I Dream of Pink: The Date
By Spice of Life
Rarity finally finished up the last cape, she lifted it away from the sewing machine and folded it neatly onto the third pile of capes behind her. She sighed and wondered if she should wear something special for her date with Pinkie. Then she noticed the sun was just barely peaking out from the horizon, it was already late so she satisfied herself with just fixing her hair and tail before galloping out of Carousel Boutique.
The last rays of the day caused the buildings to cast long shadows over the fountain in the middle of the town square. She saw a group of ponies gathered around the fountain and she slowed down to a trot. She sighed, this would make her even later but she had to maintain appearance, after all, she was a lady.
As she approached the group a blue mare with a rainbow hair and tail waved to her. "Hey Rarity! Over here. Bon Bon was wondering if you could help her with a dress." She pointed her hoof at a pale, cream colored mare with a curly navy blue mane with a pink stripe.
Rarity trotted past them as she replied to her friend "Sorry darling, I have a very important appointment tonight, have her stop by the shop tomorrow." She waved as she passed them. She could hear her friend Rainbow Dash say that it must have been important if she was willing to pass up giving fashion advice. Rarity smiled to herself and once she was sure she was out of view of the ponies she resumed her gallop, not wanting to miss anymore of the sunset than she had.
Rarity left Ponyville behind and could see the hill where she was meeting Pinkie at in the distance. The light from the setting sun only just illuminating the top of it, she thought she could see a dash of pink at the summit. She wanted to slow down and make sure she looked fabulous but looking behind her she could see there was only a little sunlight left. She wanted to see the last of the sunset with Pinkie even if it meant not looking her best. She gritted her teeth and speed up her gallop as fast as she could. She could fix her mane later.
As Rarity reached the hill she saw the pink form bouncing up and down and waving to her. Well Pinkie had already seen her, no point in slowing down to make an entrance like a lady now. She galloped up the side of the hill and saw the pink pony at the top, hopping up and down on her hind legs, excitedly waving her front legs at Rarity.
As Rarity reached the top of the hill she slowed down and Pinkie Pie ran to meet her, leaping up and yelling. "Catch me Rarity!" Rarity dodged to the side and Pinkie flew past her with a betrayed look on her face. Before Pinkie could land a light blue aura surrounded her and she hovered in mid air. Rarity sat down on the blanket and levitated Pinkie over beside her. "Raritttttyyyyyyyy, that's not how I wanted you to catch me." She complained.
Rarity released the spell, letting Pinkie fall to the blanket beside her. "I know darling but I look enough of a mess from just galloping up here. " Her horn glowed and she quickly fixed her frizzy mane and tail. "Besides, if we had both fallen down the hill then we would have missed this." She pointed at the last ray of light shining over the hill and leaned against Pinkie.
Pinkie Pie giggled and rested her head against Rarity's. They sat in silence a moment as light of the setting sun set the sky on fire. Pink clouds floated in the sky before turning grey as the twilight overtook the day and the sun completely vanished below the horizon. Rarity truly enjoyed the romantic moments with Pinkie when she was willing to sit still, she knew how hard they must be for a pony so full of energy. After a few minutes she turned to the pink party pony and smiled. "Ok Pinkie."
Pinkie leapt up in excitement and landed right in front of Rarity, lifting her head up and kissing it all over. Rarity pushed Pinkie off her and straightened her mane up again giving the pink pony a smile. "Awww but I wasn't finished yet, I still have so many kisses to give you."
Rarity gave Pinkie a coy look. "I know darling but I am afraid I am rather hungry, I don't suppose you brought anything to eat? I didn't have time before I left the shop to get anything."
Pinkie giggled "I knew you were too busy to eat today." She reached around and pulled a box from behind her, setting it down in front of Rarity. "I made this just for you."
Rarity reached forward and poked the lid off the box with her hoof. Inside was a white cake. The top was decorated with three blue sugar gems with the message 'I love you Rarity!' in purple icing under them. Rarity held her hoof over her mouth as she looked at the lovely cake Pinkie had made her. She reached out and wrapped her hoofs around Pinkie, pressing the party pony against her.
Pinkie grinned and hugged her back tightly. "Do you like it Rarity?"
"Like it? Darling I love it!" Rarity leaned her head against Pinkie's neck. "Seems almost a shame to eat it though, you did such a spectacular job on it."
"Hahahahehe, That's what cakes are for silly" Pinkie said as she let Rarity go and pulled out a knife and fork. She cut a big slice of cake for Rarity and held it up. Rarity eyed Pinkie and the huge hunk of cake on the fork. Pinkie looked at her then at the cake and giggled. "Sorry Rarity, that was a Pinkie sized bite, not a Rarity sized one."
Rarity smiled "It's ok." Using her magic she cut out a much smaller slide from the giant hunk and demurely ate it. She shivered as the sweet taste of vanilla cake and frosting filled her mouth, Pinkie always made the sweetest sweets. "Darling! This is wonderful." She said as she swallowed another bite. Pinkie laid across her back with a big smile on her face, waiting patiently for Rarity to finish. Rarity took the last bite, letting it melt in her mouth before she swallowed it. She pushed the rest of the cake to the side then lifted up a napkin with her magic and lightly dabbed the corners of her mouth. "That was simply succulent, I do not believe I have ever had a cake as divine as that."
"Oh Rarity. It's easy to cook the bestest cake ever for the pony I love." Pinkie said, smiling at Rarity. "I can't wait till you're ready to say you love me back, that day will be just superdeduper, I'll throw a big party with a huge cake oh and maybe I can jump out of it and yell surprise at everypony, but then who would greet everyone, oh but I could do both but then how would I count it down to me jumping out of the cake?" Rarity snuck another bite of cake while Pinkie rambled on, she was quite tempted to admit to loving Pinkie but there was still one last piece missing.
As Pinkie Pie talked on, a question entered Rarity's mind, one that surprised her since she had never thought to ask it before. It seemed like the most obvious thing to ask and yet for the month they had been together she had never once thought to ask. She looked up at the sky, stars were beginning to appear as the twilight deepened. Twilight, she probably would have asked this as soon as Pinkie started to pursue her, but Rarity was so used to being the object of desire that she had just assumed it was because of her beauty and style. Thinking about it now though, she wasn't so sure anymore. In the past her looks had brought her many a suitor. But it made very little sense for Pinkie to be attracted to her because of her looks. Pinkie didn't care about style or beauty. Rarity knew what attracted her to the pink bundle of party energy. Pinkie did her best to make everypony happy, she would go to extreme lengths for her friends and when she put her mind to it she was the most sweet and thoughtful pony alive. But why did Pinkie love her?
Rarity noticed that Pinkie had stopped talking and was staring at her with a concerned look. "Are you ok Rarity? You've just been looking up at the sky for a whole long time." She reached out her hoof and held it against Rarity's.
Rarity smiled at Pinkie "I was just thinking." She looked into Pinkie's lovely light blue eyes for a long moment as she thought of how best to ask "Pinkie, do you mind if I ask you something personal?"
Pinkie gave Rarity a worried look. "Ummm sure ok."
"Don't worry darling, it's nothing bad, I was just wondering what made you decide you loved me? You seem to have much more in common with somepony like Rainbow Dash."
Pinkie smiled again. "Oh silly Rarity, I was worried you were going to ask something hard. Hahahehehe *snort* I love you because you want to make everypony smile, just like I do." She leaned forwards and gave Rarity a big sloppy kiss. As soon as she pulled away Rarity wiped off her nose and lips even though she couldn't help but smile. "You want to make everypony feel beautiful and I throw them parties, so that everypony smiles."
Rarity blinked and stared at the pink pony. Pinkie could still surprise her but it wasn't like the surprise of having Pinkie suddenly appear behind her or pop out of a bowl or some other strange Pinkie thing. Every now and then Pinkie seemed to have some surprisingly deep insight into something. She became a fashionista to make everypony more beautiful, she even sold her dresses relatively cheaply so that everypony could afford them. Pinkie was right, she did want to make everypony smile. Instead of throwing parties for everypony like Pinkie did, she wanted to give everypony the ability to own a beautiful outfit to wear so they could feel special. She had just never thought of it like that before. Pinkie just sat there in front of her, a warm smile and a look of utter certainty on her face.
Before Rarity could say anything Pinkie continued. "I've always known you were generous" Pinkie's tone was still happy but there was a serious note in it, like she wanted to make sure Rarity knew she wasn't kidding. "But it wasn't till you made our dresses for the gala that I saw how much making other ponies smile meant to you." Pinkie leaned forwards. "You were even willing to ruin your reputation to make us happy." Pinkies smile was getting bigger and bigger. "You made us all so happy that day, I would have had to throw a super big Pinkie party to make everypony as happy as you did." Her nose was almost pressed up against Rarity's. "That's when I knew in my pinkie heart, that you were the pony for me."
Rarity looked into Pinkie's big blue eyes and inched herself forwards letting her lips press against Pinkie's. The pink pony sat there stunned as Rarity wrapped her hoofs around her and pulled them together. She held Pinkie tightly, their muzzles pressed together. Eventually Rarity pulled her lips away from Pinkie and released her grip on the pink earth pony. She smiled at Pinkie and waited for her to come out of her stupor.
After a few moments Pinkie still sat there, stiff as a board, unmoving, a trail of drool started trickling down the side of her mouth. Rarity frowned, her horn glowed and she lifted up the corner of the blanket and wiped away the drool from Pinkies mouth. "Honestly dear, if you keep being such a drama queen then I will have to stop kissing you."
Pinkie shook her head and looked back at Rarity with puppy dog eyes. "Awww but Rarityyyyy, I love your kisses."
"Be that as it may, I simply cannot have you going into a state of rigor mortis whenever I kiss you. It's quite unseemly." She smiled at Pinkie then staggered as she felt a wave of exhaustion wash over her.
"Rarity!" Pinkie leapt forward and leaned against Rarity to support her.
Rarity let out a deep yawn. "Excuse me dear. I suppose I'm more exhausted than I thought. Spending all day working on those capes really takes it out of a lady. Is it alright if we cut our date short tonight?"
"You're just a sleepy heady pony. Ok Rarity, I'll take you back home. Let me just clean up." Rarity watched though half closed eyelids as the pink pony rushed around, gathering up the blanket and what was left of the box of cake. She suddenly appeared beside Rarity again, she leaned against Pinkie and together they walked down the hill .
Rarity barely registered the walk back to Carousel Boutique, she only had a vague recollection of Luna's moon hanging in the sky over Ponyville. She came to as they reached Carousel Boutique, Pinkie walked her all the way up to her room and helped her get into her bed then turned to leave. "If you want, you can stay here with me tonight." She yawned again. "I can't have my Pinkie Pie wandering around after dark."
Rarity could barely keep her eyes open but she could hear Pinkie giggle and slide into bed next to her. "Goodnight Rarity, I love you."
"I love you too Pinkie Pie" And the last thing Rarity heard before sleep took her was a squeal of joy from Pinkie.
