A/N I apologise that it took so long for me to update this story. I have been focusing mostly on my course but now that I have finished, the chapters will hopefully be published quicker :) So here is chapter 7, enjoy :)


Chapter 7

Sun's P.O.V

After getting off the phone to Neptune, I automatically feel like my mind has been put at ease. I haven't known him for that long but there is something about him that makes me feel good about myself and whenever I speak to him, I feel myself hating myself a little less. Being around him is infectious and I never want to leave his side. This is what real best friends must feel like because I have never felt this way around Scarlet or Sage or anyone. Is it possible for your best friend to be your soul mate but in a friend way? What am I even talking about? I need to get ready for this party thing.

I get up and go to my closet to try and decide what to wear tonight. I decide that for tonight I am going to look classy as fuck or as close to that as I possibly can. I pull out a pair of black jeans that are tight around my legs, a grey shirt and a light blue zip up jacket. Well that settles the dressing crap.

To be honest I am kind of nervous for tonight. I have no idea why I am nervous. It might be because I haven't been intoxicated around these people yet so I don't know how I will react, especially Neptune. Well it was bound to happen someday so it might as well be today. I just want to be with Neptune… maybe I should rephrase that, I just want to be near him… yeah I think nothing I say is going to sound right.

I walk out of my room and head downstairs to let my parents know that I am heading out. They are not in the lounge room so I head into the kitchen to see my Mother doing the dishes. I am still not used to this, I still expect to see my Mother passed out at the kitchen table with empty bottles all around her. At least being on the phone to Neptune took my mind of things for a bit. I look around and I notice Father isn't here which is odd because he came home and came into my room to give me the bottle of whiskey while I was on the phone to Neptune.

"Uh, where's Father?" I ask Mother while still looking around. Mother turns off the tap and turns around and gives me a sad smile.

"He just left to go and get dinner, he will be back any minute" she says as she dries her hands on the dish cloth.

"Okay then, well I am heading out now so I will see you guys later" I say as I turn around to exit the kitchen.

"Are you sure you don't want to have dinner first" my Mother asks as I am halfway out of the kitchen. I do not want to stay and eat with my parents. I don't think I have ever done that in my life and I am not going to start now. It would be too weird.

"Nah, I ate when I was at Neptune's" I say with an awkward smile. "But thanks anyway."

"You should bring Neptune over soon, it would be nice to meet this kid" Mother says with a smile. I look at her in shock. She is being way too nice and there is no way in hell I am going to bring Neptune over here. I don't need him seeing all this and then leaving me for living like this. I don't think I could cope with that.

"Uh, yeah, maybe" I say with an even more awkward smile. "Well I am going to go now, see you when I get home."

I rush to the door before my Mother can find something else that is eerily nice to say to me. I keep thinking that this is all some sort of sick joke and the second I let my guard down they will absolutely ruin me and tear me down. I know they are my parents and all but I have no trust when it comes to them and when it comes to my parents, anything is possible. It is quite sad that I think about my parents this way but it is what it is and I cannot change that.

I head off towards Ren and Nora's house and it takes me about 10 minutes to realise that I have no idea where their house is. Oh god damn it! I pull out my phone to find the destination when I notice that I have received a text from Scarlet. I unlock my phone to see what he said and I automatically go into panic mode.

'Sun, call me as soon as you get this, it's really important!'- Scarlet

I quickly call Scarlet's number and wait for him to pick up. Everything better be okay. The phone rings through four times until there is an answer from the other side.

"Hey, Sun what's up?" Scarlet asks casually which throws me off a bit.

"What's going on? Is everything okay?" I ask with confusion and worry in my voice.

"Yeah, everything's fine, why wouldn't it be?" Scarlet asks with confusion.

"You sent me a text saying to call you as soon as I can because it was really important?" I say, sounding even more confused.

"Ooh yeah, I remember now. Well next week, Sage and I are going out to the city and wanted to know if you wanted to come because we were already planning to catch up and all so this would be a good opportunity to do so" he says in a cheerful tone. You have got to be fucking kidding me.

"I thought someone died or something dude" I say with a heavy sigh. "So next week is it?"

"Yeah on the Saturday I am pretty sure, so are you gonna come?" Scarlet asks, waiting eagerly for my reply.

"Yeah sure why not dude" I say with a shrug. "Just message me about it when the date gets closer."

"Yeah okay sweet! Well I have to go now so I will talk to you later" Scarlet says with triumph.

"Oi dude, wait!" I say before he can hang up.

"Yeah Sun?" Scarlet says, with a hint of confusion in his voice.

"Can I bring a mate of mine with me?" I ask, feeling a little nervous.

"Yeah of course you can" he says with a laugh and I feel relief flood through my body. "I can't wait to meet this mate of yours."

"Yeah you'll love him dude" I say, smiling at myself. "Well I'll let you go now bro, see ya later."

"Yeah, catch ya dude" He says and then hangs up.

Well Neptune is going to be in for a shock when he meets them. I have no idea why I am so excited about this.

Well I think it is time for me to find out where the hell I am going.

Neptune's P.O.V

As I walk through the front door of Ren and Nora's, I am automatically bombarded by bone crushing hugs and questions from Nora. I almost lose my balance and fall to the floor from the surprise attack from Nora. This girl does not need any alcohol in her system to act wild.

"Neptune! You finally arrived! Almost everyone is here already! I thought you weren't going to show and then I would have had to kill you! I am just joking, don't be so serious all the time." She says really fast and I can barely understand her due to her laughing her head off. Nora then looks around me and looks out the door and then looks back at me with a puzzled look. "Where is Sun? Is he with you? He is always with you. I warned him that if he doesn't show I will go and find him and then drag him. I am not joking!" She says with a menacing laugh which makes me step back a bit in case she decides she wants to kill me.

"Uh I don't know where he is but he is coming, I was with him today and he had to go home to get ready so he will be here any minute" I say to Nora with my hands up in defence. Nora then squints her eyes at me with a suspicious and angry look on her face.

"Oh okay" she says with a massive smile on her face and then skips off into the house. "If he doesn't show, I will finndd him!" she yells from inside the house in a sing song voice.

I stand there looking around awkwardly. Did that seriously just happen? I can't help but laugh to myself. Ren then pops out of nowhere, scaring the shit out of me and causing me to actually lose my balance and fall over. Oh god damn it.

"Shit, sorry dude" Ren says with a smile and a hand reached out to me to help me up. I take his hand and get up while dusting myself off. "I thought I should apologise for Nora harassing you, she is just really excited for Sun to come."

"I could tell" I say with a light laugh. "How much has she had to drink? She seems a little more wild than usual." I look at Ren and notice he has an awkward look on his face. "What's wrong?"

"Well, she hasn't had anything to drink yet" Ren says with a quite laugh. "She is just really excited is all. She is also really intrigued by Sun and wants to investigate."

"Wait, seriously?" I say with confusion.

"Yeah, it's just because he is the new kid" Ren says with a shrug. "I wouldn't worry but if I was you, I would ring Sun and warn him before he gets here."

Nora better stay away from my man… wait did that just really go through my head? Fucking hell Neptune. "Yeah I think it would be best if I just give him a quick call" I say slowly. "He is a bit of an attention seeker so I am sure he will love all the attention from Nora" I say with big smile. Nora better keep her hands to herself.

"Well everyone is out the back at the moment so when you are done just come out" Ren says with a small smile and then turns and walks off to the backyard.

I smile back at him and as soon as he is out of my sight, I let my fake smile drop. I pull out my phone and go to Sun's number and ring it. Nora better not ruin my plans for tonight. My plan is already difficult for me anyway.

I have decided to tell Sun about how I feel. In all honesty I am shit scared. I already feel like chickening out. He probably doesn't feel the same way and what happens if I tell him how I feel and I ruin our friendship? I don't want to deal with another personal loss. Being around Sun makes me feel… uh… alive. Maybe I should just keep quiet tonight. Yeah that sounds like a good plan. No Neptune, you are going to do it. Don't back out of it. You can do it. Everything will be fine. Maybe…

"Hello?" Sun answers from the other end of the phone pulling me out of my thoughts and making me jump.

"Oh, um hello? Um, it's Neptune" I answer. Feeling really out of it and a bit nervous. There is slight laughter from the other end of the phone.

"Yes I know that" he says with a laugh. "I was actually just about to ring you."

I can't help but get a warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach from those words. "Oh, really?" I say with a slight smile on my face. "What's up?"

"Ummmm… I am lost" He says quickly, sounding a little embarrassed.

"You idiot" I say with a laugh. "Where are you?"

"If I knew where I was than I wouldn't be lost" he says in an amused tone. "Who's the idiot now?" I can tell he has that annoying grin on his face as he says that.

"Whatever asshole" I say with a sigh and a smile. "Walk to the corner of wherever you and find the street sign."

"Yeah, yeah that was what I was going to do anyway" he says, sounding unsure of himself.

"I call bullshit on that one" I say, my smile getting wider.

"Oh shut it" Sun says, defeated. "Okay the street sign is Culkin Street."

"You have got to be kidding me" I say, bursting out in laughter.

"What?" Suns says, sounding worried. I walk out the door and onto the sidewalk and look down the street and see Sun at the corner on the far end of the street.

I hang up and watch him pull his phone away from his ear and look at it and then put it back to his ear and I watch him repeat this several times. I notice that he has a worried look on his face. My phone starts ringing in my hand and I see that he is ringing me again. I put my phone back in my pocket.

"Oi dipshit!" I call out to him and watch him look around trying to work out where the voice is coming from. "Over here" I yell out, waving my hand in the air. He looks at me with annoyance on his face and sticks his middle finger up at me as he walks on over to me and I can't help but laugh even harder.

I go to open my mouth to say something as he reaches me but he puts his hand up in objection. "Don't you dare say a word about this" he says sounding defeated. I put my hands up in defence and then burst out laughing again. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up buddy" he says and I can see that he is trying not to smile.

I finally finish my burst of laughter. "Oh, yeah, I need to talk to you about something" I say, feeling a bit nervous.

"What's with the worried look? Is everything alright?" he says with his voice full of worry. I can't help but smile at his reaction. He is way too kind.

"Don't worry, everything is fine but I will talk to you later about it" I say with a smile.

"You better be fine" he says quietly while looking away. I feel my face heat up. I go to say something when I notice he is looking at the house and then I remember that I should warn him about Nora.

"By the way you should probably be prepared when you get in there, you are being hunted" I say with a grin on my face.

"Being hunted? What does that mean?" Sun says with a very worried look on his face.

Before I can say anything, Nora comes running out of the house looking like a lion chasing after its prey. "SUNNNN!" She yells as jumps on his back.

"That is what I mean" I say to Sun with a sly grin on my face.

"I thought you were not going to show! I was going to come and find you if you didn't show but you are here now! Honestly I was excited about going to hunt you down but oh well. Come on in! The night is young and we need to make the most of it!" Nora says as she drags Sun towards the house by his arm. Sun gives me a worried look and mouths the words 'help me' as he gets dragged off. I stand there with a grin on my face while waving bye to him as he gets dragged into the house.

I stand there for a little bit just thinking. I really like him.

"Well that was exciting" a voice says from beside me causing me to jump and I let out a little squeal. I turn to see Yang standing there staring at the house with a look on her face that seems like she is impressed by Nora.

"Fucking hell Yang!" I say while putting my hand over my racing heart. "Where the hell did you come from?"

"Well Neptune, it's a long story so take a seat, it all started when my Mum met my dad and eventually they got down to business and…"

"That is not what I meant!" I say with a shocked look on my face. I look at Yang and see that she is trying to hold back laughter.

"Don't be such a prude" she says with a laugh. "Well actually I was hiding behind that post box over there because I could see Nora running frantically out of the house."

"How long were you there for?" I ask, suspiciously.

"Long enough" she says with a wink which causes me to go a little red in the face. "You should probably go save Sun from Nora, unless you don't mind having competition."

I can tell that my face has gone completely red. "Wa… wait what? What are you talking about?!" I say trying to keep my cool but it doesn't work.

"Oh don't you worry your pretty little head" Yang says with a bright smile which oddly calms me. She then puts her arm around my shoulder and leads us both to a couple of chairs on the front porch. "I think there is a few things we should discuss before we go in." Oh fucking hell. I'm screwed."

Sun's P.O.V

I am so going to kill Neptune when I see him! I am dragged to the backdoor of the house while Nora rambles on about anything and everything but she is speaking so fast that I cannot understand a word she is saying. From some of the words that I understand from her I can't help but be a little scared. She is not going to use me as a human sacrifice is she? She has a look in her eyes that can only resemble something evil.

As she slides open the backdoor, my ears are bombarded by the loud music. I have no idea how I didn't notice the music from inside. Is her house sound proof or something? Neptune better get here quick. I look around and there are groups of people everywhere and I don't see Yang so I don't want to stand around looking and feeling awkward.

I am also really curious to what Neptune needs to talk to me about but at the same time I am nervous. Is it something bad? Normally when people need to talk to me it usually doesn't end well. He better okay. Or else I will… I will… I have no idea but I will do something. If something happens to him then who else will be there to keep me sane and um… well you could say really happy? Where is that idiot?

"Now welcome to my humble home" Nora says as she lets go of my arm and takes a bow. "Drink up and enjoy yourself" she says as she walks over to one group of people. "By the way, that wasn't a request, it was an order" she says over her shoulder. "I'll be watching!"

I stand there for a bit and give out an uneasy laugh. What the hell am I supposed to do now? "Neptune, hurry up" I say under my breath as I look around.

"Sun! Over here" Jaune yells out from one of the groups while waving me over. Well at least I won't be myself. I let out a sigh and walk over to the group.

"What's up dude?" I say with a smile as I find myself standing with Jaune, Pyrrha, Blake and a Brunette whose name is Velvet… I think. I give an awkward wave to everyone, not quite sure what to do.

"We were just talking about how Hannah got arrested" Jaune says with a quite laugh.

"Wait what?" I say with a surprised look on my face. I don't know why I am surprised, Hannah seems like the kind of chick that is capable of just about anything, even murder. Each time she looks at me with those cold, dead, red eyes of hers, it sends shivers down my spine which for some reason I find exciting.

"You know Hannah that works in the main office of our school yeah?" Velvet says and I nod. "Well supposedly she was out driving when another car crashed into the side of hers and the other driver, who was a massive bikie looking dude, got out of his car and started yelling out her" Velvet says and looks at me to see if I am following so I nod to show I am on the same page.

"He didn't hit her or anything did he?" I say a little concerned which causes Blake to chuckle a little.

"In all honesty, if the guy hit her, he would most likely be dead by now" Blake says with a sly smile on her face.

I see everyone else drinking out of red cups which must be alcohol so I pull out the bottle of Whiskey from my bag and open it and start taking little sips that burn my throat. This story is kind of intriguing. I need to tell Neptune about this. If he ever shows up again. I look around and there is still no sign of him anywhere. Where is he?

"Anyway" Jaune says, pulling me back from my thoughts. "So the guy is full on yelling at Hannah and she just sits in her car just staring blankly out through the windscreen and not paying attention to a thing the guy was saying. The guy then kicked her car and called her, pardon my language ladies, a deaf cunt and started walking back to his car."

I look at Pyrrha and I notice her looking at Jaune with a worried look? I don't think its worry on her face, she looks too happy.

"Did you really have to use the C word, Jaune" Velvet says with a cringy look on her face.

"It was part of the story though" Jaune says defensively.

I don't even think Pyrrha is listening to a thing Jaune is saying. She is just kind of staring at him. The look she is giving him is really familiar though.

"Well you could have just said 'a deaf C word'" Velvet says causing Blake to let out a sigh.

It's like a love sick puppy look that Pyrrha is giving Jaune, I think. Heh, it kind of looks like the way Neptune looks at me sometimes… wait a second… maybe Neptune… nah, don't be stupid Sun. Neptune should have been out here by now. Where the hell is he?

"Well I apologise for the language" Jaune says apologetically. "Anyway after calling her a deaf 'C word', Hannah gets out of the car and loses her shit at him and slams his head into his car and absolutely beats him senseless and eventually cops show up and restrain her and she goes with them without any resistance and she still had a blank expression on her face. She was released shortly after that."

"Wow, that really is something" I say kind of dumbfounded. "Then again, that sounds like another rumour about her, are you sure that actually happened?"

"Yeah it did happen, Coco was the one that told me about it" Jaune says defensively.

"Coco is also the one who said that the two kids that work for Hannah in the office are actually homeless kids that Hannah took from an island to use as slaves" Blake says sarcastically.

"Uhhh…" Jaune says not knowing how to answer that which causes Pyrrha to start giggling at him.

I can't help but laugh too, I look at Blake and I notice that she is looking a little down… well more than usual. I make my way around the group of people until I am standing next to her. "Are you okay? You look a little down" I whisper to Blake. Blake then looks at me with a little bit of shock on her face and a hint of red on her cheeks.

"Oh… umm… me?" Blake mumbles a bit. Why is she so surprised? A little laugh makes its way out of my lips.

"Yeah, you" I say shaking my head.

"I am fine, everything's fine, it's all fine" Blake says a bit fast and her response is kind of concerning.

"Well if you need to talk, I will be here to listen" I say as I hold up my bottle next to hers, straight vodka is not gonna go well for her, and we both clink them together and take a swig out of them.

"Thanks Sun" Blake says in a dry voice that was probably caused from drinking straight vodka.

"Anytime dude" I say while my faces scrunches up from the straight whiskey. "Maybe we should mix these drinks with soda or something."

"Agreed" she says as she puts the bottle away from her mouth. "Where is Neptune by the way?"

"I am not quite sure, he was out the front with me before I was dragged in by Nora" I say with a shrug. "I'll text him." If he doesn't answer my text I will do a Nora and hunt him down.

"Wanna have a competition to see who can drink the most?" Blake says with a hopeful expression on her face.

"You have got yourself a deal" I say with a sly grin on my face.

Neptune's P.O.V

"The truth is, Yang… I am gay" I say with my eyes shut.

How the hell did this even happen? Have I lost mind or something? This is absolutely crazy. Why did I have to do that? How did I even get in this position? I am so screwed. This is utter chaos. You are such a fuckwit Neptune! Why did I tell Yang that I am gay?! I have completely screwed up. She is just way to calming to be around and she has this effect about her that just makes you feel safe and secure. She probably hates me now and she is probably going to tell everyone. I am going to be ruined. I can't deal with this.

"Are those tears I see?" Yang says and I open my eyes to see she has her eyebrow raised and a smirk. "It's not a big deal dude, I could tell from a mile away" she says and extends her arm out to her side to exaggerate her words.

"These aren't tears, I am just sweating from my eyeballs" I say without realising how stupid that sounded. "Wait, what do you mean you could tell?" I say with a nervous laugh while wiping the tears from my eyes.

"I am not blind, I can see the way you look at Sun and also by the way you act around him, I know the signs of love" she says like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I know we haven't really spoken in a while but we used to be so close until Weiss came into the picture, bloody bitch, I just want you to know that I am still here for you and I am not going anywhere" she says with a warm smile. Yang then puts her arms around me and pulls me into a hug that seems to last a long time and I eventually hug her back, well until she said "I can see why you like Sun, he has a nice butt."

"Jesus Yang!" I say as I pull away and we just stare at each other for a second and then we both burst out laughing. It feels good to talk to Yang again, we used to be best friends until Weiss came along and when I started dating her she basically demanded that I stop talking to Yang and like the idiot I was, I listened to her. "What do you mean when you said you knew the signs of love?" I ask as the laughter subsides. "Do you have feelings for anyone?"

"Actually I do" she says as she looks up at the sky with a cheeky smile on her face.

"Wait, please don't tell me it's Sun?" I say suspiciously.

"What? No!" she says with a laugh. "I wouldn't do that you, goggles."

"Oh, don't you dare start that 'goggles' shit too" I say with a laugh. "So who is the lucky fella that you like?"

"Well it's Blake" she says causally.

"Well that's fair enoug… wait… did you say Blake" I ask, with my eyebrow raised.

"I sure did" she says with the biggest grin I have ever seen.

"So, you are gay too?" I say confused.

"Nah, I'm into anyone, it makes life a little more interesting" she says with a shrug. I can't help but smile at her. I don't know why but I feel so proud of her. I can't explain it but I just do.

We sit there on the porch in comfortable silence for about 20 minutes and then I decide to break the silence. "I was planning on telling Sun how I feel about him" I say, not taking my gaze away from the setting sun.

"Oh my god, are you serious? When!?" she says excitedly from beside me.

"I was actually going to do it tonight" I say with a shrug. "What time is it anyway?" I pull my phone out of my pocket and I had no idea how long Yang and I were actually out here for. "Dude we have been out here for almost three hours!"

"No fucking way" Yang says as she takes her phone out of her pocket to make sure I wasn't lying. "Holy shit, it felt like we were out here for five minutes" she says with a laugh.

"I have 12 messages from Sun" I say mostly to myself with a feeling of shock.

"Shit, what do they say?" Yang says with an awkward expression on her face as she gets up and dusts herself off.

"Well the first few he sent are just ones that say 'where are you', 'hurry your ass up' and those kinds of things and the other ones don't make much sense" I say while trying to figure out what "I lvid youuj" means. "He must be really drunk" I say with a laugh.

"Perfect let's go and tell him how you feel, he is drunk so perfect timing" Yang says as she grabs my hand and pulls me to my feet.

"You know what? Fuck it, I am going to get this over and done with" I say with determination. Yang's face lights up with joy at what I just said.

"I feel like a proud mother" she says while pretending to wipe a fake tear away. "Come on let's get you to Sunny Boy." She basically drags me off to the front door and I notice that I have a massive smile on my face and an excited feeling in my stomach. I am ready to do this. "By the way, you didn't deny that Sun had a nice butt" Yang says, humorously and I just laugh.

As we step outside of the house, I notice that everyone is ether sober or shitfaced, there is no in-between. I can't see Sun anywhere and the music is so loud that it would be impossible to hear him. I look to Yang and she just shrugs and points over to the other side of backyard which probably means she will go and look over there. I see Nora and Ren playing beer pong against Ruby and Pyrrha while Jaune, Velvet and Fox spectate. I guess I should ask them if they have seen Sun. I have no better place to start anyway.

I walk over to Jaune to try and ask him but before I can ask he hands me a cup and tells me to drink it.

"What is in it?" I ask while taking a sniff off it.

"Its vodka and orange juice, have some, I haven't seen you all night" he says and I notice he can barely keep his eyes open.

I drink the whole thing to keep him happy and it was actually really nice. "Hey, have you seen Sun?"

"Yeah, he was with Blake and they went to explore around the corner over there, I have never seen Blake have this much fun in my life" he says while swaying a bit.

"Yeah, thank you" I say with a smile and for some reason what he said worries me a bit. Oh well I am almost at the finish line now. I am prepared for this. I can do it. All I have to do is say a couple of words and it will all be over. I am almost at the corner now. The nerves are setting in but I am pushing through. I like Sun, I really like Sun. I can do this. You have got this Neptune!

I walk around the corner and what I see stops me dead in my tracks. My heart feels like it has broken into a million pieces. I have an intense feeling like I need to vomit. I can't seem to move. My brain has seem to shut down and I am unresponsive. I can no longer hear the music. I feel the need to yell but I don't think I can function. I don't even notice when Yang came and dragged me away. I find myself sitting on a couch inside the house with Yang clicking her fingers in front of my face to get me to snap out of it. Yang looks like she barely holding her shit together and it's sad to see. I would close my eyes to get away from it but whenever I seem to close them all I can see is Blake and Sun kissing each other.