Chapter 3
Dark purple stench of sticky sweet filled the private room.
Wooden flooring sounding salty like sweat. Loud walls thickening with every beat and bounce of the vibrant music. Curtains peeling off a faint passionate fragrance as they encircled the two girls in privacy.
The black haired girl's body caressed the music the best she could. Dancing slowly from side to side as she approached her one and only request of the night. She tried to remain as expressionless as she could but it felt a little hard with lilac eyes enveloping her entire body in a feather warmth. Slowly catching herself biting her lip she manoeuvred softly into the lap of the blonde girl before pulling away. The pull and push technique she was taught to use. She placed the curiosity into this girl's lap now, wanting to know what she was going to do with it. Now turning quietly on the spot, every so often their eyelash moons colliding.
The blonde already got lost in her eyes, those amber gemstones staring sweetly back at her. There was something about these eyes compared to the rest that felt different, like they had life shackled inside of them, yearning to be set free. She watched the raven haired girl turn around and make a soft grinding motion towards the ground, her hands slithering down her sides slowly. Yang suddenly felt her own sides light up, like tingling sugar in the mouth.
Does this girl have a name, something she could use to start the conversation?
"..I'm Yang...what's your name?"
Light grinding came to a stop as she turned around again. She danced slowly over to her and straddled her lap wrapping a hand around the blondes neck. She hushed a finger against her own lips before Yang could ask again, hips whispering against the blondes as she began to grind once more. It was like watching velvet twist and turn into silk. Yang watched her run her hand through her dark hair, making the back of her own hair frost upwards, sending a shiver down her spine. The way this girl moved, tricked and teased her way around her heart, brought back that flutter she felt earlier on.
She remained silent as she anticipated what this girl was going to do next. Eventually their eyes locked once more and their bodies moved in tandem as the swaying motion continued.
"So Yang...like what you see?"
The sweet smirk filled her ears like wine. At first the blonde hesitated but decided to give her a subtle response.
"Hmm depends..ask me in the morning" giving a sly wink
Ears perking slightly above her head the Faunus' smirk sizzled into a grin in response.
Excitement fevering across her face, it didn't take long for the blonde's eyes to race red - real subtle.
She watched intently as the stunning girl raised both arms up above her head as she continued swaying. Yang's eyes continued further round this girls body until it was then when she spotted what looked scabbed recess on her forearm. She couldn't also help but notice her other arm as the girl tried to cover her mark up.
Are those...bruises?
The concern in the Faunus' eyes grew wilder and wilder until she couldn't take the stares any longer. Yang now sat forward but it was too late. It was all a blur before she was staring at the door as the panicked girl bolted out of the room.
What..what just happened?
It took a while for Yang to make her way back through the dull, corridors back to the main part of the club, the cracks in the walls spidering as she zipped past. The girl was no where in sight. Her mind was fixated on what she could have said or done.
Sigh..way to go Yang..
The girl clasped her hands to her black jeans with a small frustrated pat. As she made her way out of the restricting corridors she got lost in the herd of dancers and customers sprawling into the main floor. Couldn't find sight of Coco anywhere.
C'mon Coco, don't tell me you took her home already!?
Glancing downwards at the time on her scroll, she shoved it away into her jacket pocket. After zipping up her leather coat and feeling up her keys Yang decided to give up the ghost and call it a night.
It was a very different mood on the way home on her bike. No music, no risky manoeuvres, just a girl riding in silence with the night wind and her thoughts echoing around her.
Was that my fault? Did I cause her to...should I go back?..no nothing to do with you Yang. Try to forget about her. No more strip clubs from now on.
The black and yellow bike pulled up outside her apartment and she quickly turned the engine off and pulled the keys out. Locking it fully she stood the bike in it's usual place outside the yellow stony wall. She sighed to herself and keyed in the codes to the front door.
She made her way slowly up the stairs like normal until she reached her flat. Door 66F. It opened softly as she walked through, throwing her jacket sloppily onto the sofa, making her way through to her bedroom getting undressed without thought – her mind some place else. She set her alarm as normal and went straight to sleep.
She rolled over and punched her alarm quiet after waking up the the shimmering light through the window, a dim warmth spreading through the bedroom. She sat up a little dazed from the night before. Trying to free her mind of this slight haze, she got up and took a hot shower. As the hot water rinsed off the sweat and dirt from the night before. After she got clean she turned the water off and made for the towel, drying herself as she walked out into her bedroom. After changing into her bright orange top and dark jeans, she decided to give her little sister a call to see how she got on.
"Morrning little sis, how'd it go last night?"
"Yang! Morrningggg. It was soo much fun. The movie was kind of a bore but I loved every second we spent. Weiss invited me to meet up again today for lunch too!" came the voice of Ruby from down the line.
"Good good, I'm glad"
"Yes! So no need for any sympathy cards just yet. "
"I suppose not" Yang replied
"Everything okay sis?" Ruby asked "you don't sound like your usual self today."
"Ahm...everything's good Ruby, just had a late night that's all" yawning down the phone. "So how old is this Weiss anyway?"
"Umm she's a tiny tiny bit older than me"
Those words concerned the blonde ever so slightly.
"How much is a tiny?" asked Yang
"Two..years?" she replied "..not as bad as you think. Plus she's not really been in a relationship before so it's all new to her too! I just hope you aren't mad.."
"Okay sis I get it, two years, no biggie," she laughed "Just try to be careful okay?"
"With you around big sis, I always will!"
"There's a good girl..oph my scroll is buzzing Ruby, look have a good lunch I'll call you later okay, you can swing by later if you want."
"Okay byeee!"
Yang put her house phone back into the dock tepidly. She walked through to her bedroom and found a message on her scroll.
' Morning babe. I'm out at the cafe if you want to come grab a coffee. I really want to know what you got up to last night. Don't make me wait.
Coco '
No threatening message from the guards at the strip club then that's good. She got herself dressed and made for the door.
A little place called Sunny side cafe was only a few streets away. It was a small little place, a colour scheme of white, blue and orange. Plenty of white tables and chairs on the outside too, perfectly complimented by a view of the shore on one side and a bustling market square nearby on the other. The tables were far apart from one another to ensure privacy but kept close enough not to stray into public path. When Yang arrived it didn't take long to spot the caffeine addict, about to finish her first cappuccino with two more cups on the table. She was sat wearing a cobalt coloured collared shirt with a black waistcoat, a mocha styled scarf and beret and her usual gold plated Captain's badge in the shape of a cross-hair. She was also sporting her black trousers and gloves, topped off with wire rimmed black aviator sunglasses which were still useful despite the weather being way more cooler than it was the day just gone.
Yang sat down across from her and gave her an immediate glance. Unperturbed, Coco simply nudged a full cup of coffee towards her and continued stirring her second cup, not before breaking out with a slow smirk towards the blonde. Yang laughed and broke the tension instantly followed by Coco peering out of her shades at her.
"Soo. Who is she then?" she asked her.
"Who is who?" smiled Yang, playing keep away with her information.
"You can't fool me babe. I saw you go off and ask for a dance. A dark haired girl if I remember correctly..don't quote me on that, I may have had one too many Vale bullets last night.."
Yang couldn't help but laugh watching her add more than enough sugar to her drink.
"I can see that." she replied "besides when I came out, you had already left. Care to explain that?"
"Want me to paint you a picture babe?" came the brunette, sipping into her now second drink. "Anyway don't change the subject."
She reluctantly got a reply from her blonde buddy.
"Yes I got a dance, it didn't last long though"
"Didn't think you would." smirked Coco
"Haha, shut it you" now giving a small dig to her friend.
"That's not what I meant, the girl just..seemed..a little unwell."
"Probably her first time then." she replied
"What do you mean?" asked Yang curiously
Coco strenuously sighed into her cup
"I got some more information about that place, the Wilt & Blush. Apparently they give the girls drugs before they dance."
" What?"
"Not just any drugs too...dust" replied the head of narcotics. "It's said to enhance their performance, makes them more aggressive, more sexual. The only information we have on it at the moment is that it changes depending on the user."
"Wait..is that the drug you've been after lately?
"Yep the very same."
Yang's eyes opened at the sound of this new knowledge. The vacant stares of the dancers. The mark on that girl's skin, the bruises. It all made a little more sense.
"Wanna know the worst part?" asked Coco setting her drink down "If they keep taking these drugs, at this rate...it may end up killing them."
"How has this place not been shut down yet?"
"I'm working on it but we need to get a fix on where their supplier is. If we can't get the source and we somehow manage to shut the club down, they'll open up a new club some place else or worse, make the girls do something else for money."
"So what about your informant?" asked Yang
"She's lucky, she gets a lot of attention as it is so they don't need to dose her."
It was then Yang began to realise. It was a little clearer now why Coco was so intent on trying to get the little girl's attention all night. She really does have a soft spot for her.
"Can I do anything to help?" she asked her.
"Well best thing to do is to get more of the girls to come forward. It'll be hard with Faunus equality act still being tirelessly debated and such, might not be enough to shut that place down with testimony alone babe. Maybe start with that girl who gave you a dance."
"What about marks on the skin or bruises?" insisted Yang
"I think the courts would need to see evidence of the drug itself and illegal practises. Anything Faunus related would come second." replied Coco "It sucks I know but this is the way the world is for them."
"I guess so."
"Anyway, I'm starving. Let's order some grub, I need to find a way to get rid of this hangover somehow." just like that Coco got up and went over the open bar of the cafe, menu in hand. "I'll get you something too babe."
Yang looked contemplatively down at her drink, the hot steam roaming free from the small slit in the top. Any chance however small she wanted to take.
Alright then. Looks like I'm going back to the strip club after all.
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