Spike usually daydreamed of her. The beautiful, amazingly perfect pony that was Rarity. Her heavenly mane, beautiful eyes, and perfect alabaster coat. But eventually, he would always hit one question.
"Does she even like me?" He asked himself.
The question echoed through Spike's head all the time. Many numerous times, he had tried to advance, but it was mostly laughed off with something along the lines of "Oh, you're silly, Spike." or an odd look. It's like she never took him seriously. There was only one way to know for sure...
"I'll ask her today." A determined look on his face, he took a bath and set off for her house. However, many negative thoughts plagued his head. What if he messed up? What if she rejects him? But the young dragon knew he would never be at peace until he got a straight answer.
"Twilight, I'm going to be out for a bit."
"Where to?"
"Rarity's." Spike said with a huge grin.
Twilight's mouth twitched, and she almost dropped the book she was holding with her magic.
"A-alright, be careful!" She smiled. Spike looked at her strangely, but did not speak of it, letting it slip out of his mind.
Finally, after some walking, he reached her house. The steps were intimidating to him. He lifted his hand to knock, but hesitated. Shaking it off, he finally knocked.
"One moment please!" A beautiful, smooth as silk voice said in response to the knock.
The door opened, revealing her. The one mare he had eyes for. The most beautiful pony in Equestria in his eyes.
"Hello, Rarity.." He smiled.
"Salutations. I wasn't expecting you to be here, Spike! What is the matter?"
"I was just wondering if..." Spike looked down, hesitated, but took the chance.
"Maybe you would be interested in going out with me?" He looked straight into her eyes. Spike smiled a bit, seeing as he got the execution correctly... But his smile faded, seeing the expression on her face. She was... Frowning.
"Oh... I-I'm sorry, Spike but-"
"Rarity, who's at the door?" A male voice called from behind her. He saw a familiar face...
"Oh, just a friend!" She called back.
"I'm sorry, but you have to leave now." She said grimly, closing the door in front of Spike. His hurt expression did nothing to stop the door closing in front of him. He clenched his fists, tears flowing from his eyes. The once energetic dragon now felt completely defeated. Knees wobbly, and heart shattered, he walked back home, ignoring the calls of many of his other friends.
"Spike, you alright?" An orange pony with a hat called out. But her call was not answered.
He heard a familiar wooshing of air pass by him and stop. "Hey! Spike, what happened to you?" Again, he ignored it. Finally reaching the house, he lifted his hand and barely opened the door, having lost all his strength.
"Spike! Where have you been!"
"..." He stood, raising his face to meet Twilight's eyes. His vision was a bit blurry, but he could see her expression.
She approached him just as he fell to his knees, collapsing. The hurt he felt was just too much. The last thing he felt was someone carrying him, arms wrapping around him, and a blanket.