“Time to wake up, dearest Thomas,” Luna greeted warmly as her lover lay atop her. She had returned to bed late the previous afternoon and gently pulled her human over her like a small blanket, or teddy bear.

Thomas stirred from his sleep atop the alicorn. “Don’t wanna,” he groaned as he buried his head into Luna’s breasts, using them as the most comfortable pillows in the world while adjusting where he lay against the Princess’ soft fur. Luna’s attendants had opened the curtains to reveal the setting sun while they did their best to avert their eyes from the scene on the bed, though their snickering could still be heard. The human slid off of his lover and hung his legs over the side of the bed while she dismissed her attendants. Wordlessly Luna walked around the bed to give him his wake up call, which she swallowed as greedily as he did with her milk the previous day. Much to Thomas’ pride, he managed to cum twice into Luna’s hungry mouth. Once she applied the enchantment to give her mane life, the Princess then snapped her fingers and the attendants returned, stripping down to their bathing suits and following her into the bathroom. Thomas did the same.

“You said I got two days off every week, right?” Thomas asked from a waterfall along the edge of the pool while Luna showered under her own neighboring stream. The bath pool meant for alicorns was large enough for Luna and several other occupants, likely by design, meaning there were multiple openings along the walls for water to come through. Thomas made sure to give the attendants plenty of room while they washed Luna’s body and he grabbed a soap bar and rag for himself. Though the human did try to keep turning himself to the side so that the attendants did not see his dangling manhood, his efforts turned against him as he became self-conscious about them starring at his butt. “Does that count for today, too?”

“Nay,” Luna said with her arms stretched out for her attendants to clean. “Today is Tuesday, so thy next day off is on the coming Friday. Until informed otherwise, thou art to be relieved of thine duties every Monday and Friday so as not to be overtaxed. If thou desires particular off days, thou shalt have to discuss with Lady Attentive Eye.”

“Makes sense,” Thomas nodded as he dragged the wash cloth over his body, occasionally looking over his shoulder to catch the various mares peaking at his naked form. When they turned away, he caught his eyes lingering on various parts of their bodies as well. Despite spending so much time adjusting to nudity, something about the attendants’ bathing suits was strangely eye catching. But it was nothing more than harmless looking. Luna knew he only had eyes for her, right? Besides, it’s not like he’d ever really do anything with any pony but Luna.

“So, then is today back to business as usual?” He asked hopefully.

Luna gave a soft nod.

“Alright then!” Thomas proclaimed as they all finished their washing before exiting the bathroom. Thomas pulled up his uniform and headed back over to the bed while he watched the attendants dry off their Princess and themselves before retaking their maid uniforms and beginning to dress Luna. “So what’d I miss yesterday?”

“Alas, twas a tediously boring day,” Luna bemoaned. “We had numerous appointments scheduled with the various heads of night court staff, but aside from the standard complaints about still being understaffed, all seems to be going quite well and thus the meetings were short.”

“I suppose there are worse things than having an efficient staff,” Thomas commented.

“Perhaps,” Luna agreed. “But without so much as the stirrings of strange creatures along the city outskirts to break up the monotony, ruling our kingdom can be such a chore.”

“Maybe the monsters of the night have finally caught on that you’re here to keep them in line,” Midnight Chain suggested. “Maybe they’ve realized that there’s no point in making mischief with you around, so they’ve decided to just stick to their part of the wilderness and leave civilization alone.”

“Doubtful,” Luna shook her head. “If they did not learn this lesson from our sister while she took up our duties, it is unlikely that things would change simply because we are the one fending them off.”

“Don’t sell yourself short there, Princess,” Lunar Stone encouraged. “They’re probably still licking their wounds after the royal smack down you’ve been laying on them the last few nights.”

“Remember when that pack of manticores was attacking those caravans a week ago?” Starry Skies said to no one in particular. “Princess Luna lit them up so bright the papers said ponies thought it looked an early sunrise. And ever since there hasn’t been a single manticore sighting in the area.”

“If you really just spent all night at your desk, then it sounds like the perfect time for the royal rump to lay upon the royal cushion. Oh well,” Thomas sighed while the attendants giggled. They heard the rumors so there was no harm in making the joke. “Coulda, woulda, shoulda.”

“Indeed,” Luna nodded as Midnight Chain levitated Luna’s dress overhead and slipped it down over the alicorn. “So, without our precious little human at his post, we were forced to find other means to alleviate our boredom. One of the guards suggested board games, so we sent him forth to retrieve one from his quarters. The title upon the box read ‘Monopoly’ and it was most engaging.”

“We have that back in my world,” Thomas added. “Did you win?”

“Alas, no,” Luna said confidently. “While our guards did their best to explain the rules, they were also courteous enough not to go easy on us simply because we are the Princess.”

“I’m proud of you for being such a good sport,” Thomas said. He meant it too. A part of him felt he should say things like this just for his job, but Thomas felt his words came from a sincere place. He’d always been so fascinated with her on the show, but in person, he really was proud of Luna and happy at how well she was adjusting.

“Twas fun all the same and we shall strive to do better next time,” Luna continued. “Perhaps thou could help us practice?”

“If we have the time, sure,” Thomas shrugged.

“We suspect that there will be much free time this night as we have only a few appointments: meeting our speech therapist, inaugurating a museum in our honor, the reopening of a restaurant in Canterlot, and then a brief free period before returning to court to resume the drudgery of paper work and the grievances of the aristocracy.”

“You don’t say,” Thomas said leadingly. “A tour of a museum followed by lunch in a fancy restaurant? Seems to me like tonight’s appointments look an awful lot like a date.”

“Really?” Luna’s ears perked up. “We had not noticed.”

“Not that it’s any of my business,” Lunar Stone began as she set Luna’s ear rings into place. “But I’m pretty sure setting up appointments just so you could go on a date with somepony would be an abuse of power.”

“Well it’s a good thing that’s not what’s happening,” Midnight Chain added in a scolding tone. “The Princess just happens to have a rather inconsistent schedule and tonight is just a slow day. It’s not her fault Attentive Eye set up appointments that just happen to resemble a date.”

“Is that what’s going on?” Starry Sky asked her fellow attendants. “Cause when the Princess went to go see Attentive, she sounded like she wanted to do something special for tonight after finding out the guy left the castle with that griffon from Celestia’s hrmf,” she was cut off when Midnight Chain and Lunar Stone slapped their hands over her mouth.

Thomas straightened up where he sat. “After she found out?” Thomas repeated. “Were you keeping tabs on me?”

“We did nothing of the sort,” Luna protested while guiltily averting her eyes. “We just happened to catch word from a few off duty guards that a certain somepony happened to leave the castle with another certain somepony. And it just so happened that, for reasons completely unrelated to this idle chatter, that when we headed to Lady Attentive for our scheduled meeting, as was scheduled,” the Princess took great care to emphasize. “We just so happened to suggest that we have been working hard as of late and thought that since our staff has days off, as Princess, we deserved the occasional day of light duties. Tis nothing suspicious about any of this and we challenge thee to say otherwise,” she concluded with a mildly threatening tone.

“I see,” Thomas nodded with a knowing smile. “So this was all just a series of unrelated coincidences.”

“That is indeed the definition of coincidence,” Luna nodded with a regal tone.

“This is just royal business and not a date,” Thomas added. “Because if it were a date, we could have just waited till the weekend when you don’t hold any royal appointments.”

Luna’s eyes widened in realization as her cheeks turned the faintest shade of pink. “Indeed. It would be most silly if such a thing were to slip our mind. Ha ha. Yes…”

“Then this has nothing to do with any pony being…” Thomas paused for dramatic effect, “jealous.”

“Jealous?” Luna’s tone remained even. “We do not know what thou art talking about and we most certainly cannot imagine why any pony would become jealous from a simple night out with friends.”

Thomas studied Luna’s tone and body language as best he could, but couldn’t determine if she was actually jealous or not. Based on what she said last night, she seemed like she was trying to ease my worries about Tali being flirty, like she was encouraging me to accept her quirk and stay friends with her. That might not be jealous behavior, but her keeping tabs on me is a little suspicious. Maybe she really did just overhear some banter. Maybe this is just all one big coincidence and she really did just want to take things easy for a day.

Even so, why would she be jealous in the first place? I basically belong to her anyway. While keeping a smile, a few more thoughts slipped into Thomas’ head. This kind of friendly behavior is all for pretend, part of the coltfriend experience. She’s probably pretending to be jealous, so I just need to play along and not bother her with any of this stupid baggage. I’m here for her, not the other way around.

“What?” Luna asked as the attendants stepped back for their final checks on her dress.

“I was just thinking that maybe I need to stop overthinking things and just go on a date with the most beautiful mare in the kingdom,” Thomas answered smugly as he hopped down from the tall bed.

“Flatterer,” Luna accused as she bent over and gave Thomas a kiss on the cheek. “Come then. We are off to begin the night court,” Luna proclaimed as she made for the balcony and her horn lit. The sun finished its set, but the darkness was quickly illuminated with the coming of the stars and the rising of the moon.

Thomas walked up behind her and stared up at his Princess’ work. “Looks like you went all out on the stars tonight. It’s like there’s a city in the sky.”

“We are happy for thy approval.”

“My approval?” Thomas asked. “Now you wouldn’t be trying to impress me on our little not-date, would you?”

“It’s royal business, not a date,” Luna fumed. “We just happened to feel the citizens of Equestria would appreciate a lovely sky this evening. Nothing m-” Luna was cut off by a hand suddenly wrapping around her waist

“I can’t speak for Equestria, but I know at least one guy who appreciates your work.”

“Thank you, dearest Thomas.”

A bit of a filler chapter, but this is rather indicative of a problem I've been having with my writing. A whole lot of stuff happens in a single day. It messes with the pacing, I think. This night will also stretch across several chapters. Hopefully I can fix that later on.

Also, what do you guys think of me adding some safe vore down the line? By safe, I mean no blood and no digestion. Just two, or more, consenting adults partaking in a sexual fetish. In a way, it's a little like bondage where the first party, the submissive, surrenders themselves to the second, the dominant, with the trust that the second has their best interests at heart.