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// They Drink 
// Story: What Would You Do with a Drunken DJ? 
// by Reaps 
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	Rainbow Dash sighed as she made her way, by hoof, to the local pub. She'd just found herself in one of the worst down's in her life. She'd gotten used to handling rejection from mares before, especially since she wasn't the best at reading whether they even swung that way, but this one was pretty heavy. This time it wasn't just being rejected because the mare was straight, because she wasn't. This time wasn't because the mare was already taken, because she wasn't. This time wasn't even one of the mares she could convince herself wasn't her type afterwards.

The pegasus grumbled to herself as she pushed open the door and walked in, hardly fazed by the thumping music inside. If anything, she was happy to hear it, because it gave her something else to focus on. She made her way to the bar and sat down with a huff, something that a unicorn a few seats over couldn't help but notice. As the bartender walked over, he couldn't help but recognize the cyan mare and approached her with a warm smile.

"Well, if it isn't my favorite customer, Rainbow Dash?"

At this, Rainbow could hardly help letting out a chuckle. "You know, even when I'm just ready to knock the next pony to cross me to the ground, you still manage to cheer me up, Muggs."

The stallion smiled broadly now and adjusted his bow-tie slightly. "Well, maybe you should try givin' me a shot some time, eh?" He winked, not trying hard to hold back his laughter.

Rainbow Dash didn't try at all, letting out a decent laugh before looking to Muggshot. "Hey, we've been over it, Muggs, I don't swing that way. Nice try though."

Muggshot badly faked disappointment before shaking his head and smiling. "Can't blame a stallion for tryin'. But on to the reason you come here, besides to talk to me," He gave another good-natured smile, "what'll ya have?"

Rainbow kept a hint of a smile, though most of her expression went blank. "I'll just have somethin' hard, Muggs."

Muggshot raised his eyebrow, but nodded and fixed a glass for the mare, choosing to start with an easier 100-proof whiskey. He leaned in a little after placing the glass down in front of her. "Now, I know what that means, you wanna talk about what's wrong, Dashie?"

Rainbow knocked back the shot and raised her brow to hearing her nickname, however, she quickly shrugged it off and sighed. "I, uh, I got turned down, again."

Muggshot rolled his eyes and chanced a slight chuckle. "Oh, come on now, you're Rainbow Dash. Last I checked, that meant you were queen of the skies. Now why in Equestria would you be over here sulking over one mare saying 'no'?"

"Because this one wasn't like the last ones, Muggs. This one stung, bad. It wasn't even that she was mean about it, Hay, it was partly because she wasn't mean about it." She sighed and Muggshot poured her another glass, this time a decent 120-proof. "Thanks. Anyways, I just, I guess I never thought it would hurt to get turned down by a mare that actually might date me. I mean usually she's either taken or straight, sometimes both."

She groaned and knocked back the whole glass once more before sighing. "I don't know, dude. I guess it's just who she is that really got me this time. I mean, she's into mares, she's single, she's hot, and I know we get along."

Muggshot raised an eyebrow at the pegasus's rambling about, obviously trying to avoid mentioning who it was. At her motion for another drink, he nodded and fixed another glass of 100-proof. After letting her once more gulp down the entire glass at once, as well as taking a moment to make sure she caught her breath from it, he cleared his throat. "Well, not that it's really any of my business, but you know it helps to talk about things straightforward, right? Now, I'm no psychologist, I'm just a bartender, but it sounds to me like a classic case of 'don't mention the name and it didn't happen' going on."

Rainbow Dash laid her head on the bar, well, more lowered it to about three inches and let it drop the rest of the way, before sighing. "It was Flutters, okay? Fluttershy turned me down. She didn't even stutter or act like it was from being awkward." She sat back up a bit. "She just straight said 'No.' I mean, she barely even hesitated!"

Muggshot frowned and reached out to give the mare a gentle, comforting pat on the shoulder, one that the pegasus was both too buzzed and too upset to let her pride shove away. Rainbow sighed and continued. "I don't know, I guess it's just that, that I thought she wouldn't say 'no,' ya know? I mean, I guess I thought she'd at least give me a chance or something."

Muggshot opened his mouth to respond, but a light tap of glass against the bar called his attention. Rainbow Dash shrugged and he walked down to speak to the patron. Rainbow Dash simply sighed and rolled her glass around for a minute before she noticed Muggshot walking back over. She looked up only moments before she heard somepony sit down next to her. She let out a sigh and was about to speak up before Muggshot beat her to it. "Well, here ya go. Two shots, 180."

At this, the pegasus looked over to see an electric blue, two-tone mane in in a mess, a pair of thick lens sunglasses sitting on a horn, and a coat almost whiter than Rarity's all right beside her. The DJ looked over with a slight smirk as Muggshot set down two shot glasses, one in front of each mare, and filled two shots of 180-proof vodka. Vinyl gave a nod to Muggshot before speaking up. "Thanks, man. Let's just hope I don't have ta down 'em both. I'm already pushing it." The mare let out a laugh halfway between drunken and jovial before nudging Rainbow and grabbing her glass. "Care to help me out, Dash?"

Rainbow Dash raised her eyebrow, but some part of her that wasn't quite saying much when she came in decided she wasn't going to let this unicorn, this mare, have fun without her. As everything she was worried about before left her mind, she picked up a cocky smirk and gripped the shot glass in front of her. She looked the DJ dead in the eye with a renewed fire, a fire that was returned in full by the snowy mare. "Heck, yeah! Let's do this!"

"There we go! Ready? One!"

"Two!"

The two smiled wide and looked to their glasses as they finished in unison. "Three!" With that, the two mares quickly knocked back the shots together, slamming their glasses down and shuddering a bit. The two looked to each other after a moment and smirked together before looking to Muggshot. "Let's go, Muggs, set up four more!" Muggshot chuckled and shook his head, but did as the two said, glad to see his patrons happy. He set down six more glasses and filled up each with the same spirit. The mares took a deep breath, grabbed the first glass and nodded to one another. "Three!" On that, the two took the first shot easily, quickly knocked the second back, shuddering a bit, but hurriedly moving to the third, and finally finishing the fourth.

The mares panted moderately as they finished, trying to catch the breath they'd been holding. After a few moments to manage this, as well as for the alcohol they'd been taking in all night to finally hit them, they slowly sat up and looked to each other before taking on a drunken smirk between them. They laughed with one another for a time.

Rainbow Dash cheered at the rush she still felt going through her, throwing her arms up in the air. Vinyl, still sober enough to notice an opportunity when it presented itself and drunk enough to take it, reached over, unabashedly groping at the pegasus's modest chest. This made Rainbow's already lightly reddened cheeks set ablaze. She looked down, but in her, more than slight, drunken stupor, she barely had any idea how to react, so of course, still riding on her recent confident high, she went with her typical reaction.

Rainbow reached out and pulled Vinyl closer, earning a slight 'Eep!' from the DJ. With a cocky grin, she brought the unicorn to look her in the eye. "You coulda just asked, ya know?"

Vinyl blushed, but quickly smiled, half-closing her eyes. "Okay then, wanna make out?"

This visibly caught Rainbow off guard, but only for a moment, as within seconds, she leaned in, forcing her lips rather roughly and sloppily against Vinyl's. The DJ didn't quite expect such a quick and strong reaction, but to say she minded would have been an outright lie, and she almost immediately returned the kiss, both mares pulling each other closer. Muggshot blinked a few times, but sighed and chuckled as he cleaned up the now empty shot glasses.

The mares continued their kiss for a time, but had to pull apart to breathe. "So, wanna take this to my place?"

Rainbow Dash chuckled. "Well, it's not like we can take it to mine."

The two shared a quick laugh before helping each other to their hooves. They headed towards the door, but turned around briefly as Vinyl spoke up. "Hey, Muggshot. Put it all on my tab. Whatever she got too. I'll get it paid end of the week."

"Can do, Ms. Scratch. You take care of each other now! Don't wanna lose my best customers!" All three shared a good laugh before the mares made their way outside and towards Vinyl's house.

After arriving, Vinyl fumbling with her keys until they could get in, and the two making their way to the bedroom, they both flopped onto the bed. Though they'd left the pub with all intent to continue where they'd left off, the walk over and the soft bed beneath them told them their plans wouldn't be happening, not tonight.