/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

>>157568
Yes, at the very beginning in the restaurant.

"Indeed, I was really lucky!" she says cheerfully. "I don't know what was on the paper, but I was obligated to not tell anypony about it…."

>>157569
He blinks
"And also 200 bits? That's a lot of money..."

There is no real pause before he says
"Well Amber, if you do not trust me to tell your secrets, I'm not sure who you will be able to tell things. I think that because you and I are together now, you need to tell me about things like your past kisses and all that happened around it, because otherwise I am always going to wonder, and I want to trust you..." He looks closely at her

"So, what exactly did you have to do that they gave you so much money for it?"

>>157570
She looks frightened by what he said. "Please don't think I don't trust you. I was told never ever to speak about it, and if it got out that I told anypony I might get hurt, maybe you too. But trust me when I say I didn't hurt anypony, and I didn't do anything really wrong."

>>157571
"Can you at least tell me about the kiss again in more detail? I had danced with you just an hour before, and we had a good time. Then I left you alone for the night, that was at like midnight, and then you came to my house afternoon the next day, and I find out later you had kissed someone."

>>157572
"Well, a pony was helping me get the paper, but I wasn't supposed to be at the place, so I pretended to be his marefriend, because he's had a lot of marefriends apparently. Anyway, I was in a room with him getting the paper, and his colleagues opened the door, so he kissed me! It was gross, but it worked, and I got out of there. I don't like remembering it, though," she grumbles.

>>157573
"Did you uh... You've never done anything else - kisses, hugs, what we did, anything else - with any other pony? Even when you were younger... Even times you don't want to remember or wish didn't happen...?"

>>157574
She shakes her head. "Nothing romantic like that, no. Technically, Red Scabbard was my first kiss, though I really wish you were instead…."

>>157575
"At least you knew his name..." He says

"I'm sorry Amber. I'm sorry you didn't get your first kiss to be with someone you actually liked, and I wish you could have made a more- a more informed decision the first time you became even more intimate with... a colt. So you at least knew what you were doing and what you were getting into."
He takes a hoof, moves over, and rubs behind her ear.

>>157576
She smiles weakly at his rubbing. "It's okay. I don't have any regrets about being with you."

>>157577
"If, uh... If you would like to not do those things together, I won't be mad. So long as you'll stay with me."

>>157578
"I, uh, wouldn't mind if we keep doin' it," she says with a blush.

>>157579
Despite having already committed to walking along the road, Mustard Trim stops to play with Amber's mane, trying to stand up (or sit, if movement permits) and place his hooves in her mane.

"It's the part of the day I look forward to the most." he says

>>157580
She stops and lets him play with her mane, smiling back at him. "Hehe, it is a lot of fun, and I love being with you."

>>157581
Mustard Trim sits down, and runs his hooves along different parts of her mane, picking it up, and letting the hairs roll off and fall down the edge of his hoof.

"It is, and I love being with you. I thought I needed to tell you that my father and mother always told my sister never to do anything more than kissing with a stallion until he gave her a ring and made her a promise. But if you feel okay doing it then that's okay. Personally, I wish we could do it more often."

>>157582
Those auburn hairs look darker in the dim light, but her smile remains bright. "Your folks ain't wrong, and I bet my folks wouldn't even permit kissing 'till then. But…we've already crossed that threshold, so why stop now? Whenever I'm around you I feel a little different, more tingly and excited."

>>157583
If Amber had any hopes of having a straight, non-tangled mane, her hopes are quickly and thoroughly dashed. Mustard, once again, ruffles Amber’s mane.

When this is done, he leans forward and wraps his hives around Amber’s neck in a hug.
“Would you still have done it?” He asks

>>157584
hives?

Her mane was already a bit tangled from earlier, but she giggles at what he does.

"Hard to say…but I think I would have. You're just too special."

>>157585
Legs. Reeeeeee

He huggles the little filly, moving her side to side.

>>157586
filly is huggled
"Eep! We're in public," she says, laughing.

>>157587
He pulls away, smiling embarrassed, and asks in a low voice,

“What did you do with the money?”

>>157589
“What were you going to do? Live without a bed?”

>>157591
He frowns
“I guess that’s pretty frugal living. How much of it do you have left?”

>>157593
“Uh, do I need to help you get back home?” He asks

>>157594
"Nope. I'm fine!" she says hastily.

>>157595
“Oh, okay. I can buy you a cab back . It’s okay.”

>>157597
“Uh, okay…”

He looks around, side to side.

“You… think you can do something like that again? I mean, not like that, but, I mean, do you think you can make money quickly like that again?”

>>157598
She looks uncertain. "I don't know. This sort of windfall usually comes about from chance. I wasn't expecting it myself."

>>157599
“But you want to look for money in… treasure hunts?”

>>157601
“Uh, like what? What excitement do you want?”

>>157603
“Uh, well I guess some of that is appealing.” He says

>>157605
“Oh, okay. I thought that maybe you wanted to go look for missing treasures, or abandoned buildings, or stuff.”

>>157606
"I do! Do you know of any?" she asks eagerly.

>>157607
"Well, I know of some stories I heard back in Blackwater. And colts talk of things in school. So uh, maybe."