“This is a nice surprise,” Wallflower could only tell me.

“What? Did you really think I would forget about my adorable little flower?” I teased her, making her blush hotly in both embarrassment and happiness.

“No! No, of course not,” She denied quickly while nervously rubbing her green ponytail, “It just the whole harem took up so much of your time and…”

“Yeah, good thing the others have things they need to do and were supportive of us spending the day together,” I responded with a nod.

Wallflower and I were currently sitting at a fancy restaurant, due to Rarity’s insistence and Wallflower wanting to do something special for this small break from the harem. I was wearing the suit Rarity made for me with my hair neatly combed back. Wallflower was wearing a simple white dress with drawings of different flowers on it and her hair was in a long ponytail with a scrunchy that was in the shape of a sunflower.

“It has been a while since it has been just the two of us,” Wallflower commented looking quite pleased, “Without anyone else to take your attention,” I heard her mumble afterwards.

“So, how are you getting to know the others?” I asked, deciding to ignore her mumbling.

“Oh?” She asked slightly taken aback at my question, “Well, it’s still going to take some getting used to. I seem to bond better with Fluttershy and I hope to get more used to it.”

“Right.”

“This is a first for me in quite a while,” Wallflower mumbled with a sigh, as she shook her head and looked at the table.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked.

“Oh!?” She shook nervously in slight fright and embarrassment, “You heard that?” She asked, blushing hotly.

I simply nodded, as I waited for her to calm and hopefully explain herself. Once she stopped blushing and managed to control her breathing to a more normal level, she smiled at me nervously.

“Well…”

“Your meals good sir and lady,” The waiter interrupted her, as he quickly placed our orders on the table in front of us. Wallflower only gave me an innocent smile, as she dug in. I simply sighed and decided to let it go.

“It really is great to finally have some free time with you since this whole harem thing started,” Wallflower finally spoke up.

Feeling extra bold I reached out under our table and gently grabbed her hand. She lightly blushed and gasped in surprise at my gesture.

“You know my offer is still open, my little flower,” I teased with a wink.

“I…” She couldn’t speak as she blushed hotly for a few moments, “Like I said I don’t know if I am ready for such a thing, but this feels nice,”

I simply smirked as I gently massaged her hand. It seems my little flower still has a long way to go before she’s completely comfortable in being more social and joining the harem, but I can wait.

Days later it was finally Fluttershy’s day and we decided to make it special, by having a fancy dinner at Rarity’s recommendation. Despite already doing the same with Wallflower beforehand, I was more than looking forward to it. I was on my way to her house now, wearing the suit Rarity made me, with my hair combed back, with a little hair gel. It’s still hard to believe I am currently in a growing harem of seven girls so far. Who would have thought I would be such a chick magnet? When I finally made it to her front door, I gently knocked on it. Hopefully, it’s her that answers the door, instead of a certain hobo looking jerk.

“You must be the one Flutters is going on a dat-”

Never tempt fate. Also keep in mind Murphy's law since you never know how things could end up going.

“You!” Zephyr cried out in shock and anger, “What are you doing here!?”

“You see Zephyr when a mommy and daddy love each other they tend to have children,” I answered with a smirk, “I would go into detail, but that should wait when you are older.”

“Don’t mock me! I am only a year younger than Flutter Butter,” Zephyr snarled bitterly, before an evil grin formed on his face, as somehow a thought formed in his weak little mind, despite the impossibility of such a thing, “Besides, what would you know about that kind of thing? Not like you had any kind of action or anything.”

Despite wanting to wipe that look on his face by revealing I have and with his so-called “Rainbows”, I decided to show a little bit of mercy and instead tackled this from a different angle.

“Oh and you have?”

The smug look suddenly faded into pure shock for a brief moment, before his face turned bright red. Somehow it was a brighter red than blood itself and he gave me the most vicious hate filled glare I have ever seen, though it didn’t phase me one iota. If anything I was more amused with his reaction to my simple comeback.

“Oh, I will once I get my harem and Rainbows finally sees I am the one for her.”

“I know we all should dream big, but it should be realistic.”

“Whatever!” He scoffed bitterly, “I don’t have time for your crap. Flutter Butter is almost done getting ready for a date. Surprised she managed to get the courage to do such a thing, but as her half-brother I am going to make sure the guy is right for her.”

“Well, you are looking at him.”

“What!?”

Before Zephyr could regain his composure and deny my statement, Fluttershy finally made her presence known.

“Zephyr, what are you doing at the door?”

“Don’t worry, Flutter Butter. Just some fool that thinks he’s your date. Leave it to me to handle him,” Zephyr answered, while giving me a disbelieving glare.

“Huh? Let me see.”

“No need, Flutters. Like I said I will-”

“Zephyr, let me see,” Fluttershy insisted, more harshly than usual, to my slight shock.

Looks like she can be more aggressive towards him. I suppose it makes sense. Even shy people tend to be more comfortable around family, those you live with after all. It’s nice to see she isn’t a total pushover towards him.

“Fine Flutters, but just say the word and I will gladly dispose of him. I should anyway, for stealing Rainbows from me.”

“Now I know it really is the one I am going on a… date with,” Fluttershy responded, sounding her usual nervous self when saying the final two words.

“What!?”

Taking advantage of his shock Fluttershy gently pushed him away from the doorway. A more generous part of me wants to believe the timid girl being able to do so to her larger brother, is due to him being too stunned to fight against it, but after seeing him being unable to get out of Trixie’s grasp, I was sure she would be able to do so regardless. My thought was soon proven right, when Zephyr to his credit quickly recovered and tried fighting against being pushed, to no avail.

“Flutters? What?” Zephyr cried out, as he desperately tried to push back against Fluttershy and move back to the doorway, only for him to still get pushed back effortlessly by his smaller sister, “How are you so strong?”

“I work with larger animals too, like bears,” Fluttershy teased with a smirk, “Harry can be a handful and sometimes, I must teach him to behave,” She finished, before chuckling at the look of horror and shock on his face, as she simply pushed him closer to the couch, “Oh, I am just messing with you. Harry is almost never a brat, though I do give him massages, but it’s mostly due to him trusting me so much.”

“You are still ridiculously strong though and so was Trixie now that I think about it,” Zephyr responded, after recovering, as he was pushed down onto the couch.

“More like you are ridiculously weak,” Fluttershy responded while shaking her head, “I mean I do keep in shape with Rainbow and I guess being busy tending to animals helps a little, while you hardly do that and only rely on a bigger body.”

“Of course, since I am bigger than you, I should be stronger,” He responded somewhat bitterly, as he tried to get up only for Fluttershy to effortlessly hold him down, with just one hand.

“Zephyr, bigger doesn’t automatically mean stronger. What good is a bigger body if you don’t train it and develop strong muscles? You neglected what could be a strong body from puberty with your laziness at getting and keeping it in shape.”

“What do you know?” Zephyr asked as he tried harder to get up from the couch, before giving up to try and remove her hand from his head.

“This is your issue Zephyr, despite clear evidence in front of you, You stubbornly cling to your delusional beliefs,” Fluttershy shook her head, as Zephyr struggled to move her hand one iota.

Wow, never thought I would see a larger brother get out muscled by his smaller sister and the fact it’s someone timid like Fluttershy only stings that much harder. Then again it is Zephyr and despite only knowing him for a short time, I know that actually makes it more believable, though it doesn’t make it any less pathetic.

“Now, you are going to sit there, while I finally greet my patient, date,” Fluttershy finished, before finally removing her hand from his head, “Get up and I will gladly put you back down there.”

Zephyr froze as his butt was barely an inch off the couch, as he seemed to remember I was still there. He simply looked at me, face bright red in embarrassment, as I continued to watch the two from outside through the still open door. Fluttershy gently pushed him back down with a surprisingly devious smile, before walking closer to me.

With Zephyr taken care of, I finally noticed her wearing different attire. Her pink hair was in a long ponytail with a scrunchy in the style of a blue monarch butterfly. She was wearing a beautiful blue and yellow dress with symbols of blue monarchs on the bottom and she was wearing blue flip flops with the straps being in the shape of a monarch butterfly. When she got closer I could smell lovely perfume. Exactly what I usually smell from Rarity. Must have borrowed it before or the two share a love of the same perfume brands.

“Sorry about him,” She apologized with a gentle smile, “Ever since I told him and my parents I have a date, he decided to go all protective brother,” She continued, before giving Zephyr a devious smirk, “But as you saw, since I easily overpowered him I don’t need his help.”

“I guess his sister being the one to do it instead of the ‘bad date’ made it all the more embarrassing, or you doing it dressed like you are,” I quipped.

“More like me doing it in front of you, the so-called ‘bad date’,” She actually quipped back, making Zephyr groan into his hands, “Come on in,” She told me, before I entered the house and she closed the door, “My parents want to meet you and unlike him they won’t try to bite only to fail.”

I followed Fluttershy as we walked past Zephyr who, despite his bravado before, couldn’t stand to look either me or Fluttershy in the eye. If it wasn’t for his creepy behavior and stubborn insistence at trying to get my little Rainbow for himself, I would be feeling bad for him.

To her word, Fluttershy’s parents were a breath of fresh air compared to Zephyr. They actually seemed less assertive than Fluttershy herself, which explains some things. Fluttershy had to become assertive towards Zephyr to make up for her parents' lack of being so. Though to be fair, I wouldn’t want to handle having to raise and deal with a son like Zephyr, so I can’t be too hard on them. Some things are just impossible to do and people shouldn’t be treated too harshly for trying to do them.

“It’s really nice to meet you,” Mrs. Shy greeted me, as Fluttershy and I took a seat at the kitchen table, “It’s really nice to see our precious little angel finally on a date with someone.”

“Yeah, despite being more outspoken than us we were afraid she would be too nervous to be on one,” Mr. Shy agreed, as he took a sip from a drink.

“Mom and Dad, I can be brave when I need to,” Fluttershy told them.

“Of course, dear. You were the one who helped us discipline, or try to with Zephyr.” Mrs. Shy acknowledged.

“I don’t know why you let him get away with so much.”

“Dear we are the same with you,” Mrs. Shy explained, “The difference is you were more well behaved so it didn’t seem like it, but if you were the same well…”

“I suppose so,” Fluttershy simply said in thought.

“Angel, the thing you have to understand is. After your mom and I got together after a bitter divorce with our last spouses, we both were so happy to be part of a family again. We ended up treating both you and Zephyr quite differently than how we would if you two shared both parents,” Mr. Shy added, before taking a long sip.

“Should we be discussing this with my date here?” Fluttershy asked, blushing lightly in embarrassment.

“Relax dear. Not like we are going over embarrassing stories of you,’ Mrs. Shy teased, making her blush harder.

“Anyway, nice to finally see our little angel getting her wings. I hope Zephyr wasn’t too much for you.”

“No, Fluttershy was actually too much for him,” I responded, making Fluttershy smirk and the two adults nod, as they seemed to understand what happened.

“It really is a shame. Puberty seemed to hit him hard and yet instead of taking advantage to help build up his impressive figure, he let it go to waste and made it all for show,” Mr. Shy said while shaking his head, “I take it you actually take care of your body.”

“Going to the gym used to be all I did, until I befriended and got closer to Flutters and the rest of her group.”

“Yes, we know all about that,” He responded back.

“I see,” I nodded, “She told you about the harem,” I paused as I heard Zephyr groaned in annoyance at me mentioning the harem, “And you are still willing to have me date your daughter.” I didn’t phrase it as a question.

“We love our little angel and we are completely unassertive parents. Being single parents that formed a family together caused us to be like that plus our usual shy personalities,” Mr. Shy began, before taking another sip, “She seems smitten with you and we want her to be happy, but if anything happens than I am sure we will actually become much more assertive.”

“Gotcha.”

Mr. Shy simply nodded, as he continued drinking.

“If only Zephyr could get one too,” Mrs. Shy brought up with a frustrated sigh, “I figured with Rainbow finally clearly out of the picture he would move on and try to find someone else.”

“Someone who actually wants to date him,” I added.

“Yes, thank you. I hoped he would start grooming himself properly and mingle with others, but sadly he doesn’t seem to be doing so,” Mrs. Shy added.

“I am concerned about him too, mom,” Fluttershy agreed, “Despite how clear we make it, he stubbornly refuses to learn.”

“I am sure we will find a way and he finally learns,” Mrs. Shy assured her, in an unsure tone.

I don’t know who she was trying to convince more. Fluttershy or herself.

“Anyway, we don’t want to keep you kids too long from your date.” Mr. Shy told us, “It was nice meeting you Marcus. Just remember to keep my daughter happy. We may be unassertive but we all have our limits.”

“As we all should,” I nodded.

“Indeed.”

Before anyone else could say anything, or before Fluttershy and I could leave on our date, Zephyr stormed into the kitchen with a determined look on his face, as he slowly pushed up the sleeves of his shirt revealing his large, yet flabby looking arms.

“Not so fast!” Zephyr exclaimed, as he glared right at me and stood in front of Fluttershy and I, “There’s one test you have to pass, before I let you date Flutter Butter.”

Seems he managed to bounce back from his embarrassment earlier and is more determined than ever. Fluttershy sighed and shook her head, while I simply gave him an unamused look. Mr. and Mrs. Shy simply stared blankly at him in silence.

“What kind of test?” I asked just out of morbid curiosity.

“Oh, something simple,” He sneered as he took a seat at the table and placed an arm on top of the table, “A simple test of strength. Beat me at armwrestling.”

Flutteshy and I shared a look for a few moments, as if we both had the same thought. Did getting overpowered by her earlier not taught him he clearly lacks strength, despite the size of his body? If he couldn’t fight against his smaller sister, then how could he possibly beat someone who easily beat both Rainbow and Applejack at his offered challenge. Fluttershy simply gave me a devious grin and pointed at her smaller arms. I simply smirked back and gave her a nod.

“That’s a nice challenge Zephyr,” Fluttershy told him sweetly and shyly.

“Glad you think so Flutters. Sorry that you aren’t going out today, but you deserve only the best,” Zephyr responded with a smirk as he quickly flexed his muscles, which didn’t seem to make them more profound, but he didn’t seem to notice.

“Oh, I am and I am going to be the one to beat you,” Fluttershy snapped back, surprising him for a brief moment.

“You?”

“Yes, if you don’t mind. I mean mind losing to your smaller sister,” She answered with a smirk, as she flexed her own smaller arms and the effect was more profound than his could hope to be, but again he didn’t seem to notice.

Zephyr blinked and finally snapped out his shock, before giving me a cocky look.

“Just going to let her fight your battles for you,” He teased.

“No, just giving you more of a sporting chance,” I responded, before briefly pulling up my own sleeves, showing a much more muscular arm and gave it a quick flex, actually making him eye me in envy for a brief moment, before he hid it with a glare, “Besides, she should be able to fight for her chance to date.”

“Whatever. Flutters I love you, but I am not going easy on you like I did earlier,” Zephyr responded with a cocky smile, which was quickly wiped off his face when Flutershy giggled.

“Oh, Zephyr, you can be quite funny sometimes.”

“I am being serious!” He snapped bitterly, “Let me prove it.”

Fluttershy simply gave him a cute smile as she finally placed her arm onto the table and grabbed his larger hand with her own. The size difference was like comparing a little girl to a parent. Despite this, Fluttershy wasn’t nervous one iota and despite his bravado a part of Zephyr seemed nervous, as he tried to show superiority, by giving her hand a few squeezes, but it didn’t seem to affect her. Fluttershy simply gave him a firm squeeze back and his face showed a reaction for a brief moment, before he hid it with the same brave look.

“Last chance Flutter Butter. Look at the difference. There is no way you can win,” Zephyr tried to convince her with a cocky look and gave her one last squeeze to try and terrify her.

“Which will only make it more embarrassing when I easily take you down,” Fluttershy giggled, not scared one iota.

“Fine, on the count of three,” Zephyr groaned.

“One.”

“Two.”

“Three.”

Zephyr quickly ended up groaning and struggling, as he tried to move her arm down onto the table, only for it to remain in place.

“Come on!” He grunted for a few moments, as despite his best efforts, her hand still remained in place, “You have to be cheating just so you can date him,” Zephyr complained, as he panted.

“I don’t see how I can be,” Fluttershy simply told him with a sweet smile, “Are you ok? You seem to be overworking yourself and losing steam fast. Want to use two hands?” She giggled, making him groan in anger.

“No, I don’t need to,” He snarled back bitterly, as he desperately put more effort into it, only for the same result.

Fluttershy simply smiled back, as his arms became more and more strained, and he began panting heavily. He finally stopped to take a deep breath. I noticed both parents watching the whole thing, a little stunned and amused at the sight of Zephyr struggling against the smaller arm of their little girl, who was toying with him.

“Want to admit defeat or take me up on my offer of using two hands?” Fluttershy teased in her usual sweet voice.

Never thought that sweet voice could ever be used for trolling, but it was fitting in this case. In response to it, Zephyr with a defeated groan simply grabbed her arm with his other hand.

“You shouldn’t have offered this Flutter Butter. Now I will easily crush you and…”

“Go ahead, but now I will stop holding back and slowly pin both of your hands onto the table,” She interrupted with the same teasing sweet tone and smile.

“We’ll see,” He simply responded bitterly, before using both hands against her.

To his credit he actually managed to move her hand one iota, to his pure happiness as he simply gave her a cocky grin, which was quickly wiped away, when she easily moved it back and to her word slowly started moving his hands closer to the table.

“No! No,” He complained as he pushed harder and struggled, trying desperately to move her hand back, only for it to not move a dent, “Impossible! Look how much bigger mine are to yours.”

“Zephyr, you never learn. Like I said, being bigger doesn’t mean much when you don’t work to improve it. Look at you. I only keep in shape due to being one of Rainbow’s closest friends and had to adapt, but since it helps me have energy to take care of animals, I keep at it to this day. while you barely do anything physical.” Fluttershy simply scolded him, as his hand almost touched the table.

“No! This can’t be happening!” He cried out as he mustered all of his strength only for it to be futile.

“It is and despite this you most likely will shrug this off and continue your ways without learning a thing,” Fluttershy sighed in frustration.

Zephyr panted heavily, as his arms were completely strained and his bravado was completely destroyed. He only had a look of pure defeat, as his struggling slowly stopped, before Fluttershy with one last push pinned his hands onto the table. Zephyr simply sighed and looked at the floor in defeat, as he quickly rushed out of the kitchen. Fluttershy sighed as we shared a look.

“What are we going to do with him?” Fluttershy asked.

“I don’t know dear. All we can do is hope harsh reality manages to finally get through to him,” Mrs. Shy finally responded after a brief moment of silence.

“You two better get on your date before it’s too late,” Mr. Shy spoke up.

Fluttershy and I simply nodded as we shared one final look. As much as he’s a prick Zephyr seems like a sad individual that a part of me pities, but his behavior really makes that hard and even impossible.

“Hey are you going to be ok?” I finally asked her, as we took our seats at the table and looked at the fancy menus.

“Oh,” She began with a sigh, “Yeah, it’s just I didn’t expect him to be like that. I figured he would be overprotective, but to that extent.”

“Yeah, do you think we went too far?” I asked, only to receive a head shake to my surprise.

“No, while what I did might have been harsh, especially for me,” She began with a sigh, “As someone who has lived with him the way he is, even me have reached her limits. Even as someone who has only known him for a short time you have already reached yours, huh?”

I simply nodded.

“Well, my parents and I do care for him and want what’s best and due to their unassertiveness, I have to show him the tough love he needs. Sometimes to be kind you must be a bit cruel and in order to help someone you need to be a bit harsh. I have no problem trolling and messing with him if it might help him learn one iota to improve himself.” She explained with a serious look on her face, “Even if it seems impossible, but I hope it isn’t.”

“Sometimes all we can do is hope,” I added.

“Yeah.”

Couldn't resist the Zephyr bashing and to make it worse it's Fluttershy who shames him not once but twice. This chapter has been the biggest pain to finally figure out. After days of writer's block inspiration hit me and figures it's one chapter where it's mostly shaming Zephyr. Also, should I remove the Wallflower section, as it's a remain of the original chapter idea, only her and Marcus, but Wallflower actually gives me nothing to work with on her own. That segment is the only section of the original chapter I liked enough to keep, and I really don't want to discard it, but what do you all think? Figures of the shy girls Fluttershy gives me story ideas, though it's mainly due to the Zephyr plot line I am planning.