Mystery's Book of Awoken Bullshit

(Oneshot) "I Guess I Don't."

You guys gave me the idea of creating some AUs where certain events in Awoken never happened. For some reason this is the first thing that came to mind. Possibly because I wanted to write something angst-y. So here you go. AU where Mystery never confessed.

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"Man, she's so amazing... Look at this! Look at this!" Glaze held up the same drawing that he'd been shoving in my face for the last 10 minutes as if it was the best thing in the world. To him, maybe it really was.

"Yeah, it's nice." Is all I said. It's really good and all. I just don't want to hear about it. I don't want to hear about anything to do with her.

"But like... The detail! Agh, it's so good! And she made it for me! Do you think she likes me? I want to ask her out so bad, oh man, but what if she says no? I don't deserve her."

"She's the one who doesn't deserve you," I muttered. "If she turns you down, she's missing out."

"Should I do it? Is it too soon? Should I wait a little while? What do you think?"

I didn't answer right away, instead shifting my gaze back to my computer screen. Don't do it, I wanted to say. But what reason was I suppose to give? 'Don't do it because I've been in love with you for years and it would break my heart to see you with that stuck-up bitch of a mare.' Not exactly ideal.

"It's your choice," is what I finally replied.

He looked down at his hooves. "I want to. I really do. What should I wear? Can you help me pick something out?"

"No," I said bluntly. I wasn't about to help him with this. I'm taking no part in getting my crush together with someone else.

"Hmph. Fine, I'll call Amber. Maybe she can help me. What should I buy her? Roses? Chocolate? Candy? Jewelery? What do mares like? C'mon, help me out here, Myst."

I shrugged halfheartedly. "I'd want chocolate. But that's me." Hint hint.

"And a location... Park? Maybe at the club? Oh, and then I need a place to actually ask her to... The movies? Take her out for dinner? This is more difficult than I thought."

I wanted to give him bad advice, I really did. I would have suggested something so lame that she would have rejected him for sure... But the look on his face stop me dead, because it looked as if his future depended on this. I wasn't about to break his heart to save mine.

"Just get it over with already," I sighed. "Go out and do it right now if you want to so badly."

He stared at me in shock. "But... But I can't! I have to prepare! She doesn't know yet! What if she just wants to stay friends? What if she hates me afterwards? How will she react when I tell her?" He sighed quietly and slumped back against the couch. "You just don't know how bad it hurts to be so in love with someone, but they have no idea how you feel."

I got up from my spot beside him and packed up my computer. I don't want to hear any more of this. I'm done.

"You're right. I guess I don't," I spat, and left the room.

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If you have any more ideas for something like this (an event that you wish/would be interesting if it never happened), throw them down in the comments. I'm already probably going to do some scenarios for if Blueprint and 021 didn't die, because those were requested and I have some ideas ahah