Dancing mad

Shala barged through her front door and launched into the middle of her room, putting plenty of space on all sides around her. Several moments of deep breathing, she had the sense to move to the couch and calm herself down. Tears rolled down her face, but she was not sobbing. Not yet.

The door was still open though...

Icarus, Panting with breath as he finally reaches Shala's Door, knocks on it. "H-Hey... R-Ran off... B-Before I c-could s-say H-Hi..." He joked lightly, trying to lighten her mood a bit. "M-Mind If I s-sit with y-you a w-while...?"

Reel arrived at Shala's. He saw the door open so he went in. "Hey Shala." He said. "Are you okay? You ran away crying."

Shala sniffed and quickly wiped her head on the couch to hide her tears. "Oh, um..Sure..." She said, trying to hide the slight waver in her voice. She did not want to reveal her fragile state right now, even as much as she trusted Icarus. There was too much going on in her head.

"Did i invite you in?" She said shooting a glance at Reel. Her tone was stern.

Reel got scared. "I'm sorry! Your door was wide open. I thought you might need a friend."

Icarus nodded and sat down near the foot of the couch, leaning against the bottom of it. he then smiled weakly at Reel. "P-Pardon m-me, c-could you g-go help I-Indigo? I-I left him w-with my G-Glider... B-Big p-poofy mane. T-Tell him t-the Garage Is u-unlocked." He said, nodding. He then turned to Shala. "S-Should I g-get you a b-blanket?"

Shala started to shake as she tried to resist the urge to cry. She bit her tongue hard and nodded. A blanket would give her something to hide under. And she had to get over this. All she did was see him and panic in a crowd...A big...dense...breathless crowd.

"Ok". He said. "Just... make sure Shala doesn't do anything to herself. Oh! and hide the alcohol." with that he ran back to Indigo.

Icarus smiled softly, looking in the Closet, bringing out a blanket and placing it over Shala, Patting her shoulder gently, Closing the door with magic. "N-Now, You a-and me g-gotta t-talk... W-When you're r-ready, t-though. N-Not e-earlier."

Shala hissed after Reel's mention of hiding the alcohol. If anyone, ANYONE, touched her alcohol, there would be bloodshed. No doubt. History said so.

Back to Icarus, Shala had a hard time looking him in the face. "I...I think...Ill be okay..." She bit her lip, still holding back the floodgates. She didn't want to do this again. She was afraid of what others would think of her at this rate if this happen every time she had a fear overdose. It was one of her vulnerabilities she hated having exposed.

Icarus smiled weakly. "W-Well... A-Alright." It didn't take a master to know That she wasn't Okay, but Icarus gave her the benefit of the doubt. "I-I'll b-be right h-here if you n-need a-anything." He said, curling up on the floor near the couch.

Shala huffed and tried to hold in her feelings. She was starting to lose. In time, the inevitable came and she cracked up into tears. She let all of it out all at once, not to the same level as last time but still plenty of sobbing.

She didn't know why, but she felt like Icarus helped her get past this point. Before she would always hide it away, like she tried to do earlier. But she couldn't hide it from him.

Icarus turned over, looking at the couch, smiling when he heard her let her feelings go. He stayed silent, letting her let it all out, Just being there to comfort her.

Shala whimpered as her tears began to slow down. Her hooves were shaking and she took several deep breaths. "I...Can't handle small spaces...Big crowds too...Why must i be so scared?" She squeaked and buried her head into the couch.

Icarus then sat up, smiling softly. "E-Everypony has f-fears... T-That's w-what makes t-them Normal." He said, patting Shala's back.

"But I'm NOT normal!" Shala huffed in frustration. Her sorrow was starting to favor anger now. "Small spaces...c-clocks...And now i can't look at 'him' without locking up. I have done this before, but its so hard for some reason." She sighed and became a bit more calm. There was something else to Intel she could not get over.

"I moved here to get away from the crowds, the...clocks. And away from my life back there. I could barely live there...."

Icarus nodded with sympathy. "W-We'll h-have t-to work o-on t-that... Y-You c-can't k-keep running f-forever..." He said, maybe a little hippocritical of him, considering he was just as scared of the crowd.

Shala shook her head quickly and buried it into the couch. "No no no no no. I can't. I can just forget about it. I don't need it anymore. It just a waste to remember." She said muffled through the couch, faintly whimpering.

Icarus frowned and sighed. "N-No f-forcing you..." He said, leaning back against the couch.

Shala had nothing to say to that. She took a deep breath and let out a long deep sigh. She liked keeping things to herself. It felt like it was her one comfort she could afford when it came to everyone else.

"...Thank you...again Icarus." She wiped her eyes and looked to him, doubt still on her but otherwise she was feeling better.

Icarus smiled softly. "I-It's no p-problem, S-Shala..." He said, floating over a box of tissues. "A-Anything you w-want m-me to d-do?"

Shala shook her head. "No...Just....Whatever it is you do, keep doing it...Actually...i think im fine now...I just needed to collect myself..." She took a few tissues and cleaned herself up a bit. "Thank you...I just hope that Intel is not so terrible from seeing me..."

Icarus nodded, smiling. "A-Alright... h-He w-was... W-Well, H-He w-was writing Equations in t-the snow. A-Advanced s-stuff, t-too." He admitted, smiling weakly.

Shala blinked and sighed to herself. "Guess...he busied himself with his 'science' then. What a numbskull." She laid went limp on the couch and stared off into space. "...You don't have to stay here anymore....That flying thing of yours might not like laying in the snow too long.."

Icarus shakes his head. "T-The G-Glider's f-fine... I-I left it w-with I-Indigo." He said, keeping by the couch. "B-Besides, I f-feel I might b-be needed a l-little b-bit more h-here..."