The Next Day...
"Chestnuts roasting over an open fire.." Melody sang as he helped decorate the Hearth's Warming tree. He, Camera, and Page were decorating the Hearth's Warming tree. Photo was out playing with her friends, and Projector was hanging out with Film Reel for the day. Baker was helping with the decorations as well.
"My, my, your voice is quite amazing, Dear." Page commented.
"Heh. Th-thanks, Miss Flash." Melody replied, a slight blush appearing on his cheeks.
Camera chuckled as he put up one of the ornaments, giving his coltfriend a smile.
"Melody, I know I never asked, but how many genres can you sing?"Baker asked as she lifted one of the ornaments.
"Well, I c-can sing rock, pop, rap, even more traditional styles." Melody explained.
"So, if you wanted to, you could do, say, opera?" Baker asked.
"Um.... well, I've never t-tried opera, but I can give it a try." Melody replied.
"Yeah, well, I know you can do pretty much anything you set your mind to, Babe." Camera said, giving his coltfriend a peck on the cheek.
"Aww, thanks Hon." Melody replied, returning the kiss.
"Aww!" Page called, grinning.
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Projector and Film were walking down a street in downtown Los Pegasus, heading for a destination Film was still as of yet unaware of. Projector hadn't exactly explained to him what was going on, only that he wanted to go to a local coffee shop, presumably to just spend time with him. If that was the plan, then Film had no objections, as he had absolutely no desire to meet some mare Projector thought would like him. The two friends stopped in front of a quaint, yet strangely fancy-looking, coffee shop. The shop was just a standard-hole-in-the-wall, with large windows and a neon sign hanging above it. The sign read, The House of Coffee, serving only the best in all of Equestria!
"Well, this looks nice enough." Film said, absent-mindedly.
"Eeyup. This here is probably the best coffee shop I've ever been to, and been coming here ever since I first visited it about five years ago." Projector replied, grinning.
The two friends walked into the shop, and, if Film was to be honest, the interior was certainly very nice. Consisting of brown-painted walls and furniture, tables laid out neatly in the center. Towards the front was the counter, with a display case showing all the baked goods the shop sold. The menu was also posted up on the wall, and showed a wide variety of coffee. Upon seeing some of the prices, Film's jaw dropped slightly. 23 bits for a cup of coffee?!That's outrageous! he thought.
"Yeah, the prices are a little... crazy, but the coffee is really good, believe me." Projector reassured his friend.
Relaxing, but still a bit skeptical, Film looked over his choices, deciding on a peppermint-flavored latte, while Projector got himself a pumpkin-spice latte with extra cream.
"What? I have indulgences too, you know." Projector said after seeing Film give him a seriously? look.
A few minutes, the two stallions seated themselves at one of the tables, sipping their coffees and munching on pastries. Admittedly, this was kinda fun, and the coffee actually tasted decent. But Film felt like there was more to visiting this shop than simply to hang out, a feeling that had only been getting stronger since they got there.
"Projector, there's more to us coming here than simply to hang out, isn't there?" Film asked.
"What do you mean?" asked Projector.
"Well, I just mean that-"
Before Film could finish his sentence, the door to the shop opened and a green pegasus mare stepped in. Film turned around at the sound of the door and his breath stopped at the sight of the mare. She was a turquoise colored , with a peppermint green mane, laced with a purple streak. Her eyes were of a bluish-green tint, and she had freckles. She.... she's the most beautiful mare I have ever seen, Film thought, swallowing.