A silly little idea I thought of, just to bring more interactions between Sketchy ad Saffron and such ‘cause why not. Enjoy!  
(Original sketch: sta.sh/0wpgzvh5lew)
 
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It took long enough for Sketchy Dupe to ask the lovely chef mare Saffron Masala out for a date. He immediately grew affectionate of her once they met during one of his mail deliveries to the Tasty Treat, where he had to get some spices taken there. He mumbled and stuttered sheepishly just at the sight of her, hearing her chuckle at how silly he was acting. He overheard that the usual mail pony that delivered spices to her and her father Corriander was going to move post offices, no longer gonna be able to mail onroute to the restaurant. Seeing how that explained why Sketchy was hired to take the spices to the chefs that day, he talked with the ponies that he can be more than happy to be their spice delivery pony, making an agreement with the restaurant owners. Since then, he always made sure the fresh spices were taken to Corrainder and Saffron, getting more and more flustered and infatuated by the poofy haired unicorn. During one of his days off, he visited the restaurant to ask Saffron out, his nervous behavior being obvious signs for the chef that he took a liking to her, accepting the date before Sketchy could finish asking.
 
The ponies kept their date simple, having it in the Tasty Treat in the evening as they sat and chatted about themselves. Sketchy was amazed and fascinated by Saffron’s tales of her and her father always traveling to find a good place to have their restaurant, and her gracious love for cooking and making unique dishes. She adored seeing the many sights and learning recipes, knowing how much her cooking with her father meant so much to her. Sketchy told of how much he enjoys going to the forest, whether taking walks or to collect his thoughts, sometimes remembering how much he loved playing around there when he was a colt. He admitted that being a mail pony isn’t as fulfilling as being a chef like Saffron, but it does lead to meeting new ponies and getting to know some of them. Saffron smiled gleefully seeing how much he enjoyed more simple things. She said that even though she is glad to be where she is, it does take some hard work and practicing, to which Sketchy makes a silly remark that cooking might not be so hard given how easy she makes it look. Saffron playfully smiles at Sketchy, asking if he’d like to put that to the test by cooking up something, to see if it’s gonna be that easy for him. Sketchy rolls along, thinking that making a meal together will be fun.
 
The stallion followed Saffron to the kitchen, being shown a dish and the steps to make it. The mare still had the confident look on her, as if she was playing around with the mail pony. She decided not to use her magic to levitate spices and objects as a means of helping, just to make it fair for the stallion. Saffron was putting things together at such a swift pace, cutting up and stirring and spicing up everything just right as she takes a look at how Sketchy was doing. Just as she expected, he was having a rather rough time, seeing some spots of food and soup over the pot and on his soft red coat. Some splotches have even reached his head, messy on his muzzle, ears, and mane. She couldn’t help but giggle at how Sketchy looked, asking teasingly if he wanted some help, to which to poor stallion denied as he wanted to try his very best. Saffron shrugged cockily and continued, still maintaining a clean and non-messy appearance thanks to many years of experience. As she finished up some good soup, nicely made and heated up, Saffron pours some in a bowl and hands it to Sketchy, who at this point was defeated by a landslide as he had some of his own cooking splattered on himself. Mumbling and trying to clean himself up, he gratefully accepted the little token of participation, blushing and sighing at how delicious Saffron’s soup was. Basically nothing could beat its flavor and texture to him, the pony complimenting to how near perfect her food was. Saffron blushed at the sweet compliment, handing Sketchy a towel to wipe his supposed food off him
 
Sheepishly smiled at the chef mare, Sketchy admitted that all this cooking indeed might not be so easy as he anticipated, not being that much of a pro at it. The two ponies ate their little date meal, still having a nice talk with one another throughout the rest of their date. After that, when it was time for the two of them to split for the night, Saffron couldn’t help but give a soft chuckle looking back to the mess Sketchy made on himself trying to cook. While planting a soft kiss on Sketchy’s snout, she promised that she’ll help him out with the ingredients and techniques on their next date, knowing that he’ll enjoy cooking dishes as much as she does. Sketchy’s already red coat would be seen as even more reddish from the burning blush showing on his face, the stallion giving a heartfelt smile from the little notion from the beautiful pony. As the two gave their goodbyes, Sketchy trots on home, glad to know that he at least didn’t embarrass himself in front of Saffron severely. That was when he realized what Saffron said about helping him cook next time, basically implying to him that she was wanting to date again. As the lunar princess’ wonderful glowing moon hovers over the city of Canterlot, anypony would be curious to see a peculiar stallion walk on home, having the biggest smile on him along with a very noticeable blush on his muzzle.  

 
I’m sure this little idea was done times before, with one person being so good at something and seeing the other not so good, but they’re still trying. I thought that might work for Sketchy and Saffron here in the doodle, with Sketchy being so helpless as he tries to keep his work spotless like the mare he adores. The expression on Saffron was something I definitely liked, just giving her that confident, nearly teasing look on her as she knows she is faring better.  
I was thinking of maybe making the background transparent or maybe a background from the show, but I wanted to have some fun with the outlines for Sketchy and Saffron. I tested out making some bigger, white outlines for them to make them stand out from the gradient background I went with. I really liked how it turned out, but I do like to hear your thoughts on them as well.  
Also, I guess since there’s now a few pics of Sketchy and Saffron already, I suppose the name for these two would be Sketchffron or something? I dunno, I don’t make up these things. I think.
 
Saffron Masala-Hasbro  
Sketchy Dupe-SnakeyThingy