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>”I’m telling you, Eri. Get out more. Go meet somepony.”
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>You did meet somepony.
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“I met you...”
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>You blonde maned friend sighs.
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>”That’s not what I meant. Your wasting away staying inside. You’re beautiful. Somepony would be crazy to pass you up. There are a lot of ponies who would do anything for a chance to be with you.”
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“Well... t-there is one pony who caught my eye.”
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>Connie Amore looks excited.
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>”Really?! Spill it. Is it someone from your poetry club? Or is it- oh...”
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>Yeah.
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>’Oh’ is right.
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>You close your eyes as Connie puts a hoof on your cheek.
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>You already knew what she was going to say.
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>”Sweetie, we’ve already done this song and dance before. I’m seeing somepony else. If things were different...” she trails off.
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>’If you had acted on your feelings sooner,’ you finished for her in your head.
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>Connie has been in a relationship for about a year and a half now.
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>The day she came and told you was the day you were going to ask your best friend of several years on a date.
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>To say it stung was an understatement.
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>:.. Just go meet somepony.”
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>She moves her hoof under your muzzle and raises your head up.
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>You open your eyes to find her looking back into yours.
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>You could see the whole world in those eyes.
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>’There are a lot of ponies who would do anything for a chance to be with you’ she said.
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>But she really had no idea how true that was for her.
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>You have it bad.
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>She makes you want to do better for yourself.
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>To be better for her.
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>”Please? For me. I just want to see you happy.”
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>But you can’t have her.
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>You give a small smile.
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“Ok. For you.”
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>You blink before looking embarrassed.
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“But I don’t really know where to go. And not tonight.”
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>”That’s fine as long as you go out. I know a place for you tomorrow but the catch is I kinda can’t be there.”
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“Oh.”
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>”Nonono Nothing like that. It’s just I’m gonna be out of town tomorrow. I have to perform in Canterlot. That’s actually why I came over.”
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>Connie reaches into her saddlebags and pulled out a little black box, presenting it to you.
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>You take it in your hooves and look at her surprised.
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“Wha... what is this?”
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>Connie smiles.
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>”For you. Just open it.”
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>You nod and do so letting out a gasp.
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>Lying in the box was a silver necklace with a pendant in the shape of your cutie mark.
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>On the inside of the box were the words ‘Happy Birthday, Miss Eri!’ in a stylized font.
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>You glanced over at the calendar next to the front door and it turns out tomorrow was your birthday.
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>Connie remembered when you would have forgotten.
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>”Yeah, I thought you’d like it.”
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>You get up and hug the mare, knocking the both of you over.
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“Thank you, Connie,” you say into her shoulder.
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>The two of you talk for the rest of the evening before she heads back home for the night.
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>As she leaves you sit on the steps in front of your home and watch her walk away.
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>You put a hoof to the necklace you wearing and sighed.
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>Connie was really good to you despite all your crap.
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>Despite your jealousy towards the stallion she was seeing, you were happy... in a way.
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>She deserves better than you.
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>It just so happens that he was better than you.
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>He makes her happier than you could.
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>And you only want her happy.
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>That doesn’t make you want her any less.
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>You sigh, getting to your hooves and start trotting into the night.
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>You don’t really know where you’re going but you’ll just let your hooves take you anywhere and your mind wander.
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>The air is cool and there is barely any wind.
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>There are a few ponies out, most of them making their way home.
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>Ponyville didn’t have many night spots so it made sense.
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>After a long while you found yourself at the place Connie was telling you about earlier.
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>It was the bar that she met her special somepony.
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>It looked pretty small from the outside.
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>The Soggy Horseshoe.
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>The name sounded generic enough so it couldn’t be too bad.
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>You were gonna wait until tomorrow and work up your courage but with how this place was tucked away at the fringes of Ponyville you weren’t really that nervous.
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>You can hear music coming from inside but not many voices.
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>Connie wants you to go out somewhere anyways so you might as well.
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>You took a breath and open the door.
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>Your nose was immediately assaulted by the smell of salt and apples.
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>The music you hear was from somepony singing on the stage on opposite side of the room.
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>Karaoke.
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>Neat.
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>There couldn’t be more than five or six ponies in this place besides the bartender.
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>You did a double take when your eyes ran over who was sitting at the bar.
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>That human.
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>You’ve heard of him before.
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>You’ve even seen him a few times around Ponyville with the princess.
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>You have never gotten the chance to talk to him.
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>And you wouldn’t be getting one now.
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>You just didn’t have the courage.
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>He hung around with the Elements of Harmony and a PRINCESS.
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>You were just... you.
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>Besides the meeting ponies part of your promise to Connie could wait until tomorrow.
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>You made your way past him and sat at a booth near the back not really sure what to do with yourself.
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>You couldn’t drink or enjoy a salt lick because you left your bits at home.
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>You didn’t really feel like going home now that you were here so you decide to rest you head on the table and enjoy the music by yourself.
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>You could see the clock on the wall from the way your head was lying.
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>It was midnight.
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>You sigh.
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>Happy Birthday to you.
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>Suddenly a figure obscures your view.
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>You raise your head up just in time to see the human sitting in the booth with you.
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>He sets two mugs of frothy cider down on the table and slides one across to you.
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>”I figured you could use a drink and some company.”
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>You sit and stare, too stunned to even reply.
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>”...Or I guess I can can go dick around somewhere else. Sorry about bothering you miss.”
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>The human starts to get up.
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“Wait!” you blurt causing him to sit back down.
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>You surprised yourself with that but you weren’t going to lose this chance now that you had it.
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“I-I’m sorry. I was just surprised.”
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>”About what?”
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“You actually want to t-talk to me.”
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>He scoffs and takes a drink.
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>”Nonsense. A mare as cute as you probably has plenty of guys beating down your door.”
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>The human holds his paw... talon thing out in front of you.
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>”I almost forgot to introduce myself. I’m Anonymous, human extraordinaire.”
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>You look at it for a moment before letting your hoof out to meet it.
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>His appendages wrapped around it and he gave it a firm shake.
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>You look back to his face with a blush on your own.
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>Turns out you’d meet somepony today after all.
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“M-my name is Miss Eri.”
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