Song Prompt: Can't Repeat - The Offspring

Twilight lay frozen in her bed. Eyes bloodshot, her mane a mess, she rolled over to look upon the source of her mental distress. Next to her lay Rainbow Dash, still snoring peacefully, oblivious to the storm of worry and, shall we say eccentric (panicked) thoughts rumbling through the lavender unicorn’s mind.

Twilight had gotten exactly 1.67 hours of actual sleep last night. In the middle of the night she awoke with a start as what had just happened the day prior finally hit home. Rainbow Dash, as always, remained ignorant to this and slept the night away without a care in the world. Oh how Twilight envied her marefriend for this.

That’s right. Marefriend. Her brand new marefriend as of yesterday. Now that she thought about it, it really wasn’t all that surprising. She and Rainbow had been spending a lot of time together recently. The two had been nearly inseparable for the last few months, always at each other’s side.

Rainbow joined Twilight at the library every day so they could read together. Afterwards they would go out for lunch and Twilight would continue her studies while watching Rainbow Dash practice. Then the two would normally go get supper together. Rainbow had even spent several nights at the library and would join Twilight and Spike for breakfast. This happened at least a couple times every week.

In a sense, they had already been dating for a while now. Twilight was surprised none of her friends had asked if she and Rainbow were an item.

It was only last night that Rainbow confessed her feelings for Twilight that she admitted to have been harboring for quite some time. And, to make matters worse, in a state of euphoria, Twilight said that she felt the same.

The look of joy on Rainbow’s face when Twilight said these words would have put Pinkie to shame. The two spent the night together, but this time as a couple. In the same bed. Twilight’s bed. What? NO! Nothing happened! They just shared a bed and cuddled like normal couples do! Sheesh! Get your minds out of the gutter guys.

But now that Twilight was awake and in a clear state of mind, the implications of what had just happened came to the forefront of her mind with all the subtlety of a backlit neon sign in Las Pegasus.

What would her parents think? What would her friends think? Would they approve or shun them for being ‘fillyfoolers?’ Oh Celestia I don’t think I can take this much stress…CELESTIA! What will she think?!

This was all too much. Twilight just wished that she could turn back the clock, go back to yesterday and stop this from happening. Twilight was feeling two things that she had never felt before, at least not this strongly…

Fear. Twilight Sparkle was scared. She was scared for the future. What if things didn’t work out between her and Dash? What would happen to their friendship? If there’s one thing she never wanted to lose it was that. Rainbow was her best friend, and her mind couldn’t help but wander to all of the times she spent with Rainbow Dash laughing, having fun, and never feeling so safe in her life.

But then on the other hoof…right now, looking at Rainbow Dash’s peaceful, sleeping form, she felt…love. She had never felt this way before. Sure she loved her parents, her brother, Princess Celestia, and her friends, but she had never felt anything so…right.

Then it all clicked. Through all of her fear and uncertainty, Twilight had buried what she came to realize. She loved Rainbow Dash. She was certain of this, more certain than anything she ever thought to know in her life. Waking up next to Rainbow, seeing Rainbow, being with Rainbow had all almost seemed like second nature to her. She thought ahead to a life where she would have this every morning.

She wanted that.

She looked once more at her marefriend, this time with a calmer, understanding look in her eye, and simply watched the cyan pegasus sleep. She really is pretty, Twilight thought, and adorable when asleep…

Rainbow yawned and stirred from her sleep. Blearily opening her eyes, she saw Twilight looking down at her and a small blush formed on her cheeks.

“H-hey Twi.”

Twilight simply smiled and gave Rainbow a small kiss on her nose and snuggled into the waiting embrace of the pegasus, causing Rainbow’s blush to only increase in intensity.

The future is going to be full of new challenges, and no matter what happens Twilight can never go back to the way things once were between her and Rainbow Dash.

But right now, she didn’t care. There was no going back, those memories of her and Rainbow as friends she could never repeat. It was time to move ahead.

Author's Notes:

Welp, here it is, the first mini-story. Let me know what you think in the comments below, constructive criticism is always appreciated!

Song prompt for this chapter was "Can't Repeat," by The Offspring (SCREW SONGS BASED ON ROMANCE FOR ROMANCE-BASED STORIES!).