"Aw, man!" Rainbow exclaimed with a laugh as she collapsed against the wall, "Tonight was crazy!"
Rarity wobbled over to Rainbow's side and clung onto her shoulder as she let out delirious laugh. "I can't believe Applejack chugged all that cider! Her face was so red!"
Applejack let out a small hiccup. "Whatever... Yer just mad that ya can't handle your alcohol..."
"Hey, my family didn't let me drink anything but wine and it was only on special occasions!" Rainbow defended, "And sometimes not even then!"
"I don't think it's a good thing that you drank wine when you were a teenager, Rainbow..." Fluttershy said softly.
"My parents let me drink wine, too," Rarity said with a small slur.
"Ah don't have any parents," Applejack said flatly.
Rainbow sent Applejack a bewildered look. "Please don't reach that stage of drunkness where you start getting emotional."
Applejack burped. "Ah'm a happy drunk... And sometimes a angry drunk, when Ah wanna be."
"Yeah, well, I don't want you gettin' sappy on me." Rainbow slid the room key into the card slot and pulled it out. "Let's get some sleep. I'm beat."
Rarity nodded sleepily. "Indeed... I'm absolutely exhausted from all that city viewing..."
"Don't forget, we gotta hit the Crystal Stadium tomorrow!" Rainbow turned the door handle. "That place is legendary!"
Rainbow entered the room, the four other girls following after. Sunset stayed at the back and remained silent, as she always did.
Fluttershy yawned. "Do you think we can go to the ewe farms after we go to the stadium? If, that's alright with you guys."
Rarity fell against her bed with a groan. "I don't think I ever want to move again..."
"Whoops," Applejack said with a laugh, "Looks like Rares is gettin' a hangover already."
"Shut up, I'm sleepy..." Rarity replied flatly.
Rainbow collapsed onto the foot of the bed, near Rarity's legs. "I feel soooooo good right now... I'm glad we got to go on this trip."
"It was nice of Pinkie to let us come with her," Fluttershy added.
"Does anyone know where she is?" Sunset asked suddenly.
Everyone immediately sobered up as they looked around the room and found that Pinkie wasn't in it. The school dance wasn't supposed to have gone late, so Pinkie should have been back by then.
"Uh, Pinkie?" Rainbow called out as she sat up on the bed, "Ya in here?"
Silence was her response, which caused everyone to exchange worried glances with one another.
"Go check in the bathroom," Rainbow told Fluttershy.
Fluttershy nodded and rushed to the bathroom, only to shake her head once she looked in it. "She's not here."
"Where did she go?" Sunset asked anxiously, "She doesn't usually run off like this."
"Is it just me or did Pinkie seem really... anxious to get us out of the hotel room?" Applejack asked, a lace of worry coating her tone.
"She's been acting like that for a while now," Rainbow commented, the realization dawning on her, "What's up with her?"
Rarity shook her head in a clueless manner. "I haven't a clue. She didn't seem strange to me." She paused. "Well, stranger than usual, at least."
Fluttershy held her arm sheepishly. "Maybe something's been bothering her and she didn't want to tell anyone?"
Everyone immediately turned to Fluttershy with scrutinizing gazes. Rainbow stepped up to the shy girl with her hands on her hips in a disapproving manner, an eyebrow arched interestedly.
"Shy, do you know somethin'?" Rainbow asked, her arms crossing over her chest resolutely.
Fluttershy immediately let her hair fall over her eyes, the way she usually did whenever she felt self conscious. It made a small veil to cover her scared expression. "M-Maybe..."
"Why didn't you say something, then?!" Rainbow exclaimed, "If you knew she was upset, why didn't you tell us?"
"Hold up, Dash," Applejack said, stepping in between the two girls, "Ah think we should hear what Shy has to say."
Fluttershy tucked her hair back shyly. "Well, I don't know if I have a right to... Pinkie didn't want me to tell you guys..."
"Why not?" Rarity asked, "She's usually so open with her feelings."
"Well... It was after graduation..."
* * *
Fluttershy sighed as she stepped out of the school building. Sometimes, it was extremely trying to be in public places for extended periods of time. And it didn't help that everyone had been paying attention to her because she was a part of the reason for the crowd gathering.
'I'm glad that Veterinarian School doesn't mean I have to be public like this...' Fluttershy paused. 'Does it?'
She brushed the thought away. She should really quit being so scared of being in front of everyone. Fluttershy sighed as she recalled a flyer she picked up from a muscly classmate named Iron Will, who made it his business to "assertify" everyone he met. It had been about a seminar about bettering yourself and taking control of your own life.
'Maybe I should take his class...' Fluttershy admitted to herself, 'It'd make it easier to handle social situations...'
Fluttershy paused as she heard a quiet whimper originate from nearby. It was soft and quiet, accompanied by small sniffles. While she wasn't one to go into areas that weren't known for being the best of meeting places, her animal rescue instincts immediately kicked in as she thought about the poor creature that could have been abandoned in such a place.
Without much regard for her safety, Fluttershy rounded the corner into the alleyway where she heard the noise and she froze in shock. Instead of a wounded or abandoned animal, one of her best friends, Pinkie Pie, was crouched down in the alleyway, crying her eyes out.
The normally exuberant and bright eyed teen had her knees pulled up to her face, her arms wrapped tightly around her legs as she silently sobbed. Her hair, which was normally poofy and crazy, lacked it's normal flourish and laid in limp curls against her head.
"P-Pinkie?" Fluttershy stammered, completely shell-shocked by Pinkie's state.
Almost immediately, Pinkie looked up from her knees and she gasped as she turned to look at Fluttershy. Her cheeks were flushed and coated with tears, a sight never to be seen by anyone.
"Fluttershy?" Pinkie breathed, her hand swiping across her cheeks quickly, "What are you doing out here?"
Fluttershy rushed to Pinkie's side and she looked at her with the most worried of gazes. "Are you alright? Why are you crying?"
Pinkie gave a weak, unreassuring smile. "I'm fine... Really, I am."
Fluttershy frowned. "You are not fine. You're crying your eyes out, Pinkie!"
Pinkie sighed. "Alright, so I'm not fine... Just, I don't wanna talk about it..."
"Pinkie, I can't help you if you won't tell me what's wrong."
Pinkie turned away from her. "You wouldn't understand... It's... something I don't understand."
Fluttershy furrowed her brows. "Will you at least tell me what happened?"
Pinkie was silent for a moment. Finally, she shook her head.
"Why not?" Fluttershy asked.
Pinkie sighed. "You'll freak out... And I... I don't want anyone to know about what happened, because of what they'll say about me..."
Fluttershy couldn't help but gape at her. Pinkie Pie was scared of what people were going to say about her? She never cared about that stuff before, had she? No, she hadn't, because if she had, she never would've gotten onstage and juggled while Cheese Sandwich played his accordion for the talent show that one year. Or any other year, at that.
"Pinkie, what's so bad that you don't want to tell anyone?" Fluttershy questioned quietly. She gasped. "Pinkie, did someone hurt you?"
Pinkie's eyes widened. "No!" She faltered. "No... He would never..."
Fluttershy blinked. "'He'?"
Pinkie looked away from her. "I said too much... Just, please, leave me alone... I don't want you to see me cry..."
* * *
"Please tell me you didn't leave her alone!" Rainbow exclaimed.
Fluttershy rubbed her arm nervously. "I didn't know what else to do... I didn't want to upset her..."
Applejack sighed. "Well, since it's obvious that somethin' has been goin' on, we gotta find out what that somethin' is." She turned to the rest of the girls. "Have any of y'all noticed Pinkie spendin' time around any guys durin' school?"
The girls all went silent as they pondered over the question. Pinkie wasn't particularly known showing interests in boys, or people in general, in a romantic sense. She was somewhat childish in the manner and while she had grown a lot as a person during high school, it was obvious she didn't know a lot about "love".
Rainbow snapped her fingers. "What about Baritone from freshman year? Didn't he and Pinkie have a huge fallout after she found out he left her for Bell Perin?"
Rarity scoffed. "That rapscallion was such a--" She growled. "--scoundrel! I despise him with my entire being!"
"Well, Pinks didn't really have a fallout with him," Applejack commented. She perked up. "Actually, it wasn't even her who told off Baritone."
"Hey, yeah," Rainbow said. She scratched her head. "Wasn't it a teacher?"
"Mr.Sombra?" Fluttershy suggested, "Oh, he was kinda scary..."
Rarity arched a brow. "I don't remember Mr.Sombra ever telling off Baritone. When was this?"
Applejack shrugged. "It wasn't so much as 'tellin' ' off' as it was 'defendin' '. And it was durin' freshman year." She arched a brow in return. "Why did he get so upset in the first place, anyway?"
"Wasn't Pinkie his personal assistant?" Sunset asked, "Do you think he got upset because it was affecting her work?"
"No way," Rainbow said, "that was before she became his teacher aid."
"So, what was going on?" Rarity shook her head cluelessly. "I don't think I've ever seen Mr.Sombra get involved in student affairs."
"Well, except one other time," Applejack commented, "remember when Pinkie snagged a pic of his butt and sent it to all of us?"
The girls all shared hushed giggles as they tried to get back on topic, but they all couldn't help but snicker at the ridiculous memory.
"Remember when I was looking at it in Ms.Chrysalis' class and she snatched it up and stared at it for a full minute?" Rarity asked, a snicker escaping her, "She was so enthralled!"
"Because it's so perfect!" Applejack said a with a howl of laughter.
"Guys, get back on topic," Rainbow said, trying hard not to crack a smile.
"Alright, alright, sorry," Applejack replied, sneaking another grin with Rarity.
"Hey, now that I think about it, Mr.Sombra and Pinkie spent a lot of time together during high school," Sunset commented, "Don't you think it's weird that he disappeared after graduation like that?"
"He was there just as long as we were," Rainbow realized.
"Or, just as long as Pinkie," Rarity finished.
Everyone went silent for almost a full minute. It was Rainbow who broke the silence.
"Oh my, God, they liked each other!" Rainbow cried, her hands going to her face in shock.
Rarity gasped. "Rainbow Dash, that's preposterous! Pinkie would never--" She went silent as her eyes went wide before she shook her head. "I mean, Pinkie couldn't have--" She shook her head again. "Pinkie's not the type to--" She sighed. "Oh, God, they did..."
"Now hold up a second!" Applejack exclaimed, "Pinkie and Mr.Sombra were not seein' each other! Ah think we woulda noticed that, don'tcha think?"
"Well, yeah, but--" Rainbow tried to say.
"'But' nothin', Dash." Applejack shook her head as she sighed. "Ah know for a fact that Pinkie and Mr.Sombra were not an item in high school. Maybe a crush, but they were not dating."
Rainbow sighed. "Alright, fine, so maybe we're wrong about that. But, then what the heck is going on with her? And why isn't she back yet?"
Sunset stood up from her spot on the bed. "Let's quit asking questions and go look for ourselves." She walked across the room and grabbed her bag. "Come on, I'll pay for a cab for whoever's coming with."
Everyone was silent as they gawked at her. Sunset wasn't one to be assertive, especially a couple years ago, back at the incident at the dance.
Finally, Rainbow broke the silence. "I'll come with." She turned to the others. "Who else is coming?"
Applejack nodded. "All of us are, if Ah got anythin' to say about it." She turned to Fluttershy and Rarity. "Shy, yer with me. Rares, you go with Sun and Dash. If we go into groups, we'll find her quicker."
Rarity grabbed her own bag. "Just when I think the night's over, something always makes it interesting." She shook her head. "Just like the dance, if you ask me."
Sunset spared her a glance. "Except this time, I'm going to make sure no one gets hurt." And for the first time in what felt like a long time, she put on a determined face. "Because I never want to lose anyone in this group."
* * *
Rainbow groaned. "Alright, this is ridiculous."
Rarity glared at her. "Rainbow, we're checking the school because it's one of the only places she could be. You know that."
"Yeah, I know," Rainbow replied as she ran a hand through her hair, "but don't you think it'd be a bit weird for her to hang out there so late?" She sat up in her seat. "Oh, no, what if she was kidnapped?!"
Sunset gave her a deadpan look. "No offense, but I don't think any kidnappers would be able to withstand the chatterbox that is our friend."
Rainbow opened her mouth to argue, but she eased up before saying, "Good point."
Rarity looked out the window. "Look, there's the school!" She reached into her purse. "Everyone got their pepper spray?"
Rainbow and Sunset looked at Rarity with blank stares, to which Rarity sighed. "Please tell me you two don't wander around without something to ward off the boys."
"I got several years of athleticism under my belt," Rainbow said.
"What boys?" Sunset questioned.
Rarity sighed once more. "In this day and age, one can never be careful. You know, 'boys will be boys'."
As the cab pulled over to the side of the road, Sunset turned to the girls. "Alright, so remember, no one breaks away from the group."
Rainbow arched a brow. "What, is this a horror movie or something?"
Sunset frowned at her. "We're in a huge city in the middle of the night. Any and everything has the potential to become a horror movie scenario."
"Wow, that's very reassuring," Rainbow said sarcastically with a roll of her eyes, "can we just hurry up and find Pinkie? I have a feeling things are gonna get weird when it gets to the early A.M.s."
Sunset opened the cab door. "We'll hurry, alright?" She handed the cab driver the cash. "Keep the change."
"Gladly," he said gruffly as he took it.
Once all three women were out of the cab, they all started to make their way down the street and towards the school parking lot. The street lights barely illuminated the area, the shadows stretching out like creatures that wanted to grab them.
Rarity sighed. "This place looks dreadful at night. These streetlights have such awful lighting."
"They're streetlights," Rainbow told her, "not stage lights."
As they stepped into the parking lot, Sunset froze, causing both Rarity and Rainbow to exchange wary glances with the other. Rainbow stepped up to Sunset's side. "What is it?"
Sunset held up a hand. "Quick, hide."
Without a word to protest with, Rainbow and Rarity were dragged into the bushes that outlined the lot. As they opened their mouths to speak, Sunset smacked each of her hands over their mouths. "Quiet."
After they spared Sunset a short glare, they both looked through the bushes to see what Sunset was seeing. They both would've screamed if it weren't for Sunset covering their mouths.
Standing there, only a couple feet from them, was Pinkie Pie and Mr.Sombra, who were both making their way down the parking lot. Holding hands.
Sunset finally put her hands down. "Looks like you two were right."
Rainbow could only gape as she attempted to create words, but found she could not with her jumbled mess of a mind. Rarity fared no better, who seemed to have been in more shock than the other two. Just what the heck was Pinkie doing holding hands with their old chemistry teacher?
"Oh my, gosh, they're..." Rainbow gasped, "They're a thing."
Rarity's mouth was over her hand. "More than that... Look at Pinkie's hand!"
Rainbow arched a brow. "Her hand? That's gotta be the most random thing I've ever--" She froze as she spared Pinkie's hand a glance, then did a double take as she caught sight of a glimmer. "Oh, God, don't tell me that's a--"
"Gorgeous diamond ring I would kill someone for," Rarity interrupted, "that lucky little--" She shook her head. "No, no, I will not reduce myself to such a jealous state."
"How the heck did he get that?" Sunset questioned quietly, "Teachers don't get paid a lot, do they?"
Rarity shook her head. "This school is different. It's an academy, and really prestigious. So it would make sense for him to be able to pay for it." She arched a brow. "But, why on earth would he have it?" Her eyes widened. "Do you think it's possible that he carries it around with him, waiting to propose to the one his heart sings for?"
"What?" Rainbow and Sunset said together as they turned to Rarity with questioning looks.
Rarity didn't seem to hear them. "Oh, how romantic... Years of isolation and celibacy, in hopes of running into the arms of the one who he can't be with... Unsure if his love is requited... Forever wandering alone, like a bird separated from it's flock..."
Sunset was silent for a moment. "God, you're such a hopeless romantic..."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "It was worse when those stupid vampire books came out..."
Rarity sighed blissfully. "This is far better than those, dear Rainbow."
"Dude, Pinkie's, like, way younger than him, though," Rainbow said, "isn't he thirty or something?"
"27," Rarity and Sunset said at the same time.
Rainbow blinked. "How do you even--"
"Senior girls," they replied, no further explanation needed.
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Figures. Those chicks were super obsessed with him..."
"Shh, hang on, I think they're talking," Rarity said in a hushed voice as she leaned forward to hear and see better.
"Pinkie, do you think this is a good idea?" Mr.Sombra asked, his face conveying worry.
Pinkie smiled at him in a dorkish manner. "What's bad about it? I mean, sure, I was kinda nervous at first, but now I think it's a great idea!"
Mr.Sombra frowned. "Pinkie, I'm not sure your friends are going to react to us being engaged in a good way. In fact, I think they're going to find the part about me waiting to propose extremely predatory."
Pinkie pouted. "But, it was super romantic!"
Rarity spared Rainbow a smug look that might as well have said, "See?", to which Rainbow rolled her eyes.
"To you, yes, but to others it might be seen as... creepy," Mr.Sombra said, the last word sounding extremely foreign.
"You mean like a pedophile?" Pinkie questioned.
Sombra sighed and frowned. "Yes, Pinkie, that. Please, don't say words like that to me. It scares me when you know stuff like that..."
"Oh, you mean like in sophomore year and I mentioned--"
"Yes."
"--and you were totally--"
"Yes, Pinkie, I know what you're talking about," Mr.Sombra said, "please, you know I find those things really uncomfortable..."
"Kinda like when that pic of your butt circulated around the school?" Pinkie asked.
His face tinged pink at that, and he tried not to appear embarrassed, but it was a futile attempt. "Yes, that, too," he said in a strained voice.
Rarity giggled lightly. "He looks a little cute when he blushes..."
"Gross," Rainbow commented quietly.
"And, there's the fact that you answered rather quickly," Mr.Sombra added, "how are your friends going to react when they find out that I proposed and you said yes even though we haven't seen each other for three years?"
"That's easy!" Pinkie said.
Mr.Sombra frowned. "I fail to see how."
"I'll just tell them how much I love you!"
Rarity put her hand to her mouth to cover the small, somewhat inhuman sound that escaped her lips. "That's super cute!"
Rainbow's eyes were wide with shock. "She... loves... him?"
Sunset put a hand to cover her mouth. "I have no words... I can't even begin to tell you how I'm feeling..."
He blinked in surprise and he was extremely silent, unsure what to make of Pinkie's bluntness in the matter. "Pinkie, it's not that easy..."
"Yeah, it is!" Pinkie told him, "'Cause they already know!"
Mr.Sombra blinked. "Wait, you told them about us?"
Pinkie shook her head. "No, I didn't tell them! They know because they're right here!"
"Wait, what?"
All three girls occupying the bush went dead silent and their eyes widened just as their jaws dropped. Finally, Rainbow broke the silence. "Dammit, we've been caught."
"Well, only three of 'em are here right now," Pinkie said, "AJ and Flutters are out somewhere else, probably looking for me."
"How does she even know that?!" Rainbow exclaimed. She immediately smacked a hand over her mouth.
"Wait a second, Rainbow Dash?" Mr.Sombra blurted out, "Who else is there?"
Rainbow sighed. "Looks like the cat's outta the bag..." She stood up from the bush. "Here I am. Rares and Sunset are here, too."
Pinkie clapped excitedly. "Yay, Sunny's participating!"
Sunset frowned as she stood up. "You know I don't like that nickname..."
"Welcome to the club," Mr.Sombra added.
Pinkie hit his arm playfully. "Oh, you know you love me!"
Rarity stood up, but held a flourish about it. "I'm here, as Rainbow said." She smiled at the couple. "And might I say, you two are just precious?" She wriggled with excitement. "Pinkie, you lucky girl!"
"Wait, you're totally fine with this?" Rainbow blurted out, "How? And why?"
Rarity gracefully stepped over the bushes. "Because Sombra-- might I call you that?"
"Er, yes?" Sombra said with uncertainty.
Rarity nodded. "Because Sombra--" She rolled the name off her tongue. "--obviously cares for Pinkie! I mean, he was actually questioning Pinkie on whether or not she thought she was making the right decision! Not a lot of men do that, and will oftentimes just take the engagement!"
"I'm not sure whether to feel complimented or insulted..." Sombra said.
"No one does," Rainbow told him. She turned her attention to Pinkie. "And just what were you thinking saying yes to a guy you barely know and haven't seen in three years?"
"See?" Sombra said to Pinkie gently.
Pinkie frowned at Rainbow. "I can make my own decisions, Dashie! I know what I'm doing."
Rainbow gave her a deadpan look. "Pinkie, you can barely tie your shoes and you wear Velcro shoes so you don't have to."
Pinkie's face became a darker shade of pink. "I can tie my shoes just fine, thank you very much!" She held up her leg at a painful looking angle and pulled the shoelace so that the entire knot unraveled. "Watch me!"
"Pinks, I don't think she meant that in the literal sense," Sombra told her.
Pinkie hopped on one foot as she knotted the shoelaces and held up her leg like a prize. "See?!"
"Pinkie, I think the point Rainbow is trying to make is that sometimes you do really..." Sunset paused. "..questionable things, and sometimes don't act your age."
Pinkie frowned. "So just 'cause I do weird stuff I don't deserve to make my own decisions?"
"Darling, that's not what we're saying," Rarity tried to say.
Pinkie spared Rarity a glance. "Rares, I'm not mad at you because you support me and Sombry." She glowered at Rainbow and Sunset. "This is between me and the non-believers."
"'Sombry'?" Sombra repeated in a quiet, disbelieving tone.
"'Non-believers'?" Sunset and Rainbow said simultaneously.
Pinkie didn't let up her hard look. "So you guys think that just because I act silly, do weird stuff, ask a lot of questions, don't do things the way you do, that I'm incapable of making my own life choices?" Her eyes shone like glass. "Just because everyone else doesn't take me seriously, doesn't mean that you guys do, too. You're my friends, remember?"
Rainbow blinked in shock. "Pinkie, are you... are you about to start crying?"
Pinkie didn't seem to hear her. "I get that I do weird stuff. I get that I act silly. I get that I sometimes don't understand things like you do."
"Pinks..." Sombra said softly as he pulled Pinkie close to him, but it did little to soothe her.
"But, instead of trying to get me to understand, or trying to understand why I don't understand," Pinkie continued, "you just brush it off with 'Pinkie being Pinkie'." She frowned as she said the words. "How would you feel if all I did was make everything you did seem like it was incomprehensible or not important enough to try to at least understand it?"
"Pinks, you're working yourself up," Sombra said as he stroked her back, "I know you have a right to be upset, but you're just making it worse."
Pinkie snuggled into him. "Sorry... Tonight's been kinda emotional for me..."
Rainbow shifted awkwardly. "I... didn't know ya felt that way." She held her arms uncomfortably. "How long have you felt that way?"
Pinkie shook her head. "I don't even remember..."
Sunset frowned. "Pinkie, listen, I'm... I'm sorry about what I said." She spared Sombra a glance. "But are you absolutely sure this is the right thing to do?"
Pinkie wrapped an arm around Sombra. "Yeah, I am. I love him."
Rainbow tried not to visibly flinch at the word "love". "Alright, but... How can we be sure this will be fine?"
"I have a solution!" Rarity exclaimed as she pointed a finger to the sky, causing everyone to flinch at the sudden loudness.
"Still one for theatrics?" Sombra asked with a deadpan expression.
"I won't even dignify that with a response," Rarity commented. She pulled her arm down and pointed a finger at him. "Sombra, if you love Pinkie as much as I know you do--" She put her hand over her heart. "--swear on it!"
Pinkie's eyes widened. "You mean..."
"...a Pinkie Swear?" Sombra finished, his eyes flickering to Pinkie, "That's a little... steep, don't you think?"
Rainbow crossed her arms. "What's the matter, Dumbra? Scared that you'll break it?"
Pinkie spared Sombra a sharp glance. "You better not!"
"I don't hear an answer," Rarity said, not granting Rainbow the chance to respond.
Sombra sighed. "If it'll prove my love... Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."
Pinkie grabbed his hand. "You have to do the motions!"
Sombra frowned, but then went through with the motions while saying, "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."
"For if you were to tell a lie, you can kiss your ass goodbye!" Rainbow concluded with a laugh, "OK, now I feel a little better knowing Pinkie will kick your tail if you break your promise."
"Hurray," Sombra said sarcastically, "don't count on that happening, though, Ms.Dash."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Whatever, Dumbra. Let's just get back to the hotel so we can gather up AJ and Fluttershy. They're gonna wanna hear this."
Sombra grinned at Rainbow. "You got a 21 on a test in my class once. You don't get to call me dumb, Ms.Dash."
Rainbow frowned. "This is gonna be a long night..."
"Perhaps," Sombra commented. He held Pinkie closer. "But at least I have you."
"Aw..." Pinkie and Rarity said at the same time.
"Gross," Rainbow commented.
Sunset shrugged. "I dated a guy a different species from me. I don't get to judge on a six-year differentiated relationship between a teacher and a former student."
"Also, gross."
Author's Note
I FINALLY wrote it... And I put an obligatory "Frozen" reference. Shoot me now. Also, yeah, this was to celebrate the oh-so wonderful gaining of 500+ Followers! I love all of y'all!
