Breakfast

>You are Shimmer Light.
>Today, you're meeting with Hexferry at the café.
>This week has actually been fairly enjoyable; you met with Meisa, you learned about plants from Pepper Dust, had a sleepover with Hexferry and listened to Orange Pop talk about school.
>She wants to introduce you to her sister... Cinnamon?
>You're pretty sure that's the name she said.
>Either way, you'll likely be introduced to her soon.
>... You finally get to the café.
>You walk in and quickly look for Hexferry.
>She's sitting at a table... oh no...
>The peach one is next to her.
>Hexferry is blushing badly, like she does when she talks about Caramel...
>... So it is the same moth.
>This is going to be terrible.
>Hexferry looks over to you and her eyes widen.
>Caramel follows her gaze right to you.
>She smirks and turns back to Hexferry.
>"She really does bundle up from head to hoof."
>Only when it's cold, which it is.
>You reluctantly walk to the table and take a seat.
>Hexferry looks as miserable as you should feel, like this wasn't part of her plan for the day.
>"Caramel, this is Shimmer. Shimmer, Caramel..."
>Caramel rests her head on her hooves.
>"It's nice to finally meet you; Hexferry speaks of you so much."
>A light blush appears on Hexferry's face, but she doesn't say anything.
>... She's conflicted.
>She acts very differently around the two of you, and she doesn't know what to do.
>"Hexxy here really likes you. Do you like her too?"
>... There's something wrong about that question...
>The way she said it was just... off.
"Yes. She's... nice."
>You have to try your hardest to not give her what she wants while not being mean to either of them.


>If she keeps asking questions like that, you'll have a very difficult time.
>Her smirk changes to a regular smile.
>You... probably succeeded with that one.
>"Oh she's... nice alright."
>With that, her smirk has returned in full force.
>Hexferry's blush gets a little worse.
>"C-Caramel, shut up..."
>The peach one wraps her forelegs around Hexferry, who gives a very surprised squeak.
>"Aw, but I'm just saying how much I like you~"
>"S-stop it, y-you... Ah!"
>Caramel hugs her tighter.
>You just stay stone-faced.
"How did you two meet?"
>The abruptness of the question causes Caramel to cease her assault on Hexferry.
>"How we met... Hexxy?"
>Hexferry looks away.
>"W-we've known each other since we were fillies. We met at a party our parents all went to; we met Amata there too. We've been friends since then, I guess."
>Caramel nods in agreement and continues to hug Hexferry.
>"We've been together for so long~"
>Hexferry lets out another squeak; her face now has a dark crimson tint to it.
>... You were expecting a deeper story than that.
>... Actually, that was a very ambiguous story. It completely lacked detail.
>Caramel stopped when the topic came up, so Hexferry should have said as much as she could to hold her off...
>Unless she was hiding something.
>"Well, what do we have here?"
>A stallions voice comes from your side.
>The white one you usually see with the bee moth leans on the table. He's standing between you and Caramel.
>"Virgo! You're just in time, I was just telling Shimmer here how great of a friend Hexxy is."
>Hexferry is trying very hard to stay strong for you, but she's not going to last much longer.
>He looks at you now.


>"Shimmer, huh? It's nice to meet you; we could swing by my place and... get to know each other better."
>... He's a male Caramel.
>They both use that same weird inflection you can't understand.
>You don't trust him in the slightest.
"No... thank you."
>Well, your ability to be polite is reaching its end.
>You... should probably leave before you do something bad.
>But you can't just leave Hexferry to fend for herself.
>Not with... these two.
>"Oh come on, Pepper can't give you what you need because of his Actias, but I..."
>He leans in closer to you.
"I'm free to-"
>The door of the café opens, and Virgo looks to it.
>His smirk grows, then he becomes distraught.
>He backs away from you.
>Caramel stops hugging Hexferry and sits normally.
>All three of them are looking at the door, which you have your back to.
>"Hey, everyone."
>That... voice. You recognize it but you don't remember who it belongs to.
>They're definitely a mare, you know that much.
>Caramel smiles softly.
>She seems a little sad she isn't still hugging Hexferry.
>... Apparently, whoever entered has a lot of power.
>"Hi!"
>... Okay, there are two mares who just entered.
>Hexferry waves; she looks relieved.
>"Hey Goldie, Sepia."
>The yellow one stands next to you, opposite of "Virgo", and the dull brown one sits in the chair next to her, closer to Hexferry.
>The yellow one sighs.
>"Hey, guys. I just thought I'd bring Sepia to get something to eat and talk, but getting to hang out with more is even better. Just talking?"
>She's right next to you, but you can only barely hear her say:
>"Not doing anything I'll regret bringing her to, I hope."
>The dull brown one is... "Sepia", you suppose.
>Meaning she's "Goldie".


>"W-well, I was just introducing Caramel to Shimmer. Then Virgo came along..."
>Goldie looks confused, then looks straight at you, as though she hadn't seen you before.
>"Oh, hello. My name's Golden Corral, this is Sepia."
>"Hi!"
"... I'm Shimmer."
>... Hexferry's told you about these two, but you can't remember what she's said at the moment...
>Sepia definitely seems more... innocent.
>Golden looks like she's holding back, and watching to make sure the others do too.
>"It's nice to meet you."
>"Well, it's been nice chatting, but the great Virgo has many things to do... you can be one of them."
>With that, he does some weird eye... wiggle... thing and leaves the café.
>Golden was glaring at him the entire time.
>The rest of the time there was spent actually getting to know the other mares.
>Through things they said and things you saw.
>Caramel had a difficult time controlling herself, but she didn't do anything out of line.
>Golden seemed generally nice; she's very protective of Sepia, that's for certain.
>She also winked at you once.
>That was weird.
>Sepia was very friendly.
>... Too friendly, in your eyes.
>If Golden wasn't between you, Sepia probably would've gotten way too close to you.
>And her mane looks self-cut.
>... That's not relevant in any way, but it's just something you noticed.
>You... enjoyed the time with them, but you'll definitely need a break before being around them again.
>And you'll need Sepia. Not because you like her, but because she makes everyone bearable.
>You might be able to like her, in time.
>She's just a little too close for you right now.
>Eventually, you had to leave. You gave your goodbyes and went back home.
>It was an interesting day.