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Driving Rain

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Driving Rain
By: Chistery

Nopony could remember a time when it had rained so hard.

It was strange warm fog, then a drizzle, and quickly a storm.  The patched  windows of the library barely held back the winds. Not weather for another sleepover ...

Rarity managed by thinking of Saigon during monsoon season, drinking tea, listening to rainfall.

"S'like Celestia's just pissin' away on a flat rock out there," came a drawl to her side.

The dressmaker cringed.  She could - manage.  The storm would pass again - just as the first had.  Twilight would make it back after the rain. Things would be balanced on a fulcrum, Separated at opposite ends.

"I suppose." Rarity smoothed a little icily.  She sipped at tea she'd found in a cupboard.

Silence fell like the rain - close, drowning.

"So, ah figure now's good for napping," opined Applejack.

"Mmm."

"You coming?"

Rarity furrowed her brow and sipped …

"Not coming, then."

Silence.

"So we aren't gonna talk about it," harumphed Applejack.

Rarity's cheeks burned.

"You said it was just wakin' up, but when you went an' kissed me full on the mouth-"

"I was having a dream, Applejack," Rarity spat.

Applejack's eyes narrowed, "Did ah just dream you mumbled 'Oh Applejack' 'fore you did it?"

Silence, hot and embarrassed.

"Thought so.  Ah need sleep," Applejack muttered darkly, stomping for the guest room, "not this."

Rarity chewed her lip.  The opportunity was nearly over.  Time to swallow some pride--

"Wait."

Pregnant silence.

"We - have the place to ourselves to … talk."

Applejack snorted, "Ah'm plum exhausted, Rarity."

"Then let's rest," pausing, "... 'nap.'"

Applejack's orange ears perked.

"Together," dangled Rarity coyly.

"Together?"

"Together."

---

Fumbling happily, hooves found proper places, nestling between sheets, warm and jumbled.

They dozed to gentle drumming on the windowpane.

Together.
Oneshot, 300 words - Shipping - Rarity / Applejack.

I wrote this for the May 2011 300-Word Writing event at Equestria Daily!
© 2011 - 2024 Yamathan
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madman12000's avatar
Well, sometimes you get what you want Rarity, just have to pony-up and go for it!