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- >”I’m telling you, Eri. Get out more. Go meet somepony.”
- >You did meet somepony.
- “I met you...”
- >You blonde maned friend sighs.
- >”That’s not what I meant. Your wasting away staying inside. You’re beautiful. Somepony would be crazy to pass you up. There are a lot of ponies who would do anything for a chance to be with you.”
- “Well... t-there is one pony who caught my eye.”
- >Connie looks excited.
- >”Really?! Spill it. Is it someone from your poetry club? Or is it- oh...”
- >Yeah.
- >’Oh’ is right.
- >You close your eyes as Connie puts a hoof on your cheek.
- >You already knew what she was going to say.
- >”Sweetie, we’ve already done this song and dance before. I’m seeing somepony else. If things were different...” she trails off.
- >’If you had acted on your feelings sooner,’ you finished for her in your head.
- >Connie has been in a relationship for about a year and a half now.
- >The day she came and told you was the day you were going to ask your best friend of several years on a date.
- >To say it stung was an understatement.
- >:.. Just go meet somepony.”
- >She moves her hoof under your muzzle and raises your head up.
- >You open your eyes to find her looking back into yours.
- >You could see the whole world in those eyes.
- >’There are a lot of ponies who would do anything for a chance to be with you’ she said.
- >But she really had no idea how true that was for her.
- >You have it bad.
- >She makes you want to do better for yourself.
- >To be better for her.
- >”Please? For me. I just want to see you happy.”
- >But you can’t have her.
- >You give a small smile.
- “Ok. For you.”
- >You blink before looking embarrassed.
- “But I don’t really know where to go. And not tonight.”
- >”That’s fine as long as you go out. I know a place for you tomorrow but the catch is I kinda can’t be there.”
- “Oh.”
- >”Nonono Nothing like that. It’s just I’m gonna be out of town tomorrow. I have to perform in Canterlot. That’s actually why I came over.”
- >Connie reaches into her saddlebags and pulled out a little black box, presenting it to you.
- >You take it in your hooves and look at her surprised.
- “Wha... what is this?”
- >Connie smiles.
- >”For you. Just open it.”
- >You nod and do so letting out a gasp.
- >Lying in the box was a silver necklace with a pendant in the shape of your cutie mark.
- >On the inside of the box were the words ‘Happy Birthday, Miss Eri!’ in a stylized font.
- >You glanced over at the calendar next to the front door and it turns out tomorrow was your birthday.
- >Connie remembered when you would have forgotten.
- >”Yeah, I thought you’d like it.”
- >You get up and hug the mare, knocking the both of you over.
- “Thank you, Connie,” you say into her shoulder.
- >The two of you talk for the rest of the evening before she heads back home for the night.
- >As she leaves you sit on the steps in front of your home and watch her walk away.
- >You put a hoof to the necklace you wearing and sighed.
- >Connie was really good to you despite all your crap.
- >Despite your jealousy towards the stallion she was seeing, you were happy... in a way.
- >She deserves better than you.
- >It just so happens that he was better than you.
- >He makes her happier than you could.
- >And you only want her happy.
- >That doesn’t make you want her any less.
- >You sigh, getting to your hooves and start trotting into the night.
- >You don’t really know where you’re going but you’ll just let your hooves take you anywhere and your mind wander.
- >The air is cool and there is barely any wind.
- >There are a few ponies out, most of them making their way home.
- >Ponyville didn’t have many night spots so it made sense.
- >After a long while you found yourself at the place Connie was telling you about earlier.
- >It was the bar that she met her special somepony.
- >It looked pretty small from the outside.
- >The Soggy Horseshoe.
- >The name sounded generic enough so it couldn’t be too bad.
- >You were gonna wait until tomorrow and work up your courage but with how this place was tucked away at the fringes of Ponyville you weren’t really that nervous.
- >You can hear music coming from inside but not many voices.
- >Connie wants you to go out somewhere anyways so you might as well.
- >You took a breath and open the door.
- >Your nose was immediately assaulted by the smell of salt and apples.
- >The music you hear was from somepony singing on the stage on opposite side of the room.
- >Karaoke.
- >Neat.
- >There couldn’t be more than five or six ponies in this place besides the bartender.
- >You did a double take when your eyes ran over who was sitting at the bar.
- >That human.
- >You’ve heard of him before.
- >You’ve even seen him a few times around Ponyville with the princess.
- >You have never gotten the chance to talk to him.
- >And you wouldn’t be getting one now.
- >You just didn’t have the courage.
- >He hung around with the Elements of Harmony and a PRINCESS.
- >You were just... you.
- >Besides the meeting ponies part of your promise to Connie could wait until tomorrow.
- >You made your way past him and sat at a booth near the back not really sure what to do with yourself.
- >You couldn’t drink or enjoy a salt lick because you left your bits at home.
- >You didn’t really feel like going home now that you were here so you decide to rest you head on the table and enjoy the music by yourself.
- >You could see the clock on the wall from the way your head was lying.
- >It was midnight.
- >You sigh.
- >Happy Birthday to you.
- >Suddenly a figure obscures your view.
- >You raise your head up just in time to see the human sitting in the booth with you.
- >He sets two mugs of frothy cider down on the table and slides one across to you.
- >”I figured you could use a drink and some company.”
- >You sit and stare, too stunned to even reply.
- >”...Or I guess I can can go dick around somewhere else. Sorry about bothering you miss.”
- >The human starts to get up.
- “Wait!” you blurt causing him to sit back down.
- >You surprised yourself with that but you weren’t going to lose this chance now that you had it.
- “I-I’m sorry. I was just surprised.”
- >”About what?”
- “You actually want to t-talk to me.”
- >He scoffs and takes a drink.
- >”Nonsense. A mare as cute as you probably has plenty of guys beating down your door.”
- >The human holds his paw... talon thing out in front of you.
- >”I almost forgot to introduce myself. I’m Anonymous, human extraordinaire.”
- >You look at it for a moment before letting your hoof out to meet it.
- >His appendages wrapped around it and he gave it a firm shake.
- >You look back to his face with a blush on your own.
- >Turns out you’d meet somepony today after all.
- “M-my name is Miss Eri.”
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