The Heart of Pleasure
By Haunter Rayne
Chapter 20 - Love & Confessions

It wasn't too late in the morning when Maud had finally awoken but the time on Rayne's clock showed that dawn had long since passed. She smiled seeing that she wasn't alone this morning as the dark stallion was cuddled against her with his head draped lazily across her side. “Mmmmm good morning.” The he whispered in a groggy voice without opening his eyes yet.

Maud smiled and stroked his mane. Eventually his eyelids raised and he smiled up at her. Kissing immediately ensued between them as the stallion eagerly wrapped his arms around his new girlfriend. Maud definitely seemed a bit joyful for her usual self but eventually Rayne found her pulling away from his advances. “We should really get washed up. It feels like we've been doing nothing but making love since you've been here.”

Rayne however just pulled her back in closer, feeling a bit euphoric at getting to wake up next to such a beautiful mare. “I think that you smell wonderful.” He growled seductively as he started kissing below her ear and trailing his lips down her neck. Maud blushed, feeling that it was too early to fight Rayne's flirtatious nature.

She laid back allowing him kiss her neck as she closed her eyes thinking about how nice it felt to have him with her. She couldn't believe that anything could feel so good. Every time that Rayne touched her it was with a feeling of such purpose. More than just his lips beside her throat, she could feel how his hoof wrapped possessively around her side to keep her in close. She could tell he was making sure not to lean too much weight onto her. She felt like Rayne was so devoted to her pleasure and happiness down to the smallest detail. She had never been made to feel so important by anypony and it was very overwhelming for her. “We should… have something to eat.” She tried again for normal routine of things even though she really wasn't wanting him to stop.

“What do you think I'm doing?” He teased as he leaned down now kissing his way along her stomach. The earth pony blushed scarlet even though her smile was still modest. “Is that okay?” Rayne asked, looking up at her considerately. She nodded and they didn't speak again as Rayne excitedly trailed his tongue down between her thighs.

“Oo-oOohh!” She gasped, holding his head with a hoof as Rayne slid his warm tongue deep inside her right from the start. She now just lay still, cooing gently as she allowed him to feast upon the moistening folds between her legs. After several minutes of gasping and hair pulling from the mare she eventually broken down into soft giggles as she asked him, “You seem to really like doing this for me Rayne. You do it almost every time we have sex, but you've only ever let me suck on you a few times.” Her breath was fluttering as she spoke, Rayne all the while continuing his oral assault upon her pelvis. He had developed a little game he liked to play of making it as difficult for her to talk as possible while he was licking her clit.

Pulling back only long enough to answer he teased, “Well, I really enjoy the way that you taste down here. Maybe if you didn't taste so good I wouldn't be so crazy about doing it every chance I got.” He chuckled sarcastically before pushing his snout in deeper between her legs.

Maud bit her lip as a lusty moan tore it's way out from her throat. But once it subsided she reached down giving him a playful shove, not really knowing what else to say in response to that. “You've been all over me ever since we've been living together.”

At this point Rayne finally stopped and stared up to her face now. “Only for as long as you want me to be all over you.” He stated, trying to show respect for all the hospitality she had given.

“Don't worry, I do.” She reassured him before laying back to catch her breath while Rayne was giving her the chance. Although as soon as he heard the affirmation he was looking for, Rayne climbed up over her and eagerly slid himself through her velvety folds until he was filling Maud to the base of his length. He enjoyed how she gasped and bucked from the sudden intrusion. Leaning forward locking their lips together, Rayne used his kiss to muffle her following yelps as he took hold of Maud by the hips and began making fervent love to the blushing mare below him.

- Back in the Castle of Friendship -

Rarity yawned softly as she woke, blinking as she looked around the dark room. Being used to rising early to open her shop everyday she simply gave a stretch and brushed her mane from her face with a hoof. She glanced towards the door thinking that she had heard some voices earlier but now the room seemed quiet and peaceful. Sunlight was just coming in through the windows giving her surroundings a little more visibility. However on this particular morning she was in no hurry for anything at all. She looked down seeing her new boyfriend still sleeping against her. “Ooh, precious cutie.” She whispered before looking around now to survey his room. There were toys of various sorts left out on the floor and books were set up on shelves which didn't look like they had been taken down in quite awhile. “Hmm, quaint but respectable. It definitely seems cozy for a little dragon.” She gave a stroke to his scales and a soft kiss to his head as he slept. Then she carefully slid her hoof out from his hold and climbed out of bed.

It wasn't more than a few minutes later when Spike reached out with a claw feeling nothing except empty blankets around him. “Huh?! Uh, wha?!” He popped up awake as he looked around but was clearly still groggy from sleep.

“Don't worry, I'm here darling.” Rarity was quick to speak to him as soon as he began to stir.

Spike seemed to melt with hearts in his eyes as soon as he saw that the unicorn was still in his room. “Wow, you… you're really still here!”

Rarity scoffed and smiled at him through the mirror where she had been brushing her mane. “Oh well I promised didn't I?” She turned back over her shoulder before giving him a wink. “Don't worry, it wasn't a dream. Yes I really stayed in the castle with you all night and yes I really did say that I want to be your girlfriend now. Unless of course… I'm the one who dreamed all that?” She asked coyly, the excitement of a boyfriend making her feel playful this morning.

She had to suppress a laugh at how cute Spike looked when he just stretched out his arms to her and said, “Nope!” She happily climbed back into bed with him as they quickly fell back into each others arms. “Oh, wait a moment!” She said as she pulled away from an early morning kiss. Looking over to Spike's dresser she magicked the hairbrush she had been using from in front of his mirror and levitated it into a little side compartment of their new bed. “There, that's better.” She stated sweetly before she leaned back in towards Spike.

He was a little surprised though and looked over her shoulder. “What was that?” He asked with curiosity getting the better of him.

“Oh hehe,” she blushed and pushed her mane back saying, “just a little hidden compartment for myself. You're welcome to take a look if you want.” The little dragon crawled over to the end of the bed and Rarity looked over with him. Pulling out a small drawer of sorts she showed him, “You see, just here there is a little space in the base of the bed where I put some essentials for myself just in case I stay over with you. It's just a hairbrush, my lipstick, eyeliner, and a small perfume spritz. Nothing that takes up too much room.”

Spike nodded seeing that it seemed like a practical function. But he sensed a subtle nervousness to her voice. “Okay... But you know that you don't have to hide your things away if you come over, right?”

Now Rarity raised her chin proudly and even stomped a hoof softly for effect. “Oh, why Spike I would never do that to you. This is YOUR space darling and it should be how you want to it look! Listen to me, there are some mares out there that when they start visiting their special somepony they start leaving all kinds of girly things all over their partner's home. Soon the proud stallion finds himself with girly products just all over the place that he won't have the slightest idea what to do with. I have never approved of that sort of behavior, even if it is much more convenient for the mare. But look around, this is your boy-cave Spike. I respect you far too much than to beautify it with all of my feminine niceties.”

Spike just chuckled. “Ahh but my room is a mess. I haven't even picked up. Twilight would be after me for sure if she knew I hadn't put all my things away.”

“Yes Spike but it's YOUR mess. Twilight is family to you so she has every right to have whatever sort of opinion she wants. But just because I'm your girlfriend now does not give me the right to come and change your entire livelihood. So when I was making this bed for us I promised myself that I would not clutter your space or leave my things laying about. Hence…” She giggled as she closed the little compartment. “There, you can hardly even notice that it's there when its shut. At the very least I need to still make sure that I look pretty for you in the mornings.”

“Aww Rarity.” Spike blushed. “You'll always look pretty to me no matter what.” He smiled as she leaned in affectionately from that comment. “So seeing that I have you here, what do you want to do now?” He asked, never actually having thought this far ahead during all the times he fantasized about being with her.

Rarity just laid back to look up at him with her head in his lap. “Well, I'm all yours now Spike so that's really up to you. We could go out or we could play a game? If you tell me that you just want to stay in bed all day kissing then I would definitely be happy with that. You are an astounding kisser, my Mr. Handsome.” She reached up and stroked his cheek. Years of fluffing customer's egos were paying off now that she had a boyfriend and she was happy to actually get to mean what she was saying this time. “But, what is it that you usually do in the mornings here at the castle?” She asked, looking up with eager curiosity.

“Well,” Spike thought to himself. “Usually every morning I..." he paused before looking over to his old bed where a small plush doll of Rarity was laying, "Uhh, nothing!"

"What?" Rarity asked feeling a bit confused.

"Oh it's just getting freshened up, breakfast, then seeing if Twilight needs any help for the day mainly.”

That reminded Rarity about the meeting that she knew they would have to have soon. “Hmm, yes. We still need to talk to Twilight about our new relationship. It would probably be better to get that done sooner rather than later.”

Spike nodded and then stood up from where they were laying. “Yeah, I suppose your right. I don't want to make her worry. She seemed pretty upset last night.”

However then he felt a little tug on his tail as Rarity smiled at him with a glint in her eye. “We’ll go soon after we each finish getting cleaned up first. But, do you think she could wait another five more minutes?” They both laughed as they lay back down together enjoying a few extended minutes of heavy smooching with one another.

- A Few Minutes Later -

“And I'm telling you that it has got to be all the same problem!” Starlight argued as Twilight growled dropping her head into her hooves at the map table.

“That does doesn't make any sense! How can one problem be everywhere?!” The princess shouted.

Starlight held up her hooves trying to calm the situation. “That's not what I'm saying. Listen, it also doesn't make any sense that the map couldn't just call multiple ponies to different areas at the same time. What I think is that there is a single source that is causing the trouble with the map. But this mystery source doesn't seem to be decided on where it is going to pop up yet!”

One of Twilight's eyes were twitching with agitation. “But that still wouldn't explain why the map is responding to locations everywhere at once.”

“Well…” Starlight thought for a moment. “Maybe the problem WON'T BE everywhere at once. No pony has actually been called yet. Maybe the map is being unclear because the friendship problems don't fully exist yet until it decides where it wants to pop up first? Maybe it will appear in each of these places but one at a time?”

“It being this ‘mysterious source’ you mean?” Twilight asked skeptically.

“Um, yes?” Starlight suggested nervously as her ears folded down. She wasn't anymore sure than Twilight was but was trying to do her best to help.

Just then, voices could he heard coming from down the hall and Starlight saw the shadows of two familiar individuals entering into the room. Also noticing that Twilight was being far too distracted to pay attention to anything else, Starlight tried desperately to wave her attention in that direction. “GGRRR! WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BOTHER ME SO BAD?! THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING! I AM NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT IF THIS IS JUST HOW THINGS ARE NOW! AND WHY ARE YOU WAVING LIKE THAT?!” Twilight yelled before Starlight literally grabbed Twilight by the face and made her look over. Standing there were Spike and Rarity who had been walking hoof in claw together. However after hearing Twilight shout like that they both nervously grimaced and took a step apart from one another. Twilight's eyes went wide as she realized what she just said. “No, no, no, no, no! I'm not mad at you two. I was debating the magic of the cutie map with Starlight. Please, come in both of you.”

The couple looked nervous still but eventually they nodded. Separating from one another they took their specified seats even though that put them across the table from each other. Once everybody was seated, Rarity was the one who tried to speak up first. “Twilight, I just want you to know that I'm really not trying to-" but she stopped seeing that the princess had raised a hoof and looked away from her.

“We have a lot to talk about but before we begin….” Twilight started, “I want you both to know that I do not plan to stand in the way of your relationship.” She was speaking calmly and her voice was deep with consideration. “I don't want your apologies or excuses if you think that I am going to get mad. I did more than enough yelling last night and while I do have questions, what I want more than anything right now is to listen. You are my friend Rarity. And you little guy, you've been with me since the beginning.” She said genting ruffling Spike's head. “I am not going to condemn you if you two really have found happiness... I just want to support you properly as a friend and make sure you both know what you are getting into.”

Now the couple looked to each other in surprise. Again Rarity spoke up saying, “Wow, thank you Twilight. That… is a much warmer welcome than I was expecting, or maybe even than I deserve after making you worry so last night.”

Twilight nodded to her friend and replied, “Yes, last night I was upset. But I was also tired and you might remember Discord doing something that left me in a particularly foul mood. But look, I don't like to hold grudges and what happened in the past isn't important anymore. Let's just talk about now and we'll see where we go from there.” The three of them nodded and Starlight gave the princess a smile showing that she was very impressed with how she was handling the situation.

“Hey you guys…” Starlight injected. “This sounds like more of a family matter between you all now. Why don't I make everyone some breakfast and we can all enjoy a nice morning together? My treat to celebrate the happy couple. What do you say?” They all smiled and let Starlight excuse herself from the room to give the three of them some privacy.

It was Twilight who picked things back up asking, “So, to start with… What is this exactly between you two?”

Spike finally chimed in saying, “Well, when I woke up yesterday Rarity was there waiting for me. She asked for me to tell her honesty how I felt about her and then she surprised me by letting me know that now she feels the same way. She asked if it wasn't too late for her to accept my feelings and I told her that it wasn't too late at all.”

Twilight nodded, appreciating that explanation but she still didn't get the answer she was looking for. “So, you two are like each others special somepony now?”

Rarity was quick to interject, “Uh yes, we are boyfriend and girlfriend. I'm not exactly sure that term 'somepony' applies properly to Spike for obvious reasons.” Everyone seemed to nod at that.

“Alright well, are you two sure about this? Is this really what you both want?” Twilight asked.

Spike gave Twilight a smirk as if he shouldn't even have to answer that question. Rarity gave her an answer by stating, “I am absolutely sure and I couldn't be happier about this. Spike treats me wonderfully and I sadly always took his feelings for granted. My only regret is that I didn't wise up to this decision ages ago.”

Twilight raised a hoof to her chin as she thought for a moment. “Alright then. I know how you feel Spike, I've seen you crush on other ponies before but that always fades. Rarity you've at least been consistent with. And as for you Rarity, I will accept this but only if you can look me in the eye and answer one question.” Rarity looked a little nervous but then after glancing to Spike she stood proud and waiting. “I will believe that your sudden new feelings are true if you take a moment and can honestly say that you aren't wanting to date Spike out of guilt. Tell me that it's not just because you feel bad for how strongly Spike cares about you.”

Now Rarity hesitated as she had not thought about it that way before. Twilight and Spike both looked to her as she seriously considered this. But as she looked into Spike's eyes, she only had one thing to say. “Spike… makes me happy." Looking back to Twilight now she said, "He treats me like... no he treats me 'better' than a gentlepony. I may be generous but anything that I know about compassion I can honestly say that I have learned from him. He makes me laugh. He's earned my trust. And even before yesterday Twilight, Spike had already gotten into my heart.”

"Hmm." Twilight was scrutinizing only Rarity's expressions but she could not find even a hint of doubt in her friends eyes. It actually took Twilight by surprise when what she saw seemed to be more of a genuine sadness.

“I had just been a fool of a mare, thinking that I had to marry a prince or some big celebrity to be happy. And yes, because Spike is a dragon I had never thought to consider him… but the truth is Twilight, Spike treats me so well that I might not be worthy to have him. I mean, what do I know about being a good girlfriend? I've never had a successful relationship that wasn't a complete fabrication of mine!" The self doubt in her voice almost made Spike want to speak up to comfort her. But before he could Rarity steadied herself and looked Twilight in the eye. "But I promise you that when I say I care about him and I want to be better so I can be the kind of girlfriend he deserves, I mean it!”

Twilight looked back and forth to each of them. A silence had fallen over the room as she seemed to struggle to make up her mind. But after taking a moment to think about what was said her expression slowly softened. “Well okay.” She stated with an almost tranquil peace to her voice. “I won't stand in the way of true feelings. You both have my blessing.”

Spike nearly jumped in his seat. “Really? You mean it Twilight?!” He was so happy that he got up and ran across the table jumping into Rarity's arms. The unicorn giggled and kissed Spike on the lips before he then sat down beside her.

Immediately Twilight recoiled as she saw them touch lips. “Oh, um, okay! So, we're already that far huh? That's… great, heh. Kissing! Of course, totally natural in a relationship… that I'm going to have to get used to seeing Spike do now.”

Rarity chuckled and nodded to Twilight, “Don't worry dear, just because Spikey Wikey and I may be falling in love does not mean that we won't still have manners. Now Spike, I think that it is entirely reasonable for us to restrain our romantic natures while we are out in public. Especially while in front of Twilight who is still adjusting to this. Would that be alright with you?” Spike nodded but Twilight seemed to become a little more frantic now.

“Oh and oh my! There's the L word. Gee heh, heh, things certainly are moving along pretty fast, aren't they? Heeeh, where IS Starlight with that breakfast?” Thankfully it wasn't long after that their friend did return from the kitchen and used her magic to set out bowls for everyone. Once they all had some food in their stomachs everybody was able to be a lot more calm about the situation. “Alright so…” Twilight eventually spoke up again after wiping her mouth with a napkin. “I am giving you my blessing but I would like you both to respect that this still isn't easy for me. At the very least I would like to set down some ground rules.”

Rarity had been ready and waiting to respond as soon as Twilight had began. “But of course darling, your opinion remains as important as ever to us.” Starlight just looked on while eating and Spike simply nodded, not having finished his jewels yet.

“Okay so first of all, Rarity I am not entirely sure how I feel about you spending the night with Spike.” Quickly the couple gave each other a worried look. “I am not absolutely forbidding it... but it would make me very uncomfortable if it were to immediately be a regular thing. A little distance is healthy in a relationship and as close as we are Rarity, I think we might drive each other crazy if you started living in my castle.”

Rarity laughed and raised her hoof. “Oh no, hehe. I of course now want to be as close to my Spikey Wikey as possible but I certainly hadn't been thinking of moving out of the carousel. In fact, I had already just promised Spike that I would not be moving any of my things into his room even when I visit. I just might be over… more often.” Twilight frowned but accepted her answer.

Now Starlight chuckled as she winked over to Spike. “Oh wow. Laying down the law for your new girlfriend already, huh Spike? How macho of you hehe.” Everyone frowned as Starlight laughed at her joke. “No, really though, I'm happy for you two.” She said and all eyes in the room lightened up. “You two might be a little unorthodox but I haven't seen a couple as cute as you two in a long time.” Now everyone was smiling and a warm glow had seemed to fill the hearts of those in the room. That was until Starlight followed with, “Hey so I'm fine with the kissing but have you two started fooling around yet? Is it weird at all with Spike being a dragon and you-"

“STARLIGHT GLIMMER!” Rarity shouted with the most shockingly appalled face that she had ever made. Twilight's eyes almost bulged out of her head and she immediately started choking quite violently. Rarity even had out with concern as Twilight slammed on the table feeling like her mind was breaking. "Twilight! Twili- good heavens, breathe! Twilight, breathe!"

Spike had the gravity of Starlight's comment go mostly over his head and he immediately rushed over to Twilight's side being very worried about her sudden choking. “Twilight! Twilight what's wrong?! What happened?!” He shouted frantically not knowing what to do to help.

Seeing after a moment that Twilight was just in shock and wasn't in any real danger, Rarity snapped angrily at the other unicorn. “How dare you ask us such a question?! Not only does it besmirch both of our characters when we haven't even gone on a single date yet... it is a horrible invasion of our personal privacy!”

Now a strained gasping voice broke the tension as Twilight wheezed, “W-why?! I just… was getting… comfortable with this! WHY?!”

Starlight just leaned back into the seat she was in and pouted a bit. “What? I've never heard of an interspecies relationship before! I was just curious. Twilight, isn't this a topic that you should be super excited to write a paper about or something?!"

Twilight placed a hoof over her forehead and scowled out, “Well maybe yes but NOT WHEN IT'S ABOUT SPIKE!”

Suddenly though, everyone looked to the dragon with concern. “Uh, girls?” He stammered before a belch of fire erupted and a scroll appeared on the table before them.

Seeing this Twilight's mood quickly perked up. “Oh good, a letter from Celestia. Finally, something familiar. Maybe it will be good news.” She rambled to herself desperately as she opened and read the parchment hastily. “Oooooh boy.” She sighed.

Rarity grimaced. “What's wrong dear? Not good news?”

Twilight sulked as she dropped the letter and gave a heavy sigh. “Princess Celestia is writing to make sure we are all okay. Late last night there was a sudden explosion of magic that came from somewhere nearby here.”

No one else seemed to react but Rarity certainly gave a nervous stammer. “T-there was?!”

Twilight nodded. “Yes, it was so big that apparently it reached all over Equestria.”

“It did?!” Rarity shouted even more surprised.

Again Twilight nodded, still in her sulking mood. “According to this, it was seen coming from my castle but I wasn't home when it happened. I was at the Castle of the Two Sisters trying to research about pleasure ponies to see if there was anything else we could do to help Rayne. I saw the blast from the sky but couldn't figure out what had caused it. And I have no idea what to write back to Celestia. I can't just tell her that nothing happen!” She slumped in her seat.

But then a very unsteady voice came from the light gray unicorn. “Um a-actually Twi-light. I miiiiiiiiiiight know what… um… what caused…. ohhhh… …..that.”

Suddenly Twilight flew right over the table and flapped her wings there in the air with a super excited smile on her face. “REALLY?! YOU ACTUALLY SAW WHAT HAPPENED?!” Rarity blinked a little dazed as Twilight then teleported out of the room and then popped back again but with papers, a quill and ink. “Tell me EVERYTHING!” Twilight cheered excitedly as she turned off the map to use the table to write on.

Now Rarity started sweating nervously. “Oh well you see, it happened last night. As you know.”

“Uh huh.” Twilight anxiously said.

“Spike and I were alone in his room.” Rarity continued.

“Uh huh!” Now both Twilight and Starlight said in unison.

“Well we had been talking for awhile. We had just basically confessed our love for one another. Oh, it was all so very emotional.” Both Twilight and Starlight were staring at Rarity with their rapt attention. “It happened when we leaned in. We shared our first kiss… our first real kiss… on the lips… and then Spike sort of… exploded?” She squeaked out nervously.

“WHAT?!” Twilight suddenly screamed, quickly changing her mood from excitement to confusion and anger.

“HA! It seems at least SOMETHING happened last night between you two! Keep going, this is getting good!” Starlight cheered excitedly.

Author's Notes:

So lots of romance from new couples in this chapter. Also I greatly enjoyed the cuteness between Spike and Rarity here in the morning. She is a pony with standards and is far too generous than to inconveniance someone she cares about.

Also how did you think the eventual chat with Twilight went? They didn't get to the part where Rarity IS Spike's treasure yet but give it time. Also the current part about Starlight asking naughty questions is more of a joke. She is asking her mainly out of curiosity and not specifically to be perverted... but that doesn't mean there aren't also perverted things that she is curious about.