'Maybe that's how I feel about her...' Midnight thought once he recovered from his desperate stammer spree. It was kinda Vinyl's fault, a tank top dosn't really cover up everything as well, especially after the night of tossing and turning Vinyl must have had. While nothing TOO revealing was shown, a lot more than what was needed did.

"This is really good." Vinyl said happily as she ate away.

"I know, you said that already." Midnight said, beginning on his own omelet.

"Well, it's just that good." Vinyl said through another mouthful of egg.

Midnight swallowed and sighed. "Seriously Vinyl, don't talk with your mouth full." Midnight said, earning another glare from Vinyl.

"It didn't seem to stop you from staring at my boobs." Vinyl said with a wicked grin that went from ear to ear. Midnight blushed furiously again and went to eating his breakfast again, if only to keep Vinyl from pursuing that topic. His efforts were in vain, he sighed as Vinyl began talking about it again. "Seriously, what's up with you doing that?" Vinyl asked. Midnight (eventually) looked up from his breakfast and saw Vinyl had a mix of seriousness and playfulness on her face.

'How the HELL do I answer that?!' Midnight thought as he chewed, staring into Vinyl’s deep red eyes as she tapped her foot impatiently. 'Alright, she is not gunna let this drop... think, damnit, THINK!' Midnight painfully swallowed his food before slowly responding, “Well... I'm a guy..."

"And I'm a girl. Your point?" Vinyl said, same mix of business/play in her voice.

"And... we have hormones..." Midnight said awkwardly. Vinyl didn't say anything, simply raised an eyebrow with his infuriating mix of business/play. "And... well..." Midnight noticed his gaze had slowly been drifting down to her chest as he struggled to speak. He snapped his eyes back up to see a grinning Vinyl, a haunting sight indeed. "Damnit, Vinyl! You can't wear stuff like that! It's too... distracting." Midnight finally spit out after a while.

Vinyl's grin only grew, “And why is that?" she said in an innocent voice and clichéd eyelash batting.

'Damnit, Vinyl...' Midnight thought. "Because..." Midnight struggled to find the right words as Vinyl's grin defied physics and grew with each passing second.

"Because why, Nighty?" Vinyl said in the same innocent voice.

"BECAUSE YOU'RE SMOKING HOT!!!" Midnight yelled, startling Vinyl and causing her grin to disappear. Midnight took a few deep breaths before the full weight of his outburst hit him. He seemed to have scared Vinyl with his yell, she shrunk into her seat and began eating her breakfast quietly. "Vinyl, I'm so sorry. You just pressed it on, and you’re so beautiful, and..." Midnight said, feeling ashamed for snapping at her like he did. "I'm sorry..." Midnight said, lowering his head and feeling a few tears go down his cheek.

"... You really think so?" Vinyl asked after a while, looking up from her breakfast with sad yet hopeful eyes. Midnight raised his gaze to hers, but still didn't respond. "Do you really think I'm beautiful?" Vinyl repeated.

"... Yes." Midnight simply said. He did. He had for a while now. Everything seemed... different about her. Not a bad different, but a welcome different. Her hair caught his gaze a little more, her eyes held more beauty every day, her curves distracted him more and more, her skin felt warmer and softer when she touched him. While he already knew he felt safe around her, it changed as well. Granted, the last time they saw each other they were fourteen, he felt it when he was thirteen and as time passed, it grew.

"Thank you. No one's ever said that about me." Vinyl said with a warm smile and small blush. Midnight was surprised that she didn't get upset with him and also because of what she said.

"Really?" Midnight asked, incredulous that no one had.

"Well, no one that mattered likes you." Vinyl said with another warm smile.

Midnight smiled to, “Of course baby sis." Vinyl stood up and hugged Midnight. Midnight stood up as well, fully wrapping her in the hug.

'I wish you would think of me as more...' Vinyl thought sadly.

***

Midnight gave a soft knock on the oak door that lead to Golden Oaks Library. While Vinyl did some much needed shopping for food, Midnight decided to get his story straight with Twilight. She must be worried sick about him, he was gone all night after all. Spike opened the door while holding a large pile of what looked like fabric. "Hey Spike. Rarity is here, huh?" Midnight asked with a dead tone.

"How'd you know?" Spike asked as he turned to get a better view of Midnight.

"Lucky guess. Twi here?" Midnight asked.

"Yeah, she and Rarity are upstairs." Spike said, turning off to help the designer in some way.

Midnight closed the door as he entered and made his way upstairs. As Midnight walked to Twilight's bedroom, he could hear Rarity go on and on over the smallest details of the dress he was sure she was making for her. Midnight opened the door and knocked on it was he walked in, Rarity taking Twilight's measurements for the fabric. "Hey Twi, hey Rares." Midnight said with a smile as he entered. Suddenly he was on his back and his everything hurt. Taking a moment to look at what happened, he saw that Twilight had seemingly defied physics and flew across the room at him and tackled Midnight in a killer bear hug. "Nice... to see you... too." Midnight huffed out from a mix of having the wind knocked out of him and the constricting of Twilight's hug.

"Midnight! You had me so worried! Where were you last night?! I'm so sorry that I left without you! Please don't be mad! Please don't hate me!" Twilight yelled quickly only the way a panicking Twilight could. Midnight mumbled his response, unable to speak as of right now.

"Twilight, dear, you're crushing him!" Rarity interjected, causing Twilight to quickly release her grip and stand back up. Midnight sucked down a sharp breath and coughed a few times while doubling over on his side. After a moment, and Twilight and Rarity lifting him up and placing him in a chair, Midnight was able to speak once more.

"It's okay Twi, I don't hate you. As to why I wasn't here last night, I crashed at Vinyl's apartment. I was fine. And that's, uh, why I'm here, actually." Midnight said with a small amount of awkward.

"Um, who's Vinyl dear?" Rarity asked with her head cocked to one side, perfect purple curls bouncing slightly.

"She's my best friend in the whole world. You might know her as DJ-PON3." Midnight said with a small smile at the thought of Vinyl.

"Really? How do you know her? And why have we never been introduced?" Rarity asked, sitting down next to Twilight on her bed.

"Yeah, and that's a long story for another time." Midnight said. "Anyhow, Twi, I'm moving out." Midnight said facing her.

Twilight's eyes went wide in a mixture of shock and worry. "What? Why?" Twilight asked quickly.

"Well, when Vinyl and I woke up this morning, we talked a bit and she said it would be awesome if she could have someone to help with the rent. Also, it's been little over four years since I saw her last, so I thought it would be a good idea." Midnight explained. Twilight calmed down upon hearing how it wasn't her fault but still wilted slightly.

"Oh. Well, that's okay, I guess. Do you need any help?" Twilight asked. "

Naw, its fine Twi. I don't need to bother you and Rares anymore than I have. Not to pry, but... what are you working on?" Midnight asked, eyeing the multi-colored pile of clothing items that looked like a drunken rainbow had fallen down from the sky.

"I have the answer for that dear!" Rarity said as she jumped up and almost ran for her bag across the room. She pulled out a draw pad and flipped a few pages in and turned it to show Midnight. It was a mannequin person wearing the most incredible dress Midnight had ever seen. It was designed after an old ballroom dress with bright, vibrant colors running in lightning streaks down past the waist, a thin strip of cloud wrapping around. It was cyan blue from the waist up and strapless, rainbow hair drawn on the mannequin. It was simple, yet breathtakingly beautiful.

"Wow... Rarity, this is incredible!" Midnight said, not looking away from the drawing.

"Thank you very much darling! I just thought it up a few days ago and decided to make it for Dashie! Don't tell her, though. You know, her birthday is coming up." Rarity explained.

Midnight nodded and looked up to Rarity. "Sure thing Rares. My lips are sealed." Midnight said running two fingers over his lips and throwing away the "zipper". Rarity smiled before strutting over to her bag to replace the draw pad. "Wait, why aren’t you in the Carousel Boutique? Isn't that where you, y'know, work?" Midnight asked.

Rarity looked at him as though a child had asked an obvious question. "Well, it's a secret present. We don't want Dashie finding out about it." Rarity said, taking Twilight's measurements again.

"And why are you measuring Twi?" Midnight asked, rising from his seat.

"Her and Dashie have the same measurements, or are close to the same. It's not like I can take Rainbow's measurements again to double check. She would know something is afoot." Rarity explained, stretching the tape down the length of Twilight's leg.

"Right. Well, I'm gunna go get my stuff. Thanks for letting me stay her for... uh, right. Thanks Twi, see ya later Rares." Midnight said before turning out the door for the guest room. Midnight opened the door and flicked on the lights. The room was more or less the same as when he left last night, not that Midnight was surprised or anything. He got out his three bags from the closet and began to fill them with clothing. Midnight remembered that he hadn't showered or so much as changed and decided that it would be a good idea to do so before he left. He set aside a change of clothes and resumed packing. It didn't take long, just a meager amount of clothes and a few personal possessions. Once he was done, he walked back to Twilight's bedroom, sticking his head in. "Hey Twi, can I use your shower?" Midnight asked, eyes catching on Twilight's half naked figure.

A deep blush flared in her cheeks as Rarity continued to grab tandem pieces of fabric and hold them up to Twilight. "Uh, y-yeah. Feel free to do so." Twilight said with a sheepish smile and deepening blush.

"Don't get too excited Nighty. I'm just making sure the colors match well with the skin tone. Run along to you shower." Rarity said holding first an orange and then a blue in front of Twilight.

Midnight closed his eyes, "Uh, yeah, right. I'll uh... sorry Twi." he said awkwardly before turning to walk down the hall.

"I-It's okay, Midnight!" Twilight called after him.

Midnight grabbed his toiletries and made his way for the bathroom. 'First Vinyl is nearly naked and now Twilight? What is wrong with these girls...' Midnight thought to himself as he closed the bathroom door.

***

Feeling much better after his shower and change of clothes, Midnight gathered his bags and made his way for the door. "Wait!" Twilight called after him before he opened the door. Midnight turned and set his bags down as Twilight (now fully clothed) walked up to him.

"Whatcha need, Twi?" Midnight asked.

Twilight gave him another massive hug before responding. "It was great to see you again Midnight." Twilight said.

"It was great to see you too. I'll still be in town, y'know." Midnight said.

Twilight stepped back. "Yeah, well, a crisis seems to pop up here every week, so my schedule is very messed up." Twilight said.

Midnight laughed, "Yeah, that's what I've gathered from your friendship reports. Does all that stuff really happen?"

Spike huffed as he walked by, a large pile of books in his arms this time. "You have no idea..." Spike mumbled.

Twilight shot Spike a look before turning back to Swift. "Anyway, I'll see you around, okay?" Twilight said.

"Sure thing Twi." Midnight said with a smile before he picked his bags back up and used his magic to open the door, enveloping it in a dark midnight blue (Pun intended). Midnight began the journey back to Vinyl's- well, Vinyl and his- apartment with his bags in tow. 'Wonder how Vinyl's shopping is going.' Midnight thought idly as he walked down the street in the direction of the apartment.

"Fancy seeing you here." Midnight heard from behind him and turned to see Vinyl following close behind with several bags and her customary grin.

'Well I'll be damned.' Midnight thought as he smiled.

10 Minutes Earlier

Vinyl huffed as she hauled the bags around the market square. She knew she didn't really have a lot of food at the apartment, but sweet Celestia these bags were heavy. 'He better need all of this.' Vinyl thought as she walked up to an apple stand with a cowgirl standing behind the counter, adjusting her stetson on her blond hair and looking all-around board. She perked up as Vinyl walked to the stand and put on a warm smile.

"Howdy there Sugercube! How can Ah help ya?" She asked in a southern accent. Vinyl dropped her bags with as much force as she could without harming any of their contents.

"Yeah, can I get ten apples?" Vinyl asked, retrieving her wallet.

"Sure thing, that'll be 7 bits." She said, gathering ten apples from the surrounding bins. Vinyl placed the golden coins on the counter and placed the apples in her bags. "Sure are alotta bags ya got there." The apple vendor said nonchalantly as she counted the money.

Vinyl sighed, "Yeah, my friend is moving in with me. He's a bit of a cook and wants more ingredients to cook with." Vinyl said, placing the last of the apples in one of the many bags.

"Oh, got a thing for chefs, huh?" The farm girl said with a small smile.

Vinyl looked up at her. "No, I... I mean he... ugh." Vinyl stammered looking down.

"Simmer down Sally. It's just a lil' joke." She said with a small chuckle. "

Well... I kinda do like him... I just don't know how to tell him." Vinyl said looking back up to her.

"Well, taint none of mah business, but Ah would just tell him." She said. Vinyl thought it over. It DID seem like a good idea to just let it off her chest and tell him, but what if he didn't feel the same way about her? Vinyl decided to sleep on it, gathering up her bags to begin the trip home.

"Thanks for your help miss..." Vinyl prompted.

The apple vendor adjusted her stetson before responding, “Applejack. Hope Ah helped."

Vinyl smiled and extended a hand. "Vinyl Scratch. I'll see ya later." Vinyl said while shaking Applejack's hand.

Applejack gave a warm smile. "Ah hope it works out between ya'll!" She called out as Vinyl began walking back for the apartment.

'Maybe... nah, I'll ask him tomorrow.' Vinyl thought as she hauled the ridiculously heavy bags down the street. Walking just ahead of her she could tell Midnight's blue hair as he hauled his bags to the apartment. 'That's convinet.' Vinyl thought to herself as she walked faster.

The Apartment

"Wow, I'm glad I bought all that crap for you now." Vinyl said, reclining into her chair.

Midnight chuckled as he leaned back into his own chair. "I told you, I'm a damn good chef."

Vinyl stretched and slowly rose. "As good as that was, I'm beat from carrying all that. I'm gunna go to bed." Vinyl said, making her way down the hall.

"I might just crash too, I'm plain tired." Midnight called after her.

"Fine, give me a minute to change, 'kay?" Vinyl called from her bedroom.

"Sure thing baby sis." Midnight replied over the sound of water turning on.

'He must be doing the dishes.' Vinyl thought to herself as she picked out a tank top and short shorts to wear to bed.

A few minutes after Vinyl had climbed in, she felt the mattress depress and arms wrap around her. "Y'know, at first I thought moving in would be kinda weird." Midnight said as Vinyl placed her hands on his arms. "But now, I wouldn't have it any other way." Midnight said as he tightened his embrace.

"Goodnight Nighty." Vinyl whispered.

Midnight yawned, “Night baby sis."

Vinyl frowned as he said that. 'Hopefully... hopefully you feel the same as me...' Vinyl thought before sleep claimed her mind. But this would be a night neither would forget. Not for a long time.