A loving heart

As Rainbow Dash flew through the sky, she watched Soarin carefully. He flew so elegantly and differently than she did. You could see that he had devoted his whole life to learning the art of flying. She sighed; she wished she could be in the Wonderbolts too.
Soarin landed softly on a cloud. Rainbow landed next to him. They looked over the green earth below. Rainbow Dash looked over at Soarin, he was smiling. He looked up at her, and she blushed.
“So, Rainbow Dash…” He started. He looked up at her and blushed, “That’s a really cool name.” He looked down at his feet and kicked the clouds. Rainbow could feel her face beginning to feel hot, as she began to blush too.
“Thanks, all of my friends say so too.” She replied quietly. She was surprised that she was feeling this way. Normally, she would talk to this guy without a problem. It was probably just the beauty of the sunset making her act weird, she told herself.
The clouds below them started to turn pink in the dying rays of the sun. It was a beautiful sight to watch from so far up.
“So Soarin,” She said, after they had sat in awkward silence for about two minutes, “how’s being in the Wonderbolts?”
Soarin looked at her kindly, “You really want to be in the Wonderbolts, don’t you?”
“Yeah, I do. I thought it would be pretty easy after I had done the sonic rainboom, but it turns out it was much harder than I thought to get into the Wonderbolts.”
“No! Rainbow Dash. We were going to let you in, but… Well, we all agreed to let you in, and then we were thrown into race after race. There was no time to let you into the Wonderbolts, nevertheless train you for all of our routines!” Soarin flustered.
“Hey! Stop being so defensive, Soarin. It’s fine! I figured something like that would’ve happened.” She said, obviously lying.
Soarin smiled at her, “Well they all like you!. I know that. Sometimes we would even try to do something as cool as the sonic rainboom, but... none of us could pull it off."
"Oh yeah? Well, I guess I could show you." She said a little arrogantly, then she seemed to realize something,"but it'd have to be tomorrow. I have to get home and feed Tank!" She got up.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay Rainbow Dash? I’ll meet you outside of- of-” He realized that he didn’t know anywhere that they could meet.
“Sugar Cube Corner?” Rainbow Dash suggested.
“Uh, yeah that!” Said Soarin.
As the last rays of the sun began to disappear beyond the horizon, Soarin and Rainbow unfurled their wings. Soarin felt his feathers brush softly against Rainbow Dash’s flank. He blushed again.

Later that night, Soarin landed in Cloudsdale, he walked slowly through the quiet and dark streets. He and Rainbow had gone for a late night fly. They had had such a great time, and they were meeting the next morning. Soarin couldn’t stop smiling. He heard someone laughing next to him.
“Well well well Soarin,” Came a voice he recognized, “You have a fun time on your date?”
“Wind Surfer! You scared me.” He said.
“Yeah, I know, that was kind of the point.” Laughed Wind Surfer, “You and Rainbow Dash have a good time? Did you-“
“Oh yeah we had a great time.” Soarin beamed.
“By the way, we have to report for training first thing tomorrow morning.” Wind Surfer said walking away.
“But-”
Soarin began thinking about what he was going to do.
“I don’t just want to leave her, I can’t cancel on our date- Wait a minute…. It is a date!” His smile got even wider, “That’s it, I won’t cancel, missing one Wonderbolts practice won’t kill me.”