Lost in Manehattan

by WhatamIdoinghere


3. Flirting in the Halls

It was seven o'clock in the morning at the "Palace Arms" apartment complex.

Spike got up from the smell of eggs and bacon cooking, as he drowsily made his way to the kitchen, wearing black sweatpants and tight purple shirt, showing some of his lean muscle. As soon as he did, he saw Twilight scrounging up breakfast.

She was wearing her sleepwear, which consists of purple sweatpants that has pink stars on each side of her hips, and a white sleeveless tank top. Her hair was tied up into a purple and pink knot as she was getting her hair under-control while she cooked. Her back was facing Spike in the kitchen as he entered the studio apartment.

Spike smiled. "Hey Twi, what's for breakfast?"

Twilight started as she turned around. It seems she wasn't wearing her glasses, "Oh! Spike, good morning! Sorry, I wasn't expecting you to wake up."

Spike chuckled, "Well, I smelled you cooking. My bedroom wasn't that far away."

Twilight chuckled as well, "Right... Well! You're just in time! I made you some breakfast! Eggs and bacon! I hope you like it."

"I'm certain I will! But you didn't have to do this, Twi."

"Oh come on, you're family! And I can cook, if that's what you're thinking." Twilight said as she turned back to the stove to cook.

"Oh no, I know that you can...well, when it comes to eggs and bacon." Spike teased.

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Well, I guess I'm lucky to have you as a cook around here. Next to Mom, you're great with food."

"Hey, Mom taught me. And maybe I can help you with cooking if you want." Spike smirked.

She turned her head slightly to give him a smile, "That would be nice. I'm kind of getting tired of eating the same old granola bars for breakfast and eating TV dinners."

Spike chuckled and asked, "So what time did you get up?"

"Oh just about thirty minutes ago! And just to let you know, I don't have work today since it's a Sunday, so we have the place to ourselves." Twilight said with a smile.

"Awesome! Maybe we can play Scrabble during the day!" Spike said with a grin.

Twilight beamed, "Absolutely! Oh! Spike, could you get the paper outside of our place? I want to make your breakfast just right."

Spike chuckled, "Sure thing, Twi. Make my bacon extra crispy!"

"I will!"

Spike head towards the front door, opened it, and saw the newspaper in front of it. He bend over to get it...

...until the sound of another door opened.

He looked up with the paper in his hand to see the door across the other side to the hall to his left opened, which out came a barefooted Rainbow.

Her long hair was messy, but it framed her cute face quite well, giving her a very adorable ruffled look. She looked kind of tired to be honest. She was also wearing a gray sleeveless tank top, exposing her toned arms, and some light blue pajama short-shorts.

But one thing that he noticed right then and there, were her sexy athletically thick looking legs.

Spike's eyes widened at the impressive display. Those sweatpants from last night definitely hid them well. They weren't just as thick as Applejack's, but they were still fine looking. And her legs seem to fill in those short-shorts quite well.

Rainbow bent over to get the paper as well, until her peripheral vision caught Spike. The sleep in her eyes were gone, which were replaced with a pleasant mirth as she turned her head to him and smiled, "Oh hey Spike! Just woke up too?"

Spike snapped out of his trance and said, "Um, y-yeah. G-good morning Rainbow."

"Morning!" Rainbow greeted with a now cheekier version of her smile, "Wow, in addition to being cute, you also got a nice build there, Spike."

Spike blinked perplexedly at the compliment. "Uh...w-wha-um...thank you?"

Rainbow now smirked playfully, "Let me come over there for a second." she walked over to him, her curvy, well formed hips swaying.

'Dayum...'

She then stopped in front of him and went to feel the muscle on his arm, which he emitted an 'eep!'. Rainbow chuckled, "Hmm...not bad. Do you work out?"

"Um...at-at times, yes." Spike said nervously. 'Am I being hit on?'

To be fair, he has been hit on by other girls while he was in and after he graduated Canterlot, but at that time he wasn't into the dating scene. He was a very handsome guy, and he was flattered that girls would be interested in him, but he just felt like he wasn't really ready to be with any type of girl at the moment. He doesn't know why, maybe he's just too shy to flirt and date. Besides, after graduating, he doesn't know if girls would date someone who writes periodical articles.

But this situation however, surprised him. This was an older woman by perhaps four years probably putting the moves on him...maybe.

Plus, this woman was fine.

Rainbow smirked slyly, "Well hey, maybe you can come to the gym just a few blocks to the right of Cloudton with me. I'm a trainer part time around Friday afternoon. What do ya say? I can train you to look even more like a stud."

"Are you hitting on me?" Spike said abruptly yet anxiously, an octave high. His eyes widened at what came out of his mouth, a blush creeping up onto his cheeks.

'...Oh crap.'

Well, great. Almost a day into Manehattan, and Spike made a fool of himself in front of one of Twilight's attractive friends. Seriously, what's wrong with him? She was probably just trying to be nice, and now he made it awkward. Way to start the day...

Maybe this is why he doesn't date in general...

Rainbow rightfully blinked at him in surprise...but amazingly enough, she smirked at him, and said in a teasing way, "I'll let you decide on that."

'...Huh?'

His expression must have said it, cause she snickered.

"I do, however, would like to get to know one of the great Daring Doo writers out there on Daring Fiction." She said with her hands on her sexy hips as she tilted her head to the right, giving him a half-lidded look, completed with a smirk.

"U-uh...o...okay?" Spike said, not really comprehending what's happening. He was still shocked that she basically admitted that she was flirting with him...right?

...Oh man, he doesn't know anymore.

"Great!" Rainbow said gleefully, clasping her hands and giving a little excited hop as she stand on one leg, bending the other inward like she got something she wanted. "Can't wait! I mean, guess I have to since we have to wait Friday for me to train ya, but still, we'll have a little one-on-one time! I love to talk about how you think up those plots for your DD fanfiction and other Daring Doo stuff!"

"Um...uh-yeah! S-sure!" Spike said, trying to get out of the daze that was his shock.

"Awesome!" Rainbow said with a happy smile.

"Rainbow, where are ya!? Did you lost yerself in the halls again? I made the breakfast, so get yer fat butt over here!" Applejack's Southern drawl exclaimed in their apartment.

Rainbow pouted intensely at her roommate's jab. She turned her head to the door and called out, "Who you calling 'fat butt'!?"

"You, apparently!"

Rainbow groaned, but she then turned to Spike, and gave him a sly smile, "Well, got to go! Doing traffic duty today as you may know! See ya, Spike!" she then gave him a wink and turned around...

Spike's eyes widened tenfold, mouth almost dropping.

'HOOOOLY...!'

...Let's just say, that Applejack was right about the 'fat butt' part...and that the back of her blue short-shorts were surely containing dat ass.

Actually, it wasn't fat at all. It was just...beautifully round and quite big in size. While Pinkie's rear was quite bouncy, Rainbow's was sexily fit and toned, just like her gorgeous legs.

But seriously, how the HECK did he MISS THAT!?

Those sweatpants really hid them well...

Now, to be fair, like many other honest straight man, he likes any type of the female anatomy. Legs, boobs, butt, and a cute face that's for sure. He can admit that, but he doesn't want to sound like a perv. And he isn't a perv, he's a gentleman. He really thinks that the soul and the personality can be the most beautiful thing in a woman...but if you have something that's right in front of him, like say Fluttershy's chest and Applejack's legs, he's gonna stare.

This is one of those cases.

And he did kept staring when Rainbow swayed those...oh my gosh, she's swaying her hips...whoa...

'...DAYUM.'

Spike bit his lower lip.

The slight wedgie made by her short-shorts just made it even more enticing...

But then she proceed to bend down to get the paper right in front of him.

Spike just stared wide eyed, standing stiff as a board, paper dropping from his hand.

'Ooooh gosh, please don't get hard...'

As soon as Rainbow straighten up again, she put the paper under her left arm and then turned her head to Spike, him a impish smirk, "Hope you enjoyed the view there."

Snapping out of his trance, he looked up at breakneck speed, looking completely red in the face.

Rainbow snickered, "See ya around, TheDrake5!" she waved at him with cheeky smile. She went back inside the apartment, closing the door.

Spike stood there, wondering what kind of situation he just went through...

"Spike?" came Twilight's voice.

"I wasn't staring!" Spike exclaimed in panic as he turned around to see Twilight in front of him near the door-frame.

Twilight blinked, "Staring at what?"

"...Uh..." Spike shifted his eyes left and right. He remembered the paper and picked it up quickly saying, "Here's the paper!"

Twilight looked at him oddly, "Uh...okay?"

"Yeah!" Spike said with a forced smile. He really hopes he's not sweating. "So uh, is breakfast ready?"

"Uh...yes. I was just going to tell you that." Twilight raised an eyebrow.

"Awesome! Great! Let's eat!" Spike said hurriedly. He was about to go inside, when a dainty hand was on his chest. He blinked and looked down to see that it belonged to Twilight.

Twilight seem to freeze on the spot when she put his hand on his chest, looking at it as she flushed a shade of red. She let go of it, cleared her throat and said, "A-are you okay, Spike? What happened?"

"Um..."

Well, once again, great. Now Twilight is concerned for Spike's well being. He should've just picked up the paper, said 'hi' to Rainbow, and be on his merry way. How could he tell his sister figure that one of her friends basically gave him a show?

"Actually, I heard Applejack calling Rainbow..." Twilight muttered to herself.

Spike stood there frozen with a blush on his face.

When she saw the blush on his face, her eyes narrowed in concern, but she seem to be piecing the pieces together. "Wait...what happened out here?"

"Um..." Now Spike was surely sweating as of now. "U-Um..." He let out a nervous breath, "Okay, look, uh...I met up with one of your friends in the hall and-"

"Wait a minute..." Twilight said with scowl. She looked around each side of the hall, and grabbed Spike by the arm and led him into her apartment. She closed the door, locked it, and turned to her little brother figure, "Spike, did Rainbow flirt with you?" Twilight asked with her hands on her hips, looking displeased by the idea.

Spike was even more red. "Wha-what?"

Twilight sighed, "Rainbow is known to be a flirt and tease when it comes to..." she paused, a blush creeping on her face. Her eyes darted to her left, not looking at Spike, "...well, when it comes to cute guys like yourself."

Spike blinked as he processed on Twilight calling him 'cute', "Oh, uh..."

'Well...maybe I could just give her some truth...I mean, she doesn't have to know that she bent over in front of me displaying that...uh, yeah. Also, maybe I shouldn't tell her that I'm going to meet her at the at the gym on Friday...wait, which gym is that? Ah crap, I don't know! Well, either way, I don't want her to be mad at her...and Rainbow is a pretty cool gal...I mean we both like Daring Doo.'

"Spike?"

He shook his head and said, "Um...she, uh...she kind of did?"

Twilight looked at him in question, "'Kind of' as in how?"

"Um...well, she said I have a nice build and went to over to check out my, um...my muscle?" He explained awkwardly, feeling weird that he's explaining this in general. He does think he's pretty built himself, it's just that no girl ever did that to him before...

...Actually, what happened to him a while ago was kind of pretty cool.

Twilight looked annoyed by this information as she shook her head and let out a frustrated sigh, "I should've known." she mutters. She looked at Spike with apologetic eyes. "I'm sorry Spike, Rainbow's the type of girl that's...assertive when it comes to guys."

Spike chuckled weakly, "Hey, it's okay! I'm actually flattered that she finds me attractive!" And really, he was. Sure he was nervous when she flirted with him, but after it happened, he felt kind of...elated(perhaps a little too elated). Maybe it's because she was older and attractive herself? Either way, it gave him some confidence in him.

Twilight looked at him with a slight frown, "Well..." she sighed once more, "I just don't want one of my friends try to get too close to you for comfort."

"Hey, if you're worried that I'll try something, then you don't know your brother well." Spike teased as he chuckled.

Twilight smiled at him, "Oh I know you wouldn't do anything to my friends. You're a first-class gentleman."

Spike smiled back bashfully at the praise.

She looked down at the floor in thought however and muttered, "I need to talk to Rainbow about not letting her flirt too much with you though..."

Wanting to let this minor(but special) mishap be put behind them, Spike said, "Hey, don't worry about it. Say, how about we eat? I'm starving for some breakfast! You said it was ready?" he asked with a grin.

Twilight looked up at Spike and blinked, wondering if he's trying to avoid the conversation. But seeing how she shouldn't worry too much about it as well(this was her gentlemanly brother after all), and probably because he didn't want to be embarrassed by it more, she gave him a cute smile and said, "Yep! It's all ready! Come on over!"

Twilight walked ahead of Spike to the dining room. When she walked in front of him, Spike, in all of his curiosity, decided to look down at Twilight's butt.

Even though she's wearing sweatpants, her butt did look noticeable in them. Not as big as Rainbow's and Pinkie's, but it actually did looked pretty full, nice and round, as well as sexy-

'WHOA, HOLD UP.' Spike blinked wide eyed.

...Did he just complimented Twilight's ass?

Shaking his head, he hurriedly went to the table(where Twilight is now seating herself) and sat down in his seat, picking up a fork and started to hastily eat the contents on his plate.

Ruling out as Spike rushing over here because he was hungry, she giggled at him and said, "Slow down Spike."

Spike stopped and went straight in his seat, a blush formed on his face, "Uh..." he swallowed his food and said with a grin, "Sorry."

She giggled once more, "Hey, at least I succeeded on making breakfast look and taste good." She smiled at him and raised her glass of orange juice to him.

He blinked, but then soon understood and raised his glass of orange juice to her as well with a smile.

"To a good stay at Manehattan and following your dreams." Twilight said.

Spike's smile then turned warm, "Thanks Twi."

They clinked their glasses, drank some of their OJ, and resumed eating their meal.


"What was the hold up back there?" Applejack asked as she set her plate of flapjacks in front of her on the table. Her sleeping attire consist of a giant sweater covering her whole voluptuous figure, as her right shoulder was exposed. Her hair was also long mess, but still looked more tamed than Rainbow's.

"Just talking to Spike." Rainbow said simply as she sat on her chair to eat her flapjacks on the table.

"Ah, Spike. Yeah, he is a cute feller." Applejack nodded with a smirk.

"Cute? He's a hunk if you ask me!" Rainbow praised with a smirk of her own as she cut into her pancakes.

"Hey now, watch what you say. That's Twilight's little brother." Applejack warned her.

"I know. But you can't deny that he's handsome."

"Well, if I'm honest, and I am a lot of times, then yes, he is quite tha looker. But still, I wouldn't do any of yer teasin' and flirtin' with the guy in the halls." Applejack lectured her as she cut into her flapjacks as well.

"Alright, whatever you say, mom." said Rainbow sarcastically as she rolled her eyes. She took a bite of of the buttery and syrupy breakfast cake, mumbling to herself with her mouth full, "You didn't need to call me 'fat butt' in front of him though."

"Hey, for someone that's fit, it would seem you can't work off that butt fat."

"For the last time, my ass is not fat! It's full and toned!" Rainbow exclaimed in frustration.

Applejack chuckled, "Oh, well, sorry for insulting ya."

"You better." Rainbow muttered as she ate another bite of her pancakes.

"Oh come on, it's not even that bad of a compliment."

"Hey, there's one thing that I'm not, and that's fat. I'm just gifted with a big ol' non-fat booty. Like Fluttershy is gifted with a big ol' chest...um, don't tell her I said that. She'll get insecure."

Applejack chuckled again, "Lips are sealed. And whatever you say." she said with a humorous roll of her eyes.

"Hey, at least you're big in the chest and back area. Plus, you got them big ol' thunder thighs."

"That I do. But my butt ain't big as yours and Pinkie's."

"Oh please, don't compare mine to hers." Rainbow said irritably.

"Actually, I think yours is about the same size as Pinkie's, if I'm not mistaken."

"Applejack..." Rainbow said in a dangerous low tone.

"Speaking of butts, Fluttershy's ain't all that bad. Sure, she's stacked on the chest, but she got a cute round looking rear."

"Okay, are we seriously talking about asses right now? When did this conversation started?"

"Hey, I'm just saying the rest of our friends have nice looking posteriors. Even Twilight does."

"Is there something you want to tell me before you continue anything else?"

Applejack rolled her eyes, "I'm just being honest."

"A little too honest if you ask me."

"Oh shush. You know I like guys."

"Thankfully. I wouldn't be comfortable with someone eyeballing my butt around in the same apartment."

"Alright, alright, enough of this booty talk. What were you talking to Spike about?" Applejack asked.

"Eh, nothing much. I complimented on his build, felt his arm-"

"Wait a minute, you were flirtin' with him!" the cowgirl said with a scowl.

"Anyways, I asked him if he worked out and invited him to come to the Cloudton Gym on Friday so I can train him."

Applejack raised an eyebrow, "Wait...did you just invite him on a date?"

"Hey, it's just a gathering of Daring Doo fans."

"Oh really? That's why you invited him?" the cowgirl said skeptically.

"Yeah! Why wouldn't I? I like his Daring Doo stories." Rainbow said with a shrug.

"It wouldn't be because he's a, your words not mine, hunk is it?"

Rainbow glanced up at the ceiling in thought, "...Okay, maybe."

Applejack's eyes narrowed, "Dash, don't be trying to date Twilight's little brother. That will not go well with her."

"We're not dating! I'm just gonna train him, and we'll just talk about Daring Doo stuff." Rainbow defended.

"That's still called a date."

"Oh come on, you're just jealous that I asked him out first."

"Although he is a cute little feller, he's a little too young for me."

"So is that why you were checking out his butt last night when we were going back?"

"...Darn you."

Rainbow laughed.

"Look, just don't do anything stupid. You're friends with Twilight, and I don't want her to be wringing your neck if she finds out about you going on a date with Spike."

"Hey, what's the problem? So the guy is Twilight's kid brother-"

"Oh, actually, I should've mentioned this, but he's adoptive. Rarity told me that info when she invited me to the bakery." Applejack interrupted.

Rainbow blinked, "Really? Huh...you know, I kind of thought they didn't look that much alike."

"Yeah. The only brother by blood she has is Shining Armor, and he's the oldest."

"Huh..." Rainbow looked thoughtful at that revelation. Nonetheless, she shrugs casually, "Well, either way, maybe he needs a lady to show him around town while Twilight works at the library?"

"You need to work too, Miss Traffic Cop."

"And you do too, Miss Apple Lady."

"Real nice comeback there, Dash."

Rainbow rolled her eyes, "Anyways, I'm free on Friday, so I can show him around the city after training him at the gym. I can bring him to the good eats around here!"

"Whatever." Applejack shook her head, now rolling her eyes.

"You are jealous I'm going out with him, aren't you?" Rainbow smirked.

"Shut up, Rainbow. And you just admitted that you are dating him. Way to go."

Rainbow snickered, "Hey, what can I say? I'm 20 percent cooler and sexier!"

"...Does that make any sense whatsoever?"

"To me it does!" Rainbow winked with a smirk.

Applejack just stared at her monotonously. "...Just eat your flapjacks so you won't be late."

"Okay, okay." Rainbow put her hands up in defense and continued eating her breakfast.

A silence befell them as they ate...

Until Rainbow said cheekily, "I think Spike was checking out my butt, though."

"How wouldn't he? The moon was orbiting around it."

"Shut up!"