A mischievous glint in your eye, you lean over the table towards Rainbow Dash in a very conspiratorial fashion. “Hey, Dash…What say we get out of here and explore the city?”
She cocks an eyebrow skeptically, but you notice her ears perk up as well. “You want to just leave and go explore?”
“Sure! Why not? I don’t get to see Canterlot much. Plus, you look a little bored.”
She sighs. “Is it that obvious that I hate these parties?”
“C’mon,” you cajole. “We’ll be back before anypony even notices we’re gone. Whaddya say?”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes dart around the party for a few moments before narrowing in determination. She flashes a troublemaker’s grin at you. “Alright, let’s go.”
Fifteen minutes later, a bell’s gentle ring accompanies your exit from the small ice cream shop in the old part of town. You hold the door open for Rainbow Dash. “Here you are, fair madam.” You can’t suppress a grin as you decide to push forward with a joke. “I know this door is too heavy for one as gentle as you, and it is my duty to assist you.”
Rainbow Dash stops in front of you and bats her eyelashes. “Oh, my hero! You deserve a reward!”
She punches you firmly in the center of your barrel.
You double over in pain, clutching at the point-of-contact with a hoof. “Ah! Ow...I deserved that one,” you choke out.
Cackling, Rainbow Dash trots over to a nearby high table designed for standing. “Yeah, you did! It’s alright if you never learn, because I loooooove dishing out punishment like that! Oh, and thanks for the ice cream.”
You stumble over to the table, wincing with each step you take. “Sure thing...no problem.”
You begin eating your ice cream together; Rainbow Dash actually scarfs her sherbet down pretty quickly and watches you silently as you lick your strawberry cone.
“...Can I have some of that?” she asks, the tilt of her head causing her mane to partially obscure her right eye.
Your heart flutters as she looks at you with a smirk and a slight pout. “Yeah, su-”
Rainbow Dash darts forward and licks the side of the ice cream cone. “That’s pretty good!” She smacks her lips for a few moments, then narrows her eyes. “You got a little strawberry on your muzzle, though.”
Rainbow Dash reaches forward with a hoof, and wipes the top of your muzzle, then licks her hoof and giggles.
You blink a few times. “How about you just finish this?” You hoof over the cone to Rainbow Dash.
“Alright!” She practically inhales what’s left of the treat and then pops the cone in her mouth. “Lesh go walk in dat pahrk over der,” she mumbles while crunching it.
You cross the narrow, empty street with Rainbow Dash and stop with her at the edge of a small park, complete with an artificial creek and a small bridge. In the distance, a few fireflies send intermittent flashes of light across the green space.
“The sign says it closes at dusk,” you lament. “Ah well. I’m sure we can find something el-”
“Phhhh,” scoffs Rainbow Dash, plowing into the park at an aggressive speed. “Let’s break some rules!”
“Hey, at least wait for me,” you call, beginning to walk quickly after her.
She crosses the stone bridge over the softly flowing creek; as soon as your hooves make contact with the bridge, she seems to speed up.
“Hey!” you grunt, speeding up too.
Rainbow Dash disappears behind a willow tree and fades into the dark nighttime colors of the park. “You gotta come catch me!”
You speed around the tree to find that Rainbow has already sped off to the center of the park. You speed after her, and she heads over the bridge again.
Rainbow Dash leads you on a wild chase through the park for several minutes. Her laughter, while stirring you on to chase her even harder, is also rather contagious.
After a few moments, you lose track of her again.You glance around, and by some stroke of luck, a firefly’s flash happens to illuminate a shred of multicolored tail behind a tree. Quietly, you sneak up behind the tree, then dart behind and wrap a hoof around Rainbow Dash. “Gotcha!”
“No!” she cackles, struggling to escape.
You tighten your grip around her. “Nope, I got you! I got you!”
After a few more seconds she collapses in laughter against your barrel. You walk out from behind the tree with her into the center of the park, leaving a hoof draped around her.
You stop walking when you reach the center and she turns to you. Half of her face is illuminated by moonlight, and flashes of color enter your vision as a firefly buzzes above and occasionally lights up her mane.
You lose yourself in her tender gaze. Slowly, your muzzles begin to move closer to each other. You almost don’t realize what is happening, and you only blush when Rainbow Dash closes her eyes.
Your vision blurs and then disappears as your eyes close on their own, and for a moment it feels as if you are floating in space, devoid of any sensory stimulation.
Then your lips touch hers. Moving naturally, Rainbow Dash parts her lips and locks them with yours. Wrapping a hoof around the back of her neck, you pull her closer to you.
Rainbow Dash lets sighs gently into your mouth, and moves her lips slightly before pressing them together again. You can feel the gentle pressure on your bottom lip, and taste her lip gloss, which has smeared onto you. You squeeze her tightly to you.
A rhythm soon forms, with periods of lip-locking interspersed with short bits of movement. One of Rainbow’s hooves finds it was up to rest against your barrel, and she rubs it in soft circles.
After one final lip lock, Rainbow Dash reluctantly pulls away and opens her eyes to look at you.
For a few moments, there is silence in the garden, as you both stand emotionless, processing what has happened.
Then, the edges of Rainbow Dash’s lips begin to slowly curl upward. You can’t help but mirror her as the grin becomes a beaming smile, complete with crinkled eyes. Squealing, Rainbow Dash throws her arms around you in a joyous hug, which you graciously and happily return.
You hear her gasp, and she pulls away from the hug to look into your eyes with determination. “Come with me,” she orders, still smiling.
She grabs your hoof in hers and drags you across the stone bridge and out of the park.
As you pass by the ice cream shop, your curiosity gets the better of you. “Where are we going, Rainbow Dash?”
“Back to the party, duh!”
You furrow your brow. “But we just left!”
“I know, but we’re running out of time for me to introduce you to everypony!”
Rainbow Dash’s pace quickens to a trot, and you struggle to keep up. “You already did that!”
“Yeah, I know!” Rainbow Dash looks back over her shoulder at you. She looks the happiest you’ve ever seen her. “But now, I get to introduce you as my coltfriend!”
GREAT ENDING