Living a lie without lies.

SunsetHeart sat behind the cashier, it had gone about one week since the dinner with BraveWing, and she hadn’t really had much time talking to him, her performance had taken up most of her free time the past four days but that was over now, and it had turned out quite well actually, she had received a few phone calls from BraveWing, but that was usually just a few minutes of chatting, mostly just talking about life. She didn’t really like to admit it, but she kind of missed him. With a sigh she leaned back in the chair closed her eyes for a moment.

“Is something on your mind?’’ PrizedHue asked.

“Not really, just a little tired, that’s all.’’ She replied shrug.

“You sure it isn’t about this special somepony of yours?’’ He asked teasingly.

“What did I say about bringing him up?’’ She said.

“You have watched a movie with him and he invited you to a dinner, I’m just curious.’’ He said with a small smile.

“Okay, I like him, fine. I just don’t wanna rush it to much, alright?’’ She said, slightly annoyed. Wait what did I just say? She thought to herself. “Just forget what I just said, ok?’’

“I’ll try.’’ He replied with a small grin. “By the way, we have costumers.’’

****

BraveWing sat down at the kitchen-table, having leftovers for dinner and mind set on SunsetHeart, hoping that he could get the courage to ask her out on a date, he didn’t wanna lose her as a friend, her friendship was the best thing that had happened to him for many years, possibly his entire life. A small smile creeped up on his face as he thought about her, her warm smile, optimistic personality, her beautiful, sapphire blue eyes. He closed his eyes and sighed happily. Maybe he could just ask her if she wanted to go and see a movie with him again, and actually pick a movie this time, just a nice romance/comedy or something, yeah that sounds good. Wasn’t there a new movie coming out this thursday? He looked in the newspaper, it took him a few minutes to find what he was looking for.

A romance, following a lonely colt and batpony filly who fell in love with each other, one night, he had found her, freezing and hungry, first, he didn’t notice anything strange, just out of kindness, he invited her to stay at his place for a meal, she accepted the offer and followed him back home for a meal, where would this lead?

Well, this seems like a good movie. BraveWing thought to himself, he took the phone and called SunsetHeart.

“Hello?’’ SunsetHeart said.

“Hello, Wingy again.’’ He said with a cheerful tone.

“Oh hi Wingy, how’ve you been?’’ She asked with a little bit more cheerful tone.

“Just fine.’’ He replied. ’‘You?’’

“A little bit bored lately but other than that I’m good.’’ She replied.

“So, did you enjoy playing at the cafe?’’ He asked.

“Yeah, it was nice, probably won’t do it again tho, to much time practicing and stuff.’’ She replied.

“But you’re still gonna play guitar, right?’’ He asked.

“Yeah, I’m just gonna take a short break.’’ She replied. “So anything else on your mind?’’

“Um... yeah, I was actually wondering if you wanted to go and watch another movie with me?’’ He asked. ’‘I’ve found a good movie that we can watch this time.’’ He added a moment later.

“Yeah, that would be nice.’’ She replied.“ When?’’

“I thought I would pick you up Thursday around 7PM, does that work for you?’’ He asked.

“Yeah, that sounds good.’’ She replied. “What movie did you pick?’’

“I think the name of the movie was An unexpected bond, not really sure tho...’’ He replied.

“Okay, I’ll look it up, anything else?’’ She asked.

“Um... not really.’’ He replied. “You?’’

“Nah, nothing.’’ She replied.

“Well, I guess I’ll see you at thursday then, bye.’’ He said.

“Bye.’’ She said and hung up.

Okay, let’s see what movie he choose. SunsetHeart thought to herself as she leafed through the newspaper. After a few minutes she found it. An unexpected bond, romance about a lonely colt who falls in love with a batpony filly, based upon a true story. She read through the review and a small smile creeped up on her face. Yep, it’s a date. She thought to herself.

****

BraveWing knocked at the door to SunsetHearts house, after a few seconds he could hear hoofsteps from the inside of the house and a moment later, SunsetHeart opened the door. ’‘Hey, you’re early!’’ She said and smiled warmly at him.

“At least I’m not late.’’ He said and rolled his eyes. “So, should we get going?’’

“Just give me a minute, need to get my scarf.’’ She said and walked back inside the house, about two minutes later she came back, with a orange scarf wrapped around her throat. ’‘Alright, let’s go.’’ She said, exited the house and locked the door behind her, and soon she trotted down the streets of Canterlot followed by BraveWing.

“So... I’ve been thinking of taking that job as a royal guard, and it looks like they are recruiting new guards soon.’’ BraveWing said, breaking the silence.

“Does the job pay better or do you just wanna do something else for a while?’’ SunsetHeart asked.

“Well, both actually, but mostly because I wanna try something new, starting to get sick of the cloud factory now.’’ He replied.

“Yeah, I can understand that.’’ She said. “Can we talk about something else? I don’t really enjoy talking about work to much.’’ She asked a moment later.

“I guess so.’’ He replied. “So what do you wanna talk about?’’ He asked shortly after.

“Um... I don’t know.’’ She replied. “Is there anything you would like to talk about?’’ She asked shortly after.

“Hm... do you play any other instruments besides the guitar?’’ He asked.

“Nah, played piano for a while, but nothing else.’’ She replied. “Do you play any instruments besides bass?’’

Wait, she actually remember me telling her that? He thought to himself. “No, I don’t, I haven’t really found any motivation to do that either tho, but I might start playing bass again.’’ He replied with a shrug.

“Well, I hope you do, maybe we could play together sometime.’’ She said with a small smile.

“Yeah, I guess so.’’ He said and smiled back.

****

SunsetHeart yawned, the movie wasn’t boring or anything, it was actually really good, but she was tired, way to tired. She leaned against BraveWings shoulder and rested her head on it and sighed softly, a moment later she could feel BraveWing resting his head on top of hers and a soft wing being wrapped around her and drew her a little bit closer. Yeah, this was a way better way to spend the night than just sit alone at home and do pretty much nothing. Am I really starting to get attached to this pony? She thought to herself, she enjoyed spending time with him, and he seemed to enjoy spending time with her. She leaned a little bit closer, making herself a little bit more comfortable. Yep, much nicer than staying home alone.

“Are you enjoying the movie?’’ A voice asked softly.

“Huh? Yeah, it’s a nice movie.’’ SunsetHeart replied and looked up at BraveWing for a second and smiled warmly at him.

“Well, looks like I finally picked a good movie then.’’ He said with a light laugh.

“I’m actually a bit surprised that you choose a romance movie, still nice tho.’’ She said.

“Hey, can you two do your talking later? If you don’t mind.’’ A stallion next to them whispered.

“Heh, sorry, we’ll stay quiet.’’ She replied with a small smile.

“Thank you.’’ The stallion whispered.

****

“Well, that was nice.’’ SunsetHeart said as they exited the cinema.

“It sure was.’’ BraveWing said with a small smile. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it based on a true story?’’

“I think so, happened pretty recently too, not sure tho.’’ She replied.

“Well, it’s nice to see that they bring the nice sides of the batponies for once.’’ He said.

“Yeah, I don’t see why they should be treated different just because they are slightly different from normal ponies, at least that OrchidMoon saw through that.’’ She said.

“I guess both of them where lucky that they found each other.’’ He said with a shrug.

“Yep, very very lucky.’’ She said.

And I’m very lucky that I found you. BraveWing thought to himself and looked at SunsetHeart for a second, who seemed to be lost in thoughts, looking up in the sky, her sapphire blue eyes shimmering in the moonlight. He didn’t really mind the silence, just walking there with somepony you cared about next to you, it was nice. He sighed softly and looked up in the sky, admiring the sight of Luna’s night, thinking about the past, he didn’t really mind talking about it, but he still didn’t like talking about it too much. He moved a little bit closer to SunsetHeart, who seemed to be to lost in her thoughts to notice. He kept on walking next to her for a few more minutes, but eventually they had to reach her house.

“So, I had a really great time tonight.’’ SunsetHeart said, breaking the silence.

“Yeah, me too.’’ He said with a smile. “Maybe we could go out like this again sometime?’’

“I guess, but now I need some sleep, I still have work tomorrow and I don’t wanna be late.’’ She replied with a small smile. ’’Or do you wanna go do something else?’’ She asked shortly after.

“Um... maybe a picnic?’’ He said encouraging. ’‘Does that sound good to you?’’

“Yeah, a picnic sounds pretty good to me.’’ She said and unlocked the door. “Well, I need to go to bed now, work tomorrow and stuff.’’

“Alright then, goodnight Sunset.’’ He said with a smile.

“Goodnight Wingy.’’ She said and planted a quick kiss on his cheek. “Looking forward to our next date.’’ She said cheerfully before she closed the door in front of a rather stunned BraveWing.

BraveWing just stared at the door, and soon a big smile creeped up on his face, he closed his eyes and sighed happily. And I do have a pretty good idea for a nice picnic. He thought to himself and started walking back home, happier than ever.

SunsetHeart leaned back against the door and sighed softly. A few seconds later she could feel a fast growing source of both love just outside the house. She walked into the living room and crashed on the couch, with a warm feeling in her chest. Maybe this is what being in love feels like? She thought to herself and sighed happily with a smile on her face. Lying there, she thought of what BraveWing would plan for their next date, or if it would be a date, which it hopefully would be. Eating at a restaurant would be nice, maybe another movie, a picnic could work, or maybe just go for a walk in the park later in evening. She closed her eyes and sighed once again. I’m really starting to get attached to him now, maybe this is the love I promised I’d find one day. She thought to herself, smiling widely.

****

BraveWing collapsed on his bed, letting out a soft moan as he buried his head into the pillow. He rolled onto his back and looked up in the ceiling, with a small smile on his face. She actually seems to likes me. He thought to himself, barley believing his own words. He closed his eyes and sighed softly, now wishing he had SunsetHeart next to him in a warm embrace, looking into those beautiful sapphire blue eyes, that wonderful little smile, cute laugh. He let out a happy sigh as he thought of this, and slowly started to fall asleep.