Rarity was speechless. "Y...y....you..."
Vinyl rubbed her hoof behind her neck and looked away worredly. "Yeah, I've been meaning to tell you, but..."
Octavia hid her face in her hooves. "I apologize so much, Rarity. I feel very embarrassed...I promise, this won't happen again..."
Rarity closed her eyes. "Don't be, darling. It's just such a shock that you're gay..."
Sweetie Belle, who had been eavesdropping on the trio's conversation, gazed from over the door frame with her light green eyes. "Rarity? What does gay mean?"
Rarity swung around with surprise and replied, "Oh, Sweetie, it means happ-"
"It means two people of the same gender loving eachother," Vinyl interrupted casually. Rarity whipped back around to glare at the quite honest unicorn, who stared back at her with a confused look; like a puppy who just got in trouble for something and it didn't know why.
"I thought only mares and stallions liked eachother. How can two mares or stallions like eachother? I don't get it."
Rarity and Vinyl glanced at eachother once more, knowing what they had to do. "Sweetie, sit. We need to have a discussion."
Sweetie Belle nodded and hopped up onto the bed. "Oooh, are they like, just really good friends? Are they like sisters? Then I think I'm gay for you, Rarity!"
Vinyl dove her face into her front hooves, her snickers turning into a fit of giggles. Octavia put her hoof over her mouth with laughing eyes, but didn't make any noise. Rarity only blushed and glared at her sister once more, but she was too busy laughing to pay any attention.
"Not exactly, Sweetie," Octavia said. "Think of it like this. You know how your mother and your father love eachother? That's how being...homosexual works."
"So like, boyfriend and girlfriend? Except with just girls or boys?"
"Yes. Exactly like that. For example, Vinyl is my girlfriend, and I'm Vinyl's girlfriend."
"But," Vinyl said after calming down, "Don't talk about it in public or at school. People are way too sensitive about that sorta thing, because of religions and what-not." She rolled her eyes.
"Oh." Sweetie shifted uncomfortably and looked to the ceiling. "Rarity, I have another question."
"Yes, Sweetie?"
"Where do babies come from?"
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The four ponies were settling down in a quite fancy restaurant, where Vinyl was munching on all of the chips they had for an appetizer. "I just want to say," Rarity said to Octavia, "We welcome you warmly to our family."
Octavia smiled. "Although you found out on quite a...bad note, I'm glad you've welcomed me here." Vinyl said something through a mouth full of chips, making Sweetie Belle giggle as Octavia shot daggers at Vinyl with her eyes. Vinyl, getting the hint, swallowed the chips and then finished what she was saying. "Tavi and I are very glad that you've been able to deal with our relationship." She wiped off her face.
Octavia gave her an approving nod and looked back to Rarity, who said politely, "So, when did your relationship first start?"
"A few years ago, when we started being roommates. I realized Vinyl had the look, and the voice, and everything about her was just perfect. Although she was a handful sometimes, I realized how badly I wanted a relationship with her."
"I felt like, just the same way," Vinyl said. "I ended up kinda accidentally on purpose asking her out on a date to the movies, and I may have accidentally on purpose kissed her on the cheek during a romantic scene at the movies. Which led to a stallion throwing a diet Pepsi on us." Vinyl rolled her eyes angrily. "Like, seriously? Who even DRINKS Pepsi? And a DIET one, at that?!"
Octavia laughed a bit. "Which is why we try our best to do nothing more than a hug in public. Vinyl, being already famous, helped me start off my career as a cellist-"
"-And Tavi, being so strict, helped me quit smoking altogether and drinking so much. But, y'know, I have a drink every once in a while. Too bad the smoking left a little yellow in my fur," she said, looking down at her coat.
Rarity smiled. "I'm so glad you two are in such a healthy relationship. You make such a wonderful, romantic coup-"
"Ahem." A pink-eyed creamy brown stallion was next to them. "If you two wouldn't make such remarks in front of the children?"
Vinyl's smile fell, along with Rarity's, but Octavia nervously laughed, her laugh shaky and high pitched.
The stallion turned to Octavia. "If you like girls, why are you dating one that looks like a guy? I bet if I gave you a bit of fun, you'd change your mind about being lesbian."
Vinyl's eye started to twitch. She screamed out, "Why are YOU such an ASSHOLE?!"
The waiter glanced at Vinyl, and back to the nervous earth pony. "Look at your little girlfriend. Girls are so catty. And I thought only straight girls would like classical as much as you. So, what do you say?"
Octavia smacked the waiter with hard force, her anger seething and boiling over. Vinyl was speechless, watching the usually contained and polite earth pony lash out. "I LOVE this mare sitting before me, and if you can't realize you won't change that, then..." She breathed in. "You're a HUGE SHITWIPE!" She then threw her iced tea onto the stallion.
Next thing Vinyl knew, they were sitting outside of the restaurant on a bench after being kicked out. Octavia was attempting to calm herself with no result. Rarity was awkwardly sitting there. Sweetie Belle was looking down at the ground, sad and angry, hot tears streaming down her face.
Rarity said quietly, "I'll get a taxi."
Soon after, the cab arrived with a yellow mare with black hair driving it. "Where ya goin' to?"
"Carasoul Boutique," Rarity said, not looking at the mare.
"Ah, alright. Get in. It's startin to rain." She observed the group and whispered, "On the house. See you've had a pretty bad night, eh?"
Rarity smiled and said, "Thanks so much."
As they were sitting in the cab, rain started pouring down onto the windows, matching everyone's terrible mood.
Octavia closed her eyes and finally managed to calm herself. Vinyl glanced at her, and then gulped. "Octavia Melody."
She opened one eye and peered back at Vinyl.
"Ahem. Octavia Melody, you are just the most perfect mare in the world. I love you with all my heart. We were going to be in the restaurant, I was going to order a fancy cake and get down on one knee, and I was going to give you the cheesiest speech, and-" Vinyl breathed in deeply, her voice getting shaky and her eyes starting to water. "I...I was going to have the waiter bring in a candle light and your napkin was going to say, 'Will you marry me?' on it. It didn't turn out exactly like that, but I swore to myself I would do it tonight, so..." Vinyl was at full tears right now, her voice shaking even harder. "Octavia M-melody....W-will you...m-marry me?"
Octavia gasped, and she covered her mouth as tears were brought to her eyes as well. A small squeaking sound escaped her lips. Everyone else in the cab stared at Octavia, mouths hanging open, waiting for the stricken mare's answer.
"Vinyl Scratch...yes."
4876908 Sorry, but I like the new draft personally. I'm not sure how making it it's own chapter would work, either. And I never saved it, so I can't help you with that-sorry.
Sweetie Belle has a sister-in-law now!!!
Also would it be awkward for Sweetie to tell her sisters that she's in love with Spike?
4877071 I doubt it. They seem to consider Spike more of a pony.
Now, this got kind of stupid, too cliché if you were triying to present the lesbian problem, but oyu can still make it better, I'll be cheking anyway. (I suggest making Applejack a conservative, she got it from her pa and granny).
4877417 I suppose, BUT, people usually really do have problems like these. Besides, it only happened twice in their entire relationship; that's not too bad.
4877076 But think of the adorableness of Spike and Sweetie Belle are as a couple.
So the next chapter will start with Rarity asking Vinyl when she's going to be moving out of the guest room and in with Octavia, yes? Let us return to domestic squabbles!
I wouldn't be surprised if Vinyl Scratch IS actually lesbian.
What the? Where I live, those kind of relationships are no problem at all and people talk very openly about ti
4878036 They already had lived together, as said in the first chapter. Octavia just chose to stay with her mom instead of at a friend's, and Vinyl stayed at Rarity's for unknown reasons. Possibly because she wanted to visit her sister in the process.
4878136 Me neither.
Proposing in a cab? that's a new one
4878849 Your icon matches your comment.
But by most people where I live, they either claim to accept it and ask really uncomfortable questions, or they don't accept it and are assholes to me. So.
4880160 Is not sure if sarcasm or serious
4879569 Good idea.
4879496
Actually, no you don't. You mention that Octavia is staying with her mother, yes, but nowhere do you say that's because she had been living with Vinyl and was evicted at the same time. Even in this chapter you state "when we were roommates" (emphasis mine) when asked about when they first hooked up. That implies they're not now (eviction aside).
Also it's cellist not celloist.
4881937 Ah, alright, I meant to say "are". I'll fix both mistakes.
I like it, but It feels kinda rushed.
4882203 I tend to rush, so I try to add a lot more filler without success.
At the end I was like this.
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So they get kicked out because the waiter sexually harassed a customer and made insulting comments about her sexual orientation. And Vinyl decides that proposing in a taxi just after that happens is a good idea.
Yeah, no. I don't mind the idea that Vinyl and Rarity are sisters, it has a lot of potential for comedy, but this just isn't working for me.
4882798 Perfect reaction to pervy things with me.
4885709 Sorry you feel that way. I just think that Vinyl thinks a little different than that, as she claims she promised to herself; I like to think of her as a dedicated character, and saying the wrong things in certain situations.
Well... Vinyl just got romantic so that is wonderful, also Octi throwing her tea at that jerk was priceless. I'm glad I decided to follow this. Most of all though I loved Vinyl telling Tavi about her initial plan for the proposal before finally proposing... so kind of part of her being romantic but... yeah. So... okay I think that's about all, I'll see you at the next chapter.
4891971 Ah thanks!
Someday, I'll stop adding things to my favs. That will happen when stop finding sincerely good fanfictions.
Thanks for making me believe that such thing will never happen.
I was pretty entertained throughout. I laughed out loud several times (which is saying something because I'm at work and everyone always asks, "What's so funny?" which can be a difficult question.
I'll keep this in my tabs.
4912806 I'm sincerely glad, sir. I tried to avoid a cookie cutter fanfic, and I think I was rather successful.
4935530 Maybe I should put a NSFW tab because everyone will think you're insane for laughing so much.
I'm still in school, but what really blows is when you think of something funny, and the conversation goes like this;
"Hitler then tried to commit genocide and kill all of the Jews-"
"BWAHAHAHAHAA!"
"....."
You get a like for Vinyl's thoughts on Pepsi and a fav because it is a good story.
Hey! Regular and diet Pepsi is delicious!
Please no more lesbian vInyl Scratch. Please i beg you it means the world to me if she was straight.