It had been a couple days since the mall outing. I, for one, thought that everything was fine, but Chloe complained about me “spending more time with the horse” than her. Vinyl then can to my defense while saying some unrepeatable words. Of course, Chloe began crying before running away. Her friends called me everything except the son of god and ran after her. I wasn’t angry at Vinyl. How could I be? She was just defending a friend. Though, I do believe she went overboard with some of the things she said.
Vinyl and I walked back to the car. She had this…aura around her; an angry one with some…some sadness mixed in. I would have looked to see how she was reacting, but her shades were covering her entire face. We both got into the vehicle, yet we couldn’t leave since Chloe was nowhere to be seen. Eventually, she showed up with makeup running down her face.
The car ride home was…silent. Very silent, but the atmosphere screamed with its aggression. It was Vinyl vs. Chloe with me in between. I wasn’t going to pick sides. I dropped of my girl and her friends; they left without any words. I could barely wave before Vinyl sat in the front passenger’s seat. Without looking, she lit her horn and tried to turn on the radio. She seemed to struggle with it, but the radio finally clicked on. The music boomed as I drove off, but something seemed wrong.
I turned off the radio from my steering wheel before talking, “What’s the matter, Vinyl?”
“Nothing’s wrong, alright?” she replied as she turned the radio back on.
I turned it off again, “Tell me…”
“Celestia, dammit…alright!” She turned over in her seat to look towards me, “A couple of years ago, before I met Octy, I was with this mare. This mare who acted exactly like Chloe. It was magical…until she left me in the blink of an eye. No explanation, no reason, she just left. After I did so much…invested all my time…money…love into this one mare. She left me. And you know what pissed me off the most? She acted as if the breakup was nothing to her…less than dirt.”
I didn’t know what to say, but it seemed like my silence was the perfect answer.
“That’s why I’m not particularly happy around your girlfriend.” Vinyl sighed, “Look...I’m trying to save you the pain. Just be prepared when if it happens. It may not happen. Who knows? Just keep your guard up.”
We arrived at my moments after she finished her statement. She immediately, got out and walked to the house. I just sat in the car in the car thinking about what she had said. What she said had some validity to it. I wouldn’t deny that, yet I couldn’t see that happening to me and Chloe. Or…perhaps I was too stubborn and blind to see.
I walked into the house to see Vinyl on the sofa watching T.V. After grabbing two bottles of water, I walked to the sofa. I slouched next to Vinyl. When she noticed my presence, the pony decided to lift her legs onto my lap. There I noticed something- how quickly she could change. One moment she was defending me, next spilling out her story, then next back to normal. Or what I thought was normal.
All that was a couple day ago. Ever since that day, Vinyl had locked herself in her room. She wouldn’t come out to eat, drink, or even to use the bathroom. Well, not when I was around. I would put food outside the door and told Tesla to keep me updated on her activities. All the computer told me was that she wasn’t active, but alive and eating. After three days, I spoke up.
“Vinyl, are you okay?” I asked as I knocked on the door, “It’s been a while since you came out. Don’t make me get Tesla to unlock the door.”
There was silence before the sound of scrambling to the door. “Mason, do not come into this room. “ She pleaded, her breathing shallow and quick, “Trust me. Keep the door closed and wait till I come out on my own. It’s very important you listen to me.”
“Alright, I’ll listen,” a devilish smile appeared on my face, “Right after I open the door. Tesla, open it Vinyl’s room.”
A couple seconds went by before I heard the unlocking of the lock. I pushed it open without any hesitation. There I saw Vinyl in nothing but her T-shirt, sunglasses, and panties (which was rather difficult to get her to purchase). She seemed fidgety, antsy, and needing of something. I went to speak, yet she shushed me. The DJ walked towards me slowly…anticipating something. I wanted to walk back, but when I went to move I couldn't; her magic enveloped my feet.
I swallowed hard as the pony grabbed my shirt and wrapped her arms around me. Her breathing became deeper we got closer. I felt her hot breath on my neck. Her breast on my chest. Her hands feeling my back. I tried to move again, yet this time fell backwards onto the floor with her on top of me. We both laid there for a second- me lying on the carpet while she, with a hand on my chest, was on her knees above me. There, she began to smile. I started to back away, yet she matched every movement of mine.
“Uh, Vinyl…dude…what are you doing?” I asked while still moving away.
“Shhh…” is all she said.
“This doesn’t seem like a thing friends should be doing…well maybe friends with benefits, but we aren’t like that, right?” I spoke nervously, “Besides, we’re both in committed relationships. You know, Chloe?”
She continued to move, yet a quicker pace. Soon, my arm slipped from under me causing me to become slightly unbalanced. Vinyl took the opportunity to pin me down. I was stuck underneath as she leaned in for what I assumed was a kiss. Closer and closer she became until I was close enough to see her red irises through her glasses.
“Vinyl…” I said moving my head away, “What about Octavia?”
She stopped. Thank Celestia she stopped. Some sense seemed to have returned to her after I spoke her Marefriend’s name. In her state of shock, her glasses fell from her nose and onto my chest. I could see her eyes quiver. After gasping, Vinyl jumped off of me and landed on the floor. We sat there looking at each other. I don’t know why but I couldn’t resist wiggling my eyebrows as a joke. She sighed in annoyance before using her magic to push me out of the room.
I heard the door lock before she spoke up , “Didn’t I tell you not to open the door? I’m beating your ass once I’m over this.”
“Over what?” I replied, brushing myself off.
“My Heat!”
“The hell is Heat?” I questioned. No response came from the door. I decided not to push the issue any further.
I walked from the door, yet stopped to pick up Vinyl’s glasses. I put them on to see how they were like. Turns out the purple is just a design. On the other side, they were regular transition sunglasses lens. They were still weird since over half my face was covered. Somehow she made them work for her.
“Sir, you have received an Email.” said Tesla over the intercom.
“Bring it up on my laptop.” I responded. With a quick walk, I was at my laptop. It was nothing special. A standard laptop. I opted out on the Full Immersion Technology since some lady lost track of reality. I opened the laptop to see an anthropomorphic version of Discord sitting at his desk with “Vogon Biotech” printed on it. Once he noticed my presence, he summoned a FAQs scroll. I scrolled down until I saw “Heat” and clicked it. He saw my click, looked at me, and shook his head in disappointment.
He disappeared while a pony came out to explain. “Hello, Mr. Williams. Allow me to help you today. Let’s see…” She seemed to be loading information on the subject matter, “Ah, yes. It appears Vinyl has entered into heat.”
“Which is…”
“Are you serious?”
I swore that A.I was really alive after she responded that way, “Yes…”
“Heat is when and animal enters their estrus cycle.”
I sat there blankly waiting for her to continue.
“Really? Don’t know what that is either?” the pony on screen face-palmed(hoof?), “This is the time when a pony or any animal is more willing to accept a mate since the chances of pregnancy are greatly increased.”
"Oh?"
"Yessir. By our records, her estrus should be done in two days. Just give her space. Or not, your choice."
With that, the pony disappeared from my screen and it returned to my desktop background. I looked towards Vinyl's room once last time then decided to go to sleep. My room was past hers, so before I went to sleep, I left a plate of food by door and knocked.
"Hey, Vinyl." I said.
"What do you want?" she replied.
"You really need to get laid."
"Shut the hell up..."