//------------------------------// // Saliendo // Story: Crepusculo Brillante // by FenrirBlackfire //------------------------------// After a small conversation with Twilight about humans diet. “This went better than I was expecting.” I said to Twilight outside of my house. “I’m a smart mare…” “Woman.” I interrupted. “Woman, I must get the Idea that things works different here” Said in an optimistic tone. “Sorry, it just that the fanfics made me thing that you would frreak out with the new.” I confessed. “Well I must admit that it’s kind of disturbing but again this is a different world and you’re a different specie after all.” She said smiling. “Yet, I´m still hungry and I´m not going to eat meat.” Said finally with a serous tone. I was aware of the fact that she won’t eat meat but that didn´t take all my options for lunch. “I know, anyway I´m out of food, I was going to buy some grroceries after work but I want to show you the city and this would be a perrfect moment to do it.” “Sound fine.” Said Twilight with a positive tone. “But rremember the rrules I gave to you.” I tell her with a serious voice. “Ok, no problem.” “Well let’s get going, since I don’t have a car we will take the bus.” We began to wall to the bus stop. I could notice how Twilight was curiously was seen all around her. After a crossing the street her eyes were in me. “Martin.” She called me. “Yes.” I responded. “Why all the houses look a like around here?” She asked me with a lot of curiosity. “What do you mean?” “Most of them are white and all of them have the same architecture.” She said pointing at a house that looked exactly like the one it had at its left. “Oh… they are prefabricated houses they are made that way because… they arre easer to make. By the way we call them INFONAVIT houses here.” “Why?” “I will explain you that, laterr, I´m getting tirred of speaking in English.” I tell her with a bit of annoyance in my voice. She saw me a little skeptical. “It is that hard?” She asked me. “No, it because I´m not used to speak in English.” I explain to her. “and?” I decide to give her a better explanation of the problem. “Well I´m tired, I haven´t sleep since 3 am and it’s alrready 2 pm and thinking isn´t my best ability in this conditions.” “Oh… sorry for…” She said with a bit of shame until I interrupted her. “You have nothing to apologies.” I Interrupted her. “Look here it comes the bus.” Say this I saw at the end of the avenue a yellow school bus with a some painted signs that said what route it was taking. The two most visible were Vista Hermosa and Centro. I will have to explain to Twilight how do the buses work on here… Later. *** “So that a franchise.” Said Twilight with a satisfied tone. “Yes.” I just responded her, completely annoyed. “But doesn´t that affects local business like your shop.” “Sometimes, sometimes it doesn´t.” I knew I was been rude with her but I felt so freaking tired, the bus takes half of an hour to get out of the colony and get to the supermarket, and she, after I told her how tired I was, was still asking me questions. The last one was about the 7-Eleven and OXXO, the two market franchises that abound in the area. She immediately noticed my negativity. “Why are you so mad?” “Se que eres curiosa, pero te dije que estaba cansado (I know you´re curios but I told you that I´m tired.)” I responded her. Obviously she didn’t understand a thing of what I told her. “What did you said?” She asked me a little offended. “Nothing.” I said before I yawned. Somehow she immediately remembered how tired I was, maybe because of the yawn. “Oh, Sorry I didn´t mean to be so bothersome but its just that I’m curios about this country… how does is named again?” Said in a apologetic and curious way. “Mexico” I responded. “Mexico… It interesting name, what does it means?” Again she was in full annoying-learning mode. “Well, if I recall, in my history text book said that it means In the belly button of the moon.” As far as I remembered and traduced it rightly. “It funny name.” She said half chuckling. “Yeah…” I yawned again. “It is.” This god-damn public transport is sucking my soul again. “You look really tired.” Said Twilight with a little of concern. “I´m ok.” I lied, after all I feel worst than ever since It was the second trip in the day in a public bus. I´m sure she said something else after that but I couldn’t understand it. After we get in the Monterrey-Reynosa highway I saw something good. “Do you see that place?” I said pointing at the building that said SENDERO in a big sign. “That’s our destination.” “That’s a market?” She asked surprised. “I think we call it supermarket but yes.” I said recovering some strength. “If that impressed you, you should see a supermarket in the USA, people says that they are three or five times bigger than that one.” I told her as her expression of surprise grew. *** After getting down of the bus, we walk to the east entrance, avoiding cars and thing that were unfamiliar to Twilight. After entering she could see the Food Area, she was impressed by the number of people that were eating at the place. “We are going to eat here.” I told her. “Do you want a sandwich?” Said this we went to the Subway. In the Food area there a good number of places were to buy some food. But I was already familiar with Subway´s veggie sandwiches so I knew it was the best choice to go and eat something that Twilight would like to eat. After my turn came (there was a line.) I ordered the Day´s Combo for me (a Subway Special) and a Vegetarian Delight for Twilight. Everything went fine until the waiter asked Twilight for her vegetables. “¿Y usted señorita? (And you lady?)” Said the employee. Twilight looked confused and a little ashamed, she knew that the employee talk to her but she didn´t knew what to said. I knoticed this and I tell Twilight what does he want to know. “He want to know what would you like in you sandwich.” She looked at me a little more positive. “Some daisies would be good.” She said. I forgot to tell her another human fact. “Twilight, humans don´t eat daisies.” “They don´t?” She asked surprised. “No.” I responded her. “Look this are the vegetables that you can put in you sandwich.” I told her pointing at the vegetables in the bar. “Just point them with your finger to select which one would you like. Ok?” “Ok” She said with a fake smile. Something must be bothering her. “Lo siento no sabe hablar español, va señalarte cuales vegetales quiere ¿esta bien? (Sorry she can not speak Spanish, she will point you which vegetables she wants, is that okay?)” I told to the employee as he nodded to respond. After she selected her vegetables and I paid the bill we went to eat in a table near the place. Strangely Twilight was silent for a while. “Martin” She said after nearly finishing her sandwich breaking the silence that was making her invisible. “Can you teach me that language of yours?” “You mean Spanish?” I asked as well. I obviously knew what language but I wasn´t really putting attention at the beginning, I was hungry. “Yes, I feel really awkward not understanding what you and the employee were talking about.” She said ashamed. “Yeah, I know how it feels, you don´t need to feel ashamed for that.” I said remembering how when I was a kid some Americans come to my school and began to talk about dinosaurs and fossils but sometimes they ended speaking fully in English making the exposition very confusing. “Ok, just if you keep talking with me in English, I´m going to need the practice.” “Why?” She asked intrigued. “I´ll explain you later.” I didn´t want to explain her about things like my TOEIC exam in that moment, so I decide to tell her later. There were some minutes of silence and finally my hunger and tiredness were fading so I decide to ask some questions on my own. “So I was curious about something?” I said with a grin in my face. “What?” Asked me Twilight, noticing the sudden change of humor. “Your…” I was really anxious to ask her about Equestria and her friends until I was interrupted by my cell phone. “One moment, please.” I said to her taking my Cell out of my pocket and accepting the call without seen who the number was. “Hola ¿Quien habla?... hola Marco… si… huh… mmm… ok… nos vemos. (Hello, Who is it?... Hello Marco... yeah... huh... mmm... ok... see you.)” I put back my cell phone in my pocket and with a serous and annoyed tone I say to Twilight. “Change of plans.” She looked at me surprised and worried obviously by my sudden change of humor, again. “What happened?” “We are going to see my parents.”