The Heart of Pleasure
By Haunter Rayne
Ch 48 - Workplace Professionalism

- Later that Morning
Ponyville Day Spa -

“Oh Rayne, your expertise at what you do is just simply... delightful.” A mare stated as she shamelessly rolled her words in a forced attempt to sound elegant. Rayne gave a half smile as he turned away, using a file folder to cover his face as he almost threw up in his mouth a little. Using one of her off-pink hooves the mare swiped her designer styled bangs away from her eyes as she stepped uncomfortably close up to the stallion. “What you can do with your hooves is... well it’s just divine. Is there anything that I can do to... reward a handsome stallion like yourself for his services?”

Rayne found his voice squeaking a bit as he pointed her towards the exit to the room. “You uh, payments for services can be made at the front counter, Mrs. Rich.”

Now she made a rolling of her shoulders that just seemed awkward and Rayne didn’t understand if she thought that had meant to be attractive. “MmmHmmmHmm.” She mumbled and the stallion almost choked having no idea what she was humming about. “I see. Well, you can bet that I will be making a charitable contribution for the service that I have received here today. I feel just so good after your treatment, so loose...”

Rayne had to forcibly step passed her to hide it as he retched at her comment. “Yes well, it has been a... well it was an experience. Please have a pleasant day.” He said doing all he could to politely encourage her toward the door.

“Heh, yes well. Please feel free to invite me to any outings that you embark upon. I would be happy to escort you around and maybe show you the finer things in this small hick town.” Rayne’s eyes buldged out as he noticed her flick her tail as she mentioned the ‘finer things.’

“OOOKAY! Well, I’m glad that I was able to satisfy another customer. I think that-” Upon seeing Aloe Vera walking down the hallway just at that moment Rayne quickly reached out and grabbed her by the shoulders forcing her into the room with them. “I think that Ms. Vera here can walk you ‘HELP ME’ out to the front where you can then leav-, I mean go about your day.” He said hissing angrily into the spa ponies ear before carefully returning back to his respectful tone for the customer.

Once he had a little assistance it didn’t take much to finally get the cougar out of his work room. As soon as she was gone Rayne shivered and gagged, feeling the need to rub his hooves across himself with the sudden desire to take a shower. “Uuhh bblluuhhh... She is soooo creepy like a disgusting, MILF, Cruella de Vil pony. Gaaackk!” He choked suddenly feeling as if the air in his office were contaminated somehow. “Bleh, I don't even want her magic. I don't want anything of hers! That mare is just vile!” He kicked the corner of his filing cabinent just as Aloe Vera had made her way back into his room to check on him.

“Rayne? Are you alright? What happened?” She asked while reaching a hoof out to him in concern.

Looking over he gave her an apologetic expression. “I’m sorry Aloe. You know that I’ve never had a problem with remaining professional before. But that upturned nose of a mare just gives me the creeps!”

“Well, she is one of our most highest paying customers. But if she was behaving inappropriately with you against your consent then we won’t just sit by and let-”

“No, no, please. There’s no need to go that far. Nothing happened. I just find her to be loathsome is all. How to describe it...? It’s like...” He thought for a moment and Aloe stood there to let him finish. “Giving her an adjustment felt like... trying to rearrange bars of glass in a loose cloth sack. She feels as creepy to the touch as her personality is to be around.”

Now there was an ackward silence as Aloe looked down to her hoofs trying to imagine what Rayne had described. “Wha- but... wait... EWW! You’re right! Lotus and I have given that mare a massage hundreds of times by now and that is exactly the way to describe how she feels!” Suddenly a rather ridiculous smile spread out across her face. Turning back towards the hallway she then half yelled half laughed, “Lotus! Please, come quick! Just for a moment!”

Rayne watched in stupendous amazement as the pair of spa ponies joined together. Aloe quickly whispered into Lotus Blossom’s ear which then made the other mare shrink back in disgust. But after she thought about it for a moment and they both were now holding themselves by the gut as they stared laughing until they were red in the face. Almost choking on her words Lotus looked to Rayne as she laughed out, “You have, ha ha, you have, your next, appointments waiting for you! Ha ha ha!”

The three of them all walked out to the front together chuckling and giggling like fools. The ponies waiting in the lobby looked over curiously but then smiled feeling happy to see the staff in good spirits even if they didn’t get the joke. However that was when the smile was stricken from Rayne’s face as he looked up and blurted, “Applejack?! Rarity? Rainbo- What is everypony doing here?”

Before him each of the mane six sat in waiting chairs while now staring up at him and giggling. “Why, hello there Rayne. It is a pleasure to see you again.” Rarity said with a smile.

Rainbow Dash was next to speak up as Applejack just sat there gawking at him in surprise. “Us?! What are YOU doing here?! I mean, well I’m not really here. All my friends are here. It’s not like I have an appointment for anything.”

Rolling her eyes with a smile Twilight then said aloud, “Hello Rayne. It is indeed nice to see you, but not quite surprising for me because I think you are the pony we are all here to have an appointment with.”

“What?!” All her other friends shouted in unison with each other.

“Uh, yeah. You didn’t know that Rayne got a job working at the Ponyville Day Spa?” Twilight ask nervously. “I thought you all already knew that we were coming here together to see Rayne.”

Applejack finally spoke up blushing a little more than she should have from seeing Rayne so soon after their recent events. “Wait, so yer telling me that you are the reason why this place has been so cram packed busy for the last here couple o’ days?”

Rayne nodded. “Yeah, that would be me. All the same treatments you girls are used to are still available of course. But I brought something a little new to the spa and ponies have seemed really happy to tell their friends about it.”

Fluttering her wings out Twilight then added in, “And that is just what we are all here to find out about. And if I'm not mistaken, I that we are your next six clients Rayne.”

Looking over the schedule Lotus Blossom nodded but Aloe nervously pointed out, “Well not all at once of course.”

Now Rayne reached up to rub the back of his neck. “Yeah, I’m sorry girls. But my work space back there isn’t as big as some of the other rooms in the spa. There would be no way I could fit all of you in. Maybe I could take two back at a time but then again, I need to take measurements and things... someponies can be a little embarrassed about having their medical information being revealing with others around.”

“Well I can understand that." Fluttershy stated. "Personal information being shared in front of others can feel like an invasion of privacy.” She pointed out.

Now Twilight’s wings dropped a little bit. “Oh I see. Well I’m a bit discouraged to hear that. I will admit to you Rayne, despite all of the wonderful things we have heard... some of us girls are a bit nervous about your practice. Admittedly I am one of them. I poured over every medical transcript that I could find in massage or the physical therapy field and there is just nothing about this 'Chiropratory' service that you claim to offer.”

“What, really?!” Rayne quietly whined to himself in his mind. “Athletes like the Wonderbolts don’t have anything like that for their members? Dang, I’m probably undercharging for my services here just working out of this small town. Eh, whatever.” After clearing his throat Rayne spoke up saying, “Well, I do find that to be a bit surprising. But then again, you need to remember that I’m not even from Equestria after all. I guess, I’ll be the first to bring this foreign practice over then.”

Twilight seemed satisfied enough with that response. But then she spoke again with her ears giving her continued agitation away. “So are you sure there is no chance? I really wanted to watch the procedure done before undergoing it myself.”

Rayne sighed. “Well there goes that opportunity...” After quieting his thoughts down he looked back to Twilight and answered her with a smile. “Sure, I think I could arrange that. Miss Fluttershy, you are also a pegasus. That’s about as close to an alicorn as we can get here. Would you like to go first and be comfortable with Twilight here watching? The choice would be up to you.”

“Oh! Me? Go first? Oh dear, I don’t know. I mean having Twilight there might actually be nice I think but-”

“You know, Dash is also a pegasus.” Twilight offered kindly. “Maybe we could start with her?”

Rayne paused, trying to resist a frown as he said, “True. But with no disrespect to Fluttershy here, Rainbow Dash is an athelete. It’s possible that it might take me more time to go through her adjustment. Also-”

“Oh, well no Twilight it’s okay.” Fluttershy said suddenly speaking up. “I don’t really mind so much after all. I had been looking forward to this anyways. So I guess now I won’t have to wait any longer.” Twilight nodded and everypony else moved to take a seat while they waited.

“If it would be okay with you all, I’ll take you two in now. Then after I’m done with you both I’ll take Pinkie Pie and Applejack. Um Rarity, do you mind going second to last with Dash? Or do you have somewhere in a hurry to be after this?”

No one really seemed to object to Rayne assigning the line up himself. Rarity however stood up and smirked. “I don’t mind at all darling. Starlight is in the auditorium giving an assembly to the students so we all have the morning to relax as long as this doesn’t roll on into the afternoon. And in the mean time I’m sure that Aloe and I can find something for me whilst I wait.” Then without delay the unicorn walked back into the massage rooms with Rayne’s coworker. Pinkie Pie cheered and followed along but the rest of the girls just took a seat in the lobby.

- - -

Back in Rayne’s work area Twilight and Fluttershy looked around as the pegasus was directed to sit upon the massage table while Rayne offered the princess his rolling chair. “Alright now if you would, please both of you go ahead and fill these forms out. Then Fluttershy, I’ll ask you to stand and we’ll take a look at you.” The two nodded and it didn’t take long before he was now looking their medical details over.

“Will this do doctor?” Fluttershy asked as she stood up on her hooves.

“Oh, thank you. That’s sweet of you to say but I don’t have a Doctorate degree. One isn’t really needed for this line of work. And yes, that will be just fine. Now if you don’t mind I’m just go to take some measurements and I’ll be moving your hooves and wings around a little. Is that alright?”

“Certainly.” The yellow mare said trying to be as accommodating as possible. Rayne didn’t mind as Twilight looked on curiously and he made sure the princess had a good view of everything he did.

“Wow Fluttershy. You look to be in excellent shape. You hardly seem to be carrying any stress in your body at all.” He said which brought a smile to her face as if she were a filly being complimented by a dentist on having good teeth. Stepping around behind her now Rayne spoke as if just making comfortable conversation. “Stand on your back hooves please and lean back against my chest.”

“Yes sir.” She stated, finding the small task to be easy enough.

“You know, I read in some magezine that having a pet dog can alievate stress and even prolong one’s life.” He gently moved her arms to wrap around her own shoulders in a crossing pattern in front of her. “I could only imagine how nice it must be to live with so many different fuzzy creatures, from what I was told about you.”

“Oh yes, it is really quite wonderful. It's truly rewarding for me getting to help care for so many little animals.”

“Yes. But I’m sure that you worry for them whenever they get sick or if anything is wrong. Head facing forward and neck straight please?”

“Well yes, I do suppose that sometimes I let my feelings run away with me about them.”

“Yes, it seems that you tend to frown a lot. I can feel how the tension in your forehead is tightened down your neck to your collar bone. Breath easy for me?”

“Oh, well I hadn’t noticed. Yet I suppose that I do. But once I see that I have helped them get better it can be the most relaxing thing in-”

“CRACK!”

With his hooves gently resting upon both sides of Fluttershy’s head he measured the pace of her breathing as she told Rayne about her animals. Then once she was relaxed and as she exhaled from her latest breath Rayne tugged upwards on her skull causing a loud popping sound from her collar bone as well from the joint behind her ear.

“FLUTTERSHY!” Twilight screamed in fright after seeing the yellow pegasus suddenly fall limp in the stallion’s arms.

“Whoa, whoa, there we go now. It’s okay, you’re okay.” Rayne said as he caught the drooping pegasus and carefully laid her back upon the table so as to not pinch one of her wings.

“What happened?! Is she okay?!” Twilight shouted rushing over to Fluttershy’s side and staring at her limp friend collasping like jelly on the table.

Very quickly Lotus Blossom rushed into the room but to Twilight’s surprise the spa pony didn’t come for her benefit, she came for Rayne’s. “Okay now I’m sorry but you will have to sit down or I will be forced to make you leave the room. This is why we don’t allow others to view whilst Rayne does the work he does!”

Just then from nearly all the way across the spa Rarity’s voice called out loudly. “Twi, darling! Please do try to relax! If Rayne says that Fluttershy is alright then I am entirely sure that he knows what he is doing! Ahem, FLUTTERSHY DEAR...? ARE YOU ALRIGHT?” Suddenly there was a dreamy, bubbly, babbling from the yellow pegasus on the table and Rarity just chuckled upon hearing it. “Awww, that couldn’t sound any more relaxed to me Twi!” After that Rainbow Dash could be heard laughing hysterically at the entire situation.

Twilight frowned but returned to her seat. “I apologize.” She said simply and apparently had nothing more to add.

Looking down now Rayne smiled and asked, “So how are you doing now that you’ve had a moment to rest Fluttershy? Everything okay?”

“OH YES! I... I don’t know what to... I can’t even describe what I just felt. Myneck didn’t even feel sore when I came in here. But I can certainly tell the difference compared to how I feel now.”

“Excellent. That is just the response that I was hoping for. Now, just go ahead and roll with me here and I’ll guide you to flip on over onto you stomach.” Moving like a limp fish Fluttershy turned over with a deliriously happy expression on her face. “There, now let’s take a look at your back and your hooves.”

At this point Rayne called Twilight over from her seat as he performed the rest of Fluttershy’s adjustment. He pointed out how she was lying down straight but that her back hooves still hung down at two different lengths. Rayne opened a drawer taking out a small hoof-held device that had a spring loaded bolt triggered by a switch. "This is called an activator." He explained to Twilight. "You push the trigger here and the little rod gives a harmless little bump to the patient. Just watch and you'll see."

Then applying the device once upon her hip and once higher beside her spine, Fluttershy was giving a soft little thwack. After having her take a deep breath Rayne pushed down on her back causing a short flurry of cracks to pop from her joints. “OoohOoohhmmmm...” Fluttershy gasped, looking as if she had suddenly fallen asleep if not for the glorious grin now slathered across her face. Afterward, once Rayne pulled her back hooves up they now matched each other in length through some magic or science that Twilight could not figure out.

“That is amazing.” The princess said as she sat back into the chair in defeat.

“Okay Fluttershy. Nice and slow, let’s get you up and feel that blood current circulating around now.” Rayne instructed and with some assistance she finally rose to stand on her own.

“Thank you Rayne. I never knew how off balance my hip placement had been. I can’t thank you enough for this.”

Rayne smiled and raised a hoof. “No worries. Just remember that this isn’t permanent though. Over time your body will naturally fall out of alignment again. The optimal upkeep would be for you to come back at least once or twice a month. But we don’t expect every pony to be able to afford that. Just as long as you return no less than once every six months then you should be fine.” She nodded and waived good bye as she made her way to the front counter. Rayne heard Applejack ask her how she felt and the only response she was able to give was an intense series of giggles.

“Well, I guess that I am next.” Twilight said as Rayne nodded seeing her already move into a standing position as he had Fluttershy do previously. Rayne smiled and took her measurements. That was when he confused her though when he just asked her to sit back upon the table. “Huh? You aren’t going to pull up on my neck like you did Fluttershy?”

“Nope.” Rayne smiled. “Legs hanging off the side please, thank you.” Walking around behind her the stallion now began carefully feeling around the base of her wings to up her spine at the back of her neck. “You don't carry your stress in the same places that Fluttershy does. Additionally, you definitely have a lot more of it and all seemingly located in your muscles back here.” At this Rayne began digging his hoof into her shoulder in circles, massaging the area thoroughly which Twilight did have to admit felt very good. “There we are. Now just let that arm hang loose.”

Twilight watched as he repeated the process to her other side and then had her lift her chin up high. “So your practice changes entirely depending on the different factors you find in ponies anatomy and their stress levels?” She asked, being the ever diligent scholar.

“That’s right. Wings out and then drooped please? Perfect. Now, lay down on your belly with your legs straight down and just let your arms and wings fall to the sides.” Twilight did as she was told still feeling curious but trying to remain relaxed at the same time. Rayne rocked her shoulders one way and then rotated her hips in the opposite direction. “Alright, so I’m going to give you your adjustment now. Just relax, this won’t hurt. As you saw with Fluttershy some ponies find the experience a little euphoric. You might fall a little limp but don’t worry. You won’t pass out or be unable to move if you want to.” He reassured her knowing very well how she can tend to worry about things.

Rayne had her take a deep breath and then gave a sharp but steady shove onto her spine as she breathed out. There were more cracks throughout the joints of her wings than Rayne was expecting. Furthermore, the following sound that erupted out of Twilight’s mouth reasonated throughout the day spa and caused more than several of the mares within to blush at the intensity of what they had heard.

There was an awkward silence after as several ponies looked around almost feeling embarrassed themselves. “Um, Rayne...” Rarity called out again. “You ARE being professional with our princess in the room over there, aren’t you?” She asked, having doubts about the stallion for the first time. Several other giggles could be heard throughout the establishment now.

“Okay, alright!” Lotus Blossom snapped while giving a different customer a hoof massage. “Everypony pay attention to only their own treatment! No more shouting out through the day spa!”

Even from outside Lyra and Bon Bon had heard the pleasured cry and giggled, both already being personally aware of what the stallion inside was capable of.

“Twilight?” Rayne asked softly. “Twilight? Princess? Did you fall asleep? ... Twilight, Celestia is here... Do you want to say hi?” He said to her but there was no response from the softly breathing alicorn who lay with her eyes closed. Now Rayne stared at her while quietly thinking to himself, “Did she really fall asleep? Oh wow, I didn’t actually give her an orgasm did I?” He wondered. But after weighing his desire to peek between her thighs to check and taking the chance now to steal the magic from one of the most powerful ponies in Equestria, he decided to take a step back instead. “I don’t trust this. Twilight isn’t above deception. And besides, even if this isn’t a trap on her part it would still be nice to just let her rest.”

Her facial expression didn’t change as Rayne suddenly turned out the light in the room and pulled a blanket over her. But he left the door open with the light from the hall shining into the room. Then after setting up in the next room over he called for Pinkie Pie and Applejack to join him as Twilight slyly peeked out from one eye. Seeing that Rayne hadn’t done anything unsavory to her, even as she had given him the perfect opportunity, she sat up to stretch her wings out feeling amazed at how much looser they felt. "Thank you Rayne." She whispered, quickly making her way out from the room to pay for her service at the front desk. Then she left without saying another word to anypony.

- Later On -

“Is everything okay Dash?” Rayne asked as he now stood alone with the pegasus.

There his final appointment for the mane six stood crossing her arms and looking bitter. “Yeah, t’ch. I’m fine.”

Clearly she had been lying and Rayne frowned as he wondered what to do. “I’m sorry, but maybe we should reschedule you. I can see how tense you are and if I try to give you an adjustment while you’re all locked up like this then I could really hurt you.”

As he started to turn away her behavior suddenly did a complete turn around as she quickly called out, “NO WAIT! I’m sorry. I’ll calm down, please don’t reschedule me for another time.” Rayne nodded and stepped forward to begin taking her measurement information. But things remained very quiet between the two of them as he did so. After which he had her sit up on the table with her legs draped off to the side. He bent down to his knees in front of her to check their balance. But his breath hitched as he ran his hooves softly down her calves. “You okay there Rayne?”

Making a show for her to see that he wasn’t, he nodded without saying a word. Then he moved on to checking the balance of her arms as well as the posture in her spine. “Alright, sit up.” He told her simply and then went back to the clipboard to write some details down on her paper form.

Sitting there wondering why Rayne hadn’t actually done anything to her yet she looked to him and asked, “So am I that messed up doc?”

Rayne didn’t feel like correcting Dash on his title as he had earlier to Fluttershy. Instead he put her chart down and leaned against his filing cabinent before telling her, “No, quite the opposite. You’re perfect Rainbow Dash...” Not having expected a blunt answer like that the pegasus flustered a bit, raising her wings and looking away with an embarrassed expression on her face. “You are the model of perfect health and fitness. Every part of you is toned, stretched, and in place. There are a few spots where I could help relieve that muscle tension... but your body is a well managed machine from top to bottom. It’s... really amazing.”

“Yeah well!... Thanks, I guess.” She had started to yell at him to try and alieve her embarrassment but she couldn’t quite pick anything in particular to fault him for. “So...” She asked while he now had her lying face down and was rotating her hips around. “Why did you want me to be last? Were you trying to avoid me or something?”

“Nope. That wasn’t it.” He vageuly replied before guiding her leg out and cracking her hip. She grit her teeth refusing to cry out like Twilight and the others had. But Rayne could see the pleasure of release in her eyes.

“Then what is it? Were you just trying to get me alone?" She asked as walked around the table so he could repeat the process on the other side.

“Maybe.” He stated simply. “But maybe it’s a reason that I can’t tell you Dash.” He said before cracking her hip from the other side now.

“Oohhhh...” She whimpered in delight not being able to hold back her exclaimation a second time. After he let her go she sat up now and looked to him quizically. “Can’t tell me? Why not?”

Rayne sighed trying to seem difficult for her on purpose. “Because... I could lose my job Dash.” At this her wings fell and she looked at him in disbelief. “The reason why I wanted you to be last is because I had a brief moment of unprofessionalism, okay? I wanted you to be last so that maybe I could ask you out. I thought, maybe without the others around I could tell you what time I get off work tonight. That maybe, if I didn’t have all your friend’s eyes on me, I wouldn’t feel so guilty about how badly I want to kiss you... ever since you came in this morning... and even right now...”

“Oh.” She whispered in surprise not knowing what else to say.

“But then I got to thinking... it was a mistake to begin with and I shouldn’t have said anything. Because just from what I have already told you, you could walk out that door right now and tell Lotus or Aloe that I said all this. They would be forced to fire me for misconduct. Not to mention I might lose the respect of your friends, or the other ponies in town.” He stepped over and filled in his final notes on her chart. Then he turned back to her and said, “So I apologize Dash if this came off as offensive to you in any way that I expressed my attraction for you in a work place.”

Now her jaw was hung to the floor as she couldn’t believe her ears. Here she was thinking that she had been the nervous one, then come to find that the pony she had been crushing on was apologizing for liking her. Trying to think of a way to salvage this situation so that he wouldn’t give up on his interest in her she quickly wracked her brain before saying, “Hey, wait a minute. Listen, I know this place isn’t still open after eight o’clock. And if the spa is closed then that obviously means your shift would be over. Right?”

Rayne chuckled and felt it innocent enough to nod at that. “Well yeah, that would be true.”

“I was going to just nap this afternoon until going to bed tonight. But maybe I could be awake to do something else instead?”

“Wait, you were going to nap to then after go back to sleep?” Rayne asked.

But Dash pointed at him, “Don’t judge me or I’ll get you fired!” She yelled but didn’t really mean it. Rayne raised his hooves but chuckled giving a nod before listening to her continue. “Maybe, I might find myself flying across the river bridge right in front of the spa? Maybe it might be right around eight thirty? And that wouldn’t have anything to do with me being a customer here... me just going for a flight to get some exercise.”

“Again that’s true.” He smirked and Dash was relieved to see that he gave her a flirty stare in response to her giving him one first.

After they finished and Dash headed out the door Rayne lingered in the doorway with a sigh while watching her leave. But that was when Lotus Blossom walked up behind him. “You’re on your lunch break.”

“Yeah, thanks Lotus.” He said turning back into his work room to make sure he hadn’t left any forms or client information laying around. But that was when Lotus followed in behind the stallion, making him jump as she ran her hooves along his back.

“I heard you ya know. So you like that pegasus, do you?” Rayne tilted his eyes up as he smiled guiltily but nodded. “Listen, I do not want you to worry. Aloe and I would never fire a stallion from the day spa... when they are making us so much money.” She said with a laugh.

“What she means is...” Aloe stated as she snuck into the room as well. “...We would never fire a stallion who we are sleeping with.” She grinned and they both gave him a gentle kiss.

Rayne smirked and hugged them both tight. But then he laughed as he told them, “Oh don't worry, I know that. But she doesn't know that...” Now both of the mares screamed and tried to playfully hit him for his devious antics even though neither of them really minded in particular.

Author's Notes:

So lots of cuteness and awkward comical moments here. In my opinion Spoiled Rich, or in her maiden name Spoiled Milk, is pretty nasty pony. I was wondering when I might include her in my story and this was the perfect opportunity. I could also see hwe acting like a cougar behind her husband's back. But Rayne is NOT interested in her and he did not use Tirek's power on her either.

So we got a better look at Rayne's job in this chapter. And yes Twilight was faking being asleep because she was testing to see what he'd do. Her scream was legit though because she wasn't expecting it to feel so good.

But what did you think about the scene with Rainbow Dash and how Rayne kinda worked his way into getting a date with her?