//------------------------------// // Prompt #223: Honeymoon // Story: Ponywatching // by ThunderTempest //------------------------------// “Ugh, this heat is doing absolutely terrible things to my mane,” grumbled Rarity, “when I get back to Ponyville, I do believe that I-” “Am going to take, like, four thousand baths and two spa trips. I know, Rare. You’ve said the same thing eighteen times already,” said Rainbow Dash, from her prone position on the roof of the small hut the two were staying in. “I still can’t believe the company misread the maintenance schedule,” Rarity said, “now we’re stranded here with basically no fresh water until tomorrow.” Rarity rolled herself out of the hammock under the balcony of the hut, and looked out across the sea toward the mainland. Or at least, the direction she thought the mainland was in. “You were the one who insisted on the furthest possible shack, Rare,” said Rainbow Dash, adjusting her sunglasses, “Of course they’re going to get to us last. ‘sides, it’s only a day.” “You say that, Rainbow, because you can live off cloud moisture. The rest of us are not quite so fortunate.” “Hey,” said Rainbow, sitting up and glaring down at Rarity, “does it look like there’s any water in the air here? At all?” Rainbow gestured to the completely cloudless sky. “I couldn’t water a cactus with this sky. So lay off. It’s just one day.” Rarity took a few deep breaths to calm herself. “You are, of course, correct, Rainbow. I’m sorry. This just isn’t how I wanted our honeymoon to start.” Rainbow leapt off the roof, landing with her usual mix of grace and ‘awesome’, as she put it. “Look, I’m sorry too. I’m kinda a little annoyed by the whole thing too, but we can’t do anything but wait. They said they’ll get to us as soon as they can. We just have to wait a bit.” Rarity snorted. “Rainbow Dash, telling me to wait? Now there’s a reversal.” “Trust me,” said Rainbow, “if I could fly back to the mainland and carry the repair guy back here, I would. We just have to stay busy until then.” Rainbow’s voice dropped into the rough rasp that sent shivers up Rarity’s spine in all the right ways. “Rainbow Dash, you incorrigible rogue, you really do have a one track mind at times,” whispered Rarity, as Rainbow wrapped her hooves around Rarity in ways that would no doubt be inappropriate. “Don’t ever change.” With that, Rarity pushed forwards with her head, locking lips with Rainbow, and the two fell into a mad embrace of sweat, warring tongues and exclamations that should never be repeated in polite company. ***** Rainbow collapsed on the bed, a self-satisfied smile growing on her face. “You know, all that junk in your romance novels is overrated, but you? You do actually taste like wine and honey.” “Darling?” murmured Rarity. “You know, how all the characters are like ‘her lips were like red wine, and she tasted like honey’, or whatever. You totally do.” “Rainbow, have you been reading my romance novels?” asked Rarity, swinging her pillow over to lightly bat Rainbow. “Uh, no, of course not. Why would I read mushy stuff like that?” said Rainbow, a little too quickly. “You have!” gasped Rarity. “Is there anything I can do to make you forget about that?” groaned Rainbow, covering her face with her hooves. “Well, I can think of a few things, if you’re ready...” purred Rarity, rolling over. ****Time**** The next morning, Rainbow was awoken by a knock at the front door of the hut. She opened it to find an apologetic pony in a service uniform. “I’m here to fix your water purifier. Management apologises for the mix up, and I’ve been told to tell you that you’ll get free meals for the duration of your stay.” “Sweet,” said Rainbow, opening the door, and letting the repairpony in so he could do his job. “I just hope you guys weren’t too put out by the inconvenience.” “Oh, we kept ourselves pretty busy,” grinned Rainbow.