Author's Notes:

So this is the second part of the holiday themed intermission of Princess Of Love, and the third Holiday themed sex "fic" overall. Since it's Valentine's week, this will be a sort of two in one. After this, the main story should resume. If you wanna figure out what Celestia was doing at this time, PM (wink wink NSFW)

The train arrived in Moscolt without any sort of delay. We had planned the trip so that Cadance and I could spend a good 8-9 hours of sleep on the train and wake up only a half hour before reaching the station.

There wasn't any drama after Hearth's Warming Eve. The major events were the two of us having lunch with other people mostly connected to charities who couldn't have given less of a damn of where I was from. Anyone who probably did have a bone to pick with me kept their mouth shut either out of respect for their Princess Cadance or a visit from the Arstrotzkan secret police on "racial tolerance".

Now that had been gotten over with, we would proceed with our usual trip back to Arstrotzka to celebrate new year's day. If Equestria put any nation to shame when it came to celebrating Hearth's Warming Eve, Arstrotzka took the cake on New Year's day.

Many Arstrotzkan regions had their own holidays they held dearly, but the New Year was universal and inoffensive to anyone. It was the perfect time for everyone to get on their holiday cheer.

This time however, was a pretty damn special occasion. Now that my girlfriend was going to be the official ambassador of Arstrotzka, we were going to be seeing each other a whole lot more. There was practically nothing that could make me after hearing that spectacular news.

Cadance looked outside the window, captivated one more by the scene of Moscolt. The city was our capital and quite obviously our largest. Like all capitals of the great powers, Moscolt was constructed in the so-called "International Style". The massive amounts of finance buildings and concentrations of other ethnic groups from the great powers meant that the city would grow larger and larger via glassy skyscrapers and towers that symbolized the future and global unity. Of course, there was still the old town that had the traditional realist baroque.

The closest thing Equestria had to this was the city of Manehatten, which by all means was pretty large, but the 4 great power megacities of Moscolt, Marelin, Shanghay and Neighro were more than even triple the size. Not to mention, Cadance didn't exactly spend most of her time in Manehatten, so it was always cute seeing her reactions to the city.

She turned back to face me. "Read that there won't be any snow or rain this New Year's eve. We should be able to do everything fine."

"Let's hope at least." I shrugged.

"Well, if you all could control the weather like us Equestrians could, there wouldn't be any room for doubts." joked Cadance.

"Who needs weather control when you have a girlfriend that will use her magic to ensure her boyfriend has a good time?" I retorted.

"Come on Lev, we've been over this." pouted Cadance jokingly.

"Oh fine, kitten." I groaned back playfully.

The two of us laughed and kissed, the train's speakers announcing we were approaching the station.

"So by the time we get back, we should have more than enough time to change." I noted.

"That's a given," remarked Cadance. "What we really have to do is make sure I get all my stuff moved in."

"Right." I sighed.

When Cadance visited Arstrotzka, she normally visited and stayed with my family in the fairly large, but not enormously cosmopolitan, city of Hoovograd. When we visited Moscolt, she'd book a fancy hotel for the two of us to stay in which we would fuck around with while we enjoyed our vacation with each other.

As Cadance's move to Moscolt was more or less permanent at this point, she needed a proper home. Despite the cries and insistence of some of her friends and aunt, she opted to live with me in my apartment. It was a pretty good decision if you asked me. It would have been a little too much for Collectivist Arstrotzkans to take in a Princess ambassador living in some fancy mansion in their People's Republic.

My apartment had also been upgraded to be one of the higher end ones anyway, owing in no small part due to savings via frugality except for special occasions. There wasn't really a massive drive for me to consume everything.

And yet, I couldn't help but ask.

"So you're sure you'll be fine living in my apartment?" I asked Cadance.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" asked Cadance.

"Because, well uh, it ain't exactly going to be as fancy as the Castle you live in." I noted.

"Come on Lev, surely you know that I'm not some vain snob when it comes to where I live in. I can adapt." reminded Cadance.

"Sure sure," I chuckled. "Just don't go missing your old home too much."

"Pfft," snorted Cadance. "My home isn't what matters, it's just having you around that counts."

"Thanks, kitten." I smiled.

Cadance raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Besides, if I can handle living with your family during out summers in Hoovograd, then it should be easy just dealing with you."

"I'll take that as a compliment," I muttered. "And any new word on the embassy? Forgot to ask."

"A week after New Year's day, the final preparations for the whole thing will be set up. The day after that is when they want us to check it out." told Cadance.

"Can't wait to see it," I beamed. "It's only a few subway rides from home and the Germane embassy anyway."

"Yep. So you don't have an excuse not visiting me everyday." smirked Cadance.

"Oh kitten, you know I wouldn't dream of not seeing your wonderful beautiful self." I mused poetically in a camp tone.

Our train finally came to a stop and passengers began getting off. Cadance and I put on our winter clothes and backpacks that we needed for the visit to Moscolt.

We stepped out of the train, a few passengers asking us about our noteworthy relationship all the while and headed for the massive luggage compartment where everyone was scrambling for their things.

As Cadance preferred the color pink, like how any Equestrian seemed to be fascinated with a certain absurdity, her suitcases stood out nicely. Cadance first used magic to take out the suitcases, enveloping her belongings in an ethereal glow to bring them to her via telekinesis.

A few looks were shot at her, not out of scorn, but out of bewilderment.

I tapped on Cadance's shoulder. "Um, kitten. I think it sets a better example for morale if we were to carry those things manually."

Cadance widened her eyes before nodding her head in agreement. "Alright then, I have super strength anyway."

I grabbed a hold of two of Cadance's suitcases and she grabbed the other two. It definitely was quite a bit to carry since we were only two people, but I was at least sure that Cadance chose to carry the heavier stuff.

Near us were quite a few other Equestrians that were going to be Cadance's fellow embassy workers. They had been specifically chosen after intense background checks by the Arstrotzkan government to ensure that they wouldn't hold any anti-Collectivist sympathies and actually make an effort in living in their new stations.

Like Cadance, the Equestrian embassy workers were rather captivated by Moscolt and seemed to be enjoying everything, the cold clearly being the only thing that kept slightly uncomfortable.

Given our backgrounds, we were all waiting in the line reserved for diplomats and other dignitaries or officers. We didn't have to wait too long in line as only a few Arstrotzkan commissars were ahead of us. When we headed inside, we filled out all the necessary paperwork in a quick and timely fashion, so as not to keep others waiting too long.

The inspector in charge took a look at our paperwork and stamped everything with approval. There was no way that Cadance and I would let any discrepancy get through on this wonderful day. It would suck to get interrogated after so long.

Just as when we thought we were in the clear, the inspector flicked up his pencil and pointed to a back room.

"You two are inspected inside there! Leave your bags at the front of the door!" he barked.

My heart raced after he pointed to, what else, the room where they used to interrogate people. I grabbed Cadance's hand, who didn't look as nervous as I was but seemed to have a grasp on the situation.

I took a deep breath, saying something was not wise in situations like this before your interrogation and made my forward to the interrogation room with Cadance by my side.

Just as I expected the worst, my jaw dropped as to who the supposed interrogator really was. Standing behind a 4 personal bodyguard team was none other than Secretary General of the Collectivist party Stepan Sevag Bagramyan.

Bagramyan stood at an impressive height, perhaps only an inch shorter than Cadance and I, and had some rather dashing features. His black hair line was well maintained, his young gaze was haughty yet calming and just by looking at the outline of his body that was hugged tightly by his Commissar suit, you can tell he took good care of himself. He was a Secretary General easy on the eyes, a great help to the charisma that won him his position.

I gulped and nervously shot my left fist up in the clenched fist of solidarity. "Comrade Secretary General Bagramyan! It is an honor!"

"No need to worry Comrade Ulyanov," assured Bagramyan with his soothing East Armaneian Arstrotzkan accent, which he surely had given his roots from the city of Mareinakan. "And it's good to see you your Highness Cadance."

Cadance took a breath of relief. "Nice to see you too Secretary General Bagramyan."

Bagramyan and Cadance shook their gloved hands, and for once there was no one to cry scandal at the fact that no one was bowing to Cadance. I shook Bagramyan's hand a little too wildly, but thankfully he seemed to find it amusing rather than a grievance.

"Please, sit you two." he offered.

"Da tovarisch." I nodded as I quickly sat down on one of the interrogation chairs, as Cadance and Bagramyan did the same.

Cadance still looked a little perplexed. "If I don't mind asking, what are we being interrogated for?"

"I SWEAR I DIDN'T DO IT!" I pleaded. "I've been a good politically correct comrade my whole life!"

"Easy there Tovarisch Ulyanov," laughed Bagramyan. "If you two were convicted of something the secret police would have taken care of you two by now."

"Right. Right..." I sighed in relief.

Still, the presence of Bagramyan's security detail was a little intimidating. The special forces assigned to him were rather tall, generally well built (for Arstrotzkan standards), had rather glaring riot shield helmets with a pitch black balaclava underneath and looked like their submachine guns were literally glued onto their hands.

Cadance wasn't as phased as me in this scenario, but she had a better chance of surviving than me in the event shit went down.

"Just to be clear," announced Bagramyan. "You two are not here because of any sort of infraction with the motherland. In fact, I'm rather surprised that Comrade Ulyanov's relationship with a monarch has not relieved him of his Collectivist loyalties. That would be a worrying scenario for us, but it hasn't happened."

"I'm not foolish enough to start a war." joked Cadance.

"Indeed you're not," smiled Bagramyan. "You picked a wonderful person Lev."

"Thank you, Comrade Secretary General." I beamed. Having the Secretary General praise your relationship was always a good sign.

"So the real reason why I am here has to do with the obvious fact of the opening of the Equestrian embassy." noted Bagramyan.

"Yes, it's to completed soon, is it not?" checked Cadance.

"Indeed," nodded Bagramyan. "It's actually amazing. Before the rise of the 4 great powers, Equestria saw itself as the world leader for hundreds of years. And yet, we never bothered opening an embassy for Equestira here despite all the treaties we've signed."

"Well, I can probably count the amount of Equestrians here by one hand only." laughed Cadance, which Bagramyan and I did too.

"That is true of course," chuckled Bagramyan. "It seems all of our attempts at diplomacy involved us coming to you, especially with the few dozen workers we have in your local offices."

Bagramyan turned to me. "But thanks to your's and comrade Ulyanov's relationship, this is about to change."

"Tell me about it," remarked Cadance. "We've got quite a few more cooperative works going on in the arctic and I heard quite a few Pegsai and Earth People are working as climate and farming consultants."

"You're not wrong," confirmed Bagramyan. "It's amazing when one considers that it was generally just the Germanes and Halyexandrians we'd ask for such a task. Unfortunately, our coming expansions beyond the Hayral mountains need more magical support, so that requires some diversion of our Great Power forces and the need for Equestrians to fill in the blank."

"Glad that we can be of help." nodded Cadance.

"And you will all be of greater help once this embassy opens," continued Bagramyan. "The embassy will be open the week after the New Year's holiday, so should all have plenty of time to enjoy each other's company."

Bagramyan winked at us. "Which I'm sure sure you both so closely and intimately."

Cadance and I gave out nervous laughs.

"Do you have any plans for New Year Secretary General?" asked Cadance.

"Nothing besides the usual." shrugged Bagramyan. "I'll be in Commissariat celebrating with the rest of the senior members of the government and collectivist party, wishing for another productive year."

"And I'll be sure that happens with my job here." noted Cadance.

"I don't doubt you will," chuckled Bagramyan. "It's amazing, though, you and Comrade Lev got together under the previous administration but it was under my representation of Arstrotzka that this embassy was built. At least I'll have one claim to fame."

Cadance kissed me on the cheek, which thankfully didn't faze anyone. "Just another good reason for the two of us to be in love then."

Bagramyan grinned at me. "You must be rather excited to have Princess Cadance work next to you, isn't that right Comrade Ulyanov."

I nodded. "Da tovarisch, I mean, er, it's really great to not have to take long train rides just to see her."

"Well, that is a sign of a devoted lover, which means you did choose someone faithful Cadance." remarked Bagramyan.

Cadance and I looked at each other and blushed, warm feelings in each of us.

Bagramyan leaned forward. "But you still work in the Germane embassy, don't you? Still a metro ride away from the Equestrian embassy?"

"It's not an issue at all." I shook.

Bagramyan rolled his eyes and smiled like he was hiding a secret. "Well, I have some bad news for you. You won't be working in the Germane embassy anymore."

My eyes widened and I almost shot out of my seat until Bagramyan launched his finger forward.

"Because you will now be working with Princess Cadance in the Equestrian embassy. Side by side. Everyday. No delay." explained Bagramyan with a smirk.

My eyes remained widened, but this time not out of a regular old shock, but on of joy. Even Cadance's mouth dropped.

"W-w-wait a minute. You mean, I am going to work with C-Cadance, m-my girlfriend, in the new embassy?" I stuttered.

"Exactly." nodded Bagramyan.

Cadance clasped her hands together and smiled wide. "Lev! This is amazing."

Two of us cried out in delight and gave each other a hug while Bagramyan laughed loud like a clown. Even his security detail seemed to be silently laughing under their masks.

"Thank you! Thank you!" beamed Cadance. "This means so much to us!"

"H-how did you get me this job? I didn't event apply for it." I said in confusion.

"We needed an assistant for Cadance, and therefore someone who knew her well would be the ideal choice." explained Bagramyan.

"This isn't just because we're dating right?" I frowned. "I-I-I can't accept something out of nepotism."

"On the contrary Tovarisch," replied Bagramyan. "The fact that you remain loyal to us despite your own personal loyalties to your monarch girlfriend is proof enough that you are competent for this job. Besides, you probably have enough insider information on Equestria anyway, so consider this job an order."

I gulped and smiled wide. "Thank you Comrade Secretary General! This means a lot."

"I'm sure it does." stated Bagramyan, who extended his hand to me which I gladly shook.

Bagramyan then extended his hand to Cadance. "And to a new era."

"To a new era." repeated Cadance delightfully as she and Bagramyan shook hands.

Cadance raised an eyebrow as she retracted her arm. "By any chance, did you come here just to tell Lev personally that he would be working with me in my new embassy?"

Bagramyan let out a haughty scoff. "Why of course! As Lev demonstrated earlier, being assigned such a position could easily be confused for nepotism which any good Arstrotzkan comrade worker would resist. A direct order from me is convincing."

There was a pause before Bagramyan sighed and spoke again.

"That, and today is incredibly boring," he groaned. "Seriously, the weird 30-minute event of the week passed by in Maremansk and was just a cult of Ice Wizards that were easily put down by aerial fire bombs and a mechanized assault. I figured I might as well have stopped by to see Princess Cadance and her boyfriend with all my other paperwork done."

"Eh, I know how that feels." chuckled Cadance.

I sat up, proud of my new position. "I shall not disappoint you Comrade Secretary General!"

Bagramyan smiled haughtily. "It is not me you should be concerned about Comrade Lev, but rather the good comrades of the Arstrotzkan People's Republic and the Equestrian people you are now working with."

Cadance placed a finger on her chin with a little snark on her face. "Even the Equestrian people that are nobles and bourgeois?"

Bagramyan thought about it for a good a second.

"No."

We finally approached the outside of the apartment building I was staying in. It was rather tall, about 24 floors, even though that was minuscule compared to the massive skyscrapers in the downtown of Moscolt. Unlike the building my family in Hoovograd stayed in though, this building was not in the baroque realist style, but rather a glassy building reflecting the post-modernist internationalist character of Moscolt like the other 3 great power capitals. I didn't truly care for that part though, as it probably felt less ideologically imposing on Cadance.

I turned towards her with a sheepish grin as she was looking up and down the building.

"Um," I muttered. "So what do you think?"

"It looks nice," chirped Cadance. "Why wouldn't I like it?"

"It ain't a fancy mansion or castle. Just another average Joe's building," I said. "Well, on the higher end of the average Joe's building, but nothing even compared to some of the other stuff in the city and..."

"Lev!" interrupted Cadance. "For the dozenth time, it doesn't matter. I'm not shallow."

"I'm not accusing you of that kitten!" I swore. "It's just that when I stay in your castle, I feel like a fish out of water and I don't want you to feel these things since this is going to be your home for the next few years."

"And I don't care that it is," replied Cadance. "It looks nice and modern, kinda like Manehatten. Well, a little more advanced than Manehatten, but it isn't an issue at all. It's a new experience, and that's what I'm here for."

"Huh," I nervously chuckled. "Surely my boss doesn't find it degrading to be living with her assistant in a random apartment."

Cadance placed her hands on her hips. "My boss huh?"

"Yeah," I jokingly insisted. "What's the deal? I thought we were supposed to be an even team, but now I'm subordinate to a Princess? This is totally oppression I tell you."

"Oh very funny...comrade," replied Cadance with sass. "I thought these things didn't count for government positions."

"You never know," I said with emphasis on the last word.

"Says the one who owns a so called higher end apartment." retorted Cadance.

"Hey hey hey," I replied as I shot my finger up. "I got this through a shit ton of savings and overtime. Besides, you should see the class 3 and 2 apartments some of the generals, scientists and collectivist party heads live in. Now that is what I call opulence, even though they hardly use most of it and actually lease it to squatters a lot."

I mumbled the last few parts while shoving Cadance playfully and gently, which still proved to be a bad thing as Cadance was still stronger than me and accidentally shoved me a back a foot or two. I luckily didn't slip on any ice.

"Oh, sorry about that Levy." frowned Cadance.

"It's no problem kitten," I assured while hugging her. "What's important is that we are together now."

Cadance hugged me back. "Of course Levy. Now let's head inside before we get cold."

"Cold?" I spat. "Hah, this is nothing in Arstrotzka."

"Oh boy." joked Cadance.

The two of us grabbed a hold of Cadance's luggage and headed inside the building. I greeted the receptionist who proceeded to hand Cadance a few additional documents on living here in this Arstrotzkan apartment complex.

After about a half hour of more paper filling, we headed up the elevator to my apartment.

"My new apartment here is class 4, slightly better than what the average Arstrotzkan generally has, but it's more than enough to accommodate two people since they're usually meant for whole families." I explained.

"Well it's nice to see you were thinking ahead." winked Cadance.

I blushed. "Haha....yeah."

I wasn't too keen on thinking about the whole marriage and after part with Cadance, there were still plenty of things that needed to be done if we were going to make our unique relationship work.

The elevator stopped and the two of us hoarded out our luggage down the hallway. Luckily there wasn't anyone else here so we were able to walk around without much hassle. Once in front of my door, I took out my keys and opened the doorway for the two of us.

I stepped inside and took a deep breath. "So, this is home now. What do you think?"

Cadance placed her hands in her pockets and took a good look around her. The apartment was pretty spacious for a single person, but then again these class 4s generally counted on spouses pooling their money for a dream home before the children arrived.

The interior didn't have a very crowded design. Although I was a fan of-of the grandiose baroque nature of our realist architecture's exterior, on the inside, I was more of a fan of the simpler designs. The kitchen was a simple walk in and most of the furniture was white and black alongside a pine wood or marble floor.

It could have passed for any old postmodernist apartment like the ones Cadance could see in Manehatten, were it not for the fact that I had taken the liberty of decorating my walls with a shit ton of Arstrotzkan collectivist propaganda posters. It added to the charm in my opinion.

Once she took a good look at the kitchen, bathroom, and living area, Cadance decided to take a peek at something a little different. Cadance looked outside the building through a window, and as I was only a few floors below the top, she could see practically anything. Once her sight got passed the other buildings, The downtown, the Colty Park, the university were all within view.

I was taking Cadance's nods as signs of approval, which relieved me quite a bit. She moved onto my bedroom and expected the insides. It wasn't too different thematically from the rest of the building, just a bed with a white wooden frame, a rank blanket on top and a few matching shelves over a beige carpet and tied up nicely with my favorite propaganda poster.

She glanced towards my side drawer and noticed that photos I had of her and my family next to me, just like she did back in her own room in Canterlot castle.

"How sweet of you." mused Cadance, eyeing the small framed photo of her in her favorite dress next to my bed.

"Just something to wake up to everyday kitten." I chuckled.

Cadance then raised an eyebrow and reached towards the frame of the poster I had in my room. I could have sworn my heart skipped a beat at that moment.

Cadance flipped the frame of the poster off the wall and nodded upon having her expectations confirmed. On the other side of the frame was an erotic painting featuring her and Fleur that had been painted in front of me a while back. I decided to keep the painting in my room, but disguised behind a nonsuspicious looking poster. I did recall telling Cadance of my plan regarding that.

She wasn't done inspecting my room to confirm her suspicions however because the next thing I knew, Cadance opened the bottom part of my side drawer. Sure enough, a series of nude selfie photos she had sent towards me on my phone which I printed were all stashed there.

"This is amazing," laughed Cadance while looking at those nude photos of herself. "Have any photos me like that in your office?"

"Nah, too risky," I shook. "I just keep the safe for work stuff featuring you in my office."

"Right, it wouldn't be that good if someone in the embassy found these scandalous pictures." nodded Cadance.

"Oh common, don't act like you don't have a stash of nudes featuring me laying around in your room." I defended.

"Well, they're no longer technically in my room now that I brought them all with me." smiled Cadance.

I walked up towards Cadance. "I had those around as inspiration to keep my dreams nice and sexy. Now that you're here however, we're going to have the actual person in front of us."

"I like the sound of that." said Cadance who kissed me on the cheek.

"So," I shrugged. "Liking the place so far?"

"It's pretty simple, but it has a really nice comforting and futuristic tone to it." replied Cadance.

"Well, that's a relief here," I sighed. "So I guess we better start unpacking your stuff now huh?"

Cadance rolled her eyes and with a grin, snapped her fingers. Her hand suddenly glowed its magical ethereal color and her suitcases glowed the exact same color as well.

In an instant, her luggage shot open and articles upon articles of clothing flew out alongside other utensil Cadance packed alongside her when moving. Before I knew it, the entire apartment was littered with flying items that were even arranging themselves in a proper fashion in their new home. Clothes were making their way in my closets and other objects were nestling in the drawers or stands. I could only wonder what was happening in the other rooms I wasn't in, but I'd figure that out when I stepped outside.

Right now, it was a bit of a hazard to walk outside, to say the least.

I had to sit down to admire the sheer scale of work that was being done so quickly and so simply with magic. I knew about Cadance's powers, but I was never not taken back by some of the things she could do, especially stuff I hadn't see he do before like this very spell she was using. Even more miraculously, I didn't get a single thing thrown into my face despite all these items flying around.

Cadance herself was simply sitting on the bed next to me, her hand still raised and waving around nonchalantly. Cadance's expression didn't seem to think too much of what was going, but I dared not disturb her until she got everything done, lest I wanted everything she was controlling to suddenly drop down.

After what felt like an hour, but was only a few minutes. The last article of clothing magically tucked itself in one of my drawers. Through sheer magical might, Cadance was officially moved in.

My mouth was still hung agape until I felt Cadance's finger close it shut and tug me towards her face.

She bit her lip a bit. "I know it's that not that fair to other Arstrotzkans that I can use magic to complete stuff you could in hours, but hey, we're not in front of anyone now aren't we?"

I shook my head and snapped back to reality. "Eh, I wouldn't ever count on that last part in Arstrotzka kitten. Seriously, though, you Equestrians could put the entire industry of mover collectives out of the business."

"Eh, it takes a lot of skill to master that spell actually, so don't worry about it," replied Cadance. "Besides, it's not like you guys aren't inventing machines to replace conventional labor and magic soon."

"Well, fully automated luxury space collectivism is what we hope to achieve in the People's Republic." I shrugged.

I lied down the bed and yawned. Cadance lied down too to join me.

"So what do we do now?" I muttered.

"I thought you had everything planned out." teased Cadance.

"I did, until SOMEBODY forgot to tell me they could use magic to unpack their stuff and finish an hour of work in a minute," I replied.

"Oh my, I'd really hated to be that somebody." teased Cadance.

I checked the time on my phone. "Uh, it's pretty early and we've got a few hours till new year's eve."

"Maybe we can get some work done?" proposed Cadance.

"Working on a holiday is considered bourgeois exploitation of the proletariat, unless it's an emergency thank you very much." I retorted.

Cadance didn't even bother to try stifling her laugh. "Any ideas, Mr. Wise Guy?"

"Uh," I shrugged, still staring aimlessly at the ceiling.

I gave it a moment of thought. "We could watch TV or something. See what state propaganda has to say or watch the New Year specials."

"Sounds good to me, we don't even have TV back home, so I'll take the offer." agreed Cadance.

The two of us were fastened on the couch facing my TV, in our usual position of me lying down on the couch while Cadance lied on top of me.

Half an hour had passed after we turned on the TV and a New Year special had just concluded. It was a pretty nifty feature about an Arstrotzkan diplomat desperately trying to deliver a message to a meeting between fictional great power leaders to clean up a ruse before a war could be declared on the New Year. Some good acting and special effects later, the message gets delivered and everyone learns the true meaning of New Year's day.

"That was pretty nice," said Cadance. "Well acted even with the simple plot."

"Yeah, but I wish the film gave us an answer as to whether or not those rogue Neighponese cyborg ninjas were real or hallucinations," I noted. "Because I still think they were allegories for protagonist's inner struggle fused with heavy drinking."

"They were clearly real Lev," replied Cadance. "I mean the damage they do is still visible after the fight is over and people seem to notice their corpses in the background."

"Maybe that was just an error. The average viewer wouldn't notice that." I remarked.

"It doesn't matter," yawned Cadance who then kissed me on the cheek. "So, we still have a lot of time. I was thinking about taking a shower after we got back from our outing, but I figured I might as well take one now. We can head straight to bed when we get home that way."

"We can do that." I agreed.

"Cool. I gotta do something first and then you can go in when I'm done." chirped Cadance who kissed me on the forehead and then hopped out of my grasp.

I slightly recoiled back once Cadance leaped onto her feet, as due to having super strength, she occasionally didn't know just how much strength she was really exerting on me. Once she left the small living room, I turned the TV back on and resumed watching.

A part of me was feeling a bit of confusion as I watched however. Normally, Cadance and I usually showered together as it was a sexy bonding experience and more importantly, saved water. I didn't expect her to go at it alone.

Regardless, it didn't bother me and I felt that she was going to call me in anyway.

After a few more minutes of aimlessly watching TV, I heard Cadance's voice cry out.

"Hey Lev!" she yelled from across the hall. "I need help something. Would you mind?"

"Yeah sure." I nonchalantly replied, wondering what the issue was.

I walked down the rather small hall and called out to Cadance.

"What's the problem?" I asked.

"Something is wrong with this shower here. I need your help!" told Cadance.

"Come on, it's gotta be like the shower you have at home," I said, right in front of the bathroom door which I began to open. "What could possibly be the prob.....lem?"

And as soon as I opened the door I was taken back once again by the beauty right in front of me.

Cadance was standing in front of the bathroom sink and cabinet, clad in nothing but an extremely loose bath towel draped over her and that headband she used to tie her hair into a ponytail.

Cadance placed a finger on her lip innocently, while simultaneously smirking at my surprised expression. It really did never get old for her when it came to teasing me.

"My problem is that I haven't made love to you in this specific shower," whispered Cadance seductively. "Care to fix that?"

I got a hold of myself and lightly chuckled. "Oh come on kitten, we shower together every time we're together. This isn't a surprise."

Cadance's lustful gaze pierced deeper in my soul. "Is it now? You were awfully startled back there."

"Huh, well that's because you have a thing for driving me crazy with your sexy body," I replied.

"So let's cut to the chase shall we?" smirked Cadance.

She proceeded to undo the tiny knot on her towel and quickly tossed the garment aside. I got a great view of Cadance's voluptuous body, which was still as beautiful and curvy as always.

Cadance beamed me an amused smile as I admired her seductive body. She then walked up towards me in her slow but seductive manner, which emphasized her rocking hips and jiggling breasts to an admirable degree. Cadance just knew that I was just dying to make love with her at that very instant.

Still clothed, I placed my hands on Cadance's elbows and worked my down her body, something that she seemed to really admire. As my hands slowly moved down, Cadance and I locked our lips into a deep, but still passionate kiss.

With our eyes closed, Cadance cast her stripping spell on me and sure enough, I felt that tingling sensation over my body before feeling absolutely no clothes on me at all. I didn't care about where my garments were magically placed by Cadance right now because I was too busy focusing on making out with my naked girlfriend.

My cock was now freed with no clothes to restrain it, and its erectness was immediately grabbed by the fingers of Cadance's hand.

I laughed a bit when Cadance grasped my dick and as did Cadance when my fingers started skidding on the mounds of her breast and tickling the tips of her nipples.

Cadance pulled my shaft harder with her palm and fingers, while I gave her breasts a good squeeze as well. We both cried out in pleasure which broke her kiss, but once we got a hold of ourselves, we laughed and resumed making out.

Our kisses grew deeper and deeper while I continued to tend to her breasts and she continued to play with my member. I let one of my hands off of Cadance's sizable breast and closed the door behind me, which we had forgotten to do since we were so wrapped up in our embrace alongside each other's arms and bodies.

After a few more moments of kissing and playing with each other's well-endowed assets, I broke off my lips slowly from Cadance's and looked down. I had two giant tracks of land in my palms to embrace.

I moved hands down to Cadance's toned belly and lowered my face onto her tits. I nuzzled my cheek on the mounds of her perky breast, embracing her supple skin and licked my lips to start suckling her nipples.

Before I could however, I felt Cadance place her fingers on my chin and pull me up.

Cadance smiled and shook her head naughtily. "Not yet Levy."

I was about to protest until Cadance stepped back and pulled the shower curtain aside and stepped in the bath. I quickly trailed behind her inside and watched her reach for the shower gauge. Cadance bent down to reach the knob, giving me a great view of her perky ass that started sliding across my dick and turned on the faucet.

A stream of hot relaxing water poured down from the shower head and started to flow down on Cadance. In an instant, I watched my girlfriend get doused with water that started making her body shine as she got wet and drenched.

Cadance wasted no time rubbing her hands across her body, reminding me of how her buxom breasts, her toned belly, curvaceous thighs and long legs glowed beautifully when submerged in the water.

Cadance extended her hand forward and I grabbed it, allowing her to pull me in for an embrace. Soon enough, I too felt the relaxing sensation of hot water spraying all over my body, which went nicely with the feeling of Cadance's wet naked skin hugging mine.

The two of us continued to kiss under the shower head, not worrying about slipping since Cadance's strength could easily hold the two of us in place, and furiously rubbed our hands across each other's naked bodies.

And speaking of rubbing, Cadance extended her hand behind me and levitated a bottle of soap towards her grasp. We temporarily broke off the kiss as Cadance held and shook the bottle in front of me, playfully rolling her eyes all the while. I nodded as this was the part where we actually needed to clean each other up. I opened up my palm and Cadance squirted a dab of soap onto it and she did the same. Once we were ready, she levitated the bottle back to bath's side.

We stepped out of the shower head and in an instant, we immediately began rubbing the warm bubbly soap all over each other's bodies. As if feeling each other up when wet and naked wasn't enough, try to imagine what it must've felt like when soap was added to the mixture.

As my soapy hands traveled across Cadance's firm skin, more and more of her luscious body became covered in a bubbly white foam, cleaning her up nicely.

Half out of keeping my girlfriend clean and healthy and the other half out of enjoying her voluptuous body, my hands made sure to travel across each and every part of her figure to cover her with soap. I did pay a lot of attention to her supple rear and breasts, but to my defense, they were pretty large and needed to be tended to. Cadance herself did enjoy it when her perky tits and ass were rubbed by me anyway.

That wasn't anything to say about how Cadance was treating me personally. Her palms loaded with soap lathered and tended to my every need, not leaving a single spot on me unchecked. Her hands really had a majestic flow to them as they traveled across my body to the point where I frequently found myself moaning in pleasure as I embraced her grasp.

Cadance and I also enjoyed it when she started feeling up and lathering my erect dick, making sure it was nice and clean, but also to make sure that it would remain fully erect to fuck her later.

Of course, we did occasionally struggle with our arms as we covered each other in soap, but we had such a harmony with each other that it didn't even matter.

This entire time, the two of us were locked in an embrace with our eyes closed. Somehow, we didn't need to open our eyes to properly rub each other with soap, but that probably went down to practice. All we truly needed was the feeling of each other's embrace in the form of our kiss and moving hands, which was strengthened with our eyes closed as it allowed us to fully immerse ourselves.

Soon, Cadance's entire body from her majestic arms, buxom breasts, firm belly, perky rear, to her curvaceous legs and thighs were absolutely covered in soap. The exact same could be said about me.

We opened our eyes and laughed upon seeing the foamy white bubbles all over each other. The best part about making love in the shower, besides letting the running water wash your sex fluids, was that you took your time cleaning each other since lovers wanted to ravish each other.

Cadance guided me back to the shower head and soon enough, the familiar sensation of hot running water encompassed our entire body. The soapy bubbles flew down from our body and into the drain, leaving the two of us shining brightly with the running water again.

We hugged each other once more and kissed. Cadance's embrace was so tight that I the familiar sensation of her firm sizable breasts pounding my chest returned. Our kisses alternated between faster and faster pecks or slow and deep kisses.

After a minute more of just making out, Cadance shot me a smirk and decided to head onto the next phase as she got on her knees while I instinctively stepped back.

Cadance found herself facing my cock which she greeted with a kiss on its head. Instantly, a wave of pleasure traveled up my spine from the tip of my erection all the way through my ecstatic brain.

Cadance placed a few more kisses on the head of my drenched stiff member while clutching and squeezing her own boobs. Soon enough, those kisses grew longer and more passionate as they began moving down from head to shaft. Once she had reached the base of my dick, she topped it all off with a long lick that sent a shiver of arousal throughout my body.

Like she was tasting a lollipop, Cadance flicked and licked my dick with her tongue in a rapid succession until she wrapped my entire member with the roof of her tongue and the roof of her mouth.

One my dick was fully inside of her mouth, she started the oral with a little nibble on my shaft with the tip of her teeth. That tingling feeling was always welcome.

Fully fastened in the grasp of her mouth, Cadance began sucking my dick, ready to drink down my cum. Her lips pulled tugged on my dick and each suck made me nearly moan out loud full arousal. She began driving me crazy with pleasure once she sped up her pace in a manner that clearly still wanted to savor the feeling of my cock, but get out its cum too.

All the while, Cadance was flapping and bouncing her own boobs, keeping her hands occupied while she sucked on my dick. My hands meanwhile were up against the shower wall to make sure I didn't accidentally moan too hard and trip while Cadance continued to jerk off my cock with her lips and tongue.

Soon, it was clear that Cadance had some plans to kick it up a notch.

Cadance slowly, but gently pried her mouth away from my cock. Right before she would even let a second of my dick go untended to, she lifted the perky breasts she was playing with and sandwiched my cock between their bountiful folds.

My erection found itself caught between Cadance's huge tits, mounds so supple that only the tip of my dick was visible, and that wasn't even Cadance using her entire chest to begin with.

As my dick was fully engulfed between Cadance's drenched and plentiful tits, they were trapped with no way of escape. Not that I would ever complain. She bounced her breasts, which in turn jerked my dick in between the firm skin. Seeing that I liked it, Cadance grasped her tits harder and continued to assault my cock by constantly jerking and rubbing it against her pair.

Cadance jiggled and shook her wet breasts faster and faster as if she was giving me a handjob with her tits. Soon enough, she started squeezing her breasts onto my cock, and the pulses of pleasure from my sex to the rest of my body grew stronger.

Cadance showed me no mercy as she squeezed hard. She also started tugging her breasts upwards, wanting to get my semen out of me at that moment.

I gritted my teeth and braced myself as my erection took the maximum amount of force it could handle from Cadance's huge and supple tits.

Sensing I was close to ejaculating, Cadance licked her lips and began to secure her prize when she brought her head down to the tip of my cock. She enveloped the head of my dick with her lips and licked the bulb furiously with her tongue.

One final tug from her perky mounds later and I let loose a stream of semen that shot up from my wet rod and into Cadance's mouth. With a huge amount of delight, Cadance gladly ran the semen down her throat.

I let out a moan in pleasure as my cock burst another shot of semen. I was impressed how much was apparently stored in there. Cadance had fully sealed the head of my dick in her mouth so that not a single droplet would get by her and get washed away by the shower water.

Once it was clear that I had spent that round, Cadance finally motioned her head away from the tip of my dick and finally let go of her own breasts. With a plop, the mounds of her breasts jiggled down and freed my dick from its perky buxom prison.

Cadance stood up and let the shower water fully engulf her once more while she fixed her ponytail.

After a giggle from the two of us, we wrapped our hands around each other and embraced on the lips once more. Cadance certainly gave the best oral sex in the world, and I was about to reward her with a good fucking against her pussy, as was the tradition.

While we kissed, I let my hand slide down Cadance's wet firm backside to approach her bottom. With a good spank for a greeting, I welcomed the feeling of Cadance's huge wet perky ass in my palm.

Cadance wrapped around my backside tighter as we continued to kiss under the shower head, my still erect cock pointing and prodding at her entrance. Her grip was tight for she wouldn't dare let go, lest her supple that were pressed against my chest break free and shove me back against the shower wall.

However, we did find a way for me to fuck her directly without her breasts being too much of an issue.

With the head of my cock needing some space to prod Cadance's entrance, Cadance moved a hand to her breast assaulting my chest. Sliding my hand from her wet back, my other still gripping her ass, I did the same.

We slowly pried apart our bodies and lifted the respective breast we were grabbing.

With Cadance's buxom tits lifted up, I used my other hand on Cadance's ass to guide her waist to my member. The bulb of my wet cock prodded Cadance's equally wet entrance, although it was clear it wasn't just the shower water that was making her moist.

Slowly, but gently, the head of my cock began to enter her inside. Cadance's vaginal lips were spread apart by my erection, which caused us both to moan in delight and ecstasy. We both took a second to relax before I went any further. I didn't want to shove my entire length in her all at once and instantly cum. That wasn't fun for either of us.

I turned to the breast of Cadance that I was holding to point upwards. Her mounds were so large and firm that it was a wonder that my single hand could even hold it's heavy build.

I licked my lips and then turned my tongue to Cadance's erect wet nipple. I greeted that nipple with a little kiss, which made Cadance giggle in delight and then took it up a notch with a tiny prod with my tongue.

Cadance's nipple danced and bounced against my tongue, growing more and stiffer as it expected to be suckled. I wasn't about to deny its wishes, so I puckered my lips and poked the nipple against my lips. I had to double down on holding Cadance's breast to make sure it wouldn't fall down and on my grip on her ass to make sure I wouldn't fall down.

All the while, my other hand was pushing Cadance's huge ass forward, which caused her hips to sway closer and closer to me. The tightness of Cadance's insides caused a shock of pleasure to pulse through my erection once more.

It was deep inside her, but tight too. As Cadance's vaginal walls closed in further on me, I gritted my teeth and nibbled on Cadance's nipple.

Cadance let out a moan of pleasure as my cock burrowed further and further into her. Inch by inch of my shaft made its way inside of her entrance, getting jerked by her pussy's tightness all the while.

Cadance and I began panting further and further, especially now that my cock had fully been engulfed by her sex. We were almost trembling in pleasure, so I had to chalk it up to my grasp on Cadance's ass and her super strength holding my back down to keep us on our feet on the wet bathtub.

As she exhaled and moaned in sheer bliss, I finally began sucking Cadance's nipple, which caused her cries to be longer and more relaxed. It was a soothing feeling for Cadance to have her nipples tugged on by my lips, so I was happy to oblige.

My lips rocked back and forth with Cadance's nipple in my mouth, supported by the hand that was trying to keep her breast onto my face. To spice things up, I'd occasionally flick her nipple with my tongue, ready to drain Cadance's sizable boob of its contents. My turned attention also helped me thinking too much about the vaginal penetration I was committing, preventing me from cumming too quickly.

"Keep sucking!" cried Cadance in delight.

"Of course kitten." I replied, nipple still in my mouth.

The spurts of milky goodness flowing from Cadance's nipple began filling up my mouth which I began running down my throat. As Cadance's walls were assaulting my cock with no mercy, suckling on her nipple was a great way to keep me from crying out in pleasure too much.

I also doubled down on my other hand's grip on her ass, just to make sure the taste of Cadance's lactating goodness didn't turn me away from reality.

Apparently, Cadance seemed to have the same idea too, because I noticed a distinct lack of moans from her.

My eyes looked up and sure enough, Cadance, who was holding up her own breast with her hand, was suckling her own breast too. Like me just a moment ago, Cadance had her eyes closed and was furiously tugging on her own nipple, which successfully reached her face due to her breasts’ buxom size. She seemed to be enjoying pleasuring herself if the light shaking of her body was anything to go by.

Cadance seriously had to be overwhelmed with a pleasurable sensation at this point. Her ass was tended to with my grasp, her tits were being sucked on and my stiff erection was deep inside her.

I took a few more suckles out of her nipples before smirking and looking up at Cadance.

"You like your own taste do you?" I laughed.

Cadance lowered her own breast from her mouth and opened her eyes, panting furiously. "What can I say? My boobs are well endowed in more than one way."

We both chuckled and resumed sucking on her tits, draining their contents dry as my cock pounded and pounded her pussy. Had we not been suckling Cadance's lactating goodness, we would have been moaning furiously by now. Or at least Cadance would since I always kept my mouth occupied with her nipples.

At that point, it was pretty clear the two of us were close to cumming. Like any good couple, we were practically able to synchronize our bodies at this point so that we could start and end at the same time.

I gritted my teeth further in response to Cadance's clamping vaginal walls jerking my dick for my cum and proceeded to suck her tits even faster. My lips tugged and pulled furiously, draining the plentiful milk stored with Cadance's breasts.

A tense moment after, and the last drop from Cadance's lactating nipples ran down my throat. Given that female alicorns like her had a pretty large surplus of milk in their already massively sized tits, it was a wonder that I could even finish tending to them.

Cadance meanwhile lowered her own breast as she finished suckling her own tit a moment after. She was blushing hard, evidently aroused by her own suckling and lactating.

Cadance got a hold of herself, or at least the most she could as I was about to cum in her. "My milk....tastes....so good."

We kissed and wrapped our arms around each other while we shoved our waists forward. Eyes closed and locked deep into a kiss, waves of pleasure were erupting everywhere as we approached our climax. Now that Cadance's tits were drained of their milk, it was time for my erection to drain its sticky white sex juices too.

"I'm..ready.." I whispered, to which Cadance gave a muffled response I translated as 'me too'.

Finally, my cock unleashed everything within it as I cummed inside of Cadance's tight vaginal walls. Loads and loads of semen spurted from my erection and filled her insides.

At the same time, I could feel Cadance let loose her vaginal fluids too, which collided and mixed with my own cum inside of her.

We both moaned at the same time and panted furiously as our sex juices clashed, filled with bliss and arousal. Cadance's vaginal lips were clutched rather tight, so I only felt a tiny trickle of semen trickle down from her pussy and onto the running drain.

We grabbed a hold of ourselves, still holding our each other's bodies tight, and glanced at each other.

"Another shower, another amazing fuck." I joked.

Cadance smiled, hugging me closer to double down on squishing her giant tits on my chest. "And we'll be doing this pretty much every day now that we're living together."

"Yeah, I hope we don't get bored of it." I mused.

Cadance smirked and raised an eyebrow. "Bored? You're gonna get bored of making love to an alicorn? Yeah right. Besides, I'm the Princess Of Love, so this is as natural to me as raising the sun is to Celestia."

"Then this is going to be a great life." I chuckled, which was interrupted by Cadance's kiss.

Although our shower didn't last too long, taking only slightly longer than the length an individual would spend in here on average, the sheer bliss we felt made our time together in the tub seem like forever.

Slowly, but hesitantly, I pulled my softening cock out of Cadance, causing another stream of sex juices to leak out of her pussy and into the drain. Cadance turned off the shower head and we both stepped out and began to reach for the towels.

"Come on," said Cadance, opening a towel. "We gotta get dressed."

"Right behind you kitten." I replied, spanking Cadance's supple ass before she put her towel on.

Cadance chuckled and rubbed her perky love butt. "I'm looking forward to this new life."

We got out of the subway station and looked at the scene before us. All across the streets of Moscolt were gigantic crowds heading to the city center, for only a fool wouldn't be in this part of the city on New Year's day.

The weather was cold as usual for an Arstrotzkan winter, but it mattered not because the sheer energy and movement of everyone were enough to keep them warm. That, and out winter gear was good enough to always keep us bundled up and warm on even the coldest days.

"Hectic huh!" I yelled amid all the fanfare.

"Yeah! You're all really into this!" exclaimed Cadance back at me.

"New Year's kitten! New Years!" I cheered, half laughing at the entire scene before me. It was pretty hard not to just get excited at the prospect of another new year with joy and wonder.

The two of us were locking hands and both dressed up in our generally casual winter attire. No formal dresses for tonight, as the club and bar collectives pretty much shut down in for the night. Only a few self-employed vendors were open trying to make money, and those were mostly the Germane expats selling Wurst, Schnitzel, and Beer to party goers and their Halyexandrian or Neighponese counterparts. Those that wanted to throw massive indoor parties generally had to rely on their own home or a friend's.

The scene was so hectic with Arstrotzkans, some drunk on vodka and watched closely by security details, yelling patriotic and New Year's Slogans and going absolutely wild. It was a pretty stark contrast from the rather industrious, busy and faced paced life that normally dominated Moscolt.

Everyone was so busy that they failed to notice that Princess Cadance and her dashing boyfriend were among the crowd, or that they knew but didn't think much of it beyond amusement. Only a few couples did and that was just a quick hello. That was for the better honestly, given the hordes of celebrators everywhere.

Cadance and I took a few photos on the way, mostly in front of the statues and post-modernist financial skyscrapers littered with lights and decorations as part of the tradition.

We even had enough time to get some food from the aforementioned vendors due to showing up early. I got myself some Neighponese pork rolls made in a special way that was only available on the New Year's, which was weird since the Neighponese tended to have their own New Year celebration a lot later in February. Not that I or the vendor complained. Cadance meanwhile happily munched on a Haylexandrian falafel. All that went down nicely with the Germane beers we chugged down, Cadance reminding me of her enhanced endurance by ordering 3 cups instead of 1 like me.

After our dinner break, Cadance and I finally made it to the city square. The Revolutionary Army Choir was singing its typical array of Arstrotzkan songs both new and old and the official state broadcaster reporters were enthusiastically covering the scene.

Lights were all flashing on the gigantic Palace of the Collectives, the official city hall of Moscolt. It was a grandiose structure constructed in a mix of styles, realist neoclassical and post-modernist alike, with a statue of the revolutionary hero Vladivostok perched on top. It was as if his figure was pointing to the enemies of the revolution that needed to be conquered, and that his ideas would live on.

Cadance and I clutched hands as we waited patiently for the main event to come to fruition.

"Here's to another great year." cheered Cadance.

"Hah! And it'll truly be one full of change too now that you're working here." I laughed.

"And as long as you're by my side, there's nothing we won't overcome for the next 12 months." added Cadance.

"That's the power of love I guess," I joked.

"Hey! That's my line." teased Cadance.

"Hey there!" yelled a voice.

Suddenly, Cadance and I found cameras flashing blinding us and a microphone pointed at us.

At that point, I realized I was on TV. The state news channel really loved interviewing random people during the New Year's Eve, so if you weren't careful, they'd pick you out. A part of me thought that they chose us on purpose for an interview given who we were, but I figured that the crowd was so hectic, that it had to be by chance.

Oblivious, the News Reporter looked at the camera as he spoke.

He had an accent that hinted he was from Hoofia, a place where Arstrotzkans spoke in a rather boisterous dialect, perfect for news reporters. "So comrades! Here we have a lovely couple that's....AH WOW!"

Suddenly, the Reporter realized who he picked for an interview upon glancing at us. "Hey, it's Commissar Lev and his girlfriend Princess Cadance of Equestria. How are you two doing on this fine evening!"

"We're amazing!" beamed Cadance. "I swear, you Arstrotzkans really know how to throw a New Year's party."

"Well I don't know about Equestria, but tonight's a huge deal here." chuckled the Reporter.

"Oh no, we Equestrians loved the New Year too!" insisted Cadance. "But you guys take it to the next level!"

"That's very true," laughed the Reporter. "And I heard that the Equestrian embassy you will be working in will open soon no?"

"Yeah it is!" confirmed Cadance. "I'm so excited about it and that I got to move here."

"The glorious People's Republic is honored to host you. It will be the best time of your life." insisted the Reporter.

Cadance kissed me on the cheek, on national television. I blushed, but thankfully didn't do anything stupid.

"I'm sure it will now that I get to work with him all day." mused Cadance as she pointed the camera to me.

"Ah, comrade Lev!" greeted the Reporter. "How do you feel now that Princess Cadance, your girlfriend I might add, is now living with you?"

"Um," I muttered. Cadance was really better at public appearances. "I couldn't be happier to be honest. Getting to be with her every day, and not taking a long train ride to do so is really just spectacular."

"Haha! I'm sure it is." laughed the Reporter. "So how do you...."

The Reporter's voice and gaze were cut off before he started smiling like a fanboy. "Oh my...it's the Secretary General of Trojava! Come comrades, we must greet him at once!"

The Reporter and a lot of the crowd suddenly had their attention turned to a guy in a political officer suit with the skin tone of a Haylexandrian, but with more Arstrotzkan facial features. The Secretary General of the Trojava Collectivist party, one of our allies, was apparently on the scene. Obviously, a fellow comrade rather than a lowly Commissar and his Princess girlfriend would be a bigger deal.

"Secretary General of Trojava?" frowned Cadance. "Aren't they an Arstrotzkan puppet state?"

"Details," I muttered, feeling sorry for the Sec Gen as Arstrotzkan fans began swarming him, forcing his bodyguards and Arstrotzkan security to pry them off.

"Well, they are comrades." laughed and shrugged Cadance.

"Yeah," I simply said, turning back to Cadance. "Did you really have to kiss me on live TV?"

"Oh, you don't like it?" teased Cadance.

"NO NO NO!" I defended. "I love it when you kiss me kitten, it's just that..uh..I don't handle..."

"Live things well?" finished Cadance for me. "I know, but you gotta start getting used to this. Now that I'm an ambassador here, we'll probably be questioned a lot by the news now, so you have to start working up the courage."

"I know, I know," I sighed. "Thanks for reminding me."

"Hey, that's one of the perks of dating a Princess," chirped Cadance, who kissed me on the cheek. "Besides, I think you handled it pretty well."

"Really?" I checked.

"Really." confirmed Cadance.

Before I could say anything else, the Arstrotzkan national anthem played. It was time for the main event.

We all gazed back the entrance to the Palace of the Collectivists. From the doors emerged a sharp dressed man looking sexy in his dashing Political Officer uniform, but thoughtful and cunning too.

He approached a podium before him and took the microphone, but didn't start speaking until the anthem died down. After a short period of time, the Arstrotzkan anthem concluded and there was nothing but silence.

Said silence was broken by an announcer. "Comrade Citizens of Moscolt, Mayor Vladimir Malenkov!"

The crowd cheered and gave the raised left clenched fist salute of solidarity, or at least the Arstrotzkans did as we did not really expect non-collectivist peoples to do so.

Malenkov spoke with his energetic and proud tone. "Comrades! How are you all doing on this fine night?"

The crowd cheered in happiness and delight.

Malenkov smiled. "Well, I can tell you all had a great year just like me. And of course, this should be no surprise since my administration was the one ensuring all that."

The crowd laughed.

Malenkov continued once the chuckles died down. "No no no. I kid. What am I but the extension of your will? It is really the workers of Arstrotzka that really make this city great with their hardworking and compassionate ways of solidarity. You all are responsible for Moscolt's, no, Arstrotzka's magnificence that makes it the best place in the world!"

Everyone went wild.

Malenkov resumed. "With a new year comes new challenges. Challenges that can, and WILL be overcome with the collective might of the Arstrotzkan workers. A new year also brings many joys and hopes that will come and go, but be cherished and remembered forever. But most of all, another year means another year of the Arstrotzkan workers living in triumphant glory in the People's Republic their ancestors fought hard for and descendants continue to protect!"

Cadance and I shot each other glowing smiles. Malenkov's statement was especially true for us. There were going to be new challenges with our new roles in the Equestrian embassy.

Malenkov fixed his tie and shot the crowd a seductive wink. "Now comrades, the time for this year is fading, and the time for the new year is approaching. If you will, lead the way!"

Malenkov and the audience looked up to where the beams of light pointed towards an old fashioned clock. The minute and hour hands pointed to 11:59, and were seconds away to the new year.

"3!" yelled the crowd.

Cadance and I moved our bodies facing each other.

"2!"

We brought her faces together.

"1!"

We gazed in each other's loving eyes.

"Happy new year!"

Our lips were joined together in a loving embrace. As our eyes closed while we kissed, the sounds of fireworks and cheering crowds littered our ears. We wouldn't have it any other way.

As the music kickstarted once more, the two of us pulled our lips apart for a second to look at each other lovingly.

"Happy New Year Levy." said Cadance with a warm smile.

"Happy New Year kitten." I grinned.

We resumed kissing and hugging each other affectionately. All around us, the city was going wild with celebration.

There were going to be challenges on the road ahead now that our relationship was going to be taken to the next level. We were officially going to be living together like a true couple, and actually working together at that.

Being in senior positions in Arstrotzkan diplomacy, the ambassador of Equestria and her assistant and all that, also brought a whole new batch of responsibilities. We were going to be in charge of representing Equestria, an important, but lowly country compared to the great power that was Arstrotzka.

Still, as we kissed and hugged, we could each feel a large degree of certainty and security in each other. Cadance was the Alicorn Princess of Equestria and I had broken norms by being her Collectivist partner. We were game changers bringing forth a new era and we were going to do our best at representing Equestria with our new careers.

There were going to be millions of eyes on us, okay maybe not literally since everyone was focusing on the partying to pay attention to us kissing, but we were taking up a position of representation that was hundreds of years overdue now that I thought of it.

We were the first Arstrotzkan Commissar and Alicorn Princess to be a pair of lovers, we were going to be the first ambassadors of Equestria to Arstrotzka, and we were going to be the first to do a spectacular job at it. We needed no proof of that other than each other's loving embrace.

The outside to the Equestrian embassy in Moscolt didn't stand out too much. It was constructed in the mighty neoclassical style that set it apart from the glass skyscrapers exclusive to Arstrotzka or baroque apartments favored the nation has a whole. The only thing that was truly making it stand out were the Equestrian flags next to the conveniently bigger Arstrotzkan ones and of course, the decorations, statues, and engravings that represented symbols of Equestria.

Cadance and I were right outside its gates, admiring its view before stepping in.

"Doubt it's as big as the Germane embassy you used to work at huh?" asked Cadance.

"Nor as distinct. Sorry Cady, but you all are dealing with Arstrotzkan architecture for this one." I chuckled.

"It's the whole great power thing isn't it?" joked Cadance. "We're just a backwater for you all."

I gave a fake scoff, knowing that Cadance was just messing with me. "Oh come on, the Germanes have a massive role to play ever since they practically invented our country. By not invading Esponia, Latneigha and Lithumaneia during the revolution, we can easily crush the allied invasion of Arstrotzkan lands. You all, on the other hand, tried to stop the whole thing from happening."

Cadance rolled her eyes and spoke in a sassy tone. "Face it Levy, they only wanted your guns. And besides, Celestia didn't even make the order. She knew better than to invade a massive set of lands with advancing technology and a large determined population."

"Yeah? Well, then that's reason 100 why your guard shouldn't mess with us and isn't getting the honor of guarding you." I laughed.

Cadance joined me in the laugh, but there was truth to my last sentence. The entire embassy would be guarded by Arstrotzkan soldiers clad in their usual camo and clutching their usual rifles. As per a global treaty, the 4 great powers always reserved the right to choose what soldiers would guard embassies in their own countries and their own embassies abroad.

That, and we were practically doing a service for Cadance's safety given their odd habit of never actually being the ones to solve a crisis. The soldiers of the People's Republic were not bound by such a strange phenomenon.

A security trooper approached us.

"Everything is ready for you to enter Princess Cadance." she said.

"Excellent." chirped Cadance who grabbed my hand as the gates opened and made ourselves in.

We were accompanied by a few other security troopers who would be guarding the place and the rest of the Equestrian delegation and the Arstrotzkan officials. The Arstrotzkans stationed at this embassy were pretty young, as working in an Equestrian embassy wasn't a difficult task as it wasn't such a hectic or powerful nation to begin with. The Equestrian officials were slightly older, and while there was clearly a sense of enthusiasm within them, there was also a bit of uncertainty as many of them were now working in a nation with clashing ideals as them and in an embassy not exactly constructed to their tastes.

The front yard outside the embassy did invoke the gardens of Canterlot a bit however, which I felt was a bit of a nice touch.

Inside, it was clear that the Equestrian embassy was using the same cookie cutter approach to all other non great power embassies as the layout was roughly the same. The furnishings were in the neoclassical style just like the exterior was.

The only difference however was that there were a few facilities that catered to Equestrians specifically such as an entirely vegetarian or vegan cafe, a vanishing quilt writing station to communicate with friends back home and a few stationed "magic support" officials to handle any sort of magic related disaster. Those officials were clearly Germane rather than Equestrian however.

"What do you think kitten?" I asked.

"It's amazing so far," replied Cadance. "It's actually pretty cozy and relaxing. Not too hectic like the castle back home."

"Well, with so little actual Equestrians here, you're entire job might as well be a free ride." I joked.

"That's easy for you to say," countered Cadance with a smirk. "Imagine being the one on the receiving end of having to deal with a great power. One wrong move and it's bye bye Equestria."

"Oh don't worry Cadance, there is no way we'd see your country as invasion worthy." I laughed.

Cadance raised an eyebrow. "Was that an insult?"

"You figure it out." I mused.

The two of us laughed and hugged each other before kissing. We quickly pried ourselves apart however, given that this was a professional environment and all.

Still, I couldn't help but look at Cadance and the amazing outfit she wore. It was a standard Equestrian officer uniform, that was (you guessed it) pink and went along nicely with some boots she was wearing. It obviously wasn't revealing like her summer casual clothes or the dresses she wore at formal occasions, as it was a work setting and it was cold enough already, but it did hug her form nicely. I could see a nice outline of Cadance's body through her officer's uniform, the same way a tight Arstrotzkan male's commissar uniform did a splendid job hinting at our toned bodies and firm rears.

Just then we heard the sound of heavy boots marching and turned to our side.

"Nice to see you two are enjoying it so far." greeted General Secretary Stepan Bagramyan, accompanied by his 4 special operations guards.

"I'm awfully pleased," nodded Cadance. "It'll be easy for me to get used to here."

"Well, I hope," chuckled Bagramyan. "Because this is where you're going to be working in the next few, perhaps most, years of your life."

"And I have no complaints about that." assured Cadance.

"Of course not," smirked Bagramyan. "We Arstrotzkans make sure our guests are accommodated and pleased, not to mention I'm glad your loved one will be by your side throughout this ordeal. We can't even order you to replace him unless you or he desires."

"And I'm for sure standing by her," I affirmed, grabbing Cadance's hand.

"Come," waved Bagramyan. "You should see your actual office."

"But of course." remarked Cadance.

The two of us, Bagramyan and his security detail made our way up to the third floor of the embassy, where down the hall was a large door that would lead to Cadance's office.

"Allow me," offered Bagramyan as he opened the door while Cadance and I walked in.

Needless to say, the office was pretty breathtaking. It wasn't too large, but definitely spacious. There was a large desk assorted with paperwork Cadance could easily fill out later on, all very neatly arranged. There was a sitting area that held a set of couches, a mini kitchen and a warming fireplace to wrap it all together. Next to it was a large bookcase that contained a lot of Cadance's personal favorites and any sets of information she would need.

"Have to say, it doesn't feel too different compared to back home." beamed Cadance.

"Glad to hear that." replied Bagramyan.

"Huh, and I just get one of those generic office spaces," I muttered sarcastically.

"And would you have it anyway Comrade Ulyanov?" inquired Bagramyan.

"Not at all Tovarisch Bagramyan." I snickered, which Bagramyan did as well.

I took a look around me and nodded. "Yep, this is going to be a great time together eh kitten?"

Cadance sat down on her desk. "Indeed it is Levy."

Cadance took a look at a grand painting that was hard to avoid. It contained a scene of ragtag revolutionaries clutching the Arstrotzkan banner over a won battle where the enemy flag and forces remained in ruins. It was an enormous moment in Arstrotzkan history.

"Just one question." requested Cadance.

"Yes Princess?" replied Bagramyan.

Cadance grinned in amusement. "Was it really necessary to have a painting installed here depicting the Arstrotzkan victory over Equestrian forces in the arctic during the revolution?"

"Yes."