Music of the Night
When I woke up the next day, I turn over to notice that Tavi is still well asleep. I look over to a clock that is by the door of our room. “Ok, it’s only eight in the morning.” I said to myself. Tavi, knows that I love her and I know she loves me. We have been together for over a year now. I think it’s time that I give her a surprise, now that today is our actually anniversary. Oh, wait how can I do that if I don’t even have the bucking ring to give her. Crap! I get out of the bed slowly trying my best not to wake my sleeping mare. I dash outside and head to the one place that I know has rings for an earth pony, The Carousel Boutique. As I make my way to the boutique I run into a certain grey and yellow maned pegasus. “Hey, Ditzy!”
“Vinyl, hey. How’s it been?” she asks carrying mail in her saddle bags.
“I’ve been great, you?” I say with a smile on my face.
“Good,” she says as her ears droop to the back of her head.
“Hey, what’s wrong?” I ask as I put a hoof on her shoulder.
“It’s that the Doc and I have been going through some tough times lately,” she sniffles a bit. “and I don’t know if we can handle another payment on the rent of our house.”
“Really, here,” I pull out a sack of hundred and fifty bits. “Take these, they’re from my past few gigs.”
“Vinyl, no I can’t take this, you earned it all.”
“I insiste, take it. I can make more next week.” I give the sack to her.
“Thanks, Vinyl. I owe you one,” she looks up to me with a smile of gratitude.
“No problem, I’ll see you around, Ditzy,” I wave to her as I start my walk to the Boutique.
As I arrived to the Boutique, I am greeted by Rarity. “Hello, darling!”
“Hello, Miss Rarity,” I say in response as I walk into the little shop.
“How may I be of help, Vinyl?” She asked.
“I came here to ask if you can fetch me a ring for Octavia,” I say as I run my hoof through my mane. “Tonight is our one year anniversary and I want to propose to her at our dinner later tonight.”
“Well, what is it that you want?” She asked.
I think for a little bit in my thoughts. “I want it to have my cutie mark along with her’s and with diamonds and rubies on it, their colors are my blue mane and the color of her cutie mark.”
“Ok, I will get right to work on it. It should be ready by one this afternoon.” She says from a notepad where she wrote down my order.
“Thanks Rarity.” I wave goodbye to her as I walk out of the shop and begin to head home.
When I make it back to our house, I slowly open the door with my magic. I make my way to our bedroom and open the door to find that she is still sound a sleep, even snoring. I giggle at the sight. I walk back out to the living room and close the bedroom door. I walk over to the couch and plop onto it. I lay there as I think out the plan for our anniversary. I think about our dinner tonight, and then what I will do to propose to her. I hope she says yes. I love her so much, I know she feel the same, but I don’t know if she is as committed as I am to start a family. I’ve been ready to start a family with her since six months into our relationship.
A few minutes pass and my ears perk up as I hear our bedroom open. I look over the top of the couch and see a gray coated mare with a matted black mane walkout, “Morning, Sweetie.”
“Ugh, good morning Vinyl.” She says as she looks over to me and gives me a gentle smile.
I hop off the couch and trot over to my mare, “Don’t tell me you forgot what day it is.”
“It’s Sunday.”
“Yes, but today is very special.”
“Why is that?” She asks as she tilts her head to the side.
“It’s our one year anniversary!”I say as I am a little surprised that she had forgotten about today.
“Oh dear, that’s right,” she says as she blushes a little, “I am so sorry I forgot Vinyl.”
“It’s ok Octavia,” I lean over and kiss her on the cheek. “I forgive you.”
Her ears droop a little, “How could I forget the day that I found the perfect mare?”
I put a hoof under her chin and lift her head so I can see those gorgeous purple eyes, “Like I said, I forgive you. I have everything planned out for the both of us. Today will be a day you will never forget.” I say as I stare into those beautiful eyes of her’s. She smiles and pulls me into a kiss. I delve deeper into the kiss as we both hum in pleasure as our lips meet for the first time today.
We pull away to catch our breath, “Thanks for forgiving me, Vinyl”
“Of course I could never be mad at you, my sweet.” My stomach begins to growl at me. “Shall we have breakfast?”
“Yes, of course. Blueberry or Raspberry pancakes?”
“Blueberry please.” She nods in response and heads to the kitchen and pulls out all of the ingredients for our pancakes. I walk over to the dining room and set up the table. I place the plates and forks in their correct spots, as I know she would like it. I walk back to the kitchen and take a spatula into my magic and begin to help make the breakfast. “You don’t mind if I lend a hoof.”
“No not at all.” I continue to help with breakfast. After about ten minutes we finish the pancakes and we take our seats at the dining room table. Instead of sitting across from each other we make the decision to sit next to each other and enjoy each other's company. We then begin to feed each other our pancakes, we both laugh as we do. As we finish our meal, I get up and take both of our plates to the sink and wash them and put them away into the cabinets. As I make my way back to the dining room I am greeted by my mare who has a little gift box in her hooves.
“What is this, Tavi?” I ask as I look over the little box that has a bow the color of my mane.
“It’s my anniversary gift to you.” she says as she hoofs over the box to me.
I take it into my magic and open it. I gasp as I pull out a new pair of headphones, “Tavi, these are over a hundred bits. You didn’t need to get me these.”
“I know, but I bought them anyways, a while ago anyway, I forgot that I even got that ready during the night before.”
“You’ve had these and saved them for today?”
“Yes, indeed I did,” I look up to her and give her a smile as I pull her into a hug.
“Thanks for getting me these, my old ones were dying out anyway. I can’t believe you even got these custom made.” I look it over some more, it has my cutie mark on one side of the headset and hers on the other. It’s color was blue, like my mane, along with snow white cushions on the speakers.
“ I thought that since you had your old ones for about six years, I would get you a new pair and since we’ve been together, I got them custom made for you.” I put them on and oh dear Celestia these are comfortable, way better than my old ones. She is trying to talk to me but I can’t hear her because she even got these sound proofed.
I lift one of the sides up, “What did you say Tavi?”
“Go test them out.” she says as she points over to our music room. I trot over to the room and open the door with my magic. I then walk over to my setup and plug in the headset. I turn on my turntable and put on one of my favorites from Neon Lights. As the song goes on the bass of the headset is unbelievable it makes my favorite song even better than it was. As the beat rises I can tell that these were even made by Neon himself, only his headphones have the best bass. Did Tavi go to Neon and get these made for me? I thought to myself as the song goes on and the bass gets dropped I bob my head to the faster beat. As the song slows down and reaches the end, I look over to Octavia who has grabbed her celio and looking at me with a smile. I take them off and unplug them from the table. “I see you like them very much.”
“Yes, I do. I have to ask did you get these made by Neon himself?”
“Why yes I did. I went up to his club in Manehattan and talked to him about getting you that headset and he even gave me a discount for it. I got it for only fifty bits.”
“Wow, these are normally a hundred-seventy to get them customized like this.”
“Yeah, he only did that since it was for one of his number one fans.” I look at her in astonishment.
“That is unbelieveable. Thanks, Tavi.” I say as I kiss her on the cheek.
“You’re welcome, Vinyl.” She says as she returns the gesture on my lips. I fall onto my back and wrap my hooves around her neck and pull her closer to my chest. As we’re in this embrace I think back over the past year of all the great times I have had with this mare and only this mare. It warms my heart to think that this Cellist is my true love and soon to be my wife. I just hope that she feels the same way that I do. We finally, after what seems like half an hour, break the kiss and we both stare into each other's eyes. We both smile at each other and she lays her head on my chest. “Happy anniversary, Vinyl.” She says with her head down snuggling on top of me.
“Happy anniversary, Octavia.” I look down at my mare and smile widely. You’re in for a surprise tonight my Sweet. I thought to myself as I kissed her on the forehead. I look at the clock that is just behind my setup. Oh crap, it's already almost one! “Tavi, I’ll be right back. I got to go pick something up from Rar… I mean Ditzy. Is that ok with you?”
“Yes, just make it quick I want to have lunch with you.” She says looking at me with curiosity.
“Thanks.” I quickly make my way through the house and out the front door and begin to run to Rarity’s shop. As I make my way to the Boutique I spot the coolest and the fastest Pegasus in all of Equestria, Rainbow Dash. Along with her is Princess Twilight. Both of them have their wings wrapped over each other. “Hey, Rainbow!” I say as I wave to the two.
“Hey, Vinyl! How's it been?” Rainbow says breaking the embrace with Twilight and walking over to me. As she walks away from Twilight she walks into a library. Of course, but why would Dash go with her?
“I’ve been great. You?” I say as we brohoof.
“It’s been wonderful. Not sure if you noticed but I’m engaged with Twilight.”
“You are?”I ask a questioning look on my face.
“Yeah! We’ve been together for over three years and just last night, in Canterlot, I proposed to her.”
“Wow, congratulations!”I say with a smile that she gladly returns.
“Thanks. You know you and Octavia are more then welcome to come to the wedding.”
“Ok, I’ll let her know.”
“Where are you heading by the way?”
“To Rarity’s shop.”
“For?” She looks at me with curiosity.
“To get the engagement ring for Tavi.” I say with a smile.
“Oh, when are you going to propose?” She asks.
“Tonight at our one year anniversary dinner.”I say happily.
“Wow, I hope it works out well for you two.” She says and pats me on the back.
“Yeah, I hope so too,” I say looking to her now on my right side. “I love her so much and I’m sure she feels the same, but I don’t know if she would want to commit yet.”
“Hey, don’t think that way. Me and Twilight have been together for three years and now we are engaged.” She says to me with smile.
“Yeah, but how am I sure that she won’t say ‘no’.” I say looking at my friend in the eyes.
“She won’t,” she reassures me and puts a hoof over my shoulder. “You two are basically inseparable, she loves you and you love her. And in marriage you two are going to make a beautiful couple.”
“Thanks Rainbow,” she smiles. “I should get going and pick up the ring.”
“Yeah, I’ll see you later, Vinyl.” I wave to her as she flies back to Twilight who has just walked out from the small library. As they make their way back to their castle, I make my way to the Carousel Boutique. As I arrive, I am greeted by a blue pegasus, with an orange mane.
“Hello, and welcome to the Carousel Boutique, my name is Jeri Bear. How may I help you?” He says looking at me with a smile.
“Oh, well, can I ask you if Rarity is here?”
“Oh, she’s here, in the back.”
“Thanks.” I walk to the back of the boutique, and go through to see that Rarity is working on a new line. “Hey, Rarity.”
She turns around with a needle in her magic, “Oh hello darling. Here to pick up your ring?” I nod in response. “Ok, right over here.” She walks over to a counter that has a small blue box on. She picks it up with her magic and she brings it to me. I take it into my magic and open it to see how it looks. I gasp as I open the little box, it is just like I had asked her to make it. It has both my and Tavi’s cutie mark, and the perfect shades of blue and gray. It has a ruby the color of the highlights of my mane.
I look up from the ring and look at Rarity, “It’s perfect. Thank you.”
“Of course, anything for a friend.”She gives me a smile and looks me in the eyes. “Now, you go and make a mare happy.”
“I will.” I say as I walk out the boutique. “Tavi is going to love this.” I say to myself as I start my way home.
After about ten minutes of walking, I finally make it home. As I approach the door I can hear the smooth sound of Cello playing. I open the door and walk in, I place the little box on a dresser by our front door. “Tavi, I’m home!” The music stops and out from our music room, comes my mare.
“What took you so long?” She asks as she walks over to me and starts looking around to see if I brought anything home.
“Oh, I ran into Rainbow and Twilight on the way to Ditzy’s.”
“You did? How are they?”
“Yeah, they’re doing great. Oh, did you know that they are engaged?”
“They are!” She jumps in surprise.
“Yeah, I was surprised too. Three years and they’re going to get married.”
“I can’t believe that they’re going to get married!” She says in disbelief.
“They even invited us already.” I say with a smile.
“Really, that’s great!” She says with a big smile stretching out on her face.
The two of us walk over to the couch and sit next to each other. She leans on me as I put a hoof over her. We look at each other and smile. I hope she’s ready to commit. I can see the love in her eyes. She moves up to me and pulls me into a kiss, as she does so I wrap my hooves around her and hum into the kiss. After what feels like minutes, we break off, smiling. “I love you, Tavi.”
“I love you too.” She says as she leans in closer to me. I wrap my hooves around her and pull her closer to my chest. She hums and snuggles more into me, making me smile.
After some time that we’ve spent on the couch we head to the dining room and have some lunch. We sit and chat for a little, planning a little more for our night out tonight. With only one thing on my mind… I’m going to propose to the mare that is sitting in front of me. I’m so nervous, even though I know she loves me just as much as I do. But, I can’t help but worry about what’s going to happen tonight.
It’s about an hour before our reservation is ready. I’ve already gotten ready so Tavi could have the room to herself as she gets ready. Tonight I decided that I would wear the same suit that I wore on our first Hearts & Hooves Day. It’s just a plain black and white suit, but with the addition of a blue striped tie, similar to my mane. Currently I’m pacing around the outside of our bedroom, nervous as ever. I haven’t been this nervous since my very first performance fithteen years ago in Manehattan with my ex-coltfriend Flare Burn. Yeah, yeah, I’m Bisexual. I wonder how he and Rainbow are doing. I’m glad I have Tavi though. She and Flare changed me life for the better. A year ago, I never thought I would ever find a bond that was similar to the one that Flare and I shared. Yet, here I am about to take my one love out for our anniversary and propose to her. I never thought I would get to this point in my life.
After a few more moments in my thoughts, then I’m broken from them as the door in front of me open and out comes my mare, Octavia Philharmonics Melody. She’s in a unbelieveable dress, one of which really that really compliments her eyes. She smiles as she looks at me, I gladly return the gesture. “Ready, my love?” I ask as she nods in response. I lead her to the door, but before we leave I sneak the little box I got earlier today into one of my pockets.
We make our way to the train station, buy our tickets and get on our way to Canterlot. During the ride, we just snuggled against one another, occasionally kissing. The ride wasn’t too long, but it was nice to be going out with my marefriend. We rarely get times together like this because of our jobs. I usually have late night jobs as she has rehearsal or a performance. It’s something we both hate, but we have to do it.
After a while, we arrive at Canterlot. We hop off the station and get recognized by several ponies. We greet them kindly back and do what they want us to do; signatures, pictures, autographs, etc. We then make our way to the restaurant, Le Poney. We made our reservations about a week before today. We walk up the the hostess at the front. “Hello, welcome to Le Poney! How may I help you?” She asks as she looks over us.
“We’re here for our Reservations.” I tell her.
“Name?” She asks.
“Vinyl and Octavia.” I tell her.
She looks through her list, “Ah, yes. Right this way.” She takes us to a table located by a large stained window. It was a portrait of the Elements defeating Discord. The whole restaurant was decorated with art dedicated to them. I walk over and pulled out Tain's chair.
“Why thank you.” She sits and I push her in. I then take my own seat.
“Your waiter will be right with you in a moment.” The Hostess tells us as she trots away. We both can’t help but stare at one another with a smile on one each other’s faces.
“Yes, Love?” Tavi breaks the silence between us.
“Oh, I’m just admiring the beautiful mare that sits before me.” I tell her with a big smile.
“Such a charmer.” Tavi smiles back at me. She puts her hoof on the table and I meet her’s with my own.
“I love you so much.” I tell Tavi.
“I know you do.” She says back to me.
We both just stare at one another until our waitress comes over to our table. She takes our orders for our drinks and comes back with them. Then we order our food and she trots on to the back to place our orders.
“Vinyl?” Tavi looks at me.
“Yes, Tavi?” I respond back.
“I know this is our one year anniversary, but I can’t help but think that it’s been much shorter than that,” She says as she looks over to me.
“Yeah it does. But, that’s a good thing, right?” I ask her.
“That’s what I don’t know, Vinyl,” She tells me.
“I understand. I sorta feel that way too,” I tell her in which she nods and puts a hoof onto the table. I meet her hoof with my own. We both smile at one another. Soon after our food comes out and we dig in.
A little bit of time has gone by now. We were talking about some upcoming trips we could do. Although, I was in way planning our soon to be honeymoon with her. I really can’t wait to see her reaction. And with all of that in our heads I smile at her. She returns it, her eyes sparkle in the light of the restaurant. After we get our leftovers packed up we walk outside of the restaurant and I take her to a nearby park and take her under a tree that oversees downtown Canterlot, where I first met Tavi. “I remember the first performance of mine that you came to,” Tavi said as she leaned on me.
“As do I. You didn’t even break a sweat up there! You were so calm and collected. Well, and being cute too,” That comment earned me a blush from her.
“T-thanks,” She says as she looks up to me, “You didn’t look to bad yourself.” That made me blush.
“Tavi, close your eyes,” I tell her with nervousness in my voice. She raises an eyebrow, but does it anyway. She feels me as I start to move out of her embrace.
“Vinyl, what are you doing?” She asks with closed eyes.
I get on down on one knee and take out the ring that I got made earlier today. I open the little blue box and say, “Okay, you can open your eyes.”
She does and when she sees me with the tiny box in hoof, she starts to tear up, “Vinyl…”
“Octavia Philharmonics Melody, will you marry me?” I ask her with tears in my eyes as well.
“Y-yes! Yes, I’ll marry you,” She says through tears as I take the band tied around the ring and slip it over her head. She tackles me and kisses me deeply. I return it just as much as she does. Both of us cooing into the kiss, complete bliss running through our bodies. As we both pull away from one another we see that both of our eyes are red from the crying. “Vinyl… I… I don’t what else to say.”
“You don’t need to say anything,” I tell her as she just smiles, still sniffling.
“I love you so much,” She tells me as she nuzzles me.
I hum at the touch, “I know.”