The next day
Using her magic, Baker lifted the still steaming tray of treats from the oven and placed them on the counter. Today is going to be a really busy day, she sighed internally. With Cheese and Pinkie in the hospital awaiting the baby, Baker found herself running Sugarcube Corner all by herself. She looked up as the doorbell chimed and she trotted over to the counter to see who it was.
"Hiya Cous," Camera called, smiling.
"Camera, wasn't expecting you here today, what can I do for you?" Baker asked, her tone friendly and polite.
"Hey, uh, I have a favor to ask of you", Camera replied, smiling sheepishly and a tint of a dark shade of pink appeared on his face.
"Huh-huh, what sort of favor?" Baker asked, raising her eyebrow.
"Well, Melody's birthday is tomorrow, and I would like you to make him a cake", Camera answered.
Ah, he really does like Melody, a friend wouldn't blush like that, Baker mused, chuckling to herself.
"Alright, sure, what kind of cake are we talking about?" she asked aloud.
Camera's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but grin. Baker wrote down the instructions Camera had for the cake on her notepad, considering measurements and costs as she did so. Suddenly, the doorbell chimed again and Baker looked up to see Cheese walk in, looking exhausted.
"Mr. Sandwich, good to see you again, how's Pinkie?" Baker asked.
"Oh, she's fine, just really tuckered out from delivering the baby, as all. She asked me to see how things are here", Cheese replied, smiling tiredly.
He then turned to Camera and said, "heya, Camera, what's up?".
Camera chuckled and replied, "oh, not alot, just doing some stuff for a friend".
"Ah, excellent, excellent. Well, looks like everything here is excellente, so I'll be heading back to my Miss Super duper party pony", Cheese replied, grinning.
.....
Melody's home
"So, Son, I see you have come out of your shell a bit", Neon said, as he, Vinyl, and Melody sat in the living room couch.
Melody nodded and replied, "Y-yeah, it wa-was par-partially du-due to th-this gr-great stall-stallion I met who's su-super nice a-and..."
The young unicorn paused when he saw his parents looking at each other, slyly smiling. It was then Melody realized his face felt warm and was probably a shade of purple.
"This stallion of yours, you wouldn't happen to have a crush on him, would ya?" Neon asked, grinning.
Melody's eyes widened and his face definitely turned a deep shade of purple. "N-No I don't", he cried.
It's alright, Melody, I felt the same way I met a really cute, and dare I say, sexy stallion, Vinyl signed, eyeing Neon.
"M-MOM", Melody yelled, his ears folding back.
Neon chuckled and straightened his tie. "We're just messing with you, Melody", he stated, chuckling.
What is his name, if you don't mind us asking, Vinyl signed.
"C-Camera F-Flash", Melody replied.
Neon, confused, turned to his wife and asked, "Camera Flash? Is he related to Projector Flash, the director?"
As I recall, Projector does have a son, though he isn't quite as big as he was 17 years ago, she signed back.
"Y-yes, Cam-Camera is Pro-Projector's s-son", Melody interjected.
"Ah, well, I would like to meet him. Must be a really great guy if he's your best friend", Neon replied.
Yeah, he really is, Melody thought sadly.
...
Later
Camera Flash sat in his room with a quill in hoof as he wrote down the letter for his parents. However, unlike before when it was easy to write down what he wanted to say, he now found himself simply unable to write, as if a terrible strain of writer's block had gotten to him. Sighing, he put the quill down and began rubbing his temples with his hooves. He knew what he wanted to write down, but simply was unable to concentrate due to constantly thinking of..him. Melody, the one pony he knew wouldn't see him as weird or secretly talked about him behind his back. Baker and his parents were the sole exceptions to this, even so, Melody was the only non-relative Camera really trusted. That, and, he really liked him, and it wasn't like Camera didn't think Melody thought the same way. Many a times, Camera had caught Melody looking at him and was clearly interested. But why me, Camera thought, Melody is a really great stallion, he deserves better than some guy who couldn't even hold a relationship with somepony for more than two weeks. He sighed as he thought about it. To be fair, those relationships were with mares he didn't really like and alot of them only wanted to date him for his status as a celebrity's son, but still, Camera couldn't help but feel that Melody deserved far better than him. Suddenly, a knock at the door could be heard, forcing Camera out of his thoughts. Opening the door, Camera was surprised to see Melody at the door, with a somewhat solemn expression on his face.
"H-hey, Ca-Camera, ca-can we t-talk", he asked.