Back in One's Comfort Zone?

"O-oowww...my face hurts."

As Swift comes round, the first thing he sees is a white ceiling, made from what looks like clouds.

Actually, as he looks around, the whole room looks like it.

"Did the owner who punched me bring me in to let me recover? Okay then......a bit bass-ackwards if I'm honest, but it's better than leaving me outside to just get wet if it started raining..." At that point, a crackle of thunder from outside makes him jump from the sudden-ness. "....and it totally just started raining, didn't it?" He looks to the window, and sees the pouring rain. "Yup. Totally lucked out. Wonder who's house this is anyway?"

Suddenly, his heart stops as a light humming can be heard getting closer, and hoofsteps can be heard coming down the stairs. Swift takes this as his cue to-

"Frigging hide!!"

....Yeah that. He quietly but quickly gallops into the kitchen, and when he sees the kitchen table, he darts under it, hiding himself.

"Whoever this is had no business punching me in the face....whoever gave me this black eye....if I have one...is getting a piece of my mind!"

He sits and listens to whoever this house might belong to. Judging by the humming earlier, he guesses that the owner is a female. "Great....first getting punched now I'm gonna get the royal guard on my ass, thinking I'm a pervert."

As he hears the mare trot into the room, he hears her grind to a halt, and give out a frustrated sigh, which confuses Swift.

But it's when he hears her voice, is when Swift's head nearly hits the table.

"Oh, no..was punching him the wrong way to go about it? Great. Now he's gone and flown into the stupid rain. Leave it to pour it down on my day off, and this to happen. Great first impression on his move back, Rainbow Dash."

....In fact, his head has just pretty much hit the table, making him quietly cry out in pain. But Rainbow still hears the outcry.

"Okay, I know somepony's in there! So just do me a favour and show yourself! So I can hit shout at you, hit you, and throw you out! Because all of a sudden, I am NOT in the mood!"

Swift sits there, completely quiet, even though he knows it's no use now. "Okay...that is legit Rainbow Dash anger right there."

"I'm gonna come in there and give you what for if you don't come out!"

Swift crumbles at this, and crawls out from between a few chairs slowly, hoping to find a way to escape Rainbow's undying wrath. He remembers just how hotheaded this mare can be.

Eventually, he reaches the doorway, and sure, when he sees Rainbow Dash, he nearly stops and cringes, but there's one thing he notices.

And as he does, his face starts to head up.

She's holding a towel in her hoof, which tells him that she's just come out of the shower. But the towel isn't his first clue. His first clue is that her mane AND her fur are absolutely dripping wet, and he can see her wet fur sticking to her body.

"Well....this was..unexpected?"

Rainbow Dash herself? Well, her expression upon seeing Swift has certainly faltered into a mixture of mild surprise and relief. She visibly relaxes and just stands there, silence filling the air for both of them. The surprise of seeing Swift there lets Rainbow ignore the redness that's creeped onto the darker blue pegasus' face.

One thing runs through their minds simultaneously.

"Okay, what should I say?"

Silence continues to fill the air as they stare at each other with different faces. Until one thing snaps them both out of it.

POMF!

This sound makes both of their eyes widen even further. One out of shock, the other out of pure embarrassment. It really doesn't take much of an imagination to figure out who the embarrassed one is.

Swift's face reddens even further because of this, and he takes a few steps back, breathing quite quickly.

"U-um..t-that..I.."

But embarrassment turns to confusion as Rainbow's face turns to a smirk. Then a grin.

And then she starts outright laughing at his reaction.

"Oh." "Yeah, forgot this is Rainbow Dash I'm dealing with."

She stands there, holding her stomach as she tries to calm herself down. "Oh...a wingboner..that is absolutely priceless! Pahahahaa!"

Swift huffs, rolling his eyes and folding his forelegs. "Alright, it wasn't that funny.."

"Are you kidding?! It was hilarious!"

"Everypony gets wingboners once in a while!....Well, except earth ponies and unicorns, but that's beside the point!"

This makes her laugh harder. "Yeah! When they see something or somepony that gets them "excited", you dolt!"

"Hush up, you..."

"And by the way, that black eye, really doesn't suit you."

"Huh?"

To make a point, Rainbow brings up a small mirror to his face, and once he sees, his eyes widen. "Whoa, that's a real shiner right there!" He goes to touch it, but it really makes him hurt. "O-ooww..."

"Y'know, that kind of serves you right in the long run..." She says, folding her forelegs.

"How does it serve ME right?!" He asks with a bit of a shout.

Her earlier anger returning to her, she shouts back. "Because you never wrote to m-to us!! To let us know how you were doing! To let us know that you were still alive!! Last week, some punk called Tirek attacked us, stole all of our magic, there were rumours he'd gone so far as to kill some ponies for their magic and I didn't even know if you were okay through it all!!"

"Rainbow-"

"4 buckin' years, and not one letter, not a visit, nothing!! Why haven't you given us even a little bit of contact?! Just one?!"

As she stops her shouting, she calms herself down and waits for an answer from him. What he says makes her regret her outburst.

"...Midnight."

At that moment, her ears droop and her face softens. "Swift...you can't keep letting that get to you.."

"It hurt, Dash. It hurt so much. Me and Beat went to Sky Canyon to make a fresh start. No looking back."

"And you used that as excuse ditch the rest of us and make new friends, is that it?"

"..."

"Kinda hypocritical of ya, Swift. Sorry, but it's true."

"Big words now?"

"Blame Twilight."

"Who?"

"I'll show you around Ponyville and my new friends later."

"Alright, fair enough. Yeah I suppose it's my fault. Left my friends behind for a fresh start because of weird reasons......which I've basically gone and done again moving back here!" He states with a facehoof.

All this does, is make Rainbow Dash sigh. Followed by a light giggle, which escalates and escalates into a full blown laugh, which in turn really confuses Swift.

"How do you NOT get whiplash from changing moods to quickly?"

At that point, he's tackled to the floor, and hugged tight by the rainbow maned pony.

"It's so awesome seeing you again, Swift..." She then looks at him with a stern look. "And if you say anything about this, I'll deny it."

Swift smirks at her words, and ruffles her mane.

"Somehow, that does not surprise me, Rainbow."