>summer is here, and with it tournament ball season
>while skyball went on through most of the winter and spring, earthball started up once all the plants had bloomed and you could get more than 3 days in a row with no rain
>at least in the warmer equestrian cities that lie south of bigcity
>green FN, being well-known in the scene, always got invites to the big tournaments in los maregeles, whinnyapolis, and even in her home city of florita
>this meant a lot of travelling, seen by her as a perk of being a semi-pro ball player
>and with some PTO finessery, a chance to catch up with her old friends scattered around equestria
>one friendship that was regrowing fast being with Morning Glory, a high school acquaintance that found herself at home in the peaceful valley of Fork
>so at least once a month, green took the scenic route to the exposition train and passed through the serene alpine town
>morning always offering the couch, sorry, ~
ottoman~ in her well stocked reading room to crash
>if they even slept, which they rarely do
>tonight being no exception

>"bro. this one time at Nee-chh we were playing at like 1 AM or somethin stupid and i shit you not i heard a griffon looking for change in the bushes while i was on the bench" green relaxedly droned, stretched out on her back and bundled up in her signature comfy time hoodie
>"sorry, which ones that?" morning glory asked,  daintily laid out on the other side, front hooves crossed and holding a cup of tea with her wing
>"oh thats the M.A. one, lets see i think its national-equestrian-earthball-championship, drop the B cuz it sounds cooler"
>morning nodded, listening intently
>she was more of the academic type, but green was too locked in to talk about anything else but her sport
>the smell of wintergreen from her icy hot was a nice touch to the atmosphere
>"so yeah im like, sitting on the bench after a shift and i keep hearing this rustling behind me, and you know i thought it was like someone cleaning up, but it was getting more and more aggressive,"
>"and i shit you not, i see a griffons tail poke up, and then its head came up and it had 2 bits in its beak" green started giggling at the end as she remembered the whole thing
>morning cutesily tipped her head as green got more invested in playing out the moment
>"and like... huehue... you know that one M.A.D. comic where like the griffons rubbing its claws together?" she recounted a particularly deragatory comic that made its rounds among the edgier audiences
>"and hes like *nyehehehheheheh oy vey more bits for me!*" green pulled her front hooves out of her hoodie and rubbed them together, mocking a sinister griffin accent
>morning glory giggled herself into a light smile at greens impression
>green was cracking herself up too
>"and its like bro." she laughed as she threw her hoof up and down, still laughing,
>realizing that morning glory wasnt gonna fill the silence with a stupid joke or derail the story like her teammates would
>"you cant make that shit up mare." still laughing to herself
>"yeah..." morning cutesily said and adjusted herself to look prettier
>green completely oblivious to what she was trying to convey

>"when i leave the clinic theres a court and theres occasionally stallions playing there"
>"yeah, i crossed paths with em. nice colts."
>"one of them came in and thinks youre like a superstar, she asked me like 'do you know that black and green pegasus that came into town?'"
>green did a 'pffft' and shot her a 'come on now' look
>always crass, even when being humble
>"those cali colts are *nasty*, like. put it this way"
>green sat a little more upright like she was about to explain a concept of rocket science
>"we go to Toro's right? and we do... ok" she wiggled her hoof to say more or less, "usually we make quarters or semis. City wars weve won it a few times but you know, its at the end of the month, everyponys broke and beat up, so does it count?"
>morning was trying to telepathically yell 'youre so cute come over here so i can winghug you and cover your face in smooches' to green but it kept bouncing off her dense skull
>luckily she had a trick up her robe sleeve
>"but NEECH? pfffff, that weekend we won 1 whole game, and we were in two divisions. those stallions can fuckin' *ball.*"
>and greens gestalt was done
>"speaking of..." green exagerated a dad noise as she sat up on her back legs, "...lets see how my knees doing"
>the hoodied mare rolled off the ~ottoman~ and started to pump herself up and down on her back right leg
>greens eyes wandering as her brain ran a full structural analysis on the piece of hamstring holding her LCL together
>her firm, flexing rump may or may not have been right in morning glory's line of sight
>some pink may or may not have flushed in her pearly white cheeks
>"oh yeah. its magicks." green said confidently,
>"did you stock up on mango juice?" she turned the front half of her body back to her friend
>still oblivious to her ass being on full display
>"mmhmmm!" morning glory nodded, hiding her blushing cheeks in the crook of her leg-elbow

>fff-tunk
>shuffleshuffle
>yoink
>snap
>gluglugluglugluglugluglugluglugluglugluglug
>"*aggggghhhhhhhhhh...*"
>gluglugluglugluglugluglugluglugluglugluglug
>"*mmmmmmmfffff*"
>squeak
>kathunk
>pang
>pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>squeak
>"did you close the fridge?"
>"whoops! my bad"
>pffff-thunk
>green semi-lumbered back out to the reading room, eyes half shut and mouth in a wiggly line of satisfaction
>morning glory was laid out sideways on her end, looking seductively at greens big ole eyes
>with her hoof over the top of a pink heart shaped pillow
>green's pillow of choice for bedtime
>and now green knew that morning knew that green knew that that was her favorite pillow
>and morning knew that green knew that morning knew that green knew what was up
>it was a matter of when, and half the reason green kept looking for excuses to go to Fork
>but still in a state of does-she doesnt-she that made the tension addicting
>even if it was the one thing that made green choose 'freeze' between fight or flight
>morning rose her eyebro-
>BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELCH
>now the air smelled faintly of mango juice
>"nice." green complemented herself
>morning did a quick but graceful facehoof

>"putch'yer head right here" morning patted the pillow
>green flushed magenta
>trying to find the right key to hit for this quicktime event
>oh jocks, never change
>morning stood up and slowly tip-hooved over to the frozen black mare
>rose her right hoof up above greens eyes
>and smoothly pushed her hood back off greens head, exposing her mane and ears
>making a point to gently stroke the full length of it in one fell swoop
>then moved the hoof under her chin, pushing it up a tad
>and pecked green twice with her lips
>one on each burning hot cheek
>backing away and giving green control with a warm smile and deep, caring eyes
>green slowly started one hoof in front of the other
>then slowly got back up on the ~ottoman~, worming her body around morning glory's back legs and into a comfy crevice of the cushions
>once set, she scooted toward her heart pillow as if to go to sleep
>but met a gentle hoof guiding her head down to it
>morning's chest floof was right on green ear
>a shoulder and elbow in the crook of her neck
>and finally: smooth, rhythmic licks on greens exposed mane
>the recipe for to turn a hyper Green FN into eepy Green FN
>well, the full recipe calls for a dog-bunny-thing plushie tight to her chest, but thats the hometown special
>green was almost in paradise, but still felt the need to play the game
>"hey uh, i need to.."
>green tensed up and tried to get off
>to be stopped by morning's left hoof gently pulling her head back onto the pillow
>followed by more mlems
>its getting... really... late... isnt it?

>morning glory kept on mlemming her companions mane, tasting of lime flavored monster energy
>all of the muscles in her body starting to relax bit by bit
>green's thumping heartbeats, while they pounded through her head 5 minutes ago, got softer and softer as the tension in her body receded like the tides
>nothing but soft mare breaths and faint buzzing of lightning bugs in the lanterns tickling morning's ears
>green was officially in puddle mode, a source of pure concentrated diabetes
>the cherry on top being green's huge lime eyes revealling themselves under her half opened eyelids
>"hey glory?"
>ilovethemilovethemilovethemilovethem