Rainbow Dash flew through the door of the arcade and out into the moonlit street. Pinkie Pie hopped out after her, as excitedly as she had ever been. Both ponies were chatting with each other and giggling loudly.
“I knew that we’d have an awesome time together, Pinks!” The pegasus said, laughing at some joke made by her pink friend.
“Yeah, that was the mostest fun I ever had! And the best first date ever!” Pinkie replied cheerily. But then the pink pony’s face fell, taking on a more serious expression in stark contrast to her euphoria. “But…”
“But!?” came Rainbow’s shocked response.
“I mean, tonight was really, really great, Dashie! And I want another night like this more than anything! But one little thing bothers me. Why? Why’d you ask me out? You of all ponies know that I’m not serious and completely random and Twilight says I have no attention span. Why would somepony as awesome as you want to date me?”
Dash’s expression turned into one of great relief before settling into an earnest smile. “To tell the truth, Pinkie, I like all that about you! You can keep up with me better than anypony I know. You never slow down for a second, and I know that I can always have fun while you’re around. You can always make me smile, even when I’m feeling down. It’s like you’re some kind of …happiness generator. And I’m even happier that you like me back!”
“…And,” Dash continued quitely, as if she were sharing some embarrassing secret, “you’re the first pony that makes me happy when I’m on the ground. I live for flight and I’d never give it up for anything, but if I had to be stuck on the ground, I’d go crazy if you weren’t there with me. You’d be my wings for me.” Dash immediately hushed up, as she suddenly realized that she said much more than she meant to.
The full weight of what Rainbow had accidentally revealed wasn’t at all lost on Pinkie, however. The pink pony beamed and leapt up and hugged her friend, forcing Dash to land. “Thanks sooooo much, Dashie! That was so sweet!”
As soon as she got her bearings, Rainbow decided to return the question. “So, when I asked you out, why’d you accept? I was certain that you’d say no. I’m stubborn, I spend too much time training, and I’m distracted all the time. I was sure I’d be a terrible date!”
“Oh, Dashie! I like you for the way you are, and for lots of other reasons, too! But what I really, really, really like is that you make me think of the first rainbow I ever saw – even if I didn’t know you made it back then!”
“Get out of here! You never saw a rainbow before you got your cutie mark?”
“Never-ever!” Pinkie calmed down again. “I grew up in a frontier town. That meant there was no local weather team. Sometimes a lone pegasus would open up holes in the clouds, but that was it. We didn’t have anything fancy, like snowfalls, bright sunshine, …or rainbows. Not until you! You gave it all to me! And that made me so happy! If I’m your wings, then you’re my snowy day, my sunshine, and my rainbow!”
Rainbow Dash was taken aback. She never expected to hear her friend say anything like that. As she looked up into Pinkie’s eyes she realized something. Something that she thought that she had never felt before, but she now knew was always there.
Wow! This must be what love feels like, the pegasus mused. And, if the look in Pinkie’s blue eyes and on her face was any indication, her friend must have been feeling the exact same thing.
And, as their lips met in a passionate kiss, Rainbow knew that as amazing and wonderful as this first one was, the innumerable ones that would follow would be even better.