Okay, More writing of this. I do enjoy this.
Chapter 13:
Velvet frowned as she sat at the table with the gang of friends that she had since before the tragedy that was her wife's suicide. The vegetarian feast that laid before her just seemed to not have the normal taste to it. The fact that Coco sat amongst them as well made her feel as though it was planned.
She wouldn't even put it past her friends. She knew that they had a penchant for planning things in an almost dangerous degree. Even if it was something that normally would be perfectly fine and normal, but how they'd act was in the interim was what made it dangerous.
"Velvet, you need to eat." Yang said as Velvet just frowned.
Her eyes, never even lifting from the plate as she just tried to resist the urge to throw the plate at the next person that talked. She couldn't believe that her anger was starting to set in, at these simple questions, or even from the simple fact that some of them just smiled.
Feeling her shirt get tugged a little, Velvet looked down to see Jason just looking at her with a questioning look in his ever curious eyes. She knew that he was going to try and question her mood, but she wasn't sure if she would be able to not snap at him. She didn't want to, but at the same time she knew that it was possible.
"You look hurt Velvet. Would some ice cream make you feel better? Ice cream always makes me feel better." Jason asked as Velvet just put on as good of a smile as she could muster. She wanted to snap at the child that a simple bowl of ice cream wasn't going to help the pain she was feeling any. All it would do is make her feel worse given how she had been feeling.
"Ice cream won't help with what I'm feeling." Velvet said as the boy just looked down as though he was in deep thought. Trying to figure out something that would make Velvet feel better. It was at least a partially pleasant feeling given how the child seemed to be the only person that had been trying to figure out a way to make her feel better.
"Is it because of Ruby?" The child asked in such a manner that it almost seemed like he knew and was hoping for it to not be the answer.
"Yeah." Velvet said softly as she was startled from the sudden hug coming from the child. She could see Reese starting to walk around as though she was trying to stop the child from saying something that she knew she couldn't take back for him.
Velvet just started to smile a small smile at the concern and warmth that came from the hug from the child. Reaching down, Velvet returned the hug gingerly as she waited for the reasoning to come from the child. She figured there had to be one given how there was always one.
"I miss her too. But Mom assures me that she would be in a better place looking down on us. And that makes it seem that much easier to think about her." Jason said as Velvet would have groan had it been an older person, or even a child she hadn't held when they were still a baby.
Even if Velvet was to take into account the pulling on her ears Jason did when he was a baby, she still couldn't bring herself to do that single gesture.
It was bewildering her in that simple fact. She didn't know how this child was able to stop her but he did. He had been able to cause that reaction. Taking a breath, Velvet closed her eyes as she just held onto the child in the meantime.
"I know. And that does help me Jason. Just not right now though. Thank you for your concern." Velvet said softly as the boy pulled back from her. For once she could see the smile he was trying to muster looking at her. The falseness to it had made her feel worse that she had no idea where it came from given how it seemed so genuine before the hug.
Letting go of the child as the teal haired woman grabbed his hand and they began to walk back around the table again. Velvet just knew that he might get scolded for the actions, but she kind of hoped that he wouldn't at this point. Turning back to her meal, Velvet picked up the fork again and placed a forkful of the food in front of her into her mouth.
Even if it was a simple thing, it was still a somewhat delicious meal. She just had to get through this meal so she could be able to go to be with Ruby again, or just go to sleep. It was a simple thing. "Velv, you should hurry up." Yang said softly. Glad that Coco had decided to take her advice and just shut up about everything at this given point.
It was something that was a shock to Yang given that they when told to do thing a they would intentionally do thing b. But it seemed that she at least figured that Velvet was on a very short fuse right now with the only solace that it was hard to ignite. No one in the group had a doubt in their mind that she would be a lot more destructive than they could even imagine.
Sighing, as they tried to think over this entire thing as Velvet just pushed the plate in front of her forward a little. "I told you I'm not hungry. This was nothing more than a polite gesture." Velvet said softly just so the child wouldn't get any ideas of ways to politely tell his parents off. She knew that Yang could hear her as the blonde just shook her head.
"Well take the rest home then." Yang said as Velvet just rolled her eyes as slyly as she could. The fact that she might unwittingly teach the child that she knew her and Ruby held dear in their hearts. Even if she taught him something as sinister as an eye roll, she wouldn't be able to sleep as easily as she had been. Even though she hadn't been able to sleep that easily. "We only have one thing we need to do first in your next of the woods." Yang continued, not seemingly helping Velvet's mood, but it wasn't going to stop Yang or the group. There had been too much work put into the place that everyone knew was going to help her.
Smiling as she stared at the ceiling, Velvet, just seemed to laugh at the notion of how big Ruby's apartment seemed. It wasn't like Ruby's apartment grew since last time she visited. But the fact remained, compared to the apartment that Coco and she could afford, it still seemed huge.
"Are you sure you just want to stare at my ceiling?" Ruby asked as she carefully leaned over the Faunus just so she wouldn't be able to look up her skirt and see the secret that had been burning in Ruby's mind since her and Velvet continued to grow closer and closer.
"I just always forget how stupidly big your place is. It reminds me of my childhood home. Even with twelve children, it still felt spacious." Velvet said in a manner that made Ruby just laugh at the idea of eleven versions of Velvet of varying sizes. "I think it is because you have such high ceilings... how do you have high ceilings?"
"I own this apartment and Yang found a small discrepancy in the deed. One that allowed every owner in the building extend their ceilings by about a foot. Something that once we started doing, almost everyone else did as well." Ruby said as Velvet sat up and just smile at the idea of Yang and Ruby working hard to raise the ceiling that little bit. But it clearly made a huge difference.
"So, are we just going to continue to stare at the ceiling? Or are we going to do what we intended to do?" Ruby asked as Velvet just smirked at her. Already knowing that Ruby would have accepted either answer from her, but she didn't want to ruin the day Ruby had planned even if she kept it secret from her.
"We can do what you planned. I just don't the feeling of having to bend my ears down to walk around a house. It feels just so confining. I think that is something humans don't understand the feeling of." Velvet said as she took a breath. Enjoying the smile that had developed on Ruby's face. She already knew that whatever the girl had planned it was going to be one of the greatest days she would have had in a long time.
Ruby just smiled and held her hand out for Velvet to take which she did. Velvet was reminded of the shock of the strength Ruby seemed to posses. Walking towards the door, Ruby moved the pair of flats over with her foot as she could just feel her sister staring at her.
Turning around she could see her sister just resting on the island separating the kitchen from the dining room. "You two kooky kids remember, sex is fun, but diseases aren't. Use protection." Yang said knowing the blush that began to come over the two women was causing her untold joy. Like it had been the single greatest thing she had ever seen.
"Yang! Shut up! Just don't forget I'm still mad at you. So don't leave until I'm back." Ruby snapped as she began to flail behind her just trying to find the door handle while she stared at the blonde mane.
"What if I want to go out, and partake in a cool beverage with some friends?" Yang asked as Ruby stopped her leaving to just stare at her.
"I wouldn't mind if it was just one drink. And if most times it was with reasonable friends. Not the people who decide it is a wise choice to slam bleach. It is a miracle he didn't die." Ruby said already getting mad that her plans were being ruined by this discussion that she was forced to have with her sister. "Now, stay in. I think there might be some beer in the fridge, or preferably don't drink." Ruby continued as Yang just rolled her eyes so hard Yang's head nearly smacked against the counter.
"Dove could have totally done it. But fine. I'll just have a house party. That is the best you'll get from me." Yang said as Ruby sighed looking down. Closing her eyes, she began to count to ten slowly in her head.
As she came to ten, she looked up to stare at her sister. "Yang, just don't get arrested again. Despite how much I enjoy talking to Sun and Neptune and even at times Ren. But don't ruin every date I have with Velvet." Ruby said as Yang just rolled her eyes equally as hard as she had just previously done.
Once she was sure that Yang was going to take her advice, Ruby walked out closing the door smiling at Velvet who stood there. Waiting patiently for her to lead the way. She hoped that what Velvet heard she wasn't going to think something was wrong with her. The look on her face was clear that she heard and didn't mind.
Velvet frowned as she walked up the steps, wondering what her friends had needed to get from this building. It no longer seemed so spacious to her, but there had to be something important to her friends if they were forcing her to come back. She could almost smell the blood. A smell that was a great fear in her childhood that increased dramatically since she saw that sight that had burrowed into her mind.
Seeing the front door to her hollowed out home, she nearly ran towards it to make sure everything was still the way it was when she stopped in her tracks. The sight of the house being clean just seemed to be terrible. As though Ruby hadn't been there at all.
It just seemed to anger her, but not nearly as much as the bile that started to rise in her throat.
Author's Note:
Welp, I'm intentionally leaving this where it is. I hope you all enjoyed it. I'm going to go play kingdom hearts. But first onto the guest review...
Guest 4: I'm sure you could be write with my intentions. But we may never know until I show how. But I like this version of Coco as well. Even if it might make her seem a little bit too bitchy.