Chapter 3

Mail Call~!

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It had been a few days since that little dress incident and now there came a knock on Circuit Heart's door. A white stallion with neon green mane and tail, dressed in a mailmare uniform knocked on the door with one hoof while holding a few packages in the other. There was no response though, as the owner of the house was currently engrossed in his work. Like usually. He heard the knock sure, but he didn't care enough to respond to it. He figured whoever it was would go away anyways. Unless it was Ebony, but then she'd just break his door down if he didn't reply, so he'd figured he'd just leave it.

The stallion sighed before looking around, he saw a small button hidden under a few vines, it was a doorbell. He pressed it, the sound vibrating deep underground. Odd… He thought before shrugging.

"Mail call!" He shouted as politely as the stallion could before pressing the doorbell again. Circuit let out a soft grunt as he pulled back from his work, wiping the sweat off his brow with a greasy rag. He smeared grease all over his face, but he'd stopped caring about his appearance a long time ago. He trotted up the creaky stairs, flinging the door open with a huff.

"What do you want you- You're not the regular mailpony. Who are you?" He raised an eyebrow at the stallion before him, his voice coming out a little harsher and more accusing then he'd meant it to.

The stallion paid no heed to the tone before answering.

"I'm Adhesive Stamp, and your old mailpony quit. Something about not liking your attitude or whatever so here I am! Now are you going to sign for these or what?" He smiled brightly and pulled out a clipboard and a pen.

"That's a really cool arm you got there, is that some kind of fabric wrap or glove?" Circuit stared at the stallion for a moment, his eyes narrowed slightly. He slowly raised up his other hoof to his metal leg, tugging it out with a clink.

"Neither." He muttered, pushing it back on before snatching up the pen and signing the clipboard. Adhesive Stamp stared at the other stallion's leg for a moment, wide eyed before exploding with words.

"Sweet Celestia! Is that real metal? Lemme guess, a two part titanium alloy with custom implemented platinum rivets? Did you make that yourself? That's so cool!"

"Er...Yeah." Circuit managed to stutter the words out, surprised the other stallion could recognize it. "I'll just um…" He quickly finished signing for the packages, only hesitating a moment before scribbling his number down along with the words 'Call me~' under it. "Okay thanks bye." He snatched up the packages, slamming the door in the other stallions face.

Stamp blinked in confusion before looking at the clipboard, specifically the number written on it. He smiled to himself, not a bad day, not a bad day at all.

Ebony banged on the door for the fourth time in a row, Circuit just wouldn't come out today! No matter what she did, the mare didn't want to break down the door right off the bat but now she was seriously considering it.

"Circuit, it's been two days! Open this door right now!" The pegasus yelled in frustration.

"No!" The stallion wailed from the little fortress of pillows and blankets he'd constructed for himself on the couch, burrowing himself further into them so he could wallow in his embarrassment. He couldn't believe he'd done that. He didn't even know if that mailstallion was gay for Luna's sake! "Just go away Ebony! I'm not in the mood!"

She couldn't take it any longer, with a determined glare and a quick martial arts kick, the door fell in. Broken right off it's hinges with the sound of splintering wood. She flew down the stairs, literally, bursting in on Circuit and stomping right up in front of his little pillow fort with an angry glare.

"Now what in Luna's name is the matter with you this time?! To deny one of your best friends when I'm trying to keep you alive for Faust's sake!"

"I've made a terrible mistake!" Circuit whined, sounding more like a small, whiny foal at the moment than a full grown stallion. He hadn't even flinched at Ebony kicking the door down, that being somewhere around the twentieth door of his she'd broken. Honestly, he was used to it by now. Especially considering it was his fault for never answering his door.

"Luna, what are you talking about? It can't be that bad- wait… Did you loose another limb?!" She cried in fear.

"I knew I shouldn't have let you buy a new saw blade!"

"No!" He quickly pushed himself up from his little nest, scattering the blankets everywhere in order to show the mare he still had his limbs intact. "I still have three working limbs! Don't panic! It's...It's something else…" He groaned as he flopped back into his warm nest of blankets. She blinked, then with an eyebrow raised Ebony sat down next to her friend on the couch and reached out to pat him on the back reassuringly.

"What's bothering you? You know you can talk to me and stuff... Luna know's I'm not very good at giving advice, but I can listen and tell you what I think." The stallion just groaned again, huffing as he poked his head out from the mass of blankets.

"I think I'm dying Ebony." The hybrid blinked before letting out a guffaw of laughter and slapping her hooves against the concrete below her feet.

"You've got to be joking!" After wiping her eyes she sighed before continuing. "Okay okay, if you do think you're dying, what are your symptoms?" She asked, wiping a lab coat, glasses and a clipboard with a pencil from seemingly nowhere, probably magic.

"Well…" He pulled himself out of the blankets, laying ontop of them with his head resting against the arm of the couch. "So um...I may have made the terrible mistake of giving a stallion my phone number and now I just...Gah! I can't stop thinking about it! About him mostly…"

She nodded and wrote something down before looking up and setting the clipboard down. "Circuit, I believe I have a diagnosis." Ebony said in a flat, professional tone.

"Yeah..?" The gray 'pegasus' swallowed nervously, raising an eyebrow at her. "What is it? How long do I have to live doc?" In a dramatic motion, she grabbed her glasses, looked up and said. "It seems you have…" The pegasus pulled off her glasses with a flourish. "..A crush! That's my diagnosis, have a nice day." With that, the mare pulled out a lollipop from thin air and popped it into her companion's mouth. Circuit sputtered as he yanked the lollipop from his mouth.

"Excuse me? I have a what? I don't do crushes Ebony, I told you I'm happily married to my work." She gave him a half lidded stare and a raised eyebrow that practically screamed 'Are you kidding me?'

"Yeah no, I know a crush when I see it, and nobody escapes the clutches of love. Honestly, if you want me to, I'll send a letter to the Princess of Love herself!" The mare raised a hoof in defiance as if to prove her point. The stallion just rolled his eyes at the mare's over dramatics.

"Crush or not , it doesn't matter. He never called, so he's obviously not interested." Of course, right as he said that, his phone began to ring, an unknown number popping up when he checked who was calling him. "Oh Luna Ebony what do I do? What if it's him!?" She let out a loud laugh before picking the phone up off of the ringer and putting it up to Circuit's ear before whispering.

"You'll never know until you try~!"

"What!?" He accidentally shrieked into the phone before slapping a hoof over his mouth. He used his free one to frantically try and push the phone back towards Ebony. The stallion on the other end of the phone pulled it away from his ear a moment, raising an eyebrow at the rather harsh greeting.

"Er...Hello to you too..?" The mailstallion spoke as he pressed the phone to his ear again.

"I apologize for not calling sooner, I've had some work that's been backing up and that had to be taken care of. Is this Circuit Heart? I've got the right number right?" The stallion asked over the phone cautiously, as he prayed he'd gotten the right number and this wasn't a total stranger.

"Yep, yep this is he. Ah...Sorry about that.." Circuit pulled the phone back to himself, shooting looks at Ebony. He tried to glare at her, but his expression came out more slightly panicked instead. Ebony snickered at this before making a 'go on' motion with her hoof.

"No problem." Adhesive Stamp replied from across the line. "Happens to the best of us, so um, hey. The reason I was calling was because I wanted to maybe hang out? You seem like a nice guy and I'd enjoy getting to know you a bit more, i-if you want…" The voice over the phone sounded nervous, it was kind of cute actually.

"Um...Uh…" He quickly slapped one of his gray hooves over the speaker before turning to the mare. "Ebony he wants to hang out with me and get to know me, what do I say!?"

"Well, do you want to go out with this guy?" She asked with a reassuring smile.

"W-well I don't know...I mean, he's cute and all but I don't really know anything about him. What if he's an ax murder!?" He squeaked with fright. She gave him that stare and a raised eyebrow once more, prompting him to shut up for a moment.

"Just think for a second, you'll never know until you try. Honestly, if he does turn out to be some serial killer or something, I'll murder him for ever coming near my best friend." The hybrid clapped him on the back before removing Circuit's hoof from the speaker and returning the phone back to her friend's ear. Circuit let out a little horrified noise before he got himself under control.

"Ah um, sorry about that, I'd er, love to hang out with you. Ah...Where exactly though?" The stallion on the other end cleared his throat before replying.

"Well, there's a new restaurant that just opened the other day, Chez Jour I believe it's called. If you're interested we could go there and then maybe take a walk?" His voice sounded hopeful, like a little colt asking out a filly as school foals.

"Right right, sounds good ah..When?" He held the phone between his shoulder and ear as he quickly grabbed a notepad and pencil so he could write everything down. "And do you want to meet there or go together?"

"Well, I could pick you up and we could go together, and does six work? Tomorrow's a Friday so, tomorrow night at six?" He asked, hope in his voice as excitement mounted in his heart.

"Sounds good, I'll ah...See you then!" Slightly excitement bled through his voice, though he did a much better job at covering it, unlike the other stallion. They finished saying their goodbyes before Circuit hung up. As the phone call ended, the hybrid smiled at her companion before looking toward her friend's wardrobe.