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By pzeezp
Created: 2025-04-29 06:27:32
Updated: 2025-04-30 03:35:32
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    >Fuck, she wasn't supposed to react like this!
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    >It's been five minutes after the movie ended, and Dash still looks like she's about to keel over.
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    >Things started like any other Friday
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    >Dash came to hang out immediately after getting off weather duty
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    >You both had already decided on a movie night beforehand, so you prepared snack before dash arrived...
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    >Which now sits uneaten on the table
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    >Not much of an appetite left after... THAT
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    >The movie proved to be too much for her
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    >On the first half she tried to make a couple jokes here and there, trying to fight off the uneasiness she felt with a bit of humor
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    >After the second half however...
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    >After the movie ended, you'd stood up after noticing how much the movie had gotten to her, saying you needed to take a piss
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    >You braced yourself, expecting her to make a retort about the movie having an effect on you
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    >But she said nothing when you made your way to your bathroom
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    >She said nothing when you exited your bathroom
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    >So, you went to your kitchen for a glass of water, giving her some more space
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    >... And because you weren't sure what to do
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    >Glancing back from the kitchen to your living room you can see dash still wrapped herself in the blanket you let her borrow
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    >Trembling
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    >Your heart aches with every shiver that runs through her
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    >It wasn't supposed to go like this
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    >Maybe
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    >You're not sure exactly what you were expecting to happen
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    >Something funny maybe?
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    >You just wanted to spook her a little while watching the movie
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    >Not terrify her!
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    >...
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    >Well, you can't just stand in your kitchen staring at Dash, like a creep
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    >So, you make your way back to the living room, trying to look as casual as possible
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    >You even grab a pizza slice and take a bite as you sit and lay back onto your couch, next to her
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    >The pizza is cold, no surprise there, all you can taste is grease at this point
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    "Not feeling up for cold, greasy pizza Dashie?"
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    >She hates when you call her that
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    >Only Pinkie can call her that
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    >Her words, not yours
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    >But she doesn't react at the nickname, she just shakes her head and retracts further into her body
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    >You can't stand this
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    "Uh, Dash, you okay?"
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    >"I-I"
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    >She tries to speak, her words stopping suddenly, as if something had gotten lodged in her throat
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    >She clears her throat and tries again
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    >"Y-yeah dude, h-ha ha"
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    >That's all she manages to say before falling silent again
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    >For a moment she tries turns to try and give you a reassuring smile
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    >What you see are her puffy red eyes
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    >Was she crying? Fuck, you didn't even notice
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    >You feel like shit
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    >Why did she even sit through that if it was affecting her this much?
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    >Pride?
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    >Fuck it, you're not dancing around the issue anymore
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    >Throwing the half-eaten slice on the table and cleaning the grease off your hands with a nearby napkin, you reach around Dash and give her a side hug, pulling her close to you
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    >She jumps from the contact, but otherwise doesn't fight it
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    "Dash I'm sorry, I shouldn't have chosen such an intense horror movie without warning you first."
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    >You hold her close, burying her face into your chest
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    >Again, she doesn't fight it
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    >She sniffles a little, but doesn't cry
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    "You're very brave you know? Not many humans could've sat through that whole movie, and we made the thing!"
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    >You say, trying to lighten the mood
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    >You don't think it works
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    >Huggin Dash a little tighter, you start gently petting her head
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    >Under normal circumstances she'd bat your hand away, mumbling about being uncool
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    >But not tonight
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    >"Is the turtle okay?"
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    >She says abruptly, her voice coming a little muffled from being buried in your chest
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    >She sounds like she's about to cry
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    >No, the turtle wasn't okay
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    >The poor creature got butchered
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    >But you can't tell her that
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    "Yeah, it was just a prop" you say, giving her a soft smile. Trying to convince her of the white lie "Humans love being scared, there are... entire fields dedicated to this crap! Just ways to make stuff look more realistic"
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    >"It's all fake?"
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    >Did she think it was all real?
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    >Did she think was watching real people dying on screen?
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    >No wonder she was so scared
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    "Yeah, it's all fake, all movies are!"
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    >That's technically a lie, but you don't own any snuff films
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    >That shit has no place in this world
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    >"You humans are bucked up" she says as she looks at you with the first genuine smile of the night, wiping away tears with a hoof
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    "Yeah, believe me, we know"
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    >You stay hugging for a while longer
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    >You need to get it into your head that these ponies are delicate, no matter how brave some of them want to be
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    >You can't just come into their world and traumatize them for fun
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    >You have no right
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    >And they don't deserve that
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    "Hey Dash, if you want, we can watch another movie"
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    >At that she tenses up
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    >You rest your chin on the top of her head
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    "It's one I used to watch when I was younger, it's about talking dogs"
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    >Lifting your chin from her head you allow her to turn to you with a confused look and a raised eyebrow
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    >You return her stare with a smile
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    "Come on dash, let me show you that humans aren't all doom and gloom"
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    >You both look into each other's eyes, you with a smile and rainbow with a confused frown
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    >Dash ends up losing the impromptu staring contest by scoffing and looking away
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    >"Fine, but it better not be kiddie stuff. I'm way too cool for that"
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    >She says as she pushes herself off you, launching herself to the other side of the couch and fully lying down onto it
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    >You get up to insert the DVD into the video player
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    >Looking back at her, you see her finally reach out and take a cold slice of pizza, devouring it in seconds
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    >She seems to slowly be getting back to her old self
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    >Inserting the movie into the DVD player, you return to the couch with the controller in hand, sitting near Dash's rear hooves
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    >In the blink of an eye, she pushes herself off her side of the couch, using the momentum to turn herself around so her head is resting on your lap
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    >Smiling, you lean back and press play

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