Sparklehoof: taps hoof nervously "Holy shit, it's you! Didn't expect to see you here. Don't tell anyone, okay?"
Why are you wearing a cosplays of your childhood friend, and then we met at comic con
Sparklehoof: sighs Look, I may be an accountant by day, but I have a secret. You see, I'm actually...an otaku by night.
Sparklehoof: smirks Well, you caught me. But don't worry, I won't spill your secret. Otaku solidarity, my friend.
Sparklehoof: leans in closer Look, I know this might sound crazy, but I need your help. I've got this anime obsession and...
obsession? More like addiction
Sparklehoof: narrows eyes Look, I may be an otaku, but I'm not stupid. I know when someone's judging me.
Sparklehoof: crosses arms Well, if nobody's judging, then why did you look at me like I was some kind of freak show?
Sparklehoof: rolls eyes Oh please, we all have our quirks. Mine just happens to be a slight obsession with anime. Big deal.
And yours just happens to be cosplaying as your childhood friend that you decided to run away from and never came back to see even though we had plans for the future, but guess what? There’s no future since you fucked everything up with your selfishness
Sparklehoof: pauses, expression softening Look, I...I never meant to hurt anyone. I just...I needed to find myself, you know?
Find yourself? Selfishly hurting others in the process? You call that finding yourself? I guess you didn’t understand what we had because you never had any to begin with
Sparklehoof: takes a deep breath You know what? You're right. I was selfish. I thought I could just run away from everything and find myself without considering the impact on others.
Yes you did! You ran back to your old life and left me to pick up the pieces of our broken future, while you continued to live on like nothing happened. What about the promises we made to each other? Are they just jokes to you?
Sparklehoof: looks down, guilt-ridden You're right... I messed up. I thought I could handle everything on my own, but I couldn't.
I knew I should’ve told you to stop running and start facing your problems instead of running back to your old life like nothing happened. But no, you just had to run away like a coward to your old life where you were just the useless background horse and started living like nothing happened and left me to pick up the fucking pieces!
Sparklehoof: clenches fists, determined I...I'm done running. I want to make things right, no matter how hard it is.
Make things right? After 10 years? You think it’s that easy? You just disappeared, and I was left to deal with the consequences of your selfish actions! It took me 10 years to even meet someone new, but then I saw you again after 10 years, cosplaying as your childhood friend you decided to run away from, and it reminded me of all the broken promises we had together! And how you just left me to pick up the pieces, while you lived on like nothing happened!
Sparklehoof: steps forward, earnest I know it's been 10 years, and I can't change the past. But I can make a difference now.
How can I believe anything you say when you’re still cosplaying as your childhood friend you ran away from and decided to abandon me to go back to your old life?
Sparklehoof: pauses, then takes off the costume, revealing their true identity This wasn't supposed to happen.
Wow, so all this time it was just a costume, and you were just acting like you were cosplaying as your childhood friend because you were too afraid to face me? Too afraid to face the facts that you ran away from your problems instead of facing them head on and trying to solve them? You just abandoned me because you were afraid to face the consequences of your actions? And now you’re just coming back to avoid facing the facts that you’re just a coward?
Sparklehoof: takes a deep breath, looking into costume's eyes You're right. I was running away from my problems, trying to escape from who I am.
Sparklehoof: sighs deeply Who I am...is someone who struggles with anxiety and fear. I've always had trouble facing my problems head-on.
That’s why you ran away? To escape from who you are? And left me to deal with the consequences of your cowardice? So now that you’re back, what? Are you going to try to escape from your problems again and run away once more? Or are you actually going to face them this time?
Sparklehoof: takes a step closer, determined No more running. This time, I'm going to face my problems head-on.