At her friends’ urging, Blue Velvet wasted little time coming up with a plan to make a move on Varmint. She knew that the best way to the mare’s heart was snakes so she adopted one of her own, a cute little cornsnake named Precious. Upon going to Varmint for advice on how to care for her, it wasn’t long before she was being led down to the basement where she kept her snakes.

Her basement of snakes! It was like Varmint was letting her read her diary!

Varmint Venom turned to Blue and gestured towards the snake.

“Ah can help ya find the right food for lil’ Precious here quicker than a jackrabbit on the run! What else can Ah do ya for?”

Blue could listen to Varmint talk for hours, but she knew she was going to have to be cunning if she wanted to fluster someone as cool and collected as her, especially since they were in her territory.

She wasn’t scared of snakes per se, but this was all new to her and a lot of these snakes were a lot bigger than Precious.

"Well…I…"

She stammered over her words as she began to study Varmint’s face, the content and almost stoic look on her face making her feel like her stomach was full of glitter. She probably looked like a blueberry just about now.

Blue took one too many steps back however, feeling something big and thick behind her.

"GAIA HELP ME WHAT IS THAT!?"

“Oh! That’s Brenda!”

Varmint laughed. Oh Gaia, that laugh…it only made Blue’s heart flutter more.

“She’s a real escape artist, that rascal. Looks like I gotta fix her tank again. Watch yer step or she’ll—look out!”

The thick snake began to wrap around Blue’s hind legs and she had to admit now that she was absolutely ballistic. She swung from side to side in an attempt to get her off of her but that only made Brenda constrict tighter.

Oddly enough, she also began to think of how Varmint must be feeling, seeing her treat her babies like this…as much sense as it did make. So like the fool in love that she was, she began to say stupid shit.

"Oh! She…she’s so smart-AGH-I don’t mean to be rude to uh….her, she’s beautiful!"

Her rambling didn’t make it any easier for Varmint to help her out so Blue was very quickly backed up right under her.

“Whoa there, Nelly! The more ya wiggle the tighter she’ll squeeze! Easy now.”

She put a comforting hoof on Blue’s back to hold her still and used the other to gently unwind the snake.

“Y’see, that’s the thing with a lotta these critters. Long as you stay calm and handle ‘em well they won’t hurt ya. Brenda’s just as stirred up as you with all yer thrashin’. Ah reckon ya learned that before ya got Precious, but it’s easy to forget when yer a newbie.”

By the time the snake was taken off of her, Blue was on the floor of the basement pouting. Her efforts only served to make her look like she didn’t know how to properly care for her pet.

Precious was really growing on her so she did do research, she swore it!

Varmint just…made it so easy to forget things.

That’s it! Blue spent a lot of time playing stupid and a lot of time actually being, well, more lost than she should be. So if she was going to get anywhere she needed to get up and do something. So get up and do something she did.

She got her footing stable and got up close and personal with Varm, not uncomfortably but enough that she had to look into Blue’s eyes and watch her eyelashes flutter sweetly as she spoke.

“Earlier you asked me if there was anything you could do me for-“

She stopped to giggle at her own innuendo.

“-but I think I should be asking you that.“~

Varmint had to do a double take before she realized what Blue was doing but when it did, she was caught way off guard.

“Um- uh-“

She stammered.

“Are…are you flirtin’ with me?”

”A humble mare can admit when she’s been caught slacking, so I have to say I was trying to this whole time.”

When Blue was confident in herself she could probably get anypony to do anything, her voice soft and gentle but so precise what she was saying was almost lurid in nature. She was a lantern that ponies found themselves drawn too.

She did have an eye for detail after all.

”Is there a problem with that? I thought a big strong mare like yourself could handle it…but if I’m too much for you…”

Varmint took a moment to process the situation and get over her initial surprise but when she did, she smirked seductively.

“Ah don’t reckon there’s a problem at all.”

She said in a sexy drawl.

“You know Ah can handle anything. But you gotta learn to handle Brenda or ya might not be able to handle me.”~

Blue Velvet was more than pleased to see her affections returned. She knew when to play hard to get, and she wanted to keep Varmint around for a long time so this wasn’t going to be a one and done operation.

Leaning in much closer this time she whispered,

”Unlike Brenda I constrict when relaxed.”~

She punctuated her sentence with a quick peck to Varmint’s lips, using the shock to travel up the stairs and head out.

”See you later Venny!”