Due to the finale and a family get together, this upload is coming a day late. Sorry, and I hope you enjoy!
"You're still wearing that thing to bed?" Neela asked Eliana as she reentered the Great Hall from the changing rooms. Eliana wore an oversized t-shirt with her dad's name on the back, on the front was the Mistral kingdom's emblem transposed over a softball. Eliana looked down at her shirt and then back up at Neela, shrugging slightly.
"Yeah. What's wrong with this? This is what my dad wore when he played in the police's summer softball league. He led all of the leagues in triples the year I was born. Thirteen triples in a 10 game season is no laughing matter Neela. Not to mention he had a lifetime batting average of over three hundred, one of the best in all of the kingdoms. If he hadn't died in that Grimm attack, he could have led all of Remnant in runs batted in by the time he retired," Eliana reminded Neela. Neela shook her head and stretched her hands above her head, pulling her tank top up just enough to reveal her belly button. "It's better than what you've got on."
"I'm just amazed that you remember all of that," Neela told her. "And what's that supposed to mean?!" Eliana chuckled.
"You with your tight tank top and booty shorts that say 'Dust' across the butt? If I didn't know better, I'd say that you were advertising the goods. There's no rush Neela, I'm sure you'll find someone that likes you like that by the time we finish our first year! Maybe you've already met them," Eliana suggested. Neela could only stare at Eliana, understanding the irony of her words. "What?"
"It's nothing," Neela replied. She placed her pillow on the floor and wrapped herself in her blanket, watching as Eliana copied her just a few feet away and rolled over so that they could face one another. "Elli. I'm sure that there's probably nothing that we need to worry about, but what if we don't end up on the same team? What happens then?" Eliana just smiled at her like she always did, and Neela was no longer worried. She had nothing to worry about, as long as they were both alive, they'd still be friends and nothing was going to change that. What did it matter if they were on the same team? Neela almost wondered if it would be better if they were separated, especially because of her feelings towards Eliana.
"Then we'll each have one more new friend that we wouldn't have had. We can still study together and hang out. If we don't end up on the same team together, it doesn't mean that we won't still be friends," Eliana told her. Eliana laughed. "Maybe if you're really lucky you'll get to be on the same team as the Maniac." Neela turned red and pulled her pillow out from under her head, hitting Eliana with it.
"Don't say that!" Neela giggled. She pulled back again in preparation of another attack, but the pillow slipped from her grip and flew away from her, landing softly in the chest of a student who was standing near the middle of the room. He glanced over at the two of them, looking back down at the object in his hands for a moment before returning his gaze to them and heading over. "We are three for three today, aren't we?" They both averted their eyes, giggling and scolding each other as he drew closer.
"Play it cool," Eliana told Neela quickly under her breath. He stopped above them, holding the pillow down to Neela.
"I believe this belongs to you," he suggested handing it over. He had dark blue hair that was feathered just off center, with a thick soul patch that covered from his lip to the bottom of his chin. He brushed the bangs back out of his face, revealing his yellow eyes and a small clear optic filter that sat in front of his right eye, attached to his head by an earpiece, or at least Neela assumed. He wore a black, long sleeve spandex shirt that clung close to his body, showing that he was quite tone. His right arm was covered in a light looking silver armor that seemed to match his movements, leaving the girls to wonder if it had some sort of cybernetic or nanite technology incorporated into it. His look was complete with black pants and matching boots, detailed with bits of silver armor that covered the toe, heel, and knees. His emblem was printed on his left breast, a gear in the middle of an atom.
"Yes, thank you," Neela replied as she pulled it away from him. She glanced over at Eliana who was blushing slightly. Eliana sat up and reached a hand up towards him, causing Neela to become worried about what Eliana was planning to do next. She recognized that look in Eliana's eyes, and what came next was almost always unpredictable.
"I'm Eliana Latherus and she's Neela Xiao Long," Eliana shook her head and leapt to her feet, leaning in towards him. "My friend here is single." Neela blushed hard as she leapt to her feet and pulled Eliana away from him. Eliana flailed as Neela throttled her, holding her between the two of them like a shield, and trying to cover her mouth.
"Eliana…" She seethed through gritted teeth. Eliana clutched at Neela's arm, trying to free herself.
"I'm trying to help," she managed. She pulled away for a moment, gasping for air as Neela smiled at him.
"What my friend is trying to say is pleased to meet you!" Neela blurted out. She gripped hard at Eliana's arm and Eliana inhaled sharply in pain, nodding her head in agreement, biting her lip.
"Nice to meet the two of you as well. My name's Cobalt Thénard." He told the two of them. They all three stood there for a long awkward moment looking at each other as they all tried to think of something to say. Neela cleared her throat, hoping that he would get the hint that she wanted him to leave but had no such luck as Eliana was the first to speak up.
"So… Excited for tomorrow?" She asked. The question had an obvious answer, but Eliana felt that it was better than continuing on in silence.
"You could say that," he replied. "It's been a long time since I've actually had 'normal' interactions with other people my age, so it'll definitely be a nice change of pace, but I'm ready to show the teachers what I'm capable of, and prove to them that I'm serious about being here." Neela stepped away from Eliana releasing her. This one seemed normal enough, at least he was friendlier than that Lykos kid they had bumped into earlier on in the day. "So you're not single then?" Neela blushed again as Eliana smiled at her, her eyes gesturing towards Cobalt.
"No, I am single, it's just… I just met you. Don't get me wrong, you seem like a nice guy, but I don't really think anyone should jump into anything that fast, right?" Neela defended herself. Cobalt chuckled.
"It's fine," he told her. Another awkward silence filled the air and Eliana once again found a way to break it.
"Can I try on your scope thing there?" Eliana asked pointing at the optic device he wore. Neela looked at her, slightly bewildered. She didn't understand what was happening, Eliana was never this open to new people. He removed it and held it in his hands so that they could both view it. Neela had been right before, the device would be fitted over his ear which would keep it in place as he looked through it.
"I'd love to let you try it, but it's currently programmed to my brain wave pattern and setting it up for someone else to use would take more than a few days, not to mention that even if I did adjust it for you to test drive it, it would still be tethered to the nanites in my armor. If you thought anything while wearing it, it would cause my armor to react. Now if you had a similar set of armor that would be a different story, but I built this from scratch with a little assistance from my dad. It's the only set of its kind. I could make you a set, but I'd have to crunch the numbers, and the price would really depend on the functionality of what you want. Mine uses a direct neural tap to process my muscles artificially with the help of the armor. It helps me block faster, aim better, swing harder, all without me having to think about it," he explained to them. Neela looked at him for a long moment trying to process everything that had just come out of his mouth. "Plus it calculates trajectories, ranges, power levels…"
"I don't mean to be insulting," Neela prefaced her next statement. "But you're a bit of a nerd, aren't you?" He looked the device over in his hand before slipping it back on and chuckling.
"Maybe just a touch," he replied smiling at them. Eliana laughed out loud for a long moment, looking back and forth between the two of them. She snorted slightly, trying to calm herself before her laughter grew out of hand.
"I didn't understand a single word that he just said!" She blurted out. He still smiled, nodding at them before walking away. Eliana propped herself against Neela as she finished laughing and looked around. "Aw. I didn't mean to hurt his feelings."
"I don't think you did," Neela told her. "He just seems a little different." The both startled as a soft alarm sounded over the intercom.
"Attention students lights out will begin in a few moments. Please find a spot to lie down before lights out so that we can avoid any unnecessary injuries, thank you. Once lights are out, the doors will be locked and you will not be allowed to leave or enter the Great Hall. We hope that you sleep well tonight and have a pleasant experience in the morning," the voice instructed them. Eliana grabbed Neela by the arm and quickly rushed towards the doors, slamming through them and racing down the pathway towards the cliff, despite Neela protesting and pulling back against her.
"Elli! What are you doing, we're going to get in trouble!" Neela yelled at her. Eliana stopped as they reached the ledge and sat down, letting her feet dangle as she stared out at the waves, listening to them crash off the base of the cliff. She watched as the moon shone off of the water, lighting up the night around them as the ocean breeze chilled them both. "Elli!" She wasn't sure at first if Eliana had heard her. She didn't acknowledge her, and her sights were fixed on one of the waterfalls further down the cliff. It poured into the ocean, foaming at the bottom as the two collided with each other and became one. The distance it had to travel made it almost seem surreal as if it were something out of one of the fantasy stories that Blake used to read to her when she was younger.
"My mom says that dad used to take her to the ocean all the time when they first started dating," Eliana told Neela. Neela looked down at her friend for a moment, rubbing her bare arms as she felt the winds of fall sweep past them, though Eliana seemed unphased. "She said that he would always tell her that the ocean was one of the most perfect things in all of Remnant because, despite the fact that the water itself was not alive, it was more alive than most the things in this world. Listen to the sound and note its beauty. It gives life and when it's angry, it can take life away. The motion can put someone to sleep or can wake them into a nightmare. Notice how he said that it was perfect, but not beautiful. No, the perfection of being all things absolutely, yet completely open to interpretation, was what made it beautiful."
"Elli…" Neela said, she could hear the pain in her friend's voice as she sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her. Eliana looked at her and smiled through the tears. It broke Neela's heart and she felt a sharp stabbing in her chest as Eliana continued. Eliana was pouring her heart out into Neela and in turn, into the ocean's beauty.
"Mom used to tell me that I was one of the things that dad found perfect. He said that I could be the most innocent of children, so full of naivety and wonder, but that I could also be a force to be reckoned with. That's why I'm a completely different person when I fight. I want to remain that perfection that my father had known I could be. I'm happy go lucky all of the time, but when it comes down to being a Huntress, no one will take it more seriously than I will. I just…" She stopped as she looked over at Neela, who was also staring out at the water now. "I want to remain that flawless little girl that my dad thought I was capable of being."
"Elli…" Neela tried again. Now wasn't the time to tell her that she was in love with her. Now wasn't the time to tell her that she was perfect in every way to Neela. Neela understood that everything up to this moment that Eliana had done, she had done to make her father proud. It was all that she strived for. It was all that she wanted to know. That she had been perfect like her father thought she was because that meant the world to Eliana. "I don't think that you need to be perfect." Eliana looked hard at her.
"But it's what my dad…" Eliana began to protest.
"Your imperfections are what makes you amazing. In a way, that makes you the perfect… you," Neela explained. "That's what your dad would have wanted. A daughter who is open, but not so much to strangers. And is happy nonstop, except when she needs to be serious. And to be honest, that's what makes you beautiful." They looked at each other and Neela felt her face flush as Eliana smiled at her. It was the first time she had ever told Eliana that. She meant it in the most genuine way. Not only was Eliana physically attractive, but her soul was kind and caring, and Neela was confident that there wasn't anyone who surpassed Eliana.
"You're beautiful too Neela," she replied. Neela took that to heart, not in a way that gave her butterflies, but made her feel warm inside. They sat out there for a long moment, neither of them ready to move. Neela watched her, her purple hair drifting slightly and her green eyes following the waterfall again. It couldn't have been more perfect. Neela's body naturally craved more, but at the moment, she found herself feeling content. "Should we go back now? I don't want you to get in trouble." Neela shook her head.
"We can stay out here as long as you'd like Elli," Neela told her. This was a moment that Neela would remember for the rest of her life, the first night that she had together with Eliana, alone, at Beacon Academy. She would always remember the smell and taste of the salt water thundering far below them. She would remember the warmth of Eliana's body pressed close against her as they both leaned their heads against each other, enjoying the majesty and calmness of the vast waters, and the wonder of what might lie beyond. She could never forget the way that the moon looked, maybe closer than it usually was, shining off of the ocean, and Eliana's eyes. At that moment the world seemed large and endless, and yet it felt as though they were the only two in it.
Moments passed by as they sat in silence, both of them filled with peace from each other's presence. It was hard to know how much time had passed, they had both left their scrolls in the building and while it had only felt like a few minutes, it could have been hours that they had been perched there. Eliana shifted for a moment and Neela glanced at her.
"What do you want Neela?" Eliana asked. She pulled away from her and they looked each other in the eyes. "When we're done here at Beacon. When we both finish here and become the Huntresses we always dreamed of being… What will it all be for?" Eliana looked at the rocks below as the tide swallowed them up before pulling back to reveal them again. "All I want is to impress my father. And to get married of course. Have a child of my own that can feel safe when she goes to sleep at night, knowing that her mother is doing everything in her power to keep her protected from Grimm and evil." She paused for a moment before locking her eyes with Neela's again. "What about you though? Have you thought about it?"
Neela froze as she watched Eliana. Have I thought about it? It was the only thing that Neela thought about when she went to bed every night, praying to some higher being that it all might come true and that her many sleepless nights had not been for nothing. She wanted Eliana, and not in the sort of way that teenagers normally wanted each other. She wanted them to be happy forever, and to grow old together. She wanted the child that Eliana spoke of to be theirs, and she wanted to show that child the kind of love that Blake, Yang, and Eliana had always shown her. That's what she wanted. Deep in Eliana's eyes was the future that Neela had always dreamed of.
"I want to be a great warrior," Neela finally spoke after thinking it over for a moment. "I want to settle down later in life and have been married with a kid or two also, but mostly I still want us to be together. You mean the world to me Elli and I don't want us to grow apart for any reason." Neela glanced over at Eliana who looked over at her and chuckled.
"I'm not going anywhere Neela! You worry too much! Nothing is ever going to come between the two of us!" Eliana exclaimed. "I want our kids to play and go to Beacon together and who knows, maybe they'll even fall in love!" Neela chuckled, concealing her hurt. She desperately needed to tell Eliana, but everything the girl said suggested that she didn't even feel remotely the same. What if she risked it all and Eliana's vows to always be there for her disappeared? Was she willing to risk their friendship for something more? If it drove Eliana away, Neela would be devastated for the rest of her life. "Here!" Neela snapped out of it, looking fully at Eliana who held her pinky out towards Neela.
"What?" Neela asked her.
"Let's pinky swear!" Eliana cried out.
"Elli, we're not little kids anymore!" Neela laughed. Eliana's tone changed suddenly and Neela knew that this had a deeper meaning. Eliana's eyes weren't wide and kind, they were thoughtful and severe.
"I'm serious Neela. I want us to swear that no matter what happens, that we're always going to be friends." Eliana explained. "Not even death will stop us." Neela smiled at her and nodded. She hooked her pinky and they both shook. This pleased Eliana and the joy returned to her eyes as she smiled again and hugged her friend. "Great. Now there's nothing for us to worry about." Neela slowly stood and helped Eliana to her feet, but as Neela planned on returning to the campus, Eliana took off towards the woods, in the direction of the waterfall.
"Elli! We need to get back!" Neela called after her before chasing her down. Eliana darted in and out of view as she zigzagged through the trees towards the river that gave the cascade its life. She stopped as she reached the river, kneeling at the edge and scooping a handful of the water, drinking it down.
"Where's your sense of adventure warrior?" Eliana asked. Neela chuckled, shaking her head as she knelt beside Eliana and took a sip herself. It tasted so pure and amazing and she smiled at Eliana as she dipped her feet in, drawing them back out quickly. "It's a little bit cold."
"I can imagine," Neela replied dipping her own toes in. She pulled them back and rubbed her feet as Eliana stood and held her hand down to Neela. "Ready to go back?"
"Not yet!" Eliana exclaimed. "Why don't we take a dip?" Eliana reached down to pull her shirt off but Neela stopped her, giving her a stern look.
"You know that I'll let you do just about anything Elli, but it's freezing in that water. You'd end up with a cold for sure and then I'd feel like I'm the one to blame for you failing the initiation tomorrow," Neela explained to her. Eliana looked at her thoughtfully before nodding and pulling her shirt back down, and walking back towards the pathway. She stopped for a moment, leaning down and picking something up off of the ground, looking it over in her hands before showing it to Neela.
"What's this?" Eliana asked Neela. Neela caught a glimpse of it as the moon glinted between the swaying branches and she stumbled back, panic filling her mind as she shook in fear. Eliana held the mask of a White Fang member in her hands and it brought back all of the memories that Neela had worked so hard her entire childhood to forget. Flashes of being forced to fight at an incredibly young age, and running away from the Atlas Army filled her mind. She hit her knees as Eliana raced over to her and pulled her in. "Neela! Neela! What's going on, are you okay?!" Neela could hear her but couldn't break free as the memories tore through her mind and shook her body.
She'll be the perfect killing machine. Thank you for trusting her to me. I promise that she'll be the greatest fighter that the Fang has ever seen.
"Neela!" She could hear Eliana still shouting but couldn't snap out of it. Eliana placed her gently on the ground and moved quickly to the river, returning and tossing a handful of water on her, the chill shocking her out of her state. Neela gasped as she looked around frantically, clutching at Eliana. She wasn't with the Fang or the Army, she was here in the woods with Eliana. Neela's mind thrashed as she differentiated between her current reality and subsiding nightmare.
"Elli! Elli! Oh Oum, Elli, I'm so sorry!" She apologized in a panic. Eliana still held her close, allowing her to rest her head against Eliana's chest as she came to. Neela was filled with emotion and tears filled her eyes as she sobbed in embarrassment. "Elli, I hoped you'd never have to see me like that." Eliana looked back at the mask and then back at Neela.
"Is that from the White Fang?" She asked. Neela nodded vigorously as she buried her head deeper. "Neela." Neela was hurt. She could hear the confusion and uncertainty in Eliana's voice as she managed to pull Neela away from her body. It was then that Eliana grabbed her braid and she froze, her eyes wide as she looked at Eliana and felt a wave of fire crawl over her body. What was this? "You've always been strong for me. This time, I can be strong for you." Neela didn't know how to react as Eliana caressed the side of her head, keeping her stunned and paralyzed. It was soothing and her heart had instantly stopped pounding.
"Elli." Eliana wiped the tears from her eyes and stood, helping her friend stand up and hugging her one last time. The feeling that had immobilized Neela was slowly fading as Eliana pulled away and smiled at her.
"Let's head back," Eliana suggested. Neela nodded and as Eliana slowly walked away she reached up and grabbed her braid, stroking the side of her head where Eliana's hand had just been. What was that feeling? It was incredible and horrifying all at the same time, and Neela wanted it again! She followed Eliana back to the main path as she finished calming herself. That mask must have been left from when the Fang had invaded the school during the fall of the tower. She pushed all thoughts of the White Fang from her mind and watched as Eliana led her without a care in the world. She smiled. This was what she needed.
They slowly began to make their way back to the Great Hall, lampposts lighting the way as they headed there. Eliana danced about like a child, her eyes full of wonder once again as she chased after some fireflies that came too close to the path.
"Well, now we have to ask ourselves how the hell we're going to get back into the hall," Neela told her. Eliana moved to one of the light poles and swung her body around it, pulling her shirt up and wrapping her leg around it, revealing her shorts underneath. Neela watched her, feeling amused as Eliana threw her head back. Eliana took her free hand and traced it down her body, from her chin to her cleavage.
"Like what you see?" Eliana asked in a sultry manner. Neela shook her head, covering her face as she blushed and laughed. I'd like to see more Elli, but perhaps another time. She tried to assert herself, gesturing for Eliana to get off the pole, but Eliana was too damn cute for her to remain serious for very long.
"Get down from there!" Neela called out quietly. "I highly doubt that seducing the teachers to let us back in is going to work. They're professionals with jobs to think about and we're only seventeen!" Eliana leapt down and steadied herself against Neela.
"You have a better plan? And are those the only two things you have a problem with in that plan?" Eliana asked. She shook Neela as an idea came to her. "We could call Blake! She could probably let us in!" Neela shook her head, slowly strolling closer towards their destination. The last thing that Neela wanted to do was to mess up her perfect record on her first night at the school. Not to mention that Blake would never let her hear the end of it. If only Yang wasn't out on a mission.
"Mom would kill me. Yang would be proud but Blake would kill me," Neela told her. Eliana thought it over and nodded.
"So we're screwed, huh?" Eliana asked. "I guess we were bound to get into trouble eventually, I just didn't think that it would be so soon." Neela watched as Eliana skipped ahead, continuing on with different ways that they could possibly avoid getting in trouble, but most of them were silly and absurd. At that point, Neela didn't care if she was in trouble, it was the furthest thing from her mind. All of this was just a memory that she'd take with her forever. She could forget the part about the White Fang, but everything else she wanted to remember in complete detail! So what if they got in trouble? It was worth it if it meant that they could have times together like this. "… or maybe you could use Hunter's Gaze to find another way in?" Neela stopped in her tracks.
"That's it!" Neela exclaimed. Eliana stopped and glanced back at her. She wasn't quite following, which probably had more to do with the fact that she had suggested several scenarios before Neela had finally responded.
"Hm?" She asked. Neela jogged ahead to her and quickly moved towards the Great Hall, wrapping her arm around Eliana and crouching as they moved along as if it would hide them better from anyone patrolling the campus. Neela didn't know why she hadn't thought of it before!
"If I can find another way in other than the main doors, we can sneak in and they'll never know that we were gone!" Neela exclaimed. "You said that you learned how to pick locks because your dad said it was invaluable, right?" Eliana looked away, turning red and brushing Neela off.
"I'm flattered that you remembered, but these are digital locks. The only way I could pick it is if it were a standard lock like you'd find in villages and towns, not state-of-the-art Beacon Academy," Eliana told her. Neela ran towards the back of the building, stopping for a moment to use her semblance before laughing and pulling Eliana faster. They stopped at a door that must have been just outside of the showers, and Neela rubbed her hands together vigorously, pointing to the doorknob.
"There! There we go!" Neela exclaimed. Eliana examined it before stepping away and looking blankly at Neela. "What's wrong?"
"I don't have anything that I can pick the lock with," Eliana told her. "It was a great plan, but there's nothing I can do." Eliana looked the building over again and looked back at the door. "Where does this door lead anyways?"
"It's the boiler room door. I saw the door on the inside between the two changing rooms and figured there had to be a way to access it from outside for emergency exit purposes," Neela told her. She stepped back, scratching her head for a moment before shrugging. "I guess we'll just have to face the music." They both turned away when they heard someone approaching the building and stopped in their tracks. "Who's there?"
"Allow me," the girl said. In the pale light of the moon, they could only make out that she had a couple of tattoos and they watched as she messed with the knob for a long moment before swinging the door open and stepping inside. Eliana and Neela looked at each other in shock before they ran into the building and closed the door behind them, slowly making their way around the boilers. They had never imagined that it would be so hot in there and as they carefully maneuvered through, Neela noted that she was beginning to sweat. There was no way that she'd be able to avoid showering in the morning now, but it couldn't be helped. Neela led Eliana using her natural night vision and light poured into the room as the other girl opened the second door, allowing them to enter the rest of the building.
"Thank you!" Eliana called out. "Whoever you are." The other girl laughed silently to herself.
"No need to thank me. I'm just here because someone told me I should face my fears," she replied and with that, she disappeared. They stepped into the hallway between the changing rooms and closed the door quietly behind them. Neela sighed out of relief and shook her shoulders, feeling the tension and stress leaving her body. Maybe she could still take a shower quick that night, the lights appeared as if they were still on in the changing rooms.
"That was close," Neela told Eliana. Eliana's eyes grew slightly and she pointed past Neela who gave her a puzzled look.
"What was close Neela?" asked a familiar voice coming out of the changing room. Neela's neck hairs stood straight up as she slowly looked back at Blake who had spotted them coming in. "What were you doing in there?" Neela tried to think quickly, slowly spinning to face her mother, her shoulders cringing. She lowered them slowly as she looked at Blake in terror, laughing sheepishly.
"I thought it was a linen closet," Neela explained. Blake raised an eyebrow and smirked. It sounded more like a question than an answer, but she decided to play along.
"And what would you have been doing in the linen closet?" Blake asked.
"We were talking for a while about girl stuff and then we got curious…" Eliana replied. Blake didn't follow, so she decided to pry further.
"What do you mean?" Blake asked.
"We talked about what it would be like…" Blake gave her another blank stare. "To kiss another girl. I mean every girl talks about it at some point and we both felt it would be safest if we tried it with each other. You and Yang did the same thing, right?" Eliana inquired. Blake's eyes grew wide as they danced back and forth between the girls, suddenly put on the spot between wondering if it was the truth and saying nothing to prevent embarrassing Neela. "We won't sneak off anymore, right Neela?" Blake looked at Neela who was thankful that she was standing in front of Eliana. She had become a dark shade of red and Blake was almost worried that her daughter was going to be sick.
"Right," Neela agreed silently. Eliana looked over Neela's shoulder at Blake who could also feel herself becoming flush. Neela wasn't entirely sure why that was the first thing that had come to Eliana's mind as a cover-up, but she wished it hadn't been.
"I…" Blake stuttered. "I…" Neela was frozen and wanted nothing more than to die. Blake cleared her throat and pointed back towards the Main Hall. "Just return to your spots please." Eliana grabbed Neela who was still in shock and dragged her away from Blake.
"That was close," Eliana told Neela as they stumbled over the other students to return to their sleeping arrangements. Neela's mind had sealed itself in a deep dark hole that she wished for it to never return from. How could Eliana be so clueless!? Had Eliana really just suggested that?! Was it something that Eliana wanted to do? She had said that all girls do it at some point. Was this the opening that Neela had been waiting so long for?! Neela's mind raced back to the feeling that overcame her when Eliana ran her braid through her fingers. Neela gasped as she returned to reality and looked down at Eliana who was already back under her blanket. She patted the floor beside her. "Join me?"
Neela's mind slowly began to turn as she saw herself leaping onto Eliana and kissing her hard on the lips. Naturally, in her fantasy, Eliana was compliant and excited and kissed her back. Neela shuddered before realizing she was giving Eliana another blank stare and she laughed it off as she normally did. She laid down, making herself comfortable and snuggling under her blanket as she watched Eliana begin to drift off. She yawned hard and reached out, grabbing her friend's hand. Eliana smiled.
"Best night ever…" Eliana mumbled as she passed out. Neela smiled and closed her eyes.
Yes. It had definitely been the best night ever.
But as the girls share a memory and grow even closer to each other, an evil lurks in the shadows. Next week, Chapter 8 - Athena!
A special thanks once again to my co-creator OrganoidZero.
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Until next week, stay classy!