Time stood still for that moment when Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer’s lips met. Everything paused, and everyone present fell silent. No one dared move or attempted to speak. Sunset stood frozen with her hands at her side as she was caught by surprise, afraid to both embrace or attempt to stop the action, and Twilight’s grip remained tight as she held Sunset into the kiss for those brief eight seconds.

That was all it was, eight seconds. However, to Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer and everyone present in that room those eight seconds may as well have been eight hours as the air quickly filled with questions, excitement, intrigue and even a bit of shock from Twilight’s actions.

A part of Twilight wished that time had actually frozen for real so she wouldn’t have to deal with the repercussions of what came next. When Twilight’s brain switched back on, and she realized what she was doing, everything started to process slow at first, but then she was hit with a large wave of information. Everything that had happened in the past few seconds slamming into her brain at light speed, overwhelming her with emotions and thoughts.

For one last second, Twilight remained there with Sunset pressed against her, their lips locked in an awkward kiss.

Time began to return to normal speed, and Twilight felt herself slowly pulling away from the pressing of lips and with every centimeter, she put between her and Sunset, she could feel her heart beat at least one time faster.

Her eyes widened as she realized what she had done and quickly she released Sunset from her grip and clenched her hands against her own chest with a deep blush across her face. Her mouth opened to form words or excuses, but nothing came out. Instead, she stood there awkwardly trying to force words to exit her throat.

Say something damn it! You just kissed Sunset so suddenly! In front of your entire family! For the love of god say something! Don't just stand there like an idiot!

Her eyes were drawn back to Sunset who stood there with a blank look on her face, one that was impossible to read. One that didn’t make Twilight feel any better about what she had just done. One that made a cold sweat trickle down her neck and chill her spine.

Say something! Anything! Look at her! She’s completely shocked!

Night Light was the first to end the long silence as he cleared his throat. “We better go check on that pie, right honey?”

Velvet’s eyes were glued to the scene before her, and an expression of wonder and intrigue was stuck on her face as she waved her husband away. “Yeah, let me know how it’s doing…”

Shaking his head, he grabbed her forearm and pulled her into a stand. “Come on, dear… You’re the baking expert after all!”

She resisted for a moment, but her husband’s strength won out in the end as he managed to start tugging her toward the kitchen. She continued to resist the entire way but it clearly was a futile effort.

Shining stood as well and coughed. “I think we should help them…” he stated.

Crossing her legs, Cadence leaned in to observe Twilight and Sunset. “Uh-huh, have fun with that…”

“Now, Cadence…” Shining commanded.

Cadence put on a pouty face and groaned. “But-“

“Now!” He barked as he grabbed her ear and pulled her off of the couch, using the leverage of her ear to get her to obey his orders.

“Ow, ow, ow! No fair! You guys are such killjoys! I’m missing it!” Cadence protested the entire way to the kitchen until the entire group had vacated the room, leaving only an embarrassed Twilight that wanted to hide behind the couch and die, and a Sunset who looked as though she was still processing what had just happened.

The silence from before resumed once all the others had left the room, causing Twilight to curse herself internally.

Finally Twilight managed to get words to leave her mouth.

“S-sorry… I was… I was caught in the moment, you know? It was the music, and the singing and…” Twilight stopped talking as she noticed Sunset’s mouth had closed, but her expression remained neutral, not a single emotion detectable on the girl.

Panicking, Twilight reached a hand forward and spoke again. “Sunset, I didn’t mean to-“

Sunset finally spoke, and her voice caused Twilight to freeze. Twilight’s ears tuned out everything that wasn’t her friend’s voice. “Perhaps… We should go somewhere more private to talk about this?”

Is she mad? Twilight couldn’t tell from Sunset’s voice. She wasn’t giving anything away.

“O-oh?” Twilight stuttered.

Sunset gestured her head toward the kitchen. “I am pretty sure that your mom and Cadence are still peaking in from the kitchen…”

“We just wanted to inform you of the progress of the pie! Still cooking by the way!” Cadence’s voice came yelling from the kitchen.

Twilight sighed and shook her head. Cadence and her mother certainly were enjoying this new bit of drama that had just unfolded right before them. For once, her brother was the one to hide her embarrassment instead of taunting her, she reminded herself that she’d have to thank him later for his break in normal behavior for him.

“Let’s go up to your room to talk about this, shall we?” Sunset said as she stepped past Twilight and began the trek upstairs.

Gulping, Twilight nodded and followed behind slowly. Looking up that staircase, Twilight could have sworn that the journey up to the top was longer than she remembered. Each step felt like a year had passed, and by the time Twilight reached the top and saw Sunset standing in front of Twilight’s door with her arms crossed, Twilight was certain she was going to die of a panic attack.

Sunset stood there impatiently, tapping her foot as she raised a brow, clearly curious as to what was taking Twilight so long.

Twilight didn’t want to take another step. She didn’t want to enter that room and find out the gravity of the consequences of what she had just done. In her mind, she was already playing out the numerous different ways that Sunset was going to reject her and tell her that their friendship was over.

Realizing that she could not delay the inevitable forever, Twilight took in a breath and let out a sigh as she took those remaining few steps that would place her feet squarely in front of her own bedroom door. Sunset looked at her and gestured into the room, signaling that she wanted Twilight to go first.

With a sigh, Twilight did as she was instructed and entered the room, her mind already mentally preparing herself for the stress that was about to follow.

Sunset stepped in after her, and Twilight faced the door as she watched Sunset close it, to ensure they would have privacy for this conversation.

Thinking quickly, Twilight got the idea in her head that perhaps she could cushion the blow by talking first. Maybe if Sunset heard more of her explanation, she wouldn’t be as upset with her.

“Sunset, I-“

Sunset raised a hand in a stop sign before letting it fall to her side as she took a single powerful, intimidating step forward. Twilight could feel her heart begin to thump faster in her chest, her hands began to shake slightly as she waited to find out how this would unfold, to find out how badly she had just fractured her relationship with her best friend over a stupid mishandling of emotion.

“So… You got caught up in the moment? That’s what you said?” Sunset asked.

Twilight nodded. “Y-yeah, that’s it! I overreacted! I do that sometimes… I mean you know that… right?”

It was a believable excuse. Twilight Sparkle did have a tendency to overreact to situations and even read them incorrectly. Twilight crossed her metaphorical fingers in the hope that Sunset would buy such a lie.

“And that’s the story you’re sticking to?” Sunset raised a brow as she took another step forward, causing Twilight to step back.

“Y-yeah… Sorry… I didn’t mean to…” Twilight gulped as she noticed that Sunset wasn’t ceasing her advance. Every second that passed, Sunset grew closer and closer with a serious expression on her face. It became clearer to Twilight that her lie wasn’t working. She wished she could go back in time and undo it all.

“So you just kiss people when you get all excited from singing or something?” Sunset asked.

Twilight backed up just a few steps more and fell backward as she realized she had backed herself into her own bed. She tried to crawl backward as she now found herself sitting on her bed, Sunset still getting closer.

“N-no… That’s not…” Twilight looked away but found herself looking right back at Sunset as the girl stood at the foot of the bed and leaned down, placing a hand beside Twilight’s thigh as she met Twilight at eye level.

“Oh? What is it then?” Sunset asked, her voice monotone and plain, emotion hidden, be it fear, shock or surprise.

“I…” Twilight crawled backward, but Sunset crawled over top of her onto the bed, eventually taking her left hand and pressing it against Twilight’s shoulder, pinning her down to the bed firmly.

Sunset looked over Twilight, strands of her long hair dangling down and caressing Twilight’s body. Twilight could feel her entire body lock up as her temperature rose. Sunset had her pinned down, locking eyes with her.

“So… You didn’t want to kiss me then?” Sunset asked, her voice growing quiet.

“N-no… Of course… not…” Twilight lied, trying not to make eye contact with Sunset.

“Then you’re going to hate this…” Sunset said softly.

She leaned in and closed the distance between the two, pinning Twilight down, she locked her lips with the other girl’s. She opened her mouth to command Twilight to do the same, which the girl obliged and allowed Sunset to do as she pleased. Twilight’s heart was beating at least eight times faster as she felt their bodies connect in a way that Twilight had never experienced before.

With their lips smacking as they opened and closed their mouths a few times, Sunset snaked her tongue around Twilight’s causing a gentle moan to leave the bookworm. Twilight couldn’t resist, her hands reaching up and grabbing greedily onto Sunset, resting around her neck as she locked her arms around her.

The passion intensified as Sunset made the kiss more powerful, more vicious as she tried to entice more little moans from Twilight; her endeavors were of course, quite fruitful as Twilight let out soft sounds of pleasure as she allowed herself to be used however Sunset pleased. She didn’t care about the consequences anymore, she just wanted to continue kissing Sunset, she wanted Sunset to never stop.

Twilight tried to pull Sunset closer, but she lacked the strength to try and control Sunset. The redhead instead punished her by pressing down harder on Twilight’s lips, gently nipping her lower lip, causing an audible yelp of delight.

Sunset giggled gently before breaking the kiss, a small trail of saliva lingering between the two’s lips. Twilight could only feel her lips tingling and nothing else. Sunset’s mission a huge success.

Her voice had gone from serious to tender as she spoke again. “You’re a terrible liar, Twilight Sparkle…”

Twilight’s entire brain had gone to mush. Every book she had ever read vanished from memory, every part of the English language was forgotten as she laid there stunned, completely at the mercy of Sunset’s power over her. She couldn’t resist if she wanted to, she couldn’t protest if she wanted to. Twilight Sparkle would have no choice but to go along with whatever Sunset wanted to do.

Sunset lifted her hand from Twilight’s pinned shoulder and ran the backside of it against Twilight’s cheek as she whispered. Her hand felt so tender against Twilight’s soft pale flesh. Twilight’s eyes panned over to the hand, noting how the two of them had similar skin tones, both pale but Sunset’s just a tiny bit yellowed.

Twilight found herself looking up to Sunset’s face, her moist lips slightly ajar as Twilight’s eyes found Sunset’s. Sunset definitely had the prettiest eyes that Twilight had the pleasure of gazing into.

“I…” Sunset paused.

Twilight just stared at her with a dazed look, unable to say or do anything. If Sunset wanted to hold her down and have her way with Twilight, there was nary a thing that Twilight could do to stop it. At that moment, she was completely as Sunset’s mercy.

“I should really get going…” Sunset whispered softly.

Climbing off of Twilight, Sunset winked as she looked back at her friend once she reached the door. “I’ll call you later, promise.”

Sitting up, Twilight nodded as she sat there absentmindedly. She could hear Sunset giggle as she exited the room.

Sunset made her way back downstairs to see Cadence and Velvet standing at the staircase and pathetically trying to act natural when they saw Sunset coming down. She decided not to tease them, and just pretend she didn’t see them attempting to see if they could hear any of Twilight and Sunset’s conversation.

“I really have to get going everyone, thank you for having me.” Sunset bowed.

Cadence, as flustered as she was, frowned. “It was no trouble! You should come next Friday, we’re eating out…” Cadence paused and thought for a moment before deciding to correct herself. “A-at a restaurant that is! We’re eating out at a restaurant not… well never mind…”

Sunset chuckled and nodded. “I’ll think about it. Good night everyone.”

The redhead bowed before making her way to the exit, leaving Twilight upstairs still stunned and the rest of the family on the edge of their seat awaiting some kind of explanation. A part of Sunset felt satisfied knowing that was the state she had left things, after all, teasing Twilight was definitely her favorite past time.

Cadence was silently helping Velvet clean the dishes after their dinner was over and Sunset had left. In actuality though, the both of them were just putting on the facade of being even remotely interested in housework so that when Twilight finally emerged from her room they could pretend they were acting naturally the entire time. In actuality, their inner gossip gremlins were bursting to get out and find out what transpired.

“Do you think they…” Cadence gave a suggestive eyebrow wiggle to Velvet to signify what she meant as she talked quietly, regularly checking the doorway to make sure that Twilight wasn’t there.

Velvet checked the door herself and then leaned toward Cadence to whisper. “Probably not, Sunset was only in there for a minute or two…”

Cadence nodded in agreement. “True, but how about that kiss though?”

Both of the girls squealed quietly. “It was so cuteeeeee!” Velvet exclaimed.

“I know!” Cadence nodded furiously.

“Our little Twilight is growing up…” Velvet sighed contently.

“They really would make a cute couple wouldn’t they?” Cadence asked.

Velvet nodded. “Absolutely, no doubt in my mind. Plus that Sunset is good to Twilight, she used to come over when the kids at school picked on Twilight. Twilight would be up in her room crying and Sunset would show up in eight minutes. She took the bus to get down here even.”

Cadence clasped her hands together as she listened. “That’s so cute…”

“She’s a good girl, that Sunset. She’ll treat Twilight like a princess, I know that for sure.” Velvet winked.

Cadence couldn’t agree more. She had seen how Sunset treated Twilight when they were together, and it was obvious that Sunset put Twilight’s well being above even her own. They had so much in common, and Sunset appreciated Twilight exactly as she was.

A little of their relationship reminded her of how Shining and she had fallen in love.

“Young love is so cute…” Cadence remarked.

“Brings me back to my high school days!” Velvet smiled as she scrubbed a dish clean while she reminisced about times long past. About her high school days where she had her fair share of boys chasing her.

The two fell silent as they heard footsteps coming from the staircase just outside of the kitchen. They hushed themselves and listened excitedly as the shadow of Twilight could be seen from the doorway, which was soon replaced by the actual woman.

There was a dazed look on Twilight’s face and she was touching her lip which was tingling as she stood at the bottom of the staircase absentmindedly. She was clearly still recovering from the excitement of it all.

Trying to stifle her giggles (very poorly) Velvet attempted to address Twilight. “Things go alright, sweetie?”

“Huh?” Twilight turned toward her mother with an empty stare. Her eyes were half closed and her mouth held slightly open as she stared at the matriarch of her family. She failed to form words, and instead opted to just stand there dumbfounded, not really processing what was happening.

“With you and Sunset?” Her mother reminded, recognizing that her daughter was obviously in a daze, clearly a bit mesmerized by her kiss with Sunset.

Blinking, Twilight looked forward and then back at her mother and shrugged. “I… I guess… Things are cool… At least… I’m pretty sure they are…”

Giggling, her mother gestured upstairs. “Why not go take a cold shower, sweetie. We’ll clean up, you just get some rest.”

Nodding, Twilight walked out of the kitchen and waved lazily at her sister-in-law. “Hey Cadence…”

Waving back, Cadence covered her mouth to keep the giggles in until Twilight had made her way up the stairs. Once the girl’s bedroom door was heard closing, Cadence and Velvet both broke out into laughter. “Oh man… Are you sure she didn’t get laid in there? She’s acting goofier than normal,” Cadence asked.

Velvet nodded. “Yeah, she was goofy, but if she hooked up with Sunset… She’d be glowing far more than that…”

“Still, that was adorable! We should have recorded it and put it on Youtube!” Cadence suggested.

“Now why didn’t I think of that!?” Velvet groaned.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure there will be plenty of cute moments to snap photos of, we can put some in the Christmas card this year!” Cadence raised a finger in suggestion.

Velvet released an audible gasp. “Why, Mi Amore Cadenza that may be… The greatest plan ever… I am honored to call you my daughter-in-law…”

“Initiate mother-daughter hug sequence?” Cadence grinned.

Velvet nodded. “Yes, initiate.”

The two ran toward each other and when their bodies met they embraced each other with the tightest squeeze they could muster, laughing and giggling as they did so.

Jotting down some workout statistics into a notebook, Sunset finished up yet another one of her long workout sessions and placed the book back into a slot on the wall. She had decided to keep detailed records of when she worked out, what she did, and all of the statistics she could think of to track her progress some time ago.

When she started, she could probably do eighty sit-ups, now she could do closer to three hundred, if not more. Her most recent count was 308, impressive but not the highest she had ever done.

With a yawn, she stretched and wiped her sweaty neck with a towel before tossing it into a waste bin. She reminded herself she would need to call the house cleaners to come in and take care of a lot of cleaning very soon as she was slowly running low on places to unlaundered clothing items. She usually called them twice a month to do a clean of the entire building and if she recalled it usually ran her about $2,500 every time, pocket change for her fortune. While she lived more lavishly than most, for a millionaire, Sunset lived exceptionally cheap by their standards.

Exiting the gym, she began her trek upstairs and into the main foyer where she heard the barking of Moon echo through the halls. Chuckling, she called his name to bring him toward her. “Moon? Where are you, boy?”

Answering to his master’s call, Moon sprinted down the stairs, meeting Sunset and sitting at her feet, his tail wagging wildly. Sunset reached down and gave the animal a pat on the head before yawning again and making her way up the stairwell. After staring in her direction for a brief moment, the dog barked and gave chase to Sunset, staying as close as her shadow as he stayed by his master’s side.

Sunset made her way back up to her bedroom and quickly disrobed to prepare for a shower. Setting her phone in front of the vanity, she entered the bathroom attached to the bedroom and got the water running before coming back to the bedroom to grab a towel from the drawer. She had forgotten to lay fresh towel on the rods in the bathroom itself.

Sunset noted that her phone screen had lit up in the brief few seconds from when she had set the device down. Curious as to who was texting her, she stepped closer and picked up the device as she stood there in just her underwear.

Sure enough it was Twilight.

Hey, had a good time. Would you wanna maybe… Hang out or something tomorrow?

Sunset giggled at how casual Twilight was attempting to make the situation. That was so like her though.

So we’re just going to pretend that we didn’t just swap major saliva?

Naturally, Twilight responded about how Sunset expected.

Oh, so we are talking about that? I wasn’t sure what the proper etiquette is when you kiss someone because you get caught up in the heat of the moment, and then they kiss you back. I’m still new to all of this…

Sunset sighed and shook her head.

You’re hopeless, Sparkle. Though to be fair, I’m not entirely sure what one is supposed to do either…

Sunset looked over at Moon who just sat there wagging his tail, causing her to roll her eyes. “What, you think I should take her on a proper date after kissing her like that?”

Moon just stared at Sunset in response.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been on a date though… That and I’m not usually the one who plans them, I’ve always been taken on dates in the past…” Sunset admitted as her eyes returned back to the screen of her phone.

Where would she take a girl like Twilight? Did a date between two people who have been friends for long constitute that they change their usual routine and do something “special”? All questions that Sunset was asking, but she quickly realized that it was probably best to discuss them more directly rather than through text.

With a sigh, Sunset dialed Twilight’s number and held the device to her ear. After only eight seconds of ringing, Twilight answered, her voice reaching Sunset’s ear with perfect clarity.

“Hey,” Sunset said.

“Hey,” was the answer that the redhead received.

“So…” Sunset started.

“So… Not to cut you off, but I want to ask this before my steel nerves wear off…” Twilight began.

Sunset leaned back and rested against the wall as she listened, knowing this was going to be quite an interesting conversation.

“I was wondering if like… maybe you wanted to go out to eat tomorrow night? Maybe let me pay or something like that?” Twilight rambled.

Sunset rolled her eyes, even with more courage than usual, Twilight seemed to always fail at being as direct as she would like to be. It was clear she would need a little push in the right direction to admit what she really wanted.

“Twilight Sparkle, are you asking me on a date?” Sunset asked coyly, her voice filled with snark.

“What? No! I mean… Unless that’s okay… Is that okay? I really hope that’s okay… I mean it’s not weird, right? After we… Well you know? It’s probably not weird… Is it?” Sunset could practically see Twilight panicking on the other side of the phone. Her little freakouts were absolutely adorable. Sunset could listen to her panic over nothing for hours.

Sunset only found the ability to laugh as she heard Twilight lose herself.

“Oh crap… It is weird, isn’t it? I shouldn’t have asked that should I? I take it back, pretend I didn’t say anything… Say, how about that weather!? Sure has been hot lately!” Twilight replied.

Once her laughter had subsided, Sunset wiped her eyes. “Twilight… Just ask me outright…”

“Outright… Right…” Twilight replied. “S-Sunset…?”

“Yes, Twilight?” Sunset’s voice became very tender, almost too much for Twilight to go through with it, but somehow she found the strength.

“Will you… go on a date with me… tomorrow?” Twilight said.

There was a long pause followed by Sunset humming. “Hmmm… I’ll have to check my schedule…”

“Don’t tease me…” Twilight complained.

Gentle laughter exited Sunset. “I’d love to, Twilight. How about eight, tomorrow? I’ll pick you up and we can go to this Asian place that I know of…”

“Awesome…” Twilight replied.

An awkward silence filled the air followed by Sunset deciding to address what was on both of their minds. “So… About that kiss…”

“It was incredible,” Twilight quickly retorted. The kiss had clearly given her a bit more courage than usual, as the Twilight that Sunset knew would never have admitted so quickly to that.

Giggling, Sunset nodded. “I agree… I enjoyed it, I’m glad you feel the same…”

“I’ve never…” Twilight paused.

“Me either.”

“Really?”

“Yup.”

There was another short pause followed by Twilight speaking again. “Well… I am just glad you didn’t like want to stop being friends or something…”

“Why would I do something like that?” Sunset blinked.

“I don’t know… Because it’s awkward, I guess?” Twilight suggested.

“Everything about you is awkward, if being awkward was a reason to stop being friends, I would have ditched you a long time ago,” Sunset reminded.

“Heh, yeah, I guess so…” Twilight responded, not even attempting to fight the accusations of awkwardness.

Sunset smiled. “While I’m not the best judge… You felt like a good kisser to me, Twilight…”

“I… may have been practicing…” Twilight admitted.

“It paid off…” Sunset giggled.

“Thanks,” Twilight said, “I’m uh… glad my first was with you…”

That statement made the smile on Sunset’s face grow just a little bit more. Part of her was glad that her first kiss was with Twilight as well.

“Well, I should go shower, I have the water running…” Sunset said.

“W-wait… Are you talking to me naked again?” Twilight asked curiously.

A smirk came to Sunset’s face. “Nah, I’m in my underwear though, maybe if you ask nicely enough I’ll send you a picture…”

“W-wha!?” Twilight stuttered.

Giggling, Sunset shook her head. “Just kidding…”

“I’ll see you tomorrow, Twilight…” Sunset said before Twilight could process what had just happened properly.

“Y-yeah… You too… Sleep well, Sunset,” Twilight responded.

“Mhm, you too.”

Hanging up the phone, Sunset set it back down on the vanity and looked over at Moon with a smirk. “There, I did it, happy now? You’re so bossy, you know that?”

The dog barked contently. Sunset swore that Moon had his own way of understanding Sunset and that he somehow was able to read her mind.

Shaking her head, Sunset stepped into the bathroom to go and take the shower that she had started. Tomorrow was definitely going to be a very interesting day for sure.

Sunset’s shower was a calming one, though not one empty of thought. She spent much time in the hot water contemplating the night. She had never kissed anyone before, though she couldn’t say she had never had an interest in doing so. She’d be lying if she said that the thought of kissing Twilight never crossed her mind, but she just thought of it as random hormones telling her to attempt crazy and outlandish things, never did she imagine she’d actually do it.

To be fair to herself, she rationalized that Twilight technically kissed her first, so she was merely returning the favor, albeit far more intense than Twilight.

Admittedly, Sunset knew she was a bit pent up. Her daily routine had prevented her from observing her usual porn commitment and thus she had been through many weeks of surprising sexual desire.

Was it really fair to kiss Twilight while she was feeling so sexually repressed? Wasn’t that exploitation? Then again, Sunset rationalized that Twilight was the initiator, and clearly didn’t mind the action and neither did Sunset.

Did I kiss Twilight because she kissed me, or did I do it because I wanted to? Sunset asked herself as the hot water ran down her nude body, the effect being rather soothing. She loved a hot shower after a long day.

She thought about it for a moment and then thought about how she felt about Twilight. Could she call what they had love? Then again, she didn’t quite understand what love was. She definitely cared for Twilight, more than anyone else in the human world, and she even risked her life to save her a few times.

Turning the water off, Sunset sighed, realizing that she likely wasn’t going to get the whole answer so easily. Still, she at least could tell herself that she knew she wanted to kiss Twilight and that she definitely felt Twilight was an attractive girl so that meant that it was okay to go on a date with her, right?

Sunset stepped out of the shower and wrapped a dry towel around herself after drying off her hair with a second towel. She allowed her loose damp hair to hang and air dry as she contemplated her situation. She never considered that her kiss with Twilight would leave her confused, though it undoubtedly had Twilight in a state of panic seconds before it happened.

Her eyes were drawn to a familiar tome sitting on the end table of her bed. On the cover, the emblem of Celestia shined in the light of the nearby lamp. It was the journal that Princess Twilight and she used often to communicate. It had been some time since her last report to the Princess, however.

A smile came to Sunset’s face as she decided it might be a good idea to consult the Princess and give her a small update at the same time.

Scrambling over to the bed and flipping the book open, she placed a pen in her right hand and hovered it above the page, trying to determine the best way to start.

It had dawned on her at that moment that it might be slightly awkward to write to the Princess about kissing her human counterpart. Would that be strange? Would is weird Princess Twilight out?

Sunset squinted as she thought and determined that Princess Twilight likely had heard and dealt with far stranger things than something like this, and thus it would be fine. Taking a deep breath, Sunset began to write.

Dear Princess Twilight,

Hey, it’s been a while since I last wrote, sorry. I’m pretty bad at staying in touch you’ll find, but I’m working on it, I promise! I’m trying my best to get better. Consider it a work in progress, just like… Don’t grade me on it, that’s all.

Anyway, I wanted to ask you about something… Something kind of strange to talk about, but I figured the best way to broach the subject is to just lay it all out on the table, no holds bar and just say it, so here it goes, hope this isn’t too strange or weird:

I had my first kiss. That’s not the weird part, I promise. I had it… With Twilight… the other Twilight that is. I guess I’m having some conflicting feelings about it. Like I am trying to figure out if it was alright for me to kiss her or not… I guess I might be overthinking things, which happens all the time… What do you think? Am I going crazy? Or am I just overthinking things?

One thing that Sunset loved about Princess Twilight was how punctual she was and how quick she was to answer a letter the moment she had the time to do so. Like clockwork, a reply to Sunset’s letter began to appear in the book in the Princess’ hoofwriting.

Sunset Shimmer,

It’s wonderful to hear from you again. I’ve actually been fairly busy myself with royal matters, so it was probably for the best. Nonetheless, I would love to hear from you more! I wish I could visit more often, but traveling through time and space is all still a bit taboo. Celestia and I are considering setting up some regulations on it since we don’t really fully understand the adverse effects it could have on both worlds involved. Still, I miss you and our friends considerably, just know that I send my love from Equestria to you and all of them.

Now regarding your inquiry… That certainly is a strange situation, but certainly not the most peculiar that I’ve encountered in my time as Princess. Once I had to deal with my sister-in-law being replaced by a changeling, but that’s a story for another day.

I guess the most important thing is to ask yourself… How do you feel about Twilight? When you think of her, what do you think of? Obviously, I’m not the best person to ask regarding romance, since I haven’t exactly been on a lot of dates myself and I’m still too shy and awkward to ask anyone out.

Sunset rolled her eyes and envisioned Princess Twilight Sparkle trying to ask a stallion on a date, but the scenario just continued to make her giggle over and over every time she played it in her head. No scenario that she could craft in her mind would make the Princess less awkward around other people.

Sunset considered her response, how did she actually feel about Twilight? What came to mind when she thought about her friend?

How do I feel about Twilight? I guess when I think of her, I feel a lot better about things. I feel like I can trust her, I mean she’s my best friend after all, but I guess… After that kiss… I feel differently about her like I sort of… Want to kiss her again, is that bad?

Despite not being a love guru, it seemed as though the Princess already held the answer, or at the very least, the best answer she could muster on the subject.

That’s not bad, Sunset. It sounds like you love her. There’s nothing wrong with that, you should just embrace how you feel. There’s no reason to hide it, after all. If Twilight is your friend, then you will have nothing to worry about.

Releasing a sigh of relief, Sunset nodded as she realized that the Princess was right (a common occurrence).

Thanks, Princess.

I guess I just needed to hear it from someone else to wrap my head around it. I’m still not very great at this romance thing… I really like Twilight, I don’t know where this whole thing will go, but I am hoping it doesn’t ruin things between us… I mean it’s obvious that she has feelings for me, but I just worry about disappointing her is all.

You mentioned a lot of stuff going on in Equestria? Royal duties? What’s that all about?

The Princess replied relatively quickly, which was to be expected given her love of reading and writing.

I wouldn’t call myself a master at it either, but I know a thing or two. Rarity has tons of romance novels, and I’ve been involved in a few… Awkward romantic situations, but those are stories for another day, another time.

Yes, we have had quite a few attacks on Equestria lately, we’ve had to up defenses substantially at the capital. Just last week, we ironically had to deal with a siren. Of course, we resolved the matter pretty quickly, but not before she had mind controlled a third of Canterlot’s population. It was pretty out of control, but we managed to resolve the matter. You’d be amazed at how resourceful Luna can be in a pinch.

Sunset froze for a moment at the mention of a siren. She knew there were other sirens out there besides Adagio, Sonata, and Aria, but was it possible for any of them to come to the human world again? Her spine shivered at the thought of another creature like that making it to Equestria and having to deal with it again. Truthfully, it took everything she had just to defeat Adagio, and even then she still managed to kill Shimmer before them.

Sunset set the journal down, not wanting to talk about sirens as she felt her heart racing faster just at the idea. Taking a few deep breaths, Sunset tried to clear her head.

The young woman found her way to her closet where she retrieved some fresh underwear to slip on. Once she had slid on some panties and clasped a bra on in the back, she made her way back to the bed and laid down facing the ceiling.

Closing her eyes, Sunset decided it was best to just get some sleep, tomorrow was going to be a very busy and interesting day.

Sunset found herself on her way to Twilight’s house once more. After their kiss, she found herself excited to meet back up for their planned date. She could hardly contain her excitement, but her mind focused on trying to stay composed. She didn’t want to get ahead of herself, Twilight and she were still figuring this all out, and that meant she should approach the situation with extreme caution. Twilight wasn’t the best at handling things moving too quickly and thus losing control.

She closed her eyes and sighed contently as she rang the doorbell to Twilight’s home. She adjusted her pants and stood there with a hand on her hip and another on her bag.

After a good eight seconds passed, Sunset checked her watch, wondering what was taking them so long to even answer the door.

Sighing, she rang the bell a second time.

Waiting another eight seconds, she rang the bell again.

After a good few more seconds, she squinted as she became slightly suspicious. It wasn’t normal for Twilight’s family to simply not answer the door. Craning her neck so she could look around the bend of the house, Sunset observed that both cars were still parked in the driveway, so they couldn’t have gone anywhere.

She checked her watch to make sure that she was on time, and sure enough it was 7:08 PM.

Curious, Sunset reached forward carefully and turned the knob. The door swung open slowly. Given that it was unlocked, Sunset surmised they were home, so why wouldn’t they hear the doorbell. Could all of them be in the shower?

“Hello?” Sunset called into the house.

There was no answer.

Sighing, she stepped inside and shut the door behind her. She noted how she couldn’t hear any running water, which crushed her shower theory, though she admitted it would be strange for the entire Sparkle family to be using the showers in the house all at once, it was also out of character for Twilight to be showering so close to Sunset’s arrival.

“Hello? Twilight?” Sunset called through the house as she casually walked through the hallway and into the living room.

To her surprise, the television was still on, but there was no one there watching it. She blinked and looked toward the kitchen.

“Velvet? Night?” She yelled louder, hoping to get some kind of answer.

The redhead poked her head into the kitchen and to little surprise found nothing of interest, though there was a cutting board on the counter with vegetables partially cut. It was as if someone had stopped cutting them abruptly.

“Odd…” Sunset thought out loud before looking up at the staircase.

She made her way upstairs carefully detecting a very strange and ominous feeling. She reached her hand up and gripped the geode around her neck tightly, fearing she may have to use it. Something was amiss in the Sparkle household, something that felt incredibly unnatural.

Gulping, Sunset reached the top step and looked down a dark hallway. The hall itself seemed to stretch for miles in the dark.

Fumbling about on the wall next to her, she flicked on a light.

There standing in the newly illuminated room was the figure of someone she had hoped she’d never see again, someone she had prayed would stay dead and buried. Someone that Sunset feared more than she was willing to admit.

Orange tinted hair that had been cut to a shoulder length, tied back with a headband sporting spikes.

Her wardrobe a familiar tight stealth suit opened slightly to expose her small cleavage. The jacket, gloves and sinister mask of her wardrobe appeared to be missing, but her exposed hands were covered in a deep red, a red that seemed to sink down under her fingernails even.

As she turned, the face of the siren looked at Sunset with a twisted smirk, blood dripping from her teeth, coating her chin as her red eyes glared at Sunset.

“Welcome home… I hope you enjoy the party…” Adagio spoke, her voice distorted and wicked.

At her feet laid the bloodied bodies of Velvet and Night, their stomachs ripped open, no doubt by Adagio’s vicious teeth.

Sunset’s attention was drawn to the woman’s hand which gripped a lifeless Twilight whose throat had been ripped open, blood and innards leaking out as Adagio gripped her by her shirt.

“Hope you like your meat rare…” Adagio grinned.

With those words, Sunset opened her eyes with a scream as she found herself transported back into her bedroom, covered in sweat as she sat upright panting.

Checking her body quickly with her hands, she realized she had been dreaming. Falling backward with a sigh of relief, Sunset wiped her forehead. “Fuck…”

The woman turned her head slightly and through groggy eyes, she could see someone standing in her room. A figure covered in a white cloak, their face concealed.

Was she still dreaming? She couldn’t tell.

The figure began to move its mouth but Sunset, in a barely awake state could hardly hear the words it was trying to convey. She tried to squint and get a better look at it, and with enough focus, she could make out the words it was mouthing.

“Ev-er-free For-rest…” Sunset repeated aloud.

It ceased speaking and nodded.

The moment Sunset blinked, it was gone, vanished from existence.

Taking a few breaths, Sunset decided the best thing to do, dream or not, was to try and get some more sleep. She didn’t want to be tired for her date with Twilight.

I bet some people were worried that Sunset was going to reject Twilight after that kiss. And here I am being an ass and making you all wait a week to find out Sunset's reaction.

Also more art of Sunset and Twilight kissing. Why? GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT, that's why.