My Love For Cadence

"See you tomorrow, Mr. Discord," I said, as I grab my backpack and headed my way towards the door.

"Go get her, tiger," said Mr. Discord, as he holds up a small flag with my name on it, along with a big foam hand.

I smiled back before heading out the doors. Down at the parking lot, Cadance waves up to me. I smiled and made my way down the stairs towards her and her pink SUV.

"Hop right in, Eren," said Cadance, as I made my way to my seat.

The both of us fastened our seat belts, as Cadance takes the handle above my backpack and tosses it to the backseat.

"That way you don't have to have it on your lap throughout the drive," said Cadance, as she puts the key into the ignition.

"Thanks for making me dinner, Cadance," I said, as Cadance pulls out of the parking space, "I'm very grateful."

"Anything for a friend," said Cadance, as she drives us out of the parking lot and away towards her place.

She then reaches for the radio and switches over to classic rock. That's unusual; most girls will listen to Lady Gaga or something else from today's musicians, but Cadance listens to this kind of music.

"Our next song will be a classic by the band Led Zeppelin," said the radio DJ before the song came on.

Cadance starts bobbing her head to the song, as it continued. I stood there watching her as she did so. She then looks over to me and smiles.

"Like this song?" asked Cadance.

"I do, but I never knew a girl like you would listen to this kind of music," I replied.

"What? Did you think I was like those other girls that listen to Lady Gaga or whatever?"

"My God, you just read my mind."

The two of us laughed and went back to listening to the awesome song that is Ramble On.

"Say Cadance?"

"Yeah?"

"What other bands do you listen to?"

"Well, I love Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, and some other artists."

"Holy shit," I thought to myself, "this girl loves the same music I like."

"Why ask?"

"Wow! You and I are totally friends. I love those bands too."

"Really?"

"Yep."

The two of us smiled before Cadance makes a stop at a stoplight. We waited for two minutes until the light went green, allowing Cadance to make a left. Up ahead was a place with apartments that was close by Canterlot square. Cadance goes into the parking lot and shuts off her car.

"We're here," said Cadance, as she and I exited the vehicle, "let's go get you something to eat."

We walked through the apartment and towards the stairs.

"I live up two floors," said Cadance, as the two of us walked up the stairs.

When we arrived at Cadance's door, Cadance takes her keys and unlocks the door.

"Home sweet home," said Cadance, as we walked in.

Cadance turns on the light, giving me a visual of her place. Inside looked quite fancy with the living room on the right side of the place, a dinner table on my left, a kitchen, and a hallway up ahead. The place smelled delicious to whatever Cadance was cooking.

"Here," said Cadance, as she comes from behind me and takes off my backpack and my jacket, "I'll go get this cleaned up. In the meantime, sit down in the living room. Make yourself at home."

Cadance walks away with my dirty jacket, as I walk into the living room and sat down on her pink leather couch. I grab the remote and turned on the TV. The TV turns on to the show Face Off, as Cadance walks in. I turn around and see her wearing a short pink shirt with the words 'POMF' written in large pink letters.

"Do you like Face Off?" asked Cadance, as she makes her way towards the kitchen.

"Sure, I find it descent." I replied.

Cadance bends down for something in the cabinets, making me stare at her butt. I shook my head and looked back at the TV.

"Get it together," I thought to myself, "get those thoughts away from your mind."

I look back at Cadance, as pours in sauce into a steaming bowl and stirs it in.

"I wonder what she's cooking," I said to myself, as I went back to the program.

The smell coming from behind me was really making me hungry and wonder what she was cooking.

"Come get it," announced Cadance, as I turned off the TV and headed towards the table.

As I sat down, I looked down on Cadance's dish: beef stroganoff with a side of cooked carrots. Cadance sits across from me and smiles, as she rests her head on her hands.

"Dig in, Eren," she said, as I look down at her cooking.

I take a fork and stabbed right into the beef stroganoff. I take it to my mouth and gave it a few chews before my eyes lit up; this tasted delicious.

"My God," I said, "this is… delicious."

"I'm a pretty good cook. At least that's what my aunt says."

I continued eating the beef stroganoff and then went over to the steamed carrots, which also tasted good. I look back at Cadance, who sat there smiling at me as I continue eating. It's been a long time since I had cooking like this since my parents left me in charge of the house at the age of fifteen. Since then, all I ever ate was salad and not much else, until now. Now, I am eating a delicious meal from a girl I just made friends with in a day… is this… happiness I feel? As I became nearly done with eating the meal, I felt as though I want to cry not just because Cadance's cooking is good, but how good it is to have an actual full on dinner.

I place my fork into the now empty dish and wiped my mouth with a napkin to my side.

"I can tell you must've really liked it," said Cadance, as she got up from her chair and grabbed ahold of my plate.

"I really did," I responded, as I got off of the chair, "thanks Cadance."

"Anytime Eren," said Cadance, as she walks over with my empty plate and cleans it for me, "like to hang out a little longer or do you want to go?"

"I-I'd like to stay a bit longer," I responded, as I walked over to the couch and stood near the edge.

"Oh goodie," said Cadance, as she shuts off the sink water, "I was wondering if you'd like to watch the Big Bang Theory marathon."

"Hehehe, sure."

"What's so funny?" asked Cadance, as she puts away the dish into the dishwasher on her right.

"Mr. Discord told me earlier that he too is ready to watch the marathon."

"Really? Hahaha!"

The both of us got a good laugh, as Cadance takes a seat on the couch. She then looks up at me and pats the empty space for me.

"Sit down, don't be shy."

I sat down beside her, but not too close. Cadance grabs the remote and turns it to channel two.

"Oh shoot," said Cadance, "looks like we missed twenty minutes of it."

"It's okay," I said, "I don't mind missing one episode. It's not the end of the world or something."

"Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't be overreacting over missing one episode of a marathon."

As Cadance sat there beside me, I began to have this feeling that I never felt before. My heart pounds just from looking at her and that her kindness makes me feel happy. It's been a while since I had this sort of feeling since High School and now I'm beginning to have to those feelings again because of her. I now feel terrible of what I said earlier to her when we became partners and I really regret it. I was such a jerk to this nice girl who all she ever wanted was to become friends with me. I pushed her away so many times and yet, she continues to be friendly with me. Hell, a real friend would always stick up to another when he or she is bullied.

"Eren," said Cadance, getting my attention, "are you okay? You're crying."

"I am?" I said, as I began to feel liquid coming down my cheeks.

"Yes. What's up?"

I let out a sigh and look back to Cadance.

"Cadance," I said with a bit of sorrow in my voice, "I'm sorry for how I acted earlier when I kept on pushing you away. I was a real jerk. I just wanted to let you know that."

Cadance then scoots closer to me and gives me a hug. I hugged back, as more and more of my tears continue to pour.

"I forgive you," said Cadance softly in a motherly tone, "because we're friends now. I swear it."

"Th-thank (hic) y-you (hic)," I said between hiccups.

"You betcha," said Cadance, as she breaks the hug and goes into her pocket.

She pulls out a handkerchief and places it in my hand.

"Wipe your tears," said Cadance, "I can't stand to see a friend crying."

"Th-thanks again (hic)," I said, as I wiped the tears off of my face.

"May I ask," said Cadance, as she points to my almost cleared away black eye, "did Chrysalis do that?"

When she mentioned Chrysalis's name, I gripped hard onto the handkerchief and gritted my teeth.

"Yes," I said.

"You poor thing," said Cadance, "I can't believe you are the one who she now picks on."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You see, Chrysalis and I are enemies too. Back in middle school, she took away my crush Shinning Armor. My heart was broken that I cried for three days and nights. Then one day, I snapped. It was during lunch time that I walked up to her and I had the confidence to actually punch her in the gut."

"You fought Chrysalis?!" I said with surprise.

"It was a horrible action on my part and she then fought me back. The lunchroom was crowded, as everyone saw us fighting one another. There were punches, kicks, and blood. I fought her as hard as I could and won the battle, but not the war."

"What happened next?"

"I was in detention for a whole month and Chrysalis was kicked out of the school for carrying a knife in her pocket, which she almost used on me during the fight."

"That was close."

"So how did you meet Chrysalis?"

Thinking back on that was horrible. She's much worse than she was when Cadance met her.

"Are you sure you like to know?" I asked.

"I will not judge you, Eren. Trust me."

It was to talk about, but I began telling her everything; the torture, the pain, the humiliation, and especially the rape. That's right, Chrysalis raped me in case you forgotten. How does she do it? Simple, she forces me to take a pill and it makes me pass out. When I come to, I always wake up on her bed tied down. She would violate me, whip me, smack me and treat me like I'm some kind of little slut. Thinking about it makes me so mad that my mind was coming to a blank.

"What a monster," said Cadance with shock, "she would rape you?"

"It's horrible just thinking about," I said, as I place my hands of my head, "sometimes I wish I were dead. That's it. I'll kill myself… The humiliation of a man who is treated like this is a nightmare. Everyone laughs at me when I get bullied and I feel like I'm a pathetic waste of a human being. My life is a joke. There's no poi-"

I was cutoff, as Cadance places her hands on the sides of my head and leans up to my face to place a kiss on my cheek. And just like that, my suicidal thoughts dissipated and my worries were blown away.

"Don't ever say that," said Cadance, "you are not a waste of a human being. You are a someone. I don't like to loose a friend who's dear to me."

My eyes widen from her saying; she really does care for me. My surprised face went to a faint smile, as I gave Cadance a hug.

"I don't know where I would be without you Cadance," I said, as Cadance pats my back.

"You would be lost without me," said Cadance, as she makes me look at her eye-to-eye, "don't you ever say you're a waste of human being, Okay? You are a someone."

"I'm so glad I became friends with you Cadance," I said, as Cadance takes her thumbs and wipes the tears from my eyes.

"It's a pleasure to be friends with you, Eren."

The two of us had a moment of silence, until Cadance stood up from the couch and gave out a stretch.

"Looks like it's eight already," said Cadance, as she looks over to her clock, "care to stay a little longer?"

"S-sure."

"How about we have some ice cream."

"I would love some."

Cadance ruffles my hair and skips over to the freezer.

"Cadance sure is a nice girl," I thought to myself, as I watched her getting the ice cream, "I think… I'm in love."

"Say Eren," said Cadance, bringing me back to reality.

"Oh! Yes?"

"How about for lunch tomorrow, I'll make you something."

"Y-you would do that?"

"Sure, we're friends right?"

I smiled from afar and give her a thumbs up.

"I would love that."

She smiled back at me before continuing scooping up ice cream.

"Yep," I thought to myself again, "I am falling for her."