Author's Note: I'm back and feeling better,so I hope I can get back to my usual writing process. But for now, i'm going to write some smaller chapters to make up for some lost time. Starting with some fluff!

Also, there is a question I wanted to ask all of you viewers. Since, we just passed our one year anniversary, should I re-edit/re-make the first chapter of Desertion? I won't change it up much, just you know, clean it up a bit.

Leave a review, or just send me a PM if you think I should. Thank you.

(By the way, HOLY FUCK I DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER WAS UNTIL I UPLOADED IT. IT'S LIKE, THE BIGGEST CHAPTER I'VE MADE SO FAR.)

Song: Angel by Theory of A Deadman

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Yang groggily opened her eyes and groaned silently as she could hear Gage snore.

"Mmm..."

She slowly raised herself off of his chest, and sniffled quietly as she wiped her eyes and let out a quiet little yawn.

"*yawn*..."

But then, it felt like someone was tickling the inside of her nose, and she started to feel a sneeze coming on.

"Oh no... A... *A-CHOO!*"

Yang covered her nose with her elbow and blocked it, but she began to feel her nose start to run.

She saw Gage fuss a bit and turn onto his side, but he still didn't wake up.

"AAH...*A-CHOO!*... *sniffle*... god damn it..."

*snort*...Mmmmm... morning..."

But however, now he was awake. He raised himself up from his bed and looked at his girlfriend. "...What's up with you?" He asked tiredly.

Yang was beginning to feel congested and coughed into her elbow.

"Ugh... *sniffle* I think i'm sick..."

He looked at her and wiped his eyes too, and then he saw that she was going to sneeze again.

"A...*A-CHOO!*...Guh...*sniffle*"

"What, like a cold? Or are you nauseous?" He asked.

"I don't know... *sniffle* my nose is running, and I can't stop sneezing..."

"And you sound congested too..." he added.

He then placed his hand on her forehead, and her skin felt even warmer than usual. Burning even.

"You're burning up, so I think you have a fever Yang..."

She laughed, but soon started to cough after, "Hehe... *cough* *cough* then I guess you're going to have to take care of me again..." she while smiling.

Gage sighed, placed his hands on her shoulders, and gently turned and lowered her so she was lying down on his pillow.

"Don't forget, I kissed you, so then you're going to have to take care of me eventually."

"Yeah... *sniffle*"

"I'll be right back..." he said.

Gage got off of his bed and looked under it. He then took out a small shoe box that had a hand drawn red cross on it.

"Do you feel hot? Like on fire?" He asked her.

Yang groaned and slid under his blankets once again, "No... i'm just warmer than usual..."

Gage opened up the shoe box and started to rummage through it. He moved away some band aids and a surgical mask until he found an unused thermometer.

"Here. Open up."

Yang opened her mouth, and Gage placed the end of the thermometer under her tongue, and she closed her mouth.

"Keep that there. I'll get you a wet wash cloth."

"Thank you..." she whispered.

He did as he said and took out a white wash cloth, and limped into his bathroom. he turned on the sink and put the cloth under it as some nice cold water came out.

He then looked at Yang and chuckled,

"Hehe... did you ever have a dream that was like this Yang?" He asked.

"No... instead you were the one with the cold..." she said.

The cloth was soon damp with the water, so Gage twisted it so it wouldn't be too wet.

"Geez you must love me a lot if I keep showing up in your dreams..." he said, trying to tease her a bit.

"Mmhm..." she mumbled.

Gage then glanced out of the bathroom and saw that Yang was falling back asleep, as her eyes were closed.

"I guess being sick makes her more tired than usual... that's so cute." he thought.

"Alright... here." He walked back to Yang and placed the cold washcloth on her forehead, causing her to open her eyes again.

"So... how am I supposed to get better?" She asked. Gage also noticed that her voice was a lot more quieter than usual.

"You could just sleep it off..."

She then coughed, and groaned, "*cough* *cough*...Ugh... how am I supposed to sleep if i keep coughing?"

"I have some Nyquil and some other cough medicine... but it tastes disgusting... hmm..."

He turned and looked at his computer monitor and saw that it was seven o'clock, which meant that the cafeteria was probably serving breakfast right now.

"Well, the cafeteria is open right now. I could get you some soup from there, and I could get some sprite from one of the vending machines and theb you could take the medicine with that."

"That sounds good..." Yang said. "Can you get me some chicken soup... please?"

"Hehe... okay Momma bear." Gage chuckled.

"Thank you..."

He then looked outside his window and saw that it was very cloudy and looked like it was going to rain too.

"I'm going to grab another jacket from my closet. Do you want me to give you another blanket or something?" He asked Yang.

She closed her eyes and nodded,

"Yes please..."

So, Gage walked to his closet, opened it, and took out his third favorite jacket, his black and red The Walking Dead one. Then he also took out a light purple and blue blanket for Yang.

He put on his jacket and started to unfold the blanket as he walked back to his girlfriend,

"Alright. Here we go!"

He then unfolded it, and launched it out towards his bed, and it slowly fell on top of Yang and covered her body.

"Noodle!" Gage called.

They both heard some rustling come from under Gage's bed, and soon the yellow and gold ferret appeared and hopped up on Gage's bed.

"There you are boy! Now go sleep with your mommy while I'm gone so she has some company!"

The ferret squeaked and hopped onto Yang's chest, and curled up into a warm little ball. She then giggled and petted his head.

"Good boy..."

Gage smiled, and reached for the handle of his front door.

"Okay i'll be back soon."

"Okay... Care-Bear..."

...

Gage limped hastily to the cafeteria, and tried his best to hide his injured leg from any of the students he passed on the way there.

He soon entered the cafeteria, and speed walked to the main counter, as there was currently no line in front of it.

A male server soon walked out and saw him.

"Mornin'. You are you looking to eat?" He asked Gage.

Gage handed him a lien card, and soon answered. "Uh, some chicken soup, a breakfast burrito... and do you know if I could get a bag to carry it in? I'm buying for me and my girlfriend."

He nodded and reached into one of the heated containers that contained the food, and he reached under the counter to grab a plastic bag.

"Got it."

"Thanks."

The man opened the bag up and placed a small plastic bowl of hot chicken soup inside, and he placed a breakfast burrito that was wrapped in tinfoil on top of it.

"You're lucky. This food's as fresh as it's ever going to get. Have a nice day!"

Gage took the bag and waved at the man as he began to move away. He passed a few tables and opened the bag to see if he did get everything.

"*sigh* Thank god it's all here. And the food's fresh, so that's even better! Now all I have to do is get some sprite..."

He closed the bag and continued to limp towards the main exit... but then,

"Oh Gaaaaaaage!" He heard someone yell.

The sudden shout made him jump and turn his head towards where he and his friends would usually sit at.

He opened his eyes a little bit more, and saw both Nora and Pyrrha both sitting at the table, and they both had a cup of coffee in front of them.

"Come here you!" Nora yelled.

*sigh* Of course Nora would be awake at this hour..." he thought.

...

Gage tried to walk normally to them so he wouldn't alarm Pyrrha, but he didn't sit down. Instead he leaned against the table and put his bag of food on it.

"Morning..." he said tiredly. "What are you two doing up this early."

Pyrrha smiled and took a sip from her cup of coffee, "Me and Nora like to get up early and just talk." Nora smiled as well, "Yeah! You know us girls, we like have some time away from 'the boys'!"

Gage smiled as he looked back at Pyrrha and decided to sit down.

"That's cool... i'm sure living with two guys can be stressful." he then saw Pyrrha's coffee cup and pointed at Nora,"W-Wait a second, y-you didn't get Nora any coffee did you P-Pyrrha?"

"*sigh* No. Don't worry Gage." Nora moped. "I'm not allowed to because the last time I had caffeine, I 'Put the school in danger'. Can you believe that?! All I did was start a little food fight!"

Pyrrha glared at her, "Nora, You launched Yang through the ceiling with a watermelon that was connected to a pole!"

"But she came back down!"

Gage laughed, "Hehe, Yeah she told me about that day. Thank god I wasn't here for that."

"Anyway... So what are you doing up this early Gage? It's unlike you to not sleep in during the weekend." Pyrrha said.

He rubbed his eyes and pointed at his food bag, "*Yawn*... Yang's sick and I have to take care of her..."

"Oh. Sick with what?"

"Everything." He answered. "Her nose is running, she has a fever, a, sore throat, and she's having cough attacks. So I'm getting her some soup..."

Nora squealed and accidentally kicked the table with excitement, "Awww you have to take care of her! That's soooooo cute and romantic!" She cooed.

"Yeah yeah yeah... but... I have to say, she looks really cute when she's tired." He said.

"I should probably get back to her. I need to give her some medicine. So I'll talk to you guys later."

"Okay Gage. Bye."

"Yeah bye! Don't catch her cold!"

He sighed and continued to limp away... but then Pyrrha took notice of it.

"W-Wait! Gage, why are you limping?"

"Shit..." he said under his breath. "I forgot to try and actually walk..."

"Gage?"

"Oh! U-Um, I had a little sparring accident with Yang, and i-i sprained my ankle. D-Don't worry though, i'll be okay."

Nora then... giggled quietly. "Are you sure it was from sparring... and not something else? Hehe..." She asked in a pushy tone.

Gage turned back around and glared at her,

"What do you mean by that?" He asked.

"Nora!" Pyrrha whispered. "Please don't ask!"

Nora turned her head to her friend and raised herself from her seat, "Come on Pyrrha! Aren't you a little bit curious?!"

"Yes! W-Wait no! I-"

"'Curious'? Curious about what?" He said as Pyrrha became flustered.

"Nothi-"

Nora interrupted her, and her voice began to raise higher and higher in it's tone,

"Oh, just the rumors that You and Yang were... 'getting busy' in the boys locker room, and that the rumor that you've both already made love to each other!"

Gage's face turned red and he immediately turned back around and slammed his hands on the table,

"THOSE ARE JUST RUMORS NORA!"

"But you're not saying that they aren't true! And we have some evidence..."

"NORA!" Pyrrha yelled.

"Oh?! Like what?" Gage asked.

"Well, Sun had photo of Yang putting her hand down your pants, so there's that."

"God damn it Sun..." he thought.

"Gage, your cheeks are red, so are they true? Are they?"

He looked at Pyrrha, who was also blushing, and sighed as he sat back down on the wooden bench.

"It... it didn't happen like that..." Gage said quietly.

"So... does that mean..."

"Just let me explain... and you better not say anything to anyone!"

Nora squealed and nodded her head happily, so Gage then rubbed the back of his head, and went on.

"We... didn't go all the way in the locker room, and it wasn't for a long time either... but we still fooled around. And...Yang was just playing a joke on me in that picture that Sun had... but..."

The ginger-haired girl leaned over the table, and weirdly, Pyrrha stood up as well, "...But?" They both asked.

Gage looked down and sighed once again as he knew that he was going to regret what he was about to say in the future,

"But... that doesn't mean it didn't happen..."

Pyrrha became shocked and also began to lean I've the table while Nora squealed even louder and grabbed Gage by his shoulders.

"Ooooooh I knew it! I knew you'd two be the first out of all of us to lose your V-cards I knew it!" She then turned to Pyrrha and nudged her in the elbow, "See?! I told you!"

The red haired spartan was... incredibly surprised out of all things. She had always seen him and Yang as a couple that would occasionally like to show off, but she never expected them to do something of this sort. Not yet at least.

"So... Gage... You and Yang had... intercourse?" She asked him.

He looked to the side and then he glanced back at her,

"If that's what you want to call it... yeah..."

"Doh! Tell me about it Gage! Was it romantic?! Were you gentle with her, or did she want it rough?! I want all the details!" Nora said loudly.

"N-Nora, don't you think that's a little bit too personal?!" Pyrrha stuttered.

She just ignored her and continued to swarm Gage with questions as he rested his head on the table and pulled his hood over his head.

"Damn it Gage, how did it happen?! Did she really enjoy it?! Did you love it?! Tell me! Give me all the deets! I won't tell a soul!"

"NORA!" He yelled. Gage then raised his head up furiously, which knocked his hood down. His face was red, but from anger instead of embarrassment.

Nora then leaned to Pyrrha, "Oops... did I cross a line?" She asked. The redhead sighed and quickly responded, "Yes Nora. By about a mile..."

Gage rubbed his face to try and make the redness recede, and then he just stared at Nora and continued.

"Look... it was after my first mission. When my ship crashed out in the field. Yang took me to my room to try and take care of me... but I got mad at myself because I said that I would come back without a scratch on me... and obviously I didn't. But... then Yang lied on top of me... and kissed me, and said that it was okay... because I came back to her. And then we kissed again... and then it just... happened. And it was the first time for both of us too... so it was really special..."

Nora covered her mouth, and stared at him like he had just proposed.

"Oh that... is romantic! Aww... *sniffle* you two are going to have so many kids *sniffle* and i'm going to take care of all of them!"

"U-Uuh..." he grunted as he leaned away from her.

Pyrrha smiled at both of them and patted Nora as she looked at Gage,

"...I have to admit, it did sound... very romantic. So, I'm happy you found someone like her Gage. And I hope you two do eventually get married one day!"

"Y-Yeah... I hope so too."

Nora rested her head on Pyrrha's shoulder and continued to sob hysterically, "Pyrrha! *sniffle* they're so gosh darn cute! *sniffle* I love it!" She said.

"I know they are Nora." Pyrrha said as she looked back at Gage.

She then smiled at him once again, as he was bright red from embarrassment again, and his mouth was halfway open as well.

"*sigh* Gage, i'm sorry that Nora made you tell us about you and Yang's... night together..."

"I-It's fine P-Pyrrha. A-As long as Ruby doesn't find out... then it'll be all good..."

Nora wiped her eyes, and sniffled, "You can *sniffle* count on me not to tell anyone..." she said.

"I hope so..."

Pyrrha then laughed and tried to remind him of what he was doing before all of this transpired,

"Now Gage, why don't you go back to Yang and help her get better? That was why you were here in the first place."

"Oh yeah... right..."

Gage picked up his plastic bag, and waved at the two girls as he started to limp off towards the exit.

"S...See you guys later...

...

Meanwhile...

...

Yang was still in bed with Noodle as her eyes were still open, but she wasn't trying to fall asleep like Gage had told her to.

Instead, she was wide awake, and she was looking at his collector's scroll.

"Mmm... it's still blinking..."

She turned to Noodle and scooted the ferret to the right so that he was lying next to her instead of being on top of her.

"Give mommy a few seconds okay Noodle..."

"*squeak!*" the ferret just squeaked with it's eyes closed, and fell back asleep, so, Yang looked at Gage's scroll... and picked it up off of his night stand.

"... I'm just doing this to protect him..."

She turned It on, unlocked it since it was brand new, and went straight to the messages.

"Oh no..." she said.

There were thirty eight total messages, and they were all from the same contact, named "Q." Which Yang assumed was her uncle Qrow.

She looked at all the subject titles from the messages, and saw that her predictions about them were right. They were all encrypted files and mission descriptions.

"Qrow... you know he's my boyfriend... so why would you make him do all of these things?" She thought.

She continued to search through all of them, and the mission entries started to all appear more and more dangerous as she went down further.

"Outerwall reconnaissance... searching for white fang soldiers, but there is a major threat of grimm attacks that we'll also have to deal with?" She read one of them.

"White fang and Grimm at the same time... there's no way he could do that alone... he can't..."

She kept scrolling down, and found a direct message that was sent to him from Qrow himself,

"Listen, I know keeping your cover, keeping your grades up, and keeping Yang happy while dealing with all this can be tough. So, if it's too much for you, just say the word and i'll give these to other collectors and they can send you whatever they find. Please respond back quickly."

"Well... at least he doesn't treat his men like soldiers..." Yang mumbled. She looked at the scroll, tapped on the 'reply' tab... and then she reluctantly started to text him back.

"I think i'll take you up on that offer sir, since i'm not exactly 'combat ready' right now. And besides, I think we all need a small break after last night. Me and Yang mostly. Anyway, thank you for understanding, and thank you for actually giving me a choice."

She looked at the text and made sure it looked how Gage would actually send an important message to someone. Correct grammar, correct punctuation, no numbers that weren't typed out, and no shortening words unless he was trying to be funny.

So, once she proofread it, she sent the message and quickly placed the scroll back where Gage had put it, and she slowly rested her head back onto her pillow.

"*cough* ...like I said... just to protect him..."

Yang then laid back down onto her side and closed her eyes in an attempt to go to sleep... but then she quickly opened them again.

"But... what if it's what Gage wants?" she asked herself. "I can't just tell him to not search for answers like i did about finding my mom... my situation is different than his..."

"...He knows that his dad is dead, so he wants to find who killed him so then they can't hurt anyone else close to him... and I still know that my mom is alive, and I know that she's out there somewhere... yet... Gage doesn't have the option to just take his time..."

The blonde looked down at herself and remembered that she was wearing Gage's jacket, and then she... grabbed its ends... and made sure the jacket was wrapped tightly around herself.

Then, Yang looked back at Noodle and picked him up. He let out an annoyed little groan, but he still allowed Yang to take him and hug the ferret tightly as she closed her eyes.

"... I've lost people I loved to the fang and the grimm... *sniffle* My mom... My Stepmom... and for a small second I thought I was going to lose Dad too... and now... *sniffle* I don't want Gage to be one of them. I don't want him to leave me... or be taken from me... *sniffle*... I... I just..."

"...I don't want him to go away like they did..."

...

Gage stepped into the lobby of the Vale dorms and stopped by one of the nearest vending machines.

He took out one of lien cards and placed it inside of the card scanner that was on the side of the machine,

"*sigh* All right..."

He looked at all the options of sodas and energy drinks, but he first had to get the main priority out of the way, so he selected a bottle of Sprite.

"That's for Yang... now what do I want?"

He still felt a little groggy, so he rubbed his eyes and looked at the choices again to decide.

"Well, I don't really need a lot of caffeine after that talk with Nora... so how about something normal..."

He looked at the machine again, selected a bottle of Pepsi, and looked down as he heard both of the bottles bump against the front of the machine and fall into the retrieval slot.

"Done and done! Now all I have to do is give her some medicine-"

"*yawn!* Morning Gage..." he heard a small voice say.

Gage turned around and saw Ruby and Zwei standing behind him. She was wearing her white rose petal pajama pants, her grey tank top, and strangely, she was wearing her red hood over her head, which was completely soaked. Also, she had a leash in her hand which was connected to Zwei's collar.

"Hey... Ruby... did it start raining or something?" Gage asked.

"Yeah... lucky I brought my hood with me." She then rubbed her eyes as Gage picked up both if the soda bottles, "Hey wait a second, where's Yang?" She asked.

"She's got a fever. And a cold. So she's resting in my bed and i'm going to have to take care of her." He answered.

"Aww that's cute..."

"Yeah, but I kissed her last night, so now i'm probably going to get sick too..."

She smiled, "She was out in the rain all night Gage! You should've known not to. So did you kiss her by accident or something?"

"W-Well..."

Ruby then blinked and looked away curiously, "Wait, how do you kiss someone by accident?" She asked herself.

"U-Um..."

"*sigh* Gage. You kissed her and you knew that would happen didn't you?"

He swung his head towards her and looked down at the floor as he began to confess,

"*sigh* Yes I did! She was ontop of me, she was wearing my jacket, and looking at her in the moonlight just makes her look even more cute and beautiful, and I just wanted to comfort her and show her that I can be romantic..."

" Hehe... Relax!" Ruby giggled. "Yang told me all about your first kiss... and I thought that was romantic. So you're fine as long as you keep my sister happy!"

"Yeah... and I've doing a pretty good job at that recently..." he said. "Speaking of how she feels, I should probably go check on her..."

"Don't 'accidentally' kiss her again unless you want to get the flu early this year Gage!"

"Ugh... yeah I got it..." he groaned.

...

A Few Minutes Later...

...

Yang was still clutching to Noodle like he was a stuffed animal, and she was trying to calm herself down from her previous breakdown.

She was actually starting to fall asleep, despite her sore throat and runny nose causing her to cough and sniffle every two minutes, she actually was starting to feel tired.

And then, she heard the door handle jiggle and turn as Gage opened the door and entered,

"I'm back!" He said quietly.

Yang didn't even acknowledge him yet, so he set his plastic bag and drinks on his desk before he limped to her and shook her shoulder.

"Yang. Are you okay?"

Her eyes then opened and she jumped a bit once she saw him, "Oh! *cough* You're back! And yeah... i'm fine... i'm just tired..." she lied.

He just smiled and reached under this bed. He then pulled out a small tray that two small pull-out limbs that helped it stand.

Yang saw it and laid back down on her back and let Gage placed the tray on her lap.

"Mmm... breakfast in bed?" She asked.

He just laughed and brought the bag over to her, "It isn't exactly breakfast, but it still in bed! And here's another good thing, this is as fresh as this food's ever going to get!" He said cheerfully.

"Here."

Gage took out the bowl of soup and the bottle of sprite, and put them on the top of the tray. He took off the lid of the soup bowl ad the soda bottle for Yang, placed a plastic spoon next to the soup, and put a plastic straw in the bottle of sprite.

She became flattered, "Gage. *cough* you really didn't have to do this for me..." she said happily.

He just sighed and kissed the top of her head, "*sigh* Yang. What did you say to me last night?" He asked sarcastically.

"That we're suppose to take care of each other..."

"So then stop telling me not to do these things for you! I love you, so i'll do them either way if it makes you feel better!"

"Okay *cough* okay Care-Bear... it just feels weird for someone to take care of me for once..." Yang said.

He still just smiled, opened up his medical shoebox, and took out some Nyquil.

"Well, i did it last night and you thought it was romantic... so get use to it, because when we get married in the future, I swear i'll take care of you just like this when you're sick, and i'll cook dinner for you every night!"

Yang smiled at the thought of them being married... and living together. It made her hair glow, and cause her heart and body to become warmer and warmer as she thought deeper and deeper about their future.

But, Gage could feel the heat coming from her, and quickly poured the Nyquil into its cap and placed it next to Yang's sprite.

"Whoa I can feel your heat! Okay, here just take this once you're done eating..."

"Hehe... i don't feel like i'm burning... but okay Gagey!"

She took the lid off of her bowl of warm chicken soup, and used her spoon to begin to slurp up all the noodles.

Gage finally just sighed and sat down in his desk chair as he began to unwrap his breakfast burrito, but then he felt a cold breeze brush against the back of his neck.

It made him shiver and caused him to look towards the open window that was to the left of the bed that Yang was on.

"Shit it's cold! Did I really leave that window open?"

He then limped to it and closed it before he turned to Yang and asked, "Are you still cold by any chance?"

She had her mouth full, so she just nodded, and he sighed once again,

"It's probably because you're still wearing your shorts... *sigh* hold on a second..."

He placed his burrito in his mouth, bit down on it, limped towards his closet and quickly threw a pair of black pajama pants with little achievement hunter logos next to Yang,

"Here."

Yang swallowed the noodles and pulled the pajama pants under her blanket as she thanked Gage,

"Thank you!"

He looked at her as she put her hands under her blankets and began to fiddle with her shorts. She managed to pull the pajama pants up to her waist, and it still left her midriff exposed, but at least her legs were warm!

Gage just looked away and sat back into his chair as he began to eat, and spotted his collector's scroll that was on his nightstand.

Curious, he picked it up and opened its screen to be immediately disappointed by the fact that he had received no new messages from Qrow.

"Hmm..."

Yang saw him pick it up as she began to eat her soup again, and became incredibly nervous.

"W-What is it?" She asked him.

"I thought that Qrow would have sent me some sort of message by now, but I guess not... oh well, the less time I spend working for him means I get to spend more time with you, so that makes up for it."

"*sniffle* Yeah..."

Yang smiled blankly and looked down at her soup bowl as her unnoticeable regret began looming over her like a cloud.

"Hey... Gage?" She asked.

"Yeah?"

"...Are you Okay after last night? It's just that... you know, we went through all that and didn't find anything out about your dad..."

Gage put his scroll away and laid his head back against his chair as he spun it around and looked up at the ceiling.

"I'm... *sigh* I'm pissed, but i'll get over it I promise. New info is always found and besides, it's only been one day. There's always tomorrow... and the next day..."

"Oh okay... well still, I-I'm.. glad that you're okay.."

"Yeah me too." He replied. He then brushed the back of his head and tried to change the subject as quick as possible,

"Y-You should probably eat and then take your medicine soon Yang... you know so you can go to sleep..."

...

Yang finally finished her soup, took her medicine and tried her best not to gag because of how bad it tasted. Then, she let Gage take the tray, bowls, and everything else away as Yang hugged Noodle and rested her head on her pillows.

Gage then sat back in his chair and used his computer to go on crunchyroll, as he had thought that Yang was asleep.

He put on some headphones had started to watch Seven Deadly Sins, but he still kept one of the speaker away from his right hear in case Yang needed something.

Gage finished the first episode and became curious, so he looked back at Yang... and saw that she was still awake, and that she was staring at him.

Yang then gasped and tried to cover her head up, but he still noticed her.

"You're still awake?" He asked.

"...Mmhmm..." She mumbled. "I don't think that the medicine is working..."

"Do you... want me to get you something that'll help...or..."

"No... i'm fine... i'll just keep trying..."

Yang recovered herself with the blanket and brought it up to her nose before she closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep again.

But Gage couldn't look away for some reason.

He just... stared at her. He looked as Yang's hair was frizzled, her cheeks were red from her fever, and the sight of her hugging Noodle was the icing on top of the cake of cuteness.

"*sigh* Fuck it..." Gage sighed.

"W...What?" She asked as she groggily opened her eyes.

"Fuck it. I'm sleeping with you. You're too damn cute when you're sick..."

"I don't-"

She was stopped as Gage limped as fast as he could to the other side of the bed and slid under the covers.

"Just let me hug you!" He said. He hugged Yang from behind, and wrapped his arms around the upper part of her chest, "B-But it'll get you even more sick won't it?!"

"Not if i'm behind you. And besides, i'm already infected anyway... no got to sleep! You have two of your animals next to you. Your ferret and your..."

"Say it..." Yang whispered.

"*sigh*...Your baby bear..."

"Hehe... Sure thing... Baby-Bear..."

She closed her eyes, and used her hands to gently grip Gage's hands, and she began to rest peacefully as she felt him move against her body...

...

Later...

...

Gage stayed awake up until Yang actually fell asleep, and then he tried to also go to sleep... but something kept him up.

He was both curious, and was silently filled with anger. Why he was, was because of when he checked his scroll earlier.

There wasn't a single message or lead, and it made him become very impatient, something he isn't usually know to be.

He just kept shaking his head to forget all about it, but the curiosity got the better of him, and it began to eat away at him.

So, he took out his scroll from his pocket again and growled lowly, as there were still no new messages.

"Really?" He said.

Gage then put it back away, and growled to himself under his own breathe so he would not wake Yang,

"Damn it..."

"...Rrrgh... God fucking damn it!"