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// Rain - Karrakaz 
// Story: Appleshy Prompt Tag Collab 
// by Twinkletail 
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Written by Karrakaz




“Stay with me?”

Applejack halted in the doorjamb, halfway out the door already. “Applebuckin’s my job, ‘Shy. I ain’t about ta let a little rain stop me.

She heard a soft, exhausted sigh and a mumbled ‘okay’, which made her hesitate. With Dash on a holiday the entire weather team had dissolved into chaos. As a result, it had been sunny for much longer than it should have been, and for a while she’d been worried that the crops weren’t going to make it.

Then, out of nowhere, today had seen a cloud bank hanging over the entire farm to sprinkle it with life giving water. Aside from that the soft tinkling on the roof tiles made for a very relaxing atmosphere in the Apple family farmhouse.

At first, Applejack had thought that the bumbling morons of the weather team had finally gotten their act together. Now? Now she knew better.

She took a step back and closed the door, before turning around to her marefriend. Fluttershy had collapsed on the couch. Only now that she was looking for it, did Applejack notice the sluggishness of Fluttershy’s movements, which indicated exhaustion.

She walked over to the couch and climbed up next to her marefriend.

“Thank ya, sugar,” she said simply. She had tried telling the pegasus that she would sort it out herself, but Fluttershy never listened when she could help in some small way.

Fluttershy cooed and gave her a languid nuzzle before curling up against her. Applebuckin’ could wait, this was more important.