“And why are you dragging me into this again?” Tenmei asked, his voice raised as he narrowed his eyes towards the pegasus in front of him.

“You have the hots for the nurse, and we’re going to address that today.” Nagare answered, looking back at the earth pony with a cheeky grin on his face.

“No I don’t.” Tenmei mumbled, eyes narrowing further.

“Lies. You said you couldn’t get her out of your head.” Nagare jabbed back rather accusingly, his grin widening.

“Here we go again. He’s in one of those moods…” Tenmei thought, a vein appearing on his cheek as the two continued to trot to the hospital.

“I’d advise you quit contradicting yourself in the same day, man. You really need to get ahold of yourself.” Nagare remarked, stopping just in front of the hospital’s entrance.

“Regardless of how this goes, my hoof will find your ass.” Tenmei mumbled again, the vein on his cheek getting bigger.

“Which one, front or back?” Nagare inquired, his smile widening. “Because that comment can be very easily taken the wrong way.” He added.

“Fuck! He’s right!” Tenmei thought, unable to answer the question. He winced as if stung.

“Thought so.” Nagare replied, opening the door and trotting inside the hospital with the hapless earth pony following suit. Behind the counter stood a mare who lacked a nurse hat. The duo trotted up to her and caused her to look at them with a curious look on her face. “We’d like to see Nurse Redheart, please.” Spoke the pegasus.

“Do you wish to make an appointment?” Asked the mare behind the desk.

“It’s a personal matter. Technically, yes and no.” Nagare replied nonchalantly.

“Is it for yourself?” Asked the mare, arching a brow.

“No, it’s for my friend here.” Nagare replied, using a wing to point at Tenmei for reference.

“I see. Nurse Redheart is on the second floor after those stairs in the hallway,” The mare started, turning to a hallway and pointing a hoof at it for reference, “third door to the right in the break lounge.”

“Thank you, miss.” Nagare said, smiling. He turned to that hallway and trotted down it with Tenmei following suit. The two made their way to the stairs, quickly finding themselves on the second floor. The third door to the right had the words ‘break lounge’ written on the window via a piece of paper.

The two stallions trotted to that door, and Nagare knocked on it. “Come in,” spoke a female voice from behind. The two entered, finding Nurse Redheart on the couch in the room, and she was busy stacking papers neatly.

“What do you want?” The nurse asked, brow arched. “Did something happen for the upteenth time?”

“Not a something, per se.” Nagare answered. He looked around the room a bit, seeing another couch that was empty. “May we sit there?” He asked, pointing to the second couch.

“Sure, just don’t destroy anything while you’re at it.” Redheart sighed. The two stallions trotted to it and sat down on it. “So, what did you want?”

Nagare wrapped a foreleg around Tenmei and flashed her a smile. “Well, my friend here has...taken a liking to you.” He said nonchalantly.

“What...kind of liking?” Redheart asked, her eyes widening.

“Let me just say he really likes you. He said he couldn’t get you out of his head earlier.” Nagare answered, still smiling.

“Well, many patients like me after I help them with whatever it was they’d gotten into.” Redheart confessed, “But I’ve never heard it on this big a scale.”

Tenmei blushed at the statement, and he lowered his head in an attempt to conceal it. “Dammit.” He mumbled.

“Don’t mind him. He’s just nervous.” Nagare said, removing his foreleg from his friend before patting him on the back.

“Seems like.” Redheart agreed. “But...why bring him here?”

“I’d thought it best to bring him for you two to get to know each other better than nurse-and-patient.” Nagare replied, his smile widening. “An...intimate relationship beyond current boundaries, if you will.”

Redheart’s eyes widened further. “You mean...you want me and him to date?” She asked.

Nagare put his hooves together. “Exactly.” He said.

“But I’m not ready to date...I should punch you right about now…” Tenmei mumbled, shooting the pegasus a stone-cold glare.

“Oh, come on! The prospect of a first date can’t be that bad!” Nagare remarked, looking at the tan earth pony with widening eyes.

“You’re only saying that because you got laid the first time!” Tenmei snapped, eyes narrowing low.

“Am not.” Nagare replied curtly, smile widening.

“Are too!”

“Am not!”

“ARE TOO!”

Nurse Redheart rolled her eyes at the display and sighed in disapproval before stepping between the two and pushing them apart with her front hooves. “Alright, cut it out so we can get back on track.” She said, and the two stallions nodded before she moved back to her couch and resumed stacking paperwork.

“Anyway, there’s another reason I thought you two might go together like a great bowl of peaches and cream.” Nagare said, catching the nurse’s attention again.

“That being?” Redheart inquired, brow arched.

“Remember when I walked in on you two?” The pegasus asked, and in that instant, Redheart’s eyes widened.

“Erm...I wish you didn’t…” Redheart confessed, a blush on her face.

“It was another thing that made me think he had the hots for you.” Nagare remarked, smiling again. The nurse and Tenmei exchanged wide-eyed, flustered glances before looking to the pegasus in a mix of embarrassment and horror.

“For the last time, Basil, I am NOT in love with the nurse!” Tenmei objected, his face flushed in red now.

Nagare looked at the earth pony, his smile widening. “Clay, I’m merely trying to help.” He said. “You’re red in the face--that tells me all I need to know.”

“Nurse Redheart? Are you in here?” Called a voice. The door opened, and in walked Doctor Stable. Upon seeing the nurse’s flustered face and the two stallions sitting on the other couch, he arched a brow. “What is going on here?” He asked.

Author's Note

Here we go again.

~Dragon