Chapter Three

-Vinyl's Apartment, Next Morning-

Vinyl slowly opened her eyes, and let out a low yawn before stretching out her limbs. When the mare sat up, her blanket sliding off, the events of the previous night came flying back to her all at once. A smile crept on to her face, she trotted over to the nearby dresser. "Talk about luck!" Vinyl said, to herself, eyeing how she looked and fixed her mane a bit, giving it a smooth down look.

The mare continued to smirk, even when she walked out of her room. There was a rather handsome, and sexy she might add, stallion at her apartment! Granted, he was some armored bipedal creature that nearly killed somepony… But he was doing it because they hurt her, and insulted her music (she wasn't sure about the second one). Not to mention, he was one rocking musician.

Vinyl did lose her trademark sunglasses, which meant a lot to her… But she gained quite the-? "W-Where did he go?" Vinyl said, looking at the empty couch, where she had left Sonic Wave, after they got in last night. The mare began to search around the place, but couldn't find him anywhere. She was about to start searching outside, when Vinyl suddenly heard beats coming from her personal studio room.

The door was closed, like she had left it yesterday, but somepony was playing music inside the studio itself. With a raised brow, she used her magic to slowly, and quietly, open the door before taking a peek inside. To her relief, she saw Sonic Wave at the stereo system, playing some of her beats while bobbing his head up and down with it.

Without a second thought about it, the unicorn trotted up to the stallion with a smirk. "How'd ya sleep, big guy?" Vinyl asked, snapping Sonic Wave out of his trance.

HE turned down the volume, before looking down at Vinyl. "I slept alright, woke up early and had a look around." Sonic Wave said, eyeing the studio. "When I found this room, I couldn't help myself but check out what you had." He looked at the mare, and flashed her a grin. "Gotta say, I love your work."

"Heh, thanks, big guy!" Vinyl said, smirking a bit herself. "I gotta get to work soon, so spend much time as you want in here. I'll be back around four."

Sonic Wave gave a nod. "Sure, know how to make somepony feel welcomed. You're quite the awesome mare."

Vinyl raised an eyebrow. "Already caught on to our lingo, Sonic? Impressive." She said, remembering all the stuff he had told her, about his world, last night along with their differences.

For some odd reason, when she called him Sonic, it made him feel like he was supposed to be some blue hedgehog that moved really fast, and exploded into golden rings when you hit him. Though, he gave a light shrug. "Not that difficult, actually. Instead of using 'people', I use 'ponies'. There is also the change of 'man' and 'woman' into 'stallion' and 'mare'. There's also the use of the child terms." He explained, chuckling a little bit. "Adapting to talking like your people won't be the hard part."

Vinyl was, honestly, even more impressed by the early distinction between words. "You know… I bet you Astartes are extremely smart, aren't ya?" She asked, knowing it would probably take a normal person quite a while before they got used to it.

"Adaptation to any environment requires one's ability to learn on the fly… So, I guess you would be correct." Sonic Wave said, eyeing more of Vinyl's work. "Though, I'll still need your help learning how to use magic, I think."

"Hey, no problem, big guy! Like I said last night, I'll start teaching you the basics after I get back form work." Vinyl said, earning a nod from the unicorn stallion while she headed towards the door. "Oh! One other thing!" She stopped, the two looking at one another. "Don't answer the door, for anypony. Haven't thought of a good reason, as to why I have a rockin' stallion crashing at my place yet. Really don't want somepony getting the wrong idea." Shortly after saying it, the mare quickly regretted what she said… So many thoughts came to her mind, faster than she can say a word.

Sonic Wave chuckled at the statement, giving a nod. "You're the host. Your house, your rules. I won't answer the door for anypony, and wait for you to get back." He suddenly gave her a wink and a sly smirk. "We can talk about our current relationship, while you're teaching me how to use magic."

"Sounds like a plan!" Vinyl said, leaving the room and headed to the door. Right before she opened the exit, and put her saddlebags on, what was just said suddenly hit her. "Wait a second, did he just tease me!?" She mentally said, eyes wide.

-Vinyl's Music Shop, a few hours later-

Vinyl just sat on her stool, right behind the cashier counter, reading the newest edition of the Manehatten Nights magazine. Today was turning out to be a slow, and boring, day for the shop. She only had a total of three customers so far, and they were just browsing what she had. "Seriously debating on closing early, and going home… At least then, I'll have something to do, and somepony to entertain me." She thought, with a smirk, before letting out a sigh and leaning on to the counter top. "This really bites!"

Just then, the front door's bell rang. "Vinyl! There you are!" A familiar voice said, causing the mare to look up and see Twilight standing at the shop's entrance.

"How can I help you, Princess?" Vinyl asked, feeling somewhat mad still… While Twilight did cause Kharion to turn into Sonic Wave, the guy was still in an extreme amount of pain. "You don't usually visit my shop."

Twilight recoiled a bit, hearing the displeasure in Vinyl's voice. "I came to apologize for what happened last night." She admitted, the DJ leaning on to the counter, while she listened. By this time, she had her magenta contact lenses back in, making sure no pony could see her red eyes. "Also… To see if you found that creature, so I could apologize to him too."

Vinyl's eyes went wide, and an idea went through her mind. "T-Thanks, Princess… As for the big guy?" Twilight smiled, but frowned the moment Vinyl looked away. "Too late for that, Kharion is gone."

"M-My spell wasn't meant to hurt him, honest, Vinyl!" Twilight explained, moving up to the counter. "I only meant to try and stun him."

"Like I said, too late now, Princess… Kharion is no longer in Equestria." Vinyl didn't, technically, lie about that, but the mare was still mad at the princess for attacking him.

Twilight seemed hurt, thinking her spell may have caused some harm, or even killed, somepony. "V-Vinyl… Is there anything I can do, to make up for what I did?"

Vinyl smirked, her idea was working. "I don't know, right now, Princess… But I will let you know, if something comes up."

Twilight gave a nod, before her horn started to glow. "Well, until you do, I hope this helps you forgive me." Vinyl looked back at Twilight, as the princess had her signature sunglasses float over, fully repaired. "When we found them, I figured repairing them would help you forgive us."

Vinyl took the sunglasses, with her own magenta magic, and placed it over her horn. "T-Thanks, princess… You saved me the trouble of buying a new pair." She looked off to the side. "And having to spend more money, when I buy Sonic some…"

Twilight nodded, before turning to leave. "Again… I am sorry, about what happened last night. I didn't mean to do it."

"I know, princess." Was all Vinyl said, as Twilight left her shop. Once the alicorn mare was gone, the DJ instantly went to the Sunglasses Rack. "Alright! Time to find Sonic a pair of sunglasses. Don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about him, with the red eyes and all." She thought, eyeing what they had in stock.

First pair were big, round, sunglasses with silver lenses, but Vinyl couldn't see Sonic Wave wearing those. Next was a pair of regular square sunglasses, and she thought those were too plain for somepony that was so unique, as the one she had at her place. Vinyl found a pair that was like hers, with green lenses instead of purple, but didn't want anypony to think they were related in some way.

"Note to self, order better sunglasses." She muttered, eyeing the different kinds of sunglasses they had. From what she could tell, none of them fit Sonic Wave at all. "What does a mare gotta do, to get a pair of-?" That was when she spotted a particular pair of sunglasses.

Its design was meant to give off a hardcore rocker, while also a bit of a punker, feel. The lenses being long pointed triangles, the longer points going out and away from the center piece. Their center seemed like a double wiring, but she could tell they were a lot stronger than that. But what really caught the mare's attention, were the lenses and frame coloring.

The lenses were a deep red, having a shine to give off reflective look. Their frame was even black, which brought out the red lenses even more. "Oh yeah, those are perfect for him." Vinyl looked at the price, and smirked. "Affordable, too."

-Vinyl's Apartment-

Sonic Wave just sat in a chair, within Vinyl's studio, listening to some of her work. The stallion had turned the volume down shortly after his host had left. After all, Vinyl was at work and no pony was home. So, why would there be loud music coming from her place?
He just leaned back into the chair, smirking quite a bit. Sonic Wave enjoyed her work, it made his soul dance like his own work. Though, when he heard keys working the apartment's lock, he turned the beats off. His eyes looked at a nearby clock, and noticed it was only three in the afternoon. "Huh, she's home early." Sonic Wave thought, hearing the door open. The stallion shrugged, before heading out of the studio. "Welcome home, Vinyl. You're home ear-?"

Sonice Wave froze, noticing the pony in front of him was definitely not Vinyl. It was a gray earth pony mare, with a purple musical note as her cutie mark, and even wearing a purple bowtie around her neck. Her hair was styled like she was part of the upper class within Equestria. The mare was staring up at him, with a raised brow. "Who are you and what are you doing in Vinyl's home?" She asked, the mare's voice hinting at the privileged life.

"Uhh… Well, you see…" Sonic Wave realized, right then, he done screwed up.

-With Vinyl-

Vinyl was smiling, as she headed back towards her apartment, wearing her signature sunglasses again. Though, she couldn't help but giggle about the surprise hidden in her saddle bags. "I hope he likes them." She thought, thinking about the sunglasses for Sonic Wave.

The DJ had closed up shop ten minutes early today. Business was slow today, and she promised her guest she'd be back around four. However, Vinyl could not help but feel like she forgot something… Something really important. But she simply shrugged it off, she was sure it'll come back eventually.

As she approached the apartment, pulling out the keys to unlock her door, Vinyl heard something strange. She could hear two voices inside. One was definitely Sonic Wave, because it was a stallion's voice, but the other was a mare, who sounded familiar. Vinyl pressed her ear to the door, hearing the two laugh about something. "Oh, Mr. Wave, is that really how you two met?"

Vinyl's eyes went wide, she knew that voice and instantly remembered what she forgot. "C-Crap! Tavi was coming over today!" Her mind screamed, before quickly unlocking the door and opened it.

To her surprise, she found Octavia sitting on the couch, with a cup of freshly made tea, and Sonic Wave sitting in a right off to her friend's right. "Oh, hello, Vinyl. Welcome back." Octavia said, putting her tea down.

"Welcome home, Vinyl. Have a good day at work?" Sonic Wave asked.

"Y-Yeah… Uh, everything was fine. Slow day, so I decided to close up early today." She answered, walking inside and closed the door. "So, uh, what were you two talking about? I heard laughing."

"Oh, Mr. Wave here was regaling me about how the two of you met, a couple of years back, and how he finally got time to visit." Octavia said, suddenly smiling at her unicorn friend. "I must say, Vinyl, I am impressed."

Vinyl raised an eyebrow at the statement. "Impressed about what, Tavi?"

Octavia giggled at Vinyl. "About how I kept pestering you about getting a proper stallion in your life, and how the party scene wasn't going to allow such a thing." She suddenly looked towards Sonic Wave, who continued to lean back in his chair. "You can imagine my surprise, when I found out you already had a coltfriend, who is a proper gentlecolt and a musician of the Hardcore Rock sort."

"M-My what?" Was Vinyl's only response, looking towards Sonic Wave, who simply winked at her.