[Shipping] [Sadish]
Rarity awoke slowly. Something was wrong, desperately wrong. Her lungs hurt and she had a fierce headache. She inhaled slowly, painfully. She coughed.
"Doctor! Doctor, I think she's awake!" It was Spike's voice.
Rarity opened her eyes. She was in the hospital.
"Spike? What's going on?" she asked, fear in her voice.
It was the doctor who answered, "I'm afraid you're suffering from severe smoke inhalation." he informed her matter of factly. "Little Spike here rescued you from your boutique before it burned down. Its a good job he is fireproof" At that Rarity was about ot blow a gasket. The whole boutique? burned down?
Rarity gasped in terror. "Wait, where's Sweetie Bell?"
"She's fine, she's fine," Spike reassured her. "I saved her to." He took Rarity's hoof in his claw. "Everything is gonna be fine. I sent a letter to Celestia and she said she would cover for all of the merchandise and everything; the new boutique is already under construction. You can stay with me and Twilight until its finished. Sweetie Bell is with your parents already."
Rarity's eyes began to moisten, "You really thought of everything haven't you Spike," she said, caressing his cheek.
Spike blushed, "Well, Twilight thought of most of it."
"Spike," Rarity began with a loving smile and gleaming eyes, "you saved my life, and my sister's to. You're my hero, Spike. My dragon with shining scales."
Spike looked into Rarity's eyes and saw what he had wanted to see ever since he first laid eyes on her, love. Her eyes were shining with pure, honest love.
"Anything for you," he paused, swallowed hard and steeled his mind. Its now or never Spike. "my love."
Rarity leaned in and kissed him. It was not one of those 'Oh, you're so cute' kisses, nor was it a kiss one gives to a fole along with a cookie. This was the kiss of lovers, the kind that says 'I want to be with you forever'.
Spikes heart stopped...