The whole gang sat in their own chairs in Ryan's kitchen. Chrysalis, still disguised as her Autumn Breeze persona, sat at the head of the table while Rapid Manes and Ryan sat opposite of each other. The silence that filled the small area was near cancerous as the human eyed the now clothed pony sitting on the other side of his table.

Rapid, who was now identified to be a he rather than a she, averted his gaze from Ryan, his thumbs twirled around each other nervously as he did his best to keep his composure.

Ryan had one arm resting on the table in front of him, using it to prop his head up and keep it from slamming down onto the wooden structure repeatedly

Chrysalis, however, was just biding her time, waiting for the fireworks to finally start up. She knew the whole time that there was something off about her friend's little date. She could literally smell it; being a changeling allowed her to have this advantage.

Unable to handle the silence anymore, Ryan lifted his hand from his head and allowed his arm to rest against the table. "So, you're a stallion..."

Rapid flinched as he spoke, expecting him to turn hostile at any moment. It wasn't his fault that he was now paranoid of this occurrence, he woke up to the human in front of him strangling his penis and screaming in his face. Fearful or not though, he responded with a soft and quiet, "Yes..."

Ryan nodded, already feeling a certain level of anger trying to claw its way out of him again. "And you didn't tell me this; why?"

Doing his best to remain strong, Rapid turned his head to face Ryan. "I-I saw you ogling me all night...I didn't think it would be a big deal."

"It kind of is!" Ryan snapped, leaning slightly over the table.

"I don't see why." Rapid went on to say, his tone still sounding more fearful than anything else. "I mean, you weren't complaining when you were rutting me."

"I thought you were a mare!"

"But didn't you enjoy yourself?"

"He did." Chrysalis responded for him, causing the human to glare angrily at her. "Trust me, I know."

"Then why should it matter if I'm a stallion?" Rapid continued, doing his best to diffuse the situation by using what seemed most logical to him. "You're clearly attracted to me, that much I know for sure. So why are you making it out to be so bad?"

"I'm not gay!" Was all Ryan could think of to say. With all of the points being made, this was all he could come up with. Rapid was right about him being attracted to her-er-him, but it doesn't change the fact that he just wasn't into guys...But at the same time, he went at Rapid like a wild animal in heat.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL ANYMORE!!!

Having finally given up on life, Ryan let his head fall to the table. There was a loud smack that caused the nearby ponies to wince in pain for him as his face collided with the hardwood. A soft grumbling was all they heard from him after that.

There was a knocking at the front door that took their attention off of the collapsed human, who also had a reaction of his own at the interruption. "God dammit! Can I not have just five minutes to myself anymore!?" Ryan rose out of his seat and stomped his way over to the door, nearly breaking off the handle as he yanked it open. "I don't want your fucking..." His words trailed off as he locked eyes with the rainbow haired bitch that had been harassing him for a time now. The level of anger from early nearly tripled the moment he caught sight of her, causing his face to turn a deep red. "Make one move and I swear I will-"

"I'm not here to fight." Rainbow interrupted, a look of guilt spread widely across her features.

Ryan got the sudden feeling that something was off. It wasn't like her to just show up and not hit him the moment he stepped out. He then started to feel as though this would become a private affair. He turned his head back to the kitchen, spotting the ponies that were now watching him with curious eyes. "Bedroom, now." Both of them opened their mouths to speak, but he wasn't having it. "Do not make me have to come over there and stab you!" Their mouths closed as they glanced at one another, quickly rising from their seats and scurrying into the human's bedroom. "Shut the goddamn door!" He yelled after them, prompting the two to grab the handle and slam his door shut.

Rainbow Dash tried to peak over at who he was talking to, but didn't get the chance once they started moving. Before Ryan could turn his head back and catch her being nosy, she jerked back to her previous position with a nervous look about her.

Stepping to the side, he allowed the pegasus mare into his home. She took slow, cautious steps as she entered, letting her eyes travel all over the familiar looking house. It hadn't changed much since she was last over. In fact, everything was pretty much exactly where she remembered.

No matter what anypony said about him, Ryan was a fairly clean and organized person. Everything has its place and everything is in its place. But, she knew that the only reason he did things that way was because, if he moved anything, he would forget where he put it.

"Where the fuck is the couch?" Ryan asked as he stood in the freshly cleaned living room, his head jerking every which direction in an attempt to find the missing piece of furniture.

Rainbow peaked her head out of the bathroom, pulling a red toothbrush out of her mouth. "It's outside, super genius."

"Why the hell is it outside!?" He asked angrily, causing Rainbow to growl in response.

"You put it out there so you could mop." She responded.

A look of realization worked its way across his face. "Oh yeah..." He said with a dopey smile. His head turned toward Rainbow, intending to thank her. However, that thought stopped when he noticed something a bit peculiar. "Are you using my toothbrush?"

Rainbow Dash hummed in response, confirming that she was indeed using his toothbrush.

"...dick..."

Rainbow couldn't help but to smile some at the old memory. It had been so long since they've had a normal interaction like that. She missed it immensely, but could never bring herself to forgive his mistake. Shrugging off her thoughts, she made her way into the living room and took a seat on his couch.

Ryan followed her, but chose to stand beside her rather than sit. His eyes locked onto her form, trying to find any sign of her getting ready to pounce. While he may be cautious of her, he was more curious as to why she showed up. "You gonna tell me what you're doing here, or what?"

Dash was hesitant to answer, her pride being on the line just for coming over to Ryan's house. "I-I wanted...I want to..." Trying to get the words out was harder than she thought. It was easier to say she was going to do this compared to actually doing. She closed her eyes and swallowed, this time determined to say what she needed. "I want to apologize..."

Uhhh...UHHH...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! *Explode*

Ryan stood in place, his eyes locked onto her as he tried to formulate a thought that didn't consist of one hundred percent gibberish or static. The buzzing in his mind did little to help him as well while he continued to look like a statue.

Rainbow Dash was suffering from a number of nervous ticks, her primary one being the rubbing of one her hands across her bicep. "I know that things between us have been rough after-" She paused, wincing a bit at the memory of their 'Break Up'. "That day...I just wanted to say that I was sorry...for everything..." Her head angled itself upward, allowing her to see the petrified human looking down at her with wide eyes. "Aren't you gonna say something?"

*Static*

"Uhhh..." Was all he managed to get out at this point in time.

*Static Continues*

He placed both of his palms to his head, becoming slightly annoyed with his own lack of thoughts. He removed one of his hands, curling it into a fist before delivering a rather painful looking punch to the side of his own head. His neck naturally twisted from the impact, causing him to look away from Rainbow Dash.

Ow! What the hell was that for, you fuck-Oh...right

With mostly everything working the way it should, only one thought bothered to cross his mind. Moving into a more relaxed looking stance, Ryan realigned his vision onto the colorful mare on his couch. "...Why?"

"Why, what?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders.

He paused, his expression turning a bit sour. "Why now; After all of this fucking time, why wait to come here and say anything until right now?"

Rainbow's expression remained weak, her eyes sealing shut for a brief moment as she appeared to be trying to hold back tears. "I don't want to lose you." She said, staring up at him with pleading eyes as she sniffled. "I-I know we f-fight all the time, but...After what you said at the party, I couldn't..." This was all she could get out before burying her hands into her palms and sobbing to herself.

For the first time ever, Ryan watched Rainbow completely fall apart in front of him. Their separation lead to nothing but conflict and he grew to hate her more and more each day, but this was just painful to watch. The headstrong tomboy he once knew was gone, leaving a weeping mess on his couch...

Son of a BITCH!!!

Ryan growled angrily at himself. It were almost as if these ponies were learning his weakness and intentionally using it against him. Nevertheless, his body pretty much auto piloted him to the couch. His body fell into the plush surface, letting his rear sink into the cushions.

Before Rainbow Dash could break away from her breakdown to see him, Ryan's arm snaked its way onto her shoulder and forced her head into his chest. She didn't move, she didn't speak. The only sign that she was even still alive was the occasional sniff she would involuntarily make.

Keeping the silence at its current level, Ryan didn't let his mouth open for anything. He merely held her in place with one arm as the other worked its way to her head and started scratching behind one of her long blue ears. Eventually, he felt Rainbow Dash's arms wrap around his waist as she tried to burrow herself deeper into him.

"Awww!" Chrysalis and Rapid cooed in the background.

A pair of growls could be heard as Rainbow's arm shot off of Ryan and grabbed a glass ashtray from the coffee table in front of them, not taking her head off of his chest. Just as she went to throw it, his furless arm reached out, grabbed it from her hand, then proceeded to launch the projectile at the voice's source.

The two yelped, quickly closing the bedroom door to avoid getting hit. The solid glass hit the wooden structure with a loud bang, pretty much signalling that bad things would come their way with they didn't knock off their bullshit.

Ryan returned to patting Rainbow's mane while he stared off into the distance, her responding in kind by replacing her free arm back around his waist.

They sat in silence (ain't that a recurring theme), just trying to figure out where to go from here. As far as Rainbow Dash was concerned, all would be forgiven in time. Knowing him as well as she did, she could easily tell right off the bat that if he did forgive her it would take him a some time to warm up to her again.

While he stared off at nothing in particular, Ryan couldn't help but think back on all of the times he and Dash had hung out before all of the drama started. When she wasn't going on about her dreams and ambitions, they were stuck in a constant dick fighting competition that never seemed to end. It wasn't bad by any means. In fact, he enjoyed it immensely. Being able to yell and bitch at someone then laugh about it with them later was something he really enjoyed in a friendship, and his relationships. Rainbow Dash was one of the few females he had met in his life who he could throw a punch at and she would respond by beating the absolute hell out of him.

Now if she were ginger and had bigger tits then he probably would have proposed to her, but commitment was nothing short of a war that he couldn't seem to win. He wasn't sure where things between him and Rainbow would go from this this point, but he hopped that maybe he'd be able to walk through town now without having to hide from every cloud he saw.

Rainbow Dash was a volcano ready to erupt if shaken wrong. She had a constant urge to be bigger and better than anypony that came across her. She was loyal to her core, as dangerous as she is stunning, and had a temper that could melt the polar ice caps. All of these and more is what caused him to like her so much. Maybe, now that the air was relatively clear, things would start looking up...

I still want to hit her

Author's Note

Sorry about this chapter being so short, my brain aint working as well as it normally does...which, honestly, isn't that good XP

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