Miguel has known Appleblossom all of his life and he gained some feelings for her it wasn't until he saw her during school that he found out he likes her...a lot.
Appleblossom knows Miguel since they were babies and she always liked him...a lot and she was waiting for him to ask her out but when he finally does she doesn't know what to do luckily she has her friend Sea Swirl to help her seeing she dating Pluto