— R A R I T Y ‘ S P O V —

God, what a horrible charmer. Blueblood... blegh! The way he kissed me, tried to charm me, he was simply pathetic and not a good guy. What a shocker. All because of a stupid bet I made with one of his stupid friends during one time, where I was supposed to ace one math quiz, and I botched it by having a B+. Oy vey. And I had to kiss him because I failed to do so... on my birthday. Good heavens. Disgusting

I washed off my tongue in the bathroom—admittedly rather dramatically—and then continued to enjoy myself celebrating my seventeenth birthday. Yet, I was wondering where Soul Shatter was. He should have been here by now. He had told me himself he was on his way, so what was taking him so long? Eh, maybe I'd find him in the crowd of people chatting in my house. I had some punch, a bite of watermelon, and the party was going rather well. I even cut the birthday cake already.

I saw Pinkie Pie, one of my best friends, across the room and walked up to her, feeling happy that so many people were having fun.

"Hello, Pinkie." I smiled. "So, how's the party?"

"Great!" she said, excited and happy. "This is really fun!"

"Darling…” I raised an eyebrow, “you always think parties are fun."

She shook her head. "No, really, Rarity, you made a real good party here! This is going great!" She bit into a strawberry that was in her hand, chewing loudly. "Are you enjoying yourself?" she asked, making me cringe as I saw a mouth full of strawberry.

Well… with Blueblood, not at all, but now... of course.

"Certainly, darling." I answered. I looked around. It’s been nearly half an hour, where was Soul? He was a good friend and always looked forward to talking with me. Maybe we're both missing each other in the crowd? "Pinkie, darling," I asked, "I don't suppose you might know where Soul is do you?"

Pinkie then looked at me. "Soul? Yeah, I saw him earlier. We had a little, small chat. Nothing much. Nothing at all happened. But after that, I couldn't find him anywhere. Like he just vanished." I tilted my head.

"Vanished?" I asked. "So, what... you think he might have left?" Why would he leave without even saying hello? Pinkie shrugged.

"Maybe, I dunno. Maybe we're both blind and can't seem to find him anywhere. Have you really looked everywhere?" she asked me. I nodded.

"Everywhere. No trace or anything. Oh, I certainly hope he didn't leave." Pinkie then had a questioning look on her face for some reason, right then.

"Hey," she said. "Are you saying he never talked to you at this party?" I raised my eyebrow.

"Well... no, I haven’t seen him yet," I answered. "Why?" Pinkie then opened her eyes wide, noticing she like said something wrong or uncouth.

"Oh, just wondering." she said in a tone that tells that there is obviously something going on.

"Pinkie..." I started. "I know there is something going on. Don't worry, tell me. Is something troubling you, darling?" Pinkie sighed heavily.

"Sorry, Soul," she whispered under her breath, “but you didn’t make a Pinkie Promise.” Pinkie then turned to me again. "Well," she started, "I did talk to him earlier, like when he just walked in, and I just said 'hi' to him. That was it... until I saw something on him. He had a little, teeny black box that was meant to be your present, and he said that he was surely going to give it to you because he said that you might like it. He asked me where you were." My eyes widened. He was looking for me? Pinkie continued. "But, he showed me it, and it looked so nice and beautiful, it was going to be cute. He said it cost him almost everything, and he said it was very special. I just thought he gave it to you when I told him you were just sitting on the couch."

With that said, I seemed to grow chills and feelings. He bought something with all his money, just for me? He was looking for me? I looked around again, trying to see if I could find Soul Shatter. But then, on an end table in the corner next to the door, I see a black box. It was small, and I turned to Pinkie.

"Is that it?" I asked, feeling kind of silly to think it might be it, but Pinkie nodded.

"It... it might be." I walk up to it and pick it up. I looked at it. Pinkie, who was by my side, put her hands over her mouth. "It is," she said.

I open the box, and see the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I… I had no words. In awe, I stared at the diamond necklace, and saw my reflection in the violet hearts. This thing was so expensive looking... no wonder it cost him all his money. This... this was beautiful. I put it around my neck, and started to feel my cheeks getting warmer and warmer. This was from Soul, and it seemed like... like he—

"P-Pinkie P-Pie?" I asked, struggling to speak. "D-Did he ever say anything about... you know… liking me?" I felt even redder from asking that question. He had seemed to be acting strange around me for the last couple of days. Pinkie nodded enthusiastically.

"Yes." she said. "He did say how much this meant to him, and he told me that he… ah… loved you." I made a small smile, then it got wider and wider. He loved me... and all this time, I never noticed. But then my eyes grew wide with shock. I thought I might have known why he left in such a hurry. Blueblood and I… No! No! No, it's not like that! I turned to Pinkie, my eyes as wide as dinnerplates.

"Do you know where he could be?" I asked. Pinkie shrugged. I started to worry then. "Perhaps he’s at his house..." I do know where he lives, considering he has a brother who is quite popular around here, being in the military and all. "I'll be back in a bit," I quickly told Pinkie, rushing out the door. I ran as fast as I could to Soul's house, the only place I could possibly find him.

Hopefully, this will all end happily...

Author's Note

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