The 25 Days Of Hearth's Warming
Day 23: It Looks Perfect
Sparkle Productions
Twilight levitated streamers and banners. Rarity made the decor, streamers, and an ice sculpture which said "Happy Hearth's Warming". Pinkie made the banners and inflated the balloons, while Rainbow trained to preform her legendary Sonic Rainboom. Fluttershy had finally worked up the courage to sing in front of the crowd, her animal friends providing the instrumental; she now was doing vocal warm-ups. Applejack began preparing samples of pie to glazed apples galore; all of which would be tested by the Main Six before she even thought about serving those to the guests.
Soarin stood by idly, bored out of his mind. He watched as each of Rainbow's friends preformed their roles and felt nothing less of useless. He watched from afar how all her friends seemed so close, so happy. It reminded him of his friendships with Spitfire, Fire and Lightning Streak, and Fleetfoot; he missed them. Sure, being there with Dash was nice, but she had her own set of friends; he didn't belong there. He belonged with those who could understand him; the ones who understood that even though they were doing what they loved, they now would forever be confined to those who were of the same social standing. After all, those who weren't often wanted popularity, to date them, bits, or all three of those things.
He found the urge to just leave, he could now and all he was doing by staying there was being a nuisance. Soarin readied himself for take off. He skimmed his hooves against the pavement, building acceleration until he was off into the crisp early air. He remembered why he began flying in the first place; the feeling of freedom, being alone with the wind. Rainbow noticed and zoomed off after him.
"Wait! Where're you going!" The wind blocked the majority of her voice, only bits and pieces were heard but that was enough for Soarin to understand what was said. Enough to make him speed off faster. A purple trail was soon next to him, Twilight.
She panted for air but was persistent, "What happened?! Was it something we did?!" Twilight's voice cracked from yelling as loud as she could, if not louder. "Please stop! We can talk this out!" Twilight screamed even louder as they neared the Everfree Forest; she knew it wasn't safe for Soarin to go into the wild and unforgiving forest.
"I can't! I have too leave, I don't belong here!" Soarin stayed vague, not wanting to explain his reasoning. He zoomed off leaving a large gap in distance, Twilight and Rainbow flapped their wings as fast as they could, desperately trying to catch up. Sweat drenched their coats but they didn't quit, they wouldn't quit until they got a straight answer.
"You do! We love you staying here! I'm not sure what's gotten into you!" Dash had tears down her cheeks from the sheer effort and speed they were flying at, it was absolutely exhausting, Twilight looked the same.
A cloud of thick bushes blocked their view; Soarin knew that diving into there would be the only way to escape. After swallowing all of his doubt, he took the chance dodging branches and thorns on his way down. He crashed landed into the thick itchy grass, he couldn't care less of his bottom itching as he began running on hoof, trying to find a good hiding spot into the distance. He arrived to a cave that was covered inn leaves, hiding him perfectly/
Five minutes passed, the only sound present was the sound of Soarin's heavy breathing and his heart pounding. He almost fell asleep waiting for the perfect opportunity to escape, he didn't want to escape prematurely and they happen to still be there waiting for him. Now that he was alone he thought about why he had run off into hiding in the first place. Soarin felt so out of place. He wasn't sure why he had felt this way all of a sudden when he hadn't at any other occasion. His head began to hurt from all of the thinking he was doing, coming to the conclusion that it was jealousy, there was no other way to explain it. He didn't want to believe it but he didn't have any other explanation. Whenever he was out her friends always asked him if he liked Dash, he always said no. Deep down in his heart maybe he did have a little infatuation with her. He did admit that he had a crush, but liking somepony and a crush were two completely different things. But maybe they weren't all that different. She was always nice to him, it was almost impossible for somepony not to like her;
A rustle startled Soarin, it could've been some barbarous animal, who knows what? A rainbow haired mare with a cyan coat appeared, no other than the one and only Rainbow Dash. A red blush graced her cheeks as she deliberately avoided eye contact. "H-Hey, Soarin. I don't want you to go. Please don't. I have a confession to make," she looked into his eyes for just a moment before turning away again.
"What is it?" He watched as she slowly approached as if with caution. Finally arriving in front of him, she gave a nervous smile. He wondered what she was going to say. Maybe it was that she thought he was guest so she didn't want him to do any work.
She inched closer, taking a deep breath. Then she pushed him to the back of the cave wall, putting her front hooves on opposite sides of him roughly, demonstrating just how much authority she had over this situation. Then a dam broke as tears cascaded out of her eyes. "You worried me! I thought you were gonna leave me!" She took shaky breaths before continuing, "M-My confession is-," she turned her head away as if a deep emotional battle was happening inside her. A battle she couldn't win limiting what she could say. "Buck! I can't say it! I practiced s much too! What a waste of time!" A sad frown contradicted her angry speech, angry she couldn't express this with no problem just like everything else. "I'll let actions do the talking. They speak louder than words after all. Close your eyes, " he complied as Dash took deep breaths repeatedly. All Soarin could feel was something soft against his lips. He opened them to find a blushing Dash kissing him. He began blushing as well. She removed herself from him for air, "S-Sorry for violating your space," she let him free.
"I-It's okay," this time taking initiative, he kissed her back. "I love you," he whispered.
"I love you too," she smiled, her feelings returned. "Let's head back."
"One thing," Dash turned around, " Will you be my marefriend?"
"Yes! I mean, yeah sure."
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"What do you think of the decorations?" Rarity smiled, looking at the colorful decoration, "We spent all day on them."
"It looks perfect," Twilight smiled, happy with the outcome. She wasn't the only pony happy with today's outcome. Applejack had chosen the perfect menu. Fluttershy sounded beautiful. Pinkie had prepared a perfect party. Rainbow and Soarin had obtained a new colt and marefriend. And Twilight had strategically placed everything in the perfect place. Rarity had made magnificent decor. In the end everypony was happy with a happy ending for all.