Random Ideas

by themouthofmush

Duet

Idea 6: Duet

I tapped on the microphone. “Yeah, I don’t hear it Juke,” I told him, lightly tapping the microphone again. “It sounds as good as usual. I think your hearing is-”

Soft guitar plucking started to come out of the bar’s speakers, signaling for everypony inside to look to the stage, for somepony was about to perform. After two seconds of hearing the chords, I knew what song it would be. That being said, couldn’t help but glare at Juke and the smug grin he had on his face. If he wanted me to do another song, he could have just asked me.

I took a breath and sang into the microphone, “Don’t remind me that somedays I’m a windshield,” using the song’s pauses to breathe before continuing on. When the cymbals joined in, I couldn’t help but smile, especially with the crowd clapping along with the beat. Couldn’t help but know that Juke was the one who started it.

“Boy, I need a hug,” came a voice, providing backup vocals. Didn’t want to show how much that startled me. Seriously, who randomly provides backup vocals to a guy singing? Seems like my question was answered with Twilight singing right beside me when the chorus came. What’s more is that she sang the next two verses, spot on, almost as if she was the one who sung that portion to begin with. Now, that, that caught me off guard. Almost would have stopped singing if it wasn’t for her looking at me, her eyes telling me to keep going.

When the chorus came back, I had to put that shock behind me and continue performing, each of us providing subtle background vocals to the other.

Couldn’t help but shake my head, the whole situation being surreal, hopefully adding some of that bewilderment to my voice, adding another layer to the song. When the cymbals did a mini drop, I decided to go all in and gave our audience more of a show, with me sliding around and joking with Twilight, she not caring at how silly the whole thing probably was. We took turns singing each line of the next verse. Some might say that I showed off a wee bit with the following verse, but that would be completely silly and possibly maybe not completely untrue, especially since she showed off a wee bit at the ending line.

We each gave each other a bashful look, along with a small smile. Not sure if it was me or the song, but I walked up to her and grabbed onto her hoof. “And if I reached for her hoof for the rest of my life,” I sang, looking into her eyes.

“Who knew the other side could be so green?” she sang, just as the cymbal clash signaled the end of the song.

The two of us stood there, looking at each other, for what felt like hours, just the sound of us slowly breathing to catch our breath.