Applejack ran the towel across her legs as she stood on the bathroom rug, still trying to catch her breath after a surprisingly intense little session with Fluttershy. Things had gotten… heated, pretty quickly, and they’d lost track of time in the fun. Only after finishing and getting some common sense back in their systems did they bother to check to see how long it had been… and the answer was, definitely way too long. They’d both quickly started taking a bath to wash off, deciding they’d do it together to save time… which was clearly a mistake for two very horny ponies. It was almost impressive how easily they stretched it out.

“Come on, Fluttershy, we shouldn’t keep ‘em waiting any longer. I bet they’re starting to get real curious out there.”

Fluttershy was drying herself off as well, still standing in the tub. She sniffed her hoof - all trace of the urine smell was thankfully gone… though, she did miss it a bit. At least she could still taste it a little. She brushed off her wings and flapped them in the air. “I’m sure it hasn’t been more than 20 minutes - we can just, um… say that we needed to… scrub really hard?”

Applejack paused, turning to face Fluttershy with one raised eyebrow, who replied with a bashful smile.

“Ok, maybe not that.”

“Sugar, I’m gonna be honest with you, they probably know exactly what’s going on here. Let’s just go back in there, apologize for being so long, and get back on topic right away. I’m sure they won’t pry.”

“You’re right. I’m sure that’ll be fine.” She threw the towel over the rack, Applejack following suit, then stepped out of the tub. Her eyes were quickly drawn to Apple’s orange fur - it was fluffier than she’d ever seen it before! Usually, it looked fairly rough, due to the farm work, but at that moment, it looked like the coat of a sheep.

“Now, let’s get back out there-” Applejack froze; she turned to watch as Fluttershy nuzzled her head against the apple bucker’s mane.

“So soft…” she giggled, rubbing her head against Apple’s neck.

“Fluttershy… ah, goodness sakes. Come on, we don’t have time for this, I’ll cuddle with you later.”

“Oh, promise!?”

“Probably not today - I have chores to do on the farm - but another time.” She reached for the door’s handle.

“Oh, wait!” Applejack’s hoof paused. “Um… We don’t have to do it right now, but… can we talk about this, maybe after the meeting is over? I just want to… see where we want to go with this, if anywhere at all.” She turned her head bashfully.

Applejack sighed, turning to deliver a light kiss to Fluttershy’s forehead. “How ‘bouts I come to your cottage after sundown tomorrow? I would say you can come to me, but I wouldn’t want Applebloom overhearing anything… or Big Mac and Grannie Smith, for that matter.”

“Oh, sure! Discord might be around, though - is that ok?”

“Not a problem with me, so long as he’s alright with all this.”

“Don’t worry, we’ve already talked about these things in the past. We’ve both… um, well…” She suddenly got very flustered; seems her mouth had moved a bit faster than her brain. “Um… well, we’ve talked about it, and we both want to be open, romantically and sexually.”

“Hmm… don’t think you’re getting away without telling me exactly what was about to come out of your maw before you stopped yourself there~” She chuckled, turning the door knob. “Now come on - we’ve waited long enough.”

Applejack gently opened the meeting room door, the loud creak the only sound in the entire room. The chairs around the table were entirely empty, except for Twilight, who sat at the head, leaning forward, intensely focused on her book. “Daring Doujinshi - The Adult Adventures of Everyone’s Favorite Explorer.” She was entranced - Applejack and Fluttershy both noticed she was only using one hoof to flip the pages. A light red blush spread across her face as her eyes scanned each page.

“Uh, Twilight?”

“Applejack?!” The princess slammed her book shut and sent it flying across the room with her magic, right into the open cleaning supplies closet. She ignored the sounds of buckets and brooms toppling over as the door closed. Her face was a deep, dark red. She shakily rested her elbows on the map, putting her hooves together and placing her chin on top. “W-welcome back! Um… y-you two really took your time in there.”

“Oh, we’re sorry, Twilight - things just, um… h-how did the rest of the meeting go?”

“Silent, until we heard some… creaking in the floorboards. After that, we decided to adjourn.”

Applejack and Fluttershy both blushed; they had a feeling they knew what that creaking was, and so did everyone else. “I’m really sorry for derailing the meeting, Twilight.”

The princess sighed. “It’s alright - not a big deal. We talked about everything important before anything happened. Are you doing ok, Fluttershy?”

“Hm? Oh, y-yes, I’m alright!” She looked to her chair, surprised to see it completely clean. “Um… I-I’m sorry for the mess.”

“Don’t worry about that, these things happen.” She stood up from her chair and stepped towards the two of them. “It’s getting a bit late - do you guys want to stay the night here?”

“That’s alright - I should probably head back home before anyone starts to worry. I’ll make sure Fluttershy is safe.”

“Yeah, I’m alright,” Fluttershy responded.

“Alright then. And, one last thing…” She got a little closer, lowering her volume, smirking playfully. “Next time, just ask to use one of the bedrooms. And do it after the meeting.”

The two naughty mares blushed hard, both nodding and quickly pacing for the door. “Y-yep, w-we’ll d-do that - I-I mean, w-we- augh! Bye, Twilight!”

The magic-user chuckled. “Bye, guys. Get home safe!”

Applejack and Fluttershy walked in semi-awkward silence, making their way to the animal lover’s cottage. Finally, Applejack broke the silence. “Um… well, we have a bit of time to walk. Why don’t we just have this conversation right now? No need to wait till tomorrow.”

“Oh… sure, that’s a good idea.” Fluttershy smiled at her. “Well… what do you think?”

“Hmm… well, honestly… I have really liked you for a while, Fluttershy. I never really thought someone as sweet as you would be into someone as rough as I am, but, well, if you feel the same way, I’d quite like to pursue something deeper.”

“Oh, Applejack, I do!” Her wings flapped as she threw her hooves around the orange mare. Her coat was still fluffy as could be, and very warm. “I do really want to take this further! Does that mean I can call you my… um, marefriend?”

Applejack chuckled, returning the hug. “I like the sound of that.” The two shared a long, deep kiss in the moonlight. Neither was too quick to separate… though eventually, they had to. “Though, you’re gonna have to teach me more about this whole polyamory deal. I don’t mind Discord, but I don’t exactly want to go out with him.”

Fluttershy giggled. “Don’t worry, that isn’t a requirement. Can you come over tomorrow still? We can talk about it more then.”

“Sounds mighty nice to me.”

The two shared one more little kiss before reaching Fluttershy’s college, and finally said goodnight.

Though, little did Applejack know, Fluttershy wasn’t planning to wait till after sundown to have some fun. Now that she knew Applejack would be ok with it… she was going to do something she’d wanted to do for a very long time.

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