(So sorry I haven't written in a while. Been busy with a bunch of stuff. I'll finally be putting up the first chapters of my other stories too, soon. Probably within the next week. Look forward to that. Anyways, on with the chapter.)
By the time Carter woke up, the sun was setting. Rubbing his eyes, he sighed before getting up from the bed. He figured he should probably apologize, so he went off to find Professor Port. As he walked through the halls, Carter reminisced on the days without Weiss.
During those days he did things that he never wanted to remember, but all the blood made him. He could remember it all so vividly, and it made him sick.
"You really are a weakling, you can't even kill a damn person." He remembered one of the people— Jesse— saying.
"I don't want to! Taking a life... it's immoral!" He yelled.
He was then slapped across the face with a gun, the attacker sighing as they looked at the young boy.
"Just shut up and do it, or I'll do it myself." Another person stated.
Carter didn't know what to do. He either killed the person and get beaten again, or kill the person and actually get food that day. He didn't want to, but something drove him to do so. Within the blink of an eye, the person in front of him was mutilated, blood and guts covering every inch of the room. The young boy had blood spatters on his face and torso, his breathing heavy before he screamed in horror.
He then hit something with his head, knocking him out of his reminiscent state. Looking up and seeing a wall, he sighed before he pinched his cheek with his right hand and looked for Port again.
Weiss stood on the balcony after the talk with her professor before she sighed and looked up to the sky. The girl then looked back upon the time that she spent without her best friend/boyfriend.
"Aren't you being a bit belligerent?" She remembered Winter asking as the older girl crossed her arms. "I get that you haven't been the same after your friend died, but this is just ridiculous." Winter stated.
"He's not dead!" Weiss yelled, starting to cry in front of her sister. She never believed that he was dead, and she never wanted to. As she cried, her older sister held her smaller body with a saddened expression.
"Weiss, you've been breaking down at the mention of him every time. Was he that important?" Winter asked, squeezing Weiss lightly.
"I-I... loved him." Weiss said, even though her eleven-year-old mind couldn't necessarily comprehend the meaning of those words. She then hugged her older sister a bit tighter before she started bawling.
"Y'know, I was wondering where you were too." Someone said, snapping her out of her memories
Weiss turned around and she stood face-to-face with Carter. The two stared at each other with small smiles on their faces before they embraced softly.
"Glad you're awake." Weiss said with a small snicker.
"Yeah, and I'm in control again." Carter stated with a sigh of relief.
The two stood there in each other's arms for a moment before Carter kissed her forehead. They then sighed in relief before staring at the sunset together.
"I was trying to find Professor Port, but it doesn't seem like he's around." Carter stated as he rubbed the back of his neck with his left hand.
"Well, you just missed him. I just finished talking to him." Weiss said with a small giggle.
"Ah, damn it." Carter mumbled before sighing and sitting down on the bench with Weiss.
The two then leaned softly against each other and gazed at the horizon. However, Carter's memories started flooding his mind again.
"Try and hit the damn thing! Hell, even a fuckin' monkey could do it!" Jesse yelled at the young Carter once more after the boy's attempts at wielding a sword.
"I'm trying, it's really hard to fight with it weighing me down." The young Carter stated as he looked to the older man.
Jesse then sighed and glared at the young boy before slapping him across the face once more. "Try again." Jesse said sternly.
The boy then slowly cried and looked at the dummy in front of him before swinging the sword in his left hand again, only for him to lodge it into a tree next to him. The boy then sighed and growled a bit before screaming in rage, everything turning red in his vision.
As he came to, the boy looked at the dummy as its straw guts had been scattered about and Jesse looked stunned.
"Well, let's take a break now." The older man said.
Carter then was knocked from his memories and back into reality before he looked to Weiss who was tapping his shoulder.
"What's up?" Carter asked Weiss as she looked at him with a small frown.
"You just spaced out, are you alright?" Weiss asked, touching his right cheek softly.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine. Just deep in thought." Carter said as he looked back to the horizon.
"Okay, I just wanted to make sure you were alright." Weiss said before kissing Carter's forehead.
Carter smiled and nodded before he set his head on her shoulder.
"Well, it seems you two get along very well." Someone said.
Carter jumped from the bench and turned around, activating his semblance in the process. However, it was only Professor Port standing there. Carter sighed softly and deactivated his semblance, rubbing the back of his neck.
"I'm sorry, sir. For during class and right now." Carter said.
"Don't worry, my boy. It's all in the past. I'd assume you tried to find me just to tell me that." Professor Port said.
Carter nodded softly as Weiss stood up as well.
"As per your earlier statement, yes, we do get along very well." Weiss stated as she smiled softly.
Carter wanted to say something else, but he didn't want to mess anything up and let something else than intended slip. So, he just ended up not saying anything. He was funny like that, he wanted to do something but never did. He usually let 'Chaos' do that. One day though... he wanted to do something for himself. Sure it sounded selfish, but that's how he felt.
Suddenly, something was in front of his face as it moved. He looked to the source and saw Weiss' hand snapping in front of him.
"Hey, you alright? You keep spacing out." Weiss asked him.
"Y-Yeah, I'm alright. Just deep in thought." He said as he looked to her with a warm smile, which made her smile as well.
"Good." She said before turning to Professor Port again. "I think we'll go now." She said.
"I'd suggest you do. It's almost curfew, plus I think young Mr. Zenix here needs more rest." Professor Port stated before he turned around, though not walking. "Please try, young man. I don't know what you have been through exactly, but from what I've heard... I think you've had too many sleepless nights." He said before walking away.
Weiss then nodded in agreement before looking to Carter once more.
"He's right, I haven't seen you sleep since we got here. Well, besides class earlier." She stated.
"Yeah, it's been a bit." Carter said softly as he looked to the floor.
"Here, let's go back to the dorm. I'm going to look up some sleep therapy tactics and try them out. You need something to help you sleep." Weiss said.
"Alright. I guess I could use a good night's sleep." Carter said, lookin back up to Weiss and softly smiling at her before the two of them started walking back to the dorm.
