Rhythm and Harmony: The Octascratch Prompt Collab

by lyra_lover777

10 Mouse by Michelle Twistaloo

Mouse by Michelle Twistaloo

Vinyl couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of the situation. The mare she so loved was standing on the tip of her hooves, trying her best not to touch the ground, her forelegs wrapped around her pelvis.

“C’mon” – Vinyl couldn’t help but let her amusement pass through her voice, the situation was just that funny. – “It’s just a mouse, what are you so afraid of?”

She could feel the irregular heartbeat of the other mare, as well as her shaky hooves running through her body. The mare wanted comfort, and while Vinyl wouldn't mind, and in fact, would appreciate the closeness, she couldn’t see why a mouse, a creature dozens of times smaller than Octavia, would scare her like that.

“They just.....oh” – Vinyl once again felt the closeness and the way she stumbled into her words, and the sharp breath she had taken, she could see the small pearly tears starting to form, and she didn’t like it one bit. She might not have been the best mare friend, or friend, or just the best person who Octavia would like to spend some time with (though, for some semblance of a miracle it was her she had chosen), but she could see she was shaken.

It was due to that circumstance that her voice, previously tainted with the sound of amusement, went down to a whisper and she sounded worried, her next line was one spoken with the utmost care.

“They just what? What’s wrong Octavia? Is there anything....?”

The responses was a desperate and whinny no, and Vinyl, careful not to let the mare that had buried her head in her fur see, rolled her eyes.

“I just don’t like them! They’re filthy, they spread disease, and they’re very very very bad!”

Vinyl felt the urge to roll her eyes again, but something stopped her, she could see those bright eyes looking at her, and even obscured by some salty water, she still could see how much she loved them.

She started slowly stroking the back of Octavia’s mane, going further down and down into her back before returning upwards, she wasn’t very good at that, but she had least had to try.

Octavia smiled at the effort, and though it was a shaky one, Vinyl beamed with happiness when she saw the smile of her mare-friend.

“Look....” Vinyl had a slightly slurred speech, she had been drinking and partying, and she had just stumbled home in the early crack of dawn, only to be awakened by that high pierced scream. She wasn’t annoyed though, she just.....

“I know I’m not the most clean of ponies, or heck, there are probably sewer ponies who stink less than my house, and me, do.” – She took a tantalizing sniff at herself, she had just stumbled into bed, not even bothering with a shower. – “And, yeah, I’ve got a rat or two in here, I call them Mickey and Minnie”

Her crass attempt at a joke wasn’t really that funny, and Octavia winced at that particular joke. – “But if it means so much to you, I’ll throw them out, they don’t pay rent anyway.” – This joke caused her to give a small chuckle, and Vinyl loved that smile.

“Th...thanks” – She could see it, the wet fur of Octavia’s face was starting to get less and less soaked, as the smile passed through the sadness.

And, more than anything she loved the feeling that it gave her, making the other mare happy. Mice or no mice.

Comments

[Divine Path]

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Oh my. I'm grateful you liked this approach. I have a few others as well that you may see soon.

[Divine Path]

This is still cute and heartwarming