Rainbow's Mentorship

"A-are you sure Rainbow? Does he like m-me...?"

"Yup, it's all true Fluttershy, Anon in in love with you. He wants you to be his girlfriend." Fluttershy gasps. "But he's more nervous than you are, I doubt he'll say something about it. The guy can barely support himself." Rainbow continues.

This conversation isn't too far from you. It might be a library, but that doesn't mean it makes their chat to themselves. Since it's so quiet, the East side of the library can hear it. You are a table away from the bookshelves they are hiding behind, You can't see on what they are doing, but you can damn-well hear them behind the non-fiction section. You slam your book shut and walk away. Some books are pushed off of the shelf.

"Ow..." Fluttershy whispers.

As your walking by, you see Fluttershy rubbing her elbow, while Rainbow Dash is reading the Ming Dynasty upside down.

"Oh, heya Anon! Fluttershy—" You walk away and head for the door. "Crap, do something!"

You can hear someone charging behind you, but it stops. "And just what do you think you're doing?" You look back to see Cheerilee in front of her. "You go back and clean that mess you've made with Miss Dash." She looks miserable before she walks back to the non-fiction aisle. Right next to you is a rotative stand. Perfect. Walk into it and land right on top of the books. "Mr. Mous!"

Jackpot. A set of books are pushed from the non-fiction section. You see two blue arms on the outside of the shelf. "That's enough!"

An hour goes by. The three of you spend it putting books away that were in the return slot. You can't believe people still use these after all the technology today. Maybe it's because a hardcover can't get a virus.

"Okay, that's all of them. Now I can finally leave early." You wanted to say that she didn't have anything to look forward, but that would fuck everything up. "The three of you can leave. Don't do that again, or you will all wish I banned you from the schools library." You grab your stuff and walk outside. The two girls follow you and the door slams shut. So much for doing homework...

"What was all that about Anon?" You can't believe Rainbow Dash said that.

"First, I heard what you guys were talking about."

Rainbow scratches the back of her head. ”Oh, I didn’t mean to—“

“And second, I tipped over that stuff out of pity. I couldn’t let her get in trouble for what was my fault.” They look at you in shock. “I just… never asked out anyone for anything. Sure I fall for a girl every now and then, but that passes by.”

Rainbow Dash looks provoked. ”So all of that was for nothing?”

Fluttershy steps up and tilts her head. ”It’s okay. I’ll… I’ll get over it.” Fluttershy walks past you without getting to look at you.

Rainbow Dash shakes her head. ”Dude, that wasn’t cool.”

“But it was the truth.”

She gets her duffel bag. ”Sometimes, you should just keep the truth to yourself.” She bumps into your shoulder and catches up with Fluttershy.

What did you just do? Whatever it was, it didn't seem right. Are you this much of a weakling? Maybe it’s because your parents never talked to you about these things. Are you blaming your own parents for your own faults? That’s low. Although, there are certain things they didn’t teach you about girls. Who to pick up, where to take a girl, when to do the birds and the bees, why a condom, all of that shit that can’t be taught by anyone else, except from a couple with experience. Your thorough thinking process stops when you hear the doors being opened. You run down the hallway and go through the same doors that they exited. There is Rainbow Dash patting Fluttershy’s back. Rainbow turns around to you when the doors close by themselves. You run and meet up with them, only to be greeted when Dash throws her bad to the ground.

”You’ve done enough! What are you going to do? Admit that you hate us? Me? If you’ve got a problem, deal with it somewhere else!” She crosses her arms while you catch your breath. There is some light sobbing coming from her shivering friend.

“It’s not that. I came to talk, that’s all.”

”We’ve heard enough. We get that you don’t give a shit, and we should just cut her losses.” Rainbow continues.

“No, it’s not that. I didn’t know who to blame, only to realize that it should just be me.”

Rainbow gets closer to you, only to intimidate a little further. ”Is that all?”

“No, I also thought that, some things can’t be taught by others or solved by just avoiding them entirely. So, I’m thinking that…” You swallow your shame. “Me and Fluttershy… could try?” You notice Fluttershy stops shaking and her head stands at attention.

”Anon, do you really think that this—“

”Yes!" Fluttershy struggles, but says with joy. She turns around and cleans her face of any tears. ”But, please, if you’re going to be open, at least do it now before anything else.”

You think of a few things, but wonder what a couple does in the beginning. You may as well and get the most important one out of the way. “I don’t have anything planned for today. If you want, we can take the time to go somewhere.”

Fluttershy nods and claps her hands. ”There isn’t that much homework for me tonight, let’s go!”

She starts to jump a bit. ”Hold on Fluttershy, I need to have a word with Anon.”

Flutters stops and looks at the two of you. ”Oh, I-I’ll be over here.” She walks by the statue to open up her backpack, allowing Angel to pop up. He moves around and falls off to the side. Poor bastard.

”I don’t like this, Anon. Not one bit.”

“Hey, it’s better than never trying at all.”

”Well, yeah, but neither of you guys know how to do this!”

“Do you have any other idea?”

She puts a finger under chin, only to snap it a few seconds later. ”I watch over you guys!”

“What?”

”It’s a good idea, isn’t it?” She elbows you.

“No, I mean, why?”

”Why is it a good idea?”

“No! I mean, why would you want to watch us?”

”Dude, you are pretty weak. If that isn’t enough, you can barely talk to girls.” The moment you get home, you’re going to have some talk with your parents. ”Trust me, you will need me.” She grabs her bag. ”Don’t worry about it, you’ll thank me later.” Rainbow runs off to meet up with Fluttershy. She wraps an arm around Flutters neck and walk away. This is going to be a rough day.