Rainbow Dash dipped her hoof into the rainbow water outside of her house. She looked out over Ponyville. She could see the library from here, and she forced herself to look away.
“Don’t be lame,” she muttered, turning back to the water. She could see her reflection in the brightly colored liquid; changing from yellow to blue to red to purple.
“Rainbow Dash?”
Rainbow Dash’s stomach did a flip. It was Twilight Sparkle.
“Just lay low; she won’t have to know you’re home.” Rainbow Dash huddled low, wings pressed tightly to her sides.
“Rainbow Dash, the meadows on fire!”
“Very funny,” Rainbow Dash shut her eyes tightly.
“Rainbow Dash, I can see your tail!”
“Alright alright…” Rainbow Dash sucked in a deep, deep breath. You can do this! You’re no coward, you can handle it! You aren’t Equestria’s coolest, bravest pony for nothing!
“Oh but what if she doesn’t want to be my friend anymore?” she whispered to herself.
“Dash?”
Finally, Rainbow spread her wings and leaped off the cloud, gliding towards the ground.
Twilight felt the gentle rush of wind as Rainbow landed, she couldn’t help but close her eyes – it felt so nice!
“What is it?” Rainbow’s voice startled Twilight, and she opened her eyes. Rainbow's fur looked matted in places – this was normal, but Twilight was really only now noticing it.
Naturally, her mane was messy – but not tangled. Strands of hair hung wild, some even sticking straight up.
And her face… those big, dark pink eyes; Twilight always liked them. They were such a pretty color.
“Did you need something?” Rainbow Dash repeated, sounding somewhere between irritated and emotional.
“Oh!” Twilight remember. “Um… yeah, look. About last night…”
“What about it?” Rainbow muttered.
Twilight rubbed the back of her head with a hoof. “Look Dash, I know I played with your feelings, and I’m sorry. I know the hurt is… well, hurt. But can you ever forgive me?”
Rainbow pawed at the ground once with a hoof. “Twilight, I’m not mad at you.”
“Well, maybe not, but…” Twilight trailed off.
“Hey, uh” Rainbow started suddenly: “Would you like to come inside? I mean, cloud walking spell, right? I mean…” Idiot, what are you doing?!
Twilight smiled. “Yes, hang on,” she focused her magic, and then enchanted herself. “I’m ready, I can just teleport and-“
But before she could finish, Rainbow Dash had wrapped her hooves around the unicorn’s middle and was lifting her up.
Twilight felt her hooves lift off of the ground and started to panic. “Ah!” she struggled wildly, she hadn’t expected that!
And then she was dropped gently onto the fluffy doorstep.
Rainbow landed next to her. “Okay – hey, are you okay?”
Twilight realized she was shaking a bit, and tried to force herself to stop. “Sorry! I just – wasn’t expecting that.” She said.
“Are you sure?” Rainbow Dash looked her over then lowered her eyes.
“…Sorry.” She mumbled.
Long awkward silence, Twilight thought over and over in her head. “So!” Rainbow said, pushing the door open and flying in. Twilight followed close behind.
She’d never actually been in Rainbow’s house. The inside was less… cloudy then she’d thought. It looked pretty normal, actually. It was pretty much only the outer walls that were made of cloud.
“It’s… beautiful,” Twilight said.
"Huh, what?” Rainbow Dash looked at her.
“Your house. It’s very nice!”
“Oh! Yeah, only the best for the best, right? Ehehe…”
Rainbow Dash paused. “You… sorry about carrying you up so suddenly. I'll warn next time, kay?”
Twilight smiled. “It’s fine. Now, uh…” She trotted a little closer to Dash, swallowing hard. “Okay, we need to talk about last night.”
Rainbow Dash turned away; “I already said, it’s nothing! Nothing at all!”
Twilight winced at the force of Dash’s words. Rainbow turned back to her and Twilight didn’t make eye-contact, staring at her hooves.
“You smell like Rarity’s shampoo.” Rainbow muttered.
“Oh, yeah…” Twilight blushed a bit.
“Ya got something on your face,” Dash said suddenly, and Twilight jumped as the cyan hoof wiped something off of the corner of her mouth.
Dash sniffed the white stuff and then licked. “What’s this? Whipped cream?” Suddenly her eyes widened and she stomped a hoof down. “Oh, oh no! NO way!”
“What? What?!”
“I can’t believe her!” Rainbow Dash leaped into the air and made for the window, but Twilight grabbed her tail in her magic.
"Rainbow, hold on! I don’t know what you think happened, but it… isn’t what you think happened!”
“That prissy, no-good little!”
“Rainbow Dash!” Finally Rainbow stopped, folding her wings and dropping to the ground. She turned to face Twilight.
“Are you okay? Did she hurt you?”
“Of course I’m fine! What could you possibly think she…. Ohhhhhh. Okay. I get it now.” A bright red blush rose to her cheeks. “Wow.” She whistled. “Hehe… awkward.”
“So…” Dash started. “She didn’t…”
Bright red, Twilight shook her head. “Nothing like that happened.”
Rainbow sighed, and said nothing.
Long awkward silence, Twilight thought again.
“Hey, you uh – want something to drink? I got apple juice, orange juice…”
“Yes, please. Apple juice sounds fine.” Twilight smiled sheepishly. She followed Rainbow Dash into the kitchen, and watched her pull the juice out of the fridge and pour it into two glasses.
“Hey, Twilight?”
“Yeah?”
Rainbow slowly walked towards Twilight, and lowered her head a bit. “Have I ever told you… how pretty your eyes are?”
A heated blush rose to the unicorns cheeks until she felt her head might catch fire.
Finally Rainbow Dash looked up and into Twilight’s eyes, seeing her own reflection. Twilight didn’t know what to say; what to feel, she felt she couldn’t even breathe.
Neither of them noticed the pink-maned ninja slide down on a rope and drop something into the glasses of juice, before climbing back up the rope.
Twilight forced herself to look away. “Thanks…” she murmured, and Rainbow found herself blushing as well.
“Well,” Twilight coughed, picking up her glass in her magic. She held it out towards Rainbow Dash. “To…. Good friends?”
“To good friends,” Rainbow said, glad to have the subject changed. She picked up the rim of the glass in her mouth, clinked it with Twilight's and both turned their heads back, drinking.
“Ahhhh,” the both said as they finished, setting the glasses down.
“Thanks Rainbow,” Twilight said. She looked at Rainbow, who looked deep in thought. Twilight knew she couldn’t leave yet; she hadn’t really finished her… apology?
“Rainbow?” Twilight asked, but she didn’t feel afraid anymore, or nervous. She felt quite pleasant, actually. Mellow. Happy.
“Yeah?” Rainbows eyes had glazed over, and she turned to Twilight.
“I… want… I… feel so…” Twilight’s world did a flip and she stumbled forward into Rainbow Dash, knocking them both onto the table.
“Woah.” Rainbow said, feeling quite dizzy herself.
“Rainbow…?” she said dully, she felt Rainbows feathers tickle her sides as the cyan Pegasus wrapped her wings around her. She couldn’t help but rest her head on Rainbow’s chest. She was so warm, so pleasantly warm.
“I want… I need…” and then everything went black.
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I changed the chapter name because it made me feel weird