Starlight knew this feeling well, she'd felt it oh so many times before and never before liked it. But it seemed like life was turning it around on her.

She waited on the bench at Ponyville Station, hooves gripping tightly at the edge due to her very understandable hatred of train stations. She was in wait of a very nice and sweet pony, so her anxiety was through the roof.

But that all ended soon, as the purple mare heard the whistle of the 2 o'clock train before it pulled into the station. Her heart leapt out of her chest as she leapt out of her seat. The ponies around her, mostly business ponies coming to Ponyville to close a deal, stared in somewhat annoyance. Not that Starlight cared at all.

The train fully pulled into station and Starlight waited with baited breath for the pony that would soon emerge.

And she waited, seeing the large groups of ponies disembarking.

She waited more as the smaller groups of stragglers stepped off, most stumbling and yawning after being woken from their naps.

Starlight was nearly disheartened, especially after seeing ponies around her stand up to bard the train. This feeling, however, didn't last for very long.

"You've just gotta flip it turnways," came a nerdy, but cute voice, trying its best to sound stern as it gave an order.

"I am turning it," came the reply, somewhat angry, but still forgiving, "You're the one twisting it wrong!"

Following the sound of the voices, Starlight saw an orange backside sticking out of one of the train's doors, said rear bearing a very familiar mark. The mare smiled and quickly ran over to see what all the trouble was about.

Of course, the two stallions were too busy fiddling with their luggage to notice Starlight approaching, then staring and making fun of them.

Sunburst continued to tug mercilessly on his very large and very full duffel bag, putting all of his weight into it as Event Horizon, still trapped in the train, leaned on it and pushed with all of the energy he cared about.

"I told you you shoulda packed light." The brown unicorn sighed, still pushing limply on the bag.

"This is light!" Sunburst protested, gritting his teeth in angry as he tugged and tugged on the luggage furiously. "I could have fit so much more inside of this thing, but-"

The orange stallion was cut off abruptly as the bag finally dislodged itself from the doorway, causing him to fall back with a yelp. Thankfully though, he didn't have much to fall. His luggage, however, landed squarely on his chest.

Starlight was quick to help him up, untrapping him from under his duffel bag and pulling him off of the ground.

Sunburst, while happy to see her, was very flustered that it was their first meeting in months and he was already making a fool of himself. Not that Starlight cared. He made a fool of himself a lot, and her not care was evidenced by the tight hug she gave him.

He emitted a sound that was a mixture between a scoff and a sigh, though it was a fairly happy sounding horse sounds, as he hugged back. "Uh, hey Lighter. I, um...hey." He smiled softly, a blush growing on his face.

"I missed you too, Sunny." Starlight told him while she smooched his snooter lightly. Letting go of him moments later, Starlight smiled and offered him back his bag, and he accepted it with yet another blushy smile and thank you while he fiddled with his glasses.

"Alright lovebirds, I'd love to let the two of you flirt all day, but I've gotta say goodbye to my best friend." With that, Event Horizon hopped out of the train car and approached the two right at the middle. First, he looked to Starlight. "Sorry, sweetheart, but I'm going to have to borrow your boy for a minute or two." He then shot Sunburst a glance with his green eyes. No words were needed.

Sunburst sighed, looking at Starlight. "I guess I gotta take this." He chuckled softly, scratching the back of his neck. "Think you could keep an eye on the bag a moment longer? It's got the keys and a bunch of stuff for the, um, place." He tried to shoot a reassuring grin.

With that, Event lead Sunburst a few feet away so they could chat semi-privately. And the brown stallion headed the private discussion by hugging the heck out of his best friend.

"I'm gonna miss the heck out of you, buddy," Event told his hugglebuddy, suddenly crying ever so slightly, "You just had to get yourself a non-Canterlot mare, didn't you?"

Sunburst hugged his friend back, also emitting some tears of half joy/half sadness. "It's not like I'm dying, Event, I'm just gonna go away for a while. You can still visit."

Event rolled his eyes, wiping a tear away with a hoof. "Gonna be hard to do that as a head librarian, but I can definitely try." Pulling back from the hug, he poked a hoof into the fluffy orange chest of Sunburst. "So long as you can remember to send me a letter every now and then, you freaking nerd."

Sunburst just sighed, shaking his head with a big grin. He gently batted the taller stallion on the chest. "I'll get to it!" He whined, blushing softly. He then cautiously turned his head to look at Starlight, who was casually looking away from their conversation so as to not intrude, then looked back to Event with a shy smile.

Stepping closer to him so that he could speak more candidly, he beckoned his friend of friends closer. "Listen, I, uh, I'm gonna see what I can do about talking to Starlight about, uh, us." He gestured between the two of them awkwardly before continuing. "I know we didn't really, you know, end on the best of terms but, if Starlight is interested in sharing, we could probably, uh..." He trailed off, not even knowing how to finish that sentence.

The awkward silence didn't last for more than a moment before Event took Sunburst into yet another hug, though it was seasoned with nuzzling that was a bit more than just friendly. "Sounds great, but I should probably go before the train leaves without me." He hugged for a few seconds more, then pulled back very hesitantly. Looking Sunburst in the eye, Event smiled and patted his good buddy on the shoulder. "We can talk it over whenever you send a dang letter, alright?"

Realizing that arguing would only waste time, Sunburst just bowed his head in defeat and smiled. "I'll get right on that tonight. I promise." The orange unicorn hesitated for a moment, then sneakily leaned in to kiss Event on the cheek. Pulling back quickly, he shot Event a grin and, not even giving him the chance to respond in turn, he gave a small wave and went back to join his girlfriend. Not because he wanted to be rude, but because he had absolutely no idea how to continue that.

Event Horizon, noting the fewer and fewer ponies boarding the train, knew his time in Ponyville was up for now. Pressing a hoof to his cheek and blushing heavily, he cherished the moment for as long as he felt he could. Then he stepped on the train to return to Canterlot, but only without his best friend joining him for the ride.

Sunburst, however, immediately went back to hugging Starlight. "Alright, so I've got a letter to send when we get settled. I think that's going to be fun."

"If you can remember to send it, at least." Starlight ribbed, smooching her boyfriend on the snooter. "But first I assume you can spare a few minutes with your darling marefriend, right?"

Sunburst chuckled softly, nuzzling the purple unicorn dearly for several moments, then pulling back to grab his luggage from her. "We'll just have to see, won't we? For now, however," the stallion hefted the heavy duffel bag with his magic, obviously struggling with even holding it up, "We should probably, uh, get home first."

Both ponies felt their hearts swell as Sunburst said 'home'. Just the sound made both of them feel happier than ever. This was all the two needed to embark on their journey to the cozy cottage Sunburst had purchased. Well, that and Starlight helping Sunburst carry most of the duffel bag.

"So, we're totally gonna cuddle when we get there?" Starlight asked, nudging the stallion that was walking right beside her.

Sunburst let out a mix between an exasperated sigh and a huge chuckling. "I think I have to swing by the library to talk to Twilight about a few things." He looked to the side to see Starlight pouting heavily. He nudged her back. "Then we can cuddle. You think I'd just do nerd things instead of spending time with you?"

"Absolutely."

"Well, fair enough."

Author's Notes:

Well, I'm disappointed I didn't get more rave responses to what was supposed to be an inverse April Fool's Joke, but heck it. I'm free.