What the heck, you're still here? UH, I mean... yo. How's it going?
Sorry for making you wait for this piece of shite. My hands are sore from rewriting this ten-goddamn-too-many-fucking-times. Also, there's me working on other SeaMonkey fics including some M rated ones.
Might have waffled on a bit in this chapter but eh.
Also, want to give a big thanks to my buddy UselessLesbianWriter. She's always been there for me when I needed her the most. Her optimism warms me up like the SunーHAHAHA I'M FUNNY. LAUGH.
Chapter 4 - Deviancy
"AYO YANG!" Sun yelled to the hot blonde heading to her motorcycle with her sister. "WHERE'S MY BOI AT?"
"CHECK THE LIBRARY!" she hollered back.
"THANKS!"
Sun sauntered to the library. The boy managed to last about five seconds in before heavily surrounded by resentful glares and hisses linking back to regulars and staff members.
It's not because he's a Faunus.
But because he's Sun.
"Tough crowd." Sun huffed, following up with a lip bite. He's a risk taker but not even here would he gamble the chances of an early arrest, especially with the receptionist's beady eyes scanning his movements with the intensity of a starved hawk. Her hard surveillance proved whistling to be a challenging attempt for Sun. Besides he's here to find Neptune, not give him a wanted poster as well.
Sage did mention something about turning up to a cram session after school, but eh who's got time for that really?
Not when there's a super omega highly anticipated monster movie in dire need of watching today! The giddy Sun could hardly contain his excitement for the film. It's no 'Try Hard' but it's the second best thing. And for his best buddy to go out of his way to get tickets with special seats for Faunus tails, Sun was almost skeptical about it.
Almost.
Sun would've been sold on it being their usual bro time if the way Neptune asked him didn't feel so poorly rehearsed. He couldn't pinpoint the exact day it happened but he definitely felt a slight shift in Neptune's attitude. Moreso in the past week. It was odd. Seeing the guy resort to a stammering mess over tickets is just not a Nep thing to do. Whatever he's focused on, it can't be girl related. In this case, there'd be no point bringing Sun along since the Faunus was never keen on secret double dates.
Sun shrugged off the pointless suspicions; Neptune would eventually come to him when he's ready. He always did. As long as it wasn't something that could severely affect the team, Sun couldn't care less. The Faunus continued his slow waddle through the large book-filled aisles, frequently stopping and glancing at any material worth his attention, throwing in some 'Oooh's and 'Aaah's too.
"Now if I were a super nerd like him, where would I hide...?" he stroked his chin and searched around from his spot. Knowing Neptune as much as he did, by best friend law, Neptune's most likely in a cornered and secluded area near the staircase. Why? To use his blueness to his advantage and catch 'unwanted' attention from a hot looking librarian.
Alas, Neptune was not there.
Sun kissed his teeth. "Ah screw it." He gave up on stealth and perched onto the nearest bookcase, giving the ol' bird's eye view a go instead. With instant results, he located the tuff of electric blue a few rows ahead. Neptune was napping, face pressed in a textbook, in the same spot Sun had introduced him to teams RWBY and JNPR.
One of the few librarians accustomed to teenage shenanigans caught sight of the Faunus acrobatic stunts and simply rolled her eyes. The pile of late returned books in her arms were more important to deal with. Sun had to suppress his giggles as he made his way to the sleeping beauty, plopping himself on the opposite chair. The ridiculousness of the sun's vibrant rays casting over the boy like a spotlight had to be seen firsthand.
And naturally, Sun snapped the perfect photo for his collection. It's no fail but it was nice seeing him undisturbed like that.
With visible disgust of the textbook's bulkiness, Sun peeled the object from Neptune's paws and tossed it aside. The brief yet curious peek at the contents left Sun wanting to blow chunks. Whatever was in there was undoubtedly unfit for the faint hearted and non-nerdy eyes. It was safer remaining ignorant to Neptune's ability to cram all that confusing text in his brain.
Sun noticed the restlessness slowly forming on Neptune's features and promptly moved his chair to his side, stroking Neptune's head in hopes that his warmth would reach the boy in his dreams. Sun recognized the pattern of teeth grinding and eyebrow twitching from the last time he woke up to a tear-stained Neptune fighting against a haunting nightmare linked to his past.
"Nyuuh..." Neptune practically melted under Sun's hand. It's as if he knew the Faunus was protecting him as he slept. Sun's eye's softened as his lips curled up into a gentle smile, almost in disbelief of how quick Neptune adapted to a single head pat. "Hehe, better not let Weiss see you like this buddy." Sun could only imagine the drowsy embarrassment on Neptune's face waking up to their friends watching his cool guy act crumble to every giggle he heard. He'd be a liar for saying he didn't think it would be the funniest thing to catch on camera considering how Neptune held the 'cool' title dear like a badge of honour.
Throughout the cluster of funny scenarios in his head, Sun felt his stomach swirl when he surprised himself with a stray line of thought "Huh. Neptune's kinda... cute." which lead him frustratingly groaning in his hand as his face lit up. "Crap, did I seriously just think that?" For a moment he was convinced something he (stole) ate from the cafeteria caused him to feel loopy, but looking back at Neptune through the gaps of his fingers proved himself wrong. He was unknowingly smiling again, if not more adoringly at the sight. "Yeah... who wouldn't get hot over this dude?"
While being mindful of who could be lurking around the corner, Sun scuttled closer and gently nudged Neptune's shoulder. "Hey... Nep...? Motion of the Brocean...?" The boy barely moved; the head pats must've put him in a higher state of tranquillity. Sun wouldn't know for sure unless he pressed on. Smirking, Sun dropped his chin on his shoulder, taking a moment to inhale Neptune's sweet scent and whispered carefully:
"NeeeerrrdtuneーGAHH."
Neptune landed a clean punch to Sun's cheek, utterly unconscious by the way. "Hnn... Interneptual... heheh." the boy had the nerve to snort out to Sun silently writhing.
"Tch! Alright, wise guy. Let's see how you handle this." Sun pulled out a thick marker and scribbled all over Neptune's face like there's no tomorrow. He took one step back to praise his flawless style. As if anyone could effectively pull off a devil-winged moustache like that. He's no artist but when it comes to casual graffiti no one could ever top his performance. "And my work here is done." He snickered, continuously flipping the pen in his hand.
He'd be happier if Neptune didn't take so long to react. "He's not waking up..." A disappointed sigh left Sun's lips, his boredom leading him poking Neptune's cheek with the pen. He balanced the same pen between his lip and nose and rolled back on his rickety chair, going over other strategies in his head that didn't involve physical injuries.
Nothing successful came to mind...
...except...
"Damn it..." In one smooth motion, (and a reluctant eyebrow twitch), Sun's lips made their mark on the other's cheek, earning a muffled content sounding "Hnnn." from Neptune.
Sun hopped back with his arms already in a chopping position. Just when he thought he made progress, Sun's face dropped to the sound of Neptune snoring. "Figures. Not even some fairytale-like crap is gonna cut it, huh? Doubt an Ursa carrying him off would have much luck, either." he bit his thumb, mostly to ignore the second reddening of his cheeks.
It ain't even funny how... nice it felt, kissing Neptune like that. He joked about it before, but still...
"Heh... what am I gonna do with you, Nep...?" Sun's hand found itself back on Neptune's head and caressed with care, pushing the wavering thoughts to the back of his mind. With remarkable timing too now that his focus shifted to the sound of deadly clomps entering the library.
Regrettably, Sun immediately knew who they belonged to.
Glynda Goodwitch.
He gulped. The blond was never on good terms with the teacher and her dislike for Sun was barely a hidden issue. It's far too late to run or break through the nearest window. If she catches even a blur of his existence, he'll be trapped in her telekinesis power and he can't even imagine how severe the punishment would be. Sun had no choice but to lay low under Neptune's table, wedged between his legs.
Unfortunately for him, the daunting heel clicks stopped right at his table. Observing her shapely legs barely moving an inch put him on edge; he's not usually this antsy but the growing shame from the kiss gave Sun no choice.
"Interesting." she said, and Sun nearly had a heart attack. There are two possible outcomes from that single line of dialogue.
One, she can see him and is merely letting him get away with it.
Two, she's taking mental notes of Neptune sleeping.
Wait... sleeping?
"THE MARKINGS!"
The shock of Goodwitch's presence made him forget he even drew on Neptune's face beforehand and now Sun's dying to know what kind of face the teacher had on. He can't jeopardise the mission though. Sun's rattling eyes followed the pair of legs down the corner until they were safely out of sight and earshot. He leaned back and breathed out in relief.
"Close one..."
"W...what are you doing?"
Sun froze. His memory briefly transported him back to the times in Vacuo when his mom, comically readied with a slipper, caught him unintentionally breaking something valuable. He swivelled around and poked his head out, meeting blank white circles and a tomato coloured face. Neptune was unable to comprehend what the flying hell Sun was doing there, between his legs, and slightly panting.
He felt wrongly excited.
Sun backed up with his hands raised as if held at gunpoint. "I-it'snotwhatyouthinkIsweartogod." His eyes were shifting guiltily.
"Idunnoaboutyoubutthisfeelslikeabootycallorsomethingdamnit!" Neptune harshly whispered back.
"OhI'msureyou'dlikethat!"
"AREYOUOFFERING?!"
"What?" Sun asked.
"What?" Neptune repeated.
Before Sun could even respond to that troubling question Neptune clamped his mouth shut. "Shh! Someone's coming...!" he scooched in further to hide the Faunus, not focusing on how close his crotch is to Sun's face. It's by sheer coincidence Goodwitch's route included going past Neptune's table. She glanced up from her clipboard at the blue boy, whom stiffly smiled at her still oblivious to his tainted face. She huffed and continued her walk down and out the library.
A humongous deflated sigh came out of the two. Sun crawled out and plopped next to Neptune again, earning a knock on the shoulder by the latter. "Care to enlighten me?! What the hell were you doing under there?!"
"Uh, hello?! What about the monster movie we planned today?" Sun pointed to his invisible watch.
"Ahh, damn it. Sorry, lost track of time!" Neptune scratched his head. "Why didn't you call me?"
"I DID."
Neptune pulled out his scroll. Five missed calls and one unread text.
"OH."
"You're one lousy date." Sun pouted and Neptune bashfully grinned back. "Do you know how long it took waking your ass up? You sleep like the dead, dude!"
Neptune waved him off. "Pfft what were you gonna do, kiss me or something?" he taunted the blond with smoochie noises and eyelash batting, figuring stooping to Sun's level will catch him off guard. "Come and get it, my prince charming~!"
"..."
"...Wait, for realー"
A few seconds later, Neptune had additional markings on his face.
"QUIT DRAWING ON ME!"
"Stop making it an easy target for me, dumbass!"
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I'm not sorry.
TO BE CONTINUED!