The moon hung high in the sky, basking it’s light over the town of Ponyville. In a small, downtown apartment, two figures lay next to each other, attempting to fall asleep. However, that was not in the equation and they were left staring at the ceiling, instead.

“Hey, Spike. It was pretty cool for you to use all the money you saved up to get us our own place like this.”

“Yeah, it was worth it. I mean, the castle was nice, but you know, you’re pretty nice, too, Vinyl.”

“Thanks, Spike,” Vinyl responded. “Pretty glad we’re together now. Life seems less, you know, complex. It makes sense, now.”

“True that,” Spike replied. “And, I’m not gonna lie, it’s kind of nice being away from Twilight. I mean, I love her to no end, but things could get pretty… tedious. To say the least.”

“Yeah, I can imagine,” Vinyl said with a chuckle. “Living with Octavia was no picnic either. I’m gonna miss having her around.”

“But Vinyl, we live right next door to her,” Spike said. “You can visit her whenever you want to.”

“Oh, yeah. Okay, I guess I won’t miss her that much.” Vinyl chuckled and grabbed a hold of Spike’s claw. “And I guess you were a pretty good trade off anyway..”

“Thanks, Vinyl,” Spike said, gripping her hoof. “So, it’s like three in the morning. Why can’t you sleep?”

“I dunno, too much excitement recently.” Vinyl said. “What about you, Spike?”

“Too much nonsense in my head. A lot of questions that need to get answered.” Spike let out a sigh.

“Yeah, totally. Like, when’s our next gig going to be? How much money do we need to make.”

“How long is it going to be before Twilight starts barging in on us?”

“What’s our excuse if she barges in at an awkward moment?”

“So many questions…”

The two let an air of silence overtake the room while they just enjoyed the feel of the other’s body pressed up against them.

“Hey, Spike?” Vinyl asked, breaking her view of the ceiling to look at her partner. “I have a pretty important question.”

“What might that be?” Spike said, returning her gaze.

“What’s gonorrhea? I heard someone mention it and I’m not sure what it is. Must have fell asleep during that part of health class.”

“Gonorrhea?” Spike asked.. “Oh yeah, sure, I know what that is.”

“Okay, what is it?” She asked.

Spike immediately searched through his mind to find an answer. Any answer. Unfortunately, he must have not paid attention, either. Time to use an educated guess…

“Well, Vinyl, that’s an easy one.” Spike cleared his throat and readied his answer. “It’s diarrhea that’s gone. Diarrhea that has left.”

Vinyl blinked a few time. “Hmm… seems legit. Thanks, Spike.”

“No problem, Vinyl. Good night.”

Vinyl cuddled up against Spike and pulled the covers over them. “Good night, Spike.”

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