Following "I don't Feel like Dancing 1-4" -The Sun-drenched Afternoon After "Quite a while"...
In the peace of the Sparkle Family royal diarchy bedchamber the air was aglow with the warmth and pheromones of the most famously loving interspecies couple in the known land. Twilight murred sleepily. Held close to her wife's barrel she was warm, happy, secure. Her eyelids were still too heavy to even flutter open after last nights exertions. She wriggled, nesting into the folded forelimbs of cool ebony chitin and listened to Chrysalis's cricket-like purring. Moments like this, their love, it was blissful. She stifled a groan as the gnawing pang of royal responsibility hit her. She rolled her eyes with the thought of the creatively-worded apology letter she'd need to send... whenever they finally got around to getting up. "Dear Queen Novo~ I must humbly apologize on behalf of The Royal Diarchy of New Equestria for our absence at last night's Kirin cultural festival. Although preparations were made in advance for our timely departure and arrival my wife became unavoidably entangled with matters of intense and immediate importance. Despite my best attempts to curtail our delay my involvement only served to exacerbate the situation." She sighed. She'd discovered that diplomatic communication was roughly 10% polite sincerity and 90% extremely delicate phrasing of things "polite society" wanted to pretend they didn't do. Ugh. The rest could wait until after they got up. She ooched her rump into the enticing creche of her wife's lap, settling in to continue their nap. With a gentle tug she drew Chrysalis's forelimb closer. She nuzzled the rough surface of pitted chitin to her cheek like a security blanket. This was happiness. Novo would get over it.