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Zephyr Breeze announces to Rainbow Dash that he's been seeing someone, and no longer has any interest in pursuing her. Rainbow Dash is initially relieved.

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my B story for Pride Month 2022. it's still Pride Month somewhere!

the first draft of this story was an entry in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting "B is for Bisexual" Contest

Rainbow Dash has a day off, and isn't sure how to spend it. When she flies by Fluttershy's cottage, she ends up running into Fluttershy's brother, Zephyr Breeze. The two have a heart to heart, and Rainbow asks Zephyr on a date.

Written for the pride and positivity event to raise money for:

• Transgender Law Center
• Palestinian Children's Relief Fund
• Sewa International

The last time she tried to offer Fluttershy's brother a small job to get him back on his hooves, Rarity was rewarded with a trashed boutique and a dreadful cleaning bill for her cat. For most ponies, an encounter like that would lead them to tossing out Zephyr Breeze the instant he tried to come back for another shot.

However, due to his recently-acquired confidence, as well as his sister's approval of his new behavior, Rarity hesitantly decided to give him a second chance after he was fired from his most recent hairdressing job. After all, one of the most important foundations of friendship is forgiveness; plus, the fashionista was meaning to look for a stylist for an upcoming fashion show she was running.

However, a small snag may be enough to put both Rarity and Zephyr Breeze through a rather awkward loop. Since the mare can't exactly get a fair reference from Zephyr's previous employer, she would have to see his skills by example. But since all of her wigs were gone, that meant there was only way she could know how good of a hairdresser he was: By having him cut somepony's mane.

And Rarity was the only pony around.

[Note: This story is my entry for the Make Rarity Not Garbage contest, hosted by the Barcast group.