Life Is Who You Spend It With

That following morning you had been woken up by a knock on your door. You just stay in bed until the pony knocking on your door could get the message that you couldn't be bothered. Soon the knocking had ceased and once it did you decided to get up and prepare for work. After getting out of bed you discover that you slept in your formal wear.

"Where did I get-" before you could finish your sentence, the memories of last night hit you like a bullet.
"Oh, that." Were you really so distraught that you didn't even change clothes before going to bed? You push this thought back and focused on getting to work. As you made it past Twilight's castle, you were suddenly overwhelmed with grief and sadness.
Picking up the pace you had made your way to work. You checked in with the boss giving him a flat "Good Morning."

"And to you to Anon." After giving him your time sheet, you made your way to your usual work station. It was any normal shift, but the recent events of last night made it hard on your mind to stay focused, causing you to eventually freeze now and then. Even with the consistent thoughts of Twilight giving you hell, you finally complete the shift. On the way home you saw a bar, deciding that a drink would help you loosen up, you head in. You made your way through the bar, making it to the bar stools.

"What's the strongest stuff you guys got here?" The bartender turns around and grabs a bottle from the shelf, pulling out a long bottle with a clear liquid.

"How's that?" You nod your head in confirmation. He then proceeded to get a small shot glass. But before he could pour the contents into the glass you stop him.

"No put it in a regular mug."

"Looks like you've got a lot on your mind." He says as he fulls your mug with the alcohol."

"You have no clue." You retort as you take a swig of the strong smelling potion. It stung but it didn't sting as much what Twilight said last night. After finishing the mug off you ask the bartender how much for the bottle.

"Just take it." He answers while cleaning the mug.
"Nopony drinks those damn things and seeing as your my first customer to purchase one, this one's on the house. But just so you know the price is 50 bits."

"Alright thanks." You say as you returned back home. During your trip you come across AppleJack.

"Howdy Anon."

"Hey."

"You feelin' any better about last night?"

"No." You say as you walk past her. Once you made it home, you put the bottle on the kitchen table. Deciding to start dinner, you look in the cabinets and find some mix for haybrownies. While cooking your were sitting on the couch drinking your alcohol waiting for the brownies to finish cooking when a knock was heard on the door.
"Yes?" You say quite annoyed as you open the door and see Rainbow Dash looking up at you.

"Hey I was just wondering if you were okay."

"Well." You say getting a drink from the bottle. "What do you think?"

"Oh, well get better soon."

"Hmph, sure whatever, you want brownies?"

"No I'm good."

"Suit yourself." You say as she starts to head back to Cloudsdale.
Slamming the door, you made your way to the oven.
"Aw yeah." You say as you dig in to the brownies while drinking the alcohol.
"I love you honey." You say as you kiss the bottle.

The month that followed the night at the gala. You had completely stopped hanging out with any of the Mane 6 and started to hang out with your one and only "Dragon's Spit", that's what the alchol bottle was called. You had also stopped shaving thus leaving a raggy and unkempt beard to stick to your face. At least you stayed on your work schedule and this was your monthly week off. You had made a big collection of Dragon Spit bottles on your kitchen table. After dinner you were sitting on the couch watching tv when this particular pony started to remind you of a certain mare. After getting destroyed by mental images and thoughts of Twilight, you made a beline for the kitchen table grabbing a bottle and jugging some of the potion down. You then began to drink away the thoughts until you were completely hammered and eventually you collapsed out of drunkiness.
You were woken up to the door knocking again. This has finally set your fuse, you swung open the door hitting the wall leaving a hole.
Looking down at the 5 ponies one was missing, Twilight.
"What?! What the hell do you want?!" You've never snapped at anypony here like that but that was the hangover talking or was it something else?
"By Celestia Anon, you look terrible." Upon hearing this you sharply respond.

"Oh and that's really helpful to what microscopic piece of self esteem I have left right now."

"Look sugarcube, we know how you feel."

"Oh sure." You say taking a hearty jug of the bottle you passed out with. "You know how I feel, are you kidding me?

"No we really do Anon." Rainbow Dash Interjects.

"Ok do you know what it's like to have your year long crush tell you that he or she doesn't love you, grinding your already fragile and frequently broken heart to absolute dust while also tearing your soul apart at the seams? Thus leading you to a deep depression that can only be temporarily quenched by drunken debauchery? I mean let's face it, all of you are going to find your special someponies while I will be forced to watch as you all have your weddings and children as I am doomed to die an old unhappy, loveless and drunken old man. So do you really know how I feel?
Well do you?!"

"There's no way you could no that Anon darling."

"Oh but I do and you wanna know how I know this? It's because I am an ugly and unsightly ape to all of you, I don't belong here, yet on Earth it's exactly as bad. So the funny thing is that no matter what planet I go to I will not find love not here, not ever!
Let's face it all of you will never be alone but I will be and you won't be able to take time out of your lives to keep me company. And It's all because I am a disgusting, unsightly, primitive freak!" Once you said this you noticed that they had all sprung up tears.

"Anon do you really feel that way?" Applejack asked with tears streaming from her face.

"Yes. And even though you may not notice it now but it will happen. Now can you all please leave me to my grieving?" Once you said this Pinkie's fluffy mane and tail deflated and became straight.
"Don't cry for me Pinkie, I'm not worth it." You said closing the door and once you did you heard the ponies sobbing from the other side of the door. You felt terrible, but at least you still had some alcohol in the bottle to help smooth over the pain you were feeling. After an hour of returning to your drunkenly nature you were opening a fresh bottle but before you could take a drink you were suddenly covered
in a purple aura.

"Who the hell is doing thi-Twilight." You say as you recognize the origin of the purple aura. You made an attempt to run from the aura but to no avail as it envoloped you as it became bright. When the brightness had ceased you regained your vision and noticed that your were in Twilight's castle. You turned around to see Twilight facing away from you. "So I'm assuming that you teleported me here by accident, I'll let myself out." Making your way to the door handle, the door was instantly covered in Twilight's magical aura. "Dammit." You mutter under your breath.

You turned back around to see that Twilight was still facing away from you. You were about to take a drink of the bottle when it was suddenly flung from your hands and into the adjacent wall. "Twilight look, I'm sorry for asking you out. I don't know what I was thinking, it was hopeless from the start, I am an ape after all."

"What the others told me, was it true? Did you really mean all those things you said?"

"Well of course I did, it was the truth." After saying this Twilight gasped.

"Did I really hurt you that much?" She turned to look at you and she widened her eyes and her mouth fell a gape upon seeing your new hobo beard. Her jaw started to quiver and she began sobbing loudly. "Oh Celestia what have I done to you? You loved me so much that the only way to get the thought of me off of your mind was to drink?"

"Yeah I did." Before you could say something else she tackled you to the floor and began to sob into your shoulder.

"Oh Anon I'm sorry I hurt you!"

"Why are you apologizing?"

"Because your mind must have tormenting you."

"I guess your right there."

"Anon?"

"Yes?"

"Do you still love me?"

"Of course I do."

"That's good because I think I love you too."

"Wait I'm not reading you, what?"

"I love you Anon."

"But I thought you didn't?"

"I thought so to but when I thought about all you've done for me and how nice you treated me I realized that I loved you too."

"Are you saying this just to make me feel better."

"Is this just saying that I love you?" She says as she leans in to kiss you. You were hesitant at first but then you met her and exchanged a long and deep kiss. You broke the kiss then you look at her and she looks at you. This time you lean in for the kiss both shedding tears as you feel the emotion between the two of you become overwhelming. After sealing the kisses you and Twilight walked out of the castle doors to be greated by the remaining 5 elements cheering for you both. You went home and threw out the bottles of Dragon Spit in your home with the aid of Twilight. Once you finished cleaning you went to Twilight's castle, made dinner with her and went to bed with her falling asleep in each others embrace.
You both awoke that later morning to an amber sky as the sun was just rising. You held her close and watched the sunrise together as you knew it would be first of many amber skies that you would spend with her.

THE END