"What's up with that smirk?" Gilda asked me as I walked back into our room. I barely glanced at her as I made my way to my bed. I wriggled into the blankets, trying to get comfortable. "Dude, it's like eight. Why are you going to bed?"
"Something awesome just happened. I want the day to end that way." I replied, before closing my eyes and waiting patiently for sleep to come.
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I looked away from the mirror after a few moments, finally realizing that I'd been staring at it for several minutes. I looked around the room, trying to decide how to carry on with my day after that. I glanced at my bed... No, I don't think I'll be able to sleep after that....
I looked around again, until my eyes fell on an envelope with a butterfly symbol on it laying on my desk. My eyes widened as I realized what it was.
My letter to mom! In all the excitement I forgot to send it! I haven't even sealed it yet.
I quickly grabbed an extra piece of paper and wrote down an apology for not sending it sooner, and was about to start adding some notes on what had happened since I'd written it, when a thought struck me.
Should I tell them about me and Rainbow?
They seem to like Rainbow already...
Whozat?!
J-just your conscience... I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to scare you.
I-it's okay... D-do you think I should tell Mom and Dad about me and Rainbow?
In person would probably be better...
I guess....
That was weird.... Oh, well. I looked up at the letter, then back at the note. I quickly erased the few details I had written, then tucked it into the envelope, sealed it, and walked out of my room to the post-box downstairs. I'll just go to bed after that.
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Morning came quickly. I got out of bed, glancing at the door, trying to decide whether or not to invite Shy for breakfast somewhere...
"Mmmm. 'Sup dude." I looked over at Gilda, who was rolling out of bed groggily.
"Morning, G." I said as I sat in front of the mirror and dragged a brush through my mane a whole three times. "Got plans this morning?"
"One or two... but you need not worry about them." I quirked an eyebrow at the mirror at this. She didn't bother explaining, but simply walked over to the bathroom, closing the door behind her. A few seconds later I heard her squeal in shock, accompanied by the sound of water spraying.
I turned to watch the bathroom door open, admitting a soaking wet Gilda walking out. "I should've set rules with Silver." She muttered. The water sprayed out of the sink behind her, slowly beginning to lose pressure as we sat there silently.
"What do you mean 'with Silver'?" I asked as the sound of spraying water finally died.
"Pranks... I got him a few days ago."
"Hadn't figured him for that type... Just make sure he knows to keep me out of the crossfire. I won't be able to use that sink either now." I pointed out.
"Pfft. Whatever." She stepped back into the bathroom and came back out with a towel. She started drying herself off as I walked towards the door. "What're you doin'?"
"Getting out of the field of fire, and bringing Fluttershy along."
"You do that...."
I ran into Fluttershy in the hall and we went out to StarBuck's for breakfast. She had some benyas... whatever that is... and I got some doughnuts. We sat down and ate our food in the corner of the cafe together. The table was really small. Like, small enough that I could lean across and kiss her-
I'm in public; I shouldn't think like that. I don't think that's what these ponies wanted to see this morning...
I looked around at the other ponies in here. I was beginning to get tired of sitting in a restaurant and finding myself surrounded by other kids from school. This time, though, they weren't watching us. I guess the joke lost it's humor when it turned out to be true. Some of them probably felt bad about it, judging by their faces.
Serves 'em right.
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I ate my benyas quietly, with my back turned to most of the room, while Rainbow looked around the room in an almost protective-looking way. Actually, it looked really protective. I tried and failed to resist the urge to follow her gaze and see what, or who, she was watching.
I turned in my seat to look at some foals who were sitting behind me. The few that were looking our way looked away, seemingly ashamed, when they saw me looking. I looked back at Rainbow now, confused.
"What's wrong this time?" I asked quietly.
She shrugged. "Guess they feel bad about that crap they gave us."
"Wh-what crap?" I asked. Her eyes widened and her face paled a bit.
"Uhm... never mind... don't worry about it."
I eyed her carefully. She was holding something back, but I guess if she wouldn't tell me, then I shouldn't pry- How many time have I thought that in the last few days? I think it's time I did.
"Rainbow. Please tell me." I asked pleadingly. I did my best to give her the puppy dog eyes that the dogs in Ponyville gave me all the time. She looked at me and I could actually see her resolve crumble.
"*sigh* Alright, fine." She took a deep breath. "Okay, during last hour yesterday, some of the kids drew some..." She wrinkled her nose. "... nasty images... of us..." I frowned at her as she stared at the plate in front of her.
"Wh-what do you mean?" I asked cautiously.
"They drew us uhm- having... sex, Flutters." She looked up from the plate for a second.
"O-oh..." I mumbled. I guess that should've been obvious, huh?
"Yeah. But then the teacher noticed something, so I had to show her the pictures and she gave some of the kids detentions as well as giving the whole class a speech about it being 'bullcrap'." She shrugged at me when I raised an eyebrow at that last detail. "Her words exactly, too. She was pretty steamed. In any case, yeah that's what happened. So... I guess a lot of kids have heard about it by now."
I stayed quiet. Did ponies really think we'd... you know? I-I just can't believe they think we'd be...that way....
Memories of last night flashed into my head, and I pulled my mane in front of my face as I suddenly blushed.
"Shy? You okay?" I looked up at her.
"U-uhm... I was just thinking... a-about last night..." Her cheeks flared purple at that and she looked down again.
"Oh... yeah..." She said, smiling awkwardly. I watched her for a moment, because that look on her face was so cute....
Oh to hay with it. I leaned across the table and kissed her on the forehead. She looked up at me quickly, looking a little shocked.
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"W-we're in public!" I hissed, trying to ignore the heat in my cheeks. She tried to smile, but she cowed away, her cheeks flaring and her gentle smile being replaced with an ashamed frown.
"I-I'm sorry I d-didn't mean... I uhm-"
"No, no... I-it's fine." I glanced over at the kids behind her. Some of them weren't watching, but a few were. One of them even looked... happy? That's a little weird... "I don't think anypony saw..." I added, looking back at her. She looked back up at me slowly, smiling gently again. "And uhm... Thanks." Are you supposed to thank a pony for a kiss? Whatever.
"Oh, no problem." She giggled.
We got to school early. We were barely in the door before kids started glancing and staring at us. Yeah... they'd heard...
Me and Shy walked around the building together for a bit, trying to find somewhere safe from prying eyes where we could sit. We didn't find one before the bell rang and it was time to head to our first hour classes. I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and headed to algebra.
I got there, sat down quietly, and waited for class to start. The bell rang again, and the teacher walked into the classroom. She walked over to her desk and started getting stuff ready for class, but before she could say anything the P.A. system turned on.
"Attention students. This is your principal-" I sorta zoned at at first, but he caught my attention when he brought up yesterday's "incident". He gave very vague details about it all, but he did say that "if any other students made fun of others for their sexual orientation, they'll be punished."
I feel just great having attention brought to all this this way. It's just wonderful that the whole school, teachers included, knows about this. Wonderful. Juuuuust wonderful...
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I think I was being obvious about my embarrassment, considering that my cheeks felt like they were on fire and I was the only pony in class hiding behind her mane, but I was too embarrassed to care anymore. I just hid behind my thick mane and quietly stared at my desk during the announcement.
Once the principal was finished there was a click, and I could feel my peers' eyes on me. I didn't look up, though, because if I didn't see them staring, then I could just pretend it was my imagination and nopony was actually staring at me.
*sniff* Oh no... If that started then I'd be doomed. But I couldn't help it. Thinking about how much these kids were willing to do, just because I was a fillyfooler. I just... *sniff*
I felt a hoof on my shoulder and instinctualy looked over at the mare in the desk next to me. She smiled kindly at me.
"It's okay." She whispered softly. I stared at her a moment until I found my voice.
"Th-thank you." I said frailly.
"Miss Shy?" I looked over at the teacher as he gave me a concerned look. "Do you need to step out for a moment?"
"Y-yes, please."
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The day was just a blur after first hour. I honestly don't remember much of it at all. I tried my best to ignore everything around me after that announcement, after all.
G, Shy, Silver, and I spent the rest of the day hanging out, doing stunts and stuff, although it felt more like Silver and Gilda were competing with each other. After a while, in fact, I just floated down and sat next to Fluttershy. She had a notebook out, like Friday, only this time she didn't close it when I landed next to her.
I glanced at, looked at Fluttershy, then what I saw in the notebook suddenly registered, and I looked back at it. It was a picture of me. Pretty well drawn, too, but what caught my eye was the fact that, in the picture, I was in a Wonderbolt uniform. Shy followed my eyes to the picture and suddenly closed it, her cheeks a dark hue of orange-ish red.
"I-I uhm..." She stuttered.
"You think I'll make it?" I asked quietly.
She stared at me blankly for a second, then gave a tiny nod of her head. "Y-yes? Er- Yes. I do." I smiled brightly at her, giving her a peck on the cheek.
"Thanks..." I said, wrapping a wing around her and pulling her closer. We sat there, quietly watching the other two compete for a while. They did corkscrews and flips and turns and stuff, I think trying to knock the other out of the air. After a while, Fluttershy laid her head on my shoulder. I glanced at her and she smiled warmly at me, her eyelids slowly sliding down. I can imagine she'd be tired. Today must've sucked just as much for her as it did for me after that announcement.
She drifted off to sleep on my shoulder and I went back to watching the other two doing their stunts. Eventually I got tired, so I laid down, slowly so as to not wake Shy, and let myself drift off to sleep.
"Dude. C'mon, wake up."
Mmmm... I opened my eyes slowly at the sound of Gilda's voice and her nudging me gently. I glanced down at Fluttershy, who was still asleep, then back to Gilda.
"What is it?" I whispered.
"It's getting dark out, we should get back to the dorms." She looked at Fluttershy. "And I figured you should wake her up."
I looked at Fluttershy again. She was sleeping so peacefully... I decided to do Gilda one up, and started repositioning myself carefully so I could pick Shy up. Once I was floating in the air with her safely in my arms we started making our way back to the dorms.
She only stirred once on the way, which was simply her nuzzling against my neck and sighing contentedly with a gentle grin on her face.
My heart just melted.
We got back to the dorms, and I took Fluttershy over to her room. Gilda at least had the courtesy of opening her door for me. I floated in her room, Gilda closing the door behind me, and placed her on her bed. I landed, stretching my wings, which weren't used to lifting an entire extra pony like that, but thankfully Shy was pretty light. I stood there for a moment, watching her sleep, with a tiny idea forming in my head.
I weighed the possible outcomes, and made a decision.
I quietly slid into the bed next to her and wrapped her in a gentle embrace as I fell asleep next to her.
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Mmmm..... I woke up pleasantly to the sound of soft breathing behind me, with something warm pressed against my back. I smiled without opening my eyes at the sensation of an arm draped over me...
Wait....
My eyes flew open and I looked down at the cyan blue arm wrapped around me, then I looked at the shape of a cyan blue pony laying in bed with me.
My cheeks heated up so much I was afraid she'd feel it. I realized pretty quickly that it was Rainbow, but that didn't help me relax much, and neither did the feeling of my wings stiffening. I tried my best to keep them clamped shut, but the excitement of the moment didn't do me any good.
I took a few deep breaths, barley managing to relax my wings enough to not accidentally shove Rainbow out of my bed. I brought my hoof up and lifted her arm enough so I could turn to face her.
She looked so peaceful in her sleep. Nothing like the brash, stand-offish, tomcolt I was dating. Watching her sleep, I couldn't hold back the contented sigh that escaped my mouth and tousled her man. I held my breath, hoping in vane that I hadn't woken her, as her nose twitched and she frowned for a second. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked me right in the eyes.
She smiled at me and leaned over to give me a peck on the lips. At this point, I'm not sure I even have a reason to be embarrassed, considering we just shared a bed, but that didn't stop me blushing. We stayed there, laying on my bed, staring into each others eyes.
I don't know how long this went on before there was a knock on the door. I froze up and held my breath, and her eyes widened. There was another knock, followed by Gilda's voice.
"Hey, Shy, is Dash in there? She never came back to the room last night."
Rainbow and I were still staring at each other, but now Rainbow finally started moving. She sat up and shrugged at me, gesturing towards the door and mouthing the words "open it" at me. So I got out of the bed and walked over to the door, opening it just a crack at first.
"Hey, Shy... You seen Dash?" My voice caught in my throat and I stayed quiet for a second. She gave me an odd look, then pushed the door open a little wider.
"Eh heh... Heya, G..." Rainbow said sheepishly. I looked at the ground with a blush, and aloud my mane to fall in my face. I started kicking at the floor while Gilda stared for a second.
"Why does Rainbow look like she just got out of bed?" She asked.
" 'Cause I did." Rainbow answered. Gilda gawked for another second, then finally found her voice again.
"You two didn't ha-"
"No!" We both answered in unison.
After that, the rest of my week seemed to just be a blur unless Rainbow was there. That was probably because I was distracted thinking about the movie this Friday. I haven't been to the theaters in almost five years.
All I remember from this week was a few more games of tag with Rainbow, having breakfast with either just her or her and Gilda every morning, and going for a flight on yesterday. Aside from that, I barely paid any attention to anything. I feel bad about not listening very closely to my teachers, but then again, I'd rather get bad grades than end up noticing all the gossip and stares.
The stares... It used to feel like most the ponies I knew didn't notice me very much, and if they did, they'd be afraid to meet me because of how timid I am. And now? Now it feels like they all notice me, but don't want to say anything because they have nothing nice to say and they don't want to see me cry. It's like I used to not be able to talk to them, but now they would hate to talk to me.
This is so much worse...
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My week sucked. It was slow, boring, and everypony stared at me and Fluttershy. I tried my best to ignore them, but when I heard that G and Silver got in a fight with Flash and two of his buddies because he was talking about me and Shy... well that made things difficult...
The only good parts were having breakfast out with Shy every morning, going for that flight yesterday, and the games of tag I've come to love. Besides that stuff, my week has been horrible.
I used to just want the kids around me to leave me alone, but now? Now they just stare, and try their best NOT to. They won't speak to me, they won't look at me when I look back, and they definitely are thinking things about me. I thought it was horrible when they wouldn't leave me alone, but now I wish they wouldn't be shunning me like this. Me and Shy, that is...
At least we're going to the movie tonight. Just need to make it through one more day...
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I just can't wait for the movie, but I don't know if I can take one more day...