Soarin sat on the edge of his bed, slowly recounting counting his life's saving of bits to make sure his numbers were correct.

"203, 204, 205--".

"Soar?! Soarin?".

Soarin jolted up and peered out of his window, to see Rainbow Dash banging down his front door.

"Up here," he said, making Rainbow jump. "Ha, did I scare you?".

"N-no, of course not! Now let me in, I need to talk to you," she demanded, banging on the door hard, again.

"Hey, stop, will ya?! The code's 1234,".

"Yeah, because nopony's gonna guess that," murmured Rainbow, as she nudged the numbers into the small lock. The door clicked open and she barged in, closing the door behind her. She galloped upstairs and walked into Soarin's bedroom.

"What's that?" asked Soarin, pointing to his marefriend's saddlebag.

"Oh, this? It's what I want to talk to you about," replied Rainbow, emptying her bags. A thousand coins came rattling out and clicking on the table. "I think we should get our own house!".

Soarin gasped. "Really? D'you think we could manage?".

"Well, I can, but I'm not sure about you, barfhead," tutted Rainbow.

"What's that supposed to mean"?".

"Oh, nothing... But, I think it'd be great! Living on our own and not in a stinky university house! We could invite Fluttershy over, too! What do you say?".

"Alright, alright. How many bits do you have?" asked Soarin. "I've just hit roughly 600,".

"Ha! 5000!" boasted Rainbow, puffing out her chest.

"5-5000?! Damn, are you rich or what?".

"Hehe! Now, I've been looking at some places. Winderflare Manor? It's just a 2 minutes fly away from the university!" suggested Rainbow Dash, taking a seat on her coltfriend's bed. He looked at her with his eyes wide.

"Winderflare Manor?! But, that place is huge!" he gasped.

"Come on, it's not that big! Plus, one of the best Wonderbolts in all of Equestria used to live there; Stark Whiplash!".

"I thought you'd think your dad is the best Wonderbolt in Equestria...?".

"Nah, my dad's crap,".

"Ahahaha! When do you plan on buying the house?" asked Soarin.

"Dunno. We need to look around first. I'll arrange a meeting with the house seller, I've got a connection," giggled Rainbow. She gathered her bits and flew out of the window. "I'll be back in a minute!".

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2 hours later

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"Soarin! Lemme in!" growled Rainbow, furiously thwacked her hooves on Soarin's window.

Soarin suddenly jolted up, woken by Rainbow Dash almost banging his window in!

"Woah, woah. Calm down!" he murmured,  trudging over to his window. He unlatched the lock and Rainbow came crashing onto him.

"Come on! We have to go!" she snapped, grabbing his hoof and yanking him outside. "We were supposed to be there 5 minutes ago!".

"Where?! You were gone for ages!" moaned Soarin, zooming in Rainbow Dash's direction.

"Just hurry up!".

Rainbow and Soarin flew on for another 2 minutes before Rainbow landed outside Winderflare Manor. Outside the house was another pegasus, tapping her hoof on the floor

and glancing at her watch every five seconds.

"Where is she?" she mumbled, getting ready to take off.

"Chrys! Chrys, we're here!" panted Rainbow, stopping in front of the pony to make sure she didn't leave.

"Rainbow Dash! There you are!" she cried, nuzzling the cyan mare. "Oh, nice to meet you, my name's Chrys Whiplash, Stark Whiplash's sister,". Chrys took Soarin's hoof into her own and began to shake it.

"Sorry, we're late, Chrys. Can we still get a look around?" asked Rainbow Dash, hoping the other mare would agree.

"Sure, I'm not entirely busy today. Please come in!". Chyrs let the couple inside.

"Wow," gawked Soarin, staring at the contents of the house. Everything was polished and clean, but he knew once they moved in it wasn't going to stay this way.

"Wow, indeed," said Chrys, leading the ponies into the front room. "The living room, 42" flat screen television, with every channel in Equestria tuned to it. Chaise lounge couch, with Sweet Apple Acres wood coffee table. Carpets from Baltimare-bred sheep...".

"So, would you like to purchase the house? Furnished, the price is 3500 bits," asked Chrys, looking down at her clipboard.

"Deal?" whispered Rainbow Dash. Soarin nodded. "Deal!".

"Thank you! Would you like to do an upfront payment?".

"Yep!" squealed Rainbow, emptying out a number of bits from her saddlebag.

"Thanks. You can move in as soon you've got your things,".

Rainbow and Soarin exited the house, slowly flying back to Rainbow's cloud mansion.

"I can't believe you paid for the whole house!" snapped Soarin. "Why didn't you let me pay for any of it?".

"Jeez, you really wanna get low on bits, don't 'cha? Besides, we need money for food and stuff," explained Rainbow.

"I was just trying to make it fair. We don't even have jobs, how will you get more bits?".

"Well, maybe I will get a job. Just you wait Soarin Skies. Just you wait,".

"Whatever," sighed Soarin, kissing Rainbow on the cheek.

"Blech! You barfhead!" scrambled Rainbow, frowning and stopping in mid-air.

"Whaddya expect? Want a piggyback, milady?" asked Soarin, holding his hoof out before her

"Do I even have to answer, my good sir?!".

Soarin landed outside of Rainbow house and collapsed to the floor, the clouds catching his fall.

"Damn!" he panted, sweat pouring down his face. "Wha...what have you been eating?!".

"Food," sniggered Rainbow, unlocking the door. She trotted inside to realise her parents weren't home.

"I hate you," murmured Soarin, tugging on Rainbow's mane.

"Ugh, shut up! You love me and you know it,".

"Whateveeeeer!".

Rainbow ignored him and began to write down a note for her parents.

Mom and Dad,

Guess what? We bought a house! You guys weren't home when we got in so I'm probably at Soarin's.

The house is just 5 minutes away from here and about 2 minutes away from the uni.

Yaaay!

-Rainbow Dash