//------------------------------// // I Dream of Pink // Story: I Dream of Pink // by Spice of Life //------------------------------// I Dream of Pink By Spice of Life The rhythmic *whir-click* of the sewing machine put Rarity into a trance. It wasn't often she could afford to lose her concentration and allow her mind to wander while she worked, but while this was a large order the design was simple. Capes. Her client placed an order for a large number of capes and he was prepared to spend entirely too much on them. Just so he could say that he had them made by an up and coming fashion designer before she became truly famous. She shook her head to restore her concentration. She could make these capes in her sleep, but detested the idea of spending more time on them then necessary should she make mistakes. Rarity laid the finished cape onto the pile. "Almost half-way done," she said to herself and sighed. The dull, mind-numbing nature of this was wearing on her. At the start, she had actually enjoyed being able to design something simple, something that didn't require the usual flare and detail she put into her work. However, she did not count on the sheer tediousness of actually making the capes. She had long ago started to wish the design she came up with were even simpler. She mechanically put the next piece of fabric onto her machine and started on yet another cape. She yawned as the clicking of the machine threatened her waking state. She looked down at the cape she was working on. While the details of the design were from her, the color pattern was from her client. The capes were blue with green edges and had a stylized griffin head on the center done in pink lace. Such an odd combination of colors; none of them really complimented each other. But, she had done what she could with the odd commission and made it into something that looked fantastic. Well good anyway... Actually the more she thought about it the less happy she was with the design, but the customer had loved it and it was too late to change it now. She barely registered as she started on the griffin. She wondered why the client wanted it to be pink. Not that she had anything against pink, in fact she rather liked pink, she rather liked pink a lot. Thoughts of a certain pink party pony drifted though her mind. Despite her fatigue she smiled to herself. She had been quite surprised when Pinkie Pie had asked her out about two months ago. Initially she had politely refused. Pinkie proved to be rather persistent though and not in a creepy way. Had Pinkie used her odd habit of popping up in unexpected places to continue asking her out, then Rarity would have had to put a stop to it. Instead Pinkie had been subtle. Not subtle enough to prevent all of their friends from knowing exactly what Pinkie was doing, but much more calm and collected than any of them had expected Pinkie to be capable of. When Pinkie would throw a party she would make a special cupcake for Rarity, usually with a sugar gem or even one of Rarity's dress designs drawn in frosting as a topper. Pinkie would also always try to be close to Rarity and had constantly been looking for excuses to throw her parties. Thinking back on it, it was sweet. At the time, though, it seemed a bit odd to have Pinkie throwing her parties every other day for a week. By the end of the week the only idea for a party Pinkie could come up with was that Rarity's name started with R. Rarity had been prepared to tell Pinkie to stop it that time, but the pink pony had created an impressively detailed figure of Rarity in her gala dress, made out of hard candy. It was the cake topper that day and Rarity had been so impressed she couldn't help but give in and allow Pinkie to take her out. Rarity had expected the date to be like one of Pinkie's parties, with streamers and party games and general Pinkieness. Even with that expectation Rarity had put on her gala dress; after all, she was a lady and she had to look her best. She had been surprised when Pinkie came to pick her up and was also in her gala dress. Pinkie made for quite a sight in her best dress, a slightly awkward smile on her face, and a bouquet of roses in her hoof. That evening had turned out vastly different than Rarity expected. Pinkie had taken her to the most expensive restaurant in Ponyville and had even managed to sit still and act like a perfect lady the whole night. Well nearly... She tried to contain her Pinkieisms and mostly succeeded, but still somehow got the quartet playing a classical sounding variation on the Pony Pokie. She did managed to avoid dancing, but Rarity could see her fidgeting as she tried to keep still. When Rarity had agreed to go on the date she was thinking it would be just a single date, and then Pinkie Pie would have gotten it out of her system. But after seeing the lengths Pinkie went and how hard she tried, all for her, Rarity began to understand how much she meant to the pink pony. That night had been the first time Pinkie had kissed her. It made Rarity weak in the knees and left Pinkie stumbling around, bumping into things as she left. After that kiss it hadn't taken very long for Rarity to begin to reciprocate Pinkie's feelings. That had been the first of many nights out. It had also been one of the few where Pinkie was able to contain herself. Several had even ended in disasters similar to the night of the Grand Galloping Gala. It had taken great effort on Rarity's part to prevent them from being kicked out and banned. More than one of Rarity's hoofmade outfits were in the hooves of a restaurant owner to allow them to return. When Pinkie was on her best behavior, Rarity easily could imagine never wanting to leave her side. But Pinkie was Pinkie. Sometimes her Pinkie Pieness was endearing and cute but other times it became annoying and frustrating. In fact, that had been one of the reasons Rarity had taken this assignment; she needed a break from Pinkie Pie and this seemed like a good way to get away without hurting Pinkie's feelings. Although even when she did need some space she ended up missing the pink bundle of energy. Something seemed off. Rarity shook her head to clear it of her reminiscing and examined the cape she had been working on. Instead of the outline of a griffin head there was a very detailed stitching of Pinkie Pie's smiling face. Rarity couldn't help but smile back at the pink pony on the cape even though it meant having to make another one. It really was an impressive picture, every little detail of Pinkie's face was there, her puffy pink hair, her big blue eyes, her cute button nose, her plump cheeks and her big happy smile. Rarity had even managed to match the darker pink of Pinkie's mane by layering the lace more heavily. "It is a remarkable likeness," she said. "I do believe this would make a fantastic gift for Pinkie and I could use a break." She started working on a few finishing touches to the cape. She still wasn't sure if she really loved Pinkie. After the fiasco with Prince Blueblood she would rather take things slower and make sure the feeling was truly there instead of building up another elaborate fantasy that could come crashing down. After a few moments she had finished up her impromptu gift. Her horn glowed and the cape lifted off the sewing machine and floated behind her as she left the room and exited Carousel Boutique. A short time later, Rarity arrived at Sugarcube Corner. She pushed open the door with her hoof after folding up the cape and hiding it behind her with her magic. The store was empty, but that wasn't too surprising since the lunch rush was over. Rarity heard movement in kitchen and quietly walked to the doorway to see Pinkie icing a triple layered cake. Rarity cleared her throat and Pinkie's eyes lit up as she saw Rarity. Pinkie dropped the pastry bag and hopped over to Rarity, giving her a big hug. "Oh Rarity, I thought you would be working all day on your order, I mean I know you're the best fashionista around and capes should be easy for you but he wanted so many and you said that the colors he liked were strange and wondered if you had enough materials for them all but then I looked and it looked like you had enough but then I thommmhphmmm" Rarity held her hoof over Pinkie's mouth until she finally stopped trying to talk. "I am still not finished, darling, but I needed to take a break. Plus I have a gift for you." She moved the folded cape from behind her and presented it to Pinkie. Pinkie poked the bundle with her hoof "Ohhhh, what is it?" She said just as Rarity unfolded the cape before her eyes. Pinkie's jaw dropped and her eyes lit up even more. "Oh Rarity, it's so pretty, its meeeeee!" She squealed and leapt forward, the cape getting wrapped around her face as she hugged Rarity tightly again, pressing her face against Rarity's as she tried to kiss her though the cape. Rarity giggled demurely and her horn glowed as she lifted the cape off the smiling pink pony, only to be met with a barrage of Pinkie kisses. "I'm glad you like it darling." "Like it? I loooooooove it. Ohh ohhh ohhh, we should have a party for it, a Pinkie cape party! Wouldn't that just be fantastic, we can have balloons and streamers and music and games and everypony can get a cape too." Pinkie bounced up and down as she worked out all the details in her head. Rarity groaned and rolled her eyes "Daaarling please." She stood up on her hind legs and wrapped her forelegs around Pinkie, then gave her a soft kiss on the lips. Pinkie stood there with her own legs wrapped around Rarity, in a speechless stupor. Rarity tried to keep her kisses for special occasions so whenever she kissed Pinkie it would leave her in a slightly stunned state. She smiled at her pink special somepony. "How about instead of all that, I go back and finish this order. Tonight we can go to the hill overlooking Ponyville and watch the sunset together?" Pinkie shook off her stunned state and fell into a giggling fit. "Hahahehehehe, ok Rarity, I guess the Cakes would be mad if I forgot about baking to throw another party." "I shall see you this evening darling," Rarity said as she reluctantly broke the embrace. She gave Pinkie a peck on the cheek before leaving Sugarcube Corner. As Rarity walked back to Carousel Boutique she thought to herself. She still wasn't sure if she loved Pinkie. Well, she wasn't sure if she were willing to admit it quite yet but she was sure that no matter how annoying the pink pony could be, she wanted her to be in her life for all time.