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[Gift] Best Buds

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"Hello, friend - it's good to be with you
Time is standing still, and we'll be
Forever young"

Gift for my buddy, Dalton (:iconensigndrej:), since today is his birthday!  I think if we ever manage to get together, we'll just lounge around like we'd been hanging out all our lives, haha.  I hope it happens someday. :heart:

EDIT: OMG, Dalton wrote a thing to go with this picture!  It's so beautiful…it made me crryyyyyy.

Everything seemed to stop when it all had just begun, and up until that moment, the day had felt like a fuse, simmering until it bursts. That was when our eyes met.

Hello friend—it’s good to be with you.

It was wordless, yet our grins spoke volumes—pages upon pages of hastily scrawled affection that we read as if for the thousandth time. Everyone else faded and our forelegs crossed, reaching to embrace each other and make final the love we still share. Of all the ponies in the world, we had to find each other, and make destiny seem a tangible force that almost surpassed our hug. It was a pungent moment in which we started crying for sheer wonder that we were at last able to indulge in vulnerability that had been preciously guarded for the abuse it had suffered, in compassion reciprocated time and time again, and in touch that made it all, if only a little bit, more real.

When we pulled away from our embrace, it was only to smile wider at each other. I brushed aside the locks of pure aquamarine and soft pink to dab away the last of your tears. “It’s so good to finally see you, Arty.”

You chuckled and nodded several times, flipping your mane back to obscure your eyes again. This time, you brushed it to the side, and then we embraced once more. “Tell me about it.”

I turned out to be a little bit taller, and my head rested on top of yours. I could’ve sworn that my heartbeat was shaming thunder as you nuzzled against my neck. It wasn’t long before we finally let go of each other and departed, talking as if the words had been said time and time again. The laughter was frequent, befitting two friends who were nothing less than the best of friends, and I loved the sheer fact that we were able to share in this time together, then.

The time we shared was spent doing a number of things, but eventually, we retreated to a nearby forest to stargaze. We chose a rather large tree under which to situate ourselves, and as if we’d done it enough to make it second nature, you leaned back against my hind legs, resting yours against my forelegs, and I gave you a wing to cuddle. I pointed out your mismatched socks with a wry grin and chuckled when you mentioned that you were always wearing a pair as such. Of course you were. That was just the way you were, and it was perfect. You were perfect, your smile radiating brighter than the full moon in the dark of night.

“Hey Sol,” you said when my head was turned upward to the sky. As I returned my attention to you, I couldn’t help but smile with you. “Thank you for always being there for me. I’ve gotten out of the habit of expressing myself, but with you… it’s easy… fitting. It feels right to say I love you, because I mean it.”

I felt more tears threatening to break loose as I nodded slowly. “I love you, too. In all my life, I’ve scarce met people like you, and I’m thankful every day that I can call you my friend. You’re so passionate and lovely when you get to be you that… well, why should anyone stop you? It’s contagious.”

I watched as you took off your glasses to wipe your eyes dry, and closed my eyes when I saw you reaching a hoof to mine, brushing away my own tears that had just surfaced. We didn’t speak much more, other than to marvel at the night’s majesty. There wasn’t much more to be said, anyway. We knew that the bond we had would be one that lasts forever. Let time be jealous of our love’s immortality.

Time is standing still, and we’ll be

Forever young.





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I still look at this daily and smile :heart: Love it so, so much :)