Soarin's expression quickly changed from one of accomplishment to one of fear and annoyance. He wasn't one of the wonderbolts who wanted fans swarming him constantly, that was a job for Blaze and Wave Chill. He walked casually out of the cafe, trying to attract the least amount of attention to himself as possible.

He tried to keep his face as neutral as possible and not make any unnecessary eye contact, his heart was pounding in his chest as he slowly made his way to a vacant table. He quickly put his head down to avoid any recognition by face, at least he wasn't wearing some ridiculous outfit. If he had been wearing a thing even as subtle as his wonderbolts badge, this idea would have gone to hell hours ago. He began sweating again as some soft voices began to grow louder as they approached him from behind.

"Hey!" He heard a soft whisper as a white unicorn mare tapped him on his shoulder. "Come with me..." the mare beckoned, like an obedient puppy he followed. The mare lead him down a long, wide path. The path looked as though it might've been Ponyville main street, if there was one anyway. "It might help if you were concealed" she said, handing him what looked like a cloak of some description. It was fully black, surprisingly it managed to cover his whole body, not including his face luckily.

The mare suddenly stopped outside what looked like a wadded-down castle, from his view, it looked a lot like a giant tent. The mare swiftly hurried him inside and began interrogating. "You're Soarin of the wonderbolts, aren't you dear?" She asked, he noticed the sophistication in her voice, she sounded a lot like canterlot folk.

"Yes" He responded, thinking this was an overly obsessed fan and thus rolling his eyes. "How did you know who I was? Also who are you anyway?"

"I heard from my friends that you were here" she explained. "My name is Rarity. I have quite a lot of experience when it comes to helping celebrities" she finished. She sounded oddly creepy, she knew him because of her 'friends' and she had a lot of 'experience', she sounded, from the way she spoke, like an assassin or drug dealer. "Do please take your cloak off darling!" she said, suddenly disgusted.

Soarin gently took the garment off and sat down at a coffee table near a window. he stared out into the day blankly. He briefly thought about what his colleagues were doing at this time, probably still on a train to their first show. He stole a quick glance at the clock, 10:40am. He had been in ponyville, awake, for about 2 hours now. He groaned and hit his head hard on the table, hearing a loud clang of plates and silverware. He winced as he sent more pain to his head after the same thing happened at sugar cube corner.

"I'm sure a nice pot of tea and some scones will help you Soarin!" she said before rushing to the kitchen and getting to work on the scones and tea. He slowly lowered his head and rested it on his knee. He went back to his silent worrying, suddenly his thoughts turned to Dash. He hadn't seen her in months, even when he had seen her it was usually because it was a gala or special event.

what saddened him the most was she only cared about him because he was a wonderbolt and a male wonderbolt at that. To her, he was just an excuse to get out the most out of a sappy dance, just a way to earn bragging rights between peers. She didn't see their relationship like he did, he saw it as an affectionate bond and a cute couple. She didn't know how much he would give up for her compared to a pony like Spitfire.

A jolt of pain rushed throughout his body as he thought of this. A gentle tear formed in his eye as his throat began contracting, a few sniffs escape his muzzle as he felt a hoof on shoulder, he looked up to see Rarity delicately trotting over to the seat opposite him. "Whatever is the matter darling?" she asked, genuinely concerned about him. A few sniffs escaped Soarin's muzzle once again as he tried to speak to her.

"I-it's just m-m-my life is so t-terrible!" He said, hitting his hoof in the coffee table, further concerning the mare.

"Why ever so?" she asked curiously, trying to be as supportive as possible.

"I have this mare in my life" He began, holding back a stream of rage fueled tears. "We meet constantly, but whenever we do, she treats me like an object!"

"How so?" she asked, plainly.

"She uses my status as a wonderbolt to impress other ponies and yet not love me at all!" He told her as tame as possible.

"I've seen that before" she assured him, gently placing a hoof ever his. "You just have to show her that you mean business!" She encouraged him.

"How can I do that though? I'm just a shy, miserable stallion with a good job" He asked, shooting himself down.

"Rule one is to not talk yourself down darling!" Rarity simply put. "I can be of some help, if you can make a first move like a date. I can help you after that!".

"Thank you so much Rarity!" Soarin suddenly smiled.

"Out of curiosity, who is the special mare?" She asked out of curiosity.

"Her name's Rainbow Dash!" He said, brimming with confidence.
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"Rainbow Dash!?" she asked "She's one of my best friends!" She clapped her hooves together in happiness.

"She is?" He asked, stupidly.

"Why of course she is darling!" she said, happily sipping on her tea.

"Well then, could you help me with her address?" he asked, hoping for the best

"But of course!" she said. "It's pretty hard to miss, it's a giant cloud house that usually floats above ponyville" she finished, letting out a squeal of anticipation

"Thanks Rarity, I'd best be off" he said while trotting over to the door, looking quickly at the clock. 12:30pm, so he had spent roughly another 2 hours in his 'therapy session'.

"Pleasure meeting you Soarin!" she called before he left "Feel free to come back anytime!"

A loud clang sounded throughout ponyville as the clock reached it's next milestone for the day. Soarin looked up at the large clock tower, 8:00pm. Now was the time for him to make a move on Dash. He looked up into the dark sky to try and spot Dash's house, he had done it earlier that day when he noticed it moving around. It didn't take long to notice the large cloud structure hovering above the city, he quietly flew up to the large cloud house before it drifted away with the wind.

He quietly thought back over he would say, he didn't want to muck up his only chance with the beautiful mare. As he approached the large structure, something occurred to him. "What if she was asleep?" he thought out loud. He couldn't dismiss the thought as it was entirely possible, all he had to rely on now was luck and his preparation. He quickly and quietly landed on the cloud doorstep. He slowly knocked on the door, looking in the house through the window right of the door. He unfortunately couldn't see anything through the small gap, but a good sign was that he heard hoofsteps. Suddenly the door swung open slowly.

"Hello?..."

Author's Note

I'm so evil! I am aware that this chapter may feel a bit rushed, I wrote this chapter from about 10:50pm till about 3:00am compared to chapter 2 which took ages to tweak. Nevertheless, I'm not a super human and I need my sleep so I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and the fast update!