As I finished my explanation I suddenly felt a smooth wriggly pressure on my scalp and ear and even more delicious DNA fragments leaked through my epidermis. Like a reflex action, microscopic stingers formed and stung. My heart skipped a beat but quickly recovered and I was able to swap the enzymes to produce the antidote and inject that into Anon's hand. Anon was petting me and scratching my ear. I never realized how good such an interaction could feel. Hooves were not so good at petting.

“Thank you for the advice, Bloss. I never really thought much about the shoulders, that was really insightful.”

I closed my eyes and relaxed slightly not losing concentration, and let anon scratch the furry crevice between my ear and scalp like no hooves could. A tingling shiver of pleasure traced down the back of my scalp and continued down to the base of my spine. The need to consume more of his DNA and the hunger seemed to float away as he continued scratching and rubbing my head. It was magical. I was able to forget my troubles, and release my constant concentration. It seemed that a great weight had been lifted off my shoulders as all of my thoughts, instincts, and feelings simply melted away. I leaned against Anon's much bigger torso in relief and simply sat there for a minute. He continued rubbing my scalp and ear ever so slowly.

I wanted to stay there forever and forget everything. It seemed my life was a constant battle trying to struggle against my new circumstances. This was the first time I was able to let go. I sat there for a while longer and leaned more heavily on Anon. He was silent, he seemed to be enjoying the moment. I did not want it to end.

My eyes opened.

It did not have to end. We were both aliens, lost and alone. Anon was attracted to me, I could see it in his eyes whenever he looked at me even though he probably did not want to admit it. I knew what I needed to do and I had to do it before I changed my mind.

"Um, Anon?"

"Yeah?"

"This might sound weird but I was wondering of you want..."

"Say that again?"

Fear crept up my spine as I imagined how he might react. Best to blurt it out before I think too much.

“I was wondering if you wanted to.. goutonadate.”

I fearfully turned my head to look up at Anon.

----

My mind suddenly went blank.

I looked down to see Blossomforth's piercing sky blue eyes peering into mine with a barely perceptible emotion of longing. In that moment she looked profoundly vulnerable. I did not know why, but I could see that she needed me. I did not know it consciously but she might be what I needed to turn my life around. Who cared if she was a different species. She was the bright spark of joy that had suddenly bust into my life, perhaps she could cure my loneliness. I could not pass up this opportunity. I let my hand slide down to her ear, brought both hands to grasp her under the armpits, picked her up, and brought her close to my chest. Her hind legs clamped around my torso, I could feel the toned bands of muscle in her thighs shift and dig into my side. Her forelegs wrapped around my shoulders and neck and her head was on my shoulder next to mine. I let go of her armpits and wrapped my arms around her back giving her a tight hug.

"I'd love to."

I was not sure but I think I felt something wet on my shoulders. I loosened my arms and she leaned back a little, her thighs still firmly clamped around my torso. She had a big smile and her eyes looked a little watery. I smiled right back at her.

“How could I say no to such an adorable and flexy pony? I don’t think they come around very often!”

She smiled somewhat ruefully, the water in crystal eyes shone.

“Oh, anon. Thank you! I don’t think you realize how alone I am. There are a lot of confusing and complicated things that seem like they are threatening to consume me, but when I am in your arms I feel like you can chase my demons away. You’re a great person, I want to try having a relationship with you.”

I looked at her with concern and cupped her head in my hand and used my thumb to dry a tear that had escaped her eye.

“Wow, I did not realize that you have been having such a hard time. To tell you the truth Bloss, I have some demons also. Truthfully, I have been very depressed that I was transported to this dimension where I don't know anyone. I was isolated and felt like I was simply drifting day to day without purpose or meaning. I thought that I would always be alone, a social outcast. But then you came to prove me wrong. I have had more fun today than I have had in a long time. I have you to thank. I want you to know that I will be there when you need me whether you are my friend or my partner.”

“I’ll remember that Anon.”

I gave her another hug, her forelegs grasped my neck and shoulders tightly and the bands of muscle in her thighs tightly pressed into either side of my torso. After we were done I grasped and lifted Blossomforth by the armpits once again. Her thighs relaxed releasing my torso, and I placed her on the bed next to me. She sat on her haunches with a bright expression and a small smile on her face. I laid down on my back and looked up at her.

“Well, you don't have to ask me to a date, I think we are already on one!"

Bloss blushed with a little smile and hind behind her hoof. "R-Really?"

"Sure! Look at us talking about our feelings with each other. It is good for us to release and share our emotional troubles." I looked at her with a lopsided smirk as I thought of a vague reference. "We need to go deeper! How about some dinner? I can cook some dinner up to fill our bellies after that tiring stretching and then we can talk about ourselves more. That sound good?"

"That sounds great."

I sat up, reached out to run my fingers through her mane and gave her ears a quick scratch. I stood up from the bed.

"Follow me to the kitchen!"

Bloss hopped off the bed briefly flaring her wings and we tromped down the stairs to the kitchen. There were stools next to a counter in the kitchen where I usually ate. Bloss fluttered on top of a stool and perched on top of it, planting her plot on the seat.

"So, what are we having for dinner tonight, Nony?"

Thankfully I had mixed some cut vegetables and placed them in the magical refrigerator before hand for dinner so I was quickly able to start.

"We will be having some vegetable stir fry quesadilla."

I quickly heated up a cast iron skillet and put in a few dabs of vegetable oil.

"So, Anon. How is this human world you came from? It sounds interesting, I was wondering if you could tell me a little about it."

While I waited for the skillet to get to the proper temperature I got out the flat cast iron pan, placed a tortilla on it and started grating the different cheeses on top of it.

"Well, that is a good question. I suppose the biggest differences is that on Earth there is only one sentient species, humans, and on earth there is no magic or maybe we have not discovered it yet. Instead we have technology where we use the rules of the universe to our advantage to build machines that make our lives easier."

I tossed in some sliced potatoes because those usually took longer to cook than the other vegetables. They sizzled in the oil. The bag of vegetables contained white and red onions, red cabbage, green peppers, and mushrooms.

"No magic? It's hard to imagine living without magic."

I flipped the slices as they browned.

"Well, to be fair some of the newer technology we have is so advanced than many people describe it as magical. A lot of the things on earth that we use, have magically powered equivalents here like that refrigerator. This one is magically powered but on earth we have a plug on a refrigerator that has electricity supplied by a power plant via copper wire electrical circuit. The electricity comes and alternates generating a magnetic field that moves other magnets in a motor which pumps the heat out of the refrigerator and makes it cold. I might be rambling a bit. There are a few things that we have that I have not seen much of in Equestria if you want to hear about them."

The potatoes were almost ready so I tossed in the other sliced vegetables and they sizzled loudly.

"Hehe! You sound kind of like Twilight. What was your job on this Earth?"

"Well, I was what they call a computer engineer. It was my job to know how computers work and design parts of them."

I stirred the veggies and potatoes. They were almost done. I started heating the pan with the tortilla and cheeses. I looked over to Blossomforth, she had a slightly curious look.

"What is a computer?"

"Oh, man. This might be hard to explain but I will try. A computer is the newest and most advanced technology we humans have. It might be our greatest achievement. A computer is a machine that can follow instructions, do calculations, and produce output from these instructions and calculations. It does it so quickly that it seems magical. The computer accomplishes this using microscopic switches controlled by electricity. These switches are arranged in logical ways by engineers like me to design logic into the computer to do certain things. They are designed to take in electrical instructions, produce an output and move on to the next instruction. A typical home computer can do about one billion of these instructions per second."

I glanced back at Blossomforth as the cheese started melting on the tortilla. She leaned onto the counter with incredulity.

"One billion? Really? That has to be impossible."

"Well, I guess that's why computers seem magical to some people. Something to know is that electricity travels extremely fast but computers did not start as fast as they are now. They used to be so big that only one could fit in a building but within the past 20 years they have gotten really small, really fast, and really inexpensive which has lead to almost everyone on Earth owning one. We can also communicate to each other with these machines over a complex network called the internet. I actually brought a small computer with me when I got sucked through that portal if you want to see it. Twilight tried to convince me many times to let her dissect it. I told her that the components were much too small and complex for her to understand and that she would only break it."

"You have a computer? I would love to see it!"

I poured the stir fry on top of the toasted tortilla with the cheese on top of it. I sprinkled more cheese on top and slapped another tortilla on top of the whole thing. I flipped the entire abomination of a quesadilla over and turned off the burner. The tortilla started toasting the other side and melting the rest of the cheese with the heat still contained within the cast iron metal.

"Let's see it while we wait for the cheese on this quesadilla to melt."

I walked past Blossomforth towards the garage and she fluttered down from the stool to follow me. I opened the door to the garage and waked toward my phone unplugging it from the chemical battery that Twilight had helped me rig up.

"That thing is a computer? Wow!"

"Yup! These "smartphones" are a type of miniature computer that we carry with us wherever we go. If you want I can show you what it can do. It can do a lot of things. Want me to take a picture of you?"

"Sure!"

"Alright, I can show you some other pictures I still have on here. I have a few pictures of my stretching I can show.”

----

Anon took a picture of Blossomforth, the bright flashing light almost blinded her in the dimness of the garage. Anon came up and showed her the image.

"There's your cute wittle face!" Anon said in a disparagingly cute way.

Bloss rolled her eyes at him and pouted in a severe way.

"He-heh... sorry."

Anon scrolled to the next picture. It was very blurry and dark but one or two tentacle like appendages could be just barely seen. Blossomforth began sweating nervously, she knew these images were from her time spying on Anon. Anon squinted at the phone.

"Hmm, must have fat fingered a picture of a marine biology magazine of a mutated squid or jellyfish." He shrugged and deleted the photo.

Blossomforth slowly let out a breath she did not know she was holding. She knew she must have "fat-tentacled" that picture while she was awkwardly handling the machine. Anon flipped to a new photo.

"These are some pictures I took of my stretching."

Bloss had of course already seen those but she feigned surprise.

"Cool stretches, Anon! It's kind of like what we just did. Does this phone do anything else?"

Anon put the phone back on the charger.

"It does a lot of other things but we should go eat the quesadilla before it gets cold."

With that anon walked over and held the door for Bloss. She trotted through and flew up to her perch on the stool.

"Thanks for showing me your computer phone, I have never seen anything like it before."

Anon sliced the large quesadilla in half and served half of it to Blossom on a plate. Bloss picked up the fork and knife with her wings and started eating.

"I will never understand how do you ponies do that. Do earth ponies have electromagnetic hooves or something?"

Blossomforth swallowed and giggled.

"Wow! This quesadilla is great! To answer your questions, I suppose you'll have to ask Twilight. I mean, I don't understand your computer phone. I suppose we're even?"

Anon sighed. "I suppose. I guess I'll chalk it up to magic again... You know, I think if Twilight even smelled this monster of a quesadilla she would have a heart attack!"

They both laughed at that.

"One time when I was still bumming a room at her castle, I tried to make a normal quesadilla for her and she looked like she was about to throw up!"

Blossomforth sighed, "She does not know what she is missing."

"Nope!"

Anon took a big bite out of his half and for a minute they both enjoyed the taste of their meal.

"I hope that I did not serve you too much food, Bloss. Maybe I should have served you a pony sized portion, heh."

"That's alright, I'll be able to finish it."

Blossomforth loved the taste of the quesadilla and did not want to stop eating. Her biology allowed her to almost instantly digest and assimilate the quesadilla when normally the quesadilla would have filled the stomach of a pony and taken a long time to digest. Even though she was much smaller than Anon, she finished her quesadilla much more quickly.

“Dang, Bloss! You must have been hungry! Where does it all go?”

Blossomforth released an unfeminine belch. “Err, high metabolism?”

“Well, since I’m still eating why don’t you tell me more about yourself. Ohh, how about being a weatherpony, how is that like? I heard about that incredible rescue you performed after that microburst!”

Blossomforth shifted and squirmed slightly on her seat. “Well, Cloud Chaser did most of the heavy lifting...”

“Oh don’t be modest. I heard you carried two ponies on your back and you were the only pony to make it out without being knocked out or suffer some sort of amnesia.”

“Well, yeah that’s true. You see, we managed to land before the microburst hit us but the huge hail still pelted us. It was just dumb luck that I did not get hit in the head and suffer amnesia. Three other ponies were left unconscious because of being hit hard on the head so we carried them to Ponyville. Cloud Chaser also got hit but she did not collapse until we got to Fluttershy’s. That whole storm was a disaster but it would have been much worse for everypony if we were not able to divert it. Thankfully no pony died.”

Anon cringed slightly. “Dang, sorry for bringing up such a sore subject.”

“That’s alright, Anon. Things are not usually that bad. This was really a freak storm. Usually being a weatherpony is a peaceful job.”

“Well, despite being saved by luck you should still be proud of what you did, it was quite a feat.”

Anon finished his quesadilla and quickly washed their dishes in the sink. He came back to sit down on a stool.

“Phew! That had to be one of my better quesadillas. I bet all that food in your stomach is making you tired.”

She was not tired, the food had ceased to exist the minute it was assimilated.

“I also bet you are sore from all that stretching you did today.”

She was not sore, her alien biology made sure of that.

“We can go upstairs and I can give you a massage.”

Her body did not need it.

Anon wiggled his eyebrows. “You know you want to!”

Blossomforth smiled. “I’d love to.”

With that Blossomforth glided down from her perch and followed Anon up the stairs to his room.

Bloss lazily hopped on the bed and sat next to Anon.

“Alright, lay down on your stomach and we can get started.”

----

Blossomforth lay down with her forehooves next to her and her hind legs stretched out behind her. She lay her cheek on the pillow. I kneeled down next to her on the floor and prepared myself to start massaging her.

I reached out to massage the muscles surrounding her shoulders. As I felt the volume of the muscles compress and move beneath my fingers, she closed her eyes and it seemed that some immense weight or responsibility had been lifted from her conscience as the lines and creases in her face faded and relaxed. In all my time as a masseuse I had never seen anyone have such a profound change. Encouraged, I focused and kneaded every muscle surrounding the shoulder blades. I moved down the spine, focusing on her beautifully toned muscles that stuck out on either side of her spine which she undoubtably used to control her backbend and moved down slowly vertebrae by vertebrae. Finally after meticulously releasing the stress and softening each of the muscles down her spine, I reached her tail. I softly brushed her tail to the side and her voluminous, muscular flanks were revealed. I began massaging the two large gluteus maximus muscles that stuck out like two white furry peaches. There was a lot of muscle and it took a lot of kneading and to soften and relax every part of the muscle. I moved down to the hamstrings which were somewhat hidden within her voluminous plot and focused on those muscles. After that I kneaded her large protruding adductor muscles on her inner leg which had dug into my torso when I hugged her. Her leg was like a harp with many strings. Bands of muscle that needed to be softened and relaxed. I applied pressure up and down each string meticulously until her all the muscles from her plot to her hoof were relaxed.

I had been at it for a good 30 minutes and I looked up at her face. She was fast asleep. I could not bring myself to wake her up. I leaned forward to make sure she was asleep and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. I could sleep on the couch tonight. I reached out, drew the covers over Blossomforth, and turned off the light. I quietly got up and grabbed my pajamas and spare blanket to sleep on the couch and reached out to open the door.

“mmmm...’non?” I froze at the door and turned around.

“Yeah?” I whispered.

“Can you stay with me tonight? There are horrible monsters that haunt my sleep and I think you can keep them away.”

I thought about how peaceful her face looked after I began massaging her.

“Of course, Bloss.”

I quietly slipped on my pajamas, softly walked to the opposite side of the bed, and slid into the bed next to her. As soon as I stopped moving she squirmed and wriggled backwards snuggling into my arms. Surprised, I simply wrapped my arms around her and gave her a tight hug. She placed her forehoof softly on the hand on the bed in front of her that was attached to the arm draped over her body. She relaxed softly in a satisfying way and whispered.

“Thank you.”

In response, I snuggled a little closer to her. Satisfied, I slowly drifted to sleep feeling her softly beating heart beneath my arms and hands.

Had a bit of writer's block with this one. I hope you like the chapter!

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