A Recipe for Rainbows

by SnowOriole

4- The Last Pie

“Rainbow!” Applejack called up to the floating cloud home. “Ya get down here right now!”

About two seconds later, a blue shape launched from one of the windows and plummeted. Rainbow Dash came to an halt abruptly before impact, remaining in a hovering position. “Yeah?”

Applejack rolled her eyes, fighting the tremble of anticipation in her hooves. “You said you wanted a chance to not be chicken. So un-chicken yourself.”

“Um,” Rainbow’s ears folded and her eyes darted from side to side anxiously. "I'm not sure if I can say it."

Something in Applejack softened. She came closer, remembering Rarity's words. "It's okay. I promise I won't judge."

Rainbow blinked. Then, her tight expression relaxed, and she floated slowly to the ground.

"I have a crush on you, AJ." She began rapidly. Her whole face flushed at that, but she continued. "And it's huge. I like you a lot and I wanna go out with you and stuff but if you don't wanna I totally understand. I hope you at least liked the Froot Loops. Yup."

With that, Rainbow promptly dove into the nearest bush. It was at times like this when Applejack should have been wondering why she had fallen for such an idiot, but now? She was too gosh-darn smitten to care.

She pulled herself together and trotted over. "I can't believe you just confessed to me with Froot Loops."

The magenta eyes peeking out from the bush crinkled. "Look-"

"Let me show you how a proper confession is done," Applejack smirked and revealed the apple pie beneath the hat with a flourish. “I don’t have a moving speech planned, but I figured I should let my baking speak for itself.”

Rainbow’s eyes widened. She flew out of the bush, her wings flapping at such a frenetic pace Applejack was worried they’d snap off. “Wait. You. Did you just-”

“Eeyup.” Applejack tried not to look like she was about to explode with either frustration or sheer happiness.

Rainbow looked at the pie. Looked at her. Looked back at the pie.

“Forgive me,” she finally said, as if having just made a very difficult decision. “I think your pie will have to wait.” And then Rainbow kissed her.

It was sugary, sugary sweet. Like cotton candy, but warmer and a whole lot softer. When Rainbow pulled away bashfully, as sudden as she had begun, Applejack just had to laugh.

She leaned in to kiss her again, and the recipe was complete.

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Epilogue

“Thank goodness yer back!” Granny scrutinized Applejack’s giddy smile. “Are you making pies again today? ‘Cuz I’m beginning to think you got a pie addiction or somethin’!”

“No more pies, Granny.” Applejack laughed merrily as Rainbow swooped down from the clouds to land beside her. “I’ve got all I need.”

Author's Note:

Aaaaaah. And that's it. My first fic! It's so short lmao but This is meant to be just a warm-up, and I'm hoping to write more stories with better, fleshed-out relationship development and characterisation. See ya~ And thanks for reading.

Comments

[Waspinator331]

If Rainbow Dash didn’t like any of pinkie pie’s pies, what makes applejack think she could do better?

[SnowOriole]

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I say that either Rainbow's absolutely smitten with AJ or AJ's pies are just that fabulous. And the traditional vs modern pie distinction. It's probably a combination of both in real life this fic. It depends on your interpretation. I was going to include details like that but it seemed a tad unnecessary.

And hey, thanks for reading! That means you're my first! Commenter! Ever! On Fimfiction. This calls for celebration. *confetti rains down on you* Really appreciate it.

[dr-soviet]

Amazingly sweet! The pacing, the writing, the prose... Perfect, just like AJ's pie! Thanks for writing this story; it's a good one!

[LunaTheFox]

"I can't believe you just confessed to me with Froot Loops."

This may have been short, but the pacing was spot-on and it was chock full of adorable and funny moments. It's just all-around, top-notch, weapons-grade cute. This is seriously really well done for your first story on the site!

[SnowOriole]

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Thank you so much! Asjkhsdakla I'm so happy yall like it

[Grainne Ni Bhroin]

This was a very cute little fic and I very much enjoyed it. Hope to see more from you.

[Maud of Sterner Stuff]

This story is sweet in more ways than one, and I enjoyed it. Out of curiosity, what was your writing process like?

[SnowOriole]

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Thank you for the kind words. Well, for a writing process...I started with an idea of what I wanted to happen, and read some similar food-related fanfics for inspiration and reference. Since it's a rather simple idea, I didn't plan much and just improvised as I went along.

[EverfreePony]

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You’re welcome! I swear, someone should make a guide/tutorial on how to use that tool bar properly. A lot of users don’t know how to use half of these tools, which is a shame.

I’ll PM you the guide in a moment

[TheScottishbroneyforlife]

Excellent story keep up the good work

[SnowOriole]

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Thank youu!!

[PacifistDoodl3r]

I only have to know it's written by you to sense this is an amazing story

- just don't know if I will read it yet

[SnowOriole]

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Aww, you flatter me

[Voidwalker]

That... was fun. And I quite liked detective-Rarity. She could sniff out any mystery any day, that was great. And yeah, gotta agree with other comments - the line about RD confessing via Froot Loops was hilarious.

Thank you.

[SnowOriole]

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Thanks, I'm so glad you liked it