The annoying sound of a ringing clock had awoken Shadow from his slumber before he had slammed his hoof onto the annoying object and proceeded to throw it towards the wall, a large clanging sound coming from the most likely broken clock. At first, he was merely thinking about going to sleep once more, but found he couldn't after noticing his mare was no longer in his arms, and a faint smell of cooking now began to enter his nostrils. Grabbing a black morning robe, one he BARELY used, Shadow began to make his way into the kitchen, where inside he found his Marefriend making a Pancake and fruit breakfast, her socks and collar free from her body to exposed her peril white fur.

"Oh! Good Morning Shadow. Did you sleep well?" Arynnae asked, surprised my Shadow slightly as she turned to work on a pancake. "Not the worst I've slept, that's for sure. What is all this?" He asked, pointing at the pancakes and chopped fruits drizzled in some type of glaze. "Well, it was barely eight thirty when I had awakened and noticed you were asleep. So I decided to take a shower and have my attire cleaned, but when I came back from the wash room, I noticed that you were still asleep and decided to make breakfast for us. Although, to be quite honest, I thought you were going to sleep for much longer than you did..." Arynnae said, blushing slightly and brushing back a strand of her mane behind her ear.

"Believe me, I was sorta planning on it before I realized that we needed to get up today..." Shadow said, brushing the remaining sleep out of his eyes and making his way towards a plate of food, giving the mare a kiss on her cheek and a warm yet slightly tired smile. "What exactly do you mean by 'we needed to get up today'?" Arynnae asked as she grabbed her own plate of food and taking a seat next to Shadow. "I sorta needed to pick up a suit today..."

"Wait, you mean that you've never owned a suit before?" Arynnae asked, slightly confused at his statement. "Nope. Never needed to." Shadow said as he took a bite out of a slice of Pancake that had become drenched in Maple Syrup. The statement was still odd to Arynnae, that Shadow had, apparently, no type of proper suit now or even in the past, mainly because she grew up with a mother who always insisted that she and her brother wear something formal to a formal occasion, and the fact that practically every pony she ever met owned at least one type of formal attire for formal occasions.

"What's wrong?" Shadow asked as he noticed Arynnae seemingly lost in thought. "I just find it odd that you have never owned any type of formal attire. Every pony I know has at least SOME form of clothing"

"Well, I don't. I'm not the type of Stallion to keep much around in terms of cloths." Shadow said, putting on a fake smile as thought to himself how he'd never owned something like a suit. "Why though?" Arynnae asked, the whole discussion now beginning to wear thin on her. "I just never have. I don't like wearing cloths like some type of dress up doll that you find in a toy store. It feels... Wrong to wear cloths, especially for me." Shadow said, the discussion now ending as Arynnae silently began to eat away at her food. "But... This is the Grand Galloping Gala we're talking about. So now I sorta need to wear cloths. My plan was to head out today and grab a nice suit and tie."

"Well. Good luck trying to find a suit that-"

"Actually. That's the thing. I have no idea what to get or what looks 'good' on me. I was hoping you'd help me out, and when you do help me find one, I was planning on getting you a dress." Shadow said, last part of his address to Arynnae being caught immediately by her ears. "You want me to help you find a suit? And in turn, you wish to purchase a dress for me?" Arynnae said, shocked at the offer. "Yeah. If there's anypony I trust to help me with suits and stuff like that it's you. And I think it's time I got you something nice. So do you think you could help me?"

"Yes! I mean, of course! I would absolutely love to help you!" Arynnae said ecstatically, beginning to list off the different places they could go to find a proper suit and dress, but stopped at her third store when Shadow Rift placed his hoof over her muzzle, impending her from continuing. "Look, I know you're excited about this but... I don't want to go to more than maybe two stores for a suit, alright?" He said, to which Arynnae nodded her head in agreement and making Shadow remove his hoof from her muzzle, revealing a smile. "What are you-" Shadow began, but was stopped when a pearl white hoof was placed over his own muzzle. Should've known... He though to himself.

"That's for silencing me rudely..." She said in a sly way, before moving her hoof to his cheek, staring at him with half lidded eyes and a smile. "And this is a promise for a nice day." She said as she pressed her lips against his softly and closing her eyes, making Shadow smile as he pressed his own against her's and close his eyes.

Author's Note

Sorry for the short chapter and the long time between this chapter and the last. I found myself finding this story harder and harder to write seeing as how my ideas are starting to run dry, and my other projects cutting into my time. Hopefully, this will be the last time this happens