Homesick feels worse somedays...

[shiest_sunbeam]

Characters: Ronnae + anyone
Location: Obel Lake
Rating: PG-ish?
Open/Closed/Finished: Open
Summary: A bittersweet day away from home.

Ronnae had woken up today melancholy and she already knew why. She was far from home on this once a year day and she could tell that it would take a toll on her even before getting out of bed. That alone took a bit; She remained looking at the ceiling for a long time, memories of her family and home taking up the majority of the moment before she finally set off to shower.

Once bathed and dressed, she decided to go grab something from the cafeteria and make her way towards the lake they had stopped at for the break. She picked may of her favorites, stuffing them in her bag before she had begun to leave, only turning to grab a slice of strawberry cake for the occasion... After all, can't have a birthday without cake?

Once she arrived at the lake, she had taken a spot under a nice, shady tree near the lake itself. It almost felt nostalgic... It was trees and areas like these where she'd like to lounge and lazy about back when she was younger... Today it simply felt depressing as it was lacking the teasing from her siblings or the odd yet silly topics one of her only friends would bring up as they lazied about together.

She missed her parents the most... her mothers and her fathers... and how attentive they had always been to them, especially on days such as this one. Ronnae fought back the tears and shook her head, scoffing at herself at how pathetic it would seem to some of her peers from school, or the regimen... She finally began to take a few bites of her food in hopes that it would drown out the sorrow.

Comments

[shiest_sunbeam]

"I suppose..." Granted, Ronnae was very bad at not only socializing, but making connections and bonds. Definitely her own fault, but that's just the way things were for her.

At Pinky's outburst she couldn't help but laugh a little. "It's just... f-formalities really. It's my full name anyways. Ronnae is just fine."

[laughafterme]

Pinkie picked up her basket, now covered with confetti. It didn't seem to bother her. She may just be used to it. Her muffin was also covered with confetti, but she just dusted it off.

"Yeah, I'm not so good with formality stuff! It's too...STUFFY! So just call me Pinkie, okay?!" Just don't call me after midnight!"

Yes, she was laughing at her own joke.

[shiest_sunbeam]

Ronnae smiled, a bit of a confused look on her face as she didnt quite get the joke.

"I'll make sure to remember that." she said sheepishly.

[laughafterme]

"I found iiiiiiit!" Pinkie grinned in triumph, and no doubt making Ronnae confused.

[shiest_sunbeam]

Confused, yep! Ronnae looked at her curiously and leaned forward a little.

"Found it?" she asked timidly.

[laughafterme]

Pinkie leaned forward because Ronnea did so, and whispered.

" Your smile!!"

[shiest_sunbeam]

And of course the once green girl's face was sporting a bright red blush.

"W-what?" she asked surprised, though it was a confused yet pleasant surprise.

[laughafterme]

"YOUR SMILE!!" Pinkie said it a bit louder, in case the other didn't hear her. "You've been frowning and blue since you got here! Sometimes you just need to smile to get back that happiness! Even if its a teeny, tiny, itty bitty, little smile!"

[shiest_sunbeam]

Ronnae didn't quite know how to reacts to Pinky... But something about her seemed to just brighten the mood enough to keep her smile around, even if it wasn't her usual, bright smile.

"I s-suppose, yeah... I should have been trying to do that I guess." She wondered if Pinky was the type to not let anything keep her down.

[laughafterme]

"Well, it can be pretty tough to get a smile going when you're down! THAT'S WHY you need friends to help you!"

Pinkie's world was just this simple.

"Don't your friends know your birthday is today?!"

[shiest_sunbeam]

Ronnae didn't look back up. She didn't even know anymore if she may have failed as a friend herself. She was usually depressed and always tried to play it off as not. She'd avoid people like they were out to get her and she hardly went out unless it was for classes, eating, or training.

"I... no. Not really... I didn't want to bother them..."

[laughafterme]

"But that's what friends are for! I bother my friends all the time!" Especially Rainbow Dash, if only because she didn't mind. Maybe. "If you DON'T bother them, then they think you don't need them anymore!!"

[shiest_sunbeam]

Ronnae thought about it for a while. Yes it made sense, yes, it's been told to her in a similar fashion before, but... Ronnae just wasn't the same as others and the way she saw things was just a tad differently.

Nonetheless, she appreciated Pinky's concern. "Well, yeah I guess... It's not that I don't need them... I just... feel like maybe I don't.... deserve em."

[laughafterme]

Pinkie didn't like what she heard, and put an arm around Ronnae in comfort. She gave her a squeeze.

"We'll, you've got one friend that just won't quit on you! Rain,sleet or snow, we'll ALWAYS be friends! Everyone deserves friends, no matter what! I mean, just look at Princess Luna! She used to be SUPER EVIL AND EANTED TO ECLIPSE ALL OF EQUESTRAI! But now everyone likes her! All she needed was some friends!"

[shiest_sunbeam]

Ronnae flinched a little and looked over a bit embarrassed. She wasn't used to this kind of closeness, especially from people who weren't her family. It was an odd feeling, not unpleasant in the least however.

A small smile spread on her lips and she looked down a bit timidly. "So we're f-friends then?" she asked sheepishly.

[laughafterme]

Pinkie didn't know the meaning of personal space.

"Absofruitly! And the first thing I'm gonna do is throw you a birthday party! Buuuuuuuut since its pretty last minute, and Gummy needs to get fed pretty soon, it'll be just us! DON'T WORRY THOUGH!! We'll still have truckloads of fun!!"

[shiest_sunbeam]

Ronnae shook her head and laughed a little.

"R-really, you don't have to. The thought is more than enough to make my day, really." she replied embarrassed.

[laughafterme]

"I insist!" Pinkie won't take no for an answer. "Birthdays can't be celebrated alone!"

[shiest_sunbeam]

Ronnae blushed and smiled a bit awkwardly, "O-okay... I guess.... W-well, thanks." she replied timidly noting that she didn't seem like she'd be able to get out of this... Not that it was a bad thing, she appreciated the intentions even if her thoughts dwelled on darker tones.

[laughafterme]

"WOOOO! Come on over to my tent! I have snacks and music and great stories!" Pinkie stood up and offered a hand to Ronnae.

[shiest_sunbeam]

"W-what? O.... Oh well... O-okay I guess." Stranger danger! Stranger danger!

Ronnae stood up and picked up her things slowly before hugging her backpack to her chest and looking around before turning her attention to Pinky timidly.

"Alright, I'm g-good I think."

[laughafterme]

"Are you sure? You look like you have a lot of stuff there!" Pinkie reached over to...help. Somehow.

[shiest_sunbeam]

"Y-yeah I'm good. I've... sorta carried... a lot more." she admitted sheepishly.

"So where to?"

[laughafterme]

"Wow! You must be as strong as Big Macintosh!" And that guy is pretty strong!

Pinkie pointed over in the distance, where there is a pink tent set up. "Over yonder!! Can you see the pink tent?"

[shiest_sunbeam]

"Big Macintosh?" she asked curiously as she looked over the distance and nodded at noticing the tent.

"Yeah, I can see it," Seems Pinky really liked... well, pink.

Ronnae started walking at a relaxed pace, keeping her head down.