Chapter 16: Only when i laugh

As I lay there on the hospital bed, I began to wonder...
If it wasn't for the others, I'd be dead.
But if it wasn't for me... the whole of Ponyville would have been reduced to rubble.
What the hell was I thinking!
If it hadn't been for my blatant disregard for my own wellbeing...
fuck!

There wasn't allot I could do at that point. I could only lie and wait for any pony to come walking
in to the room and berate me for what I had done. It still won't change the fact that I fucked up... majorly fucked up.
As the sun went down on another shitty day, I could only hope that my new tenant wasn't throwing a wild party.
I heard a door open slightly, and hoosteps.
"Hey, how are you?" it was my tenant; she didn't have her shades on.
I looked into her eyes, if it wasn't for the fact that her eyes were naturally red, I could have sworn that she'd been crying.

"I heard about what you did for Octavia, I" I interrupted her.
"Save it Vinyl," I sighed, "my stupidity could have gotten them killed ya know?"
She looked at me with a glum expression.
"You saved the town," she smiled at me. "You're a hero"
"I'm no hero," the door opened again, revealing a very distraught Luna. "I was just doing what I do best"

"Yes, you were" the dark alicorn smiled.
"Princess Luna?" the white DJ jumped.
"Lulu," the alicorn embraced me. "I thought you had business to take care of"
"Right now I need to take care of you"
I sighed with a small blush, "ummm... I'm just gonna" scratch walked out
for a bit and slumped next to Pinkie pie.

"Well, how do I look then, Lulu?"
"Lulu?"
"Yeah, may as well" I looked at her with a small grin.
"Well, you look fine, a few bruises here and there but fine all the same" she nuzzled me.
"Remind me never to do that again" I chuckled as she looked at me quizzingly.
I placed my feet on the floor and stood up.
She watched as I gingerly grabbed my clothes and got dressed while grumbling about the hospital gown.
I heard a squeak "oh man" I chuckled nervously equally embarrassed as I realized what she had just seen.

"Oh... t-that's quite alright" she spoke quietly; I turned around to look at her.
If it hadn't had been for the fact that her fur was a dark colour, she'd be bright red.
She placed her forelegs around my neck and pulled me in to shower me with kisses.

"Lulu..." I placed a hand on the back of her neck. She stopped to look at me.
"My lips are here" I pulled her towards me, as our lips met, her eyes shot open.
She looked to the left, and then looked to the right just to be sure no-one else was watching.
It felt like we were dancing.

"I... I have to go, Rob" she finally spoke after holding me in an embrace.
"I know," I sighed, "I know"
"I love you" she said as she teleported away back to canterlot.
"I love you too Lulu" I sighed.

As the others finally walked back in, I was reminded of why I loved ponyville.
I had listened to many a tale while in hospital, whether it be from the patients or the visitors.
However, this visitor standing at the edge of my bed blinded me.
She blinded me with a radiant smile and deafened me with a soothing voice.

"I see you're slowly recovering," the voice said. The voice belonged to an alabaster alicorn.
"It would pain me to see my sister's Love die so easily" I rubbed my eyes slightly.
"Princess Celestia?" the alabaster mare nodded.
"The one and only" she let out a small light giggle.
I was slightly confused, as it showed on my face.

"Is this about…me and"

"Yes it is," she cut me off. "I need you to …. Break it off"

My face remained in a confused state.

"That's damn funny, but…. Why?"

"Your relationship with her is affecting her duty as princess of the night"

The look on my face betrayed me attempt to keep my emotions under wraps.

I couldn't care less that she was the Princess. "no, I think its safe to say that she's the only one keeping me… well,"
I was still furious, but heard another onslaught of laughter.
I was caught off guard by the laughing alicorn that I failed to see the joke.

"What the hell is so funny?"

"I'm sorry, but, you do love my sister don't you?"

My face at that point was somewhere between raging and blushing,
either way, to Celestia, it was priceless. "y-yes I do," I sighed with a smile. "So you're here to speak to me about it?"

She nodded. "Well…" she started to list off things that Lulu liked.
"So don't buck this up, please" she pleaded.

I looked up to her for a moment, and then just sighed. "as Pinkie Pie would say, okie dokie lokie!"
I grinned, happy that Celestia actually approved of the relationship.

There was a great weight lifted off of me as I laid my head back.

Like a poignant moment I had not too long ago…
i wondered what my family might be up to, of course I could never find out.
I could never find out the answer of why im here.
I suppose I'll just have to make the best of it.
The alabaster alicorn disappeared after she saw my head go back onto the pillow.
"Well, as long as the rooms stopped spinning for a while…" I fell asleep, but was quickly and rudely woken up.

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"Octavia, what brings you to Ponyville" Vinyl smiled at her old friend.
"I just" Octavia was quickly interrupted by a very angry Rarity.
"YOU!" the fashionista shouted. "you just had to come back"
"can't ya'll just leave him in peace?" applejack spoke her mind.

"OH FOR FUCK SAKE!, INJURED PERSON, TRYING TO SLEEP! DON'T MAKE ME COME OUT THERE
AND LOVE AND TOLERATE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!" I shouted, clearly grumpy,
but then chuckled as I hobbled out of the room.

"oh my, you should be in bed"
"heh, sorry Fluttershy, but someponies around here seem to think it's a
good Idea to have a heated argument in a hospital," I sighed, with a small smile. "hi octavia"

"hello, I"
"no need, I know why you're here," my smile grew slightly larger. "I'm fine, see? And besides what we had?
Water under the bridge"

she looked at me with a small grin. "I'm sorry I used you like that," she was clearly distraught,
I spotted Noteworthy who came trotting up. he gave me a quick glance over.
"wow, that dragon really did a number on you huh?" he chuckled.

"eh, fuck you" I retorted, still grinning like an idiot. "ohyeah, heh…" i continued.
"guess who's dating a certain Alicorn" I grinned...
I watched as vinyl, Octavia and Noteworthy's jaws drop.
I then let out a hearty laugh, which was abruptly brought to a stop by a coughing fit.

"oh Robbie, does it hurt?"

"Only when I laugh" I chuckled lightly, beaming away.