A Rainbow No More
Chapter 2
BTW, there are 0 lemons in this one.
Which side was bigger?
Rainbow wanted to cry again. She was so nervous, but she had to tell her. There was no other way to go.
She sped toward Sweet Apple Acres at a speed nopony dared to go. Faster than... the speed limit.
She tried to cheer herself up with her own jokes, but they weren't funny. So she just went with her mood.
She landed quietly in front of the door to Applejack's house.
Holy shit, man... This is it.
She looked in the window. It was a terrible habit. What if she was... like...
Applejack stared into Rainbow's eyes, but not before throwing the jar of applesauce she was spreading on a piece of bread and vegemite out of the room.
She opened the door, and her brilliant, cute smile peeked through the doorway.
"Uh, hi, Rainbow." She looked behind her, and slightly pulled the door back to cover Rainbow's view of the room.
"Hi, AJ... What the hay are you doing with applesauce and vegemite?"
"OH! Uh, just, ya know, makin' a sammich... so, how goes it?" She asked.
"I... ...Can I come in?"
"Sure, sugarcube. You want a-"
"-NO," said Rainbow, almost offended.
"Oh, sorry... is it... that weird?" She cringed, her ears pointed down in shame.
"Well... ooh, AJ, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" Rainbow started, realizing how she'd acted.
A tear ran down the side of Applejack's face, and she looked down.
"AJ?" Rainbow bent down to look at her face. Her forelegs just kind of hugged AJ on their own as she attempted to console her.
"It's fine..."
Rainbow had just made AJ cry, instead of tell her she loved her.
What a fuckup.
"I actually was just tryin' to be cool... and not like vegemite... but, I have a bunch in my pantry at home... It reminds me of you..."
"You knew? What the hell, Rainbow?"
"Sorry, it's just..."
"We could have had less hide-ey lunches!"
"This whole thing is pathetic," said Rainbow.
"Why?" replied Applejack.
"It's pathetic because..." - she took a deep breath - "...because vegemite reminds me of how cute and nice and strong I think you are!"
AJ was taken aback. "Rainbow, I had no idea you thought about me that way..."
"I KNOW, I'm disgusting and pathetic!"
"No, you're not," said AJ.
"Really?"
"Really."
"I thought you'd think I was disgusting for liking mares... and pathetic for making a big deal over vegemite... which is pathetic."
"I don't."
"Oh."
It was a simple turn of events. Brief, simple, and sweet. So they took it outside.
Applejack and Rainbow were silent as they walked up a hill to a cliff. There they could talk in private.
"So... about me liking you as more than a friend... did you know?"
"I suspected it, cause you kept a-lookin' at my flank."
"Oh, shit. You saw that. Sorry."
"It's really no biggie, sugarcube. Just keep it to a minimum around my folks," said Applejack.
"Around your folks?"
"Yep."
"So... do you like, like me back, even just a little?"
"Rainbow, I-"
Rainbow Dash slipped. The dirt under her hooves gave way, and she fell off the edge. Her wings wouldn't come out; she was doomed to fall. Applejack screamed when she realized Rainbow wasn't flying, and she gasped and sobbed when Rainbow hit the ground with a loud thunk... directly on her back.
When Applejack got to where Rainbow lay, she had never known such fear.
Rainbow wasn't breathing.
