“Ahem, attention everyone,” called Twilight from the small stage that was only a simple table. Most of the students in the school were gathering there because Twilight was going to announce something important. Once everyone got quiet, she raised her voice and continued, “As most of you know, I wanna tell you something important. This is a decision from students’ council so all of you have to do it, especially king and the queen of the celebration. All of the students who come to party have to know slow dance. That’s not mandatory for ordinary students, just in case you wanna dance but king and queen have to know it. Thanks for the attention. That’s it.”
“WHAT?” shouted a boy from the crowd. “But I don’t know how to do it.”
“Why do you wanna know? You’re not king, it’s not necessary for you,” said the girl beside him.
“C’mon Spit, maybe he wants to ask a girl for dance. He HAS to know slow dance!” said another girl beside him with a wink.
“Whoa… wait a second…” muttered Spitfire. Then she glared at him and quickly pulled him with her. With a short ‘whoa’ from him, he followed her and their other friend, Fleetfoot, started running after them with a grin. Once they were out of that hall and in another one, Spitfire pushed him to a wall and glared at his eyes. “Who’s the girl?” she asked simply.
“Pfft, did you really believe Fleetfoot? There’s no girl,” replied Soarin.
“It’s Rainbow isn’t it?” asked Spitfire.
“Rainbow? Why would I want to ask my best friend to a slow dance?” he said somewhat… awkwardly.
“Soarin Skies,” she began. “Look straight in my eyes and say that you don’t like Rainbow Dash.”
Soarin quickly frowned. “I, Soarin Skies say that I… I…” he hesitated for a second and then a light blush appeared on his face. “…love Rainbow Dash…” he whispered.
“Oooh!” said Fleetfoot with a huge grin.
Spitfire smiled too and let go of him. “Now that’s how a good little brother tells everything to his big sister.”
Soarin huffed and said, “Now what?”
“Then you have to learn slow dance,” said Fleetfoot.
“Yeah, but how? Does any of you know how to slow dance?” he asked.
“Nah, never wanted to learn therefore, no,” said Spitfire.
“I’m the same,” stated Fleet.
“Why don’t you ask Rainbow herself? Maybe she knows how to do it,” suggested Spitfire.
“I don’t know… but I’m gonna try it,” he muttered. Then he started walking to somewhere. Probably the last place he had seen Rainbow.
“HEY, DON’T FORGET GOODBYE!” shouted Fleet after him.
“I bet he didn’t even hear you,” said Spitfire with a sigh.
“What are you thinking about?” asked Rarity.
“For the last time Rares, NOTHING,” said Rainbow with a huff. “This is the thousandth time you’re asking this. I don’t even get any time to think about anything.”
“Well, I thought you might be thinking about a certain navy haired boy,” she said with a wink. Soon, she regretted saying that due to the hard glare she was receiving so she cleared her throat and tried to open up another conversation. “Um… anyways, do you know how to slow dance? You’re the queen so you have to know it.”
“Yeah, I do. It’s a long story, but my mom made me learn it,” replied Rainbow.
“Really? Then can you help me?” said a voice from their behind them. Rarity winced upon hearing it but Rainbow quickly got frozen. Slowly, a big blush appeared on her face. She exactly knew who the speaker was. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, I just overheard it.”
“Of course you didn’t want. It’s okay darling,” said Rarity.
“So… Rainbow… can you teach me how to slow dance?” asked Soarin awkwardly.
“S-sure,” muttered Rainbow with a blush. “Ms. Cheerily said that she won’t come to class today. Be at the empty class at the second floor. I’ll teach you there,” she said as she faced him with a smile.
Soarin’s nervous face quickly lightened up and he hugged Rainbow right away. “Thanks a lot! That really meant to me.”
She stood frozen in his arms as she blushed madly. Why did his hug always felt so damn good? Even the last time he hugged her it was wonderful and Rainbow wasn’t in love with him at that time. So then that she was in love, she couldn’t help herself and hugged him back tightly. After few seconds, though neither of them wanted, the hug ended.
“I’ll see you. Thanks again. Bye,” he said quickly before flying away happily.
Once Rainbow was sure he wasn’t around, she plopped herself on the bench Rarity and her were sitting on and squeaked happily. “WOOHOO!” she screamed happily. “Not only he asked me to teach him slow dance, but also he hugged me. RARITY HE HUGGED ME!”
Rarity giggled. “Okay darling. I saw that too. But that wasn’t the first time he did that.”
“Still…” replied Rainbow with a happy sigh.
“Do you want a good song for your practice?” asked Rarity and snapped Rainbow out of her thoughts.
“Yeah, I guess. I don’t have any nor know any,” replied Rainbow.
“Then have this special song. It’s a slow song and it’s special,” she said as she gave her the CD with the song on it. “I’m sure you’ll love it!”
“Thanks. I guess I’ll love it. Only if it won’t be TOO lovey dovey. But that’s not important… I CAN’T WAIT!” she said happily.
“Here we go,” muttered Rarity with a roll of eyes.
Dusty door opened with a squeak and Rainbow stepped inside. ‘Hmm… not bad,’ she thought. Although room’s furniture were a little dusty, room looked nice for a dance practice. No wonder, that place used to be their dance class but that was about three or four years ago and most of the times room was left empty and untouched.
She placed the audio player on a table near and sat on one of the clean chairs. She felt very excited and if it was up to her, she would run the whole school while screaming loud! Unfortunately, she had to save her energy for the dance so she had to keep all of her feelings inside and don’t say a word.
“Hey,” said Soarin as he poked his head inside.
“O-oh, hey!” replied Rainbow with a smile.
“So…” he muttered.
“Yeah… so! Let’s start,” she said as she tried hard to sound cheerful but deep inside she was having a hard time hiding her loud heartbeats.
“Yeah! L-let’s go!” said Soarin with a slight gulp. He also, was having a hard time hiding his excitement.
“So, um… for starting, I’ve gotta turn the music on first,” she said. “Okay now, you gotta um… grabmywaist,” she said with a blush.
Soarin who had gotten the message fully chuckled awkwardly and only did what she said. Rainbow’s eyes widened as she felt Soarin’s arms wrapping around her once again. She would never get enough of it…
Next step was what Rainbow should have done and she was sure that it’ll only make the situation more awkward than what it already is. But she bite her lip and did it anyway. Her hands was slowly raised up and was placed on his shoulder.
At that moment, song finally started playing its soft tone:
*Take my hand, I’ll teach you to dance*
“Okay, so you… have to take my hand,” said Rainbow.
Soarin grabbed her hand just as she said. ‘Wow… her hands are soft…’ he thought.
*I’ll spin you around, won’t let you fall down*
She slowly spun him around but it seemed unexpected to Soarin because he stumbled. If Rainbow hadn’t grab him, he would have fallen. She smiled at him and continued the dance.
*Would you let me lead*
She was leading him without him knowing this and wow, it felt good! She never thought her first serious slow dance would be with him. Sure she know how to do it but she hadn’t tried for a long time.
*You can step on my feet*
“Ouch!” said Rainbow as she felt something hit her feet.
“Oops! Sorry, sorry!” replied Soarin quickly.
“It’s okay,” she said with a smile. This time he saw the smile and returned it with all of his heart.
*Give it a try, it’ll be alright*
*The room’s hush, hush*
Few meters away from the couple, a small group were standing at the doorway and smiling at them. Murmuring could have been heard from the crowd. Too bad that Soarin and Rainbow weren’t as alone as they expected.
*And now’s our moment*
*Take it in feel it all and hold it*
*Eyes on you*
She slowly turned her gaze to his eyes. His wonderful emerald eyes…
*Eyes on me*
Her heavy gaze made him look up and stare back at the pair of magenta jewels that were sparkling majestically.
*We’re doing this right*
*Cause lovers dance when they’re feeling in love*
*Spotlight shining, it’s all about us*
*It’s oh, oh, oh, oh, all about uh, uh, uh, uh, us*
*And every heart in the room will melt*
*This is a feeling I’ve never felt but*
*It’s oh, oh, all about us*
*Suddenly, I’m feeling brave*
A unique feeling of bravery washed over him. Just knowing that a beautiful girl such as Rainbow was there in his arms, made him feel like he could take the whole world.
*Don’t know what’s got into me*
*Why I feel this way*
At a blink, instead of Rainbow who was leading him till that moment, it was Soarin who was leading her slowly.
“You did it!” she whispered happily. Soarin only smiled kindly at her.
*Can we dance, real slow?*
He slowly spun her around. She spun right in time and with a unique smile that could melt any stone, let alone his heart that was already filled with her love.
*Can I hold you, real close?*
She sighed happily and placed her head on his chest with her eyes closed. In return, Soarin pulled her closer to himself and placed his head on top of hers.
*The room’s hush, hush*
The small group at the doorway, now was very big and a lot of students were there, staring at the couple happily. None of them thought of nothing but how wonderful they’re together.
*And now’s our moment*
*Take it in feel it all and hold it*
*Eyes on you, eyes on me*
*We’re doing this right*
*Cause lovers dance when they’re feeling in love*
*Spotlight shining, it’s all about us*
*It’s oh, oh, oh, oh, all about uh, uh, uh, uh, us*
*And every heart in the room will melt*
*This is a feeling I’ve never felt but*
*It’s oh, oh, all about us*
*Do you hear that love? They’re playing our song*
It was right at that moment that both Soarin and Rainbow realized something important: It was the song they’d sang together! How didn’t they find out? Were they too distracted that they didn’t even understood this?
*Do you think we’re ready?*
*Oh I’m really feeling it*
*Do you hear that love?*
*Do you hear that love?*
*Do you hear that love? They’re playing our song*
Rainbow whispered the lyrics along with her own recorded voice.
*Do you think we’re ready yet? Love I’m really feeling it*
Soarin, also, whispered the lyrics, where he had sang himself.
*Do you hear that love?*
*Do you hear that love?*
*Do you hear that love?*
*They’re playing our song*
*Do you think we’re ready yet?*
*Love I’m really feeling it*
*Do you hear that love?*
*Do you hear that love?*
*Lovers dance when they’re feeling in love*
*Spotlight shining, it’s all about us*
*It’s all, all, all, all*
*Every heart in the room will melt*
*This is a feeling I’ve never felt, but*
*It’s all, all about us*
*Cause lovers dance when they’re feeling in love*
*Spotlight shining, it’s all about us*
*It’s oh, oh, oh, oh, all about uh, uh, uh, uh, us*
*And every heart in the room will melt*
*This is a feeling I’ve never felt but*
*It’s oh, oh, all*
*It’s all about us*
Song ended softly and Soarin and Rainbow stopped as the song ended. A few seconds passed but neither of them pulled apart. They were both lost in each other’s eyes and of course neither Rainbow nor Soarin wanted to come out of the trance they were in.
Finally, Rainbow was the first one that regained her composure. “Wow… you learned really fast,” she mumbled.
“Well, I’m not on the soccer team for nothing,” he said with a wink that made Rainbow giggle with a blush. Then his smile turned to a kind one and he continued, “But let’s not forget my wonderful teacher.”
Her blush deepened and she smiled kindly at him. “Thanks,” she murmured. “Um… I… think I gotta go now…”
“Okay. I… I hope to see you around again,” exclaimed Soarin with a hopeful smile.
“Sure you can. Bye!” said Rainbow as she walked backward toward door. Then she turned around and gasped as she saw the huge crowd in front of her.
“So you hope to see him again, huh?” asked Spitfire with a devilish smirk. Rainbow couldn’t do anything but staring at her with dropped jaw. There was nothing much to say anyway…
Art by: rainbows-in-reality
However, at the back of the crowd a familiar girl with navy and yellow hair was staring at the sights before her with a look of disbelief. It was impossible for her to believe that her boyfriend’s first slow dance was with someone other than her.
And not anyone, but someone that she hated so much. Someone that her boyfriend had feelings for…
Fury might have been spoiled, she might have cried over idiotic little things but she sure wasn’t idiot. She knew that the boy she called her boyfriend, actually had feelings for another girl. Not even he knew it. And at that moment…
No matter how much Soarin was mean to her, she still loved him. Seeing that sight almost made her vomit. So when she finally convinced herself that the incident was real, she just couldn’t stop her streaming tears.
None of Soarin’s fights had ever felt like that to her. She thought that he might be doing them because he wants to see how much she likes him but with what happened in front of her, she wasn’t even sure why did she accepted to be his girlfriend at the first place.
She hated to admit but she had to agree with Rainbow here. If she’d opened her eyes, she would have definitely seen the signs. But she was so love-struck that she didn’t see it coming. At that moment, what was better than running away as she cried?
“Hey,” said Flash casually as he walked through the almost empty hallway. He walked up to Twilight and stood in front of her.
Twilight glared hard at him and shouted, “HEY? HEY? I’M DYING AND YOU SAY HEY? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I’VE BEEN THROUGH? I ONLY SLEPT FOR THREE HOURS LAST NIGHT JUST BECAUSE I PROMISED AN IDIOT THAT I WON’T READ ANY BOOKS!”
He grinned. “I knew you can’t do it. That’s why I bought this for you,” he said as he gave Twilight something wrapped in colorful papers.
Although she was curious to see what was inside the paper, but she glared at him and ripped off the paper quickly. Her expression quickly changed as she saw the gift. “Wow… thanks. You… you didn’t have to,” said Twilight with a grin. She picked up the book inside the papers and eyed it with happiness. “IT’S MY FAVORITE BOOK! But really, you didn’t have to do it.”
He rolled his eyes and mumbled, “Yeah, then you would kill me to buy it anyway.”
“Did you say anything?”
“No! No! Not at all!”
“Good…” replied Twilight with narrowed eyes. “By the way, thanks for yesterday. It was fun!”
“You’re welcome. It was nothing,” exclaimed Flash. “But now… I… kinda need your help.”
“Help? What kind of help?” asked Twilight curiously.
“Well… I have math exam tomorrow and I don’t know a thing about the new lesson. Please help! I can’t ruin this exam too!” he said.
“You’re asking me,” Twilight pointed to herself. “To help you,” She pointed to Flash. “In math?”
“Uh… yeah?” he said doubtfully.
Many thoughts were racing in Twilight’s head. It was the first time anyone was asking her such thing. She would have asked for some time to think if it were someone else but since it was Flash, she couldn’t do anything but grinning and speaking excitedly, “Six O clock, the library that is on my neighborhood!”
“Okay,” replied Flash with a grin.
“I have to go now. I HAVE TO PREPARE MYSELF!” shouted Twilight. He chuckled as he watched her running away happily. Had he known it’ll make her this happy, he would have done it sooner.
Wait…
Why would he want her to be happy? ‘Because she’s my friend,’ He answered in his mind. But was he thinking the same when he bought the book for her last night? Or when took her to the date? Or when stared at her the whole time in the concert? When he thought how beautiful she is?...
Well, to be honest, no. He never looked at her like a friend or a sister. He always looked at her more than those. Maybe it was because of what they agreed on at the first place. He was supposed to act like her boyfriend anyway.
Her boyfriend…
It really warmed his heart. There was something for sure. She was a beautiful girl. But in this short time Flash had known her, not only she was beautiful, but she was kind and smart and fun to hang out.
He smiled as he thought of those things. But he still wasn’t sure of his feelings. And even worse, he was starting to have a headache of thinking so much about those things. He sighed sadly. He still didn’t know anything. And he didn’t want to think about it at the moment. He could feel others look at him. He was standing there like an idiot for some time. So he just started walking… to nowhere. He just needed some relaxation. For that time, he just forgot about everything and left it for some time later.
“… Aaaand answer of this equation is 7,” said Twilight. “So did you learn it?”
“Yep, I did,” answered Flash confidently. He could proudly announce that he had learned every single thing that Twilight taught him. And at top of all, he had learned something else about Twilight; she was a very good teacher.
“If you’re sure about it, why don’t you do this example? Let’s see how much you learned today,” said Twilight.
He glanced at the exercise and said, “Pff, that’s a piece of cake.” Then he started doing it quickly. In the meanwhile, Twilight stretched and let out a happy sigh. She was happy that her talents were useful and could help Flash. She looked at the clock to see how much had passed. Probably only half an hour. Flash’s problems weren’t major. But her eyes went wide as she looked at the clock.
8:00! They had been there for two hours! ‘Time really flows…’ she thought. She’d been kinda studying for two hours, but a harder form of studying. She wasn’t the one who was doing the exercises, she was the one who talked and that had made her really exhausted. She let out a long yawn and stared at Flash’s exercise with sleepy eyes. Numbers and symbols were flowing in front of her and she couldn’t focus. Another yawn escaped her mouth and made her sleepier than what she already was. Twilight rested her head on the table to prevent her head from falling. Her head felt so heavy she couldn’t even raise it up. Just as her head touched the table, her eyes started closing, no matter how loud she was telling herself to stay awake, her mind couldn’t take it anymore and she finally fall asleep with a smile.
Flash was busy doing the exercise Twilight had gave him. It wasn’t hard, not at all, and he was right at the middle of finding the answer. His pencil was scribing numbers and symbols quickly on the paper and a happy grin was on his face. With the way Twilight taught him, he could also feel the reason Twilight loved math. After few seconds, he finally wrote the last numbers and suddenly shouted, “I’M DONE!” He looked at Twilight and his eyes quickly went wide as he saw her closed eyes.
Twilight, however, opened her eyes few seconds after Flash’s shouting and smiled at him. She checked the exercise quickly and spoke up sleepily, “That was correct. Well done.” She yawned again and closed her sleepy eyes. This time, instead of putting her head back to table, she placed her head right at Flash’s chest.
Flash was taken back by Twilight’s move. He didn’t expect this but it was no wonder. She was so bewildered that she didn’t even understand the place she put her head. That was why she was sleeping happily. His chest was sure better than the rough table!
Flash who was staring at her with fear in his eyes, turned back to normal and let a smile appear on his face. He wrapped one of his arms around her and pulled her closer. It felt good to have her there. That made his smile wider and he planted a small kiss at her hair. Twilight, also, who was sleeping peacefully, smiled and snuggled closer to him
He raised his free hand and started stroking her soft hair. All of his moves were uncontrollable. It was like something was making him do all of those. Not that he didn’t like them…
‘That’s it!’ he thought. His hand stopped stroking her hair as he finally realized something he had trouble with. Everything was clear for him at that moment. He, Flash Sentry had fallen for the smartest girl in the school. And not through an idiot love potion, his heart had decided everything itself.
Suddenly, he felt so happy like never before. Because if he had ate the chocolates, he would have just stuck in a fake love that didn’t go anywhere. He wouldn’t have felt the happiness he was currently experiencing. And on the top of all… he wouldn’t have the wonderful girl that was sleeping at his arms at the moment. His hand started stroking her hair again. This time with all of the love he had to her.
“Library’s closing in fifteen minutes,” said the librarian as she picked up all of the books that belonged to library. “Your girlfriend and you better get going before the lights turn off,” she said kindly and with a smile as she eyed the couple.
“Okay ma’am. We’ll get moving right away,” he said. Librarian nodded and started walking back to her desk and left Flash and Twilight alone again.
Flash smiled and tried calling Twilight. “Twilight, Twilight…” he said softly and as he caressed her soft cheek.
She yawned and opened her eyes slowly. The first thing she felt was sound of Flash’s steady heartbeats. Then she felt his chest rising and falling and she quickly found out where she was. She quickly got away from him with a blush.
She quickly started blabbering, “Sorry, sorry, I was so tired and-”
“It’s okay Twi,” said Flash with a smile and his hand at top of hers.
Her blush deepened as she heard him calling her nickname. “I… guess, we have to go now,” she mumbled.
He smiled at her. “I’ll get you home.” And with that, he grabbed her hand and dragged her along. She blushed and quickly followed. Although that day didn’t have so much things happening in, he still felt good about it. Not only for his best friend, Soarin who finally found someone to love, but also for himself and his newfound love.