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// Octavia 
// Story: Apologize 
// by BloodyDitzy 
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Octavia walked into the living with intent on getting a nice cold glass of orange juice. But all that changed when she saw what was on the news.

"Esteemed DJ Vinyl Scratch attempted to commit suicide last night when she jumped from the balcony of her fourth floor window. She is currently being treated at Charing Cross Hospital thanks to the fact that a blast from a nearby unicorn deterred her from falling on her head and instead her side. The hospital thinks that she will wake up shortly after surgery, and is allowed to have family and friends visit her as listed on her medical insurance."

Nothing else mattered at that moment. Not her orange juice. Not their argument the night before. Nothing mattered except getting to that hospital. 

Octavia rushed out of the apartment complex ran as fast as she could to the hospital.





She arrived at the hospital all out of breath, and tiredly walked up to the front desk.

"I am here to see my friend Vinyl." the mare behind the desk took out a clipboard and asked:

"Name." to which octavia replied to with her name.

The nurse nodded and told her the room number.

When Octavia entered the room, her heart shattered. Vinyl Scratch was crying, staring blankly at the wall.

Octavia sat down in the chair beside her and held Vinyl's limp hand in her own, half expecting her to tug it away. She didn't. She just kept staring at the wall in front of her.

"W-why did y-you do it!" Octavia said, voice cracking.

Vinyl glanced at her before looking back at the wall. Octavia almost thought that she wasn't going to respond when she heard her scratchy reply.

"So you wouldn't have to bear looking at me and my worthless self ever again." Her reply made Octavia burst into tears.

"Your not worthless Vinyl! You may forget some things here and there, but your a good friend! Why would our fight make you do that to yourself!"

Vinyl let out a couple more tears before responding.

"Before you became my friend, I was depressed. I was constantly drunk, did drugs, and abused my body. When you said that you didn't want anything to do with me anymore, I guess I slipped back into depression."

She pushed up the long sleeve of her hospital gown to reveal many vertical scars on her wrist. lined up neatly and tightly from the bottom of the palm to the elbow.

Octavia's body wracked with her sobs. She never knew the effect she had on the DJ. How much she really mattered to her.





Within a couple of months Vinyl was well enough to go back to the apartment that she shared with Octavia who was waiting for her in front of the hospital with a taxi.

The first thing they did after getting into the taxi was hug, and have a good cry.

Years later Vinyl and Octavia still lived in that apartment except then, they were happily in a relation ship. Vinyl didn't drink as much, and didn't think about cutting or suicide anymore. They were on the couch watching some television, when Vinyl had a revelation.

"How about you and me, get married" Octavia thought it odd that Vinyl would get that idea all of a sudden, and then approach it that way. However, this is Vinyl she's talking about.

Octavia just smiles and nods.


The End