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- >You take a deep breath as you walk up the concrete stairs leading to your apartment.
- >The smell of the pizza in your hands was heavenly, and you're glad you're finally home.
- >Work was crazy busy tonight, and you had to stay a few minutes late.
- >But it always gets this busy around this time of year.
- >The holidays are comin' to town, and they're bringing turkey, Santa Claus, and huge sales on presents.
- >Coming soon to a retail store near you.
- >You aren't complaining though.
- >Life is good, and you make enough to meet your needs, and you've got a roof over your head.
- >You pop your neck and unlock the door.
- "HOOO boy, what a day!"
- >Stepping inside, you see your adorable, formerly homeless girlfriend, Sunset Shimmer, sitting on the couch watching tv.
- >She turns to you and smiles.
- >"Anon! You're home!
- "Yes! And I come bearing gifts!"
- >You walk over to the coffee table and set the pizza down.
- >You bend down to give her a kiss.
- >"Rough day, huh?"
- >You make a groan and plop on the couch.
- "Oh, you have no idea..."
- >You work in a warehouse shipping out miscellaneous stuff varying from toys to office supplies and furniture to different stores all over the country.
- >They're finally doing their end-of-year sales, and so orders for stuff were coming in from left to right.
- >You give a quick recap of the day as she massages your shoulders.
- >Her fingers are like magic.
- >"Oh Anon, I'm sorry."
- "Eh, it's okay. It's worth it. It's decent pay, and I feel accomplished. Plus, it makes the time I spend with you even more valuable."
- >She blushes and gives a little giggle.
- >"Oh now you're just saying things..."
- "Only because it's true!"
- >You smirk at her and give her another quick kiss.
- >You stand up and stretch and walk into your kitchen.
- >It's been cleaned up from the fire incident a little while ago, but your stuff is still broken.
- >You've been getting take-out for a couple of days.
- >Tonight was Wednesday, so you got pizza.
- >Yesterday, you got tacos.
- >You look in the fridge for something to drink.
- "So what did you do today while I was gone?"
- >"Well, I watched Batman Begins and part of The Dark Knight."
- >You shut the door with a couple of sodas in your hands and peek around the corner, feigning a look of offense.
- "Without... M-Me?"
- >She shrugs at you.
- >"I'm sorry, but you got me all excited about superheroes! It looked good!"
- "And it IS good!"
- >You walk back over to her and sit on the couch next to her.
- >"How about we finish the rest of this one, then we watch the third one all the way through together?"
- >You put your finger up to your chin, pretending to think about it.
- "Alright, you've got a deal. Forgiven!"
- >"Yay!"
- >She hugs you excitedly.
- "Now..."
- >You grab the remote and look her in the eyes.
- "...Let's put a smile on that face."
- >You do your best Joker impression as you say it.
- >She just cocks her head at you.
- >"What?"
- >...
- "Oh, you haven't got to that part yet... Never mind!"
- >You snuggle together and press play.
- ---
- "If I take off that mask, will you die?"
- >"It would be very painful... For you."
- >The Batman marathon is over, and now, you're both sitting on the couch doing your best Bane impression to each other.
- >She's cupping her hands over her mouth while she does it, and it sounds good.
- >She even got the wheezy breathing down.
- >She's really good. You might lose this contest.
- >She giggles and puts her hands down.
- >"Okay, now you!"
- "Okay!"
- >You clear your throat and cup your mouth.
- "Speak of the devil... And he shall appear."
- >It sucked.
- >She laughs and sets her drink on the table.
- >Suddenly, the drink falls to the ground and spills on the ground, causing her to give a little shriek.
- >Golden oppurtunity.
- "Ah yes! I was wondering what would break first!"
- >She's torn between wanting to beg for forgiveness and laughing harder.
- >"Anon, I'm sorry! I'll clean it up!"
- "No! Your punishment must be more severe!"
- >You reach forward and poke her sides.
- >"No! NoaaaAAAHAHAHAHA!!!"
- >She squirms wildly and laughs as you tickle her.
- >You laugh with her as she tries to fight you, but you hold her down.
- >You ease up after a little bit, and she gets her arms out.
- >She reaches down and starts tickling you!
- >You let out a Ron Swanson giggle as you both squirm around, tickling the hell out of each other.
- >You're both laughing and wrestling with each other to try and out tickle the other.
- >After a couple of minutes of fun tickling, you both stop.
- >You lay on the couch with Sunset on you.
- >Both of your sides hurt and you're both out of breath.
- >She looks into your eyes with that adorable smile of hers and boops your nose with hers.
- >Shes so silly.
- >You give her a quick peck and she giggles.
- >She sits up and stretches.
- >"Thanks for watching Batman with me."
- "Thanks for letting me watch Batman with you."
- >She walks into the kitchen.
- >It's getting late, so you sit up and start gathering the leftover food up.
- >Sunset comes back with a paper towel and cleans up her spilled beverage.
- >You take them from her and throw them away.
- >"I'm gonna take a shower then go to bed."
- "Alright. I might stay up a bit."
- >She smiles and gives you a hug, followed by a quick kiss before she goes into the bathroom.
- >You turn on your Wii and insert a game disk.
- >You grab a GameCube controller and sit down on the couch.
- >You love watching movies with Sunset after a hard days work, but now she's occupied.
- >Time to make yourself occupied as well.
- >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mm8_suRTPw
- ---
- >You are now Sunset Shimmer.
- >And you're very happy.
- >You're living in a decent apartment with one of the nicest guys you've ever met.
- >Anon is a wonderful boyfriend, and an even more wonderful person.
- >He willingly took you in, fed you, gave you a place to sleep, and clothed you.
- >Even when he had almost nothing himself.
- >You just couldn't be more grateful for his selflessness.
- >You yawn as you step out of the shower.
- >It's been a long but good day.
- >You've been getting caught up on a few popular things that Anon likes.
- >You never had the chance to get into pop culture or fun stuff before, it was just about surviving another day.
- >You grab a towel and dry yourself off.
- >You wonder if Anon is still awake.
- >Sure, he said he would be, but you took a really long shower.
- >Putting on your oversized t shirt, you step outside.
- >Yep, the place is dark.
- >You walk into the bedroom to find Anon sound asleep.
- >You smile and get under the covers.
- >He shifts and lifts up his arms so you can cuddle up close to him.
- >You take a deep breath and smile.
- >You're so glad Anon came into your life.
- >You were so close to giving up, so close to the end, you were sure of it.
- >Until he came along.
- >Your loverboy.
- >...
- >Love...
- >...
- >Is this what love is?
- >Do you love Anon?
- >You looked up to his face, thinking about it.
- >You've put your trust in him with your life, and he hasn't betrayed that trust.
- >He's given you everything he could to make sure you were safe and looked after.
- >You felt so special when he was around.
- >The way he looks at you, talks, laughs, it all just makes any cares in your head disappear completely.
- >Thinking about it makes your eyes tear up and you smile.
- >You rest your head on his chest and close your eyes, whispering to him.
- "I love you, Anonymous..."
- >You smile and let yourself drift off to sleep.
- ---
- >You stir as you slowly wake up.
- >Opening your eyes, the room is still dark, just as you left it.
- >Something was wrong though.
- >As your brain slowly wakes up, a smell hits your nose.
- >It smells like smoke.
- >You sit up and hit a cloud of smoke with your face.
- >You cough and turn to Anon, who's still asleep.
- "Anon."
- >He doesn't respond.
- >You shake him and try to wake him up.
- "Anon, get up. Something isn't right."
- >He groans and yawns.
- >"Mmmfff.... What... What's wrong?"
- >Taking a tired deep breath, he freezes as the smell hits his nose.
- >"What is that?"
- >He sits up and swings out of bed, walking to the door.
- >When he opens it, an orange light illuminates the room.
- >You see his eyes widen and he runs out the door.
- >"Shit! SHIT SHIT SHIT!"
- "Anon?! What is it?!"
- >You jump out of bed and run after him.
- >When you leave the room, you see the apartment completely engulfed in flames.
- >Anon is standing there, grabbing his head and looking around, horrified.
- >You shriek and run up to him.
- "Anon, what do we do?!"
- >He stares at the scene in shock.
- "ANON!"
- >He turns to you and grabs your shoulders.
- >"Sunset, listen to me! Grab my phone and dial 911! Get your shoes on and get outside as fast as you can! GO NOW!"
- "Okay!"
- >You run back to the bedroom and turn on the light.
- >You grab Anon's phone and dial 911.
- >Spotting your shoes, you grab them and put them on as fast as you can.
- >"911, what is your emergency?"
- "HELLO! Hello! Please help! Our apartment is on fire!"
- >"Miss, please calm down, and get outside if you can. We'll send a team there as fast as we can."
- "Thank you! Thank you so much! Please hurry!"
- >You shakily finish putting your shoes on and run back outside.
- >You're on the verge of tears, you're panicking so much.
- >The living room is completely ablaze. The couch, table, tv, everything.
- >The kitchen is on fire even more; you can't see anything except fire.
- >You see Anon grab a large blanket from behind the burning couch and look at you.
- >"Get outside! Hurry! I'll be right behind you!"
- >Before you can reply, he covers himself with the blanket and runs into the burning kitchen.
- "Anon, no!!"
- >You try to stop him, but you're too late.
- >You look inside the flames, trying to spot him.
- >The brightness, smoke, and tears flowing from your eyes aren't helping.
- "Anon!!! Oh Celestia, please!! Anon! ANOOON!!"
- >You stand there, horrified and sobbing as you wait for some kind of sign that he heard you.
- >What was he thinking?! He must be insane!
- >You're thinking about running in after him.
- >It might be a deathwish, but he has to get out of there!
- >Before making any movements, he comes bolting out of the inferno.
- >The blanket over his head is completely covered in flames.
- >In one fluid motion, he throws it onto the ground, grabs your wrist, and pulls you toward the door.
- >You almost trip and fall to the ground, but manage to catch yourself.
- >He charges the front door and slams into it, quickly turning the doorknob and opening it.
- >He pushes you out first before flying out himself.
- >You run down the stairs and fall to the snow-covered ground.
- >Anon lands right beside you, coughing out of control.
- "Anon! Oh Celestia, Anon! Are you okay?!"
- >He keeps coughing, but nods.
- >You just look at him as he wheezes for air.
- >"I'm...*cough cough* I-I'm okay..."
- >You pant and sniff, just relieved that he's alright.
- >You look back at the burning apartment building and start crying again.
- >You were inside there just a few seconds ago.
- >Suddenly, a metallic clanking noise gets your attention.
- >Anon dropped a small black box he was carrying.
- >Is that what he got from the kitchen?
- >A fire engine siren cuts off your thoughts.
- >Looking to your right, you see the red flashing lights approach your location.
- >It screeches to a stop in front of you and a few firefighters get out and grab their tools.
- >One of them looks over at you.
- >"Hey! How many people are still inside?!"
- >Anon wheezes and coughs another time.
- >"No one! It's totally vacant!"
- >He nods and helps the rest of the firefighters do their thing.
- >Anon turns and sits down, facing the burning building.
- >He grabs the black box and stares at it for a moment.
- "Anon?"
- >He doesn't reply.
- "Anon, what is this?"
- >You reach out and barely touch the box.
- >It's freezing.
- >He covers it with his hands and looks down at it.
- >He still doesnt reply.
- >You just scoot over to him and put your arm around him.
- >You watch the firefighters scramble to extinguish the flames.
- ---
- >You are Anon.
- >And right now, you're at a new low.
- >You can't believe what's happening right now.
- >Your crappy apartment you worked so hard to get, all your stuff you paid for with your hard-earned money, its all up in flames now.
- >Everything.
- >You and Sunset made it out in one piece though.
- >A part of you wishes you didn't make it out though.
- >"Anon?"
- >You blink, snapping yourself out of your trance.
- >You look over at Sunset, she's looking at you, worried.
- >"Are you okay?"
- >No.
- >Not even a little bit.
- >You look back toward your apartment and nod slowly.
- "Y... Yep... 'mfine..."
- >The flames are out and the firefighters are walking in and out of your front door.
- >Sunset cuddles against you under a blanket.
- >...
- >Wait...
- "Where... Where did this come from?"
- >"Uh, one of the firemen gave it to us... Remember?"
- >You feel it in your fingers.
- "No..."
- >Damn, you're out of it.
- >"Hey..."
- >Sunset reaches up and touches your cheek, forcing you to look at her.
- >"...everything will be okay, okay?"
- >She tries to smile as best she can, but you can tell right off the bat that it's fake.
- "I know..."
- >You look down at the box in your hands and rub it.
- "...I just wish that it didn't have to come to this."
- >Spinning to the correct numbers on the dial in front, you unlock and open the box.
- >You show it to Sunset, and her eyes go wide when she sees it's contents.
- >"O- Oh my gosh..."
- >Inside lay a clear envelope containing $5,000 cash.
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