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- >You stop your bike and check your clipboard for a second.
- >Yep, this is the place.
- >Not that there's many other apartment buildings to mistake in this place, but better safe than sorry.
- >You kick the stand out and get off, sifting around the basket in the back.
- >Though it doesn't take more than a second to find the packages you need.
- >The big ass tank that's been weighing you down is supposed to get dropped off here.
- >Finally.
- >Checking the box, you make sure it's got the same address.
- >Apartment number four, going to a 'Floor Bored'.
- >The box is emblazoned with a little caduceus logo, and labeled as something for asthma.
- >Your eyes trail over to the big tank of Argon sitting in the basket.
- >Immediately, you connect the dots.
- >Well, the two dots you have.
- >But...
- >Staring at the two items, you shake your head.
- >No, this is Equestria!
- >Land of friendship, harmony- fuckin rainbows and stuff.
- >You doubt the ponies here would ever...
- >Shaking your head clear, you heft the tank up, grab the box, and hold your clipboard under your shoulder.
- >It's just one small bit of stairs until you end up where you need to.
- >Apartment number four, yeah, it's the right address, alright.
- >You ring the doorbell and wait silently, your head swimming with thoughts.
- >Your focus comes back with the sound of muffled hoofsteps nearing the door.
- >There's silence for a moment, then it opens slightly.
- >It's practically pitch black in there, but you can spot a TV, part of a coffee table, and junk all around it.
- >Then your eyes trail down, and there's a hooded figure before you, standing on two dirty, off-white hooves.
- >"Y-yes?"
- >You shake your head again and fix yourself.
- "Ah, delivery for a, "Floor Bored"?"
- >"Y-yeah."
- >You set the stuff down, then hand her your pen and clipboard.
- >When she places it on the floor and sits down, you see the rest of her body, which are all different shades of white, but none of them clean.
- >Her mane hangs out of her hood as she writes.
- >It's a jet black color, long, and greasy, obviously from lack of any washing.
- >You glance for a second, and notice that she has no Cutie Mark.
- >But she's so old...
- >-Well, young by mare standards, but you've seen very few kids ever go without a Cutie Mark for long.
- >...So she hasn't found her special talent, in a world brimming with happy ponies who already know their purpose in life.
- >That's...
- >She looks up at you, holding the pen and clipboard in her mouth.
- >Through the darkness of her hood and the long mane, you see two emerald green eyes peering up at you, with a look you can instantly recognize.
- >It's the same one you used to see in the mirror everyday for years.
- >Tired, lifeless...
- >Lonely.
- >You notice under her eyes that there are bags, probably from all the sleepless nights and the countless hours she's been up.
- >For a mare her age, that definitely shouldn't be there.
- >The instant you lock eyes, she looks away and lowers her head, so that her mane covers her eyes.
- >You glance at the two items on the ground.
- >An asthma kit, and a tank of inert gas.
- >There is no doubt in your mind that you know what this is for.
- >You take the clipboard and pen from her, then set it on top of the tank.
- >Without another thought, you get on your knees, and you pull her into a hug.
- "You're not alone. It'll be okay."
- >For a second, she's completely stiff and silent.
- >Then a sniffle comes out of her, and the first tears fall.
- >"I-I..."
- >You hold your grip a little tighter, just to show you're here.
- "I know what you're thinking. This... it isn't the answer."
- >Her hooves wrap around you a bit more, too.
- "I know how it feels to feel alone. To feel without a purpose..."
- >She just continues to stutter and gasp, shaking in your arms like a leaf.
- >She clutches onto you like you're about to disappear.
- "Don't worry... I'm here for you now."
- >Wracking with sobs, she buries her head under your chin.
- >You can just hear it in her.
- >Years and years worth of despair.
- >Exhaustion, tired of everyone, tired of being tired.
- >And fear, maybe of the future, the unknown, or even you.
- >You whisper sweet nothings into her ear, and rub her clothed back gently.
- >Old emotions come back, and you can practically feel what she's feeling.
- >After a bit of sobbing, you pull away from her a little.
- "Look at me."
- >Slowly, you see those big green eyes of hers looking up at you again.
- "You are worth something."
- >Tears start to form, and she shakes her head.
- "Yes, you are."
- >You hug her again, her hooves eager to cling back onto you.
- "You're not worthless. You just haven't found what you're best at, yet."
- >Pausing for a second, you decide to think about your own words, the possible consequences of it.
- >But you've always been a faggot whiteknight at heart.
- "I'm here to help with that. I won't standby and leave you like this."
- >She whimpers and scoots herself closer to you.
- >Guess you really were spot on with the feelings.
- >Exactly what you're saying right now, was everything you wish someone else would.
- >But, that was partially your fault, too.
- >You stayed isolated, never went anywhere, never did anything.
- >Nobody could care if they didn't know you existed.
- >And seeing the state she's in, she clearly has been doing the same thing.
- >You guess it's just luck that you happened to be on this route today, get this package.
- >Or who knows, maybe it was meant to be?
- >But one thing for sure, you're going to be here for this pony.
- >You've been pushed to the brink before, you're not just going to let it happen to someone else.0
- >Not when you know you can help.
- "I'll pay back what you spent on this stuff- hell, I'll pay double."
- >You feel your own breath get shaky as the whole situation weighs on you.
- >It's like you're holding yourself.
- "J-just, please, don't do this to yourself. Let me help you."
- >She subtly nods.
- >You can't help but smile.
- >You're not going to let her down.
- >You won't.
- >
- >You jolt up with a snore.
- >For a second your mind is blank and fuzzy.
- >Then you recognize the ceiling above, and where you are.
- >Getting up, you look at your bed.
- >Completely empty, save for you lying on the edge of it.
- >And you're tired, as always.
- >Sleep too much, you're tired, sleep too little, you're tired.
- >No distractions, sleep at a normal time for normal hours.
- >Still tired...
- >Sitting up, everything from your dream comes back.
- >But it felt so real.
- >You know you felt his arms around you, you just know it.
- >There's no way that was a dream.
- >With the regular soreness and knots in your back, you push yourself off of your bed and walk out of your room.
- >Your hoodie lies on the couch, just where you remember leaving it.
- >But that doesn't prove anything...
- >With hope in your heart, you hop over to your front door and open it.
- >In front of you, there's two boxes, one big, another small.
- >In an instant, you feel it all turn around.
- >With one last shred of hope, you open the big box up.
- >A small, red tank is staring back up at you.
- >You can feel a dull pain in your chest.
- >A shiver rolls down your spine, and you merely stare at the package for a moment.
- >It wasn't real.
- >Even then, this thing wasn't in a box, and it looked different.
- >So that WAS a dream...
- >Heh, well, of course it was.
- >The mail-delivering alien, just going on and hugging you like that?
- >Calming you down, letting you cry on him...
- >Of course it wasn't real.
- >How stupid of you to even think it was...
- >Moving from the ground, your eyes make their way towards the two boxes.
- >Another shiver rolls down your back.
- >Of course it wasn't...
- >You're not in some happy story or movie.
- >This is real life.
- >And here, nopony knows you exist.
- >...And none of them will care.
- >Your posture sags, and you shiver yet again.
- >With the last bit of strength you have, you stack and drag both boxes inside the apartment, then into your room.
- >Well...
- >This isn't going to set itself up...
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