Man does life suck sometimes. I could've finished this chapter a while ago, but that whole 'life' thing really gets in the way. Anyways, you all seem pretty happy about longer chapters so I decided to just keep on writing until the better point to split the chapters up. I hope you all enjoy and thanks a bunch for all of your support. I hope I can deliver what you think I'm capable of :)
Yang:
"I just told you! The answer is a Nevermore! Now leave me alone!" Weiss yelled.
It had been hours now and Yang was still working on all of her homework. She probably could've been done much sooner if she wasn't taking ten minutes to beg Weiss for the answer to every question.
"Don't lie to me!" Yang yelled back. "We're on math now! The function of 10x doesn't equal 'Nevermore' when y is five!"
"Too bad, that's all the help you're getting anymore!" Weiss replied. "I'm done with my work and I need a break from this room and especially you!"
"No wait, Weiss!" Yang cried desperately, but it was too late. Weiss stormed out of the room, likely to meet up with Ruby who had already met up with team JNPR. They were likely off having fun while Yang was stuck doing all the work that she should've done while day dreaming about Blake in class. Yang didn't really need Weiss's help on all of the problems; she just needed contact with another person to keep her thoughts grounded on reality. Begging for answers was a quickly found last resort since Weiss isn't much for small talk, especially when she's working.
Yang raced through the rest of her math problems with fast-paced, party music playing off of her scroll. If things got too slow or quiet, Yang's mind would find its way to thinking about Blake. 'Specifically her wispy, black hair,' Yang swooned.' her golden, glistening eyes, and that smile that may be as rare to see as an eclipse but is still worth every beautiful second of seeing it. And don't even get me started on her giant-' The beat suddenly dropped in the music playing, returning her from her short vacation.
Yang sighed; she glanced at the clock which read '6:01'. 'Her and Sun must've met up by now. I hope…Oh my god, I don't even know what to hope for anymore,' Yang thought. At this point, she really just wanted to get some sleep so she could avoid any thinking what so ever. That's what she thought anyways. In reality, sleep merely took away her direct influence over her thoughts. Sleep was the realm of dreams: the realm of hidden desires.
Deciding to ignore the final pages in the history reading to leave them for later, Yang closed her binder and walked into the bathroom to get ready for bed. It was still pretty early, but Yang decided it was for the best since she saw in her reflection that she had dark rings around her eyes. Yang used the bathroom, brushed her teeth real quick and got ready for sleep. As she undressed to change into her pajamas, she couldn't help but check herself out in the mirror. She blushed ferociously as she quickly redressed herself.
'God am I fucked up,' Yang thought, 'Well, at least I know I'm good enough for Blake, not that she'd be shallow enough to only care about looks…o-or that I expect things to ever get physical…I…' Yang shut herself up before she could embarrass herself further.
'We still don't have an answer from Sun. Let's not get any hopes or assumptions for either outcome.' Yang left the bathroom and walked over to lie down; she grabbed her scroll off of the desk on the way over so she could instantly respond to any updates from Sun. She then remembered she'd probably have to call Sun for updates as he didn't know he was an agent and they were still out anyways.
'Oh well, I'll see how it went in the morning. Right now, I'm going to fucking pass out.' Yang pulled up her covers, buried her face in her pillow, and offered her consciousness to the depths of sleep. As she had hoped, Yang fell asleep quickly.
Unfortunately for Yang, the dreams set in. The serene darkness of sleep quickly dissolved away as an image appeared to Yang. It was a light, beaming far away in the darkness. Yang felt her body move closer, approaching the illumination. She saw the light quickly split into two separate strands. They were each a beautiful a shade of gold as if all the riches of the world were condensed into a concentrated ray. Closer Yang grew to the source of the light, she felt entirely entranced by its allure.
A silhouette eventually appeared, and predictably so, it was Blake. The scene was only visible by the light of her feline eyes. Yang felt herself trying to fight her way closer, but a force was now acting on her, preventing her from approaching. Blake turned at looked to Yang; she looked as calm and distant as ever. She seemed to say, 'What are you doing?' Yang struggled continued to struggle; she knew she had to get to Blake. She felt as though her entire life was being held away from her.
Despairing, Yang began yelling in her dream, "Let me forward!" Blake didn't move an inch. With no response, Yang kept yelling, now with tears rolling down her cheeks, "Damn it, Blake! I want to be with you, but I don't know how to get past this! Why can't we be together?" Blake still didn't seem to understand; she merely stared back without a care in the world. "Blake!" Yang continued begging as she desperately attempted to pull herself forward. Finally, Yang couldn't contain herself anymore; her heart finally broke through her remaining mental barriers as she somehow found her courage. "I love you, Blake! I admit it! I always have!"
Immediately, Yang's body bolted forward, racing to Blake. Yang nearly tackled the faunus to the ground in her dream as Yang forcefully hugged her. Blake's straight face slowly turned to a smile; she hugged Yang back. Yang felt as though she could spend the rest of her life right here and feel like it was fulfilled. When they finally pulled apart, Yang kept her hands on Blake's hips as Blake kept her arms around Yang's neck. Yang gazed into Blake's golden eyes as they gazed right back. Yang could feel her face redden even in her own dream as her head lunged forward to kiss Blake.
Her lips never met the other pair though; all they felt was air. Yang snapped her eyes open to find herself puckered up to nothing as her arms groped for the space above her. Yang sat up her bed, feeling extremely awkward and disoriented. As she rationalized her bearings; Yang realized several things: she was sitting in her bed, she didn't actually admit her feelings to Blake, and she had actually admitted her true feelings to herself. 'Damn, emotions,' Yang thought, chuckling to herself.
Yang leaned over and saw the clock read '10:37'. She could hear snoring all around her and specifically tried to ignore the snoring right above her. 'Well, I had about four good hours of sleep. That's more than I've gotten in a long time.' Yang accepted that she had no possible hope of falling asleep now. Yang decided to level with her heart and climb aboard the thought train.
'So, it's quite clear I'm not going to be getting over Blake any time soon,' Yang thought as she leaned back onto her pillow and stared at the mattress above her. 'I'm officially hoping that she's a lesbian.' She couldn't believe she finally accepted it. It felt like a weight was finally lifted from her heart, but it also felt like a new weight was being dragged onto her mind. 'Once I hear for sure from Sun, I'm going to need a plan.' Yang tried not to consider how Blake's sexuality could still go either way.
Though, hopes weren't entirely irrational since Blake had displayed resistance to going out with Sun and she's never spoken openly about her love life…or much of her normal life for that matter. Regardless, Yang decided there was at least a possibility a relationship could flower. Assuming Blake was a lesbian, Yang planned, 'I'll just be open to her. After I check with Sun tomorrow, I'm going to go up to her and explain everything! I don't really have a choice at this point as I need to get my mind back into a manageable state. I still owe it to the team.'
Questions relentlessly swarmed Yang as the plan was decided. 'What if I never get her alone? Will I have to bring this up in front of everyone? Everyone already knows I'm lesbian right? Am I going to have to explain all of that too? What if I embarrass her? Oh fuck, what if I turn her straight by asking her out? 'As Yang continued to play out worthless scenarios in her head of the next day's confession, the stars gracefully panned across the sky. Yang didn't even notice as the room slowly illuminated from strings of light radiating through the blinds.
Yang felt startled as she heard groans and yawns around her as the other girls woke up and stretched. Her eyes darted around the room as she eventually realized she was in their room and she hadn't failed at asking out Blake…yet. As Ruby cheerfully jumped off the bunk in her light red pajamas and reached for her whistle, she noticed Yang was already wide awake, sitting up in her bed. Ruby sighed and walked across the room to her sister with her whistle raised valiantly above her head. 'Busted again,' Yang thought as she rolled her eyes.
Ruby, now before her sister, elegantly swung her arm in an arc, bringing her whistle to her lips, and unleashed a direct bursting noise to Yang's ears, much higher pitch that usual. To say Blake and Weiss freaked out would be an understatement.
"Good morning, team RWBY!" Ruby yelled, directing a playful, but clearly displeased look to Yang. Yang hardly budged as she still sat in a daze.
"I'm already awake, you idiot!" Weiss snapped, sounding ready for murder. As she stormed off to the shower with her avalanche of hair, she yelled, "Will someone please get rid of that annoying noise and then get rid of that whistle?"
Ruby beamed at her recognition; she then proceeded to scold Yang. "You stayed up all night again, didn't you?"
Yang slowly got out of bed and started getting prepared for class, disregarding Ruby's scolding.
"Yang," Ruby continued nagging, "You're going to start failing all of your classes if you keep this going. Why can't you just sleep? Is everything really alright?"
Yang didn't mean to blatantly ignore Ruby's questions, but telling Blake the truth today was really taking priority in her mind. As Yang started assembling her scattered homework, still not responding to any questions, Ruby finally lost it.
Ruby tackled her sister to the ground. Yang's slow reaction left her dragged to the ground as Ruby landed on top of her and pinned both of her arms down.
"Yang Xiao Long, you aren't leaving this room until you explain exactly what the hell is going on! You've been acting all weird for days!" Ruby seemed dedicated to keeping that promise. Yang's, normally strong, arms felt like noodles against her sister's adrenaline fueled limbs that pinned her down at the perfect angle. After failing at squirming around and trying to kick Ruby off, Yang finally conceded; she had to explain everything to Ruby.
'No wait! You can't, you idiot!' Yang panicked, 'Blake is right here!' Blake was still across the room, getting ready for the day with no intention of helping up Yang but every intention of staying to listen to what was up. 'There's no damn way I'm asking out Blake without getting my information from Sun…or with Ruby on top of me,' Yang decided.
Yang tried on her best serious face, which was difficult, and tried to reason with her sister, "Ruby…"
"Yes?" Ruby asked, anxious for an explanation.
Yang sighed, "Yes, I have a problem. I'm trying to-"
"I knew it!" Ruby leapt off her sister, exhilarated that she was able to squeeze out a confession. However, she didn't let up her offensive, "What's wrong, Yang? How can we help? We're a team after all, but you have to-"
"Ruby!" Yang interrupted; she stood up and tried her best to keep her attention off of Blake who was clearly awaiting an answer just as eagerly, even if she still had her 'Blake' face on. "Listen, I'm going to try and get it worked out today," Yang said, trying to sound as confident as possible, "I'm certain I can solve it, but it's not going to work out if I tell you about it right now." Yang didn't dare look for Blake's reaction and winced in preparation for her sister to relentlessly continue her assault.
Instead, Ruby kept staring at her sister in silence. After a moment, she decided to give her sister the benefit of the doubt, "Fine, I'll give you one more day to get your act together," Ruby decided, with a still concerned smile. "You have until this afternoon to fix it on your own and no matter what you're telling me what's happening by the end of today." Ruby ran to get ready for the day, but still yelled back, "And don't think I'll let you leave this room tomorrow morning if you don't tell me!"
Yang collapsed back onto her bed as Ruby burst into the bathroom to brush her teeth. Yang could hear Weiss was less than happy about the sudden invasion. Yang then realized she was left alone with Blake who was still curiously staring at her. Yang felt her face was heating up, so she quickly got up.
'Pack up supplies, fix hair, start dancing, do something to distract yourself!' Yang's mind raced. 'Ah, make conversation! No suspicious person wants to make conversation with their target!' Yang beamed as she threw her binders into her bag.
"So how was the date with Sun yesterday?" Yang asked, with a big smile – obviously hoping for it to have ended tragically in the revelation of Blake's true feelings.
Surprisingly, Blake didn't try to avoid the blunt question. She replied, "It was okay. The movie we saw was pretty cool, but certainly not as cool the book." Blake clearly held resentment towards movie adaptations. 'When we go out, we will specifically not see movies based off books,' Yang decided.
"Well that's cool," Yang replied, "He took you out for food right? Did you bring any leftovers?"
Blake sighed, "We went out for seafood."
Yang nodded, "Yeah, did you bring any leftovers?"
"I ordered tuna," Blake replied.
"Yeah, so did you bring me some leftovers?" Yang replied, still grinning as she raised her voice.
"No," Blake concluded, looking guilty, "I ate every last bite."
Yang burst out laughing and Blake even started chuckling at her own mild joke. 'Oh my god,' Yang thought, still beaming, 'When she shows off her personality, I love every bit of it.'
"So, are you ever going to go out on more dates with him again if it means more free sea food?" Yang asked, fully knowing what the answer will be, but still dreading what it could be.
Blake's face stiffened again. "No", she replied, "It's like I said before," Blake sighed, "Sun's not really my type. Hanging out with him was…fun, but we're not going to be more than friends…are you smiling?"
Yang realized she was smiling and her face had opened a flood gate of crimson. She quickly turned around. 'SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! MOTHER FUCKER! CONTROL YOUR FACE, YANG!' Yang screamed in her head. "Ruby! Weiss!" Yang yelled, blatantly ignoring Blake's observation as she went into panic mode, "We need to get to class, this year! Let's go!" Ruby stormed out with her toothbrush still in her mouth and only half of her hair tamed; she announced, "To class and beyond!" She slipped on her boots, raised her bag to the sky and charged out the door.
"Close the fucking door!" Weiss wailed, "I'm still in here!" Blake chuckled and walked over to close the door, "You go ahead. I'll wait up for our princess."
"I can hear you, Mrs. Tuna!" Weiss yelled, "And I don't think a little privacy is asking for-"
Blake slammed the bathroom door shut and turned back to Yang, "See you later."
Trying not to laugh about Weiss, Yang grabbed her bag and raced after her sister.
Yang was getting extremely worried at this point; she'd messaged Sun roughly thirty times already from her scroll and he still hadn't replied telling how the date went. She was probably making herself look extremely suspicious no matter how 'worried' she claimed to be about Blake, but she hardly cared. Hearing the sweet confirmation of Blake's orientation was far more appealing than appearing to be a level headed huntress in training. Sitting in class was torture as Yang awaited the only time she'd see Sun in person for sure during the day: lunch. Thankfully the anticipation of releasing her feelings kept her fully awake despite still having no sleep behind her. She managed to keep her head up, frantically glancing at the ticking clock every few seconds as Professor Port continued and eventually concluded his epic tale of being stranded in 'Ursa Territory'.
When the bell finally rang, the sky lifted from Yang's shoulders. Yang charged out of the classroom, completely ignoring Ports announcements of homework, and ran like hell to the cafeteria.
Once the cafeteria was in sight, she saw Sun was outside the doors, no doubt waiting for Neptune to show up. Yang's speedy approach wasn't exactly subtle. As Sun noticed the bright blonde charging straight for him, he immediately started backing away from the cafeteria doors.
Before Sun could turn around and make a break for it, Yang snatched his tail and forcefully dragged him to the ground, effectively preventing any escape. "Ow!" Sun protested, "Why the hell would you do that? Not cool!" Yang released his tail and Sun quickly started cradling it in his arms.
"Yeah, almost as uncool as you ignoring all of my messages!" Yang said, accusingly, "I'm really worried about Blake. How did the date go?"
Sun sighed. "It went fine?" Sun said, clearly not sure of himself, "I mean, the movie was cool and she really liked the seafood we got, and I mean really liked-"
"Don't lie to me!" Yang snapped, quickly losing her stability. "She's been acting differently and I'm worried about my teammate. What the hell happened?" Yang realized if it really did just go normally, she was screwed. She'd have no confirmation of Blake's interests and would either have to blindly tell her or keep those feelings locked up even longer.
As Sun struggled to form a response, Yang felt like she was going to break down. She slowly turned away from Sun.
"Well there was one thing…" Sun started.
Yang's neck darted back to Sun and she immediately regained her composure, "What? What happened?"
Sun hesitated, "Look, I'm only bringing this up since you seem so worried about her…and I guess it might make sense…but she kind of told me to keep it to myself…"
"Cut the crap, Sun! What is it?" Yang begged, trying to stay hopeful.
Sun sighed, "She told me, as blunt as day, she's asexual. That may be really fucking with her emotions. Maybe she thinks she's incapable of being loved or something? I mean…or…Yang?"
Yang was already walking away.
"Does that make sense? Is she okay? Damn it! Please don't tell her I told you! If she gets pissed at me, I'm totally not…"
Sun's voice trailed off as Yang walked away, feeling far more lost than she'd felt in a long time.
So...if you have A TON of questions, many will hopefully be answered next chapter. I was debating to write even more as to keep you guys out of the dark, but with 3,000 words already...yeah. Besides, that'll hopefully make the next chapter even more satisfying...or even more painful to wait for. ^_^' I also wanted to clear up I do have an outline for the story. While I joke about not knowing where to go, I mainly mean details. DETAILS. Those pesky things that make a story actually make sense or not...ugh. But anyways, I hope the next chapter will arrive in a timely manner.