• Published 1st Jun 2014
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The Date - 314



After Rainbow drops an offhoof comment about never dating, Pinkie decides to set her up on a date. A blind date.

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Morning

Bright sunlight cut through my sleepy haze. I groaned and rolled over, closing my eyes tighter against the glare. It was futile, of course, but even a few more minutes of sleep would've been nice. I would never be a morning person. Sleep is too marvelous a thing to wake up from. A pity when I didn’t get enough of it.

“Stupid Rainbow, you know night-sleeping on a cloud is a bad idea,” I groaned, giving up my struggle against the light. I tried to shift a bit more into the cloud, but my brain finally realized that the cloud was warm and dry as opposed to the lukewarm and slightly damp sensation I’d expected from a common cumulus.

It sorta felt like my front side was snuggled up with a radiator all the way to my rear hooves while my back half was exposed to the cool morning air. I wasn’t curled up in a ball either, the way I normally slept; instead, I was lying on my left side. I cracked open an eyelid, only to immediately shut it again as I stared into the full force of the rising sun.

I was hesitant to roll away from the cloud as I didn’t really feel like flying just yet, but my dilemma was solved for me. I felt a soft tail swish over my eyes as the cloud I was laying on shifted slightly. “Good morning Rainbow!”

Was that Twilight? Why was Twilight there? She even sounded way too chipper for this time of the morning. It was before noon and therefore too early to be awake without the aid of caffeine. I knew she was a morning person being Celestia’s student and all, but the sun was barely above the horizon!

“Twilight,” I began, “Why are you on my cloud?” I tried to open one of my eyes again, this time met with a much darker scene than the one that I had previously seen. The sunlight filtered through the individual hairs and eventually made it to my eye, but in much less brightness. It sorta turned sunrise into sunset.

“Oh, I am? Sorry.” I felt her shift again and the warm feeling against my back half vanished. Her voice halted for a moment before she spoke again. “That was you using a sexual euphemism, right?”

Euphe-what? “Twilight, it’s too early to use big words like that.” I was finally getting feeling through my back telling me that I was lying on a firm, but soft and padded, surface. And I supposed that that meant the radiator I was cuddling with was Twilight. Why was I cuddling with her and why was she hot? “Can you lift your tail now please?”

“Sure,” came the voice. I tilted my head to the side so as to not catch the full glare of the sun now that I knew what to expect. In my sideways vision, I could make out the tops of houses beyond the balcony of what seemed to be the Golden Oaks Observatory. Why was I at Twilight’s house? Why did I have so many unanswered questions? Oh wait, yeah, it was morning and I shouldn’t be awake for another few hours.

I sighed and turned my head back the other way to come nose to nose with Twilight. Her mane was quite messed up, but she had a rather pleasant smile on her face. And her eyes were way too wide and awake for this hour. Honestly, she looked kinda cute in the morning light. I lifted my head up and glanced at the sun, keeping it in the edge of my vision, to try and figure out what time it was. As I suspected, it was just peeking over the horizon. It was past sunrise officially, as I could see the whole thing, but earlier than I was usually awake. About 6:30 then. I groaned and dropped my head back to the padded surface of the platform. Go back to freaking sleep Twilight! But I wouldn’t manage it right now; there were questions that needed to be answered.

“Twilight, why am I practically laying on you at the top of your house?” I asked it softer, not needing to talk much more than a whisper.

Glancing over at her, she seemed confused for a moment before answering. “We fell asleep together after we, uh…” her voice trailed off as her gaze flicked downward. I followed her eyes, but still wasn’t sure what she was implying. Her tail flicked back and forth absentmindedly, but that was all I could see down where she looked.

“What’d we do yesterday Twilight? My brain does not want to work in the morning.”

She gave me a look that basically said ‘are you serious?’ and I knew that I probably said the wrong thing. “We had sex you dolt.”

“Oh, okay.” Wait, what? Sex? My eyes widened as the memories from last night came flooding back in. The blind date party with Pinkie, picking Twilight, spying on Rarity and Applejack, the kiss… my thoughts trailed off as I remembered the first time I kissed Twilight, realizing that she loved me and my feelings for her in return. And then what came after. Oh wow, how did I forget that? Stupid brain. At least it explains why my legs feel a bit sore. And that weird smell in the air, Actually, that explains a lot of things. Like that delicious taste in my mouth.

“Finally remember?” Her sarcasm was not lost on me, though I put it aside for the time being.

“Yeah. I have no idea how I forgot about hanging out with such an awesome mare like you.” I leaned forward and gave her a peck on the cheek, an affectionate kiss as opposed to our ones that stemmed from passion. “I think last night fried my mind.”

As I suspected, there was no way she could have any anger at me. She blushed and smiled, returning the small kiss. “You can be oblivious sometimes.”

I gave her the same look she used on me earlier. “You are so not one to talk.”

She giggled, a laugh that warmed my heart. “So do you want to get up now?”

I considered it for a moment, then snuggled up closer to Twilight. “Nah, I think coffee can wait a little while longer when I have a mare like you curled up next to me.”

We lapsed into a passive silence, enjoying the company of each other. Now that I was mostly awake, I was able to take another look around the Observatory. The table that Twilight had so lovingly set up was still untouched, magic still glowing. The food was probably still warm, but dried out from the night.

My gaze traveled to the blanket we were resting on. I would have recognized the stars and moons anywhere. Twilight had teleported up the comforter off her bed. I shifted my leg, feeling a significant wet spot. I chuckled to myself. It would definitely need washing before she could use it again. Well, probably. The sun slowly, but steadily, rose, guided by Princess Celestia in her far off city. Speaking of which…

“Do you think we should send a letter to the Princess about us?”

She gave a start, awaking from the light doze she had fallen into. “Maybe later. She’s busy having breakfast right now.” Ah yes, the almighty important princess breakfast.

I bopped her nose with a hoof, causing her to go cross-eyed for a moment. “I wouldn’t mind breakfast myself. Or, more specifically, coffee. I’ll fall asleep soon if I don’t get it.” I thought for a moment, then a somewhat gleeful smile appeared on my face. “Not that last night left a bad taste in my mouth or anything.”

Her only response was to roll her eyes and shove me playfully, causing me to rock gently. Didn’t she know who she was messing with? I shoved her back, a tiny bit harder. She raised an eyebrow, but I countered with a bigger grin. She shoved me back and we fought back and forth, shoves growing in strength each time. When I finally managed to roll her over and away from my side (so long little radiator), she lit up her horn. I felt one of my hind hooves become enveloped in magic as she levitated me up upside down. My mane fell past my face, in slightly worse condition than Twilight’s. I unfolded my wings and flapped them, but her magic was strong enough to fight off my half-hearted attempts.

“Having fun there Twi?” I hung lazily by a hoof, front legs almost touching the comforter spread over the balcony. Now I know how Spike feels when she gets excited. Poor guy.

She chuckled and got to her hooves, horn still glowing. “Oh, the possibilities. Should I have you ‘show off’ in order to get down?”

Oh how the bookworm learns. “I think that’s more my style. Besides,” I reached out with my hooves and hooked her in closer, expertly pressing a pleasure point near her wing joints. She let out a gasp as her magic faltered, dropping me to the ground. I was used to headfirst tumbles, so I executed a half-flip and landed on my hooves. “I can beat you any day of the week.”

Her only response was to give me an amused look. “You know, once I get that information out of you, you won’t have as much to fight back with.”

I grinned, knowing that there was a lot of things about pegasi she probably hadn’t figured out yet. We weren’t ones for writing stuff down after all. Paper that didn’t fall through the clouds was rather expensive and groundponies had better things to do than get brained with books. “And how do you plan on getting that information out of me?” Come on Twi, time to see if last night taught you anything more than a few slightly lewd jokes.

She walked past me heading towards the narrow staircase down, her coat brushing my flank. “I have my ways.” She flicked her tail to the side for half a second, barely enough time to see anything. But of course, my eyes were drawn anyways. “You wanted coffee, right?” You tease. But coffee wins this time.

I grinned, stretching my wings and taking to the sky. “Oh yeah. I’ll meet you downstairs if you choose to just go the boring way.” She rose to my challenge as I expected, halting and snapping out her wings as well.

“Oh you’re on!”

I was already in the sky and thus had the advantage. I looped out of the balcony, leaving Twilight to throw herself into the air after me. I fell and swooped around the base of the library, watching it pass in a blur as I glided and used my momentum to keep me spinning around the tree. I looked up and saw the alicorn trying to track me with her eyes. If she tried that for much longer, she’d almost certainly get dizzy.

Just as she was ready to dive, I hooked out a hoof and swung myself into her home through the window she always kept open for me. It was dark inside, so I flew over and hid on top of a bookshelf behind a stack of books, a crack allowing me to spy on her. Twilight followed me in a moment later, but looked around in confusion.

She seemed unsure of what to do for a moment, but then smiled. Pausing to switch on the mana-lights dotted around the room, she walked into the kitchen, horn glowing as she went. I watched for a moment, suspecting what she was doing but not sure if she would really follow through on it.

Sure enough, she walked out a moment later with two mugs of fresh, amazing caffeine. She simply sat down and sipped hers quietly while waiting on me to show. The smell wafted around the room, the heady aroma quickly melting away any resolve I had left. Defeated, I flew out from my hiding place and over to Twilight.

“It seems I win this game. Coffee?”

I graciously accepted the steaming beverage. It was black, no cream or sweetener to help the flavor. They just messed it up anyways. I drank it in a few quick gulps, the hot drink warming me up from the inside. Twilight sipped hers more slowly as she trotted around the library now that I was no longer hiding, tidying up here and there. It really impressed me how she was able to managed twelve things at once with no problem. Just another quality that made the mare I loved complete.

As she reached the writing desk, Twilight stopped. “Didn’t you say you wanted to write a letter to the Princess? About us?”

“About that,” I started. I immediately saw Twilight’s ever present smile falter. I held up my hooves to stop her from thinking anything bad, knowing that I had said the wrong thing. “Nononononono, I’m totally cool with the whole us thing. But isn’t this what couples who hook up like we did do? Talk it all out ya know?”

“Like we did?” She started to wonder, then a knowing expression came across her face along with a rather cute blush. “Ah, like that. What is there to talk about?”

I scratched the back of my mane with a hoof, the other still holding my near-empty mug. “Well, like what do you want out of the relationship? Any regrets about last night? I think that’s mostly what they talked about. I’m not too good with all this mushy romance stuff.”

They? Reading Rarity’s romance novels again?”

“Fluttershy’s, actually.” I blushed for a moment, my face matching hers, but quickly regained my composure. “But that doesn’t answer my question.”

She set her coffee mug down. I absent-mindedly took a note that it was half-full still, but made sure my attention was on the mare in front of me. “What do I want out of the relationship? That’s easy.” I settled down to watch her come closer, curious as to what she'd say.

“I want you, Rainbow Dash. You’re the only pony I’ve ever really loved. It’s a learning experience, but you give me this feeling I’ve only ever shared with my family and the Princess. I want you to be happy and I want me to be happy. And while last night might have moved a little quickly, I wouldn’t change it for a thing.”

“Nothing? Not even a self-inking quill? Or a book that had every book?”

She actually considered it for a second before shaking her head. She nuzzled me, an action I found to be absolutely adorable. “Nope, not even a self-inking quill or all the books in the world.”

“Well dang, I guess I was that good.” What? Pinkie always likes to crack jokes to loosen the mood.

She facehoofed, but she couldn’t stay mad at me for any longer than a moment. “Way to ruin the moment Dash.” I blushed, giving her a cheeky smile. “Now, what about your answers to those questions?”

I thought about it for quite some time before answering. What did I want? I didn’t even know where to begin. Not because I wanted so much, but because I already had everything I wanted. My mind flashed back to the question I had posed to myself yesterday before I kissed the mare standing before me. Then, I wanted Twilight to kiss me and I wanted to kiss her. But now the question was more, possibly the most important question of my life.

Did I want Twilight Sparkle to be my marefriend for as long as I could hold onto her?

The answer was the same as yesterday. My body, heart, and mind were all in agreement and they wanted to shout it to the world.

“I want you Twilight. Nothing more, nothing less. I just want 100% you.”

Her face broke out in a big smile and I took the very open opportunity to plant a kiss upon her lips. It didn’t go any further than that like last night did, but it carried with it even more weight. It was a kiss of pure love and not one iota of hatred, lust, or disharmony could make its way in. We broke the kiss and looked at each other, our bodies reflected in each other’s eyes.

“Pinkie is going to be happy her date party worked out.” I smacked a hoof against my forehead. How could I have forgotten about that! We totally missed the afterparty. Twilight probably knew what I was thinking, as she laid a hoof on my shoulder in an immensely comforting manner. “I think Pinkie is going to be fine with us missing the afterparty. We kind of had our own afterparty after all.”

I smiled, a thought popping into my head. “Do you think she’ll have some leftover cupcakes?”

Twilight laughed, a good, honest laugh that caused my heart to soar to higher heights than I had ever flown. “Never change Dash, never change.”


Dear Princess Celestia,

The heart is a curious thing I’ve found. It cares little for who it decides to fall for, even if who it falls for may always seem to be out of reach. Research can give you many things, but it can’t give you love. True love is only experienced when a pony or other creature is willing to do anything for the one that they love. And I think that after last night, I have experienced a tiny bit of that magic of true love. And it was unlike anything else in this whole wide world.

Come on Twi, do you have to sound that sappy? I mean come on! It’s love! Love isn’t that complex. You love a pony or you don’t. Yeah, it’s powerful, but that’s just how it is. You don’t have to go research it like it’s a science project or something. I’m just gonna stick with saying love rules. You ever loved somepony Princess? Cause it’s the greatest thing in the world.

Sincerely,

Twilight Sparkle (and her new marefriend Rainbow Dash!)

Author's Note:

Well, there you have it: the conclusion of this story. Yeah, it was only a two-shot, but this is actually the first story I've ever finished that was more than one chapter. So it's kinda special for me. I hope you enjoy the sappy romance and sex jokes :twilightsmile:

And be sure to go check out the person who made this chapter 20% better: Noble Thought! He's a way better writer than me. Seriously, go check him out.

Comments ( 51 )

'Two-shot'

It's a shame a good portion of men can only get one-shot before their spent, but it looks like you are not part of that percentile.

*:trollestia:*

Cute little conclusion, and the innuendos were among the best I've heard on this site. Good job, 314! So how next about you do a LoHAV with Sho Minamamoto? He seems like a character you would enjoy.

Oh, and also:

What did I want? I didn’t even know where to being.

Sweet, beautiful, and just sappy enough. The flow of the story is just right and it aligned with the characters personas perfectly. Great story.


~OreoKookie

0.0 Bro, this was fantastic!!! If you EVER make more, you will get a follow!

Itsa cute! And adorable! I'm glad I could help you get this off the ground. Sorry for my own procrastination in getting the editing done. I've been busy with Secret Lives chapter 3, two other multi-chapter stories, and a number of other projects. And work.

Well done on this story.

You must do a sequel !
The story is brilliant,
The writing is brilliant,
Even the cover art suits the story perfectly .

And you get a big, hearty "D'AWWWWW" from me. Loved every word of this story. I am going to have to re-read it at some point!

I'll be honest, today was turning into a very crappy day, but this story managed to turn it around and give me happy feels :pinkiehappy:

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4516547 Aren't sex jokes competent writers fantastic?

4516551 The innuendos were probably years of not being able to make sex jokes in public all coming out at once XD And I totally did not just google that and have it make no sense :scootangel: But humans, ew. And thanks for the catch! All the letters were there at least.

4516682 I'm glad that people think I was able to find that perfect harmonic balance :)

4517001 Oh I'll be making more. Romance is fun to write. I have two-ish stories in my brain pot cooking right now that are romance akin to this one. Sort of.

4517100 I have no idea how people can multi-task in writing. I can write one story at a time. Once I start a chapter of something, I must finish that before I can do another chapter of something else. I guess I'm weird.

4517339 Honestly, this story was originally made as a launching point for shameless clop, but I'm probably going to change that now. Maybe not a direct sequel (though there is an idea that I would absolutely love to write about what happens further down the road in their relationship :raritywink:), but same universe definitely.

4517407 You have no idea how happy it makes me that I could cheer up someone's day like that. I've had that happen to me many times where a good story update makes my day (like Project Horizons updating today. Squee!), but giving someone else that joy feels even better :twilightsmile:

4518388 Lohav is League of Humans Acting Villanous. Basically, someone goes into Equestria with all the powers of some character, and hilarity ensues. Also, Sho Minamamoto's attacks include an attack that does ∞ damage to anyone whose level is a multiple of i that is activated by reciting 100 digits of π.

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4518512 So, basically, he can't use that attack (except on one category) because i doesn't actually exist. A multiple of i could be i^2 (-1) or i^4 (1), which is pretty pathetic if you have to use a special attack to wipe out a lvl 1. But I can see why you thought I'd like it :P

I'm totally a math geek if my name was any clue :P

4518643 I'm not entirely sure how this works mathematically, but as far as I know i^4(X) equals X and therefore proves X to be a multiple of i, with the domain of X being anything real or imaginary (for instance, i^4(7) equals 1*7 equals 7, or i^4(27i) equals 1*27i equals 27i). As such, anyone hit by the attack would be immediately killed, with the execption of one person who teleported themselves to an alternate universe just before the attack hit them, thus preventing him from being hit in the first place.

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4518671 While you're right (in terms of hard math), it seems like it'd be pointless to come up with that explanation when every number is a multiple of i then :P Oh well.

4518714 You know the spell in Final Fantasy called Flare? In case you don't, it's an ability that, when used by enemies, does absolutely INSANE damage, but only to enemies whose levels are a multiple of that flare type. For instance, Flare 3 will only hit characters whose levels are a multiple of 3. Minamamoto used a Level i Flare. Thus the specification is in fact necessary.

I kind of wonder if AJ got what she wanted... :duck:

Excellent story, not rushed,perfect pace, and just the way you had the story and planned it out to what was going to happen at the end of the chapter was just so perfectly planned:rainbowkiss:good job

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4518871 Ah, that makes sense. But I haven't played any of the Final Fantasy games :/

4519699 In my headcanon (because I can have headcanon of my own story :P), she didn't, but the date turned out well. I'm leaving that decision up to other people though if she did or didn't.

4520028 I didn't actually plan on how I'd have this go, it kinda just flowed onto the screen and I was merely forming how it'd go. It was kinda interesting actually ^.^

4520553 oh but the story fell together perfectly and you did a very good job

Nice paceing, and good setting. That was chapter one. This one is implying a fast... sorry.

El capítulo 1 da un buen ritmo a la historia e incluso es agradable a la vista con las escenas, lo que me da curiosidad sobre la cita de Rarity y AJ. Hasta fue divertido.
El. Capítulo 2 sin embargo, es agradable tanto el capítulo en si, como la implicación de que tuvieron sexo. Lo cual me deja un mal sabor de boca ya que siento que es muy pronto para ello, y luego me recordo a muchos mangas hentais que existen y que tienen esta misma temática (aunque ahí si son explícitos).

Me gusto, sin duda alguna.

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4524259 Una parte del razón ellas tenían sexo fue como yo veo la cultura de Equestria. Boda no es tan importante como boda en el mundo debido al hecho que los hombres son la minoría. Es mi headcanon. Además de, chistes de sexo son muy divertido en mi opinión :P Pero me alegro que tú haya disfrutado mi historia.

Aunque soy un hombre de muchos talentos, pero ten la bondad de perdonarme si mi espanol es mal. La aprendí en mi escuela y tenía malas maestras.

4524368 solo si tu perdonas que mi ingles sea malo. Lo leo bien, pero tengo problemas para esribirlo.

Me gustó mucho el capítulo dos, incluso con todas las referencias sexuales!

I really liked chapter two even with all the sex references!

Good job writers!
-OG-

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Very cute conclusion. Somehow the adult parts are more powerful when merely hinted at while the story does fade to black and only invites us back in to track the new couple's progress the morning after. Rainbow Dash's narrative is cute and she seems more scholarly in most Twidash fics, so her word choice isn't off-putting when she gets descriptive. Twilight is adorable and she knows just how to disarm Rainbow Dash even when she's in full on prank mode.

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4524483 Si, no es un problema.

4524637 Gracias! There's only one of me who actually wrote it though, unless you were referring to the editor.

4525927 I tried to make Dash a little less scholarly, but she is by no means dumb. I'd actually think that she's the third smartest of the Mane Six after Twilight and Fluttershy. I'm glad you liked the characters!

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I think since Read It and Wheep, there have been a lot of Twidash fics depicting her as someone who can relate to Twilight on an intellectual level. That episode alone probably fueled the Twidash writers' imagination quite a bit. In the show Rainbow Dash is one of the characters to show the most development, learning a love of reading and hanging out in the library. I think the fandom has a tendency to go a bit further with her development to the point where she becomes eloquent or at least makes use of bigger words than in the show. So the Rainbow Dash I've come to know in most fics is pretty clever and it helps to make her perspective seem that much deeper.

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4526544 Yeah. You have to pick up some knowledge hanging around Twilight that much. In my opinion, she's probably a genius when it comes to anything involving flying (which includes anatomy :raritywink:), or weather management. So she's pretty good at math (something I'd imagine is necessary for weather). And then she picks things up just by seeing them.

Do I even have to say it?:raritywink:... yes I do don't I. I love the connection between the characters and how I could actually see them responding to each other as if it were the actual show... just off the beaten path if you know what I mean XD but of course great job on this work and as always MOAR PLEASE!!!!

P.S sorry I saw this late, I was reading another amazing fic called MIA and I encourage anyone/pony to check it out.:twilightsmile:

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4540006 I never thought I'd manage to write the characters so well that people actually compare them to the show. Wow. I personally have only really said that about one other fic. Thank you so much!

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4582553 That was the intention :P I always like adding humor to every story I write.

Ever plan on posting the mature portion of this fic?

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4589442 Yeah, I've just been really busy/no computer access the last two weeks. It'll come eventually, I promise :pinkiesmile:

dawwwwwwwwww! So cute! Nice jokes btw :twilightsmile:

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4615584 Don't get me started on being able to write long sentences. Whenever I write a paper for school, I end up doing really long sentences that are way more descriptive than need be :P I think the longest sentence I wrote once was 87 words long. And it was grammatically correct. I can write the detail well, I just need to have an idea of what I'm detailing.

4616013 errr... 85 words, you don't think you overdid that any as that seems to be a bit much, then again I probably have my fair share of incredibly long sentences such as this one or perhaps this is just a run-on with no end to it's endless bounds that are yet to be reached.

4708888 yeah, I'm not good at long sentence grammar; at least not with ones over 30 words or more. However some sentences of mine that are long just keep going on and on...

4590297 Lucky, I've had no computer access for pretty much since the summer solstice. Or is it eclipse, nah lunar and solar eclipse doesn't sound right...

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4708888 Yeah, yours turned into a run-on by the end :P

A better sentence that could be used to expound upon the simple fact that ridiculously long sentences have no place in modern day online literature (or in essays for school or work for that matter) might just in fact be this one; it uses a variety of techniques to make it even longer than a sentence reasonably should be, techniques that vary from parentheses to dependent clauses to even the rarely used semicolon.

73 words, not bad :pinkiehappy: Summer solstice is right though.

And that was the sound of my brain failing to work.

:rainbowlaugh:

I greatly enjoyed the story, the pacing, and the horribly awesome jokes/puns. Thanks for sharing with the rest of the class. :derpytongue2:

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The King puts you to shame in his Letter from a Birmingham Prison. A grammatically correct 316 word sentence. (In paragraph 12 - my writing professor loves to point that one out.)

Of course, his presenting it in that manner served an important purpose, but I agree that extremely long sentences do not tend to go over well in these modern days of shortened phrases and rushed grabs for massively condensed information.

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4902345 Every person that likes this makes me even happier :) Thanks!

No surprise a king beats me though. He was trained by politicians.

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5187579 When I do a RariJack shipping story, it'll probably call back to this one.

I liked this, it was cute. I'd like to see Celestia's reaction to the letter.

After Rainbow drops an offhand comment about never dating, Pinkie decides to set her up on a date. A blind date.

Wouldn't that be offhoof? :twilightblush:

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5770405 LITERALLY NOBODY NOTICED THIS. WHAT

This was absolutely brilliant. I smiled like an idiot in public the whole time I read it. Thanks for the read. :heart:

“You are so not one to talk.”

Lose the "not". ;]


“Do you think she’ll have some leftover cupcakes?”

... is the ocean wet?

Awwww this was perfectly adorkable and very true to all characters.

ahhaahah!!! cool!

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