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Chapter 4

-Fluttershy-

This was a prank, I knew it. I had walked over here because Rarity had asked me about a date with a very beautiful mare. It wasn’t that Rainbow didn’t have her own, unique, beauty. Out of all of the mares that I called my friends, though, she was my best friend. Rainbow was almost like a sister to me. There was one thing that hadn’t escaped my attention, though.

Did Rarity think Rainbow was looking for a date?

I didn’t laugh, that would have been rude. If Rainbow had been looking for a date, I would have known. There wouldn’t have been that accident, she wouldn’t have done something like that before she was supposed to go out with somepony. Actually, no, that wasn’t right. Nothing could stop Rainbow from doing the stunts that she did, Celestia herself would probably have trouble.

I looked at Rarity, confused. If this really was a prank, I had yet to discover the humorous part of it. Aside from that, I didn’t know Rarity to be the type that pranked. If this was a prank, it likely had gone wrong. Actually, the more I thought about it, this couldn’t be a prank. Rainbow Dash passing would have been a really funny end. She would have started to laugh, then I would start to laugh.

Now nopony was smiling, and my cyan friend was laying on a couch. Not even that would last long, a glass of water being poured over her face to quickly awaken her. That had probably been a smarter move than if she had just letting her lay there. This still left me wondering why it was that I had been asked her, all I could do was try to list in on what Rarity was trying to say.

-Rarity-

This was supposed to go perfect.

I knew that Fluttershy had a crush on somepony, some things just couldn’t be kept a secret from me. With that knowledge, and the knowledge that she stayed around Rainbow when the two of them were younger, I couldn’t think of anypony else. It had made perfect sense, the two of them would be a cute couple.

It hadn’t quite gone as predicted.

I had known that the couch would be useful when I got it, fainting wasn’t something that should just leave one on the floor. It was strange, lifting Rainbow over to the couch. I had certain expectations, when I had tried to lift her. It was going to be difficult, I knew it, but I was determined to use all of my strength to make sure that it did happen.

Apparently, working out did wonders for her.

“I have to do something, it can’t fail like this.” I couldn’t let either of them hear what I was saying. With Rainbow, it was easy enough. I lowered my voice, I barely heard it myself. There had to be something that I could do to fix what had happened. Rainbow didn’t seem to be receptive to the idea of going out with Fluttershy, and the expression on Fluttershy’s face told me that she wasn’t receptive to it either.

“Maybe Big Mac, or Cheerilee, or even Twilight.” I hoped neither of them had heard those names, I wanted Fluttershy to be surprised when I next tried to set her up for a date. She had seemed even more enthusiastic than Rainbow, though I hadn’t told her what I had really been planning. Oh, it had turned into a real fiasco.

Well, it was time to awaken Rainbow.

A glass of water always did the trick, and I knew it was going to do the trick again tonight. It had to.
-Rainbow-

Was I drowning?

Eyes shot open, and I tried to remember what had happened. I had gone over to Rarity’s with the idea of her fixing me up with somepony. That was all it could have been, really. When I walked into the door, with Fluttershy, Rarity had said something about her finding the perfect pony. She had also said that I had come to the boutique with that perfect pony.

I had only come there with Fluttershy.

“Fluttershy’s my perfect date?” I didn’t think any of this made any sense at all. Fluttershy was a lot of things. She was kind, compassionate, she was a lot of the things that I totally thought was awesome when it came to somepony I would totally date. True, she really couldn’t fly that well. With all that she was, she kind of made up for it.

I still couldn’t see myself dating her.

I continued to look at Rarity, every so often I glanced over at Fluttershy. None of this made any sense at all.

-Rarity-

I was going to have to try this couch when Rainbow left, probably clean it as well. I hadn’t thought of the fact that she likely put some of the dirt from her flying around on my couch. Her words were the only things that snapped me from that train of thought, and then I simply looked down at her. I truly had thought that it would have gone differently, I had to tell her.

“From that reaction, darling, I doubt that it’s a good idea. It seems that I have a little more work ahead of me befor-”

-Rainbow-

Neither of them looked happy, which meant I wasn’t happy either. There really wasn’t much that I could do, though. Rarity had just tried to set me up on a date. As she continue to try to apologize, though, one single idea came to mind. “It’s not the worst idea ever. I mean, it could be fun to go out and spend some more time with Flutters.”

It felt weird, even as I said that.

I knew that Fluttershy had come here with the idea of being swept off her feet by Rarity, or maybe she had wanted to be the one who did that. That wasn’t going to happen tonight, though, so I knew I had to do something to make everything better. Fluttershy’s been my friend for forever, she was basically my sister. Maybe I could help her come up with something over the course of the night.

“So, where did you have in mind?”

-Fluttershy-

I couldn’t have just heard her right. Rainbow knew that I liked Rarity, she knew it. I knew that Rainbow didn’t like me in that way, either. She had been the one who called me her sister first, and I don’t think she meant it like that. There had to be something else to this, or maybe I had completely misunderstood.

Then again, she had said she wanted to have fun and spend time with me. That sounded like something that Rainbow would say. Romantic implications didn’t seem to factor in sometimes with her, she simply seemed to think about how she could have the most fun with her friends.

She really was a good friend sometimes.

-Rarity-

Had I been wrong about failing?

This might have turned out to be the best thing ever. I looked at Fluttershy, who looked just as confused about this as I was, then I looked over at Rainbow. “It wasn’t going to be much, just a small dinner over at a diner down the street from here. Their service more than makes up for the small size of the venue.” I had been there once, I had really liked the salad there.

-Rainbow-

Alright, now I was going to have a fun night with my good friend. This had started out as a date night, now it turned into something just as awesome. It was a good thing that the place we were going to didn’t need me to dress up. I only had one outfit that could be described as dressed up, and I didn’t have that particular item of clothing with me.

I actually had no clothes with me.

Before I left, I turned to Fluttershy and tried to keep my voice down. “This is going to be an awesome night, Flutters. But before we go, just go with this. It’ll be so awesome.” I waited for a smile to form on my friend’s face. This was going to be one of the best pranks I had pulled off, it was definitely one of the best ones I could have thought of on the spot.

This was to get Rarity back for her when she splashed me with water.

I quickly leaned in, planting my lips on Fluttershy’s. She seemed to move at first, but she trusted me enough to go through with it. I hadn’t thought that Fluttershy would have been such a good kisser, she was almost as good as me. I heard Rarity drop to the floor, and I knew that the prank had been a success.

“Come on, Flutters, let’s head out. You’re probably hungry, I know I am.”

I could only laugh as the two of us left. “Man, I can’t wait to see the look on her face when we tell her the truth. It’s going to be so awesome.” I turned to my friend, as we walked away. “You did great, Flutters. I think you might have gone a little overboard, though, with the tongue.”

-Fluttershy-

It wasn’t easy being friends with Rainbow, sometimes. She isn’t known as being the most thoughtful pony, almost always going for the prank. There were times when it turned out to be alright, if you just went with it. This was one of those times. I had heard her say to go with it, and then she kissed me.

It had worked because I had closed my eyes, I tried to imagine what I would have done if it had been Rarity that had kissed me. Rainbow told me that I might have gone too far, that I had put my tongue in her mouth, but I could only blush in response. That hadn’t actually been my intention, but it just kind of happened.

I had to shove that thought aside, tonight was going to be some quality time with a good friend.

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Adjier

Adjier #1 · May 3rd, 2013 · · ·

Tasty embarrassment! I was hoping for this.
Rainbow pranks are best pranks. I even got some laughs from Fluttershy and her getting into the kiss.
I wish to see how this "date" goes. WHICH MEANS I NEED MOAR!!!!

KARLOS1234IFY

KARLOS1234IFY #2 · May 3rd, 2013 · · ·

Awesome.

IceQB

IceQB #3 · May 3rd, 2013 · · ·

In all retrospect, cute story, but ur story contains little plotgaps i had to leap theoughout the story. I hadn't figured out the crush Flutters hsd on Rarirty until i read the comments and read when she said it... u have to work on building that coherently...

Also, if Flutters dared to kiss Dashy, she woulda dared to ask Rares out, just saying xD

Other then that, i shall wait for spike to appear...

alexanderhunt88

alexanderhunt88 #4 · May 3rd, 2013 · · ·

I'm confused...when do we see Rainbow falling for Spike?

The full RariShy couldn't happen in this story that happens in the first story, not this one. I'm just...what?

Lenora Goff

Lenora Goff #5 · May 3rd, 2013 · · ·

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That is a problem, I'll admit. I'll have to work on that in the future.

But, yeah, the kiss thing was "just a prank". I've, personally, been able to go along with a sudden prank that I wouldn't have been able to do if I had put thought into it. It's the magic of the here and now against the "what happens if I tell her and she says no...".

2521474

MWHAHAHA, I have broken your brain.

But, yes, it's going to happen. I just wanted to give a little more depth. After all, Rarity set up the two of them. Obviously something was going to come of that. But don't worry, we'll get more Spike next chapter.

alexanderhunt88

alexanderhunt88 #6 · May 3rd, 2013 · · ·

2521558 You little

I'm OK with you giving more depth to this, but the problem I have is that the RariShy shouldn't happen in this story, as it conflicts with the sequel.

Fluttershy finally gets with Rarity in the first story, but only in the first story, not before.

Sorry, it can be a bit hard to follow, or maybe that's just me.

Lenora Goff

Lenora Goff #7 · May 3rd, 2013 · · ·

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Don't worry, it won't happen in this story. I was putting a little more backing to the whole RariShy thing happening in the other one. Rarity has no clue that Fluttershy likes her, only Fluttershy and Rainbow do. And it was established, I do believe, that Rainbow knew before the other story about the crush.

At least, I intended to let it be that way.

Fluttershy and Rainbow both thought it was going to be a nice time, Fluttershy dating Rarity and Rainbow dating some other pony. Rarity just knows that they're friends, and thus she's trying to help figure out how to help both of them.

I guess I need to work on becoming better at letting people know, since I just confused everyone.