"So, Peter, are you excited for this years' Winter Wrap-Up?"

I glance at Rainbow Dash with a smirk. "God, yes. I can't wait for winter to be over."

Rainbow chuckles lightly. "Yeah, I feel you. What're you gonna be doing during the Wrap-Up?"

"Absolutely nothing," I deadpan.

"Wait - what!?" I frown at her.

"What?"

"You've got to help us out in Winter Wrap-Up!" She cries, roughly grabbing me by my (bare) shoulders. I cringe as her poorly trimmed hooves dig into the flesh. "It's tradition! Every single pony has got to participate - and since you're my boyfriend now, you've got to work on it even more! How d'you think I'll look if everypony finds out my boyfriend is some sort of slacking tradition-hating oaf!?"

I roll my eyes as I force Rainbow Dash to release my arms (which is quite difficult to do). "First off, I wasn't told of this tradition," I point out. "I was just told that Winter Wrap-Up was happening."

"But...didn't Twi' explain it to you?" Rainbow points out, seemingly befuddled. "She would take time to explain the entirety of its history, let alone modern tradition!"

"Well, I think she was going to, but then she squealed and got super excited before sprinting off to do something in the library. I waited for her to come back, 'cus I thought she was getting a book so I could read up on the history of it, but she never came back. I just sort of assumed she was done explaining it to me."

Rainbow Dash rolls her eyes as i conclude my story. "I tell you, boy; for all the concentration she's got when performing magic or studying, that unicorn has got to have ADHD when it comes to anything else..."

"Yeah, and you would know," I goad her. "You're the expert." It was recently revealed to me that Rainbow Dash has ADHD, as well. Despite the fact that I have it, too, she always takes jokes I make on the topic incredibly personally - which makes it fun and inviting.

"Hey," she growls. I hold back a smirk as my joke takes root. "It's just who I am, okay!? I don't mind talking about it, but I hate when others make fun of me for it! It's not something that should be made fun of - it's part of who I am!"

I finally let my smirk go as I retort. "What, and you've forgotten that I have it, too?"

"No, I know that you have it - I don't forget things like that! But that doesn't give you the right to start cracking wise about my ADHD!"

I frown at that. "So, wait - you can joke about my ADHD, but I can't joke about yours?"

"Duh!" She replies, as if that concept should be obvious. "You don't mind it nearly half as much as I do!"

"That's because it's you!" I reply, a small grudge I've been holding for the past few days coming to surface. "I've told you this already, Dash - if you tease me, I don't mind because it's you and I know you'd never actually try to ridicule me! Why can't you trust me in the same way!?" It's then that something within her erupts.

"Because I barely even know you! Yeah, we have sex; yeah, I care about you; yeah, it feels like love; but I don't even know what love actually feels like! It's like...we go on one good date and end up saying a few things in the heat of the moment, and you suddenly think we're in a trusting relationship!"

"Oh, please; who are you to talk about trust?" I demand. "Need I remind you that you told Rarity what you promised never to tell anypony!?"

"Well, excuse me if it was about a murder you committed! I had to be sure of what I was doing first!"

"It wasn't murder, I've already - look, I don't want to talk about that anymore. All that matters is that you don't have the right to talk about trust after that, okay?"

"I don't have the right!?"

"No, you don't." My stern tone of voice seems to shut her down. "You don't have the right to speak of it at all. I still think back on it, and it still hurts that you would betray my trust like that. The only reason as to why I let you into my life after that is because I was willing to trust you again - because I do love you. And if you don't share the same trust with me, then I don't see why you're in this relationship, because its foundation lies in trust for one another."

Silence falls, and Rainbow Dash stares at me - not in anger, but in shock. "Do...do you mean that?" She asks, her voice barely a whisper. I nod.

"If you truly don't feel that you can trust me, then you shouldn't be in a relationship with me. And I don't mean unfounded, stupid trust - as in you'd trust me with your life. I mean that you'd trust me with your secrets, knowing that I would never do anything to hurt you."

Rainbow Dash watches me cautiously for a moment before finally sighing, and giving in. "Alright, fine," she sighs. "I...I'm sorry that I let that joke upset me so much. It's just...I don't like it when anyone jokes about it. If it makes you feel any better, I won't joke about your ADHD, alright?"

I smile at her. "Alright," I respond. "I had no idea you were so insecure about it."

She begins to blush. "Well, you said that I should be able to trust you with my secrets, so here goes..." She sucks in a deep breath of air. "I feel like having ADHD makes me...inferior. Because I can't...be at the top, y'know? I feel like it...it holds me back..." She hangs her head in defeat, and I smile as I wrap an arm around her.

We kiss, make up, and curl up in bed together, happy to have one another. And yet, beneath this geniality and love, I can sense resentment brewing from what we said, and some very valid points were made that, some day, we won't be able to ignore anymore. Whether it be within a year or a few days...this fight is going to resurface. I just know it. I can feel it in my bones, humming to me like a dark premonition of sorts...

I sigh as I nuzzle Rainbow Dash's neck and decide to ignore that for now. Why worry about tomorrow's battles when I'm in a truce in the war?

Author's Note

Just an example of unrest amongst the lovers. Yeah.

BTW I reaaaallly can't wait to write the Discord chapter, because it's going to be awesome.