Evening Dinner
There was a scowl on Sunset’s face, though the fiery haired girl hid it as she watched the girl across the table slowly eating her soup. Something was wrong and she was sure it wasn’t the meal she had prepared for herself and Twilight. Sunset could tell that ever since the two walked home from school, something was on Twilight’s mind. She try’s to analyze exactly what her purple headed bookworm was thinking, but her telepathy proved to be useless. Sunset decided a more delicate, but subtle approach would be in order.
“Is the soup alright?” Sunset asked, softening her expression, but still letting a bit of concern slip past.
“Its fine Sunset. Thank you.” Twilight replied in a rather neutral tone, not taking her eyes off the bowl before her.
The answer made Sunset’s heart sink a little and she decided that she would get nowhere with this type of approach. The taller girl wiped her mouth and scooted the bowl forward before placing her elbows on the table.
“Twilight, you’ve been acting different since we got home. Do you think you might want to tell me why?” Sunset asked in the softest tone she could manage.
Twilight looked up and opened her mouth, ready to deflect Sunset’s comment and assure the other girl that nothing was wrong. But the way Sunset looked into her eyes, prevented her from getting anything out. She knew there was nothing she could say or do that would convince Sunset. Without another word, Twilight put her spoon down and reached into her skirt pocket to pull out a folded piece of paper. Twilight slid the piece of paper across the table to which Sunset hesitantly took it before unfolding it.
Sunset’s eyebrows furrowed as she read what was on the small paper. There were several words displayed on it, some of the more eye grabbing ones being “deadweight” “social shut-in” or even “faggot”.
“What is this?” Sunset asked in a tone that might have been a little too loud for Twilight, this being evident by the shudder that ran though the smaller girl.
“I-I’ve been getting these in my locker all week...” Twilight chokes out, only further adding to Sunsets scowl.
Sunset kept looking at the slip of paper, her anger rising with each second. Deep down she knew she shouldn’t let herself get so angry over this, but watching the thing she cared most about look so hurt... it made her blood boil.
“Who’s been doing this?” Sunset asks in a rather cold and almost demanding tone.
“Sunset...”
“No wait, I bet I know EXACTLY who it is.” Sunset says, cutting the other girl off
“Sunset, I...”
“Just you wait till tomorrow. I’ll show them what happens when they hurt...”
“SUNSET!” Twilight finally yells, silencing the other girl.
Sunset closes her mouth to listen to Twilight, trying her hardest to stop the storm of thoughts whirling in her head
“Don’t worry about it... Just forget about it, its nothing.” Twilight practically whispers, sitting back in her chair and wrapping her arms around herself. The purple haired girl made no eye contact with the person across the table, instead choosing to stare at the floor.
Sunset’s expression softens and the vice grip she had on the paper loosens slowly. Finally Sunset speaks up in a much softer tone than her bitter one from before.
“Twilight, you can’t possibly ask me to do something like that.”
Twilight doesn’t respond to Sunset’s words, still staring at the floor, but now it seemed like Twilight was holding back a few tears and that saying anything would let them loose. Sunset sighed at this and scooted her chair back before coming to her feet. She walked over to Twilight’s chair and got down on her knees before taking both of Twilights hands in her own. She rubbed her thumbs against the soft skin on top before looking up into her violet eyes, even if the violet didn’t meet her back right away.
Finally Twilight looked down to Sunset and started speaking. “Sunset... I’m...”
She was quickly cut off by Sunset softly shushing her, squeezing the girls hands softly to tell her that she needed to speak first.
“Twilight, you need to know that you are beautiful and perfect and special just the way you are, and I don’t want you to listen to ANYONE who tries to tell you that you’re less than that. I adore every single thing about you and thats all that matters because if you tried to change any of those things, you’d lose some of the things that make you Twilight Sparkle. We all have things about us that may set us back. I can may be too overprotective and you may overthink things at times, but thats what we have each other for. You keep me from acting out and I’ll always be here to calm that busy head of yours.” Sunset ruffled Twilights hair a bit before smiling up at the girl who was now starting to form tears in her eyes. Sunset noticed this and leaned up to bring her partner in for a tight hug.
“I love you Twilight. ALL of you” Sunset said, tightening the embrace.
Twilight sniffled, her smile widening by the second. One of her hands reached up to clear the tears from under her glasses. “I-I love you too Sunset”
A few more moments pass before they separate and collect themselves. Sunset then holds up the slip of paper to Twilight “See this? I don’t want you to worry about these anymore okay?” Sunset says trying to reassure the other girl before ripping up the paper into tiny bits, letting them fall to the floor. Twilight gives a nod and stands up so she’s more level with Sunset.
“How about you go get changed into some warm PJ’s and you can borrow one of my nightshirts. Theres a documentary of the history of Steam Engines on Netflix. I’ll clean up here and bring out some popcorn and fuzzy blankets” The firey haired girl already began cleaning up dinner, smiling to herself as Twilight beamed and quickly run up into the loft to run through her drawers, but not before a brief peck on the lips. Sunset cleaned up the paper confetti on the floor and hummed to herself as it trickled into the trash.