My love is shy.

I walked up to the counter and asked the bartender “hey, pal, do you know were a pony named fancy tailor lives?” “Yeah he’s a regular. He lives down the street right off the corner” he said cleaning a glass with a rag. I thanked him and continued on. I reached the end of the sidewalk and tuned to the apartment building door. I pushed the buzzer marked thirteen but with no pony to answer.

I tried again this time a rough voice popped up. “What!?” the voice said somewhat irritated. “I have a package to deliver for you” I said picking up a small pot that was hanging on the windowsill. “Come on up” the voice said. I walked into the building and headed up the steps.

I knocked on door thirteen and it opened. “What’s the package?” tailor asked holding the door. I walked in and said “here!” as I slammed the pot into his skull. “WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?” he shouted holding his bleeding head. “Where is it?” I said looking through the drawers.

“Where’s what?!” he said struggling to stand. “You know damn well what” I said ripping the drawers from their hinges. Before I could open the closet door he jumped on my back. He attempted to punch my face, but I grabbed his forearms and threw him at the wall causing a pony shaped dint. I grasped his collar and yelled “where is the settle?!”

He slowly lifted his hoof and pointed to the closet. I dropped him and turned the handle. It was locked. “Where is the key?” I asked grabbing him once more. He smiled and then spat on the area below my right eye. I shook my head and grabbed both his tail and mane.

As he screamed from the pain of his hair being pulled I slammed his face into the wooden door. I did so three more times causing blood to run from his nose and mouth. I faced him to me and looked into his blackened eyes asking once more “WHERE IS THE FUCKING KEY!?” He pulled out an iron key from his jacket pocket.

I grabbed it and tossed him into the nearby kitchen. I unlocked the door to see a surprising sight. It was the settle I was assigned to retrieve, but it was pink and encrusted with Jules. “I think the boss man would appreciate me doing this for what you done” I said grabbing his fur. I dragged him out to the hall, up the stairs and to the roof.

I held him over the edge as he began to plea for salvation. “Sorry, pal, but you caused me too much trouble” I said losing my grip. I released and heard him scream. He finally hit the sidewalk after falling from the sixteen story building. I dusted my hands together and saluted his splattered body as I walked back down the stairs to the settle.

I grabbed the settle and ran out the window that faced the back of the building. Not being spotted I walked back to the train station as the guards appeared around the body. I paid for the ticket and boarded the train as it was heading off. As I reached ponyvile I saw crackpot standing there by the ticket both. I exited the train approached him.

“Here is the boss man’s settle. You can tell him that tailor won’t be any more trouble” I said handing him the settle. “Thanks man” he said taking it and walking off. The sun began to set and I walked home. I opened the door to see fluttershy reading royal one of his books. “Hello troy. I got your note. Can you tell me what you and stride have been up to?” she asked.

“He needed help moving a couch into his living room” I said. “Well that was nice of you” she said as royal looked at the pages. I yawned and headed up the stairs after giving both of them a kiss. I laid down in the thought about what the day had brought. “I can’t believe I did that. I mean sure he was scum, but god I didn’t need to kill him” I thought staring at the roof.

I tried to sleep, but something in me told me that I didn’t deserve it. I got up from the bed and headed back down stairs I opened the front door and was stopped by fluttershy. “Where are you going?” she asked. “I can’t sleep I need to get some fresh air” I said back. I closed the door and walked around. I reached the edge of sweet apple acres and found one of a thousand apple trees.

I reached up and grabbed one apple. I pulled it off of its stem and the vibrations moved through the tree to another branch. An apple fell off of the branch and hit and obstacle on the way down. “OW! Wha’ was that for?” applejack asked rubbing her head. “Sorry applejack” I said taking a bite out of the apple.

“It’s alright. Hey wha’ are ya don’ out here at this hour anyway?” she asked standing from her resting spot. “I needed some fresh air that’s all” I said chewing the apple bit. “Na’ I can tell you’re hiding something. C’mon I’m your friend you can tell me” she said. “It’s nothing” I said walking away. She walked in front of me and said “it is something and it’s bothering you. Now if you want to make it go away you’re going to tell me.”

“No” I said continuing to walk off. She grabbed my arm and said “you are going to tell me!” “Fine you want to know so bad I’ll tell ya! I killed somepony! I KILLED somepony!” I yelled turning to her. “Y-you… killed somepony?” she said letting go of me. I couldn’t take it anymore.

I slid down the bass of a tree and began to tear up. She soon sat next to me and asked “why?” “I owed somepony a favor to get a settle back from the pony I killed, but things got complicated” I said rubbing the water off my cheek. “Who was it?” she asked looking at the ground. “I think his name was fancy tailor” I said placing my hands in my lap.