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// Chapter 6: "Go After Her" 
// Story: Melodies of Love and Tragedy 
// by HaviTheWerecat 
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	"So it has been confirmed. Vinyl doesn't see anything in Noteworthy, so I might as well tell him. I hope he's not too upset. I'll have to break it to him as gently as I possibly can."

Neon picked up his phone and telekinetically pressed the buttons that lead him to his contacts, finding Noteworthy's name and hitting the call button. 

"....Hello? Hey Neon, what's up?" It's not like you to be calling this late. Something wrong?" Neon quickly began thinking of how he was gonna say it.

"W-Well, Noteworthy, something is wrong." 

"What is it?"  

"Well..." Neon collected his thoughts. "I didn't tell Vinyl about your feelings for her, but I asked her what she thought of you. What she said wasn't so promising. Sorry dude." 

The other side of the line stayed quiet, and Neon felt a sliver of empathy for his friend. 

"I-It's okay, Neon." Noteworthy finally replied, his voice sounded a bit shaky. "She's too good for me anyway. She'd deserve better than me."

"Noteworthy, you're a good guy, so don't go putting yourself down like that. Yeah, it sucks to not be loved by the one that you love, I get it. But don't let your self-esteem drop because of that. It's not because you aren't good enough, it's because maybe you too just aren't right for each other. If it's not her, it's somepony else, so don't stop looking, okay?"

"....You're right Neon. I'll find somepony eventually. I can't let this get me down. Now, how about you? Is there someone that's caught your eye?" Neon gulped.

"Might as well tell someone. Maybe he'll give me some good advice."

"W-Well....truth is I have a bit of a crush on Vinyl too. Well, maybe a bit more than just a simple crush. I'm not sure really." Neon grew nervous as the other side of the phone continued to stay silent. 

"Go after her, Neon." He nearly dropped the phone in shock. 

"Did I hear him right? He's just gonna forget just like that and encourage me to hook up with Vinyl?" 

"I know you're stronger than me, Neon. You have the guts to tell her."

"But what am I supposed to say?" Neon sighed.

"Tell her you like her, duh." 

"Note, that's much harder than it sounds, I know you understand because you never told her how you felt either. You can't just tell me to do something that you could never do, you know how difficult it truly is." 

"I understand. Sorry, I didn't mean to sound pushy. Take your time, just don't take too long. Somepony else might have their eye on her. Don't let anypony beat you to her." He laughed.

"Hehe, yeah. But you're right about that. I should tell her ASAP." Neon nodded. 

"Alright dude. Well, I'm gonna hit the hay. Call me again after you tell her, I wanna know how it went." 

"Okay. G'night Note." 

"Night Neon. Good luck."





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"You can do this Neon. You can do this. Just say: Vinyl Scratch, I'm in love with you. Please be my marefriend? C'mon. Don't wuss out now. You've already told her that you're on your way to come over, so there's no more backing out of this."

Neon Lights built up the confidence to knock on the door, then quickly made sure his necktie was on straight. He waited a few seconds after before the door was swung open by a red aura, and there stood the mare of his dreams, the mare he was going to confess his love to. 

"Hey Neon! Was'sup?" She invited him in and sat down on the couch, he immediately noticed her roommate already sitting. Vinyl glanced between the two of them and her ears suddenly perked up, she jumped up off the couch and pulled Neon over to were the two mares were sitting. 

"Now, I'll understand if you're gonna be mad at me for waiting so long to tell you this, Neon, but I was just kinda nervous about telling you. Neon, I'd like to introduce you to my marefriend, Octavia."