Anything I Can Do to Help?

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Her and Chihiro? Friends? Derpy gasped in delight and flapped her wings excitedly. Yes! That was exactly what she wanted! It wasn't long before Derpy was flying around in a circle and repeatedly saying 'yes' to confirm that she liked the idea. She was about to begin gushing even more about the whole idea when, surprise surprise, she crashed against the wall. Derpy fell onto the floor in a dazed heap with her wings splayed out. Whoops...

"I'm okay," Derpy said again as she finally got to her hooves. Maybe she ought to have kept from flying. Nothing good ever really seemed to come of it, and more often than not she crashed. But in any case, Derpy was happy to have a friend. She was more happy than she could have imagined herself to be. The only thing that could have made her happier was if one of the Wonderbolts acknowledged her existence. They were such elite fliers, though, that she imagined that would never happen. Why would they care about a mediocre flier like her, anyway? ...Wait, no. She shouldn't have been thinking about that. Derpy had a friend now; she should have concentrated her thoughts on that instead.

"Anyway," Derpy said, "I'd love to be your friend! We could have muffins together, and talk, and laugh, and play... It'll be super fun!"

[Chihiro]

Chihiro smiled and laughed, glad to see that Derpy was alright after flying around and crashing. "Oh good. I am glad." Chihiro and Derpy, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with joy, which was a good thing. He had never had this feeling before "Yeah, we can do all those things." he agreed with delight. "I wish I had something for us to celebrate, I should have gotten some muffins from the cafeteria before it closed. We should go get muffins tomorrow!"

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"Well... Who says we can't celebrate?" Derpy asked. They may not have had snacks, but they could still have fun together. That was what counted. Maybe they could have a glass of water or something and pretend it was something better. It might have been a bit strange, but still... There was nothing wrong with pretending. They were friends, after all. She was happy to actually have a friend in the school. Sure there were other ponies there, but they were all the cool ponies. The popular ponies. But who needed them when she had Chihiro as a friend?

"Yeah... We could have fun together, and that could be our celebration!"

(ooc: Short post is short. I'm sorry. |D)

[Chihiro]

[ooc: its okay, mine is kind of short too]

Chihiro smiled at the thought of celebrating. "It will have to be a quiet celebration though, we don't want to wake anyone up. They might be angry with us." He didn't want that, especially with the night before the results of the fights, if anyone who was nervous and finally gotten to sleep got woken up right now they would be very unhappy.

But quiet was okay with him, Derpy was his friend! His first real friend

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"Oh, yeah. Right. The other ponies would be mad if we did wake 'em up," Derpy said. She didn't want that. On the other hand, though, she wanted to get as excited as possible and have a great time with her new friend. What were they even going to do together, though? Truth be told, Derpy hadn't really thought about that much. All she'd thought about was the fact that someone could actually stand being in her company long enough to want to be an acquaintance. A true, true friend... Maybe that was what Chihiro would be someday. For the moment, though, he was as good a friend as she was going to get. Derpy couldn't even complain about that much. The pegasus had always really wanted someone to spend a lot of time with and joke around with, and now she had that someone.

"Now we can laugh together, and play together, and even... You know, cry together. Whenever we're sad, I mean," Derpy said. She didn't think she would be sad any time soon, though. As long as she had someone who wasn't going to make fun of her eyes and think she was a pathetic excuse for a pegasus. In the end, that was something she was quite happy about. Since her hooves were back on the ground and all, she thought that maybe it would be a good idea to get to walking. Just standing around and talking in the hall would get boring eventually, wouldn't it?

"Hey... You wanna take a walk around here? It could be fun!" she chirped.

[Chihiro]

Chihiro nodded with happiness. If they could walk around, it would help settle his stomach. But Derpy's friendship had already done that. It could also help him fall back asleep. "Yeah, i would like that. I've spent most of the time in my room. So i think walking around would be fun!" he said a little bit too loudly and covered his mouth, blushing a bit before laughing.

"I guess having a friend brings out the real happiness in me. It feels good." he said, before looking at Derpy with a smile. "hey, uh, Derpy. Would it be alright if i gave you a hug?" he said. "You know, i've seen good friends hug each other. And maybe that could be a way to...you know make it official."

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A hug? Derpy's eyes lit up with delight for a fleeting moment and her wings stretched out once again. Yes! Hugs weren't something she got very often back home. She'd have to give Chihiro a pegasus-styled hug, too. To make even better... At least, that was the assumption. She didn't know how Chihiro would even react to her putting one of her wings around him. Regardless, Derpy nodded eagerly and went to stand closer to him just so they could initiate the hug.

"One hug, coming right up!" Derpy chirped. After a moment, she wrapped one wing around Chihiro as best as she could. Feathers brushed against Chihiro's skin and she grinned gleefully. This was about as comfortable as she could manage to make the wing hug. It would give Chihiro the chance to wrap his arms around her if he wanted to. There was the possibility, though, that her feathers were tickling him something fierce. Derpy hadn't thought of that much, though. She'd been so focused on the idea of giving him a pegasus hug that the tickling feathers had been a thing she'd only thought of as an after fact.

[Chihiro]

Chihiro smiled and hugged Derpy gently. She felt soft. It was hard to believe that Chihiro would now be able to have the story to tell others that he had met and hugged a pegasus. And not just that became friends with one. The feathers tickled a bit but it didn't matter much. He was happy, and it was going to stay that way even though tomorrow might be a day that he would regret.

"Hey, how about tomorrow morning we go to the cafeteria and get some muffins."

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"Okay!" Derpy chirped. She wasn't quite sure of how to describe how Chihiro felt when he'd hugged her, but it felt nice. His skin was... Smooth. Kind of like a a smooth stone meant for skipping across the water. Not that Derpy was any good at that kind of thing, but still. That was the best way she had to describe how he felt. Derpy didn't care either way, though. Smooth skin or no, hugs were always nice. She moved her wing into a more comfortable position and her smile just seemed to grow all the more bright and cheery. Sharing muffins with friends, or anyone for that matter, was always nice. Now they would just have to wait until the next day to actually get their sweet treats. Not that Derpy minded waiting, though. She felt like it would be worth it to wait.

"What kinda muffins, though?" she asked. "Chocolate chip? Cinnamon sugar? Oh! What about blueberry? Those are always good."

It was clear that the pegasus was eager. If she was already starting to try and pick out muffins for the two to eat, then there would be no stopping the amount of eagerness within her. But maybe that was a good thing. Somebody had to keep spirits and morale up, right? Right.