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>>149399"It can be that to start," Iron agreed with a nod "but I do want it to go past that... by a lot."
His gaze soon turned dreamy, reminding himself of the previous night where he could cuddle both him and Sands from both sides. A longing smile soon spread to his lips at the reimagining, approving of his own daydreaming.
>>149400“To what?” She asks, looking upwards to him
>>149401Iron's eyes averted slightly, reminding himself that his own desires were rather hard to achieve in this society. "I do wish to show my love to both you and Cauldron without fear of hiding it to either one of you," he reluctantly admitted, almost expecting another possible sign of disapproval.
>>149402“You really do love that zebra. This, ‘Black Cauldron’.”
>>149403Iron nodded softly in turn without another word, still a bit bashful over the reveal he frankly had already done.
>>149405Iron nods once again, glancing back at Sands as if he expected her to say he didn't really.
>>149406“Give me a sign” she says
>>149407"I... do not know how I can do that right now," Iron reluctantly admitted before looking back at Sands with bountiful will "but I promise you I will be the stallion you can be proud of no matter what it takes."
>>149408“I don’t want to be proud of you. I want to be wanted.” She says, turning over onto her side, exposing her belly to him.
>>149409Iron spared a glance down at the exposed belly with a bit of concern, surprised to hear her dismiss his earnest attempt to validate her. "Feel wanted?" he asked in turn. "Is striving for your success not equal to feeling wanted?"
>>149410“Well, it is, it’s just a little… well, you want a child to do well. You want to
own a lover. Merge with her. Spend every waking moment with her. It’s a bit different.”
>>149411"Own them?" Iron uttered back, not quite grasping what Sands meant with that statement.
>>149412“Well, I mean…” her eyes looks upwards around the room as if searching.
“Want them to be
yours.”
>>149413Iron's puzzlement only grew at the statement, starting to feel lost again.
>>149414She gives a small laugh, and opens her forelegs
“Cuddle me, you fool.”
>>149415Iron blinked once before cracking a smile. He soon wrapped his forelegs around Sands once again with renewed vigor and submerged himself inside her plump chestfluff.
>>149416squeakWhite Sands may have received more than she anticipated. The mare, though much smaller than Iron, has longer, softer fur that is pleasant to the touch, even if it does smell like pennies and anti-biotics. She is content to be enveloped by him, and places her muzzle on his fur.
>>149417Iron breathed contently onto Sands, gently stroking her back up and down for a bit with his forelegs as he poured his love out from big heart onto the mare's own.
I might as well enjoy the moment until Cauldron gets here, he softly thought to himself.
I have this feeling she might need me for something today.
>>149418purrThe mare purrs in his grasp. She lays there contentedly with her eyes closed for what must be several minutes.
>>149419All the while, Iron made sure Sands felt as wanted as possible with his foreleg, giving her only the best stroking and mane combing he could feasibly do.
>>149420Her mane - though frizzled and in areas, tangled, after the events of the last day - is still long and smooth, pleasant to touch.
She lets him go on like this for a while, and then says,
“You’re welcome for last night.”
>>149421Iron's left ear swiveled at the comment, causing him to finally get his head off her chest with a questioning look. "What for?" he innocently asked the unicorn mare in question.
>>149422“For making you look good in front of the zebra.” She says.
“She’s onviously interested in you, but ponies don’t prize what they can have at any time, if they want. With me being there, and acting interested in you - pretty young white unicorn pony mare that I am, you look more desirable to her. And more to the point, she has to take you now or maybe lose you.”
>>149423"Huh?" Iron uttered, somewhat shocked to hear Sands' words. "How long did you know she was into me?"
>>149424“I could hear what you two were doing together. It was pretty obvious. She was into you.”
>>149425"L-like what?" Iron uttered, curious as to what Sands saw that made her realize Cauldron was into him.
>>149426She smiles, showing teeth
“Hehehe, don’t worry about it. The point is she’ll want you more, and want you now, if a pretty mare may take you instead.”
>>149427Iron's mouth was still slightly agape from the big reveal, remaining in astonished silence for a good while as he stared up at the Marechiavellian unicorn proudly smiling at such adept social manipulation. He couldn't believe Sands had done such a pivotal act, almost to the point of slightly doubting if Cauldron really desired him as much as he thought right now.
>>149428"Even if she did leave you blue-balled last night." She adds playfully
>>149429"Blue...balled?" Iron gasped out, cuirosity sparking once again.
>>149430"Heh" She again giggles.
"She did not have sex with you."
>>149431"Oh," Iron muttered, fully understanding where Sands was coming from. "It is not a big deal. She might have gotten too much responsibilities on her hooves to really go for it."
Regardless of his platitudes, he
was a bit bummed out over it.
>>149432“Uh huh.” She tilts her head with a doubting expression
“But because of that, you doubt whether she’s really
yours.”
>>149433"I would not say that," Iron denied with a shake of his head. "I am more worried that by fully comitting to it, she may find herself at her limit by taking care of the future foals."
>>149434"You can have sex without risking pregnancy" She says
>>149435"You mean by using her mouth?" Iron asked in turn, not fully convinced at the presumed suggestion.
>>149436"No. Well yes, but I mean by just pulling out before you orgasm, or by using a condom. Or just have sex when she's not on her cycle."
>>149437"Those sound pretty risky," Iron commented, not too sure to risk jumping the gun with these alien concepts of birth control. "I doubt I can pull out, or know when she's on her heat cycle, or what even these 'condoms' are."
>>149438She says
"So long as you don't get any semen inside her, pulling out will work. And condoms keep any from getting inside as well, so long as they don't break. As for cycles, she'll know."
>>149439"Why should I play with fire like that?" Iron answered in turn, getting more unsure by the minute. "I can always cuddle or tickle that pink nub with my tongue. The last thing I want is Cauldron being unable to properly secure her dream job due to motherhood."
>>149440She shrugs.
“If you don’t want to, then don’t.”
>>149441Iron couldn't help but pout a little at the dismissive answer, yet simply exhaled and opted instead to just continue the cuddling with Sands for the time being.
>>149442With a hoof, she pets his back
“
I however, will receive you.”
>>149443The pat on the back suddenly reminded Iron that Sands was a mare, too, soon looking back at her with a bit of concern. "Speaking of receiving," he prefaced it with a tinge of concern "are you going to start trying for foals after this?"
>>149445"I did say I would accept responsibility, after all," Iron soon added with a sheepish smile. "Perhaps you thought it expired after some time or something like that."
>>149446“If the seed has already taken root… it’ll be another eleven months.” She says
>>149447"Eleven months?" Iron asked in astonishment as he reeled back his head a bit. "Does it really take that long?"
>>149448She nods.
“Yes. It takes that long.”