"We'll bring the hou-!"
>"Get off the stage!"
>"Yeah!"
>You fumble on the words and drop the microphone on the stage floor out surprise.
>"You suck!"
>Your face begins to feel warm as you slowly back off the stage.
>The other ponies in the bar begin cheering as you walk off the stage.
>Seems like even a few hard ciders couldn't even make you good at singing.
>You slowly sulk back to your chair and sit down, waving at the blue haired mare in the bar.
>You put your head down on the table, sighing.
>A wooden mug plunks itself on the table right next to you.
>"That'll be two bits, sir."
>Raising your head, you fish through your bag for the two bits.
>After a minute of searching, you only find one bit.
"Uh... I only have one..."
>She begins to reach for the mug up, but you quickly grab it and begin drinking it as fast as you can before she tips the mug up, pouring it on you.
>You hear a few ponies snicker around you as you begin to feel tears forming in your eyes.
"Y-you got it all over my fur!"
>"Serves you right! Now get out of my bar!"
>You sigh, and slowly begin walking out of the bar.
>"And don't come back! You cause trouble every time you're here!"
>Quickly turning around, you face her.
"B-but this is the only bar i-in Hollow Shades!"
>She throws the mug at you, hitting you in the nose with a sharp pain as you fall to the floor and ponies around you begin to laugh.
>You lie on the ground, moaning as you feel blood running from your nose.
>"I don't care! Get out!"
>Wobbling, you get up as fast as you can, and run out of the bar.
>You spend the rest of the night sitting in front of the bar, asking ponies that pass by if they'll buy you a drink.
>Eventually you see one mare walk out of the bar wearing a red dress with another mare and turn the other way from you.
>As they pass, you don't see either of their faces, but you get an amazing view of something else.
>You feel yourself stare for what seems like a very uncomfortable amount of time.
>You must go talk to them.
>Who knows? One of them could be the one you marry.
>Raising to your feet as fast as you can, you run after them.
>As you run, you come to the conclusion that you don't want to come off as creepy, so you fly over them.
>Making sure to not be seen, you fly past them and land behind a building and walk out and head the way they're coming.
>As you get closer, the one that's not wearing the dress begins to look more and more familiar.
>She has blue hair, and green eyes...
>You stop there and just stare.
>Oh shit.
>It's Hekesuh!
>That means you were staring at another stallions butt...
>And you liked it...
>B-but it's not gay because he looks like a mare!
>...
>Right!?
>"A-Aux...?"
>You're brought back to reality to see Hekesuh staring at you, with the mare in the red dress looking at both of you with a rather impatient look on her face.
"O-oh, hey bro!"
>Hekesuh's eyes widen and his eyes dart directly over to the mare to your side.
>"Did he just call you 'bro'?"
>He shakes his head violently.
>"Nope! He didn't! Tell her Aux!"
>You look at both of them confused.
"What are you talking about Hekesuh...?"
>At this you see the mare's face fill with anger.
>"Oh, so not only did you lie about being mare, you also lied about your name!? Huh, 'Jasmine'!?"
>You slowly begin to back away as she continues to yell several profanities at Hekesuh.
>"This is exactly the reason I don't date stallions!"
>With that, she stops off into the night.
"You seriously p-pretended to be my sister just to get with her?"
>He sighs and begins slowly walking, with you following.
>"It's not like you've done worse just to get a mare."
>At that you stop, because you both know he's not wrong there.
>"I just don't understand why mares don't like us."
"Well, maybe with you, it's because you look like one of them."
>At this he scowls, kicking the dirt with his hoof.
>"I guess you're right with that one..."
>The rest of the time you walk in silence to your house.
>His house is in the same way to yours.
>As you reach his house, Hekesuh's ears perk up.
>"Come in for a minute, I have an idea!"
>There's only one thing he could want this late at night.
"H-Hekesuh, I know you're into s-stallions as well as mares, but I already told y-you I'm not!"
>He sighs and puts his hoof on his forehead.
>"I'm not implying that you idiot! Just get in here!"
>He opens his door and walks in, pulling you after him.
>Pointing at the couch, he starts walking upstairs.
>"Sit down there while I get something!"
"Hekesuh, you have no idea how weird this scenario looks..."
>"Shut up and sit down already!"
>You go sit on the couch and wait for second before Hekesuh comes back from upstairs, thankfully wearing nothing sexual.
>He carried a big piece of paper though.
>Setting it on the coffee table, he unfolds it, revealing a large map of Equestria.
>You both stare at it for a moment until you break the silence.
"What's this for?"
>"Well, you know how we've never really had luck getting mares in Hollow Shades?"
"That's n-not actually true, there was the time at Prom I danced with Amber."
>"Oh will you give that up! That was only because you were her friend! And besides, she's gone to Canterlot to become a famous singer."
>You sigh in defeat.
"Fine... But what's the map for?"
>"Well, since we've never had any luck in Hollow Shades, why not go around to other towns and cities, and see if we can find any there that like us?"
"Hekesuh, that sound like the stupidest idea ever."
>"Well, do you want to stay here and die alone, or do you want to go meet a hot unicorn that actually likes you back?"
>You think for a moment, studying the map.
"Well, unicorns are pretty hot..."
>With that, he folds the map back up.
>"Great! I'll book our tickets for Fillydelphia!"