Little Big Trouble
Chapter 42: Bonus Chapter 2 - Never Ending
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Scree Mo sat on the couch with his usual emotionless vibe. On his hand was a letter. Not just any letter, but it was well designed and had a ribbon on one of the corners. He flipped it over and saw what was written; it was an invitation to the wedding of his cousin Gaige and Flash.
"Huh, she's getting married," Scree Mo said with the typical bored tone he had, "I guess since she's graduated from university... But it feels like Flash is still a student... Wait why the hell are they suddenly getting married?"
Suddenly, a much older looking Rift popped behind him while holding a guitar. Scree Mo however, was unfazed by this.
"WHAT'S THIS?! YOU'RE SAYING THIS NOW?!" Rift exclaimed to his nephew, "WELL, THIS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. I ACCIDENTALLY STUCK THE TIP IN AND BOOM! GAIGE WAS MADE! AND THIS WAS WHEN MOXXI WAS STILL STUDYING IN COLLEGE! SURELY ENOUGH, TREBLE WAS OUR PROBLEM DURING THAT, BUT WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER ONE?! BUT WHEN I ASKED MOXI ABOUT IT AFTER, SHE SAID 'OFCOUSE I PLANNED FOR THIS!'."
"I think I get what you're saying now... You can stop with the gross stories about you and Aunt Moxi now..."
The eighteen year old Scree Mo sighed as he placed the letter down on the table infront of him. His hair was now cut short; mainly because he wanted to look more appealing. As he grew up, he started to forget his emo persona that he had as a child. The reason? It was because of a certain girl.
On cue, the doorbell of the house rung.
"I'll get it." Scree Mo said as he got up from the couch and headed towards the front door.
The boy opened the door to reveal a mature looking Ink Quill; having her much longer hair freed down and no longer having it as a bun. Scree Mo's eyes suddenly widened in surprise as Ink smiled to him.
"Oh! Scree Mo! Good afternoon!" Ink greeted.
"M-Miss Quill!" Scree Mo stuttered.
"I heard that Gaige is back, she mentioned it in her message," Ink explained as she took out the same invitation that Scree Mo had from her bag, "Here, since it's like that, I thought I'd drop this off in person."
Scree Mo immediately took the letter with nervousness. Ink simply giggle at this while Scree Mo started to fidget with himself.
"It's been a year since I've seen you!" Ink called out, "The last time I saw you was during my teacher training!"
Indeed, it was a year later that they would see each other again. Scree Mo decided to enter Canterlot High which was suggested by Gaige herself. It was a hustle moving to Canterlot and staying at the Mix's residence, but he was glad he chose this school.
*****
At the busy hallways of Canterlot High, Scree Mo wandered through the crowds of students in his way. He looked at the time and saw that it was nearing lunch, which explained the hunger he was feeling. However, he wasn't aimlessly wandering for no reason. His eyes soon widened as he saw the person he was looking for.
Scree Mo rushed to where the person was and stood behind her.
"Ink!" Scree Mo called out.
The purple ponytail and lilac skinned woman turned to Scree Mo immediately after being called out.
"Scree Mo! You surprised me! I didn't know you went to CHS... And who would have guessed that I'd be in your class!" Ink said in surprise.
"I think I'm the one who's more surprised..." Scree Mo chuckled silently.
"You've grown up so much! I haven't seen you since the New Year gathering we did a few years ago," Ink smiled at Scree Mo, "I didn't recognize you for a moment there! Did you cut your hair?"
Scree Mo felt his heart pounding and accelerating every second. His face also started to become fiery hot and red.
"But please, don't call me 'Ink' like you did a second ago, okay?" Ink scolded, "If you don't call me 'Miss Quill' at school, I'll be angry!"
"...Miss Quill?" Scree Mo repeated as his face turned even more red, "No, that's even better... Thank you very much."
"Hm? Well, I have things to prepare," Ink said while looking at her phone's time, "Please, take care of me for the next two months, Mister Scree Mo!"
With that said, Ink departed and disappeared. Scree Mo shrugged and continued on walking, eventually reaching the cafeteria.
After getting his lunch, Scree Mo walked towards a table with two other boys. One of the boys smirked at him and gave him a smug look.
"So... How'd it go man?" The boy asked, "...With your first love..."
"She called me 'Mister Scree Mo'." Scree Mo replied.
For Scree Mo, Ink wasn't just her cousin's friend who was five years older than him. She was someone that he admired from the moment he met her when he was younger. Something sparked within him after he met the younger Ink during that fateful New Year night.
He could still remember what had happened during that night; him sitting alone near the Wonderbolt Statue while he watched Gaige and Flash frolic, and suddenly Ink appeared before him, offering him an ice cream bar. Just from that memory, his heart started to pound.
Scree Mo placed his food tray by his side and suddenly slammed his head on the table, earning confused looks from two of his friends.
"What the hell happened? The grown up Ink is now my homeroom teacher, and has a ponytail!" Scree Mo cried, "She's perfect!"
"Ugh, you and your fetish for older women is deep," One of the boys said, "And this is the first time I've seen you show some emotion."
*****
At the usual park of Canterlot, Scree Mo and Ink enjoyed each other's companies as they walked together and admired the park beauty.
"Scree Mo, is it spring break right now?" She asked him.
"Yes." He replied with the usual emotionless tone that he had.
"Then next year you'll be graduating, right?"
"Yes... But for some reason, I'm told that I'm not the intelligent type."
"Is that so? You don't enjoy studying much, don't ya?" Ink giggled, "But that's alright. If you work hard now, you can be big in the future! Everything is up to you!"
"...Look, sorry about today."
"Hm?"
"You came all the way here but my cousin wasn't home."
"It's okay. I mean, she's having a rough time with everything leading up to the wedding, right?"
"I actually thought my cousin and Flash would just be put into the family register and that a wedding ceremony wouldn't take place. But apparently, when they went over to greet Flash's father, he said 'Who cares about the family register, make sure you have a ceremony with 500 people'," Scree Mo explained, "Then got into an agrument, and in the end, I heard all the expenses were to be taken by him."
"Weddings sure are a big deal..." Ink sighed, "But, it must be nice to have a wedding. I heard that Sunset and Soul are gong to have one soon... Weddings are something all girls want to be a bride."
"Isn't that too soon?"
"Huh? Really? I guess from a highschooler's point of view..."
"I think it's too soon."
From the conversation they were having, Scree Mo thought of something and leaned to Ink.
"Do you have... Someone?" Scree Mo asked.
Ink's face immediately turned red and her whole expression turned to shock.
"W-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" Ink exclaimed in embarrassment, "And you have a habit of being too close to people's faces! I don't think that's a good thing!"
"Hm? It's only because I looked up to your and my cousin's face like this," Scree Mo explained with a calm tone, "But now, I can't see your face if I don't stoop over.
*****
"Uh, what are you doing here?" Scree Mo asked.
"Whoa! You scared me!" Ink exclaimed in surprise.
"Wait, are you eating lunch?"
"Yup... I missed my lunch break."
Infront of the school, Ink sat on the stairway while eating her packed lunch. Scree Mo, who was behind and leaning to her, sat down beside her.
"I'm guessing it's your vacant period right?" Ink spoke out, "Oh, and I heard that you joined the music club. That's youth for you. Do your best!"
Just from those words, he felt like Ink was still treating him like a child. Ink didn't know that when she is side by side with Scree Mo like this... The boy felt he was the one bigger.
"You know, I used to do this back in highschool... Sitting alone here at the exact same spot," Ink remembered, "But then Gaige called me."
"My cousin?" Scree Mo wondered.
"Yup. I used to pester her with questions for my novel. She must have gotten used to me and started seeing me as a friend," Ink explained, "You know, I really admired her and Flash. I thought it was nice that they were able to frankly say how they felt."
"Is that so?"
"Hehehe, I don't know if it's good to just say whatever you think of, but it's courageous to say what you feel," Ink continued, "I might have tried my best during the time I was at highschool, that's why I see so many various things in such a good light."
"I think you're doing your best right now too," Scree Mo interrupted, "People like you, who are gentle, always say the things that need to be said."
Ink smiled at Scree Mo.
"Did Gaige teach you how to be this person I'm looking right now?" Ink smiled, "You really are Gaige's cousin."
Scree Mo felt a thump in his chest. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't reach Ink. Scree Mo liked her. But, it's been five years, and he finally caught up. She was within his reach.
"All right, I have to go now," Ink said as she stood up, "You have a club to attend to, right? Make sure you're not la-WAAAAH!"
Ink's heels missed a stair and she began to fall. On reflex, Scree Mo caught her by the hand, saving her from minor injuries.
"Oh dear! Sorry! I was preaching like some big-"
"Wait. Miss Quill, did you have a ring yesterday?" Scree Mo interrupted Ink.
Indeed, Ink was wearing a ring on her finger. Scree Mo raised her hand close to his face and began to examine the ring. It had a purple gem on the center, no doubt it was an engagement ring. The boy felt his chest beginning to become heavy.
"Oh? Nope, I got it yesterday." Ink replied.
"...From your boyfriend?!" Scree Mo said in disbelief.
"Yeah... We've been going out since highschool," Ink said as her face turned red, "Look, I'm really late. I need to go."
With that said, Ink rushed towards the entrance and disappeared from Scree Mo's sight. Just like that, his short bonus stage was over. That night for the first time in his life, Scree Mo felt sadness. He spent the whole night rolling around on his bed crying and whining to himself. He came to the realization that even though five years had passed, he forgot that they've passed for Ink as well. With that said, he felt that he could never catch up to her.
*****
Ink and Scree Mo simply stood in silence as they looked at each other. Ink started to question what the boy's intentions and feelings were just from looking at his worldly look.
"You seem a bit different..." Ink said nervously.
"Is that so?" Scree Mo asked in surprise.
"You were such an honest and quiet kid back then. Are you going through some kind of problem now?"
"...I'm not a kid anymore... And you're not my teacher either."
"Oh... That's right... Sor-"
Suddenly, Scree Mo lunged unto Ink and locked her in a tight embrace, much to her surprise. She felt Scree Mo tremble, and soon heard sniffling.
"But if you want, I can always be that honest and quiet kid," Scree Mo said silently, "If that's your type, then I'll work hard to become that."
Scree Mo pulled out from the embrace, revealing a reddened look on his face. The look of worry he had shocked Ink herself, resulting to her also blushing.
"No matter what I do, I can't catch up to you," Scree Mo cried, "But I'll just keep chasing you forever! I didn't have the courage to say this when you were a teacher but, Ink, I like you."
With that said, Scree Mo immediately left without saying a word, leaving Ink dumbfounded and alone at the park. Time continued to elapse, for Scree Mo and for everyone, at the same time. No matter how much Scree Mo tried, he could never reach Ink.
The day of the wedding came. The ceremony was held at the local church. Multiple guests were getting settled inside the church, including relatives and friends. Three particular friends, the now grown up Sunset, Soul and Hazel, were sitting at the second row seats trying to calm down the nervous shipper.
"GAIGIE AND MY PLEDGE OF BEST FRIENDSHIP...." Hazel grumbled to herself.
"You're still doing that? That's why you need cue cards." Sunset said to calm Hazel.
"PLEASE DON'T TALK TO ME RIGHT NOW. I MIGHT FORGET SOMETHING!"
"Have you guys seen Gaige or Flash? I wanna see them all dressed up." Soul asked.
"SOUL SHUT UP! I CAN'T HANDLE NERVOUSNESS AND SHIPPING ALL AT ONCE!" Hazel scolded.
"Okay jeez, calm down- Wait, is that Minitrap as a bridesmaid?"
Meanwhile, Scree Mo, who was holding a cupcake, made his way through the crowds and headed to the bride's dressing room. As he opened the door to the room, he saw his cousins Gaige and Treble infront of a mirror. Treble was busy fixing Gaige's hair while the latter impatiently waited.
"Dude, hurry up and lets get this wedding over with!" Gaige exclaimed, "Man this is embarrassing!"
"Blame the author for putting you into this mess!" Treble laughed, "Besides, this isn't the first time you've been put in a dress!"
"Just get it over with." Gaige groaned.
Just as the two argued, Gaige noticed her favorite cousin's presence in the room, making her smile.
"Here you go, I bought the cupcake you wanted." Scree Mo said as he gave the cupcake to Gaige.
"Awww, thanks Scree. I was starving because of SOME stupid brother taking so long to do my hair!" Gaige said sarcastically while Treble simply chuckled.
"There's so many old men I don't know out there. There was a guy with Ink who was preaching about how deep your love is."
"That's probably Arte- Artifex. Yeah. Artifex," Gaige said as she took a bite of the cupcake, "Look, the wedding ceremony's not for the bride's sake. Everyone f*cking ignored the fat that I wanted a very modest wedding BUT NOOOOO! Brad's dad wanted an extravagant one!"
"Is that so? It must be troublesome..." Scree Mo sighed, "Also, Uncle Rift and Flash's dad are having a fight again."
"Nah leave them be, dad's probably gonna win anyway," Gaige laughed, "Speaking of Flash, Treble can you go fetch him? We're gonna start the ceremony."
With that said, Treble simply nodded and headed to where Flash was while Gaige headed to where the ceremony was suppose to start. Treble arrived at another room of the church. Before he could enter, he took a deep breath and kicked the door down.
"HERE'S TREBBY!" Treble shouted, "YO BRAD! WE STILL HAVE TIME! YOU CAN STILL RUN AWAY WITH ME!"
The room was dark, not a single light except the sunlight coming from the windows shined. At a window, Flash stood motionless as he watched the outdoors.
Flash did not respond nor move, almost as if he was stiff as a statue. He simply stood silently. Treble raised a brow and approached Flash, revealing a nervous look on his face.
"WHOA, you look like you just saw Susan Boyle naked. What's wrong?" Treble asked, "You having a stomach ache or something?
"...I just saw Gaige in her wedding dress..." Flash said in a silent and nervous tone, "She looks like an a-a-angel!"
"AWWW FLASH! So it's because you're happy right? You scumbag!" Treble exclaimed as he began to punch Flash.
"Stop it! You're ruining the tux!" Flash complained, "But seriously though, I never thought I'd make it this far!"
"I told you didn't I? My sis had been waiting the whole time for you to pop the question," Treble replied, "And what happened? She immediately said yes and you had wonderful sex all night long!"
Flash took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. He pounded his chest twice and let out a confident smile. Treble too let out a smile and gave Flash a thumbs up.
"Look, I'm glad you're the one she met... And not some guy who just wants her for the money we have. Besides, if it weren't for you, she would have made a robot boyfriend if you ask me," Treble laughed, "She's waiting for you, don't let her wait or she'll take you to suplex city."
"Thanks Treble, I appreciate your support." He said as he headed towards the door.
However, Flash stopped and turned to Treble once more. He rubbed the back of his head and gave him half a smile.
"I'm sorry for taking your sister away." Flash apologized.
Treble simply smiled as walked up to Flash and patted him on the shoulder.
"I love my sister. I really do... So please, take care of her," Treble said to Flash, "Now go out there and make my sister the happiest Asian alive!"
Flash stood alone at the altar as he awaited for her bride to arrive. He sucked up all his nervousness and waited patiently. Even the guests (More importantly Hazel and Neon, who wanted to see Gaige in the dress) became restless just from waiting.
The church band started to play; which cued the arrival of the bride. The doors of the church opened, and revealed the woman that Flash had been waiting for; Gaige. Accompanying her to the altar was Treble, who was hiding his snickering and tried to avoid bursting into laughter. Gaige quickly elbowed her brother to stop him.
"Ow, what was that for?" Treble whispered to his sister.
"Save the roasting later," Gaige replied, maintaining a proper expression and not letting irritation get to her, "This is embarrassing, I know."
Indeed it was, but she was happy. She was happy because of the boy waiting at the altar. The boy who changed her life forever.
The bride arrived at the altar and stood next to Flash, who had his heart pounding from excitement and was mesmerized by Gaige's beauty in her dress. On the other hand, instead of going to his seat with the rest of the guests, Treble put on some priests clothing and stood infront of Flash and Gaige.
"Now... The couple will say their vows to each other." Treble exclaimed.
"WAIT, Treble's a priest?!" Soul said from the crowd.
"It's one of his sidejobs..." Vinyl sighed, who was behind Soul.
"Dear sister, do you take Flash Sentry to be your husband, to have and hold for all the days of your life?" Treble asked with a smirk.
"I do." Gaige smiled.
"And do you, Flash-"
"I DO!" Flash exclaimed in excitement, interrupting Treble.
"THAT WAS QUICK." Everyone in the church said in unison.
"Well then, you may now pucker up!" Treble proclaimed.
With that said, Flash and Gaige faced each other. Flash lifted up his bride's veil, revealing the girl he fell inlove with. Upon seeing Gaige's beauty in close range, Flash became extremely nervous once more, which Gaige noticed easily and began to giggle.
"Dude, you haven't changed a bit." Gaige laughed.
"What? There's like fifty people watching right now!" Flash complained.
"Oh so kissing me when we were still friends wasn't weird enough?!"
"Fine, come here!"
The entire church applauded for the newly wed. As Scree Mo watched his cousin and Flash argue about the latter's sudden kiss, he felt a fluttering feeling just from seeing the kiss happen.
Soon, Flash carried Gaige in a bridal position and headed out while the guests followed. The couple was soon greeted by their friends, with Hazel rushing towards her crying, Neon giving Gaige a kiss on the hand, Treble sidelining as a photographer and Ink applauding them.
As she applauded, Ink noticed Scree Mo watching her from a distance. Instead of looking away, Ink smiled at him, and for the first time, Scree Mo smiled back.
Back at the Mix's residence, Scree Mo sat alone at the front door as he awaited for the reception to start. The door soon opened and out came Ink.
"That was a nice ceremony!" She said to Scree Mo.
"Miss Quill?"
"The reception is starting soon, you're not coming inside?"
"I'm coming in now." Scree Mo said as he stood up.
As Scree Mo patted his buttocks, the two went silent. Ink began to fidget with both of her fingers as she wore an uneasy look.
"Today... I'm sorry... I've been avoiding you since then." Ink apologized.
"Yeah, since then I figured you were avoiding me." Scree Mo sighed.
"But... When I saw Flash and Gaige on such a fantastic day... I would hate to be awkward," Ink explained, "By the way, HEY! I'm way older than you and you're still a high schooler!"
"That day, when I saw your engagement ring... I decided to give up..." Scree Mo sighed.
Ink patted Scree Mo on the shoulder.
"Maybe it's for the best. You're a good boy but it's impossible for us to be together. You're young and I'm old who has a fiance," Ink explained, "But I'm really sorry, even if we started dating, to me you're still the grade schooler I met a few years back!"
"Kid treatment!" Scree Mo said in shock.
"But seriously, I really can't. I love my fiance, and that's something that anyone can't change. Maybe your first love dies today, but I think someone out there is waiting for you. You may not feel the love today, but someday you will."
"I know... That's why I'm going to try my best from now on," Scree Mo proclaimed as he held Ink by the hand, "So please, be my inspiration!"
"Wait a moment! Oh jeez," Ink stuttered while her face turned red, "I thought you were a shy kind of person!"
"...I'm quite the forward type."
Indeed, he did not get the girl, but Scree Mo raised his chin up to fight another day. Just from his moments with Ink, he discovered how to love and express who he really is. No longer the emotionless boy he was before, he was grateful for all the time and Ink's presence in his life; for she had changed his well being.
Next Chapter: Omake 6 - Past Time Estimated time remaining: 51 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
I don't know. Honestly I didn't have the desire to continue on so yeah... Ended abruptly I guess. Hey, atleast the wedding happend, right?
...BUT THERE'S MORE! Omake chapter coming out tomorrow!
And now for the multicultural:
The first thing I want to be done is to get that piece of crap out of my ring. Don't just get him out of the ring, get him out of the WWF, because I proved, son, without a shadow of a doubt, that you ain't got what it takes anymore! You sit there, and you thump your Bible, and you say your prayers, and it didn't get you anywhere. Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16 - AUSTIN 3:16 SAYS I JUST WHIPPED YOUR ASS! All he's gotta do is go buy him a cheap bottle of Thunderbird and try to get back some of that courage he had in his prime. As the King of the Ring, I'm servin' notice to every one of the 'WWF superstars.' I don't give a damn what they are, they're all on the list, and that's Stone Cold's list, and I'm fixin' to start runnin' through all of them. As far as this championship match is considered, son, I don't give a damn if it's Davey Boy Smith or Shawn Michaels. Steve Austin's time has come, and when I get the shot, you're lookin' at the next WWF Champion, and that's the bottom line because Stone Cold said so!