Appledashery

by Just Essay

Bunkies

Caramel yawned, his voice producing a tiny squeaking noise. He rubbed his eyes before climbing into his berth. "Okay, girls. Time to count sheep."

"Hmmmmm..." Bon Bon smiled at Lyra as she trotted across the sleeping coach. "Doesn't Caramel produce the cutest yawns?"

"Watch it, B-Squared," Lyra muttered, swinging the curtain to her berth open. "It'll go straight to her fluffy head."

"Remind me to work on a Dirty Bass Yawn Mix," Vinyl said, climbing into a compartment across the way.

"Oh yeah?" Rainbow squinted up at the unicorn. "What would you call it?"

"'Sunset On Planet Femme.'" Vinyl yanked her shades off, exposing a pair of thin, scrutinous, magenta eyes. "What do I look like, a genius?"

"So all you get paid for is record scratching."

"Don't let the secret get out." Vinyl grabbed her curtain. "I've got waaaaaaay too many patrons to lose. Ni-Ni."

"Ni-Ni, Vinyl," Caramel said from across the way, and both ponies shut their curtains with coordinated grace.

Lyra stood on a stool, glaring into her compartment. "Awwwwwwwwww Poop." She frowned. "King Poop and the Knights of the Round Crud."

Bon Bon looked up, blinking. "What's the matter?"

"The window's got a rattle to it. That crap's gonna keep me up allllll night."

"For real?" Rainbow asked.

"Hey. Don't diss the mind of a musician!" Lyra scowled at the other two. "I need a precise kind of evenly-paced rhythmic tapping to go to sleep to, not this... cacophonous bull hockey violating my earholes!"

"Oh! Well... uhm..." Bon Bon shifted from side to side. Then, after a sideways cough, she stood bird-hoofed and smiled up at the other mare. "I guess you could just use my berth!"

Lyra looked down at her. "Really?"

"Sure!"

"You're willing to switch bunks?"

"... ... ..." Bon Bon's smile stayed in place. "Yes! That's what I meant!" Her ears twitched. "Which is exactly why I said what I meant!"

"Cool. I mean... if you can live with this bedlam." Lyra hopped off the stool and made for Bon Bon's berth. She slapped the mare's shoulder along the way. "There. That's for good luck. Now the bed bugs won't have to bite."

"Yeah. Wouldn't that be a shame." Bon Bon exhaled. "To... be bitten in your sleep..."

"Whatever." And Lyra drew the curtains swiftly shut behind her. Schlunk!

Bon Bon stood in place, silent. Eventually, she glanced across the compartment.

Rainbow Dash stared silently back.

"Whew... long day, huh?" Bon Bon remarked. "Almost..." A winded sigh. "...makes you want to drop dead where you're standing..."

"Get your ass to bed," Lyra's voice grumbled from beyond the curtain.

Bon Bon cleared her throat. "Then again..."

"Good night, Bon Bon." Rainbow waved as she flapped her wings and ascended to her own bunk. "Should be a pleasant sleep... y'know... when one is not being abducted against her will."

"Yes. Uhm... definitely..."

Rainbow Dash climbed in. Crawling across the mattress, she turned around three times and prepared to lie down—

"And Rainbow?"

The pegasus looked up. "Hmmm?"

Bon Bon's head poked out of the curtains on her side. "You're going to have a fun time this week. I promise." A wink, and she turned off the lantern positioned next to her. As the compartment went dark, she shut the curtains and surrendered to the dull hush of the rushing train.

Rainbow closed her curtains as well. Legs and wings spread, she laid back lazily on her back. One sigh escaped her nostrils, followed by another. Slowly, she tilted her head back, gazing out the window with soft eyes.

An upside down desert rolled silently past her, melting into deep blue night.

"Hmmm... pretty chaotic, don't you think, Lancie?" Rainbow managed.

Silence.

A brief smile crossed Rainbow's lips. She savored it as long as she could, and soon her eyes closed.

Comments

[zaponator]

Now that's gotta be the first time in a long time the story's shown her fall asleep smiling.

[Phoenix Kitten]

7025291 Last time I recall...was just after the camping trip, before Stu made his move, I think.
and even earlier than that, after seeing AJ brush her mane out on the trip to Fillyda.

[Lightning Bearer]

Poor Bon Bon. Lyra's kinda a dick in this story.

[WhitewolfStormrunner]

7025362 That she is.

And probably doesn't even have clue one that Bon Bon has feelings for her.

[Salad king]

7025029 on the writers other account, "shortskirtsandexplosions" on his most recent blog post.

[CommanderCuddle]

7025362
7025403 Who wants to place bets that Rainbow has a shot at happiness and sacrifices it for helping Bon Bon win over Lyra

[Typoglyphic]

7025693 Not only do I bet that's what'll happen, but it's what I actually want to happen. Since Rainbow's obviously not going to help herself, the next best thing is to help her friends.

[CommanderCuddle]

7025737 I want to happen and Lyra becomes less of a bitch

[Typoglyphic]

7025745 Aw, but if you take the bitchiness out of her then what's left?

Pseudo-philosophy and sadness?

[CommanderCuddle]

7025770 don't forget the sex with Bon, and sex cheers everyone up

[PropMaster]

The good ship Lyrabon is a happy place, about to get happier. They're BEST FRIENDS, after all!

[Hestia]

Where the heck even is Lancie? I know he had to go and contemplate his life and morals but it feels like ages since we've seen him.

[WhitewolfStormrunner]

7025693 Me.

Because that's just the way that Rainbow is.

[BronyInHiding]

7026067 He's gonna spring up when we least expect him to, and it's gonna be the best thing ever.

Damn, Bon Bon got straight up rejected here. Lyra is cold AF.

[Paleobrony]

7026932
OMG, she is every bit as adorable in your rendition as she is in the story! Thank you so much!

[CommanderCuddle]

7027239 I somehow feel that we're going to find out that Lyra hasn't had the best luck with relationships, would explain her behavior to a degree

[Leftover of Saikano]

7028101 Now you have to make a plushie.

[Paleobrony]

7028831
Have one made -- personally, I can barely sew on a button!

I live in awe of creative people who are able to draw, write, paint, sew, make music, etc. I'm more of an engineer-type.

So, I gotta find me a fabric artist to execute an adoracute plushy of Best iPone!

[Cotton Fluff]

"You're willing to switch bunks?"
"... ... ..." Bon Bon's smile stayed in place. "Yes! That's what I meant!" Her ears twitched. "Which is exactly why I said what I meant!"

Wait, wait, is this actually them just being friends and there's no LyraBon here or is Lyra just the one who doesn't want others to know type of thing?
I'm a little confused if this is like a show "Best Friends" situation or a real "nothing but friendship" thing as it's been plenty of chapters since the B team was introduced.

"Hmmm... pretty chaotic, don't you think, Lancie?" Rainbow managed.
Silence.

Oh! She hasn't forgotten him, good. I hope this is some foreshadowing

[LucyHorseThing]

Lyra looked down at her. "Really?"

"Sure!"

"You're willing to switch bunks?"

"... ... ..." Bon Bon's smile stayed in place. "Yes! That's what I meant!"

Oblivious Lyra is oblivious.

[DeathFox4]

I'm checking the tags to make sure that Je doesn't put this in a bad way. Lol.

[arancaytar]

"Oh! Well... uhm..." Bon Bon shifted from side to side. Then, after a sideways cough, she stood bird-hoofed and smiled up at the other mare. "I guess you could just use my berth!"

"... ... ..." Bon Bon's smile stayed in place. "Yes! That's what I meant!" Her ears twitched. "Which is exactly why I said what I meant!"

Hey Skirts, have you considered writing a daily updated story in which Bon Bon is mute and tries desperately to get her roommate and best friend Lyra to notice her feelings?

(Or a story in which Octavia mysteriously can't get anypony to remember that she exists.)

[Jackattack2]

7030178
It's a best friends thing