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It’s been about two weeks since the Festival of Friendship. It’s really been great, after the whole getting enslaved and emancipated in a matter of a few days thing. Storm King influence spreads pretty quick. You couldn’t help but notice a certain feline roaming about the festival, primarily hanging around Rarity, one of the members of the mane 6. Capper, you recall his name being. Dressed in a cape and a top hat. A dingy tailcoat underneath...Today you were out about town doing your own thing, just wandering aimlessly with no particular place to be. It was late dusk, you always liked being out at this time. It was a fairly quiet evening, not many out doing much of anything. So, your mind wanders to him. His fur, his fluffy tail, those, gorgeous piercing yet misty green eyes... You were walking alone through a shortcut when you hear a quiet wisp of wind, a faint rustle Of fabric following it.

“My my, what do we have here~?” A gentle voice hums. It was more of a baritone, it was rich and smooth. You also recognized it... hearing that voice, you come to a stop, turning to face the cunning cat. His slim figure was leaning against the wall. He had his eyes locked on you. You avert your own with a slight blush before glancing at yourself.

“It would appear you have a female (species) in your presence. Sir.” You reply somewhat awkwardly. He chuckles as he walks over and gives a half bow and gently grabbing your (hand/paw), lifting it to his lips and giving it a gentle kiss.

“And a lovely one at that...” He says quietly in a way that made your stomach flip. He drops your hand and backs up a pace, crossing his arms over his chest with a grin like that didn’t just happened. You bring your hand close to your chest glancing at it for a moment before looking at him.

“You’re, That Capper guy aren’t you?” You ask even more awkward.

“Indeed I am, and you are?” He hums curiously.

“Who me? I’m just (Y/n). But sometimes my friends call me (nickname).”

“Beautiful name to match a beautiful lady, so, tell me. What’s someone like you doin’ out at a time like this, hm?”

“Nothing really, I just like the sunset.” You shrug. He grins a little more.

“Well lucky for you, I know just the place to go if you want the best view.” He smoothly turns on a dime and makes his way out of the alley. “Shall we?” He asks, his bandaged tail following behind him. You silently following suit. You follow him as he leads you to a roof. Sure enough, the sunset was beautiful there. A smile can’t help but grace your face as you close your eyes in bliss, taking a deep breath to inhale the warm evening air.

“You’re right, this is probably the best view I’ve ever had...” You smile as you stare at the sun. Not for too long though of course. Don’t want to burn your eyes out. Capper watches you, smiling... there was something about you that drew him to you, he couldn’t really describe it. Noticing he was staring for a while, he fake coughs to give himself an excuse to look away. Just gazing at the spectacle with you. From there, you ended up just, talking, you talked for hours, long since the sun set. His eyes seemed to literally glow as they peered at you, they were chilling, captivating, mysterious, beautiful...

“And, what are you doing out here?” You ask out of the blue.

“Pardon?”

“You asked what I was doing by myself, so I’m inclined to ask the same question.”

“Ah nothin really. Just swiping a wallet or two.” He replies casually. You look at him surprised.

“You’re that desperate?” You ask. You weren’t angry or disgusted, you were curious, a little worried. He glances at you.

“I’m not too sure I know what you mean.”

“If you go so low as to steal... you must be desperate, aren’t you?”

“Eh...” He rolls his eyes a bit, tone changing. His eyes sadden as he glances away from you. “Not, really anymore. It’s just all I know. Even then, my current situation’s probably temporary anyway, then it’s right back to Klugetown...”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m crashin’ at a friend’s house. She’s sayin’ I can stay with her as long as I need. But I couldn’t burden her with that much longer now... it’s my mess. I gotta be the one to clean it.”

“What kind of mess could you have gotten yourself into?”

“Debt. Lots of a debt. A lifetime of debt. These past few years I’ve just been scrapping by as best I can trynna pay it off.Which probably won’t ever happen anyway... with nothing I resorted to pickpocketing, conning, doing what I had to. Now, it’s kind of all I know...”

“But, you can learn, right? Make something better of yourself. You’re obviously very smart.”

“Heh, probably not as smart as you may think...” He smirks to himself as he stands, walking a few paces away. “Slick? Sure. Charming? Definitely. But if I were really so smart I wouldn’t even be who I am today, since I wouldn’tve made such a stupid mistake back then...” He trailed off. His voice laced with regret, sadness as his head hung a little bit, tail curling close to his person... you slowly stood, turning to him. You wanted to help him... Suddenly, his ears perk and head jerks up. Momentary fear in his gaze, at least that’s what you thought you saw as he turned his head toward the edge of town. He turns to face in front of him again and seemingly takes a subtle deep breath. “Whelp,” he clears his throat. “that’s my que. I’ve gotta go.” He straightens both himself and his coat. Any previous negativity in his expression gone as he gazed at you over his shoulder. A smile in his eyes. “It was a pleasure (y/n), see ya around.” Before you could say anything more, he jumped off the roof and disappeared.