The walk back to Beacon was fairly uneventful. Nyx kept a goofy smile on her face as she skipped around, satisfied that she had gotten her ice cream, and Mercury saw no sign of Slate after leaving the stand. Ruby had stayed by his side ever since they left, and their hands brushed together from time to time.
Mercury was still conflicted over these new… feelings. He held no love for the huntsmen, that much he knew, but Ruby seemed to break every aspect of a huntress that he despised. She didn't seem to crave fame like most, and she didn't boast about her achievements like most did. She was such a… a pure soul, someone so innocent and friendly that he couldn't comprehend that she was training to become a huntress. Now that he thought about it, he didn't know why Ruby wanted to become a huntress. If she didn't have the same reasoning as the other trainees…what was her reasoning?
Mercury nudged her arm with his own, gaining the silver eyed huntress' attention, "Ruby, why do you want to become a huntress?"
Nyx turned her head slightly to look at them as Ruby blinked before replying, "Well, I want to help people."
The simplicity of her statement caught him off guard, "…Really?"
"Yeah. When I was younger, before bed Yang would sit down and read to me all these fairytales about these heroes swooping in, slaying the monsters, and saving everyone. I want to do the same," Ruby shrugged as she said this, smiling a little, "Why do you ask?"
Mercury furrowed his brows in thought, mumbling, "Just curious… so, you want to be a hero?"
"I don't need to be titled a hero. I just want to try my best to keep people safe," Ruby explained, "What about you, Mercury? Why are you training?"
"I train to fight because I don't want to be put in a position where I need to and I can't," He replied monotonously, the line having been rehearsed multiple times should the question ever be asked. However, he knew that it was partly true. Helplessness was not a feeling he wanted to experience anytime soon.
As they stepped through the front gates of Beacon Academy, Ruby frowned slightly, a hesitant look on her face. Mercury didn't see this, since he saw a quickly approaching mane of golden hair.
"Mercury, I was talking with Emerald in the arena today… and she mentioned that you were trained outside of the kingdoms. Where's—"
Ruby's question was interrupted by Mercury, who clutched her shoulder for a moment, gesturing in front of them to alert the girl to Yang's presence. Ruby's mouth snapped shut, a feeling of dread curdling in her stomach.
"Maybe you should stay back here with Nyx while I talk to Yang," Mercury suggested, a bubble of concern for the silver eyed girl rising in him. He shook his head, grimacing before turning to Yang. He made it a few paces toward her before he felt a tugging on the bottom of his shirt.
"Uh, Mercury...whatever she says don't take it personally, okay? She's just protective of me," Ruby said timidly, silver eyes blinking up at him. He grinned slightly to ease her nervousness.
"I'll be okay, gem."
He reached up to ruffle her hair, an action that she glared half-heartedly toward and pouted a bit, but said nothing against. Giving her one last grin before turning to the volatile blonde staring at him, Mercury schooled his expression and walked forward to meet the lilac eyed teen.
"Yang. What did you want to talk about?" He asked as he came close enough for her to hear.
"I think you might already know," Yang replied with a raised brow, making a pointed look toward the redhead behind him. He sighed, knowing this conversation was inevitable, but it didn't make it any less annoying.
"What about Ruby did you want to talk about?" He elaborated, all the while keeping a stony mask on. Yang narrowed her eyes.
"I don't know what your intentions are, but that right there is my little sister. My fifteen year old little sister," Yang stressed, walking towards him slowly, "And I don't trust you with her despite what Ruby says."
"So you're saying you don't trust your sister's word?" The dry comeback bubbled up automatically, reflexively, and he immediately knew it was a mistake to say it. Foot in mouth, Mercury. That was the worst thing you could have said.
"Excuse me?!" Yang demanded, her eyes flickering to red for a split second, "I trust my sister with my life, but I don't trust you around her! Don't twist my words around you little—"
"Alright alright, I didn't mean it," Mercury interrupted, raising his hands in surrender. He was in dangerous territory now, and even if he got Yang off his back there was still the lingering threat of Tyrian Slate. Normally he wouldn't pay any mind to the mild annoyance of a man that he was but the way he mentioned Ruby's name with a devilish curiosity unnerved him to no end.
"Uh-huh, whatever," Yang huffed in annoyance, regarding him with a critical eye, "Why are you so interested in my sister?"
Mercury raised one brow at her, "Uh… she's friendly? Nice?"
Yang narrowed her eyes, "Listen Mercury, I don't know what's up with you, but I don't want you around her. I let you have this little outing today, but I'm drawing the line here. Ruby just isn't ready for anything like this."
"She never will be if you keep sheltering her like this," Mercury snapped without thinking, and the consequences of that statement already stacked in his head. That… made it sound like I was interested in her romantically. Well, that's not good.
"So you are interested in her? I was right?" Yang had a glint in her eye, one that told him she was searching for the answer already, hoping to prove her suspicions, "What, do you want to date her or something? You two just met!"
"I didn't say that," Mercury stated calmly, muscles tense and ready to dodge a punch should Yang let her temper get to her head, "I just meant that maybe you should lay off a little bit. She cares about your opinion, and it hurt her that you were so adamantly against her friendship with me."
"I don't mean to hurt her!" Yang protested, an inkling of fear in her eyes, "I'm just protecting her! I don't want her swooning over the first suave boy she meets, and that happens to be you."
Mercury frowned at the blonde, wondering if she was this paranoid about boys around her little sister all the time. He huffed slightly, more than fed up with this fruitless argument that wouldn't have a beneficial outcome for him by how it was going, and said frankly, "Well I don't know why you're being this crazy about it since it's not your life, but I'm not going to stop talking with her just because some pushy big sister thinks she knows best when in reality she's just making her little sister miserable."
It felt good to say it, and he had to hold back a grin at the pure rage in Yang's eyes at being accused of such a thing. The thrill of the fight began to pump through his veins, feeding into his aura and gearing him up for a brawl, but the weight of a small silver haired girl on his conscience kept him from showing this excitement outwardly. He couldn't care less about Yang, or about the other students he had talked to really beyond gaining some respect for them, but a part of him, a small part of him, felt horrible for doing this to Ruby's sister. If it were someone the small redhead didn't know, he probably wouldn't bat an eyelash.
He didn't know what his little gem was doing to him…but he knew that he didn't want to let go of her just yet. He wanted to know more. And not just more information to report to Cinder… but actually try to understand her. It was a new feeling, an odd feeling, but he found that he wanted to give it a try.
It was dangerous, that he knew. But…he just didn't care.
But right now, the most pressing of problems was the blonde in front of him vibrating with anger. He should really learn to shut his mouth around these kids.
Then rose petals floated in front of him, and the small huntress was standing tall in front of him.
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…Moments Before…
Ruby watched with a nervous feeling as Mercury walked toward Yang at a leisurely pace, turning only when she felt Nyx tap on her shoulder. The green eyed girl held up her scroll for Ruby to read.
{Your sister is really protective of you, huh?}
"Yeah...so is my dad, and I'm not sure which is more scary," Ruby sighed, shrugging as she looked to the ground, "It's just difficult at some times. I love her, but sometimes she goes too far."
{And this is one of those times}
"Exactly," Ruby nodded, "I get why she might be wary of Mercury, but she's getting a little too crazy about it. I… don't know why."
{Maybe she's just afraid that you're growing up}
"Come again?"
Nyx typed rapidly into her scroll, glancing around from time to time before holding up the device to Ruby, {Well, she is your big sister. She's been two years ahead of you for a while, and now suddenly you're jumped ahead and her equal when it comes to training. So yeah, she may be proud of you for that, but it's like she's starting to lose her job, y'know?}
Ruby blinked slowly, "I'm...not sure I follow."
{By the way she acts with you, it's safe to assume she was primarily the one that helped raise you?} A head nod and Nyx typed more, {Well, if she's been your caretaker all this time, it has to be scary to suddenly see that you don't need her to baby you anymore. Like, she wants things to stay the way they are, but they can't. And this is her way of kind of keeping you in that position}
"So...it's like a mother-daughter thing only, like, big sister-little sister?"
{Exactly. Yang is proud that you're growing up, but at the same time a part of her doesn't want you to because she likes taking care of you}
Ruby frowned as she processed what Nyx was saying, and glanced at Yang and Mercury, who were still exchanging words. Nyx might be onto something here… since Yang did have to step up to take care of her once mom…
"How'd you figure that out so fast?"
{Psychology is interesting to me}
Ruby smiled slightly at the shorter girl, "Thanks, Nyx. Maybe I can try and make Yang understand now that I know that."
Nyx merely smirked and winked at her before directing her eyes toward the duo in a heated conversation, and Ruby watched in surprise as Neo's left eye turned a pale white for a moment before phasing back to green. Frowning, Nyx typed out a quick message and showed it to Ruby.
{Yang looks like she's about to kill him. You might have to intervene}
Ruby glanced at her sister, seeing her golden hair swaying with fiery tendrils swishing around her head, and Ruby sighed, "That didn't take too long now did it?"
{Mercury tends to suffer from the incurable disease of Foot in Mouth Syndrome when it comes to his dry wit}
Not wasting another second, Ruby used her semblance to speed in between her sister and her friend, her cape snapping back towards her body as her inertia suddenly halted, rose petals gliding past her as silver locked with lilac, and despite the anger that Yang's eyes held toward Mercury softened when glancing at Ruby, the red cloaked girl felt a surge of protectiveness in her chest towards Mercury.
"Yang…"
"Sis, this is between Mercury and I. We'll be done talking soon, I promise," Yang tried to direct her away, but Ruby stood firm.
"No, you're trying to talk him out of hanging out with me! Didn't I make it clear just yesterday night? No matter what you try to do I'm going to spend time with him, so please stop!"
Ruby didn't want to fight with her sister yet again, but Yang was leaving her with no choice. She was ready to give a multitude of reasons for Yang to back down, and she was readying herself to voice them, but she closed her mouth at hearing Mercury shift on his feet behind her.
Mercury glanced between the two sisters with a frown. It was clear neither were going to back down, and he sighed when he realized he would have to be the one to break them apart somehow. He could think of only one solution, and it wasn't one he felt keen on taking, but he felt himself saying the words before he could ponder further.
"Look, I can see that this is causing some problems, so...Ruby and I will stop talking."
The sisters both turned to him as Nyx squeaked from behind him. He thought it would be simpler this way, since really, he didn't think he could learn much more from Ruby's group of friends, and it would take a lot of attention off of himself. Despite this, he couldn't help but feel saddened, a feeling that both perplexed and put him on edge.
"What?" Ruby asked in a small voice, sterling silver eyes shining as her expression slowly crumbled. Mercury swallowed, the heartbroken look on her face disturbing him.
"If your sister is this insistent, then I might as well leave you alone for at least a little while," Mercury explained, "I know how important your sister is to you. Don't let me ruin your relationship."
It left a bad taste in his mouth, trying to convince Ruby to listen to her sister like this. Ruby was an enigma to him despite her being so open. He didn't understand why she cared, or why she seemed so attached to him in the short span of time she had known him. He didn't understand how she embedded herself underneath his skin when he had kept everyone out for years. He wanted to figure it out but he just couldn't, and forcing this complex puzzle away was harder than he ever imagined.
He had to though. Cinder's agenda always comes first, and he didn't want to find out what she would do if a sibling quarrel caused by him disrupted her plans.
A force hit his stomach, surprisingly strong arms winding around his waist and refusing to let go. His first instinct was to tense and attack, but when he looked down, he spotted a bob of red and black hair resting on his chest.
"No! I don't want to just pretend you don't exist!"
Mercury gaped at the girl, his surroundings bleeding away until she had all of his attention, "Ruby—"
"Mercury, please!" Ruby cried, pulling away to look up at him and show the tears threatening to spill over and fall down her cheeks, "Y-You're my friend and I don't want to throw that away! Don't listen to her, she's just being her overprotective self and refusing to see that you're a good person!"
"I…" Mercury shook his head to clear his thoughts, feeling his heart break a little at Ruby's desperate attempts to sway him. It just didn't look right on her, that crumbled expression, since he was so used to the smiley and bubbly Little Red he's always seen. He wanted to ask why she thought of him in such a high regard, why she would risk her relationship with her own sister for him, but he knew he couldn't ask her with an audience. And he knew that this was turning dangerous, and he had to break away soon if not immediately…
"Ruby...I'm sure you'll be fine without me..."
"That doesn't mean I want to be," Ruby replied without hesitation, grasping his hand in her warm palm, "Yang just… just needs to realize that I'm growing up. And I'm going to be who I am and be friends with who I want."
Mercury stared back at her, his fingers instinctively curling around her hand. He could feel Yang's eyes on him, watching him closely as he tried to think of what to say. He couldn't though, and Ruby turned rapidly to Yang.
"Yang, please… he's my friend."
Yang looked torn as she couldn't tear herself away from Ruby's gaze, and eventually she shut her eyes and sighed, "I…okay. You win Rubes. I don't… don't want to make you unhappy."
Mercury saw Ruby's lips form a soft smile, gratitude shown clearly on her face, but Mercury wasn't so sure that Yang would cave that easily. He could see the warning in her eyes still as she looked at him, but the traces of anger and indignation were either hidden very well or were gone altogether.
"Thanks sis...Uhm, I'll see you sometime tomorrow?" Ruby asked Mercury timidly, to which he couldn't help but smile at.
"Course you will."
Ruby grinned, blushing slightly as she hugged him quickly before trotting toward her sister, and he chuckled slightly at her retreating back. He met Yang's eyes again, and he arched a brow as the smile fell from his face. Yang sighed, shaking her head.
"You break her heart and I'll break your legs," Yang warned, a sudden glint forming in her eye as she grinned slightly, "You don't want to see me yangry."
Mercury huffed a short laugh, "That was terrible."
"That's why I'm the Queen of Puns, Mercury," Yang threw back over her shoulder, following Ruby with a confident stride.
He heard Nyx's light footfalls behind him before she was standing beside him, and Mercury glanced at her to see her eyes were their trademark brown and pink. She had a small smirk on her face before she showed her scroll to him.
{Hehe...legs}
"Yeah," Mercury rolled his eyes, seeing her wink at him, "What do you think of Little Red and her friends?"
{Well Blondie is pretty feisty...I like her. And Ruby is pretty cute}
"Oh yeah? You interested, Neo?" Mercury questioned in amusement, cocking a brow at the small woman. She cocked out one hip and smirked slyly, typing out a response.
{I should be asking you that question about 'gem'.}
Mercury scowled, ignoring Nyx's knowing look as he began to walk towards the dorms, "Come on, Cinder's probably wondering where we are."
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The Fire Queen scrolled lazily through the assorted lists while sitting with regal poise on the edge of her bed, amber eyes narrowed as she scanned every student with a cold calculation. Emerald was sitting on the floor a few feet away, examining her nails in boredom as they waited patiently for Mercury and Neo to return. Cinder frowned, her gaze focusing on the members of Team RWBY.
"Emerald… has Mercury sent you any more details concerning his small project?" Cinder addressed the mint haired woman.
"Not yet, ma'am. The last update I heard was from Neo. She said Mercury had to deal with Ruby's sister," Emerald replied dutifully, crimson orbs gazing up at Cinder in worship.
"Deal with?"
"Apparently the bimbo doesn't like that Mercury spends so much time with Ruby," Emerald shrugged, "But I'm sure Mercury can handle it."
"Hmm… well, since Mercury seems to be gaining the attention of so many because of this Ruby girl… we will have to be very careful when incorporating him into parts of the plan," Cinder mused to herself, looking through the statistics of all the students. She had already planned so many steps ahead, but Cinder found herself wondering if she might have to rework parts so suspicion wouldn't be cast on them…
For now however, the plan is unchanged. The dance was fast approaching, and it gave her ample time to plant the virus in the CCT while everyone is occupied.
Her scroll rang then. Right on time.
Cinder picked up the scroll and answered the call, placing the device on the nightstand beside her bed as she answered the man on the other side of the line.
"Roman. I suspect everything is moved to the set location I sent to your scroll?"
"…And hello to you too, Cinder. Yes, all the dust is safe and sound and the charges are being smuggled out of the borders as we speak. But, I have a few problems that need to be addressed."
Cinder glared at the scroll. That was not something she wanted to hear, "And you cannot solve this because…?"
"Well, it comes in the form of a purple haired nuisance. And we both know he is not one to be ordered around unless money is involved."
Cinder's eye twitched. If there was anyone that she would rather not deal with in this operation, it was Slate currently. However, he and his partner were a backup should anything go wrong in the plan, and she wasn't about to let them go that easily.
"What did he do?"
"It's more of a lack of what he is not doing," Roman sighed in aggravation, "He was tasked with eliminating defectors of the White Fang since I am far too busy to be doing grunt work, but he seems to have taken up a job from Adam."
"…I will deal with him," Cinder said coldly, amber eyes glowing in rage, "His partner would be more effective in that job anyway. Put Lynae on the case."
"Already did. Now, if you don't mind me asking Cinder, but explain to me what exactly I'll be doing out at Mountain Glenn? I didn't exactly sign up for sightseeing."
"Information will be sent to your scroll soon enough. Patience, Roman."
She heard him grumble on the other end as the door to the dorm finally opened and the two missing members of her close knit circle sauntered inside. Mercury nodded once at her before stretching and plopping down on his bed while Neo glanced at the scroll on the nightstand and grinned suddenly, bouncing on her toes as a hopeful expression plastered itself on her face.
Cinder sighed, "Go ahead."
Neo picked up the scroll as she pushed the door shut with her toe and quickly tapped the screen so she could see through Roman's camera, and waved animatedly once the request processed and Roman's face appeared on screen.
"Oh, hey Neo. Did you get your ice cream today?"
Neo nodded with a smile, her eyes changing to brown and pink as she practically skipped over to Mercury so he could voice the events, to which the silver haired teen rolled his eyes but did as she silently asked.
"We went out with Little Red. I think it's safe to say Neo had fun."
"…You went out with Red."
Neo pouted, letting Mercury hold the scroll (much to his mild annoyance) as she quickly signed back a response. Roman rolled his eyes.
"She's not cute. Red is a pest, and that's that."
Neo pouted at that, and Cinder cleared her throat to gather everyone's attention, "What held you two up in returning here?"
"Yang was playing overprotective sister so we were held up at the gates. Ruby helped calm her down though," Mercury shrugged, lounging on his bed, "I just have to tread lightly around her for a bit."
"Hm… Roman, go back to directing the White Fang. I will send you details pertaining to your next objective."
"That's fancy talk for hang up now isn't it—"
Mercury tossed the scroll back to Cinder carelessly after he hung up on the crime lord, and Emerald snickered a bit at the action. Cinder herself smirked amusedly, enjoying the mental image of Roman gaping at the scroll in disbelief as the dial tone reached his ears.
"Now that Roman is gone, we can speak freely," Cinder tapped her scroll for the screen to come to life yet again, and she gazed at her work she had been cycling through for a long moment, "As you all know, the dance is closing in rather fast. Now that it seems only one week remains before the event, we have to prepare. Now…" Cinder gazed at Emerald and Mercury, "Emerald, Mercury, you two are to attend the dance. Keep an eye on the guests and ensure that no one significant slips out. We can't risk me being detected during this mission."
"Yes ma'am," Emerald nodded quickly, "We'll do a headcount before giving you the all clear."
"We're gonna need some formal wear though," Mercury mentioned with a wave of his hand.
"That has already been accounted for thanks to Lynae, and she will drop off your formal wear the night before the dance."
"Won't she be at risk of being spotted?" Emerald asked in confusion.
"So far she has kept her hands clean in Vale, and all the runaway's are located outside of the local police jurisdiction, so she won't be at risk of being spotted and tagged for any crimes," Cinder explained, thoroughly pleased with her associates at the time being for being a minimal hassle, "And Neo," Cinder turned to the ice cream girl, "You may do as you wish. This operation really only requires three, but I am sure Mercury and Emerald would welcome your assistance should you offer it."
Neo pondered this for a moment before typing in her scroll, {Well it certainly sounds like fun. I'll help}
"Excellent. Be prepared when the time comes," Cinder said with finality, turning back to her scroll. Everything was falling into place.
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Yang was uncharacteristically quiet as Ruby and her walked back to their own dorm, and despite having just resolved the argument moments before, Ruby felt slightly on edge. She kept glancing at her older sister from time to time, but she couldn't figure out what Yang was thinking, as she merely glanced around idly and smiled at Ruby when she caught her younger sister staring. It wasn't until they stopped in front of the door that lead to their dorm did Yang turn to Ruby and stop her from advancing into the room.
"Ruby...did I make you miserable because of all this with Mercury?" Yang asked hesitantly, a vulnerability on her face that Ruby had never seen before. It was unnerving.
"I wouldn't say I was miserable, per say," Ruby stated carefully, silver eyes trained on soft lilac, "I was more...shocked. I mean, we've never really fought like that before, and you've always were supportive over whatever I decided. So...it did hurt."
Yang cast her eyes to the ground, "I'm sorry I hurt you then. I guess I just...overreacted. I mean, I'm still unsure about Mercury, but know that I trust you to make the right decisions with him, y'know?"
"Alright Dad," Ruby rolled her eyes playfully before turning serious again, "But really, we aren't dating. He's just my friend."
"Uh, you sure about that sis? Some of the stuff he said made me think otherwise if I'm being honest," Yang placed her hands on her hips, "Not to mention you two were a little touchy feely right in front of me."
"T-T-That was just a hug! Friends hug!" Ruby stuttered, her cheeks turning a bright crimson as Yang's suggestion made her think back to Mercury kissing her cheek at the ice cream stand. She wasn't even sure of where Mercury stood with her now that she thought about it, "But uh...I don't know. I mean, Emerald could possibly be his girlfriend...?"
The blonde scoffed, "Rubes, if Mercury was Em's boyfriend, he would not be around you that's for sure. Em would make sure of that."
Ruby sighed, rubbing the side of her face, "Why do you have to tell me all this stuff and confuse me?!"
Yang raised a brow, a slanted smile on her face as she raised a brow, "You okay there Rubes?...What did you guys talk about at the stand anyway?"
"We uh, we compared Mercury's team to different flavors of ice cream," Ruby grinned a little, "And apparently I'm strawberry flavored."
"Makes sense. What else?"
"W-Well..." Ruby cast her eyes to the side, wondering whether or not she should tell Yang of the kiss despite just calming her about the subject. But she herself was confused about it, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad...
"Rubes?"
"Mercury...he um...he k-kissed..." Ruby tapped her cheek awkwardly as she swayed on her feet, "I don't know why he did..."
Yang was gazing at her calmly, but concern was easily seen, "Well, what happened after?"
"He went to make a call...and when I came back he looked kind of spacey. Weendedupholdinghands," Ruby gasped out, a verbal river of near gibberish that took Yang a minute to process.
Ruby felt Yang pat her head gently, a soft smile forming on her older sister's face, "That's so cute. And you think he doesn't like you..."
"Ugh, you're just as bad as Nyx!" Ruby whined, "I don't know what it means but-but I kind of liked it...?"
"Well, maybe you should think twice about the 'just friends' thing," Yang winked, letting her worries for Ruby ease away in favor of letting her little sister choose for herself, "And uh, just out of curiosity, what flavor ice cream is Mercury?"
Ruby blinked, "Well...we said he was a spoon..."
"So...you could say that, if you two become a thing and you're cuddling then Mercury would be..."
"Don't."
"Spooning the Ice Cream?"
"YANG!"
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Hello there! I feel like the more I progress the harder it's going to be to write...welp, at least its fun!
UNSC A.I Epsilon: I love that pun. I hope you don't mind that I put it in here, but that was genius
Ikdog: Oh thank you, I'm glad you are enjoying it! :)
rhythmking: oooh, that's an interesting idea on his semblance. It's not it, but it sounds cool! And I'm glad I could help Mercury achieve the top spot in your mind ;)
Littlest1: Thanks! And I love Neo! She's so adorable despite being homicidal
The Baz: Of course! I love Merc and Neo and them being buds is something I've wanted to write for so long
jclark775: Thank you, and I'm glad you like it so far! Ah, the puns. It wouldn't be a RWBY fic without them :)
Locus: Oooh, that sounds cool! I like that semblance! And Neo is always a cutie pie~
Guest: Ha I really want to write her reaction soon. I like experimenting with all the baddies of RWBY
Dragons and Breakfast Food: I'm not too sure when I want them to finally kiss exactly, but there are a lot of scenarios that I have to pick from...who knows, maybe you'll be ten bucks richer soon ;)
Phew, so that was a thing. Oh, and I wanted to say that I do plan to have the pairing Seadragon in this fic (it has been hinted at but not outwardly displayed as of yet) but it will in no way be focused on as much as the lovely QuickSilver pairing will be. I just really love YangXNeptune. And if any of you are into Real World AU's, check out my one shot 'Maybe Possibly Like You'! *shameless advertising I know*
Okay, I gotta go to bed now. I have to stop myself from typing in text speak, and that is not a good sign XD
Happy writing and Lonessa out!
