“Bon Bon… Sweetie Drops… whatever your name is,” Lyra said with a breathless chuckle, managing to earn a short smile from her wife. “We’re a team. That’s what we vowed to. That’s why we trust one another, because we know we got each other’s backs… no matter what. If it’s you running to the market for groceries while I’m too lazy to… or even when it’s me helping you take on an army of monsters… we face it together."

Bon Bon had to chuckle at the ridiculousness of such a statement, but that didn’t make it any less true. Lyra continued, and Bon Bon didn’t stop her. Didn’t want to.

“We stand together… through anything. I don’t care if it’s against a flying, flaming bird or a three-headed demon from space, all that matters is that I’m by your side every step of the way. And you admit that, you admit it’s too much for you to handle alone, and I’ll be there. I don’t care what it is… and even if that means we die together fighting it… then we die together.”

Bon Bon reactively closed her eyes at that dreaded possibility, sucking in sharply through her nostrils. She eased considerably well when Lyra’s hoof rose to her cheek. It was enough for Bon Bon to open her eyes again.

“We handle these things together because neither one of us can stand on their own,” Lyra finished, though mulling over her own words, she had to chuckle. “Well… not entirely. You being a special agent and all… and me just being…”

Bon Bon laid her hoof over Lyra’s, and that was enough to shut her up. Enough for Lyra to meet her eyes and share her smile. Her heart fluttered when it was Bon Bon who told her with absolute truth, honor, and love, “You’re the best part of me. Always were… even now.”

They came to a shared understanding upon that final remark, ending the lies and anger and unifying once more. And it felt good, getting that dreaded feeling off her chest and out of her spirit. Now, Bon Bon could focus on the end of the world instead. Mentally chuckling to herself, Bon Bon lowered her hoof. Lyra did the same, neither one of them breaking their eyes away.

“Sooo… I get to stay and help then?” Lyra asked, hope brimming on her tongue and on each end of her grin.

Bon Bon couldn’t help but giggle. “Can’t talk you out of it now, can I?"

Lyra smirked. “Not a chance.”

Another moment shared with giggles, with smiles, and with comforting silence. One neither pony wanted to end. The world could go on and on but they would be absolutely fine. As long as they had each other, as long as they stayed together, then it was absolutely fine.