The clock showed 11:55 pm the shop was empty and has been for awhile, it being hearth warming eve every pony was with their loved ones celebrating the holiday all but for one. Sine Wave was a Pegasus with a royal blue coat and a light blue mane and tail with chalky white highlights. His little shop was casting a light into the darken city reflecting off the snow
“I should start closing up” he said out loud, going around marking down items that were selling and reorganizing the cd’s he started humming along with the holiday music he had in the store.
“Man this was a slow day” he reminisces the night was dead after 6:00 he even gave Octava the night off to be with Vinyl, he smiled at the look of joy on the gray earth ponies face. Sine waves Hearth Warming was going to be comprised of sleeping in and going to the matinee of the founders play and then probably call up some of his friends from Las Pegasus just chilling out and enjoying his day off, at least until the bell above the door rang. Sine wave look around at the clock “It's 11:58 this better be good I close in a few min…” he stopped in the doorway stood a Pegasus mare a light brown cote covered with snow, she had chunks of ice sticking to here rich chocolate brown mane and wings, the mare was shaking vigorously “oh sweet celestial come here!” he threw a blanket over her and led her to the portable heater by the register. Time moved slow and every secant felt like hours as Sine Wave tried to keep this mystery mare warm and awake. “Hey look I know you're cold but you need to keep your eyes open” Sine Wave spoke frantically the last thing he needed was to have some young mare bite it in his shop. He kept shaking her awake “say I know what’s your name?” she lifted her head and looked at him with her emerald green eyes “My n-name I-is M-meri-gold” she stuttered. “Well it’s nice to meet you my name is Sine Wave”. They stayed there for around 10 minutes letting the snow and ice melt little she stood up and stretched her wings “thanks for being open I don’t know if I would have made it.” Merigold said. “Say what were you doing outside at this time anyway?” Sine Wave asked. Merigold looked around nervous her wings absent mindedly fluttered, “well my friend was supposed to meet me earlier at the train station, but my train was delayed by a problem on the line and it got in around 10:45 and I was walking around since then” Marigold expand looking around the store. The clock in the store chimed 12:30, Marigold looked out at the blowing snow and a slight shiver ran down her spine. Sine wave was closing the register and waging a mental war “she most likely has a special someponie whiting on her I mean look at her she’s just trying to get out.” After a few minutes Sine Wave cleared his throat catching Marigold’s attention “so do you know where this friend of yours live?” “Not really I was going to meet her at the station because she just moved into a new house” Marigold said looking down in embarrassment. Sine Wave looked around, thinking out loud “of all days the hotel is packed, she doesn’t know where her friend is” he trailed off as a stupid thought came to mind. She looked at him with her emerald eyes questioning his sudden stop. “Well if you need a place to stay overnight I have a spare room” sine wave said then mentally slapped himself for saying his thought aloud. Marigold blushed heavily and sputtered out an incomprehensible phrase. “I’m sorry that sounded weird, I really have a problem of not thinking before I speak, what I meant was that I have a spare room for my friends and since the hotel is overbooked till winter wrap-up, and you don’t know where your friend’s house is the least I could do is open it up to you” Sine Wave rambled out. All it took was one look outside at the snow storm the weather ponies had whipped up for Marigold to decide that a friendly stranger’s house was better than a hotel lobby “that sounds nice thanks” Marigold said as Sine Wave locked the front door, after 5 minutes of Sine Wave cleaning up the store he led the still blushing pegasus to a door in the back of the store to a stairwell, heading up to a small apartment like room with a living room taking up the main part of the room a small kitchen was to the right of the door the wall led down a ways on the left, a slightly faded couch and a reclining chair were placed around a coffee table littered with letters and magazines, a stereo with four very large speakers were placed around the wall. “Well it's not much, but it's mine” Sine Wave commented seeing the look on Marigolds face. The two of them moved to the living room “well the guest room is down that hall the first door on the right, the bathroom is the first one on the left, the second one on the right is a storage room, and mine is the second on the left.” Sine Wave said pointing a hoof down the small hall way near the wall, after that they said goodnight and headed off to their rooms, Marigold found the room very comforting the bed was made and it was evident that no one had used it in a while however even under the heavy blanket she found it to be slightly less warm than when she was wrapped up on the floor of the shop, after tossing and turning and thinking it over, about what was different it hit her “This pony brought me into his house without a second thought he warmed me up win I was freezing he is why i am colder now” she thought, then an idea came to her mind and not really thinking logically she got out off her bed and went to Sine Wave’s knocking on his door “hmm what oh Marigold you need something?” he asked. Merigold blushed and asked barely above a whisper “would it be ok if i slept with you? Not in a weird way but more in a i feel warmer way”. Sine Wave leaned against the doorframe and looked amused at the question then without saying a word stepped aside. The room was disorganised to the untrained eye with a few dressers and cabinets with random trophies and pictures on them, the walls were covered with band posters and sheet music various weirs were scattered in one corner. but amidst all this chaos and clutter the bed was clean and well keeped. Marigold crawled in beside the blue pegasys and curled her back into his chest the covers were thrown over them and they drifted off but not before one sentence escaped both their lips “I love you”