Pink

As Pinkie laughed amongst her friends while riding in the now more luxurious flying chariot, packed with a top to cover from the rain and seats that turned into beds with lighting and reading materials, Twilight watched as Rainbow Dash distanced herself more and more from Pinkie. Twilight was noticing how Dash seemed to be ignoring what Pinkie was saying and was taking more interest in what the others were talking about. Twilight quickly shook the thoughts from her head before approaching the sick pink pony while saying, “Well,, Pinkie, it looks like we are going to need some shuteye if we want to make it through this long and boring flight”

Pinkie nodded her head with a smile, “You’re right, Twilight, these converts are full of ecstatic and crazy fan ponies of the Prince of Prance and Pop. We need to be full energy from soda and Red Colts!”

Twilight smiled, she was enjoying Pinkie’s unending energy as she calmly instructed, “Well then, it’s off to bed for us all. It would be a shame if we managed to sleep through an entire concert because we didn’t go to sleep tonight.”

Rainbow Dash forcefully reclined her chair as she grunted in annoyance, “We get it, Twi, go to bed.”

Everypony fell silent, the awkwardness of the situation got the best of them and left them wondering what happened. The lavender unicorn felt a little hurt on the inside for some reason, it all reminded her of Rainbow when Discord got the best of her. Twilight held back her slight angry comeback and instead falsely smiled as she instructed yet again, “Like Rainbow Dash said, we should go to bed.” With that, Twilight left for her seat near the opposite end of the aircraft.

Pinkie got onto her hooves and trotted towards her bedroom, one that was separate from the rest, as she sleepily whispered, “Goodnight, girls.” With that, Pinkie closed her door behind her and hopped into her bed.

*****

Turbulence never worked well in Twilight’s books, and it was turbulence that woke her from her sleep. The shaking of the plane annoyed her into being wide awake, she grunted and tried not to think of it yet it managed to get the best of her. Twilight sighed and climbed out of her bed, her neck somewhat aching from the position she slept in, “Ugh, I gotta quit placing my hooves under my neck,” she breathed to herself silently. Yet as she trotted down the hall towards the bathroom at the back, a strange noise was heard from Pinkie’s room. Twilight stopped in her tracks as her ears flicked at the noise, she was doing her best to figure out what it was for what felt like an eternity. After what was actually a couple of minutes, Twilight realized it was weeping and sobbing that was heard from Pinkie’s private room. The unicorn extended her hoof towards the curtains, yet she withheld her desires to come to her friend’s aid for some reason. After waiting for a few minutes and turning back, a quiet voice was made from her room.

“Twilight?” Pinkie asked in an unsure whisper, “Is that you?” Pinkie continued to sniff and shift in her bed as she silently called out for Twilight.

Twilight turned around as she said, “Yeah, it’s me, Pinkie. Can I come in to see what’s wrong?”

“Sure,” Pinkie began, “but I’m naked.”

Twilight rolled her eyes as she sighed, “Pinkie, we’re always naked.”

“Oh, well in that case come on in.” Pinkie sniffled a bit before drawing the curtains to her room. Her eyes had large red rings around them to show that she had been crying for a while, her hair was in a mess and her forehead was hot and sweaty. Her rash on her stomach had been bleeding a little bit from the scratching and the itching Pinkie had done to it.

Twilight looked over the mess Pinkie had become as she gasped, “Oh my goodness,” she whispered, “what’s wrong?”

Pinkie wiped her nose with a napkin, she hated to talk about her friends like this behind their backs. Pinkie tilted her head towards Dash as she whispered back, “It’s RD, she’s been acting horrible to everyone lately.”

Twilight hugged Pinkie, her stomach was being poked by Pinkie’s scabs yet it didn’t bother Twilight in the slightest. Twilight continued to hug Pinkie as she motioned towards the bed, “I think you need some company.”

Pinkie nodded her head, “Yeah, thanks Twilight. You’re the best.” Pinkie climbed into her bed big enough for two, her hooves getting tangled in the sheets and her pillows falling off the sides of the bed.

Twilight smiled gently as her horn sprung to life, she looked towards the messy sheets and pillows as she floated them into the air and straightened them out. She made sure the sheets were smoothened out and were flipped onto the cold side for the two of them as well as they were tucked in snug.

Pinkie smiled like a foal while this happened, if there was one thing she loved as much as partying; it would definitely be the feeling of getting tucked in at night. Pinkie wiggled and purred like a cat until she made herself cozy enough in what felt like a new bed, her entire body was splayed out in relaxation as her eyes went from showing distress to showing tiredness and happiness put together. Pinkie yawned as she motioned her head towards the bed, “Wanna join? You did a fantastic job tucking me in.”

Twilight giggled, “Don’t mind if I do, I think I’m a little jealous you get such a comfy looking bed.” The lavender mare hopped into the bed and carefully got in as to not ruin Pinkie’s sheets. Eventually Twilight was snuggled up against the pink pony as she whispered, “Alright, now do you mind talking about how you feel about Rainbow”

Before Twilight could finish, Pinkie placed her hoof over Twilight’s mouth and shook her head, “Can we not? It’ll ruin this awesome moment you made for me.” With that, Pinkie wiggled her way closer to Twilight, wrapping the purple hooved around her neck and stomach.

Twilight giggled, “Alright, but we need to talk about it later.” With that, Twilight realized she was getting tired; her eyes began to struggle to keep open as she yawned uncontrollably. Twilight pulled Pinkie in tighter as she mumbled, “Good night.”

Pinkie’s head immediately stopped throbbing, or at least she didn’t pay attention to it anymore, her rash felt like it had disappeared and her breathing quickly leveled out. She felt like the luckiest pony in the world to be with Twilight for another night. Pinkie slowly rolled around to face the now sleeping Twilight; the unicorn’s eyes were darting in every direction from under her eyelids to show that she was dreaming. Pinkie thought about her next move for a couple of seconds, she then gave up debating with herself and did what she thought would make her happy. Pinkie rapidly shut her eyes and perked out her lips and planted a childish kiss on Twilight’s as she said, “Goodnight, Twilight. I love you.” Pinkie then wrapped her hooves around Twilight and began to fall asleep, she felt as though she could sleep like this for the rest of her life. She had also completely forgotten that there was a pony out there that was ignoring her like an immature filly. To Pinkie, everything was as good as it would ever get and that she could not ask for anything more.