‘U’ is for Bon Bon

It was a dark, cold, and snowy winter’s day in Ponyville, and Bon Bon’s candy shop was suffering because of it. Business had started to steadily drop ever since winter started.

No pony wanted to tread through the deep snow and blistering cold for a simple sweet these days. Everypony would much rather spend their time in a cozy cafe or some other location where they could indulge in the company of friends and get a steamy hot beverage to warm their bodies.

Places like Sugar Cube Corner took most of Bon Bon's customers away around winter time. It was more convenient for ponies and they always served hot beverages and baked goods with plenty of places to sit around and chat with friends. Even the little fillies and colts returning home from school rarely stopped by this time of the year. Bon Bon missed getting to see their adorable smiling faces as they bit into one of her delicious sweets.

It wasn't all bad though. Bon Bon would get some good business before Hearth's Warming Eve that helped with various expenses, and it was always fun for her to hear what everypony had planned for the holiday.

Bon Bon sat back on her stool behind the checkout counter of her quiet little shop, sighing deeply as she rolled a spoiled lemon drop sweet between her hooves. It fell on the floor a while ago and she needed to throw it away... eventually.

She dropped the sweet on the counter and watched as the sullied candy rolled around until it bumped up against the bit register, stopping its short voyage.

Feeling bored again, the earth pony propped her elbow up on the counter, using her hoof to support her head as she looked around her shop that was still filled with candy.

It was the same story year after year. The summer time was always a pain trying to keep her shelves stocked since she was the only one making the candy—with a little help from Lyra of course—and the winter time was always a struggle just to sell what little stock she had left. If she could afford to take the winter time off she would, but she needed the few customers she got during this time to help her pay bills until after winter wrap up when business would start picking up again.

Her good friend Berry Punch suggested that she expand her store and add in some kind of hot or cold drink bar, that way customers could come in to get a warm beverage and a place to sit and chat. It was a good idea and Bon Bon definitely wanted to give something like that a shot, but there were a few complications with the plan.

First of all, she didn’t really know how to manage something like that and second she’d need somepony to run the bar while she took care of the store. She couldn't make candy, help customers, and ring up their purchases all while trying to mix drinks and bus tables. Berry Punch offered to work as the bartender, but she wasn’t really known for her... work ethic. Lyra might be able to help, but she was always busy with her music gig and her coltfriend, or more accurately, her human coltfriend.

Bon Bon frowned, feeling slightly depressed that her best friend wasn’t around as much as she used to be. It was always a challenge trying to find a time when they were both free. She couldn’t help but feel like Lyra’s human was to blame for her constant absence and she resented him for it... Still, it was pretty adorable seeing Lyra so hopelessly in love, and she hated to admit it, but the human really made Lyra happy. So at least it seemed like he was treating her properly.

Even though she wasn’t the human’s biggest fan, she couldn’t truly blame him for wanting to spend every waking moment with the unicorn. Lyra was a beautiful and wonderful mare and he was a very lucky stallion to have her. Though sometimes she felt like he didn't really understand how lucky he truly was.

It was pretty easy for Bon Bon to relate to the human’s affection for Lyra and see why he would want to be with her, but she couldn’t for the life of her understand what Lyra saw in him. Sure from the outside he seemed like a nice enough stallion, especially when Lyra was around, but his hand things were just, so… odd… and he was just so… so...

The sound of bells ringing snapped Bon Bon out of her thoughts. She looked up to see a young pegasus couple that had just entered her store. One was a pale-gold mare with a tiffany-blue mane. Her cutie mark had three blue raindrops on it. The other was a larger blue stallion with a white mane and a rainbow for his cutie mark. It looked like the two were lovers, judging by how they both entered side by side with their wings draped over each other. That was something that Bon Bon knew pegasi did with their loved ones, especially when the weather was as cold as it is now.

Also the fact that they were both wearing a matching set of red booties and scarves was a dead giveaway.

Bon Bon jumped down from her stool and looked toward the couple, mustering a bright and cheerful smile. "Good afternoon and welcome to Sweetie Drops Candy Shop! Can I help you two find anything in particular?"

The blue stallion shook his head before responding. "Nah, we're just looking around. Don’t mind us." The two lovers separated themselves for a moment and proceeded to wipe their hooves on the big welcome mat they were standing on, cleaning off the wet snow and dirt before leaning back against each other.

"Well if you two need anything at all, I'll be happy to help!" Bon Bon offered in a cheerful tone, smiling all the while. She stood by the checkout counter and watched as the couple walked into her store with their wings still wrapped around each other. Once they had turned away, Bon Bon let out a sad sigh and jumped up on her stool once more. She sat up straight and waited for the first customers of the day to peruse her candy.

With nothing else to do, Bon Bon watched the couple while they nuzzled each other and observed various candy selections. Every once and a while they would stop to laugh at some inside joke they made or peck each other with a light kiss on the cheek. It was painfully adorable.

The sappy couple only helped to remind Bon Bon of how unlucky she was when it came to finding love. Her past experiences were... not the best. But, it wasn't like she didn't have love in her life at all. No, in fact she loved her friend Lyra, but even that relationship was a complicated mess and it only became more complicated when the human first popped up in Equestria almost 2 years ago.

Lyra quickly became friends with the strange creature and it didn't take long after that for her to fall hopelessly in love. She was obsessed with him, but could never bring herself to actually tell him her true feelings.

That all changed thanks to Bon Bon’s encouragement. She helped Lyra build up her confidence and made a plan of action for the unicorn to confess how she really felt for the human. It worked—much to Bon Bon's surprise—and now she was courting the human. She even moved out of the house they shared to live with him.

Bon Bon's home just wasn’t the same without Lyra's cheerful and uplifting personality there to brighten up the gloomy days like today.

The earth pony wanted to lay her head on the counter and wallow in her own self-pity, but couldn't while customers were in the store. She missed living with Lyra and longed to hear her infectious laughter and beautiful music fill the empty rooms of her home again. If only she could go back in time and stop herself from encouraging Lyra to admit her feelings for the human. Then she would have her friend back… Honestly, she never would've guessed that the human would actually return Lyra’s feelings. He was supposed to have the common sense to tell Lyra ‘no’ and then she would’ve moved on to a better mate, like a real stallion.

But, all that barely matters now. Lyra was happy and that's what was truly important. Bon Bon was grateful that her friend could find joy in her life with the human by her side and if she was being completely honest with herself, she was even a little envious of her friend. It would just be selfish of her to want to change all that now. Even if she had the option to change the past, she wouldn’t really do it. She could never take Lyra’s happiness away from her... No matter how much she might want to. Especially now, since Lyra started to constantly pester her to join their little herd.

It all started several months ago in the fall. Lyra would come down to see her when she had the time, and at some point during her visit she would ask Bon Bon out for a date and if Lyra was dating a normal pony, then she would’ve gladly gone out with the unicorn… But that just wasn’t the case.

Bon Bon sighed deeply, taking a moment to fantasize about what life would be like if Lyra was with a normal stallion.

She could clearly visualize Lyra and their dashing stallion lover getting ready for the coming Hearth's Warming Eve celebration, one of her favorite holidays of the year. Their bright and happy foals would be running around the house, overcome with the holiday spirit.

She would be in the kitchen with Lyra, using her magical talents to help making all the festive holiday treats for their family, while their strong, handsome stallion played with their children in the other room.

Their stallion lover would offer to help them in the kitchen because he was always a gentlecolt like that, but Bon Bon would refuse him and shoo him off to tell the children more stories of why they always celebrated Hearth's Warming Eve. Which he would always love doing and their foals would grow up to be wonderful ponies with their father's guidance. It would just be so perfect and she would live happily with Lyra for the rest of her days...

The more Bon Bon thought about her fantasy with Lyra the more she really wanted it to be real, but it would never be true. Not when she was with the human.

Her fantasies started to shatter as she thought more about what it would really be like to try and date the tall human. She couldn’t really imagine how to even go about it. Not only that, but what would her family think if she joined a herd with the bipedal stallion? Her family was very traditional and had a long history of joining ‘pony only’ herds. Her parents would surely expect her to do the same.

Her mother especially would constantly pester her about finding some nice stallion to settle down with and start making some grandfoals for them. Something that she knew was impossible with the human. He wasn’t a pony or even from this world. That meant they would never be able to have a proper family with him, but that fact never stopped Lyra.

The unicorn kept going on about Princess Cadance and her new spell that allowed a griffon and a pegasus couple to have a foal together. Which Bon Bon later found out was indeed true, but it was a complicated spell and there was still no telling if her magic would even work on the human. Not to mention what the Princesses might think of all this. Would Princess Cadance even support them settling down with the human when Princess Twilight was still trying to find a way to return him to his own world where he belonged? There’s no doubt he’d still want to go back if there was a way to send him home, right?

Though even if all did go as planned and Princess Cadance was willing to help them, then that would still mean trying to make love with the bipedal creature, and that would just be…

Bon Bon shuddered slightly as her thoughts ran wild with visions of the bizarre human reaching out with his creepy, spidery limbs, grabbing and holding her as he tried to stick his... what ever weird thing he had, inside her. She could clearly visualize those long, spindly 'hands' of his, crawling all over her body, making a cold chill run down her spine.

How Lyra could stand sleeping in the same bed with him was beyond her. It wasn’t that he was particularly unattractive, but he was so tall and scary looking at times, and he was just… just... so different! She couldn’t compare him to anything else she had ever seen. Minotaurs maybe, but even that was a stretch. Trying to become intimate with a normal stallion was strange enough for her, and she was confident that trying to do that with the human would be a far worse experience.

Bon Bon had been intimate with a stallion once before and that experience was painful to say the least. She knew that the first time with a male was always supposed to hurt in the beginning, but there should have been pleasure after the pain, or at least that's what her friends kept telling her.

It seemed her first time was a unique one because after the pain had subsided she couldn't feel much of anything else, and before she knew it the experience was over. This was part of the reason why she preferred mares when it came to intimacy, but it wasn't like she hated stallions or anything like that. She did find a lot of them attractive and always dreamed of starting a family with one, but her next stallion lover would have to be somepony special before she went through that again.

Bon Bon lost her train of thought when she noticed the pegasus couple whispering sweet nothings to each other in the middle of her store. She figured they would be doing that for a while and decided to lean back on her counter and keep herself occupied with the spoiled lemon drop again while she contemplated more about her depressing love life.

It had been a while since she was last intimate with anypony. Her last partner was… well... Lyra. She really missed these quiet winter nights with the unicorn. Normally at this time of the year they would snuggle up nice and close and use their bodies to keep each other warm. They would just cuddle like that and swap stories about their days or talk about various common topics and just enjoy each others company. That is, until it turned into something a little more intimate... and in most cases it did.

Bon Bon blushed brightly, chuckling a little to herself at the naughty memory of how their cuddle sessions often seemed to end in a night of passionate lovemaking and Lyra was such a wonderful lover to her. She always knew just how to push her buttons and get her going, even when she wasn’t in the mood. Oh Celestia, how she missed those pleasurable and romantic nights.

Sadly, she couldn’t share those kinds of moments with Lyra anymore. Not when she was busy with her coltfriend… She had to move on from the beautiful unicorn and accept the fact that she might never enjoy another intimate night with her, but it wasn’t all bad. They were still the best of friends, she’d just hoped they could still be more than that.

Bon Bon wished Lyra was here now. She could really use a friend at the moment, but the unicorn was on tour with her orchestra in Canterlot for the week and it might be a few more days until she was back in Ponyville.

Bon Bon sighed sadly to herself, rolling around the lemon drop on the counter that she just now realized needed to be cleaned. Dust was starting to accumulate on its surface and would need to be wiped off before her customers brought up their purchases.

She was about to reach for her rag and cleaning solution under the counter, but the sound of more bells ringing stopped her, making her sit up on her stool as she turned and looked to see who her next customer was. Her eyes started to widen and a bright smile crept onto her lips once she realized who had just entered her store and was now standing on the welcome mat with a beautiful smile on her face.

A mint green unicorn wearing a dark grey coat-like outfit with two darker green saddlebags at her side was looking and smiling right at her. “Hey Bonny! Did ya miss me?”

“Lyra!” Bon Bon shouted in excitement, jumping down off her stool and galloping towards her friend, embracing the unicorn in a tight hug.

They stayed like that for a while, until Bon Bon thought she overheard one of the pegasus in her shop say something that sounded like. ‘Hey, isn’t that the unicorn that’s courting the human now?’ but it was so faint that it could have just been her imagination. Nevertheless it caused her to awkwardly break off their hug that she was really enjoying.

Bon Bon took a step back and brought a hoof up to her lips as she cleared the back of her throat slightly before speaking. “So umm, L-Lyra… It’s really good to see you back so—,” She paused when she noticed something was very odd about the coat Lyra was wearing. It didn’t seem to fit her very well at all. The midsection was a little baggy and the bottom part of her sleeves seemed tight around her hooves. She also noticed a little hood accessory on the back, but it was far too small for it to reach the top of her head making it virtually useless to the unicorn.

“Umm, Lyra… What are you wearing?”

Lyra paused for a moment, raising a questioning eyebrow at her friend, but a small smile started to spread across her lips once she seemed to remember what she had on. “Oh, you mean this?” Lyra asked, pointing to the fabric on her chest with a hoof.

Bon Bon nodded. “Yes. It doesn’t really seem to fit you… Do you need to borrow a better coat?” she asked, feeling concerned that her friend might be in a tight spot and had to buy a cheap thing that didn’t fit her very well.

“Nah, it’s okay. I got my own at home, but this one isn’t mine,” Lyra said, smiling brightly. “It’s Chris’s hoodie that he commissioned from Rarity a while ago. He said if I was careful with it, I could wear it while I was on tour,” she explained, rubbing the hoodie into her chest a little with her hoof.

Bon Bon blinked a few times, tilting her head slightly, giving Lyra a confused look. “Why would you wear his… umm, hoodie if you have your own coat that actually fits you?”

Lyra laughed nervously. “Well…” she began to explain, drawing bashful circles into wooden floor of the shop with her hoof. “I-It umm… smells like him... so I wanted to bring it to help comfort me before I went out and performed in front of everypony.”

Bon Bon raised her eyebrow and gave Lyra a bemused expression, but curiosity got the better of her. She leaned in slightly, taking in a deep breath through her nose. She could smell Lyra’s natural minty scent and there was a faint fragrance of the human that lingered on her, but that was nothing new. His aroma was always mixed with hers now. “It doesn't smell that much like him...”

“W-well I've worn it for a few days, so his scent is almost gone by now…” Lyra said, blushing slightly, avoiding eye contact with Bon Bon.

Bon Bon rolled her eyes, but smiled at the love-struck unicorn. It was pretty adorable to see her get so flustered talking about the strange things she did with her coltfriend, but if she was courting a real stallion, then she would be wearing a coat that actually fit her right now. Nevertheless, Bon Bon couldn’t help but feel jealous of her friend’s adorable fondness for her mate. Even if he wasn’t a pony and she was slightly crazy for loving him in the first place.

“Well, I’m glad you took the time to come visit me, but I thought you were going to be in Canterlot for a few more days. Did something happen?”

"Yeah, kind of...” Lyra sighed, wiping her hooves on the welcome mat. “Somepony in Cloudsdale scheduled a big snowstorm for Canterlot a few days early on accident, so we had to cut our tour short and head home before the storm got really bad,” she explained, walking into the store, making her way towards the checkout counter while she used her magic to lift her saddlebags off her sides.

“Oh, I’m sorry you guys had to leave so early. I know how much you love to play your music up in Canterlot,” Bon Bon replied, following Lyra as she walked.

"Ehh, it happens," Lyra responded nonchalantly, using her magic to set her saddlebags down, leaning them against the checkout counter. "It feels so good to finally get those heavy things off,” Lyra sighed in relief, stretching her hind legs out one after the other, cracking her aching joints. “I’ve been carrying those instruments around all day."

That confused Bon Bon a little. Why didn't she drop her equipment off at her house? And didn't she want to see her coltfriend? From the looks of it, she just got off the train, but the human’s house was closer to the station than her shop. "Did you just get back this morning? Why didn't you go home first?"

Lyra turned and gave Bon Bon a bright smile before answering her question. "Well I wanted to come and see you, and I know it's been hard to find time to see each other lately. So, I figured I could come by and help around the shop a while I'm free. Plus, business is always slow for you around this time and I know you could use some company." She used her magic to teleport the human’s hoodie off her body, floating it in front of her as she folded the expensive hoof-stitched clothing, then set it inside one of her saddlebags.

Bon Bon’s eyes started to tear up slightly from Lyra’s words. It was so sweet that Lyra would come straight down after her long and tiring day of traveling just to spend time with her. "Oh, Lyra... that's so sweet of you. I would love it if you spent some time with me in the shop," she replied, beamed brightly with a light blush on her cheeks.

"And…” Lyra added, walking towards the middle of the store before turning to face Bon Bon again with a sly grin. “I also wanted to stop by so we could make plans for our... date? Let’s say... end of this week, once the sun sets?" she asked confidently, giving Bon Bon a smug stare.

Bon Bon was not amused. Suddenly, Lyra's offer to spend the day with her wasn't looking as generous as she originally thought it was. "Lyra..." Bon Bon deadpanned, frowning slightly, feeling exhausted from having to constantly give the unicorn the same answer.

"Wait!" Lyra shouted, holding a hoof in the the air, interrupted Bon Bon before she could continue. "Before you say anything, Chris told me to tell you something next time I saw you."

“He... did?” Bon Bon questioned, raising an eyebrow. What could the human possibly want Lyra to tell her? Did he even care about this whole thing? She honestly thought he would be against this just as much as she was.

Lyra took a small step forward, flicking her silky cyan mane to the side, giving Bon Bon a sensual half-lidded gaze. The unicorn looked deep into her friends bright cerulean eyes, smiling gently for a moment, letting her seductive stare enchant the earth pony.

Bon Bon’s cheeks started to heat up as her eyes darting left and right, making her step backwards a bit. Lyra was giving her a look that she hadn’t seen in a while. It was a look that the unicorn always gave her before things between them got a little more… romantic. “L-Lyra… w-what are you doing?” Bon Bon asked in a shaky whisper, trying not to draw any attention to herself. They were in public after all, and the two pegasus customers were still in her store. She wanted to be intimate with Lyra again, but not like this. Not in public!

Lyra smile widened as she took another step closer to the flustered earth pony holding her seductive gaze.

Bon Bon swallowed the lump in her throat, taking another step back as her heart started to pound faster in her chest. “L-Lyra… W-we can't—,”

“You know…” Lyra cooed, interrupted Bon Bon‘s shaky words while taking another step forward. “I always thought that happiness... started with an ‘H’, but that just can’t be right…”

“W-what?” Bon Bon asked, blushing brightly as she kept slowly backing up until her rear bumped up against the checkout counter, causing her to sit back on her haunches and press her back against the cold wood, still trying to move away from the mint-green seductress in front of her. “W-why can’t that be right? H-happiness always starts with an ‘H’.”

Lyra inched herself closer to the trapped earth pony giving her a toothy grin before responding. “Because Bonny…” she paused, leaning her head towards Bon Bon’s ear before softly whispering: “my happiness starts with... ‘U',” Lyra finished by lightly nibbling under the earth ponies ear where she was the most sensitive, causing her to let out a lewd moan that she couldn't stop.

Bon Bon covered her lips with a hoof and quickly looking around to see if her customers had heard her, but she couldn’t see them and Lyra's body was blocking half of the store from her view. She crossed her hind legs over each other, hoping that would help quell her excitement, which it didn’t.

Lyra had used lines like that on her before, but this was a new one and the way she said it was so… so... Oh, Celestia…

Was this what the human told her to do? Did he tell her to say those things and flirt with her in such an aggressive way to try and persuade her? And why was it working so well?

Perhaps she was just more lonely than she originally thought. It had been a long time since she was last intimate, but it didn’t matter what the reason was. Her back was now pressed up against her checkout counter and she was cornered by a beautiful mare, feeling extremely hot and embarrassed. She knew what it looked like and could only imagine what the pegasus couple in her shop might be thinking about the whole situation. She just hoped her customers didn’t notice what was going on.

Lyra stepped back a little, keeping her seductive stare locked onto Bon Bon’s eyes. “So how about that date, beautiful?” she asked in a sensual and charming tone.

If Bon Bon was a weaker mare she might have shouted ‘YES!’ but she knew what the consequences were if she did that. She took a deep breath, calming herself down for a moment before slowly standing back up, giving Lyra a serious frown before answer her. “Lyra… we have been over this... I just can’t be a part of your herd,” she whispered, trying to keep their conversation quiet.

Lyra let out a loud groan of disappointment, kicking the wooden floor with her hoof in frustration. “Buck! I really thought you would’ve liked that. Chris said that worked for him back in his other world...”

“Lyra, not so loud. And I know you're upset, but there’s no need for profanities,” Bon Bon quietly scolded, not liking the way she used the word ‘buck’ to express her disappointment.

Lyra sighed deeply hanging her head down slightly for a moment. “But, why Bonny…” she looked back at Bon Bon with a sad and pleading expression. “Just one date... That’s all I’m asking.”

Bon Bon hated having to see her so upset. It wasn’t easy having to constantly turn her friend down, but she had to. She just knew that she wouldn’t find anything to love with the human. “I’m sorry Lyra, I just don—,”

“Just one date! That’s all I ask!” Lyra interrupted her, raising her voice, begging the earth pony to reconsider. “We’ll pay for everything, our treat! H-how can you say no to a free meal!?” she asked, raising her voice.

“Shhhh. Please not so loud. I just—,”

“It will be fun! We’ll get to spend time with each other and Chris is a really great stallion! You’ll have a good time, I just know it!”

“Lyra...”

“Bonny… I know that if you just give him a chance, you’ll be able to find love with him as well. You're right for him, just like he’s right for you.” Lyra reassured, speaking a little softer now.

Bon Bon only stood there in silence, frowning sadly at the unicorn, not really knowing what to say. She just couldn’t picture her self being with a creature like that.

“I-I promise… if… if you go on just one date with us and you’re still not interested… t-then… then I'll never bug you about this again!” Lyra offered in desperation as her words got louder towards the end.

Bon Bon went to reply and tell Lyra to keep it down again before her customers overheard their embarrassing conversation, but paused and thought about what the unicorn had just said for a moment. It sounded like she just offered her a chance to never hear of this dating business ever again.

"Wait, so… If I agree to one date with you and your umm, coltfriend... and if I still don't want to join your herd after that, then you'll stop pestering me about this?” Bon Bon questioned, perking her ear up a little higher to make sure she could hear Lyra’s response clearly.

Lyra thought about that question for a moment, looking away from Bon Bon, but eventually she looked back. She stood up straight and took a deep breath, giving the earth pony a serious look. “Bon Bon… I promise that I will never ask you out on anymore dates if you would do me the honor of attending at least one night out on the town with me and my coltfriend."

Bon Bon furrowed her brow, placing a hoof on her chin, looking down slightly as she pondered the pros and cons of Lyra’s offer. The unicorn was always true to her word when it came to promises, so that meant all she had to do was get through one date and then be done with this bothersome topic forever.

It was a simple plan, and at the end of the night she would just give her thanks and gently explain to Lyra in a very calm and well thought-out way that she still wasn’t interested. Then hopefully they could remain friends, but that meant she would have to… talk... to the human. She couldn’t just ignore and avoid him the whole time like she always did, it would break Lyra’s heart if she did something like that on their date. She would have to be hospitable and try to socialize for Lyra's sake. It wouldn’t be all bad though. Lyra would be there the whole time, so she could stand talking to the human for a few brief moments if it meant spending more time with the unicorn and making her happy. Even if it was for just one date.

“Okay...” Bon Bon sighed, looking back at Lyra with a serious expression, causing the unicorns ears to perk up a little.

“If you can promise me that you will never bug me about joining your herd again, then…” Bon Bon paused, looking away for a moment, thinking if there was any possibility that she might somehow regret this decision.

Lyra’s eye’s started to widen a little as Bon Bon spoke, but furrowed her brow when she paused in the middle of what she was going to say.

Bon Bon looked back at Lyra, before speaking in a calm and clear tone. “If you can PROMISE me that you will stop asking me out on a date after this one is over… then… yes… I will go out with you and your... stallion...”

“Y-you… W-will?” Lyra asked in a shaky voice as her eyes started to widen.

Bon Bon nodded her head. “Yes... I will join you both on ONE date." Even though she was dreading this already, she couldn’t help but smile a little, knowing that Lyra would be excited about her finally saying yes.

Lyra tackled Bon Bon in a tight hug that swept her off her forelegs, knocking the wind out of her. “OH, BONNY YOU’LL LOVE IT! AND I PROMISE I’LL NEVER ASK YOU ABOUT THIS AGAIN!” Lyra shouted in excitement, causing the earth pony to pin her ears back against her head to try and soften the loud unicorn shouting in her ear. “This date is going to be perfect and you’ll have so much fun!” Lyra added, nuzzling her cheek against Bon Bon’s before kissing her deeply on the lips, overcome with joy.

Bon Bon blushed a deep crimson and squeaked in surprise at the sudden kiss, but soon let herself melt into Lyra’s embrace, closing her eyes and enjoying the moment. She tilted her head to the side slightly as the kiss lingered, but before she could get too lost in the moment, Lyra let go of her and stepped back so she could look her in the eyes again.

“This is so awesome!" Lyra cheered, shuffling her hooves up and down in giddy joy.

Bon Bon tilted her head down a little trying to hide her blush and bright smile before responding. “Y-yes well… we’ll see…” She tried to sound serious, but it was hard when she was as flustered as she was. “S-so… umm, w-where are you taking me for our... date?”

“Oh, it’s a wonderful place!” Lyra blurted out suddenly, causing Bon Bon to jump back in surprise. “Chris and I found the perfect spot! We looked all over and found a restaurant that we both loved and I know you'll love it as well! It has everything you can possibly imagine, plus their service is outstanding!” Lyra cheered, unable to contain her excitement as she lightly bounced in place.

Bon Bon giggled a little at Lyra’s overwhelming reaction to all of this; it was really heartwarming to see her so happy. It almost made her want to join her herd right then and there, just so she could always see her smile. But something about what the unicorn said confused her a little, making her frown again.

“Lyra... Did you say that both of you went out and looked for a place to take me?”

Lyra stopped her bouncing and gave Bon Bon a questioning look. “Of course… Why wouldn’t we?”

“It’s just…” Bon Bon hesitated, thinking a little more about what she wanted to say. “You mean to tell me that your coltfriend helped you look, right? I mean, he is okay with dating... me?” she asked in a questioning tone. It was a little strange to think that the human would actually go through with this. She could understand if he was doing this just to make Lyra happy, but if he was helping her pick out a spot for the date and giving her pick-up lines to use, then was he genuinely interested in having her be a part of their herd?

“Well… Yeah, he told me that he really wants to get to know you more… I mean, you don’t really talk to him that much..."

Bon Bon frowned sadly, looking down and away from Lyra. She felt guilty about that and knew how rude she was being to the human. It really wasn’t fair to Lyra that she was so apprehensive towards her coltfriend, but she wasn’t doing it on purpose. The human was just so foreign and big; he was just so intimidating to her...

“But,” Lyra continued happily, causing Bon Bon to look up again. “he said that you seem like a really nice mare and a good friend...,” she paused for a moment, remembering something else the human said.“Oh, and he told me he thinks you’re... ssssssexy,” she hissed slowly with a sultry gaze and a light rump wiggle.

Bon Bon's eyes shot open and her pupils dilated as her cheeks started to heat up again. Even her heart started beat a little faster after Lyra said that. She wasn’t really sure how to respond to that, but apparently her body did. “H-he… said that?” she asked in a softly shaky voice, feeling quite shy all the sudden.

Lyra chuckled, noticing her friend's shy demeanor. “Well, he used the word beautiful, but with him it means the same thing.” Lyra shrugged.

“H-he think’s I’m… beautiful?” Bon Bon muttered to herself under her breath, not wanting Lyra to hear her.

“You know what else he told me about you?” Lyra asked in a softly teasing tone, grinning ear to ear.

Bon Bon scrunched up her muzzle thinking about that for a moment. She couldn’t imagine anything the human would say about her to be very nice, but the way Lyra asked that question made it sound like it was something... good. “W-what did he say?”

Lyra stepped a little closer giving Bon Bon a sensual gaze again before whispering to her as if she was telling her a dirty secret. “He told me that he loves the way your bright blue eyes glisten and shine in the bright sunlight."

"M-my… my eyes?" Bon Bon questioned, feeling her heart beat a little faster for some reason. Has he even seen her eyes before? She couldn't remember ever looking directly at him. When did he ever look at her eyes?

"Uh-huh… And, he also told me that he loves it when your curly mane dances and shimmers in the gentle breeze,” Lyra continued, whispering sweetly.

"M-my... mane... d-dances?" Was Lyra telling the truth? Did he really think all of this about her? It always took her hours to maintain her curls and nopony ever seemed to notice.

"But do you know what he said he loves the most?"

"N-no..." Bon Bon whimpered, looking back and Lyra.

"Your ffflllaankssssss." Lyra hissed in a slow sensual tone.

Bon Bon's body froze in place as her whole face burned in a bright blush. Had he really been looking at her... her... butt!?

The more she thought about it the more she could start to feel a tickling feeling in the pit of her stomach, but she couldn’t quite understand what it was that she was feeling. She figured it had to be fear. She wouldn’t be getting all flustered from some weird stallion's silly comments… would she? No, she wouldn’t care even if what Lyra was saying was true, which it most certainly wasn't. Was it?

“D-did… did he really say all that to you?” Bon Bon asked, looking into Lyra's eyes.

“Yep!" Lyra chirped happily. “I mean I had to coax him into giving me the all juicy details, but it’s all one hundred percent true!" Lyra said happily, giggling a little.

Bon Bon wasn’t going to believe that. There was no way that the human could possibly find her attractive. She could understand him finding Lyra attractive―she was practically a model―and she couldn’t possibly be feeling sappy emotions just because some stallion said she had nice…umm... flanks. Even though she couldn’t really recall the last time one told her that she was pretty or attractive… and in such detail... No, it had to be a lie. Lyra was just trying to get her to warm up to him more.

Bon Bon shook her head, clearing her mind of the thoughts and pushed all her emotions away, before straightening herself up and clearing her throat a little. “Well then... I am sure whatever spot you two picked out will be lovely. Just let me know where it is and what time.” She said, back in her more natural voice as she quickly composed herself.

“It's more than nice, but we can talk more about that latter. I’m going to go in the back to put my stuff away, so I can wash up and help you run the shop for a while,” Lyra said, smiling brightly. She used her magic to float her saddlebags in the air next to her as she walked into the back room, but stopped when she noticed a stray lemon drop candy that was sitting on the check out counter. “Oh, I love these things! You going to eat that?” She asked, pointing to the candy with a hoof.

Bon Bon followed her pointing hoof to see the tainted candy she was supposed to throw away. “Oh no, you don’t want to eat th—,” but before she could say any more, a golden aura of magic started to surround the soiled sweet and shot straight into the unicorn's mouth.

Lyra suckled and savored the candy, taking in its flavor. “Mmm… Nice and sour, just like I like’m. Thanks, Bonny!” she hummed in delight as she continued to gallop into the back room, shutting the door behind her.

Bon Bon was left stunned and extremely grossed out. “Eww, Lyra… Gross…” she whispered to herself. If only Lyra knew where that candy had been… But it was a little too late to tell her now.

Actually, on second thought, Lyra would probably still eat the candy even if she knew where it had been.

Bon Bon sighed deeply to herself, reflecting on everything that had just transpired. “I really hope I won't regret this later…” she mumbled to herself. “Maybe I should have made her do the Pinkie Promise just in case…”

Suddenly, Bon Bon's eyes shot open when she remembered that there were still two customers in her store. Slowly she turned around, scanning the shop for the pair, hoping that they didn't see or hear anything that happened between her and Lyra.

Her stomach started to sink once her eyes fell upon the two lovers in the back corner of the shop, standing next to her gummy parasprites displays. They were both looking right at her with wide eyes, but soon turned away once they saw her looking at them, pretending like they were still shopping. The stallion even started to whistle a nameless tune as he randomly eyed the different items next to him.

It seemed like they had heard and seen everything and were no doubt judging her for accepting the date with Lyra and her human.

Bon Bon’s embarrassment shot through the roof as her whole face burned in a bright red blush. She looked away from the couple, biting her lower lip, frowning sadly as she groaned to herself, thinking that she definitely made a mistake.

“Oh sweet Luna, what have I gotten myself into…”

Author's Notes:

If there are any mistakes in this chapter then please let me know. I went back and changed a bunch of things after my editors went thru it, so if there are mistakes its all my fault.

Anyways... I was going to wait a little while to post this chapter since it seems like chapter 3 is going to take me a while to get out and I didn't want you guys to have to wait too long in between chapters, but chapter 2 is a pretty important one and helps set up the story, so I figured it was time to post it.

I really like how the this chapter came out, but I have to give credit where credit is due. This chapter would not have been what it is now if it wasn’t for the help of my buddy Mephistokiller, and JeremyStorm. They both told me that the Bon Bon I originally had was too unlikable and they were right. I originally had her supper hateful and sour, but that's wasn't want I wanted at all. So if you like this chapter then go thank them.

Also I highly recommend you read JeremyStorms's story To Find a Rainbow. It's a great read, and if you like this story then you will love his.

And now I return to writing about the date! Will Bon Bon see Chris for the stallion he really is?! And will Goku make in time to save his friends for the 50th time this week!? Find out next time on Bon Bon's Acceptance-ball Z!