A Lightning Storm: Rebooted

I wrapped a towel around myself as well, same with my mane, I quickly followed Spitfire up to the sleeping quarters, Me Spitfire and Soarin had all gotten the same sleeping quarters, which Spitfire had done on her own.

As soon as I got upstairs I slipped out of the towel, completely forgetting about Soarin,

“Eep!” I shrieked, jumping into my bed,

“That was smart” Spitfire said, looking towards Soarin, who sat with his eyes wide and his jaw agape, “Hey buddy, you good?” she asked, seeing his reaction,

“Uh, yeah” He said, shutting his mouth,

“Sorry Soarin!” I yelped from my bed, hiding under the covers,

“It’s okay” he said, “I mean-“

“Oooo” Spitfire cooed, “Cat got your tongue Soarin?”

“Oh what the hell” Soarin said, “Mirage I need to ask you something”

“Alright” I said,

Spitfire bolted downstairs, bringing up three other mares,

Soarin trotted over to me; I had gotten my night robes on under the covers and gotten up, meeting him face to face,

“What’s up?” I asked, trying to keep my mane out of my face,

“Well… would you… wanna…” he stopped, looking back at Spitfire, who sat there with a stupid look on her face,

“What?” I asked, trying to figure out why she was acting like that,

He looked back at me, “Would you wanna… go to… a gathering or something?” he asked,

Spitfire gave a loud face hoof behind him, nodding her head like she was disappointed, which just confused me more,

“A gathering?” I asked, “What am I a fucking wizard?”

Spitfire busted out laughing and fell to the ground, along with the other mares,

“No, I mean… like a date” he said, scraping his hoof against the floor,

“A date?” I asked, astonished, no pony had ever asked me on a date, didn’t Soarin know that I liked mares and not stallions? “Well, No not really” I said, stopping the laughter,

“Oh…” he said, looking saddened,

“It’s not you though, if I liked stallions I would have said yes… but, I just don’t really like stallions… Sorry” I said, trying to get him to cheer up,

“Wait, you don’t like stallions?” he asked, Spitfire disappeared behind him,

“No, didn’t Spitfire tell you that?” I asked,

“She told me you did now” he said, looking for her behind him, “I’ll be right back” he said, chasing after Spitfire,

“Soarin!” I said, stopping him,

“Yeah?” he asked,

“Still friends?” I asked, smiling,

“Still friends” he said, smiling back,

I just got in bed and waited for their return.

Spitfire:

Oh boy, Soarin was pissed, after a few miles he still wasn’t out of steam,

“What a good joke” I said, trying to catch my breath,

I hadn’t realized it then but Soarin had caught up with me, he tackled me to the ground and pinned me there while I was laughing my ass off,

“Are you fucking kidding me?” He asked, looking right into my eyes, making me laugh harder, “That’s not funny!” he said,

“Then, why am I laughing?” I asked, trying to hold it back for a moment,

“How about I tell her your little secret?” he asked, grinning at me,

I got serious, “You wouldn’t” I said,

“I would” he said, laughing to himself, “Payback Time” he said,

With that, he was gone, ready to tell her my only secret, she couldn’t find out, no matter what.

I was up and moving a split second later, chasing after him, if he told her that, our friendship would be ruined, even if I couldn’t have her as a marefriend, I would still want her as a friend.

I caught up with him outside of headquarters it was near dusk; the sun was only a pink cast of light just over the horizon, the moon was just now starting to shroud the land with darkness,

“Soarin! Stop right now!” I yelled, as if I was some kind of authority,

He didn’t answer, only smirked in my direction,

He got upstairs before me, almost crashing into the walls as he tried to fly up the stairs,

“Oh Miaaaa” he cooed, trying to get her attention,

“Mia! Don’t listen to him!” I yelled from the bottom of the stairs,

“What?” She asked Soarin,

“Spitfire-“

He was cut off by me crashing into him, sending him into a nearby wall,

“He’s lying!” I yelped, seeing him get up,

He pushed me back as well,

“She likes-“

Cut off again,

“STOP!” Mirage yelled, standing up on her bed, “Soarin stay where you are, Spitfire come here”

We did as she said, she hadn’t ever yelled,

“Now, Soarin what do you have to say?” She asked, holding one of my wings so I didn’t move,

“Spitfire likes you” He said,

“What?” Mirage asked, a look of shock spreading across her face,

“Wait!” I yelped,

“She makes me tell my secret, I tell hers” Soarin said,

I bowed my head, so much for friendship.

“Spitfire?” Mirage asked, putting her hoof against my chin, making our eyes meet, tears were in mine, where her eyes just had confusion and worry,

“I’m sorry” I said, a tear rolling down my cheek,

“Why?” She asked, hopping off of her bed,

“Because, we’re just friends, you wouldn’t want anything more than that” I said, “I always liked you, but I know you wouldn’t ever like me the same way”

“Spitfire” Mirage said, looking towards the ground, then back to me, “Have you ever heard of the friend zone?”

“Yes…” I said, knowing that was what she wanted,

“Well I’ve been in it ever since I met you” She said, hugging me,

Soarin’s jaw dropped audibly, I don’t think he expected that, well, honestly, neither did I,

“Really?” I asked, pulling away from her,

“Really” she said, nuzzling my neck,

The night the followed was quite eventful, Soarin went to bed angrily, we stayed up half of the night, trying to figure out what we would do in this newly found relationship, we had a scroll, a inkwell and a quill, writing down what we liked to do,

“I’ve never even been in a relationship” Mirage admitted,

“I’ve been with a few stallions before, but never a mare” I admitted, looking towards her,

“I don’t want to hear about any of them, ever.” Mirage said, looking serious,

We sat there for a few more minutes, never writing anything down,

“Damn, this is hard” I said, breaking the silence,

“I said I didn’t want to hear about them” Mirage said,

“I meant what to write down” I said, grinning from her vulgar mind,

“Oh” She said, blushing,

“What do you like to do?” I asked,

“I dunno, snuggle?” she said,

“Snuggle?” I asked, raising an eyebrow,

“Yes” She said, blushing again,

I wrote it down; at least it was something,

“How about flying?” she asked, her face brightening up,

“Yeah!” I agreed, writing it down as well,

“So far we have snuggling and flying” I said, looking at the scroll,

“You wanna try the first one?” Mirage asked, moving closer to me,

“Fine” I said, rolling my eyes,

We both hopped into her bed and huddled together, it was awkward at first, trying to find a position that was comfortable for both of us, but, eventually we got settled in, her head under my chin, my front legs wrapped around her back, holding her close, her front legs just above my haunches, our bottom legs inside and outside of each other’s, I was slightly taller than her, so she was better in the position she was in, her mane smelled a bit like caramel, but it wasn’t the soap she had used, if she did ever use soap, which I hadn’t seen her do earlier, it was her natural smell.

“You smell like caramel” I said,

“Again, I don’t want to hear about your relationships” She said,

I held back a laugh, “I meant like the candy” I said,

“Oh” she said, inhaling through her nose, “You smell like honey”

“That’s what Caramel said” I joked,

I felt one of her hooves leave my lower back and connect with my stomach, knocking the wind out of me,

“He was right”