October 25th 2016

"Emotion"

Rainbow Dash and Samneo were taking a casual stroll. Well Samneo had suggested such idea and Rainbow agreed. She would glance at him from time to time, asking questions like: "Where are you from?" or "What do you like to do?". Neo was a rather mysterious figure in her opinion.

He was mostly mute, though he was very vocal in the past. In the months that they've known each other, he was being rather possessive over her. He would glare at any stallion that she met, and these stallions were scared of him, acting like he was going to snipe them with his aqua breath. Yes, he stalked her sometimes, but would back off when she noticed. That had been the one thing that kept bothering her in the recent days she's been with him. He was mostly a depressed figure, though when around others, he had a strange behavior pattern, acting shy, comedic, and such.

Her friends kept telling her of him doing this and that. When she heard one story after the other, they were completely different stories, but shared some relation. Leading her to theorize that Sam had multiple personalities.

The two decided to have lunch and dessert that day. After all it was a nice, sunny day. The two went to Sugar Cube Corner to get a cake for dessert. Once there, they asked for a cake, and such, Mrs. Cake asked what the cake's flavor be.

"We'll take Chocolate." Rainbow said. Sam asked about Strawberry. "What!? I don't like Strawberry!"

"Uugh..."

The two sat down to wait for their cake. Sure enough, the cake came. Mrs. Cake was acting herself at this moment, that's when she took a look at the two.

"You two look like you would make a good couple." This took Rainbow Dash off guard, this was so unlike of her to say such. Samneo was also baffled at such words. Sam chuckled silently.

"Uh, Yes! We do look like we would make a good couple..." Neo said nervously. Rainbow Dash glared at him, sneering at his words. Sam gasped, before ducking his head and covering his face, he peeked through his fingers. "D-don't hurt me!"

Rainbow had to admit, he was actually pretty cute with this reaction of his. Mrs. Cake gasped at Rainbow's reaction as well, but didn't react the same as Neo. Rainbow apologized for scaring him.

The two left the place, and went to the eatery, looking for the main course, a.k.a. lunch. They then placed in their orders.

"I'll have a Cloverwich, and some fries." Rainbow ordered. Samneo was scrolling through the menu with his vision.

"I'll hav-v-v-ve.. a Hayburger." He ordered. The two sat down once again, waiting for their order. Sam spoke up slightly.

"I.. Uhm... I kinda just wanna say, I'm surprised that we're doing this." He said, looking around the table that they're sitting at.

"Wait, you've never done this before?"

He shook his head.

"Nope."

Rainbow began thinking of a question, when she thought of the stallions. Soarin, and Zephyr to be precise. Though sure, it's wrong of Sam glaring at Soarin as Soarin was her friend. She did admit, it was rather amusing to see Zephyr shivering and looking like he needed to potty whenever he looked at Samneo, gazing at him from behind a tree.

"Uhm.. Hey Sam?"

"Yes?"

"... Actually never mind, I'll tell you later."

"I understand. In my case, I bail all the time, but not if it's important..." his voice trailed off as the waiter arrived.

"Your food is here." The waiter said, giving the two their food. Rainbow instantly went to town with her fries and Cloverwich. Samneo was about to bite into his burger when he remembered something, he placed the burger down, making Rainbow raise an eyebrow at him.

"What're you doing?" She asked. Sam had lifted the top of the burger, revealing it's hey insides. He placed it back and turned to her.

"Uh, Sorry... It's just, I'm used to having errors in my orders." He said rather nervously. Rainbow knew why he was checking, it happens all the time. If Sam was used to having errors, she couldn't even imagine what went on back at his place.

"That's okay, It happens all the time." She assured. Sam sighed.

"Okay." He bit into his burger, his front teeth digging into the hey. He chewed, but he was chewing nothing. He blinked, he looked at his burger, there was circular holes in the top and bottom, his teeth had sunk into it, but it wasn't enough to munch on it. He tried to eat it again and again, but the same thing happened. Rainbow taking notice of the situation before her, looking in minor confusion.

"Sam? You okay?"

"No... My burger won't stay in my mouth!" He said.

He licked all around inside his mouth, there were a few small pieces of hay stuck, but they were quickly pushed out of his teeth. It was saddening since his middle and back teeth were ones that humans possess, mainly used to grind and chew anything. Rainbow asked why it won't stay in his mouth. He showed her his front row.

"Oh.. W-well..." Rainbow paused, seeing his sharp, reptilian teeth that was his front row. She then witnessed Samneo getting depressed.

"I guess I can't eat."

"Uhm... You can have the cake." She said generously.

Sam looked at her for a few seconds, before he began opening the cake's box. Rainbow immediately began to munch down on her fries rather quickly, having already finished her Cloverwich. Samneo quickly took notice in her rushing, knowing exactly what's gonna come out of such actions. After all, he experienced first hand at what would happen such multiple times.

He cut his first slice. It was a decent sized piece, not too huge but not too small either. He ate one part of the slice. Knowing Samneo, Rainbow rushed her food down, knowing that he can eat that slice in two bites. Sam was getting worried about Rainbow Dash.

"Hey, Rainbow?"

Too late. Rainbow began to cough furiously, choking on her fries. Sam swiftly got out of his chair and pulled her out of her chair. Ponies quickly took notice of the scene unfolding. He held her with her back to his chest, and squeezed her hard. She managed to spit out the fries in three coughs. Even after she caught her breath, he still held her. She looked around, looking at the scene that she made. Neo soon placed her back in her chair, he sat back down in his chair, and resumed eating.

She blinked at what just happened, before she looking at him.

"You... You saved me." She thought. He then cut another slice, he took this new slice and pushed it over to her. She examined the slice before her, before looking back at him. He stared her directly in the eyes.

"If you're so eager to eat it, couldn't you have asked?" He said. Rainbow realized that this was the Samneo that Twilight and Rarity were talking about, being wise and calm. He winked, while having a straight face. He then resumed eating once more. Rainbow Dash looked down at her plate, before looking around her. Everypony else went back to eating, some getting up to leave.

Neo was looking at her with one eye, staring directly up at her while his head was down. He expected a blush to come across her face. After all, wouldn't you? And a blush, he got. Rainbow blushed at herself, she tried to hide her blush, but that only made Sam smile at her actions.

The "couple" left the restaurant with full stomachs. They were taking a stroll once again as they were heading home. Sam wanted to walk her home of course. She was rather embarrassed at the scene she'd made back there. The two remained silent for most of the walk, until they reached the field that was next to her house. Rainbow was about to leave when she remembered something, she decided to find the answer to why he was stalking her, once and for all.

"Why're you stalking me Sam?" She decided to go one thing at a time. Samneo blinked, before he looked over to his right.

"W-well uhm... Because... I want to protect you?" He said.

Rainbow Dash was taken aback by this, surprised by this response.

"And why are you scaring my friends?"

"... I don't really know, I would be lying if I said it's for a good reason, because it's not." He admitted. Rainbow was surprised at this, but now she was wanting to speak reason to his head.

"Look, the reason I'm asking these questions, it's because You don't own me!" Sam felt a wave of unease and fear wash over him. "You can't just stalk me and scare my friends! I can take care of myself!"

Sam took one step back from her snapping.

"I won't be your friend if you just stalk me and be a total spy to the other guys!" She growled. "And If you are in love with me, then I won't love you back because you stalk me everywhere!"

"... I see..." He bowed his head.

"Look, I like you, but you can't be doing that. Remember when you and I were just friends? Before you began doing all that stuff? It's scaring me!"

Samneo remained silent. She was certainly right about every point, but Neo was tempted to release his anger and sadness, every word she said, drew him closer and closer to bursting with his own deep thoughts. He honestly wasn't think straight.

In the Next Chapter:
Rainbow gets a cold, She learns more of his personality.

Author's Note

See you in the next chapter!

I decided to stop giving hints and just thank you for reading the chapter. I'm sorry for being a little lazy with these author's notes, it's just that I really don't have much to say. Hopefully I'll have something to say in the next one.