“...”
“...”
“...”
“...checkmate,” Octavia quietly spoke.
“Ah, damnit! Again?” I yelled, gazing over the chess board.
“It would appear so. I have to say, you definitely don’t know when to quit!” she told me.
“No, I know when to quit, but I don’t ever want to.”
“Ha! I believe it,” Octavia poked at me. I scoured the board, using the power of hindsight to realize that I had, in fact, walked into that loss.
“Hey, where’s Vinyl? I haven’t seen her all afternoon,” I questioned, glancing over at the clock to read the time.
“Oh, didn’t she tell you? She’s out with the friend she made from work... Polar Pattern, I believe,” Octavia informed me as she began to reset the board.
“Hey! Good for her! ...wait, it’s Heart’s and Hooves Day, isn’t it?” I thought aloud.
“Mhm. What’s with you and always forgetting holidays? Vinyl told me you did the same thing last year,” she smirked.
“I’m legitimately surprised you remember that. I don’t know, I just don’t pay attention. But hey, you know what?” I asked.
“What?” Octavia raised an eyebrow.
“That just means that tomorrow all of the candy in the stores will go on sale and boom. Practically free candy,” I told her my master plan.
“Hm, is it really practically free if it still costs?” she giggled.
“Practically.”
“Ha! Well then, get me some of those white chocolate and orange candies, will you?”
“You actually like those? What’s wrong with you?” I poked.
“Oh please, like you’re one to ask that question on Heart’s and Hooves Day,” she fired back.
“Fair enough... I’ll get you some of those candies, and you can lose this next game for me, okay?”
“Ha! Sounds like a plan... bring it on.” Octavia challenged.
...for the record, she won again.