“Okay...some ground-rules,” Flash said with an exasperated sigh.

The girls all nodded.

“Agreed,” they said in unison.

The boy considered everything for a few moments before starting to speak up again.

“Firstly...we all get veto power. If the topics we discuss get too serious or mature for people’s liking, they can veto, and it’ll be brought to a close right then and there.”

Again, the girl all nodded to that, silently consenting to that rule. Rainbow, meanwhile, leaned over to Applejack, whispering to her with a smirk on her face.

“Hehe, vetoes? My brother the President talking.”

Applejack rolled her eyes, staying quiet as Flash continued.

“Secondly...we don’t talk about things that have been said to us in confidence by others. So if you've been told some sexy story by another friend, and they wanted you to not tell anyone else...”

Sunset spoke next, interrupting him.

“Don’t worry, Flash, I don’t think anybody here would be willing to go that far.”

The smiles on the girls’ faces made it clear that she was right to assume that, which naturally put Flash at ease for a time.

“Alright then...”

He leaned back into his part of the sofa, looking to all of his friends.

“...so...how do we start this?”

Hearing that, all the girls looked to one another, as if taken aback at the prospect that they actually had no idea how to kick things off. But Rarity, after clearing her throat a little, soon spoke up.

“Well...far be it from me to descent into such vulgarity...but I believe it would be best to start with our resident experts on sexual relations.”

Suddenly, all eyes, and a number of knowing smirks for that matter, were all turned to Sunset and Flash. The young couple looked to one another, hoping for some clarification, and when it was clear that there was none coming, they turned to face the other girls.

“Erm...what?” Sunset asked.

Rainbow folded her arms and let out a chortle.

“Do we really have to spell it out? You two are the only ones here who have actually done it!”

Understanding came to the two.

“Oh...right...that,” Flash relented.

Fluttershy giggled.

“So...is there anything you'd like to say?”

Thinking on that, Sunset shrugged her shoulders.

“I’m willing to talk about it, but...I don’t even know where to begin.”

Applejack, adjusting her hat slightly, chimed in.

“How bout we start off simple. How many times have y’all slept with each other?”

Flash raised an eyebrow.

“You mean...the times we slept together and had sex...or the times we just slept together and cuddled?”

Everyone looked to him with some incredulity, and he soon let out a sigh.

“Right...stupid question.”

Fluttershy then spoke again, seeming a little bit intrigued.

“Well...I wouldn't mind hearing about you two cuddling. It sounds sweet!”

Seeing an opportunity to get himself out of this, Flash leaned forward, opening his mouth to reply, only to be kept from doing so by Pinkie, who raised an accusing finger towards him.

“Ah, ah, ah! Nope!”

She then turned to her lover.

“Sexy talk now, cuddly talk later, okay, Fluttershy?”

Exhaling, Fluttershy nodded.

“Okay...”

Then, she gained a rather uncharacteristically sultry look to her, crossing one leg over the other and leaning forward slightly.

“...let’s talk numbers then.”

Though taken aback by this, Flash eventually just took on a look of defeat.

“So close...so close to getting out.”

Sunset took a brief moment to look to her boyfriend with amusement, going so far as to pat him on the shoulder, before glancing back to the rest of the group.

“I wish we could tell you, but this was never really the kind of thing we kept track of. We just sort of...did it. You know, when the mood took us.”

Naturally, the rest of the group seemed a little disappointed by that, but, before any of them had a chance to actually voice their disappointment, Twilight cleared her throat, gaining everybody’s attention.

“I think we can probably work this out pretty easily.”

After adjusting her glasses, she reached into the pocket of her outer vest, pulling out her phone. After pushing a few buttons on in and squinting her eyes at the screen, she began to speak again.

“Okay...on average...what percentage of your private get-togethers would you say resulted in copulation?”

Sunset and Flash gave each other a look, both trying their best to stifle the urge to chuckle at Twilight’s need to speak of such things in such a scientific way. But, their minds soon legitimately turned to her question, and after pondering it for a while, it was Sunset who answered.

“I’d say...about half.”

Nodding, Twilight looked back down to her screen.

“Alright then...I’ve still got my schedules from the times since I first came to CHS, so that means we also have a list of all the times Sunset wasn’t able to spend time with us because she was over at Flash’s place, or when Flash went to visit her.”

Flash raised his hand.

“Don’t forget the days when my Mom and Scootaloo were there at my house, so that’s about half as much as when we did it at Sunset’s place.”

Twilight nodded, accepting the new information, and thus, few more buttons were pressed.

“Divide that by half and...there, we should have the right number.”

As one would expect, this prompted many of the other girls to start to scoot over and take a look at the number Twilight had come up with. All, that is, except for Rainbow, who naturally wasn’t as eager to learn about the details of her half-brother’s sex life. But, it seemed as though her sense of curiosity was far stronger than she would have liked, and so, after letting out a frustrated grunt, she too began to move over, much to Flash’s horror. However, the boy, along with Sunset, stayed silent for now, watching as their friends all huddled together and looked to that screen. Moments afterwards, their eyes all widened.

“HOLY MOLY!!!” Pinkie exclaimed.

Looking up from the screen, Rarity had her mouth covered, presumably to keep a gasp from escaping, but lowered it as she finally addressed the young lovers.

“Oh my! How very...active!”

A blush came to the two, and they looked to one another.

“We...we haven't had sex that many times...have we?” Sunset asked.

Flash shrugged his shoulders.

“Apparently we have.”

Thinking on that, Sunset’s look of worry was soon replaced with one of lust, as she moved closer to her boyfriend on the sofa and rested her head on his shoulder.

“Well...in that case...let it never be said that our sex life isn’t a healthy one.”

To that, Rainbow snorted.

“Yeah, healthy! As in, I have a perfectly balanced diet, exercise every day and have even won a gold medal at the Olympics level of healthy, Sunset!”

Applejack spoke in agreement.

“No argument there. Ah mean seriously, how are y’all even walkin’ right now?!”

This time, it was Sunset’s turn to smirk.

“Well, as Adagio could probably tell you...we Equestrians have stamina.”

Flash leaned back into the sofa, suddenly looking inexplicably tired all of a sudden.

“Trust me...they do.”

Sunset gave him a kiss on the cheek for that, all while Rainbow grumbled.

“Ugh! I can’t believe my brother is that experienced already!”

But, rather than be embarrassed about that, Sunset instead took on a look of pride.

“Well, look at it this way...now you know the target you’ve got to beat.”

Rainbow stumbled her a bit, blushing slightly.

“Um...what?!”

Sunset shrugged her shoulders.

“Oh, I just figured that, if you ever do start having sex, you'll want to be having more than all your friends. So, guess it’s good to know what kind of numbers you’ve got to reach for, right?”

Rainbow’s mouth hung open to that, and in her silence, Applejack chuckled.

“Eyup, she’s right, Rainbow! We all know how much ya like ta one-up yer friends.”

Rainbow gave her a scowl, speaking up with her usual bravado.

“Oh yeah? You think I couldn’t, AJ?! When I get going, I'm gonna be heaving loads of sex! More than anyone else here!”

Pinkie giggled.

“Better get to it then, Dashie! Remember, you've got me and Fluttershy to contend with too now!”

Hearing that, Fluttershy looked to her recently-acquired lover with some scepticism, prompting Pinkie to giggle nervously upon seeing her.

“Oh! Um...I mean...after you're ready to start having sex...right, sweetie?”

To that, Fluttershy resumed her smile, giving a short nod.

“Better.”

With that done, Rainbow rolled her eyes.

“Yeah, yeah, make jokes. But trust me, when it becomes known that Rainbow Dash wants some, I’ll have guys lining up to take a shot! Heck, I'd probably be known as Canterlot high’s Queen of sex by the time it’s over!”

But Rarity shook her head.

“No, that title would probably still belong to Adagio, and unless you can live for thousands of years, I doubt you’ll top her efforts.”

Rainbow let out a defeated-sounding sigh.

“Yeah...plus, I don’t think Queen of sex is really something I’d wanna be saddled with.”

A shiver passed through her.

“At least...not unless I want Zephyr giving me more attention. Ugh! No thanks!”

Fluttershy too grimaced to that notion.

“Yes...I’d rather not think of that either.”

Seeing all of this, Flash turned to Sunset, his tone one of uncertainty.

“So...are we going to, you know...stop this?”

Considering that, Sunset took on a smirk, shrugging her shoulders again and looking to her boyfriend before answering.

“We could...or...we could sit back and watch them target each other instead of us for a little bit.”

Flash opened his mouth to speak, only to have his girlfriend's words sink in for him, after which he gave a smile to her.

“Yeah...sounds pretty good to me.”

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