"And then we left."
"Oh shit," Sassaflash commented from the other side of the phone, "Okay, the only I got from that story is that Caramel is a psychopath."
Octavia sighed, "You're telling me."
"Wait, why are you telling me this stuff?" Sassaflash suddenly asked, "I mean, I would guess you normally talk about this with like Beauty Brass or something."
"I do," Octavia confirmed, "But her and Harpo are on a date today. Along with Lyra and Bon Bon, as well as Fredric and Symphony."
Octavia paused as she realized something, "Shouldn't you be going on a date with Buzzer?"
"Yeah," Sassaflash replied," But we're going like, later. And shouldn't you be on a date today?"
Octavia rolled her eyes, "Why should I? Either I go on a date with the stallion I'm trying to divorce, or I go on a date with my marefriend with the cost of her possibly getting hurt."
"Fair point," Sassaflash commented, "But couldn't you just go into your marefriend's apartment? Cuz like, didn't she move so he couldn't find her?"
Octavia let out a dark laugh, "I bet Caramel has other ways of tracking my every move."
Sassaflash frowned, "Well, I should be going now. I hope you have a nice day Octavia."
Octavia smiled, "You too Sassaflash. Goodbye."
And with that, Octavia hung up the phone.
The cellist then puts down her phone and picked up her bow in order to play her cello as she was already sitting in her practice room.
~•~•~•~•~
"This will be perfect Neon!" Caramel exclaimed as he grabbed more things off the shelves.
"Y'know, when you originally came to me for your help with the whole affair thing, I wasn't expecting to go shopping with you," Neon commented as he roamed around the grocery store.
"But you're a mares stallion!" Caramel explained, "You get laid all the time, that means you MUST know the secrets!"
Neon grinned," Hoping to get lucky tonight, eh?"
"Well, I more want her to just love me but-"
"Alright! I'm always willing to help a fellow stallion in need!" Neon announced before dragging the stallion down the aisle.
As Neon helped Caramel prepare for a romantic dinner for his wife, he pulled out his phone to text somepony.
Let's just hope I'm still not blocked.
'Hey', he texted.
'Sup'
Neon smirked.
It's been a long time since Vinyl and I texted.
'I'm helping Caramel prepare a romantic dinner for your marefriend. So you should probably go get her before she's stuck with him'
'Oh shit. Good thing I already got something planned. Thanks, Neon. Happy Hearts and Hooves day'
Neon felt his heart tighten slightly as he read that last line.
'Happy hearts and hooves day, Vi'
~•~•~•~•~
Octavia's ear flattened as she let out a small growl.
Who in Equestria is that?
Octavia sighed in an attempt to call herself down. Just because the pony disturbed her practice, does not mean they have bad intentions.
Octavia put down her bow and cello before making her way towards the front door.
Octavia then opened the door, to find somepony she was both hoping and not hoping to see today.
"Hello Vinyl," Octavia greeted, sounding slightly exhausted.
"Sup Tavi," Vinyl greeted. She was wearing a black suit with a blue tie, she also, of course, had her signature glasses on. Not only that, but she had a bouquet of flowers in her magic.
Said flowers then suddenly flew closer to Octavia.
"Uh, this is for you," Vinyl offered with a sheepish smile.
"I assumed so," Octavia said with a smile, "And thank you. But, may I ask why you're here? I've told you to never come here in case Caramel was around."
"Yeah, yeah I know. But love makes you do crazy things," Vinyl replied, shrugging.
"You mean love, and stupidity makes you do crazy things," Octavia corrected.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Vinyl said, rolling her eyes, "Anyway, would you like to go out for Hearts and Hooves day?"
Octavia sighed through her nose as she thought.
Of course, she wanted to say yes, almost every part of her wanted to say yes. However, there was still the hidden fear of Vinyl getting hurt by Caramel.
Octavia opened her mouth, but Vinyl beat her to it.
"I know what you're going to say Octy. But I've planned this out, and I know exactly what to do in case Caramel shows up."
Octavia closed her mouth with a frown before sighing once more.
"Alright," She said with a smile, "I'll go out with you. But please give me a few minutes to get ready first."
Vinyl pumped her hoof in the air, "Aw yeah!"
Octavia rolled her eyes with a smile before holding the door open to let the unicorn in.
Octavia then started getting ready, feelings both terrified yet excited for her date.
I haven't felt this way in years, Octavia thought with a smile, It's almost like I'm a filly again!
Once Octavia finished getting ready, she stepped out, wearing a long purple dress.
Vinyl, who was sitting on the couch, became wide eyed as she viewed her marefriend's sudden change in appearance.
Octavia raised her eyebrow, "Vinyl, are you really going to have the same reaction every single time you see me in a dress?"
Vinyl blinked before shaking her head, "Nope- nope I'm good!"
Vinyl then got up from the couch and wrapped her hoof around Octavia's, "Let's go!"
Octavia shook her head with a small smile as her marefriend started leading her out of the apartment building.
As the two walked down the street, Octavia couldn't help but notice that Vinyl seemed to be constantly checking her phone.
However, little did the cellist know that it was all a part of Vinyl's plan.
'Okay, make sure to keep Caramel out of this restaurant, alright?'
'Yep,' Neon texted back, 'Tho, the chances are pretty small that we'll end up at the same place as you two'
Vinyl sighed a sigh of relief before finally putting her phone away. She then noticed Octavia was looking at her.
"Sorry, it was a work problem," Vinyl explained, "I got it all sorted out, though."
Octavia raised her eyebrow was a smirk, "They needed you to fix the problem? I highly doubt that."
"How could you say that Octy!" Vinyl cried dramatically, "I thought what we had was special!"
"Oh shush you," Octavia said, slightly slapping her marefriend's arm.
As the two continued their way down the sidewalk, Vinyl could feel Octavia's head nuzzle under her neck the further they got, not that Vinyl was complaining.
"Alright, we're here Tavi, time to stop cuddling me," Vinyl then winked, "But I wouldn't mind if you cuddle me later."
Octavia smacked the DJ's head, making Vinyl laugh.
And with that, the two made their way into the restaurant.
Once they were seated, the two started looking at the menu.
"Vinyl, you really didn't have to do this much for me," Octavia said as she looked around the restaurant, "Besides, this isn't really your kind of tastes."
Vinyl waved her hoof around, "Pff, DJ-PON3 is the fanciest pony you'll ever meet, baby."
Octavia raised her eyebrow, "Yet you still cannot pronounce ensemble."
"Imbecile?"
Octavia just rubbed between her eyes, making Vinyl grin.
"But really Vinyl," Octavia insisted, "We should do something that we would both like."
"Nah Tavi it's fi-"
Vinyl froze as she noticed something in the window.
~•~•~•~•~
"Uh, where are you going?" Neon asked, slightly worried as Caramel seemed to be going somewhere he memorized.
"I'm going to a restaurant Octavia and I went to when we first moved to Manehatten!" Caramel exclaimed happily.
"Oh," Neon replied, unsure.
As they walked down the streets, Neon paid attention to each of the street signs.
Then, Neon started to freak out as he saw the restaurant Vinyl was at getting closer and closer.
Neon pulled out his phone before Neon was pulled next to Caramel, who was pointing at the window of a restaurant.
"Aw, look at all those couples!" Caramel exclaimed.
Neon looked around in an attempt to find Vinyl and Octavia. After a while, he suddenly made eye contact with said DJ.
Neon cringed.
Well, shit.
~•~•~•~•~
"Uh, you know what Octy? Let's ditch this place," Vinyl said, getting up from her seat.
"What? But Vinyl, didn't you make reservation-"
"C'mon! The night is still young!" Vinyl exclaimed, grabbing her marefriend.
Thankfully, Neon could understand what was going on and quickly got Caramel's attention.
"Yo, Caramel," Neon said, getting Caramel's attention, "Come in close, I've got a step for like, getting with the mare."
Caramel eagerly went over to Neon, like an excited dog.
Meanwhile, Vinyl quickly rushed Octavia away.
"Vinyl, Vinyl. Vinyl!" Octavia yelled, making Vinyl stop.
The DJ quickly looked back to where Caramel and Neon were, to see them walking towards the restaurant. Then she looked back at Octavia.
"Sup babe?" Vinyl asked, slightly nervous.
Octavia narrowed her eyes, "What was that?"
"What was what?" Vinyl questioned, shrugging.
"You know! How you just suddenly left the restaurant?!" Octavia exclaimed, waving her hoof in the air.
"Uh, oh you know Tavi. I'm a party mare, and I like to do random shit," Vinyl explained, "Now, c'mon! Let's go see a movie!"
Octavia opened her mouth to object, however Vinyl was already pulling her down the streets.
Once they made it to the theater, Vinyl walked up to the ticket booth.
"Two movies fooooooooooor-" Vinyl held that word as she viewed Caramel and Neon walking up the street.
Are you bucking kidding me?!
"Never mind," Vinyl said quickly before grabbing Octavia, "Let's go to the park Tavi."
"Vinyl, no," Octavia demanded, stomping her hoof on the ground, "You are going to tell me what's wrong, right now."
"Uh," Vinyl started until she looked behind Octavia, to see Caramel and Neon.
"So, then you have to-"
"Wait," Caramel said suddenly, cutting off Neon, "Do you see that?"
"See what-" Neon started only for Caramel to start galloping down the streets.
"Well?" Octavia persisted, impatient.
Vinyl stopped watching the two stallions and turned back to Octavia, now completely panicked.
"Uh, I...." Vinyl trailed off, before smirking.
"Vinyl Scratch!" Octavia practically screamed as Vinyl grabbed her bow tie and started running down the block towards the park.
Vinyl looked behind her to find both Octavia and Caramel on her trail.
Well, this feels familiar.
Vinyl ran into the entrance of the park, making multiple turns in order to lose Caramel.
I hope Octy keeps up with me.
Vinyl turned around once more, to find Octavia was still behind her.
~•~•~•~•~
"Caramel, where are you-"
"Aw shit!" Caramel said, frustrated, "I was hoping we would make it to the store before it closed!"
Oh, Neon thought, he didn't see Vinyl and Octavia.
Neon let out a laugh of relief, "You'll make it next time big guy."
Meanwhile, Vinyl was still being based by Octavia as they went further and further into the park.
Finally, Vinyl stopped, only to run into by Octavia a few seconds later.
The two rolled around until finally, Octavia has Vinyl pinned down under her.
Octavia ripped the tie out of Vinyl's grasp before placing it back on her neck.
"Now," Octavia started, panting, "YOU are going to tell me what in Equestria is going on!"
Vinyl cringed, before sighing, "Yeah yeah. Alright, you deserve to know. C'mon, let's go sit on that bench over there."
Octavia looked at her marefriend skeptically, before sighing one of defeat.
"Fine."
Octavia then got off of the DJ, allowing her marefriend to walk over to the bench.
The two sat down next to one another, both staring out into the night sky.
"I thought I was smart," Vinyl stated after a few minutes of silence, "I got Neon to help me be one step away from Caramel so we could spend our first Hearts and Hooves day together." Vinyl then chuckled darkly, "I had a whole night planned out, but Caramel ended up being everywhere we went, so I had to speed us through everything." Vinyl then paused to sigh, "It seems Caramel wasn't the pony who bucked up this Hearts and Hooves day."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Octavia asked.
"Cause I knew you would have said no, and you would have been all worried instead of having a fun time," Vinyl laughed again, "I guess it went the other way around."
Octavia frowned, before touching Vinyl's cheek and forcing the DJ to look at her.
"The night isn't over," She said with a smile, "We still have the rest of the night. How about we go to your apartment and order something there?"
Vinyl looked down at the floor in thought for a moment, before she started smiling, "That sounds fucking awesome."
Octavia smiled before looking back at the night, "But first, let's enjoy this for a little longer."
And with that, the two continued their night.
~•~•~•~•~
"You know what Tavi," Vinyl said taking another bite of her pizza, "This is bucking awesome."
"Y-yes it is q-quiet-" Octavia jumped as another pony on the screen screamed, "nice."
The cellist was gripping onto Vinyl for dear life as the two enjoyed the movie together.
"After this, do you want to watch that cheesy romance you suggested?" Vinyl asked, enjoying Octavia's comfort in hugging Vinyl.
"Yes please," Octavia pleaded.
"Well then," Vinyl continued, "you better kiss me."
Octavia rolled her eyes before moving up to kiss her marefriend.
Vinyl laughed as Octavia jumped a mile when the DJ decided to poke her sides.
"Vinyl!"