RWBY: A Demon's Life

by The Burning Ruler

A young man is invited by Headmaster Ozpin to join Beacon Academy after saving Ruby from being attacked by a Beowolf in the Emerald Forest. After this he tries to keep his dark secret just that, a dark secret, from his friends. But as his past begins to catch up to him will he be able to keep it from his friends, or more importantly, will he want to? Rated M now. (OC X Velvet)

25. Chapter 25

Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am back with another chapter of RWBY: A Demon's Life. Now before I start, I just want to say that I never imagined that I would reach even 10, 000 views on this story, but, last time I checked, I actually have 12, 947 views on this story alone. Thank you all for your continued support on this story, and now to the reviews.

Valkerix: Thanks for letting me know, but I think that if you really want to you can write a chapter like that because I only have about three or four good irl friends, but I planned to have a chapter like this since about chapter fifteen, so that may be why it turned out decent in any way.

Writen: I know that there was a lot of mushy love story stuff, but I planned it that way because I needed some time away from big action fight scenes so I could get some ideas from my friends and some reviews about one. Also, just so you know, this will be another love story chapter, but there will be an action fight scene in an upcoming chapter, but I hope you'll still stick around for the love story stuff. It may be important later. Who knows? ;)

Anyways with that out of the way, I only own Shade, Lilian and Sarah, and let's get on with the story already.

Chapter 25: The Night After

The next morning Shade was stirring in his bed after sleeping in until noon. As his eyes began to open, he saw a face above his. As his eyes opened more, he recognized it as Velvet.

"Morning sleepyhead." Said Velvet.

"Ugh. What happened last night? All I can remember is a lot of dancing and alcohol. I think I lost memory around the sixth whisky. I need to talk to Yang or Blake or Lilian. Anyone who was at the bar with me last night." Said Shade, hungover.

"That bad of a hangover huh?" asked Velvet.

"Yeah. Where are Kami, Risa and Neo?" asked Shade.

"I think they went to the cafeteria with everybody else." Said Velvet.

"Alright. Let's go." Said Shade, standing up from his bed shakily.

"Need some help?" asked Velvet.

"I would like some. Thanks babe." Said Shade, leaning on Velvet.

"No problem sweetie." Said Velvet.

Shade reached out to open the door, turned the knob, but before he opened it, Ruby ran into the room.

"SHADE!" yelled Ruby, shouting in Shade's wolf ears.

"AH! As if the sensitive hearing wasn't enough, you had to do it when I was hung over?!" yelled Shade.

"Sorry. I didn't know you were hungover." Said Ruby.

"That's a lie. I told her you were." Said Yang from outside the room.

"Whose side are you on?" asked Ruby.

"The side where I'm hungover too and you used that damn whistle to wake me up." Said Yang.

"You also seem to be forgetting about me." said Blake, also coming from outside the room.

"Must've been horrible for you Blake." said Shade, walking out of the room and somehow holding a smile on his face.

"How is it that you are smiling after being hungover and having a high-pitched scream in your sensitive ears?" asked Yang.

"I guess I'm just a naturally happy person." Said Shade.

"Or you find my pain humorous." Said Blake.

"I think I can be happy for more than one reason." Said Shade.

This got a small chuckle out of Velvet.

"I need to ask you guys something. What the hell happened last night?" asked Shade, directing the question at Lilian, Blake and Yang.

"Are you sure you want to know?" asked Lilian.

"Oh god. What did I do?" asked Shade, nervous.

"Well, you were completely hammered, and when I said that we should leave and told you to come with me, you started to flirt with me, and if I'm remembering correctly, you said and I quote 'You can take me anywhere you want baby.' and then you kissed me. After that you tried to kiss Blake, Lilian and I multiple more times, but after a few minutes you passed out." said Yang, covering the whole story.

Shade's eyes widened. "Look when I get drinking I tend to get a little overly friendly and I'm sorry." Said Shade.

Yang and the others simply waved it off. But then they got a serious look on their face and they looked at Blake.

"You should really let him know about that too." Said Yang. Blake blushed a deep red, giving Shade the wrong idea.

"Oh god, what did I do to Blake?" asked Shade, almost horrified.

"Nothing, but I may have brought up that story of Brittany and I kinda told them you would tell them the whole story today." Said Blake.

Shade just sighed. "Alright fine. Not like I could hide it forever. Let's go to the cafeteria. I'll tell you there." Said Shade, about to start walking, but almost falling over. Luckily he steadied himself on the wall.

"Need a hand?" asked Velvet again.

"Yeah." Said Shade, smirking.

Shade leaned on Velvet and began walking to the cafeteria. When the group arrived at the cafeteria, they saw almost everyone sitting at their usual table.

"Where are Kannon and Coco?" asked Shade, noticing the two were missing.

"I'm not sure where Kannon is, but Coco said she was going into town." Said Velvet.

"Is there any chance she'll know where he is?" asked Shade.

"I'm not sure." Said Yatsuhashi.

Shade was about to respond when his scroll buzzed. It was a call from Kannon.

"Hey. What's up man?" asked Shade, but a hysterical sounding Kannon answered in a hushed voice.

"I need you to listen to me. I need help. I'm in town, come alone. I need to stay hidden. Just get here quick. I have to go. Please help me." Said Kannon before hanging up.

"I need to go into town. I'm going to look for Coco, maybe she'll know where Kannon is." Said Shade before running out of the cafeteria with no sign of a hangover, before anyone could ask who called him or what they wanted.

Shade ran through the halls and got to the airships. He got on the first one that was going into town. When the airship landed in town he went through the streets, looking for Coco and Kannon. While he was walking around, he heard a light sound coming from a music store. He looked inside and saw a man inside playing a flute. He wasn't sure what it was, but he really enjoyed the sound it made.

"Wow. You're really good at that." Complimented Shade, walking up to the man and temporarily forgetting what he was doing in town.

"Well, it's not often you find a teenager like yourself that enjoys the sound of a lighter instrument such as a flute." Said the man.

"I do know that's true." Said Shade.

"Would you like to try playing?" asked the man.

"Well, I've never played an instrument before. Unless you consider singing an instrument." Said Shade, chuckling.

The man also let out a chuckle. "Still, I could give you a hand with the basics." Said the man, handing a flute to Shade.

Shade shrugged and took the flute. As he grabbed it, he felt something, but couldn't put his finger on what it was, but the flute just felt… right in his hands. Shade instantly found the flute up against his mouth and his fingers were in the correct places.

"You really haven't played a flute before?" asked the man.

"Never. Maybe I just have a natural talent for it." Said Shade, in the only way he could describe it.

"Well, do you want to try playing without any lessons?" asked the man.

"Sure." Said Shade, starting to play the flute. To his surprise, not to mention the surprise of everyone else in the store, Shade began playing a beautiful melody. The man was shocked that Shade had never played a flute before. When Shade finished, he was just as confused as everyone else.

"Have you really never played flute before?" asked the man.

"Never in my life. But it seems like I have doesn't it?" asked Shade.

"Yeah. I think with a little practice, you could be a professional." Said the man.

"Maybe. You know what, I'm going to buy this flute. I'll get some practice when I can, and maybe I'll come back here and play something once I get better." Said Shade, buying the flute and putting it in his backpack. Shade waved goodbye to the man, and was about to catch and airship back to beacon, before he remembered that he was looking for Kannon.

Shade re-began his search. As he looked to the side, he thought he saw Kannon hiding behind some barrels. He called out for Kannon, and Kannon called him over.

"Shade!" whispered Kannon.

"Hey man, what are you doing?" asked Shade.

"I'm hiding duh. I need your help." Said Kannon.

"With what?" asked Shade.

"Distract Coco so I can get out of town. She's fucking crazy." Said Kannon.

"Wait. You're in town with Coco?" asked Shade, smiling.

"Yeah. Why?" asked Kannon.

"I see. What were you two doing last night?" asked Shade, being obvious with what he was implying.

Kannon, picking up on what Shade was saying, immediately shook his head vigorously. "NO! Not anything like that. She asked me if I wanted to come into town with her earlier, and I decided that I should try to open up to some new people, so I agreed. I immediately regretted that decision when she began taking me to a store to try and get me a suit. I am not getting a suit. The second she looked away, I ran! Pease help me Shade!" said Kannon, almost begging.

Shade stood up and looked around. Thinking the area was Coco-free, he told Kannon he was safe. However, he didn't look directly behind Kannon.

"There you are Kannon!" said Coco.

"SHADE! YOU TRAITOR!" said Kannon.

"Don't blame him. I saw you leave earlier. Followed you for twenty minutes. But why were you trying to get away from me?" asked Coco, faking sadness.

'She is good.' Thought Shade, noticing she was faking sadness.

"Oh shit, are you really sad? I'm sorry Coco. I didn't mean to make you sad." Said Kannon, actually concerned about Coco's feelings.

"What is it? Do you not like spending time with me? Do you really hate me so much so that you would see a moment that I wasn't paying attention as an opportunity to run away from me when I just want to spend some time with you? You hate me that much?" asked Coco, really playing up that she was sad.

'Oh my god. I know this is just a ruse, but I actually feel bad for her. She is really good.' Thought Shade, but he saw this as an opportunity to have some fun and mess with Kannon big time.

"Yeah Kannon. Why don't you want to spend time with Coco?" asked Shade. Coco was shocked that Shade was backing her up, but she wasn't complaining.

"Most guys would consider themselves lucky to be able to spend time with a girl as attractive as Coco, so what's the problem? Do you really find her that intolerable? Do you hate her that much? Personally, I would consider myself lucky if Coco wanted to hang out with me, but you decide to run away from her? She asked you to hang out, something that I know most guys at beacon would kill for, but you leave her? What the hell man? What's your problem?" asked Shade, also sounding serious, and maybe even slightly angry.

'Wow. Shade is really telling Kannon off. I didn't expect him to go so hard on this. He must really enjoy messing with Kannon, either that or he doesn't know this is a ruse.' Thought Coco.

While Kannon was looking at Shade, Coco winked at Shade, silently telling him it was a ruse. Kannon was talking to Shade, and it had reached a point where Shade could nod without making Kannon suspicious. He nodded, satisfying Kannon, but he was looking at Coco the entire time, letting her know that he knew it was a ruse.

"Anyways, it's not that I hate Coco. I don't. It's just… I mean… well… it's not… I just… " Kannon was unable to form a coherent sentence.

Coco just hung her head down. "Alright. Fine. I get it. You just want me to leave you alone, right? Fine then. I'll leave you alone. It's no problem. I'll just find someone else to go into town with." Said Coco, faking sniffling.

"Way to go Kannon. You made her cry. She invited you into town, and you made her cry. You really know what you're doing don't you?" asked Shade, his voice dripping with sarcasm, and his tone and words, making Kannon feel like the scum of Remnant.

In the background Shade thought he heard Coco chuckle, but she went right back to sadness. Coco then spoke. "Hey Shade? Would you mind walking back to the airships with me? I could really use the company." Said Coco, still playing up the sadness.

"Yeah, sure thing Coco. See you later Kannon." Said Shade, catching up with Coco. Once the two were out of earshot, they just burst out laughing at the top of their lungs, while still walking to the airships.

"We are actually horrible people, but that was just too funny." Said Shade, finally catching his breath.

Coco, however, still couldn't stop laughing. After a few more minutes of laughing, she finally calmed down.

"Hey Shade? Thanks for backing me up on that. I think it really helped drive it home. But I mean, you really layed into him hard." Said Coco.

"You see when I prank, I prank hard. I wanted to make Kannon feel like literal scum. That way his apology will be even more sincere and extravagant. I really want to see just how far he is willing to go to get you to forgive him. Come to think of it, I needed to talk to you about something, so this worked out in more than one way." Said Shade.

"Alright, what is it?" asked Coco.

"Well… you see… it involves Velvet… and… me… and… this." Said Shade, pulling out the ring, and making it obvious what he was talking about.

When she saw the ring, Coco's eyes widened. "You're going to… like… for real? Like one knee and everything?" asked Coco, dumbfounded.

Shade nodded and put the ring back in his pocket. "I'm planning to, but I want to have the ceremony before we leave next week, so if we want it planned in time, I'll probably have to do it today. So, how do I know that it isn't too soon and even more importantly, how do I know that she wants to marry me?" asked Shade, hyperventilating.

"Shade, calm down!" yelled Coco, slapping him.

Shade stopped hyperventilating. "Thank you Coco. I was freaking out. I needed that." Said Shade.

"I know, and you're welcome. Now, one more thing." Said Coco, before slapping Shade again.

"Ok, the first one made sense, but why again?' asked Shade.

"You asked me if it was too soon, and it made you worried she would say no. Of course she'll say yes, and about it being too soon, don't worry about it. Everything will go fine. I'm sure of it." said Coco.

"Thanks Coco. I needed to hear that." said Shade.

"So you're going to do it tonight?" asked Coco.

"Yeah. I'm going to invite her out to dinner and do it." Said Shade.

'So that's what that was about.' thought Coco, thinking back.

"Awesome. I have a question." Said Coco.

"Ask away." Said Shade.

"Can I help plan it?" asked Coco.

"It is not Ok that I knew that was what you were going to ask." Said Shade.

"You didn't answer my question." Said Coco.

"Alright. If Velvet is Ok with it you can help us plan it." Said Shade, making Coco happy.

"Wait a second. Did she say anything to you about marrying me?" asked Shade, curious as to why Coco was so sure of it.

"No, it wasn't anything about getting married." said Coco, before mentally face palming.

"If it wasn't about marriage, what was it about?" asked Shade.

"Nothing?" said Coco, hoping Shade wouldn't notice, but he did.

"What did she say?" asked Shade.

"I can't say. I'm sorry. I promised her I wouldn't tell you." said Coco.

"Tell me about what?" asked Shade, hoping to trick Coco.

"About last night after she got back." Said Coco, falling for the trick.

"What happened?" asked Shade, continuing.

"She- Wait a minute. You tricked me!" said Coco.

"You only noticing now?" asked Shade.

"You aren't getting anything else out of me." Said Coco.

"I don't want to try. By the way, I think Kannon likes you." Said Shade, randomly dropping a bombshell like it was obvious.

Coco was shocked. She was confused, bewildered. She had no response.

"What? You didn't know?" asked Shade.

"How… I mean… when… huh?" asked Coco.

"Just thought I should let you know. Thought you might be interested in the subject. I mean, it seems like something you would be pretty interested in." Said Shade, still treating it like it was nothing.

"But… Hang on a second. If he likes me, why did he run away from me today?" asked Coco.

"It wasn't that he didn't want to hang out with you, or that he didn't want to try on suits like he told me. His mouth said suits, but his eyes and mind said something else. His eyes and mind said confusion and feelings. He didn't know how to comprehend these feelings that he got when you were around him, so he thought that if he got away from you, he could prevent these feelings from continuing. He thought he could get rid of them. He wanted to understand them, but he didn't understand himself. He thought that it was his proximity to you that was causing the feelings, but when he realized that getting away from you didn't stop them, he got scared. He was trying to find where the feelings were coming from. He looked everywhere except where they were actually coming from. He didn't look inside his heart. When you've had enough practice, you can pick out the smallest things, and make a pretty accurate assumption about what they mean. For example, if you'll let me, I'm going to look into your eyes and tell you something about yourself just from body language and facial expressions, Ok?" asked Shade.

"Good luck." Said Coco, looking Shade in the eyes.

Shade and Coco looked at each other for a few minutes. "Got it." Said Shade.

"Got what?" asked Coco.

"Let's see. You had a very troubled childhood. Your mother died giving birth to you. This caused your father to become an alcoholic. You blamed yourself for her death and your father's alcoholism, which is why you didn't put up a fight when he beat you whilst he was drunk, which felt like twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. You didn't like it when your father drank, so you threw out his alcohol in an attempt to stop his drinking, but it just made it worse. Rather than giving up alcohol, he just went out to a bar in order to get some alcohol. One night he left and never came back. The next day, you found out he died. Since you were still blaming yourself for his drinking, this also caused you to blame yourself for his death. After his death, you needed to learn to fend for yourself. After only a few days, you realized you couldn't do it well enough, so you were put in foster care. Your foster parents were nice, but they were sheltering you too much, so you would sneak out every once in a while, until you were attacked by gang members one night. Just when you thought you were going to be killed, a hunter came and saved you. It was at that point you chose to become a huntress. So you could protect yourself, and you could help other children like you, children brought up in abusive or unsafe environments, and give them hope. That is the driving force behind your dream of becoming a huntress. Hope. You were able to find hope, and you want to help other children find the same hope you found." Said Shade, finishing up.

Coco was shocked. "How did Shade do that?" Coco asked herself, but Shade answered.

"When you understand the human mind, you can find out anything you want from almost nothing to go on." Said Shade.

Coco was still in shock. "But, my expression didn't change at all. How did you find out anything?" asked Coco.

"Wish I could tell you, but it's not something you can explain. Either you can do it, or you can't do it." said Shade.

"Oh well. Not much we can do about it then." said Coco.

"Yeah. Oh, by the way, I know." Said Shade.

"Know what?" asked Coco.

Shade simply smiled and winked at Coco, before saying, "Look we're here. Let's go." Said Shade, leaving Coco behind.

"You know what?" yelled Coco, but got no response from Shade. "Dammit. I think this may be bad." Said Coco before continuing walking to the cafeteria. When she arrived, she explained everything that had transpired, from Kannon running to Shade and her talking. She covered everything. All except for Shade's upcoming proposal.

"Speaking of my favourite monster, where is he?" asked Velvet, using the nickname she had for Shade when he was still with Blake.

Sure enough, looking around the cafeteria, Shade was nowhere to be found.

"Strange. We came back together. Where could he have gone off to this time?" asked Coco.

"I am everywhere." Said a voice that sounded somewhat like Shade's, but he was nowhere to be seen.

"But we can't see you." Said Velvet.

"I am right beside you Velvet. Look to your right." Said Shade's voice.

Velvet looked to her right, but saw no one. "I still don't see you." Said Velvet.

"Look down." Said Shade's voice, directing her eyes.

Velvet looked down, and saw Shade phase out of his shadow, emerge from the ground, and wink at her.

"You are nuts you know that?" asked Velvet.

"Who's crazier? The one who's nuts, or the one who loves the one who's nuts?" asked Shade, smirking.

"He has a point you know." Said Mercury.

"Shut up Mercury." Said Velvet before she rolled her eyes and kissed Shade. Shade gave Velvet a smile and kissed her back.

"I love you Shade." said Velvet after she pulled away.

"I love you too Velvet." Said Shade.

"Hey Shade, by the way, what is it that you know about me? What did you find out on the airship?" asked Coco.

"Sorry. Can't tell you." Said Shade.

"Really? I think you can." Said Coco, smirking.

"Why is that?" asked Shade.

"Well, if I'm not mistaken, you told me something on the airship. I imagine you don't want that to get out right now, do you?" asked Coco, blackmailing Shade.

"You wouldn't dare…" said Shade, narrowing his eyes.

"You wanna bet?" asked Coco.

"Fine. I know that-" Shade was cut off by Kannon running into the cafeteria and dragging him out.

"What the hell is it Kannon?" asked Shade, after Kannon let him go.

"I need your help Shade." said Kannon.

"With what?" asked Shade.

"Getting Coco to forgive me. You're right. I shouldn't have ran away from her. How can I get her to forgive me?" asked Kannon.

"I'm not sure. Besides, the apology has to be sincere, or she won't forgive you. She'll know too. In other words you need to think of something on your own. Sorry I can't help out." Said Shade.

"But I don't know her well enough. You might. Can you think of anything she likes?" asked Kannon, desperate.

Shade looked back at Kannon, who was basically pleading with him to help.

"Dammit. Fine, I'll help you out, but first, you need to look me in the eyes and swear that you are serious about this." Said Shade.

"Why?" asked Kannon.

"Do you want to apologize to Coco?" asked Shade.

"Yes, of course." Said Kannon.

"And you are serious about it?" asked Shade.

"Yes I am." Said Kannon.

Shade seemed to accept this as enough for him. "Alright. I believe that you are serious about this." Said Shade.

"So you'll help me?" asked Kannon.

"Yeah." Said Shade. Kannon stood there waiting for Shade to do something.

"Well?" asked Kannon.

"Alright. Here." Said Shade, handing Kannon his spare credit card that he always kept, just in case he needed it. "Tomorrow, you invite Coco out to town, and you buy her whatever she wants. Use my card. I don't care how much you spend. If she wants it, you buy it, no matter what. Also just so you know, I will be watching. I'll know." Said Shade, lying to make Kannon believe him.

"Alright. Thanks Shade, this really means a lot to me." Said Kannon, taking the card.

"Just make her happy." Said Shade turning to walk away.

"Thanks again Shade." said Kannon.

Shade just smiled back at Kannon before returning to the cafeteria. "I'm back." Said Shade, sitting down next to Velvet again.

"What the hell was that?" Asked Coco.

"Not important. Anyways, I know that you like Kannon. That's what I was talking about." Said Shade, shifting the interest to Coco so he could whisper something to Velvet.

"What is it Shade?" asked Velvet leaning in.

"I have been planning something for a few days now. It's a surprise, so come to my dorm around six o' clock. Wear something nice." said Shade, determined to ask her tonight.

"Ok, sure." said Velvet, unsure of what Shade had planned.

Meanwhile, Coco was being swarmed with questions about Kannon. All of them were along the lines of "Do you really like him?"

Coco looked at Shade with fury in her eyes.

"What? You told me to spill what I knew." Said Shade.

Coco's face immediately went from angry to defeated. She knew Shade was right. After this she simply nodded.

"YAY! Now we have another couple in our group!" yelled Ruby.

"They aren't a couple yet Ruby." Said Yang.

"But they will be soon right?" asked Ruby, looking at Shade.

"I am sure of it." Said Shade, satisfying Ruby.

"See. So we basically do have one more couple." Said Ruby.

"Umm, two actually." Said Sarah.

This confused the group. "Who's the second couple, that none of us seem to know about." Asked Shade.

"Umm, it's… well… me and… umm… me and… Neo…" said Sarah, blushing fiercely.

Everyone immediately looked at Shade, who had been listening intently until this point. His eyes looked like they were stapled open, and he looked like he had seen a ghost. He started to fall over backwards with his chair, and he passed out form the shock.

"Pretty much what we expected to happen huh Sarah?" Asked Neo.

"Yeah pretty much." Said Sarah.

"So he's out again. Should we take him to the infirmary or back to his room so he can rest?" asked Yang.

"I vote infirmary." Said Velvet, Neo, Kami, and Risa.

"Alright. Let's get going." Said Sun, picking up Shade.

Three minutes later, the group was hanging out in the infirmary, waiting for Shade to wake up. They were all facing him at the foot of the bed, but he was completely still. They heard the door open, and assumed it was a doctor, as they heard footsteps approaching the bed. Then, the person spoke.

"I really am sexy aren't I?" asked the voice. Everyone turned around to see it was Shade. They were all shocked and confused.

"How are you there and there?" asked Kami, looking between the two Shades.

"Watch this." Said Shade, poking the Shade on the bed. When he did, it turned to ice, and Shade shattered it with a punch.

"How did you even…" said Coco, unable to finish.

"When I use my semblance I leave a copy behind, this one was filled with ice dust, hence the freezing. I used my semblance to sneak out and trick you guys." Said Shade.

"You are evil, you know that?" asked Weiss.

"Yes I do. And that is also why you fell for me back then, isn't it?" asked Shade.

Weiss just looked away. Shade smiled in victory. "Thought so." Said Shade.

Velvet walked up to Shade and kissed him. Shade kissed back and saw Sarah and Neo enter the room holding hands.

Shade's face immediately took on a threatening look. When Sarah and Neo looked at Shade and saw the look on his face, Neo could tell what he was doing, but Sarah had never seen his face that threatening before.

"Umm… Hi?" asked Sarah as if she was unsure.

"Hi." Said Shade back, looking directly at Sarah, his expression staying the same.

"Umm, you probably want an explanation about this right?" asked Sarah.

"I don't need an explanation. I just need you to look me in the eyes for a few seconds." Said Shade.

"Why?" asked Sarah. Shade just looked at Sarah. "Alright. I don't need to know why." Said Sarah, looking Shade in the eyes.

After a few minutes, Shade looked back at Neo. Neo just nodded, and Shade nodded back. "Alright then. Congratulations you two!" said Shade, smiling.

"What the fuck did you just do?" asked Sarah.

"I know a lot about the human mind. I can figure out what some people are thinking about just by staring into their eyes for a few minutes." Said Shade.

"That's awesome." Said Ruby.

"It isn't easy to do, but it is pretty cool." Said Shade.

"Anyways, back to the matter at hand, does this mean you are ok with me and Neo being together?" asked Sarah.

"For the moment, yes." Said Shade.

"That's a relief." Said Sarah.

"Yeah, it really is." said Neo, leaning her head on Sarah's shoulder.

"Hey Shade." Said Weiss.

"Yeah. What is it Weiss?" asked Shade.

"Umm, on the day after tomorrow I'm bringing Blake to Atlas so my father can meet her. I was wondering of you would consider coming along just as a kind of backup for us. I mean, it was you that got him to agree to our relationship in the first place. Maybe if you're there he will be a little nicer to her. Or at least not as hard on her as I am expecting him to be." Said Weiss.

"Alright sure. I'll come along. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get ready for something. I'll talk to you guys tomorrow." Said Shade.

"What is it?" asked Yang, curious.

"It's a secret." Said Shade, leaving the room.

"Wonder what he's planning?" asked Weiss.

"Not sure. Must be important if he couldn't tell us what it was." Said Ruby.

"Yeah. He didn't say anything about it to any of us." Said Sun.

"No he didn't." added Sarah.

"Nothing here either." Said Kami.

"I wonder…" said Risa.

"Did you figure it out?" asked Mercury.

"I might have, and if it is what I think it is, then I understand why he didn't tell us. I also shouldn't say anything, but I am going to ask him if I'm right. Later!" said Risa, running off to the dorm room.

When Risa arrived at the door, she just opened it, but didn't see Shade anywhere in the room. However, she did hear the water running.

"So he's in the shower." Said Risa.

Just then the water stopped running and Shade walked out. Luckily he had a towel wrapped around his waist so Risa couldn't see anything.

"Jesus Christ Risa! Would it kill you to knock?" asked Shade.

"It's my room too." Said Risa.

"Point made. Anyways, what's up?" asked Shade.

"I just need to know something." Said Risa.

"Then ask already." Said Shade.

"Are you going to propose to Velvet tonight?" asked Risa.

Shade's eyes widened and his jaw dropped open. "How did you even know that I was planning to?" asked Shade.

"When you got back with the ring I was still awake. Saw you thinking on how to propose. Just so you know, the idea with the fireworks was the best one. At least I think so." Said Risa, smirking.

"Then I'm glad that's the idea I went with." Said Shade, smirking right back.

"She'll love it. I'm sure of it." Said Risa.

"Thought so. By the way, I've been meaning to ask if you have a crush on anyone here?" asked Shade, curious.

"I'm not sure. I might like Cardin a little bit more than as a friend, but I don't think I feel anything for him at the moment." Said Risa.

"Alright. Good to know." Said Shade.

"Oh, and congratulations." Said Risa.

"For what?" asked Shade.

"Getting married." Said Risa.

"You're that sure she'll say yes?" asked Shade.

"Of course she'll say yes." Said Risa, rolling her eyes.

"Ok. Thanks Risa. Now can you please leave so when Velvet shows up we can talk in private. " Said Shade.

"Sure thing Shade. Have fun." Said Risa, leaving.

Shade then got dressed in a tuxedo that he rented for his date tonight. He also got the bouquet of lilies he bought earlier. After taking a few deep breaths to mentally prepare himself for tonight, he heard a knock at the door. Looking at the clock, he saw that it was already six o clock.

'Here goes nothing' Thought Shade before opening the door. As it opened he saw Velvet's face outside, but it in no way prepared him for what she was wearing. She was wearing a beautiful, strapless white dress, a pair of white high heels and just a little bit of makeup to finish her look off.

"Shade? Are you Ok?" asked Velvet.

Shade still couldn't speak. After ten more seconds of staring at Velvet, he shook off his shock. "Sorry about that. You just look so amazing. Couldn't help but stare at you." Said Shade, handing Velvet the flowers.

"Thank you honey." Said Velvet, taking the flowers.

Shade simply smiled before offering his hand to Velvet. "Shall we?" asked Shade.

"Yes. We shall." Said Velvet, pacing her hand in Shade's.

Shade and Velvet left beacon and boarded an airship into town. Once they landed in town, Shade seemed to be very on edge about something. He grabbed one of his pockets, and sighed.

"What was that?" asked Velvet, noticing his sigh.

Luckily, Shade had already prepared an excuse for this. "Oh, for a second there, I thought I had forgotten my wallet." Said Shade.

"Oh. Good thing you didn't." said Velvet, smiling.

"Yeah it is." Said Shade.

After a few more minutes of walking, they came up to a very fancy restaurant. As they walked up to the entrance, Shade saw someone waving him over. Shade nodded and walked towards the man, bringing Velvet with him. When they reached the man, he took the inside a room with only one table inside. There was a vase in the middle of the table which was filed with flowers and there was a seat on either side of the table. Shade went over to where Velvet was going to sit, and pulled out her chair. After she sat down, he pushed her chair back in. He then walked over to the other chair and sat down.

After they sat down, a plate was placed in front of them. Shade's had a steak on it, and Velvet's had a garden salad. For such a fancy restaurant, the portion size was quite generous.

"How did you know my favourite food?" asked Velvet.

"Couple things gave it away. First, you always get it when they have it at school, and I asked Coco." Said Shade, smiling.

"You didn't ask me?" asked Velvet.

"This was going to be a surprise right?" asked Shade.

"Good point." Said Velvet. After they finished talking and began eating, a man walked up to the table and began playing the violin (Cliché, but I don't care.).

"No expense spared huh?" asked Velvet.

"Of course not. I want this to be a date you will remember for the rest of your life." Said Shade.

"That may be a little difficult. This date will need a big finish. I mean a REALLY big finish." Said Velvet.

"I know. But I can at least try." Said Shade, smirking inside. 'There will be a big finish.' Thought Shade.

After the couple had finished eating, and Shade had payed, Shade began leading Velvet towards the docks. Along the way, he would constantly stop and look around, as if searching for something.

"What's wrong Shade?" asked Velvet.

"Nothing. Just felt like I was being watched." Said Shade.

"You too?" asked Velvet.

"You felt it too?" asked Shade.

"Yeah. Not sure from where or who though." Said Velvet.

"Maybe we just imagined it." Said Shade, shrugging it off.

"Could be." Said Velvet.

After they arrived at the docks, they saw a single bench set up and the sat down on it. The moonlight was reflecting off the water, causing the waves to sparkle in a way that made it seem like a dream. As they sat down, Shade noticed something he didn't prepare. There were a number of rose petals on the ground.

'What the? This is more romantic, but I didn't set this up. Who did this then?' Thought Shade, but he shrugged it off.

"This is so beautiful Shade. How did you manage this?" asked Velvet, honestly confused.

"You remember Matt? He can pull off some pretty amazing things if you know him well." Said Shade, smirking and putting his arm around Velvet's shoulders. Velvet leaned over and layed her head on Shade's shoulder.

"This was a really amazing date Shade." said Velvet.

"It'll get even better in three… two… one…" said Shade. Just as the countdown finished, fireworks began shooting into the air and exploding overhead.

"You really know how to set up a date Shade." said Velvet, admiring the fireworks.

"Must be a gift." Said Shade, waiting for the right fireworks to start.

"Oh look! Those ones are exploding into letters!" said Velvet.

"Huh. Yeah. They are!" said Shade, acting surprised. 'No turning back now.' Thought Shade, taking out the ring as Velvet turned around to see the fireworks.

"Let's see. W-I-L-L-Y-O-U-M-A-R-R-Y-M-E-V-E-L-V-E-T? What does that spell? The end is my name. So does it spell, 'Will you marry me Velvet?'" asked Velvet before realizing what she had just said. "Umm, Shade?" Velvet slowly turned around to see Shade on one knee and holding an engagement ring and wearing a sly smile on his face.

"Well Velvet? Will you marry me?" asked Shade again.

Velvet wasn't sure what to say. She began to shake and tear up. She couldn't say a word. She was almost frozen in place, but she managed to nod her head lightly and say "Yes." in as loud a voice as she could muster up, but it was still almost a whisper.

"Yes? Did you just say yes?" Asked Shade, making sure.

"Yes. I will. I will marry you Shade!" yelled Velvet, jumping into Shade's arms and kissing him passionately. Shade wrapped her in a hug and kissed her back, equally as passionately. After they finished kissing, Shade put Velvet down and put the ring on her finger. Velvet just looked at it and sniffled. "I can't believe it. We are actually getting married. We're getting married to each other!" said Velvet, happy beyond belief.

"Yeah, we are- Hang on a second." Said Shade, thinking about something.

"What's Ruby's semblance?" asked Shade, thinking.

Velvet was confused, but answered anyways. "It's speed. And when she uses it she leaves behind…" Velvet stopped, realizing something.

"Rose petals…right?" asked Shade, figuring it out and smirking.

"Alright Ruby. Where are you?" asked Shade.

Ruby slowly rose, showing that she was hiding behind some barrels. "Hi guys." Said Ruby, hoping that they wouldn't be mad at her.

"Is there anybody else? Just so you know, I will know if you are lying, so don't even try to." Said Shade.

"Yes, but I promised I wouldn't say where they are." Said Ruby.

"You don't need to. I can see Yang on top of that building, Weiss is hovering on her glyph up there, Sarah is also there, Neo is riding her, that came out wrong, Blake is under the bench we were sitting on, Pyrrha is standing on her shield and using her semblance to hover over the water, and I believe I can see my good friend Risa right over there in that alleyway." Said Shade, counting all the others that were watching them.

One by one, all the others came out of there hiding places. Shade had called all of them out. "Couldn't wait to find out could you?" asked Shade, crossing his arms and glaring at his friends.

"Well, we could've, but we didn't want to. Plus we didn't think you would notice us." Said Yang.

"Question. How many times has that worked before?" asked Shade, already knowing the answer was zero.

Yang was about to respond, but realized that it had never worked before.

"The man has a point." Said Weiss, landing beside Yang.

"Yeah. He does." Said Sarah and Neo, also landing behind Shade and Velvet.

"Sorry, but we had to see it in real time. It is just so much better than hearing about it later." Said Blake, standing up.

"Alright. I can accept that then." Said Shade. Velvet simply nodded, agreeing with Shade.

"Anyways…CONGRATULATIONS!" yelled everyone there.

"Thank you." Said Shade and Velvet, holding each other.

"So it's really going to happen? You guys are actually getting married?" asked Ruby, almost bouncing with excitement.

"Let's see. I asked her to marry me, and she said yes. What do you think?" asked Shade.

"Another good point." Said Pyrrha, arriving on land.

"Congrats you two." said Risa.

"Thanks Risa." Said Velvet.

"So when are you going to get married?" asked Yang.

"Whenever Velvet wants to." Said Shade.

"I would prefer to have the ceremony before we leave next week, so maybe the day before that, if that works for you guys." Said Velvet.

"Whatever day works for you two works for us, but that means we will need to plan the ceremony quickly. Do you guys think we can pull it off?" asked Weiss.

"Alone, probably not. However, we don't have to do it alone. We have all our teams and friends back at beacon. They can help. Assuming the soon-to-be-newlyweds are Ok with that." Said Yang.

"I am." Said Shade.

"We will need as much help as possible. I am Ok with it too." Said Velvet.

"Alright. We should actually get back to beacon now. If we want to take care of this quickly we will need a lot of sleep so we can think straight." Said Blake.

"She does make a good point." Said Weiss.

"Yeah. She does. Let's head back to beacon." Said Shade.

"I probably won't be able to sleep tonight." Said Velvet.

"Too happy to sleep?" asked Yang.

"You could say that." Said Velvet.

"Honestly, I kind of expected that. Based on what just happened." Said Pyrrha.

"Yeah, but I can at least try to sleep. Let's go." said Velvet, grabbing Shade's hand.

"Alright. Let's go." Said Risa.

"Yeah." Said Shade, leading the whole group back to beacon. When they arrived where the airships should be, there wasn't one to take them back to beacon.

"Shit. Last airships must've already left." Said Shade.

"Anyone have any idea what to do now?" asked Weiss.

"Actually, I do. Matt lives nearby. I'm sure he'd let us crash at his place. He does have enough guest rooms for each of us, as long as we share with someone else." Said Shade.

"Works for me." Said Blake.

"Sure, let's head there." said Velvet.

"Alright. This way." Said Shade, leading them all to Matt's place. When they arrived, Shade knocked on the door.

Matt came to the door and opened it. When he saw everyone standing there, he instantly figured out what it was. Matt led them all inside, and directed them to separate rooms. Shade was with Velvet, Weiss was with Blake, Neo was with Sarah, Yang was with Ruby and Risa was with Pyrrha.

"Night everyone." Said Shade, walking into the bedroom and laying down.

"Hey Velvet? Can you try to keep it down tonight? Our rooms are connected after all." Said Sarah, winking.

"Keep what down?" asked Velvet.

"If you and Shade… 'get busy'… tonight, try to keep it down." Said Sarah, air-quoting the get busy.

Velvet just replied with "No promises." before winking back at her and walking into the room.

Velvet layed down on the bed and cuddled right up next to Shade.

"Goodnight sweetie." Said Velvet, closing her eyes.

"Goodnight honey." Said Shade, closing his eyes too.

The next day after everyone woke up, they thanked Matt for letting them stay the night and then left for beacon. They boarded an airship and discussed the ceremony on their way back. The exact second the airship landed, all their friends were there screaming at them for leaving and not coming back until the next day.

"What the hell took you so long?" asked Sun, enraged.

"Yeah? What were you guys doing?" asked Jaune, equally angry.

"Well, we'll explain at the cafeteria. Come on guys." Said Shade, unfazed by their anger.

The group continued to the cafeteria where Team CRDL and the rest of Team CFVY minus Coco, who was presumably in town with Kannon, were sitting and talking.

"Hey guys. Where you been?" asked Cardin.

"Just about to show you." Said Shade.

"Show us?" asked Yatsuhashi, confused.

"Yeah. You see, explaining it wouldn't do it justice, so, Velvet, if you would…" said Shade, looking at his new fiancé.

Velvet held out her left hand, showing off the ring. Almost everyone got the message instantly, but it took Jaune a few seconds longer before he noticed.

"OH MY GOD! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!?" asked Jaune.

"Yeah. That's what I was planning yesterday. A date to be remembered forever." Said Shade.

"So when are you having the ceremony?" asked Nora, almost jumping across the table.

"We are hoping to have it before we leave next week, but we will need help planning it." Said Velvet.

"So, who's going to help?" asked Jaune, not getting the hint.

"Does he really not… I just… I give up." Said Shade, throwing his arms in the air.

"Wait…Did you mean us?" asked Jaune.

"No shit Sherlock. I can't even…" Said Cardin, shaking his head.

"But, how can we help?" asked Lilian.

"There is just a lot of planning that goes into weddings. We need help to figure everything out quickly so we can have the ceremony before we leave. Any ideas you have for anything, let at least one of us know. Preferably both of us, but at least one of us is necessary." Said Velvet.

"Alright. We will." Said everyone.

"Alright. Where are Coco and Kannon?" asked Shade, hoping to find out if Kannon stayed true to his word.

"Kannon came by our dorm earlier and invited Coco to go into town with him." Said Yatsuhashi. Fox simply nodded.

"When was that?" asked Shade.

Yatsu looked at the clock on the wall. "About five hours ago."

"They might get back soon. Hell, we may even have a new couple in our group when they do. I mean if Kannon likes Coco in the same way as she likes him… who knows?" Said Shade. He immediately regretted saying that when he heard a voice behind him.

"What did you just say?" asked Kannon, behind Shade. Shade's eyes went wide as he turned around to find himself face to face with Kannon.

"I don't suppose you are asking that because you went temporarily deaf." Said Shade, hoping he had.

"No." said Kannon.

"Well shit." Said Shade, bracing for a hit on the head from Coco. However, no hit came. Shade turned around to see Coco wasn't there. "Where's Coco?" asked Shade, hoping to distract Kannon.

"She's right here." Said Coco, walking in.

'Dammit.' Thought Shade, as Kannon's expression was the same. He hadn't been distracted. Shade looked at Velvet, almost pleading with her to tell them about his proposal as an attempt to get Kannon to forget about what he had said. However, Velvet just smiled back at him, waiting for Kannon's reaction.

"What did you say?" asked Kannon again.

"I said nothing. I said absolutely nothing!" said Shade.

"Shade…" said Kannon. "Did you say that Coco likes me?" asked Kannon. This sent Coco into full rage mode.

"WHAT THE FUCK SHADE?!" yelled Coco.

"I'm out!" said Shade, activating his semblance and escaping into his room. "Maybe they won't-" Shade was cut off as Coco kicked his door open. Her anger hadn't subsided yet.

"Bye again!" said Shade, using his semblance to run away again. This time he went to the roof. However, Coco still found him.

"Hello again." Said Coco, still pissed.

"I swear I didn't mean to. I didn't know he was there." Said Shade.

"Wait up Coco!" yelled Kannon.

"You want a couple shots too?" asked Coco.

"No. I want to do this." Said Kannon, pulling Coco close to him and kissing her. Coco was instantly sent into a state of shock. She thought that what just happened was impossible, but it had happened. Coco couldn't respond as Kannon pulled away.

"Umm…" was the only thing that came out of Coco's mouth. Shade however almost passed out again.

"What?" asked Kannon.

"Umm…" was still the only thing that Coco said.

Shade, having gotten over the shock, waved his hand in front of Coco's face. "You OK Coco?" asked Shade.

Coco just turned to face Shade.

"Guess it could be a good thing I said that out loud huh?" asked Shade, smirking.

"Seems that way." Said Kannon.

"Umm, Shade?" asked Coco, finally finding her voice.

"Yeah Coco?" asked Shade.

"I guess I want to say… Thank you." Said Coco.

"Why are you thanking me?' asked Shade.

"You see, I couldn't tell him how I felt, but thanks to you, I don't have to." Said Coco.

"Well, I'll just leave you two love birds alone." Said Shade, winking. Just before he left though, Velvet showed up. This reminded Shade to tell Kannon and Coco.

"Oh, by the way, me and Velvet are engaged." Said Shade, walking away. The last thing he saw was Kannon's jaw dropping and Coco smirking.

"By the way Shade, you need to pick your best man and groom's men. As well as I need to pick my maid of honour and bride's maids." Said Velvet.

"Oh yeah. I actually have some ideas about that." Said Shade.

"Me too. Why don't we go get them now? I'm thinking best man / maid of honour plus three others." Said Velvet.

"Works for me." Said Shade.

"So, see you later?" asked Velvet.

"You need to ask?" asked Shade.

"Point made." Said Velvet kissing Shade and leaving.

"Alright. Best man and groom's men." said Shade, leaving.

Shade first swung by the training room. Inside he saw Team SSLM. Sarah and Mercury were sparring with Lilian and Sun sitting in the stands. Sun noticed Shade outside. Shade waved him outside. He saw Sun stand up and leave the training room.

"What's up man?" asked Sun.

"Just something I need to run by you about the ceremony." Said Shade.

"Shouldn't this be the other way around? I mean, it is your wedding after all." Said Sun, chuckling.

"Actually, only you can answer this. I want you to be my best man." Said Shade.

"Wait… really? Me?" asked Sun.

"Yeah. You know me the best, at least out of all the guys here at beacon and I want someone who knows me well to make the speech at the ceremony." Said Shade.

"Alright. Yeah of course I'll be your best man!" said Sun.

"Thanks Sun. That really means a lot to me. Now, I need to get my three other groom's men, so I'll talk to you later." Said Shade, leaving.

Next, Shade found himself in the dorms outside Team JNPR's room. He knocked on the door. Jaune came to the door.

"Oh, hey Shade." Said Jaune.

"Hey Jaune. Is Ren around?" asked Shade.

"Yeah, he's just inside. Hey Ren! Shade wants to talk to you." Said Jaune, calling for Ren. Not long after Ren came to the door.

"Hey Shade. How are you?" asked Ren.

"I'm better than ever. But I need to ask you something." Said Shade.

"Oh Ok. What's up?" asked Ren.

"I want you to be one of my groom's men. Will you?" asked Shade.

"I would be honoured to." Said Ren.

"Really? Thanks Ren. I need to go though. Still need to talk to two others." Said Shade, leaving as Ren nodded and closed the door.

Shade then began walking to his own dorm room. He walked inside and saw Risa talking with Kami.

"Hey Risa? Mind if I borrow your brother real quick?" asked Shade.

"No not at all. Go ahead." Said Risa.

"Thanks." Said Shade, leading Kami out of the room.

"So what is it Shade?" asked Kami.

"I wanted to ask you to be one of my groom's men." Said Shade.

"Really? I would love to be one of your groom's men." Said Kami.

"Thanks. Now, I need to head into town." Said Shade.

"See you Shade." said Kami.

Shade left the dorm building and went to town. As he walked through town, he found Matt at the café he and his friends always used to go to.

"Hey Matt!" yelled Shade.

"Hey Shade. So, how'd it go?" asked Matt.

"She said yes." Said Shade.

"Congratulations." Said Matt.

"Now I need to ask you something. I want you to be one of my groom's men." Said Shade.

"Sure. I'd love to be in the ceremony." Said Matt.

"Thanks Matt. Now I need to head back to beacon. See you later." Said Shade, leaving.

Just as Shade got back to beacon, he found Velvet waiting for him. "Hey honey."

"I assume you just finished getting your groom's men?" asked Velvet.

"Yeah. You finished too?" asked Shade.

"Yep." Said Velvet.

"Alright. So, did anyone come to you with any ideas for the ceremony while I was away?" asked Shade.

"A few, but nothing major." Said Velvet.

"Alright, how about we discuss some things?" asked Shade.

"Probably a good idea. Said Velvet.

"Ok. So should it be a small or big ceremony?" asked Shade.

"I'm thinking small. Just friends from here." Said Velvet.

"Alright works for me." Said Shade.

"So, indoors or outdoors?" asked Velvet.

"I'm thinking indoors. Because, imagine if someone slipped and fell on the ground. Instant ruined dress or suit if we were outside, less likely if we were indoors." Said Shade.

"Good point." Said Velvet.

"Another good question, who is going to perform the ceremony?" asked Shade, realizing they needed someone to marry them.

"I could do it." Said someone walking up to Shade and Velvet.

Shade turned around to see Ozpin standing behind him.

"Headmaster? You can perform it?' asked Velvet.

"Yes. I was legally ordained a while ago. I'm fully qualified to." Said Ozpin.

"We would love it if you were to perform the ceremony." Said Shade.

"Very well." Said Ozpin before he walked away.

"Well, we got the really important aspects of the ceremony out of the way at least." Said Shade.

"Yeah. Now is just the fine-tuning." said Velvet.

"Yeah." said Shade.

"Anyways, Coco needed me for something. I'm not sure what it was, but she said she only wanted me for it. So, I guess I'll have to talk to you later." Said Velvet.

"Yeah. So, I'll see you later." said Shade, leaning in and kissing Velvet.

"For sure." Said Velvet, leaving to find Coco.

Shade left for his room and grabbed his backpack, a pen and a sheet of paper. He brought everything up to the roof. He took out the flute he bought, put down the paper and put the pen next to it.

"Well, I write songs, can't be too different for an instrument, can it?" said Shade, bringing the flute up to his mouth and starting to lay so he could get a feel for the sounds the flute made when his fingers were in certain places. After he was certain he had all the notes memorized, he began to write a melody. After about half an hour, he had a full song written down.

"Looks good. Let's try playing it." Said Shade.

Just as he started playing, Weiss came up to the roof. She was originally planning on scaring Shade, but decided not to when she saw how calm he was.

'That's amazing. He must have been playing the flute for years. I need to tell Blake about this.' Thought Weiss, taking out her scroll and sending a message to Blake, telling her to come to the roof.

Not long after Blake showed up and Weiss told her to stay quiet. They went outside to the roof, and listened to Shade playing the flute. One by one, they got everyone else up to the roof to hear Shade playing the flute. At this point Shade had gone through the song at least seven times, and it sounded perfect.

"Huh. That actually turned out well. You know, I bet I could write lyrics to this, and even though I wouldn't be able to sing it for practice, maybe Weiss will help me." At that point Shade turned around. "Will she?" asked Shade.

Everyone stayed in hiding.

"You can stop pretending you aren't there. I have sensitive hearing and I can hear you guys breathing back there. You are all there." Said Shade.

At that point, they knew they got caught, so they just came out.

"Called it. So, why were you guys listening from the shadows? Why didn't you just come out and tell me you wanted to listen?" asked Shade.

"You seemed so invested in practicing, we didn't want to interrupt you." Said Weiss.

"Well, I was pretty invested in that. Hard to believe I only got this yesterday huh?" asked Shade. Everyone was shocked.

"You only got that yesterday and you are already that good at playing it?" asked Blake, shocked.

"Yeah. Must be a natural talent of mine." Said Shade, shrugging.

"Anyways, you were saying something about lyrics?" asked Weiss.

"Yeah. I remembered from the singing contest from a while ago that you were quite good. I was wondering, if I could think up some lyrics for the melody I just played, if you would consider singing it." Said Shade.

"Sure. I could help you out." Said Weiss.

"Awesome. Once I figure out the lyrics, I'll bring a copy of them to your dorm room so you can memorize them, OK?" asked Shade.

"Sure. Just let me know." Said Weiss.

"Alright, but I really should get to my room so I can get some rest. It seems like it's getting pretty late." Said Shade, looking at his watch, which read eleven o' clock.

"Yeah. So, we'll talk tomorrow." Said Weiss.

"Yeah. Night everyone." Said Shade, going back to his room, changing into his night wear and going to sleep.

And with that we have chapter 25! My god, I love writing this story. A lot of stuff happened in this chapter. Kannon and Coco are now a couple, as are Sarah and Neo, and Shade and Velvet are ENGAGED! Dear god, I am shocked about that. Well, not really because I was planning it. Also, considered leaving it on a cliff hanger there, but decided against it. Something I want hear from you guys, how did I do on the proposal? Good? Bad? Average? Let me know. By the way, first chapter over 10,000 words. Major milestone for me. But anyways, this chapter has ended, and I hope I will see you all in the next one. Goodbye!