Author's Notes:

Enjoy!

I was Monday after classes and Micro was admittedly locking his nerves behind his Gamer Mind. Not only was his mom about to meet his girlfriend, it was his girlfriends. And in addition, he was walking Silver home and was going to be explaining things to her father as well.

“Come on,” Chara said. “You know she is ok with it. She told me as such when I had to fill in for you.”

“I know,” Micro said. “But I’m still nervous. And then there’s Mr. Sterling later.”

“One of us could always come with you,” Fluttershy said. “If you think that would help.”

“If anyone, I think it should be Scootaloo,” Silver said. “I’ve known her the longest so it might be easier to convince him with her.”

Scootaloo smiled and put an arm around the girl.

“I’d be happy to help Sil.”

Silver blushed but smiled as she leaned into Scootaloo with a giggle. Micro smiled at that. Who’d have thought the two girls who were enemies before the beginning of the year would be the closest of his girlfriends.

“This looks familiar…” Shiro mumbled. He, Sweetie, Spike, and Diamond were all walking with them before they split off on their dates.

“What do you mean?” Sweetie asked as they approached the house. Shiro just thought for a moment as his eyes went wide.

“Oh you can not be serious,” he muttered only loud enough for Sweetie to hear. Before she could ask what he was talking about, Micro had knocked and the door was open.

“Micro!” Software said happily as she hugged her son. Micro returned it with a smile. When they separated, Micro turned and began introducing everyone.

“This is Scootaloo, Silver Spoon, Chara, and Fluttershy ...my girlfriends.”

He realized that despite how long they had been together, this was the first time he introduced them as his girlfriends. It was a little strange.

Software gasped a bit herself. It was one thing to know your son had four girlfriends, but meeting them all… Not to mention she wasn’t exactly expecting an older girl in the group like Fluttershy. The last time Software saw a figure like that-

She shook her head a bit as she drove thoughts of Frida from her mind for the time being. She could always use a toy later when Micro was out.

“You know Spike, and that’s his girlfriend Diamond.”

“It’s nice to meet you Ms. Spark,” Diamond said.

“And it’s nice to meet you as well,” Software said. She was happy Spike found someone himself. She wondered if Sugar did too. She didn’t want one having a girlfriend(s) to cause tension between the three.

“And this is-“ Micro started as Software looked up at the remaining two. She gasped.

“Shiro?!” She said. Shiro looked nervous and waved. Sweetie instantly realized what must’ve happened and face palmed. Micro turned toward Shiro with an almost “too” calm expression.

“Shiro,” he said through gritted teeth. “Where did you meet my mom?”

“Well…” Shiro started. “I work at the spa in town and she came in for a massage a few times.” He was sweating a bit.

“Then why are you so nervous?” Micro asked.

“N-nervous?” Shiro asked. Micro glanced at something and then back at Shiro. A screen appeared in front of Shiro (remember only party members can see them).

Lie detection just went off

“Well…” Shiro started. “I guess I may have met up with her after work. You know, as someone to talk to or...such.”

Micro’s eye twitched before he calmed himself and smiled.

“Well then,” he said. “I suppose you guys can go so we can spend some time together.”

Shiro nodded and turned around to walk away as Sweetie gave a small wave goodbye before running after her boyfriend.

“Who the hell haven’t you slept with?” She asked in a voice just loud enough to be heard. Micro shut all reaction to that behind his Gamer’s Mind while the others blushed, except Diamond who was laughing and dragging Spike off.

“L...let’s head inside,” Software said, crimson. The group agreed and followed. As the group sat down around the living room, Micro was trying to organize his thoughts and lock that bit of info behind every mental barrier he could.

Scootaloo and Silver sat on either side of Micro on the couch while Chara sat on the arm of the couch and Fluttershy took the armchair. Software sat in the rocking chair while controlling her blush.

“Well…” she said as she calmed down a bit. “I’m sure Micro told you that I am accepting of this...unique relationship.”

Chara chuckled a bit and immediately had attention on her. She had the decency to blush. Little but still smiled.

“I’m sorry Ms. Spark, but it’s just...with the group of friends we have it’s not exactly a unique relationship.”

Software was a little confused before it clicked.

“Spike and Sugar have multiple girlfriends?” She asked Micro. Her son nodded. She laughed a bit. “And so soon into the school year. You boys sure work fast.”

The group laughed a bit at that.

“That’s nothing,” Scootaloo said. “Micro began making moves toward Fluttershy before classes even started.”

Micro and Fluttershy blushed as Software looked at them.

“Really? And I thought Scootaloo was your first girlfriend.”

What followed was an awkward explanation of how Micro and Fluttershy kept getting into awkward scenarios until he offered to take her on a date to make up for it (leaving out exactly what happened on the date). Software was cracking up.

“So before he even knew her name he got to second base?” She joked. Micro had his face buried in his hands as Scoots and Silver patted him on the back. “So, how did the rest of you meet.”

“We were in the same tour group during orientation,” Scoots said. “We started hanging out and eventually… it just grew into something more.”

They had agreed earlier not to reveal any of the fights or other Gamer related things. At first the girls wondered why he would point out something so obvious, but then he and Chara brought up how most of their relationships truly began due to a quest or villain attack.

“As for me,” Silver said. “We partnered up in gym class and he helped me deal with a...rough friendship.”

Software smiled at the grey haired girl as Micro wrapped an arm around her. Silver smiled and leaned into him which made Software wish she had a camera.

“While we met during the tours,” Fluttershy decided to speak up, “We didn’t start anything until he decided to treat me to a day out to make up for the embarrassment of those collisions. We had so much fun that it developed further.”

After that, she turned to Chara. This was the one that had the group a bit nervous. Chara was the only person who had to completely lie.

“My brother and I recently moved in with a friend after...well…” Her face grew sad as she thought of her parents.

Software had tears form in her eyes as Micro switches places with Scootaloo and wraps his arms around her. She slid into his lap and hugged him back. They didn’t even think about the fact this was in front of his mother, and his mom didn’t even care.

“Anyway, I was really depressed and went exploring around town. I ran into Micro and he showed me around. I started falling for him. This was after he started dating Scoots. I met her and… well, I liked her to. Admittedly, I kind encouraged the idea of sharing.”

“And I’m happy she did,” Scoots said as she hugged Chara as well.

Software smiled at that. She had a bit of time to properly process the fact that her son had multiple girls. It certainly was strange, but they all seemed to genuinely care about Micro and each other.

“Well you all seem like nice girls,” Software said. “And you are welcome over at any time. I do have a couple concerns though.”

The group looked up curiously. Micro took a deep breath as he could guess some of what his mom was going to say.

“First,” she said. “I figure your friends know about your relationship, but who else does?”

Chara felt touched at the fact that Software took a moment to change her question which was clearly going to be ‘Do your parents know about this?’ for her sake.

“Mine do,” Fluttershy said. “They were shocked since I’m normally a shy and reserved girl but they were just happy I’m happy.”

“We are telling my dad today,” Silver said. Scootaloo was the only one who shifted nervously.

“My parents left on a trip a while ago and I’m living with my aunts. They know but I don’t exactly know how I should tell my parents or if I should wait until I can do so in person.”

Software nodded. She was happy Silver and Scoots were already planning to reveal the details of their relationship to their parents rather than hide it.

“Good,” she said. “Second… how far have you all gone?”

Micro and Chara instantly clamped down on their Gamer’s Mind abilities. Fluttershy was able to school her emotions immediately. It was Scootaloo and Silver who blushed madly. Software took a deep breath before letting it out.

“I assume since two of you have done it the rest of you have?”

“Yes mom,” Micro said, not wanting to embarrass the girls by making them say it. Software looked at her son, a question obvious in her eyes. “And yes we take every step to prevent any...accidents.”

All four girls were red while Micro was talking. Software looked at her son and sighed.

“Just so long as I don’t get grandchildren for a long time… I won’t say anything else.”

Micro let out a breath he didn’t realize he was holding. The tension seemed to leave the group as a whole after that.

“Well!” Software said as she was just as desperate to move past the awkwardness. “What have your dates been like? I hope Micro hasn’t made them all the arcade or something.”

That got the group laughing, though they knew they had a bit of dancing around the details to do.