Liam walked his way through Ponyville back to the castle, admiring the colors and lights that made up the night, it was pretty. When he got close enough to see the front doors to the castle, he saw Arron and Rainbow Dash on the front steps. Liam thought nothing of it, until they hugged. Then Dash flew away and Arron went inside.
Liam was taken a bit aback by this revelation, Arron and Dash? he thought. He knew they had been training together for a few weeks by now, but he didn't think they would get that close so quickly.
Liam immediately trotted up to the castle and went inside. He went straight upstairs and approached Arron's room, the door was open a crack and Arron was pacing back and forth. "Stupid! Why did I just admit that? I barley hesitated!" Arron said to himself as he paced.
Liam then opened the door, "What's wrong bro?" Liam asked, startling Arron. "Geeze, give a warning before you just burst in here! Also how much did you hear?" Arron shouted before shifting his tone to one of worry.
"I saw you and Dash hugging outside, what happened?" Liam asked. "Uh,..I Said I liked her, and she likes me, so...I guess were a thing now." Arron stammered out. Liam was confused by this behavior, "Why are you freaking out then? Your used to girlfriends, is it because she's a pony?" Liam asked. Arron shook his head, "No, it's not that, it's just, unlike my other girlfriends, Dash actually likes me for me, not just so she could get some social points in her circle of friends." Arron explained.
Liam then thought back to Arron's history of relationships, and how they all just wanted to show off their new boyfriend to their friends. "Well then, what's troubling you?" Liam asked, placing a hoof on Arron's shoulder. "I think we're going too fast, me and Dash, I mean, one second I crash, then I tell her I like her, then we kissed." Arron said, Liam went wide eyed at that last bit of information.
"How does it feel to kiss here?" Liam asked, "Pretty normal." Arron responded. Liam sighed, "So, you want to take things slow with Dash?" Liam asked, Arron nodded. "I know she's all about speed, but what happened tonight didn't feel natural, it felt more like a badly written romantic story." Arron said. "Just tell her then, if she likes you like you say she does, then she'll understand, just tell her tomorrow." Liam said. Arron then felt a wave of relief wash over him. "Thanks Liam." Arron said. Liam then gave his brother a small hug, "No problem bro." Liam said before getting up and walking out of the room.
Arron flopped down on his bed and stared at the ceiling, "Just tell her, she'll understand, I hope."...
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Rainbow Dash flew over Ponyville, heading for the edge of town where a lonely cottage stood, the home of Fluttershy. Rainbow landed by the door and knocked on it. Fluttershy opened the door and was surprised to find Rainbow here at this time of evening. "Oh, Rainbow Dash, what are you doing here this late?" Fluttershy asked. Rainbow Dash looked around, like she was making sure nopony else was nearby. "Can I talk to you about something Flutters?" Rainbow asked. Fluttershy nodded and ushered her inside.
Fluttershy got Rainbow Dash a cup of tea and the two sat of Fluttershy's couch. "Now, what's wrong Rainbow?" Fluttershy asked with genuine concern. Rainbow Dash took a deep breath before speaking. "You can't tell anypony else about this, okay?" Rainbow Dash said with a serious look. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Fluttershy gave a Pinkie Promise to assure Dash that she wouldn't tell anypony.
"Okay, you now how I've been teaching Arron to fly the past few weeks?" Dash asked, Fluttershy nodded, "You've done a good job, he's getting the hang of it." Fluttershy complimented. Rainbow Dash smiled at the compliment before continuing, "Well, I kinda like him." Rainbow Dash admitted. Fluttershy let out a small gasp at this confession. "Wow, um...that's nice, does he like you?" Fluttershy asked. Rainbow Dash nodded, "We kinda confessed to eachother tonight, we also kissed." Dash admitted. Fluttershy let out another gasp.
"You're moving fast aren't you?" Fluttershy said. Rainbow then exhaled deeply, "That's the problem, I want to move slower, but I just really like him, and what if he wants to go fast, what if he thinks I'm weird for wanting to slow down?" Rainbow said in a bit of a freakout. Fluttershy placed a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'm sure he'll understand, I mean, he likes you, doesn't he?" Fluttershy asked, Rainbow Dash nodded. "Thanks Fluttershy." Rainbow said before hugging her.
"So, do you know why you like him?" Fluttershy asked. "I dunno, maybe I just have a thing for clumsy, red Stallion's." Rainbow jokingly said, even though she really did.
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The next day Arron tried his best to fly over to the meeting point where he and Dash would usually go to train. Though, he got worn out and just walked the rest of the way. When he got there, Dash was waiting patiently. Arron slowly approached, taking a few deep breaths. "Just tell her, she'll understand." Arron thought to himself.
Arron finally reached the middle of the field where Dash stood. "Ya ready to finally nail turning today Arron?" Rainbow said enthusiastically. Arron nodded, "Yeah, but, first, I need to talk to you, about last night." Arron said. Dash's expression then turned sour, and she looked sad. "It's not gonna work out, is it?" Rainbow asked, looking down. Arron stepped forward quickly, "What? No, no, it's just, I feel we went a bit too fast last night." Arron explained. Rainbow looked up with wide eyes.
Arron then felt like he just screwed up. "I know, slow isn't your thing, so you probably don't want to keep going, but I would like to keep training with you, if you want." Arron explained, looking down at the ground. Rainbow stepped closer, using a hoof, she lifted up Arron's chin and looked into his eyes, Arron looked into hers, and they kissed.
Dash pulled away and smiled, "Don't worry Arron, I was worried about the exact same thing." Rainbow said, this made Arron smile, "Really?" he asked, Rainbow nodded. Arron wiped some sweat off his forehead and laughed, "Well, that's a relief." Arron said, "So are we still good?" Arron asked. Rainbow nodded again, "Now, enough fluff, lets get flying!" Rainbow said as she launched into the air.
"Yes Ma'am!" Arron said, launching himself into the air.
