Ahh... the sweet and warm essence of sunlight. Even if Quarter is a musician mostly playing at nights, he always enjoyed both sunrise and sunset. The view was incredible and the feeling of watching the nature keeping both alive and warm was an amazing feeling only a few who dedicated their attention to it could understand.
The morning light pierced through a window that wasn't closed. Quarter enjoyed that sweet sensation as he slowly woke up.
"Ah... this feeling...hehe, reminds me of home." said Quarter with a bit of nostalgia.
"Well, this definitively doesn't remind me of my place called home!" yelled a female nearby. Quarter was startled by this, since it didn't sound like Vinyl at all. He wasn't sure if he wanted to turn around, but he was going to anyways. He didn't have enough time to turn as he felt a electric current travel through his body in a flash.
"GAHH! STOP IT!" yelled Quarter as he sat in his bed. Once he turns around, he managed to spot a mare, holding some sort device in her hand, pointing it at Quarter.
She looked really angry, he could tell be the serious stare she was giving to him.
Her body was grey colored and her mane had a black color with an enchantment of sort. Maybe it was the morning light's effects that caused that. Her light purple eyes clearly showed how much of a serious and dedicated woman she was. The eyes really were the glass to the soul. She was wearing a bow attached to a round paper around her neck and she was wearing a purple coat like many do in the morning. He didn't know what to do or say.
"I recall correctly, I clearly remember staying at Vinyl's house, not one where a woman you just met was threating you with a strange looking device aimed towards your very life!" thought Quarter as he remained sitting in the bed and backing away slowly.
"Who are you!?" yelled the mare.
"Excuse me?" replied Quarter.
"I'm not asking again. Who. Are. You." said the female as she activated to what it seemed to be a self-defense zap gun. The electricity that showed the device caused Quarter to get up from bed instantly. Fearing that was the thing that literally shocked him, he backed against a wall.
"U-u-uh... My name is... guh..." stuttered Quarter, who was in complete fear. Quarter didn't have very pleasant childhood, but never before he had to deal a crazy mare that shocked him in the morning. Scratch that, it was the first time anyone heard that story.
"Are you deaf? You are starting to lose my patience." said the woman who approached him slowly.
Quarter had to act fast, otherwise he would be fried pony in the morning with a touch barbecue. Spotting his pillow nearby, he proceeded to grab it and throw at her with might, allowing him some time to escape from the room. "I...I.... IGOTTAGOSEEYALATER!."
After Quarter left the room in a flash, he went towards the main door. On his way, he noticed the same decorations from Vinyl's house were still there. "What the fuck? Why are Vinyl's stuff here!?" were his last thoughts as he grabbed the door's knob. It won't budge.
"You are not going nowhere!" shouted the mare from before. Quarter looked around in a flash and spotted the girl running towards him. He panicked and leaped to his right, where the furniture was. Fornutately, he managed to avoid the attack of the girl and moved behind a large sofa, as a protection from the assault. The girl stood in the middle of the living room and stroke a pose where the predator was stalking his prey, ready to jump at anytime.
"Leave me alone, crazy lady!" yelled Quarter looking at her.
"I have you now! You shall face the consequences of intruding into some else's home!" replied the lady remaining in her position.
Quarter was out of ideas. He had nowhere to run and the girl had him against the wall. Figuratively. He looked around to see if he could defend himself something. For a living room, nothing seemed to do the work.
"Well, that's it." thought Quarter, "I'm done. I'm going to be fried pony in the morning. My personal belongings at dedicated to my brother, my father, my sister, my mother, the kid across the street the other day..."
Just when Quarter was about to be zapped, a familiar figure appeared in the background, who just happens to be not surprised by this.
Quarter was praying when he managed to spot the same figure. He inmediately knew who this was and called this person, "OH MY CELESTIA, VINYL! HELP ME WITH THIS CRAZY WOMAN! SHE IS GOING TO ELECTRIFY ME! LITERALLY!"
Vinyl, who was eating a bar of chocolate, spoke, "Hey Quarter, how are you doing? I see you met Octavia, my roommate!".
"Your roommate?"
"Yes, I'm her roommate. Vinyl, you know this burglar?" asked Octavia with her attention towards Vinyl eating a chocolate bar.
"Know him? Nah, better than that. He is the one who got me a performance at one of Pinkie's parties!". Quarter doesn't remember doing that, but he'll go along if it manages to shove Octavia off from him.
".... Vinyl, I have told you many times to stop bringing random people to the house. You never know what are they capable of!" warned Octavia as she lowered her arm with the zapper. Quarter felt so relieved to know he wasn't going to know in higher detail how does the electricity works. On him.
"You better have a good explanation of what's happening." said Octavia to both of them.
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".....So that's how we are here." finished Vinyl as both of them explained Octavia what just happened yesterday in different points of view.
They were sitting in the living room where Octavia was hearing carefully what both her roommate and the guy she attacked wanted said. She was thinking deeply, processing all the information they gave her with her hand on her chin.
"...I think I understand. But you should have told me this sooner Vinyl." pointed Octavia looking at Vinyl.
"I agree. I'm sure I can't be the only one who doesn't like to be awaken with a zapper." supported Quarter who was sitting next to Vinyl.
"Hehe, yeah.... sorry. That one is on me." admitted Vinyl scratching the back of her head. Then she remembered carefully with Quarter had just said. "Wait, she used the zapper to wake you up!?"
"Yup." Octavia was feeling a little bit embarrased once she got to hear the way it looked and sounded like.
"Hold on a minute. Octavia used her famous zapper on you!?" repeated Vinyl staring at Quarter with amazement.
"Famous?". Quarter felt her stare was a little awkward, even if it was coming from her. "Y-yeah, why?"
"Dude!"
Quarter, looking confused by this, moved a bit away from Vinyl, "W-what?"
"Oblivion." asnwered Vinyl.
"Oblivion?"
"It's the famous zapper Octavia uses to defend herself, perfectly customized to knock out anyone in 2 sec! How did it feel like? Was it really that strong? Do you have any effect still on you? Dude, you gotta tell me!"
"WHAT!?" yelled Quarter as he looked at Octavia, completely ignoring the rest of questions. She blushed, embarrased of what she did to him. Even if he was a stranger, what she did could have hurt him not only temporary. Maybe it was the shock of seeing what could have been a potential burglar in her house that caused her to act desperate. In either case, what she did was wrong and she truthfully apologized for it.
"I'm really sorry, Quarter..." apologized Octavia.
Quarter wasn't someone who holds a grudge against someone who caused him any sort of harm and this wasn't the exception. "...It's okay. It's OUR fault for not telling you." as looked at Vinyl, knowing the circumstances.
He looked at Octavia once more and noticed she really felt bad for what she did, being a proper and formal lady after all. Quarter knew something had to be done in order to cheer her up and prove what she did had a solid and excusable background for her to believe.
"Octavia... do you mind if I do something for you, to prove I really don't mind what you did?" asked Quarter, hoping she would agree. Otherwise, the situation would remain awkward.
Octavia hesitated, not sure what to say to this. Gathering enough courage, she thoughtfully made her words. "Okay, Quarter." said Octavia as she sighed and nodded, "You have my permission."
What happened next was something see-to-believe. Quarter got on his knees, took hold of Octavia's delicate and soft hand and proceeded to french kiss it softly. "Lady Octavia, I can tell you from the bottom of my heart that what you did was not wrong. Regardless of the shock you gave me, you bravely tried to defend your home from any threats. There is nothing wrong in that and kindly forgive you. A fine and beautiful lady like you shouldn't worry about those kinds of things. It's bad for both health and beauty and I would feel terrible if I made you feel that way."
Octavia had her other hand covering his mouth and blushing intensely, so strong that even Quarter could feel it. Vinyl, on the other hand, had her jaw hanging so low that it could almost touch the floor. She never saw someone (at least from where she is and has saw) do something like. Especially someone who isn't from a higher class.
The room had an awfully long silence and the tension was high as in the beggining.
Quarter was sweating bullets in the moment. His large speech to help a lady compose herself was something completely melodramatic, out of his character. He never showed that kind of behavior before since it never had any kind of use in the past. Now that he used it, he wasn't sure what was upposed to happen next. Sure, he expected a long silence as well, but he wasn't sure if he would have been capable of taking so much pressure from the silence.
"I...I... don't know what to say.... I..." stuttered Octavia trying to find the right words to answer back. Quarter saw the chance and inmediately went back to melodramatic mode.
"You don't need to say anything. I said what I needed to say in order to help you. That's all that matters." said Quarter as he got up from his knees and looked at Vinyl. "Okay Vinyl, thanks for letting me stay for the night. I'll now take my leave. Have a good day."
Quarter let go of Octavia and walked towards the door. Octavia was still frozen from the event. Vinyl never thought something like this could happen. Never. Vinyl was still processing what just happened and Quarter, picking his stuff from the room, sighed thnking how much of a clown he looked like back there.
"Wow, Quarter. Just WOW. Did you really kissed the hand of woman, trying to make her feel better? I swear, sometimes I simply feel like I should control myself more. I mean, a french kiss? That is just corny! No one does that anymore!" thought Quarter, looking to his back every then and now.
"....I better leave before this gets uncomfortable. Awfully uncomfortable." thought Quarter once more as he grabbed his belongings and headed to the door.
"Thanks for everything! I'll see you guys around!" he said while walking to the door, within a few meters away. Before he could even grab the knob, he heard someone behind, calling him. He looked back and noticed Vinyl standing there.
"Um... Did I forgot something?" he asked.
"Yes, you did forgot something." she replied.
"And.... what would that be?"
"A breakfast!" she answered with a smile on her face. Quarter inmediately knew he had to turn it down.
"Uh... It don't think that's a good idea."
"Of course it is!"
"NO it's not. I just made things really awkward back there. Do you want to prolong that!?" he asked.
"Maybe~" said Vinyl. Now Quarter knew she was just mocking him off. He didn't know Vinyl that long, but that was certainly just mocking.
"Hey, like I said. No. Thanks anyway."
Quarter was certain that a having a breakfast group would just make the awkwardness even bigger. Standing firm to his convictions, he opened the door only to be shut. He was surprised by this and tried once again. Same results. Again. Same. One more time. Still the same result. He thought it was a problem with the door, but then he remembered the door was perfectly fine in the dawn. Quarter looked back and noticed a faint glowing aura coming from Vinyl's horn. His deduction was sharp enough to figure out what was going on.
"Vinyl, I said no. Now please stop closing the door." Quarter tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge.
"Vinyl, seriously. I said I don't want to and I don't want to get upset with you. Now PLEASE, stop it. " he opened the door freely just to be shut in front of him. Quarter was getting angry and decided to let it out.
"Okay, Vinyl. Stop it. It's not funny. Don't force me." said Quarter, but it seemed like Vinyl didn't listen, or she simply didn't care. This kind of thing was getting into Quarter's nerves.
"Celestia Damn it Vinyl! Just let me go!" he yelled.
"No."
"What!?"
"I'm not letting you go."
"...Okay. Vinyl, I know you are a great person and an awesome DJ,", the comment actually made Vinyl smile, "But you are getting in my nerves! Stop driving me up to wall. I don't want to get angry!!"
"I'm not letting you go without a breakfast first." she replied.
"....Okay," said Quarter as he tried to calm down, passing his hand through his mane, "So, if I have a breakfast with you, will you let me go?"
"Pretty much." she replied.
"... Fine. I'll have a breakfast. But don't blame me if things get extremely awkward!"
"Sure, I won't blame ya." said Vinyl as she placed her arm across Quarter's shoulder, almost like if she was hugging him from one side, "Now let's go eat!"
"Forgive if I'm not leaping with joy." thought Quarter as he looked at Vinyl with a 'Fine, let's get this over with.' face.
NEXT TIME, ON "THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC"
MUSIC!
"'Moment of truth Vinyl, don't back out!', Do you.... Would you mind playing something for us? You know, like a gig or something similar?". Quarter didn't know what to say. Sure, he knew a solo or two in his sleeves, but the question completely took him off guard. Composing himself, he replied.
"Sure, I wouldn't mind.", but something was bothering him. "Umm. before I do that, would you lend some things? I need certain things if I want to do one of my good solos."
CHALLENGES!
"Fine, you asked for it. Octavia," he called, which took her attention, and pointed at her like if he was planning on having a music battle. "I challenge you to a music battle!"
SURPRISES!
The show was over. Vinyl was looking in amaze to the performance she just witnessed. She, as a musician herself, has saw a lot of music battle. She even has battled his friend and rival Neon Lights. But never has she seen her roommate and best friend have a music battle against anyone, especially against a guy with quite a talent for music, despite being a rookie.
AND A PART OF THE STORY NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT
The magneta eyed girl was biting a piece of chocolate and she proceeded to enter the living room. She was gladly enjoying her snack until a knock was heard coming from the door. She didn't expect any guests, so she slowly walked towards the door in order to open it. What she saw was something she never thought she'd see. Someone awfully familiar. A male wearing a black hood on top of his head.
"Hi there Vinyl. It's been quite a while, hasn't it?" said the guy with his face covered.
TO BE CONTINUED