Hello boys, girls, apache attack helicopters, welcome to the sixth chapter of The Ghosts of a Wanderer, in regards to the lateness of this short as fuck chapter, view the below Author's note, and without further adieu, i give you, the next chapter...
The Ghosts of a Wanderer - Chapter 6
James was confused as fuck, no doubt about it, but now he had two choose on what he was going to do while being confused as fuck.
First, he can drink himself half to death like he did normally when women were involved. Or second, he can drink himself half to death and attempt to talk too said female in question.
Either way, he was getting shit faced drunk.
'Well if i'm gonna kill my liver I might as well do it in style.' James though, pulling out a flask from who the fuck knows where and taking a long drink from his self proclaimed 'lifeblood'.
"Wait, what's the point of a second pair of ears?" James said to himself, brow furrowing in confusion as he walked down the sparsely occupied hallway, only a couple of students rushing to their dorms, intent on getting a full night's rest before the next full day of classes.
"U- Umm, excuse me." A shy feminine voice spoke, tapping James's shoulder in order to get his attention. James turned around, only for his ability to think straight to disappear just like Malcolm Holmes did when he wouldn't shut the fuck up about those damn star caps.
James may have been an absolute badass defender of the wasteland and killer of literally everything, but he was still 17, and susceptible to cute chicks with bunny ears and shit
"Umm, I- I'm Velvet, I just w- wanted to thank you, for, for helping me." the newly dubbed Velvet said, eyes resting on every possible thing in the hallway except for James, her hand nervously playing with the tip of her left ear.
"I'm James, and it's no problem, they were being assholes." James said, eyes staring intently at Velvet, he found the whole awkward / shy stance too be cute, and he had no fucking clue about what the fuck he should be doing, seeing as he only had experience with Cass, and in his opinion she acted more like a guy than a chick. 'No homo though bro.'
"W- Well I Just wanted to t- thank you." Velvet said, shyly looking at James and shuffling awkwardly, not moving from her spot,
'oh god, oh god, oh god,' Velvet's mind was racing a mile a minute, 'what do I do, should I ask him to walk me back to the dorm? or will he think that's weird, ugh, curse you social anxiety!'
"U- Umm, I, I have to go back to my d- dorm." she said quietly, only barely audible to James, the question causing him to jump and blurt something out without thinking.
"Could I walk with you?" James said, mentally face palming at his actions and causing Velvet to jump a little at the sudden sound and look back at him, her response being a couple of quick nods of her head as James took the opportunity to catch up to her and get into a position next to her as they started the short trek towards her dorm room.
The walk through the now crowded hallways too Velvet's dorm was uneventful, until they got too Velvets dorm, the door looked the same as every other door in the hallway, the words 'Team CFVY' carved into a small plaque attached at eye level of the door.
"This is it." Velvet said with a small smile on her face, wile turning back too James, "Thank you for walking me back to my dorm."
"No problem Velvet." James said matching her small smile and bowing playfully eliciting a small giggle from Velvet as she opened her dorm door.
Only for the door to reveal a ginormous brute of a man in running black running shorts and a white t-shirt too reach for the now opened door as if he had intended to open it, his eyes softening at the sight of Velvet opening the door, only to immediately harden into a glare at the sight of a stranger directly behind the bunny faunus.
"Oh, Hi Yatsuhashi." Velvet said with a smile, giving him a small wave, causing the large man too stop Glaring daggers at James and smile at Velvet with a nod in response.
"This Is James, he saved me from Cardin and his team earlier at dinner." Velvet said, smile getting a little bigger while gesturing at James and looking back at him, "Oh, James, this is Yatsuhashi, he's on my team." Velvet said, completely oblivious to the pair of hard brown eyes meticulously picking apart James from his shoe size too the shape of his nose.
"Heh, yea, nice too meet ya buddy." James awkwardly said, nervously fiddling with his Pip-Boy and trying to ignore the mental deathtrap that was Yatsuhashi's threatening glare.
Velvet noticed that Yatsuhashi was now glaring threateningly at James and just sighed quietly,
"Yatsuhashi Daichi, what did I say about threatening my friends?" Velvet said, waggling her finger at Yatsuhashi and sending a disappointed glare his way, the act reminded James of how a mother would scold their child. Yatsuhashi just stared at Velvet and nodded his head several times, making Velvet put her face in her hand and turn back too James,
"Yatsuhashi wants to challenge you to an arm wrestling contest," Velvet said, with a worried look on her face "I- I mean, you don't have too, b- but ya know." she said quickly, waving her hands in front of her for a second, James just looked at Yatsuhashi and chugged the rest of the contents from his flask.
"What the hell could go wrong." James said loudly, a small cuss making its way from his mouth as soon as Yatsuhashi grabbed him by the arm and yanked him inside, closing and locking the door in order to keep Velvet out for the duration of the contest.
Outside of Team CFVY's Dorm
'First Yatsuhashi made me ask James too that stupid contest, and then James had too freaking accept, and then Yatsuhashi had too FRIKIN LOCK ME OUT OF OUR DORM.' Velvet mentally screamed, slamming her head against the door lightly and groaning out loud, 'Why does Yatsuhashi have to do this with every guy I think is cute?' Velvet though with another groan, ceasing her head slamming and sliding down the wall into a sitting position, 'I just hope James can forgive me for whatever injuries Yatsuhashi is gonna give him.' Velvet though, her head in her hands as she waited for her partner to unlock the door so that she can take James to the infirmary.
Inside of Team CFVY's Dorm
'He's just sitting there,' James though, a shiver moving up his spine 'menacingly.'
James was sitting in a small collapsible chair directly across from Yatsuhashi as Velvet had called him, a small table being the only thing between the two men, well, not really men but you get the picture.
"OK~" James said, dragging it out for as long as he could while avoiding eye contact, normally when presented with a foe larger or stronger than himself he would just continually throw plasma grenades at it until it died, if that didn't work he essential fucked off and ran away like a bitch, 'Hey it's not called running away, it's called a tactical retreat.', What the fuck did I say James, don't fucking break the wall you ass hat, it's expensive.
Anyways, James was feeling the pressure, this Yatsuhashi guy looked like he could box a Deathclaw and leave without so much as a care in the world.
And that was fucking scary too James.
Shure James had saved the whole wasteland, exterminated the Enclave, fixed the purifier in order to give the whole fucking state clean water, defeated the Legion and won the battle for Hoover Dam, all while being harassed by super mutants and junkie raiders in the process. But that didn't mean he was good at talking to people, like seriously, he usually just bullshits his way through everything.
Like right now, James was currently sitting in his chair and putting on his best neutral face while mentally screaming bloody murder about not being drunk enough for this bullshit, however James was pulled out of his mental mind fuckery by Yatsuhashi placing his elbow on the table and holding his hand out for James to take it.
'Shit, I am totally not prepared for this shit' James thought glumly, resigning to his fate, James took Yatsuhashi's hand and looked at him, his cold brown eyes giving James's bright blue ones a disapproving glare. His eyes bolting to the hands clasp together, prepared to test James's strength, and then back up too James, almost as if he were asking if James was ready. James gave Yatsuhashi a small nod, barely noticeable if you weren't paying wrapped attending too the battle of wits and strength accuring at the table, and as if by the ring of an invisible bell, the two men (boys) began there battle.
Only for it to be cut short by the loud and sickening snap that can only be made when a bone broken.
Both James and Yatsuhashi looked at each other slowly trailing their eyes too their arms too see half of Yatsuhashi's arm upright and half resting on the table, the only thing keeping his forearm attached was his skin, and muscles.
"Oh shit" was the only thing that James mind could think as the door to the dorm opened, revealing the shocked face of Velvet.
And at that moment, James knew, that he had fucked up…
A/N
Yes, James has other weaknesses, and yes, one of them is women, he may be a messiah of the wastes, but that doesn't change that he's 17 and his only experienced it with a drunk as fuck Cass...
Eyyyy shity cliffhanger for a short as fuck chapter, sorry guys, but life had bogged me down into hell, and, too top it all off i'm a semi-popular account on ifunny now, I post fallout, and fallout related content, with 80 subs and growing rapidly, throw me a sub if you have an account, username is, TwoBearsHighFiveing, Anyways, i'm also taking writing classes online, and I had to fix the exploding car debacle, so sorry for the wait guys, i'll try to make the next chapter longer than normal
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