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Music Therapy, Alternate (Forbidden) Ending

By pentapony
Created: 2021-07-16 21:31:33
Updated: 2021-03-21 07:31:34
Expiry: Never
anonromancesafetragedy/emo/miss eri

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhmEifNjWiw
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    >Eri climbs down from the couch to you and throws her hooves around your neck. Her mane presses into your face, burying you in her scent.
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    >In all your time here, you've never gotten to smell a pony before. It wasn't even something you'd considered.
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    >But hers is just so... sweet. There's no other way to describe it.
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    >Your cries die down as she holds you reassuringly. She pulls back only once you're suitably assuaged.
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    >You wipe your eyes.
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    "This isn't going to work. If we did this, and it didn't work out... I don't want to lose you. I don't want to hurt you. I don't want to end up breaking your heart. I don't want you to regret loving me. You've gone through so much suffering already. I'd rather die than cause you any more pain."
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    >Silently, she looks into your eyes.
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    >Eight nights ago, you fell in love with those eyes.
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    >Six nights ago with her words.
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    >Four nights ago with her humor.
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    >Two nights ago with her mind.
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    >Tonight, you're just in love with her. There's no more denying it. You love her.
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    >But you can't do this.
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    >You'll never be able to do this.
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    >She doesn't say anything. There's nothing left to be said.
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    >So she kisses you.
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    >You submit to it immediately, pushing back into her lips with all the want in your heart.
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    >Behind this kiss is the intense passion of every night you've spent with her, every laugh you've shared, every cry you've endured.
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    >It is everything you've ever wanted, everything you thought you'd never get.
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    >Slowly, she pulls back, still close enough to feel her breath on your face, her forehead leaning against yours.
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    >She looks you in the eyes one last time, with tears streaming...
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    >And runs out of your office.
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    >Heartbroken.
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    >By your hand.
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    >Was it ever going to go down any other way?
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    >Deny her, and drive her away. Accept her, and the inevitable fall will be so much higher.
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    >Because you're not fit to love. Not the way you are.
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    >She deserves so much better than what you can offer.
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    >There you sit, brought to your knees, on the floor of your office...
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    >And you are all alone.
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    >Absolutely,
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    >Entirely,
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    >Incorrigibly alone.
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    >The storm of your relationship has passed, leaving nothing but a trail of destruction in its wake.
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    >Both of you felt it coming in the previous nights. Both of you, terrified of what it'd do to you.
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    >And here it is.
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    >Everything you ever held dear, reduced to dust. Your relationship with her is over.
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    >This is it.
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    >The true end of the line.
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    . . .
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    Eri
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    Anon
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    Tell me, reader, what does it matter now?
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    The internal monologue is the same.
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    They don't want to do this anymore.
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    The two of them put it all on the line for each other.
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    Each didn't think they were good enough for the other.
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    All they wanted was to be loved. And they were loved, as much as the darkness permits.
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    They just couldn't accept it. Failed to communicate the way they needed to.
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    So if they'll never be loved...
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    Why bother, right?
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    Because after all the sleepless nights and fixated thoughts,
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    After getting a taste of the sanctity that is love,
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    Each would sooner die than lose the other.
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    Little do they know,
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    It's already too late.
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    So stop reading here.
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    Delude yourself into thinking they could ever be happy.
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    As if "star-crossed lovers" holds any weight in the real world.
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    As if it was ever going to turn out any other way than this.
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    When you began this journey, you knew there was this gnawing feeling in the back of your head.
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    You were afraid that it would end this way.
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    You wanted them to get better. As validation.
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    If they could do it, then maybe you could, right? Right?
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    But darkness doesn't disappear.
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    If you're going to go on, then you need to accept what really happens.
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    She left his office. That much is true.
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    But she never came back.
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    They didn't get their happy ending.
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    It was all just a pipe dream.
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    A comforting fantasy, a reverie of everything they wanted.
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    An illusion designed to console your insecurities.
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    You and I both know the truth.
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    They were doomed from the start.
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    . . .
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    >It's better this way.
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    >You were meant to be alone.
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    >You can play your games and live out your fantasies.
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    >Have those cute little chats on the couch.
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    >But happiness? Real contentedness, not just some fleeting fun?
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    >You are never going to find that.
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    >The darkness is inside of you and it infects everything you touch.
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    >Even the one you love more than anything in the world.
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    >There will never be a happy relationship.
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    >You will never feel safe.
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    >You will never find that warm security you long for.
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    >All there is for you is pain.
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    >You were born into pain, and unto pain you shall pass.
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    >There is no hope. No comfort. No love.
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    >If it can't happen now, in the face of someone who actually, finally knows you...
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    >Then it's never going to happen. You accept that now.
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    >There is no point in living anymore.
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    >You are, and forever will be,
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    >Unlovable.
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    >You get back to the apartment and slam the door behind you.
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    >Sitting on your office floor. She's gone. She's not coming back. For real this time.
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    >Pacing angrily. He doesn't fucking love you, you are nothing, you are—
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    >—a mess. She doesn't know what she wants, she doesn't realize you can't be loved, that you'll inevitably break her—
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    >—neck. That's what you should do. Just fucking hang yourself, you bitch. You should have died before ever meeting him.
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    >You leave your office. It's not worth it anymore. Friend. Lover. No matter what you are, you're just going to cause her more pain.
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    >There's no point in going on. He knows you more than anypony has and even he doesn't want you. Nopony ever will.
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    >Down the hall you walk. The building feels like death row. There's only one way to ensure you'll never hurt her again.
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    >A moment of weakness, into the bathroom. There it is, right where you left it. All this time it's been waiting for your return.
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    >Up the decrepit stairwell you ascend. Every night, one way or another, you pushed her into something uncomfortable.
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    >You take the razor blade between your teeth. There will be no dream this time.
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    >Hand on the railing. Climbing higher. You made her share when she didn't want to. Touched her when she didn't ask.
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    >Trembling as you bite down on it. You will succeed. You will succumb. You will leave him better off. He won't endure your misery.
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    >Burst through the door to the roof. Ten stories up, one for each night of hers you've ruined. Fucking poetic.
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    >The steel is cold. Princess Luna will not find you. You will submit to the darkness. Get what you deserve.
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    >Each nervous step to the edge, peering down to the ground far below. Your death will be her freedom.
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    >There was no meaning behind any of it. There never was. The iPod.
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    >The vampires.
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    >The dancing.
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    >The crying.
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    >The kiss.
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    >The blood.
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    >I am unlovable.
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    >I am unlovable.
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    >A waste of life. You bring the razor down to your skin.
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    >An angel of death. You step up onto the ledge.
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    >I love you, Anon.
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    >I love you, Eri.
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    >But I'm no good for you.
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    >I am nothing but darkness.
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    >I can't be the one you love.
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    >I'm not your messiah.
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    >I'm just some dead bitch.
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    >The asshole who gave you false hope.
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    >You sink the blade into your flesh.
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    >You step forward over the edge.
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    >If I can't be loved...
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    >...I'm better off dead.

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