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After Rara had ran off, Rarity was trying so hard to not get distracted by how pretty Pinkie looked, but it was too late as Pinkie was a very cute mare and Rarity was lost in those innocent blue eyes. Rarity still couldn't believe how naive Pinkie can be, but she learned to just deal with it as she knew that Pinkie was just very obviously innocent. Rarity sighed as she knew that they had to talk about their feelings for each other, but she didn't know how to approach the topic. She didn't want to hurt Pinkie's feelings simply because of her words and Rarity knew that she can come off as rude sometimes, but she didn't want Pinkie to believe that she was rude, even though Pinkie knows how Rarity is. "Why did Rara run back to her manager?" Applejack could only ask that one question and while Rarity didn't want to shout at Applejack, her patience was running thin.

"She wanted to check up on her newly released single." Rarity answered Applejack. Rarity couldn't move as Pinkie Pie was still hugging and holding onto her, but she didn't mind as she held Pinkie closer to her. Applejack watched the two and she smirked at both Rarity and Pinkie. Those two will be the death of me. Applejack thought as she wanted to just force them to confess to each other, but she knew that Rarity wasn't ready and she already knew that Pinkie wasn't ready either. Neither of them were ready to confess, but Applejack wanted them to be ready. She didn't push the issue, though. She knew that things would happened on their own time.

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Coco was sleeping very peacefully. She haven't had any nightmares ever since she had been entered in the psych ward. Rainheart was able to continue being Coco's therapist and she enjoyed helping out Coco very much. Where Coco went, she didn't follow, but she did want Coco to check in with her every few days to see how she was holding up. While she was grateful for not having any more nightmares, Coco was wary about the fact that she haven't had any nightmares recently. She wondered if she was being too paranoid, but a lot of things had happened for her to not have any new nightmares. Coco wondered if it was because of the change in location. She wasn't in Rarity's house anymore since Rarity had cloth pieces around her house, neatly put away. She wondered if it was because of the fashion designing atmosphere and Coco secretly hoped that she wasn't sick of fashion designing. "Rainheart!" She called out to her therapist.

Rainheart came running to her charge. "What's wrong, Coco? The way you screamed my name made me think the worst." The way she screamed my name sounded like she had done discovered something horrible. She thought. She hoped it wasn't anything too troubling.

"Is it possible for me to fear and get sick of fashion designing?" Coco's simple and innocent question made Rainheart panic very much. This is worse than I've imagined. She thought as she knew that the question was going to come one day; she just didn't know that today was the day. The simple question that should have a simple answer wasn't a simple topic to discuss with Coco at the moment.

"Coco, let me ask you this. What do you think about when you think about fashion designing?" Rainheart asked Coco softly. Coco had to think about it and when she did find the answer, she frowned.

"I think about being beaten when something gets torn. I get roughly handled by Suri for messing up designs. I think about being Suri's slave." Coco answered Rainheart with all of the honesty she could muster up. Rainheart truly wanted to kill Suri Polomare what she had done to Coco, but she knew that nothing won't be done unless Coco wants her to be jailed for the abuse. "I fear the one thing I love to do and it's all her fault." Coco had let it sink in that Suri ruined fashion designing for her. Coco fears fashion designing to the point where making a scarf will probably stress her out. Rainheart hated that Coco feared her passion because her passion is what Coco her, but no, Suri wanted to be a bitch and use Coco in anyway she could. Rainheart hated Suri and she had never even met her.

"Coco, what happened with Suri was not your fault. Suri is the blame. She's the adult. You're just a teenager trying to get by in life. You've suffered enough with Suri." Rainheart tells Coco.

"I know it's not my fault, but there's this lingering feeling that tells me that it is my fault." Coco tells Rainheart. Rainheart knew that she couldn't truly help Coco unless she gained an entirely new friend that is willing to listen to her. Rainheart then got an idea. It wasn't perfect, but it was perfect for little Coco.

"Hey, Coco, have you made any new friends recently?" She asked. Coco thought about and she realized that she had only been with Rarity before she entered herself in the psych ward. Huh, I need to get out more. She thought.

"I need to get out more but to answer your question, no. I haven't made any new friends recently." Coco admitted to Rainheart with an embarrassed blush rising to her cheeks. Her look of embarrassment made Rainheart grin at how childish Coco can be.

"Maybe, making a new friend can help." Rainheart gently suggested to Coco. Coco entertained the thought of making new friends.

"Really?" She asked.

"Really really." Rainheart answered her with a wide smile on her face. A new friend won't make the PTSD go away, but it can help with her low self-esteem. She thought as she was glad that she was able to, at least, give Coco advice. She hated not being able to actually help her out, but she knew how things worked in people's minds and Coco is still a child with a mature up-bringing because of Suri.