Our Tiny Secrets
by Surry
It was a late, starry night in Ponyville, and Twilight had invited Rainbow Dash over to her castle, as was the usual since they had begun their relationship. The ambient candlelight of her bedroom was giving a much more eerie atmosphere than she had originally intended.
"No!" shouted Rainbow for a second time, trying to break the ropes tying her forelegs to the back of the chair. "Don't say it!"
"Oh yes," Twilight grinned with twisted delight; she had been circling her like a shark in water for the past five minutes. "Are you ready for how it ends?"
"Never!" Rainbow quickly blurted. She could not help but transfix herself upon the Daring Do book Twilight held within her magical grasp, getting a bit dizzy as she did so. "You can't spoil it yet! I only have a few more chapters to go!"
"Tsk tsk," Twilight stopped in place, nodding her head to the side in disapproval. "Honestly, Rainbow, this was the only book I assigned for our book club, and you haven't finished it yet? I thought you loved Daring Do."
"Uhh..." the pegasus swiftly glanced over to an unmarked stone wall. "I do! I do love Daring Do! It's just that I've been busy lately... with things..."
"What kind of things?" Twilight raised an incredulous eyebrow. "And don't give me that excuse about that 'Cloud Taco' restaurant again. I don't care if they have the best sky-burritos around, because that's no excuse to miss out on our book club."
"No," Rainbow chuckled a little. "Not anymore. That place always made me have to go to the bathroom... in ten seconds flat."
The alicorn blushed. "Oh, well... hmm..." she mused, rolling her eyes. "Then.... what have you been doing?"
The pegasus fought against her bonds briefly, then sighed tiredly in defeat. "I'll tell you, Twilight, as long as you let me go. Being tied to the chair isn't as fun as I thought it would be."
"It usually isn't," Twilight agreed, complying with her command and loosening her restraints. "Not until I break out the whips, anyway..."
"What was that?" Rainbow asked, finally getting onto her hooves.
"Nothing," the alicorn shrugged it off without skipping a beat. "So, what have you been doing that's been causing you to miss out on our book club?"
Rainbow became visibly more tense, which Twilight picked up on, and was standing quite oblique to her. The awkwardness of their conversation only amplified.
"I've actually been going to a club," she finally admitted, keeping her eyes remorsefully shut. "Just not to our club."
"W-what do you mean?" Twilight sounded nervous, perhaps even slightly afraid. "You know we can talk about these things, Rainbow. That's what being in a relationship means."
"Yeah, I know," she muttered, letting her head droop. "There's just this new club that opened up in Cloudsdale... one where everypony can dance and have a good time." Her gaze averted upward, finally meeting her mare's. "I'm sorry, Twilight... It's just a fun place that I like to go to now and then, and I wanted to take you there sometime, but..." she paused again, and her voice weakly trailed off.
"You mean 'Hoofsies'?" Twilight asked; her question elicited only a timid nod from Rainbow. "You actually like that place?"
"Well, yeah..." Rainbow's voice only seemed to decrease in volume. "Like I said; I just like the atmosphere, the music, and the flashing lights, the drinks, all of that stuff. Sorry if that makes me a bad pony, Twilight. I know that's not a very good excuse to miss our book club."
Twilight choked back something, then suddenly burst out laughing, falling to the floor.
"Hahahahaha!! Really?! Hoofsies?! That crazy rave-barn?! Bwahahaha!!"
"Hey!" Rainbow retaliated. "I'm spilling my heart out here because you said that's what we're supposed to do in a relationship, and now you're LAUGHING at me?! What gives?!"
The alicorn attempted to calm herself when she saw Rainbow angrily preparing to leave, and mustered the strength in between her laughs to stand up.
"Wait, Rainbow, don't go yet!" she sputtered; Rainbow reluctantly complied when she felt Twilight's hoof on her shoulder.
"Why shouldn't I?" the pegasus deadpanned.
"Well, I wish you'd have just told me about Hoofsies earlier," Twilight's voice began to falter, and she scratched the back of her head. "I-I'm actually about to head over there in an hour or so. Would you... like to go with me?"
"Huh?" Rainbow sounded quite dumbfounded. "Why would you be going there? You were just laughing at me for going."
"Oh," the alicorn blushed. "That wasn't about you liking Hoofsies... I just thought it was kind of ironic. I could've easily gotten you into the VIP lounge."
"Well duh..." Rainbow quipped. "You're a princess. You could get me into anywhere."
"Actually, no, that's not it," Twilight retorted. "I could get you into the VIP lounge because... well..."
"..."
"... I own Hoofsies. It's my place."
"WHAAAATT?!!!" Rainbow's voice nearly shook every inch and rattled every crevice of Twilight's castle, but it was quickly lost as she haphazardly collapsed onto her back, nearly passing out.
"Woah! Rainbow!" Twilight yelped, quickly coming to her side. "Are you alright?!"
The pegasus kept fading in and out of consciousness, eyes darting around the room as she began to drift off. Twilight decided to sit down, trying her best to comfort her mare.
"Twilight... owner..."
"... Hoofsies... my marefriend..."
"... VIP lounge..."
Twilight sighed deeply, caressing Rainbow's cheek as she blabbered incessantly.
"Guess I'm going to be a little late for work tonight," she whispered to herself.
Author's Note
This story is one of many short TwiDashes I will be doing. Once they are all completed, I will give the most successful one a full-length run.
