Chapter 3: Confession
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy entered the carnival. Fluttershy looked around and walked closer to Rainbow. She tried to hide next to her and this action wasn't unnoticed by Rainbow Dash. She looked down at her.
"Fluttershy? What's wrong?"
Fluttershy hid behind her mane and pushed her closer to the cyan body.
"Fluttershy?" Rainbow stopped. "Fluttershy, what are you doing?"
"There's so many ponies here." Fluttershy said with a trembling voice.
"Relax Flutters, I'm here for you." Rainbow smiled at her.
"But it's so scary Dash."
"Calm down. I will protect you, just like I did in flight school. Remember?"
Fluttershy nodded but was still right next to her friend. She felt safe next to her brave friend. She felt bad for putting her best friend through all this but Rainbow Dash didn't seem to care.
"I'm sorry Dash... I didn't mean to put you through all this." A sad expression fell upon Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy..." Rainbow sighed, "please stop blaming yourself. Now what's the problem?"
"I... um...well," Fluttershy stammered, "nothing..."
"Come on Flutters, please tell me what's bothering you." Rainbow said with a gentle voice.
"Okay, I'll tell you... but can it wait till later? Please."
"Okay fine, it can wait until we get to the hotel. Deal?"
"Deal... thanks Dash."
Rainbow Dash smiled at her friend and started walking towards a ride and Fluttershy followed closely. Fluttershy was still quite close to the cyan pony but when Fluttershy saw what it was she froze in place. Rainbow looked back and saw the frozen pegasus. She walked back to her and put a hoof on her shoulder.
"You don't have to get on this, Fluttershy." Rainbow tried to reassure her friend.
"Oh, thank you Rainbow." Fluttershy looked happier.
Rainbow Dash turned around and got in line for the roller coaster. Fluttershy decided to sit down on a bench and watch her friend. She sat on the bench and saw her friend step onto the ride. Fluttershy just watched her friend during the ride. After a minute the ride was over. When Rainbow Dash got off the ride she looked around for her friend. She saw Fluttershy sitting on a bench, looking at her with a dreamy look. Rainbow looked around her to try to see what her friend was looking at, but she realised Fluttershy was looking at her. Rainbow started to walk slowly toward Fluttershy. When she got closer, Fluttershy shook her head and stood up.
"How was the ride Dash?"
"It was awesome." Rainbow said with a happy voice.
Fluttershy smiled and was about to continue walking, but was stopped by a question from her friend.
"What was you looking at before?"
"I was looking at you." Fluttershy said with a dreamy voice. She quickly put a hoof over her mouth, but it was too late. She had already said it.
"What?" Rainbow said, a bit confused.
"Nothing!" Fluttershy blurred out.
"Okay..." Rainbow still looked confused and paused. "So Fluttershy, what do you want to do now?"
"I heard they had a petting zoo here, lets go there." Fluttershy faked a smile and started walking. She tried to hide her shame.
"Okay Flutters." Rainbow Dash said happily, but her mind was still confused.
They walked around for a bit and found the petting zoo. Fluttershy entered but Rainbow Dash stood outside and looked at the animals gathering around her friend. Fluttershy looked really happy as she petted the animals.
"Come here Rainbow." Fluttershy said to her friend with a smile.
Rainbow Dash didn't want to make her friend feel bad so she stepped inside the pen. She walked over to the yellow pony who was still smiling at her. Rainbow sat down next to her and tried to look happy. She forced a smile onto her face. Fluttershy noticed that Rainbow wasn't liking this as much as she did. Fluttershy knew that Rainbow tried to make her feel happy, which it did. Fluttershy gave her friend a happy smile, which Dash returned.
After a day of fun, they both headed to the hotel. After a few minutes walk they reached the hotel. They checked in and went to their room. Rainbow opened the door and walked in, with Fluttershy right behind her. The room was big and luxurious. There was only one problem with the room that Rainbow noticed right away, it had only one bed.
"I guess I'll sleep on the couch. You can have the bed Flutters." Rainbow offered her friend.
"We can share the bed Rainbow."
"Are you sure Fluttershy? I can sleep on the couch if you want."
"I'm sure. We're adults right?"
"Okay, if you say so."
Rainbow stepped in the bathroom and shut the door with her wing. She stepped in the shower and turned it on. Fluttershy was sitting on the couch and looked around the room. Her mind was only thinking of one thing. 'I wonder what Rainbow Dash will think of me when I tell her...' The question was stuck in her head and she stood up. She walked toward the bathroom and opened the door without knowing that her friend was in there. She opened the door and walked in. She looked up and froze, her eyes stare at her friend. The only thing she was able to do was stare. Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice shouting at her.
"Get out Fluttershy!"
Fluttershy quickly closed her eyes. What she saw, she would never see again.
"I'm so sorry Dash. I didn't mean to look." Fluttershy said as she backed out the room.
"Just get out please."
Fluttershy shut the door and sat back down on the couch, not believing what she had seen. The image was stuck in her mind and it was all she could see. The image of her friend in the shower pleasuring herself was all that filled her mind.
After a few minutes Rainbow stepped out of the bathroom with an ashamed look on her face. She walked over to her friend and sat down.
"How much did you see Fluttershy?" Her voice was serious and at the same time, ashamed.
"I'm not sure... I saw what you were doing to yourself."
"Please don't tell the others, or anyone about this. You have to promise me that you wont tell anypony."
"You can trust me," Fluttershy looked at Rainbow, "but why were you doing that?"
"The truth is that I have been feeling lonely for a long time and what when I do that... it makes me happy and feel special."
"Is that why you went with me here? To not be lonely?"
Rainbow Dash nodded slowly and looked down to the floor. Fluttershy had never thought that Rainbow Dash was lonely. She always looked so happy. She had friends. Fluttershy felt bad for her friend and put her hooves around Rainbow and hugged her. Fluttershy's soft mane and fur felt nice. The yellow pegasus held her friend tightly for a minute to comfort her.
"Fluttershy?"
"Yes?"
"What were you going to tell me before?"
"What do you mean Dash?"
"Remember at the carnival. You said that you would tell me when we got here."
Fluttershy moved a bit further away from Rainbow Dash. She looked away.
"Can I trust you?"
"I'm the element of loyalty and your best friend, you can trust me."
Fluttershy looked at the magenta eyes of her friend. She took a deep breath.
"I think I like one of my friends."
"Is that it? That you like a friend?" Rainbow Dash got a confused look on her face.
"Well... it's more than like... I think I love her."
"Love? Who is it?"
Fluttershy looked away and buried her face in her hooves.
"I'll tell you in the morning." Fluttershy didn't want to tell her now.
"Okay Flutters, you can tell me tomorrow. But you have to tell then."
Fluttershy nodded and looked out the window. Luna had already raised the moon and it was getting late. Fluttershy stood up and walked to the bed.
"Going to bed already?"
"It's getting late and I'm a bit tired."
"Mind if I join you?" Rainbow chuckled at the suggestion.
"Not at all."
They both got into the big bed, Rainbow laid at the edge of the bed to give her friend space. It didn't take long before Rainbow Dash fell asleep in the comfortable bed. For Fluttershy it was harder to fall asleep. Her mind was filled with different things and the two main things were, seeing her friend in the shower and what Rainbow Dash's reaction would be when she told her. 'What am I going to do?'
Fluttershy felt tired and her eyes began to get heavy. The thoughts still floating around in her head. After a minute, she too was sleeping.
She awoke to a bright room, birds singing in the distance and a wonderful smell as something tickled her nose. She opened her eyes and saw a rainbow straight in front of her face. Fluttershy realised that she was hugging her friend in her sleep and was very close to each other. The warmth of the cyan body felt nice and Fluttershy felt the the chest rise and fall slowly. Fluttershy snuggled closer and relaxed with a sigh.
"Awake yet?" Fluttershy heard her friend say softly.
Fluttershy hummed something without paying much attention.
"Comfy?" Rainbow asked gently, trying to keep her voice low.
"Yes, this is just perfect..." Fluttershy mumbled.
"Well it's time to get up now Flutters."
Fluttershy quickly realised that Dash was awake when she heard her name. She crawled away from her friend and sat up. Her eyes were filled with fright and she felt her face heat up.
"Relax Fluttershy. I didn't mind it at all." Rainbow said with a smile on her face as she looked over.
"How long have you been awake?"
"For an hour now. Don't worry about it, it was actually quite nice to lie like that."
"You don't mind?" Fluttershy's voice was back to normal but had a slight confused tone to it.
"Well, it was a bit awkward since you are my best friend. Now, if I remember correct, you were supposed to tell me who you loved, am I right" Rainbow's words hit her like a brick.
"Um.. right..."
Fluttershy took a long pause before continuing.
"You see... It's you."
"Wait, what?" Rainbow said with a confused look.
Fluttershy paused again. This pause was a bit shorter.
"It's you. There, I said it." Fluttershy looked down with a slight blush on her face.
Rainbow Dash was lost in thought and just stared straight into the room. 'Why me... why just me?' The only thought that was in her head. She slowly shook her head.
"No." It was the only thing she could say.
"Please Dashie. Don't hate me."
"Why me?"
Fluttershy looked at her love a bit confused.
"Why me Fluttershy?!"
"You have always been there for me, you are my best friend and... I think you are beautiful." Fluttershy said with a low tone.
"No Fluttershy. Don't do this. You... I..." Rainbow said quickly and crawled back. She fell out of the bed.
Rainbow Dash quickly stood up and walked toward the door. Fluttershy quickly stood up and ran in front of her cyan friend, blocking her.
"Please Rainbow, don't go." Fluttershy pleaded.
"I don't deserve you. You and me...I will only cause you pain. Please don't make this harder."
Fluttershy started crying. Rainbow tried to run around her but Fluttershy managed to block her. Rainbow looked around, seeing another escape route. She quickly turned around and ran towards the open window. She jumped out and started flapping her wings. She hovered outside and turned her head around to see Fluttershy standing in the window.
"See you back in Ponyville." Rainbow said quickly before shooting off towards the sky.
"Dashie wait!" Fluttershy shouted behind her with tears in her eyes.
Rainbow flew as fast as she could away from Canterlot and it didn't take long before she was above the open fields just outside the city. She decided to take a detour over the Everfree to get some time to think. She started to fly slower.
Fluttershy had made her way to the train station and she meet up with Twilight who looked quite happy. Twilight looked over towards Fluttershy as she got closer and saw a very sad face.
"What happen to you? Where's Rainbow Dash?"
"She flew off towards Ponyville."
"Why?"
"I told her I love her... she said something about that she didn't deserve me... and that she would only cause me pain." Fluttershy started to cry.
"I'm so sorry...Rainbow Dash probably only need some time."
Fluttershy walked past Twilight and got on the train. Twilight followed her and they sat down. Non of them said a word for a long time. All Fluttershy thought of was Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow flew on, thinking. She could only think about the sad face of Fluttershy. Why did she do that to her. The rain started to fall but the cyan pegasus didn't care. The storm above her grew bigger and darker. She started to accelerate more and more. The air in front of her started to bend. She preformed her signature move and shot forward. It caused her mind to become blank. Giving her a moment of silence and peace.
A storm was building in the skies and the rain started to fall. Fluttershy looked out the window and saw the storm. It was massive and she saw a few flashes in the distance. The water ran down the windows. She started to worry about her friend. Suddenly a bright flash appeared over the forest, a rainbow. The sonic rainboom glowed bright in the dark storm and a bright rainbow trail shot forward. The trail continued over the forest and got almost halfway to Ponyville. Another flash appeared and hit the trail and suddenly, the trail curved down toward the forest below.
Fluttershy felt a sharp pain in her heart and felt her eyes water.
End of chapter 3