Love is Amazing....ly terrifying!!!

"Are you serious?"

I jumped nearly out of my fur and had to fight to keep my voice quiet at the unexpected voice. "Rainbow!"

"Fire, you are one strange pony." Rainbow leaned against the wall next to her, her voice low. "Its the middle of the night! Why in the name of Celestia are you HERE?!"

I turned impossibly red in the light of Luna's full moon, gulping as I looked through the partially curtained, half open window of Summer's bedroom.

"Uhhhh....I....can explain?"

Rainbow snorted loudly, only to glance worriedly through the window herself to be sure she hadn't been too loud.

"Ok so? You're here why?"

"I could ask you the some question!" I returned.

"Meh. Couldn't sleep. Took a little flight. Now, you?"

"...Uh...I mean..." I probably looked distinctly uncomfortable as I rubbed my neck. "I...I come here alot of nights actually."

Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "Fireblaze, she's gonna start thinking you're stalking her."

"Wha...no! I'm not! I swear!" My voice got really loud as I struggled to convince her of that.

"Wh...what's going on out there?" Summer yawned, poking her head out the window. Apparently the yell had awakened her. Her eyes widened. "Fireblaze! Rainbow! What...?!"

I paled, then turned red, and then stammered out, "S..Summer! H-hi! Uhm....I...I...uh...this...I can explain this..."

"Tell me later." Rainbow backed up. "Night you two!" And she was gone.

Summer looked at me, eyebrow raising expectantly. "Well?"

Oh dear.

I took a very deep breath...then eeped and made an attempt to fly off. Unfortunately for me, Summer threw the window up all the way and shot out of it, tackling me.

"Gahhh! Noooo! Let me go!" I struggled but not very much.

"No you don't, missy." Summer picked me up and tossed me easily into the house through the window, then followed. "I want to know why you're outside my bedroom window in the middle of the night."

"Its...I...n...no reason! I mean well, it is, but...." I stammered and stuttered, trying to come up with a decent response as I backed up away from her.

"Fireblaze..." She gave me a look that said she didn't buy it. "Don't make me drag it out of you."

"I mean..."

I hesitated, and then bolted for the door like a scared rabbit, making it out into the hallway before Summer caught up and tackled me. I let out a yelp as I went down on the floor with her on top of me, easily pinning me down.

"Gahhh! Oh come on, no fair! Let go!" I squirmed and fought back, though I wasn't putting alot of effort into it.

"Nope." She said calmly. "Now come on, miss. Tell me everything or else I will tickle it out of you."

"Wha...you wouldn't!" I sputtered.

"You really want to test that?" She grinned down at me.

I hesitated again, and then went limp under her with a groan, knowing she would do it.

"Ok ok. Fine I'll tell you."

She let me up and led me to the living room, where we sat on the couch. I rubbed my muzzle with a hoof nervously as she adjusted so she was looking right at me, giving me her full attention.

"Heh. Um...ok well, first of all tonight isn't really the first night I've been here that way." I admitted, feeling my face growing hot.

"Wait, what?? You mean, you've done this before?!"

"Mhm." I nodded slightly, gulping.

"Huh. Ok so, why?"

"I...this is gonna sound so weird though." I muttered.

"Come on, Fireblaze. Tell me."

"Gah...ok. Well, um, I come over here most nights to uh...well I mean I come stand outside your window that way and um..." I hesitated, then gulped again. "I....I may or may not tell you things while you're sleeping that I'm scared to say when you're awake."

Her eyes went wide, and I eeped, grabbing for the quilt she always had on the couch and dragging it over me in an attempt to hide. "I told you it was gonna sound weird!!"

I heard a soft chuckle, then felt her weight as she leaned over me, nearly laying on me, and then the quilt was pulled off of me. I looked up into her eyes as she gazed back, a slight blush on her face.

"What kind of things?" She asked softly, and with curiosity in her voice. "Will you tell me now?"

I blinked up at her. "B-but...I say them when you're sleeping because...i mean...otherwise you would hear it and well..."

"Oh, Fireblaze, you silly mare." She booped me. "Deep down you want me to hear you. Otherwise you wouldn't say them at all. So? Here I am, wide awake, and you don't have to be scared to tell me."

I sighed. "Dang it. H-how do you know these things?"

"Because I know you."

I took a breath. "Ok. Fine. I come over here and I look in through your window and watch you sleep for a minute because, I mean, you're cute. And then I will uh...I will tell you I love you, and um, that you're amazing, and then I tell you everything that I love about you."

"Mhmm. Like what?" She was blushing a bit harder now.

"Uh...well...your smile. The way you laugh. The way your eyes sparkle when you're happy." I took a breath, steadily gaining confidence the more I spoke. "And I love how you can just look at me and I melt. And how you say my name with that sweet voice of yours, and my heart just goes crazy. I love how you blush when I compliment you, and the way you try denying how cute you are when I tell you that you are."

I paused, and grinned as she looked at me with her blush deepening as I told her these things. She looked so adorable and in that moment I wanted to do something else. Something to try and express what all the words at my command could not.

I leaned my head up and kissed her, causing her to eep adorably in surprise, though she didn't pull away. She seemed content to just let me kiss her, even leaning on me further and returning it. When I finally stopped and gently pulled loose from her lips, she whined quietly in what could only be described as disappointment.

I chuckled and playfully booped her.

"Cute."

"What? No I'm not!" Summer turned an even deeper shade of red.

"Oh yes you are. Don't even try denying it." I said firmly. "You are cute and that's final."

"Ok fine." She hid her head against my chest.

I giggled and pushed her up before sitting up straight as well, and she smiled at me as she fidgeted with part of the quilt.

"So...anything else that you say?" She asked.

"Uh...i mean...no. But..." My face was so hot and I knew I was really red. Should I even finish that sentence?

"What? What is it? Come on, Fireblaze, don't be scared. Tell me."

"But...but you'll think I'm really weird." I mumbled.

"You aren't weird. Now what is it?" She watched me intently.

"I mean I...well...I may have um...I might have actually uh climbed in your window a couple times and umm...kissed you, and well, yeah." I shut my eyes and waited for her reaction. A second later, I was being hugged tightly.

"You're not weird. And how did you not wake me up?" She sounded amazed by that.

"I guess because you sleep soundly?" I offered lamely.

She giggled and nuzzled me. "You aren't scared to kiss me when I'm awake though. So why do it while I'm asleep?"

"I mean...I kissed you those times because uh, well, it was right after I said I love you both times and it just felt right. I know, I'm weird, crawling in your room in the middle of the night just for that. I mean..."

"You're not weird. Stop saying that." She bopped me lightly on the head with her hoof. "Now, I am going to say one thing."

I braced myself, wondering if she was going to tell me she was gonna lock her house up tight so I couldn't get in. Although after tonight I doubted I would be doing that again.

"Fireblaze, I don't want you to be scared to tell me how you feel. So when you think things or you want to say something to me about your feelings, then please, tell me. Don't shut me out because you're scared. I promise I'm not going to go anywhere."

I sighed and nodded. "Ok. I'll do that."

"Good." She hugged me and then blushed. "Um...we both need sleep and since you're here you may as well stay. Do...do you want to sleep with me? Or uh on the couch?"

I didn't even answer. I just grabbed her and pulled her onto me and covered us both with the quilt as I snuggled her. She eeped but made no attempt to move, instead nuzzling her head against my chest.

"Goodnight, Fireblaze." She murmured before drifting off to sleep.

"Night, Summer." I responded quietly.

I laid there still and silent, listening to her soft breathing and feeling the steady beat of her heart against my chest, both soon lulling me into a peaceful sleep.