A/N: Hmmmm, I think I rushed this chapter a bit too quickly near the end of it.

Nevertheless, this is the new chapter and I am really excited for tomorrow as it is beginning of Season 5! I am just about ready to see what new adventures await Twilight and her friends after almost a year without ponies with the help Rainbow Rocks to help fill the gap. Plus it could give me inspiration for future chapters.

Because I am almost done my second semester, I will be able to work a little more on new chapters. But writer's block and the hiatuses... OH GOD. It's unbelievable. I am also excited because I am going to be seeing Nightwish on the 14th this month, Van Halen in August along with Motley Crue and Alice Cooper near the end of August close to my birthday! (Nightwish's new album was amazing by the way.)

In other news, I might be working on a possible new chaptered fanfiction that I just need to get some ideas for. It's called "Time I: Sons of Skyrim and Talos" and it will an Elder Scrolls fanfiction. If it comes into action, it might slow down the writing process for Learning To Live, but don't worry. Time I: Sons of Skyrim and Talos is still under development for a plot from my own creative mind. A oneshot of FNAF3 and a Fluttercord oneshot will be made by me soon enough when I get enough time. When I get to a certain point in this story, I will put it on a bit of a hiatus for some time to work on the other projects in development.

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I begin to open the both of my eyes slowly, hearing the sounds of birds' muffled chirping outside of a window. I move my head down to see the warm and fuzzy sheets covering me still from the cold summer night that had transitioned hours ago to the new warmth of day rising into the pure blue sky. Here I lay in Coco's bed, where I had been asleep next to her during the night-time. Just thinking about her placed a warm smile onto my own face.

Coco was not in bed next to me. She was completely absent from the spot she lied upon from last night. I move the sheets off of me and move my two legs off of her bed and sit sitting there to give my legs a stretch to warm up for the day. After that was done right there, I get up off of the bed and turn to make my side of the bed. I pull the sheets that had been above and covering my body onto the top of the bed and gently pulled on its sides so it did not come off wrinkled.

The scent of fresh and hot coffee was beginning to fill the air inside the room. This gave me the number one sign that Coco was already in the kitchen making coffee for both me and her like the morning before. I turn towards the bedroom door and step forward, distancing me from the bed and letting my right hand reach for the doorknob. My hand grips onto it and I give it a turn. I pulled open the door and allowed myself to see down the hallway. Passing under the white door arch, I make my way across the hallway from her bedroom to get to the kitchen.

There she was, just about placing a ceramic plate of white onto the table. It was alongside with a small cup of coffee that seemed to be made just for me, with her plate and coffee cup on her side of the table, except mine was positioned next to sweet Coco. I would be sitting beside her for breakfast. On my plate was a personal favorite breakfast meal of mine: buttered toast and eggs made over easy. Her eyes turn from the plate she put on the wooden table and moves right towards mine, staring at me.

A smile lit up on her face when I was in her sights with those lovely cyan eyes of hers. "Good morning Brayden," She said to me in a happy sing-song tone in her soft voice. "Did you sleep well last night?"

I walked forward and towards her. "Oh yes, I slept like a rock and it was quite well," I told her. I gently approach her, giving her mane a soft and gentle stroke. "All thanks to you of course, all was peaceful."

Her cheeks lit up with a faint pink blush and her two front hooves shuffle together, so besides her smile and blushing, she looked ever bashful. Both I and she are locked in a gaze of staring at one another again. Silence was between the both of us and then she broke the silence. "I-I made both you and me breakfast." She told me.

I smile back at her with that simple "Thanks" coming and emulating from my lips.

I turn towards the chair that had my food at the table. I take my hand off from her gentle mane and use that same hand to scoot back the chair so that I can sit down and start eating away at the alternatives on my plate. I take my seat in my chair and scoot in to face the food onto the table. Coco to my left takes the chair on my left and takes her seat there. The smell of toast and eggs fill into my nose, every time I breathe in. Whatever Coco did, she made these eggs pretty good. Seeing how she was a bit quiet now, I decided to start a conversation between the both of us.

"So… what's the plan for today?" I asked her. My head turns to look at her.

She paused for a moment in silence. "Well, I was hoping that we could do something together that we haven't done yet together. We could try and mutually agree on an activity." She told me.

"Okay, just like I suggested last night." I said.

"I do want to make the last day of your visit memorable for both me and you. I'll think of something that we can both do while we're eating," Coco says to me when I turn my head back towards my food. "After that, I'll set up dinner at my place. I think I know what we can eat by then if I have planned it carefully."

I nod my head in understanding and grab a piece of buttered toast on my plate with my left hand. I bring it towards my mouth and take a bite from the bread that had been in the toaster to be warmed up and crisp. With the butter on top, it tasted rather delicious and once my teeth had chewed that piece down, I gently swallow to allow the grinded down piece to go down to my stomach.

"How about the beach?" Coco suggested to me.

Well, that is a good idea to go to the Manehattan beach. I haven't touched the sea water of Equestria yet and I was curious because it was probably going to be the same as Earth's own water form. I turned towards her and look at her with a smile. "The beach, hm? I haven't been there in a really long time. Sounds like a really good idea." I told her, keeping that happy look on my face.

"So we can both mutually agree on going to the beach together?" She asked me.

I nod my head while keeping the same smile on my face. "Yes, I agree if you agree as well." I said.

"I think I will be saying yes to that as well," She says. "I've only been there a few times ever since living here in Manehattan, but I will tell you that the waters of the seas are really warm. Just warnings though, don't stray off from the sands. You don't want to be surrounded by the dangerous Kraken that lives under the ocean floor. Even waking him from peaceful sleep will make him angry and he will try to eat you. And watch out for sharks and sirens as well."

"Sirens?" I asked out of curiosity. I've read about them in English class but never understood their concept.

"Sirens are deadly sea creatures that will sing to feed off of your negativity. The more negatively you endure, the more powerful their voices become. Two things could happen; controlling you or eating you up like any other sea creature. But sirens do not exist beyond this part of the sea, so you don't have to worry. They are only on the western side of Equestria in Siren Cove," Coco informed me. "A reminder if you are ever in Vanhoover, make sure to avoid that island altogether. Once the sirens start singing, you're done for."

"Thank you for the tips Coco," I said to her. "I will definitely make sure to avoid Siren Cove as much as I can if I am ever in Vanhoover. I already know that an author lives there by the name of A.K. Yearling."

"The author of Daring Do," She confirmed. "Rainbow Dash told me about it at your birthday party. She is lucky that she got to meet somepony famous for that book series. I already know a few famous ponies though so I'm not jealous."

I turn back towards my food and take in another bite from one of the pieces of buttered toast, even taking off a piece of cooked egg white and eating that as well. After they were swallowed down, I continue "Just a reminder to myself to make sure to get a swim suit ready when we go." I have that easy-going smile on my face when I said this.

"That's alright Brayden," She says to me. "The beach is just that short a distance away, plus it is close to the boardwalk we had dinner on last night."

"Also, what do you have in mind for dinner tonight?" I asked.

"Well," Coco says, fiddling the both of her two front hooves together. She was smiling as she did this. "I was thinking about the usual garden salad and tomato soup with garlic bread."

I nod my head with a smile. "Sounds like you've got dinner planned out then."

"Oh, it's not just that, but I think I will have some soft sounds play for us both." Coco said. She holds the both of her hooves and is looking at me.

"Music?" I asked with that sly smile I form. "Sounds like it'll be nice and smooth from what I heard last time. Anything else planned for tonight?"

"I'm not sure what else I have planned for tonight. I mean we could always sit at the couch and watch the fireplace together." She says.

I smile with a small happy chuckle emerging from my lips and reach for her right front hoof, gently taking it in my hand. "I'm sure you'll find out later." I told her in a gentle tone. The both of us rock our hand and hoof back and forth whilst still held onto one another, gazing at each other in the eye. I could see those beautiful cyan eyes of hers sparkle a bit, and my heart was beating faster.

Only the sound of the furnace softly blowing air was heard in the apartment along with the muffled sounds of birds outside chirping a happy tune for everypony all to hear. It filled into the happy silence that came on between the both of us. Moments were passing by us and I cannot stop staring into those lovely eyes of hers. Coco lowers her head a bit, but keeps her eyes locked between my sight and hers. I could tell she only seemed a little bit shy. It didn't matter to me though. With her head tilted down, it served as another cute look that she was giving me.

I leaned forward towards her slowly, getting off of my chair in the process. My lips gently make contact with her forehead and I give her a gentle, passionate peck there. After moving my head back, her left front hoof touches the bottom of her chin and she is smiling. My hand gently rubs a bit of her soft hoof that I held onto for what seemed like 10 hours endless had gone by while the last of that gaze continues to linger between the both of us for a few moments.

"Brayden?" She asked with that sweet soft voice of hers. My hand continues to rub at her soft and gentle hoof when she was spoke to me.

"Yes?" I questioned in return, wondering what she was going to say.

"Aren't you going to finish up breakfast? I well know that I have the same to do as well. I mean, I don't want you to starve." Coco said. She sounded a little worried by the sound of her voice.

I let go of her soft hoof and nod at her to let her know that I would comply. Coco seemed to be right after all, don't want to repeat another incident of me fainting in on the spot, though I only recall fainting at least two times for the time that I have been here. So I just turn back towards the food on my plate without a fuss in my mind, and get right back to it by picking up my knife and fork, carving out a piece of egg white to chew down on.

I let out a sound of relief and take a look down at my plate that had been scraped clean all thanks to me. Great Celestia, those eggs and toast were just as good as every time that I had woken up when the sun was peaking up over the Eastern horizon. Surely, I wouldn't get eggs and toast every morning, but I was alright with any kind of breakfast food. I place the fork and knife onto the top of my plate to signal to Coco that I was all done.

"That was delicious." Coco commented, placing her fork and knife onto her own plate with her hooves just as I did for mine.

I get up off of my chair at the table gain to gather up the both of our plates to bring them to the kitchen counter by the sink. I take my empty plate with my right hand, and reach for Coco's plate with my left hand, gripping the plate, but not too hard. I move around with the plates in the both of my hands and walk towards the kitchen counter. Setting each plate down onto the hard-tiled counter of dark green, I turned on the sink with warm water to come flowing through the tap and I begin to wash away at the white plates, placing them into the sink along with the silverware that Coco set up after she made the food. I was just cleaning it up and hers as well. I use the bottle of dish-soap and gently pour out its blue liquid all over the two plates that needed washing.

I can hear the sound of trotting behind me approaching and I allow myself to stop washing with that yellow sponge in my hand for a moment to turn and look at Coco who was coming up beside me. I moved a bit to the side and allowed her to join alongside me in case she wanted to help me out with the dishes.

"Brayden, you know… I can take care of the plates. You can go and get the swimsuit ready if you wish." Coco says to me, softly taking the sponge from my hands.

I look in her eyes with a bit of a happy touch to them. "Oh Coco, you don't have to do that. I can wash and dry the plates unless you want to help me." I said to her, feeling blessed that she would want to help me with her own plates.

"Oh, it's okay. I can do them myself." She said once again, sounding even determined in that soft voice of hers.

I nod in understanding and take a step back from the kitchen sink and counter to let Coco some space in to finish up on what I was doing. I turn around from the kitchen and make my way straight back into the hallway. The first door on my left is to the guest bedroom where I knew my stuff was, so I approach the white door, take a grip onto the knob with my left hand and open up the bedroom.

I was quick to open up the drawer by the door, but made sure that the door was closed behind me. I look through the drawer and check to see which swimsuit I would wear. My hand grips onto a certain pair that was in the brilliant colors of even a few shades of grey and yellow. I am quick to change out of my pyjamas and into my swimsuit. I carefully tie the knot on my swimsuit to make sure that it stayed put: would be embarrassing if it were to fall.

After checking over the rest to make sure that the suit was legit, I stepped forward back to the bedroom door and open it. The hallway is lit by the rays of Celestia's sun from outside the windows in the blue and clear sky today. The temperature seemed to be a little hot today, so it seems like summer weather to me. Better to enjoy it when I can, when the fall hits it will become much colder. Minus the fact that winter is my absolute favorite season.

I step out into the hallway and I close the door right behind me and make my way by the few steps back into the living room. Coco was standing there, checking over her saddlebags to see if she was missing anything else to bring with us. For this occasion, she wasn't wearing her tie that she usually did, nor was she wearing the hairclip at the back of her mane. Her tie was hanging up on the small hook at the coat wardrobe right behind it and it was a single hook alone.

"Are you ready to go, Coco?" I said to her. I gently approach her carefully and gently put my hand on her back when she turned and looked at me.

She smiled softly, saying "Yes Brayden. I just had to check over in case we were missing anything, but we're not."

I gently rub her back for a brief moment and then move my right hand off of her, approaching the front door of her apartment and reach forward, gripping onto the handle with my left hand and gently turn it, opening the door into the building's hallway. I of course as usual, do the honor of letting Coco go past before me as the rule of 'Mares first'. I then come back after her and close the door right behind me.

Coco takes her room key and locks the door. Finally when she has put it away hidden from view, the both of us head to the elevator and down onto the main floor. On the elevator, me and her would stand there and maintain the silence between the both of us. But there was something different about this silence, me and her were just merely gazing at each other and even looking at her sweet face made my happy heart skip a beat.

Bidding the mare at the front desk good morning as usual, me and Coco took a step outside into the streets of the Manehattan suburbs to greet the new day. I take in a short breath of fresh air through my lungs and then exhale it slowly and softly. It was that good air of Equestria that I really enjoyed whenever I was outside. Taking the steps down from that small concrete staircase to the streets, I and Coco were on the same sidewalk that we took yesterday, but it was the opposite around as we were heading towards the beachside view.

Coco was trotting beside me on the way and I can feel her soft hoof touch the top of my left hand. I gently move and open up a bit of my left hand allowing her to hold my hand with her right front hoof. My fingers gently curl around her hoof and I use them to smoothly rub at it. The both of us, just about cross a street as my eyes are more focused on what is happening ahead or behind us rather than with my own hand, though I knew what it was doing.

Coco was rather comfortable holding onto my hand. She was already a bit closer towards me as I walked closer towards the wooden deck of small steps that would bring us onto the golden sands of the Manehattan beach. Crossing another street crosswalk, we would find ourselves on the right side of where we needed to go. A few mares trotted right past us and they would be talking to each other as I suspect they were probably friends in the group.

My two bare feet step onto the wooden planks, softly heard padding onto its rough surface. Coco's hooves click onto their surface. We are just on the decks with an observation of the sea of Equestria and what seemed to be mysteriously beyond it. Regardless, I was there to touch the calm waters of the sea as I have never touched it before in my life. I make my way down the wooden steps of this fragile, but much-carefully well done staircase, just placing my right foot onto the sand.

The sand felt dry and soft with a touch of warm temperatures from the sun shining its rays down upon the grain. The step I took there was certainly feeling like that my foot was sinking in, but would be stopped by the heavy amount of sand below the top.

A couple of steps were taken for my two feet to get used to the almost-burning sensation that the sands were giving off, but I did soon get used to how hot that the sand far close to the surface could be rather than near the shores. Coco trots alongside me, still carrying the two saddlebags around her. The both of us are close by the waters and wet sands on a careful spot where none would get wet. I of course, helped to point out and suggest that safe spot.

Coco takes off the two saddlebags and opens up the one on the right side of her. She digs into the bag and pulls out a large beach towel fit for the both of us. While I open up the other saddlebag to take out the umbrella, she rolls out the towel onto the warm sand and pats a few parts of it softly so that it is not too bumpy for the both of us to lie down on. I find the umbrella and take it out, setting it open to let us both lie in the shade of the umbrella to protect us from the UV rays that could put me at risk of sunburn.

"Thank you for setting up the umbrella Brayden." Coco says to me with a tone of appreciation, putting on a soft smile when I came to join her.

I come up next to her and bend down on my two knees to gently put my legs down to relax them on the gentle and soft towel. After bending down, I leaned back and allowed the both of my legs to stretch out. Coco lowers and takes a gentle seat next and right close beside me. The both of us turn and look at one another while the sounds of seagulls sounding with the gentle waves stirring fill the ambience with the faint noise of ponies on the beach interacting with their friends or just taking a swim in the waters.

"So…" She says to me, keeping a faint smile. Something was on her lovely mind.

"So?" I asked, waiting to start a conversation with her.

"I just got another letter from my boss. He's been working on another production in Bridleway and I can begin designing some costumes for that play in just about two days, so you'll be leaving tomorrow from what I am thinking, right?" She told me and asked with question in her tone.

"Oh yes, I was here to spend a few days with you. But I plan to make tonight special for you." I said to her. I gently moved the top of my right hand and gently caress her cheek. Her eyes turn towards my hand and the color of her cheeks turn an absolute blush pink.

"You… you would?" She said, sounding rather relieved and happy at the same time. "I- I was also wanting your last night's visit here to be special for the both of us as well." The both of her hooves shuffle together.

"I would." I said to her, smiling in her warm and loving presence.

Coco moves closer towards me. The right side of my body was in contact with hers right next to me. Her right front hoof gently takes my left hand and is touching the top of it. She seems to be much closer to me as her heavenly beautiful eyes are staring into my brown eyes. I just keep myself from looking away from her.

I gently moved my right hand around her soft neck and carefully pull her towards me with that smile still on my face. My eyes close and I could feel those soft lips of hers making contact with my own as we were locked together, sharing a kiss amongst ourselves. After that, comes another and I can feel my heart inside pounding heavily with happiness flowing through it. I can feel her moving closer towards me and my head and upper body lying down onto the beach towel.

While sharing the gentle kiss, I moved my left hand that she had been touching and move it around her waist. I move my other arm and hand around her waist as well. A few moments passed while the both of us were kissing passionately between one another. We separate our lips from one another and I open my eyes to see her opening her eyes to reveal those lovely cyan eyes again.

Coco stimulates a giggle from her mouth and says to me "Well, I didn't know you were really good at kissing others."

"I guess that is a part of who I am as a compassionate, but rather sometimes shy person who gets that way by acting nervous," I told her with a smile. "But I think you reminded me of someone I knew."

"Back from where you were from," Coco says to me. She gently puts a hoof onto my mouth. "I know. She was probably a good friend to you, but nothing formed out of it, just friends for both her and you."

Ah yes, good memories came and went quickly through my head of what me and her had done together. Me and her were only out as friends to see a movie, but other than that the both of us were school friends. She would contact me as much as she could, but sometime after the calls would stop and I would often wonder what was up. But with my absence from Earth, I hope that she is doing okay.

"Brayden," Coco catches my attention again with her voice that was filled with grace. "I just wanted to let you know that as much as I love you, take your time and devotion to your special somepony Twilight. You can come and see me anytime if you are feeling down."

I gently stroke the back of her soft and silky mane. "You definitely know how to cheer up a stallion, though I am only a man according to my world I came from." I told her.

Coco gets up onto her four hooves and trots over to the saddlebag behind her. Reaching into it, she pulls out some grapes that she had from her fridge as a bit of a snack with a few bottles of apple juice, one of my personal favorite drinks. She places the bag to her mouth to carry it, as she didn't want to spread germs on the plastic bag that the grapes were in. She placed the two bottled drinks onto her back and I keep a close eye on her as she trots back towards me to offer them to me.

"I brought some snacks for the both of us. I didn't want you to dehydrate here, so I brought apple juice along with some grapes." She says to me, after she placed the bag of grapes onto the top of my right leg.

"Thank you Coco." I said to her with appreciation in my voice.

"Anytime." She stated to me as she placed the first bottle next to me and trotted back towards the saddlebag she got the grapes from to take out another bag of grapes for her to munch on.

I sat up and moved my right hand, grabbing the small bag of grapes and picking up the bottle of apple juice. I open up the bag and take out a small green and fresh grape that was dripping with water to stay preserved. I place it into my mouth and chew onto it, from it splits inside my mouth as I ate. After swallowing down that single grape, I take my bottle of apple juice and take the lid off the top. I place the top to my lips, taking a swig of golden colored apple juice.

Coco sat there, also taking a sip from her bottle and taking a few grapes to chew. My eyes focused on her for a bit to keep a close and ever-watchful eye on my second love. Finally, my eyes wander and turn from her sight, moving to my left.

I could see quite a small crowd gathering around a stage that had been set up on the beach. Quite a crowd had been gathering around the stage before them and there was a big screen being displayed before their eyes with a flag above it that said "Manehattan Open Mic Beach Day". Hmmm, karaoke you say? Well, as much as Coco has heard me sing before, this would probably give me a chance to sing a song that is directed towards her. I pretty much had that in mind for that is what I wanted to do. But whoever was coming up on stage to perform, I would have to ask them if I could do a song.

"What's happening over there Brayden?" Coco asked behind me, catching my attention again.

I turned around to take a look at her curious face. "It's a stage being set up for an open mic," I explained to her. "So whoever is coming up is going to perform some music for everypony here."

"Are you interested in going over there to see what's going on?" Coco asked me. In response to her question, I nod my head with a smile. "Alright Brayden. Be careful over there, I'll be here watching. Don't worry as well, I will keep an eye on your snacks."

"Thanks Coco." I said to her, moving my head towards her and gently press my lips on hers, sharing a gentle peck. After that peck, I move my head away from her and get up onto my two feet and proceed to walk over there to join with the crowd.

My two feet walk across the grains of sand heading over to the side of the stage where I was the second in line for ponies who wanted to get up on stage and sing to the lively crowd of stallions and mares. The one in front of me was a mare who seemed to look rather confident about getting up on stage to sing for everyone with the band backing her up. From what I saw in the crowd… there was no fillies or young colts. I must have figured that it was probably a school day and that they were in the Manehattan School building doing their work on Mathematics or Science, just about anything there.

The guard standing by the line-up allows her to go first on stage. I take a look behind me while I was next to be the first in line, behind me were a couple of other stallions and singers who probably had a talent of singing, but I saw a few others who looked really nervous about performing in front of their friends and seemed like they were going to pass out, though they wouldn't.

Music blares past the stage and into the crowd. I was watching the mare in green as she was singing an up-beat and happy song about life in general whilst everypony in the crowd was lightly bobbing their head up and down. Even I was bobbing my head up and down while listening. Judging from what I was hearing her sing, she sounded rather crisp and had an excellent voice. This music that I was hearing sounded very acoustic with a small bit of rockabilly to it.

Her song eventually ended and I watched as she came off the stage with the band improvising a bit on some music to keep the crowd entertained. The guard in front of the line steps to the side and I am allowed to head up onto the stage to meet up with the other band members, and tell them about my song to Coco.

I walked forward towards the wooden steps and I take my time not to rush up there as I don't want to trip and fall. It would end up making a bad impression on me. On the top of the stage, everypony in the crowd pauses for a moment when they see me on stage. Somepony different among them going to perform; I take a look of them, with the small hidden emotion that they did not approve. A few seconds later, the audience began to cheer.

"So, what song do you want to perform?" I could hear the pony on synth ask me.

I turned to the sound of his deep but rather amusing voice and I could see him standing there accompanied by the synth piano board that was standing in front of him, below. I approached him carefully and move my head close to his ear, whispering the name of the song and how it was played so in musical theory terms that he would understand.

"I see," he says to me and turns to the other members, saying the song's name to them. They give a nod of agreement and the synth playing stallion turns back to me. "Alright then, everything's good."

He then pointed his left front hoof towards the microphone on its stand in the centre of the stage. I walk with steadiness and a little bit of nervousness inside of me as this would be my second time ever singing to an audience that wasn't too big. I would already be nerve-wrecked if I wasn't prepared for an audience that bigger if it was as humongous as a stadium.

Finally, I gulped my fear of stage fright and decided to take the courage as this audience is more rather around a small to almost moderate size. Coco sits there on the beach towel far from the crowd, just anticipating for me to start singing. Taking the microphone from the stand with my left hand, my right hand gives out the signal to the band right behind to start playing.

The stallion makes a little fill-in with the toms and breaks right into the intro of the song. The saxophone then plays a small melody that just about put smiles on the audience's faces. The bassist starts playing those deep sounds from the plucking that the strings made and vibrate. After that intro with the synth even backing up, I faced the audience. Taking a deep breath, I began singing into the microphone.

We're no strangers to love

You know the rules, and so do I

A full commitment's what I'm thinking of

You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just want to tell you how I'm feeling

Got to make you understand

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We're known each other for so long

Your heart's been aching but, you're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're, gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling

Don't tell me you're too, blind to see

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give, Never gonna give

Never gonna give, Never gonna give

We're known each other for so long

Your heart's been aching but, you're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're, gonna play it

I just want to tell you how I'm feeling

Got to make you understand

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

When the song ended, everypony just about stood there with their mouths gaping all the way open in complete shock from my singing. A few seconds pass and everypony starts to bring her hooves together, beginning to clap slowly. The speed of their clapping began to accelerate to become faster and their mouths closed, formed smiles of being entertained by me. Yes, I did a good job but I don't have the most perfect voice in all of Equestria. I can hear cheering from a few other stallions and mares in the audience.

"Thank you." I said to the audience through the microphone with a smile. I walk right back up to the stand and gently place the microphone back into its place for the next one in line wanting to sing for the audience. I take my leave through the right side of the stage.

I make my way back towards the spot where Coco was waiting for me to return. On the beach towel under the umbrella she lay, bearing a very joyed and warm smile on her face when she saw me approaching her. I take my two bare feet from the sands of golden grain and step the both of them back onto that soft and warm towel. I got down onto the both of my knees, positioning myself closer to her.

"What did you think?" I said to her, sounding gentle. "I sang that song for you as a dedication to you."

Coco makes a very sweet face and then stands up slightly onto all four of her hooves. She leans back a bit and I do not know what would be coming next. She just about pounced playfully onto me, knocking me down onto the towel with my head making soft impact, but it wasn't going to be damaged. If it was harder, then yes it would probably be the risk of a concussion. And I don't want to risk a concussion, so thank goodness there was sand below the carpet as a pillow.

While she was on top of me, her smooth lips were pressing down onto my own soft lips. I move my two arms and wrap one around her body and the arm closer to her head with my hand gently making contact with her soft two-tone coloured mane. Her eyes were closed while she was kissing me and I began to close my eyes as well. I feel so happy.

The both of her hooves are pressed down onto my chest, but it doesn't hurt me as they feel calm and have a more relaxed feel. My right hand began to gently stroke at her mane. Even though I had the both of my eyes closed, I could tell that her face was already light pink as she was happy in my presence as well as how I was happy when she was near.

She takes my lips off of mine and I can feel her cheek brush and nuzzle passionately against my right cheek. She whispers in my ear "That song was the best thing that you could dedicate to me."

I open my eyes and take a look at whilst my right hand still strokes her gentle mane. I turn my head to the right, facing her cheek. I move my head forward, placing a soft peck onto her cheek. She moves her head back a bit and takes a look at me. Her cheeks are alit and she bears a happy smile upon her lips.

A few moments pass from the both of us gazing at each other, then Coco moves off from the top of me. I get back up, but let the two of my legs relax again. I take the small bag of grapes and bottle of sweet apple juice again and began to eat away at a few bits of watered seedless grapes with the swigs of tasteful apple juice purified for the sake of it all. Coco sits beside me with hers and she would once in a while, place her left front hoof onto my right hand to keep me relaxed. Couple of times, I would share my grapes with her when she ran out of grapes. But while she remained quiet, she looked rather beautiful lying down under the sun.

A small bad memory crosses me though and I turn away from looking at her. My smile slowly fades and I have a quiet and rather sad look on my face. It was the memory back on Earth that I once mentioned to Coco in Canterlot. It was about that one girl that I had a crush on, but she rejected me. I took it too seriously though and began acting a bit overly attached. It faded, but I would always remember this as something bad that happened to me, scarring me those days.

"Brayden?" Coco said to me sounding concerned, placing her soft hoof onto my right hand again. "Are you okay?"

I turned to look at her, to which she had a mildly worried look on her face. Her soft hoof gently rubs the top of my right hand. My eyes are set upon her for a few moments, and then turn away from her. I didn't want her to know how miserable I was back in the day. "I-I am not sure if I want to talk about it Coco." I told her.

"Brayden…" I could hear her say. I can feel a bit of her hoof turning softly as she is much closer to me, facing me. "I know you're afraid to tell me, but I will understand. Please… tell me what it is."

I let out a sigh. I wasn't going to escape this without telling why I looked sad to her, was I? I just about have admitted defeat and decided to let out my feelings. "You know how I told about when I was back on Earth and liked a girl there?" I asked her.

"Oh yes," She says. A look of question still is crossed on her face. "But why are you thinking about that? Is there something about it that I don't really know? You can tell me and I will listen."

I look at her still with that face of sadness upon my face. "It's a bad memory that has stuck with me ever since it happened to me. It wasn't my fault that I couldn't understand that she had someone else in her heart. I eventually just snapped and became all violent because of this anger inside that couldn't handle the depression. Eventually, some people told me to leave her alone. I couldn't let go. I was being such a fool to even follow that girl. She was beautiful and if…"

A loose tear formed in my left eye and began to crawl down from the cheek. "If I hadn't been so stupid and just didn't think so badly about her, I wouldn't have gotten in that mess. She didn't talk with me anymore, and it was my entire fault. She was a great friend and I wanted that just like her. But I- I was a different person back then, letting what disability I've been born with affect what anger I've unleashed. I've hurt one of my own, and I shall regret that one moment forever until the day I-"

"Stop it!" Coco said to me with worry in her voice. She throws the both of her hooves around me and her cheek gently touches my right cheek. She was giving me a hug and even I could then notice about the loose tear that had fallen from my eye.

The both of us were silent the entire time when she was hugging me. The moments that passed felt like medicine when I felt her soft cheeks next to mine. I move my head a bit to allow myself to gently nuzzle her gentle cheek. She doesn't let go, but she moves her head to look at me.

"Brayden," She began with a bit of confident courage arisen in her tone. "What you did back then was all just a mistake. We all make them by accident. You might not able to go back in time to change your past, but you can always change your future for a good one."

"I've made too many mistakes back on Earth," I told her. "It would be stupid if I made a single big mistake here in Equestria, and I don't want to do that, though I fear that I will."

"And I assure you that you won't," She says to me, placing her hoof onto my mouth to silence me gently when I was finished talking. "Never say that you will remember that memory forever until your time has come to go. It makes me sad to see you miserable from those thoughts you think. Now you need to promise me that you won't let those memories get into the way from now on."

"But it will be too hard…" I said to her, lowering my head to look down.

Coco moves her hoof to the bottom of my chin. She moves it up to have my eyes make contact with those beautiful cyan eyes of hers. "It's not too hard if you trust your friends." She says, bearing a warm and comforting smile. She moves her head towards mine and gives me a passionate kiss on the top of my forehead.

Those dark past thoughts that I have been experiencing for those few minutes begin to fade away from the love that Coco Pommel was giving me to make me feel better. Though they won't ever leave my memory and that I will still remember, I can remember my two special someponies and friends in Equestria can help me out to make it feel better. If Twilight does in fact, find out about me and Coco's secret love. I just hoped that she wouldn't take it too harshly. It is what I fear that she will become mad at me.

"I think Twilight told me something like when I was that upset, but you haven't seen me that upset." I said; still calm and wiping the running tear from my cheek.

Being in the comfort of Coco's love had made it hard for me to get that upset. As she as shy was, she definitely knew how to make me feel better. Besides that small problem that I seemed to reflect back to, I didn't have to worry about anything now that I am here in a different place away from all of my troubles I lived through. I don't even have to worry about tonight.

A sunset could be seen peeking out over the sky, allowing the day to make way for the oncoming night of beauty to come through. The moon was still hidden by the window of the guest bedroom that I am looking through to observe this wonderful sunset to bring an end to another good day in Manehattan. I am wearing light-blue jeans with a black plain shirt on me, all prepared and waiting for supper to finish being made.

It was tonight as I had predicted. Outside of the bedroom, I could hear the smooth and gentle sounds of soft jazz music playing in the living room that would extend to the kitchen where I can hear the sounds of Coco Pommel's hooves. My eyes are still drawn towards the sunset. The window is closed and there is no wind gust tonight that I can hear blowing on the windowpane.

The sound of her hooves moves from the kitchen towards the guest bedroom door, and she gives a few knocks on my door. "Brayden?" Her sweet and soft voice calls to me. "Dinner is ready."

I turned away from the windowpane and towards the white door across from the room. "I'm coming!" I called back to her in return. I step from the window and towards the door.

My right hand grips onto the door handle and I give it a turn. The door opens up. I move my head to take a peek into the room. My goodness, it looked rather prepared and really professional as it were a big party, but much smaller. More solely like a private party made for employees from a workplace. I slide right through the open arch of the door and pull the door towards me from behind, closing the door behind me.

I make my way down the small hallway and turn around the corner, placing the entire kitchen into my view. In the centre of the wooden table, I could see the glass vase filled with a wonderful looking bouquet of red roses that had put in and included water at the bottom for me and her to see. The white bowls were filled with that delicious liquid that I could recognize as tomato soup by its delicious smell that came from them. Among them was the garlic bread in those rectangular shapes I recognized and knew too well. Another white plate of salad leaves and fruits are on the right side from the main entrée. Then, I turn my eyes to see Coco.

There she was, putting her side plate of her salad onto her side of the table right beside me. Just looking at her, she looked really gorgeous. She bears a non-shining but glimmering ruby dress that covered the rest of her except her head and hooves. After putting the last of her three dishes filled with dinner onto the table, she turns her head and looks at me with those attractive eyes of hers. A warm and comforting smile appears on her face. She trots over to my chair, gripping onto the bottom of the chair with a hoof, pulling it back to open a spot for me to sit at the table.

I step a few feet forward towards her with a soft smile forming upon my own mouth. Moving closer, my hand grips onto the top of the chair and I take my seat at the table. Coco was standing next to me, both of us gazing at each other. "You look… beautiful, Coco," I told her in that complimenting tone. "It seems that you have planned everything carefully after all."

Coco fiddled the both of her front hooves together and a warm tone of blush appears upon her cheeks. "Oh… thank you Brayden." She told me. She turns around for a moment to take a seat at her chair. After she took her seat in the chair next to me, the both of us look at each other again.

I look away from her for a moment to observe my food up close and how well done it was made. "Looks like you did a splendid job making this." I commented. I take the shining silver spoon that sits next to the bowl with my right hand. Moving the spoon into the red soup, I take out a sample onto the spoon and take a sip of it from my mouth.

GREAT CELESTIA! That felt really hot and it felt like my tongue was on fire. I am quick enough to swallow the soup sample and reach for the near glass of water that is on my side. I move the glass cup towards my lips and open them up slightly to take a drink of cold and refreshing water to cool down the heat. Not only did I end up getting bruises yesterday thanks to Suri, I now had almost burnt my own tongue, though it was not too serious.

"Are you okay Brayden?" Coco said to me, sounding a little bit concerned. I turn the glass of water away from my mouth and set it onto the table, turning to her and taking slow breaths as I nodded to her. "I almost forgot to remind you that you should be careful when you are taking a sip of the tomato soup. Be sure to give careful and gentle blows to cool it down."

I nod again for that slight moment. I take the spoon that I had placed into my bowl and scoop out another sample. Feeling the little steam of that red hot soup, I use my mouth and gently blow out some wind to cool it down for a bit. When I had blown out all that I could, I placed the spoon of soup into my mouth for a sip.

The soup tasted much better than it was before because it was really steaming. It tasted really good and I could feel the saliva inside of my mouth tasting the buds of the soup. I gently swallow it down and place the spoon onto the plate it was accompanied by. I take a slice of garlic bread, placing it into my mouth to which I gnaw onto a piece of it, tearing out from the slice it was from. I can feel the saliva move around in my mouth to cover up the piece of garlic bread and help mush it down with the help of my teeth. When it had been grinded down, I swallow it down.

I turn my head for a moment to take a look at Coco. She is turned her focus towards eating dinner, and I can see her taking in a few healthy salad leaves to munch on with a few of the strawberries accompanied by them that sounded rather soft when she chewed into it. After a bite from the salad leaves she got and swallowed down, she takes her spoon with her hoof as carefully as she can. The spoon slips from her hoof and ends up back on the bowl's side letting out a small sharp ring. It didn't really hurt our ears though as it sounded more like a ding as if somepony was making a toast.

"Would you like some assistance Coco?" I asked her, scooting closer towards her with my chair.

She turned to me, that same warm smile emerged upon her face. "Of- Of course you can." She said to me with the usual soft-spoken tone in her sweet voice. Normally she looked more meek than usual, but something about me must have made her happy and rather joyed.

I move my hand towards her spoon and carefully grip onto it. I move the spoon into the soup that was cooling down after being on top of the stove and take a sample of that nice and rich tomato soup. I move it closer to Coco and she gently blows it before I moved it towards her mouth. Her mouth opens up and she takes a careful sip from the spoon.

Moments after taking a sip, she gulped it down and I move the spoon back to her bowl for another sample of soup.

A few spoonful amounts of her soup are gone by and her bowl is just about almost empty by the look from it. "Don't worry about the rest Brayden, I can take care of that. I've got the other sides to worry about." She told me, placing her right hoof gently onto the top of my left hand. After a few moments, she takes it off from my hand and goes back to eating her dinner.

I turned back towards my food and turn my attention towards a bit of the salad leaves and varied small fruit that lie among them. I take the silver fork located near that small plate and place them into the fresh leaves. A few of the small leaves and mixtures of blueberries and strawberries get onto my fork. I moved the fork towards my slightly opened mouth and slide the fork right out, chewing the mixtures of salad leaves and the small fruits accompanying it.

After a couple of bites for the nutrition of these wonderful greens and fruits, I swallowed it down and reach for my glass of water, taking a swig of that clear liquid still fresh. I then put down the glass of water and go for another sample of warm tomato soup. Samples of garlic bread dipped in with the tomato soup also brought a great taste to me for something that I have never planned to try before and it was delicious.

After a couple of bites into my salad, it was all done and all that was left from that were mostly the juices from the fruits that had gone loose from them, but it wasn't a biggie because I could just place the dish into the dishwasher when I am all done eating. I take a couple spoonful of that soup until was just about a thin state that was left to the bowl that I could drink out from. I gather another piece of garlic bread and dip it into the tomato soup, before placing it into my mouth. There was only one more piece of garlic bread. I place my hand onto the garlic bread and swipe it into my mouth, chewing it down gently into the mush that they would become. I swallow it down and drink from the rest of bowl for the tomato soup.

My dinner was finished and to top it off, I was really satisfied with how well dear sweet Coco beside me had been. Though she was quiet most of the time, I think I know what was coming up next on the list for our final night of my visit. I take one last drink of clear water from the glass cup and place it onto the table.

"I am all finished Coco." I said, turning my head to look at the mare beside me.

She put a smile on her face. "Funny, we both finished at the same time." She told me, getting a napkin and wiping her face from the leftover tomato soup around her mouth. After cleaning up her face, she hands me a clean napkin.

I end up cleaning my face and then silently offered to bring the dishes into his dishwasher which she accepted as a mare should not do these things by herself. I opened up the dishwasher and place the dishes in, making sure that they had stood up in the right order and were assigned to the right place in the dishwasher. Checking one more time to make absolutely sure, I close up the dishwasher and turn to look at Coco from a different direction.

Coco was already seated over by the leather couch and a smile was upon her face as she waited patiently for me. The fireplace over by the white wall was softly alit with the warm sparks that seemed rather warm. Luckily, this fireplace was safe and would not pose a risk. I took a few steps to leave the kitchen and make my way over into the living room. I walk around the couch and bent down on my back, taking a seat at the couch next to Coco whilst we observed the silent but occasionally crackling flames inside of the fireplace.

In the silence of those moments, I could hear Coco moving a bit on the couch. Then I can feel her move next to me. I turned my head to the left to look at her and looked somewhat both surprised and happy, as she was right next to me with her head resting upon my shoulder.

With her head resting upon her shoulder, I can feel myself moving my left hand and gently taking her right hoof and holding onto it. She moves her hoof and begins to gently share with her hoof in holding my hand. The sounds of soft jazz with the accompanied saxophone in the music really began to bring out a spark between the both of us.

I turned a part of my body to the left to face her. Her head moves up to look at me, and I can see the beauty within her cyan eyes that she had looking at me. My other hand moves forward and is placed upon her soft mane, giving it gentle and calm strokes for the both of us. She keeps her smile and she moves her head forward towards as I move towards her as well.

The both of us began to share a gentle kiss on each other's lips. My right hand continues to stroke at her soft mane whilst my left hand and arm move around her body to softly embrace. After releasing our lips from each other, she gently presses her lips onto mine again and my eyes are closed while this is happening. In the silence of love and kissing, I can feel the both of her hooves moving around my body as in a heartwarming embrace. Our lips continued to press against one another, and made sure that I was softly breathing through my nose.

I was gently pushed backwards onto the pillow on the side of the couch; my head was resting upon it as Coco remained to have her gentle lips onto my own. These kisses that I felt were rather passionate and it felt really romantic on my end. But in other words, this kind of kisses felt deeper and felt like it was trying to go in a different direction. This passionate kissing that the both of us were sharing was starting to become… as if me and Coco were beginning to 'make out'.

I definitely knew where making out would eventually go, and I knew that I was going to have to react as fast as possible to this before it led to something bad or worse: something I would regret big time. Twilight was already my special somepony so I needed to take it easy when this was a secret. It would be just in case I wanted to end up proposing to Twilight to marry me.

I stopped kissing Coco and move my head a bit slightly away from her to signal her attention. She tries to kiss me back at first then realizes that the both of my eyes are open and looking at her. "W-What is it Brayden?" She asked.

I sighed and moved my right arm, placing my right hand onto her soft mane again to gently stroke it. "Coco, I want to tell you something about going this far in the kissing stage," I said to her. "I say this because I think that we should both take it a little easy on it. Going a bit more far on it could result in… something else happening."

"Something else?" She questioned before picking up on where I was coming at. "Well, I get what you mean but it's just you and how wonderful you are."

"You are wonderful as well Coco," I said to her in a gentle and calm tone. "However, the reason why I think we should take it easy s because if it ends up going somewhere in that direction… I could easily get into trouble with my special somepony and it could end up not ruining this secret between us; but our friendship as well."

"I wouldn't be that concerned Brayden," She said to me. "Twilight still doesn't know about this, but even if she does I won't get mad at you. I would understand if she just wants you and me to be just 'friends', but we both would remember about this."

I moved my right hand from her mane and place it onto her soft right cheek to gently caress it slowly and for surely. "That won't stop me from sharing my love with you. You are a beautiful mare and you should be proud. No matter how quiet you can be, just remember me and you'll be able to stand up to face what challenge comes at you in your life." I told her.

Coco's cheeks lit up again and she stimulates a giggle. "Thanks…" She said softly.

I move my right hand around her body again in an embrace and began to softly kiss her again whilst closing my eyes. The sounds of slow jazz accompany us yet again in our love to one another. This moment felt heavenly just like feeling Twilight's lips on mine.

Coco releases the kiss from my lips and gently nuzzles the left side of my face. "I love you…" I can hear her whisper in my left ear.

"I love you too, Coco…" I whispered back to her in her right ear.

There were no more kisses after that. Most of the time after that was spent between the both of us gazing into each other's eyes and the occasional nuzzling of her cheeks and noses rubbing together. For me, I felt free from all the trouble that was accompanied in my life… for now. But I have both Twilight and Coco to love and help me bring something in I never experienced back on Earth. Nevertheless, it is sad that this evening had to end quickly.

After our cuddling session on the couch, Coco was beginning to a feel a little tired from our long day. After stimulating a yawn, I gently picked her up with the both of my hand as she was facing me and I carried her all the way to her bedroom. I placed her into bed, wishing her goodnight. I'm about to leave, but she invited me to sleep with her; no funny business promised. So I gathered my pyjamas and slipped back into her bed for the second time, falling asleep next to this beautiful mare.

I take a look among the few other stallions and mares with me whom gathered with me to wait for the Friendship Express to make way onto the railway tracks. Coco was standing right next and my right hand was holding onto her soft hoof; my other hand is carrying my luggage with all of my stuff. On me I am wearing the same thing that she knitted me for my birthday.

"I can't believe that was your last day to visit Brayden," Coco said to me sounding a bit surprised but disappointed at the same time. "I wish it could have been a bit longer."

"Aww, don't worry," I said to her, giving gentle strokes on her hoof with my own fingers. "Whenever you are in Ponyville visiting Rarity or any other break from your job; you can always see me anytime whenever you want to as long as you aren't busy."

"I know… but it just feels like time flew by when I was really enjoying it." Coco said to me, lowering her head a bit with shame.

I move my right hand that was holding her hoof and put it onto her chin gently, lifting it up to have her look at me. "Time flew by for me as well, but I really enjoyed my visit in Manehattan, but nothing can last forever but the good memories that come." I told her.

In the distance, I could hear the sound of train whistle roaring loudly as the Friendship Express had finally arrived with an en-route destination to Ponyville. The train began to pull up onto the station, slowing down to a complete stop. After making a complete stop, I could see a conductor step out from the train.

"ALL ABOARD!" He called out to let the others at the station know that the train had arrived.

After looking at the conductor, I turned back to Coco as I knew this goodbye would be something of worth for her. "Goodbye Coco," I said to her as my right hand takes her left front hoof and gently holds onto it. "Remember to come and visit me."

"I will…" Coco says to me before the both of us closed our eyes to give each other a gentle kiss on the lips and then a quick nuzzle. "I love you Brayden…"

"I love you too Coco." I said to her in what was close to a calm and nearly-gentle whisper.

After that we separated and I let go of Coco's hoof. I began to walk towards the train doors and the conductor made a smile towards me as he knew me from the first time I was heading up to Canterlot with Fluttershy to meet Princess Celestia. I walked through the train doors and I was the last one to enter in. I move past the hallways and into a private cabin with an open window that allowed me to take a look outside.

Coco stood there with a smile upon her face from outside the window. I close the cabin door behind me and move towards the window with my luggage in the cabin room on the soft beds that the Friendship Express provided. The both of us shared one more look at each other for the last time. It was only in those few moments of sweet enchantment until the train began to start up and move slightly as it would begin its journey back to Ponyville.

Coco moved her left front hoof upward and began to wave at me with a wink from her right eye. I waved right back to her just as the train was starting to move a bit faster to pick up some speed out of the station. That was the last I would see of her beautiful face for now until she came to visit me.

I was on my way home to Ponyville and I sat there on the bed inside the cabin thinking about everything I had done with Coco today and for those few days in Manehattan. It was such a fun time and she was a beautiful sweet mare. Twilight of course comes to mind about this and I just about placed my hand over my mouth covering the shock of what I had just done. Realization had struck me.

I had cheated on my special somepony, Twilight.