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// Late suprises! 
// Story: Doki Doki Friendship Club. 
// by Arial_Dreemmurr 
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Another day passes, and it's time for the club meeting already. I've gotten a little more comfortable here over the past couple days. Entering the clubroom, the usual scene meets me.

"You're here!" Pinkie excitedly jumps infront of me, giving me a quick but tight hug before letting me free.

"Hey Pinkie." I give her a smile. "Looks like you're in a good mood."

"I'm always in a good mood silly." She jokes before continuing. "But I guess I'm just really happy I'm seeying you here everyday!"

"I see.." I give her a nod. "Same for me."

She gives me a big smile. "It's not just that! I want to show you something!" She gets my hand and we go over to her table. I see a cupcake tray with 12 cupcakes in them. They are all decorated in different colours that match the girls of the club. She looks back at me. "What do you think?"

I look at the colorful cupcakes once more before looking back at her. "They look amazing Pinkie! When did you have the time to make all of these?"

"I had some free time yesterday and I really felt like making some! I was also able to warm up a bit!" She paused before letting out a chuckle. "Pun intended!"

I laugh at her dumb joke before responding. "Warm up for what?"

"The festival of course!" She happly answered. "It's in a few days and Twilight asked me to make cupcakes!"

Oh, yea. I can't believe I forgot about that. We have a festival every year at the school where clubs can set up a table and show what they have, hoping for more people to want to join.

"Oh, yea. I totally forgot about that." I continue. "What are the others going to be doing?"

"Apple Jack will set up the table, Rarity will decorate everything, Rainbow Dash will get people to see our table, Fluttershy will make some of the more casual food and Twilight will make sure everything goes as planned." 

She's clearly excited about it. I mean, she's always excited about everything, but this was different. Her eyes were basically shining. "You sound really excited about it."

She gave me a quick nod. "Well, I am! It's a whole day to hang out with my best friends while being able to see many other possible friends!"

"That does sound really exciting." I say giving her a smile.

She returned me a nod and looked out into the clubroom. "Who wants a cupcake!" She lifted the tray in the air to quickly get their attention. Once she did, she put it back down and waited with a smile as they walked over.

"You know the festival isn't today right?" Rainbow Dash asked reaching for one and taking a bite before continuing. "Not that I'm complaining of course."

Pinkie let out a quick laugh before responding. "I know but I really felt like making some! You can see it as a quick warm up before the real deal!"

Apple Jack got and took a bite before showing a smile. "Well, they're amazing as always."

"I completely agree darling. They're simply delicious." Rarity complemented as she took a bite as well.

Fluttershy finished her first bite and showed her a smile. "It's great Pinkie."

"Aww, thanks guys!" Pinkie accepted the compliments before getting a cupcake of her own and biting down. "Mmm~! These are so good!" 

Seeying everyone enjoy their cupcake, I get mine as well. I bite down and taste the soft icing and filling inside the cupcake. It doesn't take long for me to finish it as it's taste is near irresistible at the first bite. 

I look back at Pinkie who also finished hers and was already taking another one. "This is amazing Pinkie!"

I notice a small blush across her cheeks before hearing an answer from her. "I know right!" 

I don't waste any time reaching for another one. The others are also getting their second one before Pinkie notices the two cupcakes left. She looks around the classroom for a bit before getting a confussed look. "Wait, where's Twilight?"

The others look around as well before shrugging. "That's weird.. She's usually the first one here." Apple Jack mentioned clearly confussed.

Fluttershy quietly spoke up. "What do you think could hold her back for so long?"

Dash simply shrugged in response. "Who knows. But she's probably distracted by one of her egghead activities. She always talks about how 'important' those are."

"She is pretty popular." I mention also curious myself. "She might just be busy with something."

Suddenly, Rarity's smile grows. "You don't think she.." She pauzed before seeying everyone look at her waiting for her to continue. "Has a boyfriend, do you?"

That question but most of us off guard. Apple Jack let out a chuckly before answering. "It wouldn't suprise me to be honest. She does have quite the fan base around the school."

"Deffinetly more than me.." Fluttershy said quietly before showing a bit of blush. "But it must feel good having someone care so much about you."

Pinkie nodded in agreement. "That would be pretty amazing, huh? But I think everyone expected her to be the first! She's probably more desireable than all of us combined!" She says that in such a happy tone that it almost doesn't hurt.

"Excuse me!?" Both Rainbow Dash and Rarity asked Pinkie in unison, probably about her last words. She just let's out a nervous laugh.

Before we could think of any more theories, we hear the sudden sound of the clubroom door open up. We turn to see Twilight hurry her way into the clubroom, catching her breath as she did so. "Sorry I'm late!" 

Pinkie's confussed face fades away and turns into a smile again. "Twilight's here!"

"I didn't mean to be so late.. I hope I didn't mis anything important." Twilight gets her bag on one of the seats before looking back at us. "I was afraid I would leave you all waiting for me."

"Nah, it's all good." Apple Jack gives her a smile. "You're here now."

"Yea!" Pinkie gets the tray and holds it infront of her. "I made some cupcakes for the club today! You're the only one left to try one!"

"They look great Pinkie!" Twilight gets one of them and takes a bite. "And they taste amazing as well."

"I know! I wanted to do a quick practice round before the festival, to make sure it would turn out perfectly!" She puts the tray back on the table as Twilight enjoys the cupcakes that were left for her. 

As she does so, Dash speaks up. "Why were you late anyway? You've always been one of the first to get here." Feeling curious, the others looked over to her as well.

"I had my last class in the study hall. And I lost track of time.." She started explaining. "Once I noticed the clock and how late it was, I made my way here."

"That doesn't make much sense tho. You would've atleast heard the bell ring." Apple Jack mentioned. 

"I must not've heard it since there were some students from the music club practicing there." Letting the subject go, she continued. "What were you all doing before? Other than the cupcakes of course."

I can't help but let out a chuckle. 

"Not much. But I was just about to think about some of the festival preperations before Pinkie caught our attention with her amazing baking." Rarity answerd looking back at the empty tray.

"Looks like I didn't mis much then." She jokes. "And I think we can all set up some foundations to the plans for the festival. Then, if we need to make any changes we won't have to do it all over again." The others seem to like the idea.

"I already told most of the sport teams about it! I'm also planning to put up some posters that will look totally awesome!" Rainbow Dash mentions clearly excited about it to have already started her plans.

Rarity cuts in. "I have some decorations planned as well. I'm waiting for Apple Jack to inform me about the measurements of her plans so I can work around that."

"Ah'm almost done with that. Ah'm just waitin' to recieve the last of the materials ah need to make a clear plan."

"I've also been working on some things. But most of it still needs some work." Fluttershy quietly adds.

"I'm happy to hear we're right on schedule!" Twilight gets a smile before noticing me.

Their ideas sounded amazing to me, and I would love to help out. But being new to all of this I didn't have a clue to how I could contribute. Everything I could think of was already covored by one of the girls and any of my original ideas wouldn't matter much. I just hope I'll like whatever Twilight is about to say.

"Oh, right.. You need something to do as well." I see her think for a bit before looking back at me. "It's a bit late to asign you to something brand new right now, but you can still help one of us with the plans. I'm sure one of you could use an extra hand."

I glance around the room to the 5 girls. "Yea, I could do that."

Twilight returns me a smile. "That's settled then!" She looks over to the clock. "I still need to get some of the teachers to lend us some of the things we need. I'll be back in a few minutes ok?" We all nod as she leaves the clubroom.

The other girls are also back to their usual activities.

Now that she was gone, I needed to find something to do. I glance around the room again remembering everyone's task before making my choice.