Chapter 44: Downpour

It is very early in the morning when Dusk wakes up. It is still quite dark outside, and he is the only pony in Ponyville, who is awake at this time. (Besides Big Mac.) He begins to smile, once he realizes what’s going to happen today.

He has a lot of things to smile about. He has Fluttershy as his marefriend, and all of his friends that live nearby. He has also cemented himself a proper job, and he has now become somewhat prestigious around town. All of those things are worth being happy about, but he has a new thing to add to the list.

The removal of his wing cast. ‘Huzzah’

He is surprised how he coped so well with the loss of his wing. He had completely forgotten about it for the two weeks, and he had gotten used to being earthbound, but he still yearned to take to the skies. At least he is now one step closer...

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He had gotten himself out of the bed, and stretches himself until he feels a pleasing *crack*. “Ugghhh, that feels so good.” He says with immense satisfaction. He walks down the staircase, and into the lounge room, where he sees the thick book that he borrowed from the library. He had to return it in about two weeks, but he is quite willing to return it early. Ever since he read the last bit, he had been unwilling to continue the book.

He ignores the unfinished book, and walks into the kitchen, to cook both of them some breakfast. He looks into the pantry, and could see enough ingredients for him to make himself a simple toasted sandwich. (And about 3 months worth of juice boxes.) He turns on the gas stove to 160C and places a pan on the heating stove top.

He grabs two slices of bread, a block of mozzarella cheese, and some daisies. (Everything tastes better with daisies) He slices the cheese into many thin strips, and adds them onto a slice of bread. He then gets a fair helping of the flowers and adds a fair amount of them on top of the sliced cheese, and he lastly adds a few more slices of mozzarella on top. He adds the second slice of bread on top and puts the finished sandwich into the pan, and waits for it to cook.

He hears faint noises coming from the bedroom upstairs. ‘It seems that Fluttershy has woken up now.’

While he waits for her to come down, he grabs a nearby spatula, and flips the sandwich over to the other side. The bread which was underneath, has lightly toasted into a golden colour, and he could see the cheese starting to melt inside.

He sees her slowly walking down the staircase, lightly rubbing her eyes, and she somehow made even that look adorable.

“Good morning Shy.” Greets Dusk, while he waves his hoof.

“H-Hello Dusk, what are you making?”

“I’m making both of us some toasted daisy and cheese sandwiches for breakfast, if you want one.”

“I would like to have one... if you don’t mind that is...”

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Fluttershy is sitting on the lounge eating the toasted sandwich that Dusk gave her. He started a conversation while he waited for his breakfast to toast.

“I’ll be going to the hospital today Shy.”

She gasps and immediately panics, “Oh no, oh no, oh no! What’s wrong Dusk? Are you hurt?”

“Nah it’s nothing like that, I just need to go to the hospital...” His voice begins to get more excited, “...so they can finally remove my cast. Quite happy about that.” Remarks Dusk.

“Oh, that good Dusk... when are you going, if I may ask?”

“At about 8:30, why?”

“Well um... do you mind if I could go with you?” Asks Fluttershy.

“Yeah sure, I don’t see why not.”

She doesn’t answer, but she give Dusk a nice smile, to show her appreciation. (And he has a triple HHHNNNNNGGGG attack from the levels of ad’awableness.)

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The close couple were both walking towards the hospital, and this was Dusk’s fourth time visiting in two weeks. (And only his second time without any fresh injuries. *Achievement Unlocked*) They were both near the middle of town, and Dusk saw that Rainbow was starting to ready clouds over the town.

She saw the two walking through the town, and she had began to worry for them, since she is scheduled to begin a heavy rainfall very soon. (Even though she is struggling to finish on time, since she is working on her own.) She flew down to ground-level and approaches the two.

“What are you two doing out here? You need to get inside soon, because I’m scheduled to start a heavy downpour in a few minutes.”

‘Damn it, I forgotten about the rain forecast today.’

“Umm... Thanks for telling us, but we need to get to the hospital... so I guess that we’ll need to walk through the rain.” Says Fluttershy.

[Idea!]

“Wait a second Rainbow, why don’t you delay the rain for a little bit, just so we can get to the hospital?”

“Sorry Dusk, but I can’t delay the weather, since I’m already a little bit behind right now.”

“Oh okay then Dash, I guess you should get to your job then. I’ll be flying in a week.” Says Dusk.

“Alright thanks for telling me, seeya Shy, seeya Dusk.”

“Seeya Dash.”

“Good bye Rainbow.”

‘We may have a bit of problem right now...’

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They were still about 10 minutes away from the hospital, when they both felt the rain begin to fall from the skies. At first, it was only a few droplets of water, but it soon became a small shower. The intensity of the rain is increasing. Dusk handled the rain really well, since he preferred cold and rainy days over any other weather, but he knew that most ponies, including Fluttershy, didn’t like the rain at all.

He looks over at Fluttershy, and could see that she was starting to get quite a bit wet. The rain had affected her mane/tail quite a bit, because it seems that the rain had... loosened her style a little bit. [Quick Author’s Note: Desription Skills: -5 points.] He felt that he needed to call her new style, ‘Wet Mane Fluttershy’ for some reason. Nevertheless, she did look unhappy to be rained on.

Dusk wrap his right wing over Fluttershy, to help shelter her from the downpour. She realizes what he is doing, and looks at Dusk, who gives back with a caring face. She begins to blush heavily.

“Um.. uh... Y-you don’t really need t-to do this for me Dusk.” Stutters Fluttershy.

He doesn’t retract his wing, and he explains, “It’s no problem Shy, I saw how unhappy you were when you were in the rain, and I don’t mind the rain myself. I don’t want you to be unhappy Shy.”

She shuffles closer to him as she thinks of an answer. “I... um... well... thank you Dusk.”

She leans on his body, while he wraps his wind around her. They both look at each other with loving eyes, and they passionately kiss in the rain... Next Chapter: Chapter 45: Removal Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 23 Minutes