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// Gathering Up The Courage 
// Story: Light My Fire 
// by Hardline Potato 
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'Light My Fire' 
A SpikeBelle fanfiction. 
By: DiamondBurritos





Today was the day, there was no turning back. Spike had finally gathered up the courage to confess his long-time crush Sweetie Belle about his true feelings for her. And, he had to best way to do it, to light up her fire. 

Today was Hearts and Hooves Day, and he thought that today would be the best day to do this. If he did this on any other day, he would feel embarrassed, but he was lucky. But, he was still nervous. Would Sweetie Belle reject his love for her? Or would she feel the same way?

Spike sighed as he stared at the small bouquet of roses he got from Daisy, and rubbed the soft petals with his claws in a delicate motion. He took a deep breath and wished himself luck as he knocked on the front door of the boutique and waited. 

Awaiting at the door was Sweetie Belle, her mane tied up in delicate braids and her eyes covered with blue mascara, she was smiling softly. 

"Spike?" The young mare asked the dragon in her usual soft voice. "What are you doing here?" 

Spike was too distracted by the young mare's beauty to answer her. Her green eyes were putting him in a trance, it reminded him of the way Rarity would try to get his attention. 

"Spike? Are you okay?" 

Spike shook his head to get back into reality and nodded, grasping the bouquet behind his back.  

"Uh, yes... I'm fine, Sweetie Belle," he said, muttering nervously. "I-I came here to ask you something. Something very, very important.." 

"Um, okay." 

Sweetie Belle stepped aside so Spike could enter and he turned around so she couldn't see the flowers, he had to wait for the right time. 

"So, what is it you want to tell me, Spike?" 

Spike shook his free claw nervously as sweat poured down his face. Before he could think, he forced the bouquet out in front of the mare from behind his back and watched as she levitated them from his claw and sniffed them. 

"Spike," Sweetie Belle said. "These are beautiful, but I think you should give these to Rarity when she's actually here." 

"No, no, no, you got it all wrong! Those are for you, Sweetie Belle! You! Not Rarity!" 

The mare blushed a deep dark red and it covered her face as she smiled lovingly as the shaking dragon in front of her. 

"Spike," she said, tears streaming down her face. "You... you.. like me? Like, more than friends?" 

The dragon nodded as he turned his head away from the mare, he knew that this would happen, but not this way. He expected her to be disgusted that a dragon could have a crush on a pony. That's what happened when he had that crush on Rarity back when he was just a baby dragon. 

"Yes," Spike said, smiling. "I had a feeling that I could be happier with you. I don't know if you even like me, but all I know is that I love you, Sweetie Belle, I've always have and I always will, no matter how much you reject my love for you, I'll still be in love with you. I always thought that you wouldn't return my love because I was a dragon and that I was in love with Rarity, but that's all in the past now. Now, please tell me, do you love me back?" 

"Oh, Spike,.. I-I.." Sweetie Belle said, surprised as tears ran down her eyes. "I've always been in love with you also, and I've pushed my feelings for you back for the same reasons." 

"Wait," Spike said, nervous and surprised as he held her hoof. " So-so all this time you've... been hiding your feelings?" 

Sweetie Belle nodded and she lifted up his chin, and leaned her head in, her eyes closing slowly. And, before Spike could say anything else, his lips were connected with Sweetie's, and he blushed madly, his eyes widened. He had been kissed by Rarity in the past, but only on the cheek, but never on the lips.. and now, he was experiencing his very first kiss with the mare of his dreams, and he closed his eyes, putting a hand on the back of her head. 

After several minutes of silence, the two broke the kiss, and they both opened their eyes, they were full of hope. 

"So, I guess we're special someponies now, Spike," Sweetie Belle whispered into Spike's ear lovingly as she kissed his cheek and giggled as she looked into his eyes, and Spike slowly put one of his hands into her soft pink and purple mane and smiled. 

"Yeah, I'd love that," He said, chuckling as he kissed her forehead. "Oh, and Sweetie Belle?" 

"Yes?" 

Spike backed up and held both of her front hooves and kissed both of them before he stared into her light-green eyes. 
"I love you, Sweetie Belle." 

"I love you too, Spike." 

The two embraced in a loving hug and Spike rubbed her mane softly and onto her back, and listened to her soft moans as she touched his scales in a delicate motion, and they soon let it, but they still held each others arms, and Spike kissed her forehead and that's when he knew the truth. 

This was going to be the start of a beautiful relationship, a relationship that would last forever, from a couple who have loved each other without knowing it, and they would never part, even when death would hit them. And, Spike's heart hammered in his chest, because he knew that he had finally lit his own fire.