With keys in her hand, Sunset found her way out the front door of her home, stumbling every step of the way. At one point she tripped over the bottom step and almost landed on the pavement, however, she caught herself just in time and made a recovery as she headed toward the large garage attached to the estate, realizing a moment later that she could have simply gone through the interior to reach the cars. There was no time to consider that now though, she knew she had to go and see Twilight, and it had to be right away, there wasn’t a second to lose. Every wasted second could have meant the difference between losing Twilight and winning her back, at least that is what her brain told her.

Reaching the side of the garage Sunset lazily punched in a combination of buttons and belched as she heard the keypad accept her code before beginning the process of opening the garage door for her. She held herself up as she squinted to scan the available cars. There were too many to choose from, but she ultimately decided to take one of the Mercedes, she didn’t care too much for them anyway, and if they got wrecked, she wouldn’t be as upset as if she had destroyed Shimmer’s Audi or the motorcycle that her sister had gotten her as a present.

With a nod, she stumbled about and pressed a button on the key to get the door to unlock. Once the car let her inside, she positioned herself in the driver’s seat realizing at that moment that she may have had a bit too much to drink. “I’m too drunk for this…” She thought out loud. Sunset paused for a moment, hoping the answer of what she should do would come to her before repeating herself. “I am way too drunk to do this…”

The thought didn’t exactly translate in a stopping of her actions, as she inserted the key and pressed the ignition button. The engine purred as the car came to life, and Sunset closed her eyes and took in a few breaths. She knew she probably should have sobered up first, but she knew she had to go and see Twilight before her nerves wore off, or before she talked herself out of it. The alcohol had given her the determination to make sure the job got done, for better or for worse.

With a few more seconds and about eight more breaths, she opened her eyes and focused on the road. She would need to concentrate more than ever before, but she knew she could make the drive so long as she remained as vigilant as she could.

Placing her foot on the gas pedal, she gently pulled out, testing her abilities first, before finally accelerating to a more comfortable speed. As she reached the front gate, she found it difficult to see much that was further than twenty feet in front of her, but if she took the backroads and slow routes, she could make it to Twilight’s home safely, without being around other cars that much or possibly get caught by the police. The last thing she needed was to spend the night in jail for drunk driving.

Remembering a back road to Twilight’s house, Sunset began the path toward Twilight, keeping her mind focused on seeing her girlfriend, and possibly what she was going to say when she finally did see her again.

“Hey Twilight, how’s it going?” She practiced before shaking her head.

“No… That’s stupid…” She slurred her words as she made a turn.

“Hey, Twilight, I was just in the neighborhood and…” She shook her head and then banged it lightly against the steering wheel. “No! That’s even dumber… Fuck me running…”

The voice of Shimmer rang in her ear, causing Sunset to look over at the passenger seat briefly, noting the familiar face staring at the road.

“Fuck… Are you going to follow me all night?” Sunset complained as she flinched at the sudden appearance of her dead younger sister in her passenger seat. She had to admit, it was starting to get a bit creepy to keep seeing her.

Shimmer shrugged. “Again, according to you, I’m just a figment of your imagination so you could, in theory, get rid of me literally at any moment that you so desired.”

“Yeah well… I’m kind of busy right now…” Sunset grumbled, trying to keep her car on the road and in her own lane.

“Nearly getting yourself killed? I can see that. You know when I said to go to Twilight right now, I meant like… to take a taxi or something, not get a DWI and potentially crash and kill yourself… It won’t exactly serve your purpose if you die before you reach Twilight.” Shimmer rolled her eyes.

Sunset tried her best to focus on the road, swerving slightly to miss a cat. “You didn’t clarify at the time! So I went with the fastest option!”

Shimmer sighed and leaned back in her seat. “I thought it was obvious that I meant to not break the law in the process of winning Twilight back.”

“You should have known I was drunk when you told me to do that! I was prone to making unwise decisions!” Sunset yelled.

“You do that even when you’re sober…” Shimmer rolled her eyes.

“Man, for a figment of my imagination, you are quite the smart ass…” Sunset rolled her eyes back at the girl.

Shimmer smirked. “If I’m a figment of your imagination, then that means I’m about as much of a smart ass as you are.”

“I pick the best times to have arguments with myself, don’t I?” Sunset sighed.

“Well, only you would do such a thing during such a dangerous moment…” Shimmer smirked.

“Right…” Sunset sighed, unsure of what to say to the girl who she wasn’t even sure was really there. Instead, she kept her eyes on the road, trying her best to focus, hoping she could make it to Twilight’s house in one piece.

The trip to Twilight’s home resulted in a few mailboxes being nearly hit, but somehow Sunset managed to deliver no damage to the car (or the neighborhood) as she drove through the entire neighborhood, getting lost once or twice due to missing a turn or two, but ultimately finding the place after enough trial and error.

It was late, but Twilight heard the swerving of a car in her front lawn and peeked out her window. She had already switched into pajamas and was about to lay down for bed when her brow rose as she saw a Mercedes pull up onto her lawn with little to no tact. The car screeched to a halt, and within a moment, Twilight already knew who it was. She cursed as she raced downstairs to meet the woman before she caused an entire scene.

Scurrying down the stairs at full speed, Twilight slipped her converses on, although they didn’t go well with her outfit consisting of booty shorts and a tank top that she was about to wear to bed.

Making it to the front door, Twilight rushed it open and made her way to the front steps as she watched the door of the car swing open, revealing a rather slovenly looking redhead who grunted as she stepped out of the car, leaving the door open. She hiccuped and burped before taking a few sloppy steps in Twilight’s direction, her arms flailing about trying to find something to hold onto so she could stand, with no such luck.

Sunset stumbled and caught her footing before taking another few steps, causing Twilight to shake her head disapprovingly and sigh.

Sunset slurred her words but managed to say Twilight’s name as she wandered around aimlessly before making it a few steps closer to her girlfriend. “T-Twilight…” She managed to get out.

Twilight sighed and crossed her arms as she watched the pathetic display being put on by Sunset. There was no denying it, Sunset was making an ass of herself, and Twilight wished she could understand that at this exact moment. A part of her though was furious that she actually came over in a car after drinking.

“You’re drunk…” Twilight commented, not moving from her position.

“Only a little…” Sunset replied before making it only a few steps toward Twilight and falling to her hands and knees, where she pointed her face to the ground and gagged. Before she knew it, Sunset was sputtering out vomit onto Twilight’s front lawn, apologizing in between gags, and covering her front side in the aforementioned vomit.

“Fucking hell…” Twilight exclaimed as she stepped forward. Kneeling down, she gripped Sunset’s left shoulder and tried to get her to stand. “Why did you drink so much? You could have gotten yourself killed!” Twilight scolded, though she was certain that Sunset was way too far gone to actually respond to that statement.

“Shimmer told me to come here…” Sunset spat out, trying to wipe some of the vomit off of her chin, but failing.

“First of all, Shimmer’s dead… Second of all, you shouldn’t have come here in a car if you had been drinking…” Twilight reminded.

Sunset didn’t respond, instead, she looked down and let out another heave of vomit onto the law, causing Twilight to cringe visibly for a moment, but she stuck by the sick Sunset and rubbed her back.

“Fuck…” Twilight said before yelling back toward the house. “Mother! I need your help!”

As if on cue, Velvet Sparkle appeared in the doorway ready to assist. She looked to the lawn with confusion as she stared at Twilight and Sunset, one girl on her hands and knees, the other merely squatting down to rub Sunset’s back.

“I need help getting her inside…” Twilight said.

Wasting no time, Velvet nodded and darted over to assist the two women, she got on the other side of Sunset and lifted the girl up. Sunset mumbled as the two women positioned her upright, Sunset’s feet merely dragged as the two stepped with her, trying to bring her into the house and out of the elements. “She needs a change of clothes and something to sober up too…” Twilight spoke between groans from the weight of carrying Sunset. Her girlfriend was far from fat, but lifting another person was definitely not an easy task for such a scrawny scientist like Twilight, even with the assistance of her mother.

Velvet nodded as she heard Sunset speak. “I threw up all over myself…”

“Yes, sweetie, we know. We’ll have you cleaned up in no time when we get you inside…” Velvet smiled as the three managed to make it through the front door.

Twilight’s father had rushed downstairs to find out what was going down, only to blink when he saw his daughter and his wife carrying a vomit covered Sunset through his front door. Meeting his eyes, Velvet explained quickly. “She’s had a bit too much to drink, sweetie would you mind seeing if we have one of Shiny’s old shirts in his room? I think that will fit her… I’m going to take her to the bathroom to clean her up, alright?”

Nodding, Night ran up the staircase to try and find the item he was asked to locate while his wife helped Sunset hobble toward the bathroom with Twilight. The two managed to get Sunset’s top off and lean her over the tub, where Velvet detached the shower head and turned it on, allowing it to get warm before instructing Twilight. “Hold her hair back, I’m just going to get her face, alright?”

Twilight did as she was told and grabbed as much of Sunset’s lavish hair into her hand as she could, holding it back and keeping her propped up while Velvet lightly rinsed the girl’s face off, grabbing a washcloth with some soap to aid in the job further. She smiled as she began to see the girl’s face clean once more. While she was there, she began to wipe off Sunset’s running makeup from her eyes. “My my, Sunset… You’re a mess, sweetie…”

“I’ve been worse…” Sunset admitted, her words barely intelligible.

Velvet nodded. “I’m sure you have, but you shouldn’t push yourself so much…”

Sunset gestured toward her back with her thumb before speaking again. “I got a reminder of harder times…”

Blinking, Velvet turned the water off and looked at the girl’s back. There she noticed a scar similar to that which was on her daughter. She touched it gingerly and then looked at Twilight with a smile. “I think I understand why she’s taught you so much now… You two have a very special bond… You’ve both been through something so difficult and came out on top…”

Twilight nodded as her father came to the door with a long sleeve button up. “Will this work?” He asked, trying not to look, even though Sunset was still wearing pants and a bra, her father was far too polite.

Velvet nodded. “Yes, toss it here.” Velvet held up a hand to attempt to catch the shirt.

Doing as he was instructed, Velvet caught the shirt and began to get it onto the drunken woman next to her. With a little effort, she was able to button it up and smile as she helped Sunset stand. The shirt was at least three sizes too large, forcing Velvet to roll the sleeves up. It draped over Sunset’s body almost like a dress as the neck hole was large enough for the shirt to slouch to one side.

Twilight blushed at how cute she looked like that but kept silent. “Alright, I’m going to make you an old family remedy and you’re going straight to bed, sweetie.” Velvet instructed as she guided Sunset.

“Is it alright if she sleeps in your room, Twilight? The guest room sheets are in the wash, and I wasn’t expecting company.” Velvet asked.

Twilight merely shrugged. “Yeah, I guess that’s okay… I can sleep on the couch anyway.”

Nodding, Velvet stayed behind Sunset the entire way up the stairs and into Twilight’s bedroom. She smiled as she looked at Twilight and nodded again. “Alright, I’ll leave the rest to you, Twilight. I’m going to go work on that remedy, it should help her sober up just a little…”

With those words, Velvet left Twilight and Sunset, causing the bookworm to sigh. “Alright, let's get you out of these jeans…” She instructed.

Twilight assisted Sunset in sitting on the bed as she got down and began to remove the girl’s boots, setting them aside neatly before instructing her to take her pants off.

Sunset fidgeted with the button on her jeans, struggling to undo them before Twilight rolled her eyes and jumped in to do it for her. Getting the button undone and unzipping the girl’s pants, Twilight helped the drunk wiggle out of her jeans, revealing a pair of black laced panties. She blushed as she realized they were likely intended for her had their night gone better.

Twilight shook her head as she lifted her bed covers and got Sunset into the bed, draping them over her and setting her jeans aside. She wagged her finger in the half conscious girl’s face. “Stay here, alright?”

Sunset murmured but didn’t manage to articulate any actual intelligible words.

Before the two knew it, Velvet had returned with a cup on her hand. Making her way over to Sunset, she gestured for Twilight to hold the girl’s head up. Doing as her mother told, Twilight assisted in keeping the girl propped up while Velvet leaned down to make her drink the concoction. “This will make you feel better a lot faster, sweetie…” Velvet told as she helped Sunset drink the yellow liquid.

Slowly, she made Sunset drink the entire cup. Once she had finished, Velvet came to a stand and smiled. “Alright, now we should give her some rest and check up on her in a few hours…”

Twilight nodded as she stretched. “What a screwed up night…”

Velvet giggled and walked out the door with Twilight. Twilight stopped and looked back into the room at Sunset, who was already out cold. She sighed and flicked the light switch off, deciding it was best to leave her there and worry about the rest later. After all, they had plenty of time to talk about the night now.

Hours had passed since Twilight and her mother assisted a drunken Sunset into the house and cleaned her up. Twilight had mixed feelings about the girl being in her bed during such s difficult time in their relationship, but she couldn’t bring herself to take Sunset home. She had meant what she said about Sunset being too dangerous to leave on her own, she was at least partially grateful that Sunset had come to her, so that she could ensure that she would see her again, however, Twilight knew that if she took Sunset back home, she might not survive the night.

Twilight had not managed to get much sleep, and instead, she found herself wide awake staring at her living room ceiling. She wasn’t sure how long had passed, but the urge to go check up on her girlfriend was there, and she had attempted to quell that urge for hours. After enough time staring at the ceiling though, Twilight had given in and decided to pull herself up and go see how Sunset was doing, for if she didn’t, she knew she wouldn’t sleep.

The moment her feet touched the floor, Twilight was ready. In her mind, she was certain that Sunset would be asleep, so there were no risks. She would pop in, make sure the girl was alright and then head back down to the couch so she could get some rest for the no doubt difficult conversations that awaited in the morning.

Twilight made her way upstairs carefully before stopping in front of her door. She froze there for a brief moment considering what would happen if Sunset were still awake. What would Twilight say? What would she do? Mentally she wasn’t ready to talk about who was right and who was wrong just yet, and she lacked the energy to defend herself. Drunk Sunset May have been very eager to see her, but sober Sunset might have been a different story.

Twilight took a deep breath and exhaled only when she opened the door and stepped inside. With the limited light created by the hallway, it was difficult to make out if Sunset was awake or asleep, but her lack of reaction to the door opening and pouring light into the room pointed more toward her being asleep.

Sighing, Twilight approached carefully before she could see the girl’s arm hanging off the side of the bed and her chest rising and falling as she laid there on her back. Nodding, Twilight came closer and observed the woman. It was difficult to imagine that when Sunset was awake she was such a stressful person to deal with sometimes, and yet she was perhaps the most innocent looking sleepers that Twilight knew.

Reaching over, Twilight moved a bit of Sunset’s long wild hair out of her face and smiled as she watched her sleep.

Turning to step away, Twilight felt something from her palm. She turned around to see Sunset’s hand gripping her own. It was the same hand that previously had been hanging off the side of the bed. Following the arm, Twilight met Sunset’s face, which had slightly opened eyes, squinting at Twilight. “Twilight? Is that you?” She asked.

“Just go back to sleep, Sunset...” Twilight instructed, hoping those words alone would be enough to make Sunset follow the command.

As she tried to walk away again, she could feel Sunset’s grip on her hand tighten. Twilight looked down to see concerned eyes on the woman. “You alright?” Twilight asked.

Sunset shook her head. “Twilight... I’m sorry...”

Relaxing that escaping had become impossible, Twilight decided to address the topic. “Sunset... I shouldn’t have pushed over that vanity...”

Sunset shook her head once more. “No, you were right to... I need to get past this thing with Shimmer. You were right, she is dead and I can’t bring her back, so I shouldn’t waste my life constantly feeling guilty over her... I should have seen that earlier...”

“Yeah well... I still should have addressed the matter in a more appropriate manner… Rather than destroying your stuff…” Twilight admitted sheepishly, a bit embarrassed that she actually lost her temper like that.

“It’s me we’re talking about... Extremes are all that seem to work... You were just doing what you felt would get through to me...” Sunset allowed a small smile to come to her face.

There was no answer from Twilight, so Sunset kept talking. “Look... You were right, about me being self-destructive... I’ve never said it out loud, but here’s the truth: I’ve struggled with thoughts of suicide for some time now, it’s not something I like talking about but...”

Twilight gripped Sunset’s hand harder and leaned over her. “I didn’t want to say anything until you were ready to tell me, but I’ve known for some time...”

Sunset sighed and nodded. “Yeah, I figured as much, you’re too smart to hide stuff from. I just... I don’t want to be like this anymore, Twilight... I want to get better.

Twilight smiled and gave the girl’s hand a squeeze.

There was a short silence followed by Sunset speaking once more. “So... Do you want to break up?”

Twilight bit her lip. “I... I don’t know... I want to still be with you but... I don’t know if I can help you...”

Sunset shook her head. “I need to help myself, but if you’re there I think it’ll be a little easier. I promise tomorrow morning I’ll call that doctor and get better... I just want to be a better girlfriend for you...”

Twilight sighed and smiled lightly. “When you’re trying... You’re already the best.”

“So you’ll stay with me then?” Sunset asked pleadingly.

Twilight nodded, she was surprised that she didn’t even need to think it over. “Yeah... I mean, I’ve already accepted that magical mishaps will be a part of our lives even if we don’t want them to be and that Equestria is going to be a part of you, this is just like... One more obstacle to overcome, you know?”

Sunset let her face light up with a smile as she reached up and touched Twilight’s face with her free hand. “How’d you ever get so wise?”

Twilight shrugged. “I was just told by a really good teacher that friends never give up on each other.”

Smiling at her friend, Sunset nodded approvingly. “Sounds like you had a good mentor…”

“She is… Just right now she needs to take her own advice and let people help her…” Twilight frowned.

Sighing, Sunset nodded in agreement. “I agree… I promise, Twilight… I’m going to make it through this dark time…”

Twilight nodded happily. “I’m glad…”

“It’d be a lot easier with you by my side though… That is… If you still want to be my girlfriend that is…” Sunset stated, looking away bashfully as she said that last part. It sounded mostly like a question to Twilight.

Leaning in, Twilight kissed Sunset’s forehead before resting her forehead against Sunset’s. “I’d love to be…”

Smiling, Sunset laid there staring into Twilight’s beautiful eyes. She hated herself for not taking more time to appreciate how lovely Twilight’s eyes really were, and she silently promised she’d take the time from then on to make sure that Twilight knew how gorgeous she really was. “That’s good… I don’t know how I’d do any of this without you.”

“Get some sleep though, okay, babe?” Twilight instructed as she pulled the blanket up to cover Sunset better. “You need your rest…”

As she turned to leave, Sunset’s voice called out to her once more. “H-hey Twilight…” Her voice was soft and tender, a hint of worry in it, almost sounding like fear to Twilight.

Twilight paused and looked back at the girl in the bed with a “hm?”

“Could you…” Sunset bit her lip before finishing. “Maybe… Sleep with me? I’d feel a lot better if you were in bed with me, you know?”

She stood still for a moment before a smile came to her face as she nodded. “Yeah… I sort of was hoping you’d ask…”

Sunset lifted the blanket to invite Twilight into the bed. Twilight quickly snuggled herself in as she cuddled up to Sunset, wrapping her around across the girl and resting her head in the crook of Sunset’s neck. Returning to Sunset’s warm body as she slept felt natural like she was returning home from a long trip. Her bed felt lonely without Sunset there to occupy half of it, and now that she was back, Twilight never wanted to let go. She wanted to lay there with her love forever.

From the hallway, Velvet had gotten up originally to get a glass of water but noticed that Twilight’s door had been opened a crack. She gently creaked it open and peeked inside. She smiled as she saw her daughter and Sunset in a loving embrace as they slumbered. Velvet shut the door quietly and made her way back to her own bedroom with a smile.

“I told you things would work out, Twilight…” Velvet thought out loud, metaphorically patting herself on the back.

Shimmer fell back on her pillow after her back had just spent the past few moments arching while her body was in pure bliss. Once she had come down from the high of orgasm, she panted lightly as she watched a nude Adagio crawl up to the headboard of the bed they were in and prop her back up. She pulled the blanket over her bottom half, leaving her smaller breasts exposed while she reached to the side of the bed and retrieved a pack of cigarettes from the end table.

Flicking a lighter that she retrieved from inside the half smoked pack, she lit the cancer stick and inhaled before setting the pack and lighter back down where she had retrieved it from.

Exhaling smoke, Adagio sat there quietly in thought.

Shimmer smiled as she looked over at her girlfriend sitting there smoking. Adagio was an odd type of beautiful. She was skinny with perhaps a flat stomach that made most women envious, but she didn’t exactly have an hourglass figure either.

The woman’s breasts were small but properly proportioned. As Shimmer had always noticed and even commented on, Adagio had a perfectly chiseled face that went well with her long wild hair, which at the moment was a total mess.

There was a hint of masculinity about her that Shimmer just couldn’t place her finger on, but it suited her so well.

As the tall young looking woman worked on her cigarette, Shimmer spoke. “We should get high.”

Adagio rolled her eyes and continued with her cigarette. “Babe… You need to do something more than get high and have sex with me, alright? You spend 80% of your time doing one of those two things… Or both at once…” Memories of attempting to do both activities at once quickly raced through Adagio’s head, causing her to blush ever so faintly.

“I don’t hear you complaining when it’s happening?” Shimmer giggled.

“Making you moan is one of the few pleasures of my day,” Adagio replied.

“I’ve heard quite a few out of you as well…” Shimmer reminded with a smirk.

Adagio rolled her eyes once more but sat there as Shimmer decide to change the subject to something a little more serious than their usual banter.

“Hey… Dagi… Quick question…”

“Hm?” Adagio raised a brow, not even looking in Shimmer’s direction as she reached the halfway mark on her cigarette.

“How old are you?” Shimmer asked.

Blinking, Adagio turned to her and removed the cigarette from her mouth. “Old enough…”

“That doesn’t answer my question…” Shimmer frowned.

“Too old. That better?” Adagio grunted, clearly wanting to drop the subject of her age.

“Too old for what?” Shimmer raised a brow.

“Too old to be messing around with you, for sure…” Adagio said.

Shimmer sighed and shook her head as she sat up next to Adagio, propping her own back against the headboard as she held up the blanket to cover her large chest. “I’m legal age, I’ll have you know…”

“I didn’t mean it like that… I meant that someone my mental age… I should probably only be hanging around ancient fuckers at this point…” Adagio sighed. She had hoped that calling it “mental age” would hide the fact that she actually meant she was old enough to be Shimmer’s great-grandmother ten times over.

Shimmer giggled and snuggled up closer to Adagio with a smile on her face, pulling the blanket over the two of them. “You’re so secretive, you know that? You won’t tell me anything about yourself without being insanely cryptic…”

“I thought that’s why you loved me?” Adagio smirked.

“Yeah, but I’d like to get to know you better…” Shimmer pouted.

“Why? Who cares?” Adagio raised a brow.

“I do! It’ll be helpful for our future together, you know?” Shimmer teased.

“Future… Heh… I’ve never really thought of that word in a positive light…” Adagio admitted. It was true as well, all of Adagio’s life she had always looked at what the future held with contempt. The only times she had ever been hopeful for her own future was when she was hatching a plot, but now that she had no magic, she was out of plots, out of plans on how to get some revenge, or magic, or anything really. She instead had resigned to simply trying to exist.

“Oh?” Shimmer asked.

Adagio nodded as she finished her cigarette and put it out in an ashtray that Shimmer had begun providing when she came over, knowing Adagio’s tendency to have a cigarette after sex.

“Yeah… The future statistically was always something that I tried not to think about… Something that I didn’t want to focus too much on…” Adagio admitted.

“Sounds like you’ve had a hard life, babe…” Shimmer frowned as she reached over and placed a hand on Adagio’s back.

The woman leaned forward and gripped her knees as she remembered the parts of her life that had caused her so much pain, the worst moments of her existence replaying in her brain as she sat there with the girl she loved. Love, that was something she still had a hard time wrapping her head around. Here she sat with a mortal girl who had become intimate with the siren, and she didn’t even know what Adagio truly was. She didn’t use magic to entice her or steal what she had for herself, no, Adagio instead found herself in this situation by completely natural circumstances.

There was no denying it, Shimmer loved her, and for some completely messed up reason, Adagio loved her back. Had she gone crazy? It was hard to tell, all she knew is that thinking about Shimmer made her oddly happy, it made the pain she had experienced lessen if not just a little bit. She could endure so much if it meant she could see Shimmer smile.

Her eyes met with her girlfriend and smiled at her. “Yeah… I guess so… But maybe… Maybe it’ll be getting better from here on… Maybe this is the true turning point of my life…”

Tilting her head, Shimmer leaned in with curiosity, it was strange to see Adagio actually speak positively for a change. “Why’s that?”

“Because while I’ve never thought about my future before this… One thing is certain… I can’t imagine a future that doesn’t have you in it…” Adagio smiled.

Shimmer blushed and reached up, cupping the girl’s face in her hands as she pulled her into a deep kiss, locking their lips in a dance of passion as she allowed Adagio to take control and kiss her back with equal love and enthusiasm.

Once the kiss broke, Shimmer smiled and locked eyes with her love. “I’m thinking the same thing…”

That next morning made Twilight wake with a yawn and stretch. She blinked a few times as she felt around the bed with her arms, shocked to find herself back in her actual bed. She thought for a moment and wondered how she had gotten off the couch. Once the events of the night prior replayed in her head, she slowly remembered that Sunset and she had snuggled up together after deciding to try and make things work. Sunset agreed to get help, and Twilight spent the night once again entangled with the love of her life.

Feeling around the bed with her hand, she noted that the warm body of Sunset which she had spent the past few hours snuggling had vanished and in her place was nothing more than a pillow and a disturbed blanket. Twilight wondered for a brief second if she had dreamed the entire thing and Sunset never actually came over. She shook her head however and dispelled that thought as she recalled how vivid the memory was, there was no way she had imagined it.

The question then remained, however, where Sunset went. She couldn’t have gotten far.

Pulling herself out of bed, Twilight wandered over to her window and lifted the purple curtains to see if Sunset’s car was still parked outside. She let out a breath she didn’t even know she was holding in as she saw Sunset’s Mercedes Benz still parked poorly on her lawn. She didn’t leave in her own car if she did leave, that was at least true.

Finding her way to the door, Twilight located her glasses on a nearby desk and positioned them on her face as she began to try and solve the mystery of the missing Sunset Shimmer. Stretching, Twilight opened her door and wandered out into the hall, noting that she could smell the sweet smell of pancakes through the house. Had her mother made breakfast earlier?

She sniffed the air again and noted that the smell was relatively fresh, possibly still cooking even.

Twilight peered at a clock in the hallway noting it was only a little past 8:00 AM, meaning she had gotten up relatively early. Grumbling, she began to make her way toward the staircase, noting the that smell became more potent as she neared the kitchen, and as she got closer she could smell strawberries and other various fruits as well. She guessed a fruit parfait or smoothie had been prepared, possibly as another one of her mother’s “hangover” cures for Sunset.

Twilight rolled her eyes as she remembered all the various “ancient Sparkle family secrets” that her mother always went on about. Half of them were based on absolutely no science, so Twilight found it difficult to believe in them, but she often just humored her mother and allowed her to believe in the legitimacy of some remedy that she likely learned from her grandmother or something.

As Twilight approached the kitchen, the smell grew stronger, more potent, filling her nostrils with delight as she peeked into the kitchen, blushing as she saw a familiar buttocks standing in front of the stove. Sunset was there in her kitchen in just her panties and the old white button up shirt that her mother had loaned her. Once belonging to her brother it was oversized, but Sunset had the sleeves rolled up so that her hands were free to do as they like.

Twilight blushed as she watched the girl cook, her eyes gravitating again and again to her butt that was easily visible with that outfit.

Instead of make her presence known, Twilight took a moment to admire what was happening. Her girlfriend was making her breakfast in her own home, in her panties. To top that off, her girlfriend was insanely attractive, probably out of Twilight’s league even.

She smiled as she saw Sunset’s messy red hair, internally wondering why she had such a love of redheads.

The girl was practically dancing as she happily made breakfast, swaying her hips as she hummed a song or two.

Deciding that she was starting to teeter close toward being creepy, Twilight coughed to get Sunset’s attention.

The giddy girl blinked and turned her head over her shoulder to get a peek at Twilight. Once she saw her nerdy girlfriend standing there in her pajamas, Sunset smiled genuinely at her. “Hey, sweetheart… Did you sleep alright?”

“Better with you there… I see the same applies for you?” Twilight asked as she approached the breakfast table, sitting down and crossing her arms on the table as she watched Sunset.

Sunset nodded with another smile. “I think your mom’s miracle cure actually worked. Maybe your mom has access to magic too?” Sunset giggled.

“Perish the thought… I could only imagine the damage that my mother would cause if she had access to magic…” Twilight shuddered as she imagined it, the only thing worse being if her father had it. In her mind, she could already see a world being overrun with bad dad jokes and terrible puns.

Finishing with her pan, Sunset set some pancakes onto a plate and placed one in front of Twilight and another in front of herself.

“I take it you sent my parents away so we could be alone?” Twilight raised a brow, noticing that it would have been odd for Sunset to be making breakfast without pants on otherwise.

Sunset nodded. “I gave them both $80 and told them to go out to eat this morning so I could have some time to talk to you…”

Twilight rolled her eyes at Sunset’s admitted bribery. It wasn’t like her to throw money a problem to get rid of it, so she must have truly been desperate.

Pulling up a chair, Sunset sat across from Twilight, causing Twilight to notice that the top few buttons of her shirt was left unbuttoned, giving a full view of her cleavage. Twilight couldn’t think of a better way to start her day than with food and a good look at her girlfriend’s chest as a smirk came to her face.

Twilight looked down at her plate to see that her pancakes had strawberry jam over the top. She grabbed the nearby fork and took an approving bite, smiling at how delicious it was. “These are… fantastic…”

Sunset nodded. “Yeah, albeit I mostly learned basic stuff, I learned how to cook when I first got here since I needed to take care of myself just to survive. Though I did learn a little when I was Celestia’s student, our dorms had small kitchens. Realistically, I had forgotten to eat a lot…”

“You’re just like me in that regard… So focused on studying…” Twilight blushed.

Sunset reached down and gripped her own stomach. “Yeah, but I’ve put on a few now…”

“More like you’re at a normal weight now… You were so skinny when we met…” Twilight frowned.

“I was malnourished… that’s what the doctor said. He tried to get me to go on a diet that was higher in fats, but I don’t eat meat, so that made it complicated for him…” Sunset sighed as she remembered that trip to the doctor.

“You’re lucky to be alive…” Twilight reminded.

Sunset nodded. “Yeah, in more ways than one…”

Twilight frowned as she realized they were trying to avoid the difficult subject but decided it was best to attack it head on. “So… While we’re on the subject of being lucky to be alive…”

Sunset bit her lip, knowing this conversation was going to come. “Here we go…”

“I want to be as sensitive about this subject as I can be, alright?” Twilight said calmly.

Sunset nodded and released her lip from her bite as she waited to hear Twilight’s words.

“I recognize that thoughts of suicide are not easy to deal with, and it’s a mental thing… I’m not discrediting any of that and I’m not going to give you this utterance of ‘you have plenty to live for’ because I know that doesn’t help… On top of that, I’m not going to tell you that the pain you are feeling is wrong either…” Twilight said, exhaling after she spoke.

Sunset could tell that Twilight had been doing some research in preparation for this very conversation.

“Thank you…” Sunset smiled and nodded.

“What I can say though, is that regardless of what happened with Shimmer… Dying won’t fix it. You need to find a way to fix it while you’re still here, okay?” Twilight asked as she reached over and took Sunset’s hands in her own.

Sunset looked down at Twilight’s hands and then back at her eyes, staring into them before nodding. “It’s been… A difficult few years for sure… Even before Shimmer, I struggled with this kind of thing… I’ve always felt like I was useless like I wasn’t wanted by anyone…”

“I want you…” Twilight reminded.

A smile came to Sunset’s face once more as she nodded. “Yeah… I know you do… Hell, you’re one of the few people that I know there is no doubt about that… You’re there for me when I need it, Twilight and I promise that I’m going to try my best to be there for you when you need me whenever I can…”

“That’s all I ask. If it helps, I’ll go to therapy with you, I’ll drive you there… We can do this together, I don’t mind. I just want you to be okay… I want you to be happy, and I’m willing to do what it takes to achieve that…” Twilight leaned forward with pleading eyes.

Pausing, Sunset examined her girlfriend’s face, but finally, she nodded. “Yeah… Thank you… I’m going to do what it takes too… I promise. This is a new chapter for both of us…”

“And it’s a chapter that I look forward to…” Twilight grinned.

“You and me both,” Sunset replied before leaning in to plant a kiss on her lover’s face.

A lot of fanservice this time around huh?