Can I Adjust To This Colorful New Life?

Chapter 5: Muffins, Apples, and Rainbows

You wake up to a familiar smell. The smell of muffins, but this time you smell something sweeter, possibly apples? Maybe Applejack and Ditzy worked on the muffins together this time, since it was because of Big Mac that you're now sitting in a hospital bed again. Opening your eyes brought you a sight almost as strange as when Rainbow had been sleeping on your lap. Sitting in a chair in the corner was Ditzy, but laying next to you, was Applejack. At this sight you mind froze and your heart skipped a beat. What is she doing in my bed, why is she tucked up next to me, how am I still alive with her in this position? As you try to make sense of this predicament you notice a sleeping Rainbow Dash on a could just outside your window. Why are they here, was I in that bad of a condition? A stir at your side thankfully meant you would get some answers. As she sat up you noticed her hair wasn't tied up like normal, and her hat was missing as well. "Mornin' sleepy head, you feelin' any better?" Her nonchalant way of talking in this situation unnerves you, but all you could mutter out was a sound of confusion. Then as if she finally saw something wrong she jumped up and somehow managed to quietly land on the tiled floor. "I'm sorry, it's just that it was cold last night, and as the other two had ways of staying warm, I thought that doing that would keep me warm enough to sleep" It was then you noticed the grey blanket laying across Ditzy, and remembered that the clouds somehow kept Rainbow at the right temperature. As you moved you head to say that it was fine, you saw something drift down to the floor.

It was Applejack's trademark stetson, but what was it doing on your head? "Ah, I'm sorry, I put that on you because you were sleeping upright and there was no room on the table, that and I thought it would look good on you." Applejack sounded very coy when she said it, but you believed her, she was the embodiment of honesty after all. "Thanks, how did I look?" you politely asked, being genuinely curious. "Pretty good, I might even say that you looked fairly handsome," she responded with a grin and a blush, "that and it helped to hide the bandages." With that she winked at you, but her smile quickly became a worried face. Your bandage was starting to get very red, most likely because the shock of seeing her laying next to you had cause your blood pressure to rise ever so slightly. "Ah, here let me get that, it's the least I can do" she said as she grabbed some bandages and hopped onto your lap...

Which put you in a very awkward position, as her hips were just above yours, and the way she was moving looked very suggestive, no matter how you looked at it. It seems like the world is trying to kill you, as at that moment, Big Mac made his way into the room, most likely to grab AJ for work. "APPLEJACK GET OFF OF HIM RIGHT NOW! DIDN'T GRANNY RAISE YOU TO ACT BETTER THAN THIS!" yelled Big Mac, probably loud enough that Celestia would be able to hear it, which also meant the two other mares that had come to check on you, were about wake up. Now you knew the world was trying to kill you as in a matter of seconds both Big Mac and Rainbow Dash were at your bedside ready to beat you into a bloody pulp. Luckily for you a certain purple Unicorn walked into the room, and used her magic to get the two angry ponies off of you before they got a chance to hit you. "What is going on in here! Why are you two trying to kill this poor pony?!" Twilight remarked, seeming almost afraid of what would cause Big Mac to get this riled up. "My sister was riding him like there was no tomorrow! I have no doubt in my mind that is was his doing, probably tricking her into it!" You never expected Big Mac to get this angry, but sadly you had no way to defend yourself, as you have suddenly lost the ability to talk all together. Thankfully Twilight was observant enough to notice that the covers on your bed would have prevented anything from happening, and that there was a half done bandage job on your head.

"Guys, she was changing his bandages, nothing more, she was moving like that so she could reach around his head without hurting him." How Twilight said that as if she was talking normally, is beyond you, but in your current state, the only thanks you could offer was a deep nod. While Big Mac and Rainbow got a talking too, Ditzy decided to come over and finish the job Applejack had started, even adding in a little peck on the lips that caught you completely off guard. "What was that for Ditzy?" you somehow managed to mutter that out. "Well, it's a thanks for being okay, I was really worried you wouldn't wake up, and remember, you can call me Derpy!" she answered, ending with another peck on the lips. By now your brain has almost stopped functioning, you just kissed a pony, twice, and it felt normal, like there was nothing wrong with it, but you're a human, and where you're from ponies are animals, things people use for fun, not things to fall in love with!

Before you even knew it yourself, you bolted out of the room through the open window, and just flew, faster than you ever thought you could. You needed to figure out what in all sweet hell was going on, and being there wasn't helping!

Remember, you still have the mindset of a human at this time, and all this thought of relationships with ponies is causing you to act irrationally