Syncopate's Duet for two

Syncopate groaned, waking up, it truly was one of the worldly evils. Always bright, annoying, and took way more energy than sleeping actually gave you. the groggy stallion groaned again, squinting through the minuscule cracks of sunlight that his blinds let through. Syncopate bolted up, a sudden realization coming to him. He had a date with Snow Streak today! well, okay, not a date, however, the two stallions would be going to an ice rink that was a few blocks away from Snow's house. remembering this was all the motivation Syncopate needed to trot into his bathroom and freshen up, being a bit more meticulous than he would normally be.

Once he felt that his mouth was fresh and smelled of cinnamon, and his mane was an organised chaos,(the best he could manage with it) he went to his small kitchen. sadly he still had around two hours to waste before going on his way, so he spent some time making a delicious breakfast. This morning, it consisted of sausage, eggs, and a special black tea he always enjoyed. Usually one would be hard pressed to find meat products so readily available in Equestria, however, there were a few griffon vendors in the market, that sold a small selection of meats for the adventurous pony.

Finishing his rather enjoyable breakfast, Syncopate cleaned up and trotted into his room. He checked the clock and found that so far, he had manage to shave over half an hour on his meal.

"Great, now i just have to keep myself occupied until then."

Already he was moving to his large stereo and picking a song on his computer. Sighing, he picked the best song he could find, cranked the bass up to eleven, and blasted it. As the music picked up and got to full volume, Syncopate jumped into his bed, telekineticlly catching a few book that were falling out of his book case due to the dubstep pounding out from the speakers. He checked the covers on them, and put them back in the proper order on his shelf. What could he possibly busy himself with for the remaining hour he had left? He floated over his cheap laptop and smiled, when all else failed, there was always one thing that cheered up a young stallion such as himself...

Syncopate burst out laughing, the cat on his screen had just fallen trying to jump to the other couch. checking the time, he let out a mental squee. He turned off and put away his laptop, carefully put on his bow-tie, and happily trotted out the door.

Syncopate pulled his hoodie closer as he walked, God Celestia damned sun...

Finally arriving at his destination, He pulled open the door to an ice cream parlor, and stepped inside. Snow Streak sat at a table, smiling. In front of him sat two un-eaten ice cream cones, the one next to him was chocolate chip mint, and the one on the other side of him, was peanut butter chocolate. Syncopate's favorite! (what? Vamponies could have regular flavors too!) Syncopate smiled sheepishly at Snow,

"Aww, You didn't have to get me ice cream!" syncopate said, sitting down and sniffing his treat.

Snow Streak took a large bite of his ice cream, causing Syncopate to flinch, it was unnatural how that didn't hurt the stallion's teeth.
Snow Streak was a tall, slightly built Pegasus, with a light blue coat and a white mane with grey streaks in it. This gave him the appearance of a cold winters day, which suited his snowflake cutie mark, one that Syncopate glanced at when he thought Snow wasn't looking. Snow often boasted his tolerance to cold, staying outside during snowball fights and other winter sports much longer than what was necessary for any other sane pony.

Syncopate started licking his ice cream, it tasted delicious. reaching a lump of semi-frozen peanut butter, he was forced to lick a bit harder, eventually he finished of the last of his ice ream, getting what was left out of the cone. He looked up just in time to see his friend staring at him, a look of, surprise on his face? Snow streak shook his head, and Syncopate thought he saw a blush disappear from the blue pony's cheeks. well that was a bit odd, mentally commented the vampony, then an embarrassing thought struck him. "had I maybe been enjoying my ice cream a bit, too much?"

As they neared the ice rink Snow Streak became progressively more excited, often, anything of the cold variety, made the Pegasus happy, and he loved participating in these even more when he was with his friends.

" So are you still up for teaching me how to skate?" questioned the vampony, who was admittedly still a bit flustered about his whole ice cream licking incident.

"As long as you are willing to learn young padawan!" joyfully replied Snow, putting on a silly 'mentor' type accent,
Syncopate couldn't help but lightly scoff at his friends silly behavior, but he enjoyed it nonetheless. Entering the building, the two stallions walked over to a bored looking mare behind a closed kiosk, Snow Streak asking for 2 pairs of ice skates. The mare simply grunted and tossed the skates on the counter, in exchange for a few bits. After walking a few meters away Snow leaned over and whispered in his friends ear, causing it to twitch,

"Wonder whats with miss grumpy flank over there, huh?" letting out a small chuckle he glanced over at syncopate who had drifted a few paces behind him, only to find the vampony 'inconspicuously' glancing at his flank.

"Hey, Syncopate ?"
The pony in mention jumped, a furious blush spreading across his dark blue face, turning it something akin to purple.

"Oh! there was an - ummm- bug?" syncopate hoped that his admittedly meager excuse would suffice, and to his relief, it did.

"Ah, is it gone?" Snow asked, turning back to look at his own flank, scanning it up and down.

"Uhh yeah, it must be..." Syncopate turned away his head, hoping to hide the blush, still spread across his face.
Snow led Syncopate over to a bench, among the many others lining the stadium. Sitting down he first put up his own skates, then showed syncopate how to do it himself. finishing, the two stallions, one walking steadily on his skates whilst the other wobbled unsteadily, nearly falling over several times. reaching the ice, Snow smiled confidently at Syncopate, motioning him to position himself in front of the Pegasus, Syncopate complied.

"Alright, first off, you need to space out your legs, and stand up a bit straighter." Started Snow, moving in to adjust His friends legs slightly, causing the poor vampony to flinch. His name may have been Snow but his hooves were very, very, warm. Syncopate prayed to Celestia that Snow would stop moving his legs, or the fact that they were splayed open would make for a very unfortunate embarrassment.
Thankfully snow stopped unknowingly tormenting the small pony, and let him try pushing himself forward, only needing to correct him a little bit.

Syncopate was starting to get the hang of skating, barely bumping into Snow , who was leading him by his side. The Pegasus, on the other hoof, kept darting off ahead, twirling, and doing other fancy tricks, easily out-preforming everypony else at the rink. returning back to his vampony friends side, he stopped, showering the floor in powdered ice from his skates.

"Show off." Syncopate said, grinning.

Eventually, Syncopate realized how late it had gotten, nearly everypony else had left. He skated over to Snow,
"Hey Snow? I had a great time, but I think I outta get going."

"Awww, sorry to hear that... well, no reason to stay anymore, I 'spose ill get going too." Snow said, skating back to the bench and sitting down. Syncopate followed behind and sat next to snow, undoing the straps of his skates, watching as his friend did so. Collecting both sets of skates with his magic, the vampony walked over to the check-out booth, still occupied by the overly bored looking mare. He didn't bother with formalities as he tossed the skates next to the mare's outstretched hoof, earning him an annoyed snort. He looked back, staring her down with his crimson eye's, he wasn't too bothered that she was unpleasant in the first place, but if she expected respect in return she was sorely mistaken. After a few seconds she looked down, a silent apology on her face, Syncopate turned around to see snow looking back at him with something, was it admiration?

"Damn sync," he whispered, walking to the door, "I didn't know you could stare a pony into submission that easily." He said, reaching the door,

"I try not to do it often, you know I don't do well with other ponies..." Syncopate replied, blushing.

Snow laughed almost not seeing the torrential downpour outside before waling out.

"What?! I though the Pegasi were saving the rain for tomorrow!" exclaimed Snow, letting out a frustrated stomp,
Syncopate couldn't hold back a small giggle, stopping at a sudden realization.

"Atleast you live a few blocks away... Ive got several miles!" he gave an annoyed sigh, "better than a bright and sunny day I suppose." he sarcastically commented.

"Well. Unless you want to... come to my place? "it's quite a bit closer, But you'll have to excuse the mess." Snow grimaced slightly, he sounded as if he was revealing a dirty secret talking about his house. Syncopate had never gone there, they almost always met up at the ice cream parlor, or Syncopates house.

"Are you sure? i wouldn't want you to feel as if i was intrudi-" Snow the vampony off mid-sentence, smiling,

"If I felt as if you would be intruding, I wouldn't have invited you over in the first place." snow continued, silencing the vampony with his admittedly good logic. That shut up the small stallion, and with that, they walked out of the door, and into the rain...