Under the Mistletoe

by Stahl

Under the Mistletoe

The small plant lay just above her, its little red berries lightly swaying in a small breeze. The pony under it, however, had no idea it was above her; she was just ruffling through a box of ribbons, trying to decide which one went best with Twilight’s castle. I brought up all the courage that I had in me and cleared my throat lightly. “R-Rarity?”

She turned around with a certain gleam in her eyes and a cheery grin on her muzzle. I had to hold back a giggle as I saw that a ribbon had found its way into her mane, its yellow color contrasting with her purple mane. I found it to be quite adorable. “What is it, Fluttershy?”

“I, uh…” I felt my cheeks warm up as I tried to look her in the eyes. Slowly, I motioned my head upward to the mistletoe that hung above Rarity.

She didn’t even notice it.

“Is… something the matter, dear?”

I slowly leaned in toward her, my mouth slightly opening. “There’s, uh, there’s a ribbon in your mane.” I bit the yellow ribbon and gently pulled it away from her mane. “S-sorry.”

“Oh, it’s fine!” She pulled me into a hug, and I dropped the ribbon. “Thank you for removing it. It would look simply dreadful with my mane.”

By then, it felt like my entire body was red. I was sure Rarity would’ve noticed by then, but she just turned around to go back through the ribbons.

Slowly, my eyes followed up to the mistletoe once again. Come on, Fluttershy! I thought. You can do this! I gathered up all my courage plus a little extra, and tapped her on the shoulder.

“Yes?” She turned around again. “What is it? Is there another ribbon in my mane?” She looked upward, trying to look at her mane. And that’s when her eyes focused on something above her. She blinked twice before giggling slightly. “Fluttershy! You should have told me that was there!”

My face reddened once more as her horn lit up. I shut my eyes and flinched back. “I-I’m sorry! I-I thought you’d be mad at me for pointing it out! A-and… with what it—”

“Oh, darling, it’s not your fault… though I’m not sure who thought those two colors would look good together.”

What?

My gaze followed Rarity’s eyes, and I noticed that somepony had thought that the colors of yellow and purple went together well. Her horn lit up with a blue aura, and the yellow ribbon flew down as another ribbon—this one a lighter purple—flew up to replace it.

“That’s better!” she chimed, putting on her glasses as she once again turned around to go through the contents of the box.

“R-Rarity…”

Her ears perked up, and she slightly turned her head around to look at me, though her body remained facing away from me. “Yes?”

“I-I wasn’t thinking about those ribbons when I tried to get your attention.” I took a slight step forward as she started to turn around once more.

“Oh? Then what were you wanting me to see?”

My eyes shut tight, and I tilted my head down, trying to hide the blush that filled my muzzle. “C-close your eyes.”

“What? But how could I see it if I—”

“J-just do it, please, Rarity.”

Rarity nodded. “All right, darling.” Her eyes slowly closed, the smile never leaving.

Ever so slowly, I leaned in toward her. Time seemed to slow down as my lips drew closer to hers. Slowly, I closed my own eyes, and I pushed forward to close the small gap between our lips.

“Rarity!” somepony shouted.

My lips connected! I had done it! I kissed—

I opened my eyes. I had kissed Rarity on the cheek.

My head shot back as Rarity turned to look at me, her eyes now wide open. “F-Fluttershy, why did you—”

My hoof pointed up at the mistletoe that swayed above her. Her eyes followed it. A realization washed over her face as I saw her facial features relax. Moving a hoof to cover her mouth, she giggled. “Oh, Fluttershy, you didn’t need to have me close my eyes.” Rarity leaned in to kiss me on the cheek, but paused. “But wait, you were going to kiss me on the lips, weren’t you?”

My face got warmer. “I-I, uh…” My face shrunk back behind my mane as it felt like the whole world was watching me, like the whole world was listening to our conversation. Oh, Celestia! Did they know about my crush? Did they—

“Is there something you’re not telling me?”

My face tilted upward, yet I was only able to barely see her through a few openings in my mane. “N-no. I-I mean—”

“Fluttershy, dear, I’m going to be honest with you here.” She lifted up her hoof to brush away the part of my mane that covered my face. When she did, I noticed one thing about her. She wasn’t mad—she didn’t hate me. She was smiling.

“I would have happily accepted that kiss.”

The whole world stopped as she said those seven words. Those seven, beautiful words. “Y-you would have?” I tried to move my face away, but her hoof prevented me from doing that.

“Definitely.” Slowly, Rarity leaned in toward me, her eyes slowly closing. When our lips met, fireworks went off! It was amazing! It was wonderful! It was the best thing I had ever experienced! Slowly, my eyes closed and I leaned into the kiss.

It seemed to last forever, yet it had to end eventually. Slowly, Rarity moved her face from mine, and even though I longed for more, I was okay with it.

She smiled. And I smiled back.

“So… does this m-mean that we’re… d-dating now?”

Rarity’s smile grew wider. “Only if you want to.”

“I-I do.”

Rarity grinned and looked up back to the mistletoe. Her smile soon dropped and one of her eyebrows rose.

“What is it?”

“The mistletoe is gone.”

I looked up to where she was looking, and sure enough, it had disappeared. I didn’t stop frowning, though. Instead, my smile grew wider.

Rarity’s eyes soon found my smiling face. “What is it?”

“Oh, nothing. It’s just so wonderful that some miracles really do exist.” I leaned in to kiss her on the tip of her muzzle. “Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve.”

Author's Note:

This was inspired by the scene in the most recent episode where Rarity puts some mistletoe behind Flutterhsy's ear. I decided to write this, and I did so in a span of two or three hours. Totally worth it. Thank you all for reading it!

Comments

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Short, but sweet and well-written.

[Fire Gazer the Alchemist]

Been a while since I read anything from this ship. Nicely done, dude.

[DAMN HAMSTER]

Adding your own story to a goodfic group is a douchebag move guy.

[Six-Paths Shinigami]

Thank you for this story. When I first saw the new MLP episode with that scene of Rarity and Fluttershy I just knew someone was going to write something about that. RariShy

[Stahl]

7221341 It was honestly an accident. I clicked the thing for the Goodfic Bin, and accidentally double clicked it. If I could take it back out, I would.

Edit: I found a way to do so. I honestly had no idea how to do that before this, though it's out now.

[Stahl]

7221290 To be honest, it appears that this ship isn't even that popular. That's actually quite surprising to me...

7221356 Even if the roles are reversed, it was based off that scene That scene was super cute

[DAMN HAMSTER]

7221512 An editor not knowing that stories can easily be removed by the person who added them? If you're gonna lie to someone, at least put some effort into it.

[Lucario7688]

Short, and sweet. Reminds me of a real life event from my life.

[Stahl]

7221535 Dude, I edit stories. I don't do things with groups that much other than add my own stories to them. Yeah, I've been around this site for quite some time, but that still doesn't mean I know everything about it. As I said, it was an accident. I honestly did not mean to put it in there.

[Proper Noun]

7221535

You seem awfully keen on assuming malice where derp will do.

[DAMN HAMSTER]

7221563 Malice is doxxing someone or pouring quickrete in their gas tank. I think the word you're looking for is unseemly.

[Harmony Pie]

This was very sweet!

(Sorry about that guy in the comments)

[Stahl]

7221635 Thank you! And no worries about him! You don't have anything to do with him.

[Zaid ValRoa]

That was cute.
I honestly can't think of anything more to say than that.

[TheArquius]

I am sorry about my existence.

[dNihil]

You spent 2-3 hours writing this? Wow. Impressive.

[Hudibadudi]

How could anyone dislike this? It's well written, it's adorable. Thumbs up.

7221534 And yes, despite this shipping's cuteness, it does seem to be rather under-appreciated, which surprises me as well

[Captain_Stallion]

Cute story, liked it a lot...

[Stahl]

7222426 It's even a valid ship! (Well, in my opinion.) From what we've seen from the show, Fluttershy and Rarara seem to be at least pretty close.

[Hudibadudi]

7223487 Agreed. Even though this isn't my number one pairing, of the possible pairings with Rarity and Fluttershy, those two do seem to be right for each other . They even do their weekly spa thing

[SugarPinkieVA]

7221341

Ha, that's funny, cause even though it was an accident, it still deserves to go there

[tekelodoyo]

Thanks for making what I suggested! Even if I was joking with that anyway

[Stahl]

7241705 But it's totally a great ship

[tekelodoyo]

7241709 Yeah, it is. OTP!

[Titanium Dragon]

I reviewed this story as part of Read It Later Reviews #50.

My review can be found here.

[97xxfastbike]

Cute story. I never saw them as a ship, but it could work! Fluttershy was able to finish sewing Rarity's dress in "Suited for Success". So they have a common interest in sewing. And they are different enough in personalities. Rarity would take the spotlight, and Fluttershy would be comfortable working behind the scenes.

[Stahl]

7293448 Thank you! To be honest, they're one of the only Mane Six shipping I actually ship. I used to think it was a decently popular ship too... then I tried looking for its cover art.

[PaulAsaran]

You can has review!

[Stahl]

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I only just saw this now, but thank you so much for reading my story and reviewing it! I appreciate anyone who enjoys my works. You're the best, my guy 🔥