Regret

by PPEF1

Rating: everyone
Tags: Equestria Girls, Slice of Life, Dazzlings, Sad
Length: 1504

Aria tries to apologize to Sonata after some tragic event

This is a fan sequel to Scraping the Surface

After some previous events, Aria feels something she thought she would never have, regret. She tries to apologize to her younger sister, Sonata, of said previous event but is avoided every time. Aria has to apologize since, although the two do get into some fights, it doesn't change the fact that they're sisters after all.

I want to say that this is part of the the Siren AU Continuity, but it's not

Prequel by SunTwi06

Published 2021-10-10 03:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2021-10-10 03:10:01 UTC

Regret

Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk, otherwise known as The Dazzlings, stared at the broken T.V. All is silent inside the house… but only briefly.

“Wanna order some pizza?” Adagio asked, breaking the silence.

A heavy sigh and a groan escapes Aria’s lips, but she slowly nods. “Whatever…”

“I’m good…” Sonata sighed, clutching her jaw. “Ow…”

Aria watched Sonata as she walked upstairs, probably going to the bathroom to wash her face.

Adagio picked up her phone which was charging and ordering a large cheese pizza.

***

“Thank you.” Adagio received the box of pizza from the pizza delivery guy and placed it on the kitchen counter. “Ari? Can you call Sonata downstairs for pizza?”

“But she said that she wasn’t hungry.”

“Well, she probably changed her mind. You know her.”

“Whatever.” Aria walked upstairs to find Sonata. She walked up to her room and gently opened the door. “Sona-what the?”

The blue-haired girl was sitting on the floor, curled up in a ball, shaking.

“Uh… Are you okay?”

“Mm-hmm,” she replied shakingly.

“Uh… are you sure you don’t want pizza?”

The girl just nodded her head.

“Okay then. Well, if you change your mind, you better do it fast. Pizza’s gonna get cold.”

Aria walked down the stairs and was greeted with Adagio who had a slice of pizza, sitting next to a table with her phone charged.

“Let me guess. She wasn’t hungry?” asked Adagio.

Aria looked behind her, then back to Adagio. “Oh no, she is.” She went to grab a plate and a slice of pizza.

“Then why isn’t she down here?”

“I was being sarcastic… idiot.”

“Yeah, I didn’t think so.”

“Then why’d you ask?”

Ignoring the question, Adagio just scrolled through her phone.

Aria let out a deep breath. “Okay, but seriously, when I went upstairs, Sonata looked, well… not very good.”

“What do you mean by ‘not very good’,” Adagio said while immitaing her fingers into quotation marks.

“She was sitting down on the floor shaking.”

“If I’m correct, she’s probably traumatized after what you made her do. I mean, you did make her eat a piece of the house.”

“Well, she kinda did ask for it.” But in her head, Aria, for once, felt a little bad for her. “Do you think she’ll forget about it?”

“Most likely. She tends to forget things in a day or two after something has happened, minimum.”

***

It was the next day. Aria walked downstairs and noticed that Adagio was bringing in a huge package. “If you’re wondering what’s in this package, it’s a new T.V. after YOU broke the last one.

“Ugh, that isn’t the first thing I wanted to hear.” Aria walked back up the stairs and bumped into none other than Sonata Dusk.

“Oof!”

“AAAAAHHHH!! Sorry!” Sonata then ran back into her room.

“Whoa. That was weird.” Ignoring what just happened, Aria entered the bathroom.

***

Adagio had finished setting up the T.V. She sat down on the couch and turned on a random channel. Sonata walked out of her room, wearing a hoodie and went down the stairs, phone in hand.

“I’m going out for a walk,” Sonata announced.

“Alright then,” Adagio replied.

Sonata walked out and closed the front door. “At least I won’t have to deal with whatever Aria wants to do to me for a while.”

***

Aria walked back down the stairs, again.

“Aria, try not to destroy this T.V. This cost me almost $700.”

“This again?”

“Look, I don’t want to have to waste another $700 to buy another T.V. again because SOMEONE chucked a bowl at it.”

“Alright, sure, whatever.” Ari then looked to the side for a little bit. “Have you seen Sonata? I couldn’t find her upstairs.”

“Did something happen between you two again and you’re gonna beat her up or something?”

“I’m not gonna beat her up. I just… I just wanna talk to her about something.”

Adagio saw a look she never thought Aria would make but decided to ignore that fact. “She told me she went out for a walk.”

“Oh… okay then.”

***

The front door opened and in came Sonata, taking off her hoodie. Aria got up off the coach and walked up to Sonata.

“Hey, Sonata.”

“OH! Uh, hey Ari.”

Aria noticed that Sonata was shaking again.

“You… okay?”

“Oh, uh, well, I was just, uh, cold from outside.”

“It’s 78° degrees outside.”

“Really? I, uhhh… Gotta go!”

The young girl quickly rushed up the stairs.

“Wait!” Sonata’s room door slammed shut. “Ughhh.”

Adagio started to speak up after what she had just witnessed. “You weren’t kidding when you said she was shaking last time.”

“I just… I just want to…”

“You want to what?”

Aria didn’t respond. Adagio then got up off the couch and walked to Aria. She put her hands on her younger sister’s shoulders.

“Huh?” The two were now facing each other eye-to-eye.

“Come on Aria, you can tell me. What did you want to do?”

“I wanted to apologize,” Aria mumbled.

“What?”

“I said I wanted to apologize,” Aria mumbled slightly louder.

“I can’t hear you.”

“I SAID I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE!!!”

Adagio jumped back after the outburst. “Well that’s something. I’ve never seen you apologize to anyone, especially to Sonata.”

“I’m serious, Adagio! Every time I try to, she always finds a way to avoid me.”

“Well, I did say it takes her a minimum of one or two days to forget something like that to happen to her, though it seems as if she isn’t going to forget that it ever happened.”

“Well, I can only hope things get better tomorrow or something.”

***

A full week has passed. Sonata quickly ran towards her room, Aria chasing behind.

“Sonata!” Sonata quickly slammed the door shut, preventing Aria from entering. “Ughhh.” Aria slid on her back against Sonata’s room door until she hit the floor.

Adagio followed the two upstairs and sees her purple-haired sister sitting on the floor, knees up to her chest with her head hidden. She got down on her left knee to meet Aria’s eye level. Aria lifted her head up off her knees to see Adagio.

“You wanna talk downstairs?” asked Adagio

***

“I can’t believe what I just did to my sister, and she’s the youngest of us three. I feel like she’s literally afraid of me when I’m around her, and I didn’t want that to happen. What have I done?”

Aria covered up her face with her arms. Adagio walked up from her seat and to Aria. “Believe me when I say this, I’m worried about Sonata just as much as you are. I’ve never seen her in such state before.”

“How can I make it up to her if she somehow keeps avoiding me?”

“Hey, look at me.” Aria faced her attention towards her older sister. “I know that whatever you do will make Sonata happy again. You two, and me of course, are sisters no matter how many fights we get into.”

Aria gave Adagio a little smile. “This is probably going to be the second thing I’m about to say that you thought I never would but, thanks. I never knew how much I needed to hear that.”

The two smiled at each other. Suddenly, they heard what sounded like someone walking on the roof.

“The heck was that?” Adagio asked in confusion.

“I think that’s Sonata,” said Aria.

The two walked outside to the backyard and there Sonata sat on the roof, back facing towards them. Luckily, she kept the ladder to the roof (cause how else is she going to climb down). Adagio was about to climb up but was stopped by Aria.

“Adagio, let me handle this.”

“Of course.”

Aria climbed up the ladder and was on the roof. She then walked up to Sonata.

“Huh?” Sonata noticed Aria was sitting to the right of her. Aria’s left arm was around Sonata’s shoulder as the two watched the sunset.

Aria was the first to break the silence. “Hey.”

“Hi,” Sonata replied nervously.

“So, about that time I made you lick and chew a piece of the house… I just wanted to say that… I’m… I’m…”

The word ‘sorry’ couldn’t come out of Aria’s mouth. All of a sudden, she felt Sonata coming up and hugging her.

“It’s okay,” Sonata said, tears falling down her face. “I forgive you.”

Aria returned the hug. She, too, was balling her eyes out. Something she hadn’t done in a long time.

Author's Note

SunTwi06, if you're reading this, then sorry if this didn't meet up to your expectations.

I would also like to mention that I didn't intend for this to be a fic that dealt with a real world problem, being afraid of a family member because you're worried that they'll beat you up. So for anyone who is going through something similar, do know that I am really sorry and I hope this fic brightened up your day/afternoon/night.