//------------------------------// // How to be a Husband // Story: Violet, I need your help again // by Fizzyberries302 //------------------------------// At breakfast the next morning, Fluttershy made a surprising announcement. “Tomorrow is our anniversary,” she said, giving Discord a smile. “Got anything special planned for us?” she battered her eyes at him. Discord gulped and turned to Violet. Violet gave him a wink and nodded her head towards Fluttershy. “I…of course dear...its,” He glanced over at Violet who mouthed ‘Surprise’. “A surprise! Yes, it’s a surprise. I can’t tell you about it.” “Aww,” Fluttershy pouted. “Can’t you just give me a hint?” Discord bopped her on the nose. “No can do, my little butterfly. You’ll just have to wait.” He then nuzzled her, making her giggle. Violet gathered up all the dishes. “Who’s turn is it to wash the dishes?” “Mine,” said Discord, taking the pile of dishes. With his magic, he levitated them into the sink and the dishes began to wash and dry themselves. “Well I have to go now. I’m meeting the Breezies today,” Fluttershy said. “Take care,” Discord called. Violet got down from her chair and when to the board. “Okay, I need to make 300 more bottle of Violet Rose perfume, 250 cases of lavender moisturiser and seventeen bars of strawberries and cream soap.” She grabbed the list and went down into the basement. Discord just sat down on the lengthy couch, flipping through a book. Violet emptied her newest patch of perfume into spray bottles. This one was Bluebell and Roses. Then she started on making a new batch of Violet Rose perfume, her most popular brand and also the easiest to remember. While the pot of perfume was boiling, she started mixing the moisturiser together in a bowl. Luckily for her, Discord used his magic to give her a lifetime supply of moisturiser base, so all she had to do was get a cup of the stuff and mix in the flavour. Then with a wooden spoon, she scooped the mixture into their separate containers. The soap was the hardest to make since it involved a lot of compressing and cutting. It was 2:00 when she had finished. Now she had to make the deliveries. “Need any help?” said a voice. “Oh hi Discord, yes that would be nice. I need to make these deliveries.” Without warning, Discord snapped his fingers and the crates of deliveries were gone and in their place was a pile of gold bits. “I hope you didn’t steal.” she said. “Never! I just dropped them all off at their doorstep and the payment was already there.” “That makes no sense.” “Oh but what fun is there in making sense!” he cried, throwing his hands in the air. Violet rolled her eyes. “Must you always make that joke, it’s getting old.” “No it isn’t, anyway I came down here to ask for your help. It’s about the proposal.” “Oh right! Well, have you chosen the song.” “Yep, but…” he turned away from her. “Oh no, I know that look.” she spun him around so he was facing her. “What’s wrong?” “It’s just…I’m not sure if I’ll be a good husband…” “Oh? Why is that?” “I don’t know how to be a good husband. I mean, what am I supposed to do?” Violet nodded. “Ah…” Then she grabbed a record and put it in the player. A song started to play. “If you really want to know…” She started to sing. Dear future husband Here's a few things You'll need to know if you wanna be Her one and only all her life Take her on a date She deserves it, bae And don't forget the flowers every anniversary 'Cause if you'll treat me right She'll be the perfect wife Buying groceries Buy-buying what you need You got that 9 to 5 But, Dissy, so do I So don't be thinking we'll be home and baking apple pies I never learned to cook But she can write a hook Sing along with me Sing-sing along with me (hey) You gotta know how to treat her like a lady Even when she’s acting crazy Tell her everything's alright Dear future husband, Here's a few things you'll need to know if you wanna be Her one and only all her life Dear future husband, If you wanna get that special lovin' Tell her she’s beautiful each and every night After every fight Just apologize And maybe then she’ll let you try and rock her body right (right) Even if she was wrong [Laugh] You know she’s never wrong Why disagree? Why, why disagree? If you gotta know how to treat her like a lady Even when she’s acting crazy Tell her everything's alright Dear future husband, Here's a few things You'll need to know if you wanna be Her one and only all her life (hey, Dissy) Dear future husband, Make time for her Don't leave her lonely And know we'll never see your family more than ours She'll be sleeping on the left side of the bed (hey) Open doors for her and you might get some kisses Don't have a dirty mind Just be a classy guy Buy her a ring Buy-buy her a ring (bae) You gotta know how to treat her like a lady Even when she’s acting crazy Tell her everything's alright (Woah! Hey.) Dear future husband Here's a few things You'll need to know if you wanna be Her one and only all her life Dear future husband, If you wanna get that special loving Tell her she’s beautiful each and every night (That's right!) Oh-woah Future husband, better love her right She finished by smiling at her exasperated friend. “Get all that?” Discord rubbed the back of his neck. “I guess, gosh I didn’t think that being a husband would be that much work, maybe this isn’t a good idea…” “Oh no you don’t. You don’t have to do all that, just do what works for you and Fluttershy. Besides, I don’t think it will be hard as you’ve also been living together for a year and until recently, you also have had custody of me.” “Well, your family.” he said, smiling. They spun around when they heard the doorbell ring. “That must be Rarity, back again for the newest bottle of perfume.” Violet fluttered upstairs, holding a bottle of Bluebell perfume, Discord following behind. Sure enough, the unicorn was standing in the doorway. “Hey Violet, what’s your newest batch?” “Come on in and I’ll show you.” Rarity sat down on the couch with Violet and Discord. Violet held out the bottle. “This is it,” Rarity took the bottle with her magic and sprayed herself with it. “Bluebells and Roses.” Discord was sitting there, clearly daydreaming. “I wonder if her bouquet would have roses in it.” “What?” Rarity asked. Discord yelped and blushed bright red. “Nothing,” Violet put her hoof on his paw. “Tell her.” “Tell me what?” The unicorn gasped as she remembered. “Is this the secret you two have been hiding?!” Discord looked at Violet, who nudged him to tell her. “I…I’m planning to…propose to…Fluttershy,” “And I’m helping him…again.” she explained. Rarity squealed and jumped on Discord. “NO WAY! SHOW ME THE RING!” Discord pulled out the ring. Rarity gasped. “Four carets, oh Discord, Fluttershy’s going to love it.” “Thanks, now get off.” “Oops, sorry.” The unicorn shifted back to her seat. “So when are you going to propose?” “Tomorrow night in the park.” he explained. “Oh this is amazing! I have to tell the other girls!” “Okay, but not Applejack or Pinkie. You know how bad they are at keeping secrets.” “Okay, but they’ll have to find out sooner or later.” Rarity pointed out. “Yeah, maybe wait until after the proposal,” He glanced down at the ring in his paw. “I just hope she says, ‘yes’.” “Darling of course she’ll say yes, just looked at that ring. Who wouldn’t say yes to that.” Rarity chimed. “Well I’ll best be going now, thanks for the perfume.” “It’s nothing.” Violet said, waving her friend off. Once Rarity left Discord started tearing the cupboards and drawers apart. “What are you doing?” Violet asked. “I’m looking for pictures and photos of all the dates I went on with Fluttershy.” “Uh…you do know you could just snap your fingers and summon them all here.” “I know, but I don’t know what exactly I’m looking for, even my magic has limits.” Violet rolled her eyes. “Alright, I’ll help you.” The two friends started fumbling around for memories. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “How’s this?” Violet asked, holding up a picnic blanket. “That’s from a picnic we had a few months back. I took her to this hill overlooking the town.” he explained. Violet then pulled out a photo album and flipped through it. “Jackpot!” she cried. The entire album was filled with pictures of Discord and Fluttershy one all their dates from the past year. “Perfect, we could decorate the pathway with these photos.” he exclaimed. They piled all the memories into a small box, now all they had to do was practice the song. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “No Discord, your coming in too fast. When I start to play, you count three, then you start singing.” “ARGH! I’m never going to get this right!” he screamed, pulled hard on his ears. “Says the guy who wrote her a song last year,” she smirked. “Let’s try that chord one more time,” They didn’t get far when a bird dropped a scroll on Discord’s head. He unravelled it. “It’s from Fluttershy, she’s staying the night due to a riot between some Breezies.” “When’s she going to be back?” “Tomorrow, noon.” “Good that means that we have all that time to practice!” Discord groaned rubbing his forehead. “And I think you got it!” Violet cried. “Bout time, that took forever.” Discord croaked. Violet looked up at the clock, it read 8:45. “How bout we have a quick dinner, sleep on it and we’ll refresh first then in the morning.” “Nah, I’m just going to sleep on it.” said Discord, summoning a pillow, blanket and a mug of hot chocolate. Violet rolled her eyes and went back up to her own bed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next morning, Discord woke to the sound of Violet in the kitchen. “Morning,” he said, groggily. “Morning. Now eat up, we have a big day ahead of you.” she said, shoving plate of eggs in his face. “Big day?” “It’s your anniversary! You’re proposing today!” Discord jumped when he realised and began to gulp down his breakfast. After breakfast, they went back to practice. It was 10 o’clock when they finished. “And…wrap that up and give it to a child on Hearths Warming, cause we’re done!” Violet said, beaming. “Finally,” he looked out the window. “Violet?” “Yeah,” “I’m a little nervous.” “Hey, don’t worry. It will be all over soon and I’ll be right over in the bushes, coaching you. But what you’re going to say has to come from you and only you.” “I get that, now what are we waiting for.” “Hold on, we can’t have Fluttershy around while we set up the park. We need her away from the scene so it doesn’t spoil anything.” she explained. “But who’s going to be the distraction?” They looked at each other. “Rarity!”