A Rainbow Colored Heart

Sun shined through the dark curtains and into the big guest room, shining into the eyes of the sleeping twenty year old waking him from his deep slumber. Matthew groaned as he turned away from the window covering his face with the blanket attempting to block the light from getting to his eyes.

To him it felt early, way earlier than he was used to. He glanced up at the clock on the nearby wall confirming his suspicions; 6:45. In any normal circumstance he would be up by at least one in the afternoon, but after a night of sleeping in an unfamiliar house as well as a sleepless night before hand, he found it hard to even remotely get a decent night’s sleep.

“You've got to be fucking kidding me” Matthew groaned rubbing his eyes with the tips of his fingers. That was time he was sleeping in a house he just broke into. He shifted again looking out the window at the sun that tried to shine through the gray clouds. “Go down!” he complained hoping the sun might hear him and set, but to no avail.

He shifted again, this time looking towards the closed bedroom door, the room completely silent apart from his faint breathing. Pulling back the covers he maneuvered to the edge of the bed, placing his feet onto the cold hardwood floor and almost immediately retracting them upon feeling the noticeable change in temperature, it would seem Rarity’s spell didn’t work very well when she was asleep.

“What I wouldn’t do to go home” Matthew mused to himself placing his feet into his familiar black shoes before getting up again, getting out completely from under the covers and feeling the cold on his bare arms where his T-shirt didn’t cover. “Fuck its cold” he muttered reaching for his sweatshirt at the edge of the bed immediately placing it over his head before putting on the heavy winter jacket over that almost instantly welcoming the warmth they provided.

Checking to see if he hadn’t forgotten anything, Matthew pressed on towards the door rubbing his bare hands together to attempt to warm those up as well.

“Better go get the others up” Matthew said to himself. No sense in staying in a cold ass house when they could be back at his apartment where it was at least warm, not to mention there was food that had titles he could pronounce. “Just what the hell was Cope’ Luac supposed to be anyway, some fancy ass coffee?”

Opening the door Matthew stepped out into the hallway. Since his room was close to the stairs, he might as well work his way to the back, starting with Rarity and eventually getting to Matthias’s room, if he had even made it upstairs from the night before.

Slowly he approached the sleeping unicorn’s room creaking open the door and silently creeping inside to see the white mare sleeping elegantly underneath the covers, her face half hidden by the satin red comforter that was on the bed.

  “Rarity” Matthew whispered creeping closer to the bed.

She stirred slightly before opening one of her blue eyes to gaze up at Matthew; she was startled at first not recognizing him but calmed down upon remembering her situation. Thankfully the jump he gave her seemed to have woken her up leaving her wide awake.

“Sorry darling, you startled me” she said calming down and sitting up to but her back against one of the big white fluffy pillows. “Is everything alright?”

“Ya everything is fine” Matthew comforted. “I just think we had better get going before we freeze to death in this freezer of a house”

Giving a slight nod Rarity pulled back the covers before walking over to the nearby closet disappearing behind the frame before reemerging with a purple scarf wrapped around her neck.

“I don’t think they’ll miss this scarf” She stated. “Now shall we wake the others?”

Matthew stopped for a moment looking at the white unicorn. They had only met her the night before and almost instantly she had treated them as if humans were a normal thing for her, the same went for Applejack.

“Actually Rarity, can I ask you something?”

“Is this about how we got here?” she asked giving Matthew a look of annoyance. “Because I will tell you exactly what I told Matthias last night-“

“No, nothing like that” Matthew stated cutting her off. Had Matthias talked to her last night too?  “Actually, it’s about me and Mathias, you and Applejack seemed to just welcome us in as if you had known us all your life. Why is that?”

Rarity placed a hoof to her chin glancing up slightly out of confusion. “I hadn’t really considered it. When I first arrived here I wanted nothing to do with the humans living here so I simply hid until they left. But then you came with the others, and well…I don’t know, I just felt different, women’s intuition perhaps?”

“Maybe…” Matthew trailed off.

Rarity shivered slightly and began walking towards the door to her room. “Shall we worry about this another time, it is positively freezing in this room.” She said. “I will wake up Applejack and Fluttershy if you will do the same for Matthias and Rainbow, agreed?”

Matthew nodded slightly exiting the room as Rarity pressed on and entered into another room, a faint snoring coming from the inside, obviously Applejack.

Stopping at the closed door to Rainbows room Matthew creaked open the door and peered inside expecting to see a familiar Pegasus shaped lump underneath the covers. However, in place was a nice neat bed that seemed to have been touched at all.

“Surely this isn’t Rainbow Dash’s room” Matthew stated closing the door and walking across the hallway to room Matthias was staying in for the night, a faint snoring sound coming from within.

Opening the door, he crept inside immediately turning to see Matthias underneath the covers, his back turned to him. However, something was on his shoulder. It was small, and thanks to the darkness of the room Matthew was unable to see what it was clearly, but thank to Dash’s empty room, he had a pretty good idea. Walking closer he could see the small blue Pegasus wrapped in the arms of his friend, a single wing wrapped over his shoulder, and her head pressed up against his chest.

Matthew felt a sense of sadness. It was easy for Matthias; at least the one he liked was outgoing and eventually warmed up to idea of liking a human. With him, he was still unsure whether or not Fluttershy even acknowledged him as anything more than a friend, if even that. It felt weird to like a pony, I mean it was basically a small horse for Christ’s sake; it went against everything he was taught as a kid. But, the more he looked at it, the more he thought of Matthias and Rainbow together, he wondered if Fluttershy and him could even have something close to what they had.

“Damn you and your luck Matthias” Matthew stated shaking his head. He was jealous, although he hated to admit it he actually was jealous of his best friend.

Matthias shifted slightly turning a lazy eye to look up at Matthew who had moved to the end of the bed.

“Moring sleeping beauty” Matthew stated.

“Jesus Main, how long have you been standing there?” Matthias asked in a weak raspy voice.

“All night, I enjoy watching you sleep” Matthew joked.

Rolling his eyes Matthias released Rainbow from his grasp earning a complaining groan from the sleeping mare who reached out to try and get back into his grasp, still half asleep. Seeing this Matthias picked up his coat which rested on the nearby nightstand and placed it over Rainbow Dash before maneuvering himself to place her on his back. Content with her current position Rainbow wrapped her hooves around Matthias and placed her head on the back of his neck falling back asleep almost immediately, making Matthias chuckle slightly.

“I think she likes you” Matthew stated.

Matthias rolled his eyes again with a slight smirk before going to put his shoes on. “I’m guessing we’re leaving?” he

asked.

“Yeah, our cars are parked out front and the last thing we need is the cops coming to search this place.”

“Good point” Matthias stated walking out of the room still carrying Rainbow on his back, her tail dangling out of the bottom to make it look like Matthias had a rainbow colored tail himself.

“How do you do it?” Matthew asked following Matthias out the door and into the hallway.

“Do what?” Matthias asked stopping before they came into view of the stairs.

“You and Rainbow, I mean look at you two. One of you is human the other is a pony, and yet you treat each other as if the two of you are the same species or something. How do you do it?”

Matthias gave a slight smile turning his head as if to look at Rainbow to make sure she was still asleep. “You want to know my secret?”

Matthew nodded.

“Patience” Matthias stated. “I’ll be honest I had no idea Rainbow liked me the way she did until she showed me herself. Do you think I immediately got over liking a pony? No, it took time, and in all honesty I still find it hard to believe that I like her the way I do. So if you like Fluttershy like I think you do, then think about this; is she really so different than a normal human girl?”

“Well she is still a pony”

“Thank you captain obvious” Matthias stated as he began walking down the stairs leaving Matthew all alone at the top to contemplate what he had just said.

“He’s right you know” a voice came from the hallway.

Matthew turned immediately to see a familiar orange pony leaning against the wall, a cowboy hat atop her head, and a grin on her face; Applejack.

“How long were you listening?” Matthew asked.

“Long enough” she stated walking up and standing beside Matthew. “So ya’ll have a crush on Fluttershy, I don’t see why you should be frettin’ about it. I mean look at Matthias, he seems just fine with the whole thing”

“And what about you, what do you think about Matthias and Rainbow?”

“I reckon if the two of them are happy, then who am I t’ judge” she answered almost immediately. “The same goes for you big guy, if I were you, I’d at least talk to her, get yer feeling’s out there and what not”

Matthew nodded slightly. “If only it were that easy” he sighed.

“What are ya, shy?” she asked giving him a playful jab on his leg.

Matthew could only nod; the truth had just hit him as if it were a ton of bricks.

Applejack was taken aback for a moment gazing at him with surprised eyes. Suddenly her mood changed, an understanding smile made its way onto her face.

“Listen sugar cube. You feel pretty down right now don’t ya?”

Again, Matthew nodded refusing to meet her gaze as he sat down on the top step.

“Well th’ only way you’re gonna get to feelin any better is by getting this off your chest, and at least getting your feelings out there for her. Trust me; Fluttershy is the last pony who’d break your heart”

Matthew turned to meet Applejacks gaze, she still smiled which helped calm him down immensely. “Thanks Applejack, I needed that”

She nodded giving him a reassuring pat on the shoulder before walking down the stairs to join the others who were gathering in the kitchen. Letting out one last sigh he stood up, finding new purpose to his step. It was decided, he was going to tell Fluttershy how he felt… he hoped.