“D’awwww,” Applejack said, having just seen the sixth episode of Withstander with Rainbow Dash, Big Mac, and Apple Bloom. She leaned against Rainbow and turned her head to her.

“Well, it’s true,” Rainbow said. “You don’t have flaws.”

“Ah have a couple.”

“Like what?”

“Lahke how unsanitary Ah am.”

“That’s not a flaw, AJ.”

Applejack hugged her. “Ah love you, Rainbow.”

“If this gonna turn into a fic with soft on the inside Rainbow, I’m leaving right now.”

Applejack made the hug tighter. “Wouldn’t want ya any other way.”

“What made you think you have flaws, AJ?”

“Well, Ah honestly do have a couple. Or a few. Couple means two.”

Rainbow started hugging Applejack. “I would talk all soppy about how I’m always happy when I’m with you, but Rainbow and soppy hate each other.”

“Ah expected an argument about how much a couple is.”

“Why would I ever love somepony who thought a couple could mean not two? I have standards, you know.”

Applejack hugged Rainbow even more tightly. “Ah’m sorry, Ah didn’t mean to insult ya....”

“AJ?”

“Seriously, that’s not how Ah thought of it.”

“Don’t hold me so tight.”

Applejack loosened her grip to the original level. “That better?”

“Eeyup,” Rainbow said in a terrible impression of Big Mac, who looked at her with a rather neutral expression.

“Sorry.”

Applejack started petting Rainbow. “What should we do now that the show’s over?”

“Well, we could do the obvious thing....”

“Let’s go upstairs, then.”

“What? I meant Apologies!.”

“Oh.”

Silence.

“I mean, we can do that if you want...” Rainbow said.

“No, no, whatever you want.”

“Seriously....”

“No, no....”

Silence.

“We’ll do rock-paper to decide,” Rainbow said.

“Sounds good.”

“Rock, paper, shoot!”

They both picked paper.

“Rock-paper is a stupid game,” Rainbow said.

“Yeah.”

Silence.

“I’m just kinda bored of sex,” said Rainbow Dash.

“lol”

“Seriously, a little. I wanna take a little break from it.”

“Fahne, but you’ll have to fahnd another pony to play Apologies! with.”

“Fine. I’m leaving right now.”

“Go. Ah don’t need you.”

“I don’t need you.” Rainbow walked to the door angrily, angrily opened it, angrily went through the doorway, and angrily slammed it shut.

“So...” Applejack said, “What now?”

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