Book four of "Who We Become".
After discovering the magic of friendship, Sunset Shimmer's senior year was one of the happiest times of her life. But it's been almost two years since graduation; all her friends have moved on to studying abroad, to pr...
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It was getting harder to remember why this had ever felt like a good idea. Sunset had spent the better part of an hour cleaning Twilight's room, and was finally placing the last pillow on the newly made bed. It had been tempting to just throw all the clothes in the closet and be done with it, but while Twilight would be in no position to complain, Fluttershy still needed to believe Twilight was the one who had planned everything. Even if they'd only been living together for a few days, it was pretty obvious the perfectionist would never throw her clothes in a pile in the closet. Just all over the bed, and the floor, and the tables, and... actually, maybe it wouldn't be so unbelievable after all.
'Oh well. It's done anyway.' Sunset looked around the room for anything she might have missed, but it was spotless. Thankfully, Twilight actually did keep it pretty clean, so it was mostly a matter of cleaning up the mess they had made earlier. 'Now onto the fun part.'
After a quick trip to her room to grab the saddlebags Rarity had made for her, she walked downstairs. Unfortunately, she'd have to spend some of the money Twilight had loaned to her, which she hated doing. At least she was spending it on something for Twilight and Fluttershy.
"Hey, Sunset. Heading out?" Spike asked as she reached the bottom of the stairs. He was lounging around, reading one of his comic books.
Sunset gave him a nonplussed look. "Yeah, I've got some shopping to do. You've been scarce today."
Spike grinned. "Yeah, you learn to get out of the way when Twilight gets in her moods."
"Yeah, and leave me to deal with her! Three hours, Spike. I spent three hours helping her pick out a dress." She pointed a hoof at him accusingly before dramatically throwing it into the air. "Why does she have so many fucking clothes anyway? She's always naked!"
"Sorry about that... I guess I could've given you a warning..." Spike said. He set down his comic and folded his claws guiltily.
"Yeah, you think?" Sunset shook her head. It was good that she supported her friend, she reminded herself.
"Uhm, what does 'fucking' mean?" Spike asked.
Sunset snorted. "Don't worry about that. Human swear word."
"Oh, okay," Spike said, although if Sunset knew anything about kids his age, he was already planning on adding the foreign swear to his everyday use. She briefly considered telling him not to, but decided she really didn't care so long as he had enough common sense not to say it in front of Twilight. "Well, let me make it up to you. I can go with you and show you where all the shops are."
"Well..." Spike would be a big help navigating Ponyville. She planned on going to the Carousel Boutique to ask Rarity where the best stores were for what she wanted, but she wasn't actually sure if she could find it on her own. "Wait, how old are you again?"
Spike almost answered then narrowed his eyes. "Old enough. Why?"
"Because I have to pick up some adult things," Sunset said.
