4 a.m., Greater Canterlot Area...

Octavia drove down the road, her eyes bloodshot from driving all night and crying at the same time, her mascara running down her face. She wasn’t sure what broke her heart more, having Mise run off and leave her behind without almost a care in the world, or doing almost the same exact thing to him, just hours ago. The thought of either one just made her cry more, it was just so overwhelming.

Octavia soon arrived at a large upscale house perched on a hill surrounded by thick forest. She pulled her car into the driveway at the base of the hill. She got out of the car and grabbed her suitcase as she heard a door open.

“Tavi? Is that you sweetie?” a female voice called down from the porch overlooking the driveway. Octavia looked up and saw her mother, Riveting, standing in her pink bathrobe and white slippers, her figure illuminated by the outside security light.

“Yeah mom, it's me, is father awake?” Octavia asked sniffling as she climbed the stairs up to the porch. “Yes he is, we’ve been waiting for you since you called us, come inside and take a load off, we’ve set up one the guest rooms for you to stay in, okay?” Riveting said as Octavia nodded and her mother took her luggage, holding her close as they walked in the house, the door closing behind them.

Back in canterlot…

Mise was currently sitting in an arm chair in the middle of the living area, his cheeks stained with dried tears. In one hand was a glass of whiskey, in the other was his phone, he was scrolling through his contacts until he found the one he was looking for as he sighed and dialed it. He put he it to his ear as he waited for it to ring, each ring added to his anxiety until it eventually went to voicemail

“Hello, this Octavia, sorry I can’t come to the phone right now, please leave a message and i’ll try my best to get back to you….*beep*.” the phone repeated as Mise sighed heavily “I know you’re just going to ignore this but just incase you do listen to it….I...I...ah screw it, i could say thousand different things, but none of them can make up for what i’ve done...at this point all I can say is...i’m sorry…*sigh* anyway, have a good time with your parents...” Mise said as he hung up and ended the voice mail. “How the flying fuck am I going to fix this…” Mise said as he took a sip from his drink and let his mind wander.

Mise was cut out of his thoughts by the sound of the front door opening. Mise nearly took flight he jumped out of the chair so quickly “OCTY! I KNEW YOU’D-!” Mise said running to the door but stopped mid-sentence as he saw it was only Vinyl coming home very late.

“Shhh! Keep it down you crazy bastard, you want Tavi to hear you?” Vinyl said in yelling a whispered tone as she paused for a second “Wait...did you think I was Tavi?” Vinyl asked suspicious of the situation. Mise was silent for second, his mind was so preoccupied worrying about Octavia he forgot about how he was going to explain the situation to the rest of the group “...yes. I did.” Mise said in a defeated and tired tone

“Why would you think i was Tavi? Is she not home?” Vinyl asked, quickly going to Octavia’s bedroom, finding it empty as she came back “where’s Octavia? What happened while i was gone?” Vinyl asked sternly in tone Mise had rarely heard from Vinyl “she left, me and her had a fight which mostly consisted of her yelling at me and then she stormed off. She said she was going to her parents’ house, but she didn’t specify for how long.” Mise explained as Vinyl was shocked by this revelation.

“W-what?! What the hell did you do, you goddamn idiot!? UGH guys are such idiots! You. Are. So. Stupid!” Vinyl said angrily hitting Mise repeatedly as he gently but forcibly held her arm “Vinyl, if you stop assaulting me, and let me explain the fight, maybe we can make some progress on the situation.” Mise said letting go of Vinyl’s arm as she slapped him across the face “fine, and that’s for putting your hands on me.” Vinyl said crossing her arms with a pissed off look on her face “we’ll discuss the concept of double standards another time, for now let me explain what happened…” Mise said as he and vinyl sat down in the living room

Over the Melody residence…

Octavia was curled up on the couch wearing a black bathrobe with a silver treble clef monogrammed on it. She was clutching a cup of tea in her hands as her mother sat next to her and her father, who, needless to say, was far from pleased. Octavia had since stopped crying and cleaned her face of the mascara.

“Okay, so it all started like a normal day, Mise was out with a couple of our friends, no big deal right? Well I decided I take the opportunity to show him how grateful I was for everything he’d done for me and our friends by preparing a homemade meal, ya know? Let him relax for once.” Octavia said as she felt the lump in her throat growing as she tried to stay calm

“Then what happened sweetie? Remember, just breathe in and out, and calmly speak. If you need a minute, jus t let us know.” Riveting said as she rubbed her daughter’s back as Octavia nodded softly, sniffling quietly and wiping her eyes with a tissue.

“Everything was in place, the table was set for a dinner for two, complete with fresh cut roses in the middle of the table, pair of lit candles set opposite each other on both sides of table with the lights dimmed down to suit the atmosphere, you name it, the whole 9 yards! I sat there and waited, and waited, and waited, I patiently waited for 2 hours for him to walk through that door…” Octavia said with small tears forming in her eyes as Riveting pulled her daughter into a comforting hug as Octave’s mood continued to drop as his hands were clenched, trying to keep himself from snapping.

“Eventually, he came home but by then i had already made up my mind, if he didn’t want to spend time with me and he’d rather spend his time galavanting around with his thumb up his rear, then i’d make his wish come true and just leave. And that’s exactly what I did, but not before he came back…” Octavia said with a hint of anger behind the tears that started to run down her cheeks once more.

Back in canterlot….

“I walked in the house, just like do everytime i come. I set my stuff down and called out to her, but she didn’t respond so i started to get worried that something might have happened like a break in or something, so i quickly looked around the house calling out to her but to no avail until I checked her bedroom to see if she was asleep maybe. And she was in there, but she was far from asleep.” Mise explained as Vinyl sat there, arms still crossed as she listened to Mise’s story, staying silent but kept her disapproving gaze.

“She was leaning over her bed clearly in her own little world. I tried asking her if she heard me calling her as I went to put my hand on her shoulder only for her to whip around, swat my hand away force her way past me, suitcase in hand, like she was on a mission.” Mise said as he took a sip from his drink to quench his throat as Vinyl was beginning to see where it was going but decided to let Mise finish his story.

“So anyway, when I asked her where she was going and what was going on, she told me she going to her parent’s house and when i asked her why, she snapped…” Mise said he looked down solemnly as vinyl noticed this, her facial expression softening a small bit as she waited for Mise to continue.

Over the Melody residence…

“I told him that i was sick and tired of him running off day in and day out, coming home late, not holding up his end of the relationship, i just went off on him like an emotion filled grenade...I...I just couldn’t take it anymore….I just stormed off and the rest is history” Octavia said as she started to cry a bit harder, her mother trying her best to console her while her father’s anger began to reach a boiling point.

‘When I get my hands that fucking kid, i'm gonna rip his goddamn head off and shove it up his ass...nobody does this my daughter and gets away with it…’ Octave said in his head as his knuckles were almost snow white his were clenched so hard.

“Shhhh, it's gonna be alright sweetie, it's gonna be alright. What you’re going through is normal, all relationships hit a few bumps and roadblocks, some more daunting than others, but you can’t give up, like i said on the phone, you’re more than welcome to stay here as long as you want, alright?” Riveting said as Octavia remained silent, he crying softening, as she calmly nodded and rested her head on her mother’s shoulder

“Good, now why don’t you get some sleep sweetie, we’ll talk to you in the morning alright?” Riveting said as Octavia nodded wiping her eyes and getting up off the couch. She quietly walked up the stairs and went into the guest room her mother had set up for her. She took off her robe and climbed into bed, curling up in her blanket as she softly cried herself to sleep.

Back in canterlot….

Mise and Vinyl sat in an awkward silence as he had just finished retelling the story. “After she left, I found the dinner she had set up and just broke down in one of the chairs as I eventually found my way out of the kitchen and into the living room, and here we are…” Mise said as he drank the rest of his whiskey in the glass.

Vinyl was torn between both sides of the argument, on one hand Mise was definitely at fault for constantly running off and neglecting certain things in the relationship but by the same token Octavia could have sat down and explained her feelings to Mise instead doing onto him as he did onto her.

“Well Mise...all i can say is, I hope you have a damn good plan on how to fix this and an even better one for when our friends get wind of this because i can assure you, you’re going to have nothing short of an angry mob on our doorstep before long…” Vinyl said as she got up and walked off into the darkness that enveloped the rest of the home’s interior, leaving Mise sitting there with nothing but an empty glass in his hand and his thoughts to keep him company.

A few minutes had passed by as he Mise felt his phone vibrate, he looked at the clock and saw that it was almost 5am, he wondered who would be calling him at such an ungodly hour of the night. Mise decided to answer it as he pulled out his phone as he saw it was his cousin Crown. He wondered what she could possibly want as he answered the call.

“Hello Crown, any reason you’re calling me at 5 o’clock in the morning?” Mise asked as Crown was sitting at workbench, sketching something on pad of paper with her phone wedged firmly between her shoulder and her ear.

“Yeah, I found some extra silver and some leftover yellow diamonds from a previous commission I did and was wondering if you wanted me to add it ring for Octavia.” Crown said as she continued to sketch out what looked like an engagement ring as she switched her phone to her other ear.

Mise sighed heavily as he paused for a second, thinking of what to say “Crown, normally I'd say go for it but this time i don’t think that’ll be necessary…” Mise said solemnly as Crown stopped drawing and took the phone off her shoulder and held it in her hand

“What do you mean? What's wrong? Did something happen with Octavia?” Crown asked concerned for her cousin, as Mise sighed once more. “Yes, me and her had a big fight and...well...she left, she packed her things and left…” Mise said simply as he did not feel like going over everything again for a second time.

“Oh my god! I’m so sorry! Do you think you’ll be able to fix things with her in time? I mean what about your wedding?” Crown asked as she felt her heart breaking for Mise and Octavia.

Mise paused for a second as he looked at the empty glass in his hand, swirls the few drops of whiskey around the bottom of the glass as he lift his head and leaned back in the chair.

“Crown….I’m not even sure...there’s even going to be a wedding…” Mise said as Crown nearly dropped her phone at hearing this, the two sat there on the line, neither saying anything, not that there was much to say.