//------------------------------// // Worried Paint PMs // Story: Equestrian Fanfiction // by Lise //------------------------------// You must stop it. I'm serious. PaintDrop What do you mean? RRBB Oh, come on! Still flirting with YouKnowWho? After everything that's happened? How do you think that will end? PaintDrop I'm not flirting! I'm just being friendly, as I'm trying to be with everypony (even the loser duo). I thought you would be glad that I'm not getting into fights that often? Also, if I was flirting (which I'm not) it's none of your *yay* business! RRBB I see. PaintDrop Wait! Paint, I'm sorry :( I didn't mean it. It's just a touchy subject, you know. Her messing me up... that whole thing with me being who I am. My parents... I caught my father searching for "cures" online. He still thinks this is something I can get away from. Heck, he's even been asking about mind control. I'm not saying I'm happy about this either, but having my mind blanked is just... I almost rushed to his office. Good thing I didn't. The conversation would have turned nasty. RRBB I know. I just don't want to watch you destroy yourself. I know it's amusing, and YouKnowWho is really trying her best to be friends with you, but most of that's guilt talking and you know it. You two have practically nothing in common... apart from being considered two of the hotties in school. Just try to be less... advancing? Please? Inviting her to play with Pixel after school? That was a bit obvious. PaintDrop Well it wasn't like I invited only her. You were there! RRBB You invited the rest as an afterthought. Good thing she said no. If it had been yes, there could have been a repeat of the bathroom crisis. PaintDrop Well, fine. Maybe I had some small hope, but it's not like I’m stupid or anything. I know nothing could work out. RRBB That's precisely why I'm worried. If you were stupid all would be fine. Yet I'm sure you're scheming some complicated plan to try and "turn" her, even if you know you can't. Worse, what will happen if you manage that? Have some fun for a few years until she gets tired of you the same way you dropped all the colts you used to date? PaintDrop That was different and you know it! I just want to be friends with her! Is that too much to ask? Do I need your permission to spend time with somepony now? :/ RRBB When have you needed my permission for anything? Anyway, I'm not getting into a fight with you. I'm here when you need me if you like it or not, even if you're making the stupidest mistake in your life. Again! Remember how you were crying after what happened last time? Why would you think this would be different? PaintDrop It might be! It's not like I have any alternatives here. What do you suggest? I start hitting on you? On SweetStuff? On anypony else? Happiness doesn't come easy in this world, and I intend to fight for mine. Even if the odds are against it, even if the chances are a million to one. I lose the moment I give up! RRBB And in the process miss on the happiness that was always there. I really don't understand you sometimes. Do you honestly think she's the only one? PaintDrop What? You think I'll end up in some fairytale marriage like Lyra did? This is the real world, Paint. Things don't work like that. Sure, she got lucky, but I'm not her. Chances of me finding anypony remotely suitable even on the site are remote. And even if I do, what then? Start a long distance relationship like Jade or your brother? RRBB Sorry. That was mean. I know you're trying to help, but... *yay* I'm really messed up. You know that. She's just so... what can I do? Every time she smiles at me I feel things. Stars, I wish I can stop thinking about her, but I just can't. I've tried to hate her, to ignore her, nothing works. At least now we can talk in a normal fashion. Who knows? Miracles happen from time to time. RRBB It's that mentality that has me worried :( Tell me, what would you do if you receive a love confession? PaintDrop You mean like the ones I get all the time? RRBB No. If somepony came up to you and told you they loved you as much as you do YouKnowWho, what would you do? PaintDrop As if that will ever happen. RRBB I'm serious. What would you do? Would you cut them off there and then? Feed them a line? Pretend? What? PaintDrop I'd end it in such a way that they don't even think they'll ever get a chance. Just like that. I'll probably be civil about it. Is this another of your psychology stunts? You're putting me in You's shoes so that I get a taste of what it's like? Paint, I invented manipulation. There's no way this will make me change. You should know that. RRBB Stars, do you always compare everything to yourself? :/ No, I'm not comparing you to YouKnowWho. I'm just asking if a pony comes to you and spills her heart out what would you do? Say no and continue chasing after YouKnowWho, or give this new relationship a chance? And no, I'm not confessing I love you! I'm your friend, but that's as far as it goes on that front. PaintDrop She, eh? Nice touch. Well, in this highly theoretical situation I confess I don't know how I'll react. Depends on who it is. If Twist tells me that I'll probably say no. She's funny on the site, but no way I'll start going out with her (lisp or not). If it's SweetStuff, I might say yes. I'm not sure. She's cute, but a bit whiny. Everypony else, I've no idea. RRBB Okay then. At least that's something. PaintDrop Listen, Paint. I have to go. Thanks for the concern, really, but please just stop. I know it might go badly, but I'm prepared. And if I happen to crash and burn, either be there for me or not. With all the *yay* that's been going on in my life lately I really don't care. What happens happens. It's not like any of us can control it. RRBB Take care. And please don't crash. PaintDrop