“Hm,” Rainbow said as she treaded air. “I should really tell Twilight that Applejack actually loves me back. I wonder if she bought that lie anyway. Wait, Applejack lied? Yeah. She did. Things have been all sorts of weird this week.”

She flew to Twilight’s treehouse, killing several bugs along the way. Twilight answered the door.

“Hi, Rainbow Dash.”

“Hey. Can I come in and talk about something random, then half an hour later get to what I actually came here for?”

“Sure.”

Rainbow came inside, closed the door behind her, and continued to breathe.

“So what are you actually doing here?” Twilight said.

“I can’t tell you yet, we have to talk about something irrelevant first. Were you even listening?”

“But why?”

“It’s more polite to talk about something random for an hour than just suddenly ask a question.”

“Why?”

“Because... um... you know, I don’t know.”

“All social rules do is make everything inefficient. Everypony should just lose their sense of awkwardness and gain a sense of... well... not gain anything, but then things could get done.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Why?”

“Because I think you’re basing it all off this one thing which, although you have a point, is just one thing, so social obligations are still a good thing to have.”

“Why?”

“If you’re gonna be like that, I don’t need to be here.”

“You’re the one who came to me.”

“Fine. Look, I just wanted to tell you that... well....”

“Well?”

“It’s a big thing, okay? But... you see... it worked out with Applejack! She’s always loved me too!”

“Really? That’s wei, I mean great!”

“I know! I’m so glad you finally got me to do it!”

“I, um....”

“Be honest,” Twilight’s conscience told her. “It’s the right thing to do. Honesty.”

“Yeah?” Rainbow said.

“Sorry. I just can’t believe that went so well!”

“Isn’t it awesome? Oh, and by the way, something you should know.”

“What?”

“We want to keep the relationship a secret, so be prepared to lie to everypony about that if it comes up. That’s what a couple days ago was about.”

“With the rope?”

“Yeah.”

“It was four days ago.”

“So?”

“So you apparently don’t know what ‘couple’ means.”

“I’m Rainbow Dash, I’m don’t care about that shit.”

Twilight rolled her eyes. “So is that it?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, why don’t you stay a bit now that I got my statement about society out? Unless you have something to do or....”

“No, I’d actually like to talk with you for a while.”

A conversation which hinted that they both secretly loved each other ensued, but copyrighted music was playing in the background so we can’t show it. Next Chapter: Chapter 18: Again? Estimated time remaining: 17 Hours, 28 Minutes