The rain fell continuously all around, but not a care in the world was given between the two ponies stuck in it. Both were far too enraptured with one another to even really notice it beyond the feeling of the cooling drops falling upon them.
Creamy yellow hind legs curled securely around the cyan midsection, with both forms now closer than ever in midair.
After some time, Rainbow Dash pulled away, though reluctantly, and gazed at Fluttershy with dazed eyes. Her smile was growing as she took in the lovely image of her beloved as her eyes were fluttering open. She could not believe this was happening, not in the slightest. But it was true, she was home now, and reunited with her best friend. Though it had only been a little over a month, it felt as if she'd been gone for far longer.
Yet, at this very moment, it even felt as though she never left at all. As if they had only just seen each other yesterday.
A sigh escaped the cyan Pegasus as she smiled fondly, laying her forehead against Fluttershy's as she held her closer. No words were spoken, all that was heard between them was the rain and their heavy breathing. She could even feel her heartbeat, which was practically thundering in her chest.
The spell broke when there was the rumbling of thunder in the distance. Fluttershy smiled then, gesturing to her home. Mutely, Rainbow Dash nodded and then followed her inside.
Once in the house, Fluttershy fetched them a couple of towels to dry off with, which Rainbow took and dried off her mane to begin with.
“Oh, Rainbow...you must need a bath!”
“Nah, I'm okay.”
“Are you sure? You're more than welcome to if you want...”
Shaking her head, the cyan Pegasus continued to dry herself off, “I'll worry about it later! Don't worry. For now, I think I'd rather spend a little lost time with you.”
Fluttershy blushed, looking down a bit, “All right...Um...oh, Rainbow Dash!!” She went over to her, bringing her forelegs around her neck. “I missed you so much!”
“D'awwww, come on Fluttershy! You're getting me sappy! I missed you, too!” Rainbow hugged her back, gleefully taking in her wonderful scent. How wonderful it felt to hold her again! Feel her again. Smell her again. “I missed you a lot, pal.”
“Welcome home, Rainbow,” Fluttershy pulled back a little to look into her eyes. “It's great to have you back.”
“It's great to be back!” Rainbow nuzzled her gently, chuckling. “Oh boy, I can't wait to tell you everything! It was all so awesome!”
“Oooh...why don't you tell me about it over dinner? Right here, I'll prepare it,” Fluttershy suggested, smiling brightly.
“I'll do you one better! We'll make it together and we'll talk about all about it!” Rainbow spread her forelegs for emphasis, grinning. “I'll even help you make some pie, too, if you know what I mean.”
“Yay! Consider it you're welcome-home meal...”
“Wouldn't have it prepared any other way, pal!”
Together, the two ponies went to work on preparing dinner. At Rainbow's special request, they made the same meal that was prepared on the night of the fireworks nearly eight months ago now. The same night where everything changed. Fluttershy queried as to why Rainbow wanted it, aside from the fact that it was one of her favourite dishes.
“Because I love it....and the way you make all of it is...awesome?” Rainbow said sheepishly, grinning in a nervous sense.
“...There's something else to it, isn't there?” Fluttershy said softly, it was more of a statement than a question.
“Yeah,” Rainbow Dash slumped over a bit. She slid the chopped vegetables and peppers into the pan, hovering above the floor as she did so. A few moments went by before she spoke up again. “I remembered the night of the fireworks, and how you made us dinner. How you did everything with....well, your plan in mind only for it to come crashing down.”
Seeing where this was going, Fluttershy smiled and shook her head. “Rainbow, it's okay. You don't have to worry about that anymore. It's in the past...and before everything changed, it was still a wonderful evening between you and I.”
“I know it was,” Rainbow landed on the floor as she trotted over to her. “But I still am sorry about it. It's just that you had all that in mind, you did some nice things just to show you cared about me and...well, I guess because you wanted to get me to warm up to the idea of us being together?”
The creamy yellow Pegasus looked surprised. “How did you know that?”
“I was telling Zara about it, and she surmised that you had that in mind along with everything else. I didn't realize it until she said that, but looking back on it, it must have been floating around in my mind after I knew how you felt,” Rainbow shrugged a bit, chuckling. “Anyway, it's not that last time was bad or anything! It did start pretty awesome with all that happened. It was probably one of the most enjoyable times I can remember! Are you kidding?! Then everything went uphill AND downhill at the same time! But it doesn't matter. Thing is, tonight's real special for us now, so let's make it better. With a little reminder of something good from that night!”
“Oh...” Fluttershy smiled as she took this in, nodding. “You're right, Rainbow. I think this would be a very nice idea. Oh, but don't think you have to make up for what happened. I never blamed you for it in the slightest,” she said, leaning over to nuzzle her marefriend gently.
Blushing a bit, Rainbow Dash couldn't keep the goofy grin off her face. “D'aww, you're too much, Fluttershy! Thanks! But you know, she brought up an interesting question I didn't really think of until then.”
“What was it?” Fluttershy went to turn off the stove, transferring the rice into the pan with the vegetables.
“She wondered if I would have done things differently, if I hadn't gotten together with Comet like I had. I kinda wondered what I might've done if you had the chance to tell me.”
Hesitating, Fluttershy glanced over her shoulder at the cyan Pegasus before looking away. “You did still like her... It wouldn't have made a difference.”
“I don't know, Fluttershy. I think I might still have given you a chance!”
“...Really?”
Rainbow grinned. “Well, yeah! To be honest, I kinda felt I wasn't good enough for Comet at all. Sure, I took a chance, since I'm Rainbow Dash and all!” She struck a pose, laughing. “But I wasn't even sure if I was going to tell her that evening, since it would be the three of us together. You know, while you were gone, she asked me if you and I were together!”
Blinking, Fluttershy turned around completely, holding a jar of honey in her hoof. “What??”
“I know, right? I was surprised!” Rainbow snickered. “She said we had a lot of chemistry together and how we looked at each other. Anyway though, now that I think of it, I might have actually given you a chance. I just, well, can't see myself saying no to you about it! I mean, I know I kinda did, but you know! That was different! If I was SINGLE, I'd have said yes. Because you're Fluttershy! You're my best friend! I'd have wanted to give you a chance before outright saying no.”
Thinking for a moment, the daredevil pony strode over to her marefriend and hugged her tightly.
“It's in the past though, and I am pretty glad for the way everything turned out! But we're here now and I promise I'm going to be the best marefriend to you! I love you, Fluttershy, I want to make you the happiest pony in Equestria!”
Sniffling, very moved, Fluttershy hugged her back and nuzzled her soft rainbow mane, “And I love you too, Rainbow Dash... I promise I'll do my very best in our relationship. I want your happiness, more than anything.”
“Being with you makes me happy, Fluttershy!” Rainbow pulled back, winking at her.
Catching her meaning, Fluttershy giggled with delight. “Well, if that's the case, I'll do my best.”
Chuckling, Rainbow leaned in and kissed her passionately, lingering. Oh, she couldn't help it. Sweeping Fluttershy off her hooves was by far a hilarious and adorable feat. She looked forward to doing so in the time to come! Pulling away, she smirked playfully at the lovestruck Pegasus, observing with interest.
“C'mon, Fluttershy. Let's get dinner ready! I'm getting hungry already!”
“Yes, Rainbow my love...” Fluttershy said in a bit of a daze, smiling.
Dinner was soon made, consisting of the same meal from last time around. Fluttershy actually had some apple pie given to her from Applejack in the fridge, so maybe the pie was changed in some ways, but it didn't matter at all. What mattered was that they were sharing this evening together, with a whole new bright future ahead of them.
“Man, it almost feels like that one night!” Rainbow remarked, eating her salad first. “And it still tastes awesome! No, it tastes even better!”
“Because you helped make it?” Fluttershy teased sweetly, knowing she would say that.
“Hmm...” Rainbow brought a hoof to her chin. “Yeah, that is one reason, and pretty much a given fact, if I do say so myself! But nope! The best part is because it was made with a lot of love! Sappy as it sounds, who cares, it's just you and me tonight, Fluttershy!”
“Oh, Rainbow...” Fluttershy giggled, eating her bowl of salad as well. “That's very sweet of you to say. But I only just made all of it the same way I always do, just with you helping me with my instruction.”
Rainbow stuck her tongue out her, a leaf of lettuce sitting on it, before she pulled it into her mouth and ate it. She then proceeded to taste the main dish, with some honey and garlic sauce, of course. Grining widely, she nodded in approval. “Freaking awesome, Fluttershy!”
“Awww, I'm so happy you like it!” Fluttershy clapped her hooves with delight.
“Why wouldn't I? It's one of my favourite foods and it's made by you! The combination of the two is ALWAYS the best! Seriously, living together is going to be so awesome!” Rainbow laughed, eating some more.
Taken off guard, Fluttershy blinked at her for a moment. Did she seriously mean that? Probably not, it was likely just an off-handed remark. But it just struck her for a moment. Living together. While they were no strangers to sleepovers, as well as spending weeks in the same room during Summer Flight Camp when they were fillies, it was certainly a lot to think about. What if they did stay together a long time? What if they really were going to get serious? That would mean moving in together. Then maybe one day getting married.
Fluttershy blushed at the thought, looking down at her food. 'I can't think like that. I couldn't possibly rush her. We're together now...I shouldn't scare her away.'
“Hey, Fluttershy!” Rainbow waved her hoof to get her attention. “Why don't we make a toast? We've got a lot to make a toast over!”
Smiling brightly, the pink-haired mare nodded as she took her glass, holding it up. “All right, of course. Let's make a toast, Rainbow.”
“Awesome!” Rainbow raised her glass. “I'll do it this time! Okay, let's see... To being together, to learning lessons about love, and to our future!”
“Yes, hear hear! To us!” Fluttershy beamed.
They tapped their glasses together and drank a sip of the apple juice. Fluttershy could feel the uneasy thoughts slipping away. The future was the future, and whatever happen would happen. They would cross these bridges when they got there.
However, something that Rainbow Dash had said earlier struck Fluttershy's mind. As she let it sink in a few more moments, she could not believe that it would have come to her best friend's mind. Not like this. To think she once thought she wasn't good enough for her ex-girlfriend. It was just about mind-blowing to think of. At the same time, while it was normal even for Rainbow Dash of all ponies to get nervous and uncertain about things, it just surprised her to think that she wasn't good enough for somepony. Especially one like Blazing Comet herself. She may have been a former Wonderbolt, as well as quite the daredevil, she was still a very kind and humble pony who was easy to get along with and was liked by just about anypony.
But Rainbow Dash, not good enough for her?
“Um, Rainbow?”
“Yeah?”
“There was something you said earlier, and I was curious about it. If that's okay...” Fluttershy looked down a bit.
“Fluttershy, pal, there's nothing you can't ask me! Go ahead! I'm all ears!” Rainbow leaned over the table a bit, her head on her hooves.
Encouraged, Fluttershy looked up at her again and took a breath, “You said that you initially thought you weren't good enough for Blazing Comet. I...was a little surprised by that statement. You...really thought that?”
“Huh? ...Oh! Yeah...” Rainbow looked sheepish, rubbing the back of her head with her hoof. “Did I really say that? Well, okay! It's true. I thought that, all right. Crazy, huh? Good ol' me, thinking I'm not good enough for somepony? I guess maybe it was because I didn't know how to live up to her.”
“Rainbow, she's still just an ordinary pony.”
“I know! But she was a former Wonderbolt! She's taking of her aunt AND her sister! How selflessly awesome is that?”
“You helped us save Equestria, three times now.”
“I wasn't exactly choosing to, Fluttershy, we all weren't,” Rainbow said, shaking her head. “Not to say I wouldn't! But you know, it's not the same thing. I didn't think she'd take me on. Plus I know I can't use the 'saved the world three times!' spiel, or even the fact I performed four Sonic Rainbooms! Then I'd have to wonder if they liked me for who I was or if it was because I did all those things a few times. But I knew Comet liked me for who I was, she was one of the few ponies I met who wasn't fawning over me and thinking I was the greatest thing since sliced bread!
"Well, not saying that I'm not! But the point is, she saw me as an ordinary Pegasus. And honestly, that kinda made me happy! Sure, she praised my awesome skills and all, but she still treated me like she would anypony else! I was relieved, and I guess it was kinda why I ended up latching on to her. Not to mention, she knows how that feels! She gets it all the time, having been a former Wonderbolt. It's no wonder a lot of ponies don't know about it! I guess we shared that kinda thing and it was nice to bond over!
"So anyway, so with everything, I just kind of felt I wouldn't be able to really keep up with her. She could keep up with me, hooves down, no contest, but what about me? I wasn't sure I worked well for her. But I guess I knew I had to do SOMETHING or else I was going to lose my chance! I wasn't even planning on trying to ask her out during the night fireworks! But it all just kind of felt right and went along that way! I threw some hints which later became not-so-subtle and then I was successful. Looks like I was wrong! But you know what? There's something else.”
Fluttershy tilted her head curiously. “What do you mean?”
“Well, Fluttershy, pal... I have to confess something to you!” Rainbow gulped, then ate some more food to calm her nerves. Upon doing so, which now only made her aware of her stomach's movements, she took a breath and decided to just get it out there. “I was actually pretty sure I wasn't good enough for you, either.”
“...Eh?” Fluttershy's eyes went wide and her jaw even dropped in an uncharacteristic fashion.
“Yeah, you see, I-” Rainbow paused in midsentence as she took in her best friend's face. The wide eyes, the dropped jaw, the look of complete and utter disbelieving shock, all of it. As she took in the hilarity of her face just then, she just about lost all train of thought.
She smiled. Then snorted. Then chuckled. Then giggled. More giggles. Try as she may, she couldn't stifle them. Rainbow clapped her hooves over mouth, trying to hold herself back. But it was too late. She then burst out laughing, pointing her hoof across the table at the creamy yellow Pegasus, holding her side with her other foreleg.
Oh, Rainbow couldn't help it! Fluttershy just looked so uncharacteristically adorable and hilarious that it was hard not to feel completely amused by it! She laughed and laughed, holding her sides, occasionally slapping her hoof on the table.
“Aw man! F-Fluttershy! You should see your face! Sweet Celestia you're hilarious!! You're so cute! Man, I missed this!” Rainbow was crying with mirth, grinning. “I don't know how you do it! But boy you can just make me laugh! Aw man, I love you!”
After a few moments of her breathless declaration, she heard Fluttershy emitting giggles of her own. Before they then emitted into laughter. Wiping her eyes, Rainbow looked up at her best friend with mild surprise. Indeed, Fluttershy was now laughing as well! Not as hard as she herself had been, but she was laughing with genuine and happy mirth. Almost immediately, the cyan mare just smiled at her dreamily, her eyes growing half-lidded.
She just loved Fluttershy's laughter. Like even her normal speaking voice, her laughter was melodic and sweet, like the happy trills of a bird. Fluttershy was so full of giggles and laughter for the next minute or two before she slowed down, opening her eyes and looking at her again. Oh, how the beautiful pony managed to look even cuter, it was beyond her by now! Her pinkened cheeks, her sheepish smile, and her glimmering aquamarine eyes just shining with happiness!
'Man she's so cute! I swear I'll fall over and just giggle at her cuteness! ...Wow, I'm completely messed up and sappy now! Oh, who cares. It's Fluttershy and I missed her after all this time. Yeah, that's it!'
“A-Are you all right, Rainbow?” Fluttershy managed, her voice a bit breathy.
“Huh?” Rainbow snapped out of her lovestruck stupor, then nodded. “Yeah! I'm fine! You just...man, your face was hilarious! I couldn't help it!”
Fluttershy giggled, brushing back her mane a little. “Well...that's good...I'm glad I could make you laugh.”
“Of course you can!” Rainbow snickered. “That was awesome! Thanks for that, haven't laughed like that in a while! ...Well, anyway, getting back to what I was saying, you got it! I thought, and even still kinda do believe it. Not being good enough for you, I mean.”
Once more, Fluttershy looked shocked, but not as comically as before. “Rainbow...whatever do you mean?” There were even tears in her eyes, her features now etched in worry.
Seeing this, and knowing what Fluttershy must have been thinking, Rainbow shook her head and reached across the table to touch their hooves together. “Part of why I denied everything I felt for you at first, was because I was convinced that even if I did... I just wouldn't be good enough for you! And I'm just not! You're an amazing pony, Fluttershy! Believe me, even to this day I hate myself for even making you think that you're not! So what if you can't fly all that fast or that you're scared of a lot of things...it doesn't overshadow everything wonderful about you. You're kind, patient, sweet, loving, you care for animals and anypony else without a second thought, you're clean and organized, you're beautiful, and you're just awesome! And me? I'm not like you, and I knew I would be too fast for you, too much for you, that all I could have ever wanted and needed wouldn't be right for you! I don't know what I did to deserve the love you have for me, I really feel like I just don't deserve it at all!”
Now Fluttershy looked stricken, as if ready to cry. Rainbow swallowed, knowing she had to think fast before she got the wrong idea.
Getting out of her chair, she came around to Fluttershy's side of the table, then drew her into a tight embrace.
“But I'd never let you go!”
A sniffle was heard from Fluttershy before she got out of her chair and hugged her back, burying her face in her shoulder. Both mares held each other tight, with no sounds but each other's breathing and the rain pattering loudly on the windows. All they could feel, all they could smell was each other. Neither spoke a word, they simply just remained in each other's hooves, savouring the moment together. Sharing the wondrous feeling of being together once more, that their relationship was surely to be strong and starting already, and the utmost mutual desire never to let each other go.
Rainbow knew her words rang true with no uncertainties. Fluttershy was who she wanted to be with, even if there was that underlying fear of not being good enough for her. If that was the case, she was going to prove that she could be a good marefriend to her and make her happy. That was what would matter. Being happy together.
Pulling away, the cyan mare looked into Fluttershy's still stricken but otherwise sweet-smiling face. The atmosphere of only the candlelight (another recreation of the other time) and the addition of the light from the windows pouring in, Fluttershy just looked so soft and sweet. Especially up closer and not just from across the dinner table which wasn't even that long to begin with.
With a smile of her own, heart melting, Rainbow Dash brought her hooves to her cheeks, brushing aside strands of her mane. She kissed her nose, then lay her forehead against hers, smiling in a loving way.
“I won't let you go, Fluttershy. I love you too much for that. Maybe I'm being selfish, but I don't care. I may not be good enough for you, maybe I never will be, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to try hard to be a good marefriend to you!”
“R-Rainbow...you are good enough for me...don't think that,” Fluttershy managed, her voice cracking. “I love you, and I want to be with you...isn't that enough?” Now tears were forming in her eyes, as if she were afraid of the answer.
Understanding, Rainbow smiled more. She kissed her gently, caressing her cheeks, and then pulled back, whispering to her.
“Of course it is, pal.”
“...Rainbow?”
“Yes?”
“...Will you stay with me tonight? Please? I don't want to be alone. Especially not after finally seeing you. Please...stay with me tonight...if that's o-”
Cutting her off with another kiss, the light blue pony nodded as she hugged her beloved again. “Sure I'll stay with you! No need to ask me twice.”
Later that night, after they'd had dinner, some pie, and then sat about telling stories, the two ponies were spent from the day's events, deciding to turn in. Especially Rainbow, since she had been traveling all day, aside from the quick stop at her home to drop off her luggage before coming to Fluttershy's.
So while Rainbow Dash went to take a shower, Fluttershy got herself ready for bed. Normally, she didn't sleep in any clothes, much like her daily routine, but for once, she decided to wear something. It was a pure white silk nightgown, full length, with very thin straps. Perhaps really, it was meant as a little celebration for the return of her marefriend, as well as them spending the night together. Always a wonderful plus!
Curling up in her bed with a book, Fluttershy patiently waited until she was done in the shower and would be coming to bed.
Some time later, Rainbow came on up, already dried off. She shook her mane once more, grinning.
“All right, Fluttershy! I'm all cleaned up! Now let's turn...in...”
The cyan Pegasus was taken aback by the wondrous sight before her. Fluttershy, on her bed, with the lamp turned on, and wearing a silky white nightgown. As if meant to sweetly cover her body, but exposing very little to entice her. Despite that she saw Fluttershy without clothes just about all the time, it didn't take away the enticing mystique.
Oh, it was no wonder she was considered to be a wonderful model. Rainbow would be lying if she didn't still have some of her prints and magazine spreads hidden in a box in her closet...and had back then eagerly agreed to help endorse her. It was just yet another reminder of the fact that she was such a gorgeous pony.
Feeling weak in the legs, Rainbow Dash managed to approach the bed, climbing onto it next to her. The bed was a bit small, so it was going to be a bit of a squeeze, but neither cared. Being close together was what they wanted.
Fluttershy placed her book aside, then cuddled into her. Rainbow sighed happily, completely content as she brought her forelegs around her longtime companion. For good measure, she turned her head a bit and kissed her forehead. A sweet little coo of appreciation emitted from the creamy yellow mare, making her smile even more.
“All comfy and snuggly, pal?” Rainbow said a bit teasingly, but sincerely.
Giggling, Fluttershy nodded as she nuzzled her. “Very. I'm glad you...decided to stay with me. Sometimes I think about the last time we spent the night together...when you held me...”
“Believe me, I know. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Especially while I was gone,” Rainbow murmured, stroking her mane gently. She chuckled a bit, smiling as she looked out the window a moment. “It's funny. That's when I realized I was in love with you.”
“....Really?” Fluttershy angled her head a bit to look at her. “Was it?”
“You got it,” Rainbow now looked down at her, smiling a bit more. “At least, it was when I knew I couldn't deny it to myself anymore.”
“Oh...” Fluttershy giggled a little bit, her smile returning. “I understand...for some time I myself was uncertain, even trying to run from it.”
“Yeah? Okay, I'll bite. When did you realize it?”
An embarrassed giggle escaped the creamy yellow pony. “...I realized I loved you when you saved me from the Changelings. After you kissed me on the nose, the way you smiled at me and helped me, the way you were trying to tell me everything was going to be okay...” Her voice trailed off for a moment before she finished her story. “...I realized...just how much you meant to me, more than I ever knew. I can't explain it, but...I suppose part of what drew me in so much was just knowing how much you protected me and saved me... After that, I was trying not to tell you and yet trying to do so at the same time.”
Pausing for some time, Rainbow exhaled and held her closer. That very event having taken place nearly a year ago. The Royal Wedding, the battle against Queen Chrysalis' many minions, the Changelings. With the ability to take on the form of anypony. Especially of somepony you loved, feeding off your emotions and love for them. Rainbow felt her heart wrench, having feared that Fluttershy could have been done for. She would not have known which Fluttershy was real and which one was a Changeling. That had scared her immensely, knowing she could very likely hurt her best friend. She'd known back then, she had to be more careful than ever and not make any rash decisions.
But the moment she had seen Fluttershy cowering in fear, all by herself, that was when she knew it had to be the real her. No Changeling would have known to react that way, and wouldn't even have done so in the first place, it would have rallied her and the rest of the Changelings taking her own form. With that in mind, she'd defeated them and saved her best friend from a certain painful doom.
Why HAD she kissed her nose? While it seemed like a sweet, friendly gesture, it always confused her as to why she had done that. Rainbow Dash never was one to kiss a friend like that. It just wasn't her thing. Fluttershy, MAYBE, since she was closest to her, but even then it was odd. While they were fillies, yes, she kissed Fluttershy sometimes on the cheek and muzzle, sometimes out of affection and other times just to be playful. But all grown up? It didn't add up.
Shaking her head of those thoughts, she processed what Fluttershy was telling her. Her feelings changed during that event, during that moment? It made her blush a bit, wondering yet again how she had not noticed it. If there was even anything to notice.
“Well, that is why I felt so jealous of you dancing with Soarin'...” Fluttershy admitted softly, likely to have added it as an afterthought more than anything.
Chuckling, Rainbow kissed her forehead again. “Wouldn't have mattered, I knew I liked mares by then, anyway. I was just excited to see him and the Wonderbolts, and he asked to dance with me. It was a fun, just friends kind of thing, really.”
A little giggle escaped the pink-maned Pegasus as she snuggled more into her. “I see. That makes sense. I wanted to ask if you would dance with me, but I was scared.”
“Why? I wouldn't have said no, silly!”
“I know...well, I know that now, but I was terrified. I wanted to dance with you during this slow number...but I knew that you would either get suspicious of me or say no. I figured a fast dance would be better, but I chickened out again thinking you would still say no,” Fluttershy confessed. “Especially since it was a wedding, everypony was dancing with somepony they liked and I didn't want you to get the wrong idea. ...Yet I did, but I didn't.”
Looking down at her marefriend, Rainbow kissed her head and nuzzled her. “D'aww, I'm sorry! Maybe I should've asked you to dance, then! But I didn't think of it, either. Sorry about that, pal,” a little pout formed on her lips. “You're not going to get all sad on me now, are you?”
“No,” Fluttershy smiled warmly at her. “It's all an afterthought, anyway. We're here now, and I'm glad we are.”
“Me too, Fluttershy,” Rainbow grinned, kissing her nose. “This is going to be the best night ever. ...So far.”