AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is literally the old story, just updated/revised to be better! The old version is the next chapter, staying there to see the difference a few years have made on my writing!
In the dawn of a new day, Ponyville residents were slowly beginning their routines. As rays of sunlight grew stronger, the Golden Oaks Library, which had already been radiating restless energy, now glittered with the early morning dew. Some ponies had just woken up with the morning sun, while others like Twilight Sparkle, have been up long before the first bird had begun to sing its dawn chorus.
Twilight hummed absentmindedly, controlling a feather duster with her magic along with misplaced items she had picked up as she was cleaning up the library. The sound of shuffling feet made her briefly stop her motions and look in the direction of the staircase; Spike sleepily walked down the steps, rubbing his eyes and gripping his blanket.
"Good Morning, Sleepy-Head." She said cheerfully as she continued her tidying. She let a wing pat Spike on the head as she trot past him. Spike grumbled something along the lines of a “hey”, before glancing up at the clock above the front door. He was immediately more awake when he comprehended what time it was. "Oh my gosh, Twilight! I'm so so sorry I slept late! I didn't know it was this late in the morning and I-" A chuckle from the lilac mare stopped him in his tracks.
"It’s alright, Spike!" Twilight said, her gaze on him, but her magic continuing to dust and put a few stray books back. "I knew I was getting up early today anyways, so I thought I would let you sleep in. Besides, it's a Saturday: you tend to make Saturdays your relaxation days, anyways. It’s okay, really!" She assured him as he stood, puzzled, in the kitchen archway. "But
why are you cleaning so restlessly?" He asked, walking over to her holding an apple. He sat next to the window and took a bite, pony-watching a bit as he did.
"Oh, didn't you know?” Twilight asked, surprised. “I scheduled a sleepover with Dash tonight. She'll be here in a couple hours to hang out for the day before the actual sleepover." Twilight trailed off, her ministrations stopping as she daydreamed wistfully, a light blush dusting her cheeks after a moment.
"Ohh, okay~” Spike said knowingly, stressing his words as he walked towards the front door. His words snapped Twilight from her daydream. “I’m surprised you didn’t know about it? It’s all I’ve been talking about for the past few days,” Twilight flushed a little more. "I see.” Spike said matter-of-factly.
Twilight’s magic picked up Spike’s forgotten blanket on the wooden steps and floated it over to him. “Could you put that back in the bedroom, please?” He obliged before appearing at the front door again in a matter of moments. He unlocked the door, but hesitated in opening it before he broke the silence. “So, you gonna tell her or what?"
Twilight sharply inhaled as she twirled around to look at him. Spike stepped into the sunlight, stretching and cracking his back as Twilight responded, her wings fluttering a bit in embarrassment. She let the breath out that she didn’t realize had been holding in as the main entrance creaked closed. "More like ‘or what’. I’ll probably never have the courage to confess. Despite liking this damn mare for two years now!” She broke off in a bit of a huff.
“And...I don't really want to ruin the friendship we already have if she declines. It might be awkward and we might drift apart from one another. I mean, I’m just the old mare from the library and her friend. Nothing more." Twilight continued, trailing off as she gazed outside sadly at the bright day. “And besides, as far as I can tell, she’s straight.” She said quietly to herself. As the last of her tidying was done, she put her feather duster back into a cupboard. At least I think she is. She pondered hopelessly to herself.
Spike came over and pat Twilight’s back comfortingly. "Well, if you tell her or not, the sleepover is still going on.” He paused. “And I always feel as if I have to be somewhere else for these types of occasions, so if you don't mind, I think I'll be staying at the boutique with Rarity.” It was Twilight's turn to smirk at the dragon remark before realizing Twilight was staring at him smugly. "O-oh! A-and the cutie mark crusaders, too!" He stammered out quickly.
Twilight giggled and nodded as she trotted into the kitchen to prepare food. Getting out the pots and pans, she called, "Just be sure to be back before dark tomorrow. Okay?" She could hear some excited shuffling as Spike ran to get his already-packed overnight bag from the bedroom. "Great! That won't be a problem! See you tomorrow then, Twilight!" She heard the front entrance open and shut before she turned her attention back to her task.
Twilight sighed as she got out the ingredients for haycakes, one of her favorite breakfast foods. Not-to-mention it’s one of Rainbow Dash’s favorites, too. She smiled lovingly at the thought before pushing said thought away and trying to focus, taking a deep breath to calm herself. She was silent as she cooked several batches of the flapjacks, but the comforting warmth that emanated from the stove made the pony’s mind wander.
She wondered what it was like to be with a special somepony, since she had never had one before. Twilight began to blush a little as she started to fantasize. I wonder what it’s like to cuddle a special somepony? That warmth you can only get from another pony? She was startled out of her thoughts by a knock at the door, signifying Dash’s arrival. “Oh shoot!” She hurriedly put all the dishes away and as she dried the last one with her magic, went to open the door for her friend.
She opened it to find Rainbow Dash standing on her doorstep, her hooves seemed slightly restless. Maybe even nervous? Twilight pushed that thought away fast. Dash grinned when Twilight emerged through the open door. "Heya, Twilight."
"Hi, Rainbow." Dash showed herself in and dropped her saddlebags next to the door. "Thanks for having a sleepover with me. I thought this might be a nice transition into the lunch Rarity prepared for everybody tomorrow." Twilight said as she took her cyan friend’s bags with magic and placed them upstairs for the time being.
"No problem, Twilight. Sleepovers are pretty awesome! I'll never have a problem with having one of those. And you do have a point about the lunch." Rainbow Dash said before sniffing the air. “Speaking of lunch..” She practically tripped over herself getting to the kitchen and started drooling over the freshly made haycakes as she sat down and took a whole stack for herself.
Twilight smiled when she saw Rainbow eating with gusto the meal she had prepared and sat down herself to eat. “And it just feels like…the right time to have as sleepover, too.” Twilight absentmindedly said. Dash gave her a quizzical look before Twilight realized she’d said that out loud. “Oh! I-I-I mean, b-because it’s such nice weather! Finally spring time! Plus the lunch thing!" Twilight started to sweat a little. Rainbow nodded in agreement and went back to eating. “Yeah, everypony does seem pretty busy now.” She said between bites. “Might as well have some one-on-one time, right?”
Twilight was a little taken aback by the statement, but made an effort not to show her guest. “Very true!” She smiled. They made little conversation between one another, partly because the food was so good.
When they finished, they both sat still for a second to bask in the afternoon sun that was starting to peek through the kitchen window and their full bellies. They sighed in sync, laughing at one another in disbelief that they had done that unscripted.
Twilight gazed out the window before sneaking in a glance at Dash’s face as she stared out the window, lost in her own thoughts. Twilight finally broke the sweet silence, "So, Dash, what do you want to do? We've got the whole afternoon ahead of us."
Rainbow turned in her direction, putting her hoof to her chin and raising her gaze to the ceiling thoughtfully before answering, "I kind of want to go the park. What do you think?" The unicorn smiled and nodded, turning to look out the window again. "Sure! It sounds really nice and we'll be taking advantage of how nice it is outside today, instead of staying cooped up in here."
Soon, the two mares had headed out to the Ponyville Park. However, it seemed everypony else had the same idea, too. Ponies were scattered everywhere, playing games, having picnics, talking and laughing with each other.
Twilight blushed when she saw two mares whom she knew sitting close to one another on a bench. One was a mint colored pony sitting up in a strange position while the other, a tan mare, laid on the bench seat reading a newspaper. The mint one nuzzled the tan one’s head, making her look up. The mint one said something short and they both smiled lovingly at each other before going back to enjoying each other’s company in a comfortable silence.
That would be kinda nice... Twilight thought, taking the moment to steal another glance in Dash’s direction from the corner of her eye. It seemed as though Rainbow had noticed them too and Twilight swore she'd caught the tail-end of Dash’s own glance in Twilight’s direction. Probably not, Twilight, stop thinking that way.
Twilight played it off as nothing more than coincidence as they neared the back of the park. This area was more secluded and had a swing-set facing the lake, which was the pair's favorite spot to be. As they each took up their won swing, Rainbow was immediately having a blast, laughing as she swung back and forth high up in the air. At one point she went around in a complete circle, a rainbow trailing behind her.
Twilight, however, swung a little more slowly and close to the ground, lost in her own thoughts as she watched the fishes swim around carelessly and the turtles bath in the sunset sun. After a little while of silence in conversation, Rainbow Dash slowed her swinging, giggling to herself as she started to match Twilight’s pace.
"H-Hey, Dash?" Twilight spoke up suddenly.
Dash stopped giggling and looked at her friend, “What’s up Twi?”
Twilight sighed before looking into the blue sky above their heads. "Do…you think you could give me...some advice about something?" I really hope I'm not giving too much away... She thought nervously. Dash nodded and continued swinging.
"Well...what if you kind of liked, say, a friend...and you wanted to tell them how you felt, but you didn't want to lose their friendship forever?” Twilight looked over at Dash as she paused. “What would you do in a situation like that?"
As she mentally prayed to Celestia that Rainbow wouldn't put two and two together, Dash was silent and stopped swinging altogether.
If Rainbow did figure it out, she didn't show it. "If you're good friends with that pony..” She paused. “..then if they say no, they shouldn't hold it against you for too long and get over it.” Dash met her eyes. “But if they say yes, then you might get to start a relationship with that somepony, and that's always special.." Twilight stared back into her gaze, quickly looking away when she realized she was, fearful her eyes would give away her secret. “T-Thank you, Dash..” She said, with a twinge of sadness in her voice. I’ll never get to tell her this, I’ll never get the courage, I’ll only get rejected. She could feel pricks of tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes.
She jumped out of her swing and sharply inhaled to make it go away; hoping Dash hadn’t noticed her mood change. "W-we should probably head back to the library, no?" Twilight asked. “Oh shoot, you’re right!” Rainbow agreed as she hopped out. “I didn’t even realize the sun had set already.” Dash admitted embarrassingly, making Twilight giggle.
Walking back through the main part of the park from their secluded spot, it seemed that this was the perfect time for couples to be out and about. It looked as though every couple in town was there in the park taking a sunset stroll. Twilight immediately noticed how all the couples were walking so close together their coats were touching.
After her observation, she was brought back to reality realizing the Dash was walking closer to her side as well, their own coats almost touching. She shivered a bit when she felt the ends of Rainbow's fur, but Dash took it as a different shiver.
"You chilly, Twi?" Rainbow asked, the pair nearing the entrance of the park.
"Uh n-no..." Twilight stammered out.
Dash made a little acknowledging sound before a moment of silence and stretched out a wing. She draped it over Twilight's back, the gesture pushing the pair to walk closer together. Twilight squeaked and looked over at her, but Rainbow's head was turned away, so she bit back her protest. Why would I even want to protest against something like this?
The two mares didn't make another sound on their stroll back to the library. As they entered into the dark building, Rainbow folded her wing back up and went ahead to lay out on the floor; sighing as she stretched and stared up at the ceiling.
The unicorn stayed to close the door to her home, disappointed that the moment was gone. She tried not to let that show through as she lit candles to light up the room. "So...Rainbow?” She started slowly. “What do you want to do now?" She inquired as she sat across from the mare.
Rainbow was silent for a moment. "I..dunno. What about you?"
Twilight suddenly took in a sharp breath before exhaling slowly. "Well… there is something I..would like to tell you about..."
As Rainbow's ears perked up, Twilight immediately regretted bringing it up. "O..kay. What is it?" When Twilight didn't respond, Rainbow chimed in excitedly. "Is it gossip? Is it a secret? Tell me!" She quite literally bounced around Twilight like a rabbit, knowing that it would eventually break the mare and make her spill. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! Tell m-"
"Alright! Alright! I'll...tell you." Twilight sighed, knowing she'd been defeated. She looked up at Rainbow before taking a deep breath and holding it for a moment.
"I...kind of have a crush on you..." Twilight said as quietly as she could muster, hiding behind her mane like Fluttershy normally did when meeting new people.
"Sorry, but I couldn't hear you. Say what now?" Rainbow prompted, her ears twitching and straining to hear. Twilight sighed, knowing that she’d started this and this was either a beginning or an end.
"I said...I kind of have a crush on...you."
Silence followed her confession. When the silence wasn’t broken, Twilight had a growing itch to run away and never come back, getting more unbearable as the seconds ticked on.
"U-uh..I have to g-go to the bathroom..." Rainbow said quickly as she flew up the stairs, her face flush with red. Twilight stayed in the same frozen state until she heard the bathroom door slam.
The purple mare sighed sadly and dragged herself to her desk. As she flopped her head onto the old wooden surface, her eyes tracing the wood grain. After a good while, she let her eyes wander to outside the window she was facing, watching the couples from earlier start to filter out of the park as night fell. A few tears fell from her eyes as she watched and longingly wished that could be her out there, a depression starting to wash over her.
"T-Twilight?" a voice behind her quietly broke the silence and her thoughts.
The mare turned her head around to find Rainbow Dash standing behind her. "…I h-"
"It's alright. You don't have to apologize. If you want to...leave, then you can. I'm not forcing you to stay..." Twilight interrupted, waving her hoof in the direction of the doorway, laying her head back down. “I’ll see you tomorrow anyways for that lunch Rarity planned.”
"What- No no. That's not what I was going to say, Twilight." Dash said as she neared and sat behind her. "What I was going to say, was I think.. I have something to say as well..."
Twilight’s ears perked up, but she didn’t raise her head.
"Well, uh...I guess...I kinda maybe…" Dash sighed. “I…kinda like you, too.”
Twilight’s ears twitched.
"I mean, I haven't really been able to stop thinking about you for the past few months? Like, the way you phrase things sometimes is funny. And the way you smile is just so… cute. The way you walk and the way that you emote when you’re reading a story.” Dash paused to chuckle at the thought. “I've tried to forget, thinking it was just a silly little thing, and it would go away easily, but... it didn’t.”
Twilight felt like stars had just exploded in her heart and tears started to flow freely as she whipped around. “Y-you do like me?” She said; her eyes big and watery. Dash smiled and nodded, a little embarrassed herself after her confession.
Twilight was speechless and she didn't say anything for several moments, just stared into Dash’s eyes. “I..” She started, trying to find the words to say. “I…didn’t think you would. I mean, I’m just the old librarian, right?” Tears were still flowing down her face, touched with a bit of sadness as she said it.
Dash tsked and got closer to her, stretching out her wing to pull her and Twilight closer together. “Aww, don’t be like that, you’re more awesome than even me.” She said, a pink tinting her cheeks. Twilight wiped away some of the tears. “Haha, really?” She sniffed.
Dash nuzzled her face. “Maybe. But don’t tell anyone I said that.” She said, embarrassment in her expression. Twilight laughed and snuggled a bit closer under Dash’s wing, sighing in contentment.
"Never change, Rainbow Dash." Dash chuckled, something that Twilight could hear in her chest as she snuggled under her wing. “I won’t.” She agreed.
They both stayed like that for a while, just drinking in the events of the night and coming to terms with what was going to happen in the future. They both looked out the window at the pony-less streets, now late into the night.
Twilight glanced at the clock, realizing what time it was and yawned. Dash yawned also after hearing her and they both giggled as they parted ways. “Yeah I think it’s about that time too, Dash.”
Twilight lit up her horn and brought out several blankets and a sleeping bag. She remembered fondly how it was only a few sleepovers ago that Rainbow had asked for Twilight to stay down there on the first floor and sleep with her. Sparkle found that to be suspicious but never pressed it, Rainbow's excuse having been, "The floor's just uncomfortable. I wanted you to see that so you could improve it for sleepovers in the future."
She laughed as she set down blankets in the present, Dash inquiring what was so funny. After telling the short memory, Dash chuckled herself and shook her head. “I thought that would help get my thoughts of you out of my head, but all it did was make it extremely hard for me not to cuddle you.”
Twilight blushed at the statement. “It’s so easy to make you blush, Twilight.” Dash observed aloud, which made her face get redder. Twilight pushed her slightly with her shoulders, “stop it, Dashie!”
The blue mare stopped and visibly held back laughter. “Dashie? We already starting with the pet names, huh?” Twilight gulped and smiled nervously.
“Okay…” She thought for a moment. “Twilly.”
Twilight was immediately shoving her, “Eww noo don’t say that, that’s what my brother calls me!” Dash just laughed as she dodged out of the way and crashed into the blankets, Twilight following suit.
"Also it's totally obvious who your 'friend' was that you talked about earlier." She stated, to which Twilight coughed a little to hide her embarrassment. "Hey, I didn't know if you would put it together, but I had to know what you thought."
As the two laughed together, Dash rolled closer, making the two stop and gaze at each other. Twilight snaked her head under Dash’s chin and nuzzled her neck.
“Thank you, Dashie.”
Dash’s response was a peck to Twilight forehead as Twilight blew out the candles with magic.
Author's Note
I'm not back for good, but I am getting bored with quarantine, so have this revised version of the story! There may be more in the future for some of my other stories for I all know.
Author's Note
I've been reading romantic TwiDash stories a lot recently 
, so I decided to make one of my own. Tell me if I made any mistakes (not too harsh on the criticism, please) 
The Old Version
Twilight Sparkle, the lilac unicorn mare, happily trotted around the Golden Oaks Library humming a random tune as she controlled a feather duster with her magic along with other items she was picking up around the library. As she worked the feather duster and put things away in their proper places, Spike sleepily walked out of her bedroom, woken up by the sound of her hooves on the wooden floor.
She caught him in the corner of her eye and smiled as he dragged his feet into the kitchen. "Good Morning, Sleepy-Head." She said cheerfully as she paused for a moment before getting back to work.
Spike grumbled a response before looking up at the clock above the sink and totally freaking out over what time it was. "Oh my gosh, Twilight! I'm so so sorry I slept late! I didn't know it was this late in the morning and I-"A hoof laid on his mouth stopped him in his tracks.
"It alright, Spike!" Twilight said as she lowered her hoof back down to the ground and continued tidying the library. "I knew I was getting up early today anyways, so I thought I would let you sleep in. Besides, it's a Saturday: you tend to take these days of from your duties here anyway." She assured him as he stood, puzzled, in the kitchen archway.
"But why?" He asked as he walked to stand next to her and rock on his heels as he waited for an answer.
"Oh didn't you know? I scheduled a sleepover with Dash tonight. She'll be here within the hour to hang out for the day before the sleepover." Twilight said after hesitating for a few moments, a light blush showing on her cheeks.
"Oooooooh okaaaaaay." Spike stressed his words as he walked towards the front door, making Twilight blush a little harder. "I see. So, you gonna tell her or what?" He asked before opening the heavy wooden door, his words gesturing about Twilight's mostly secret crush on the prismatic maned pegasus.
"More like "or what". I probably will never have the courage to confess. And...I don't really want to ruin the friendship we already have if she declines. It might be awkward and we might drift apart from one another... besides...she straight..." Twilight trailed off as the last of her tidying was done. At least I think she is.
"Hm." Spike said as he stepped out of the library to the sunny day outside. "Well, if you tell her or not, the sleepover is still going on and I feel as if I have to be somewhere else for this type of occasion. So if you don't mind, I think I'll be staying at Rarity's with Sweetie Belle..."
It was Twilight's turn to smirk as the dragon blushed before realizing Twilight was staring at him smugly. "O-oh! A-and the other crusaders, too!"
Twilight giggled and nodded as she trotted into the kitchen to prepare lunch and called, "Sure, you can stay at the Boutique for the night. Just be sure to be back before dark tomorrow."
"Great! That won't be a problem! See you tomorrow then, Twilight!" He said as he saluted and marched out of the door, closing it behind him.
Twilight sighed as she got out the ingredients for haycakes, one of Rainbow's favorites along with Twilight's. She was silent as she cooked several batches of the breakfast food, the comforting feeling of the warmth coming from the stove making Twilight's mind wander about what it was like to cuddle with a special somepony, since she had never had one before. She began to blush a little as she started to fantasize about her crush. As she was finishing up her breakfast cooking task by cleaning the dirty dishes, her mind began to slip into more dirty scenarios about the dusty blue pegasus, until a knock at the door announced her arrival.
As she was drying the last dish with her magic, Twilight pushed down her half-existent wingboner with her hooves and went to get the front door.
She opened it to find Rainbow Dash standing on her doorstep and she grinned when Twilight opened the door up. "Heya, Twilight."
"Hi, Rainbow. "Sparkle said as her friend showed herself in and dropped her saddlebags next to the door. "Thanks for having a sleepover with me." Twilight said as she lead Rainbow to the kitchen.
"No problem, Twilight. Sleepovers are pretty awesome! I'll never have a problem with having one of those." Rainbow Dash said as she bounded over the kitchen table and practically started drooling over the freshly made haycakes as she sat down and took a few.
Twilight smiled when she saw Rainbow eating with gusto the meal she had prepared and sat down herself to eat.
They made little conversation between one another, partly because of the slight awkwardness of being alone together, and partly because of the delicious food.
When they finished, Twilight accidentally burped, which in turn caused Dash to giggle. Twi excused herself before finally starting up a conversation. "So, Dash, what do you want to do? We've got the whole afternoon ahead of us."
Rainbow put her hoof to her chin thoughtfully before answering, "I kind of want to go the park. That okay with you?"
The unicorn smiled and nodded. "Sure! It sounds nice and we'll be taking advantage of how nice it is outside today."
Soon, the two mares had headed out and to the Ponyville Park, but it seemed everypony else had the same idea, too, because there were ponies scattered everywhere, either playing some sort of game to sitting together on one of the park benches, among other things.
Twilight blushed when she saw two mares whom she knew sitting close to one another on a bench, one sitting up in a strange position while the other just laid on the bench seat reading a newspaper. The one sitting up nuzzled the one reading and they both smiled before returning to what they had been doing before.
That would be really nice... Twilight thought, glancing quickly at Dash from the corner of her eye. She was sure she imagined it, but it seemed Rainbow have been looking at her, too, from the corner of her eyes.
Twilight shrugged it off as they neared the back of the park that was more secluded and had a swing-set facing the lake, which was the pair's favorite spot to be.
As they took up the two-swing swing-set, Rainbow was immediately having a blast, laughing as she swung back and forth high up in the air. Twilight, however, swung a little more slowly and close to the ground, lost in thought.
Rainbow started swinging slowly, too, so she could take a look at the water.
"H-Hey, Dash?" Twilight spoke up after a slightly unbearable silence.
Dash stopped swinging. "Yeah? What's up?"
Twilight sighed before looking into the blue sky above their heads. "Do you think you could give me...some advice about something?" I really hope I'm not giving too much away...
When Dash nodded, Sparkle continued. "Well...what if you kind of liked, say, a friend...and you wanted to tell them how you felt, but you didn't want to lose their friendship forever? What would you do in a situation like that?" She said quickly, mentally praying to Celestia that Rainbow wouldn't put two and two together.
If Rainbow did figure it out, she didn't show it, but instead answered, "If you're good friends with that pony, then if they say no, they shouldn't hold it against you for too long and get over it. But if they say yes, then you get to start a relationship with somepony, and that's always special." Dash looked at Twilight. "I honestly don't know what to tell you..." She looked away and the pair sat in silence for a while, until they realized the sun was starting to go down.
"W-we should probably head to the library, no?" Twilight asked as she hopped out of her swing.
Rainbow agreed and also hopped out, going to stand next to Twilight as they made their way back to the library Twilight called home.
As they walked back through the main part of the park, it seemed that this was the perfect time for couples to be roaming about, because it looked as if every couple in town was there, taking advantage of the beautiful sunset.Twilight noticed how close everypony was and realized that Rainbow was walking a little closer to her, their coats almost touching. She shivered when she felt the ends of Rainbow's fur, but Dash took it as a different shiver.
"You chilly, Twilight?" Rainbow asked as they neared the entrance of the park.
"Uh n-no..." Twilight stammered.
Dash made a hm sound before stretching out her wing and draping it over Twilight's back, the gesture also making the pair walk even closer together.
Twilight squeaked and looked over at her, but Rainbow's head was turned away, so Twilight didn't protest. Why would I even want to protest against something like this?
The two mares didn't make a sound as they neared the library and headed inside, Rainbow closed her wing back up and went to sit down on the floor.
The unicorn closed the door to her home, slightly disappointed that the moment was gone, but nonetheless excited about the sleepover. "So...Rainbow? What do you want to do now?" She inquired as she sat across from the mare.
Rainbow shook her head. "I dunno. What about you?"
Twilight took in a sharp breath before exhaling slowly. "Well, there is something I..would like to tell you about..."
Rainbow's ears perked up a bit. "O..kay. What is it?" When Twilight didn't respond, Rainbow chimed in. "Is it gossip? Is it a secret? Tell me!" She bounced around Twilight annoyingly, knowing that it would eventually break the mare and make her spill. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! Tell m-"
"Alright! Alright! I'll...tell you." Twi said, knowing she'd been defeated. She looked up at Rainbow before taking a deep breath.
"I...kind of have a crush on you..." Twilight said as quietly as she could muster, hiding behind her mane like Fluttershy.
"Sorry, but I couldn't hear you. Say what now?" Rainbow prompted.
Twilight sighed, knowing well that it could either lead to a beginning or an end. "I said...I kind of have a crush on...you."
There was silence following her statement and Twilight had a feeling that she needed to get out of there for a while.
"U-uh..I have to g-go to the bathroom..." Rainbow said quickly as she dashed up the stairs to the second floor, her face flush with red.
Twilight sighed again before heading down the stairs to her basement, where most of her scientific equipment was stored. She then laid her head down on one of the desks that had free space and let a few tears escape. She began to sniff more frequently as time passed.
"T-Twilight?" a voice behind her said quietly.
The mare turned her head around to find Rainbow standing behind her. "I h-"
"It's alright. You don't have to apologize. If you want to...leave, then you can. I'm not forcing you to stay..." Twilight interrupted, waving her hoof in the direction of the doorway.
"No no. That's not what I was going to say." Dash said as she neared and put a hoof on Twi's shoulder. "What I was going to say, was I have something to confess as well..."
Sparkle looked over at her friend.
"Well, uh...I guess...I like you, too." Dash said as she gave Twilight a quick peck on her cheek. "I mean, I haven't really been able to stop thinking about you for the past few months. I've tried to forget, thinking it was just a silly little thing, and it would go away easily, but it didn't... my feelings just seemed to grow stronger..." Her cheeks were tinted pink.
Dash then lifted Twilight's head with her hoof so she could gaze into her eyes for a moment before their lips connected.
Twilight felt like stars had just exploded in her head at the contact and her thoughts moved like lightning. Her wings popped out from her sides.
The pair pulled away reluctantly from one another after a few minutes, though, due to loss of breath.
Twilight was speechless and she didn't say anything for several minutes, just stared into the pools that were Rainbow's crimson eyes.
"It was that good, huh?" Dash said with a slight smirk as she glanced at Twilight's wings. "I guess I really am just as awesome as I say I am." She said with a wink that made Twilight's legs feel like jelly.
The unicorn mare giggled like a school filly and hugged her new marefriend. "Never change, Rainbow Dash."
Rainbow giggled in return and draped her wing over Twilight's back after she had pushed her wings down from the surprise wingboner.
When they had reached the first floor, Twilight lit up her horn and brought out several blankets and a sleeping bag and laid them down on the floor on top of one another, something she normally did for Rainbow when she came over for a sleepover. It was only a few sleepovers ago that Rainbow had asked for Twi to stay down there and sleep with her, which Sparkle found to be suspicious, but Rainbow's excuse had been, "The floor's just uncomfortable. I wanted you to see that so you could improve it for sleepovers."
She didn't believe that excuse for a minute. But nonetheless, she joined Rainbow again on the floor, but this time, the two snuggled together. "Hey, uh..." Rainbow Dash said quietly.
The unicorn looked into her eyes. "Yes?"
"...I love you, Twi." Dash said as she kissed her forehead.
Twilight smiled and kissed Dash's chest. "I love you, too...Dashie."
The two giggled together before falling asleep in one another's hooves.
