Dusk woke up the next day feeling refreshed. The headache from the previous day still lingered, but it was to be expected. The thought that he might get to go home today made him forget about it though. He was excited to get home and start getting back to running the library and doing his experiments. Crap, he thought, doctor didn’t want me doing any activity. Screw her! She won’t be there to watch me.
That’s when Rainbow Blitz walked through the door. That’s also when Dusk remembered what was happening. “Hey Dusk” Blitz greeted him. “How are you feeling? You ready to leave?”
“As much as I’d love to, the doctor hasn’t come in and cleared me yet.” Dusk sighed
“Been in here too long? Missing home?”
“Yeah, but even when I get home, I won’t be able to do anything. You heard the doctor.”
“Yeah. That’s gotta suck dude. At least I’ll be there. I’ll make sure each day is totally awesome.”
The doctor walked in with her clipboard, ready to check to make sure Dusk was physically ready to go. She did all sorts of things including checking his blood pressure, listening for steady heartbeat, and checkinged to make sure his head wasn’t bleeding any more and was somewhat healed. She also did some concussion testing to make sure his concussion was almost completely gone.
“Well, everything seems to be fine. You are able to leave today, Dusk.” she looked over to Blitz. “I assume he will be staying with you.”
“Yes. This is Rainbow Blitz, one of my good friends.” he introduced her to Blitz
“Well, Mr. Blitz. I expect you to watch him very carefully. For the first couple days or so, he should stay at home, other than to bathe. Make sure he gets plenty of sleep. You’ll have to do anything else that he needs help with. No magic.”
“Ok”
“After the first few days, he can start doing light activities. Taking walks outside, for example. Still, no magic."
"Anything else?"
"After that, just keep gradually letting him do more. He can use magic after about two weeks.” she turned to leave. “Oh yeah. I almost forgot. He won’t be able to remember much short-term. You’ll have to write down stuff so he’ll remember them.”
“Got it. Thanks Doc.”
“No problem. I’ll meet you downstairs so we can fill out the paperwork.”
Having filled out all the paperwork at the hospital, Blitz and Dusk were able to leave. They started towards the library. Dusk Shine stumbled clumsily over his own hooves, almost falling to the ground. He would have actually hit it had it not been for Blitz’s dash to his side to catch him.
Dusk started talking really fast “Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh. Thank you so much for catching me. I don’t know wh-” he was stopped by a hoof lightly covering his mouth.
“Hey” Blitz interrupted, “I would have done it for any of you guys. Especially for you, in your condition. Apparently you were already ready to start resting” he joked and lowered his hoof to let Dusk talk. This action also revealed a slight blush on Dusk’s face. Blitz was surprised he could see it through Dusk’s dark coat.
“I’m just really glad I don’t have to go back there.” Dusk replied pointing towards the hospital they had barely gotten 50 feet from.
“Come here. You can lean on me, and I’ll put my wing around you. That way we know you won’t fall.”
Dusk gladly accepted the offer and leaned up against the speedster’s side. As he did so he felt the wing fall gently around his back. He took a second to absorb the warmth and softness of the feathered appendage. They continued slowly towards the library, Dusk leaning on Blitz the whole time. Dusk was surprised Blitz didn’t complain, much less could hold his weight the whole way there.
As soon as they walked through the door, they were instantly greeted by a hard working Spines. “Hey! You guys are back. Just in time, too. Lunch has just finished. Come on. I’ll serve you guys up a plate.”
Spines was an amazing cook. Once both them had eaten their fill, they thanked Spines for the meal and walked out into the living room.
"What do you want to do, Dusk?" Blitz asked
"I kind of wanted to play a game. You up for some Magic?"
"As long as you promise not to use your magic to levitate the cards. I'll go grab my decks."
Blitz was jus about to leave when Dusk called out "Wait, you're supposed to watch me." Not wanting Blitz to leave for a moment, wether it was his fear of something happening to him or just not wanting Blitz to leave was a question still to be answered.
"My house is right above here. I think Spines can handle you for a bit."
"Ok, but come right back. I have something I really need to talk to you about."
"Got it. I'll be back in ten seconds flat."
Dusk just laughed at this as Blitz flew off, and went to grab his own deck. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna tell him how I feel. Just the thought of telling Blitz lifted a huge weight off his shoulders. He went to levitate his deck, but caught himself just before doing it and went over to pick the deck box in his mouth. He didn'want to risk having to walk on three legs downstairs.
Whe he reached the bottom, he saw Blitz setting up. He walked over to the coffee table and set up his own side. "So, what was it you wanted to tal to me about?"
This is it. It's now or never. "Blitz... I really like you."
"I really like you too. That's why we're friends right?
"No, it's more than that for me. I love you Blitz. I love everything you do. I love who you are"
"You really feel like that?"
"You probably think I'm stupid now." Dusk almost started crying
That was until Blitz spoke "Why would I think you're stupid? You're my best friend."
"I just admitted I'm gay and love you" he said, surprised at Blitz's calm voice. "How could you be so calm about this?"
"Because I've had the same feelings for you. You're much braver than me. You were able to admit it, unlike me."
"So, will you be my special somepony Blitz?"
"I wouldn't want anypony else." He said, kissing Dusk "Now let's get this game started, and don't think I'll go easy on you just because you're my coltfriend now."
"Dang, that burn deck is really good. I don't get how you do it."
Dusk just laughed "Lots of playing with Spines. She's even better."
"Spines is better than you!?"
"Well, yeah. She's even gone to a Pro Tour."
"She's been to a Pro Tour!? It's like impossible to get there!"
"Like I said, she's really good" He let out a great yawn. "I guess all this playing has made me tired "
"Come on," Blitz laughed "let's get you to bed, sleepy head."
He walked with Dusk upstairs, and got him in bed. He heard a light snoring as he was leaving and looked back at his coltfriend. He's so cute when he's asleep. He thought as he closed the door and walked down stairs to try and challenge Spines to a game.