She Woke To Fur Elise

by 71NYL-5CR4TCH

Chapter 4: Revelations and Realizations

Vinyl blinked.

Octavia took a step back, slowly opening her eyes, a blush spread across a new expression of bliss. A calm, satisfied smile hung on her lips.

Vinyl blinked again.

Octavia’s eyes widened, her blush amplifying as she looked to Vinyl for some sort of reaction. Octavia’s smile quickly dropped from her face, turning into a concerned frown.

Vinyl’s face remained still while her mind reeled, attempting to grasp the situation before her.

“Um...I’m...I’m so sorry Vinyl...I...I don’t know what came over me...I...I just thought that...” tears began to swell in Octavia’s eyes as she stepped away from Vinyl, her voice rising to an inaudible squeak.

Vinyl took a deep breath in and closed her eyes, pausing a moment before reopening them. “You...you kissed me...”

“Y-Yes I did and I-I apologize and it was foalish of me and I shouldn’t have and...” Octavia looked down in shame, her eyes darting from place to place on her carpet.

“Was that what you wanted to do?” interjected Vinyl, her face a mask of calm hiding the chaotic swarm of thoughts buzzing inside her head.

“Well...at the time yes but...” Octavia stuttered.

Vinyl shut her eyes and waved her hoof, signaling for Octavia to stop talking, her face changing to one of near disgust, “Don’t apologize. You can’t have regrets.”

“But...but I...”

“You only regret how I reacted.” Vinyl gave a dead-pan stare.

“Well, I suppose, but...”

“Stop. You know what you’re doing? You’re giving a buck. Stop giving a buck.”

“But...”

“No. Bucks.” Vinyl’s face became deathly serious.

“Well...well how can you say that?! How can you just do whatever you please and just not care?!” Octavia was fuming now, angered by her confusion more than her situation. ‘How can she just not care?! How DARE she just not care?! I...I kissed her! And she just doesn’t care! She’s...she’s the only mare I’ve ever kissed...she's the only pony I've ever kissed’

Vinyl stood up, “Because most everypony isn’t worth my attention,” she stated matter-of-factly.

“Well...well who is huh?! What makes somepony worthy of the Almighty Vinyl Scratch’s attention?!” Octavia looked enraged, yet tears continued to spring from her eyes.

“Theirs.”

Octavia prepared to respond, but caught herself before she could continue her rant, “Wh-what?”

“If somepony doesn’t give you their attention, they aren’t worth yours.” Vinyl spoke simply, stoic, almost.

“S-so, I shouldn’t care because...you don’t?”

Vinyl opened her mouth to speak, to tell her ‘no, in fact she didn’t’ but something nagged at her deep subconscious. ‘But...I do care...why do I care? I never care. She...I don’t even know her! I don’t...like her...do I? She’s a MARE for Celestia’s sake! I...wha...why? Why do I care?’

Vinyl blinked and looked into Octavia’s eyes. ‘Those eyes...those...beautiful violet eyes...I can’t stand seeing tears in those eyes...’

“Well, Vinyl?” Octavia sniffled.

Vinyl swallowed, “I...I didn’t say I didn’t care.”

“But you’re saying I shouldn’t care.”

“I didn’t say I did care.”

“Well Vinyl? What is it? Should I care?”

Vinyl sighed, “You aren’t getting it. You can’t care until you know somepony cares about you!”

“And how am I supposed to know?”

Vinyl swallowed again, “Because...she’ll...show you...” Vinyl stepped closer, looking into Octavia eyes.

“How? Should I just wait for...for somepony to tell me they care? What will ‘she’ do?”
“She’ll...”

Octavia looked back to Vinyl now, her eyes somewhat reddened by tears.

“She’ll do something like this...”

Vinyl closed her eyes and took a leap of absolute faith. Never before had she put such trust in somepony else’s hooves. Never before had she left her heart open, exposed, for any pony to be tender to or stomp on. Never before had she closed her eyes, leaned in...

And kissed back.

Octavia blinked.

Vinyl leaned back. Now it was her turn to watch for a reaction. And the first time she, cared.

“So...you...uh...do care?”

“Uh huh.” Vinyl wore a goofy smile.

“About me?”

“Yes, Octavia.”

Octavia paused for a minute before allowing an enormous smile to spread across her muzzle. “So...you’re glad I kissed you?”

“Yes...yes I am, “Vinyl smiled now. “But...I have to ask...I thought you said you weren’t...you know...into mares?”

“I...I don’t know. With my schedule and lifestyle I haven’t had time to be into... well... anypony, honestly.”

“I can kind of relate. I’m always all over the place, and I’m always running the places where ponies are supposed to meet each other.”

“Did...did you know, though?”

“Know what?”

“That you were...into mares?” Octavia asked, embarrassed.

“No, not really...but I never really tried. Aren’t you scared though?”

“Scared?” Octavia raised an eyebrow, before a adopting a confident grin. “I don’t have to care what anypony thinks anymore.”

Vinyl knocked Octavia on the shoulder with a playful hoof, a smile plastered across her lips, “Now you’re getting it!”

Octavia giggled, “Granted, I will need some time to adjust, but I think I can appreciate this sort of lifestyle.”

Vinyl smiled, “I certainly do,” and then sat down on her couch.

Octavia sat down next to her, with a look of mild concern, “So...does this mean we are...dating?”

Vinyl wrapped a hoof around the mare next to her and pulled her close, “If you want to call it that.”

“I...I’m not sure what to call it. I’ve never had any sort of significant other...”

“I have...I guess...” Vinyl looked down in recollection.

“You guess?” Octavia leaned back from Vinyl, looking into her eyes.

“Coltfriends in highschool...never anything to serious...I always wondered what I didn’t see in them, I think I have a good idea now,” she chuckled.

“My parents always tried to find Coltfriends for me...I was never interested, too busy practicing I suppose...I never did like the pressure.”

Vinyl nodded before pulling Octavia closer against her, snuggling up next to each other on the couch, “Well, the pressure’s off now,” and placed a quick kiss upon her forehead.

Comments

[ArmourFox]

Bucking beautiful! I loved it,

[Venatus75]

awesome, please continue this

[Imakidbanme]

ANOTHER GREAT CHAPTER
this is great

[DJVinylScratch]

This wasn't perfectly written b-buuuttt....
Hmph- Hn- HHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG
Can't wait to read more.

[take flight]

That's an awful lot of blinking going on

Nice chapter, I like your writing

[Lionheart]

IM IN LOVE WITH THIS STORY MORE THEN EVER

[PonyofTacos]

Keep the story alive bro/brah

[BlankFlankBrony]

Deep, with a side order of d'awww.

[TonyPony]

MOAR!
And this is brilliant, with only one typo near the end

[Stoob Boots]

Short, but still good

[Soundslikeponies]

Haven't managed to disappoint me yet!

obligatory critique (I rarely ever don't do one of these btw)
Dialogue could use some breaking up with descriptions of the ponies actions, emotions. As it is this chapter had a long stretch that was pure dialogue. Make sure you remind the reader every few lines who is talking or they will have to stop to figure it out, breaking the immersion.

[KitsuneNoYomeiri]

I accidentally the
Wonderful chapter, short but good and it's awesome to get more from you!
Thanks for the amazing story ^_^

[That Awkward Feeling You've Forgotten Something Important]

Welp, time for the daily internet diatribe.

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[The Incredible Werekitty]

Short, sweet, but dang, I need more.

[Carter]

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[Kartac]

The writing's not perfect but a story is best judged on it's ability to make you ignore mistakes in favor of the setting and you do it fantastically. Definitely great by my standards.

[Greasebrony]

This is fantastic.

[Elkhorse]

Not a clop, but...
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Nah, again jk. This was fun but I agree with Kartac, so much so I can basically point to him and say 'Yea, pretty much that.'

[Muleicous]

images.community.wizards.com/community.wizards.com/user/rpjesus/486128ac30c7616f37c309c0223f6357.png?v=202500
And not a buck was given that day. Great story, it's very emotional and I like it.

[The Dreaming Immortal]

Too cute!

[Dee Bee Doo-wop Cooper]

174280
The story is a lot more funny if you take blink to mean move from one point in time to another instead of moving their eyelids.

Anyways great story so far I encourage you to write a new chapter however I will not beg.

[Barry From Mars]

Is good, Even if the dating line was rather abrupt, IMO.

[NotHereAnymoreProbably]

It's great but - wow. Basically an entire chapter of dialogue.
I like where the story seems to be going, but It would definitely benefit from a little more description.

Other than that, keep it up! I want more.

- Midnight Specter

[Vozzle]

Yes, very sweet. This is definitely more than "Just another octyscratch story." Keep up the good work!

[Tome]

[Gildor Surion]

blink
Sorry couldn't resist. Great story, looking forward to the next chapter.

[UFB]

this story very quickly evolved from track to email, looking forward to how this continues

[Fox-Sama]

Very nice, Veary nice indeed.

But I think chapter for could have been longer, but I still am happy to read this!

[oblivion2k]

Vinyl's my kinda girl
No. Bucks.

[UnintentionalFan]

This is so far a great story. I'm putting it 3rd on my list of favorite stories (with My Little Dashie and Moon Phased in 1st and 2nd, respectively.)

[ertuzom]

Please dont turn this into clopfic. It deserves better!!

[psp7master]

Another nice chapter... but... (Yes, there's always a 'but' when there is a well-written story. I dunno, we writers have to... deal with it? )
But the pacing's slightly rushed. No, seriously. The style is great and the plot is original, and the d'aww amounts are on a descent level... but you know, everything happens so quickly... Of course, I've always been a type for building slow relationships, so who am I to speak, but it's hard to believe feelings can develop so swiftly.
Also, no offence intented.
Peace.

[Anonymous XXX]

175304 i get what your saying, but most relationships nowadays start with some random dude hittin on some random chick and they go back to some random apartment and have some random sex. course, those arent feelings. but infatuation does set in rather speedily.
and no offense intended to you, either.
i know im not the author but i just wanted to say that

[psp7master]

175547
*Sigh* My adolescence was spent in the shiny 90's... I would spend a whole fortnight dating a girl just to get her kiss... *sheds a tear*
I'm getting old, aren't I?
Anyway, you're probably right. The most important thing is that the story is magnificently well-written.
Peace.
...
...
*Door screeches*
You damn kids! Get off my lawn!
*Door screeches*

[Zero]

Yay more vinyl and tavi goodness :D

[71NYL-5CR4TCH]

175304
If you like a slow build into relationships, check out my other story, Winter's Howl. It really takes it's time

[psp7master]

175886
I'll definitely check it out. I'm not into slow relationships, it's just the fact that all of mine were slowly developed...

[StealthBrony]

D'AAAAAaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww ! Loving this story ! Not rushed and perfectly paced...

[Anonymous XXX]

175605 theres nothing wrong with getting old lol. speaking of reminiscing, i remember i spent over 2 years focused on this girl, but all for naught. and now, years later, nearly every situation still reminds me of those days... ah well. your point stands. good day, sir.

[device heretic]

i.imgur.com/3Eitn.jpg

[kjaslwod]

Confound those ponies, they don't make any sense.

[thatotherguy44]

176584 agreed
+=ME

[AzureSkies]

174280

yes indeed :3

[pin_stripe]

*head explodes from adorableness* DAMNIT NOT AGAIN!!

[TheGoldenGlyph]

It's a pity we don't run a stars system on this site, instead of the like or dislike. Because I do actually like your writing, and most importantly I love your characterization of both Vinyl and Octavia. Though I do have to protest against these types of fics were the two are just thrown together and in a complete epiphany discover that they are madly in love. I'd give you seven to eight stars though, so it's still a like.

[yuri-kun]

cute story and interesting twist here but I'm getting distracted by... by all...all the stuttering. I have read many a story but in this chapter it seems to be almost in every paragraph, or line of dialog.

[Alivia]

I simply can not live with all this adorableness anymore

[Mandelbrony]

never anything to serious

'too'

[Kittyrose]

Vinyl swallowed, “I...I didn’t say I didn’t care.”
“But you’re saying I shouldn’t care.”
“I didn’t say I did care.”
“Well Vinyl? What is it? Should I care?”
Vinyl sighed, “You aren’t getting it. You can’t care until you know somepony cares about you!”

This confused the fuck out of me but I love the story