"Oh sweet music, we make sweet music you and I!" Melody of the Rockin' Beats sang on stage, two of her friends near the front. Well, one was her friend, one was a friend of a friend who was best friends with the colt who had a crush on Melody!
Teddy and Sweetheart sat in the seats, leaning against each other, one hoof over the other.
"Thanks for standing up for me again," Teddy whispered.
"You're welcome," Sweetheart responded with a smile. "I'll admit, of all the times I've had to plead your case for you, I never thought I'd have to argue for all of boykind against a race of alien robot mares who wanted to turn all the world's boys into girls... using YOU as the ultimate example of why they should."
Teddy shuddered. "Yeah, isn't that kinda crazy stuff only supposed to happen to Patch!"
"I still hope that time Bon Bon says she was kidnapped and put on trial by the Muffin Kingdom as the Great Devourer was just a fever dream from eating that whole batch of muffins at once!"
Teddy couldn't help but laugh, boys would be boys, and girls would be girls. "At least it finally got her diet for reals. And weren't we supposed to be talking about us?"
"Oh you!" Sweetheart playfully admonished him. "And Teddy, you know WHY I keep standing up for you? It's not just because I see your good side that you don't want anyone to see... Because you're that scared of being seen as 'weak'. It's because I think you be BETTER than you are."
"... Didn't we try that with Lancer and Bright Eyes? And didn't Starlight try to get Ace that way?"
"... I don't mean you reinventing yourself or becoming something you're not. I mean, LET GO of being thinking you're weak because they see your 'soft' side. And if you keep acting like a bully, sooner or later you'll be one. And I care about you for that to happen."
"... Thank Sweetheart."
"Shush!" Whispered the ponies around them trying to actually listen the concert. The couple listened to the rest of the show in silence, but no further words were needed.
~Fin