Authors note: just letting you guys know, i'm going to start using a new writing there's a part of a chapter where multiple character's names are in bold, its suppose to during some important, Funny, or concerning moments between them. Just putting that out there . Oh yeah! And going to start titling my stuff! Plz review and enjoy!
Yang stared at the window frame for the rest of the night until her eyes grew tired, so she drifted back into sleep.
Hours later, she re-awoke to the sound of her scroll's alarm blaring from under her pillow. "Ugghhhh!" She groaned as she reached for her scroll.
Yang turned off the alarm, and looked at her scroll again. She received a new text message. It was from Gage. "Went 2 Vale 2 clear my mind & get stuff. Don't worry about me. Good luck w/ Classes." It said.
She desperately wanted to say 'i'm sorry' to Gage, but she didn't want to remind him about their encounter from last night. Yang heavily sighed and replied, "Okay. Thank you." To him.
She let out another sigh, and started to lower herself from her bunk bed. "Jeez Yang. I know you hate class, but you don't need to sound so depressed about it..." Ruby muttered from across the room. Yang shrugged off her sister's remark, and entered the bathroom.
Yang turned on the shower, and began to undress herself.
As she removed her tank top, Yang quickly glanced at herself in the bathroom mirror. She stared into her own eyes, and saw that her irises were red, but she didn't know why.
Yang then angrily turned around and entered the shower.
After she closed the shower curtains, Yang covered her breasts and felt the water to see if it was hot enough.
It felt sufficient, so she let the hot water flow through her golden hair, and over her naked body. She stared at the shower drain, and tried to think about what she was feeling.
Yang covered her face with her hands and groaned as she sat down, inside the bathtub. She now knew what she was feeling.
She was feeling guilty.
It was her fault Gage revealed his secret to her. And she thought that this could change him, and the way he felt about her. All because she opened her mouth.
Yang held her legs close to her chest, and buried her face into her knees. "Why did you have to ask..."
Classes went by slowly for Yang, mostly because she was trying to avoid Weiss, who constantly tried to question her about Gage. All Yang wanted right now was for Weiss to leave her alone, and to tell Gage that she was sorry.
Lucky for her, Neptune asked Weiss on a date, so Yang could hopefully finish her school work, and plan her apology.
She was now roaming through Beacon's halls with Ruby and Blake, as it was currently raining outside.
"Oobleck took forever to explain those battle strategies." Blake whined. "I know, I mean, they're almost as old as he is. Who knew it would take that long to explain them?" Ruby replied. Her and Blake started to laugh while Yang remained silent. Blake noticed this and decided to bring up something she knew Yang would be excited about. "Well, im just glad that tomorrow's friday."
"Yeah..." Yang said, nonchalantly.
Ruby quickly caught on and could tell something was bothering her sister since she wasn't acting as cheerful as usual.
Ruby: "Are... you okay Yang? You did get some sleep last night right?"
Yang: "Yes, I did"
Blake: "Then what's wrong?"
Yang couldn't take the pressure anymore.
Yang: "...Can you guys keep a secret? And I mean MAJOR secret. No one can know. Not even Weiss."
Ruby dashed next to Blake and crossed her arms. She then tried to match Blake's height.
Ruby: "Come on Yang! Its us you're talking about!"
Yang: "*sigh* ...It's just...Gage. He's-"
Ruby: "Does he not like you or something?"
Ruby's question was soon answered as she saw her sister's eye color change to red.
Yang: "No! That's not it!"
Blake: "Then what is it? He seemed happy yesterday."
Yang didn't want to tell them that Gage was an orphan, it was too soon. So she tried to think of something else to say.
Yang: "Back at Glenn, when we were in that hotel room, I woke up in the middle of the night and i saw Gage sitting next to that hole in the wall, and he was crying. He stopped before he noticed I was awake, so I didn't ask about it. Instead, I asked him why he was awake..."
"He told me that he's been awake for almost a month."
"And then, last night... he was sitting in that tree outside our window. He said that he couldn't sleep, and he thought it would help..."
Ruby and Blake saw Yang clench her fists.
Yang: "And, you guys... I want to help him! But I don't know if theres something... wrong with him!"
Blake thought for a moment. "hmmm..."
But in the end, she could only think of one possible answer.
Blake: "Maybe he has insomnia."
Ruby: "What's that?"
Blake: "It's a psychological disorder, where your mind won't let you sleep or stay asleep. And if the subject's condition is really bad... it can induce nightmares."
Ruby: "That's scary."
Yang: "What causes something like that?"
Blake: "Small cases are usually caused by things your parents tell you not to do before bed. Eat candy, drink too much caffeine, being on your scroll a lot, Et Cetera."
"But extreme cases, like his, are mostly caused by long-term sadness, or depression."
Yang's thoughts scattered. "Sadness and... depression?!" she then remembered the rest of that night. Gage was looking at a photo, and he was crying. "It... must have been them in it. His parents."
She felt her stomach tighten
"Then he's...he's still mourning them."
"And I made it worse."
She then thought back to the name of the disorder that Blake just told her about. "Insomnia... I remember that. I read about people with that... when they had it for a long time they always ended up... SUICIDAL!"
She then remembered pieces of the text Gage sent her earlier that morning.
"Went to clear my mind. Don't worry about me. Good luck."
Yang started to breathe heavily, and she felt like she was about to cry.
Yang: "Blake... I just... need to help him."
She then started to walk away, but Blake stopped her.
Blake: "Yang, wait. Just... give it a week or two. Maybe this new atmosphere will change his condition."
Yang grasped her stomach
Yang: "AND IF IT DOESN'T?!"
Blake: "Then he's all yours."
Ruby noticed her sister's breathing had escalated and she started to sweat.
Ruby: "Yang! Are feeling ok? You look like you're going to throw up!"
Yang yanked on her school tie, and inhaled deeply.
Yang: "N-No. I...I think I need to... go lay down, so uh, c-cover for me, okay sis?"
Ruby: "Okay."
Yang: "I'll uh... see you guys later..."
Yang slowly continued down the hall until she found a set of double doors which led to one of the outer courtyards.
Once she made it out, she made a mad dash out into the rain.
She saw this as an opportunity to go Vale and look for Gage, so she rushed through the rain, and towards their dorm building. "I've got to get out of my school uniform, so they'll let me on an airship!"
She tried to think about how she could find Gage. "He drinks! Maybe he could be in a bar! And even if he isn't, Junior still owes me. Maybe he can track Gage's scroll signal or... or something!"
Thinking about his scroll, she pulled hers out and started to text him,
"Gage"
"Talk to me"
"Please"
Yang saw that her messages were sent, but they weren't read yet.
"Listen"
"Please, don't do anything stupid"
She reached the building's main door and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.
"FUCK!"
She quickly ran to the other side and reached the building's back entrance.
She tried to open it but yet again, it did not budge. She looked at the door again and saw a sign that said 'all dorms are off-limits during classes'.
"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!"
She started to punch the door, but it's glass would not crack. Yang shattered instead. "Fuck..."
She curled up against the door and pulled her scroll out to make one last and desperate attempt.
She tried to call him.
It rung twice and went to his voicemail.
"Hey, it's Gage. If i'm not answering then i'm either drunk, asleep, or uh... in class. Anyway, if I know you leave a message."
Yang lowered her scroll and began to sob. She thought that voicemail was going to be the last was going to be the last time she would hear Gage's voice.
She raised her scroll to her mouth and tried to talk as tears and rain drops rolled down her cheeks,
"Gage. Im sorry...Im so sorry... just, please don't do it. Don't leave me hanging. Because If you do... how am I going live with the guilt? Ever since Glenn, I made a promise to myself. That i'd help you recover. That no matter what, i'd be there for you... What do you think i'd do if I found out that it was my fault that you died? Just, talk to me. I can help you through this. I...I can you give reasons to keep on living. H-Here's a good one... everyone thinks i'm obsessed with you...but I don't give a shit because...
Gage I...I..I lov-"
"Stop whining beanie, we're almost there!"
Yang quietly gasped and looked out into field in front of her, as she heard hooves clacking against the wet grass. she saw Green Bean trotting towards her barn, and she was pulling some sort of cart with a rain tarp over it. There was someone riding her.
Green bean stopped next to the barn, and the rider dismounted her.
Yang deleted the voicemail and ended her call. She began to slowly walk towards the two, fearing that they were just a mirage.
The rider unbuckled the horse from her cart, and opened the barn's doors.
Beanie entered, and the rider followed her inside.
Yang stood at the door and looked inside.
Gage: "Hey Yang! What are you doing out there?! You could catch a cold!"
He pulled her inside and closed one of the doors. Yang was still silent.
"Sit here, ill turn on the heater!"
He sat her down on a bench and he tried to reach for something on top of one of the old lockers.
"Beanie! Blanket!"
Yang felt something warm wrap around her body.
She then heard something crash onto the ground next to her, which snapped her out of her trance.
Gage: "Dammit! Beanie, get the toolbox!"
Green Bean laid the tool box on the bench and grunted.
Gage: "Screwdriver. Oh, uh flathead please."
Green Bean held the screw driver in her mouth, and dropped it in front of Gage.
He then patted her snout, "Thank you Beanie!"
Yang: "...Thank you."
Gage: "No problem. What were you doing out there?"
Yang: "I...wasn't feeling good...so I was going to go home...but then I saw you."
Gage put the fallen object on the bench.
Yang: "Where did you go anyway?"
Then, Green Bean dragged a small hay bale through the doorway.
Gage: "To get that and...*sigh* I need your opinion on this..."
He pulled a small and black glasses case out of his jacket pocket.
He put the glasses on and faced Yang.
Gage: "So? What do you think?"
Yang smiled slightly.
Yang: "You look nice, but you'd look a lot better if you were wearing your school clothes."
Gage let out a small groan, placed his screwdriver between his teeth, and put the object back on the locker.
He quickly glanced back at Yang when she wasn't looking.
Water droplets lined her golden locks, and her face, which had a smile on it.
He looked at the lower part of her body.
The only part of her that wasn't covered by the blanket was her legs, and her skirt.
He smiled deviously when he saw the pale skin on her thighs, which was the only thing separating her skirt and her leggings.
Gage: "Okay. As long as I get to see you in that everyday."
She turned back around.
Yang: "Sorry. What was that?"
Gage: "Nothing..."
He then turned on the heater.
Gage: "There we go!"
...
...
Yang: "So... are you okay... after what happened last night?"
Gage took the screwdriver out of his mouth, pulled his hood down, and sat down next to her.
Gage: "Yeah... like I said, it had to come out eventually... and I know I can't change it...but im okay Yang. Really."
He then saw her eyes were red.
Gage: "But are you okay? Because your eyes are bloodshot."
There then was a small moment of silence between them.
Yang: "No...no im not...I got scared when you said that you were going to 'clear your mind'..."
Gage chuckled slightly.
Gage: "Heh, what'd you think I was going to do? Kill myself?"
...
Yang growled as tears rolled down her cheeks.
She turned to Gage, and slapped him.
Yang: "YES YOU DUMBASS!"
Gage held his cheek and looked back at her with a frightened look.
Gage: "DID I SAY SOMETHING?!"
She got closer and continued to yell at him.
Yang: "GOOD LUCK?! DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME?! YOU SAID THE SAME EXACT THING WHEN YOU TRIED TO LEAVE US BACK AT GLENN!"
Gage calmed down a little bit.
Gage: "...It's just a figure of spe-"
Yang's body collided with his, and she wrapped her arms around him.
Yang: "Just shutup you big idiot..."
She proceeded to bury her head into his shoulder, while he still stood there with his mouth opened slightly.
...
After a few minutes, Gage closed his mouth, and hugged her back.
Gage: "...So... no one else knows about this?"
Yang: "*sniffle*...No..."
Gage: "*sigh*...Listen...remember what Weiss called me when I first came here? A stray dog or something like that? Well...I am one, in a way...but you, and your friends... are housebreaking me. So im not going anywhere, Okay?"
Yang: "Okay..."
They both then heard Green Bean grunt annoyingly from behind them.
Yang giggled and pointed at the horse.
Yang: "I should go, because i think i'm making Beanie jealous."
Gage: "Okay...but take this."
He handed Yang an umbrella.
Yang: "Thank you."
She then started to walk out...
Gage: "Oh! Before you go, can you hand me that bucket that's next to you?"
Yang looked down and saw a small bucket of water, so she picked it up and started to walk back to him...
But, Green Bean saw this as a perfect moment to embarrass them, so she placed her hove in front of Yang's foot, causing her to stumble forwards, and towards Gage.
She closed her eyes as she crashed into him.
She re-opened them, and noticed that she was laying on top of Gage.
She looked down, and quietly gasped when she saw that the top button on her blouse had popped off, revealing her irresistible cleavage. She groaned and looked up to him, but to her relief, his view was blocked by the water bucket that was on his head.
Realizing this, Yang quickly 'closed the curtains', and removed the bucket from Gage's head
Yang: "Oh! S-Sorry! Sorry! I-I can be such a c-clutz someti-"
She took the bucket off of his head, and they immediately began to stare into each other's eyes. Yang became flustered with embarrassment, and her face was glowing red.
Yang: "I...I, uh..."
Gage started to speak, but he sounded like he was hurt.
Gage: "You know... this would be a lot less awkward if your knee wasn't crushing my testicles...please get off..."
Yang: "Wh-AHH!"
She backed off, and when she did, Gage groaned loudly, clutched his balls, and fell to the floor.
Yang: "W-What happened to your c-crotch plate?!"
Gage's voice became quieter, and more high-pitched.
Gage: "It gets uncomfortable after a while..."
Yang picked up her umbrella and started to back away.
Yang: "Well, uh, i-i'm gonna g-go, so i'll see you at lunch o-or something!"
Gage: "Okay...i'll just...lay here...for a while..."
Yang: "B-Bye!"
He heard Yang run outside, without opening her umbrella.
Green Bean let out a happy little grunt that sounded like laughter.
Gage: "Shut up Beanie...I know it was you...don't deny it..."