"When's the Wedding?" And Other Rumbaloo Tales

by Candy-Sweets_12

Chapter 13; Nicknames

The next morning, Rumble was the first to wake up. He turned to Scootaloo, who was still sleeping the day away. It was a rare sight, seeing her in such a peaceful state. He found that she actually looked kind of cute when she was asleep. He thought back to the night before, smiling at the copious topics they discussed.

"Any plans for tomorrow?" Rumble had asked, nudging her with a wing.

Scootaloo had responded with her signature eye roll, "No, I'm just going to lie around while I have the chance,"

"So does that mean you'll be sleeping in then?" Rumble smirked.

"Please," she remarked. "I hate waking up late."

"You're version of waking up late is 9 am." he responded, raising a brow.

"Shut up," Scootaloo chuckled, punching his arm. "I'm fine with 9, I mean 2 o'clock in the afternoon. That's like, most of your day gone."

"Whatever you say Scoot." Rumble chuckled.

Now as he lay there, he couldn't help but ponder if she actually was going to sleep until then. The last time she slept that hard, Rumble had to carry her home. He smirked at the memory, finding Scootaloo looked just as peaceful now as she did then. Cute even.

Unfortunately for him, she started to stir awake, fluttering her eyelids. She glanced up to him, finding Rumble glancing back with the stupidest grin on his face.

"What're you smiling at?" she asked.

"You, sleepyhead." he teased.

"Oh screw you." she responded, rolling her eyes, she couldn't help but smile though.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." he added.

"Nope, just woke up in the wrong room." she smirked.

"Wow, that's low, Scoot."

"I don't mean it." she continued. "You know I like it here."

"I'm going to hold you to that." Rumble warned.

Scootaloo smirked, sitting up and playfully rolling her eyes. "Shouldn't you be getting ready for work or something?" she questioned.

"You say that as though you don't want me here."

Scootaloo's smirk grew.

"Now that's just mean." Rumble responded.

"I know." she giggled.

"Alright, I'm going then." he grumbled.

"Then I'm getting some more shut-eye" she continued, lying back onto the bed. Teasingly, she stretched over Rumble's side, smiling with a sigh.

Rumble rolled his eyes. "You're such a tease."

"I know,." Scootaloo repeated.

Rumble shook his head, unable to help his smile from her antics. It didn't take him very long to get ready, by the time he was, he checked in on Scootaloo, finding she was half-asleep. He chuckled and went over, staring down at her face.

Her eyes fluttered open, and she smiled at him. "Have a nice day at work," she stated, yawning.

"Enjoy your day off," Rumble responded. He started out the room, grabbing his saddlebag.

"Wait a second," Scootaloo yawned. He turned, arching a brow at her.

"Yeah?" he asked, going back to her.

She lifted a foreleg, wrapping it around his neck and pulling herself closer. She pecked his cheek, making his face burn a light shade of red. Unwillingly, his wings unfolded themselves, popping up into the air. Scootaloo giggled.

"Alright, I'm good."

"You're such a tease." Rumble replied, turning back to the door.

She giggled again.

---

Rumble finally landed at station, getting ready to clock in. He and Scootaloo were always early, mainly because of her freaky sleep schedule. Just as he did so, he spotted a certain yellow stallion his way.

'Oh boy," he thought. Ever since he started to hang out with Scootaloo , it seemed like everyone was taking notice of her. Why is it that as soon as they officially started dating, everybody starts hitting on her? It was like their relationship sparked some sort of magnetic force of a sort.

He didn't notice Sunny had approached him until a yellow hoof was waved his face. He broke away from his train of thought, turning to the stallion before him, who appeared nervous.

"Um, hey...Rumble," the stallion said, as though he was having trouble remembering his name.

"Hey Sunny, you need something?" Rumble questioned, trying not to show his bemusement.

"No, well, actually, I came to ask you about something." the stallion stuttered.

"About?" Rumble started, heading towards his station. Sunny followed.

"Well, you know the new mare, right?"

"You mean Scootaloo?" Rumble questioned.

"Yeah, well, you two seem pretty close, so...."

"You want to ask me about her don't you?" Rumble asked, raising a brow at him. He couldn't help but try to hold back a smile from the stallion's oblivious statements. 'If only he knew,' Rumble thought.

"Do you...think I have a chance with her?" Sunny asked quietly, blushing a bit.

Rumble couldn't hold back his smirk this time. He found it to be amusing. He could've just told Sunny about their relationship right then and there, and tell the stallion to back off as apart of him wanted to do. But he decided he could lighten up a bit, and humor the stallion.

"That depends, I don't really know that much about you, I couldn't really say."

"Can you tell me about her then? If that's okay?"

"Well, she wants to be a WonderBolt, and she's pretty athletic."

"Okay,"

"She can be pretty stand-offish at times, but she's still nice. At least she tries to be."

"What else?"

"She's not the biggest fan of over-the-top romance, she likes keeping things simple. But even then, she is a pretty good kisser."

"Wait, how would you-" Sunny started. He looked to Rumble, who was smirking.

"Well, I am her boyfriend." he chuckled.

Sunny burned a bright red. "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't know."

"It's fine," Rumble shrugged.

"Sweet Mother of Luna, I feel like a jerk." the stallion continued, smacking a hoof to his head and burning redder. "Of course she has a boyfriend, why wouldn't she?" he mumbled to himself.

"It's fine, you didn't know."

"I'm really sorry about that. I never would've asked if I knew before." his blush brightened. "Oh, what does she think of me now? She must think I'm an idiot or something."

"She thinks you're nice." Rumble stated. "She thought that it was super sweet of you to offer your umbrella to her, even if she didn't use it."

"I-I wanted to be nice. She didn't have one and-"

"You were also flirting." Rumble said knowingly.

"Well, yeah." Sunny admitted, hanging his head down.

"It's fine, I don't mind you talking with her and all, as long as it's platonic."

"Yeah, look Rumble, I'm so sorry about this. I guess I should've known you two were a thing," he added. Now that Rumble had said so, it seemed pretty obvious. "I guess you might be mad at me or something."

"It's not like we talk about it with everyone, we don't really think we have to broadcast it to the world. It's just a relationship. We haven't told many of our colleagues. I'm sure that if you did know things would be different."

"Of course, I would've just left her alone."

"Good to hear. Otherwise-"

"I'd probably be a dent in the ground." Sunny finished.

"Yeah. So hooves off." Rumble said, his tone of voice for the last sentence made Sunny jump a bit.

"I get it, I'll leave her alone. Thanks by the way."

"For?"

"Telling me. You just saved me that embarrassment, and you're so neutral about it. If I were in your shoes I'd be pretty mad."

"I was at first, but it was admittedly pretty funny to tease you like that."

"Gee, thanks." Sunny added dully. "So...are we good? No pummeling or hunting me down to the ends of Equestria?"

"We're good."

"Oh thank the princesses!" he sighed in relief. "I'm glad that that's over."

"So am I, so let's just let it drop shall we?"

"Oh, sure, of course. But one more thing,"

"Yes?" Rumble sighed, pretending to be annoyed.

The yellow pegasus smirked, "about the 'good kisser' part," he added.

" Bye, Sunny." Rumble stated, trotting away.

"Wait, I'm just messing around!" Sunny chuckled, following after him.

---

"...and then he said I was a D.Va!" Sweetie scoffed. "Can you believe that?"

"He must've been joking, Sweetie, it's just a name." Apple Bloom said with a roll of her eyes, she looked to Scootaloo, who was had mimicked the action.

"I'm not a diva!" Sweetie exclaimed.

The other two rose their eyebrows expectantly, throwing her identical 'Really?' faces.

"I'm not!" Sweetie continued, her face growing red.

"I don't know, considering you were offended over playing Underwat-

"Overwatch," Sweetie corrected.

"Overwatch," Apple Bloom continued, "You can at least admit you take things to heart pretty easily."

"I do not!" Sweetie claimed. "Besides, how would that make me a diva?"

"Do you even know what a diva is?"

"Well," Sweetie started.

"According to Wing it's a famous female opera singer." Scootaloo smiled.

"Oh," Sweetie blushed. "Well, I wouldn't really call myself famous, let alone an opera singer-"

"It's also a tempermental pony, typically a female, who's hard to please." she interjected.

Sweetie's blush brightened, and she scowled. "Hey!" she exclaimed. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom giggled.

"We're just teasing, Sweets, just like Button was."

"Well I don't think it's very funny." Sweetie mumbled.

"See? Hard to please," Scootaloo added, emphasizing the syllables.

Sweetie playfully punched her arm. "And you say I'm a dictionary."

"You still are, but you should at least know what a diva is." Scootaloo teased.

"Whatever." Sweetie mumbled.

"What about you, Scoot? Anything new at home?"

"Nothing really, just that Rumble and I sort of had a date last night."

"Sort of?" Apple Bloom questioned.

"And what did you do for this 'sort-of-date'?" Sweetie asked, adding air quotes.

"Does it count as a date if it's at home?" Scootaloo asked.

"Depends on what you did." Sweetie added.

"We had dinner and talked about things," Scootaloo tried.

"What type of things?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Just, things." Scootaloo stated flatly.

"Sure," Sweetie smirked, she and Apple Bloom looked to each other and rose their eyebrows teasingly.

"It wasn't like that," Scootaloo blushed, hitting Apple Bloom playfully.

"Sure, Scoot." Sweetie smiled.

"Whatever, Sweetie. Anyway, we just talked. He made dinner for us."

"Aw," the other two grinned.

"Is he a good cook?" Apple Bloom asked.

"He's good enough." Scootaloo shrugged.

"What'd he make?" Sweetie asked.

"Spaghetti." Scootaloo stated.

"Typical," Sweetie said with a shake of her head.

"How's that typical?"

"Don't worry about it," Sweetie giggled. Scootaloo looked to Apple Bloom for help, but earned a shrug in response.

"That reminds me," Sweetie suddenly added.

"Of?"

"Does Rumble have any nicknames for you?" she asked.

"He calls me Scoot,"

"Just like everyone else." Sweetie added. "I'm talking about a special nickname, reserved for you alone."

"It wouldn't be very special if I said so," Scootaloo commented.

"He doesn't have one for you does he?"

"No," Scootaloo admitted. "But it's not like I need one, we're still in a relationship either way."

"But it can keep things interesting," Sweetie added.

"What do you mean?"

"If you ask me, it's healthy for couples to poke fun at each other from time to time. You can't be completely serious in a relationship."

Scootaloo and Apple Bloom exchanged a glance, before they both bit their lips in a grin.

"What?" Sweetie asked,

"Says the diva." Apple Bloom snickered.

Sweetie blushed. "Okay, so maybe I was a bit too reactive."

"Diva," the two sang in unison.

"Buck you two," Sweetie said with a roll of her eyes.

The pair broke into a fit of giggles, prompting Sweetie to wear a red bemused look.

"You do have a point though, at least I think you do." Scootaloo chuckled.

"Gee, thanks." Sweetie replied bemusedly.

"Really, I do. Maybe Rumble and I should stop acting so serious all the time."

"Please, the likelihood of you two bein' serious is about as likely as Button is of quitting video games."

"Fair point." Scootaloo admitted. "But seriously, maybe we've been treating this whole dating and moving in together thing too seriously."

"I understand completely." Sweetie said.

"So just because you and Button talked about moving, that makes you an expert on moving in with someone." Apple Bloom remarked.

"It's close enough," Sweetie defended.

Scootaloo giggled.

---

Rumble finally landed on the ground, looking to the restaurant in front of him.

"Hey Rumble!" he heard.

He turned, spotting the source of the voice in the air, a teasing smile on her lips.

"Hey Scoot." Rumble greeted, going up to her.

"On you're lunch break already?"

"Yep, thank Luna. We're scheduled for another cloudy day."

"Guess you need a break then,"

"Tell me about it,"

"Want to spend it with me?" she asked curiously.

He smiled. "Duh, Scoot" he teased.

"Oh shut up." she smirked. He didn't notice her saddlebag until she opened it, pulling out their lunch.

"Where to?" she asked.

"Anywhere's fine," he shrugged. "Long as I'm able to get back to work quickly."

"Classic Rumble, always willing to work." Scootaloo teased.

They flew to a nearby cloud, and Rumble sighed, lying back onto it. He stretched out his wings as Scootaloo took their lunches out.

"Long day?"

"Yep. And I'm only halfway through it." he sighed. "Oh well, beats homework and tests."

"Says the guy who doesn't have to do the paperwork,"

"Good point." he admitted. "So what have you done so far anyway?" he crunched on a French Fry.

"I went to see how the girls were doing."

"And?"

"Nothing important. We basically just decided Sweetie's a diva." she smirked.

Rumble laughed, "she kind of is."

"I'm totally telling her you said that." Scootaloo smirked.

"Oh come on Scoot, don't do that,"

"Fine." Scootaloo replied. "What about you?"

"I talked with your secret admirer," Rumble smirked.

"I have a secret admirer?"

"I mean Sunny, Scoot." Rumble chuckled.

"Oh, sorry. Wait, secret admirer? C'mon Rumble, I doubt it's that big of a-"

"He asked me about if he was in your league." Rumble stated.

"Oh," Scootaloo stated. She fell silent, and Rumble looked up to her, still lying next to her. Finally, she followed with, "I thought he was just flirting, I didn't think it was that erious. I'm flattered and all, but...well,"

"I told him about us."

"What'd he say?"

"He was pretty apologetic."

"I'm sure he was, and embarrassed too. You didn't hit him did you?"

"No, but I told him to keep it platonic."

"Poor Sunny," Scootaloo chuckled. "I mean he's a nice guy, but I don't think he's my type."

"Neither do I. Considering he hardly knew my name before you came along."

"C'mon, Rumble. I'm sure he means well."

"He does, we talked about some other stuff and he's not that bad. I can see myself talking with him in the future. You know, like a friend for work."

"Yay! Rumble made a friend!" Scootaloo teased.

"You can't be the only one making friends with colleagues." Rumble defended, referencing Twister.

"I suppose you're right there."

"Anything else happened for you? Other than work, that's about it for me."

"Nothing important." Scootaloo shrugged. she paused. "Hey Rumble?"

"Yeah?" Rumble asked, looking up to her again. She glanced down to him, a curious look on her face.

"Do you have any nicknames for me?"

Rumble rose a brow, smirking. He didn't expect her to ask that.

"Why? Am I supposed to?"

"Not really, it was just a thought."

"Do you have any for me?"

"Not really." she paused, and then smirked. "Except for when I called you Tumble a few years back."

"Oh Luna," Rumble said with a roll of his eyes. "Don't start that again. Ever since you called me that around my cousin she's called me Tumblr."

"Sorry." Scootaloo giggled. "Tumblr."

"Don't you start." Rumble warned, though he couldn't hold his grin.

"Alright fine. What do you want as a nickname?"

"Don't know, I never gave it much thought."

"Let me know then."

"As long as you don't end up calling me some lovey dovey nickname like love bug or-" he pretended to gag "sugar pie."

Scootaloo joined him in the fake gagging. "Trust me, I won't."

"What could I call you though?" he pondered, finishing his lunch.

"As long as you don't give me the standard 'sweetie' I'm fine."

Rumble thought for a moment, still chewing the last bit of his burger. He then smirked deviously.

Oh Luna, what're you thinking?" Scootaloo asked.

"Nothing really," he paused. "Loo-loo."

Scootaloo cringed. "Loo-loo?" she asked. "I thought we agreed on no lovey dovey nicknames.

"It's not lovey dovey," he defended. "If anything, I'd say it sort of suits you.

"Or maybe the altitude's getting to your head." she stated.

"Maybe it's the angle," he teased. "You tend to be cuter upside-down."

"You did not," Scootaloo laughed.

"What? I did, and I'll do it again. You're even cuter upside-down." he restated.

"I'm not cute, Rumble." she laughed.

"Of course you are, especially when you're blushing like that. It suits you even more now."

"Okay, that's enough. You're not calling me that."

"And why not? You're the one who asked, that's what you're going to get."

"You can't come up with anything else?"

"Nope." he smiled, popping his lips at the P.

"Too bad, you're not going to call me that. Especially not in public."

"Can't I at least do it when we're alone?" he asked.

"No."

"I promise I won't let it slip around anyone else."

"No, Rumble."

"Please? It's perfect!"

"Nope."

He put his hooves together, throwing her a playful puppy dog look.

"Nada." Scootaloo said, not giving in. She couldn't help but laugh though.

"Fine, you leave me no choice."

"What're y-" She was caught off when Rumble tackled her, pinning her to the cloud. She laughed harder. "Rumble stop!"

"Not until you let me do call you Loo-loo."

"Stop! Ponies might see us!"

"We're on the outskirts of town, Scoot, and no one within a few mile's radius can see us." He used the feathers of his wings to tickle her side's.

"Let me go!" she giggled, tears pricking in her eyes.

"Not until you give in."

"I-I'm gonna pee!!" she giggled.

He took to nuzzling her neck with his nose, making her laugh harder.

"Okay! Okay!" she gave in.

"Okay, what?"

"I'll let you call me Loo-loo." she giggled. "Just don't do that again."

"I can't make any promises."

"Then at least do it when we're alone, and not in the open." she said, her laughter finally dying down.

"Deal," Rumble smiled, satisfied. "Loo-loo."

Scootaloo cringed, instantly regretting her decision. Curse her ticklish ways.

"This'll get old quick."

Now it was Rumble's turn to laugh.

Author's Note:

Thank you all so much for reading, I know it's been a while since the last update, but hopefully I'll be able to make more this year. Also it's officially been a year since I first published this series! *Throws confetti* And I'm thankfll to those of you who have stuck with this story, whether you just started it now, or the beginning, either way, know I'm thankful.

Here's a link to a blog post I made recently, it goes into more detail. Sorry I repeat myself a bit, but still.

Anyway,

Peace, Love, Tolerate,

~Candy

Comments

[PinkDiamond67]

Love it so much

[Easy breezey]

Loo-loo."

Loo loo skip to the loo, loo loo skip to the loo, loo loo skipt to the loo, skip to the loo my darling!

This entered my head

[Rainbow Spectrum]

Haha! Loo-Loo! Love it!

[ChefJoe19]

I was not aware that this story is completed. Are you planning writing some more in the near future?

[Candy-Sweets_12]

Yes, at least I hope to eventually. I haven't written for it in a while, and I honestly feel like the last chapter would be a good place to leave things off, at least for a while. Thankfully I didn't leave everyone on a cliffhanger, I would've hated myself for doing that. That's pretty shady, even at my standards, (seeing the April Fool's thing I did last year.) I did recieve ideas from you as well as other users, but as of recently, I haven't put much of my time writting into this story. I did intend to continue it at first, and I do have an ending in mind, and intentions to use the ideas I was given. And perhaps someday I will continue it and use them.

But as of now, "When's the Wedding?" is up to specualtion. I apollogize if I disappoint you, rather, I'm grateful you're still interested in it despite the lack of updates. Unfortunatelly, I just don't have the motivation to write for these specific characters for reasons I'll explain soon. I'm sorry if I disappointed you, and I thank you for sticking with all of this. Have a nice day/evening/whenever you may read this.

Peace,8082563

[Vinnykitty]

Well I guess this series is over.?

[DianaBetic]

Absolutely loved this! I really hope that you write more chapters in the future! If not I totally understand! Thanks for this awesome story!