Octavia practically flew up the stairs leading up to Vinyl's flat. She could hear oddly familiar music wafting through the walls, and it took her some time to realise that it was the very same music she'd played that morning.

How could I have been so stupid? She thought to herself. She breathed in deeply and knocked on the door. The music abruptly stopped, and Octavia swore she heard somepony blow her nose.

"Go away." A Vinyl said quietly, her voice cracking with emotion.

"Vinyl? V? It's me." Octavia said, tears threatening to break her composure once more.

Immediately, there was a flurry of movement from inside, and Vinyl appeared in the doorway, dried tears apparent on her face.

"Sorry, I uh, thought you were somepony else."

Octavia could tell she was lying, and it broke her heart to see her like this.

"Oh Vinyl," She said, a fresh tear running down her face. "I'm so sorry."

"F-for what?"

"I-I talked to Lyra. She told me everything."

At this, Vinyl simply broke down in front of her friend. "I'm so sorry!" She wailed. "I didn't mean to! And now you're never gonna talk to me again an-" She cut herself off with her own sobs. A large part of Octavia simply wanted to break down and cry with her, but she had to be strong. For Vinyl.

She gently lifted Vinyl's head of the floor with her hoof, and stared into her ruby-coloured orbs.

"You don't need to apologise, V." She said softly. And with that she bent forward and kissed Vinyl square on the lips.

Vinyl squeaked in surprise, but didn't pull back. Slowly she stood up again, and they kissed passionately, tears streaming freely down their faces.

"I'm so sorry." She said at last. "I should have noticed. All the pain I've put you through."

"No. Don't be sorry. I should have said something."

"H-how long?"

"Two months or so."

Octavia could feel fresh tears.

"How could I ha-"

Vinyl kissed her, forcefully this time, stroking the grey mare's mane lovingly. The rational thought section of Octavia's mind shut down and she gave in to Vinyl's passion.

Vinyl reeled in confusion. Is this a dream? What they hay is going on? I thought she didn't like mares? Then some of the old Vinyl kicked in, and she started to enjoy herself, the tears of pity and sorrow turning into joy at the beautiful mare locked to her lips.

It's better than I dreamed, she thought to herself. Better than any mare I've ever had, a by a mile. She held Octavia tightly in a lover's embrace, and Octavia returned the gesture.

Eventually, Vinyl's passion got the better of her.

She slowly ran her tongue over Octavia's teeth, seeking access to the beautiful mare's mouth. Although she hesitated, Octavia slowly obliged. Vinyl wrapped her tongue around her lover's, realising: She's never done this before. Don't worry Tavi, I'll show you what to do. Before long, Octavia understood the lover's dance in their mouths and complied.

They remained like this for quite some time before breaking apart, panting. A trail of saliva joined them for a second, before breaking apart. They stood there, staring deep into the other's eyes for several seconds, until as one, they threw themselves at each other, rubbing and stroking the other all over their bodies, and moaning their passion into the kiss.

After a short while, Vinyl suddenly found herself on the sofa, Straddling Octavia, who lay beneath her, hair spilling out over her shoulders and staring up at her with heavy lidded eyes. Still, she could see that she was nervous, so she lay down on top of her love and relaxed slightly, the pair sticky with a layer of perspiration.

"Are – are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"Yes."

"But… why? I always thought you weren't into mares." At this, Octavia smiled slightly.

"You never asked."

"This… this is your first time, isn't it?"

Octavia nodded, her mane bobbing slightly.

"Are you sure you're sure about this?"

"Yes, Vinyl."

"Okay, but… why?"

"Because I love you, V."

Yeah, it's pitifully short. But hey, I like ending on a high note! Please tell me exactly what you think of this one, because I'm not sure.

Thanks to:

Mr Malask- For being the crazy, review giving supportive mane-iac we all know and love.

Valourusspectre- For giving me some good support, being a crazy awesome writer and convincing me to release this in the first place.

Lavasharks- For giving awesome reviews and generally being a good writer.

Darkpillz- for giving some seriously enthusiastic reviews that we all love.

Sirisma- for reading and supporting the story.

Kitmaro- for giving good reviews.

The socialist- for injecting humor into his reviews.

I hope you all, and everypony else who read this, who I can't thank personally, but do thank collectively. I hope you all read my upcoming stories, and have as much fun reading them as I did writing them!