“So this is it huh?”

He had looked around the building before they purchased it of course. But it was strange actually being here for the first time owning the place. The keys had been handed over and all there was left to do was actually move in.

“This is it. C’mon Red, there’s plenty of room for your fat ass.” Ivory giggled. “Look at all the SPACE!” she shouted, letting her voice echo off the walls of the mansion. “And we got it at such a good deal! I mean sure we could have just bought it but it never hurts to get a bargain!”

It had been a heck of a steal, at least in terms of price. Usually these sorts of places were sold for just about double what Ivory had paid. Red hadn’t paid a huge amount of attention as he had let her handle all of the paperwork and boring bits with the estate agent. She had just brought him along for a viewing and he had been so in awe of its size she had almost straight away put down a deposit. He had only heard the estate agent really say one thing.

“Shame about the previous occupant, she lived here for years but ran into some trouble. You know since you two are moving into such a prestigious property have you thought of hiring servants?”

His mind had wandered at that point. Servants? Hmmm. Red was always the type to indulge himself but he hadn’t considered being fed in that way before. But when in Canterlot huh? As the old saying went. He’d talk to Ivory about it at some point. Perhaps if they had a couple of maids each…

Boxes were being brought in on moving pads. The company was rather efficient. With the move Ivory had decided to pay a bit extra for premium movers.

“Where do you want all this stuff!?” one of them asked.

“Wherever looks appropriate for now! We’ll figure it out later.” Ivory replied, watching as the stallion just shrugged his shoulders and started directing his men to bring their belongings inside.

“Let's take a look at the bedrooms huh? We can decide who wants what.” Ivory giggled, piloting her way with Red up the stairs towards the extremely spacious rooms.

“Oh well...I was hoping we could sleep together.” Red replied.

“Of course at first but don’t you want to get big enough we need separate rooms? Or do you wanna be squished up against the wall?” Ivory said.

“Well…”

She laughed. “Okay don’t answer that. Hmmm...perhaps we can have them joined or the walls knocked through or something. I mean look at this place, it could certainly use some decoration…”

She was right. The closer Red observed things like the walls, doors and other fixtures around the building it was rather obvious they were dated. He should know, he just hadn’t looked closely enough on the initial viewing. It was rather obvious now to him.

“I can do some work, or get the crew in to do some work. I mean hey it’s my line of trade sweetie. We can spruce this place up in no time.”

He felt Ivory squish herself lovingly against him. “I knew you would. Thanks Red. I’m sure we can make this little love nest perfect.” Ivory cooed.

“Well...I dunno about little. Love nest?” he asked, blushing.

“What’s the point of huge bedrooms if you can’t make use of them?” she giggled back. “This looks like a good one. Oh wow...it’s huge!”

The two entered a rather large master bedroom. Now stripped of any furnishings it did look rather massive. Red was quite impressed. “So I assume this one?”

“This one.” Ivory said. I’ll head down and get them to put the bed in here. “It’s perfect!”

As the two headed back out onto the upper walkway a voice came from below.

“Ma’am!? There’s a pony at the door. Asked if she could speak to the head of the household.” one of the movers called up.

“That’s you blubber butt.” Ivory said with a grin, giving Red a little push on his rump to spur him on. Red just smiled back and made his way towards the front door. When he got there he was met by a rather petite looking young mare wearing of all things, a maids outfit.

“Hello. Oh um, are you lost? We’re just moving in today.” Red greeted her with, pointing one of his sunken hooves to the removal crew.

“Not lost! I just wanted to hand you this sir. There’s been a bit of talk around the neighbourhood about new tenants here. I wasn’t sure if you had your own hired help.” the young mare said, tapping a few buttons on an electronic device on her wrist which transferred a file to Red’s pad computer. It was a CV.

“Not yet, but we’re considering it perhaps. You are?”

“Spring Clean...I know, the name fits the bill. But I’m looking for work in the area. I’d be grateful if you’d consider me for any positions you might have opening up. I can cook, clean and feed all at a reasonable rate!” she exclaimed, turning tail to leave. “My contact information is on the form!”

Red didn’t even have a chance to call her back before she vanished. Ivory had joined him at the door.

“Who was that?”

“A maid...I was going to talk to you about some hired help anyway but she was eager. Even left her CV.” Red said, scrolling through it. “She seems qualified...if not a bit eager.”

“Well, eagerness can be a good thing. Anyway no need to make a decision right now. Sleep on it.” Ivory said, giving him a bit of a relaxing rub. She knew Red could jump to a decision quickly without properly thinking it through. She shut the door, eager to return to getting the new house sorted out.

“Sounds good, I…”

The doorbell went again. Red had only spun his pad around to move away from it. He spun it around again to answer it. Perhaps hired help wouldn’t be such a bad idea if they were going to be getting this many visitors…

“Hello?”

“Hello!” came two replies.

“Are you here to apply for hired help? I’ve already had one mare quite eager to start.” Red said, wanting to turn away these two as quickly as possible.

“Excuse me! Harrumph! If that’s your attitude then we’ll leave!” one of them said.

“Wait, wait. I’m sorry. I assumed. Let’s start over.” Red said, getting a little flustered at the attitude he was getting. “I’m sorry ladies.”

“Apology accepted. I’d suggest you don’t assume so much if you’re going to live here. This is a rather exclusive neighbourhood you know!” the other replied.

“Indeed. Well, what can I do for the both of you?”

“We came to introduce ourselves, we live rather close by. I am Honey Drops and this is Sugar Tart.” Honey Drops said, both of them bowing.

“Ah I’d bow but...as you can see I’m a little indisposed.” Red said. “Nice to make your acquaintance. We’re both hoping to be living here a while.”

“Ah excellent. We thought we’d make you aware the Governor is hosting a small get together at his mansion in a few days. Perhaps you two could come along? We’d all like to get to know the new arrivées better!” Sugar Tart explained. “Tuesday at eight o’clock. Don’t be late!”

With that, the two left. Red was just as perplexed as with the maid. It seemed ponies around here were quick to deliver a message and leave. He blinked, Ivory having been there the whole time but just didn’t say a word, not that she could get one in.

“I don’t think that was optional.” she said.

“Well...so we have to make nice with the toffs. I suppose a party can’t hurt. I expect there will be food.”

“Always thinking about food huh? Come on, they moved the bed into the room. I say we get to making good use of it whilst the movers unpack everything.” Ivory said.

“W-Won’t they hear us?” Red asked, a little embarrassed.

“Kinda the point fatso. Come on, I’m not getting any younger and you ain’t getting any thinner!”

Red let Ivory lead him up the stairs. He knew what he was in store for, the good loving. Oh to have his folds caressed by this gorgeous creature was always such a pleasure…

It was the start of something new and wonderful in his life, he could feel it. The two of them were truly set. Red would of course keep his job but perhaps he could work part time instead. With Ivory being able to support them both it would give him more time to eat. Clearly she wanted to fatten him up more, the good loving usually involved quite a bit of feeding as well.

It had been quite the journey to get to where he was. He thought back to that incident all that time ago where he had been dealing with that delayed shipment for Blubber King, of course he didn’t know it was for there at the time but it felt like so much about him had changed. Of course he still blushed when Ivory teased him about his size and that big blorpy ass of his, but some things never changed. He couldn’t help but feel totally serene and that everything going forward was going to be the life he had always wished for. It was comforting.

The two vanished into the bedroom, the only thing the removal ponies heard was a little yelp from Red as Ivory gave that big tush of his a loving smack.