Einuli had left the room, clearly need a little bit of time alone. Rainbow Dash and Applejack were left in dubious silence.

It was clear he trusted Rainbow Dash for little more than her being truly friendly and protective over him, and it was also clear that he wanted to protect her. Yet, here she was after the surgery she all but forced him into performing…

Now, she felt worse than she did right after waking up. Something deep down told her, she made him break his promise to his old pack mate, but… yet why did it feel like he was opening up more?

“I…” Dash could barely speak, everything felt so wrong now and she didn’t know how to make it better.

“Is there anything we can say to him?” Applejack muttered.

“Concerned. No. It’s best that he’s left alone, at least for a little while.” A robotic voice spoke, the owner walking into the room.

“W… who are you?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Happy. I am Nightbloom. It is nice to meet you.” It greeted. “I am what you’d call ‘male’. Though I am no such thing biologically. I am a Glitch.”

“It’s… nice to meet you Nightbloom.” Applejack said, glancing to Rainbow Dash.

“Indifferent. I’m here to make sure the machines are operating at peak efficiency. You both can just ignore me.” He walked past the two, going deeper into the medical wing.

“That… was weird.” Applejack laughed uncertainly.

“Hey… Applejack, could you… go tell everypony I’m alright?” Dash asked.

“Huh, sure!” She nodded, “Did yah want anything before I left?”

“No, no I’m fine.” Dash smiled slightly.

“Well… Ah’ll… uuuh, see you later then?” Applejack stood up, slowly walking towards where she knew the teleporter to be.

Dash glanced down to her arm, noticing what she assumed was a heart rate sensor. She knew of one instant way to get Einuli’s attention, and she was willing to go there. He couldn’t be alone, not now. “Well… here it goes.” She pulled it off. Nothing happened. “Gods damn it…” She groaned.

“Curious. Is something wrong?” Nightbloom showed back up.

“Where’s the heart rate sensor?” Dash asked.

“Uncertain. On the bed. Why?”

“Thanks, I just wanted to know.” Dash said.

“Sarcastic. Sure.” Nightbloom said, walking away once more.

“Ass.” Dash scoffed, “Well… here I go.” She slowly attempted to get off the bed, the moment she sat up though, everything went off at once. Within seconds Einuli was down there, rushing in and looking like he had just seen a ghost.

“DASH!” He nearly shouted, looking like he was about to die from the scare.

“I’m fiiiiiine.” Dash grinned. “Just sitting up to stretch.”

“Don’t do that! I thought you had died!” He said with an almost angry undertone. “You scared me to death there!”

“Like I said, I’m fine.” Dash patted the bed. “Come on, hop up here. Let’s talk.”

“Why should I?”

“Because I want somepony to talk to. Your friend Nightbloom is a complete dick, Applejack left to go tell everypony I’m alright. And I like you. Do I need better reasons? Cause I’ve been told I can make some great fucking excuses ‘specially when I can already think of forty or so right off the top of my head.” She looked at him, dead in the eyes. “So sit your ass down, or I’m going to get up off this bed, walk to that teleporter and… well I’m sure if I slam my fist down on it, I’ll end up somewhere fun right?” She challenged.

“Do I need to drug you? I will do it.” Einuli growled.

“You wouldn’t.” Dash stated. “Now sit down, and lets talk.”

Einuli continued to glare at her, but he did slowly climb up on the bed.

“Okay, I’ll ask this once. And I want an honest and direct answer from you.”

“What.”

“How do you feel about me?”

Meanwhile:

Luna had snuck aboard the ship, and was now ‘digging’ around what his ship’s AI was letting her read. Though it was faceless and near nameless she could feel it examining her. Something told her that the only reason she was allowed to see this was because she had no intentions to harm Einuli or any of the other crew members. So far, she was just going over basic things, such as Einuli’s biology, and other Avali biology.

“Ammonia based blood? What the hell?” She muttered. “But… his is… synthesized to absorb oxygen as opposed to methane? Are they some sort of ticking bomb?” She scrolled down a bit more, “And… then there’s these augments… plus… wait, Rainbow Dash has received augmentations too? Is… he attempting to experiment o…” She trailed off as she read somethings, all of which were clearly in Dash’s handwriting. “So… she wanted them.” She mused. “Hm… I won’t fault her…” She continued to read on. “So, he needs full body scans of alicorns too… I’ll alert Celestia about that… still, what of these pira-” She cut herself off as she read something, it was clearly translated for her to read, as were the specific things she was already reading. “A… he’s making some sort of explosive with… anti-matter?” She gulped. “W… what does he intend to destroy with that much power?” She trailed off, remembering that he currently had Rainbow Dash onboard, at least that’s what the file said. She swapped to a view of the med lab, and her heart beat returned to normal when she saw what was going on...

Back in the medlab just a few moments before Luna began to spy on them:

Einuli was absolutely silent.

“Einuli. Speak.” Dash ordered.

“Administer fifty mg of methohexital to pait-”

“Einuli. Tell me.”

Einuli shook his head, but she felt him shake slightly.

“Einuli please. If you’re scared of how I’ll react… just… tell me. I won’t hate you, turn you away… I trust you enough to go into my body and change things about me…” Dash began.

Einuli still remained silent, but he hugged her tightly, her arms and wings wrapping around him.

“I still want to tell me.” Dash said. “It makes things a lot be-”

“I… I t-think I love you…” Einuli mumbled, sniffling a little.

“Einuli…” She began, tilting his head up. “Tell me one other thing…”

“What?” Einuli looked up at her.

“Have you ever kissed somepony. And… I heard a bit about you doing stuff with Cadance. I’m not talking about her ‘showing’ you what love is.” Dash said.

“Not… really?” Einuli said.

“Good, then I’m your first.” She leaned in, pulling the small raptor into a deep kiss, the two immediately falling to their side on the bed.

Meanwhile:

Luna had leaned back in the chair, “Damn. I wish I had popcorn…” She mumbled, immediately a large bucket of steaming hot buttery popcorn appeared on the console. “You’re quite the pleaser.” She joked, “Thank you.” She picked the bucket up and started munching on the popcorn as she watched a bit of debauchery unfold right in front of her.

Author's Note

Two weeks, a really long fucking time for an update, thought I'm getting back into the groove of writing once again as I prepare for a new job! So, let's hope this keeps up, shall we?