A quick note. When I started out this story, I had a thought that I wanted to explore some ideas of sexual and self-discovery. Both in the concept of understanding what sexual gratification is, how it feels, and what one might come to desire. This has only been briefly touched on in a few small moments of some characters not knowing how to control their newfound urges.

Another part was that I want characters to actually address their own hesitation and the natural resistance they might have in coming to terms with what they may become attracted to. Some people struggle with what they find to be arousing or the fantasies they find themselves being drawn into. I never wanted to put out mindless smut or some throwaway story of characters falling into some paper-thin narrative of a meet and fuck or sudden outburst of "Please fuck me now," or something else so empty.

Do I have anything against stories like that? Not really. To each their own. However, this interlude chapter does start to approach that territory after it fills in some gaps of events that take place in a previous chapter.

But why do it then?

Well, sometimes self-discovery isn't easy. Either, one's own personal bias might end up holding them back from allowing them to enjoy something they want, or another's can influence them into something they may not be comfortable with. In either case, it can be good or bad, depending. It also may become more of a grey area when one or both parties involved are still finding themselves. This is often viewed as "experimentation" or "going through a phase" at times.

Basically, for as smutty as some of this might appear, it also helps to show what these characters are dealing with and how they choose to adapt and handle themselves.

If you wish to avoid viewing this content and just want the missing gap in the story, you need only read up to the horizontal rule that divides the story up between the two.

In the Friendship Castle, just outside of Cadence's room, Chris was giving Cerb an update on the recent turn of events.

"You know what," Cerb wiped his eyes in a flustered case of confusion. "I'm not even gonna question it. I'm sure I'll find out later and still not get it. What's number three?"

"Me and Becky got into it," Chris sighed. "Like... not yelling and screaming, but I pretty much told her to fuck off in the worst way."

"How bad is 'pretty much,' Chris?" Cerb asked, wondering how mad he must have been to get into with Becky, of all people.

"Uh, probably should discuss this privately," Chris answered with a sympathetic look.

"Chris," Cadence pushed herself to the forefront to address him. "I can't help but feel that your heart is torn in this dilemma you've found yourself in. And problems of the heart fall under my domain."

Cadence did honestly feel the conflict in Chris's heart or at least she could read it on his face. But there was also this feeling, a compulsion might be a better word actually, of not wanting Cerb to leave her side so suddenly. Maybe it was more of her wanting to keep an eye on him immediately after their impromptu session together as her reasoning. Who's to say?

Cerb looked to Chris and motioned to Cadence.

"I'm not sure how much you know about her, but I'm pretty sure you can trust her. I do."

By this point, now that some time had gone by and Chris had the chance to cool off, he felt terrible. Now he just wanted to fix everything, so he decided to trust Cerb and aired out his grievances for the others to hear.

"Becky tried to guilt-trip and force me into Dancing with Derpy. You know, the one with strabismus... the eye condition?"

You'd swear Cerb only heard Greek come out of Chris's mouth for how long it took him to recall such a character.

"Oh, the grey one that is accident-prone?"

"Yeah, and when I didn't say yes fast enough, she threatened to strong-arm me with Rainbow Dash."

Rarity was over-dramatically shocked.

"My goodness!"

Fluttershy was just as worried about Chris's well-being.

"Oh, dear."

Cadence was out of the loop.

"Who's Derpy?"

"She's our local mail mare," Rarity answered with a tone of distress. "A lovely young mare with a history of, shall we say, being blessed with surviving every disaster she accidentally walks into."

Chris regressed at that explanation.

"More in line with she walks into something and causes a disaster, but yeah. She's charming through the who thing, somehow."

"And this has caused you great trouble?" Cadence asked, getting the sense that there was more at risk for him than being threatened by one of his friends and an Element. "Beyond having to dance with this male mare?"

Chris went on to explain how the deal went down. Dinky, Becky's text messages he read off, and how Rainbow Dash and the others were roped into the whole ordeal. Chris even had his own copy of the #SaveDerpy video to share with them.

"So... yeah," Chris tucked his phone away. "I'm always nervous about meeting new people like this."

"He means females," Cerb corrected him absentmindedly. "Just to avoid any confusion about that."

"Yeah," Chris nodded. "But for all intents and purposes, when I say people, I mean ponies, too. Anyway, I don't know what she was thinking or why she didn't give me a chance to say yes."

Cerb knew Chris well enough to know he was glancing over something.

"So you're cool with dancing, right?"

"Well," Chris sighed, still having his hesitations, despite wanting to go through with it. "Yes, but... dude, you know I haven't danced with anyone since I turned twenty-one. And that's what got us kicked out."

Chris thought back for a second, a lot of those memories were either blurred or blacked out .

"Or was that what started it?"

Cadence spoke up with a comforting grin.

"Chris, you seem like a very nice stallion. And I'm sure that if ponies can enjoy themselves and have fun dancing with Twilight, you'll be just fine. Right, Rarity?"

"Well, yes," Rarity said, remembering Twilight's birthday lesson she learned not many years ago. "Twilight certainly has her own unique style—"

"I saw what happened with her dancing at the party," Chris interrupted her. "I might have less dance moves than her and a lot less confidence to even use them."

"I doubt you have anything to worry about, dude," Cerb spoke up again. "At worst, you look a little goofy when you're dancing alone. But just like at the club before they kicked us out, you were having fun, and that's what got the girls to bring ya up on stage in the first place. And I'm sure the ponies here are nicer than the strippers were you tucking twenties in their garter belts of."

"We are awfully nice, Chris," Fluttershy encouraged him. "Just give us a chance. Even if you aren't the best dancer, so long as you're having fun, you can always dance with us."

"Or we'll just say fuck it and get hammered again," Cerb joked at the same time he noticed someone entering down the hall. "And look who it is."

Chris turned around to see Becky down the hall and walking towards them, her hand held firmly to her chest. "Hey," She spoke lowly, with her voice a bit hoarse.

"Hey, Becks," Cerb greeted her with a grin that held no secrets of what he knew. "We were just talking about you."

Becky walked up and joined the group.

"So... cats out of the bag, huh?"

Cerb had been taking in all of Chris's story with a level head but couldn't mask the agitation in his voice as soon as Becky showed up.

"Yeah, Chris was just telling us a funny story about you two."

"Yeah, I fucked up."

"Oh, really? " Cerb stepped in front of the group of ponies to address both his friends. "How do you figure?"

Becky didn't like the tone Cerb was using. It wasn't an annoying tone, it was what he used when someone really fucked up and he had to give them a reality check. She knew right away that she had to apologize if this party was going to continue with any pleasantries.

"Chris, if you don't want to dance—"

"Woah-Woah-Woah," Cerb cut her off. "We'll get to that. Did you threaten Chris with Rainbow Dash?"

"I—"

Cerb controlled his volume like an angry father would quietly scold his child in a public setting.

"Do you have any idea the kind of shit storm you could have caused if she actually physically assaulted him?"

"I wasn't really—"

"And what if she did?" Cerb cut her off again. "What if she only threatened to, and someone saw it? You ever stop to think that maybe another guard would see that shit and get the wrong idea about us? Or maybe it's just some pony walking by that hears that and thinks we're so dangerous that an Element has to keep us in check? Or maybe they get it in their head that we can be pushed around that easily, and they can beat us into doing what they wanted?"

This was one hell of a heavy reality check, but Cerb was right. She never considered any of those things happening. Even if she caught herself as soon as Chris stormed off, who knows how far things could have gotten out of hand if he had not of told her off and walked away.

"Of course not. You didn't even stop to think how this might set him off or mess with 'em emotionally. Seriously, Becky. I saw the same hashtag video. Sad, but what you did was beyond Bootcamp stupid."

Where was Rainbow Dash when Becky needed her? How long did it take the fastest pony in Equestria to take a piss?

"Look," Cerb lamented, starting to calm down. "As stupid as what you did was, I know your heart was in the right place. But you can't forget to use your head. We gotta stop doing this to each other. Look at these three."

He pointed to Cadence, Fluttershy, and Rarity.

"Through some small miracle, we landed in their good graces. They're our friends. They trust us, we trust them. Above all that, they actually give a shit about us. They honestly care and are more than willing to go the extra mile for us, and I'm already at the point of considering them to be more than friends."

Those were some inspiring words for the three, bringing a flush feeling over them. Fluttershy and Rarity feeling a particular flush that caused an ear or two to twitch.

"Not only can we not take advantage of their good nature to threaten each other with, it's wrong to try and force or guilt each other into doing something nice for any of them. It makes us look fake if we don't have anything honest behind it. That's what ends up getting their feelings hurt, which in turn is going to hurt us. And I'm saying this in front of them because I want them to know I don't want to see them end up hurt and that you two, or anyone else, don't want to see them get hurt."

Cerb gave Becky a stern look before continuing.

"So we're done trying to coerce people into doing things they don't want to do or pushing them into favors that will cause drama? Right?"

"Yes," Becky quickly answered under a hushed voice.

"And I'll do it. The dance, I mean," Chris spoke up between the two. "I might need some help beforehand, but just like Cerb taking Rarity out to dinner, I want to do this."

"I'm so sorry, Chris," Becky finally apologized. "And are you sure?"

Chris sported a questionable look of confidence.

"I am. Talking with Starlight about everything helped me get a better view on things... and I have no idea where she is. Care to help me find her?"

"I would," Becky answered, still holding onto her chest. "—but I still need to sit down. I only came in to find you and apologize."

"Why not send in Rainbow Dash?" Chris asked, looking a little puzzled. "She would have found me or Starlight super fast."

"She flew off to take a piss and never came back-oooh..." Becky looked like she just cleared a brain fart. "Unless she's taking a dump?"

"If you all don't mind," Rarity said as she pushed into the three and looked up to them with her left ear twitching slightly. "Fluttershy and I have to run back for some things. Laundry that needs to be tended to and clothes to bring back for all of you. So how about we escort Becky back outside while the rest of you continue the search for Rainbow Dash and Starlight?"

"I'm sure she couldn't have gotten too far," Twilight's voice spoke up from somewhere behind the group. "Although I'm a little sad she wasn't around to see this friendship lesson being taught."

"Oh, hey, Twilight," Chris greeted her. "How long you been back there?"

"Not long," Twilight answered as trotted up to them. "Right around Cerb saying 'Of course not' and something about a hashtag video? But if everything is settled between all of you, there's a great big party outside we should be getting back out and enjoy."

There was a short exchange of acknowledgments of who was all going where. Twilight would find her brother and then head back out to help oversee the party. Chris, Cerb, and Cadance would continue looking inside for Starlight and Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy and Rarity helped Becky down the stairs and dropped her off in front of the castle again.

It was those two mares could do to hold back the twitching of their ears when the spasms came along but had little to no success controlling their tails. After a quick farewell, the two trotted off out of sight and bolted once in the clear.

Fluttershy gave up on running next to Rarity and had taken to flight.

"Between being so close to Justin for so long and then hearing him talk so highly of us, I didn't know how long I could hold myself back."

"I know what you mean," Rarity huffed as she ran. "His scent was—"

"I know!" Fluttershy belted out. "It got so strong I might as well have been wrestling him again."

They were nearing the boutique when Rarity had a frightening realization. "I totally forgot. I have no idea where Sweetie Belle is! What if she and the Crusaders came back? I can't possibly risk having them walk in and... goodness. I can't even explain this to myself let alone her."

Fluttershy wasn't about to let her friend suffer alone through this. Not after everything they went through that morning. They were in this together. "Just come back to my place. Nopony will look for you there."

Soon enough, back at Fluttershy's tree-made-home, the front door flung open. All the critters scattered with Fluttershy leading the charge up to her room with Rarity only a pace or two behind.

"Hello, critters. Sorry, I'm in such a rush. This won't take long!"

Both mares raced up past the confused looks of the tiny woodland creatures and slammed the bedroom door behind them. Once inside, Fluttershy leaped onto her bed and tackled the first pillow she saw. She hugged it and wrapped the rest of her body around it as best as she could.

"Oh, my goodness. I wish I could do this with Justin," She cooed sweetly while tightening the hold on the pillow, grinding herself against it.

Rarity was fidgeting in place with her back legs crossed, and tail pressed hard against herself. She eyed the room frantically, not sure what to do, how to start, or where to relieve herself.

"Fluttershy, not to be a bother," she let out a yelp as her tail raised up and clamped back down with a squishy thump. "—but I'm still a bit new to this. Where should I... perform the act? And is there a better way to—"

Her eyes suddenly started to roll up, and she let out a moan while biting her lip as her tail flicked back and forth against her damp underside.

"—do this without flopping around on the floor like some loon?"

Fluttershy pulled herself away from the task at hoof to kick her blanket toward Rarity.

"You just, mmm, do what comes naturally. You could share my bed, but I don't want to buck you on accident. Find a, mph, a place to get comfy and—" She let out another long groan as she pressed her hoof up against the pillow from underneath. "—just do what you did last time."

Rarity took the blanket in her magic and quickly folded it up just large enough to sprawl out on. She laid it down and trotted over. Promptly, she sat down, only to hesitate on what she was about to do.

"I can't help but feel that we're letting this hold too much influence over us. This almost seems like something we should do in a more—"

Fluttershy let out a gasp, distracting Rarity from her moment of common sense. Fluttershy had pressed the fabric up against her while she pulled herself up and away. The slick pillow cover drew in between her labia and exposed much of the pink inside. She shuttered and moaned, half imagining mounting Cerb again and half just lost in the sensation.

Rarity saw the look on Fluttershy's face as she was overtaken by her lust. The sight of what her wingmare was experiencing and the scent in the air was enough to tempt Rarity out of her delay of caution. If Fluttershy could be this brave and unabashed, so could she.

"Oh, buck, I can't wait any longer."

Like earlier that day, she let her hoof find its way down between her legs. Her tail moved out of the way as if by instinct, and she made contact.

"Oh... yah-hess," She hissed.

Instantly another shock hit her when she gripped her frogs around the pink protruding flesh. It pulsated out into her hold.

"Simply divine," Rarity mewed. "And I know what you mean about, Mmmmm, wishing it were Justin. As wonderful as it feels to hold him, and how he already makes me feel-Oh! Yes..." She quivered, her hips shifting against her hoof as it explored her slick feminity. "—so excited and brings on these urges. It would be marvelous to have him—"

Rarity's legs clamped around her hoof at the thought of Cerb being the one touching her instead.

"I know for a fact that Justin is the cause of our—" A quick bout of labored breath distracted her. "—bodies telling us-oh sweet Celestia... that we want,Mmmph, him.

Fluttershy sat up taller on her pillow, having taken an interest in what Rarity's insight could be.

"What are you thinking?" She asked as she looked down to her mare friend pleasuring herself on the floor.

"Think about it," Rarity mewed, getting her thoughts together before rolling on her back and spreading her legs apart, rubbing the sensitive mound more gently. "This started with us wanting to be with Justin. Now we have these urges—"

She worked her hoof down her slit and dragged it up, coated in more of her juices.

"And as wonderful as they are by just exploring and letting instinct take over." She lowered her other hoof to spread herself open farther, giving her greater access. "It's so much better even just imagining him sliding up against me."

"Oooooou," Fluttershy cooed as she watched Rarity roll her head away and arch her back.

Rarity gave into flights of fancy and pressed her hoof down harder, letting the soft pads flex and grip her pink pearl. The idea she was sharing was all too familiar and made Fluttershy sink deeper into her pillow.

"You have no idea, Rarity. It feels so—" Fluttershy closed her eyes and again went back to her wrestling match. "You don't know how bad I wanted to hold him down like that. When we wrestled, I had him right where I wanted him."

She started to grind harder with long strokes on her pillow.

"He felt amazing, even before I had him pinned. But..." She leaned forward enough to slide a hoof under her to push through the fluff. "—then I felt him slid up between me... mmmmph.... right where I like to fantasies he would... it was almost as good as what this feels like. And now I just... ju— ...uuugh..."

As into herself as Rarity had become, Fluttershy's display was something to behold. The fluid motions as she rubbed herself closer and closer to her climax was entrancing.

The memory of Cerb's hips bucking up, thrusting against her, and the sensation that paralyzed her before was what choreographed her motions and pushed her over the edge. A gasp of air erupted out as a moan as her wings snapped open and her legs clamped around her imaginary Cerb. Her eyes closed as she imagined his strong hands holding her hips while pulling her down against him.

Rarity had put her own efforts on hold as she took in the sight of her wingmare. The scene displayed was both frighteningly disturbing, as she could have just as easily been mistaken for a pony suffering, but also a spectacle of envy to behold as she peaked in a beautiful exhibition of gratification and bliss. Even her moans that died off into whimpers described the trip her body was on and how wonderful the descent was. Having watched her rise and plateau with such ease and grace was a thing to marvel over.

"Oh, my," Fluttershy bashfully exclaimed as she turned down to see Rarity gawking at her. "I'm sorry. I hope I didn't distract you."

"No, dear," Rarity lied, clearly distracted by what she witnessed. "It's just..."

There was a loss of words for the two. Fluttershy could feel some of the embarrassment emanating from Rarity but could still see the urgency in her eyes as she tried to get back into the feel of it.

There was still something about this new activity that she couldn't get over. It seemed so improper and unladylike, and even worse, she still didn't know what she was doing. Going back into the motions after watching Fluttershy was exciting at first, but after the fact, it was clear that they only seemed Rarity had lost her focus. Those wonderful sensations were dulled and empty.

"I'm making it awkward." Fluttershy folded in on herself, losing what little bit of the high she had left. "I'm sorry. I can just... " She looked around the room for something to give her an excuse to leave. "Well, maybe."

"I don't know what I'm doing," Rarity moaned in humiliation. "I thought for a moment I could recreate this morning's results. But now it so frustratingly evades me while you seem to have mastered this. I just..."

"Oh, Rarity." Fluttershy slumped down from her perch at the foot of her bed and laid closer to her confused friend. "You're worrying too much about this. Just think about what makes you happy and pretend that's what you're doing... What would you like to do with Justin?"

Rarity thought about it for a moment, her hoof never relinquishing its hold on her.

"Is it so strange that I might want to only have him lay against me, face to face for once?"

Fluttershy cocked her head slightly at that.

"You've always been the one in his arms," Rarity pouted.

"Rarity, close your eyes," Fluttershy playfully ordered.

"But I'm—"

"Please," Fluttershy pleaded in her cutest voice while batting her eyes.

Rarity only grumbled but did what was asked of her.

"Now lay back down all the way," Fluttershy instructed, thinking she knew how to fix Rarity's problem. "You're having the same problem I did after my first time. Everything starts out fine, but you're getting too focused on the physical part of it and moving before your body tells you what it wants. The first part is knowing what you want... So tell me."

Rarity grew a scowl on her face before protesting.

"Fluttershy, this is—"

"We're leaving Justin unattended at the party the longer you keep us here."

Rarity meshed her lips together, her body's demands only compounded by Fluttershy pointing out the obvious. So, under her own unspoken protest, she took Fluttershy's advice and hoped for the best.

"I... want... to have him hold me," Rarity frumped.

Fluttershy couldn't help but giggle at how Rarity grumbled out her answer.

"Well, I know that, silly. I want that, too. But I want you to tell me what you fantasize about. You have to be comfortable with what you want. Otherwise, when you tell yourself what you think you should want and don't listen to what your body tells you what it wants, it will turn into one big confusing conversation. Just be honest with me. You —" Fluttershy realized just how much she was asking of her friend and would have to offer a helping hoof to get her moving. "I want to hold him down."

Rarity didn't need to hear this again.

"Fluttershy, you've already-"

"I felt so terrible when I first started to think about it," Fluttershy continued, dismissing Rarity's complaint. "I tried to stop myself from thinking those thoughts. But it only made me want to think about it more. And the more I fought that, the harder it made it for me to get closer to that wonderful feeling. So, eventually, I stopped lying to myself about what I really wanted. My terrible... horrible... wonderful thoughts and fantasies of holding Justin down. Feeling him struggle under me, but still trusting me."

This was more detail than what Fluttershy had given Rarity before. And the way she spoke about it, so soft and loving, it was hard not to start visualizing what she was talking about.

"Sometimes," Fluttershy started to blush, thinking about what she was about to admit. "Sometimes, he doesn't struggle at all. Sometimes I like to imagine he wants me there. Sitting over his lap... his strong hands holding me against him. Helping me feel nice. I would let him move me over him while I get to feel over his body. Feel how soft his skin is. How strong his muscles are. Give him kisses and nuzzle against him."

Fluttershy could feel herself getting worked up again, and even Rarity had been drawn into the story. Rarity slowly started to massage her hoof around her mound while Fluttershy began to pull her pillow between her legs again.

"I like to pretend that my pillows are Justin." She pulled one of the corners until it was sliding up between and parting her lower lips. "I've done this even before I was able to feel it for real. And while not nearly as good as the real thing, I love remembering the feeling of his body and the fabric of his shorts, all wet with our sweat, pressing up into me... Oh, Rarity—"

Fluttershy was already falling back into her fantasy, teasing herself by rubbing the coarse edge of the folded fabric up and down her slit.

"You can't tell me that after all our time with him, holding him tightly against us while we calmed him down and helped him through his pain, you haven't thought about holding him to make yourself feel better, even as terrible as it might sound. But with all these new feelings—"

"I don't want to hold him down," Rarity spoke up, finally starting to come clean. "Justin is strong. Brave. And most certainly proud. The kind of stallion who takes care of those he cares about and wouldn't want anypony to lift a hoof if he could do it for them. He's a gentlecolt like that."

Rarity closed her eyes again and let her hoof wander south.

"I want Justin to lay me down, treat me like a lady. Let him be gentle... slow... tender, like his kiss."

Remembering that moment when he surprised her with a kiss to her hoof, it brought back the warmth and a rush all over again. That rush reawakened the wicked beast that had assaulted her that same morning as she explored herself. Her hooves were sliding with ease over the slick mess she left behind from earlier. She drew slow and steady breaths, breathing deep. Strong huffs of air escaping as she continued to envision a night alone with him.

"I want it to be romantic. Moonlight and roses. I want him to kiss me for real. No courteous kiss to my hoof or a simple peck on the cheek... I want him to kiss me like we're two ponies in love."

"I can't even imagine what that would feel like," Fluttershy whispered as she rocked her hips up and down against the pillow, still teasing herself. " I like how your fantasies sound. What else do you want him to do?"

"I want him to rub his hands up and down—" Rarity pressed one of the soft pads between her moist folds and stroked it up and down the entire length, making her moan with a slight shutter. "— my everything... I want to feel the strong pads of his hands on my withers and his fingers running down my chest."

Fluttershy looked down at her friend again. Rarity was finally getting in touch with her desires. Discovering how to guide her body instead of wrestling with it.

"That sounds so... beautiful," Fluttershy cooed behind a whimper.

Rarity started to spread her legs wider, already seeing where her desires would lead to next.

"Mmph," She moaned briefly as she bit her lip. "I want to feel that tender touch so bad, Fluttershy."

An adventurous thought crossed Fluttershy's mind. Something that could ruin the moment they were sharing or would help her friend in ways she had never received. But if they were in this together, she might as well act like it.

"Can I... try something?.. To maybe... help?" Fluttershy spoke only loud enough to be heard over Rarity's heavy breathing.

Rarity took a moment to pull away from her winking marehood to rub the burning flesh between her thighs.

"Ahhhh... If you could make this any better than it already is... please do."

As Rarity worked her hooves back to her inner center, through slow labored breaths, Fluttershy extended a wing. Then, ever so gently, she started to drag five of her primary feathers down from Rarity's neck and down over her chest.

Rarity opened her mouth wide to yell, but only a weak crack of a scream managed to find a voice.

Fluttershy smiled through her drunken dreamy eyes, watching her friend's reaction.

"I've never had any help with doing this, but I think I can do this until you find a way to have Justin do it," She lovingly whispered. "If you can imagine his hands feeling like this, I mean... can you?"

Rarity took a few deep breaths rapidly, forcing her chest up into Fluttershy's feathers before slowly nodding and trying to find her voice.

Fluttershy giggled quietly, so happy to see Rarity finding herself and being so accepting of her assistance.

"Happy to help." She could feel herself getting closer now and held back a moan. "So... what do you want to happen next?"

"I... I... I want-ta.. I... " Rarity could scarcely draw a full breath into her lungs, let alone find the courage to admit what she wanted next - I don't... I... don't make me say it."

Fluttershy continued her role of providing Cerb's gentle touch. She could see how close Rarity was if what she saw was anything like how her body reacted when getting so close to climaxing, if not nearing that peak. In fact, Fluttershy was on the verge herself. Teetering so close to the edge as she changed her motions to small flickering gyrations of her hips. Each stroke down forced the soaked tip of the pillow to slide over her pink, winking nub. She couldn't hold back much longer at this rate. It was coming, and she couldn't stop herself from bringing it on.

It was now or never, and Fluttershy would be able to make only one request before her climax would drive her unable to speak.

"Tell me," her words spilled out like a desperate plea before the climax claimed control of her motor functions, and she pressed her feathers coarsely into Rarity's chest.

Rarity was so close to feeling that glorious electric rush again, and she needed its release.

"I... I... I want Justin—"

She felt her pink pleasure button press its way out between the soft pads of her hoof and flex almost painfully. She only had to be honest with herself to get what she needed.

"I want his hands to touch me so I don't have to."

In her mind, she saw it. Cerb leaning over her on her bed, their lips locked together like lovers. She was barely able to hold his massive body up with her hooves. His left hand ran its fingers over her chest while his right hand was rubbing over her depraved desires. His palm slathering her fluids over her mound while his fingers crept their way in and stroked in the hidden flesh that pleased her so greatly, and then stopping at the top to twirl circles around that new special spot.

Why did something so horribly wrong have to feel so indescribably good?

"I can feel him," Rarity started to gasp for air as the feeling grew from deep inside and crashed over her.

Whatever words she wanted to say came out as a cry of passion. She didn't even realize how loud she was. She couldn't be bothered with such trivial things. This feeling that possessed her; her mind went white with only the image of Cerb looming over her, and his hand between her wide-open legs was all she could process as her hoof grated itself against her convulsing nethers.

Rarity strained her neck and arched her back as the pleasure radiated out harder than before. She could feel the fluids gushing freely from her. The release was hot, ejecting with a force she couldn't fathom. It felt as if she was pissing herself, but... from the inside, it felt so different. Like a new layer of that release had been added. Sudden worry drew her focus away for what kind of mess she was making or the linens she was ruining... but by all the powers that be... that sensation wouldn't stop. Every motion to pull away only had her come back to continue her ministrations.

Somewhere in the struggle, she gave up on worrying about what the fallout would be from her release. There was only her body demands and the dream of Cerb defiling her as to her liking. Through all that was a frantic fight to work her body back into the peaks that threatened to waiver abruptly if she neglected them.

More moans and whines between her panting echoed off the walls until only the warm afterglow remained. Finally, she relaxed her body, letting her racing heart find the rest it needed. She had only a few more soft strokes over her bits before it became so sensitive it was almost painful to touch.

When it became too much, and she could pull her hoof back to let her twitching marehood calm itself, only then could she regain her sanity.

Fluttershy brought her wing down on Rarity's chest again.

"Are you..." Fluttershy quietly called out to her friend, afraid something had gone wrong or that she had hurt herself in the process of trying to appease the urges they both felt. "—okay?"

"A little out of breath—" Rarity struggled to answer as she raised her forehooves to examine why they felt so drenched. "—and incredibly filthy now."

"Oh-oh-oh... no... It's not," Fluttershy tried so hard not to look between her friend's legs or mess that lay beyond it. "—that bad. "

She knew how unconvincing she must have sounded and let her honest nature speak on her behalf.

"Unless you look at it. Which I'm sure you will."

Rarity sat up just enough to see the damage she made. And to her heart-wrenching surprise, it was terrible.

"Because there's no way you could miss that," Fluttershy finished explaining in the most comforting voice she could find. "It's... fine? I think?"

"You think?" Rarity squawked.

Rarity's legs and tail were saturated with a sticky fluid that, until now, had only slowly leaked from her body but now seemed to have sprayed out. It coated her entire crotch and had splashed out, covering much of her legs and tail. Actually, it had sprayed back enough to cover some of her tummy and strayed out to the floor past her tail.

As Rarity took in the sights, Fluttershy tried to play devil's advocate.

"Well, I've never done this on my back like you did. Or without a pillow, so I didn't know it could squirt out like that."

"Squirt?" Rarity yelped.

"If it makes you feel any better—" Fluttershy kicked her used pillow away and tried to cower out of sight on the bed. "—I'd probably make just as much of a mess if I didn't use a pillow."

"Well, I feel terrible now," Rarity sulked on her soiled blanket.

"Oh, please don't feel bad, Rarity," Fluttershy said through a guilty smile. "Look on the bright side. You got a hold on taking care of your urges better. I mean... you did enjoy it... didn't you?" Fluttershy started to pout, hoping Rarity wouldn't be able to put herself down or shine a bad light on the whole experience simply because of how it ended.

"Of course, I did," Rarity wouldn't have been able to lie about that even if she wanted to. "That was... beyond amazing. And thank you, darling. This was so much better than my first experience. Especially with the added touch and the whole talking out my fantasy, you convinced me to do."

Fluttershy felt her cheeks heat up.

"It's nothing special I did. I just wanted to help you enjoy yourself and not struggle fighting it like I did. Plus,—" She had to look away to avoid making things seem stranger than they already were. "I've never been able to do it two times in a row before. The way you talked about what you wanted to do with Justin... I mean. I've thought about Justin holding me down a few times, but I've never thought about him touching me the way you did."

"Well, if I'm being perfectly honest with you." Rarity sat up on her knees and squatted down onto her hoof to try out the position. "Hearing you talk about being on top—"

She rocked her hips forward over her frogs.

"—that got me interested enough to open up about what I wanted... though I might have to think about how it would work with me on top."

Fluttershy chuckled at Rarity's quick turnaround.

"You'll have to tell me how that plays out another time. And maybe I'll think of something new, as well. But we really need to hurry up. I still have a lot of laundry to take care of."

"Ha! Oh, Fluttershy." Rarity couldn't believe how crazy their lives had become. "What have we gotten ourselves into?"

Fluttershy shrugged with a grin.

"I don't even know. But let's hurry. Don't want to leave Justin alone for too long."

"True," Rarity stood up and stretched. "But Cadence is there, still. I doubt any pony would try anything funny with him when she's around."

"Yeah," Fluttershy jumped off her bed and shook a few drops of her second climax free from her leg. "Justin should be perfectly safe in her hooves."