Fluttershy was in Ponyville’s marketplace picking up groceries when she felt the air above her stirring. Looking up, she found Rainbow Dash flapping upside down just above her. Rainbow flipped in the air and kissed Fluttershy on the nose before landing next to her.
“Hey Flutters.”
“Hi Rainbow,” Fluttershy answered, feeling slightly embarrassed about kissing in such a public place.
“So how are my girls doing?” Rainbow rubbed up against Fluttershy.
Fluttershy smiled. “We’re okay,” she said. “She has been a bit more active today, though.”
“Oh, can’t wait to get out and start running around, eh?” Rainbow nuzzled up against Fluttershy’s swelled stomach. “She must take after me.”
“I just hope she isn’t too much of a hoofful.”
“Well she’s gonna have the greatest mom in the world,” said Rainbow.
“Two of them,” Fluttershy said.
Rainbow blushed slightly. “Oh, come on, you know I’m going to spoil her.”
“Yes, I know.” The couple giggled together before rounding the corner and coming face to face with Twilight Sparkle.
Fluttershy and Twilight immediately looked anywhere but at each other. “Oh hey, so, how have you two been?” Twilight asked, trying, and failing, to sound nonchalant.
“Oh good, good,” Fluttershy said lamely. Rainbow sniggered. When she received a pair of Looks from the other two, she smiled innocently, like a halo would light up over her head any second.
Twilight sighed. “Maybe we’ll be able to look each other in the eye after the foal’s born?”
“I hope so,” said Fluttershy.
After another awkward few seconds, Twilight said, sidling away while she did so “Well, I have to get going…but it was good seeing you, and…uh…bye.”
“Good bye,” Fluttershy mumbled.
After Twilight had gone, Rainbow burst out laughing.
Fluttershy started walking away indignantly. “You don’t have to laugh about it that much,”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Rainbow said, quickly catching up to her, trying to suppress her snickering. “But listen, the way I see it, yeah, we had to do something embarrassing, but look at the result. What we had to do to get here is trivial compared to what we’re getting, right?”
“Well, yes.”
“And besides,” Rainbow continued, “everypony knows what two ponies have to do to make a foal, but they just don’t think about their friends doing the deed, so why should it be any different for us?”
Fluttershy took a second to think through Rainbow’s carefree logic. “I suppose you’re right…”
Rainbow rubbed up close to Fluttershy. “Everything’s going to be fine, I know it.”