The Rainbows Of Spike

Time flew by for the mare and the drake. Okay, well maybe just for the mare.

But that said mare couldn't help herself at times but stare at the drake during his exercises, but it wasn't for training, but for something else, a reason she was yet to be revealed to.

Though sometimes, when the mare was staring at the drake, the drake would look at her, and when their eyes would meet, she would try and look elsewhere.

But the thing was, the drake would stare at her, while she was looking else where.

He wasn't sure if it was from the boredom of the exercises, but whenever he looked at her, he was able to see every little detail about her, ever strands of her multicolored mane.

While the mare had an excuse for staring at the drake.

It's for training purposes, right?

The drake however, did not. He just wished the mare wouldn't notice.

“Alright Spike, time for push-ups,” Rainbow Dash said, as Spike finished his wing push ups.

“What, push ups again? I wanted was to learn to fly Rainbow, not work out.” Spike whined, as he stretched his body.

“Spike, flying isn't only based on your wings, your whole body affects on how you fly.”

Spike only sighed, as he dropped to the ground, and began doing push-ups. Putting a smile on Rainbow muzzle.

“Besides Spike, if you want to be awesome like me, you're going to have to work on your whole body,” Rainbow briefly bragged, wiping a hoof on her chest.

“You know you don't have to do that,”

“Huh? Do what, being awesome?”

“That, you don't have to put on a show to impress me. You can be yourself when it's just you and me,” Spike answered honestly, as a pain in his arms started to begin from the push-ups.

“What are you talking about? I'm always like this?”

Spike sighed, even while pushing up. “Exactly, you don't have to be insecure around me, I'll like you for who you are.”

Rainbow Dash herself let out a sigh, as she lowered her head, and her hoof played with a small patch of grass.

Guess it wouldn't help but to tell someone

“Spike... can you keep a secret, or rather everything that happens a secret?” Rainbow Dash asked, her eyes refusing to meet the ones of the drake's.

At least she's calling me Spike.

Spike stopped doing his push ups, as he began to sit in front of the mare, ears open.

“Of course Rainbow. Now, what's bothering you?”

The mare was silent for a couple of seconds, but yet Spike sat still, awaiting her words.

Spike always seemed nice, he'll be understanding.

“Well... the reason why I brag, the reason why I'm sort of like someone else sometimes, is because I kinda feel like I need to. I love being competitive, and it never hurts to lose. But it's when I have to defend myself, as a filly, after all the name callings, things like Rainbow Crash, all those things they did, it hurt me, more then I let on.”

“I can understand that Dash, and my sympathy for going through that. But why do you still do it then, why try to be someone you're not? Because you know we would never judge you.”

Rainbow let out another sigh, as she finally rose her head, their emerald and rose eyes meeting once more.

And I’m not looking away.

“Do you know about the rumors going around about me, the ones saying that I play for the other team?”

Spike lowered his head a bit, just barely making eye contact with the mare.

“I've heard bits and pieces, which is okay if you are-”

“IT'S NOT TRUE!” Rainbow yelled. “It’s not true, none of it is. But yet ponies think it, sometimes making jokes about it, I mean I never at a stallion look at me, nonetheless a drake would.”

Spike make no haste in hugging the mare, as she buried her face into his chest. As she shed some tears on his chest, to which he didn't mind.

It hurt Spike to see one of his- one of Twilight's friend in such pain.

How long had she kept this bottled in?

Spike began stroking her multicolored mane, trying his best to be gentle with her. As she cried for a bit, she was barely making any noise, just mostly silent tears.

One of the worst kinds.

Spike began whispering words to her, like “Everything is going to be alright,” and “It's okay.”

After awhile, her tear began to die out, but she kept in the embrace, she didn't know why, she just kinda like it there, enjoying the unusual warmth of his scales, far more than she would ever admit.

And Spike couldn’t help but enjoy her soft fur against his scales.

But sadly, to both demise, Spike pulled back, feeling her tears come to an end.

“You aright Dash?” Spike asked, with a comforting face, and a glimmer in his eyes.

Dash awkwardly rubbed her neck, never being in such a state for a long time, but it did feel good to have someone comforting her.

“Yeah I guess, thanks Spike, I guess I needed to get that out-” -Dash also let out a small chuckle- “And I guess I also needed a hug too.”

Spike quickly bridge the gap.

“It's alright Dash, it's good to let it out sometimes, and besides, everyone needs a hug here and there.”

Dash smiled, as she return the hug, only to break it off a couple of minutes later.

Aright Dash, you can still be a bit awesome around him.

“Alright, enough of that, back to work.”

Spike nodded, as he dropped to the ground.

“Just remember Dash, if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm always all ears. Even if I'm not your first choice, I'm still able to help,” Spike said, as he resumed his push-ups.

Rainbow couldn't help but find something weird in his words. “Wait, what do you mean by first choice?”

“Come on Dash, we all know how you feel about me.”

Almost how you all feel about me.

Rainbow only found confusion in his words.

What? That I may like you-WHOA. Well, there's still no way he would  know that.

“I don't know what you mean Spike.”

Spike let out a sigh in response, as he answered a question that he didn't want to.

“I know you hate me Dash,” Spike then let out a weak chuckle. “I mean who doesn't?”

Rainbow was in disbelief.

The little... the big guy thought I hated him?

“Spike, I've never hated you, if anything, I found you awesome! The way you jumped out of the crystal empire to save the crystal heart-”

“To which I was thanked for a minute, before all attention went back to Twilight.”

But I guess I did get some stain glass I'll never see again.

“Right, well... oh I know! How about you let Twilight leave to her have her birthday-”

“I was uninvited because of the fight we had, and because I was acting all mopey, and I was going to kill the mood.”

Buck!

“Um, how about-”

“Just stop it Rainbow, all your doing is proving your point.”

“No Spike, I've got to prove you're my friend.”

Spike only let out a pained sigh, both from Rainbow, and the pain in his arms.

“Fine, prove my point more.”

Rainbow thought for a minute, before a idea came to mind

“I know! How about the time you turn into a big dragon-”

“Which you called names!” Spike yelled, as steam evaporated from his nostrils.

Rainbow let out a hurt wimpier, as she took a step back.

Spike realized what he had just said, and sighed in response.

Damn it!

He sat up, and looked over at Rainbow, who in return just sat there, a tear could be seen in her eye.

“Look, Rainbow, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-”

“You don't have to say sorry” Rainbow cut him off, as she let out weak chuckle. “Here I am telling you about how much those things hurt, but yet I do it to you, I guess I've become the bully, huh?”

“No, well sort of here and there. But you are loyal to your friends, and are willing to defend and fight for them, that’s a sign of a true friend, and that's exactly what you did that day, but also proves my point, you don't view me as a friend Dash, just face it.”

Dash let out a sigh, as she wiped away her tear. “I... won't face it Spike. I know I haven't been a great friend, or rather a bad friend, but I am your friend, and I'm going to prove it, over training, I’m going to become your best friend.”

Maybe even more.

Spike let out chuckle, while putting on a smile, extending his claw.

“Promise?”

Rainbow stood on all fours, as she also extended a hoof, meeting the claw.

“Promise.”

She shook the claw, as he shook the hoof. After a couple of seconds, they broke it off.

“So... we're friends, right?”Rainbow asked quizzically.

Spike only smiled, as he nodded.

“Sweet!” Rainbow yelled. Afterwards she quickly brought her hoof up to her mouth, as she tried to fight off the oncoming blush, muttering out a. “Sorry.”

“Like I said Dash, if you're around me, just be yourself.”

Dash brought her hoof down, as a tiny blush stayed on her face, as she smiled at the drake.

And the drake smiled back. As she slowly closed her eyes, and reopen them.

She looks cute when she blushes-NO. She looks cute when she smile-NO. She just looks cute-Eh fine.

The two emerald and rose color eyes kept staring at each other, notching each detail upon the pair.

Spike soon broke the stance, as he shook his head, returning to the world.

“So... time to get back to work?”

Rainbow also shook her head, returning as well.

“Uh yeah, back to training!”