"Another boring day, here I come."
I groaned out in annoyance as I walked towards the front doors of CHS after getting dropped off by my mom in her Dacia Sandero, the cheapest car she could buy from the car dealer in Canterlot.
It had been a couple of days since the situation with Pipsqueak and I had happened, and things at school slowly started to go back to the way things used to be before... Apple Bloom died. Thankfully, I myself got over my depression state and started to wear my usual clothes with my propeller hat back on my head.
Though, some of the students still couldn't bring themselves to return to how things were, especially Applejack, her group of friends, and Scootaloo too. We had tried to cheer her up, multiple times. But she just couldn't face the truth and decided to turn us away. Every time. Eventually, we just decided that she deserved some time alone and leave her be for now.
"So... I see Lyra over there flirting with Bon Bon again..." I rolled my eyes, making my daily check-up on every student I could find on school grounds to satisfy my boredom. "...Vinyl banging her head to her music, Sweetie Belle trying to climb the plinth, Trixie failing at her magic-"
I did a double take on what I had said as I went to a dead stop, slowly looking over to the plinth to see my girlfriend, Sweetie Belle, struggling to climb up the thing. Back then, we used to have a statue of... something, which stood above the plinth to signify the school's reputation. I guess. Now, after that terrible Friendship Games had ended, it now stood there, bare and naked. It's just weird to see it nowadays, I guess.
"Wonder what she's doing trying to climb that thing... Ehh, maybe she's in a good mood today?" I asked myself, shrugging nonchalantly as I made my way over to her in a matter of seconds, now standing behind her, still struggling to pull herself up the plinth.
"Here, let me give you a boost!" I energetically spoke up before I bent down and managing to help her climb up the plinth by grabbing hold of her boots and pushing it up with all my strength. I smiled in victory as she slowly turned around to probably thank me for my heroic rescue for my damsel in distress.
"Thanks, mister-" She called out to me, but suddenly freezes in spot as she finally got a good look of her cute little boyfriend, who had heroically helped her out. Which is me. I'm cute. Or, well, handsome. Uggh, whatever, I'm cute and handsome. Look, I'd rather stick with this look than ever going back to my old disgusting body who lived his life in a rented apartment room and plays video games for a living. Yeah, not doing that.
"Hi Sweetie Belle! What're you doing out here?" I spoke up as I place my hands behind my back, looking up at Sweetie Belle as if she was a fallen angel, descending towards me gracefully. I mean, it's been a while since I've seen her smile or blush, and I do enjoy watching her do that every time.
"I must have dozed off somehow! Thanks for the boost Button." She replied with that same smile she used to give before Apple Bloom had died, causing me to swell up in happiness at the improvement in Sweetie Belle's mental health from a couple of days back. After I've talked with her that day, she started to be more positive and thankfully stopped being so depressed like before just starting yesterday during school.
"Anything for the most beautiful girl in the world." I complimented her, giving her a simple bow towards her as I smiled back at her, causing her to blush madly and mess around with her candy floss-like hair, twirling it with her finger multiple times. She stayed like that for a couple of seconds before jumping in place and turning around to look at something, then saying something that's... kind of concerning to my ears.
"This is after Friendship Games, then."
"How do you not know that the Games are in the past?" I tilted my head at her in confusion, puzzled at what she's saying. It seemed as though she was... a bit off today. Maybe something had happened earlier today?
She just stared back at me for a couple of moments before blowing a raspberry, waving a hand as she merely chuckled at what I had just said. She swiftly dropped down from the plinth, landing right next to me before standing right back up, looking straight at me with a soft smile still present on her face. "Just stating the obvious. So, how are you, my Tender Button?"
I pondered on her question for a bit before snapping my fingers, looking back at her with a smile on my face as well to match hers. "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go to Sugarcube Corner this afternoon after school." I admitted to her, crossing my hands behind my back again as I waited for her response in anticipation. I guess we could call this invitation another date between us two. We've been going on dates ever since I've proposed to her, and it gets better and better each time.
"I'd love to!" She squeaked out, dancing in place in excitement, causing me to chuckle out in glee. Something definitely happened earlier today, but it must be something so great to have Sweetie Belle be this happy this early in the morning.
Suddenly, the school bell rung, causing both Sweetie Belle and I to look up at the clocktower located on the roof of the school. I chuckled a little, glancing down at Sweetie Belle as I crossed my arm, nudging playfully at her. "For whom the Belle toils."
Sweetie Belle blew a raspberry, holding back her laughter before bursting into chuckles, wiping some moisture out of her own eyes before shaking her head in amusement, looking right back at me as we both held hands. "Let's go!" She said energetically as we both made our way into the school, heading to our first lesson together with our smiles still present on our faces.
===================={Later, during recess}====================
"Is it just me, or is Sweetie Belle acting a bit... weird?"
I asked, confusion clear in my voice as I sat next to Pipsqueak and Rumble at our usual cafeteria table, carrying a tray filled with two buns of hamburgers with a side of fries and a glass of apple juice that I grabbed from Granny Smith, who's also working the school cafeteria's chef. The food served here isn't the best, but it's not the worst either.
"Uhh... what do you mean, Button? Saying that your girlfriend is weird is a pretty big offensive thing, y'know..." Rumble mentioned, diving into his oatmeal as he glances towards me, raising an eyebrow in puzzledness.
"I know that... It's just, she's just acting a bit... odd. Like, she's not herself at the moment..." I replied back, shaking my head in annoyance as I bit down into the hamburger, savouring its juicy meat and spicy chilli sauce in the burger, before gulping, sighing as well. "Or maybe it's just me..."
Pipsqueak dropped his spoon into a bowl containing some fruit salad as he scratched his head, inching forward to look across from Rumble, a curiousity glint clear in his eyes towards me. "Can you tell us what made you think Sweetie Belle's acting weird?"
I dropped the hamburger onto the plate, grabbing a piece of the fries, thinking over my head the events that happened as I unconciously placed the piece into my mouth, holding it there. "Ehh... for starters, she was more focused on reading books than spending time on her phone... it might seem like a small thing, but being her boyfriend and all, that meant it stuck out like a sore thumb..."
I slowly bit into the piece of french fry, gulping it down immediately before looking down at my hamburger, staring at it intently as I burrowed my eyebrows, reminiscing the events happening today before school. "And, earlier this morning, she was... excited about something. Like, damn crapping excited until she decided to climb up the plinth at the front of the school. I don't know what made her do it, but it just felt weird... You guys know what I mean, right?" I looked over at them, grabbing the other hamburger and taking a bite out of it.
Both Rumble and Pipsqueak both glanced at each other before looking back at me, both reluctant to start the conversation back up, which I then noticed, glancing at them with a raise of my eyebrow. "What? Is there something I'm not knowing here?"
Both of them squirmed in their seats, causing me to just continue to stare at them with a deadpan expression on my face.
Finally, Pipsqueak groaned in annoyance, giving in to my stare as he turned his body towards me, placing his arm on the table to support his head, looking over Rumble towards me with a nervous glance. "Uggh, fine... so, did you know that... she came back?"
I simply tilted my head, confused at what he's saying as I beckoned him to continue on with a wave of my hand. The second he finished saying it, I did a spit-take of all my hamburger pieces onto Rumble, who sat right next to me, now feeling disgusted and screaming in agony and disgust. Still, I was surprised out of my wits to know that one piece of info.
"Umm... My girlfriend, Apple Bloom, came back from the dead."