"So, Twilight?  I have a question."  Fluttershy flaps her wings gently and carries a number of picnic supplies in saddlebags on her sides.  Twilight trots below the pegasus and shuts the door behind them, setting off on the short walk toward the edge of the Everfree Forest.  

"And I have an answer, ask away."  Twilight smirks and walks with a little more of a pep in her step, proud of herself for that witty retort.

"Can unicorns use their magic to levitate themselves?"  

"Hmm...  I've never tried, but I suppose in theory it's possible."

"Well if anypony can do it, it's you...  I mean, you can teleport with what seems like no effort at all."

"Oh believe me, Fluttershy, it takes more effort than you might think."  

"I can imagine so...  Flying with wings isn't any walk in the park either though."

"You don't have to spend hours studying it though do you?"

"No, but you do have to spend hours practicing.  It's not really a technique that can be taught, you just have to teach yourself by trying to do it over and over again."

"Interesting thought..."  Twilight shakes her mane a little, letting it come undone from her relatively brushed-clean look that she keeps.  She looks up at Fluttershy who currently flits gingerly just a few feet above the ground, following at a slow and calm pace alongside the unicorn.  "You're adorable by the way."

"Everypony seems to think so but I just don't see it..."

"Oh come on, Fluttershy.  There's modest, and then there's just plain lying to yourself."

The pegasus blushes lightly and breaks eye contact with Twilight, looking straight ahead and flying at a very slightly increased pace.  "Well...  Okay I guess I do have a nice smile..."

"More than that, Fluttershy."

"A-and...  And nice... wings?"  

"You're gonna make me do this aren't you?"

"Do what?"

"Give you a list of everything about you that's nice, since you're obviously not gonna say it yourself."

"Oh so now you're making lists about me?"

"We've met, right?"

"Good point...  Well I just don't really think I'm all that special...  I'm awfully boring."

"You're not boring, you just haven't given anypony except me the chance to really explore everything you have to offer."

"If I did that I'd be kind of a whore don't you think?"

"Well... I do think that's the dirtiest thing you've ever said."

Fluttershy cups one of her hooves over her mouth and blushes.  "Oh sweet princess, you're right."

Twilight giggles and reaches her hoof up to gently grab her foreleg as it dangles below the floating pegasus.  "You're just so innocently charming...  It's so cute."

"Hey!  I'm not innocent...  I've stolen cookies when my parents weren't looking before."

"You're really not helping your case..."

"Uhm...  Some days I won't go outside because some of the ponies around town annoy me and I just don't want to deal with them."

"Now we're getting somewhere...  any other juicy secrets you'd like to share with me?"

The pegasus glances around over her shoulders and pirouettes in the air to make sure nopony else is around and spying on them.  "I used to have a crush on Big Macintosh."  Each revelation that she gives to Twilight makes her blush a slightly darker hue of red, though she feels almost relieved in telling them.

"Well...  I think everypony's had a crush on Big Macintosh, Fluttershy."

"Bet'cha Rainbow hasn't."

"Okay you've got me there...  Rainbow probably hasn't ever had a crush on Big Macintosh."

"Probably not Applejack either."

"Well...  Anything's possible."

"I think that's the dirtiest thing you've ever said."

"Definitely top five."

"Alright, well I'm not telling you anymore secrets unless you give me some of your own in return."

"Ask away, sweetheart.  I've got nothing to hide."

"I know Rarity sells those 'adult toys'...  I've seen them around her shop from time to time.  She does try to keep me away from them though...  Anyway...  Did you ever buy one or consider buying one?"

"Jeez...  that's pretty specific for how quickly you came up with it...  Been thinking about this for a while huh?"

"Just answer the question...  P-please."

"Alright, fine...  I thought about it but I couldn't ever work up the guts to go talk to Rarity, of all ponies, about it...  I was afraid she'd spread the information around town and that's not the kind of stigma I want.  I'm already the boring, egg-headed nerd...  why be the boring, egg-headed nerd who's also a pervert?"

"Well if it's any consolation... something that feels as good as that couldn't possibly be a bad thing...  Just saying."

"Excuse me?  You're in the same boat as me little miss innocent."

"Yes, so you agree with me?"

"I don't know how it feels, Fluttershy..."

"We've been together a few times now...  How could you not know what it feels like?"

"That's completely different...  What Rarity sells doesn't just... well... stay on the outside."

"I don't follow..."

"And you say you're not innocent...  Didn't your parents ever have 'The Talk' with you?"

"I don't think so...  What talk is it?"

"You'd know if they had it...  The talk about where foals come from."

"Ohhhh that talk...  No...  My parents never told me about that sorta stuff...  I picked up on it a little bit from Flight School, but Rainbow was my biggest source of 'information' and I wouldn't say she's much of an expert on foal making as far as being with a stallion."

"Uhm, 'as far as being with a stallion'?  You do know that two mares can't make a foal together... right?"

"I uhm... I do now."

Twilight can't help but give a somewhat arrogant chuckle as Fluttershy answers this way and looks down to the ground, feeling that familiar embarrassed sting in her cheeks.

"So you've really never been talked to about this by anypony?"

"I'm not completely blind, Twilight...  Nopony has ever talked to me about it but...  well keep in mind I do own bunnies...  A-and they're not exactly as shy as I am...  I've seen how it works...  A-and I've known that it isn't magic for a good two years now...  It took a while but once I came to the conclusion that earth ponies and pegasi can do it too then I connected those dots..."

"Well if it helps any...  I've read stories about magic playing a role in having a foal sometimes.  I don't know if they're exactly true, but I suppose magic has done stranger things."

"That counts as a secret, Twilight."

"What?  That you're so innocent you don't know where foals come from?"

"H-hey!  Be nice!"

"Oh I'm just kidding, love."

"I know... but still..."

"Alright fine... Well, if this counts as a secret: I had to wear glasses for a few years after hurting my eyes with some extremely bright magic that I tried to cast."

"Really?  I bet you were cute with glasses..."

"I got made fun of a whole lot..."

"It couldn't have been that bad...  Besides, you're you, no matter what you look like or have to wear, and I... I love you for you."

"N'aww, I love you too, Fluttershy.  You really are the best thing that's happened to me in years."

The pegasus slowly lets herself drop to the ground, though positions herself above the unicorn before descending and wraps her forelegs around her neck.  She gently hugs Twilight and flies along with her trot, nuzzling the top of her head right behind her horn, happily holding the mare as they approach the shade of the overhanging forest before them.  Fluttershy flaps her wings and disengages from Twilight, fluttering over and dropping a picnic blanket down onto the soft grass.  The two of them face west, toward the mountains as the sun just barely teases the peaks of them.  Twilight trots over to join the pegasus as she lands and sits curled up on the blanket.  The unicorn lays with her and they stare off into the sky, waiting for that magical hour.  The sky is already a beautiful mix of pink and orange, tinting each of the low-lying clouds with a shaded and bumpy color palette all the same, giving the sky the texture of a beautifully painted picture.  Fluttershy rests her head on Twilight's shoulder, sighing contentedly and taking in the beauty of the sight.  

Twilight turns to look her in the eye, and Fluttershy immediately picks up on the signal.  The two of them lock gazes and wrap their forelegs together, holding each other softly and very gently moving their muzzles in for a kiss.  It doesn't come right away, but instead slowly develops from a brushing of noses and lips, to a stinging blush in the cheeks from the excitement mixed with the chilled air, to the final product of a soft, quiet kiss.  The couple closes their eyes almost simultaneously, letting the world around them melt away until the only thing that truly exists to them is their love and the picnic blanket.  Fluttershy somehow finds herself laying atop Twilight's prone body, participating in the kiss, but not leading it, while Twilight runs her hooves up along the pegasus's back.  With a very slow, building pressure she presses down on the weak muscle structure holding her shoulders together, massaging just above her wings in shallow circles, and slowly moving them down along her back.  Fluttershy can feel her wings flutter a little bit, already completely stretched out above her, blushing but not caring at all.  

The two of them let their kiss break for some air, looking out at the sunset by tilting their heads to the side and seeing that enough of it has disappeared behind the mountains to dim the light and soften the glow from the fiery orb.  The world is their candle, slowly burning down until darkness blankets them and hides them from unwelcome, prying eyes.  Despite the rays of orange light being projected all around them, the two of them can't help but feel plunged into a kind of tunnel-vision, with nothing around them even registering with their eyes and leaving them all alone in the world.  

"Twilight, I..."  Fluttershy tries to say something to Twilight as she looks down, knowing her cheeks are beet red for almost no reason.  She can't help herself from blushing, especially when things get as heavy as they are.

"Shhh.  I know, Fluttershy,"  Twilight calmly whispers into her ear, kissing along her neck and up her jawline right afterward.  The pegasus tries to control her breathing, but feels it enter and exit her lungs in a shaky and jittery manner.  She's always just a little nervous with this sort of thing, but being outside certainly doesn't help calm her down at all.  "You okay?"

"Y-yeah...  Just a little... Well I don't know if we should be doing this outside...  What if somepony sees?"

"Who?  We're out by the Everfree forest behind your house, which is at like the edge of town anyway."

"G-good point... I just... I guess I'm still not as..."

"It's alright, love.  We don't have to do this out here if you don't want to.  I never want to make you uncomfortable, you know that."

"I know...  Thank you, Twilight.  When we go back inside we can."

Twilight giggles and uses her hooves to try and pull Fluttershy's wings back down to her sides, still holding onto her tightly and keeping their faces very close.  "Calm down, dear.  You're shaking."

"I-I-I know...  I'm just n-nervous is all..."

"Why are you nervous?  We've been together like this already...  Several times."

"Not outside...  A-and I'm always nervous...  I'm a-afraid of being...  Inadequate for you..."

"Fluttershy...  I can't think of anypony I've ever met who might be better for me than you are.  You're patient, caring, sweet, kind, loving, beautiful...  You're everything I've ever wanted.  I can't stop thinking about how much I love you, and how much you've grown on me.  It's only been like... a week, and I've already fallen for you, and frankly...  Everything about it just feels right.  So please don't say you're inadequate, because you're not.  You're spectacular, and I'm okay with it if I have that all to myself just because you don't want to walk around ponyville flaunting how great you are."

"Well I promise that you won't have to worry about that any time soon...  B-but thank you for the compliments."

"You're welcome, love."  Twilight smiles and wraps her forelegs around Fluttershy's withers, pulling her down and joining in a deep kiss.  The two of them hold it there for just a few seconds, breaking away for a breath and to look out at the sunset once more.  The sun itself is actually gone, leaving only a glowing, crimson color behind to burn across the sky.  The furthest reaches of their vision can pick up a growing darkness invading from the opposite horizon, slowly filling out the sky into darkness.  "This really is beautiful."

"It's a great time and place to just go out and think...  Really clears out the mind."

"I'll say...  What do you think about?"

"Hmm?  I think about everything, Twilight."

"I mean when you come out here to think."

"That's what I mean too.  I just let my mind go blank and then think about whatever it is that steps into my head afterward...  Some days are happier about it than others though."

"You seem like such a happy pony all the time though...  I mean, except when you get scared, of course."

"Of course."

"But I guess that's fair...  I suppose I haven't really taken enough time to myself for just 'thinking'..."

"You really ought to more often, Twilight.  It's not healthy to just lock yourself in your library all day."

"Hey!  I don't lock myself in.  Besides, you're one to talk...  When's the last time you said hello to a stranger without them having to look you up first?"

"Okay fine, maybe I'm reclusive too... but at least I do it outside!"

"Face it, Fluttershy...  We were made for each other."

"Okay fine, I'll face it, but only if you promise me one thing."

"What's that?"

"We go back to my place right now and you keep me nice and warm... it's getting chilly out here."

Twilight can't help herself but giggle and poke Fluttershy in the nose with her hoof.  "I guess I can live with that."