Fighting the Gravity
About an hour had passed since Derpy’s wonderful surprise was revealed. Spike still couldn’t quite believe what had happened, but he sure wasn’t going to question it. He blamed his disbelief on the simple fact that not enough good things happen in the world.
Since Dinky announced her presence by hopping all over him, Derpy had insisted Spike stay for dinner. She apparently hadn’t had the opportunity to cook for anypony in a while and was quite excited about it… if the smile on her face when she brought it up was any indication.
Dinky, meanwhile, insisted on showing Spike every single one of her toys. Outside toys and such were never allowed in the hospital for fear of disease and such, so Dinky was beyond excited to get them back. And, of course, she wanted Spike to share that excitement as well. They went through about a half-dozen stuffed animals and more kids’ books than he could remember, but it was worth every second seeing how happy she was.
Dinner was eventually ready and the three of them all sat down at the small dining table Derpy had. It wasn’t an actual dining room, per se, but an offshoot of the open floor adjacent to the kitchen. It wasn’t flashy by any stretch of the imagination, but it was humble and nice. The table itself was a small, wooden one, just big enough for four chairs to fit around. Dinky sat in the king's spot at the front end of the room, whereas Derpy and Spike sat on either side.
“Wow, this looks great!” Spike said, gazing over the steaming hot pan of food sitting in the middle of the set table. “What is it?”
Derpy beamed. “It’s my own recipe and Dinky’s favorite. It’s a cheesy-pasta casserole with celery and rice mixed in.”
“It’s so good!” Dinky shouted, half her body on the table as she attempted to reach for the food.
Derpy swatted her hoof back and reached over to nudge Dinky back in her chair. “Dinky, be nice and have some manners!”
Spike grinned and gave the filly a wink. “Don’t worry. When it’s time, I’ll let you get the first bite before me, alright?”
Dinky gasped and shot a scrunched-up glare toward Derpy. “You hear that? Spike is nice to me and wants me to be happy because he lets me have food.” Dinky sat back in her chair and folded her hooves.
Her elder sister meanwhile rolled her eyes and looked back at Spike. “Remember what we talked about with her being a hoofful?”
“I believe it,” Spike said.
“Oh, look at this,” Derpy said. She grabbed a fork and grabbed a chunk of the casserole, holding it up. It had sparkling red and blue stones poking out of it.
“No way,” Spike said, licking his lips. “Gems?”
“Mhm,” Derpy said with a sweet smile. “I was able to get some today while getting the ingredients. I thought you might like them.”
“Woah!’ Dinky hopped up to her hooves to see better over the table. “Derpy, why’d you put rocks in the food? It’s gonna hurt when I eat it, now.”
“It’s only in part of the food,” Derpy said, placing the casserole back down. “That part of the casserole is for Spike, not us.”
Derpy looked from the casserole up to Spike and back to Derpy. “Spike likes eating rocks?”
“You know it,” the dragon replied. “I’m kinda weird like that.”
“Ohhh,” Dinky said. “Derpy’s weird too, so I bet she likes rocks.”
Spike couldn’t help but let out a little laugh and reach over to give Dinky a hoof bump. She gladly reciprocated it.
Derpy shook her head. “Alright, you two, let’s eat before it gets cold.”
“You don’t have to tell me twice,” Spike said, fork and knife at the ready.
“Me neither,” Dinky followed up with.
Derpy smiled at her two hungry tablemates. “Alrighty, then. Dig in!”
The food was delicious. Why Derpy had spent this long hiding her culinary skills behind that veil of shyness was a mystery Spike would never understand. Every bite tasted like a god from the heavens was blessing his tongue with its sweet touch.
“Oh my gosh,” Spike said, unintentionally spraying bits of casserole across the table. He realized the error of his ways quickly, however, and took a swig of the tea Derpy also provided to wash it down. “This is incredible, Derpy! It’s… Its’… It’s straight fire!”
“Fire?” Derpy asked, cocking her head to the side. “I didn’t put very much spice in it.”
“No, no, no,” Spike waved his claw at her. “It’s a word I heard some kids say the other day. I thought it was cool…. Or something… never mind. It’s really good!”
Derpy beamed at him, completely oblivious of the blush on her cheeks. “Thank you. I’ve, um, I’ve never really made it for anypony besides me or Dinky.”
“Mhm!’ Dinky squeaked, hoof holding tightly to the spoonful of food she had shoved in her mouth. “It’h weally good!” Flakes of food dispersed across the table once more.
“Dinky, don’t talk with your mouth full,” Derpy said, giving her sister a stern glare for a brief moment.
“But,” Dinky said, throwing her hooves in the air. “Spike did it just a second ago!”
Spike blushed and turned to Dinky. “Yeah, trust me. You don’t wanna take after me. I’m a rebel and you’re a sweet little filly, right?”
“Only when she chooses to be,” Derpy interjected. “The rest of the time, you’re a little rebel yourself, huh?”
Dinky chuckled and did her best to give Spike a menacing evil eye. “Yeah, I’m no sweet filly. I’m really, um, really not sweet. I’m bad to the bone!“
Spike jumped back in his seat and wiped a few pretend beads of sweat from his forehead. “Woah, gosh, you almost gave me a heart attack there. Actually, oh!” Spike made a show of grabbing his chest. “Oh, all that evil, in one filly, it’s too much! It hurts…” He closed his eyes and playfully flopped back in his chair.
“Noooo!” Dinky leapt from her chair and hopped on Spike’s lap. She crawled her way up his body enough to continuously nuzzle his cheek. “Wake up! I promise I’ll be gooder next time!”
Spike shot his eyes open. “Oh, Dinky! You saved me!”
“Yay!” Dinky began hopping up and down on his lap and chest. “You see, you see, Derpy! I was good!”
“Yes, I saw,” she replied, head resting on her hooves, smiling at the scene before her. “Now, for Spike’s sake, please continue to be good from now on, okay?”
“Okay!”
She bounced her way back to her seat, finally allowing Spike to sit back up into a comfortable position. He couldn’t help but share a light chuckle with Derpy.
“Well,” Derpy spoke up, “it looks like dinner is finished up.”
Spike frowned and looked at the empty pan. “Aww, man, some things should never be allowed to end.”
“Well, maybe I’ll make it more often if you keep coming around.” Derpy sent a sly wink his way as she collected the dish from the table and took it to the sink
Spike blinked a few times in surprise. A mildly flirtatious comment from Derpy? He must be doing something right, so far, right? He hadn’t gotten kicked out yet, so that was obviously a plus. And to his knowledge he hadn’t said anything morally objectionable or offensive, which wasalso a plus.
After the three of them took their plates to the sink as well as washing them, they regrouped in the living room. Spike and Derpy loomed over Dinky who was running in circles around the two of them.
“Dinky,” Derpy said, “it’s time for you to get to bed.”
“But I don’t wanna!” she moaned. Her efforts were lost on Derpy, so she turned to Spike with the biggest, most sorrowful eyes he had ever seen. “Please, Spike. I wanna stay up with you.”
Spike looked at Derpy with the classic ‘what do I do’ face but he was met with a stone wall that wouldn’t budge under even the most intense of forces. Spike sighed and looked back toward the filly who had now wrapped her hooves around his right leg.
“Alright, Dinky,” he said, using a claw to gently separate the filly from his limb. “You better go to bed before she gets much angrier.” Spike playfully thrust a thumb back at Derpy.
“Awww,” Dinky moaned. “But I missed you, too. Even more than Derpy because… because she only misses you a little but I missed you a lot!”
His heart melted at the pouty face Dinky was giving him. “Okay, how about this. Not tomorrow, but the day after, how about me and you go to town and grab some ice cream. How does that sound?”
Dinky’s frown instantly flipped as her eyes widened. “Ice cream? Yay! They never let me have ice cream at the hospital ever! Can I have the peanut butter flavor?”
Spike knelt down to her level. “It might cost me an arm and a leg, but I think I can make it happen.”
Derpy hopped into air. “Yay! You’re the best!”
“Sounds like a plan then, huh? We can bring your sister with us too because I bet she likes ice cream, too.” Spike turned his head around and winked at Derpy, who couldn’t help but smile at them.
“Okay,” Dinky said with a slight sigh. “I guess she can come, too. But only because she likes ice cream so much. And she likes you a lot, too, so I guess that’s okay.”
Derpy’s face turned beat red. “Okay, Dinky, I think it’s time—”
“I mean,” Dinky continued, looking intently at Spike. “She spent all today trying to look pretty and do all this other stuff for you.”
“Okay!” Derpy screeched while covering up her sister’s mouth. “I, uh, I think you should go to bed, now, Dinky.”
Dinky gave one last pleading look toward Spike who gave her a casual but firm nod. Dinky harrumphed through Derpy’s hooves and released herself.
“Okay,” she said. “Nighty night.”
“Sweet dreams,” Derpy said as her sister slinked off toward her room. She turned back toward Spike and smiled at him. “Thanks for your help, there. You really have a way with her.”
“Yeah, well, I’ve been looking after Twilight and Starlight for Celestia knows how long.” Spike smirked at her. “That’s not too much different from handling fillies.”
Derpy muffled a chortle with her hoof. “I suppose not...” After the brief moment of laughter subsided, Derpy stepped a bit closer to Spike and looked him in the eyes. “So, I guess you’re gonna go home, now?”
Spike scratched his chin playfully. “Huh, let me think. Go home and get hassled by Starlight and Twilight or stay here for a bit longer with a pretty mare? Gosh, the decision is so difficult.”
Derpy giggled. “Well, I hope you can stay at least a bit longer. I’d love to talk, you know, just a little bit.”
“I would love to,” Spike said. “I wouldn’t mind spending some one-on-one time with you. It’s been just a bit too long for my tastes.”
“It’s only been a day, silly,” Derpy said, booping his nose.
“And that’s one day too long for my tastes,” Spike said.
The couple maneuvered over to the loveseat and sat down. Spike relaxed his muscles as he pressed his body into the soft cushions. Derpy curled up on the seat next to him, laying her head against his shoulder. Spike wasn’t an expert on cuddling by any stretch of the imagination, but the feel of her mane resting against his arm prompted him to lift up just briefly enough for her to curl up closer to him. She nuzzled her head into his chest as Spike gently let his arm drape over her back. He finished off by planting a small kiss on the top of her head before resting his chin on her.
Derpy hummed in happiness. “Mmm, thanks for coming, Spike. It means a lot.”
“Of course,” he said. “I haven’t found a way to say no to you, yet.”
He could feel her heart rate pick up from where his arm was resting. There’s no possible way she could be as nervous as he was, could she? Of course not. She was too pretty and cool to be nervous.
“So, um, if you can’t say no,” Derpy said, straining her voice to feign as much confidence as possible. “Can you give me a kiss, then?”
And now it was Spike’s turn for his heart to race. They’ve kissed before, quite a bit, but in this situation, at night, by themselves, at her house… This was no ordinary circumstance and his pounding chest apparently knew that.
“Heh, definitely! I mean, sure!” Spike mentally facepalmed. “Yes, that’s what I meant to—”
He was physically shut up as Derpy tilted her head up and brought a hoof to his cheek. She pulled his head down a short ways, their lips meeting soon after. Spike closed his eyes and stroked her mane with his free claw. They separated for half a second before meeting eye to eye and locking their lips together again.
It was a sweet sensation: her soft fur rubbing against his skin, her sweet jasmine-scented mane falling against his cheek… The emotions he felt seemed to intensify every time they kissed and every kiss made him feel closer to her than before. He knew it was cheesy and tired and old-fashioned, but he didn’t want it to be any other way.
He loved it.
They finally separated, Spike taking a few quick breaths to clear his lightheadedness. After a quick smile to each other, Derpy laid her head back down on his chest while Spike rested his chin on her head.
“So, I imagine you’re pretty happy about Dinky being back,” Spike said with a soft smile. “When did she get released?”
“Yesterday afternoon,” Derpy said. “Sorry I didn’t tell you right away. I just kinda wanted to get her home first before any excitement happened.”
“Oh yeah, I get that,” he replied. “I’m just glad I got to see her tonight. It’s great seeing her outside of that hospital room. Nopony deserves to be stuck in there, especially not a sweet filly like her.”
Derpy used a hoof to pull Spike’s arm towards her. She planted a kiss on his claw before nuzzling into him again.
Spike, for his part, was still amazed at the goings on. Cuddling, kissing, relaxing… no awkward words or compliments leaving his mouth? What was this sorcery? Just like kissing, he and Derpy had cuddled before, briefly, in public places. But this… once again, this was different. This was special.
“Spike, thank you so much,” she said, her slightly slurred words making her voice sound more and more tired by the second.
“For what?”
“Just… for being you.” She released a sigh. “You’ve done so many wonderful things for Dinky. She really looks up to you and you know how she gets with most adults. But, you’ve been so wonderful with her and well, you’ve been wonderful to me, too.”
Spike had no idea how to respond. Outside of their normal, everyday compliments, she’d never said anything even close to this level of kindness to him before. For a dragon who liked to run his mouth more than he should, he was left speechless.
“I, uh… Well… You’re welcome.” Spike finally managed to squeak the words out and began using his free claw to gently stroke her cheek. “I’m not really doing anything special, though. Just, being myself and whatnot. And if you think my natural self is impressive then your expectations could use some work.”
She released a light chuckled and nudged him with a hoof. “I mean it, Spike. Dinky and I really haven’t had a whole lot of good ponies spend time with us recently… I guess I always knew you, kinda, but I never really got to know you, Spike. And… and… I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m really glad I did.”
“Shh,” Spike said, placing a claw over her lips. “If you keep that talk up you’re liable to give me diabetes and that wouldn’t be pretty. Suffice to say, though, I’m really glad I met you, too. And you know what else?”
“What?” Derpy asked, eyes slowly starting to close.
“I think you need to take your own sisterly advice and get some sleep.” Spike gingerly lifted himself off the sofa, cradling Derpy’s upper body in his arms as he did so. “Careful. I don’t wanna knock you to the floor.”
“Okay,” she said, emitting a squeaky yawn. “I think you’re right, Spike.”
Now that he was on his feet, Spike extended a claw to help Derpy to her hooves. “There you go, sweets. Make sure you get some rest and as promised, I’ll be here around one in two days from today. So, Friday I guess… that would’ve been an easier way to describe it the first time.”
Derpy gazed up at him with half-lidded eyes and a dazed smile. “Yes, Spike. I’ll see you then. Good night.”
She puckered her lips, bidding Spike to meet her the rest of the way, which he gladly did. After they separated for the final time, Spike waved goodbye and trekked toward the door as Derpy trudged off to her bedroom. Spike took but a second to watch her as her figure disappeared into the short hallway leading to the bedrooms. She was always a nice visual.
He turned around toward the door one more time but right as he was about to open it, another piece of scenery caught his eye. There was a picture hanging on the wall, directly to the right of the door, depicting a slightly younger Derpy with an infant who must’ve been Dinky. There were also two adults with them, a pegasus stallion with light gray fur and a black mane and a unicorn mare with darker gray fur and a blonde mane.
“No way,” Spike said, looking at it up and down. “Those must be her parents.”
He would be lying if he said he wasn’t still curious about that situation. But, as worded to him by Starlight, the time would come when it came. But, for all intents and purposes, they looked like a normal, happy family and he couldn’t help but think of what could’ve gone wrong. Spike quickly shook the thoughts off walked out the door lest his curiosity get the best of him and keep him up with nonsensical thoughts all night.
As he took his first steps off the porch, the cloudless night sky draping it’s beauty over everything, he had a spring in his step and a smile on his face.
He just survived his first trip to his marefriend’s house without messing it up. And you can bet he was gonna tell Starlight all about it.
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Will we ever learn why Dinky was in the hospital?
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Yes. I thought about putting it in this chapter and I had the scene drawn out for it. But at the same time this was more of a happy occasion and Spike and Derpy didn't want to bring up anything negative.
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Have my children.
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How Sweet! Can't Blame dinky, she's just overjoyed to be Home again After a long Time.
Wow...I mean, wow. Talk about PERFECT timing. I just got done reading THE MOST sad...TRAGIC backstory for King Sombra I have ever read (the story being Dark Arts and Kind Hearts) and wondered how on Earth anything could make me feel better.
And then you posted this sweetness of a chapter, and now I'M CURED
Beautiful chapter, keep up the good work my good man
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I'm glad I could be of service!
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And you know ima check that Sombra story, out. I like me some sad stuff every once in awhile.
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Well...in THAT aspect you definitely won't be disappointed
This was nice, now I'm only waiting for the first night where Spike is succesfully not telling Starlight anything about it. For no real reason, but I just got the idea that I need one little night where Starlight isn't getting all the details no matter how much she asked. I guess I wanted suddenly to see Spike being able to withold some information if he wants to.
Well nice chapter, I'm happy that it ended more casual this time, I think next time should feel right enough when more should happen.
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That's a very good point. I think his thing is that he's just super excited that things are going well and he wants to share it with someone.
I definitely appreciate you bringing that concern to my attention and I'll see if I can't make things a bit more smooth going forward.
dinky is home spike is one step closer to getting laid and we now know what derpies parents look like
I love seeing kids written well. Their boundless excitement when things go in their favor and those adorable pouts when they don't never cease to make me smile.
I'm loving how nicely this relationship is progressing, and now we have Dinky outing all of Derpy's attempts to be subtle in impressing Spike, which is only going to add to the hilarity. Good show!
I just have this obnoxious nagging feeling something's going to go wrong that I'm trying to get out of my head...
You're not going to use the old: "Dinky is actually Depry's daughter" trope... are you?
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I'm not much for spoilers but...
Hell no.
My story just wouldn't function if that were the case.
Ok, this is officially too damn cute.
Hnnnngg!! Oh no! The adorabetes! I think I'm gonna die!
D'awww! Just give her away, why don't you? Lol, she clearly was just as nervous about this as Spike, and it had to be perfect.
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Writing Dinky's parts is harder than I initially thought when starting this story, lol. I have to rewrite some of her lines like three or four times to make them that combination of cute, innocent and not stupid sounding.
I'm glad you like it, bro.
I don't usually like sweet and adorable love stories. I'm more of a "The world might be ending so kiss me before it's too late" kind of romance reader. But this is a nice break from all the crazy stuff. It kind of calms my normally bowling brain down a bit. Thanks for writing it.
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I just finished a chapter bursting with kids recently, so I know how you feel. And when you have multiple personalities and different ages, it can be pretty hard to get them just right. Be happy you only have one you need to work with!
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Thanks a lot! I'm glad you decided to give it a chance!
He's the Swagon!!!!
That title... reminds me of something.
Oh, yeah!
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I think it was supposed to be Dinky here.
Speaking of Dinky, HNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG
And furthermore--
DOUBLE HNNNNNGGGGGGGGG
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You forgot a space.
Spike. Do not go and try to find more about Derpy's parents. I can sense a bad feeling if you pursue them.
Love this story?! Spike and Derpy are adorable! I can’t take it!!
Love very word of this chapter! Keep it up!
Heheheh. This reminds me a lot of Starli-
...Oh no. Not another one.
Apostraphe is in the wrong spot.
Comma after "right" is unnecessary.
"Wasalso."
Wrong name?
Chuckle.
After reading this chapter, they're gonna have to invent a new level of diabetes for me.
aww, scrunched nosed Dinky is too much
oh god, don't tell me it's "lit"
hahaha, I mean you kissed him multiple times so why is it that embarrassing for her
Wait so how tall is Spike? I always thought he was only a bit shorter than his teenage version in the show. Or is it more like the picture?
Spike my man, take the initiative, you can't let Derpy do all the kissing
Well, they still have a photo hanging around the room of their parents right? So that should eliminate the factor that the parents died or ran away from Dinky and Derpy, I mean if they hurt Derpy in any way then why would she have a photo of them kept at the door?
Ooh myyy I smell a plot point!
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Why have any comments other than this one?
(Dinky, meanwhile, insisted on showing Spike every single one of her toys. Outside toys and such were never allowed in the hospital for fear of disease and such,)<<< I taste a plot hole....lol
If no outside toys are let in, how did Spike get the bear from the Cake twins to Dinky...?
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If Dinky was playing with those toys shortly before she got sick, they could have had germs on them. It would have been drilled into Dinky's head that those toys weren't allowed in the hospital by the time the germs died. That, or whoever was working the counter didn't do a part of her job.