hag had taught me to add into your training. I’m not gonna make it easy for you like the old hag and the academy did with me, but no yelling of course. I’d probably end up running you to the ground on some days. Do you think you can handle that?”

I nodded without hesitation in response. “My dad may not have been the best father in the world, but I still have his blood running through my veins. If he was able to get through this and then some to become the commander he is today, I KNOW I can do the same thing. I’ll do whatever you need me to do, full effort, 100%.”

Lumina smirked while changing her expression to one of determination before she answered. “Alright, then we’ll get started tomorrow morning. I’m not willing to sweat like that again today. I promise you though, when we get through this, you’ll become more than an average unicorn, I know THAT much.”

“I’ll be looking forward to it then,” I said with a determined smile before we bumped fists.

“So learn anything new from Shadina last night?” Lumina asked as she finished her first muffin and got started on the second with a blueberry one.

“Oh yeah, and I think I’m gonna try what I learned to my training to get myself even stronger,” I replied as I ate halfway through my second helping with a chocolate muffin. “If I put my mind to it, I think I could even surpass my own pops.”

“I’d like to see that,” she replied with a smile after she drank her milk. She finished her breakfast before she pushed her table to the side, and got the crumbs and empty bottle in the bag to use for garbage. “So you ready to start the day?” She asked.

“Almost. I have a surprise,” I replied after I finished my own breakfast, and put all the trash in the bag before I made the tables disappear. After wiping my hands with a shadow rag, I reached behind the pillow, and pulled out my newest creation. “Ta-da! What do you think?”

Lumina was awestruck at she saw before she tried to make out the words to speak. “Cyan… Is that a tube top?”

“Indeed it is,” I replied with a smirk. “My newest creation in Cyan’s Magic Tailoring and Design. Wanna try it on?”

“WOULD I?!” She exclaimed excitedly before she snagged the tube top and dashed to the bathroom to change. I stood there surprised at the reaction.

…Wow, I guess Lumina really likes tube tops. Come to think of it, she doesn’t have much variety of clothes besides t-shirts and jeans. Maybe she couldn’t bring a lot of restricting clothes to the academy? I should probably come up with new designs for Lumina to wear, and with the color changing spell, I could even make it something not black!

“Okay, I’m ready!” Lumina exclaimed from the bathroom before she opened the door, and I could have sworn my eyes bulged out of my head from the sight. I might have made the tube top shorter than what I had anticipated as part of her belly was shown between the top and jeans but it just adds into the attractiveness and mystery to what’s hidden underneath. As I scanned my way up, I noticed how the top fitted her curves stupendously, and it looked like I added enough stretch and spacing at the top to hug around her breasts. “How do I look?” She asked as she gave a spin for me to see all her sides.

“… Drop. Dead. Gorgeous,” I said in astonishment. “How does it feel?”

“It’s a little snug, but it’s JUST enough to keep the top on,” Lumina critiqued.

“It’s not too short is it? I could stretch it below your waist if you’d like,” I offered.

“Oh no, the length is just PERFECT,” she replied before she quickly pulled me into a hug, and twirled me while pressing the side of my face to her soft mounds. “Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you for making this Cyan!”

Despite the softness I was feeling on my face from her breasts, I felt like I was suffocating from the lack of oxygen that was slowly draining out of my system. “Ub gwad you wike it Wubina, but could you pwease gib me sub air?” I asked while muffled.

Lumina stopped mid twirl after hearing my request before pulling back, and I drank the sweet O2 back in my lungs.

Huh, I’m having a weird case of déjà vu right now.

“Uh, sorry about that,” Lumina laughed embarrassingly while blushing. “But I really do love the tube top though, so thanks.”

“No problem,” I replied. “I’m gonna try to make some more clothes out of this magic as practice and see what kind of styles I can make out of it. I could even cast a color changing spell on some so I won’t have a lot of the same color. I was wondering if I come across anything you may like, I could-”

“YES!” She exclaimed as she interrupted and made me jump back from the abrupt answer. After she saw the gesture, she cleared her throat while calming herself down. “I mean, yes, I’d love to try them on to see how they look and feel,” she said.

“Great… But I won’t do bras, panties, thongs, corsets, garters, fishnet stockings, any type of lingerie, any revealing types of clothing, or bikinis,” I stated.

“I won’t ask for such, but I’m surprised you even know what HALF of those you listed are,” Lumina pointed out with a teasing smirk and half lidded eyes. “Care to explain?”

I laughed nervously as I didn’t realize how overboard I just listed those items before I answered. “Um… You already know about the secret stash thing, I accidentally ran into a few of Mom’s catalogs from Maretoria’s Secret, and Roxxie’s mom has made some… Risque attires I peeked in the adult section in her shop at Canterlot.”

“You’re a very curious colt aren’t ya?” She asked.

“It’s become a bad habit of mine I’m trying to control,” I replied while looking down and pushed my fingers together in shame. “I did learn some tricks from Roxxie’s mom on how to fix some clothing though.”

“Well that will become useful,” Lumina replied before she noogied my mane. “And don’t worry about it. At least you’re a sweet and considerate colt enough to know when to give a mare their privacy. Plus, I was curious around your age as well. At least you didn’t catch any of your family members in the act by accident.”

“Oh Goddess, did that happen to you?” I asked with wide-eyes. “That must have been traumatizing.”

“Well if you’ve gotten to know my family, you’d probably wonder why I haven’t been sent to a mental institution to this day. Which I’ll tell you about later,” she said.

… Okay, I’m not sure on how I should feel from hearing that statement. Should I be worried? Is that how Lumina came to be today? Have there been other times like it? Oh Goddess am I glad I haven’t gone through what she did, and I pray that I never will.

My train of thought was suddenly interrupted by Orange and RB opening the door. “Hey guys, RB and I wanted to—Oh my gosh I love that top!” Orange exclaimed as she referred to Lumina’s new tube top I created. “Where’d you get that?”

“Erm… It was a gift from a friend,” she answered. “Said it was made by a new tailor that’s just starting out with commissions. Very awesome pony from the sound of it.” I tried to hide my blush from the implicit compliments she was referring to.

“Well if you know who that pony is, please hook me up with them. I’d love to buy one of their works sometime,” Orange said. “Anyway, RB and I wanted to know if you two wanted to come with us to look through wedding dresses today? We’ll even treat you to lunch for helping us.”

“That sounds great!” Lumina exclaimed. “We’d love to come. Right Cyan?” She asked me.

“Oh yeah, definitely,” I answered.

“Wonderful! We’ll just let you two get ready, and we’ll meet you up front,” Orange said.

“We’ll be right down,” Lumina replied before the engaged couple exited the room and closed the door. “Guess we know what we’re doing today huh?” She asked as she grabbed her jacket and bit pouch.

“Well it will keep us busy. Plus, maybe I can ask them what we should get Barley for a present,” I pointed out as I got my own jacket and filled my bit pouch to a good amount from my piggy bank.

“Sounds good. Ready to go?” She asked.

“After you,” I replied before both of us left the room.

Huh, I didn’t think Lumina would be that chill. Come to think of it, she was kind of strange this morning after seeing me without my shirt… That didn’t do anything weird to her did it? I’ll have to not do that anymore from this point on. At least she didn’t do as much teasing or weird affectionate gestures today. Sure, the latter was nice, but they just send some mixed messages really. Anyway, enough about that. Time to go wedding shopping I suppose.

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