Blue InkXSunset Shimmer 2022
Written by: ThomasZoey3000
Encounter of the Strange Kind
What a crazy start to the day it was for Blue Ink. After eating breakfast, and taking a nice shower, he was asked by Sunset to give her the keys to the Jeep, then for him to get in. She didn't say anything till they were halfway to their destination.
"I know this year hasn't been a very good year for you," she said in a serious way. "From this Jeep breaking down, losing your mother and you getting a fracture in your wrist, you've been through a lot."
"Perhaps, but sometimes things happen that are out of your control. Except for the Jeep breaking down, that was my fault."
"The point is, I want to do something to cheer you up, so today, everything is on me. Any trains you want to get, I buy. Any meal you want, I buy."
Blue Ink looked to his wife in surprise, "but honey..."
"No buts!" she said firmly. "This is my treat for you. And before you even mention the little ones, Twilight and Timber are looking after them for us, and if you so much as suggest you won't accept my offer, then I'll have you sleeping on the couch tonight. Do I make myself clear?" she looked to her husband with a smirk on her face.
Blue Ink rolled his eyes, "You're still a tease you know that?"
"I know, and you love me for it."
Blue Ink chuckled, "okay baby, I'll accept. So, where are we going first?"
"Oh you'll see."
After about seven minutes, they arrived at one of Blue Ink's favorite stores; Toys For All. It was a store he used to go to as a child, and still goes to alot of the time, mostly to look for trains to add to his ever growing collection.
They walk in together, and Sunset grabbed a cart, "help yourself you handsome dork," and she gave him a playful bump on the side with her hip.
"You got it beautiful. Man I love ya."
They spent well over thirty minutes looking over all the toys. One of Blue Ink's many secrets was that he would look behind boxes at the front of the shelves to see if he could find anything he wanted. Today, his tricks worked as he found more than a few things he was looking for, and two pieces were ones he didn't know existed.
Blue Ink got worried after seeing his cart full of toys, and was about to speak, when he felt the cute fingers of his wife's hand on his lips.
"Don't say anything, it's all for you hubby," she stated firmly. "My. Treat. Remember?"
He sighed and gave in, he knew better than to argue with Sunset.
Still, he felt it was enough from here, and they decided to go pay for their stuff. But they hadn't gone far before they heard, "where do you think you're going with those toys?"
Both looked behind them, and would soon regret it, and saw a woman a few years older than them, walking over to them with an angry stare.
"We're buying toys," Sunset answered simply. "That's why we're here."
"You shouldn't be buying toys!" the woman said firmly. "Toys are for children, and neither one of you are children."
"Well we do have children," Blue Ink stated. "Though my wife here is buying these for me as I've had a rough year."
The woman's anger seemed to rise at that point.
"Leave those toys then! They are for children, not overgrown children like you!"
"Lady, anyone can buy toys if they want to," Sunset pointed out. "Especially toy trains, which is what my husband is into."
"He shouldn't be playing with those toys, he should be doing grown up stuff!"
"He has a right to like whatever he likes."
"Well he shouldn't! Now, leave those toys behind and get out of the store!"
Sunset groaned, rolled her eyes and then spoke to the woman again, "let me ask you this, are you an employee of this store?"
"No, I am not."
"Okay, so you're not, you're just a customer, just like us. Lady, you can't tell us what we can and can't do. Now please, leave us alone."
Sunset turned to start walking away, but stopped when she felt a breeze behind her, making her hair flap a bit. She turned back around and saw the woman holding her purse in a threatening way.
"Did you seriously just try to hit me with your purse?"
"I sure did, and I'll continue to hit you until you leave without those toys. Think of the children you stupid idiots! Toys are not for you!"
Blue Ink got in between the two, "you listen here lady, you will not hit my wife. Cause trust me, it'll be a mistake you'll regret."
"Don't threaten me freak! Leave those toys behind, and get out!"
By this point, an employee came over to find out what was going on. The woman looked to them angerly, "throw these two out! They were trying to take these toys!"
"Whoa, hold on a second here!" Sunset interrupted. "We're here to buy these toys for my husband here. We're not here to do anything wrong."
"You are doing wrong!" snapped the lady. "Taking toys away from children!"
"We're buying toys! Not taking them! And we can get whatever we want!"
"Okay everyone, please calm down," said the employee.
The lady wouldn't calm down and continued with her rant, while Blue Ink did what he could to calm his wife down.
"I'm sorry babe, I wanted this day to be special for you, not to be ruined by a stupid woman like this."
"It's okay honey, it's not your fault this is happening. It's just the thing with Karens."
Sunset's eyebrow raised, "she's a what now?"
"You don't watch alot of YouTube do you?"
Sunset shook her head, and Blue Ink explained, "that's a name given to an entitled person who looks down at others, think they're never wrong, and oh yes, demand to see the manager whenever things don't go their way."
"Huh. Learn something new every day."
Getting nowhere with the woman, the employee and store manager, who came up during the chat, walked over to the married couple. Blue Ink confirmed his wife's story, and also mentioned that the woman tried to hit Sunset.
"Okay, we're going to go watch the footage from our security cameras, and we'll determine who's telling the truth," said the manager.
He left, and the woman charged at the cart to take the toys away, but Blue Ink was quick and pulled it back and away from her.
"Nice try, but you're not getting these! We're buying them, and you're going to be in big trouble," he said firmly.
The woman snarled loudly.
Five minutes later, sirens could be heard and lights flashed as police cars came up to the front of the store. The woman smirked, "looks like you won't be leaving with those toys then. I told you that you can't have them. They're for children only!"
But the smirk vanished when the officers came in and arrested her.
"You're under arrest for attempted assult, and for distrubing the peace."
"But...but...they're the criminals! Toys are for children, not for adults like them! They even admitted these aren't for children!"
"So, I buy toy cars for my own collection," said the officer, who Blue Ink knew. Officer Wood was a good friend to him and his father, and was a big help after Blue Ink's mother passed away. "Besides, I know these two, they're no criminals. After today though, you are. Now come along please."
But the woman wouldn't, and started kicking wildly. It resulted in her being tackled and placed in the back of a squad car with cuffs on her wrists and around her legs.
"Geez, and I thought my ex-wife was nuts," Blue Ink commented.
"But how did they know about this?" Sunset asked.
Officer Wood came back into the store and was soon joined by the store manager.
"The footage checked out," said the manager. "You two were just going about your business when this woman went nuts on you, and after seeing her go after you, I called the police."
"We have quite a history with this woman," added Officer Wood. "No matter where she goes, she seems to find fault with people doing what they're doing. Her husband usually bails her out. Although," he paused with a chuckle, "the last time he did that, he said, 'I am not doing this again. If she ends up in here again, I will not bail her out.' So she'll be spending time in the slammer, not to mention she attacked us. Now for the obvious question, do you want to press charges aganist her?"
Sunset and Blue Ink answered with "heck yes" at the same time.
Officer Wood nodded and left to take care of the rest of the procedure. The store manager looked to the couple, "I'm sorry for what happened. Everything will be half off for you today."
But Blue Ink rejected the offer.
"This wasn't your fault, nor Sunset's," said Blue Ink. "The woman made her choice when she spoke to us like that. Though now that I think about it, I wonder if she even has kids. If not, then why is she even in here?"
There was a moment of silence as no one had an answer.
"Anyways, we'll pay normal price, but I do have one request."
"And what's that?" asked the manager.
Blue Ink smiled, pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down his email address, "let us know when you get more toys from this brand."
The manager smiled, "you got a deal."
"Alright then, now let's go pay for..."
"Ahem!" Sunset cleared her throat, "I'm buying these for you, remember? That was our deal."
Blue Ink rolled his eyes and looked to the manager, "when it comes to my wife, I'll always give in to whatever she says."
And still laughing, they made their way to the cashiers, pay for the toys and went back to the Jeep. They would have quite the story to tell to everyone, but deep down, they both hoped this will be the only time they ever come across an entitled person like that woman again.