A Dragon's Confession

“R-Rarity?”, Spike said in shock.

“Spike? What is it, darling?” she said, as she buttoned her dress up.

Spike couldn’t believe what he witnessed. He was all ready to confess his love for Rarity, and what door he opened up was a door to disbelief. He had no idea how to react, nor did he make out any suggestion of what to do. Then he saw Courtly Aristo come out of the shadows. His bowtie was around his neck, but it was untied. His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing his flat, well-toned stomach. His pants were half-dropped, but were pulled back up in the process of him appearing.

“H-how… or… w-what…? Rarity… what is going on?” he asked.

“Well Spike, I was planning on telling you all this, along with everypony else, but me and Aristo were planning on getting back together, along with a little…”, she said she turned her head back and giggled.

“What she means is that we’re gonna give our relationship another go. I’ve been busy for so long that I haven’t been able to talk to anypony much. Surely you, of all your species, would understand this, right?”, he said as he put his hand on Spike’s shoulder.

“I wanted to tell you something. So please, just listen to…”, he said before being interrupted by Rarity.

“Spike, I know what you’re gonna say, but what you want isn’t going to work out. I appreciate you for what you do at the Boutique, what you do for me, Twilight, and everypony else, but that’s all you’ll ever be to me. A friend. I don’t want to hurt you, but this is the way things are. Do you understand, Spikey-wikey?”, she said as she put her hand on his cheek.

Upset and distraught at what she just said, he swat her hand away, and he turned away. Before he left, he took one last, sad look at Rarity, then he gave a grim, angry look at Courtly Aristo, who in turn, gave him a smug grin. Having had enough of him, he walks over to him and punches him really hard in the nose. He proceed to punch him in the face even more after that. Then Rarity pulled him away from doing any further harm to Aristo.

"Spike! What in the name of Celestia did you do that for?!" Rarity shouted as she slapped him across the face.

"What?! Am I just too good for you to be with more than any of these snotty rich-ponies are!?" Spike shouted as he felt his voice starting to break.

Courtly Aristo got up and he was really angry, yet didn't attack. Spike didn't do anything either, but he felt the tears beginning to emerge from his eyes.

"Spike..." Rarity said, trying to speak to him.

He proceeded to run away. Rarity tried to stop him, but to no avail.

"Let's go Rarity! This place has become too sour for the both of us." Aristo shouted.

Rarity didn't reply and just kept looking in the distance. As Spike kept running, he remembered all the times that he was with Rarity. He remembered the times that he helped with her fabrics, the times that helped her organize her fashion trends, and the one time that she gave him a kiss on the cheek. Remembering it all became too much for Spike, as tears were starting to sneaking out of his eyes and when he was covering his mouth to block out the sobbing. As Spike rushed into the Grand Galloping Gala, he began pushing everypony aside as he ran towards the hallway, including his friends. Twilight, observing this from afar, shouted,

“Spike!”

Her shout fell on deaf ears.

“I’ll be back, Princess Celestia.” she said as she teleported.

As Spike was running, Twilight appeared right in front of him. He stopped the moment he saw her.

“Spike? What’s the matter? Why are you...” she said, concerned.

Just then, she remembered him telling her that he was gonna give his confession to Rarity.

“Oh, Spike…” she said as she put her hand on his cheek.

“Don’t touch me…”

“Spike?”

“What? You were right, weren’t you?”

Just then, Twilight’s friends, minus Rarity, appeared. They appeared in their formal attire, and they all looked concerned for Spike.

“Spike? Are you alright?” Starlight asked.

“I’m fine, Starlight.” he said, lying to her.

“Are you sure? Because you look like you’re-” Rainbow Dash said before being elbowed both by Applejack and Pinkie Pie.

Celestia was then hiding behind one of the pillars, overhearing their conversation.

“Come on Spike. You can tell us anything.” Fluttershy said, trying to comfort Spike.

“Yeah Spike! You can count on us!” Pinkie Pie said, cheerfully.

“You wouldn’t understand…” Spike answered.

Both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie backed away after hearing what he just said.

“Spike. I don’t mean to be a stick in the mud any further, but you shouldn’t talk to Fluttershy and Pinkie like-” Applejack said before suddenly being interrupted by Spike.

“SHUT UP APPLEJACK!!! JUST SHUT UP!!!” he shouted as he turned towards them in anger.

They all jumped back from what he just said.

“Spike, listen. I may not understand it myself, but if you just talk to me, then maybe we-”, Twilight said, before being interrupted by Spike.

“Okay then, O Princess of Friendship. Enlighten me. What does it feel like to be humiliated?! What does it feel like to be rejected?! What does it feel like to be hurt by the ONE pony that you loved?!” he shouted, with tears in his eyes.

Twilight and everypony else put their heads down in shame after hearing Spike’s rant. Feeling broken and embarrassed, he just walks around Twilight and dashes towards his room. Celestia then comes out of the shadows, finally understanding why Spike is acting the way he is now. Twilight then sees her and says,

“My apologies Celestia. I’ll go to him and-.” she said, before being interrupted by Celestia.

“No. I will go. Just stay here and keep the Gala going.” she said as she teleported away.

As she teleported away, Rarity appeared.

“Girls? Where did Spike go?” she asked.

They said nothing as they walked back to the Gala, minus Starlight who just simply teleported back. At least not before glaring at her as they left.

“You have a lot to think about.” Twilight said with anger and disappointment in her voice as she teleported away back to the Gala.

Rarity, feeling deep regret, followed Spike after he ran away. She genuinely didn’t want to hurt him, but she had no idea how to explain her true feelings toward him. She looked out the window, wondering if she did the right thing. Meanwhile, Celestia was walking around looking for Spike’s room. She had a hard time remembering which room it was, but then she heard crying. She quietly opened the door, to which she saw Spike, wailing like a little colt when he lost his teddy bear for the first time. He was holding a pillow to his face, trying to suppress the noise. Celestia walked slowly his room, then she crawled on his bed, and she wrapped her arms around him in a loving manner. Spike, thinking that it was Rarity, took the pillow off his face, turned around and saw that it was actually Celestia. He tries to break out of her grip.

“LET ME GO!!! I JUST WANNA BE ALONE RIGHT NOW!!! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!” he screamed as he tried pushing her away.

But she wouldn’t let go. She never had the time to speak to Spike in such a long while, so instead of listening to his demand, she says,

“Do you remember when you were still a baby dragon?”

Spike was then confused by what she just said as he struggled.

“Whenever you were bullied or picked on, you would often come crying into my bosom. You would never stop crying, and I wouldn’t let you go, until you talked to me. Please, tell me what happened.”, she said, as she held Spike in her chest.

Having calmed down a bit, he said,

“When I was getting ready for the trip to Canterlot, I had a thought about Rarity.” he said in his shaky voice.

“I’m listening.” Celestia said, softly.

“Since the Gala was coming, I had an idea on how I was gonna confess to Rarity. I thought about doing it front of my friends. I wanted to…”, he said before cutting himself off.

“What is it?” Celestia said, worriedly.

“Then HE appeared…”, he said, beginning to feel upset.

“Who?”, she asked.

“This jerk named Aristo Arms, or whatever the hell his frigging name is…” he answered.

“You mean the model I keep hearing about? And what happened to your hands? And your face...” she asked as she grabbed and looked at his hand along with his face.

“I punched him… and I got slapped by Rarity.” he replied.

Celestia was shocked, but withheld it to keep listening to him.

“I was planning on confessing to her with my friends watching, but then he… but then he…” Spike said with his voice beginning to shake again.

“What did he do?”, she asked, leaning even more closer to Spike.

“He…”

Spike felt more sad when he remembered and began crying, even harder than before. He covered his face to hide the embarrassment he was feeling from being watched by Celestia, but feeling more sad for him, she hugged him tighter, along with wrapping her wings around him.

“I should’ve confessed to her sooner. If I’d have…” Spike said, in his sobbing voice.

“Shhhh. It’s okay. Cry as long as you need. I’m here now.” she said, cooing and whispering.

“I’m such an idiot, thinking that Rarity would go for a guy like me! I’d have a better chance at dating Sweetie Bell…” he said, still crying and blubbering.

“Everything’s gonna be okay. I’m not going anywhere...” she said, still snuggling him as he cried.