*February 14*

Great... just great. Today is Valentines day, and I don't gave a gift for Rainbow. This is supposed to be my fucking job as the guy, and I'm totally gonna fail! Its not like I can just avoid the holiday either, because I already told Rainbow about it! Son of a bitch, that leaves one option. I make sure Rainbow isn't anywhere around me, and I open a portal to Twilight's library. I step through, and close my eyes as I anticipate the flash of light. Hah, I'm getting too smart for the portals, they can't hurt me any more!

"Gah! Matt! Don't scare me like that!" Twilight jumps as I suddenly appear in front of her.

"How was I supposed to know I'd appear in front of you? That is not my fault at all." I say while laughing.

"Well, now that my heart has stopped racing, what brings you to town?"

"I need to get Rainbow a gift for Valentines day, but I can't think of anything to get her. You're her friend, and you've known her longer than I have. What would you get her?"

"What's Valentines?"

"Like... Hearts and Hooves day, I think that's what it's called..."

"Oh! Of course I can help. I already have an idea!" Twilight's horn lights up and she hovers a book over to me.

"Daring Do? What's this?" If this was in an episode, then I certainly haven't seen it. Besides, why would Rainbow want a book? I'm big on reading but I know for a fact that she isn't.

"It's Rainbow's favorite book series. That's the newest one. It came out while she was on Earth with you, so she has no idea about it. I promise she will be the happiest mare on the planet if you give her this."

"Technically, she's the only mare on my planet." I say with a chuckle. Twilight rolls her eyes and smiles at my dumb joke. I wave and thank her as I jump into a portal. I love putting these things on the floor now. It makes me feel like an action hero, as dumb as that might sound.

"Gah!" I land right on top of Emily as I fall into my kitchen. "Matt, you need to stop with those portals." She says as I help her up. She has definitely matured since Rainbow arrived here. A few months ago she never would have said something like that.

"Sorry, I just did the same thing to Twilight. I gotta learn to control these better."

"You were in Equestria!? Can I go!?"

"Maybe some other time. Right now, I have to wrap a gift." I run upstairs and close my door. I snatch a roll of wrapping paper from my closet, and throw the two objects on the bed. Alright, I can do this, even if I do suck at wrapping gifts.

An hour and three paper cuts later, I was satisfied with my work. I write Rainbow's name on the front, and slap a bow on top of the present.

"There we go... RAINBOW!" I throw the book behind me and it lands under my desk. Rainbow slammed the door open as soon as I had put the bow on the gift. I hope she didn't see it.

"Whoa! What's up with you?" Her eyes had shrunk a little, and her wings were flared. Guess I scared her as much as she scared me. I let out a breath that I didn't realize I had been holding.

"N-Nothing. You just startled me, that's all!" I say awkwardly as I eye the desk.

"O...kay then..." Rainbow looks at me curiously before walking downstairs. Phew, dodged that bullet. I retrieve the book and stuff it into my backpack. I'll bring that with me on our date tonight. I haven't told her yet, but I'm taking her to a special location. I found an isolated island on Google Earth, and it looks beautiful from the overhead image I saw. It also looked like nobody lived there, which meant we'd be alone. I can't even imagine life without this portal app. Gotta remember to thank the shit outta Celestia next time I see her. Being able to teleport ANYWHERE, opens so many new doors for Rainbow and I.

"Matt, you coming down for dinner?" Rainbow asks a few hours later.

"Nope, and neither are you." I say with a sly smile and I get ready to open the portal app.

"What?" I hold up a picnic basket and wave it around in front of her. "A-A date?" She stutters in surprise.

"Yep! How does a romantic dinner on a tropical island sound?"

"Like a dream come true!" She quickly jumps over to my side. I toss the backpack with the book in it over my shoulder, and unlock my phone. Huh, two messages from Alex and Skyler. I'll read them later. It's Matt and Rainbow time. I point the portal at an empty area on my wall, and motion for Rainbow to go through.

"Ladies first." I say with a wave towards the portal. I can see a nice image of a small beach and the ocean on the other side. The sun is about to set, so we better hurry to get in the best lighting possible. Rainbow smiles and walks in ahead of me.

"MOM! I'M GOING OUT FOR A WHILE!" I yell before I enter. I'm just gonna assume she heard me. I feel the floor shift under me once I step through. Sand. Beautiful white sand. God, I haven't been to a beach in forever. I need to do this more often. Maybe we could build some kind of shelter here and make it like a summer house or something. That would be nice. I look ahead of me to see Rainbow already sitting near the edge of the beach, looking out at the ocean in front of us. Behind us is a small jungle of trees with some kind of fruit on them. I'd say the island is about the side of a village. Not all that big really.

"Hey beautiful, this spot taken?" I say like an idiot as I walk up next to Rainbow and place down a blanket. Once it's down, we both sit on it and scoot next to each other.

"I'm not beautiful. That's Rarity, I'm just the athletic girl that nobody would even think about dating." Rainbow says as she leans up on me. Well damn, that got a little depressing.

"What? You're beautiful, and we both know that. Why would you think any differently?"

"I-I don't know... I was just looking at myself in the mirror earlier, and realized how little I take care of my appearance. I mean, multiple ponies AND humans have thought I was a stallion. I mean, come on! Am I really that bad?

"You stop right now." I say sternly as I lay on my back and pull her on top of my chest. "You might now think it, but you're the most beautiful pony I've seen so far."

"You're just saying that..."

"No, I'm not. You're no super model, I'll give you that." I say bluntly. She gives me a weird expression, but I continue on. "But you're beautiful in your own way. Maybe it's your amazing hair, or maybe its just that glow of... awesomeness that you give off." I say with a smile. "Point is, I think you're amazing. Don't change."

No verbal response, but my head is pushed deep into the sand by Rainbow's lips. I sit up quickly, but I hold her close. The sunset over the horizon shines down on us as we sit there together. We pull away and I see tear streaks down Rainbow's face. I take the tail of my shirt and wipe her eyes, and she doesn't object. Those big magenta eyes...

"I got something for you." I say as I put her down next to me. She quickly nudges into my side, almost knocking me over.

"Really? You didn't have to-"

"But I did. You deserve the best after all."

"Hah, no I don't. You're just the best coltfriend ever."

"Boyfriend. Not a pony." I remind her with a smile. I open the backpack that I had dropped behind us, and pull out a light blue present with a white bow on top. "Happy Valentines." I say as I hand it to her. She takes it in her hooves and spins it around before tearing into it. When she pulls the contents out of the paper, she gasps and her eyes widen.

"H-How did you..."

"Twilight. She said you loved whatever that is. That's the newest book. She said it came out while you were here, so I thought you might want to read it."

"I-I THANK YOU!" She says excitedly as she is suddenly wrapped around me, wings and all. I hug her back and laugh at her excitement. If there is one thing she is good at, it's being excited over little things. Whatever this book is, it means a lot to her apparently.

"I didn't know you were an egghead Rainbow." I say using her own insult against her.

"W-What? I'm not an egghead!" She's blushing. I call bullshit.

"Then why do you love that book so much?" I say with a devious smile.

"Um... No reason?" She says with a dumb smile. I rub her head and we both laugh. The setting is perfect right now... almost too perfect. Fuck it, YOLO right?

I reach over and grab Rainbow's wing joints. Her eyes turn to pinpricks, and her entire body goes stiff, then quickly goes limp.

"So, is that how you're feeling right now?" She says with squinted eyes. Shit, already here, might as well.

"Maybe." I say as I continue rubbing her wings. She gets on top of me, and starts to put her hoof near the top of my jeans. She looks at me with that same look she had during Estrus, only this time, there is no film over her eyes. She leans down next to my ear and whispers,

"Alright then... lets do this."

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