Rainbow Dash flew into the cloud house at high speeds, barely able to stop herself as she skidded across the soft cloud, stopping centimeters away from a wall. She flapped her wings once and smiled, she loved close calls, they were so exciting. Quickly shaking her head, the pegasus mare darted up the stairs, not bothering to actually use the cloud staircase that was between the two floors of her house.

Once on the second floor, Rainbow made a beeline towards Midnights room. Upon reaching the room, she knocked twice and waited for an answer. She got one seconds later, quieter than she expected.
"R-Rainbow? Y-You know that you don't have to knock." Rainbow smiled to herself, she could practically feel Midnight's blushing through the door. Sighing, the cyan blue mare opened the cloud door. She smiled hesitantly at the stallion that was wrapped up in casts and on the bed,
"Hey, um, I'm going to take off your casts, it's been around 10 weeks, so you should be fine now. I'll be telling you something important after I finish doing that, okay?" Midnight tried to nod, forgetting the neck brace that blocked any head movement. The changeling sighed and blushed in embarrassment, he was making a fool of himself, just because of this one mare. Why was she so special, why did she share her love with him, knowing the possible consequences? Why did his heart skip a beat every time he saw her? Why did his heart ache when she was away? Why did his heart beat faster and his face turn a dark red when she touched him? Why was he in love with this mare, who undoubtedly would never feel the same? He forced tears back at the thought, she'd never love him back, not in the same way at least. This is why changelings don't love, so they don't suffer a broken heart.
"Y-Yeah, I got it." Rainbow noticed the tears building in his eyes and looked at him, concern evident in both her face and her now purple eyes. She took off his neck brace first, she put her hoof under his chin and lifted it, so now he was staring back at her, tears streaming down his black coat. She smiled, betraying the worry evident in her posture, her eyes and her voice, her beautiful voice.
"Midnight? Is everything alright? You can tell me what's wrong." He looked at the pegasus, he gave her a fake smile, it was so painfully fake that even a foal could see through it, then he broke down soaking his face and his neck. He couldn't bear it, he let the tears keep coming, he had held it in for far too long.

Rainbow, realizing the pain her friend is going through, quickly removed his casts and placed them on the ground. Once they were out of the way, she quickly and lightly climbed onto the bed and hugged the changeling, knowing that it should help. She rubbed circles on his back and tried to calm him, it wasn't working, he only sobbed more hysterically at her touch. Seeing that her method wasn't working, she tried another one, she sang a lullaby that her mother had sung to her.
(SONG IS NOT MINE!!!! IT'S CALLED "LYRA'S SONG" THIS IS THE ENGLISH VERSION)

Words are born into air
And quickly fade out in the wind
But they find their way inside you
Where they live on forevermore....

When the skies are dark and full of rain
Look inside you heart
Light, so warm and all aglow
Shining just like the sun

You can see just how much you've grown
How strong you are
Love will open up to you
And it starts from the day that you
First heard those words.....

Rainbow's soft singing had calmed the male in her arms, his sobbing having attenuated into a quiet sniffle. She soon spoke to break the unwanted and unneeded silence,
"Please Midnight.......I want to help." Midnight, knowing what he had to do, broke away from the hug and held Rainbow in front of him. The mare was surprised by the sudden movement, but she calmed herself as she looked into the swirling green vortexes that were Midnight's eyes. He sniffled at her, quickly losing courage, until the mare smiled sweetly at him, giving him some much needed encouragement,
"Go on." Midnight gave a deep breath and held Rainbow's hoof in his own.
"I-I know that you probably don't feel the same way. But I-I think that I've fallen for you. You took care of me. You shared your love, although I could always sense that you knew what the possible consequences were. I-I know that you probably don't feel the same way. But I thought that I'd tell you." The changeling's eyes were welling up with tears, he couldn't bear to see the look of pity or of disgust that might be on his crush's face, he felt her eyes on him, and he couldn't muster the courage to look back up at her.

Rainbow stared at his shaking form for a moment before realizing that she had loved him too, she wanted to smack herself for not realizing it sooner. Why would she blush when speaking of him if she didn't love him? Why would she care for a member of the species that almost destroyed Equestria twice, if she didn't love him? Why would she treat him as an equal from the start despite knowing nothing of him, if she didn't love him?

Reaching a decision seconds later, Rainbow Dash put her hoof under Midnight's chin again and lifted his head. Then, surprising the stallion, she smashed her lips against his. Pouring all of her feelings for him into this one kiss.

Midnight could feel the love seeping through her to him and back again into her. It was so intense, he was overflowing with love, yet it wasn't stolen. He cried happy tears, not breaking the kiss for more than half a minute, they savored the feeling. It felt right, it felt like destiny.

After breaking apart, Rainbow and Midnight both blushing, Rainbow's eyes had turned pink somewhere along the line. Rainbow smiled at the changeling in front of her. Midnight was overcome with fear again at the possibility that she just wanted to shut him up,
"D-Does this mean that you'll be my girlfriend?" The way that he had said it broke her heart, Rainbow nodded and pecked him on the cheek to prove it.
"I'd love to be your girlfriend." Rainbow nuzzled Midnight, who had suddenly remembered why she had come up here in the first place,
"You said that you needed to tell me something?" Rainbow frowned, knowing what he was talking about. She didn't want to make Midnight upset, but lying to him was just wrong. She sighed and cuddled into the changeling, he was warm and cuddly, which was surprising considering the race's similarity to bugs.
"Yeah. I talked with Celestia, and when I mentioned you, she sent Twilight a letter that only detailed that you were a male. My friends want to meet you, but considering that they don't trust any changelings, except Thorax, we need to make you a disguise." Midnight nuzzled his girlfriend back and responded,
"We'll figure it out..........I've been wondering something." Rainbow curled up in his lap and looked up, she noticed Midnight blush at her placement, but he didn't comment,
"Well, I've wondered where I'll be going now that I'm no longer hurt." Rainbow smiled at him, her eyes had turned purple and blue, not a good sign. She hugged his waist,
"You can stay here, or you can leave. It's your choice." But when Midnight looked into her eyes, he saw that she had already placed her bets on one of the choices, the one that he was most likely going to pick either way. He smiled and pecked her on the cheek.
"Is it alright if I stay? Not only will it save money, but I can help with chores and I can-" he was cut off by feeling a pair of lips on his own. He smiled internally and closed his eyes, kissing back.

This kiss was shorter, but no less passionate. When they broke apart a few seconds after, Rainbow smiled,
"I'll be happy to let you stay. Now, back to business." Midnight nodded,
"Yeah, disguise. When do I meet them?" Rainbow's ears dropped, eyes becoming purple once more
"Noon tomorrow. Can I call you Night?" Midnight chuckled at the random comment. He nodded, smirking,
"Only if I can call you Dashie?" Rainbow blushed at the girly, yet cute, nickname. She nodded, and hugged him again. Soon after, the two of them got off the bed,
"We need to find a suitable disguise quickly. Also, Rarity already figured out that you have wings, so it's probably best if you're a pegasus, or, if you really don't want wings, a unicorn." Night nodded and kissed his mare quickly, he hadn't expected this exuberant turn of events.

He was, and will always be, glad that he confessed, else he may not have had her as his own. If he had waited too much longer, another stallion could've swept her off her hooves. He looked down at his beautiful girlfriend, he wouldn't change this for the world, let's just hope that she didn't end up with foals too early.

Author's Note

Alright, Summer is almost here! Tomorrow is the last day of school! Thank god! Alright, so I really like this chapter, but the next chapter will make no sense if you read it after this one. Also, just so ya'll know, I revise and edit every chapter at least twice to tweak it to my liking. I hope that copyright doesn't strike because of the song, but oh well. Alright! Now, I usually go on sprees, so I usually edit 2-5 chapters in one chunk, but I usually take a long time to get into one of those editing sprees. I usually just get that feeling, the 'I wanna edit my stories because I hate them right now' feeling. Alright, I'll stop wasting your time, now remember-
DO NOT READ UNEDITED CHAPTERS!!! THE STORY WILL MAKE NO SENSE IF YOU DO THAT!!!