AppleDash Group Collab

by DbzOrDie


Allergy - bahatumay

There are many ways to say that a pony has had too much alcohol to drink. "Drunk off her flank" was fairly common, as was "sloshed" or "drunk as a skunk" (this last phrase Fluttershy found mildly offensive, as none if her skunk friends seemed to care for the taste of alcohol.

But no matter how you wanted to say it, there was no denying it.

Rainbow Dash was wasted.

"Hey, have you ever noticed that sometimes Mac has sparkles on his cutie mark and sometimes he doesn't? It's a conspiracy. I'm thinking he doesn't even have a mark."

Big Mac, whose mark had not changed recently, merely rolled his eyes and drank again.

"I cannot believe that Rainbow is so tipsy," Rarity commented. "Why didn't anypony stop her?"

"'Cause she had one drink. Ah didn't know you could get drunk off of just one."

Rainbow figured they were talking about her, and rejoined the conversation. "Allergies," she slurred.

Applejack cocked an ear.

"My mom took me to a doctor and he poked me with needles and now I know I'm allergic to brewers yeast, and that means that just one affects me more. I'm also allergic to three kinds of grass and mother's milk."

Nopony saw any possible way that this conversation could end well, so Twilight changed the subject.

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Applejack led Rainbow Dash up to her room.

"Now no fun business, ya hear? You're only here because you can't fly home in your state."

Rainbow Dash nodded. "Thanks, AJ," she said.

"Don't mention it," Applejack said. She helped the staggering Rainbow Dash into the little cot in her room that was there for just this purpose. Applejack always planned ahead.

She pulled the covers up to Rainbow Dash's chin when suddenly the pegasus did something quite unexpected.

She reared up and kissed Applejack, right on the lips. "Good night, AJ," she said.

Applejack could only stare and touch her lips in shock.

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The next morning found Applejack awake on time, but nursing a small headache. Ah well. It wasn't entirely unexpected. At least she had to be faring better than Rainbow Dash, who was currently doing wing-ups on the floor in the middle of the wait what?

"Morning, AJ!" Rainbow said cheerfully.

"Rainbow? How'd ya get over your hangover so quickly?"

"My what?"

"Hangover. Nature's punishment fer drinking too much."

Rainbow might have hesitated. "I don't get those. I'm just too awesome to be held back by a hangover."

"You're allergic to brewery's yeast," Applejack said flatly. "You have to have a reaction." She froze. "Unless it's actually been a few days or something..."

"Nah. Party was last night. So, did drunk me do anything sober me would regret?"

"We'll..." Applejack hesitated.

"Did I do anything?"

"Not really?" Applejack said.

"Nothing at all," Rainbow deadpanned.

Applejack changed the subject. "Come on. Let's see if anypony else is awake."

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Applejack walked out of the Ponyville clinic mildly confused. Turns out that being allergic to brewers' yeast was indeed a thing, and it made the effects of alcohol that much stronger. Every aspect, including the post-drinking part.

So why hadn't Rainbow been affected at all?

Unless...

Applejack growled and set off to find a certain pegasus.

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"You lied to me."

Rainbow jumped. "Fine! It was more like ten minutes and forty five seconds, not ten minutes flat!" she blurted.

"Not about that."

Rainbow looked around nervously. "You mean... about the cider thing?"

Applejack stared coldly.

"This is the part where I tell you that I actually am allergic to brewers' yeast and so I was drinking from the kids table all last night which included kissing you, right?" For all her bravado, Rainbow really wasn't that good under pressure.

Applejack stood there. "Why?" she asked.

"Wanted to see how you'd react."

"And?"

Rainbow's face fell. "You didn't even mention it in the morning. I kindof figured you didn't even care."

"Ah care," Applejack said as she stepped forward and lifted Rainbow's chin. "Ah just want to make sure that any pony that kisses me knows what they're getting themselves in to. So it's gotta be sober or no deal. And just so ya know, if it had been anypony else, Ah'd have punched them out, drunk or not."

"You mean..."

"Next time, try it when we're both 'sober', and there might actually be a next time."