It was silent in the white furred unicorn's apartment, but outside the birds chirped and sang to welcome the morning. Vinyl rolled around in her bed and kicked her legs in her sleep, and on her face laid a dopey grin.
"What are you smiling at?" Neon whispered.
Neon had been taking care of Vinyl all week long, since he's been worrying about that wound on her head. So he would come over whenever he had the chance.
"What are you doing in there? Are you a friend of Vinyl's?" A feminine voice articulated.
"Uhhh...y-yeah I'm her friend, Neon Lights. Didn't she tell you about last week?" Neon spun round to see the mare questioning him and saw a classy looking mare. Her mane was black like coal, her fur was grey like ashes, and her eyes as violet as a beautiful lavender.
"Well, if you're here to see her, why not come back later when she's, you know, conscious?" The mare roller her eyes.
"I'm surprised you didn't notice, since you are her roommate after all, but last week when we were out partying, some guy came up to us and started a fight. I'm afraid Vinyl was hit right in the head." He shifted himself to where Vinyl's roommate could get a better look at her.
"Oh dear, I never noticed. Now I feel so moronic. How did I not see it? I guess I've been to wrapped up in practicing that I haven't really been paying much attention to her lately." The grey mare gave Vinyl a gentle hug trying not to wake her.
"So, are you two close? You seem like good friends." He questioned. The mare almost immediately pulled away from Vinyl and turned away from them.
"Yes, we're good friends...though sometimes she can be a pain." She giggled.
"I can relate to that. Vinyl and I have been friends since before I can remember, she sometimes grinds my gears but it is just in her nature to mess around. I always forgive her, because when she says 'sorry', she really means it."
"Yes that's true, though most of the time she doesn't even say she's sorry, usually she just makes you forget why you were so mad at her by making you laugh." The mare smiled and trotted to the doorway.
"I should really get going now, Neon Lights. It was nice meeting you though. Do your best to take care of her." The mare added as she walked past the doorway, then she froze and turned back around.
"Oh I was so rude. I never properly introduced myself. I am Octavia Melody." She held out her hoof and smiled.
"It's nice to meet you Octavia Melody." He tapped his hoof against hers and the mare giggled.
"You're just like Vinyl, you never knew how to give a simple hoof shake. And by the way, please just call me Octavia, alright?" Octavia walked back to the doorway and made her way to get her things needed for practice, such as her cello, bow, and bow tie.
"Well she seemed nice enough." Neon whispered.
"Mmhmm." Vinyl mumbled back as she stuffed her face into her pillow.
"So you are awake now?" Neon tickled Vinyl's sides and she let out a cute little giggle.
"S-Stop! The tickles!" Vinyl jolted up and moved to the other side of the bed away from Neon's reach.
"That was kinda the point." He grinned.
"Well I'm awake now!" She stuck her tongue out childishly and flopped back down onto her bed.
"Well then why not get out of bed now? Lets go have breakfast. I'll make pancakes."
Vinyl almost immediately jumped out of bed and ran for the kitchen. Pancakes were her absolute favorite breakfast food, and Neon knew it.
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"So why do you insist on coming over every single day. I'm fine you know. The wound is getting scabbed now. I hardly feel it anymore. Why do I still have to wear this bandage around my head? I feel ridiculous." Vinyl took a bite of her pancake .
"Vinyl, you are ridiculous." Neon joked back grinning at her.
"I'm just here to take care of you for a bit. I'm not bothering you or anything, right? Neon added.
"Well, no. I suppose you aren't bothering me. It's actually quite nice to have a butler." She giggled
"Hey, I ain't no butler." He defended.
"Yeah you are, look at you, you got the tie and everything."
Neon and Vinyl joked and played as usual. Neon kept her company, and Vinyl truly enjoyed it.
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"What do you mean we aren't going tonight? We always go! We go every Saturday night! C'mon, please don't make me stay here!" Vinyl argued.
"Didn't you see what happened last time we went? We both got beat up pretty bad, and that stallion might show up tonight again and I don't want to risk you getting hurt again!" Neon growled.
"It's always about me isn't it? You're never thinking of yourself, Neon. You were injured much worse than me last Saturday, not to mention my injury is pretty much completely healed! I'm fine Neon, you don't have to be so damn overprotective! Are you just gonna make me sit here forever and not let me have any fun in life? What's life without a little risk? Lets just go out and have fun! I just want to be there! Would you let me go if I promised I wont get so hammered? Please? I don't want to just sit at home forever because you don't trust me being out there exposed to the world. Bad things are gonna happen Neon, and you just have to let them happen, because there's no way to stop it." Tears began to fall down her red cheeks. She felt like all he was doing was trapping her, keeping her from doing what she wanted to do.
"You're right...I'm sorry. I was just being over protective." He whispered.
"I just don't want to see you getting hurt again."
"Neon, I promise that it wont happen again." She ensured him, putting her hoof on his shoulder.
"B-But, what if that stallion come back for round two? What if-" He was cut off.
"Stop saying what if! If he does come back, we can avoid him, or just leave. Problem solved! You shouldn't just completely run away from problems. If you did that, you wouldn't have any fun in life." She nuzzled his chest.
"Life is about memories that make you smile, but first you have to make those memories." Neon nodded. He knew she was right. She was getting good at arguing. Perhaps he was losing his touch.
"Sorry Vinyl. I suppose I can still take care of you at the club." He said.
"Woohoo!" Vinyl cheered throwing her hooves in the air, and then bouncing around the living room.
"Hey hey hey! Chill Vinyl! You might hurt yourself."
"Haha! I don't care!" She continued to jump around giggling.
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"See, I told you nothing bad would happen, Neon!" She said as they walked together, making their way down the street.
"Yeah yeah." He yawned and walked slowly.
"Lets just hurry and get you home so I can go get some sleep." Neon said groggily
"I don't see why you don't just crash on our couch, you are free to do so. You practically live in my apartment now. Heck, maybe you should just move in." She laughed.
"You already have a roommate though." He raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, so?"
"There are only two bedrooms in your apartment."
"And?"
"And, therefore I can't move in." He rolled his eyes and yawned.
"So what? You can sleep on the couch."
"I think I'd rather sleep in a bed." Vinyl stopped to let him catch up.
"Well...I have a queen sized bed." She replied in a rather suggestive tone, causing Neon to blush.
"Uhhh...I'd rather not Vinyl." She just giggled and began trotting again once he caught up to her.
"I was joking, dummy!" She laughed and hit him on the shoulder.
"You really thought I was offering that? Jeez, you really are a clueless airhead aren't you?"
"Yeah, I guess I am." A million images flooded his mind, and they made him feel a bit uncomfortable. He never thought of Vinyl in that kind of manner, but now that he has those thoughts in his mind, he suddenly realized how beautiful she really was.
"Why do I feel this way all of a sudden? My stomach feels funny. I just started to feel it when I got that kind of idea in my head. I feel so nervous. What's going on?"
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"Finally here. I swear your place feels like it's getting farther and farther away from the club every night." Neon complained.
"It's not like I ask you to walk me home. You do that all on your own."
"I'm not just gonna make you walk home alone. There are bad guys walking the streets at night."
"Yeah yeah. So I'll see you tomorrow?" The white furred unicorn asked.
"Of course." He replied.
"Alright...goodnight." She yawned, finally showing her fatigue.
"Goodnight, Vinyl. I'll see you in the morning."
"And by that you mean 'I'm gonna sit by your bed and watch you sleep'. She chuckled.
He hesitated.
"I gotta stop watching over her more than I need to. She's not a little kid anymore, she's all grown up and she's changed so much, physically and mentally. Her mane and tail used to be blonde until she dyed it behind her parent's back, and she got so much bigger. She's smarter now too. She may still act like a kid sometimes but I know she can be serious when she needs to. She can fight her own battles...and now I need to fight my own."
"No...you can take care of yourself now. It's time I stopped treating you like a filly. Just promise me you'll be okay."
Vinyl's garnet eyes seemed to glow in the night. It was absolutely gorgeous. She nodded and beamed.
"I promise."