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// STUFFED ANIMAL PLUSHIES - Vexy 
// Story: SpikeDash Group Collab 
// by Vexy 
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	"Whoa! What the hay, Spike?" Rainbow exclaimed as she got up and brushed herself down. "What's with all the soft toys?"

Spike groaned from the floor. "It's not what it looks like, I swear!" he said. "Just let me explain!"

Rainbow snickered and picked one up. It was a soft toy replica of a golden dragon. "Cute."

"R-Rainbow, you see. I don't know where these came from! I think they're Twilight's. They must be Twilights, yeah!" Spike said quickly. "They just happened to be in the room when you crashed in here."

"Twilight's, huh?" she giggled. "Well, I'm not going to lie: these are pretty cool." She waved the plushie in the air and laughed. "This is actually pretty well designed." She gave Spike a serious look. "I didn't know you were into soft toys, though."

"No!" Spike cried, blushing wildly. He scrambled to pick up the remaining soft toys. "I swear it's not like that!"

Rainbow giggled again, but looked down at the plushie longingly. "This is kinda awesome," she said slowly. "I didn't really know anypony else liked soft toys."

"I don't—wait, anypony else?" Spike inquired.

Rainbow blushed. "Er, you know what, it doesn't matter," she said quickly. "Just forget about it. You wouldn't happen to have the sequel to that book you gave me last week? You know, Earthbound. That was a really cool read!"

"Hey, back up, Rainbow. Did you just say you were into soft toys?" Spike asked hopefully.

Rainbow looked around hastily before shooting a glare at Spike. "Keep it down, will ya?" she hissed, flying over to him. "I've got a rep to maintain!"

"You do like them!?" Spike gasped. "Man, that's so awesome!" He paused. "Weird and unexpected, but awesome!"

"Yeah well don't go telling anypony about it, or you're going to be one doomed dragon," she growled.

Spike raised his arms defensively. "Hey, your secret's safe with me… as long as you keep mine," he offered.

Rainbow thought about the offer for a moment and then nodded. "Okay. Deal."

"Good."

"Alright then."

"Cool," Spike replied.

"Yep."

The two lasped into an awkward silence, neither sure of what to say. Suddenly Rainbow broke the silence. "Hey, you wanna come over sometime? I've never really met a guy who's into soft toys before."

"Sure!" Spike said enthusiastically. His eyes widened and he cleared his throat. "I mean, er, yeah that sounds kinda cool."

Rainbow grinned. "Cool." She cleared her throat and backed away again. "Anyway, about that book…"