Culture Shock

A very tired MorsTactica here

I think you guys will like this chapter. A bit short I know, but Real life stuff has been eating up my writing time. Drop a comment, like, dislike, just do something! Above all, enjoy.

"This isn't too bad." Dash mouthed around cereal.

"Right?" Leon nodded and then rinsed out his bowl, sitting back against the sink. Rainbow finished her cereal, and following Leon's lead, rinsed her bowl as well. Leon walked back to his bedroom with Rainbow Dash in tow. He took a seat on his bed, near the pillow. Rainbow dash sat opposite to Leon, and leaned back on the wall.

"So, what are we doing today? Sitting here isn't high on my list." Rainbow said.

"Well... We don't have anything planned. I thought we could go to the Air and Space museum. I could show you how us humans fly."

"Museums aren't really my thing Leon."

"Flying is. C'mon, it'll be fun. There are airplanes, and a lot of other cool stuff. Just trust me." pleaded Leon.

"Oh fine."

Leon got off the bed and grabbed some clothes out of his dresser. "You still need clothes. Maybe we should take care of that first."

"Ya think?" Dash sarcastically asked.
Leon exited the room for a minute, then came back jeans on but shirt in hand.

"Forgot socks. You don't mind do you?" Leon opened a drawer and got a pair of socks, then sat in his computer chair and began to slip them on.

"Leon what is up with your stomach?" inquired Dash, looking at his chest.

"What do you mean? Never seen abs before? Oh, right... Well it's because I'm kinda muscular. MCJROTC and football do that."Leon stood up, looking for his shoes.
"Can I touch them? They look weird." Rainbow stood up and approached Leon. He laughed.

"Sure I guess. They are nothing special, I'm not even that strong." Rainbow nodded and put a hand on his lower chest.

When she touched my chest it was... different. No girl had ever really touched me, except for hugs. I hadn't ever been too interested in the girls at school, and the ordeal with my father put girls in the very back of mind. RD was different though. I hadn't really given it too much thought when I was watching the show. Okay, maybe a few times, but I dismissed it on the grounds that it was, after all, just a show. It's kinda funny, really. I don't know why I did it, but I dropped my shirt in the chair, and I picked her up in a hug. She started to object but didn't seem to mind too much when our lips met. I didn't mind when she went in for a second one either. I think that was about one of the best things that ever happened. Top five, probably.

So I'm just going to start this off by saying it's all on Leon. Anyways, Leon was a pretty cool guy. Treated me like I was made of glass and that got on my nerves. But he was cooler than the stallions in Cloudsdale. I mean hey, I'm Rainbow Dash, the fastest and best flier in all of Equestria and all, but I still want a special somepony to cuddle with when I get home. Back to what I was saying, I went up to Leon and put a hoof-no, hand, on his stomach, it was hard and muscle-feeling. He looked at me weird for a second, then he picked me up in a hug. I was about to tell him to put me down, but Leon cut me off with a kiss. I'm not going to lie, I liked it. So when he stopped, I got another. Leon's face was probably the color of the red in my hair when he put me down. Kinda odd, making a move on a woman like that and then being embarrassed by it. I couldn't help but laugh, and he laughed a bit too. All in all, about one of the coolest things to happen here in America. Top five, probably.

Leon sat Rainbow Dash down, and they laughed. He resumed getting dressed.

"So, anyways, we need to get you some clothes." Leon stated, tying his shoes.

"Yeah. Where do you people get clothes?" Inquired Rainbow Dash, who took a seat on the bed once more.

"Well, a lot of places. I guess we should go to the mall." Leon made a disgusted sound.

"Shopping... How fun." Rainbow unenthusiastically said.

"You need to find something else to wear while we shop today, let's go." Leon stood and exited the room, with Rainbow Dash not too far behind him. RD entered his mother's closet and returned shortly after in a pair of jeans and T-shirt.

"Okay, let's do this. Quickly, I hate shopping nearly as much as I hate... Well, shopping." Leon laughed a bit at the end and they exited, walking through the living room.

"I see you two have fixed whatever was going on." observed a tired looking Ms. Miller, sipping at a mug of coffee over the newspaper.

"Yup, gotta go." Leon said without stopping, walking out to his truck.

"Those kids, I swear..." Ms. Miller trailed off and then returned to her newspaper.

They took the highway to the mall, seeing as the closest one was in the city. The drive to the highway was rather uneventful.

"Hey, this truck can go kinda fast." Rainbow Dash said with mild excitement.

"This is only seventy-five, I can get up to around 145-150 out of her generally." Leon patted the dash of the truck.

"Still doesn't have much on me though."

"Yeah, I know." Leon turned the radio up a bit, leaning back and taking one hand off the wheel.

"So what happened back there Dash?" Leon asked, looking over at RD.

"I dunno Leon, you started it. I thought it was... Nice." Rainbow replied with a blush.

"It was nice. Maybe we could do that more often?..." Leon looked back to the road in time to steer around a minivan doing forty-five in the fast lane.

"Yeah, I guess we could do that Leon. Not anyone else I would want to... Uh, anyways." Rainbow threw in a rather forced sounding laugh at the end.

Leon looked back over at her, then the road. "Are you nervous about this Dash? You, -the- Rainbow Dash, nervous about having a boyfriend." He chuckled a bit.

"I'm not nervous, it's just something new. Never had, or really wanted a special somepony in particular. I'm still pretty shook up about all this..." Rainbow added in.

Leon slipped his arm around her shoulder. "You'll be fine. Don't worry." Rainbow nodded and leaned against Leon, allowing him to embrace her.

"Make sense I guess. When we get to the mall let's try not to stay too long. I generally come here once a year, tops. Place is crazy. Nothing fun either, there's not even a arcade." Leon stressed the last bit as if it were a crime against humanity.

"Arcade?"

"A place where you can play videogames, generally they charge a quarter or two per game, and for a set amount of time or until you die in the game."

Leon pulled the truck into the parking garage, slipping into a spot and killing the engine.

"This is a lot of cars!" Exclaimed Rainbow

"Yeah, it is. Let's go."

And so my horrible romance skills come to a close.