Author's Notes:

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It was rather late in the night by the time Twilight Sparkle awoke from her much-needed “power-nap,” but Starlight and Sunburst were still awake when the Princess emerged from her bedroom to find them. The two were busy tackling a massive puzzle in the Map Room, since neither of them were too keen on pressing their luck with another scene without Twilight present. However, due to the mixed opinions both of them had about the scene they witnessed between the alternates of Twilight and Shining, they chose not to destroy the footage that had been recorded. Instead, while the two unicorns tried to finish up the meticulously detailed puzzle together, Twilight cautiously decided to watch the recording herself after reading the note they left for her related to it.

“Ooh! You still have that striped piece?” Starlight lit up her magic to rifle through Sunburst’s pile of unused pieces, and beamed upon finding the specific piece she needed for her section. “There it is! And once I connect this to this part, it’ll be… perfect!~”

The unusually-shaped piece fitted in perfectly with the section Starlight was focusing on, and also proved to be a perfect connecting point with a multi-pieced section that remained unused for a while. Sunburst grew equally as enthused as he floated out several pieces at once, and quickly connected them to every fitting piece he was able to find. The two instantly became dead-focused as the final parts of the puzzle came into play, and their auras worked as diligently to their shared craft as a couple of surgeons would on a difficult operation. While Starlight concentrated on filling up the blank space near the bottom corner of her section, Sunburst was muttering under his breath as he did the same for his side. “Okay, now I’ll put this here… and this one here… aaaaaaannnnnd GOT IT!”

Just as Twilight Sparkle finally made her way into the Map Room, her brows raised upon seeing her two friends cheering and giving an excited hoof-bump upon finishing their puzzle at the same time. Sunburst and Starlight couldn’t help hugging each other after the multi-hour long ordeal, while the highly-detailed portrait of Starswirl and the Pillars laid out fully-completed on the table. Fortunately, even with how satisfied the two may have been with their impromptu crafting project, their attention quickly turned towards Twilight after they noticed her and let go of each other.

“OH! Uhhhh… Heh heh heh…” Starlight took a step away from her equally blushing friend as she scratched the back of her neck and chuckled nervously. Twilight wasn’t making any assumptions about the two ponies, but she still tried not to giggle upon seeing their bashful responses to being caught hugging like that. Luckily for the platonic friends in question, Twilight didn’t try to say anything to embarrass the two. Instead, she just waited for her protègè to regain her composure so she can try to speak professionally. “W-Well, ummm… We weren’t necessarily sure when you would wake up, so we uhhhhhh… decided to use this table for a puzzle Sunburst found at the flea market?”

Sunburst nodded with a blush while keeping his muzzle shut, but Twilight was more intrigued with the completed puzzle than anything else. “Hmmmm…” Her eyes narrowed on the intricately-arranged piece as she rubbed her chin with a hoof, and it didn’t take long for her to nod with an approving smirk. “Wow, guys! I’m not gonna lie, this is really impressive!”

The Princess’ optimistic response was more than enough to help both of them act more casual, and they smiled at each other pridefully upon hearing Twilight’s praise. Sunburst usually wasn’t one to toot his own horn, but he still gave a satisfied shrug of his head as he said, “Well, I was just lucky to find that piece at a discounted price. I think it was actually custom-made, which makes the find even more incredible.”

“Yeah, it certainly seems like it…” Twilight marveled at the expert craftsmanship that she was able to catch across the painted wooden puzzle, and smiled happily from the level of expertise her friends were able to complete through teamwork. It may have not been the most exciting example of friends working together, but the Princess was a little disappointed with herself for not being able to see them in action. Of course, considering what she had just seen before finding the two, Twilight was quick to return her attention towards the ponies and say, “Although, ummm… Let me just say, I really appreciate that warning note the two of you left me in the Surveillance Room.”

Starlight and Sunburst’s smiles immediately dropped, and they were instead replaced with two identical looks of worry on their blushed faces. “Uhhhhh…” Starlight looked between the two of her friends for a second in awkward silence, before she took a breath and asked Twilight, “How much did you actually, errr… see?”

Sunburst tried not to wince from how Starlight worded that question, but Twilight didn’t seem nearly as embarrassed as either of them. Even though the Princess’ muzzle was skewed in apprehension, she still gave a brief shrug as she answered, “Well, I took your guys’ advice and didn’t watch the full recording. Although, I… I’m not gonna lie, that scene between Shining and myself in the alternate universe was not what I expected to see.”

Both of the ponies cringed with understanding nods. “Yeah, we kinda figured,” noted Starlight with a shrug back towards her. “But still, you gotta admit their banter was pretty sweet. Especially given the circumstances and everything…”

Sunburst nodded uncomfortably, mostly since he knew the context was also the big reason they were debating whether or not to show Twilight that recording in the first place. Fortunately, Twilight gave a more optimistic response as she said with a nod, “Honestly, yeah. I… I will admit it really sounded like something Shining would do for me…” After a few seconds of thought, the Princess’ expression grew more discomforted as she shuddered and added, “Well, maybe not the whole ‘Involving the Guards’ stuff, I could not see him doing that. But still, the sentiment alone is worth noting as an… unorthodox brotherly gesture.”

“Y-Yeah!” blurted Sunburst with a more positive tone of voice. “Exactly! That… That’s actually a good way to look at it.”

“Mmmhmm,” nodded Starlight with a nervous smile of her own. However, the mare was also quick to add insistently, “A-Although, we should make it clear that we only wanted you to see that recording for the way those two were acting with each other. It’s wasn’t because of the, errr… other stuff.”

Even though Starlight felt embarrassed to make such a clarification, it didn’t exactly help when Twilight openly giggled to that statement by her protègè. “Oh, come on, Starlight!” she jeered with a playful smirk back at the blushing mare. “Did you and Sunburst really think I would assume otherwise? Believe me, I totally understand why you thought to let me see that scene. And even though it’s really, errrr… unsettling, I… I can still appreciate the overall themes presented. So…”

Despite her sincerity on the matter, Twilight had to take a breath through her nostrils while her muzzle was uncomfortably clenched shut. Even though that response was a little alarming to the two ponies, it wasn’t long before the Princess said with a reluctant shrug, “I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but... thank you for not deleting that footage. It’s weird, but… It’s nice knowing my brother is a good guy in more than one universe.”

“That’s the spirit!” chirped Starlight before she went in and gave Twilight a thankful hug. After the Alicorn hugged her back, Starlight waited a moment before she said with a more hesitant tone, “Although… I might try to see if I can cut out the end part of that scene, just so you won’t accidentally stumble across it or something.”

Even though that gesture was well-intended, Twilight couldn’t help saying with a scoff, “Honestly? I’m about ninety-nine percent sure that I won’t be watching myself in that scene a second time.”

That caused all three of the ponies to start laughing, with Starlight covering her face with a hoof due to the embarrassment she felt. Fortunately, she and the others seemed to be in fairly higher spirits by the time their giggling died down, and Twilight was able to think more clearly after sighing sharply. “Although, ummm… speaking of not watching scenes, I think it might be a little too late to continue our research tonight.”

That statement was fairly surprising for the two unicorns to hear, and their ears dropped down a little in disappointment. However, as soon as Sunburst glanced back to their finished puzzle laid out across a good portion of the Map Table, he was able to smile more contently and say, “Well… yeah, I can’t necessarily blame you if you wanna wait until morning. I mean, at least Starlight and I did something while you were knocked-out.”

Starlight seemed a little more willing to return to their research, but she kept herself silent on the matter after hearing both of her friends’ responses. Not to mention, Sunburst’s mention of the puzzle got her expression to soften up a bit, and she eventually sighed with a soft nod in agreement. “You know what?” she said with a shrug of her shoulders. “After everything we’ve had to see tonight, I’m not against trying to get some proper rest.”

“Ooooorrrrrrrrr…” With that high-inflected interjection, Twilight grew a more devilish smirk as she looked towards the doorway, and then back to her friends to make a suggestion. “Since I just woke up, I was thinking of making myself something in the kitchen as a ‘midnight snack’ of sorts. Either of you interested?”

The unicorns’ brows both raised up in surprise, with Sunburst being the first to speak up after blinking repeatedly. “Uhhhh… seriously?” he asked with a confused tone. “I mean, after the stuff we saw tonight, you’re still hungry?”

While she couldn’t deny that the Crystaller brought up a very valid point, Twilight still trotted towards the doors as she said in response, “Hey, I said that I stopped watching that Shining scene before he... did that. And I’d rather not be reminded of the other one, thank you very much.”

Since neither of them wanted to press their luck regarding that uncomfortable mention, Starlight and Sunburst stayed silent as they watched their Princess leave the Map Room. However, after only a few seconds of silence, Starlight said with a shrug, “Eh. You know what? I happen to know for a fact that Spike bought some smores cereal, so I’d rather get a bowl of that before Twilight cleans out the whole bag.”

With that, Starlight Glimmer made her way out of the room as well. Sunburst blinked a couple times while standing by himself (mostly due to processing the info of that cereal idea he never knew existed), but eventually relented with a shrug of his own before going to follow his friends. “Okay, yeah,” he muttered to himself, not being able to deny that he was feeling a bit peckish himself. “After all that talk, I’d rather try eating if it can get my mind off seeing my Employer in a diaper.”

Unbenounced to Sunburst, or either of the other two ponies partaking in their surveillance spells, it seemed that the real Shining Armor was up to something that was thankfully out of that magic orb’s viewing parameters.

Due to the time zone differences in Equestria, the Crystal Empire was actually an hour earlier than it was at Twilight’s castle. But even with that small fact, the crystallized city was still dead-asleep so late in the night. However, if somepony were to gaze up at the castle during that late evening, they may have been able to spot several still-illuminated windows here and there across its stunning architecture. And up near the very top of one of its ornate towers, the window that would’ve peered into Shining and Cadance’s bedroom was one of the few that was lit up as well; however, due to the Royal couple’s joint auras of magic encompassing their room in concealment and sound-proofing magic, there was no way for anypony to know what was happening inside.

And considering who was joining the married couple in their room that night, that was likely for the best.

“AAAAAHHHHH!! Mnnnnnghhhh… Right there!! RIGHT THERE!!” Princess Cadance was gripping the headboard with both hooves, and had her eyes tightly clenched as she shrieked out in primal ecstasy. And even with how tightly stanced the Alicorn tried to remain atop the bed, her body still rocked back and forth each time that massive cock tried to push itself deeper inside of her. Meanwhile above her sweating and lustrously bent-over stance, a gargantuan draft horse of a stallion was perched over the Princess’ form as he pounded into her tight pussy with a machine-like rhythm. Fortunately for both of the ponies involved, as well as Prince Consort Shining Armor, the thick latex covering of a condom could be seen over the stallion’s thick shaft as it continuously shoved itself deep inside of Cadance’s hungry cunny.

As for Shining Armor, who wasn’t nearly as inactive in the bedroom as Starlight Glimmer’s personal stories would’ve assumed, his attention was more focused behind the stallion who was giving his wife such an immense stretching. Even though he was happily married to the Princess of Love, his Bisexuality shone through very well as he eyed the pony’s backside with a ravenous lick of his lips. Since Shining and Cadance had the shared charm and means to acquire certain “friends” to join them in bed from time to time, it wasn’t too hard for the two to send out a private invitation to a stallion they both noticed from an Apploosan newspaper. And fortunately for them, the rodeo clown known as Troubleshoes was open-minded enough to accept their request without much hesitation.

“AAAAHHHHH!!” Troubleshoes groaned hard through his open muzzle as he tried to keep his stance secure above the Princess’ body, and was gripping the headboard even tighter than she was; however, due to how powerfully his thrusts were throwing Cadance back and forth across the mattress, Troubleshoes’ hind-legs couldn’t stop fidgeting to try and reposition himself. But even with that slight inconvenience, the stallion was still able to moan out from the tightness of Cadance’s alluring pussy, as well as the sounds of her rapturous moans each time he pounded into her without mercy. Of course, the moment he felt Shining Armor’s hooves grasping both of his cheeks tightly from behind, Troubleshoes could only gasp with a shiver as he felt the Prince’s muzzle sinking down between his legs.

“Nnnnnnnnffffffffff~” Shining’s eyes rolled back in bliss as he perched himself beneath Troubleshoes’ thrusting body, and got a strong whiff of that heady musk wafting off the stallion’s plump balls. Those thick, heavy orbs had to have weighed a couple pounds each, and the rich scent of sweat was making Shining’s mouth water before he even lolled out his tongue. Cadance may have been receiving the better end of Troubleshoes’ equipment, but Shining wasn’t going to complain as he dragged his tongue across the underside of those dangling balls for himself. The strong, ripe flavor of Troubleshoes’ ballsweat made the fur across the Prince’s back raise up in elation; and after he let out a soft and shaky moan from between those muscular legs, Shining’s open muzzle sunk in even deeper so his lips could wrap around that loose and wrinkly flesh.

Troubleshoes may have not considered himself to be too Bicurious, but the sensation of feeling the Prince’s mouth sucking on his balls caused his hips to fidget even more between his thrusts. Fortunately though, Cadance was still receiving the majority of Troubleshoes’ powerful motions to fill and stretch her out properly, so her moans remained just as heavy as they were genuine. And with the way her marehood clenched immensely tight around the girth of that meaty cock, it wasn’t too hard to get Troubleshoes moaning alongside her in a lustrous symphony. The sounds of suckling lips, smacking bodies, and panted breaths accompanied their moans as well, and echoed off the soundproofed walls to leave the bedroom in an absolute frenzy of carnal pleasures that drove them all deeper in lust.

Even with how hard Troubleshoes was pounding himself into Cadance's rocking body, Shining was able to pin himself around the stallion’s waist as he continued to slather over those heavy balls. His moans weren’t nearly as notable as his wife’s or Troubleshoes’, but his eyes could be seen rolling back blissfully while he tried to slip one of those hefty balls inside of his mouth. And as his horn lit up brightly, Shining used his practiced skills to wrap a tight aura of his pink magic around his cock, and jerked himself vigorously to add to the pleasures he was lucky to experience.

“NNNNGHHHH!!!~” Troubleshoes could feel himself reaching his peak, and was quick to let go of the headboard so he could take Cadance directly with both booves. The Princess shrieked out in pleasure as she felt those thick, muscular hooves grabbing her by the shoulders, and then pinning her to the bed so he could ram her even harder than before. Her muzzle remained wide-open as she bellowed out in absolute bliss, and her strained moans came out even louder for her husband to hear. Shining’s ears flicked happily to the sounds of Cadance’s lustful yelps, and he pulled away from Troubleshoes’ balls with a wet pop before licking his lips. While the massive stallion above changed his positioning, and had Cadance firmly underneath him as he started to really ram into that gushing marehood, Shining’s magic continued to stroke himself as he got a better spot between the two. Even though he had to slide on his back between Troubleshoes’ legs, Shining was grinning eagerly as he got his muzzle directly underneath the point of penetration between them.

Upon seeing how tightly his wife’s pussy was wrapped around Troubleshoes’ cock, Shining Armor shivered with a bitten lip while the stallion kept pounding into her relentlessly. He could tell from the sounds of Troubleshoes’ rapid breaths that he’s likely to finish soon; of course, considering how many droplets of Cadance’s arousal were leaking from her marehood to drip atop her husband’s forehead, he didn’t need to wonder whether or not she was close as well. Instead, the Prince exhaled with a giddy grin before he lunged his muzzle upward, and wrapped his lips right around that lovely clit that was glistening in Cadance’s juices. The syrupy-sweet nectar of his spouse’s secretions clung to his tongue like fresh honey, and his muzzle instantly started to drool as he moaned and slobbered around that heavily-used marehood he adored so much.

“GNAAAAHHHHH!!!~” Cadance couldn’t take it anymore, and her head reeled back as she bellowed out a piercing cry that was just barely able to be covered by their soundproofing spells. The girth of that massive cock was satisfying enough to leave her legs quivering underneath Troubleshoes’ weight, but the additional assistance of Shining’s muzzle was more than enough to set her over the edge. Her hooves gripped the headboard as tightly as she could, and her strained moans of rapture lingered on while her open muzzle was pinned against the mattress. She could feel every powerful motion of Troubleshoes’ cock filling her to her deepest depths with his endowment, and she could hear the meaty smacks of his balls as they kept hitting Shining’s drooling chin. The titillation was causing every hair of her pink coat to stand on end, and her rapturous moans were quick to reach their climax the moment she felt her husband’s teeth giving the slightest nibble to her needy clit; the moment that pressure was given, she clenched as hard as she could around Troubleshoes’ cock and cried out, “Aaaaahhhhh!!! AAAAHHHHHH!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!~”

Troubleshoes gritted his teeth when he felt Cadance’s pussy gripping his shaft like a vice, and his hips spasmed wildly as he succumbed to his own orgasm alongside her. Even with how close Shining’s face may have been while he was devouring his wife’s clit, Troubleshoes didn’t hold back as his hips collided with the Princess’ to bury his cock deep inside of her. Nearly a foot of pure, throbbing hot horsecock plunged into Cadance’s deepest depths, and the strong pulsations that coursed through Troubleshoes’ veiny shaft caused her body to melt like butter between the two stallions. Meanwhile atop the shrieking mare, Troubleshoes belted out a hoarse cry of his own while hilting inside of the Princess, which quickly turned to a wide-eyed gasp just as he felt himself release.

The very moment that she felt that hot, primal warmth of his seed erupting inside of her body, Cadance’s entire body tensed up as she sunk even deeper into depravity. Her marehood may have been clinging to Troubleshoes’ shaft to keep him in, but hefty squirts of her arousal still shot out directly into Shining Armor’s mouth. The stallion trembled with an antsy shiver as he got a muzzle full of his wife’s sweet and sticky juices, and his magic worked overtime to allow him to jerk himself into completion underneath them. As his eyes rolled back blissfully, heavy ropes of Shining’s cum shot out to sloppily drape across the bedsheets between his writhing legs.

For Shining and Cadance, their joint climaxes were more than titillating enough to leave them in a contently spent state below their massive stallion. Unfortunately, any carefree moods they may have had were quickly dampened the moment they heard Troubleshoes groaning through his gritted teeth, “Nnnnghhhh… Shit… SHIT!!”

Much like Shining and Cadance, Troubleshoes didn’t have any difficulty reaching orgasm due to how titillatingly tight the Princess’ pussy turned out to be. However, the moment that his first rope of cum shot out with tremendous force inside of Cadance’s flower, the precautions he made prior to that moment proved to be rather fruitless. The stallion had felt the side of the condom break the instant he started to cum, which proved to be a big issue as he deposited a gargantuan load inside of the Alicorn. While she and Shining were still quivering from their unified climaxes, Cadance’s marehood endured multiple thick, heavy strings of Troubleshoes’ cum that easily seeped out through the condom’s opening, and filled up the Princess to the brim with his virile load. And given how endowed his length was, there was no doubt that he had pushed back into Cadance’s womb before accidentally breeding her in front of her husband.

But even worse than that, if Troubleshoes could even think of anything more dire than possibly knocking up Royalty, was the fact that he couldn’t even pull out throughout his climax. Instead, the massive stallion’s body could only writhe and shiver atop of Cadance, and his blushed face carried an extremely guilty-looking cringe while he spasmed involuntarily inside of her. His muzzle clenched up in dread by the time the married couple could take notice, and a panicked whinny escaped through his nostrils as he tried not to freak out. “Nnnnghhhhh… No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no…”

Troubleshoes clenched his eyes shut while taking a couple breaths, and pulled out of Cadance just as Shining tried to speak up, “Uhhhh… Are you alright, Trou--GMMMPHHH!!”

The moment Troubleshoes’ cock finally slid out from Cadance’s tight cavern (and caused the Princess herself to gasp loudly with one last elated shiver), a torrent of his thick cum oozed out from her pussy to dribble directly on top of Shining’s face. Unfortunately, since the Prince’s muzzle was still right underneath Cadance when he opened his mouth, that meant that a sizeable amount of Troubleshoes’ cum poured directly between his lips. And despite how enamored he may have gotten from Troubleshoes’ balls, Shining’s eyes shot wide-open before he jolted off the bed to cough up the mouthful like a hairball.

“BLEH!! Ughhhhh… P’too! P’too!” The Prince wiped his face off while turned away from Troubleshoes, which made the larger stallion look even more guilty as he hunched his head down in shame. He couldn’t even look back at the Princess as he covered his face with both hooves, trying his hardest not to cry from such a monumental mistake. However, Princess Cadance didn’t seem too upset as she shivered with a tightly bitten lip, and moaned out softly from that hot cum oozing out from her stretched-out pussy. Her swollen lips were absolutely glazed with Troubleshoes’ hefty load, and thick rivulets were trickling down the insides of her legs to further add to her backside’s claimed appearance. But despite how blissful the Alicorn may have looked from that sloppy aftermath, Troubleshoes whimpered to himself while his broken condom hung from the tip of his deflating cock.

“I’m so sorry… I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry…” Troubleshoes turned himself away from both of the Royals as he sunk deeper into his remorseful state, and he struggled not to openly sob in front of them. Shining may have not been prepared for that accidental bukkake, but his expression softened quite a bit as he overheard Troubleshoes’ sniffles from the bed. As he walked back towards the stallion to help console him, Cadance finally pulled herself from her lustful high as she heard Troubleshoes continuing to mutter under his breath, “Oh goddess… Oh goddess, what have I done?! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?”

“Whoa, whoa, WHOA!” Shining quickly went up to Troubleshoes’ side, and tried to hold him close while saying assuredly, “Dude, it’s alright! I swear, we’re not upset, okay? It’s not a big deal!”

“W-What?!” gawked Troubleshoes as he glanced back at Shining in confoundment, his eyes already glistening with tears about to come pouring down. “What are you talking about?! My… M-My condom broke inside of her!”

Shining closed his eyes and sighed with a solemn nod, clearly understanding of why the stallion was so freaked out. But before he could say anything to console Troubleshoes, Cadance spoke up between her heated breaths, “W-We… We use contraceptive spells too… The con… Th-The condoms are just an added precaution for Shining’s sake…”

Despite how shaky and weak Cadance’s voice may have been, Troubleshoes still blinked a couple times after hearing her sincerity. After wiping his eyes with a hoof, he looked back at Shining to see him nodding apprehensively. “Uhhh… Yeah,” noted the Prince as a sheepish blush grew across his muzzle. “I mean… I know Cadance and I are open and everything, but… I kinda insisted on the condoms as a personal thing. Like… I wanted to be the only one to go raw in my wife, you know?”

Troubleshoes’ brows raised, and he was quick to let out an understanding “Ohhhhhhhh” before nodding his head. Even though his heart was still racing from that scare he had, hearing the couple’s responses were certainly enough to keep him from sobbing in a panic. After he looked away from the Prince in embarrassment, Troubleshoes was able to nod more notably while scratching the back of his head. “Ummm… Well, shucks! I… I kinda wish I knew that before. But, ummm… But I’m not judgin’ neither. That’s a fair policy to have.”

“Thanks,” nodded Shining before he glanced back at his thoroughly-used wife, and huffed through his nostrils with his muzzle tightly shut. While he certainly wasn’t too upset about Troubleshoes’ accidental unloading, his cheeks still blushed deeply upon seeing that creampie he left inside of his wife. He didn’t say anything out-loud in response to how his spouse looked in that post-coital state, but he couldn’t keep himself from shuddering a bit as his flaccid member twitched in guilty approval. But instead of letting that show, Shining breathed out sharply before saying with a sincere smile, “But ummm… it’s really not a big deal, Troubleshoes. Cadance won’t get pregnant, and we all had fun didn’t we?~”

The stallion looked back to see Shining’s playful smirk, which was just enough to make him sigh and shrug reluctantly. “W-Well, uhhh… Yeah, I can’t deny that,” replied Troubleshoes with a soft chuckle, before he turned his attention towards Cadance and said, “although, uhhh… I really am sorry for the mess, your Highness…”

“Mnnnnnghhhhh…” Cadance may have still been sprawled-out in the sloppy aftermath of her open-marital fucking, but she was quick to look back at Troubleshes and say with an enamored grin, “Oh, believe me Troubleshoes… You don’t have to apologize for anything after giving me a rut like that~”

Due to how genuinely she purred that response, Troubleshoes and Shining both blushed with flustered smiles as they nodded back at her. Meanwhile, the Princess’ eyes narrowed devilishly on her two mates, and her smirk widened immensely before she asked, “So then… are we going to keep talking, or are we gonna try some sloppy seconds?~”

Troubleshoes’ eyes grew wide enough to nearly fall out from the sockets, and he gawked back at the smiling Prince as he shrugged and said, “What did you expect?~ I didn’t marry the Princess of Love for nothing, after all~”