Sup dudes. Yeah it's been a while I know.
Didn't lose inspiration or anything, just kinda hard to focus with the kind of job I have. Finally I can get back to this.
Thank's for waiting :D
Chapter 3 - Temporary
"NOOOOOOOOO!" The distressed Neptune collapsed to his knees, staring helplessly of what he could call his bed.
He couldn't pinpoint what was the worst thing to gaze upon; Random springs unloading from the mattress, a sea of feathers spilling from the torn pillowcase, the shattered pieces of woodwork scattered everywhere, the criminal sheepishly grinning with a protruding lump on the side of his head. The poor bed didn't need to suffer the wrath of Sun's almighty headbutt of justice just because he decided this was the day to test out his tree-branch-slingshot-through-the-window technique.
And just when Neptune put on new jasmine scented sheets too. Fresh from the machine.
"WHYYY?!"
"I already told you, I missed the landing! No biggie!" Sun signalled a cheap apology with his hand while the other casually knocked the bump back in his head.
The intellectual faced him with blank white angry eyes and a visible vein pulsing around his temple "AND I TOLD YOU, MANY TIMES, NOT TO JUMP THROUGH THE FRIGGING WINDOW!" he exclaimed waving his arms in the direction of said object in hopes to jog Sun's memory of the previous attempts he tried, one somehow miraculously including Blake.
"WELL MAAAAYBE IF YOU DIDN'T PUT YOUR BED NEAR THE GODDAMN WINDOW IT WOULDN'T HAVE BROKE!" the slightly, yes only slightly, irked Sun replied as his own memory recalled that one time Neptune gleefully followed him to Team RWBY'S dorm window.
"It's not even nearー" Neptune cut himself off with a sharp intake of breath, bringing a palm to his face while doing so. "WHY DO I HAVE TO MOVE IT FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE?"
The blond threw his arms straight up. "HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET TO MY ROOM?!"
"THROUGH THE DAMN DOOR!" Neptune cried out and stomped the ground having nowhere else to release his frustration. As Sun, more disinterested than ever, started picking at his ear, the defeated Neptune cradled the remains nearest to him. His weakened, soul-drained smile managed to form, finally accepting the cruel fate of his bed with only a single tear down his face "You... were too good for this world." he squeezed his eyes shut, not being able to stomach the awful sight of the murder any longer.
Sun dragged fingers down his face, almost clawing the skin off. "For crying out louーNEP. I'm telling ya, it's not a big deal. We can, I dunno, share... mine... for a bit." he somewhat mumbled the last sentence, running the same hand down his hair, pointedly looking away.
Neptune nearly choked "Y-YOUR BED?!" Once again, the lewd feature in his brain began generating nothing but impure scenarios he could easily encounter just by accepting Sun's tempting offer; especially with the blond presenting an extremely rare and docile expression worth hugging over.
The most prominent imagery is of Sun looking rather displeased clad only in boxers and shuffling frustratingly in the sheets. It was only because the dream version of Neptune, for some reason, had a sudden urge to fiddle with his tail. Sun would whip his appendage back to startle him and eventually straddle his partner down, smirking triumphantly at the bemused look Neptune had. "Stop playing with my tail and play with me instead!"
With his tail curling into a simple half heart, Sun would slide painfully slow, licking his lips in the process and tease Neptune's face with his hot and steamy breath. No kind of sound would enter his ears except for his obnoxious heartbeat thumping so grand there was a fifty percent chance of it bursting out for real. Then Neptune would have no choice but brace for the warm impact...
...of the hard wall he continuously slammed his head against, the cracks slightly increasing with every attack. "GET. OUTTA MY. HEAD. SINFUL. THOUGHTS!" Eventually, he slumped to the ground in defeat, a single line of steam rose from his head. It's unclear if that was caused by his self harm or the imagery that fuelled the latter to happen in the first place. He's surprisingly immune to the blood spewing from his forehead, though.
He snapped his head back, remembering the witness in the room, with his scroll ready to dial from what Neptune could assume was an emergency number. It's only when Neptune jumped back to his feet and swatted the rubble off his clothes as if nothing happened Sun reluctantly slid his device back in his pocket. He may need to call maintenance for the wall later.
With unsettling nerves, Neptune cleared his throat and straightened himself in hopes to reassure Sun there is no internal damage to his brain. "No way man!" he exclaimed to break the silence and then signed an X with his arms "HELL TO THE NO. ANYWHERE BUT THERE."
It was brief but Neptune's field of vision caught an unusual, irritated gleam in Sun's eyes before they decided to match the forced grin and shrugging of his shoulders "Why not? It's not like I have fleas or anything."
Sun's face stretched accordingly to his exaggerated gasp as if a light bulb appeared over his head. "Oh I get it. It's because you won't have enough space to hug and chew your preeeecious teddy plush like a widdle baaaby~!" His eyes got all big and cutesy-like as he clasped his hands together, cooing at Neptune, whom simply growled and considered throttling the Faunus. "Aww don't worry little Neppy Weppy, you can hug me instead!" Sun flung his arms open happily requesting one.
"Quit screwing around!" Neptune wholeheartedly denied and chopped Sun's arms down, his facial features dusted pink. "That's not it, stupid! You're just so... uh messy!" Truthfully he couldn't stare directly into Sun's eyes at this point, but damn it he wanted to be right. "That's right! Messy! Plus you fart in your sleep! It's super gross."
Now it's Sun's turn to blush; it's not often he had something to be cautious about. "Hey, I'm working on it! You said you'd never bring that up again!"
Neptune crossed his arms and rolled his eyes "And don't get me started with your tail hair, you'd probably get it all over your bed!" He tutted with closed eyes, not exactly sure on how to stop himself nevertheless, he waffled on "You know how nasty and annoying that could be? Not to mention itchy!" the stinging regret of his word choice are already seeping through his teeth as he peeled one eye open just to see roughly how Sun is taking to it.
Shockingly well, all things considered.
If not including the blond tapping his foot in time with head shakes and annoyed murmurs. "Oh yeah, bushy brows?! If that's how you feel, then I'll just LEAVE!"
Neptune gasped, subconsciously touching his eyebrow "BUSHY BR-Yeah! Maybe you should!"
"FINE!"
"FIIIINE!"
And then Sun threw him out.
A good twenty second moment of silence went by with Neptune displaying a general look of shock, unable to fully grasp what in the world just happened. "HUH?! WAIT A MINUTE!" he sputtered out and dashed to the now closed door. Neptune didn't even bother with any pushing attempts knowing too well how Sun operates. There were various pieces of school equipment, Neptune's to be precise, shoved in gaps to decrease his chances of ever squeezing through. One of them sadly being the foot of his interrogation teddy.
"C'MON! I DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS!"
"WHOOPS, CHANGED MY MIND!" Sun yelled back and snickered. He honestly didn't expect the situation to be this entertaining, then again pissing Neptune off will always be number one on his agenda "DUDEY! LET ME IN!" Sun was on the verge of tears having to conceal his roars for so long. The banging didn't exactly help, so being the good sport he is, Sun removed all the barriers and finally opened the door.
Of course, Neptune with glistening eyes, beamed up.
All was forgiven.
Right?
Sun launched the jasmine infused sheets and spare pillow at Neptune's face. "Don't forget these!"
"OH COME ON, MAN!"
Sun's midsection ached from all the laughter he poured out. He can't even stand up straight anymore; the anger and frustrated groans he could hear coming from the door was too much for his stomach. It's as if he could actually hear the blood boiling and steam whistling inside of Neptune.
"..."
Neptune put all his anger related feelings to a halt. Sun wasn't laughing anymore, and that usually meant something bad. The boy, visibly quaking slowly made his way to his knees, his fingers reaching his drying throat. It triggered a terrible sinking sensation in his chest. The painful aching beats of his heart helped his doubtful brain visualise how angry Sun could be behind that door. This was not supposed to happen. In a way, he's grateful Sun was merciful enough to give him his quilt since he's only wearing a tank top and cargo shorts. This hurt more than the time Yang hauled him across the room for calling her a tomboy.
"Damn it...! He's soooo mad at me...!"
"I'm totally not mad." In reality, Sun is lounging about on his bed. He got bored teasing the blue boy, so instead, he's putting his focus on beating Yang's two-handed paddle ball record with the use of his extra limb. He momentarily paused to hear Neptune's footsteps disappearing down the corridor.
"HEH!" Sun leaned back into his pillow with a wide smirk and lidded eyes, arms tucked behind his head. "He'll be back..."
"HE DIDN'T FREAKING COME BACK."
It's only been one hour since Neptune's dramatic departure and Sun's already feeling restless. His eyes were disgustingly bloodshot and couldn't stop grinding his teeth. For Neptune to be still sulking at this stage must mean he's taking this very seriously. "God damn it, do I need to drag his ass back here?" He bit his thumb, eyes wandering toward the clock on his desk.
O-Of course he's not worried or anything like that; sure he felt bad for initially kicking his best friend out but Nep started it!
Granted, the Faunus was a little hurt from what Neptune said before, but nothing like Neptune feared. If anything, Sun's annoyance was more geared towards the latter being utterly stupid and irrational over something simple as sharing a bed together. A silly conversation like that could never tip Sun over the boiling point. He would never allow it or ever let Neptune see him in such a state.
Although now that he thought about it, is sleeping together really that much of a deal? The folks back in Vacuo never complained about it.
"Bleh." he tossed over to once side and continued to brood, his tail knotting.
On a side note, Neptune could be doing one of three things; the first being in Scarlet and Sage's neighbouring room, all huddled up with the pair in the couch, eyes permanently glued to the colours flashing on the screen and sharing a jumbo sized tub of ice cream with Scarlet.
Second, jogging on school grounds specifically avoiding the water fountains.
Third, nerding it up in the library.
"Man, it's cold in here." He shivered, clinging at his shoulders. Sun's eyes lingered to the window that caused so much contention in the first place, mulling over staying where he is and slowly freeze to death or be bothered enough to close the damn thing.
Begrudgingly Sun chose the latter but as luck would have it, from his window he spotted the tall hedge of blue in the distance, towering over a small diverse crowd of females admiring his seasonal sweaty look. One promptly fainting just from that dazzling smile alone.
"So it's number two today, huh..." with hands on hips, Sun let out a long winded sigh of relief, chuckling at himself for getting so worked up in the first place. At least now he can sleep without any further distractions.
Four hours had passed since, the sky once filled with red orange hues gradient into a shade of blue so deep it might as well be black. Sun jolted up from his slumber and quickly scanned the area for any changes during his time in dreamland. Disappointingly, not a single thing in their semi-clean room was out of place.
Meaning Neptune never returned.
Sun cursed under his breath, roughly scratching his head in several directions with both hands.
"Grrr! That does it!"
He scrambled in search for his shoes and weapon. It couldn't be any clearer. There's got to be Grimm near the campus and Neptune's gone to fight it! Not without Sun he ain't. Why else would he not contact Sun for so long? He's gotta be butting heads with a big one!
And just when Sun had his foot readied on the window ledge to jump, he heard something hard and heavy hit the door and really wished he didn't.
It sounded like a corpse.
With that precaution in mind, he edged towards the door with his tail a few inches in front, proceeding to open it with every creak testing his patience. To his horror, a large massed figure flopped out to the side, emitting a few groans because of the impact. Sun may or may not have squeaked because of this. The suspicious looking blob was moving so unpredictably Sun actually had no idea how to properly approach it without a possible cardiac arrest.
That is until the familiar scent of jasmine hit his nose.
Followed up with suction-like snores buzzing in his ears.
Sun just... sighed into his hand.
It's Neptune on the floor, sleeping in the bed sheets.
Of course.
Of course he's here.
"Heh... heheheh..." Sun's mind is contemplating on the appropriate action to take, whether to kiss or punch Neptune's dumb, stupid, drool coated face. Especially for making him worry twice as much in one day. Why didn't he just go back in while Sun was sleeping? Because Neptune knew it would startle him, Sun being a Faunus with heightened senses and all.
Great, now Sun felt like an absolute ass because of him.
Taking note of Neptune's sudden change of attire, Sun concluded that he probably showered in Sage and Scar's room after his jog session considering there's not a whiff of sweat stench on him. Carefully doing so by the arms Sun dragged Neptune back in and propped his back up against the not-broken bed, switching his desktop lamp on to get a better look at him.
Huh. His eyelashes are kinda long.
"Dude... dude wake up." Sun gently shook him by the shoulders, snorting at Neptune's head easily swaying like a ragdoll. "Hnnuhh...? I didn't say you could wear that, milady..." Neptune's glazed eyes finally opened, straining to adjust his focus because of the harsh light emanating from the Sun-shaped-figure in front of him.
That doesn't sound right.
"Sun...? Izzat you...?" he slurred, rubbing his eyes.
"Yup." Sun smiled and sat beside him. His tail was sneaking around trying to find where he put his scroll without the other noticing. That gormless expression Neptune wore was priceless and is in desperate need to be saved to Sun's collection of fails.
"Sun! Y-You'reーOh crap." Neptune's eyes darted everywhere but in Sun's direction, clutching his chest, that anxious knot tightening inside. Sighing, Neptune's head hung down as he twiddled his thumbs "Look, I didn't mean tー"
Sun cut him off with a forehead flick "Shush. You want the whole school to hear ya?" Sun whispered, bringing a finger to his lips.
"Ah... right. Ahahaha."
Neptune found his eyes trailing up and meeting Sun's midnight blues. Both were unaware of how long they were holding this tender gaze, but neither wanted it to end. It was solely because their minds forcing them to remember their childish thoughts and foolish actions from before that they had no choice but to back up and face in opposite directions.
With only a few seconds to mentally prepare himself, Sun turned back and opened his mouth to speak but the words got stuck in his throat when Neptune mirrored his actions, both awkwardly freezing in place and blushing up to their ears.
Is it supposed to be this hard?
"Sunー "
"Neptune, Iー"
For it to happen twice without fail guaranteed sweet laughter and giggles to surface and warm up the tense atmosphere.
They both leaned back against the bed, one side of their heads touching the others.
"I'm sorry..."
"Yeah..." Sun scratched his cheek "Me too."
Yeah, this wasn't supposed to be this long, oh my lord.
Anyway, so I was like "What if they fought because of Neptune's 'foot-in-mouth' status?" lo and behold, this thing appeared.
We all do unreasonable stuff when we're mad. Don't let it control you. Always have a level head.
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HEHE I SOUNDED PRETTY COOL DIDN'T I?