Twilight Sparkle sits patiently on Fluttershy's small sofa, amazed at how organized the pegasus has shown herself to be.  Glancing back and forth over the neat and tidy bookcases, fireplace, coffee table, and other small bits of furniture placed expertly around the house.  Fluttershy, having not fed her animals in almost twenty-four hours flits about her home, refilling bowls and other such things with various specialized blends.  As she flies into the living area with Twilight, the unicorn promptly tries to initiate a little smalltalk.

"So, Fluttershy, this place is pretty much spotless, and for someone with dozens of pets that's pretty impressive.  How do you manage?  I can barely keep the library clean and I have spike to help me,"  She asks, drumming her hooves on the floor in a spell of boredom.  Twilight feels very comfortable inside the tree-home.  Almost too comfortable in fact; Fluttershy's home is unlike most other dwellings where she has something to focus her obsessive desire to organize on.  

"Well... The animals aren't very messy believe it or not...  And after I make sure they're fed and given water I usually just clean up.  I don't really have much else to do if I'm not out on the town with Rarity every week,"  Fluttershy responds, dusting some loose birdseed onto her hoof from the brim of a newly-filled bird feeder and heading back to throw it out.  

Twilight just giggles at the mare, standing up and following her through the home, "Well I hope you know you're always welcome to drop by the library!  Maybe you could help me out with my studies every now and then, I always need at least one assistant and Spike seems to be asleep half the time,"  

"Maybe I will...  That actually sounds kinda fun Twilight,"  Fluttershy says with a gentile smile, turning to face the unicorn and then accidentally flying into the low frame of a doorway.  She falls out of the sky, landing on her back with a thud and squeak.  Having completely lost her bearings from the impact, she shakes her head and blinks a few times, trying to figure out which way is 'up'.

"Oh my goodness!  Are you okay Fluttershy?"  Twilight doesn't hesitate to run next to the mare, kneeling down and looking her in the eyes.  Fluttershy slowly comes to, smiling and relaxing a bit as the first sight to come into focus is the worried face of Twilight Sparkle.  

"I've never been better..."  The canary-yellow pegasus states, smiling up into Twilight's face and using one foreleg to wrap around her neck.  She pulls herself up and kisses the unicorn, who gladly accepts the gesture and even uses her magic to help support the mare's weight.  After pulling slowly away, keeping her eyes closed and taking a deep breath of Twilight's sweet aroma, she stands and looks the blushing unicorn in the face, just happy to be here with her.  

Twilight, relieved that she's alright and swooning from the kiss moves Fluttershy's mane out of her face and smiles, "Don't hurt yourself anymore you big goof, you scared me there for a second,"  And follows it up with a kiss on the cheek, gathering up the seeds with magic and tossing them into the garbage bin for Fluttershy.  

"Well it's not like I planned that, Twilight!"  Fluttershy says with a pout, rubbing her sore forehead from the impact.  She decides to just walk from then on, saving herself from anymore clumsy injuries,  "ugh... well at least the birds were the last of the animals that needed to be fed...  what do you feel like doing today, Twilight?"  

The unicorn stops and thinks, not having put any attention to the matter and just coming along with Fluttershy on a whim.  She shrugs and looks back into the living area, taking special notice of the fireplace.  "Well... why don't we go sit and get to know each other a little better?  I feel like I don't know anything about your past,"

The pegasus takes a minute to think, half expecting Twilight to have wanted lunch or something,  "Well, alright... that sounds nice, and it's too cold to go out anyway..."  Fluttershy obliges, trotting back into her living area and taking a seat on her cramped sofa, gently patting one hoof on the space next to her.  Twilight happily joins, sitting cuddled up next to Fluttershy, who lovingly wraps her wing around the unicorn.  Twilight uses her magic to toss a few logs into the fireplace along with a match, promptly setting a small blaze for the two to sit and watch.  Angel lazily hops into the room, yawning and glancing around to see Fluttershy and Twilight together on the couch.  The silently jealous rabbit hops over and bounds into Fluttershy's lap, claiming his rightful place and refusing to acknowledge Twilight's existence.  Fluttershy, blinking in surprise just accepts the newcomer, softly stroking down his back and leaning her head onto Twilight's shoulder.  "So, uhm... What is it you wanted to know?"

Twilight, still laughing and teasing Fluttershy about the bunny intrusion, calms down and wraps her foreleg around the pegasus's back, embracing her softly and sighing in content, "Well, what was your family like?"  

Fluttershy hesitates a little bit, her family life was somewhat painful... but she does feel like she can tell Twilight anything.  After a short pause and a sigh she nuzzles her head into Twilight's shoulder, opening up to the only one she feels she can open up to.

"Well... my dad wasn't home much...  He worked for the post office and delivered mail all over Equestria.  My mom was a stay-at-home... she had some disease that made her unable to fly very far because her feathers tended to fall out in a heavy breeze.  The doctors didn't know quite what the disease was, but they figured I was at risk of having it, so my mom wouldn't let me fly very far from the house...  My dad didn't teach me how to fly until shortly before I left for flight school, so I've never really been a strong flyer.  Other than that it was just the typical hen-pecking mother who wouldn't let me do anything unless she was watching over me, and a dad who never seemed to be around, and the only time he really was there he was too tired to talk..."  Fluttershy relives her family life, feeling all alone more often than not, even with her mother tracking her every movement like a hawk.  She resents both of her parents, only having gone to flight school to escape living at home with them.

"Awwh! I'm sorry, Fluttershy, if I had known I wouldn't have asked..."  Twilight says calmly, stroking the pegasus's pink mane and trying to be comforting, knowing the memory wasn't an easy one to conjure up.  

"It's okay, Twilight...  I'm happy that I can talk to you about this stuff..."  Fluttershy says, trying to emulate Twilight's affection by hugging and petting Angel Bunny, keeping herself close to the unicorn all the while.  

"You can talk to me about anything, Fluttershy, I want you to know that right now,"  She says, leaning down to kiss the bridge of the pegasus's nose, still holding her tight and stroking her hair.

"Mmnn, I know, Twilight, and thank you so much... you're a great friend,"  Fluttershy says, blushing deeply and happily humming into Twilight's shoulder.

Twilight blushes and leans down to kiss the top of Fluttershy's head, holding her close and looking down to her, "Well, I think that maybe by now... we're a little more than just friends,"  She pauses a little bit to consider the idea, but decides that she doesn't care what other ponies think, only wishing to pursue this.  

Fluttershy responds in her typical fashion, turning brick red and burying her face into Twilight's shoulder, squeaking a little from the embarrassment, but knowing that it's true,  "How do you feel about... us?"  She asks, wanting to know just what Twilight plans to do as far as the relationship goes.

Taking the next step I see... Good girl,  The voice chimes back on cue, taking the time to help keep Fluttershy encouraged.

"How do you mean, Fluttershy?"  She asks, almost as if stalling; she clearly knows the answer.

"You know, how do you feel about being in a relationship?  W-would you be okay calling me your marefriend?"  Fluttershy desperately wants this, not wanting to keep everything secret from all of their friends.  She's had to keep secrets before and they always eat her up inside.

Twilight sits and thinks for a while, mulling over the question in her head but ultimately deciding, "Fluttershy... You're a wonderful friend to me, and to everypony else.  You brighten my day each time I get to see you, rare as that is, and you show nothing but kindness and love to me time after time.  I wouldn't be 'okay' with calling you my marefriend... I would feel honored,"

Fluttershy blushes brick red and smiles, looking up to Twilight and opening her mouth to speak.  Just as she's about to say "thank you" her shoulders are met with the weight of the unicorn's hooves pressing her against the back of the sofa.  She squeaks a little at the surprise, only to be cut off from making anymore noise by a deep, sensual kiss.  Twilight keeps the pegasus pinned to her sofa with her weight, breathing heavily through her nose and parting her lips.  Fluttershy doesn't hesitate too much, allowing Twilight's tongue to dance playfully with hers as she finally relaxes and rests her forelegs at her sides.  The unicorn breaks the kiss and tilts her head down, letting her horn graze Fluttershy's forehead as she takes a few deep breaths.  

"T-T-Thank you, Twilight..."  She manages to stutter out after a few deep breaths.  Twilight simply sits in her lap and gazes into her eyes, holding onto her shoulders and kissing her again.  

"You're very welcome... I dunno what came over me, but I think I like it,"  Twilight says, still breathing heavily and blushing dark red, kissing along Fluttershy's jawbone as she finishes speaking, holding her tight and keeping her pinned to the sofa.

"Mmmn... I uhm, I think I like it too..."  The timid pegasus states, wrapping her forelegs around Twilight's back and pulling her close, kissing her horn once and feeling the gentile tingle of magical energy running along her lips.  Twilight sits perfectly still, blushing extremely heavily from the attention and shivering just a little bit.  "That wasn't... too far was it, Twilight?"

Twilight stands up, looking into Fluttershy's eyes and blushing intensely, using her hoof to tug on the pegasus's foreleg.  She leads the other mare toward the staircase and walks up in complete silence, all the while feeling her body shiver and her heart flutter.  

Fluttershy, who's just following blindly and still worrying that she crossed a line, chews her lower lip and berates herself in her mind.  

Great job, Fluttershy... Now she's mad at you...  Or else she'd say something, right?  She says to herself, hoping that her favorite figment of her imagination stays out of this for a little while longer.  

Thought you could keep me away did ya? ... Drat... You don't know much about unicorns do you Co-pilot?

Well... Apparently I do if you know anything at all...  Fluttershy responds, lately trying her best to be reasonable with the voice and recognize it for what it really is... or rather isn't.

Well, you do have a point there, you remember that one time at the spa where you and Rarity were hanging out just a little too close to the edges of the mud bath pits?  The voice says, prodding on something that she thought she hadn't noticed at all...

uhm...  Fluttershy and Twilight were nearing the top of the staircase, the pegasus realized that Twilight was dragging them to her bedroom...

Well...  One of the spa ponies, Lotus, accidentally brushed up against Rarity's horn as she walked past... Their horns are very sensitive Co-pilot... and you kissed hers... I think you know where this is going,

Oh... uhm... OH! Fluttershy says in her mind, twitching a little bit and looking back up at the hypnotized mare.  Giggling and blushing to herself.  She doesn't really mind where this could be going, she really does feel love for the mare.  The only worry in her mind lately has been whether or not she felt the same; she's about to find out.