Chapter 31: Bigamy, and Other Jokes

“Ditzy, did you just kiss me?” Asks Dusk in a half shocked, half disturbed tone.

“Um... I don’t know what came over me before, but yes, I did. I think that I like you Dusk.” She heavily blushes.

Dusk starts to get nervous, and he is not looking forward to tell her what he needs to tell her, especially after the way she showed me her affection. It’s not a good situation for Dusk, who is thinking of possible bad endings.

‘Dusk stammers “But-but I’m already in a relationship with Fluttershy.” Ditzy then bursts into tears and flies away, yelling “I hate you, GO AWAY”. She then commits suicide leaving Dinky as an orphan.’

‘He begins to explain, “Sadly, I can’t be in a relationship with you, as I-” He is interrupted when Ditzy jumps of him, and passionately kisses him, and he is too weak too push her off. He hears crying from nearby, which he finds out to be Fluttershy. He sputters out, “Fluttershy, this is not what it-” but he can’t finish, as Ditzy kisses him even harder than before, while tightening her embrace. Dusk later finds out that Fluttershy is too devastated to ever leave the cottage and could never trust another stallion again.’

“Why am I such a pessimist?” He quietly asks himself.

He composes himself for the inevitable, as Ditzy waits for him to talk. To him, it’s felt like minutes since she confessed, but in reality, it’s only been a few seconds.

Dusk begins to speak in an apologetic tone, “Ditzy, I’m sorry, but I’m already in a relationship with Fluttershy. I love her, and I always will.”

The mail mare looks saddened after hearing all of that. She then starts to feel bad for kissing him, while he is still in a relationship. “I sorry Dusk, for invading your personal space like that. I don’t know what came over me. I didn’t know that you were with Fluttershy.”

Dusk shrugs, “I forgive you. Even though you did make me feel uncomfortable, I wouldn’t hate you for it. You couldn’t of known. Friends?” He holds out his hoof in from of her.

She shakes his hoof and her mood improves. “Friends. This whole relationship thing could still work out though, have you ever heard of bigamy?” She asks in a playful tone.

“Yeah, like that is ever gonna work. I could imagine... I walk to Fluttershy’s home, with you next to me and I’ll say to her, ‘Hey Shy, I brought home a mare which I met only an hour ago, now your going to have to share’.” He says in a sarcastic manner.

“I don’t think that’ll end too well Dusk.” States Ditzy

“I agree.”

“I’ll be going to Carrot Top’s now. I’m sure that my little muffin is waiting for me.”

“Alright then Ditzy, see you later.”

“Bye Dusk.”

They both move towards their intended destinations, on a much more positive note.

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After a short walk, Dusk has gone back to Fluttershy’s house. He walks inside, and finds Fluttershy making herself some green tea. He sees that Angel is also helping her in the kitchen, and he is getting the green tea leaves for Fluttershy.

“Good evening Shy.” Greets Dusk.

“Hello Dusk, where were you before? Normally you’d be home about an hour ago, and I was a bit worried that something happened to you.”

“Well... the thing is, something did happen today. You know that wall-eyed mail mare?” He asks.

“You mean Ditzy Doo, she’s really nice.” Comments Fluttershy.

“Well, here’s the thing, I was walking back to yours, when I saw her being hassled by a small group of ponies that I couldn’t recognise. So I defended her and they got sick of verbally abusing her and walked away...”

“Dusk, was the last part really that easy for you? I’ve seen what you tend to do.” Says the sceptical Fluttershy.

“I might rephrase what I said before.” He says in a slight nervous tone. “I actually raged at the group, and I scared them away. Anyway, because of those idiots, her job was on the line, so she needed my help to convince her boss to let her keep her job, which was successful, by the way.” He smiles smugly and continues, “And then after all that, I went home, and started talking to you about today, like I am right now.” Dusk decides not to tell her about what happened when they both left the Post Office.

Fluttershy lets off an annoyed sigh. “A lot of ponies like to make fun of Ditzy, I wish they would stop.”

“Yeah I know, right.”

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Fluttershy has finished making herself the tea, with the help of Angel, and started to drink it, but she then wanted to ask Dusk something.

“Dusk, do you want me to make you some tea, if you want me to, that is?”

He stops to think of his answer, “I... think... yeah, can I try some green tea, there is a first for everything I guess.”

Fluttershy gets the green tea leaves again, and prepares Dusk’s tea. She is thankful that she still has a fair amount of boiled water in her kettle, as she begins to make the healthy concoction.

About three minutes later, she had finished making the tea, and gave the cup to Dusk, who sniffs the drink.

‘...It seems that I don’t really like the smell of green tea, but I might as well try it to see why it is so popular.”

Dusk takes a small drink of the tea, and puts the cup back on the table. “I don’t really like the tea too much Shy, but I’ll drink the rest of it, so I don’t waste it.”

“I was hoping that you’d like it, that’s unfortunate.” She says dejectedly.

Dusk sculls the rest of the tea, so he wouldn’t need to constantly drink something he doesn’t like. Rarity would of fainted, if she saw how he finished his tea.

‘I don’t see what’s so good about tea.’

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It is pretty standard affair for the rest of the night. They both had dinner together ‘Pasta for the win’, they washed up, and they both went to bed.

As they slowly drift off to sleep, in each other's embrace, Dusk asks Fluttershy something that he had been meaning to ask her for a while. “Fluttershy, do you mind if I come along, the next time you and your friends have a get together?”

“I think I could do that, but why though? Wouldn’t you get bored of us?” She asks.

“I could, but I think that I could know more about your friends, and vice versa. I’m pretty good friends with all of them anyway.” Explains Dusk.

“OK then Dusky.” She yawns, which he finds excessively cute. “Good night.”

“Night Shy.”

They both fall asleep in her bed, while still lovingly holding each other. Next Chapter: Chapter 32: Dusk the Matchmaker Estimated time remaining: 5 Hours, 30 Minutes