Chapter 1: I Melt With You
Sweetie Belle was running through the marketplace. Doing her best to not run into anypony, she couldn’t help but bump into a few as she galloping along. Apologizing yet not losing speed, she continued to weave in and out between the different ponies as her saddlebag kept bouncing on her back. As her destination came into sight, a burst of energy surged through Sweetie Belle’s body causing her to rush to the door of Sugarcube Corner. Opening the door, the filly looked around at the tables. Amongst the ponies sitting and chatting, she found the individual she came for, a purple and green dragon.
“Hiya, Spike!” Sweetie Belle said as she hurried over to the table.
The dragon looked up from eating his cupcake to see the white unicorn, “Oh, hey there, Sweetie Belle.” There was frosting on Spike’s face as he spoke.
Sweetie Belle giggled, “You have quite a lot of frosting on your scales there, Spike.” Looking down at his face, Spike used his tongue to lick the frosting off. The little unicorn laughed a bit more as she watched.
“Did I get it all?” he asked, turning his attention to Sweetie Belle.
“Close enough,” she commented, taking a seat next to Spike, “But you missed a spot.”
“Huh? Where?”
Taking a bit of frost from the cupcake with her hoof, Sweetie Belle playfully dabbed it onto Spike’s nose, “There!”
Spike looked down at his nose where Sweetie Belle put the frosting. He licked it off as the unicorn giggled again. “Did I get it all now, Sweetie Belle?” he asked with a smirk on his face.
“Yes, you got it all,” she confirmed with a smile.
“Good. So, what took you so long getting over here? I thought you forgot about our….you know….” Spike tried to be careful with the word he chose to follow up with.
“Our date?” Sweetie Belle answered.
“Not so loud, Sweetie Belle! But….yes, our…..date,” the word itself was still a bit strange for the dragon to say.
“I overslept, actually,” the unicorn admitted as she embarrassedly rubbed the back of her neck with one of her hooves, “and then I have to rush across Ponyville and the marketplace to get here. Heh heh, sorry about that, Spike.”
“It’s alright, I figured you would get here sooner or later. Hope you don’t mind that I ordered some food before ya got here,” Spike stated as he used his claw to get some of the frosting off the plate to eat.
Sweetie Belle smiled, “It’s fine, I actually already ate a bit before I left.” Taking a moment, the white unicorn looked around at the other tables and the various ponies sitting and talking. She then turned her attention back to the purple dragon, “Say Spike, can I ask you something?”
“Sure, go for it,” he said, continuing to eat the remaining frosting.
“Do you not want to call this a date?” the unicorn asked with a slight pink tint to her cheeks.
Spike froze at Sweetie Belle’s words. Without completely thinking, he began to reply, “I….uh don’t not not want to call it a date….”
“What?” Sweetie Belle was confused.
“Wait, no, I mean, I’m fine with it being called a date because….it’s a date?”
The unicorn was still puzzled, “Huh? What are you talking about?”
Sighing, Spike admitted defeat, “I don’t even know anymore.”
Giggling at his answer, Sweetie Belle responded, “It’s alright if you’re not sure if it is, I’m just happy to be hanging out with you.”
“Well, at least you’re happy about that then,” Spike smiled as he took a bit of the cupcake frosting and put it on the white filly’s nose.
“Hey, what was that for?” Sweetie Belle’s eyes focused in on her nose as she tried to lick the frosting off.
“Nothing,” Spike playfully smiled, “just making our date more fun is all.” The dragon’s face blushed red as he spoke.
Smiling back, Sweetie Belle opened her front limbs to give Spike a warm hug, “Well, thank you for making this a fun first date, Spike.”