She had been staring at Rainbow Dash for a while. She didn’t know why, but she couldn’t look away. Watching Rainbow Dash run back and forth across the field was just...relaxing. She didn’t care about the world around her. The only things that existed were the ball and the goal. Even with her energy and athleticism, she was very obviously at peace.
Sunset Shimmer was suddenly flooded with the memory of her dream from high school. She didn’t know why at first. That is, until she took another good look at the athlete. She was lost in her performance. Sweat caused her hair and jersey to cling to her face and body. Her focus and joy was...beautiful.
Rainbow Dash turned and waved to Sunset. Sunset waved back. She then barely caught the soccer ball that Rainbow Dash launched in her direction. Sunset glared at Rainbow Dash as she ran up.
“Nice catch, Sunset.” Sunset’s glare continued. “What? I knew you’d be able to catch it. I’ve played enough soccer with you to know what you can do.”
This was true. Sunset had played quite a bit of soccer with Rainbow Dash over the past few months. And Rainbow Dash was quite good at gauging the physical abilities of people. Despite this, Sunset couldn’t give in to Rainbow Dash’s assumption. She feigned injury to her hand and gave Rainbow Dash the saddest puppy dog eyes she could muster. Rainbow Dash wasn’t having it. She crossed her arms and just stared at Sunset.
“Ugh. You’re right.” Sunset admitted. “I AM fine. But still, you should pretend to be concerned.” She reached out and pulled Rainbow down to sit next to her on the bench. “Otherwise you might get less of this,” Sunset hugged Rainbow tight and kissed her cheek. Rainbow relaxed into Sunset’s embrace, a content smile playing on her lips.
After about a minute, Sunset noticed the time. “Oh shoot, we need to get going.”
“Why? It’s so nice here. There’s sun. There’s a nice breeze. There’s you.” Rainbow Dash batted her eye’s playfully.
“Yes yes. And I would love nothing more than to just sit here with you for the rest of the day, but we need to get going. We have to meet up with Rarity. And you need a shower.”
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, “I guess you’re right. Rarity can never appreciate my Athletic Chic.”
“More like Athletic STINK.”
“Hey!”
Sunset burst out laughing, with Rainbow joining soon after.