Note: This is an extra chapter, shown to be a "slice of life" from the characters. Not apart of the main storyline, but canon.
EDIT: I've found a theme song, boys and girls. TWEWY- Three minutes clapping. Enjoy yourselves.
The Vytal Festival was drawing ever so much closer. Gary hated the festival. It happened a week after his neighborhood was destroyed, and since the entire town was the festival area, he heard gossip. "Heh. Good thing that crazy Dust professor was destroyed. Might have killed us all." Another man came with a drink."Here's to remember the crazy,psychopathic lives that were lost!" he said, dropping the drink on the ground. Gary ripped the man's throat out, and that was the first time he went to jail. He was originally subjected to Lethal Injection, but his antibodies were much stronger than it. Then he was subjected to the electric chair, where his wings absorbed all of the electricity and released it, causing an EMP over the entire city while the Festival was going on. The lights went out, and he used the darkness to escape.
Gary was noticably clenching his fist while he was looking at the calendar. Yochi suddenly came bursting through the door. He sounded exhausted. "Hey...Gary...Happy...Festival..." Yochi wheezed and coughed, and was made worse by Gary gripping his throat.
"You know how much I hate the day. And it's next week."
Yochi was motioning him to let go. Gary let go of him and Yochi took a deep breath. "I got kissed today." He said hastily. Gary was shocked. "By who?"
"By the Valdazian!" Said Weiss, makeup smearing over her face as she was going through a mental breakdown. "I don't know what happened, we fell down, our faces looked at each other, and we both leaned in!
ImeanIknowIshouldn'tdothissincehe'smycompetitorbuthewasjustsocutewhenIsawhimonthe-"
Yang put her hand to Weiss's mouth. "Shut up and calm down."
Weiss was taking deep breaths after that. "Better?" Weiss only responded with more incoherent, fast speech.
"Imeantheguyisoneofthepeopleyouseeinbachelorshowsanditfeelsweirdbeingattachedtopeopleliketha-"
Yang punched her in the face. "Geez, you're more hyper than Ruby is with coffee."
"AndsothenIthought"Damnshe'shot"andIkissedheronthegroundwhereeveryonewaslookingandtakingpicturesmyentirecompanycouldgetshutdownbecauseof-"
Gary smacked Yochi across the side of his head with the staff,which he decided to name Legion. "Calm. The fuck. Down." Yochi took deep breaths. "AndsoI" Gary hit him again.
"Not calm enough!" yelled Yang. "You do realize he's next door, and he could be eavesdropping in on everything you're saying, right?"
Weiss wiped some makeup off of her face as she realized this. "Maybe I should just...Stay. Here. In my bed. Never to speak again."
Yang sighed. "But the Vytal Festival is next week! Isn't it your favorite event of the year?" Weiss hissed. "Screw the Festival!"
"I kissed my competitor! This could ruin both of us!" Yochi was saying. "If I show my face in public, I'm doomed! She's doomed! We're all doomed! How the hell have you managed to keep a relationship going for so long with someone who's 2 years younger than you?!" Gary counted the weeks he and Ruby had been going out. 8 weeks. Two months. Not really that long in his opinion, and they kinda just seemed to...Cling to each other.
It wasn't entirely a lovey dovey "I want to love you forever" type of deals, the two were just together because they were the only ones who went through their mental issues. No one else understood them. The only two compatible people with them were each other.
Yochi smacked Gary in the face. "I'M TALKING TO YOU! I am in serious trouble. I need a disguise. Like. Now. There's cosplayers at the Vytal Festival, right? Here's a list of materials." Gary looked over the list. "Are you sure about this? Because it just looks like..." "JUST DO IT!" Yochi yelled. Weiss overheard in the other room.
"A disguise! That's it! He's a genius!...Err, I mean, he's a ruffian!...Who happens to handle mental breakdowns better than I can."
Gary went to an appliance store and got everything he needed. He dropped it off at the dorm. "Oh, bless you Gary. No one will ever recognize me!" Gary facepalmed upon realizing Yochi's so called "Disguise." It was himself. Yochi was going as himself.
"You're a COMPLETE. IDIOT."
Yochi scoffed. "Oh please, I see people dress up as Kilometry Cyrus all the time! People dress up as famous people, you know!"
Gary sighed. "She kissed you TODAY. I don't think it'll spread that fast." Yochi simply stared at him. "Do you KNOW how fast rumors go on the internet? Wildfire. Near-instantaneous."
Gary was impressed. "You're speaking in words that take up more than 6 letters? Wow. Anyways, I need to go eat some food. See you later, cosplayer."
Gary totally knew in his head that the disguise wasn't going to work. Nothing Yochi "thinks" of usually works. Still, he was glad that Yochi didn't die during the battle with Cinder Fall.
Gary tried not thinking about it. It constantly made him remember what it was like to lose everything, to go crazy. It scared him. He stopped by a sushi restaurant, until he noticed the schedules. "How many restaurants are going to be closed tomorrow?" The clerk responded. "All of them. That's why people are hitting up grocery stores. The city doesn't want the restaurants open because we all need to contribute a "massive order" of food for the Festival." Gary took his food and left for his dorm. "Festival. Ruins everything."
Gary got back to his dorm to see Yochi, only slight things changed about him.
His usual trench coat was a white trench coat painted black, his sword was remade out of plastic, his hair had less spikes in it, etc.
"Oooh, Sushi rolls. May I?" Gary sighed. "You're going to need it." Yochi took out a tuna roll and began chewing."Petty gowd, ya?" Gary looked down. "No. Everyone will know who you are." Yochi swallowed. "And that's why I'm going to be wearing glasses!" Gary facepalmed. "The Festival is ruining everyone's lives, isn't it?"
Rhea and Argentina were out shopping until the store owner told them to leave. "But it's 2 in the afternoon!" exclaimed Argentina. The store owner simply shook his head. "The Festival is in another week! We have to prepare ourselves for the raid of people that'll be coming! So GET OUT!" The duo were kicked to the curb. Rhea was extremely tempted to blow up the store. "Now now, calm down. We must ALWAYS find a way, surely the internet won't fail us!" Argentina pointed out. She checked all of the store websites she knew of, and all of them had the same excuse on their front cover. "Shut down for Vale Festival." Argentina threw her tablet on the ground.
"GOD F**KING DAMNIT!"
Gary heard Argentina's screaming a block away. "Great." He walked towards her, meeting Ruby on the way. "Is Artina in trouble?" She asked. "No, she's just whining about something. Wouldn't be surprised if it was the Fes-" Argentina screamed again. "STUPID F**KING FESTIVAL!" Gary and Ruby went up to her. "Artina, calm down. All of the food stores are closing too. We need to head to the Grocery stores." The 4 went to the nearest supermarket, only to find it closed. And the next one. And the next one.
"Shit." Gary muttered. "I'm going to have to dig in to the emergency canned soup storage." The girls looked at each other. They gestured for Ruby to speak to him. "Heh...Heh... They kinda handed it out to every student on the first week to kickstart everyone's dorms." Gary froze. "My soup... Got handed out...To everyone...3 months ago...?" Ruby put a hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright? Take a deep-" Gary grabbed her neck, causing her to sputter and gag. "DON'T TOUCH F**KING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES! I SPENT LIKE 700 LIEN ON ALL OF THAT CRAP AND YOU GAVE IT AWAY LIKE A F**KING FREE GARAGE SALE?!" Ruby was turning purple. Gary let go of her and realized the other girls were gone. "Yep...We thought you had some weird obsession with soup, so we did it as a prank...I didn't know that was an emergency storage!" Gary stared at her. "Bitch please, the only food I can obsess over is either Sushi, or sour candy. So to make up for this, you're buying me a box of Mike and Ike Zours for the next 3 months." Ruby flinched. "Boxes?! But only the pharmacy store has them! And they're like 3 lien each! That's like... A lot of Lien!" Gary stared again. "Look at my face." Ruby cocked her head. "Is this relevant?" "Yes. Now look closer." Ruby looked. "Okay." Gary stood there, no emotion on his face. "Now, does it look like I give a single fuck?"
Ruby walked back to her dorm. 4:00 PM. Nothing to do. She sat there moaning for the next hour, not knowing where the rest of her team was. Gary took Yochi to an ice cream parlor, the only thing that was going to be open for the next week, closing at the Festival, since the guy who owned it had an obsession with clean floors.
"Thank you, sir." Said Gary. The man simply stared at him. "Clean those shoes. Now what would you like?" Yochi got a scoop of Rainbow Sorbet and Mint Chocolate Chip, hoping to eat his feelings away. Gary decided to leave. "Drown them all you want, Yochi."
Yang took Weiss to the same parlor, not noticing Yochi at all since his head was down on the table. Yang let Weiss decide what flavors to get; a scoop of Daquiri Ice and Vanilla was what she chose. Yang left the building, saying "Try to forget about him."
Yochi didn't look up as Weiss sat down at the chair behind him. They didn't notice each other until they both finished their ice cream, ready to leave. Their faces were close to each other as they both stood up.
"..." "..." They stood there, saying nothing for a while. They then began a serious make-out session, tongue and all.
The storekeeper looked in disgust. "Get a room that isn't as clean as mine." They both went back to their dorms, holding hands and smooching all the way. Once they reached their doors, they simply stared at each other and went inside of their own dorms. Weiss came in to see a bored Yang and Ruby, Yang sleeping and snoring like a bear, and Yochi came in to see a bored Gary, playing Super Hexagon on his phone. "Gary, I think I'm in love." Gary stood up. "So what did you two do all day?" Yochi suddenly had a face of realization. "We held hands. And kissed. The entire day." Yochi fainted.
"Hey there, Weiss. How was your day?" Ruby asked Weiss. "I think I'm in love." Ruby stood up, looking serious. "No way. Who?" Weiss looked on the verge of tears. "Yochi Valdazian!" And she burst into tears, going through another breakdown. "HowamIinlovewithhimhe'snothingbutaruffianwhoisagiganticbusinessrivalofmineImeanhowcanIWeissSchneebeinlovewithhimitmakesnosen-" Ruby smacked her with the blunt end of Crescent Rose. "Quiet down Weiss. So, why do you like him?" "Huh?" Weiss asked, still crying. "I said, why do you like him?" Weiss stood up, wiping her breakdown tears. "I like everything about him. I feel like this is true love that needs no explanation, or some crap like that. I don't know! I just...Like him! A lot! Too much! And now my reputation is going to get damaged, and my dad is going to get angry with me..." Ruby slapped her. "Get ahold of yourself, woman! You like him. That's okay! Everyone saw it coming." Weiss sniffled. "Everyone?" Ruby smiled. "Everyone." Weiss suddenly fainted.
"No Weiss! Come back! I need someone to talk to so I don't get bored!
Author's Notes: And that is part 1 of the Vytal Festival. Yep, a new ship has entered the Harbor, everyone. This story was originally going to be a GaryxWeiss story, but then I read Blood Rose and realized Ruby was alone also. 1+1= A window after all. A window for shipping. Or something. Yeah.
