Rocky Road

[Pacifist]

-Flashback, Pt II-

[Present, my bedroom]

Just jammin' to music, a bit of head bobbin' goin' on. No full on headbanging, ain't that kind of song, and I ain't that sort of person.

Maud sat quietly, listening to the music. She certainly was never the headbanging type.

[Past, college dorm]

Piano music filled the air as I played some Final Fantasy piano pieces, my go-to if I wanted to relax.

I noticed slow movement in the corner of my eye, and saw Maud with a pen in her mouth, still working on her geology report or something like that. That mare really loves rocks! Sure, not the most orthodox of interests, but I'm glad she has a passion. Wish I had one.

The more I thought about it, the more I knew that I admired her. She was smarter than I, stronger than I, and more focused as well. I just had the ability to churn out decent stories half the time, and that hardly cuts it.

If I was the type to blush, I would have. I've been feeling a sort of... attraction towards her, actually. She is pretty, don't get me wrong, it's just, pony. She's a pony. Fully sapient with a full personality, it's just...

Screw it. I can't be passive all of my life (though it'll probably remain my go-to additude). I don't care about society rules or whatever anyways! LET'S DO THIS!

"...Hey, Maud?" I ask timidly.

"..."

"Could we... uh... erm... go... out? Like, a... Date?"

". . .Sure."

Huh. That went better than I thought.

[Past, in a park]

I sat awkwardly at the park table. I had a roast beef sandwich with cheese and barbeque sauce, and Maud had a bread roll and some saltines.

Well, the sandwich I had was quite tasty, though Maud seems to be eating her lunch at the same speed she does everything else. I don't mind, really, it's just a bit awkward, sitting here with nothing to say.

Give me a topic and I can tangent 'till the cows come home, go back to work, and come home again, but I can't start a conversation for the life of me. I hope the rest of this date goes better...

- - -

...Five minutes is a long period of awkward silence for a date. I suck at this! Why did I even bother? There's no way she'd go for me anyways, none of the other girls I ever crushed on gave me a chance, and the one that did... It didn't even last that long...

I gave a sigh. "I'm sorry, I... I just don't know what to do..."

Maud looked at me, blinking slowly. Wait, is she getting closer-

And that was our first kiss. It was short, and a little awkward, but damn if it wasn't one of the highlights of my life.

<>To Be Concluded...<>