Author's Note: Holy crap Doctor Strange and Captain America Civil War in the same year? And Cumberbatch?! I love Marvel movies. My favorite was Guardians of the Galaxy by the way, which you've probably seen me reference in Part One of Desertion. E-Ehehe…. heh. Anyway, got another chapter I thought of on the spot that will lead up to Beacon's holiday dance, and it will be a super fluff chapter! And... maybe something lemony too. But only a maybe. Hehe~

Song: Writings On The Wall by Sam Smith

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One Day Before The Dance…

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"Blablablablabla!-"

"*growl*"

Gage growled, and rubbed his red bloodshot eyes as he was in Dr. Oobleck' s class with Yang and his other friends, and he was frustratingly trying to finish some old class work that he missed because of the fact that he was out of school for a month…

He was in his school uniform, but without his prosthetic since it could now be classified as a concealed weapon, along with Yang, and so were Ren and Nora too as they all watched him write madly into the paper, surprised that he hadn't broken the pencil's lead tip yet, and there was also still a pile of work next to him on the top of his desk along with a paper mache grimm cutout that he had to make as a project.

Yang watched him chip away at his work, feeling bad that he had to do all of this without even a small break because of his injury, so she frowned and looked down towards Oobleck as he rambled on.

"Now students, can someone please tell me the main reason why the people of Remnant started to name their children off of colors after the events of The Great War?" He asked the class.

Everyone remained quiet aside from a few coughs and whispers…. But the loudest thing that could be heard in the entire room… was the volume of Gage's loud writing and tired mumbling, which Oobleck noticed.

"Oh, Mr. Sim, would you care to answer for us?"

Gage however, was staring blankly at his papers and he just kept writing on them as emotionlessly as he could, still not hearing the professor since he was trying to use all the mental power he had in him to try and concentrate.

So the doctor/professor just sighed, and took a sip of his coffee before he tried again and grasped the bridge of his nose in frustration towards him,

"*sigh* Mr. Sim?"

"Hmm…..-Mmm! U-Uh…. What sir?!" Gage asked as Yang kicked his ankle and made him look towards the teacher.

Some low laughter came from the surrounding students, but Yang quickly turned and looked back at everyone with her red eyes, making them all become dead silent while Gage tried to answer.

"Oh The Great War… um…. Didn't they name their kids after colors because they….. wanted to make the world more colourful? I think….."

Then some louder laughs were heard, which soon became louder than the blonde brawler's growling. And Oobleck just sighed at the answer before he took off his glasses and looked up at Gage….

"*sigh* ...Well that answer isn't completely wrong…. But it still Isn't the answer that I was looking for. Hmm….. Ren? Can you answer for Mr. Sim?" He asked Ren.

Gage then looked down and slouched in his seat before he slowly let his head fall and rest on his desk while he just felt Yang rub his shoulder.

And then Ren answered, "They named their children off of colors in protest of the war, and in a way, tried to make the people seem more colorful."

Oobleck nodded, and pointed up to him, but he also kept an eye on Gage at the same time, "So you see it wasn't completely wrong. Just not the exact answer.-"

*RING!*

And as he spoke, the school bell suddenly went off and was followed by the shuffling of papers and the loud cheers of the students, since it was the end of the day….. however, Gage just stayed silent while Yang brushed his hair.

"Alright, that's it for today's lesson, but we will pick up where we left off tomorrow so be ready to take notes once you come in, but please have a good day class….. and Mr. Sim? I would like to speak to you for a few minutes."

He lifted his head up from his desk and just start ed to stutter while his girlfriend looked at the teacher as well,

"W-What? B-But-"

"It'll just be for a minute Gage. I assure you."

Yang nodded at the professor and kissed Gage's cheek before she picked up both of their books and notebooks, "*smooch!* ...It's okay Care-Bear. I'll be right outside." She reassured him.

"*sigh* …..Okay Taiyo-chan…."

He then turned to her, and nodded before he stood up and watched her leave the room. So then he waved goodbye and picked up all of his finished work and the paper grimm project he made before he sighed and walked down to the front of the classroom.

Gage just walked past the professor and set all the work on his desk, and Oobleck quickly went to try and inspect all of it while he continued to drink his coffee,

"Hmm…. Gage, this is barely even most of the work, and it doesn't even include any of the work that i've assigned in the past week…."

The fast talking man who seemed a lot slower than usual then looked away…. And did not look as Gage scowled at him before he whispered to the teacher.

"Well you're not the only class I have to worry about…."

Then, Oobleck hummed and sat on his desk as he turned back to face him, and tilted his head while he began to glare at Gage, letting his glasses lower a bit so his eyes were visible. "...AHEM."

Gage suddenly realized his snarkiness and just sighed again before he rubbed his eyes with his right and only hand before he decided to apologize,

"*sigh*...Sorry… i'm just kind of stressed because…. You know, it's hard to get right back into all of this…."

"*exhale* …..No. it's perfectly reasonable Mr. Sim. From what Ozpin told me it seems like you already have a lot on your plate as of now…" Oobleck replied.

Gage had to blink twice, and took a step towards the professor. He was just surprised he understood him…. Due to his past experiences with teachers in Atlas.

"...Really?"

The man nodded and smiled as he fixed his glasses again, "Why yes. I mean, you did just suffer a… crippling Injury. And you're having to deal with that, your grades, your friends, your mental and physical health, and your relationship with Ms. Xiao Long? It would seem like a lot to worry about." He said as he poured himself another cup of coffee.

The teacher also poured some into another mug, and handed it to Gage, and he grabbed onto it quickly and drank from it immediately.

"*loud sip* …..W-Well… thank you for understanding sir-"

"Mr. Sim. I wasn't finished." Oobleck said, interrupting his student's appreciation out of the blue. "You may have a lot on your plate….. but you must persevere! Because you may have lost one of your arms…. But you still have another one. And another hand to hold a pencil in." He said, finishing his statement rather coldly.

He just blinked his eyes and looked up at his professor with a blank frown while he just stared at the man…. But still Oobleck went on.

"However, since you have just recently returned….. I will try and knock off any worksheets or essays that you need to make up. But, I want every project, test, and quiz on my desk before you go on winter break. Now does that sound fair?" He asked Gage with a huge smirk.

Gage's glare turned into a gleeful smile as he nodded and kinda laughed at bit at himself…. For being angry. "Y-Yeah uh-Yes sir! Thank you."

"Good. I'm glad we could come to an agreement. Now run along and get some rest Gage, because I think Ms. Xiao Long is growing a bit impatient..."

Oobleck then smiled, and pointed up towards the entrance to the classroom and at Yang as she was peeking in from the hallway so she could watch the two men talk… but then she squeaked and moved her head out of the doorway, but Gage just laughed at her,

"Hehehe, well i guess that's my queue to leave….. so see you around 'Doctor'. And thank you. Again."

The teacher just patted his shoulder and walked back to his desk so he could get to work on grading.

So, Gage decided to walk away and up the steps to the door, setting the mug in his hand down on a desk before he peered his head to right out into the hallway, and saw Yang become scrunched up against a wall, blushing.

"Awww. You know it's really cute when I see you being so overprotective Yang! It just melts my heart." He teased her.

The blonde just chuckled nervously and tugged on the little tie of her school uniform tightly while she just looked down at the ground, smiling.

"Uh- Y-Yeah well l-I heard a little bit of what Oobleck said… so i was just making sure that you weren't going to go off on him…"

He smiled tiredly, and leaned against the wall right next to her while she just leaned to the left, and rested her head on his shoulder snugly, "Aw what? I'm usually passive most of the time. What would make you think that?" Gage asked her with a smirk.

"You just seem really stressed is all…. And I know you get kind of cranky when you're tired Care-Bear."

"Well you're not wrong there." He joked.

She put their books under her arm, and used her other hand to tug at his hand, making him smile before he grasped hers and made their fingers become connected. So then, she started to pull him down the hall, and he followed her.

"So… what do you want to do now? Eat lunch… go on a date… watch some Christmas movies…. Or just go and snuggle for warmth in your bed?~"

Gage smiled at her and took her hand, but did not wait too long to catch up to her and answer with a sigh,

"*sigh* Let's just go back to my dorm…. I need to finish some more work, and then we can go and do whatever we want. Is that okay?"

Yang then waited for him to catch up and stay next to her, which he did. So, she finally just squeezed his hand and laid her head down on top of his shoulder once again.

"Yeah….. it's okay. Because then we can cuddle and watch those movies after!"

But then he just shook his head and laughed a bit, "*exhale* Alright alright Yang. But don't be too sad if I fall asleep…..."

Later…

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Later, Gage and Yang went back back to Gage's dorm. She just wanted to get him to try and lay down for the rest of the day with her and have some time to snuggle, but that didn't happen.

Instead, He put his work on his computer desk, took off his school uniform, put on his prosthetic arm, and switched the school outfit out for a dark green and white flannel, and some brown pants before he started to get to work.

So, Yang sighed heavily and laid down on his bed before she started to play some games and watch some videos on her scroll since she became so bored.

And, she was so lazy that she was still dressed in her school uniform. The black jacket, white blouse, little red tie, the small red plaid skirt, and the black skin tight high socks as well. But she had taken her shoes off.

Gage, was sitting at his desk with a pencil in his hand and was trying to take some notes down from one of his history textbooks, but was failing to keep his eyes open.

Yang was lying on her stomach but had her leg bent back so her foot was sticking straight in the air, and she was kind of distracting him since she just kept talking.

"So? You excited for the dance Care-Bear?"

"...Mmhm…" He mumbled.

He gave off a weak smile, and kept writing in his notebook as he continued to read the textbook line for line. And the blonde brawler still went on

"Did you get your tux?" She asked him.

"Yeah….. couplings… bow tie….. everything."

She let her eyes droop, and lowered her foot down against the bed before she flipped herself, and laid on her back, having to look directly up so she'd be able to see him…. And ask another question.

"Yay! And I went dress shopping with Ruby yesterday too! I'm not going to tell you what I got of course, but I did get two dresses for Ruby! Black and Red. But we both don't know which one she should wear!"

And without warning, the lead on Gage's mechanical pencil suddenly broke due to him jabbing it down onto the paper hard.

"Well… her name is Ruby. So the color should be obvious…" He said rudely.

Yang puffed her cheeks at him first… but soon shook her head, realizing that she was sort of bothering him with her questions.

"O-Oh… true….. okay, then i'll text her and say that you want her to wear the red one!"

She then sighed and started to hum as she held her scroll out in front of her face, and started to text Ruby….. and Gage started to feel so drowsy and tired that he had started to draw a continuous line at the end of the sentence he was writing.

"Mmm….. Kay….."

His drowsy writing continued soon after for… a while, and Yang just tried to not disturb him, so she decided to go back to listening to some music and play some more games on her phone. And she was listening to Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye. Since it was an old song her dad had showed her.

~Do you remember the day, I set you free? I told you you could always count on me darling! From that day on, I made a vow that i'll be there when you want me, someway some how!~

And even after some more time, Yang just turned up the volume on her earbuds and just laid there on his bed. She stared up at the ceiling, and even she started to become a little tired….. but she couldn't stop thinking about the dance that was tomorrow night.

All while the same song she was listening to played on a loop,

~My love is alive, right down in my heart, although we are miles apart!~

She still just smiled and listen to the classic, but…. Then she looked over at Gage and saw him just frozen. He was in the exact same position he was in five minutes ago. Writing…

~If you ever need, a helping hand, i'll be there on the double, just as fast as I can! Don't you know that there's Ain't No Mountain High Enough! Ain't no valley low enough, Ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you baby…..~

Her eyelids started to become heavier, and she just hugged herself and laid on the side of his bed, smiling happily about what her boyfriend had planned for her

"I hope it'll be a good night…. No, it has to be! Gage's going with me! So it'll be great either way. Hehehe, and some pictures to remember it by too…. But….."

Yang's grin quickly faded, and she began to think about Gage… and the fact that he was feeling restless… and stressed…. It made her concerned about if he actually wanted to go to the dance now. So, she decided to turn towards her boyfriend,

"Hey….. Gage?"

"...*snore*... "

She asked, but apparently he had fallen asleep with his pencil in hand, and he was now resting his head on his desk, and the blonde sighed at seeing him asleep.

Yang then shook her head, but smiled as she got off of the bed and walked over to him slowly, "*sigh* Dang it Care-Bear… you could have at least taken a break…" She whispered.

Gage just shut his eyes even more as he slept, and he unknowingly covered up the paper he was working on… so then Yang moved his arm and picked it up off of the desktop.

At first, Yang felt the urge to just stuff the piece of paper into his notebook…. But that was until she looked at the paper and read it…..

"Hmm….-uh….. what? What is this?"

The brawler was confused…. Because she noticed that he was working on the same paper during class… and weirdly, he titled it as,

"Songs for us."

And below that he had numbered a few things, but weirdly, they weren't like notes or word definitions or anything that would be considered academic….. instead…. They were a list of song titles. Along with their artists, and Yang nearly recognized all of them.

However, number one appeared like it was suppose to be being erased, but half of the title was erased. Along with numbers four, five, and seven,

Number one: Shots by Imagine Dragons-

Number two: All of Me by John Legend.

Number three: See you again by Charlie Puth.

Number four: Writing's On The Wall by Sam smith-

Number five: Fireflies by Owl City-

Number six: Iridescent by Linkin Park.

Number seven: Gold by Casey Lee Williams-

Number eight: Viva La Vida by Coldplay

Her mouth almost hung agape as she stared at the paper, and was about to look down at Gage… until she saw the note he wrote down at the bottom of the page that was directed towards himself.

"DO NOT let Yang see this! Have to ask Ruby if she can do song requests too! So we can make the dance romantic as fuck for Taiyo-chan!"

Yang almost felt the urge to just wrap her arms around Gage's stomach and lift him in the air with all her strength... but then she would alert him that she knew his plan for the dance…

"Aww! He was going to plan all of this for me! …...But i can't even say an early thank you to him yet….. " She mentally pouted.

He then hummed to himself with his eyes shut, and let go of his pencil before he just fully let his head and arms rest on the desk, and he started to snore quietly again…. So she saw this as a quick opportunity to put something down on his song list…..

Yang smirked, grabbed his mechanical pencil and wrote down a 'Number Zero' above the number one song on his list…. And the song she chose was…. A-A very fluffy song that she has always loved and thought would be perfect if her and Gage were to have a slow dance! (Yeah sort of a tease I know. Hehe!)

She wrote down her song choice, and smiled as she circled the title three times and even drew little stars and hearts around it before she heard her boyfriend snort, which made her squeak and put the paper face down next to him.

"Mmm… what time is it…." Gage asked Yang as he rubbed his eyes.

"U-Uh- It's almost six thirty I think C-Care-Bear!"

Yang giggled at him, and soon turned Gage's desk chair do he could look at him, and then she climbed ontop of him, straddling him while she sat on top of his lap and grasped his shoulders. "Aww….. you look so tired Gage." She said to him.

He sighed since he was awake now, but soon held onto the blonde girl's hips as she sat on top of him, "*sigh* Yeah…..I am….. but I have to finish this thing and some more stuff too….. but it's just so hardddd….."

She noticed that he had tried to turn the chair so he could look back towards the paper on his desk, so she thought quickly and stuffed it into his notebook before he could glance at it, and that action just relieved them both.

Then, Yang sighed as well, and ran her hand up Gage's chest and just brushed his hair with the same hand as she leaned closer to him and frowned at his bloodshot eyes.

"*sigh* ...You don't have to do all this hard work right now though. You've got until winter break, so the end of next week….. and besides, you've done so much today already. So can you just take a break right now? For me?"

"Yang…. I have to-"

And without warning, Yang curled her arms around Gage's neck and growled at his stubbornness as she just brought herself closer and kissed him on the lips deeply while she closed her eyes.

He reclined back into his chair, and let the grip he had on her knees increase until he eventually closed his eyes as well, and let out a soft moan due to the feeling of her lips being pressed against his own.

"-Mmph…."

She captured his lips with haste, but let him melt into the kiss and feel her warm hot breath and saliva before she smiled, and pulled away from him slowly.

"Mmm….. Gage… you're my baby, and my baby looks like he needs some rest…. So can you please take a break for the rest of the day?"

He opened his eyes, and chuckled tiredly at her response as she moved her hands down from his neck, and down his arms to his hands where she grabbed onto them,

"Hehehe….. the last time you said that Yang, you kept me up for the rest of the night with your, 'physical charms'..."

Yang still smiled back at him and started to tug on his hands so he could get up out of the chair.

"Yeah…. But still you slept with a smile on your face for a good nine hours afterwards, so it kind of evens out…."

Gage just grinned at her, but still didn't get out of the chair despite the blonde's constant tugging of his hands. "I guess it does… but i still need to work on that paper…." He said with a smirk.

But it just made the blonde girl blush since she saw his paper already, and then she tugged even harder and groaned, "Gageyyyyy…... No you don't!" She whined at him in a cute squeaky voice, which made him stifle some tired laughter.

And so she sighed heavily… but frowned at him as well, "Just please come to bed Care-Bear…. I'll cuddle with you….." She suggested as her blush deepened even more.

Gage saw her both blushing and frowning at him as she held onto his hands… and the combo of seeing Yang in her school uniform and the promise of cuddles was something that all together brought warmth to his heart and became something he yearned… so he exhaled and looked down at the floor.

"...*exhale*... Okay okay I'll rest…." He said as he finally stood up from his desk chair.

"Yay!" The blonde cheered.

Then Gage shook his head and kept smiling as Yang pulled him up and started to pull him towards the bed, but then she let go of his hands and allowed him to take off his flannel and throw it towards his closet before he slid into his bed, and pulled the warm blankets over himself as she watched him.

"I was going to go to bed after I finished that last paper anyway Taiyo-chan….." Gage said hoarsely.

Yang simply giggled and stared down at her boyfriend like he was a sick puppy, and then she moved over and sat down on the foot of his bed while she continued to stare at him… but her voice started to become quieter for some reason.

"Well good! Because you're going to need a lot of energy for the dance tomorrow. Well… i mean if you still want to go…. "

He shut his eyes and gripped his pillow tightly as he laid his head down on it… but then he opened his eyes a little bit and glanced back at her weirdly. "Hmph? ...Of course I do…. it'd be the best night we've spent together in a long time…" Gage whispered to her with a smile on his face.

She smile her grew larger, and she scooted closer towards him as she hopped up on his bed, "Are you sure..." She asked him, with a little bit of concern.

Yet still, he nodded, and closed his eyes a little bit as he pulled the blanket over himself again… but kept one eye open and locked onto her as he tried to reassure his blonde lover.

"Yeah…. And the only thing i'd have to worry about is my dancing skills….. but I'll just try and ask the DJ to play something slow….. I wouldn't want to end up stepping on your feet..."

Yang had to stifle and giggle… and she also felt his words form a warm barrier of confidence for the events that would take place tomorrow night. But that was to be in the future…. Now she was thinking of wanting to cuddle with him for warmth like she promised him.

So now since Gage's eyes were shut completely while he still grinned, Yang decided to start undressing… to become a little bit more... comfortable.

First, the blonde brawler ripped off the small red tie off of her blouse's collar, and threw it off the bed as she began to unbutton her black school jacket. And when she did, she also threw it off of the bed.

Then she moved her legs so her feet were pointed away from herself, and she started to pull down her skirt until they reached her ankles, revealing her black laced panties just as she kicked her skirt off and they landed onto the floor all with her other clothes.

And finally, she sighed, unbuttoned her white blouse and left it open, allowing her bust and the black laced bra she was wearing to be seen as she pulled her skin tight black high socks up her legs again to try and catch Gage's attention… but sadly for her, his eyes were closed.

However, he soon opened them and felt the bed creak as Yang laughed, laid down next to him on her side, and quickly pecked his cheek with her lips, making his eyes open all the way again,

"Thank you!" The blonde whispered.

Gage chuckled at Yang, and felt her scoot closer to him and kiss his neck, wrapping her arms around his chest as she did so. "...You don't have to thank me….. its just the right thing to do for a beautiful girl like you….. and i'm also getting too tired to speak in full sentences…." He whispered back into her ear.

Then she raised her head up a bit, and kissed him on the lips again quickly, but pulled away soon after. "Hehe, Well too bad! Because i'm going to thank you anyway!" She replied with a small giggle.

"Mmm…. Kay….. now can we snuggle Yang? I can barely keep my eyes open..."

Yang nodded, and let out a blissful sigh when she felt his arms reach around her waist and pull her closer towards himself. "*sigh*...Okay Care-Bear…. i love you..."

"Thank you…. And I love you too Yang….."

Meanwhile…

Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury were in their own dorm, preparing for tomorrow night's dance… and they actually intended to just go…. And not do anything evil. It was weird, and it just made Cinder 'burn' brightly with anger!

"Rrrgh….."

Her and Emerald were picking out their dresses, but Mercury was laying on his bed, reading the new issue of X-Ray and Vav comic book while Cinder continued to growl…

"So….. we going to do anything tomorrow night besides playing dress-up? Preferably something bad?" He asked in a snarky tone.

Cinder just sighed with frustration, "*sigh* Oh how I wish we could Mercury, but we have more eyes watching us than i'm usually comfortable with…"

Then Emerald huffed, crossed her arms and rolled her eyes as she looked away from the two, "And not to mention that Sage-colored, metal-armed thorn that's jabbed into our side…" She growled, referring to Gage.

Mercury shook his head, and let the comic book fall onto his face slowly before he groaned, "Ughhh… you both know I hate waiting….."

"*sigh* Mercury if we try and fix what happened to the CCT, then what would we do if they just fix it again?"

"We could just blow it up-"

Cinder's eyes then glowed, and she turned towards the two and stomped over to them both angrily due to their bickering, "We are not going in there again and we are not destroying it!" She yelled.

Emerald immediately backed down and sat next to mercury on the bed, but Merc just sighed and moved the comic book off of his face. But then he looked over at Cinder and decided to ask the obvious question,

"Then what do we do now?"

The sultry woman sighed, clenched the bridge of her nose, and sat down on the bed that was across from her two underlings…. But she hesitated to answer… because she truly didn't know.

"*sigh* ...As of right now, I don't know. But the only thing I do know is that we're going to have wait for quite a while for an opportunity to do something about our problems… and that little green thorn…"

"How long do you think it'll take to do that Cinder?" Emerald asked.

"...Too long. " She answered. Cinder then let go of the bridge of her nose, smiled evilly, and looked up at Emerald and Mercury with a devious sparkle in her eyes, "But, I'm sure everything will work out in our favor soon enough…."

And finally…. Her eyes became as orange as a blazing flame… displaying her frustration and fiery urge to kill every single student that would stand in her way...

"….And if it doesn't… then we'll make sure that none of those 'children' will escape the coming fire!"