Starlight paced her room. Recently, when she had been around Twilight, she had been getting a weird sensation. She would get nervous and blush and feel the urge to look at Twilight when they were in the same room. Was it some strange magic of friendship side effect? Had Twilight put a spell on her? Maybe the CMCs had put one of Zecora's potions in her tea. But Starlight could barely even think about the last option. Did Starlight have a crush on Twilight? If so, what should she do? Starlight decided the best course of action would be to see her friends about her problem.
In Zecora's hut, Starlight sat across a table from the zebra. "Are you sure the CMCs didn't take some concoction from here?" Starlight asked.
"I assure you, my words ring true," Zecora replied. "I think the issue is with you."
"Me?" Starlight repeated. "How?"
"I believe you have developed a crush," Zecora answered. "I understand it can be too much."
"What do I do?"
"In reply, I believe you should see your friend Fluttershy."
"How could she help?"
Zecora just smiled. Starlight sighed and transported herself to Fluttershy's door. She was just about to knock, but the door swung open. Twilight came out, holding Owlowiscious on her hoof. Starlight's eyes widened, but she quickly tried to cover up her surprise. "Oh, hey, Twilight," Starlight said nervously. "What are you up to?" Starlight winced internally. What are you up to? That is such a stupid comment! Of course I know what Twi's up to! She's right here!
To Starlight's surprise, Twilight looked a little nervous herself. "Oh, you know, the usual," Twilight said. "Visiting my friends. And you of course. Because you know. We're friends."
Starlight forced a nervous laugh. "Yes. I would hope so. I'm going to see Fluttershy."
"Well, I just came back from that, so, see you later?" Twilight answered. Her wings started twitching, and Starlight knew that habit came when she was overthinking things, and it only made her fall apart faster than she already was.
Starlight put her hoof on Twilight's back and smiled. "You're all right."
Twilight took a deep breath. Her wings relaxed. "Thanks, Starlight," she said with a smile.
"You're welcome," Starlight said. Twilight moved along, and Starlight knocked on Fluttershy's door. A few seconds passed, and then Fluttershy opened the door with a huge grin on her face. When she saw who was standing in the door, her face fell back into her normal shy smile.
"It's you," Fluttershy said. "Come in."
Once they had settled on the floor, Starlight asked Fluttershy, "Why weren't you happy to see me? Are you waiting for someone?"
Fluttershy blushed. "Yeah," she said bashfully. "I'm waiting for Rainbow Dash. We're having our third date."
Starlight gasped. "You mean, you and Rainbow are..."
"A couple? Yeah. Twilight was surprised too. It just kinda happened. To be honest, I'm not sure how. I'm telling all my friends one by one. Rainbow is too. I guess since I'm dating someone, I became the unofficial love therapist for everyone."
Starlight was taking a minute to process all of this when something hit her. "Wait. Twilight was here for love therapy?"
Fluttershy looked about to answer when all of a sudden Pinkie climbed out of a vase in the corner and shushed Fluttershy. "Forever," she whispered.
Starlight blinked. "What..."
Fluttershy smiled. "It's Pinkie. Don't think about it too much. So, anyway, do you need love therapy?"
Starlight smiled sheepishly. "Yeah. I think I might have a crush on Twilight. She's so amazing, and pretty, and smart, and powerful, and we're so alike, and she completes me, and..." Starlight went on and on like that. Once she had finished, Fluttershy smiled.
"It seems you may have even a bit more of a crush on Twilight. What you need to do is to tell her."
"What!?"
"Go to Rainbow Dash for that one."
Starlight transported herself to Cloudsdale and found Rainbow taking a nap on a cloud. Starlight cast a spell allowing her to walk on clouds then found another cloud nearby to sit on to wait for Rainbow to wake up. It only took a moment. "What is it?" Rainbow groaned.
"Fluttershy said you could help me with telling Twilight that I have romantic feelings for her."
Rainbow grinned. "You and Twilight, huh," Rainbow said teasingly. "Well, my confession to Fluttershy was pretty cool if I do say so myself. I got the Wonderbolts to help me even. But you don't need to go all out like I did. For you and Twilight, I think you should just tell her straight out, no fancy things about it. We need to make sure you're confident enough to not ditch it."
Starlight straightened. "I'm confident, all right. I'll do it now."
Suddenly, Rainbow zipped to face her. "No!" she shouted. When she saw Starlight's confused expression, she calmed down. "I mean, let's practice first. We can go find her at sunset. Always the best time."
"Okay," Starlight said. "I'm so ready! What do we do?"
"Um...practice on me!"
"All right," Starlight answered. She pictured Twilight in Rainbow Dash's place. She took a deep breath, but the butterflies in her stomach clogged up her mind. "Um, er, Twilight, I have something to tell you," Starlight said, then waited for an answer. When none came, she looked defeated.
"That was a good start," Rainbow said. "But you can't wait for an answer, and you can't sound unsure of yourself." Starlight nodded.
The two of them practiced until the sun had started to set. "I think you're ready," Rainbow said. "Go find her!"
Nervously, Starlight teleported herself to the market center, and Twilight was there! "Oh, Starlight," Twilight said, "You're finally here!"
"What do you mean by finally?" Starlight asked.
"I mean that I've been waiting for you," Twilight said. "I have something to tell you."
"You...do?" Starlight asked. This was not what she thought would happen. Maybe she would have to wait.
"I do," Twilight said. "You've been a great friend to me, and I respect you. But recently, I've fallen a little in love with you, Starlight. What I'm trying to say is, will you be my marefriend?"
Starlight couldn't believe this. Twilight already felt the same way? This was amazing! Instead of answering Twilight's question, Starlight ran forward and kissed her, a passionate one, one that Twilight gladly returned.