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>The chill nighttime air is cold against your uncovered hands. The sky is clear, and the moon is bright.
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>The party is still going on, and probably would be for some time. You like a little time alone to reflect.
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>What a year. It's been difficult, no doubt. Harder than ever.
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>But in its own way, so very rewarding.
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>You breathe deep, stinging your nose and filling your lungs with the icy air.
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>It's nice to reflect sometimes. A rare moment of peace in your busy days.
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>A voice breaks the silence, snapping you back to attention.
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>"Hey bud, i've been looking everywhere for you!"
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>There's that voice. You'd recognize it anywhere. Recognize her anywhere.
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>She's hard to miss.
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>You keep your eyes locked on the stars. Crunching hoofsteps in the snow tell you she's walking up to your side.
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>"Everything okay? You're missing the party."
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>You take another deep breath of frosty air.
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"Fine, Dash. Just enjoying the air. Thinking."
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>You turn to face her. Brilliant magenta eyes stare back above a smiling cyan snout.
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>Tiny flakes of snow are falling now, dusting her in a fine layer of frost, giving her a silvery glow in the moonlight.
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>"Whatcha thinking about?"
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>A billion answers cross your mind. You could tell her about home. About family. About your year. But one thing sticks out.
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"...How glad I am to have met you."
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>Her cyan fur is accented with a nice pink blush. For someone so quick to brag she sure is weak to compliments.
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>You like that about her.
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>Her eyes break away. She can't hear stuff like that and hold your gaze. She opts to view the stars with you.
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>Her reaction lights a fire in your belly. A deep instinct tells you to press your luck.
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>You move in close. Despite the snow you get down on one knee, putting yourself at eye level with her, and wrap one arm around her side.
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>She instinctively moves one wing around your back in kind, shielding you from some of the cold. Soft feathers gently tickle you.
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"I mean it. I can't thank you enough. For everything."
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>"You don't have to-"
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"I know. I want to. Want to show you how much what you've done means to me."
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>She's been there for you. An ear to listen. A hoof to help you move. Advice when you were lost. Reliable, even when you weren't. Just fun to be around.
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>She's your best friend goddamn it.
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>Her entire face is pink now. Probably not from the cold.
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>In the distance the voices grow louder. You faintly recognize the sounds of a countdown.
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>As if on queue, fireworks begin to set off a short distance away. The loud booms startle you, and you pull even tighter into Rainbow.
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>The sky lights up into brilliant hues of reds and greens, whites and golds. Silver sparkles pop and explode.
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>The lights catch and dance across her wonderfully prismatic mane, a shining, glittering rainbow of colors before your eyes.
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>Illuminated in the starlight, and practically glowing under the fireworks.
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>The most beautiful thing you've ever seen.
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>The sight is simply too much to bear. The fire in your chest rises, lighting your heart aflame. Your limbs move on their own.
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>One hand to her cheek, the other wrapping as tightly around her as possible.
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>You pull her close, lips pressing into lips, carrying to her a message you could never put into words.
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>The year was hard, and there's no guarantee this one will be any better.
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>But right here, right now, bathed in moonlight and a trillion different sparking colors.
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>Everything is right with the world.
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