//------------------------------// // Ch. 6 White Lips Kissed // Story: Youthful Expression // by Closer-To-The-Sun //------------------------------// Chapter 6: White Lips Kissed "Wha-! Wha-What about Applebloom?" Spike nervously shook as he heard Sweetie Belle ask him. "Well, do you love her?" Spike was quick to rebuttal, "She's my friend, of course I love her!" He felt safe by saving that. Sweetie Belle shook her head, inching closer to Spike, which caused the purple dragon to back up slowly, "Not like that, Spike. I mean do you love Applebloom like a mare and a colt do?" Spike had noticed that there was a bit loathing in her eyes, "Well….uh…." Words failed the dragon. "'Cause I saw you and Applebloom yesterday on the farm," Sweetie Belle jolted her head forward at Spike, whose back was now against the wall. "You what?" "I said that I saw you two on the farm! I saw you k-, k-, kiss her!" the unicorn filly really struggled to just say the verb. A her eyes became a little moist as she looked to the speechless Spike, "I saw the two of you kiss!" "I….well….we were…." Spike tried to find a statement to say to the unicorn, and yet he could not complete a sentence. "What is it about her that you like, huh?" her voice was becoming more full of sorrow as she spoke. Finally, Spike returned a complete sentence, "What in Equestria are you talking about, Sweetie Belle?" "I love you, Spike. I have for quite a long time now," she admitted looking away, her cheeks burning read. Her statement caused the dragon's face to turn red as well, "Wh-What?" A tear began to roll down Sweetie Belle's face, "I just said it….I really love you." Spike was puzzled as well as flustered, "But you just said you didn't know about l-" "I do! I know about love!" Sweetie Belle interjected loudly, "I know what it means to be in love and all of that! I've read a lot of my sister's books about love!" Little did Sweetie Belle know that she was reading romance novels that Rarity read to unwind after a long day, "So I know about love, Spike! More than Applebloom does, I'm sure!" "But Sweetie Bel-" the dragon was cut off. Sweetie Belle placed her hooves on Spike's shoulders, pinning him to the wall. Her face was a deep red as she was visibly nervous about what she wanted to do. Before Spike could object and before she knew what she was doing, Sweetie Belle pressed her lips to Spike's. Her eyes were closed, but a few tears still were rolling down her cheeks. Spike's face was one of shock. He felt two different sensations, the first being the same emotion he felt when he kissed Applebloom, and the second was the emotion of guilt. The mixture of both caused the dragon to hate himself, 'I'm sorry, Applebloom,' he thought to himself. Sweetie Belle made the kiss last a considerable about of time before she broke it to gasp for air. She looked at the dragon, her cheeks blazing a cherry red and with evidence of tears that had dried up. Spike's face, on the other hand, had lost all color and emotion to it. "Sp-Spike?" Sweetie Belle asked to the dragon in a shy tone, still in a bit of shock of what she had just did. Spike stared off to in space, his feet sliding forward from beneath him to which caused him to fall on his bottom with his back to the wall. While he was only blinking and breathing on the outside, inside Spike was having a battle of emotions with in his head. It was struggling to make head or tails of what exactly he was feeling. "Uh….Spike? Are you okay?" Sweetie Belle spoke as she heard hoovesteps coming up the stairs. Rarity was coming back. The purple maned mare reentered her workroom to see Spike and Sweetie Belle in the near the wall, "Good heavens! Spike, are you okay? You look as pale as the snow!" Spike finally came back to reality after staring off into space, "Oh, yeah, I guess I'm not feeling so well right now…." "Oh dear. Well, nothing to worry about, darling, Sweetie Belle and I can take it from here. You should really get back home and get some bed rest. I'm sure you'll feel right as rain afterwards," Rarity went over to the dragon and used her magic to help him stand up on his two feet. "Alright then," Spike's voice sounded detached, "I'm sorry about all of this." "Oh, don't be ridiculous, Spike! You were a world of help to us," Rarity said as she and Sweetie Belle helped Spike down the stairs, "Do feel better soon." Spike left the Carousel Boutique and slowly made his way back to the library. When he entered, he didn't see Twilight anywhere, but he didn't think much of it. He closed the door behind him and walked right to his bed. Pulling the blanket over his head, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. "What the hay is going on around me?" he whispered quietly as he drifted off into slumber.