“This is so awesome!” Rainbow Dash said to herself while grinning with delight. The cyan Pegasus was sitting on her bed in her cloud home, her nose buried in one of her favorite books. The story was about none other than Daring Do, an adventurous Pegasus that was always on the run. One thing that Dash liked about this imaginary pony was that she was just like her: adventurous, fierce, and unstoppable.
The rainbow maned pony was so lost in reading the page in her book that she didn’t notice an unexpected weight on her mattress. Startled, she dropped her book and looked towards the end of the bed, only to see her stallion sitting there with a weary expression plastered on his face.
“Hi, Rainbow Dash,” he greeted his marefriend with a weak smile.
“Soarin, what the hay is going on?” Dash asked before letting out a groan. “Don’t tell me you hurt yourself again. That’s like the third time this week!”
Soarin chuckled. “No no,” he said. “I didn’t hurt myself again, but I really need your help.”
“With what?”
“I, uh, have a problem with my back and wings. I feel like I’m really tight, even though I’m not literally tangled up in a knot.”
Dash couldn’t help but laugh. “Ah, you see, there’s no such thing as being literally tangled up in a knot,” she said before clearing her throat. “But, uh, you said you’re really tight? That is a problem then.”
“You’re telling me!” Soarin lay down on his front, letting out a groan. “I need somepony to uh, you know,” he stuttered. “Work out the, uh, tension in, uh, my back and wings.”
“So you want me to help you?” she asked with a smirk.
“Uh, yes… if you, uh, don’t mind.”
“Not at all.” She smiled at him and placed a pillow beneath his chin. “Here’s something you don’t know about me,” she said, looking down at him. “I work as a spa pony at the Ponyville Day Spa.”
“Really?” he asked, looking up at her with a grin. “Wow, that’s really cool.”
“Hehe, thanks… it helps me earn some extra bits.” She ran a hoof through his mane, making the stallion blush. “Now,” she said, clearing her throat. “Are you going to shut up and let me take care of you? Or do you want me to leave you here with tight muscles?”
“I came here to get loosened up, so I’ll shut up and let you do the work now,” he said with a chuckle.
“That’s what I thought you’d say,” she said, standing up from the bed. “Move up so you’re actually on the bed. No hanging off the edge, big guy.”
Soarin rolled his eyes and moved further up the mattress, sighing as she sank his face into the soft, fluffy pillows. Dash smiled as she watched him relax, her hoof reaching into her bedside table drawer to grab a tube of massage oil. Squirting the oil onto her hooves, she carefully pressed them into her stallion’s back, slowly and tenderly massaging his tight muscles.
“Ohhh…” he exhaled, closing his eyes in bliss. The feeling of Dash’s strong and steady hooves massaging his stiff, tense muscles was so relaxing. It felt like he could drift off to sleep right here and right now.
“Hehe… you’re really tight, Soarin,” she said, hearing him groan as she continued the massage. “You really need to take better care of yourself. There’s so many tight muscles in your back and wings, and it makes me feel so, so bad for you.”
“Why’s that?” he asked, letting out a gasp as she hit a tender spot.
“Because I can tell that you have not been taking proper care of yourself,” she replied. “You have so many knots back here, Soarin. Now… why don’t I do something about that?”
“Shouldn’t I do something about it? It’s my back-“
“No, you’re not going to do anything about it but just relax and let me take care of it.” Dash smirked. “Now shut up, and let me continue my job,” she said. “Or else I’ll stop and leave you alone. How does that sound, huh?”
Soarin gulped. “Alright,” he said. “I’ll shut up now. Keep going. Don’t stop.”
“That’s what I thought,” she said with a chuckle, and the cyan Pegasus immediately got back to work.