The walk back from the market to your house was filled with idle chatter between you and Rainbow. You talk about her work and her friends. You never knew she was so close with Twilight. She tells you about her fanatic borderline obsession with the flying team the wonderbolts. The only thing you get out of all of this is that she's a very busy pony with a very busy life.

" So you go out a lot?" You ask to the night air, staring forward.

" Yea I guess you could say so" she says as she looks at you.

"What about you?"

The question blindsides you, you don't want her to know you're a loner but you don't want to say you go out all the time and haver her call your bluff.

"Uh yea, it kinda depends on how I'm feeling and,... stuff..."

"Oh, that's cool"

You clear your throat, " Yeah sure" you say under your breath.

"What's that?" she says with a quizzical look on her face.

"Nothin"

"Aright ?"

"Anywho, You said you were good friends with twilight?" you say as you take the turn to your road. She still hasn't let go of your hoof, it's a blissful feeling being close with her.

"OH yeah, me and Twi we're best buds!" She says with a grin.

"She's a pretty good librarian isn't she"

" The very best!" She nudges you with her shoulder.

" Haha, yea I suppose she is, anyway we're here" you say as you look up at your dilapidated apartment complex.

"Here?" she says scrunching up her nose.

"Hey, beauty is on the inside!" you joke as you drag her up the stairs.

" I guess so" She says uncertainly, that hurt. You never thought your house was that shitty, but you guess that a pony that lives in the clouds might have high standards.

You swing open the door and do a little jazzhoofs as she walks in. She laughs as she walks by you.

"Beauty on the inside huh?" She asks looking around the living room, she seems to be taking in every detail she can.

" Well it's not that bad!" you exclaim with mock terror in your voice.

" Meh, I've seen worse" She says as she raises an eyebrow at the mess on the floor. Dirty shirts and food wrappers litter the room like shrapnel from a "messy room" bomb.

" I've also seen cleaner" She says with a chuckle.

Woops maybe you should have cleaned up a little?

"Yea it's great isn't it?"

She sits on your couch in the middle of the room as you close the door.

" You got anything to eat?" she asks "One slice of pizza isn't a whole lot". She looks back at you over her shoulder.

"maybe" you say with a concerned look on your face, she laughs at you. It wasn't supposed to be a joke, you have literally almost nothing.

You step into the kitchen as she picks up the remote and flicks on the T.V.

You rummage through your bare cupboards, "a great advantage to not having any food means no mice!" Yeah that's a great reason to have no food. You run into a box of pancake mix, " Hows pancakes?" you shout out.

"Sounds good to me" you here her moving around

" I'll get on that then" After a few more minutes of rummaging you find a usable pan and mix together the floury substance.

Just as you put the first pancake on the stove Rainbow appears in the doorway leaning up against the wall with her hoof behind her back.

" Hey, I'm just making them now, gunna be a while yet"

She smiles " Well that's ok I found something to pass the time" she winks as she brings a half empty bottle of Applejack Daniels out from behind her.

A smile breaks out on your face, " Good plan!" It takes another few minutes to find suitable glasses to drink from that don't have something growing in them.

"Let me help with those pancakes" she says as she shoves you out of the way, she jams her hoof into the batter and turns to you with a malevolent expression on her face.

"No, wait, Rainbow!" to late, she pounces on you giggling like a filly as she plasters you with batter.

" Oh it's on now!" you grab her around the waist and spin her around. Sticking your own hoof in the batter at the same time, you bring it around and wipe it on her snout. She squeals with delight as she breaks out of your embrace. She knocks you to the ground and sits on your chest painting batter pictures on you, no matter how hard you squirm you can't get up. She's using her wings to push her down in turn holding you there. You grab the spatula that must have fell on the floor in the mayhem and swipe it up her foreleg with a triumphant "HAH" You both roll around on the ground for a little while longer until Rainbow jumps up and runs into the living room giggling.

"You win this round!" you yell after her. All you hear in response is another chorus of giggles.

After a few more shots and an equal number of pancakes made , with batter splattered all over the room you think it's going quite well. you decide to strike up a conversation. More than likely brought on by the side effects of the booze.

" So, tell me, why did you help me earlier when I fell anyway?" you look over from the stove to see her back in the doorway.The question seems to take her by surprise because she lowers the glass from her mouth and stares at you with a deadpan expression.

" What, bad question?" you ask afraid you've pissed her off.

" No, it's just, well... I don't actually know" She looks away and you realize you've been staring at her, you look back at the pancake sizzling away in the pan.

"I mean I guess it's kinda cus your cute" She says, you look up from the pancake to see her blushing, or is that just the alcohol, you chalk it up to the fact she just called you cute. " And I couldn't just leave you there conked out" She says forever covering her ass with reasons that mean nothing.

" I bet it's just because I'm so cute!" you say playing with her.

She walks over to you and stand inches away from your face, she's just staring, those magenta eyes boring into your soul. She stays that way until a nervous sweat breaks out on your forehead.

" BOO!" she yells into your face, of course you scream like a little filly and fling the frying pan across the kitchen. you glare at her as she cracks up.

"AHAHA you should have seen your face!, that was SO priceless"

" What was that for?" you ask angrily.

" Just seeing how cute you are!" she says giggling

"You're cut off" you say glancing at the now almost empty bottle of booze.

She flashes a perfect white smile at you and you and spins out of the room laughing the whole way.

You take what you can salvage from the pancake explosion and put it on a plate and follow her into the living room.She's laying sprawled out on the couch but does move her hindlegs to make room for you at the end. You place the plate of pancakes on the table and sit back sighing.

You glance over to her as she leans forward to pick at the pancakes, her body in a perfect pose you can't help but admire, she seems to be perfect, well to you that is. Her chaotic rainbow mane falls across her face as she leans back, she does nothing to move it so you lean in and brush it to one side. She looks at you with a question in her eyes.

" I couldn't see your face" you explain and she blushes.

"Hehe you're so good at making me feel good!" she says loudly, clearly intoxicated. She laughs at that and nudges you with her hoof, " get it?" she says with a drunken wink.

"yea I get it" you say trying desperately not to break into a smile, to no avail.

"haha, I thought you'd like that" she says as she nudges you again.

"OH!" she says as her eyes widen " let's hear that music now!" she repeatedly kicks you in the side until you get up giggling the whole time.

"ok ok, lemme just grab this first" you say as you pass the pancakes and take a big chunk. Melt in your mouth delicious, " I could've been a cook" you think with a smile.

You wander over to your ponyPod, still cracked but still functional.

" NICE ASS!" you hear a catcall from behind you, you spin around to see Rainbow looking off in another direction innocently.

" You do know you're the only other pony in here right?" you ask

" Huh, what's that?" she says batting her eyes

You laugh and shake your head as you turn back to your ponyPod, you grab your headphones off of the desk beside them and turn back to her.

You notice she's moved into a sitting position and she beckons you over, you gladly oblige and plunk down right beside her.

" Say, you got any blankets or anything? this place is cold as hell!" she asks, funny since you'd think hell would be rather hot.

" Yea sure" you grab the closest one from the floor and throw it over her, she snuggles in and then looks at you expectantly.

"I'm waiting" she says, you realize she means the music so you set the song to your favourite and plug in the headphones then hand it over to her.

She places them on her head and closes her eyes. She bobs her head to the beat and you can't help but admire her some more. Even Starshine couldn't match this beauty. You close your eyes and let out a sigh, " Could this really be happening? this amazing mare in my house listening to my music while I'm so close to her" you ponder this thought as you open your eyes again, only to see Rainbow who's definitely into the song. With her eyes still closed she shifts her position so she's shoulder to shoulder with you, she slowly moves her head to rest in the crook of your neck. " Oh god oh god" She wraps her blanket clad forelegs around you and you return the favour with relish" OH GOD OH GOD!". Her rainbow mane flowing down your chest you can't help but stroke it. She let's out a loud sigh as she removes the headphones.

"Wow that was...really good dude" she says as she moves in closer to you.

" Thanks, that means a lot coming from someone like you" you say continuing to stroke her mane.

"Someone like me?" she asks you feel her breath on your neck which is pure bliss.

"Someone so amazing and beautiful" you say quietly resting your ear on the top of her head.

She laughs at what seems the thought of that

"Don't laugh it's true" you say

" That means a lot coming from someone like you" she says as she grips you closer.

You smile and kiss her on the top of the head.

She pulls back and says "I'm in no shape to fly home, can I, can I stay here tonight?"

" Of course you can Rainbow, I'll sleep on the couch" *facehoof* a beautiful mare asks to spend the night and you say you'll take the couch, idiot!

She laughs, " Not exactly what I had in mind" she says as she nudges you

"But Rainbow, you're clearly drunk, I won't take advantage" SAVED!

"Oh you're such a gentleman" she says happily as she breaks the embrace.

" I guess I'll go mess up your bed then!" she giggles as she runs off into your room with your ponyPod in tow.

" Don't break anything!" you yell after her, she slams the door behind her with a yelp of joy.

"That could have gone better" you think as you lay out on the couch, you pull the blanket over you. Thoughts and fantasies of Rainbow rush through your brain as you fade into a long needed sleep. Who would've thought after being out cold for so long you'd still be tired. For the first time in a long time you fall asleep with a smile on your face, content to even be in the same house as the rainbow pony.

" What the hell is this!" a very loud shrill voice brings you out of your slumber,

The lights must have been turned on because when you open your eyes it burns, " Wuh, what's goin on?" you slur groggily.

"This" Rainbow shoves a small sheaf of paper before you, it takes your eyes a few second to focus but when they do you feel your heart explode right in your chest.

The paper reads: Dear mom and dad, if you're reading this it means I've decided to end it all.....

"Woops" you say dumbfounded at her discovery

"Damn right woops, you got some explaining to do!"