Alone Time

by ShadowblazeCR

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance, Soarin, Rainbow Dash
Length: 1181

Soarin and Rainbow Dash get some much needed time alone after a tiring training camp with the Wonderbolts.

Soarin and Rainbow Dash get some much needed time alone after a tiring training camp with the Wonderbolts.

Published 2021-07-28 17:20:01 UTC
Last updated 2021-07-28 17:20:01 UTC

Does It Involve Getting Up?

It had been a hard ten days. Training had enveloped Rainbow Dash and Soarin’s time, leaving little chances for them to spend time together. And the close-knit necessity of the group of Wonderbolts caused unwanted interruptions at any attempt to do so. A few days became many, and the couple slowly drained in motivation to get together for anything other than sleep.

But the camp was finally finished, and Rainbow Dash was on a figurative and literal cloud nine. She laid atop the couch in their living room, forelegs arching over her coltfriend’s stomach. It was evident that they both had no intention to move, and the variables that surrounded them were a little too sweet to pass up the opportunity to do so. A three-day weekend of leave after a hefty training schedule and the overwhelming need to spend some sort of quality time together equated to an innate need to chillax.

It had passed quickly and Monday was upon the couple, which was causing the two a subconscious feeling that something was going to happen or that they would need to save someone, do something, or anything that required getting up from the couch. Thus, Soarin and Rainbow Dash laid wrapped around each other on their couch, watching brain-rotting television and discussing anything they felt was entertaining enough to keep them distracted from the likeliness of something happening. Plus, the ability to spend time with their significant other did put the final constraint on any want to break apart their current situation.

“Dash?” Soarin leaned his head over to make eye contact. He gestured with his head and eyes in a general area, “You hear all that?”

Rainbow Dash shook her head, “Nope, nada. Which means…”

“We’re finally free of everything!” Soarin grinned at her, pressing a kiss to her forehead. “I can’t believe that Spitfire didn’t even let us have that weekend off during the training. I thought for sure we’d at least be able to squeeze in a date then.”

“Well this works just fine, I was tired of hearing Spitfire yell about our pinpoint turns anyway. Time alone is as good as any date could be.” Rainbow Dash snuggled deeper into Soarin’s fur.

“So you don’t want to do anything? Like nothing at all?” Soarin asked, a tinge of hopefulness in his voice. Likely because he also wanted the same. Though most couples would likely have had many things suppressed in ten days, the two were so worn out that there were only a couple things that would literally force them to get up from their positions. Food and the bathroom.

“Oh we will be doing nothing for this whole day Soar. Something always happens every Monday, like clockwork. And today, I bet you it will. And today,” Dash paused for dramatic effect, letting Soarin chuckle, “we won’t react to it. There’s plenty of Wonderbolts, Elements of Friendship, and air balloon police to deal with whatever happens. It’s not our problem.”

Soarin leaned back into the comfy couch, “Works for me. I would shake on it, but that would require more work than I plan on putting in today.”

“Ah, of course, I completely understand.” Rainbow Dash nodded, “Do you think you might have enough fuel in the tank to give some lovin’ and cuddlin’?”

Soarin gasped with visible exaggeration, “Dashie! How could you ever think that?”

“How could I have even let it slip out of my mou-”

“Because, yes, you’re completely right. Can’t do anything, take a ticket please.” Soarin cut her off, snorting in between words.

Rainbow Dash laughed at his attempt to be deadpan, “If only you were this straightforward with Fleetfoot. Maybe you could have kept her from roping you in so many of her pranks.”

“I’ll have you know that I willingly take part in those.” Soarin scoffed. “She just executes, you’re looking at the mastermind behind the curtains.”

“I don’t know enough about your pranks to say otherwise. But I guess I’m proud of you?” Rainbow Dash snuggled her head into Soarin’s neck. “I can’t believe I’m dating the mastermind of all pranks.”

Soarin laughed, tracing his hooves through Rainbow Dash’s mane, “I think that you’ll be happy to know that I’m on hiatus for pranks. They require too much work right now.”

“Good, I thought I might have to do something. I love you too much to let you turn to a life of delinquency.” Rainbow Dash sighed, nuzzling Soarin while he still played with her mane. “I appreciate you sticking with me through these hard times of doing nothing.”

“I wouldn’t give it up for the world Dash.” Soarin replied, smiling down at her.

Just then the house shook from the shockwaves of what sounded like a roar from some creature. A couple explosions of magic and other things reverberated throughout their walls. Rainbow Dash and Soarin looked at each other, shrugged, and continued their conversation. It was their off day for once, and the world could handle it without them. Doing nothing trumped anything currently, and the two were going to stick to what they planned.

“I think we should do this again sometime Soarin, this really helped my everything really.” Rainbow Dash gave Soarin a warm smile, “Plus, I like spending time with you. I never thought that I would get the chance to do my favorite thing with somepony I used to idolize.”

Soarin grinned, “What a coincidence then, cause that’s exactly what I’ve been thinking. I never thought I would be dating an idol of mine, cuddling and doing my favorite thing with them either.”

“Heh, that is pretty awesome.” Rainbow Dash blushed at his words.

“So,” Soarin said, “I had this idea about what the rest of our schedule could look like today.”

“And what could that be?” Rainbow Dash asked, expecting something coy.

“Well, seeing as you’re doing nothing right now.” Soarin gestured to all of her and himself,” And I am too. I had a proposition for you.”

Rainbow Dash plopped her head onto Soarin’s chest, sighing into it. “I guess I can hear it out.”

“Great! Considering we still have a whole afternoon and evening free in our schedule I figured we could…” Soarin waited till Rainbow Dash looked at him, “Do nothing!”

“Bwahaha!” Rainbow Dash laughed heartily, “That sounds mighty tempting. Ya know what, I think I’ll take you up on that offer.”

Soarin let out an exaggerated breath, “Oh great, I thought that the number one napper might say no.”

“Right, can’t let my titles lie can I now?” Rainbow Dash said, “Now, shall we get to it?”

“We shall.”

Author's Note

I had a good time writing this. It was fun to visit a ship I've had since the beginning. I hope you all enjoyed everything, as short as it was. If you have any other SoarinDash things you might want to see, feel free to comment below. I'm totally up to exploring their ship some more in other one-shots, maybe even multi-chapter stories if things go well.