"We should really get back to Beacon."

"Yeah." Gales muttered as he got a look from Neo. "The others are probably worried." The teen admitted. No scratch that, the're definitely worried at this rate." Neo raised an eyebrow as she looked at Gales and poked his cheek to get his attention. "Hm? Whats up, Neo?" The young lady just looked at him before making a gesture, one he didn't quite get so she ended up yping it on her scroll.

"Your talking to yourself."

"Oh… that." Gales remarked as he raised an arm and scratched his head. "Yeah I uh… I uh… how do I put this?" Gales started as he crossed his arms around his chest - and by extension Neo's as he started to think. "I have this voice in my head that likes to talk to me." Neo made an "oh" expression before s hrugging and started to type something on her scroll.

"That's cool, I got voices in my head telling me to do stuff too."

'Usually stabby stuff.' She didn't add that last part, instead choosing to lean into Gales' grip before thinking.

"Do you want to see them?"

Well I would like them to know I'm not dead." Gales admitted as chuckled. "They did see me almost get charred to a crisp after all." Neo didn't respond as she looked at the teen and raised an eyebrow. "Oh right, before I almost died I got roasted."

"How are you still here then?"

"Aura." Neo rolled her eyes in an "of course" manner. "I really should figure out how to use that manually." Gales rocked his head from side to side. "But do I need to… I mean a weird soul-barrier-thingy would be neat and all, but I've never used something like that before." Gales remarked as Neo made an actual noise this time. "Either way I really should get going. Let them know I'm still alive and safe."

"You don't want to spend time with me?"

The smug look on Neo's face erased any thoughts of her being upset with him. "Course I wanna spend time with you. You're cool, and I wanna me your friend." Neo actually flinched as he said the words, and the smile that crossed her face started to fade away to surprise. He didn't need her to text him to get the unspoken question. "Yeah, I wanna be your friend Neo. I mean don't you?" Gales asked with his usual smile before Neo started biting her lips and reached up. Without a word she hugged him, much to the boy's surprise as he just sat there in confusion for a moment. "Neo?"

'She must not have a lot of friends.' Gales remarked as the teen slowly wrapped his arms around the petite girl's waist.

"Do you want to be friends?" Neo just nodded into his shoulder as he patted her back. "Then we're friends." He said matter of factly before his smile slipped. "Uh oh." Neo pulled back as she stared at Gales for a moment. Confusion on her face before a bit of clarity flashed across her eyes. She was straddling him, her chest pressed against his and her arms wrapped around his neck. Below she could feel something rising below. She gave him a look one that translated into "really" as he scratched his cheek. "It happens." Gales remarked as Neo regained her smile and just stared at the teen. She rocked her hips a bit as Gales frowned. "Stop it." She obliged… after about 5 minutes and got off his lap to look at her work.

'Nice.'

"This is what our relationship is going to be like isn't?" Gales asked as Neo just kept the smile on her face. "Your going to tease me just cause you can." She gave him a thumbs up as Gales pouted before developing a wicked grin. "In that case~" Neo shivered instinctively positioning her arms to cover her body only for Gales to lunge a moment later. "Revenge!"

About 40 minutes later

Beacon

His seat was empty. Though none of them said anything about it, they noticed the absence. Worse, class continued like it always they found it hard to focus on class that day. Pyrrha kept glancing at the door, expecting a familiar face to walk through the door. But as the minutes ticked by, she started losing that bit of faith that kept her believing that he would come back.

He had too. When the bell rang though and he still hadn't shown up, she felt like crying.

Safehouse

"I swear you're such a kid…"

'I regret nothing!'

This was bad, really really bad. Neo thought as she kept her hands firmly clasped over her mouth in a bid to keep herself quiet. She flushed a wonderful shade of scarlet as Gales continued trailing his fingers over her form as she twitched weakly. This wasn't fair; within the first few minutes he'd already figured out her weak spots, and now she was at his mercy. He wasn't stopping either, letting his fingers continue attacking her weak spots as she twisted.

It was times like this that she hated being ticklish.

He stopped suddenly, keeping a finger pressed into her naval as he made small circles. "I'd say that enough revenge don't you." Neo gasped for air as she looked down at the teen before her. A look of defiance on her face as Gales just shot her a cheeky grin. "You're will is strong, most usually pee themselves after I start tickling them." Neo just stuck her tongue out as she sat up, and Gales started to sit on his heels only for Neo to tackle him and reverse their positions. She grinned this time as she pinned his arms to the floor. A moment later though her grin disappeared as she noticed a bit of red staining his bandages. "Neo?" Gales just followed her gaze as he noticed his wounds reopening and shrugged. "Oh that…"

Neo leaned back, pulling most of her weight off the teen as he sat up and touched his bandaged wound. She swatted his hand and gave him a look. Gales just blinked, befoe noticing her concern and smiled.

"Hey don't worry about it, it happens." The teen stated. "Besides it doesn't hurt, honest." Gales stated as he rested a hand on Neo's head and ruffled her hair. "Just give me another day or two─

"Week."

"And these things 'ill be nothing but a memory." Neo didn't seem convinced as she sat up and Gales followed. Both took a moment to dust themselves before taking a seat. "Anyway, Neo, I really should be going." Gales said after a while. "I really do need to let the others know I'm alright." Neo just looked the teen over with a frown, her gaze resting on the wound staining his bandages. "Relatively speaking." Gales remarked as he seemed to think. "Hey, you wanna come with?" He asked suddenly as Neo blinked. "If you come to Beacon with me you can meet the rest of my friends." Gales stated as Neo seemed to think. She thought for a long minute before nodding her head and grabbed her scroll. Texting something he wasn't allowed to see Neo got to her feet and seemed to skip off to actually put some clothes on.

Gales had to wait 20 whole minutes before Neo came back, dressed in some pants and a t-shirt with a bit of text on it.

"Cute

But Psycho

But cute"

Neo wore the shirt proudly, as Gales looked on. A small snicker on his face as he put a hand on his hip. "Well ready to go?" Neo gestured to himself as Gales looked himself over. "Oh right, I'm in rags now." Gales remarked as he looked at Neo's shirt. "You got one my size?" The grin that crossed Neo's face meant one of two things; either he was going to enjoy what happened next or totally regret it.

To bad "Fuck it" was usually the last thought that went through Gales head before making most decisions.