Maybe there was a perfect Sunset
Maybe there was a perfect Sunset
“Adagio,” Sonata softly calls out, gently tapping on the door, “I brought you some dinner.” The blue siren deeply sighs as silence hits her ears. “Dagi, come on. You haven’t eaten in a few days. I’m worried about you.” Sonata taps slightly harder on the door. “Daaaaagggggiiii.”
“She’ll come out when she’s ready,” Aria remarks, a tinge of sadness prominent in her voice. She gently grabs the smaller siren’s hand. “We’ll leave it in the fridge for you, Adagio,” the purple girl replies as she leads Sonata away from the locked door.
“It’s not healthy for her to stay locked in there all day, Ari. I’m worried.” Sonata sighs out as she opens up the fridge door.
“I mean I am too, Nata, but what can we do? I’ve never, ya know, lost anyone like that. I wouldn’t even know where to begin to comfort her when she did come out,” Aria grumbles in distress as she leans back against the counter.
Sonata places the plate on the shelf then shuts the fridge. “I guess I never really thought about that.. Ya know?” Aria nods then shuts her eyes with a sigh. “I guess I never got to think about how lucky I am,” Sonata whispers as she walks over and wraps an arm around the larger girl, nuzzling her head into her shoulder.
“What do you mean?” Aria asks as she throws her arm around the younger girl’s body.
“That you’re immortal, like me,” she whispers softly in response.
“I’m worried about you,” Sonata calls from the other side of the door. Adagio doesn’t move her eyes from the ceiling as the rapping on the door repeats itself. She lets out a sigh as she hears the pair’s voices get farther and farther away.
“They wouldn’t understand,” she chokes out to herself, as she holds her chest tightly, afraid that if she let go she would fall apart. “They’ve always had each other…”
“Hey Dagi! This way! The surprise is just up here!” Sunset chimes out, running ahead of the siren. She runs down the beach cheering louder with each step she takes to her destination.
“Don’t get too far ahead now, Shimmer. I won’t be able to find you,” she chuckles out. She picks up the pace slightly to catch up to her red-headed lover. “You’ve been giddy the whole car ride. Now, what is so important about this surprise?”
“We’re almost there! It’s just by those rocks, but we’ve gotta hurry! Come on, Dagi!” Sunset practically drags the older girl across the sand towards the cliff.
“We have all night, Shimmer! Please quit pulling!” Adagio almost barks out. She quickly stumbles when Sunset stops all at once.
“This was the surprise.” Adagio looks around the cove in utter confusion. “Not the rocks, silly. Just the spot. It’s the best place in all of town to watch the sunset. Look at the way the waves crash to the shore in shades of pink. It’s so pretty to me, Dagi. This is my favourite place to be. Here with the sunset.”
Adagio eyes the other girl with a small smile, “Being here with the Sunset is also my favourite place to be.”
Sunset breaks out giggling then playfully punches the siren’s arm, “you’re so cheesy, Dagi. It’s only our first date, and you’re already being so cheesy it hurts. How am I supposed to survive the next one!”
“So, I’m hearing there’s a next one,” Adagio teases, taking a seat on the rocks. Sunset just rolls her eyes as she plops down beside her. “What? I can stay hopeful, can I not? Aren’t you princess types all about optimism?”
“I literally never thought about not having a second date until you just called me a princess type.” The two girls break out laughing. “I’d rather you be cheesy than call me a princess.”
“Noted,” Adagio remarks. She glances over the sea, “So, why do you love sunsets so much? Are you just that conceited?”
“Coming from the girl who named a whole group pent on world domination after herself, that is a riot.” Sunset stares off into the horizon. “There’s just something about them, ya know? All the shades of reds mix with the blues and yellows. How they wash the buildings and trees with a gentle, golden glow. I love how messy they are too. How there is just no ‘right one,’ yet each one was as beautiful as the last. No matter how bad my day had been, I can always look at them and ease my mind and warm my heart. I love how they just do their thing, no matter how many people notice. It’s romantic in a way, don’t you think?.”
Adagio shakes her head, “you’re so full of it, Shimmer. Just say you’re conceited and go.”
Adagio throws the pillow she was holding forcefully into the wall with an anguished cry. “I didn’t give you permission to leave!” Her cries become full blown sobs as she wraps the sunburst coloured blanket tightly around herself.
“I didn’t give you permission to leave!” echoes down the hall.
“There she goes,” Aria whispers out, looking down at the ground with a wince.
“I hate seeing her like this, Ari.” Sonata buries her face deep into Aria’s shoulder to try and drown out the echoing cries.
“Maybe, Maybe she’ll get it out of her system soon, Nata.” The purple girl wraps up the smaller siren up tightly.
“What If she doesn’t? Like I don't know what I’d do if I ever lost you. I can’t imagine what Dagi is going to do.” Her shoulders ease as Aria squeezes her reassuringly. “Sunset wouldn’t want her sad like this.”
“You’re right. She wouldn’t want us sad either though,” Aria replies with an affectionate smile. “I know. What’s your favourite memory with her?”
Sonata’s eyes light up then she breaks out giggling, “definitely our first double date. Do you remember what a train wreck that was?”
“You two better now embarrass me, and I mean it,” Adagio snaps out with more aggression than she intended.
“You've told us that six times since we left the house,” Aria scoffs out with a laugh. “I’ve never seen you nervous for us to meet a girlfriend. Much less a rainboom,” she teases.
“Plus it isn’t like Sunset hasn’t met us before!” Sonata chimes obliviously.
“Yes taking over the world was the greatest first impression she’s ever seen in sure,” Adagio grumbles sarcastically. “I just know how you two are.”
“Oh, I’m always on my best behavior,” Aria remarks with a sly grin. She shoots a playful wink to the upset leader.
“I am going to gut you like-”
“Hey Dagi!” Sunset cheers as she runs up to the trio. “Hey guys! Long time no see!”
Sonata offers an excited wave happily as Aria shoots a grin. “Nice to see you too, Red.”
Adagio’s eyes shoot between the purple siren and Sunset nervously. “I hate to break it to you though,” Sunset states, confidence oozing from her, “you’re about to get shown up at this carnival. I’m winning Dagi the biggest bear I can find.”
“Oh, you’re on! Sonata’s leaving here with the booth!” Aria remarks out with a new sense of determination.
“You two fought that whole night,” Sonata giggles out. “You didn’t even talk to me and Adagio all night! You two were so busy with the other one! Some date!”
“Hey, but I won. You got a stuffed panda and Adagio got that ugly dolphin.”
“Isn’t it a narwhal? It’s got a horn!” Sonata shoots a playful smile to the other girl, “what sea creature doesn’t know marine life?”
“The same one that’s considering how they’ve spent two thousand years with the likes of you,” she grumbles out sourly.
“I know right? Wish I were as lucky as you are,” Sonata snaps back with a wink. “We can’t all have me for a girlfriend.”
Adagio holds onto the stuff narwhal as close to her as she could. “You spent sixty bucks trying to get me this,” she whispers to nobody in particular while gazing at the ceiling. “You’re supposed to be here for me to call you an idiot, ya know.” She tightens her grip on the toy, her ring starting to dig into her skin. “It’s not nice to keep a lady waiting, Sunset…”
“I’ve been waiting for you for an hour,” Adagio huffs out as her sunburst lover runs up.
“I know. I know. I didn’t mean to be late. I just got nervous,” she pants out, holding her sides. “Whoever exercises for fun is evil, I swear.”
“You know you’re not supposed to keep a good thing waiting,” the siren remarks, trying to hold back her laughter at her sweat covered girlfriend.
“Good thing you’re a great thing, huh?” Sunset asks with her trademark finger guns.
“Flattery gets you nowhere, very fast. I’ve been sitting here on these rocks for an hour just waiting. I figured the sun would set before you even showed up. Also, what in Equestria do you mean nervous this is our thousandth date, Shimmer. What the hell?” The siren crosses her arms as she stares at the much younger girl.
“Hey come on, smile!” Sunset pulls out her phone, “I wanna take a picture of my two favourite things!”
“You’re changing the subject, dear,” Adagio huffs out, but poses with the sunset nonetheless. A small flash indicates she could move again then she replies, “still keeping me in suspense, hm?”
“I was just nervous alright! I was afraid my outfit wasn’t perfect and that your ring wouldn’t fit and that I’d be late for some reason, then I WAS late and I just-”
Sunset’s cut off by Adagio quickly closing the space between them. “You’re rambling, Sunshine,” she whispers out when she slowly pulls her head back.
“I just wanted today to be perfect is all,” Sunset replies, wrapping her arms around the woman in front of her.
“Oh? What’s so special about today?” Adagio arches an eyebrow and Sunset starts to match her hair.
“Well…”
Adagio sits up in bed and stares down at her left hand. “Idiot. You still got the wrong size. We had to go get it redone anyway.” She sadly chuckles to herself. “You got it too big and dropped it immediately as soon as you got down one one knee. You dived right into the ocean after it.” She breaks out into a full laugh at the memory. “You were soaking wet and pulled yourself up on the rocks like a struggling squid. How could I say no.”
“I’m so sorry I’m like this,” plays in Adagio’s ears.
“I’m not.” She glances over to her bedside table. “I wouldn’t have had you any other way, Shimmer.” She reaches over and grabs the frame from the side.
“I love sunsets. There’s just never a ‘right one’ ya know?”
A few droplets of water rain down on the wedding photo in her palms, “You were such an idiot.” She gently brushes her finger along the glass, “because I promise you, there was a right Sunset.”