Love Brings Out Who You Are

It is now the crack of dawn. The beautiful yellow, red, and orange sun is rising over the town of Ponyville, everypony is waking up from the peaceful sleeps to the amazing light shining through their windows of their homes, including Vinyl Scratch and Octavia, whom both adored waking up to the sun. Although, this morning was better for Vinyl, as she made the choice to stop drinking, which then led to her having peaceful mornings where she could get out of bed feeling refreshed, instead of having massive hangovers where she would feel like total crap.

08:00 in the morning, Octavia opens her eyes to the one mare she cares about more than anyone else in the world.

Octavia quietly whispers to Vinyl, “Hi, Ms. Pretty Scratch.”

She then tries to slowly get out of bed without waking up Vinyl, but Vinyl stops her.

Vinyl asks, “Please don’t walk away, I miss this.”

Octavia slightly blushing, “But I must get ready for…actually, sure, I do have extra time since we did wake up earlier.”

And so, Octavia jumps back into bed and proceeds to snuggle with Vinyl.

45 minutes later, the alarm clock goes off, signaling Octavia has to get ready for work.

Vinyl, now disappointed, “damn, I was liking that too.”

Octavia, now saddened, “Would you like me to take the day off?”

Vinyl shakes her head, “Octavia, don’t let me stop you from doing what’s important. Besides, wait, do you have weekends off?”

Octavia nods.

*SQUEE*

Octavia’s cheeks now crimson red, “Vinyl, you are very cute, and that’s what I like about you. But, there are things we still need to discuss, but we’ll do that when I come back home. In the meantime, I think you should visit a behavioral therapist to help with your drinking. I know you promised me you would stop, but I want to make sure you get professional help with this as drinking is a very hard habit to break.”

With that said, Octavia finished preparing to get breakfast downstairs then walk to work. As Octavia is leaving, she waves to Vinyl then closes the door behind her.

With Octavia gone, Vinyl gets out and makes the bed, as well as throwing out the alcohol bottles. As she is preparing to leave Octavia’s place, her cell phone rings, but little does she know, it will be a big breath of relief for her.

*BUZZ BUZZ*

*BUZZ BUZZ*

Vinyl answers, “Yo, this is Vinyl.”

A familiar voice comes through, “Hey, Vinyl, it’s Neon. You are going to be BUSY this week, 2 weddings and 4 gigs at clubs. First club is at 19:00 tonight.”

Vinyl stunned, “Wow, it’s mostly clubs, but at 2 weddings in a week? Well, that’s good. I’m going to be saving up so I can buy Octavia a new cello.”

Neon nods, “Yes. That’s the right thing to do. You will make her the happiest mare in Ponyville. Alright, I’m going to let you go so that you can prepare for your busy weeks. Good luck, Vinyl!”

Vinyl, now smiling a little, “Thank you, I’m going to definitely need it.”

She walks out of Octavia’s apartment and goes back to her house to get breakfast. On her way back home, she decides she wants to clean her house, first thing being to dispose of all the alcohol she has kept. Walking through the door, she sees bottles on the counter, immediately empties them and recycles the glass bottles.

As she throws the bottles out, she says to herself, “bucking beer! I should’ve seen this coming, but I was too stubborn to stop myself! No worry, this mind poison will be over! Octavia is going to be happy that I did this, and the smile on her face makes me feel even better.”

After spending some time cleaning the mind-poison and a lot of the other junk, Vinyl grabs her gear and prepares for DJ’ing at her first scheduled club.

17:00 in the afternoon, and Octavia has just left work. While on her way home, she decides to call Vinyl, asking if she is coming by again.

Vinyl is unable to answer due to her set starting. Octavia tries to call twice, but realizes that Vinyl is busy with her sets, so she moves on.

As the week progresses, Vinyl continues with her sets and gigs, and has not been drinking any alcohol. Instead, she’s drinking more water than anything else as she needs her mind focused for her sets. Octavia is dealing with normal life, working and coming home.

A week later, that day has come. Vinyl has made enough money to surprise Octavia with a new cello.

Now she is on her way to Octavia’s apartment with the Cello, but ends up running into Neon on his way to check on Octavia.

Vinyl waves, “Hey, Neon!”

Neon waves back, “What’s up, Vinyl? I see you have the new cello.”

Vinyl replies, “Yes. Now I have an idea as to how I surprise her. I need you to stand at the other end of the hallway with the cello and once I’m ready, I’ll come and grab it. Can you please do that?’

Neon nods, “Yes, I can Vinyl, considering that this will be one of the best things you have done for her.”

Vinyl and Neon go into the elevator with the cello and Vinyl presses the “12” button on the wall to the floor of Octavia’s apartment. As soon as they reach the 12th, floor, Neon goes down another hallway with the cello while Vinyl goes to Octavia’s apartment.

*Knock, knock, knock*

The door locks click and the door opens.

Vinyl greets, “Hey, Octavia!”

Octavia questions, “Hey, Vinyl! Where have you been this past week?”

Vinyl responds, “Oh, man, have I been busy. I had a bunch of gigs and two weddings throughout the week.”

Octavia, stunned, “Wow, you WERE busy. Anyway, what brings you here?”

Vinyl, trying not to make the surprise obvious, “I have a surprise for you, but stand there, I’m coming right back.”

Octavia nods, then Vinyl goes to the other hall where Neon with the cello is and she signals him to hand over the cello.

Neon whispers, “Good luck, this will be great. She will love this.”

Vinyl nods and proceeds down the hall to Octavia’s apartment where she is standing.

Octavia sees the cello, and her heart starts beating quickly while she is frozen in place.

Her face turns crimson red while starting to tear up, “Vinyl, are you serious? You got that for me?”

Vinyl nods with a big smile on her face, “Yes, Octavia. I wanted to make up for smashing your cello. Luckily I was able to save up and…Oof!”

Octavia immediately hugs Vinyl while sobbing tears of joy into her chest, “Vinyl, this is AWESOME! THANK YOU!”

Vinyl, trying not to cry herself, you’re very welcome, Octavia. I knew this would make your day.”

Octavia, still crying, “Yes, you have made my day. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

Vinyl is clearly blushing now, with her face turning crimson red, looks at Neon, who is smiling right back at the heartwarming scene at the end of the hall.

Octavia then looks up at Vinyl, “Vinyl, I have a surprise for you, too.”

Vinyl, now curious, “Really, well than, what could it…mmm?”

Octavia’s lips make contact with Vinyl and time around them stops. Vinyl, instead of standing surprises, decides to kiss right back and not let go for several minutes.

After what seemed like forever, they both let go, gasping for air.

Vinyl stands there, motionless, “Octavia...”

Octavia, smiling back, “I love you, Vinyl. Because you have done a lot for me throughout the week, I have two things to ask you. First, do you want to be my special marefriend?”

Vinyl, before letting Octavia finish, “YES! I will!”

Octavia, with her face still red, “Ok, and would you be happy if I moved back with you? We can start over and let the past be with the wind.”

Vinyl nods, “I…I…I, would love that! I want you back, you mean everything to me.”

Octavia, still smiling, “Ok, then I’m coming back! And, you mean everything to me as well, honey.”

Neon looks at Vinyl one last time, winks to her, then leaves the apartment complex.

The two embrace each other in the most romantic hug, happily crying onto each other’s shoulders. They are back together.