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// Faster Than The Speed Of Love 
// Story: Impossible Numbers' Flashfic Anthology, Volume Five 
// by Impossible Numbers 
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Early bird: gets the worm. Second mouse: gets the cheese. Which should he be? Bird? Mouse?

Starry Eyes flew among birds. His heart flew higher. To the night, the twinkle, the shine.

So did hers.

Ah,  but she was a Canterlot girl. White as class, meek as a secret  donation, in love with the telescope and beauties beyond any bird.

Once,  he’d joined the traditionally masculine Wonderbolt Academy, solely to  impress her. She’d kindly but merely congratulated her “sweet friend”.

Later, he’d quit.  Training was lousy: he’d crashed a lot.

So how to really impress her? Whatever did they have in common?

Then he’d thought like her.

To his delight, she thought like him.  One lunchtime, ever the sweet friend, he’d suggested it. She’d sparkled like a supernova:  “YES!” They founded Ponyville's Astronomer's League! Attracted  star-lovers! Success!

…ultimately, he stayed her “sweet friend”.

Through the telescope, he reached the stars. Behind the telescope, he failed. Never dared reach the star right beside him. Yet feared, someday, she would be someone else's love.

Too much mouse. Never enough bird.