The Gardener and the Swimmer
Ah, the sunset over the botanic field behind the Canterlot high school. What people would be missing to see such a great view of paradise in a simple way. The orange tones of shades around the sky, while the wind passing through the leaves, making the sound of the bushes, the amazing water pond with some flowers growing around and the leaves flying through the air, it was a beautiful sight which Wallflower Blush was someone grateful to withness something great as that.
However, she was alone in the garden again... She even tried to make some fliers to publish over the school to help her botanic group to grow up and actually start a friendship with someone, but from a strange fact, it seems nobody actually cares about her projects or they don't actually see it, or even her, it seems she was like always invisible.
After letting out her disappointed sigh, she decided to take another hard work loyal tools, while she started to plant some daisies over the garden... While she hummed herself trying to cheer her up from the sad thoughts about the questions passing through her mind.
The questions of why and how could is usually the worst ones passing all the time, she was needing some kind of distraction... Then she decided to look on her left, noticing a white mist flying in the air.
"Smoke?" Wallflower Blush decided to get up from the place she was, and slowly she walked in the direction of the white smoke, it couldn't be burning wood, it was too white for it, maybe it was some kind of cigar. Which made the girl extremely furious. "Who is in their wrong mind would go to this garden and start smoke in this school? Especially since Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna were totally against the idea of some kind of terrible addiction going to the students?"
After walking for a while, she noticed a young boy who was with his backs on her, while he was letting out from his mouth the deep white smoke from his mouth, which made Wallflower Blush furious.
"HEY!" She screamed while the boy didn't seem to be surprised by such a shout, and was still cleaning himself to the front. "What are you doing? You cannot go to this place without the permission of the principals, and you cannot smoke on this property, get out from this place and smoke anywhere, our principal is totally against cigars on the school, so get out."
The boy then glanced at the girl behind his back and noticed the girl behind him, then he went back to his place and started blowing up the white mist. This action made Wallflower Blush even angrier and then walked to his front.
"Have you ever hear what I said? I said you cannot smoke?... Oh, what is this?" Wallflower who seemed angry at the boy, turned to a surprised look when she found out the boy in front of her wasn't using a cigar or any kind of nicotine... it was a spherical sphere with a nozzle on top, which the boy was using and letting out the white smoke from his mouth. "What kind of thing is this? And why you a 12 years old boy using it?"
The boy had a simple appearance of purple lavender skin while he had green emerald eyes and hair, while he uses a dark purple and green jacket and baggy pants, while he was sitting into a log and was finishing breathing from the machine and then let it out to the air his breath, while he breathed slowly on to her. He looked at her he wasn't actually fazed by the sudden angry shout and reaction from her.
The boy then took a deep breath and decided to talk calmly to the Wallflower Blush, who seemed confused from his reaction.
"Firstly... I'm not 12, I'm 14. And second, this is not a cigar, it's a steam breathing machine." The boy looked at the girl who suddenly looked at a spherical machine over the boy's hands and the tip of the machine letting out some lightly steam outside from it...
"Oh..." Wallflower Blush who seemed to know so little about what kind of machine was couldn't help but has her skin show a bit of darker green color on her cheeks. "Sorry... I didn't mean..."
The boy raised his hand making her stop, while he took a deep breath on the machine and let it out concentrating all the deep breath he could take, while the girl watched from near the process, the bubbles over the machine and the steam letting out from his mouth while making a deep breath in the air like he was renowned.
"It's okay, it's not the first time that happened."The boy said while he looked at the pond in front of him, covered in leaves and some plants around. The trees around the garden, the beautiful sunset showing the orange leaves around him, while he took another deep breath, while Wallflower looked at him trying to understand what he meant by that. "I have bronchitis and it's difficult to take care of my lungs since I'm a swimmer as well... I really need to take care of my lungs... Even a small cold can make me lose my training and that would be terrible for me since I'm on the leading team of swimmers of the gym."
Wallflower Blush let out a surprised sound while she appeared by his side and decided to sit and talk to the boy. She never thought that small sickness on the bronchi would make something soo annoying and difficult for someone.
"Really? Is it bronchitis that bad?" She asked while the boy nodded to her.
"Yeah, it's hard to breathe by mouth. You feel like there is a cat purring inside of your lungs while you feel something awfully uncomfortable inside of you, you cannot breathe right without coughing hard. The worst part is you cannot even laugh much because the cough will be stronger and worse." The boy said while he took another breath from the machine.
"So what does this machine do?" Wallflower Blush seemed so surprised at how something could be annoying especially to someone who was a swimmer like a boy in front of her.
"It cleans my lungs, it's a water steam combined with menthol, it's great for athletes and persons who have respiratory problems." The boy said while he then looked at Wallflower Blush beside him. "I'm Spike by the way."
After remembering they were talking for a few minutes, she couldn't help but feel ashamed that she didn't even introduce herself to the boy who seemed so okay with the situation.
"Oops, I'm sorry. I'm Wallflower Blush." She introduced herself while Spike seemed to look at the view while he was using the machine and kept deep breathing like he was desperately trying to relax. "Do you want to pass some time alone? I can leave if you want?"
"No that's okay," Spike said with a serene smile which made Wallflower Blush relax in her place. "You seemed to be the one taking care of the garden around here. It looks amazing, you must have worked your bones to make sure everything went like that.. This pond, how did you managed to do that?"
Wallflower Blush nodded her head while she smiled as the thoughts of how many months she passed through the garden and planting many little trees and flowers around it, and with time little by little everything started to grown.
"Yeah, it was really difficult to dig it 3000 square feet and use the right machines and tools and the good material I had, but everything worked in the end. Thank you for your compliment. I've worked on this garden for months without rest. I just wish more people would take care of this place and make this place a better environment for everyone." Wallflower Blush seemed proud of her hard work but still showing signs of wanting help. "Especially this pond, It was hard to find these Victorias, it needs a special treatment... did you know this is the only plant whose flower can show their smell at night?"
"Really?" Spike looked curious, while Wallflower sat beside him and looked at the plant which has a look like a circular leaf in 50 to 60 centimeters and has a little flower beside the leaf.
"There is a legend on the place this plant existed... There is a legend about the moon which was a kind of god disguised taking all the beautiful natives to have for his marriage. And when he chose one the moon would disappear for a time while he took some natives with him... And one native was beautiful and young and was in love with the god of the moon, she always dreamed of her marriage with him and their honeymoon. And couldn't wait the day her god would come to take her." Little by little Wallflower recited with her eyes closed the story behind the little pond plant she planted with such love and respect. While Spike took the moment to hear the story while using the steam inhaler to clean his lungs and relax.
"'Don't the others complain about the younger natives were hooked by their god?" Spike while listened curiously about the tale asked while he sounded interested in the possible outcomes from the legend itself.
"They seemed fine with this outcome, since it was a great honor for them, however, the elders always warned the young girls about when their god of the moon would take someone to marry to him, that young would let her human form and become a sky in the star." Wallflower answered Spike's question, which he stopped using the machine and looked to the sky, and thinking about all the stars in the universe.
"Maaan, I wish I have his stamina."Spike whistled which made Wallflower snort and then glare at Spike to make her lose her narrative.
"Could you stop doing that? I was in a serious moment here." Wallflower said while she couldn't hold her laugh for too much and let it out her laugh, which made Spike chuckle as well.
"Okay, keep going." Spike closed his eyes while tried to imagine from his mind the story which Wallflower Blush told to him.
"The little girl didn't care about the outcome, she was in love with the moon. And that love became an obsession at the moment she didn't want to eat and drink, just admire the moon. One night the moon was so beautiful that it led the young native to the lake. When she saw the reflection of the moon on the water, she thought the god of the moon came on the lake to bath himself over there. Then that little girl launched herself on the lake in the direction of the moon...At the moment she discovered it was an illusion, she tried to go back, but couldn't so she drowned."
Spike felt in his imagination the sadness of such tragedy story, but Wallflower didn't finish it.
"Moved by her death, the god of moon decided to transform the little native who drowned into a star, different from all the others: a star from the water... a victoria. A star which the moon could love all the time when he reflects himself on the lake." Wallflower Blush smiled while she opened her eyes, while Spike was breathing and looking deeply at the lake. "Some tell this story is a tragedy, but the natives say it was indeed a love story, which in the end the young native achieved what she looked for, she is now with her love."
Spike nodded to her while he remained in silence... After 10 minutes remaining in silence Spike took a clean cloth and started to clean the tip of the breathing machine, he used even a hygienic product to make it like no one even touched it with the mouth.
"Here, it's good for the lungs, and don't give me that crap of joke about that's how to make peoples addicted joke. I heard all of them, my sister is really creative." Spike said while receiving a giggle from Wallflower Blush and taking it in her hands.
"Okay, now what?" Wallflower asked while the boy then touched the button and the steam was starting to get out from the machine.
"Take a deep breath and let it out, like inhaler but using your own mouth," Spike replied what watched Wallflower Blush start her attempt and failing greatly. Spike started to chuckle while receiving an annoyed glance from Wallflower.
"Are you sure this isn't a cigar disguised?" Wallflower Blush said after trying to take a deep breath and then finally coughing from the air going inside of her lungs but it went too quickly and then she started coughing.
"Yeah, I heard a few times, but trust me, my brother-in-law was the one who bought for me, and he is a policeman, so that makes it legal," Spike said while he tapped from Wallflower's back, and then she started to take a deep breath.
From the new attempt this time she felt the mint essence going inside of her lungs with the steam she inhaled, she felt so refreshing that her breath after letting out could feel the air more light.
"Wow." She said while Spike smiled and took his machine back. "So you do that every day?"
"Yep, especially after school before going to train at the gym during the night." The boy smiled and then decided to take the machine while he just looked at the girl again. "It was nice to meet you Wallflower Blush."
The girl smiled back to him, while he went inside of the school, leaving Wallflower looking at the garden over the school...
"Yeah, it was nice to meet you too Spike."
The next morning Wallflower Blush passed the entire morning trying not to fail on the math exam, she was so focused reading her book, that she actually didn't hear the other students talking or she even cared. They always looked at her like she was invisible, but that morning itself showed something different from the ordinary days they were actually having.
The sound of sniff made Wallflower Blush glance to her side, and notice something she wasn't used to about it, it was a group of 6 girls trying to cheer up one girl. They were the most knowledgeable group in the class.
"Calm down Twilight, I talked to him, he understands you couldn't go there... he doesn't blame you." Wallflower recognized the girl who was talking. Sunset Shimmer, the one who controlled the school for a few years, but after an experience of near-death she decided o be a better person and become the most popular girl in the school.
She sounded like she was trying to cheer up the girl who was crying and hyperventilating.
" "I know, I know, but I cannot help but feel responsible for everything." The girl named Twilight was with her hands on her face trying to calm down but she couldn't help but feel even worse.
Wallflower who seemed to try to focus, couldn't help but glance to their table as the other students started to look at them as well...
"You have nothing to be fault Twilight." The rainbow-haired girl who was using sport's clothing sighed while she couldn't help but try to cheer up the girl. "I mean, you helped all of us the day before the swimming championship. You helped me take my father to the hospital while he has broking his leg."
"Yeah, and you helped me to take care of the farm while my brother was taking Applebloom to the trip to Appleloosa and Granny was taking care of the school." The stetson girl said while he glanced at the other girls, who seemed a bit guilty but trying to cheer up the sitting girl at the desk.
"I mean, you helped me to wash all the dogs over the pet store, I alone couldn't take the pressure since 3 employees were sickened that day." The shy girl with pink hair, couldn't help but admit.
"Yes darling, even if you were tired on that night, you even went to help me to fabric the dresses because of the order I received and I would need one more pair of hands to help me to create the dresses." The fashionist said, while the Pink Cheerful girl, wasn't that cheerful, but have a small smile to try to comfort the girl in front of her.
"Yeah, Twilight you even helped me by waking up at 4 in the morning to help me to make the birthday surprise cake for the 25th years of marriage of Mr. and Miss Cake. I don't know what I could have done without you." The pink girl said, while the other girls nodded to her, however, Sunset Shimmer remained on her spot.
"I know that you have promised to him you would have been there, but you are not a machine Twilight, stuff like that happens to all of us." Sunset tried to comfort even more, which Wallflower Blush couldn't help but feel touched to see that scene.
"Yeah, I know... but when I tried to talk to him more yesterday, he wasn't in front of the classroom which he was every day after school. I don't know where he went yesterday." Twilight said while sounding depressed. "Did you talk to Spike yesterday?"
"Spike?" Wallflower couldn't help but shout that question, which made all the girls look at her, she quickly hides her face trying to hide.
"Did you heard that?" One of the girls asked, while the others just shrugged off from the question... Which Wallflower couldn't help but feel relieved of being invisible at that moment.
"Anyway... I couldn't find Spike after class either, he passed his time somewhere before going to the gym and take some swimming... The only time I could see him was at dinner... And he seemed fine by me... Quieter than the usual but when I asked he is acting like he was fine..." Sunset said while making the other girls hummed in worry.
"And your thoughts?" Twilight said while she cleaned her glass and some tears from her face.
"To be honest. I never saw Spike so down in my entire life, even if he acts like he was being fine, I know that he is really hurt. But he knows that you didn't that on purpose, but for him was one important day." Sunset said while trying to keep neutral, she cannot blame Twilight for what happened to her, but she couldn't help but understand how Spike was feeling.
"Is it really that important?" Rainbow Dash couldn't help but ask the question. "I know he was practicing to be a competitive swimmer, but I don't know if that was serious."
Sunset Shimmer raised her eyebrow and held her hand tight showing almost hostility to the girl who asked that question.
"Rainbow Dash. How would you feel if we forgot to see you play at the finals on Canterlot Rockets?" The question made the rainbow girl's eyes wide open and then sighed in a huge cringe.
"Ouch. Yeah, know I understand how bad it is." Rainbow Dash decided to shut her mouth while couldn't help but sympathize with the boy herself.
From the near desk, the girls couldn't help but notice Wallflower Blush was hearing everything, and she knew where Spike was on the after class... He was letting out some steam and breathing heavily... He wasn't there just to clean his lungs, but to clear his mind from disappointment... While... he indeed looked like everything seemed fine to him, Wallflower never thought he was related to the group of girls in her class.
She then shocked her head and focused again on the book, she cannot take a bad grade from the math test on that day. She knows where she could find answers about the drama near her, but now the math test was more important.
"Stupid Baskarah." Wallflower cursed the eminent villain of mathematics, while she was using her shovel to create a few holes to plant the new group of roses the bough to the boutique store. She waited patiently until the class ends to finally plant that beautiful group of roses in the schools' garden.
While she kept digging and planting one by one, she started to look thirsty and tired, and the afternoon that day was too hot, and that wasn't helping either, thankfully the trees were giving a good shadow for her rest after a great number of hours of work. Leaving her relaxing while she started drinking her water bottle.
"Wow, I finally did it." She smiled at the new part of the garden which was filled with roses of red and white color, it was a breathtaking sight and she again was enjoying the view of the hard work she did. He then noticed a smell of mint over the air. It seems someone she met yesterday was once again taking steam from his machine.
Wallflower looked around and noticed a bit of white steam floating, which she smiled while she went in the direction of the boy she met the day before.
She walked slowly while she noticed something different from the boy of yesterday... She stopped her tracks while she couldn't help but blush strongly since the boy she met yesterday was shirtless and drinking water while his steam inhaler machine was on.
The body of the green-haired boy named Spike was something Wallflower couldn't describe, it has its muscles, but it wasn't bulk and too much, the muscles were focused just on the arms and on the back, who seemed a big back from her point of view. She couldn't help but imagine him getting ready to compete.
The blush on her face was enough to make her distract, and shaking her head hard was enough to take her back to reality.
"Humna, Humna, Humna." Wallflower tried o find words to express herself, but she couldn't help but mumble these numb words while she tried to find the strength to call Spike's name... "Come on Wallflower, you can do it."
"Hey, Spike." Wallflower greeted Spike who turned his head to her and smiling like he found something good at the day.
"Oh, hey Wallflower. Ah, a great day isn't it?" Spike smiled while Wallflower remained controlling her blush, while she was sweating for 2 reasons.
"Yeah, but at the same time it's a hot day." Wallflower said while Spike smiled at her.
"Well, I like a hot day, because this way the training will be refreshing," Spike said while he started drinking the water, and eating something yellow which Wallflower couldn't see what was it exactly... But watching Spike acting like that shirtless made Wallflower try to look away, and leave the boy satisfying himself with the drink. "Ah, that hit the spot."
"Err..." Wallflower tried to remain composed, while Spike looked at her.
"Oh, I forgot to ask, do you want some?" Spike asked while he offered in her direction... "You look really thirsty I think it would be better if you take one."
Wallflower couldn't help but feel curious and the moment she looked at what Spike was offering, she started to blush even more because she was looking at Spike's abs who was starting from, and on his hands, would be something difficult to describe.
"Err... what is it?" Wallflower fought a huge blush on her face since it was ironic on her name since Wallflower was Blushing.
Spike started chewing one of the slices, while he looked satisfied.
"Frozen Pineapple," Spike said which leave Wallflower to raise her eyebrow. "Yeah, I like eating frozen Pineapple on hot days. It makes me refresh and take care of my lungs."
"Oh yeah... I forgot about it..." Wallflower decided to try to not think about she was looking but wanting to start the conversation the sooner as possible. "Hey Spike, can we talk?"
The boy who was eating suddenly looked at the girl who seemed trying to focus on the subject.
"Sure." Spike moved aside from the log he was sitting, while Wallflower Blush sat near him, while both of them looked at the garden around them... "So what do you want to talk about?"
Wallflower Blush took a deep breath and looked at the box fulfilled with frozen pineapple slices, which she took one and started eating. It was a good way to refresh herself on that hot day in the garden.
"Do you know someone named Twilight Sparkle?" The question made by Wallflower made Spike remained on his spot, but his eyes showed a flinch and his fists started to tighten up... "You don't have to answer if you don't want to talk... but if you want to talk, I'm already here to listen what you want to say."
Wallflower Blush remained sat while she was drinking the water and eating the pineapple from the box, which was a good time to take a break from all her effort, but still the silence over the garden while she knew she touched a wound she actually didn't want to do it... She just want to not look on Spike's body... That's all... right?
From minutes of silence, Wallflower even forgot Spike was there until his voice came to surprise her.
"It wasn't like I'm mad at her, because I'm not... I even forgave her for forgetting to appear the interregional swim championship. It's just..." Spike sat there deeply disappointed while he tried to express his thoughts, while he took a deep inhale from his machine and let it out all the steam he could hold himself. "I cannot find where to put the blame on it..."
Wallflower Blush waited in silence while Spike expressed his thoughts.
"I cannot blame Twilight, because she would never forget the only time of the year it matters to me more than my birthday, she tried to help all her friends the day before that she got too tired to even remember going... I cannot blame the girls for asking her attention because all of them needed urgently her from their tasks and Twilight wouldn't think twice if was something she knew they couldn't handle themselves alone..." Spike pointed out the reasons why he forgave Twilight, but most important... he cannot find a reason to blame her, and he didn't even blame her friends for asking for help. "I cannot blame my sister because she was trying to contact Twilight from the entire morning of the event which she couldn't catch the phone... I cannot blame myself because I did everything I could to be all the time to Twilight and all I asked was for her to be there on that day and she promised she would be there... Who I should put blame on this disappointment since there is nothing to blame?"
Spike vented while Wallflower remained listening to the point of the boy beside her, she even forgot that Spike was shirtless because he was sounding so disappointed and sad, that wallflower couldn't help but give a hug to him.
Spike remained in silence while Wallflower Blush actually remembered that the boy on her side was actually 2 years younger than her, and yet he showed a deep of maturity but still a fragile heart of what happened...
"Tell me, what happened?" Wallflower wanted Spike to tell from the deep of his heart how he felt and from a way she could understand.
Spike took a deep gulp of water, while he looked at the afternoon who seemed still hot but slowly fading away as the sunset appeared on the horizon.
"Well 3 days ago was the most important championship for the swimmers over the Canterlot... where the all kids from 12 years to 17 years go to there to compete against themselves to prove to be the best for each category. I and my team trained hard to make sure to go to the competition." Spike decided to explain in a way that Wallflower could understand his words. "It happens every 4 years."
That words made Wallflower realize one obvious fact on that situation...
"You just had one chance." Wallflower said which Spike nodded his head in agreement.
"It was the most important event for the swimmers who have my age," Spike said while he looked at the sunset while reflecting what he was going to say. "For kids who wants to be part of Olympics in the future, this was a good chance for them get recommendation for it."
Wallflower Blushed nodded while Spike too another pineapple and continued venting.
"I always dream to be part of the Olympics, and be like King Sombra." Spike said while Wallflower nodded as he continued. "Sombra was the one who got 5 golden medals and beat 5 world records at the same Olympics, he is a legend to the swimmers among Canterlot. I have even the chance to meet him and I watched him in action."
"Really?" Wallflower Blush while looking lost on the words, she was listening interested on the story Spike had.
"Yeah, he is the one who saved Sunset's life while she was drowning 800 yards away from the beach," Spike said which Wallflower Blush gasped surprised. "Yeah, when she was walking over the rocks far away from the beach, the waves were so strong that caught her and she couldn't swim right. And when my family was starting to think about getting in panic. I saw the man himself run in the sea, and jump a straight jump and for surprisingly 3 minutes, he took Sunset from the sea and saved her life by making PSR."
"Wow Spike, that's an amazing feat." Wallflower Blush couldn't help but look astonish from such heroic act.
"Yeah, and when I watched him, he looked at me, proudly not because of he was the fast or the best swimmer. But I could see on his eyes, he was proud he could actually save a life." Spike said in such admiration that Wallflower couldn't help but imagine if the man was indeed an amazing guy. "Not just me, but Sunset has pin ups of his photoshops of him all over her bedroom."
This comment made Wallflower Blush open her mouth shockingly from such gossip.
"Nooo." She said while Spike nodded grinning like a crazy devious brother.
"Yeah, she has developed crushes on swimmers since that day. She once was barred from the gym because she was flirting with all the guys over there." Spike let out a laugh so contagious that Wallflower Blush couldn't help but giggle.
"So it's not just you who are a fan of swimming." Wallflower guessed which the boy nodded while he took another bite of pineapple.
"Yeah, my family became so interested when I started swimming that they even went on the competition to cheer for me." Spike said while he leaves a weak smile on his face.
"So everyone went there except Twilight?" Wallflower asked while Spike nodded to her.
"Yeah, I mean... Twilight is the only friend I have, she was there since I started swimming at the gym, she always went with me after school and watch me training. Even in my lowest days she was there to cheer me up..." Spike said while he sounded in deep disappointment. "I just wanted her to be there on the my highest point, since me and my team won the competition."
That moment Wallflower Blush's eyes went wide open in surprise.
"Did you won?" Wallflower gasped while Spike took from his pocket 2 golden junior medals.
"2 individual category medals, e one team trophy for the quickest team on the team revision," Spike said proudly without noticing that Wallflower Blush hugged him in full happiness.
"Congratulations Spike, wow." Wallflower took 5 seconds to realize she was hugging a shirtless boy and her face started to change from mint green to a deep dark green, while she released Spike in panic. "I'm so sorry, I forgot you were shirtless."
Spike looked at her in confusion and then looked about his chest and he forgot he was without shirt... His lavender face became a bit darker, while he took from his side his T-shirt and wore for a bit of sadness inside of Wallflower.
"I'm sorry, well... to be honest with you... I kinda forgot I was without T-shirt too...Hehehe..." Spike let out a nervous chuckle.
While both of them chuckled from their pathetic shame hug. Both cough to go back to the topic of he discussion...
"So, Twilight was kinda someone you wanted to share your victory but you couldn't since she wasn't there." Wallflower concluded while Spike nodded his head.
"Yeah, and I cannot be mad at her because she did her best to try to help everyone on the day before, and I cannot blame the other girls, since they have their own problems and they needed the help from Twilight." Spike said while he started using the machine to a deep breath and release the steam inside from lungs.
Wallflower was confused by one question.
"The other girls didn't go to see you compete as well?" Wallflower asked while Spike shook his head. "Why? I thought they were your friends..."
"Actually they aren't," Spike said making Wallflower's eyes wide open. "I started to realize yesterday... they aren't my friends... they are my sister's friends..."
"What do you mean?" Wallflower wasn't sure if she was following the logic.
"Well... I thought they were my friends as well... but one thing I realized, they are there because of Sunset... And I'm her little brother, and they never addressed me as Spike their friend, but Sunset's little brother Spike... Since we are 2 years of difference, her class being different than mine she pass more time with them and meeting them than actually, I could ever do." Spike said while he was still looking seriously at the sky, watching the sunset. "Twilight meet me years before she meet her new friends on school... We were inseparable, tied together as glue... But I cannot force her to stay with me forever, so I was fine with her having her own life and having more friends..."
Wallflower Blush couldn't help but know one simple fact.
"What was the but?" She asked while Spike continued talking.
"But I think every time she passes more and more with her friends, they are shadowing me out from Twilight and making my life as an..."
"Invisible person?" Wallflower Blush asked which Spike's eye opened wide. "Yeah, I know how it is... I have the same feeling of being invisible from the entire school everyday... Actually, I think you are the first person to talk to me free with the exception of Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna."
Spike looked shocked, while she gave a week smile.
"Actually Spike, I thank you for being here to pass the afternoon over here... I has been lonely while I have to do all the work by myself... why not we take a night and go eat something?" Wallflower seemed so sincere... but then something hit her mind and then her mouth was shut quickly and she started blushing.
"No kidding, are you asking me out?" Spike couldn't help but smile both by nervous but teasing at the same time.
"I mean, if you don't mind." Wallflower turned her head while then both of them heard the sound of aplause from behind, which both looked shocked... To find not just one person but 2... Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna.
"Oh don't mind us, we are watching a good show." Vice Principal Luna said while both of the kids were looking away blushing like mad. "Well, sadly this show has come to end. Spike we are here to pick up you."
"Aunt Luna, that was really necessary?" The moment Spike said that Wallflower's mind received another bomb. The principals were related to him...
"Yes my honey, we are here to pick up you to train and go visit our brother Discord. We want to celebrate." Nobody less than Principal Celestia said which made Spike both ashamed but and still smiling like it was great news.
"So we are going to visit uncle Discord? Awesome... I missed his sushi." Spike said while trying to hid his blush but failing apparently.
"Great, let's grab the stuff and we will go first Celestia... you can go at the car... Great. I loved what you did with the hair, bye sister... Ta ta." Vice Principal Luna took Spike and both ran away while leaving Celestia without reaction to say something and Wallflower Blush confused.
"Er..." Wallflower Blush couldn't help but say something while Principal Celestia rolled her eyes.
"I should have known that Luna would pull something like that... her sewing sucker... Sorry about my sister, when it comes about Sushi from our brother, she would cross the entire city just to be the first person to take the food..." Principal Celestia smiled serenely which made Wallflower feel more comfortable. "Actually we came here to bear some bad news to you..."
Wallflower comfortable became a bit of despair when she said that.
"What?" Wallflower Blush felt something terrible was coming.
"We went to here to tell you that the botanic club was going to be turned down because of the lack of members at the club..." Wallflower Blush hearing that felt her world started crumbling, but that feeling was destroyed when Principal Celestia finished. "But looking that Spike being here after class, we can asign him as being part of the club and make an exception of this club to from 5 members to be approved to 2... I'm really gratefull on how you are helping Spike... I couldn't say thank you as a principal. But as a mother. I thank you from the deep of my heart..."
Wallflower Blush couldn't help but feel relieved and happy that the club she put so much effort and make the beautiful garden behind school wouldn't be wasted.
"Your welcome." Wallflower Blush let it out her weak words, while Principal Celestia smiled, while she looked at the view.
"You indeed did an amazing work Wallflower, this garden looks fantastic, and knowing from Spike that you did on your own... You seemed to really love this garden. It's a shame not everybody shares the same view as you... But at least you are not alone anymore." Principal Celestia said while she got away, leaving Wallflower Blush in silence, but looking at the garden again, the night was clear and the flowers were bloaming in beauty.
"Yeah, I'm not alone anymore." Wallflower smiled while she took her stuff back and went back home while she smiled thinking on how amazing day she had.
Author's Note
I have to say, this fiction has indeed taken my heart. I loved every word writing this fiction. I wish for all of you an opinion on which part you liked and if this deserves a sequel or even a trilogy after the May Pairing Contest. Because I wouldn't mind writing more about the future outcomes of this new ship.
Please tell me if you enjoy. Anyway, I hope you all have enjoyed the same way as me... As Luna's say...
TA TA.
The next morning Wallflower Blush was despairingly trying not to sleep in the class because physics wasn't something she was interested to know, who cares about learning the radio frequency of an atomic bomb? She wasn't going to destroy nature by using a nuclear weapon just to receive an A on physics.
She cursed the moment when she opened her eyes that morning because the last night she had nothing more than many pleasant dreams about the boy who just meet in the garden... Not just to help her out, but his shirtless nature making her blush as she drooled imagining touching his athletic chest.
"Oh my God Wallflower, keep together, just ask him out. You should've been in a panic instead of blushing like a fangirl." Wallflower shook her head as she fought the blush on her face, Trying so much to remain calm and collect fighting the goofy smile on her face but from that goofy smile, she was actually glad by what happened on the day before... it was great news Spike could go to her club and she wouldn't feel pressured to terminate the club because of the lack of members. From the way Principal Celestia said it Wallflower couldn't help but question one question...
"Did she just put Spike on my club?" Wallflower decided to keep drawing on her notebook as she looked uninterested over the class, the professor wearing the brown coat as he talked something but Wallflower couldn't hear because she was focusing in other matters... She just wanted the class would be over...
Wallflower was daydreaming until a loud impact of a book slammed over her desk made her not just waking her up but making her scream in panic from a sudden scare on her table.
"AHHHHHH." Wallflower turned her head as she felt a hand over her shoulder and freezing her and making her even more scared than before... Wallflower Blush, felt her heartbeat up like a metal band drummer as she sweats tremendously. She felt hyperventilating as she suddenly heard a voice.
"Girl, are you okay? Wallflower Blush? Wallflower Blush? I'm sorry to scare you." Wallflower was taking a deep breath as she was trying to calm herself up, as she turned around and found what would be the last person she could imagine talking to her... A worried face of a girl who was now the most popular girl in the class and maybe from the school... the former bully herself... The one who was the daughter of the principal and the sister of the boy who visited her sometimes... Sunset freaking Shimmer. She had a sheepish smile, as she looked concerned and with her backpack, she took of a water bottle. "Here to help you to calm down."
Wallflower hesitantly took the water bottle from her hands and taking deep breathes she swallowed all the water, as her heart was finally starting to calm down until it reached the regular rhythm. After taking a few minutes, Wallflower Blush recovered herself, as she glanced at the person who scared her...
"I'm so sorry... Wallflower Blush right?" Sunset Shimmer looked regretful as she concerned about the girl who was just distracted but from the combo of a slamming book and a hand on her shoulder, Sunset couldn't imagine she was having the girl a panic attack... "I didn't mean to make you feel panic at this moment, I just wanted to talk to you..."
"Hu? Err... Ah, yes..." Wallflower was still having a few seconds to understand what was happening at the moment, but the way the girl looked at her, it seems she did indeed scared her, but what indeed shocked Wallflower Blush was the simple fact of... Someone in her class was talking to her... Never in her years of school, something like that ever happened before... And the person who talked to her was nobody less than Sunset Shimmer... "That's okay... You just surprised me."
"Ah that's great you recovered. Anyway, Professor Time Turner said there will be a new project over the class, and he told us to form pairs... And it seems all the groups are already with their pair, and now it's just you and me..." Sunset smiled sheepishly as Wallflower Blush raised her eyebrow and looked around her...
All the people were walking around the classroom while they are trying to find their pair... Wallflower Blush looked at Sunset Shimmer who smiled happily... It was obviously a lie but still, she lied to make sure Wallflower would make a pair with her...
"She is setting a trap." Wallflower already imagined on her mind she would meet the sister of the boy who kept coming to talk to her after class... could see something was odd at the first moment she looked at Sunset... nobody ever addressed Wallflower, usually, she was just alone on the projects... in all projects... however, today was an exception, since Sunset Shimmer herself wanted to be her partner...
"So..." Sunset smiled as she acts totally oblivious of nothing has happened, however, Wallflower Blush knew she wasn't what she was looking at at the moment... But, she is the sister of Spike and she cannot say no to someone who actually helped her...
Wallflower Blushed sighed, accepting her fate. She took her notebook and moved her chair a few centimeters away as she looked to Sunset and inclined her head allowing her to sit.
"Alright, just don't make loud conversation..." Wallflower said as Sunset moved her chair to sit next to her, making them look at the Professor watching all the students and all the students still lurking for their partners around the class... Both girls waited for the professor to assign the lecture.
Wallflower Blush still awaited the lecture begins as she used her hand to her head and inclined over the table, she was bored, uninterested to know what will happens in the class... Until the girl beside her started to whisper.
"So..." Wallflower gave a glance on the red-haired with yellow stripes girl who whispered beside her, acting innocent as she in fact wanted to interrogate her since from the beginning. " I heard you and my brother has been passing time together... How long have you met Spike?"
Wallflower knew she was already into an interrogation, she wasn't stupid, as she looked bored Wallflower Blush looked at her nails as she gave her answer... Into another form of a question. Going straight to the point and already finish the absurd already...
"I don't know...How long have you been with a crush on King Sombra?" Wallflower noticed Sunset Shimmer's face look shocked as she nearly jumps from her sit in reflex but her hands were under the desk, making her hit her hands at the desk and yelp into an annoying pain.
"Ouch. How? Did Spike told you that?" She whispered in panic, not believing one of her secrets was being revealed to Wallflower, someone she met in the morning... Receiving a nod from the green girl, made Sunset narrow her eyes as her voice still whispers in panic. "Don't you dare to tell anybody about this?"
"I wouldn't even imagine doing that." Wallflower said as she looked at the professor who seemed to start doing the class... As she glanced at the Sunset who took her notebook and starting to write some notes over the lecture... Wallflower couldn't help but ask... "Is that true that you were expelled from the Gym?"
Sunset's eyes twitched in annoyance as she groaned angrily, showing the facts that it was indeed the truth of the rumor.
"I can't believe he told you that too. Oh, that weasel. It just happened twice, it's not my fault they look like Adonis." Sunset Shimmer blushed lightly while Wallflower Blush couldn't help but giggle agreeing with her.
"Yeah, I know. How do you think they could have achieved great muscles like that?" Wallflower asked while Sunset just shrugged off.
"Who knows? Maybe many months exercising with good equipment," Sunset said while she looked at the professor Time Turner as he proceeded to draw a sketch of a rocket over the chalkboard...
Sunset looked at Wallflower Blush who seemed uninterested in the class but remained watching the class. Taking a look at her appearance, Sunset couldn't help but admire the beauty of the girl beside her. Until the girl beside her looked to her side making Sunset caught in surprise as she nervously looked away as scratched the back of her head...
Sunset then something crossed on her mind, as she looked down on her own notebook...
"Hey, Wallflower..." Sunset said as weakly, as the girl on her side gave another glance at her. "My mom told me you helped Spike to cheer up after what happened a few days ago... Thank you, it was difficult to make him open himself after what happened a few days ago... Seriously, I cannot be more thankful than that."
Wallflower heard the sincerity in Sunset's voice, as she couldn't help but smile as something she never thought she would have... Recognition, but she actually didn't do anything important... actually what happened was Spike who has saved her first.
"Well, to be honest... Spike helped me first... It was great to have someone to talk... and If wasn't for him my club would have been terminated." Wallflower couldn't help but smile gently at Sunset who seemed to understand her. "Well, I'm even surprised that you are actually talking to me now."
"Really? Because maybe it was because you appeared now... I mean, I just discovered you are in my class because my mom told me you were the one who was talking to Spike after class... So, nobody ever talked to you? Tell me, when you joined Canterlot High? A few weeks ago? " Sunset asked while Wallflower shook her head in negation.
"Nah, I'm here since 3 years ago." At the moment Wallflower said that Sunset's eyes went wide open as she couldn't help but shout it out in surprise.
"3 YEARS?" Sunset Shimmer let out a shout so loud that even the students turned their heads to see Sunset Shimmer looking sheepishly at them. "Sorry guys."
While all the students decided to shrug off and come back to the routine, the teacher Time Turner glared at Sunset who seemed to look even more nervous than before.
"Well, they are angry with you... Sometimes I'm surprised that being invisible helps me when it comes at cringe moments like this." Wallflower Blush said as she still makes some notations and ignoring that look from her partner beside her.
"What do you mean?" Sunset Shimmer asked surprised by such a statement, Wallflower Blush then raised her eyebrow and decided to show an example...
She went looked at the boy in front of her desk and decided to show an example.
"Hey Dust Strap, can you borrow me a pencil? I forgot mine at home..." Wallflower Blush said in a tone which Sunset Shimmer could hear clearly... but at the next few seconds, the boy in front of her didn't answer... "Dust Strap? Pencil, please..."
Wallflower Blush was poking the back of the Dust Strap as he didn't react like he wasn't hearing anything... Sunset's eyes went wide open as she looked at the girl who seemed to give up and went back to her notebook...
Sunset Shimmer couldn't help but open her mouth.
"Hey Dust Strap?" The moment Sunset said that the boy in front of her turned his back and with a smile answered.
"Oh hey Sunset, didn't know you were behind me, so what do you want?" Dust with all his sweet smile didn't just prove something Sunset wasn't expecting but confirmed something Wallflower Blush was used during all the time.
Sunset Shimmer looked at her partner, who just shrugged indicating Sunset can do whatever she wants...
"Err... nothing, I just want to know how are you?" Sunset decided to give up the idea because looking at Wallflower Blush, she wasn't even interested in proving more her point, but Sunset couldn't help but feel pity at the girl on her side.
Sunset Shimmer couldn't help but feel awkward from knowing that.
"But how? I mean, how nobody ever noticed you?" Sunset Shimmer asked after feeling sympathetic over the girl who just proved her point and now wanted to focus on hearing their teacher.
"Well, that's what means to be invisible... nobody ever noticed me during all these years... Just the principals... And Spike who appeared at the garden looking for an ear to listen to him." Wallflower was looking at the clock over the wall, wanting the class to be over the soon as possible like the Physics class was the most annoying class tied with Math class, but at the moment Wallflower felt a touch on her shoulder... and the determined eyes from the girl on her side.
"How about I introduce you to the girls? We can make sure the school is known about you, and we can help you the club grow better." Sunset asked while she sounded sincere, but Wallflower shook her head without thinking twice, her eyes were fulfilled with determination.
"Sorry Sunset, while I appreciate the idea of having more friends I cannot do that. Spike needs a friend for him, and I don't want to be one of the people who exchange the privilege of calling him by his name to a category named as Sunset's brother like all the girls who you hang out, do..." Wallflower turned down the idea of wanting that change of pace since Spike was so hurt yesterday, and she wanted to be there for him or even help him to find new friends...
At the moment Wallflower Blush said that Sunset Shimmer mouth clinched as she didn't capture the meaning of her words, but after thinking for a few seconds like the way Wallflower Blush said that made Sunset's eyes wide open as her mouth clinched trying to imagine what she meant... but on the next moment, her face frowned deeply as she held the hand of Wallflower Blush...
"Tell me everything..." Sunset demanded as she looked serious at the girl on her side.
And Wallflower didn't refuse. After taking another look at the chalkboard with the deadline wrote over there and the things they have to do together to received a good grade, was enough to make Wallflower Sigh and answer in honesty of what she has in mind.
"I discovered what I want it's not be friends with your friends... Maybe just you, because you are Spike's sister and daughter of the principals, but from what I've heard from Spike... I cannot let the poor boy down... He said he thought he was friend with the girls you hang out with, but that proved to just be a total illusion... and from the girl named Twilight, she became so compromised with your friends that made Spike feel really hurt from not being part of the most important day of his life... He felt that your friends never actually cared about him, so he felt invisible... just like me..." Wallflower gave the resume of what she has been thinking about the story Spike had told her... She told her about everything, from the moment Spike was treating himself, and even looking at the sunset over the garden... But the revelations showed Sunset Shimmer a view she never thought she would have imagined...
How Spike felt invisible after Twilight being around her friends...
"Oh..." Sunset Shimmer said after knowing about how Spike views himself in the situation where he was...
"It's not your fault... The situation Spike was in was it was clearly an impossible situation, he cannot blame anyone, not even himself for what happened... But I think he may need more support and I think that's why Principal Celestia said he was going to be part of the botanic club. Because he was broken." Wallflower couldn't say more than the truth, on the way Spike looked from the first day, he was someone wanting to vent out his problems, while using a steam inhaler to take a deep breath and try to calm down his mind... "He even has using the machine to clean his lungs."
"So has he been smoking?" Sunset couldn't help but grin from hearing about the machine. "He uses it directly, by God, If wasn't for the fact he has bronchitis I think he just would use it because he was addicted to that."
"He told me you were the one who makes up all the jokes about it." Wallflower looked at Sunset while couldn't help but giggle as she admitted what the boy had confessed to her, while Sunset Shimmer smiled proudly at her deeds...
Both of the girls started to giggle as the antics of the green haired swimmer, who just didn't realize he was being topic between both his sister and the girl he meet days ago.
As they watch the professor explaining what they will do to receive a good grade over the project, Wallflower couldn't help but has something on her mind, and since Sunset was on her side, maybe it was time to talk about it...
"So... Spike won 2 medals in 2 categories on the championship."
"I know right? Not just that, but a trophy with his team," Sunset said excitedly like she was proud of her brother doing such feet. She even took her cellphone as she opened the gallery and showed the picture of Spike holding a trophy with his team... A red skinned boy with orange hair who was smiling like a winner, a dark turquoise boy with dark pink hair with purple eyes who seemed acting like a cool boy who was holding the trophy, and Spike who was on the middle showing 2 medals grinning like an excited boy. "Oh if you have met him before, you could have seen him in action. The fastest over the group, when the first swimmer came to exchange places with Spike. Spike jump straight to the water like a torpedo and made a huge distance of difference between the first place and second place, that's why he is named torpedo fish."
"Torpedo Fish?" Wallflower tried to not laugh at the nickname, which Sunset understood, it was a silly nickname.
"One of his teammates gave this name to him because of a card game he plays. Anyway, Spike the torpedo fish went so fast that the third swimmer could swim peacefully, but the third teammate even went on his full speed, and made them 3 beat the local record." Sunset said like she could remember all the family cheering from such a memorable moment. "Man, Twilight would have been extremely happy if she was there... Sadly that wasn't the case."
After that, the silence paired over the conversation...Both girls couldn't help but feel pity of what happened...
"Yeah... I know... I actually feel sorry for her... Is she still blaming herself for losing Spike competing?" Wallflower Blush gave a look on her side, and she still looked at the girl who was focusing her studies with a girl wearing a Stetson hat, but from the look on her face, the girl wearing glass was with some dark circles around her eyes ... Showing she maybe didn't have a rest in a while...
Sunset looked at her friend who was sitting a few desks away from her, as she shook her head and looked down at her notebook.
"Yeah, but with girls around her, she will start to move on... someday, but I think that was indeed a big impact on her life, knowing the person who needed her most to cheer with him wasn't around when he won..." Sunset sighed as she looked over the clock, as the class was almost over...
"Normally I thought from her absence, Spike would have lost his motivation and he would have lost the competition." Wallflower confessed which she was still writing some physics formulas while Sunset nodded her head in agreement.
"Yeah, me too... Thankfully Spike is focused on following his dreams..." Sunset smiled which after both agreeing with each other and having a pleasant conversation, the school bell started ringing showing it was time to change the classes. "Well, I may not have said that to you for years, but I will say it now... It was nice to meet you Wallflower. Oh... when can we talk about the project of the class?"
Wallflower Blush stopped her writing, as she thought about a few seconds before replying.
"We can talk after the class at the Garden behind the school, usually is where I stay after school all the time, and since Spike will be there from now on, you can visit us to talk about the project and enjoy Spike working himself up."
"Oh, that looks great, see yah, Wallflower." Sunset said after taking her stuffs and left to meet her friends who were waiting for her at the door...
Leaving Wallflower with a smile on her face, as she took her stuff and decided to leave the class...
"Yeah, it was nice to meet you too Sunset." She whispered to herself as left the classroom, to try to fight another class of math. Hopefully, she would receive an easier subject in class...
"Stupíd Pitagoras." Wallflower Blush cursed as she made sure to make good holes over the floor as she prepared to plant some cactuses over the area... As she was cursing and kicking a few rocks away from where she was digging, she felt a hand over her shoulder, while she was annoyed she didn't even look behind as she warned. "I told you, if you are not allowed to bring the machines, then give me my refund because I spent a lot of money on the company..."
"Wallflower?" Then a voice which made her stop her tracks and turn around and see the boy who she have been used to talk during 2 days, but looking at him at the moment she could see clearly that he was in disbelief in what he was seeing. "What the heck is this?"
Wallflower looked around, and then at the hole, she was digging...
"It's a hole Spike, it's the absence of earth after you take from the garden. You use a shovel to do this service." Wallflower not noticing the rhetoric on his question answered innocently but found fun to witness Spike's eyes twitch from the answer.
"I know what is a hole Wallflower, but I want to know, why are you digging a hole with an area of 2 meters?" Spike pinched his nose as he closed his eyes, but that question made Wallflower open her mouth in understanding.
"Ahhhh. Well you see, I think the pound would become great if I make a marble fountain over the garden as well." Wallflower smiled as she casually talked making Spike not believe what he was hearing.
"Are you going to make a fountain?" Spike's eyes showed different reactions, one eye went wide open as the other was twitching with half-open like he was not believing in what she said.
"Yep. And now I'm waiting for the machines to help me to dig the deep holes and create a structure over the pound and make the water flow. This will take from here to here." Wallflower pointed to which place the start of the fountain would be to where the flow of the water would flow. As Spike was with his mouth open.
"You are serious." Spike let out a sigh after knowing that the person in front of him was actually talking about changing the layout of the garden of the entire school, something like that wasn't legal. "Wallflower, you cannot do that without telling the principal and vice-principal."
"Actually I already have their permission and I even sent the layout project to the city hall last year. It took this long because...'bureaucracy' as they said." Wallflower shrugged her arms as she casually told Spike the main concerns for him were actually done before even starting it. Making the boy at least sigh in relief.
"Well, you are the first one to say that. Are you going to stand there, or are you going to help?" Wallflower for the first time felt the relief of doing something big using a coworker to help her out, more than that, a friend...
"You are just lucky because I don't have training today." Spike sighed while he took off his shirt and took a shovel to start digging as well. Which Wallflower giggled and Spike made the same effort as her...
As Spike took a shovel and started to dig, Wallflower took the opportunity to drink a water bottle and take a break.
"What is the proportion of the hole again?" Spike said as he was looking over his shoulder, as Wallflower tapped her chin as she thoughts.
"Well if the area it's 2 meters. I want to make a structure of 5x2x4. I already bought all the cement and the rocks we could make it work wonderful. Now dig Torpedo Fish. Dig." As Wallflower said that aloud, Spike stiffed as the nickname he had, and then looked coldly at her.
"Who told you that nickname?" Spike looked deeply annoyed at the girl who started giggling at him.
"Well, my partner of the project told me about your nickname, and she say she will pay us a visit. And I will not tell who was, and there is no way you will... "
"It's Sunset isn't it?" Spike interrupted as he looked not amused by the way she tried to be mysterious, and the face of smug of her frozen from sudden interruption confirmed that Spike was right once again. "Dammit Garble, your fanatic card game made my sister become more annoying than ever."
Spike mumbled as he started digging as Wallflower stomped her feet with a pout, she wanted to tease the swimmer more but Spike having a sister like Sunset and from all the talk they had about him, it was sure that sometimes he would know it was his own sister, but saying like that not even after a minute, it was indeed a joy killer.
Spike stopped digging, and then looked at the president of the club he was in.
"Are you going to be like a statue, or are you going to help me? I will not dig the whole area alone, even if you did a good headstart." Spike raised his eyebrow, as Wallflower's pout was indeed cute in his view. But he remained quiet until the same girl walked to his side, using her own shovel.
"Alright Olympic champ, let me show you how to dig properly. And you are using the shovel wrong. Let the professional teach you something." As Wallflower spat on her hands and rubbed preparing herself, Spike gave a good space as she started using the shovel-like she was born with it. As he raised his eyebrow surprised. As he didn't have anything else to do, he started helping out by doing his part.
About an hour of digging without rest, both of them were dirty and tired from all the effort they did at that moment.
"Alright, I think the distance is ready, now tomorrow I will bring the machines." The excitement voice coming from Wallflower Blush didn't make the boy on her side worried, but from the sentence she said.
"What kind of machines?" Spike raised his eyebrow in surprise, noticing that she actually mean it...
"Machines of construction and gardening. I think I should hire someone to bring the cement machine." Wallflower waved her hand as Spike looked at her in disbelief, but since her stomach was groaning, she looked at Spike sheepishly. "Well, let's take a break and have something to eat."
As Spike took his breath and heard his own stomach grumbling in agreement, he shrugged and got away from the hole they were. As he sat on the grass around.
"So this is what we are going to do every day?" Spike raised his eyebrow as he then noticed a wrapped sandwich with a soda can beside him. Sitting next to him was Wallflower who was enjoying her own food.
"It's strange to finally have a member into my own club, I didn't know if we would be starved after working on today, so I decided to make a sandwich for us. And since you cannot drink anything too cold, I didn't bring ice to drink these sodas." Wallflower said as she was enjoying the view of how the garden was becoming from her work of every day.
As Spike hummed appreciating the gesture he received from his new friend. He opened his mouth but was interrupted.
"Actually Spike can drink cold things, but he shouldn't make it a habit, or his bronchitis will attack when he less expected. " A voice was made which made both of them look behind themselves, noticing the orange teenager who approached the hole with her eyes wide open. "Wow, when mom told me that she allowed us to have a fountain over here, I thought she was joking. Are you two for real?"
"Yeah, my reaction exactly. Anyway, what are you doing here Sunset?" Spike nodded his head as he glanced at his sister who decided to make a cover on the grass with a blanket.
"Oh, today me and Wallflower became a group for the new project at Time Turner's class, so today we should prepare about what we are going to make the presentation." Sunset opened her notebook as she took a few pens and looked at both of them expectantly.
"Hu... Neat. That means I can take a long break to lay down for a bit." Spike shrugged off, as he decided to lay on the grass and finally enjoy his rest. Making both Wallflower and Sunset raise their eyebrows and watch the boy being lazy for the first time.
"All of this, just because you dig during one hour?" Wallflower couldn't help but ask aloud, as Spike turned his back to her.
"Yeah, now I want my rest. Keep focusing on your project and then when you are done talking you can wake me up." He turned his back to the girls, who seemed to giggle from his exhaustive activity and deserved rest.
"Anyway Wallflower, let's talk about the project. What kind of project do you want to make for the next 2 weeks?" Sunset asked as she started to look at one sandwich on the blanket.
At the moment Wallflower was going to answer, she heard the grumbling from the stomach of the girl near to her, surprised by the sound, she looked at Spike who started chuckling with his eyes closed. Then she looked at Sunset who couldn't help but blush and smile nervously.
"Did you forget to eat before coming here Sunset? Do you want some?" Wallflower who was raising her eyebrow, asked as the girl who was partner started to laugh nervously as she offered a sandwich for her.
"Sorry about that, I forgot to bring my lunch at home today," Sunset said blushing furiously. As she heard Spike chuckling as he was still with his eyes closed.
"No you didn't," Spike said it as he was most mumbling than actually speaking. "I brought it, but since you were busy and I was hungry, I decided to eat it."
"SPIKE," Sunset shouted angrily, as the boy chuckled, as his own sister got up and attacked him. "WHY YOU."
"OW, HEY, HEY, STOP IT. STOP IT. IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU FORGOT AT HOME." Both siblings started to wrestle leaving the green girl looking at them surprised and in disbelief.
"Is this the way the siblings treat each and other?" Wallflower couldn't help but ask herself as she saw both Sunset giving a german suplex on her own brother and Spike giving her a leg scissor. "How did they learn all those wrestling moves?"
"FROM INTERNET." Both Spike and Sunset shouted as they started wrestling once again, leaving the girl sigh exasperatedly.
"GUYS." Wallflower shouted, making both of them stop and look at her seriously.
"What?" They said in unison, leaving the girl to facepalm herself.
"Can we just stop this and focus on the project?" Wallflower usually doesn't like to raise her voice, but she was having a migraine at that moment, firstly Pitagoras now had to deal with two kids who seemed to have 6 years old, but surprisingly both of them stopped and moved on to their places.
"Okay." Sunset and Spike said in unison once again, as I sighed in relief and in gratitude, offering a sandwich at the girl who took her notebook and started writing. "I was thinking of maybe creating a project of a molecular module using today's class references."
"That would be cool. Tell me your ideas." Wallflower started to drink soda until...
"Well, I wasn't expecting my first date to be something like this," Spike said aloud as Wallflower spat all the liquid from soda in the face of Sunset Shimmer who dropped her notebook.
"SPIKE," Sunset shouted angrily as she went to clean her face from the towel. While Wallflower Blush was blushing into a deep green color as she looked at him in shock.
"W.. WHA... WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?" Wallflower was stuttering as she could hear Sunset grumbling and cursing Spike in some ways, but she was so focused on what the heck she heard a minute ago, trying to remain calm as she blushed nervously. But received a laugh from the green-haired boy, making her blush intensify with anger. "THAT WASN'T FUNNY."
"For who? Watching my sister being covered to spat soda is a classic for me..."
"I WILL DESTROY YOU SPIKE," Sunset shouted as she angrily went to wrestle with her own brother once again. Leaving Wallflower Blush, blushing furiously, and sighing in defeat.
"So, this is how will be the afternoon of every day before the project is over. Great..."
As the hours passed by, Sunset and Wallflower finally managed to talk about their project, while Spike against his will was taking a few weeds over the garden. After a few minutes of punishment, the trio finally got a consensus and started to have a good afternoon. Spike enjoyed the breeze of the wind, as the leaves crossed over the garden, flying to the air, as the clouds passed by. And the girls talking about their project... Everything seemed so in peace, that it looked finally comfortable to pass the entire afternoon talking.
"I think that's decided then." Sunset looked satisfied with the sketches of their project, as Wallflower smiled at the results as well.
"If we create a simple schedule, I think we can finish this, in 1 week at maximum." Wallflower was positive about the module, she didn't want to make something soo complicated, since she usually does most of her work alone, and it was her first time doing a group job, even it was a new colleague she have.
Spike looked around, understanding the environment shared the deep orange color showing almost the sunset over the school, Spike understood that it was almost time to go home...
"Okay, I think it's time for we go Sunset, mom maybe is finally finishing her paperwork, let's get ready for home," Spike said as he got his backpack and lead his head to make his own sister move.
"Okay, okay. I know when you are moody to go home. It was a great time Wallflower, let's meet again tomorrow." Sunset said as she looked at her own brother with her eyebrow raised, and he glared at her leading his head away, it was a silent message. "Alright, alright, I know when I'm not wanted. Shesh."
As Wallflower was taking all her materials, Spike approached her once again.
"Sorry about my sister, she always tends to find a way to embarrass me," Spike said as he scratched his head, but he didn't notice Wallflower was glaring at him.
"It was you who made all the mess. I can't believe I spat soda on Sunset, you did that on purpose didn't you?" Wallflower blushed angrily as Spike raised his both hands and started laughing.
"Hahahaha, sorry... It was so good I couldn't have missed it. But... yeah, after all that mess a few days ago... I'm glad I found someone who gave me support at this difficult time. So I was thinking... What do you think about Sushi? I have an uncle who makes the best sushi over the town." Spike smiled nervously, as Wallflower opened her mouth in shock, and then her blush got even stronger, as she silently nodded her head.
"I would love it." Wallflower looked away, as the green-haired boy smiled happily.
"Okay, then. Tomorrow we can go there. My aunt always finds a way to create an excuse to go there, so we can use it to have our transport on there. Tomorrow after class?" Spike was happy with the girl who then nodded once again. "Well then, see you tomorrow."
And before giving a reply, Spike then turned his back and started running away.
Wallflower raised her hand to try to stop him, but he was so quick that she couldn't say something, leaving her alone with her garden again.
The silence of the garden felt comfortable, and warm, even with the breezes of the wind crossing the entire garden... Wallflower couldn't help but smile sweetly at the great afternoon she had on that day.
