"How 'bout I light a few more?"
Spike went through the letters he had retrieved from the mailbox as he walked back to the library. He had been at Rarity's helping her with her current project, which involved him being a...living pin cushion...again...don't let your frustration break the narrative...which he was fine with due to his scales protecting him.
Most of the letters were for Twilight, naturally, but he was happy to see his new Jeweler Monthly. He liked staring at the diamonds and gems, fantasizing about having them as a snack, a topping on an entrée, a multi-layer cake, and the occasional proposing to Rarity. Twilight was in Canterlot on some sort of business with Princess Celestia, which he couldn't really remember, so Spike had the Golden Oak to himself.
Spike opened the door with his tail while holding the letters under his arm and staring at the magazine in his hands. "Whoa!" he was startled when he was suddenly thrown back after his foot connected with something on the floor. Thanks to a neat trick he learned a few weeks back, he was cushioned from the fall by his tail, rather than his back connecting with the floor. His body was horizontal as he turned his head to see what had unbalanced him. He was confused to see a candle on the floor with a slight indent from his foot. He brought himself up to his feet, picked up the mail he dropped, and picked up the candle, staring at it confusingly.
"Weird" he noted "This is new, so it isn't one of ours." Spike's peripheral vision made him aware of many other things that hadn't been in the library when he left. His head darted up to see many, many boxes labelled Candles. "..........Okay. Even weirder." Spike set the candle he had picked up on the table with the mail and made his way upstairs, following the trail of candle boxes and a few scattered candles.
When Spike reached the top, he was greeted by the confusing sight of Rainbow in a fetal position with a frantic look, rocking back and forth while surrounded by candle boxes. Spike blinked at the display before Rainbow addressed him. "Oh hey Spike" Rainbow said after turning her head to address the young dragon and breaking her...position "How's it goin?" she resumed her rocking and reapplied her frantic look.
"Hi...Rainbow" Spike said unsurely. He would've gone the sympathetic way and asked "Is something wrong?" but due to the awkward presence of the candles, he instead asked "What's wrong with you?"
"*sigh* I don't know what happened" Rainbow began as she got out of her state and stood up "A sales pegasus came to my house to sell candles, I told him I wasn't interested, then he started talking about benefits and savings, next thing I know an air delivery truck is delivering all these candle boxes."
"So...I don't want to sound rude but, why are they all here and not at your house?" Spike questioned the nervous pegasus.
"Hehe, yeah" Rainbow began nervously "All these boxes were weighing down my house so I needed somewhere else to put them. Fluttershy doesn't have room, and since Pinkie lives with the Cakes she doesn't either, I didn't even bother with Ms. Dramatic, and AJ would've gotten angry about a bunch of melted candles in her barn from all the heat. Then I remembered you were here and Twilight's in Canterlot, so I thought it wouldn't be...too big a deal? :)"
Spike looked at Rainbow Dash curiously after her explanation. "Well it's not a big deal but it's..." Spike took a moment to look around, leaving Rainbow in suspense "...Okay I don't know what to call this, let's just call it something."
Rainbow sighed in relief "Well at least you're not mad." She resumed her franticness and started pacing "Oh man, what am I supposed to do? How could I have made such a dumb decision?"
"How many can-, boxes did you buy anyway?" Spike asked, interrupting her rambling.
"I think twenty five"
"You think?!" Spike replied, surprised at the pegasus' unsureness.
"What am I gonna do with all these?" Rainbow continued "I can't keep them at my house, melted wax is gonna mess up the cloud structure. And what's Twilight gonna say when she gets back?" Rainbow plopped herself down in worry and confusion, finally bringing out Spike's instinct to help.
"Hey, hey" Spike said as he got down on his knees and placed a reassuring hand on Rainbow's shoulder "It's gonna be okay Rainbow. I know Twilight won't be mad, in fact I'm sure she'll help you figure out what to do with all these."
"R-Really?" Rainbow asked nervously.
"Yeah!" Spike replied enthusiastically "In fact I'll bet she'll keep some, it'll save us money."
"You think?" Rainbow asked hopefully.
"Of course! The important thing in these situations Rainbow, is to look..." Spike took advantage of the lighting the drawn curtains provided, picked up a nearby candle and used his fire breath to light it "on the bright side." Spike held the lit candle between the two, which created a unique form of lighting with the addition of the low sunlight coming through the curtains.
Rainbow was surprised, not at the super cliché line, but the way Spike had executed it. It was a nice touch, and it...brightened her spirit for lack of a better and non punny word. "Thanks Spike" she said with an appreciative smile "That helped a lot."
"Hey, that's what friends are for." The two slipped into comfortable silence as they stared at each other with caring smiles. Spike's eyes slightly widened and his eyebrows raised as he stared at the pegasus mare. Rainbow Dash's mane was unique and interesting to look at, but he had never taken the time to really look at it. And the combination of the candle light and shaded sunlight gave it a glow that was...breathtaking!
Rainbow wasn't one to look at the opposite gender, because awesome mares like her usually don't, but the lighting in the room did something interesting. Even though she was awesome, she could admit that Spike was cute, and the lighting actually made the smile he was giving her look...surprisingly handsome. And that wasn't the only thing, his scales seemed more defined, which she now realized was an awesome quality. They were diamond hard and allowed him to take really tough blows.
"Wow" the two said simultaneously, slightly startling them.
"What?" Rainbow managed to say before Spike.
"Uh, nothing" Spike stammered "It's just...I never realized how...beautiful your mane looks."
Rainbow felt her cheeks heat slightly as she smiled, which her currently unheard inner voice was yelling at her about. She was surprised at both the dragon's forwardness and the way he had said it. She usually heard somepony "in love" say things the way he did. She then realized she hadn't responded, and when she did, it was with her own observation of him, which she had no idea why it came out. "Thanks. You kinda have a handsome smile, and your scales look awesome."
"Really?" Spike asked, now blushing lightly himself.
"Yeah."
Rainbow and Spike stared into each other's eyes while smiling, lost for a moment, when they both realized that they had inched closer to each other. "I should probably go" Rainbow said as she turned towards the stairs, suddenly feeling self conscious.
"Why?" Spike questioned, bringing her attention back "We're just two friends. Alone together, lit by candle light. What could go wrong?"
"I think we should be asking" Rainbow began as she turned back to meet Spikes eyes "What could go right?" she said in a whisper as they were now inches apart.
Spike brought up his tail, holding a few more candles. "How 'bout I light a few more?"
The pegasus and the dragon were now surrounded by lit candles in the darkened upstairs of the library. Spike got on all fours and started crawling towards Rainbow, who had remained in her leaning position and was now giving Spike bedroom eyes as he approached. Spike had predtory eyes and a sly smile as he inched closer to the pegasus mare.
Once he reached her, he raised himself up to meet her eye to eye, and he gave her a quick peck on the lips. Her face was now more feminine and flirtatious as she repeated his action. They then locked lips and held on, closing their eyes and savoring the moment. Rainbow sighed with content as she enjoyed the taste of the dragon's lips. Inside her head, two voices were speaking. The first was saying WHAT THE HAY ARE YOU DOING?! THIS IS NOT COOL! STOP IT! while the other was saying Who knew the little guy was such a good kisser? The latter was winning as it appeared to have a mute button for the first voice.
The two stood up fully, forcing Spike to tilt his head up to continue, and he didn't mind at all. Spike's tongue probed Rainbow's lips, which immediately opened to allow him entrance. Spike's long, reptilian tongue slithered in, brushing against the top of Rainbow's tongue, and switching the mood of the disapproving voice. Okay nevermind, this is awesome.
Rainbow suddenly started to rise in the air slightly, her wings flapping involuntarily. She was only a few inches off the ground, which allowed them to stay connected and Spike to push her back towards Twilight's bed. Rainbow set herself down, allowing Spike to climb up onto the bed while they continued to kiss. His tongue traced along the inside of Rainbow's cheeks before meeting her tongue again. As Rainbow laid back, Spike hovered over her and his tongue wrapped around hers, moving back and forth slowly.
Rainbow wrapped her arms around Spike's neck and they continued for several minutes. When they finally broke away for air, they stared into each other's eyes lustfully. "How about a massage?" Spike offered.
"Sure"
Rainbow was now laying face down on Twilight's bed as she received an amazing massage from Spike, who was straddling her legs. A massage from someone with hands was much better than massage by hoof she found out. It was made even better by the way his claws basically danced over her skin, lightly tracing along. But what made her bite her lower lip in ecstasy was his tail independently rubbing her back hooves alternatively. She didn't like other ponies touching her hooves, but Spike wasn't a pony, and his tail was magic.
"I never knew how well toned your back was" Spike noted as he massaged her. Suddenly, his stomach released a familiar rumble.
"Ugh, the outside world" Rainbow said disapprovingly "So not cool."
Spike released a breath of green flame that materialized into a communication portal, something new he had learned. On the other side was Twilight, looking very frantic.
"Spike! Thank goodness I got you. I don't have time to explain, but you need to come to Canterlot right away. It's urge-"
"Twilight I'm very busy right now and my hands are covered in mango lotion, I gotta go." Spike blew away the portal before Twilight could even process his response and reached for a magic blocking gem to eat. Twilight had found a spell after his unfortunate surplus expulsion of her past friendship letters. He resumed his massage after eating the gem, which delighted the relaxed pegasus.
"Oh yeah. Dashie like."
Rainbow hissed with pleasure as Spike's hands moved down and began massaging her flank. Spike leaned forward to repeat their earlier heated kiss, which Rainbow gladly accepted. After Spike broke away and leaned back, Rainbow's breathing became heavy, and she decided to go further.
"Spike"
"Yeah Dashie?"
"I...I want...I want you...I want you inside-"
The light's suddenly turned on in the library, causing the two to freeze and their eyes widen in surprise. "Spike?" called Applejack from downstairs "Are ya up there? Have ya seen Rainbow?"
The pair raised their heads and then looked to each other with surprised eyes. Rainbow was the first to speak. "What...what have we been doing?! It must have been the candles right?!"
Spike felt a pang of hurt in his chest as his face took on a saddened look, which was quickly replaced by a look of anger. He used his tail to create a large whoosh of air that travelled along the wall, extinguishing the candles, like the mood.
"Get out"
"What the hay is with all these candles?"
Author's Note
And that's the end!
Sparity and AppleDash forever!
This was all a homage to something (with a small addition) and was just for fun. Which is why it ended the way it did. I know someone knows what this is.
Holy crap, this was just a joke but I ended up shipping them while writing it. But still, Sparity and AppleDash forever!