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// Pillow - bahatumay 
// Story: AppleDash Group Collab 
// by DbzOrDie 
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Applejack stirred, finding herself in that state that is a mixture of awake and not yet awake. She exhaled. It was the middle of the night, and she shouldn't have been up for another three hours at least.

But that was not the case. Instead, she was awake, and she was sweating. She didn't even need to open her eyes to see why; the weight on her stomach was answer enough.

Rainbow Dash had been using her as a pillow again.

During the winter, it was fine. As a pegasus, Rainbow Dash had a slightly higher body temperature than she did, and her warmth was more than welcome on those cold winter nights.

But now it was summer. And it had just started, but it was definitely gearing up to be a scorcher. Even now, windows all across the farmhouse were wide open to catch any semblance of a breeze, the heat rolled off the sandy ground, the trees required a little more water than usual…

And Rainbow Dash was cuddling tightly against her.

Applejack grunted and shifted her hips, not so subtly telling Rainbow that she needed to leave. Really, she'd lost track of how many times she'd had this conversation with her. Applejack was not a pillow. Why was this so hard to understand?

Rainbow rocked, but she did not wake up. Applejack bucked her hips harder, and was rewarded with a slight intake of breath as Rainbow woke up.

But it was not for long; Rainbow merely rolled over and wrapped her hooves around Applejack's hips. Now face down on Applejack, she exhaled… and promptly fell back asleep.

Applejack frowned even as she suppressed a forceful exhale. Now she was uncomfortably warm and had to deal with Rainbow's tickling light breath on her exposed tummy. She shook Rainbow's head with her hoof. “Rainbow,” she called softly, trying to not wake up anypony else in the house.

Rainbow continued sleeping.

“Rainbow,” Applejack tried again, now escalating to poking with the edge of her hoof.

Rainbow's head shifted with every nudge, but she didn't wake up.

“Raaaainnboooow,” Applejack tried, rocking her whole body.

Still Rainbow slept.

“Aw, ponyfeathers.” And Applejack pressed her hooves against the mattress and quite literally launched Rainbow Dash out of the bed.

Rainbow went face first into the floor, but she still didn’t wake up. She stretched out a little and sleepily reached a hoof out, as if trying to find something that had disappeared, but was unsuccessful (as what she sought was currently still on the bed).

Finally, she woke up. She stood up and stretched out her forelegs like a cat, and then straightened up. She looked around, blinked a few times as she reoriented herself, and then her eyes landed on Applejack. Her lips curled up in an almost predatory smile, and she climbed back onto the bed and reached both hooves out for-

“Nope!” Applejack had had enough. She grabbed Rainbow and pushed her back onto the bed. Rainbow looked up, eyebrows furrowing in confusion, but Applejack was determined. “See how you like it,” she grumbled, pushing Rainbow down and dropping her head a bit harder than strictly necessary on Rainbow’s stomach.

Applejack paused. Actually, this wasn’t so bad. Rainbow’s coat here was really soft. As if compelled, she reached a hoof up and gently brushed it against Rainbow’s stomach.

“That's it,” Rainbow said happily. She curled up, contorting her body so her head was on top of Applejack's flank, and promptly fell back asleep.

Applejack was a little bit warm, now, and it certainly didn’t help when Rainbow spread a wing over her.

But for some reason, she couldn’t pull away. In fact, she seemed to be getting sleepy just laying here.

Huh, she thought to herself as her eyes slowly fluttered shut. So that’s why she does it…