Octavia picked up the phone as it rang. It was Vinyl trying to call her. “After completely missing the whole thing, she expects me to pick up her call, probably asking for me to forgive her? No thank you Vinyl...” She slowly presses the decline button and puts the phone away.
She wanted to accept the call and give her another chance, but what good would that be? Even if they were ever going to be friends again, accepting her apology right away wouldn’t teach Vinyl a lesson that she clearly needed. Besides, is she really sorry yet? She might have just forgotten what happened all together and would have asked to hang out. No, she wouldn’t have it. Not this time, or any other time after this moment.
~
Vinyl puts down the phone after it goes to voicemail and runs to the backstage exit. “Come on Octavia, I tried, I really did.” Soon after she says this, the door opens with Octavia walking out. “Octavia!” She quickly gets in her ‘friends’ way, causing Octavia to have an annoyed expression. “Look Octavia we need to talk, I really tried to get in, but this buttface guard...”
“Vinyl that’s enough,” Octavia interrupts. She then pushes her out of the way and starts walking off. “I’m in no mood for your presence.”
Vinyl gains a shocked and hurt expression. She runs after her quickly and gets in her way again, then walking toward her to push her back unintentionally. “But Octavia! Let me explain myself, please!”
As she says this, rain suddenly starts up slightly, but for the moment at no alarming rate.
Octavia roles her eyes and uses an angry face. “Vinyl I told you I’m in no mood for this. You’ve done it too many times before, no matter your excuse, it will change nothing right now.”
A tear roles down Vinyl’s face as she takes another few steps. “But Octavia, I need to tell you. If I don’t then you’ll never forgive me! We’ve been friends since we were small fillies!”
The rain starts to pick up and increasingly gets worse. “Vinyl! I already told you! I don’t want to talk right now!” She gets backed up to an alley way and suddenly gets concerned, her coat was getting wet and her former friend didn’t have signs of letting her go soon. It was also now pouring with slight lightning.
Vinyl was now pouring tears, which was unseen now due to the rain soaking her bright yellow coat. “Please Octavia, if you wont listen to me now you may never..”
*Smack*
Vinyl puts a hoof up to her cheek, which was now covers in the muck of the ground below them. She couldn’t believe it. Her lost friend Octavia had just now slapped her with a hoof. She stood there frozen with her hoof on her cheek.
Octavia takes her chance and goes around Vinyl, making her way out of the alleyway. She didn’t feel good about slapping her, but at the moment there was nothing else she could do.
Suddenly, a lightning struck a building just above her head. She jumps in the sudden flash of light and... Noise? She looks up slowly and finds huge pieces of the building falling toward her. She was stunned from the sudden shock of fear and couldn’t move. All she could do was accept her oncoming fate.
Then, out of nowhere, she felt a quick push as she is moved out of the way of the falling debris. She looks over to find out what pushed her, and what she found was a electric blue maned pony looking at her. She had a smile and mouthed a couple words before she was suddenly crushed by the pieces of building that had fallen onto her.
Octavia again frozen from shock played the events that just unfolded in front of her. As she finally realizes what had just happened, she jumps up and starts digging threw the chucks of rock and steel material. She dug out Vinyl as quickly as she could and immediately rushed her to the hospital.
~2 hours later~
Octavia had been sitting in the waiting room for a while now. She was now beyond worried for Vinyl and prayed to Celestia for the better. After a while longer, the doctor comes out and shakes his head. “I’m sorry Octavia, but she may not live. If you would like to come back and say some final words, now would be the time.” He frowns and steps away from the door to let her in.
She gasps and tears up a bit, nodding and heading back to Vinyl’s room. After reaching it she goes to her bedside and sets a hoof on hers. “Vinyl? I know you’re probably not awake, but I need to say a few things before you go. First is I’m sorry for not forgiving you. I’m also especially sorry for slapping you, I could have handled that way differently.”
All Vinyl does in response is rise and lower her chest slowly from breathing.
Octavia clears her throat and a tear falls. “I also want to say thank you for saving my life back there. You put your own life in danger after I slapped you and was stupid enough to stand where I was.”
Again, all she does is breathe. Although slowly getting slower.
Another tear falls and she chuckles a bit. “You know it’s times like these where I realize that I had it good, having a friend like you I mean. Remember that time where I tried to beat you in making one of those dubstep things because I thought it was easy? Boy was I wrong.” She laughs to herself and plays with Vinyl’s hoof. “Or? How about that time where you accidently enrolled for classical music theory and not modern? I had to save your butt more times than one!” She smiles with more tears coming from her eyes. “Or that one time, this one being something you never knew or noticed, you stole my heart when I saw your eyes for the first time... You had already unintentionally swept me off my feet with your personality, but good Celestia those eyes.” She starts to sob violently. “If only I remembered those times before all of this and just forgave you.” She puts her head on her slowly moving chest.
Vinyl then opens her eyes slowly and looks down at her, and hugs her.
Octavia opens her eyes and looks up at her. “Vinyl?”
“It’s okay Octavia. I heard everything. I just couldn’t respond right away or I might not have heard all of it.” her breathing slows more and she is wheezing.
“Oh Vinyl... You always pulled stuff like that.”
Vinyl nods and looks Octavia in the eyes. “So was it true?”
Octavia looks at her confused. “Was what true?”
“You said I stole your heart. Do you mean it?”
Octavia blushes and slowly nods. “Of course.”
Vinyl smiles. “Then do more one favor in case I do go.”
Octavia nods. “Anything you need.”
“Hold on to me and don’t let go until I pass. It’s all we can do, since we can’t kiss due to the blood on my lips, and no one wants to taste that crap.”
Octavia then looks her over for the first time after the accident. Her head was gashed open, blood coloring her fur around it, her horn was broken and nearly hanging, and like she said, her lips were covered red lick lipstick in blood from them being busted and swollen. She gasps and holds onto her quickly. “Of course. I will never let go no matter what until you’re gone.” She sobs again, holding Vinyl tight.
Vinyl holds her back, using a hoof to wipe a tear from Octavia’s eye and to also give her signature boop that drove Octavia insane. “Don’t cry Tavi. It makes me want to cry. Please Don’t Worry.”
Suddenly Octavia remembers just before Vinyl was crushed, the words she mouthed was just said to her. Please Don’t Worry. Octavia calms down at this. Vinyl was right, she can’t worry. If Vinyl died right here right now, then her worries would come true, and she would be a wreck. Vinyl wouldn’t want Octavia to be a wreck and not be able to move on without her. She would want her to live on and help other people with simular situations.
Vinyl then closes her eyes and smiles. Unfortunately that smile took her last breath. The monitors around her made that Celestia forsaken sound that signified the death of another pony.
Octavia looks up and smiles. She continues to hold on until the doctors come to try and revive her. She slowly gets off and heads her way out the door. Before she can get far though, she hears “clear!” and the beeping of a monitor. She runs back to see Vinyl’s monitors beeping with life. She jumps with glee and goes to Vinyl. “Vinyl we!...”
~
Unfortunately, Vinyl may have been alive, but had been unconscious for 3 years now. Octavia visited her everyday from the day she was told her friend- no, lover had been officially in a coma. Until this day they were now on. Today she visited her with flowers to replace the old ones she had given her a year ago. She always changed out the flowers each year Vinyl had been asleep. She would also play some of either Vinyl’s music or Octavia’s songs she made for Vinyl each day.
Today as she changed the flowers, she didn’t cry. She never cried for Vinyl and had full hope that she would wake up soon. After all, Celestia had blessed her enough to let Vinyl live, so why not have faith that she will wake up.
She sighs and then takes her Cello out of it’s case. She then stands up and starts playing. “Since you were able to hear it so long ago, I think it’s time you do.” She proceeds to play the song of the last concert that Vinyl had missed while awake. After she did this, she packs her Cello in it’s case and then stood over Vinyl.
Octavia decided to do one last thing before she left. This is what she should have done so long ago. She leans toward Vinyl’s face. “I miss you Vinyl, and I will continue to wait my whole life if need be just to see the day you wake up.” Octavia then closes her eyes and gives Vinyl a small kiss.
As she does this Vinyl slowly opens her eyes and looks at Octavia. She giggles and kisses Octavia back.
Startled, Octavia jumps back and stares at Vinyl wide eyed. “D-Did you just kiss me!?”
Vinyl laughs and sighs. “Oh come on Tavi, you did it first.”
Octavia sighs. “It’s been 3 years since I’ve heard you call me that.”
Vinyl laughs, “Was I out for that long? I’ve got some catching up to do.
Octavia grins and giggles like a little school filly. “Yes, yes you do.”
~END~
