Chapter Four
The Start of Something New
A few weeks passed by and Stream was up and walking around, he decided to stay for a while to help out Fluttershy.
"Thank you so much for helping me Stream, I've been a little behind lately." Fluttershy smiled, holding a few bowls of food.
Stream took one of the bowls for her. "Stop, it's the least I could do for saving me."
Fluttershy shook her head. "Oh... But I wasn't the one who helped you-"
"But you did." Stream interrupted. "You took care of me when I was bedridden, a complete stranger. I have you to thank for that, and plus I love your pancakes." Stream chuckled.
Fluttershy blushed, making Stream keep the smile. "Let's feed the animals." Stream said happily, flying past her and into the living room.
Angel looked over at the animals and nodded nonchalantly. Stream and Fluttershy didn't notice though, they were more focused on serving the animals.
Stream served the animals near the door, and Fluttershy served the ones near the staircase. Stream had noticed that one of the animals had nodded out the window, but Stream shrugged and thought it was nothing, until...
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
Stream turned to Fluttershy, who began trotting over to the door. "I'll get that." She smiled. "I wonder who it- Woah-Ah!" Fluttershy tripped, colliding into Stream.
Stream fell onto his back and Fluttershy fell on top of him, her hair falling to the side.
Stream groaned slightly, opening his eyes and seeing Fluttershy on him, making him blush slightly.
Fluttershy leaned up slightly. "Oh! I'm so sorry, I didn't mea-" Fluttershy's eyes opened and she realized where she was... How close she was to his... her entire face blushed, trying to hold in a whimper.
And in a second, Fluttershy was off him, dashing upstairs and into the bathroom. "I'mgoingtotakeabath!" She said fast, before slamming the door behind her.
Stream slowly stood up. "What just happened...?" He asked himself. He walked over to the front door and opened it.
There was no one on the other side. "What..." He started thinking, the animals nodding out the window. Stream looked back inside and saw a string on the floor where Fluttershy tripped, Stream smiled and looked down shaking his head. "Clever little things..." He mumbled before closing the door.
Stream slowly flew upstairs and knocked on the bathroom door. "Are you alright in there Fluttershy?" He asked.
"I'm fine..." Fluttershy said high pitched, and whimpered slightly.
"Okay..." Stream sighed. "I'll just wait out here."
Fluttershy basically tried hiding herself in the tub, hoping he wouldn't come in.
Stream then went back to the kitchen and began to make Fluttershy some lunch before she comes out of the bathroom, he guessed she got a little nervous from the position they were in. He then thought if he should tell her if it was the animals that put them together that way or not.
Stream finished making lunch and sighed, he decided not to tell her, he didn't want her to give a lecture to them. Although he did like it, he didn't really ask for that.
After he finished pouring some water, there was knock at the door. He left the kitchen and over to the door to answer it, what was on the other side was a white unicorn with stylish purple hair. "Hi, you must be one of Fluttershy's friends." Stream guessed.
"The name is Rarity, and yes, is Fluttershy here?" She asked.
"Why yes, she's taking a bath..." Stream cut himself off and then turned to her. "Rarity?" He asked as if to know if he heard that right.
"What is it dear?"
"I know a pony named Chrome Charmer that lives in Canterlot, are you related to him?" Stream asked, with a smile.
Rarity smiled. "Why yes, I am. He's actually going to move here, he quit his job after an accident that had occurred, something about the factory almost blowing up..."
Stream then frowned. "Oh yeah... that..." He opened the door more. "Please, come in, Fluttershy should be out soon."
Rarity came in and tapped her chin. "Weird... Fluttershy doesn't normally take baths at this time of day."
"Well, we had an awkward situation and she just... kind of... overreacted a bit." Stream informed.
Rarity giggled. "Well, she's shy my dear, you may have known that."
Stream nodded. "Well that explains half of it."
Rarity sighed, sitting down on Fluttershy's couch. "So, tell me how you met Chrome."
"Well that's a story." Stream chuckled. "We actually fought over a mare, and then we realized she was taken. We both ended up laughing about it, saying never to fight over a mare again. Then we sort of just clicked after hanging out one day, we both applied for the same job." Stream sighed happily. "He was awesome."
"I bet, he was more of the prankster when we had visits." Rarity chuckles softly.
Stream smiled. "Yeah, his pranks sometimes go over the edge." He pointed out.
"Why yes, I remember he made a giant hoof and covered it in whip cream and hit me with it." Rarity giggled a bit.
"Really? He did that to me." Stream chuckled.
While Stream and Rarity talked, Fluttershy heard the conversation outside. "Oh... I really don't want to go back out there... but someone's over..." She took a deep breath, getting rid of the blush that was on her face.
She got out of the tub and began to dry herself off. "Oh... what if he want's to talk about what happened... I hope he hasn't told anypony that..." Fluttershy finally worked up the nerve and headed for the door.
Rarity then thought for a second. "I have to ask, what was this awkward moment with Fluttershy?" She asked.
Stream thought for a second. "Well, we were feeding the animals whe-"
The door to the bathroom opened and Fluttershy came out. "Rarity... When did you get here?"
Rarity smiled. "Just a few minutes ago, Stream was just telling me that awkward moment you guys had."
"He..." Fluttershy gulped. "Was...?"
Rarity shrugged. "Well, not the whole story, he was just starting."
Fluttershy sighed in relief. "What are you doing here Rarity?" She asked.
Rarity stood up off the couch and smiled. "Why it's a our weekly spa visit of course." Rarity reminded.
Fluttershy gasped. "Oh... I forgot... I'm sorry."
"It's alright deary, I just wanted to see how Stream was doing anyway, and you caused us quite a scare." Rarity said, poking Stream on the chest.
"But you barely know me." Stream pointed out.
Rarity smiled with a simple shake of her head. "And you barely know us."
Stream chuckled. "Touche."
"Well Fluttershy, shall we get going?" Rarity asked.
Fluttershy nodded. "Of course." They both headed over to the door. "I'll be back." She said to Stream.
Stream waved and looked over at the kitchen, at the sandwich he had made Fluttershy. He then sighed softly, watching them leave.
Fluttershy left the cottage and her blush came back, and Rarity turned halfway through the door and grinned. "And for the record, I think you two would make such a cute couple."
Stream smiled and nodded, Rarity closed the door behind her and Stream went over to the kitchen and picked up the sandwich. He made his way to the couch and sighed happily, looking at his lovely sandwich. "Well can't let this go to-" Stream's eyes widened and he looked towards the door. "...Wait, what did she just say?!"