The butterfly effect

...meanwhile rarity was preparing herself for the date with the stallion in question.

She was wearing a blue dress with golden stars in the extremes and a blue bow tying her hair in a bun. In each of her hoofs lied a small butterfly bow of golden colour.

She looked at herself in the mirror and with a small smile said to herself in a whisper.

"Knock him dead huh, spike?..."

Shaking her head from unnecesary thoughts she said "No!, today is a day i planned for some time now. Yes, spike's birthday coincided... but my plans are still on, and Spike gave me his best wishes!! Right?... "

And so she walked out with this look that while she herself was unaware resembled a butterfly.

As she walked to the dark streets of the night, she could hear a faint melody being played from somewhere

"Huh? What a... beautiful and yet... sad? Melody."
I wonder where it comes from, oh well i have to arrive to the restaurant. A lady has to always be on time afterall!"

And so she walkes to the restaurant planned the name as in the tickets indicated.

As she arrived into the red carpeted building she could hear a faint symphony of violin and chello playing :

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Oip5CEl7VXE&feature=share

As she entered the building she could see the couples of mares and stallion, ocasionally mare and mare or stallion and stallion eating their dinner in white chairs with red cushions and crystal clear tables.

"Your name and business, madamm" asked a butler

"Rarity belle, im here for a date with red Ruby. Our reservation should be booked today". She said

"Well, let me see" the butler at the entrance said.

After a couple of minutes of checking the list he just said. "Oh, here you are. Go inside please"

"Thank you good sir" she exclaimed.

After being sitted in her table she waited for the stallion of her dreams, or so she believed. After a couple of minutes her date arrived.

His name being deserved, he was a ¿crystal? stallion, with red mane, red eyes and a soft black furr, now wearing a black and white tuxedo. He took sit at the table.

"Hello, Rarity good to see you could make it, you look nice. Like a butterfly even" he said.

"Oh dear.. such a flatterer, a butterfly you say? Such a imagination you have. ..Actually talking about butterfly's before coming here i...."
And so she became silent. As she recalled what happened prior.

For some reason remembering his face... that face he made...twisted her heart a little.

"Is something the matter?" He said

"No, of course not dear its just... i hurt a friend today a little. "

"Oh... would you like to talk about it?"

"Well.. sure.*sigh* I have this very precious friend that well... fancies me for quite some time now. I however have not felt like he does until now, so anyway... i had this date planned for today but being his birthday and all he got a little hurt when he found out that well..."

"Hold up." He said

"....yes, dear?." She said

"You mean to tell me..., the dude likes you for who knows how much time and... you go on a date the day of his birthday regardless of how he feels for you even in his birthday?" He said raising a brow

"Well yes but..." she was about to explain until

"You know what... *sigh* this is not gonna work. "

"W-WHAT?!" She exclaimed

"Look rarity, you are a fine mare and all but... truth is part of the reason i wanted to date you in the first place was because we could boost each others business by doing so but i also legitly was interested i you"

"THEN WH-!" She was about to scream again but

"BECAUSE if you cannot have simpathy or some kind of "loyalty" towards an old friend of yours who likes you even in his BIRTHDAY, Then what can i expect as a business partner? Let alone a lover?" He said

"What are you even insinuating!!?" What now?!! I need his permission to date someone now!!?!

NO! BUT THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT YOU DID NOT CONSIDER HIS FEELINGS AT ALL, AND IF YOU DID, YOU VALUED A NIGHT OF PERSONAL BUSINESS AND "PLEASURE" MORE THAN HIS TIME OF COMMITMENT OR HELL EVEN HIS FRIENDSHIP!!!. He almost screamed.

What do you-? She was about to ask until he answered.

"If you cannot delay gratification then you are not A trustworthy business partner, less alone a lover. If you could not delay your own satisfaction for 1 day, literally one day of a year so someone who loves you, reciprocated or not, could feel more at ease or less sad, or at the very least you told him before hand so you could soften the blow, inclines me to believe you did not take his feelings into consideration"

"So tell me, if you did not took your precious friend into consideration on his celestia damned birthday what is to be expected of me and my business?"

"...." Rarity was shocked, she did not know what to feel or say.

*sigh* "sorry to have screamed at you and wasted your time. But there is many beautiful business mares out there and what i need the most of them is that they are considerate of those near them. Afterall i need my partner and lover to be worried for me and my business if i want it to prosper aftefall, someone who has my back and not just pursues a dismare (disney of this world) version of love, goodnight".

And so he walked without another word.

Rarity was left without words as everyone just looked at her fuming and shocked.

So she decided to leave. They had not eaten yet afterall, so nothing has to be paid.

She took her leave with some maskara running through her face , mubling incoherent words.

As she did. A butterfly of black and white passed through her eyes softly flaping her wings , going somewhere she did not now.

She, with running mascara and a need not to go home for now followed the insect. She followed it slowly, after some time she could hear a faint sound.

"...its...its that piano again?, is this butterfly following it?"

As she continued following the butterfly she noticed the sound becoming clearer and louder, and was that... the castle?

"The castle?" She thought

As she got in front of the door the music was clear as day, even improving her mood a little. What was not clear was....¿who is playing the piano?

So she like in a trance took a tentative knock in the castle but found the door open.

"I guess twilight must have forgot with everything that happened today, well... guess i wil come in then".

And as soon as she entered she saw him. The kid who always met her with a smile, with hearts in his eyes, with a sing in his voice... now an adult, broken, crying with his eyes closed in silence as he played the piano, alone, with the exceptional mumble of "why", or "rariry"

*gasp* s-spike... *sob* spike you...

And so spike finished his concerto and went to the stairs to his room. Not noticing the soft sobs behind him that reverberated in the castle.

So he took to his bed, allowing one moment of weakness and holded his rarity plush tight to his heart one last time. One last time before letting go.

This time, letting go for good.