Author's Notes:

Characters: Valiant Heart, Red June

Tags: Romance, Slice-of-Life, Human

Triggers: Titfuck, Vaginal Sex, Cuddles, 69, Maid Roleplay

Blck-Dynomite never forgot this story, things just keepin’ him busy. Anyway, Blck-Dynomite knows y’all been waitin’ for these two, Blck-Dynomite hopes he did right.

Night had fallen over the Crystal Empire, the Crystal People long since had fallen into the realm of slumber and dreams while the Crystal Palace remained aglow, releasing a soft illumination that was not too bright and yet not too dim. The Crystal People had long since lived in the shadow of darkness that was King Sombra, so the palace remained glowing even at night, as a way of letting the Crystal People know that there is light in the darkness.

June looked out over the Empire from her balcony, more than once she found herself disbelieving that she was here, actually living in a palace. The former cherry farmer raised her left hand, staring at the ring that signified the beginning of a new life for her, the life of a Princess, and her marriage to the man she loved dearly. Speaking of which, said man was late getting back.

Guess the meeting with the delegates ran late, that’s usually not a good thing, thought June.

And as if right on cue, the doors to their chambers was magicked open. June turned around and spotted her husband, Valiant Heart. He was clothed in his royal regalia, and with his broad physique it made him look just a little intimidating, but that was to be expected since Valiant had trained in the Royal Guard and was their captain for a good period of time, so he was expected to look as such. But his handsome face, calm demeanor, and loving nature offset that and made him more approachable, and desirable to a lot of women.

However, June could not see any of that right now, he was ticked. No doubt whatever meeting had taken place did not fare well at all. Valiant lit up his hand with magic, the pieces of his regalia glowed in response to his magic and were lifted off him, placed on the mantle of their fireplace. He then plopped himself on the couch, growling and muttering to himself as he sat there and stared at the coffee table.

June hated seeing her husband like this, she knew delegations and royal business of that sort were a little over her head, and she wished she could be of more help to him. Normally some people would probably give Val some space, you usually didn’t want to be on the wrong side of someone who had the three tribes’ strengths and abilities in one body. But June wasn’t exactly a girly-girl, and she had crazy strength, but that was expected when you’re from the Apple Family. The red haired woman walked over to her husband, sitting down next to him as he continued to brood over what happened. “Val, are you alright? Did the meeting not go well?”

Valiant Heart released a heavy and frustrated sigh. “Not as well as I would’ve hoped, the Yakistanians are really, really, really bullheaded sometimes! Seriously, I don’t know how Aunt Twilight managed to get them to be Equestria’s allies for ‘a thousand moons’! But as such, it’s important, since the Crystal Empire is the closest Equestrian territory to Yakyakistan, that we maintain a good relationship with them as their closest neighbors.”

June gulped, she had heard the Yakistanians could be a little…overzealous in their reactions to certain news and things. At least that’s what she heard from her Aunt Applejack and Mrs. Pinkie Pie, so she could only imagine the grief Valiant and his parents were probably dealing with.

“I wish I could be of some help…but from the sounds of it I’d probably just make things worse,” said June.

Valiant turned his wife, letting his dower disposition to falter for a moment to comfort his wife. “Hey, don’t talk like that. No one expects you to just get the hang of this royal stuff ASAP. You pretty much just became a Princess. I grew up surrounded by all this stuff, learning it from when I was young, so it’s only natural. You’ll get it after some practice.”

June let a small smile grace her lips. “I understand, just wish I could do more than just walk around the palace and pretend that I’m doing something official rather than actually doing something. At this rate, I’m better off just making appearances to the people and at the festivals.”

“Those help too y’know, the Crystal People love us, and they look to us for strength and hope. It’s been a long time since they’ve had a Royal Family live in the palace, and seeing an Earth Person woman from a humble farm gives them hope to find their true loves.”

June couldn’t help but blush a little. “Thanks…but, maybe you should’ve chosen a girl from the Empire itself. You know, give the royal line an actual Crystal Person blooded heir.”

Valiant rubbed the back of his head, chuckling a little nervously. “To tell ya the truth, June, my Mom and Dad actually considered having me date a few of the girls in the Empire. That way they could reestablish a line of Crystal Person heirs like in the days before Sombra and all that.”

June looked to Valiant with disbelief, she was just talking nonsense, but she had no idea that Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor actually considered doing that. Valiant saw the distress in his wife’s body language and put his hands up defensively.

“Hey, hey, I said ‘considered’, I never said they made me do that! In the end, they just decided to let me make my own choice of who I loved. They got to be together even though, the way Dad tells it, he wasn’t even in Mom’s league back when they were in high school. Plus the Princess dating the Guard Captain is a bit against policy. So, really, what we have is pretty much following the tradition.”

June blushed, she then leaned to side and kissed Valiant on the cheek. “I love you, and thank you. Still wish that I could do something to help you…” Suddenly, June went stiff, a thought crossing her mind that made her freckled face turn red. “Umm…I-I’ll be right back.”

“June?”

The former cherry farmer stood up and made for their bedchambers, closing the doors behind her. Valiant sat there, confused as to what his wife was thinking. The Prince of the Crystal Empire sighed again and slouched, not realizing how mentally draining the entire affair was with the Yakistanians. He closed his eyes for a moment, thinking over the meeting and how best to go at it tomorrow, but that’s when he heard the bedroom doors open. Valiant opened his eyes and cast them in the direction of their bedroom, wondering what June was up to. The moment he did though, his jaw dropped.

June was standing in the middle of the doorway, but she was no longer in her royal garb. Instead, she was in a maid outfit, much like the ones the current maids of the castle wore. However, it was obviously tailored to look risqué. The neckline was cut very low, exposing June’s impressive cleavage and ample bust. The skirt was hiked up enough to expose her thighs, just barely qualifying as a mini-skirt. She wore white stockings, clipped with straps that no doubt were connected to a garter belt underneath the skirt.

Her face was red, embarrassed by the outfit, and even more embarrassed that her husband was seeing her wear it. She wasn’t sure if this would do anything for him, June wanted to help him de-stress, and more often than not, a little romping around helped to alleviate that stress. So she decided to break out her little surprise early, seeing as the meeting was particularly draining.

“June?!”

“Do…Do you like it…?”

“I…I uh…w-when did you…?” Val asked still shocked.

“I…ahem…When I went back home to visit that one time, I stopped by Mrs. Rarity’s house and asked her if she could make alterations to a maid outfit. Of course, I told her what it was for…Oh Celestia that was so embarrassing to ask my friend’s mom to make me this! S-So you’d better like it!” June fumed, still blushing hard.

Valiant never saw the big deal in the whole maid fetish thing, he was surrounded by them every day of his life when he was young, even when he was around “that age” he still didn’t see the appeal in having a maid like that, felt weird considering he knew the majority of them since he was young, and many of them old enough to have been his big sister.

But this on the other hand, this was different, this was his wife, and damn if she didn’t make that sexy modified maid outfit look hot on her. Have they had sex before? Yes. They’re married, so it’s not like they wouldn’t from time to time, but this was a first in doing something that was outside June’s normal comfort zone. Not that Valiant minded.

“Val…please say something, you’re making me feel nervous just staring,” said June.

The gold and blue haired man shook his head, snapping himself out the stupor. “S-Sorry, it’s just…you look really hot in that! I mean…well…not that I’m complaining, but why the maid outfit?”

“Well…I read somewhere that it’s important for married couples to make sure they spiced up their sexual activities once in a while, and since you had a pretty rough night I thought maybe…never mind this was dumb…”

Valiant stood up and walked over to June, he then smiled at her and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. “It’s not.”

June smiled, happy to hear that. With her confidence strengthened, she took a step back and extended her right hand towards their bed. “Prince Valiant Heart, would please enter?” The former farmer gave him a coy wink.

Valiant chuckled, seeing that June was starting the roleplay. The Crystal Prince walked into the bedroom, hearing June close the doors behind him. A playful smile formed on Valiant’s face as a thought popped into his mind.

“Miss June,” he called.

“Yes Prince Valiant?”

“Would you mind helping me undress?”

The “maid” blushed, but smiled nonetheless. June walked over to her “master” and began helping him slip out of his shirt, she paused for a brief moment, taking in his broad, muscled chest. Valiant had kicked off his boots on his own, this may be roleplay, but he wasn’t going to be jerk and have her remove his shoes like that. Once that was done, June lowered onto her knees, putting her at waist level with Valiant Heart. She then unbuckled his belt and pulled down the zipper, and finally releasing the button.

June carefully hooked her thumbs into the waistband of Val’s underwear and pulled down, dragging the pants along with his drawers. When his pants were around his ankles, June raised her head to see that her husband/ “master” was already erect. There were a few things that June learned about her husband during the night of their honeymoon.
One of those things was: being the son of the proverbial “goddess of love” came with some perks. Perk number one: he was very well endowed. Not only in length but in girth as well. Perk number two: Valiant had good stamina, which was good since June did have a lot of it from farming most of her life.

June wanted to start pleasuring Val, but since this was a roleplay, the “master” never gave such a request, so she just stayed sitting on her knees, looking up at a now blushing Valiant Heart. “What else may I do, Prince Valiant?”

Val silently gulped, this was already getting him hard and aroused. Seeing June in that maid getup and acting this way was making it hard for him to just throw his curvy, voluptuous wife onto the bed and start making love to her, but he knew skipping to the main event would just spoil the fun of it all for the both of them. So, putting on his best “royal prince” look, he looked down at June and gave a lecherous grin.

“Well, Miss June, I am feeling a bit pent up, perhaps you could help me?”

“Of course.”

“That’s good.” Valiant reached out and cupped June’s left cheek. He then pulled his hand away and walked over to the bed, sitting on the edge with his legs spread open. “Then, would you mind using those impressive mounds?”

June inwardly giggled at how he worded that, but got the gist of it. “As you wish, Prince Valiant.”

The voluptuous maid sauntered over to her master. Apparently she anticipated that he’d make a request like this, because Valiant was sure that the maid outfits didn’t have any buttons close to the breast area. But this one did, and June unbuttoned all three. Her large rack practically busted out like a couple of convicts seeking to escape jail. They bounced for a little bit before settling, the fabric around the chest area seemed to pull back, giving June’s breasts room to move back and forth comfortably.

Apparently she wasn’t wearing a bra either, because Valiant was getting an eyeful of her tanned skin, with a small dotting of freckles. Her areola and nipples were a darker pink, both nipples were already erect, practically telling how June was feeling right now. She inched herself closer to Val, cupping each of her breasts in either hand. She parted them and leaned forward, watching as the prince’s “scepter” was now taking up the vacant space between her cleavage.

June let her breasts come back to their original position, practically sandwiching her husband’s dick between them. Valiant released a satisfied moan, feeling June’s warm, marshmallow-like mounds press against his manhood. June released a shuddering breath, the heat radiating from his erection was spreading through her tits, making her cunny drip with greater arousal. June looked up to her “master” seeing his content smile, he then looked back down to her and nodded his go ahead.

The voluptuous maid pressed her breasts together harder, smushing his dick between her tits. She then dragged them upwards slowly, and then back down at the same speed. Slowly but surely she used her breasts to jerk off Valiant’s dick, feeling the erection pulse like a heartbeat between her cleavage. It was a little rough for a few seconds, but that changed when his dick started releasing copious amounts of pre-cum, greatly lubricating the space between her breasts and allowing her to glide her fleshy mounds with greater ease.

Valiant leaned back on his hands, closing his eyes to allow himself to simply concentrate on how good June’s titfuck was. Their first time around he was surprised to find out how good she was at using her generous rack to pleasure him, despite that being her first time having sex with anyone, she was good at it. Valiant released a throaty moan, feeling the speed at which June rubbed his dick increase to a faster pace.

June was moaning as well, becoming more aroused as she felt Valiant’s dick slide up and down in her cleavage. The first time she did this she never knew it could feel this good to do something like this with her breasts. Whenever she masturbated, June would give her tits a firm squeeze, enhancing the pleasure she received from her fingering at that time, but, and she’d deny it if someone asked, occasionally she’d suck on her own nipples as if breast feeding herself while she masturbated. It felt naughty and kinky, but oh so hot and right.

Lewd noises could be heard from where Valiant’s dick slid between June’s breasts. Faster and faster she rubbed, pressing them closer together to increase the pressure surrounding Valiant’s manhood. Valiant could feel a pressure building at the base of his penis, his balls swelling with their pent up load, ready to release it. June looked up, hearing the quickening shallow breathes as he struggled to hold on until the last minute. She knew well the sounds of her love when he was close, as too did he know hers, so without delay she asked.

“P-Prince Valiant, w-where do you wish to r-release it?”

Valiant looked down to her, drinking in the image of her ministrations on his cock. “B-Between them!”

June smiled and doubled her pace. His dick pulsed with greater ferocity, swelling just a bit before, finally, releasing his load. June smushed her breasts together, completely swallowing his dick in her cleavage as she felt his penis spurt out his thick wad of cum.

Valiant threw his head back, grunting in bliss as he released one large spurt after another. June could feel every strong release of his penis through her breasts, along with the gooey, warm substance that was coating them with each passing second. The feeling of his cum filling up her cleavage made June’s pussy trickle some of her love juices onto the floor.

Soon enough, Valiant ceased his cumming. June’s cleavage had excess cum bubbling up like lava seeping through cracks in the Earth’s crust. Slowly she released his dick from the warmth of her bosom, not surprised that it was still very much at full mast despite cumming as hard as it did.

June looked down, inspecting the damage. As she expected, the space between her breasts, as well as both of her tits, were coated in thick globs of Val’s seed. Normally this would’ve probably repulsed her way back when, even the mere thought of allowing a guy to use her breasts like this didn’t sound very appealing and off putting. But, the first she did it during their honeymoon, she could see the appeal.

June looked up at the panting form of her husband, now giving her a satisfied, lopsided grin. “You were really backed up, Prince Valiant. Surely it cannot be healthy for you to neglect your personal needs like this.”

Valiant could’ve laughed at this whole thing, and from the look in June’s eyes, he could tell she was too, even that smile of hers had a hint of the amusement. “I believe you’re right, Miss June. But I don’t think it’s fair that I’m the only one whose needs, need tending to.”

“Y-Your Highness?”

“Stand up please,” asked Val.

June did as he asked, finding herself on wobbly legs from being in that position for so long. Some of Valiant Heart’s cum dripped off of her tits as she stood before him, he then eyed her up and down and leaned back as he grinned.

“Would you lift up your skirt?”

The former farm girl became a little redder, but complied with his request. She placed her hands at the hem of her skirt and pulled up, revealing her wet pussy for all to see. Just as he had suspected, she wasn’t wearing any panties, save for the garter belt strapped around her waist that held up her stockings. Valiant leaned forward and reached out with his right hand, he turned it upside down and slowly pressed his fingers against June’s wet sex.

“Aaah~” June mewled.

“Well, well, well, you seem to be quite pent up yourself, Miss June.”

Valiant raised his middle finger, pushing it slowly past her labia and into her tight entrance. June stiffened as a jolt of pleasure shot up her spine, robbing her of her voice for a moment as she felt the callused digit enter her depths.

“It’s not good for a Prince to have a member of his maid staff be this pent up as well, and certainly not after how well you serviced me.” Valiant wiggled his finger in her cunny, causing June to release cute moaning sounds as her legs shook a little. “Why don’t I help you now?”

Despite how good it felt, she still had to keep up the act. “I…Prince Valiant I cannot accept that! I am your maid, it is my duty to please you! Please do not concern yourself with my…carnal needs.”

“Hmmm…” Valiant pulled his finger out of June’s pussy, making a slightly annoyed noise at how her love tunnel was no longer being attended to. Suddenly, Valiant snapped his left hand’s fingers. “Ah-ha, I have a solution!”

Valiant made a motion for June to come closer, he then leaned up and whispered something into her ear that made her blush even harder. When he pulled back, Val had this look on his face as if saying “Well?”

June nodded her head slowly, still a little unsure.

Valiant Heart gave her a peck on the forehead, helping to reassure June and to bring a smile to her cute face. With that done, Valiant scooted back on the bed until he was laying down at the center of their mattress. June took a calming breath before climbing onto the bed as well.

She kept crawling up until she was passed his head and shoulders. She then turned around slowly crawled over Valiant. When she was done, June was now looking down at her husband’s penis, while Valiant had an unobstructed view of his wife’s sopping wet pussy.

June was little self-conscious of herself in this moment, she wasn’t overweight or anything like that, she was, as was said before, voluptuous. But that still didn’t make her any less worried about her weight, which was more muscle than fat. Inwardly she was afraid of putting too much weight on her lover and accidentally hurting him, not only would that be embarrassing as all Tartarus, it would also make June very remorseful and sad that she injured her husband in such a way.

“U-Um…P-Prince Valiant…I-I’m not sure if this is…safe for y – OOH!”

Valiant and placed both of his hands on June’s round ass, giving it a firm squeeze as he kneaded her generously luscious bum. “You say something, Miss June?”

June wanted to speak again, but Valiant squeezed a little harder and made her release a squeal of pleasure instead of actual words. She understood where he was going with this. Don’t think about this and that, just enjoy it. With a sigh, June returned to the task at hand. She looked back down at Valiant’s throbbing penis, the stench of his previous orgasm was still strong on it. The heady aroma made her head spin, and made her mouth unconsciously begin to open.

Valiant tugged a little on June’s ass, making her lower herself further within range of his mouth. June’s aroma was just as strong, he then moved his hands lower to either side of her folds and used his thumb and index fingers to spread apart June’s labia, giving him a perfect view of her wet entrance. Valiant extended his tongue, licking at the light pink labia that surrounded her honeypot. He felt June shiver from the contact, Valiant gave her love button a quick flick with his tongue and June released a blissful squeal of delight from the action.

June couldn’t let herself be too enthralled with how good Valiant was making her feel, she too had to return the favor. June lowered her head to the, well, head of Val’s penis. She licked the tip, causing her husband to squirm with pleasure. The taste wasn’t bad, considering it was still a little cum coated.

Slowly, June licked around the tip, moving towards the shaft, making sure to coat it thoroughly in her saliva. Once she was sure it was glistening she opened her mouth and lowered her head. June clasped her mouth over the tip, and slowly worked the rest of the cock into her mouth.

Valiant paused for a moment to enjoy the warm, wetness of June’s mouth, feeling her teeth lightly graze his shaft. He couldn’t let himself fall behind, so with that in mind, Valiant pointed his tongue and gently pressed it forward against her hole. There was only a slight amount of resistance, but in the end her pussy widened to accept the intruder as he pierced all the way in. Val heard June moan, feeling the vibrations echo through his manhood, further increasing the blissful sensation of her blowjob.

Both man and woman worked to satisfy the other, June bobbing her head up and down, gradually working more and more of his cock into her mouth and down her throat. And Valiant, wiggling his tongue around inside her, licking at her inner walls and moving his head back and forth in light pumping motions. Both were tasting the other, Val’s pre-cum flowing out with each suck, and June’s juices flowing with each subsequent lick and flick of the tongue. Sensual moaning and animal like grunts filled the room as the couple worked to bring the other to orgasm.

Pressure began to build within June’s abdomen, her loins dripping like a leaking faucet. Val’s balls and shaft began swell up, preparing to release its load for a second time. Both could feel the other’s orgasm approach and doubled their efforts to push their lover over the edge.

Their efforts bore fruit when June drew in the whole of Valiant’s cock, feeling a burst of cum shoot from the head and pour down her throat. At the same time, Val was treated to a deluge of his wife’s love juices, splattering over his face. He opened mouth, drinking in all she gave as he continued to feverishly lick her. The man and woman groaned and moaned in bliss into the other’s sexes, riding out their orgasms to the limit.

After a few seconds, June pulled up, swallowing Valiant’s thick spunk down her throat, feeling it fill her stomach. She then rolled to the side, gasping and panting as sweat trickled from her body. Valiant took in his own breathes of air, licking his chops of the excess womanly cum June had released onto him. He propped himself up on his forearms, looking over his wife as her large breasts rose and fell with each breath she took.

Valiant got up and maneuvered himself till he was at June’s legs. Gently, he parted them, pushing the skirt up just a bit to look upon her still moist slit. June looked down, seeing the hungry look in her love’s eyes and wanting to receive even more of that lust and love into her. With some strained effort, June parted her legs even more, allowing Valiant better access. Valiant Heart crawled up to his love and propped himself on his hands, positioned on either side of June’s head.

With his left hand, Val reached down and guided his penis to the sensitive and wet folds of his lover. He looked to June one more time, making sure that she was ready. June gave him a slow nod, smiling with arousal as she awaited his entrance. Valiant Heart pushed the head of his penis against June’s labia, feeling the warm folds part as he pushed further into June’s pussy.

June threw her head back, moaning lustfully as she felt her husband’s manhood pierce into her depths, feeling her inner walls expand to welcome the intruder further. Valiant grunted and moaned in pleasure, feeling the heat of her insides encompass his length. June gripped the sheets of their bed, still feeling his cock dive further into her, almost wondering when it would bottom out. Her wish was soon granted when the tip of Valiant’s penis pressed against the entrance to her womb, causing her to release a sharp gasp upon contact.

Valiant was completely hilted in June. He didn’t start right away, wanting to savor the feeling of his lover’s hot, moist hole for a little bit before ravaging it. Valiant looked to June again, her blush had completely overtaken her face, making her freckles stand out.

His sapphire eyes met her emerald eyes, and the in that moment the two felt it, love. Gone were June’s anxieties and fears of not being a proper royal wife, or that she had shackled him to a life with a woman who was not of the same status as him. For all Valiant could see was the woman he fell for, and the man whom June fell for.

With their emotional connection established, Valiant drew back his hips. June unconsciously released a whimpering sound upon her love tunnel becoming somewhat vacant. But that was quickly replaced with another sharp gasp as Valiant thrust back into her, causing her magnificent bosom to jiggle from the motion and force behind it.

Valiant started with short humping motions, working June’s inner walls and building up her arousal. June moaned and mewled with bliss, feeling her pussy contract and expand with each thrust. With each exit and entry more pre-cum and love juices were released into the fleshy canal, further lubricating each stroke until it was a smooth motion.

The Crystal Prince lowered his upper body, and raised his lower half. June barely had two seconds to register what he was doing before Valiant drew back and slammed into her, causing June to release a loud yelp of pleasure. Valiant began thrusting hard and fast into June, causing the bed to squeak slightly. Wet slapping sound echoed within the room as Val’s hips met June’s, along with the lewd “shlicking” noise of each penetrative thrust.

June began to moan loudly, almost screaming as she relished the feeling of Valiant fucking her with such passion and lust. Valiant looked to see June’s bouncing breasts, he then found the right bosom and latched onto it, suckling from it as he continued to fuck June harder.

The former farm girl screamed in lust even louder, the combination of having her breast sucked on while being ravaged was driving her over the edge. Her eyes rolled up, her mouth hanging open as she let herself be consumed with passion, lust, and bliss all at once. Valiant could feel his orgasm building up once again, and so too could June.

“V-Val…! I-I’m going to…to…! AAAAAAHHH~”

June’s pussy clamped down on Valiant’s dick, or tried to at least as Val continued to hump her through her orgasm. Valiant gave June a couple of good, hard thrusts before hilting inside her and coated her pussy with cum. June’s tongue hung out of her mouth as her orgasm was made more intense by feeling Valiant’s hot cum fill her womb and love tunnel to the brim. The excess amount found its way out of June’s pussy, spilling out onto the bed sheets. Val continued to suck on June’s teat, fueled by his orgasm and the lustful screaming of coming from his wife.

What felt like an eternity in bliss finally ended. Valiant propped himself up, panting and sex fatigued, sweat rolling down his muscly form. June’s eyes were closed as she let the afterglow set in, her maid outfit clung to her body, moist with sweat and other fluids. Valiant pulled out his softening cock out of June’s honeypot, watching as his spunk flowed out like a small river out of her.

His hand glowed as he used his magic to left June up and reposition her so that she was facing the head of the bed like he was. She was limp and tired, so she really didn’t mind being lifted up in the warm glow of magic. With another wave of his hand, Valiant removed the bedsheets and placed June back onto the bed. He then pulled back on the sheets, covering them both as she snuggled up to his wife, drawing her in close as wrapped his arms around her soft tummy.

“Mmmm…Val…”

“Yes, June?”

“Your thing’s pushing against my butt,” said June in a rather playful tone.

Valiant chuckled, now noticing it himself. “That it is. Want to try that next?”

“Yeah, one fetish at a time. I’m beat now…” June released a yawn, wearing a goofy grin as she closed her eyes.

“Alright.” Valiant agreed, all the stress from the meeting he had this night had been forgotten, and now the peaceful afterglow was starting to call him to slumber.

June glanced to Valiant, cracking her left eye open, while Valiant did the same.

“I love you, Val.”

“I love you too, June.”

The lovers shared a quick peck and soon both were sleeping contently.