After we finished eating at the Sugarcube Corner, we headed to the trainstation. It has already gotten quite dark. Well, time flies by when you're doing something you enjoy.

So, I have that small present for her hidden in my pocket. I've already checked if it's there, and it still is. If I lost it, that would be a disaster and mood-destroyer. I mean, I'm mostly certain that Moon will love the gift, and to lose it would suck a lot. On a side note, I've spent a lot of money on it. Most of what remained after all the things I've bought for myself.

"So," I started. "Moon, how did you like this day?" we're entering the train now. I'm really glad it's free for foals.

"It was great, I loved every second of it!" she replied cheerfully.

I looked around the train cart. Surprisingly, there is nobody but us. I guess everyone's staying home for the Hearth's Warming.

"I think you'll love another thing..." I said, pulling a small box out of my pocket. "Open this." I handed her the box. Or not handed but magiced? Is this even a word?

Moonshine took the box into her magic, and carefully opened it. She gasped when she saw what's inside. She pulled out two things from there: lovely silver ear clips with a blue gem in each. I discovered that buying gems is only a bit harder than buying bread. I don't know why, but gems are very cheap, unlike on the Earth. Since it was like that, I decided to buy ear clips with gems for Moonshine. Their blue color fits her eye color.

Unlike earrings, ear clips aren't needed to be worn through a hole in the ear. I think the name of ear clips explains everything. And I think I keep repeating ear clips.

"Put those on." I told Moonshine.

She slowly levitated the ear clips to her equine ears, and clipped them on. Wow, she does look good with those! Surprisingly, ponies look good with those accessories.

Since the Nightmare Night, I thought of buying real ear clips. Moonshine really liked her look with those fake ones she wore on the occasion. Why not give her the real ones?

And suddenly, I found myself pushed into the soft seat, and Moonshine smashed her lips against mine.

...

I suppose she's a little too forceful in kissing me whenever she feels like it. Not that it's bad... I can be submissive from time to time. But experiencing that is a bit weird. I mean, a child of age ten kisses me on the lips! That's something many people would be disgusted by. I? Well, I don't go against it. I'm enjoying what little of love I can enjoy as a pony foal. If that's how their society goes, I'm not the one to object against it. Ponies are different from humans, in both body and mind. I just simply accept that.

Also, I'm fairly certain children back on Earth don't do that at her age. I guess ponies grow up faster than humans. Like, much faster. I'd be thinking on getting a new Lego set at her age, not how to kiss someone with so much love and, I guess, passion.

Moonshine is certainly not shy about kissing me. I mean, I wouldn't kiss anyone that doesn't love me. Well, I would, but without as much love as Moon's kisses express. I guess she is a bit dominant, however shy she seems to be. And also brave. Trust me, kissing someone is no easy task unless you simply don't care. A kiss like that shows trust. Having someone so close with eyes closed is not something you'd like to experience with just random people. And if you put so much into it, so much love... It's like Moon's saying that I'm hers and there's nothing I can do to stop her. And, to my shame, I think I like that.

And to top it all... I like those sudden kisses. They have something to them. One moment, I'm talking to Moonshine, and the other I feel being kissed. That sudden change isn't unwelcome in my book.

So, we're both lying on the large seat, Moonshine is still kissing me. Wow, that present was really good, then. Also, she tastes like sugar and a bit of vanilla. I guess that is because of all the pastries she ate at the Sugarcube Corner.

Finally, she let me go and sat up, blushing like mad, her mouth slightly open. I held back my own blush. Well, it's still a moment of... I don't know how to describe it. Well, it certainly makes me feel very... odd, if that's the right word for it.

She looked me in the eyes with happiness in them. I didn't avert my gaze, even while finding it difficult not to. I'm still kinda shy about this whole thing. I accepted that she loves me, and yet it's still very awkward to be kissed and, well, generally just being shown love to. It's very unusual, to say the least. I'm not experienced in that field of life. Physical affection? Well, I have some experience in that, truth be told, but something that exceeds it is beyond me.

***

We finally arrived back home and returned to the apartment. All the way, Moonshine's blush remained on her cheeks. I guess what she did was a bold move for her. If there was someone in that cart, she might've not done that. But what if she'd do that anyway? That would be... I don't know. Maybe I should think less about that. Or maybe I should think about that more.

That action she did, it left something inside me. It made me think of my relationship with her and what is best for me to do. And... What is best for me to do? That is the question I don't have the answer for.

I better go showering now. I'm kinda sweaty, my mane and tail are a mess, and, overall, the shower will be relaxing. And I do need some relaxation indeed.

So, I went into the bathroom, took off my clothes and necklace, neatly placed them where they won't fall off, and got into the bathtub. Or maybe it shouldn't be just a simple shower? A full relaxing bath will do better. Yeah, it'll be much better.

I adjusted the water and sat. I just have to wait until it fills up the bathtub, and then I'll just lie and relax.

...

...

The only sound I hear is the water rushing through the tubes and into the bath itself. It'll take some time before it's ready. Meanwhile, I'll just sit and wait. I'm a bit exhausted, I suppose.

I sat there, listening to the sound of water. It's relaxing in its own way, that is what I'm certain about.

Suddenly, I see in the reflection of the mirror that the door to the bathroom opened. Well, it seems Moonshine wants something. She entered the room and looked at anything but me. Her cheeks were red, her steps were soft.

"Um, Flame?" she briefly looked at me, but quickly averted her gaze. "I... want to ask you... something."

"What is it?" I replied.

"Can you, um..." she said, and then muttered something incoherently, too quietly for me to hear.

"I didn't hear that." I said. "What did you say?"

"I, um... can you, uh, show me..." the blush on her cheeks intensified. "Show me your, um... stuff between, um, your legs?"

Um.

...

What? What? FUCKING WHAT?! That is something I didn't expect. I understand that she's simply curious, but...

"Moonshine..." I started. "You know that I'm older. It's not really... appropriate."

"I'll, uh, show you mine..." she flicked her tail and giggled.

That is... What am I, an exhibitionist? Gimme that long leather brown coat!

"I'm just... very curious, you know?" she said quietly. "Um, nopony will know..." she winked. Ugh... That's so wrong! "It's won't hurt anypony, right?"

Can't argue with her reasoning. I mean, unless we're being watched all the time, no one will know what we did. Ugh, I admit I'm a bit curious to see what she has there, but this is wrong! She's ten, I'm twenty-three. What if Luna finds this out?

Am I turning into some sort of sick pedophile? No, I doubt so. Otherwise, it'd be likely that I and Moonshine already had sex. And that is something I won't do with her until she's of age.

About showing her my privates... Well, I know that children are curious about that sort of stuff, and there's really nothing wrong with it. Do I want to give Moon the idea that we should be ashamed of our bodies? No. Do I want to turn her into some kind of pervert? Um... probably no.

Ah, to hell with that. There's no harm in something as simple as that.

So, I stood up and lifted one of my hind legs, exposing my privates. It still feels wrong... Fuck. I feel heat coming to my cheeks. I bet they're as red as my mane.

She walked closer, her eyes on my stuff. Ugh... I should've just locked that door and say no. At least I'm not having an erection. That'd be super awkward. Even more than it already is.

Remind me, why did I agree that?

"May I touch it?"

AND THAT IS FUCKING NO!

"No." I replied calmly, setting my leg back. "Wait until you grow up to do that." I uncontrollably blushed. What's with my face today? "Please understand that it is kinda gross to do that when I'm twenty-three years old and you're just ten." I scratched the back of my long neck and sat down. "I know you see me as if I'm just as old as you, but that's not true. I'm sorry, but we can do nothing about that. Especially if it's about, well... our privates."

"Was I too forceful?" she asked.

"Kinda." I replied.

"I'm sorry! I think I... um, I was just too curious for my own sake." her ears folded. "I... I shouldn't have done that." she looked away in shame.

"Hey, no harm was done." I quickly assured her. "Being curious about, uh, that sort of thing is natural."

"So, you want to see mine?" she asked.

"Errr..." I scratched my horn. Somehow, it makes me feel less nervous. "Um, I suppose we should wait... Yeah, we shouldn't rush this. Really, I'm comfortable without you... presenting yourself." damn, that choice of words... I slapped my hoof against my face. "Ugh! Sorry, I'm nervous and confused." I admitted. "Some other time, alright?"

"Okay." she nodded, and then turned around and trotted out of the room, flicking her tail once again. Did she do that on purpose?

I now feel a complete pervert. Am I seducing that filly? What am I, a catholic priest? Wait, no, they like boys more. I'm not that desperate nor am I gay.

Suddenly, this supposedly relaxing bath time turned into something different.

And I've shown my dick to someone who hasn't even reached puberty!

...

What a fucked up this pony world is. It fucked me up! It turns around everything I knew! It's good that this society doesn't seem to fear talking about sex or genitals, but it's very hard adapting to it. I can say... I'm about sixty to seventy percent adapted to this world. There is some stuff I still find weird.

I hope I don't wake up one night to see Moonshine trying to do stuff with my sleeping body. If I don't go mad from that... Well, it will haunt me for the rest of my life.

Ugh...

Well, at least there are no hidden cameras capturing me and sending it to humans. "Look at him, he's becoming a pedophile!" they'll likely say about this situation. But I'm not! This society is different, ponies grow up differently, sexual subjects aren't taboo.

Am I to blame for that?

...

Dammit, this day was supposed to be simple and fun. Instead, it turned into... I don't even know.

And it'll only get worse once I grow up.

Author's Notes:

Before some of you go commenting on how much of a pervert I am, let me tell you something.

I guess that some would ask: "WTF m8 r u pedo? Da fuk is wha u write? U f0ken prvrt!"

I want to tell that I am simply bored by our society. I'm tired of reading about the same thing again and again and again in many fanfictions where ponydom is depicted just like us, just like our society. Same views, same religion, same everything.

I want to write things differently, mostly because I want my creations to be truly unique. I believe that if ponies were real, they would have different society. Not extremely different like Arabian countries are different from European, but still different in many ways. For the sake of comedy, I'm not making up an entirely new calendar or language, simply because it will take a lot of time and effort that I don't think will be worth it. Maybe someday I would, just not now.

Honestly speaking, I could write a long essay about this. But it'll take time I want to spend on actual stories.

So, if you consider this depiction of pony society weird and strange, then I did a good job. You are supposed to feel indifferent to that, maybe even disgusted to the point of leaving a thumb down. We usually don't understand other societies where different things are considered normal. And that was my goal, to make ponies seem like they are different from us.

Even if this story is a comedy, it doesn't mean I have to do everything without thinking properly.