Aborted Romance

Twilight Sparkle coughed a little as smoke poured out of the now opened oven. She grabbed the nearby oven mitts and took out the tray, just as she heard a knock on the door.

“Come in!” she called, grabbing two plates from her cupboard.

Moondancer dropped her bag near the door and looked ahead. “What’s...what’s this for?”

“Well, I wanted to bake something for you, and decided to make cookies. I, uh, don’t know if they’re perfect, but—”

“They’re fine, really,” Moondancer said with a smile.

Twilight smiled back. “Great.” She continued placing the cookies on the plates, and then sat down with Moondancer at the kitchen table, the two of them eating (mainly) in silence.

“Okay, I hate to admit it, but silence kills me,” Moondancer said, pulling out her phone. She placed it in the middle of the table and turned on her music.

“Uh, okay,” Twilight said, scratching the back of her neck.

“Is something wrong?” Moondancer asked.

“I guess I just feel like I should be the one, um, making sure you don’t feel that way…” Twilight said, knotting her fingers together.

“It’s fine. Really. I don’t expect everything from you, Twilight, so you shouldn’t expect everything from yourself either. You’re fine just the way you are,” Moondancer said.

“Really?” Twilight said, looking up hopefully.

Moondancer smiled. “Come here,” she said, standing up. Twilight did the same, walking up to her.

Moondancer kissed her on the forehead, a small blush forming on Twilight’s cheeks. “See? You don’t need to change. I still love the Twilight infront of me.”

Twilight smiled a little and looked down. “T-Thanks....”

Moondancer grinned a little, before listening to the music. “Oh, this is a great song!” she said, holding out her hand. “Want to dance?”

“Oh, uh, I’ve never really…” Twilight stopped when Moondancer shushed her.

“It’s easy, I’ll show you,” she said, leading Twilight to an open area. Moondancer placed a hand on her waist, then guided Twilight’s hand to her shoulder.

“Okay, one step forward, two steps back, one step forward, two steps back...see, now you have it!” Moondancer said.

“These steps seem rather basic. What is the point of them?” Twilight asked.

Moondancer chuckled. “You’re too cute. But...I suppose it’s us, moving together in time. If the moves were too complicated, you wouldn’t be able to do that very easily.”

“...Huh, that’s true,” Twilight said, giggling a little as she was spun around on the spot.

“See? This is fun,” Moondancer said, staring into her eyes as they danced.

Twilight blushed, and the two carried on until the song ended. “W-Well, thank you for that...it was fun, yes. Little bit embarrassing, but I suppose it’s okay with just me and you…”

“That is, until our wedding day,” Moondancer said.

Twilight jumped. “Y-You’re thinking about that already?” she squeaked.

“Haha, just teasing,” Moondancer said, ruffling up her hair.