Broken Hearts and Diamonds

"Oh Spikey-Wikey, I also need the arctic blue fabric. Be a dear and fetch it."

"Coming, Rarity!"

Rarity couldn't help but giggle as Spike rushed to the other side of Carousel Boutique, his arms already loaded with seven rolls of colorful fabrics. He stood on his toes as he tried to reach for the blue roll of cloth that Rarity 'needed' while keeping hold of the items in his arms. His claws just brushed the end of the fabric, causing Spike to frown and grumble about his height. With a small hop he tried to reach for the fabric again, grinning as he felt his claw wrap securely around the material. His grin quickly disappeared as he realized the large load he was carrying was now unstable, and with only one arm holding the seven rolls of cloth he began toppling over.

"Waaaghh!" Spike cried out as he fell over on the ground, pulling another dozen rolls of assorted fabrics down with him. Most of them bounced harmlessly off of his scaly head, and Rarity knew that it was much more likely that the fabrics were more bruised than Spike was. However, she had been hoping for this very situation to happen, and with a dramatic gasp she rushed over to where Spike was buried.

"Oh my gosh, Spike! Spike, dear, are you all right?" she asked, putting a severe look of concern on her face. Using her magic she levitated the mountain of cloth off of Spike as he sat up.

"Wuh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine." Spike said, trying to get up.

Rarity pushed him back down gently but firmly. "Spike, you mustn't move! You took quite the tumble and you could be hurt."

Spike looked over his body quickly. "Nope, I think I'm okay. Really." he said.

Rarity stood over Spike and brought her face in close, her nose almost touching his. "That's very noble, Spike, but I simply must make sure you are uninjured. Twilight would have quite the fit if I returned you to her with any bumps or bruises." she insisted slyly.

Before Spike could argue any further Rarity rubbed her nose gently against his. Though it lasted barely two seconds it seemed like an eternity of bliss to Spike, who instantly gave in to Rarity's wishes. He simply nodded for Rarity to conduct her inspection, not caring anymore about anything.

"Thank you Spikey-Wikey. Tell me if anything hurts you." she said teasingly. She began by looking over his arms, noticing him trying to subtly flex his muscles as she did. "Why, Spike, I didn't know your muscles were this big. Such a well defined body for a dragon so young." she said.

Moving on to his legs, Rarity, let her body rub against his legs as she moved down. As her mouth passed over his crotch she let out a quick puff of air, smirking as she saw his body tremor slightly from the stimulation. She ran her hooves gently up and down his legs, pretending to inspect his lower half for any injuries. Spike didn't dare to move as her hooves kept on gliding up his inner thighs, almost going up all the way to his crotch.

"Hmm, looks like your legs are okay, dear." Rarity said as she pulled her hooves back. Spike finally let out a sigh of relief, thankful that his member didn't pop out in front of his crush. He sharply inhaled as he felt Rarity moving again, once more rubbing her body on purpose against his as she moved back up.

"R-R-Rarity, what are you..." he began to ask.

"I have to check to make sure you don't have any bruising on your head." Rarity said. "Hold still."

Spike didn't hold still; he froze. He felt Rarity park her flank right against his groin and somehow managed to drown a gasp of surprise from the heat radiating from her crotch. Rarity pretended not to notice her deliberate positioning and inspected Spike's head, caressing his cheeks while looking over his face.

"R-Rarity, please..." he begged, but once again the pure white unicorn interrupted him.

"Oh my! I think I found a bruise on your adorable face." she said shocked, looking at a small dark mark on his forehead. Spike wanted to ask her for a mirror, not to look at the bruise but to get her off of him before his growing erection was exposed. However, Rarity had other plans, and getting a mirror was not one of them. Before Spike could ask her for the mirror, Rarity moved towards Spike and gently licked the 'bruise' she found.

As soon as Spike felt her tongue delicately touch his forehead his face turned redder than Big Mac's coat. Rarity could actually feel his face burning from embarrassment with her tongue and had to try her hardest to stop from laughing out loud from his reaction. She tried her luck again and gave Spike's forehead another lick, this time taking the time to swirl her tongue in small circles as she traced his 'wound'.

Unable to stand the sensation any more, Spike's little dragon popped out into the open and bumped right against Rarity's crotch. The white unicorn gasped softly from the surprise, mostly for show as she had been expecting this very situation to happen. Spike couldn't take the embarrassment anymore and in the blink of an eye wiggled out from Rarity's body and ran out the front door.

"Sorry-gotta-go-I'll-see-you-later-bye!" he shouted to Rarity as he fled, his hands trying to cover his raging erection as he ran out of her store and back to the library. He didn't hear Rarity let loose a loud laugh as she rolled on the floor, holding her sides as she couldn't believe that she managed to get him so flustered in such a small amount of time. Today's little tease cut her old record almost in half, and she had plenty of other tricks in store to try out later.

"...and then he went running out the door! Haha! It was the cutest little run, the poor thing almost tripped over his own... ahem, well, you know." Rarity said, giggling like a school-filly.

Rarity was once again enjoying her weekly trip to the spa with Fluttershy, and she couldn't help but tell the shy pegasus all about her little tease show yesterday with Spike. Fluttershy smiled politely as Rarity told her every detail, but once Rarity finished she put a look of concern on her face.

"I, um, that's very funny, but don't you think you were a little harsh with him yesterday?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, don't worry, I'm sure he's quite all right now." Rarity said confidently. "Besides, I'm sure he knows it's all just playful teasing, that's all."

Fluttershy wasn't too sure about her friend's thoughts. "Well, yes, normally it would be. But you did make him run through almost all of Ponyville with, well..." she trailed off, unable to speak the rest of her thought.

Rarity knew exactly what she meant, though. "Hmm, perhaps you're right. I'll stop by Twilight's place after we're done here and take Spike out to lunch as an apology." she said.

Fluttershy nodded approvingly and changed to subject to the new baby bunnies she was now caring for. Rarity felt a slight pang of guilt as Fluttershy's words sunk in, but the feeling was quickly brushed off as Rarity thought Spike would of course forgive her as always.

After saying goodbye and parting ways with Fluttershy, Rarity strolled over to Twilight's library and knocked on the heavy wood doors. "Oh, hi Rarity. What brings you here?" Twilight asked after she opened the door.

"Hello, Twilight. Is Spike here? I want to thank him for helping me yesterday and take him to Sugarcube Corner to show my appreciation." Rarity said.

Twilight's face became slightly flushed. "Oh, uh, Spike isn't here right now." she said.

"Oh? Is he running an errand for you?" Rarity asked.

"Well, no. He's, um... Spike's on a date."

"Oh, okay, I'll try tomo- wa-wa-what?" Rarity said, Twilight's words finally registering in her head.

"He's on a date with a young mare he met yesterday." Twilight said. "He bumped into her on his way back here from your place and she asked him out. I can't believe he said yes, I was afraid he was going to keep on ogling after only you."

"Oh my goodness, Twilight, that is the cutest thing ever!" Rarity exclaimed. "My little Spikey-Wikey is on a date with somepony! Where'd they go off to? Is it anypony I know?"

"It's that little pegasus Flitter, Cloudchaser's little sister. They went on a picnic together at Sweet Apple Acres." Twilight said. "Why? You're not getting jealous, are you?" she teased.

"Of course not! I just want to make sure that she's taking care of him properly and treating him with the respect he deserves. He is one of my close friends, after all. I'm sure he would do the same for me." Rarity said.

"I'm pretty sure he would try to ponynap any stallion you went out with." Twilight said under her breath, soft enough for Rarity not to hear her. Without further delay Rarity bid Twilight goodbye and set off for Sweet Apple Acres.

It didn't take her long to find where Flitter and Spike were camped out, mostly thanks to the directions Big Mac gave her. Hiding behind a large apple tree, Rarity poked her head around the tree trunk and saw the young mare feeding Spike a piece of pie.

"Oh wow, that's really good!" Spike exclaimed as he swallowed the first bite. "What is it? It's delicious!"

"Oh, just something I wanted to try." Flitter said, blushing from his compliment. "It's an emerald and sapphire pie with crushed rubies in the crust. I hope you like it."

"Like it? I love it!" he exclaimed, opening his mouth so Flitter could give him another bite. She giggled as she scooped up another piece of pie with a fork and tenderly put it in Spike's mouth, happy that he liked her cooking so much.

Rarity couldn't help grinning at the scene in front of her. "Oh my gosh, they are so adorable together!" she said to herself. Having seen enough, she ducked back behind the tree and silently left Spike and Flitter to continue their date. She returned to Carousel Boutique and began to gather an assortment of fabrics and jewels. "Well, since I now have the rest of the afternoon free, I can finally get around to finishing those dresses I had in mind." she said aloud.

Levitating a few blank mannequins over to her, Rarity began draping various fabrics over them. Just as she was about to begin trimming the excess pieces off, she stopped and quizzically looked at the colorful arrangement in front of her. "Oh no, no, no. What was I thinking? Those two colors can't go together." she said, removing the offending cloths and rearranging some others. She stepped back to look at her new creation but still wasn't satisfied with what was in front of her.

"Grr, what is wrong with this? It looked perfect in my head before." Rarity said, becoming agitated with herself. Trying a third time, she rearranged the design and tried to judge it with more leniency than usual, but something still made her mad...

"No!" she exclaimed out loud, finally losing her patience. She picked up the mannequin with her levitation spell and flung it to the side, the dummy clattering loudly to the floor as the fabric went flying. Rarity took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down enough to clean up the small mess she had just caused. As she walked over to pick up the materials she froze as she saw two specific pieces side by side; a purple piece with green trim next to a pale lilac piece. Rarity's mind flashed back to Spike and Flitter spending time and laughing together, but she quickly shook the image from her head.

'No, that can't be why I... why, that would be absurd. It's fantastic that Spike is on a date with another mare, especially one closer to his own age.' Rarity thought to herself.

"No, I... I need brighter colors! Yes, that's it. It's spring, these are autumn colors. What was I thinking?" Rarity said convincingly to herself. She quickly got a new assortment of colors and pieced them together. "Yes, much better!" she said.

Looking back at the 'autumn colors' on the floor, she picked them up and put them back on the shelves, separating the purple and lilac pieces with a roll of white fabric. Humming to herself, she continued to work on the dress in front of her, but she couldn't help but glance at the pieces of cloth she had just put back and couldn't figure out why she felt a slight pain in her heart every time she did...