*hiccup* "Your my best, did I ever tell you that?" BerryShine said, holding onto GreaseTrap's shoulder to keep herself on her stool.

"yeah, you did." GreaseTrap responded in his usual monotone.

"You too are cute together." I slurred, spilling some cider on my floor when I tried to gesture at them.

"No" GreaseTrap replied almost before I finished speaking. "What???" whined BerryShine "How can you say that?!?" the raspberry pink mare almost started crying as she exclaimed. "AFTER ALL WEVE BEEN THROUGH!"

"We only ever drink together." GreaseTrap finished his mug of cider and motioned the bar pony for another round. "DOES THAT MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?!?" BerryShine seemed on the verge of tears or violence, and I couldn't tell which.

I leaned in close to GreaseTrap and whispered "is she always like this?" to which he gave an expressionless nod, not even looking my way.

I just focused back on my own drink, trying my best not to offend either of the 2 new friends id made today. It seemed like they did this a lot and I didn't want to get in the way of their friendship ritual.

*****

BerryShine had passed out a couple hours ago and the bar pony had taken her upstairs, apparently this happened often enough they had a room reserved for her. Me and GreaseTrap had kept drinking, while I told him stories about growing up in a little desert town and the time I spend working in Las Pegasus.

"-and there was this other time when a lightning cloud got lose inside the casino and-"
"Y-know..." GreaseTrap interrupted. "Noones ever kept up with me like this before."

"What do you mean?" I asked. In response he gestured to the nearly dozen empty cider mugs on either side of where we were sitting. "Usually everypony else crashes out before now..."

"oh..." A long silence stood between us.

"You wanna get some food after the next round?" I asked, not really sure what to say.

"Yeah" he replied in his usual manner "Wafflehouse"

Author's Note

Sorry the last chapters were a bit short, I'm trying to balance updating frequently with breaking chapters at places that make sense.