Taste of Chocolate and Rainbow

There was something fantastic about walking around on payday with a saddlepack full of money, sadly the feeling often diminished with the first bit spent. Making their way through Ponyville's crowded shopping district, where it was almost impossible to keep from bumping into others, Applejack and Rainbow Dash stared in amazement at the hundreds of trinkets before them. Or at least they had been before the earth mare's shocking revelation. Now the knick-knacks and thingamajigs were a hundred miles away.

She'd thought she'd known Applejack inside and out, like nothing in the world could surprise her when it came to the earth mare. How could she overlook something as large as this for so many years? More importantly how could Applejack not tell her? She's left dumbfounded, flying two feet off the ground and somehow her mouth had still nearly dropped to the grass. It was like hearing your favorite song, one you believed you could quote verbatim, only to find you were missing an entire verse. Suddenly you wonder what else had escaped you when it was more than obvious, and in some cases it might even make you question your actions, minor or major.

"What do you mean you don't like chocolate?" the pegasus questioned, violet eyes widened in surprise as she stared at the farm pony. A few other ponies had the same expression as they moved by.

"Ah just never cared for it," she shrugged, "Ain't that big a deal."

Dash shook her head back and forth, multicolored mane swinging from side to side and hitting a colt in the face. "Yes it is, chocolate is like . . . almost as awesome as me!" she'd shouted, capturing the glances of ponies surrounding them. Applejack blushed and bid them all a good afternoon, hoping the incident would fade into obscurity.

"If ya'll say so," the orange mare trotted down the street with Rainbow close behind, disbelief in what she was hearing.

"Have you ever even tried it?" she asked, landing in front of Applejack before the mare could take another step.

"Course Ah have," she assured, quickly sidestepping Dash. "It'd be awful silly ta not like somethin' without even tryin' it." Yet again the lightning fast pegasus blocked her path. Applejack stepped to the left, an action Rainbow mimicked perfectly. The polychromatic pony continued to joyfully counter every step, waiting for the farm mare to grow tired of the repetitiveness. It resembled some peculiar dance, only without the music or rhythm. After the last display nopony really bothered to look, only moving on with their day. "Will ya please move?"

"No,"

"Really?"

"Really,"

AJ sighed, "What'll make you quit your fussin'?" she finally caved, knowing full well what was to follow.

The pegasus grinned her smug grin and glanced over her shoulder. "Wait here," She instructed, making and disappearing in a cloud of dust. Applejack coughed, eyes shutting tightly to avoid the risk of irritation. By the time she felt safe enough to open them Rainbow had returned with her hoof wrapped around a cardboard box. "These are chocolate malt balls." Dash explained, rattling one of the nosiest containers the farm mare had ever heard. "Try one, and then I'll let it go."

"Fine," Applejack reached for the box, surprised when Dash pulled it away.

"Open your mouth," the pegasus instructed, prying the package apart.

"You're feedin' me now?" she watched her marefriend dip a hoof into the box, pulling out a single piece of chocolate.

"Something like that I guess. Open your mouth." Rainbow repeated, holding it up to the farmer's snout and waving it back and forth, as if tantalizing her taste buds.

"You ever hear the expression "bite the hoof that feeds"?"

"No, but biting kind of turns me on." Applejack grimaced, annoyed with Rainbow's banter. "Open your mouth." Unenthusiastically, she obeyed, feeling like an idiot as she stood in the near-center of Ponyville with her mouth gaping. The spectral pony snickered at the sight, delighting in the little embarrassment her marefriend was no doubt experiencing. It was priceless, even more after Dash threw the malt into her own jaw and the look contorted into absolute confusion, mouth still wide.

"What're ya do –" immediately she's cut off by Rainbow Dash's lips mashing against her own. In surprise she tried to pull her head back, finding it impossible with a turquoise hoof holding her in place. She truly wanted to enjoy this, but the fear of revolting everypony with this display lingered in her mind. It wasn't there for very long though, something she had to give the pegasus props for. One could say a lot about Dash; narcissistic, hotheaded, brash, but none of that ever carried over when they were kissing. Rainbow was often generous and devoted to Applejack's own enjoyment, an attribute the farm mare was admittedly surprised over but never complained about.

She could feel the small ball of chocolate enter her mouth, followed by the spectral pony's tongue. Dash spent another few seconds nibbling on Applejack's lips before releasing her head and backing away. Eyes half open, the farm mare looked startled, muddled, and a little disappointed. Rainbow laughed at the expression, wiping her mouth and uttering a simple command. "Chew."

Applejack complied, biting on the malt that had somehow slipped her mind. Either the candy tasted of Rainbow's saliva or her tongue did, but the taste of pegasus and chocolate was heavenly. The farm mare wanted every piece of candy in that container to pass between their lips, to experience this joy over and over again. It was one of the oddest thoughts to ever cross her mind and yet she couldn't care more or less about it. The same could be said for the audience of ponies she had once been concerned over offending. Rainbow Dash had a knowing smile and the recognizable look of an approaching 'I told you so' speech, pouring half the cardboard container's content into her mouth. "Ah reckon it ain't as bad as Ah remembered." The earth pony shrugged, trotting down the street and hoping Dash wouldn't see just how much of a red hue her face had taken.

"Good right, now how do you feel about pop rocks?"

A/N: Something more lighthearted than the last few updates.

So I just found out I have mono, which means I'm tired all the time. Updates will probably be erratic and these may begin to get shorter in length, understanding is appreciated. Also I just finished Six Feet Under and without spoiling anything I have to say it was one of the best series finales I'd ever seen. Those that have seen the show know exactly what I'm talking about.