Short Hand: Dashie 1 · 2:15am Oct 28th, 2020
Shepherd comes back to Ponyville, and makes a stop by Fluttershy's place. Rainbow Dash is waiting outside the cottage too. She looks up and smiles
Dash: "Hey Shepherd! What brings you here?"
Shepherd: "Just wanted to drop in on Fluttershy. What are you waiting for?"
Dash: "Well, she asked me to wait out here. Weird, huh?"
Shepherd: nods "Maybe just a bit."
They waited in silence for a few moments.
Dash: "... Hey. I'm sorry about spying on your date with her and all-"
Shepherd: "It's okay. I get it."
Dash: "I mean, I feel like a jerk and I'm really sorry. I've just... I've never actually been on a date."
Shepherd: "What? Come on."
Dash: "No, really! I mean, not like a... An adult date, ya know? So maybe I just wanted to see how it was done... And maybe I was jealous of Fluttershy."
Shepherd: "Apology accepted. You know, you're a lot cuter when you're being sincere than when you're puffed up."
Dash: blush "Hey! Geez, quit it with the flirting! I mean, before you didn't even notice we were flirting with you and now you're doing it right back?"
Shepherd: "Isn't that what you wanted though?"
Dash: "I... Well..."
The door opens. A very unhappy looking Fluttershy is there... Though she brightens when she sees Shepherd.
Fluttershy: "Shepherd! You're back!" She hugs him "Oh, hello Dash! I'm sorry this took so long. And um... I'm even more sorry for everything else."
Dash: "Sorry? Sorry about what?"
Fluttershy leads them into her cottage. A gigantic cake is standing in the middle of her living room.
Dash: "Woah! You got me a giant cake, Fluttershy?! Please tell me it's got apple cider in it? Please?"
Fluttershy: "Um, not exactly-"
Zephyr Breeze pops out of the cake.
Zephyr: "Hey Dashie! Guess who's back to sweep you off your hooves~!"
Dead silence ensues. Fluttershy facehooves. Shepherd stares in disbelief. Dash's eyebrow is twitching.
Dash: "... Your very lives depend on whether or not that cake is edible."
Oh shit.
“Ok...I’m just gonna point out that getting giant cake for the purpose of surprising Dash seems very superfluous.”
Dash: "Fluttershy, do you still keep your knives next to the stove? I'm gonna need to borrow a few of them."
Goddammit! Even in Equestria the cake is a lie! That reference totally isn't dated or reveals how old I am.
Zephyr Breeze was in it, that cake is definitely not edible.
Shepherd: "A stallion neither of us like was in that cake. Even if it was edible, do you really want to have some?"
Dash: "...F__k"
Zephyr: "Oh my, Dashie, so forward!"
Dash: "RrrrrggggAAAAHAHHHH!"
Shepherd: "Dude, you had better leave. Because she's about to kick your backside halfway to Canterlot and none of us here are going to stop her."
Zephyr: "Oh don't be ridiculous, Dashie w—"
*WHAM*
*SLAM*
*BAM*
Dash: Huffs after having kicked the clueless NEET into the ground. "AND STAY DOWN." Turns and walks off.
Zephyr: "...Th-thank you, ma'am."
Shepherd: "You thank her for that?"
Zephyr: "Anything to be touched by Dashie."
Shepherd: "You are one pathetic loser. And this is me saying this."
Fluttershy: "Andrew! You are not pathetic!"
Shepherd: "I won't have that argument now. In the mean time," he looks down towards Zehpyr. "I'd suggest you get that head of yours looked at; concussions are serious business."
On the flipside, that bit of Shepherd and Dash having a touching moment was adorable.
That cake needed some more time in the oven...preferably after Zephyr got in.