Nachtetraum

 "No Pinkie," Rainbow said, "I'm not doing it!" "But Dashie," Pinkie protested, "If you don't tell her you'll never be happy." "I know," Rainbow said looking down, "But Fluttershy's been my friend since we were fillies. She knows everything about me." There was more to it than that. Fluttershy was the only pony who Rainbow could drop the brave face and allow herself to be vulnerable. 'Fluttershy let's me just be me,' Rainbow thought, 'I love her, but I can't.' She shook her head and said flatly, "I ask too much from Fluttershy as it is. I can't ask this from her." "But," Pinkie said, "What if she likes you too?" She remembered the day R