Rainbow Dash was still a virgin.

Everyone always readily assumed the opposite, and the tomboy had been eager to perpetuate this belief. Why not? In her opinion, it made her seem cool, mature and desirable. On top of that: experienced--like some guru who had all the answers if only a person were brave enough to ask. The truth of the matter? Rainbow had only ever done it with her right hand, and even then, sparingly. It had less to do with lacking sexual appetite, and much more to do with how busy she was. Plus, there was something lonely and vaguely desperate about her scant attempts at self-pleasure that always left her feeling pathetic. After all, weren’t people always cracking jokes that only losers masturbated? (Or was it that losers masturbated all the time?) It made the few orgasms she had experienced weak and fleeting.

She’d heard stories. Watched porn. Sassaflash was not mealy-mouthed about her sexual escapades, a fact that had bothered Rainbow Dash at the beginning of their friendship when she’d been horny all the time and was still entertaining the idea of dating her vice captain. She knew sex could be amazing, and empowering, and blah, blah, blah…

But what did Fluttershy expect? What did she want?

Because right then, Rainbow Dash could only vocalize her own desires as: MORE.

She wanted more of her friend’s lips. More of her touch. More of her breasts. Her butt. Her long legs. Her scent, skin, moans--

Rainbow Dash wanted everything and she wanted it now, but...

But, but, but--

Fluttershy was Fluttershy. She was shy, timid and well-mannered.

Rainbow knew, right then and there, that while she may want more, she also wanted it all--all of Fluttershy’s attention, her affection, and her happiness--and she couldn’t get that if she ruined things by rushing it. The trouble was that this awareness didn’t make it any easier to resist. It bothered the athlete that she could easily pressure the pre-vet into sexual activities with barely a breath of protest, but that wouldn’t make it okay. Not if Fluttershy regretted it later. Not if she felt worthless about herself.

On the flipside, Rainbow Dash wasn’t exactly getting Slow Down! signals from her friend. If anything, she was getting a fervent Go, go, go!

As the two girls savored each other's lips, Rainbow inadvertently let her frustrations roughen her attention. Her kisses turned bruising as her fingers dug into her partner’s hips like claws. She ground hard into the other girl, hungry for some kind of release, but frustrated by her indecisiveness.

Keep going? Slow down? Stop?

When Fluttershy whimpered into her mouth, it was different from before. Not needy and lustful. Scared and uncertain. Pained.

The fog cleared a bit in Rainbow Dash’s mind and she pulled back quickly. One look at Fluttershy’s wary gaze and her swollen lips told the tomboy she’d forgotten herself. She took a large step back, her eyes going wide as she buried her hands in her hair. Without her friend’s body against hers she felt a bit cold, and this hastened the growth of her dismay.

“Oh man! Dude--I mean--Fluttershy, I’m--” She made as if to take a step forward, her hands held out like she wanted to hug her friend, but when Fluttershy’s eyes widened, the tomboy flinched and stepped back even more. “I’m sorry. I was being too rough. I’m, uh… I’m used to that? I guess?” She rubbed her neck and looked down at her sneakers, her face burning with shame. “I’ve never… I’ve never tried to be with someone like you,” she mumbled.

“Someone like me?” Fluttershy asked. Her tone sounded shaky and uncertain.

Rainbow looked at her sharply as realization came over her. “Not that you’re anything bad! I meant that you’re classier than other girls I’ve been with.”

Now Fluttershy was pouting. Rainbow Dash started to sweat. I’m digging myself deeper, aren’t I?

The animal lover started to twirl a lock of her pink hair with a quivering hand. “Rainbow, the last thing I want to do is give mixed signals.” She bit her lip and said in a squeakier voice as her cheeks turned rosy, “I-it’s true that I would rather not go too quickly, but the fact of the matter is that I’m not... I mean… I want things.” Fluttershy swallowed audibly. With her chin tucked in, she looked at Rainbow through her eyelashes and whispered, “I want you.”

Rainbow Dash shuddered as these words struck her deep. She rubbed at her face with both hands, and with a deep breath she started to take small measured steps back toward Fluttershy.

“Shy, I want you too. I know I’m not romantic, but I mean it when I say I feel freaking good with you. No matter what, you’re my friend, and you always will be, but I think we can have more. A lot more.” Rainbow had managed to slip back into Fluttershy’s personal space, their bodies joining together like they were always supposed to be a pair. The shy girl was relaxed again, her eyes lidded as she held Rainbow’s gaze. The athlete reached a hand up and cupped Fluttershy’s cheek, her thumb stroking along the other girl’s cheekbone and making her partner sigh. “So I don’t want anything to happen unless you’re okay with it. If you want to stop, we can stop. And if you want to keep going…” Rainbow swallowed. When she spoke again, her voice was a little huskier. “We can keep going, too.”

Fluttershy reached a slim hand up to gently touch Rainbow’s wrist, her face turning into Rainbow’s hand like it was the softest, most pleasant thing in the world. “Rainbow Dash,” she breathed. “I confess, I don’t quite know what to say!”

Rainbow chuckled. “Speechless, huh? Yeeeah… I have that effect on people.” Her smile faded some as she kissed Fluttershy’s brow. She left her lips pressed there as she whispered into the other girl’s skin. “You could...stay. Just for tonight.”

Fluttershy started to stiffen against her. “I don’t know.”

“I mean… Hey. Flutters.” Rainbow checked her facial expression, relaxing her features into something gentler as she pulled away and sought her friend’s (girlfriend’s?) eyes. “Fluttershy, it’s okay. I won’t pressure you to do anything. I just…” She looked down and idly scuffed a sneaker tip into the carpet. “I like holding you and stuff.” When she heard no response, she looked up at Fluttershy to see the girl staring at her with wide eyes, her lips parted in astonishment. Rainbow Dash glared. “What?” she grumbled.

The animal lover’s lips turned up in a shaky smile. “I like it when you hold me too,” she said.

Rainbow could feel her cheeks glow with heat, but she took a breath and held out her hand. Fluttershy’s brow creased when she looked at it. Slowly she raised her hand and took Rainbow’s. The tomboy pulled the shy girl toward her. Fluttershy took one small step, then another.

When the back of the tomboy’s knees struck the edge of her mattress, she let herself sit backward, her hand pulling Fluttershy toward her in a gentle but firm grip. The other girl squeaked, but allowed herself to fall atop Rainbow. The athlete reclined, her arms encircling the other girl so that she lay over her body. All the while, she held her friend’s gaze. Anxiety brought a mild tension about Fluttershy’s eyes, but she didn’t look away. Encouraged by this, Rainbow Dash lifted her head and brushed her lips across her friend’s.

Fluttershy let loose a small huff of breath, which felt soft and warm against Rainbow’s mouth.

Rainbow kissed her again, this time letting the contact linger. When she tried to rest her head back again, Fluttershy followed her lips, a small whimper of complaint escaping her. This made the tomboy breathe in sharply, her body arching as she placed an eager hand at the back of her friend’s head, her lips pressing with more energy. Fluttershy tilted her head and her pink hair spilled over her shoulder, the light and fragrant locks brushing alongside Rainbow’s cheek with a feathery touch. Rainbow groaned, her leg shifting up between Fluttershy’s before she flipped the girl over onto her back.

Fluttershy squealed, her hands grabbing at Rainbow’s shoulders. The animal lover blinked her wide blue eyes, her chest heaving as she looked up. Rainbow Dash snaked one arm underneath her partner, and with her knee pressing up and a devilish grin, she shifted Fluttershy further onto the bed. The shy girl gasped, her fingers digging into Rainbow’s shoulders, but by the way her thighs squeezed around the tomboy’s leg, she had enjoyed that maneuver…

Rainbow Dash licked her lips once before swooping in to resume their heated kissing. Fluttershy whimpered again, her arms tucking in like she was trying to make herself as small as possible, but her mouth opened willingly to allow Rainbow’s tongue to slip in to taste her…

The fog of desire closed in again, making Rainbow’s motives simple and her attention focused very much on the present. As such, she didn’t quite pause to think what grinding her hips into Fluttershy’s would elicit, but when the girl beneath her moaned and moved her hips in response, it just seemed logical to keep going, and harder. Then when Shy started to nervously explore Rainbow’s abs underneath her button-up shirt, it stood to reason that Rainbow would rear back, rip the front of her shirt open, and descend on her partner again, giving unfettered access to her flushed skin. And when those hands--those warm, trembling hands--had their fill of exploring Rainbow’s flexing back and her defined abdomen, they tentatively traced upward, along the tomboy’s ribs, and hovered, uncertain, as if too scared to make that last stretch of inches on their own.

So it seemed quite within reason that Rainbow would break their kiss and pull back just enough to grab these hands--these beautiful, but infuriating hands--and force them onto her sports bra-covered breasts. Rainbow Dash panted, her eyes lidded as she gazed down at a stunned Fluttershy, whose expression seemed to be a strange mix of lust and horror.

“Fluttershy,” Rainbow said huskily. “If you want to touch me, do it. Don’t worry about offending me or something dumb like that, okay featherbrain? I want you to. I really, really want you to touch me.” Her last words frayed, then petered out to a hoarse whisper as she let her hands trail up Fluttershy’s arms to gently take hold of her friend’s face. She pressed in close, swallowing back her groan of pleasure as she brushed the other girl’s nose with her own and murmured. “I want you to be my girlfriend. I want my girlfriend to touch me.”

This didn’t quite have the effect Rainbow had been expecting. She’d been hoping for a sudden release of her demure date--a transition from timid to bold. Instead what she saw were tears forming in the other girl’s eyes.

Fluttershy quickly leaned up and pecked Rainbow on the lips in another one of her chaste, but strangely evocative kisses. As her hands gently started to knead Rainbow’s chest, she said with a quivering smile and a choked voice, “Rainbow, I’ve never wanted anything more.”

Rainbow Dash felt like someone had taken the breath out of her lungs. She smiled deliriously. “You mean it?” she managed to whisper hoarsely.

An emphatic nod. “Yes!”

Fluttershy’s touch left Rainbow’s chest and moved next to her neck, where she pulled the tomboy in for a deep kiss. Fluttershy arched into her friend, making Rainbow grind into her again. Things started to get heated once more when a buzzing from the other bed could be heard. They ignored it until the sound went away.

When the buzzing returned, they both froze.

Rainbow Dash pulled back reluctantly with a frown. “Is that your phone?” she asked with a pant.

Fluttershy’s face tensed as she looked at Sunset Shimmer’s side of the dorm room, where her jacket and purse had been deposited on the other bed. “Maybe?”

From the pre-vet’s expression, Rainbow knew with a scowl that this was not something that could be left unattended. “It’s your brother, isn’t it?” she grumbled.

Fluttershy winced as she gently squirmed out from under the athlete. Rainbow growled and flopped over onto her back as her companion hurried to her belongings. The tomboy put an arm over her eyes and tried to catch her breath. She heard Fluttershy rustling through the purse.

“Um…” she heard the shy girl say.

Rainbow Dash removed her arm and looked. Fluttershy was giving her a pained expression, her body shifting from one foot to the other in a nervous little dance as she held her lit up smartphone. “Star Weld was checking up on me. I…sort of told him I’d text him.”

The tomboy flipped a hand and raised an eyebrow in a So? gesture.

Fluttershy bit her lip and looked down, her hair curtaining over her eyes. “If… If I stay the night, I want him to know where I am. But then… But then I don’t want to take advantage of his trust when I already told him I’d introduce him to anyone I got involved with. So… So that would mean that us having--doing--er--initiating anything prior to that would feel...w-wrong.”

Rainbow took a deep breath to quell her disappointment. I can keep it in my pants, I can keep it in my pants, I can keep it in my pants--

“That’s fine,” she said eventually. “I understand, Fluttershy. That’s cool that you’d respect your brother like that.” She sat up and started to button her shirt again. Despite her lingering desire, she grinned. “So you want to ‘present’ me to your bro, huh?”

Fluttershy nodded meekly, her chin still tucked in.

Rainbow Dash chuckled. “Damn. Old fashioned…” She sighed and stood to her feet. With a smile, she hugged Fluttershy and kissed her forehead. “It’s fine. Whenever you want to tell him, I’m down.”

She could feel the other girl tremble in her arms. “Rainbow,” she said. “I hope you don’t think I’m trying to tie you down right away. I-I mean it would be lovely if things go that way-- N-not that I expect they would! But I’d hate for you to think I’m needy.”

The tomboy rolled her eyes and bopped her friend very lightly on the head with the edge of her hand, making the other girl squeak. “Relax, featherbrain,” Rainbow Dash said with a smirk. “I get it.”

Fluttershy sighed with relief, her body relaxing against Rainbow’s.

The tomboy allowed for a small grimace to form on her face as she thumbed toward the bathroom. “Um. I’m not gonna lie, though. I need a really cold shower right now if we’re going to stop.”

The animal lover blushed and stepped away. “O-oh…”

Rainbow Dash laughed. Her primal desires may have remained unsatiated, but she felt light...and happy. She grinned as she gestured at the bed. “Go ahead and get comfortable. I’ve even got an extra towel and clothes to sleep in if you wanna freshen up after me. We can watch a movie or something on my laptop. Did you have plans tomorrow? I have a team practice in the evening, but aside from that, I’m totes free.”

Fluttershy bit her lip in thought. When she spoke, her lips twitched upwards at the corners. “Well, if you’re really free, we could get breakfast in the morning. I was going to go to the animal shelter to volunteer in the afternoon. I haven’t been there in a long time.” She ducked her gaze. “B-but I know that’s not really your thing, so--”

Rainbow gently took hold of Fluttershy’s chin, tilted her face up, and kissed her softly on the lips. When the other girl melted against her, the tomboy smirked and murmured, “A day with you sounds pretty awesome to me, Flutters…”

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