"They've always been inseparable." Everyone at Canterlot High knows Applejack and Rainbow Dash as the duo that comes as a package deal. They've been best friends since they were kids-always arguing, always laughing, always finding their way back to each other. To everyone else, it's just who they are. Then Soarin transfers to CHS. As the newest member of the soccer team, she quickly becomes friends with Rainbow Dash, giving her a front-row seat to a friendship no one else seems to question. The lingering glances. The instinctive touches. The quiet understanding. The way one always reaches for the other without thinking. The others don't notice. They've grown up with it. But Soarin has fresh eyes. And the more she watches, the more one question refuses to leave her alone: "Do best friends really act like that?" Sometimes, it takes a stranger to see what everyone else has missed-including the two people living it. A slow-burn AppleDash story filled with friendship, soccer, jealousy, fluff, angst, late-night conversations, misunderstandings, and two hopeless idiots who don't realize they're already halfway in love.

╚»★❝𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙄'𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚?❞★«╝ . . . College AU | Rainbow Dash isn't perfect, no matter how much people praise her for her athletic skills, or her captivating smile that made almost every girl blush, or her natural flirtatious behavior. Rainbow had a reputation that consisted of being cocky, flirting, and talking about herself 24/7, but this was the Rainbow that the people in public knew; she suffered in silence. She's not always 100% confident in everything she does, her heart still has scars from abandonment and terrible childhood experiences, she had relationship problems in the past, she was misunderstood, she avoids thinking because it only leads her to becoming emotional, and Rainbow always pushes her emotions away. She smiled in front of everyone like she was fine, but she truly wasn't now was she? During her junior year in college, she meets the most attractive, modest and selfless girl; Applejack, who'd put her friends and family's needs over her own. She was the only one who saw through all of those smiles and her cocky behavior, she saw the real her more than anyone else did. After a little while, Rainbow and Applejack grew strong feelings for each other that meant more than friendship, but it becomes a problem for Rainbow because she dwells on her past and overthinks her fake image and one of Applejack's closest friends gaslights her. Applejack's feelings never went away and she wanted a genuine relationship with Rainbow, but Rainbow was blinded by the darkest thoughts that were never said to anyone. Despite their differences and their own personal issues, will Applejack and Rainbow Dash be able to pursue their feelings? *MLP characters mentioned in this story and book cover art DO NOT belong to me* 𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 - ???