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// Step five: Telling Her You Love Her 
// Story: Doing Lovely Things To Your Waifu 
// by Cocaine 
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Life has a funny way of showing how much it can ruin everything you've built up. Credit score, lovelife, a story, jenga- there were countless things for life to ruin and even more ways to ruin them. 

As you laid in bed with Rainbow Dash curled up against you, nuzzling your neck, you pondered this. For the fifth time.

In the past ten minutes.

Rainbow Dash was getting a keen sense lately at noticing when you were thinking about something as deep as a subject like, "Punishments of Life", so she poked her head up and said, "Whatcha thinking about, honey?"

You sighed, heaving a breath against her head. "Not-"

"Don't give me that," She snapped with a deadstare.

Damn mares...They always know. "Uhh...Just...stuff."

She scooted up closer, getting her cheek mushed against yours. "I won't stop bugging you until you tell me."

You heaved in a deep sigh again. This is going to be the toughest part of the relationship- winning. You silently laughed to your thoughts before replying. "Us, mostly."

She smiled, wrapping an arm around you. "Us? Us how? Future us? Past us? Us us?"

You patted her mane gently. "Future us," You replied before beginning a soothing stroke through her mane.

"Mmm...Tell me about it. I like it when you talk about us," She cooed against your neck.

You remained neutral, thanks to the extreme concentration you've accumulated, and sucked in some air. "I...am a little afraid. You know...you're eventually gonna have to go to college soon. I'm...not. Not to yours I mean. And-"

A cyan hoof planted itself on your mouth. "You talk too much," She said and sat up. "I'm pretty sure you do 80% of the talking in our relationship."

You smiled against her hoof, which was revealed as she pulled it away. "Which is disappointing. I love hearing you talk."

"Good, cause you're gonna hear a piece of my mind." 

You clapped your hooves together excitedly.

"You complain a lot about where we are gonna be after college, the long time apart, other ponies, education, jobs, bits, but you know what I don't hear enough of?" 

You shook your head.

She leaned in real close, running her chin against yours. "What we're doing right~"

You gulped and smiled sheepishly. "Ahh- yes. Uhm...I'm pretty sure I actually talk ab-"

"Shut up,"

"Yes'm."

Rainbow rubbed her nose against yours briskly and finally plopped on your chest. "Good. I'm tired."

You brought a hoof up to gently stroke her lovely mane, then down her back, back up, and repeat. It soothed her until her heart was but a flutter. "You are the most precious thing in the world."

She clutched you tight. "No you."

Sighing deeply, you watched her mane fall back into place only to be pushed back up by your tracing hoof. "I love you."

She laid on your chest still, making you question whether she heard or not. Rising slowly, she looked at you with the red in her eyes thick. 

No words were exchanged. They weren't needed. Your bond was beyond that- you have ascended past the physical and into the meta. You were able to feel exactly what she was at that very moment, and she felt the same for you. You knew she was thinking, "You are one amazing colt and I don't deserve you. You are perfect in every way." Which he agreed with the deserving part, but he couldn't say he was perfect or amazing.

She knew exactly what you was thinking too. It was along the lines of, "...I can barely breath because you're sitting on my chest."

She blushed and scooted down, still holding onto your sides. 

You pulled in much needed oxygen as she did so, upon which you immediately wrapped your hooves around her neck and pulled her to your side, where you proceeded to snuggle her to breaking point.

"I love you more."