//------------------------------// // Unforeseen dilemma // Story: If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On // by flutterdashforever //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash seemed to have permanently moved to Fluttershy’s bed. Her own bed hadn’t been slept in for two nights and it wasn’t looking promising. The way things were going, that poor bed wouldn’t be slept in until one of two things happened: one was that the two ponies who were neglecting it so badly moved out and two ponies who weren’t so fond of cuddling and therefor would actually sleep in separate beds would move in, the second was that the young couple would break up. While the bed was not happy with its neglect, it wasn’t entirely heartless either, figuratively speaking of course. Rainbow Dash was still asleep when Fluttershy woke. She was cuddled up close and looked so peaceful that Flutterhsy felt bad waking her. For a time, she merely watched the blue face sleep on gently. After a minute she mumbled something in her sleep. This time, it was, “Fluttershy.” A huge joyful grin spread across the canary yellow face. Now that was romantic, she thought blissfully. “Time to wake up, Dashie.” Apart from shuffling in place a little, the blue pegasus didn’t stir. “I know you can hear me Dashie.” This time there was a definite hint of a smirk around the cyan lips but the owner continued to fain sleep. “Come on, you. I know you’re awake.” At last she spoke. “What? No morning kiss?” Fluttershy smiled and leaned over, pressing her lips to Rainbow’s. Cerise eyes shot open but then she relaxed and leaned in a little. At last Fluttershy pulled away. “Awake?” “… Very…” Said Rainbow, still a bit stunned. Regaining her wits a little she added. “Now if you’d woken me up like that in the first place it would have been so much easier. Alright, I suppose we’d better get to class.” Fluttershy frowned a little. “No classes today. It’s Sunday. Remember? The dance?” “Then why did you wake me? That’s not till six.” The yellow filly grinned a wicked little grin. “Well you were ever so boring while you were asleep.” “Hmph. What happened to being shy, eh? Shy ponies don’t just wake other ponies up because they feel like it.” Rainbow was trying not to laugh and doing a rather poor job of it. “And shy ponies don’t just walk up and kiss their best friend… but if you’d like me to go back to being shy I could probably do that… I mean… if you want me to…” The little yellow filly cowered in mock bashfulness. Rainbow attempted a sigh of despair. “Well, I suppose if kissing is in the equation then it does outweigh the early morning wake up.” Fluttershy looked up demurely but there was mischief in her eyes. “Are you sure? Because you don’t sound sure.” “Come here, you.” Rainbow pulled her over and squeezed tight. They stayed that way for a moment, completely content. After a while, Rainbow began gently stroking the soft pink mane. Absently, she started to stroke Fluttershys coat. The yellow filly half squealed, half giggled and cringed back. “Hey Shy?” “Yes?” “Are you ticklish?” Her tone was almost casual. “No.” “Are you sure? Because you don’t sound sure.” Before Fluttershy could say another word, Rainbow leaped at her, tickling mercilessly.” “Eep.” Was all she managed to say before she was choked by giggles. She shrieked and tried to pull away but Rainbow just pulled her back and tickled all the more. “M-m-mercy.” “Never. You’re way too cute for your own good, Shy.” “P-please?” “Oh, alright.” “You are so *hic* going to pay for that.” Rainbow Dash just went wide eyed for a moment and then started rolling around laughing. “You… You…” she managed between gasps. “You… just looked so funny when you…” she burst in to another fit of laughter. Fluttershy tried her best scowl but it wasn’t very good. “You know, that wasn’t *hic* very funny.” At last managing to calm herself, Rainbow said, “You should have a glass of water, you sound ridiculous.” “Dashie?” “Yes?” “I’m going to get you for this.” “I’m sure you will Shy.” Fluttershy stood in the scalding hot shower, thinking hard. Although she was happy that her and Rainbow were together now it still meant a lot of processing. Rainbow had always known she was gay, or at least suspected. Fluttershy, on the other hoof, hadn’t known until the first time they had kissed. Her mind wandered for a moment at the memory before snapping back to reality. Ok, so she’d never had a colt friend but that was mostly because she hadn't met many nice colts. If it came to it she hadn't met many nice fillies. She smiled ruefully as a thought crossed her mind, what is mum going to think? She was just starting to seriously worry about this when she heard singing coming from the bedroom. “Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up? Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck? Are we getting closer or are we just getting more lost?” Fluttershy stood still and let Rainbow's voice wash over her, relaxing under the hot water and thinking, this time, not of her mother but of Rainbow Dash. “I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours first, Let’s compare scars, I’ll tell you who’s is worse, Let’s un-write these pages and replace them with our own words…” She stepped out of the shower and walked out in to the bedroom, staying just out of Rainbow’s line of vision so as not to disturb her. “We live on front porches and swing life away. We get by just fine here on minimum wage. If love is a labour I’ll slave till the end. I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hoof…” She began to nod her head in beat with the song. Listening intently as Rainbow continued, never missing a note. “I’ve been here so long, think that it’s time to move. Winter’s so cold, summer’s over too soon. Let’s pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow…” Fluttershy smiled when she remembered what was to happen that night. The school dance was going to be wonderful. “I’ve had some friends, some that I hardly know, But we’ve had some times, I wouldn’t trade for the world. We chase these day’s down with talks of, the places that will go…” Fluttershy felt a little nervous about the prospect of coming out to an entire school but there was no one she would rather do it with than Rainbow Dash. And it wasn’t like they were going to parade around declaring their new relationship with a megaphone. “We live on front porches and swing life away. We get by just fine here on minimum wage. If love is a labour I’ll slave till the end. I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hoof…” Fluttershy smiled. Tonight really was going to be the best night ever. “Swing life away, Swing life away, Swing life away, Swing life away…” “You really do have a beautiful voice, Dashie.” Rainbow spun around and saw a still damp Fluttershy standing there. Wow, she looks stunning… hmm probably a little early for thoughts like that. Ok, try for something more neutral, how about: she looks so sexy… Yea, that may just be a little worse. Um, whoa nelly what a flank. She gave a mental shrug. She could probably have done worse. “Dashie?” “Hmm?” Said Rainbow, not really paying attention and still trying to squash any errant thoughts. “What are you thinking about? You just seemed to vague out.” “Oh, it was nothing. Want to do something? I’m bored.” “What do you want to do?” “Kiss you.” She suggested hopefully. After hours of playing, talking and, to both ponies delight, lots and lots of kissing, the time finally came to be getting ready for the school dance. Rainbow had taken a shower and even brushed her mane, something she seldom did, after that, her and Fluttershy headed off towards the schools main building. Inside, the building was packed with ponies. The young couple had arrived a little late so as to avoid the drag of the setting up. As they walked in they were hit by a wall of sound. To Fluttershy it felt unpleasant but Rainbow was subconsciously twitching to the heavy beat of the music that was blaring from the stage. Rainbow Dash looked up at the stage and gasped. She Turned to Fluttershy. “That’s Tim Mcilrath, lead singer of Rise Against. How on earth did the school get them to play here? Come on.” With that she pulled Fluttershy off in to the crowd of thrashing bodies. The pony up on stage was dark yellow with a grey tint. He had a blond mane but most noticeable of all was that one of his eyes was blue and the other was brown. “All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long, When I do I dream, of drowning in the ocean. Longing for the shore, where I can lay my head down, I’ll follow your voice, all you have to do is shout it out…” The night wore on and eventually the band bowed and left the stage. The silence was strange but it was now an open mic event and soon ponies were stepping up and singing their favourite songs. There was a small school band for accompaniment if a song needed it. “Go on Dashie, you should go sing a song.” Rainbow looked as though she would protest but in then she shrugged and trotted up to the stage. She walked over and said something to the band, they nodded and she walked back over to the mic. The band struck up and she began to sing. “The stars lean down to kiss you, and I lie awake and miss you. Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere. Cause I’ll dose off safe and soundly, But I’ll miss your arms around me. I’d send a post card to you dear, Cause I wish you were here…” Fluttersy listened on in amazement. She hadn’t known Rainbow knew that song. When the song finished, she took a bow and exited the stage. “That was amazing.” “Hmm…” “Dashie, are you ok?” Rainbow’s eyes focused. “Yea, fine.” Fluttershy was about to enquire further but she was interrupted by the principal who was standing on the stage and requesting quiet. “I’m glad you are all having fun but could I have your attention for a moment? We had a new student enrol today and I thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to introduce you all.” When she had finished speaking she nodded offstage and a pink pegasus walked out. A light pink pegasus, with a white and pink mane. “I’d like to introduce you all to Cherry Sprinkle.” Sorry about how long it took me to get this chapter uploaded but school is back as of today. *yells joyfully* Right, now for some disclaimers: the first song was "Swing Life Away" by Rise Against, the second song was "The Good Left Undone" by Rise Against and the third song was "Vanilla Twilight" By Owl City. There is a Flutterdash fanfiction called "Living In The Present, Hoping For The Future" Written by DinoManDraves from which I got the idea of putting the song "Swing Life Away" to this shipping. It's a great story so you should defiantly check it out. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter and I'll have the next one up as soon as possible.