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// 3: Twilight Time (Again) 
// Story: Contagious 
// by Bookish Delight 
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Sunset had absolutely no idea how much time had passed before she heard someone calling her name. Someone familiar. 

"Sunset?" she vaguely sensed Twilight say behind her, while also tapping Sunset on the shoulder, causing the latter to jump from the touch.

"Whoa, who goes there—oh. Hi, Twi." Sunset gasped for breath. "Okay, yeah, starting to see why maybe that's a bad thing to do so someone lost in thought."

"Finally, she gets it," Twilight said. "Still, looks like things went well with Flash." She elbowed Sunset. "Told you you had nothing to worry about."

Sunset gasped, her heart going from zero to 60 in half a second. "You were looking? You were listening? How much did you see?"

"Vice Principal Luna wanted to talk to you about the wall, so I started looking for you. I only got here a few minutes ago. Didn't want to interrupt, so I waited around the corner, looking only sometimes to see if you were done. As for how much I saw? Weeeelllll..." Twilight winked. "Let's just say that I'll let the secret handshake that you've never done with me before slide."

Sunset relaxed and laughed, sweeping Twilight into her arms and plating a kiss squarely on her lips. "Better?" she asked.

"Mmmm... for now." Twilight locked her arm into Sunset's, and the two walked towards the front of Canterlot High.

"Twilight?" Sunset asked.

"Hmm?"

"Is there..." Sunset fidgeted as she searched for the right words. "Any scientific reason you can think of for why people still like me, even after I've been the worst person ever?"

Twilight shook her head. "I'm the wrong person to ask. You and I didn't start out perfectly either, but I've been a fan of you ever since then." She cast an idle glance looked towards the athletics field. "Looks like it's contagious."

Sunset sighed, sidling closer into Twilight. This time, she didn't bother wiping her eyes. 

"Yeah," she said. "Looks like."