Too Shy for Love

Chapter 4

Electro was resting, his appointment with Octavia today. His mind filled with images and thoughts of her, disrupting his imagination of Fluttershy. He loved Flutters but, he wanted to love Octavia as well, it was so confusing for him. Either way, he got up and grabbed his viola and bow, flying off towards the house that Octavia and Vinyl shared.

He landed with a flourish as he walked into the building, the quietness of the entire structure made him aware of Vinyl’s absence. “Huh” He said slightly happy “Vinyl’s not here to disrupt us.” He walked into the next room, the first few notes of a bow giving off the beautiful notes from Octavia’s cello. He stepped into the room providing the source, the dark grey mare playing with passion, her eyes closed tight in concentration as her black mane tied back in a ponytail moves slightly with her bow movements.

“She’s beautiful...” Electro quietly gasped, only now realising the beauty of his friend and mentor, making his face grow slightly warm. “Ah, Electro, you’re finally here!” He jumped at the sound of her graceful voice filling the air “I thought you wouldn’t show up!” She smiled at him, showing pristine white teeth and her light violet eyes shining, making his blush spread farther.
“Are you ready to begin?” She questioned as he took up position, setting his bow upon the tightly tuned strings, giving them an experimental slide resulting in a short sour note. “I’m always ready” He said, prepping his hooves for a performance, watching Tavi closely, noting her subtle movements and looking at her stunning eyes. “Um, Octavia...” “Yes Electro?”
“I was um... needing to ask you a question...” “And what is that?” She asked politely, her ears perked in curiosity as he mutters “N-Nevermind... it’s not that important...” “Oh! Okay, well, let’s begin shall we?” “Y-Yeah...” she realigned her bow and continued playing, Electro’s viola adding accompaniment to the background of the cello. After a few hours of the beautiful music he stops again, both of their music flowing into silence “Octavia...” “Yes Electro?” “I-I um...” He sets down his violin and walks beside her, she slowly sets down her bow as his burning orange eyes settle on her own shining light violet ones.
“That question from earlier...” “Yes? What is it?” He inched slowly forward, his mane close enough to brush against her own, his hoof slowly coming up and grabbing hers “I’m very happy to have you as my mentor...” He said, a slight sigh accompanying it, “And I wanted to know if we could go do something sometime?” These words brought warmth to her muzzle, watching him carefully, planning each word “Electro... do you mean this as a... date?” “I-I...” He moved forward, his lips meeting hers in a gentle kiss, as her eyes widen in surprise and confusion, slowly falling closed as the kiss grows more passionate and warm.
As the embrace between them grew closer and containing more love a single thought crossed Electro’s mind, as Octavia dragged him to the floor. What was Flutters going to think when she found out about this.