“Wha-” My eyes opened in response to the rapid knocking of my front door, I slipped out of my bed and shuffled down the stairs.
Once I reached the door, without thinking, I started shouting.

“Who disturbs my domain!?”

“Wait, what?” The voice was familiar, but I was having troubling remembering whose it was.
“Who’s at the door, moron?! You better have a good reason!”

It was then I decided to look through the peephole. What I saw was none other than my best friend, Wyatt, standing on my front steps waiting.
"Why are you here?! It's…” I looked at the clock on wall, “two in the morning!"

"Vinyl kicked me out...” He replied in a sad tone.

I opened the door and waved him in.

"Oh shit, alright come in, sit in the kitchen and I’ll get you something."
Wyatt walked down the hallway that usually held happy memories, but he was too sad to recall any. He mechanically walked into the kitchen, pulled out a cushion and proceeded to sit. He released a sigh whilst doing so.

I couldn't bare to see my friend in such a state. I set a flame on the stove and placed a kettle full of water onto the burning flame. Once the kettle started whistling I switched the gas off and put the kettle to the side. Pulling out cups, I set them down and started pouring the boiled water.
This was a process I was all too familiar with.

After letting the bags of tea settle inside cup, I fished them out with a spoon and set them on side of the sink. I trotted over to the fridge and pulled out a carton milk and carried it over to the counter on which the tea sat. Balancing the tea on one wing and milk on the other, I trotted to my friend and placed the tea and milk on the table.

“Thanks.” He whispered.

I looked over at the usually energetic stallion, his chocolate brown mane had fallen over his mismatched eyes, and his black fur colour made him look more gloomy.

I sat across from the depressed stallion and began to talk.

“C’mon, it’s time for our girl talk.”

He began to chuckle.

“Man, you can be so gay sometimes.”

“Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it all before but seriously, what’s up?”

Looking at the tea placed in front of him, he proceeded to take a teaspoon of sugar and began stirring it into his tea.
“I was talking about taking our relationship to the next level, you know?”
I nodded whilst sipping my tea.

“It was going fine until I mentioned the commitment that would take…”

“You told her that she’d need to stop partying, didn’t you?” I sighed.

He nodded with his face set low.
I rubbed my temple thinking of an appropriate response.
“Listen…”

Watt looked up, for the first time today I saw his eyes. One eye was a serene green that put anyone to peace and one was a deep blue which also kept one calm.

“Vinyl is a wild pony, she has a spirit that cannot be tempered by anyone, you need to wait until she’s ready. If you rush in, there is no telling how that will affect your relationship.”

Watt took in the information and beamed up at me.

“You think so?” He questioned.

“I know so,” I reaffirmed.

He buried his head into his hooves.
“I feel like an idiot for not noticing something so simple!”

I patted him on the back and reassured him.
“Anypony would miss the small details when they're talking about something so important.

I peeked at the clock, it read three in the morning.
“C’mon, let’s try and get some sleep,” I suggested.

Wyatt’s head shot towards the clock on the wall.
“Oh shit, I’m sorry for keeping you awake for so long!” He shouted.

“It’s fine, I’ll set up the guest bedroom for you.”

After everything was set out, Watt laid down to get some shut eye but not before thanking me another million times. I chuckled at his antics. It was strange to think we met at a drunken bar brawl.

I chuckled again at the old, happy memories. As I lay down my head down on my pillow, I began to think of what tomorrow would hold. I went to sleep with a small smile gracing my lips.
***
I awoke to a rasping at my door... again. I looked at my alarm clock, only to remember that I gave it an early retirement, I sighed as I groggily trotted down the stairs, the rasping came again.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" I shouted.
I swung the door open, only to be assaulted by a wall of pink.
"Hey, Pinkie..." I groaned.

"Hey, Eddy! We heard about your date with Rainbow, so Rarity came along to help you out!"

"Okay... Can't I get ready myself, after work?" I asked.

"Why of course not, you're going on a date with our best friend after all, you need to be in tip-top condition!" Rarity scoffed.
I smiled at how much they cared for their friend.

"Okay, m'lady, would you mind guiding me to your boutique, so that we may begin to..." I struck a pose "Make me fabulous!"
The two mares giggled and Rarity began to beckon me.

"Follow me~" Rarity said in a sing song voice.

As soon as we arrived at the boutique Rarity set off. Fabrics, measuring tapes and needles flew across the room, once she was done with the measurements, she started working on the design. She let me take a bath and by the time I was done, she had already finished with the design and was working on the suit itself.

By the time she was done it was almost time for the date, putting the suit on felt natural but that may be the fact I'm used to wearing clothes. I looked in the mirror to find that the design went well with me. The shirt was the average white but the waistcoat was a nice cherry colour with small sapphires decorating the back.

"Thanks Rarity, How much do I owe you?"

"Oh nothing at all, just return it in one piece darling." She replied with a wink.
I nodded with a smile and took off towards Rainbow's house but I then started flying back to my weather station in panic, remembering that I had missed a whole day of work.

Author's Note

Fact: the Wyatt character is based on my real-life best friend

You can't tame vinyl.

Again editing is done by: the phantom man