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// Confession 
// Story: Learning How To Date 
// by Fircoal 
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     “Do you ever want to tell someone something so bad but you worry what they’ll say?” asked Fluttershy. She sat on the ground overlooking a lake. There were many stars in the night sky, but the one that shone the brightest was the one sitting next to her. One Rainbow Dash.

“Well sorta, maybe.” Rainbow Dash replied. “Do you?”

Fluttershy nodded. “Yeah,” she whispered. “But I get so scared. I worry about all the bad things that could happen. I sometimes fear the worst. Sometimes I don’t think it could be true.”

“What couldn’t be true?” 

Fluttershy shivered and brought her head down. “It’s nothing. Just forget that I said that.”

Rainbow blinked. “If you want me to,” she said. “But it’s not like anything too bad could happen. Sometimes you got to let it out. I wouldn’t change how I feel about you, if that helps.”

Thanks, Rainbow Dash.” She paused and kicked her hooves idly against the ground. “But I don’t know if I’m ready to say it.”

“Alright. But I’ll be here to support you when you want to.”

Fluttershy smiled and patted Rainbow on her back. “What about you? Was there something that you’ve kept in that you wanted to share? I’ll listen like, I always do. I’m good at listening.” 

Rainbow responded with a blush. Her hooves fiddled around with each other. “I can’t do that.” 

“Why not?”

Rainbow sighed and her ears drooped. “Because I’m scared. There's a lot on the line. I don’t know if I can handle the answer.”

Fluttershy sighed. “I know what you mean. But maybe its better doing that than worrying over it. I’m sick of the worry.”

“Me too,” Rainbow said. “How about this? I’ll tell you what I want to say and then you tell me what you want to say. Then we’re both putting ourselves on the line. Maybe it’ll help.”

Fluttershy blushed and nodded. “That seems fine to me, I guess...”

Rainbow sent her eyes on a search party. She gazed at the star lit sky. She searched for anyone that could be nearby. There was no one. She looked around for any reason that she could use to prolong her statement. Her heart was fluttering. Her hooves were fidgeting. Her tail burrowed into the ground. She coughed into her throat and she gazed up at Fluttershy and bluntly stated. “I love you.”

Fluttershy jolted up into the sky. “Really?” she cried out. A light from a house in the distance shone. Rainbow winced. She flew up to grab Fluttershy and flew her down to the ground.

“Not so loud,” she whimpered. “I don’t want everyone to know.”

Fluttershy tilted her head. “What if I loved you too?” She shifted her eyes towards the ground struggling to meet eye contact.

“Then that’d be perfect,” Rainbow said. She gaped at Fluttershy and then tilted her head as well. “Wait. Are you saying?”

Fluttershy nodded and pushed herself closer to Rainbow Dash’s body. She nuzzled her softly on her cheek. ”I love you Rainbow Dash. That’s what I wanted to say.”

Rainbow smiled and embraced Fluttershy in a big hug. Fluttershy returned the hug and smile, this was the night they finally got together.