Saturday, Maretropolis

Roden lay on his bed, his legs crossed and his arms behind his head while he listened to his black headphones, his eyes closed as he gently bobbed his head to the beat. With no plans made for the weekend and an entire appartment to himself, which he owned as his mother lived in a mansion outside the city, he decided that he'd just relax for awhile. His clients that were supposed to attend sessions during the weekend had cancelled to spend the Easter weekend with their families, even the ones from correctional facilities and prisons were spending so,e time with their loved ones, under strict watch of course by those that would see their families the next day.

While he was listening to his music he was ignoring Zanny and Zerlindas latest controversial topic. "So why do these women act like complete idiots?" Of course, it was feminism.

"Probably some way of feeling superior or something, it's just stupid if you think about it. Just know the difference between gender equality and feminism sis if you ever decide to get involved."

"How can I get involved? We're both ghosts inside our brothers mind and we can't do anything but talk to him and each other."

"Fair point."

"Why do we even talk about this stuff?"

"I don't know, the writer is probably trying to make a joke or something and is failing." Hey, can't blame a guy for trying. There is literally no reason for their conversations, it's just there for the sake of sheer randomness.

As Roden took off his headphones he heard his doorbell ring out through the black and green apartment. "Strange, I wasn't expecting any visitors today?"

"Oh! Maybe it's pizza!"

"We didn't order any pizza, and you and I can't eat it anyway."

"Hey, a girl can dream."

"Anyway, you should go see who it is Roden."

Roden threw his legs over the side of the huge bed and began walking into the hallway, hearing the bell ring again. "Just a second!" He called out before reaching the large double doors at the entrance to the appartment. Opening one of the doors slightly he smiled as he saw who was standing there. "Aunt Luna, cousin Cadenza what a pleasant surpr-"

He was cut off as Luna grabbed him and brought him into a hug, putting him in the same situation he was in when Celestia had hugged him. Cadence just giggled at her aunts actions with her younger cousin. "Oh Roden, it's so good to see you again, it has been far too long since our last meeting together!" The blue skinned woman exclaimed as she held her nephew close in a loving embrace.

"I missed you too auntie." Roden responded in a muffled voice before Luma released her grip on him and his face was pulled away from her chest with a loud pop.

"Hello again Roden, it's so good to see you." Cadence brought him into a loving embrace, without him being in an awkward situation this time, although a part of her wanted to see his reaction of one of his cousins were to do it.

"It's lovely to see you too Cadenza, how are you and Shinning Armour faring these days?" Roden asked in a welcoming voice. Out of all of his cousins, he was closest to Cadence, as she was one of the main reasons he was able to recover from...a certain incident that will become relevant later.

"Well..." Cadence looked away slightly before holding up her hand with an engagement ring on one of her fingers. "We're getting married!"

Roden just smiled brightly and brought her into another hug. "That's fantastic news, I am so happy for you two. You certainly seem happy about it."

"Of course I'm excited about it, I'm getting married!" Cadence suddenly let go of Roden and her smile faltered. "I'm...getting married." Soon she began to shake as realisation hit her. "I'm getting married..."

"Oh no, she's getting nervous." Luna stated. She would have went over to comfort her niece, but she wasn't about to get in the way of Foden who was able to handle these kinds of situations far better than she could.

Roden held out his hands and held Cadences in a comforting hold as she began to hyperventilate. "Candy, Candy calm down. Shhhhhhh, look at me." The shaking Cadence looked at him with worried eyes. "Contain, the calamity, that is your mammaries."

"Did you just tell our nerve wrecked cousin to 'calm her tits'?"

"It's moments like these that make me happy to be a voice in your head bro."

"You're ok, don't be nervous about it. You should be happy, you're going to be very happy with Shining Armour, I promise you that. Yes, it is a scary thought, making such a big commitment, but I know that you two are made for each other, you're the modern day example of a fairytale couple, something that people spend their whole lives searching for. There is nothing to worry about Cadenza. You're going to be alright." Roden said in a calm, soothing tone while rubbing his cousins shoulders slowly. "Breathe, take a step back, and breathe."

Cadence did as she was told and began to breathe in and out slowly, Roden messaging her shoulders while looking into her eyes with a great deal of care, having dealt with his fair share of panic attacks. "S-Sorry...I-"

"It's ok Mi Amore, it just took you awhile to register the complete idea of marriage, it's completely understandable, all those thoughts coming to you at once, it's scary. It's ok, it's completely natural."

"This went from zero to a hundred really fast..."

"Come on, I'll make us some tea and then we can catch up." Roden held Cadences hand and led her into the apartment with Luna in tow who was shaking her head and chuckling.

"Whoever the girl is that ends up with Roden will be a very lucky woman indeed."

Author's Notes:

Well, that happened. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and that it was somewhat funny.

Little bit of info, Roden is actually 19 years old and is actually of German and English blood, in fact his family is a large mix of different bloods, but Rodens main bloods are German and English, with a little bit of Russian and Irish thrown in there too, just something I thought would be interesting.