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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Whatever else it was, sleeping in between two other ponies was uncomfortably warm. Twilight was already looking forward to the winter months, and to warm cuddles under blankets surrounded by her lovers, but that was still six months away. Summer had just started, and she was already tempted to beg Celestia to turn the sun down. Or at least to try switching places with Fluttershy. After all, even if they all liked being in the middle, Fluttershy did seem to enjoy it the most.
They had never actually decided who would sleep where – or even that they would be sharing a room – but it seemed that through some unspoken decision, Twilight was always in the middle. She suspected they wanted to comfort her in the face everything going on, and she appreciated it, really. But even Fluttershy was taking advantage of their stay in Canterlot to sleep in a bit, while Twilight was awoken every morning by the sunrise bringing altogether too much warmth to their bed.
She rolled over onto her side and gave up trying to sleep, watching Fluttershy instead. She looked so serene while she slept, even just looking at her helped Twilight feel peaceful too. She reached out and brushed a strand of mane out of her face, tucking it behind her ear. Fluttershy shifted at the touch, mumbling wordlessly, then she was still again.
"She's so beautiful."
Twilight smiled as she felt a hoof slide around her. Even after a month, it felt a little strange to hear somepony say something like that about Fluttershy. "Yeah, she is."
She turned back around to face Sunset, wrapping a foreleg around her. "I'm sorry, did I wake you?"
"Maybe," Sunset said quietly. She smiled and leaned in closer. "I don't mind though."
She reached a hoof behind Sunset's head and pulled her the rest of the way in for a kiss. "I don't know what to do with you. You sprawl out over the entire bed, then wake up at the smallest movement."
Sunset arched an eyebrow in a mock serious expression. "Hey, you love having me sprawled over you."
Twilight grinned. "What makes you say that?"
"The way you cling to me as if I'm the only thing keeping you on the bed."
"Well maybe if you would stay on your side, I wouldn't have to –"
"Shush."
Sunset pressed her lips against Twilight's and ran a hoof through her mane. Twilight wrapped her own hoof around Sunset's back, pulling the unicorn's body tight against her own. She closed her eyes, drifting away into the moment. She kept her lips parted, and Sunset took the invitation, her tongue dancing around Twilight's.
Suddenly Twilight gasped and pulled away, her eyes shooting open as she felt another pair of hooves wrap around her. Fluttershy curled around her and kissed her neck. "Good morning."
Twilight and Sunset exchanged looks, and she knew they both had the same thing on their minds. They had never actually agreed what was acceptable when it came to anything more intimate than kissing. "Good morning, Shy," Twilight said awkwardly.
