Chapter 9

In hospital…again

I woke up, again, to the annoying "beep beep beep" of a heart monitor. I couldn't open one of my eyes, because of a bruise causing it to close. I searched around with my one good eye, and saw something that made me tear up. Rainbow Dash, lying in a hospital bed beside me, her face covered in dry tears. I started to cry myself there, and I could have stared at her until she awoke, but the pain was too much and I unwillingly blacked out again.

I awoke, to find that Rainbow Dash was sitting up on her bed reading a Daring-Do book. I wanted to talk to her, explaining my actions so badly, but I couldn't move at all. All that came out was a raspy "…uuhuhg…" Rainbow Dash's eyes shot up immediately and she walked towards me, as she stood up I noticed that she was covered in bandages of her own. What happened next shocked me as she embraced me in the biggest hug of my life. The hug didn't last long as she leapt back because I had let out a small yelp of pain. The Nurse came in soon after and removed the brace from my neck that was constricting my throat, allowing me to speak. "You both still have to remain here for a few days, to make sure that you haven't sustained any serious damage." "Thank you." I said and the nurse turned to leave. I looked around to Rainbow Dash and hugged her again. She started to cry in my arms, I ran my hands through her rainbow mane. After a few minutes she looked up at me, tears in her eyes. "Why would you do that for me?" "Because I…kinda…sorta…maybe…have a certain crush on a certain somepony." I said, blushing like a rose. "Thank you so much." She said as she buried her head into my chest. All I could do was hold her, on the verge of tears myself.

We sat in the hospital for the rest of the day. She cuddled up into my arm as we read the newest Daring-Do book together. She kept explaining about how Daring-Do was the most amazing Pegasus adventurer in all of Equestria. "Did you know that back in my world, there was a man, called Indiana Jones. He isn't much different from Daring-Do here." I said with a smile. "Does he have books?" Asked Rainbow excitedly. "No, he has things called movies." Dash responded with a quizzical look on her face . "Movies are a bunch of moving pictures, that make it look as though it is really happening." I explained. We stayed cuddled together, talking about my world and hers. She kept asking questions like, how the weather works and how do we get around to places. After a few hours of intense quizzing from Rainbow Dash, she started to explain what was different between our worlds. Like how in Equestria all of the clouds and rainbows where manufactured in a giant cloud factory in Cloudsdale.

My recovery had come along quite well. I could walk now, but didn't have anywhere to walk as the room was tiny. Rainbow Dash kept telling me stories of how she couldn't wait until she got back out into the open air. "I still need some flying lessons." I said, suggestively to Dash. "Oh yeah! And when you can fly better we can go and do some stunts, and you can visit my house up in the clouds!" She seemed elated at the thought of having a friend to fly with.

It started to get late and we were both starving as we skipped out on dinner. "Ugh I would kill for some decent food now." Said Rainbow Dash as she slumped back on her bed. I couldn't argue, the hospital food was terrible. "I've got an idea, be right back." I said as I stood up from the bed. The hospital was quiet as the Doctors and Nurses made their final rounds. I snuck down the hallway when the coast was clear. It wasn't hard to find the storeroom, with its giant sign on the wall. I crept inside, and salvaged some chocolate and some other assorted sweets. I took the food back to the room. "I know it isn't much of a meal, but it's all I could find." I said as I placed the lollies on the table between our beds. She responded by munching half of the chocolate in one bite. I burst into a fit of laughter as she shoved it into her face, making a complete mess of herself.

After we had finished our late-night snacking, she curled up beside me on the hospital bed. "Thanks Mist." She said, giving me a small kiss on the cheek. "Please its nothing." I said, as I looked away blushing like mad. We exchanged our goodnights, and quickly drifted off to sleep.

The Nurse came in early the next morning, to find Rainbow Dash and I sharing a bed, with her head lying across my chest. "Good morning." The Nurse said, causing Dash and I to jump up from our awkward position. It took us a few seconds to untwine ourselves from each other. "Your free to go when you feel like it." Said the Nurse, before she left us to gather our belongings and leave.

"Let's go back to the library." I said as Rainbow Dash and I left the hospital. After a short walk we knocked on the door, Twilight opened it and we were surprised to the mane 6 inside (Minus Rainbow Dash). We went inside, I was obviously in bad shape as everyone went wide eyed when they saw me. Twilight explained that they knew there was an accident involving three cloaked muggers, Rainbow Dash and some heroic Pegasus. I sat down and told everyone what had happened, skipping. "He saved my life." Said Rainbow Dash. "Thank you." She said. I was about to say something modest when her lips touched mine. I instantly felt better, at first the kiss was forced at her end, until I started to kiss her back. Her warm lips pushed against mine. I quickly forgot about any pain that I was in but the kiss ended. Everyone in the room stared at Rainbow Dash and myself. I whispered to her quietly "Does this mean we are coltfriend and fillyfriend now?" "I hope so." She replied in the same whispering voice. "I still don't have a place to stay." I said to her, still whispering. "Well I have a private mansion, up in the clouds." Was her reply.

I broke the silence with, "Dash and I have agreed to start dating." This caused the room to go "awww" again. And with that, Dash and I left the building, and with her assistance, we flew up to her home in the clouds.