A/N So I've received enough messages asking for smut to bring the idea forward. Would ya'll be okay with it? Let me know. It'd either be a snippet, or the majority of a chapter, but not too often. NOT turning this into a smut fic. It would also follow the silly/un-serious theme of this fic lol
So let's just see how these four piece their first night back together in this hangover-ish chapter. Also, 100 follows! Damn, I'm so not worthy of such love, thanks guys!
Nightlife
Having only been awake for a few minutes now, Yang's morning was going about normally. She felt a little worse for wear, but that could probably be just put off as regular morning tiredness. Another thing on that list was how soft the bed was. Like laying on a cloud. Overall she payed those things no mind and was getting ready to go about her favorite part of dawn. Any second now she'd turn over and come face to face with her beautiful Neo, and thus would commence the early morning, bed shenanigans.
Deciding to be ambitious and instigate said shenanigans, Yang lazily reached her arm directly over to where Neo should be sleeping. Her hand came in contact with what she assumed was Neo's shoulder, but something made her think otherwise. Normally her arm would find the multi-colored girl'shoulder at a low angle because she was so much smaller. But the fact the her arm had to reach up was what threw her off.
Had Neo finally hit a growth spurt after all these years?
Probably not, it's statistically unlikely.
Brushing that red flag off as well; Yang, eyes half lidded and too tired to open, gave Neo's shoulder a good tug which raised another red flag.
Since when was Neo so heavy?
Now somewhat concerned, Yang tugged on the shoulder and forced Neo to roll over so she could face her. With the blind action now finally made, Yang pried her lilac eyes open to look at her sleeping beauty.
Beauty it was, but not hers.
As her vision came into focus, a few more questions were raised, such as: when did Neo dye her hair black? Or, when did she get a tan?
Wait a minute...
Yang's dazed mind finally put the pieces together.
"Neo-oh God! Cinder!?" The blonde screamed, she yanked the sheets back, Cinder snapped awake with a snort before falling out of bed.
"Whoa!" Cinder shouted. First thing she saw was a disheveled Yang dressed in a white tank top and shorts staring her down.
"Cinder what the hell!? What're you doing in my bed!?" Yang continued to yell whilst pointing at Cinder, thanking the heavens she was dressed.
Sort of.
'Dressed' was probably the wrong word to use. The only fabric covering her body was some lingerie and one of Ruby's shirts that was a few sizes too small.
"I could ask you the same thing!" The woman fired back. "Damn, you almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Oh God what happened last night..." The blonde asked. Her eyes disengaged from Cinder and down to the floor. She asked that question several times in her head, all while running her hand through her wild locks.
Yang glanced around the room and the realization came that this wasn't her apartment, rather it was a modest-looking hotel suite. Beyond that her mind drew a blank, like a gap in time between the flight here, and now.
"Don't look at me, I don't remember anything." Cinder responded to the menacing look Yang was giving her. The ebony-haired woman scratched her head. Also unable to put together what'd happened last night. Her head was somewhat pounding from the sudden wakeup, and she felt like passing out again. Cinder looked over Yang's shoulder and gazed upon a second bed in the suite. The confusion hit her quickly when she noticed the bed was untouched and still made. "That concerns me."
"What are you-" Yang turned around to see what Cinder was blindly staring at, she jumped a little noting the extra bed. "Wait did we...?" The blonde popped the question.
"Questionable..." Cinder spoke, a little venom in her words. "If it's any consolation; you're... not my type."
"O-kay, that leads me to question two; why can't we remember anything?"
"I'll repeat myself once. I. Don't. Know." Cinder turned her head and went to close the rooms curtains. The light intensity was already giving her a migraine.
That's when Yang noticed something... different, "Uhh, Cinder?"
"Can I help you?" Cinder blinked a couple of times, adjusting her vision.
"What's that, on your... stomach?" Yang squinted, eyes going wider, "Is that a piercing?"
The woman raised an eyebrow, "Ha-ha. You're so clever... how gullible do you think I am?"
Yang's disposition didn't change, "No I'm serious. Look."
Cinder sighed and tugged back at the hem of her 'borrowed' shirt, gasping a little at the pair of black diamonds lodged in her once unobstructed navel.
"So there is..."
Yang watched as Cinder fiddled with her new found discovery. "You're not wondering; 'Hey where did that come from?' Not at all? Really?!"
Cinder gazed upwards, "I'd rather be sleeping."
"Ugh, no. C'mon we've gotta find Neo and... Ruby." The blonde stepped over to the door. Cinder simply shrugged and decided to follow, the woman was obviously taking this a lot lighter than the edgy blonde.
Yang clicked the door open and peeked out into the hallway first. Other suite doors ran the length of the dimly lit hallway with the elevator down the far side, and a vending/ice machine combo a few feet away. She took in the hallway and something pinged at her memory. The blonde vaguely remembered Cinder adamantly requesting two separate rooms for the couples. What started out as a request had almost turned into a violent demand when the desk clerk took too long to find the rooms in the system.
Now however, Yang couldn't remember the suite number so she choose to play the guessing game instead. Unless...
"Cinder, we booked two rooms right?" The blonde called back.
"We did."
"You remember what the other room number was?"
"No." Cinder spat.
Yang sighed, "Guessing game it is..."
She glanced up and down both sides of the hall, her lilac eyes fixated on the door directly across from their own. Peculiarly enough it was slightly ajar, maybe an inch or so. "Think she's in there?"
"Worth a try." Cinder nodded and stepped forward, trying to get by Yang in the narrow door frame. The blonde smirked, raising an eyebrow, "Nice underwear." She said to Cinder's lack of pants.
"Thanks, I try." She snarled. "Now move. This room obviously is yours and Neo's. My stuff isn't here."
"Alright miss bossy pants- oh wait..." Yang snarled back, glad she got the last word in.
Cinder brushed past Yang and tip-toed across the hallway, the infuriating blonde did the same. With caution, Cinder placed her hand on the door and gave it a gentle push. Thanking the fact it didn't creak nor squeak.
The accompanying suite was laid out exactly the same but in reverse, with the beds on the opposite wall and the furniture on the other. Letting her saffron eyes adjust to the brightness of the room, the ebony-haired woman took the initiative and approached a lump resting under the sheets of the closest bed. She tentatively stuck her hand forward and hovered it over the form. Cinder clamped her eyes shut and tore the sheets back much like Yang had earlier that morning.
When Cinder opened her eyes again, she wasn't face to face with some random patron -but rather the cutest thing she's ever seen.
"Ruby." She whispered. There was her Rose all bunched up on the mattress, sleeping soundly. She looked the least unscathed by whatever transpired the night before. Wearing her white short-shorts and tank top to bed. She smiled down at her and wanted nothing more than to join her in blissful sleep.
"Oh thank God..." Yang sighed in relief. "So now we just need to... what're you doing?" She watched as Cinder paced around the bed and slowly started to join Ruby.
"Going back to sleep..." she yawned. "Thanks for the help." Cinder reached for the sheets and pulled them back over Ruby and herself.
"Oh-ho no. You're helping me-" she grabbed the sheets and did much as she did earlier. "Find Neo!" Her tone raised an octave, it was just loud enough to break Ruby from her slumber. "Honestly?!" Cinder groaned.
"Uugghh, what's going on...?" Ruby's voice sounded out, scratchy and tired.
"Finding Neo that's what. Get up Rubes." Yang's mood was becoming more annoyed by the second.
"Mmmhhh, five more minutes..." The girl rolled over and clung to Cinder, attempting to be the big spoon.
It was imperative to Yang that Neo was nowhere to be seen in the room. She sighed for the umpteenth time that morning; 'If you want something done right; do it yourself.'
Mind made up, Yang stormed past the lazy couple and back towards the door. However that wasn't before she noticed... something else. Just as she turned and stepped out the door; a dark spot caught her eye. She swiveled the upper half of her body around to get a closer glimpse.
"Pfft, oh my God. No, way." She'd begun to cackle. Ruby's position on the bed left her back to the blonde, and where the hem of her top had rustled upwards, displayed a rather intricate -tribal-looking piece of body ink.
Or in layman's terms; a tramp stamp.
Yang didn't know whether she should be scared, proud, or downright amused by it. First Cinder's piercing and now this made what last night was, slightly horrific.
Yang tried to keep her laughter to a low volume, but failed as Cinder stuck her tired head up out of bed. "Yang... go away."
The blonde continued to laugh, "Not until you, pfft, see Rubes' new tattoo."
Cinder went wide eyed, what with her own... discovery this morning, there was less of a chance that Yang was lying, "Red," she jostled the crimsonette, "love, wake up."
"Mmmrrghh, fine..." Ruby reluctantly let go of Cinder and rolled up out of bed. She scratched her disheveled hair and eyed Cinder with sleepy inquiry. "What's happening again?"
Cinder quickly thought of a plan to get Ruby to realize what was still unknown to her. "Go to the bathroom and... shut the door. I have a surprise for you~."
Ruby immediately became intrigued by Cinder's silky smooth voice, "O-Okay?" She said and stood up. The youngest of the three sidestepped into the luxurious bathroom, shut the door, and-
"Eeep! W-What is that?!"
Cinder and Yang both connected glances, knowing Ruby saw it in the large bathroom mirror. Before they had time to speak, Ruby came storming back out pointing her finger directly at Cinder. "W-Was my surprise a tattoo?!" She was tugging on the back of her top to keep her new 'addition' covered from view.
"Let me see it." Cinder asked.
"N-No!"
"Please~?"
"Not now!" Ruby shrieked. "What did we do last night, and w-why can't I remember anything?!" The girl stepped back from Cinder and had begun to panic. "Wait, where's Neo?"
"That's what we're trying to figure out, now let's go." Yang impatiently stated.
Cinder merely shrugged, "Don't worry Ruby-" she pointed to her exposed abdomen, "You're not the only one who got marked last night."
"Wha- oh..." Ruby eyed Cinder's piercing, 'God that's hot.' She thought. "Uhh..." The words that left her mouth differed from her thoughts wildly.
"C'mon, Cinder put some pants on and let's go. Neo could be anywhere." Yang didn't give them a chance to follow and simply hurried out the door.
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Dressed properly, and looking half-decent, Ruby and Cinder eventually found Yang waiting for them down in the hotel's front drop-off by the front doors. Behind her several vacationers gave her odd looks as they left various taxis and SUV's.
"Yang! Why are we standing out in the heat? There's perfectly nice cool hotel like, two feet away." Ruby whined.
"Funny story, the manager actually just kicked us out. He's arranged for our stuff to be brought down and paid for a taxi out of here. Geez he was pissed." Yang explained.
"What?! Why? We didn't do anything wrong. Did we?" Cinder inquired.
"According to him we did."
"Yeah... why?" Ruby questioned, guessing the answer internally.
"Well from the footage he showed me; one it was just the three of us, two; we were totally smashed, and three; you know that nice Maserati they had on display inside the motel? Someone... tried to drive it... you know... through the hotel." The blonde directed the end of her sentence towards Cinder.
"I remember now... I tried to start it, and the both of you were laughing like idiots." Cinder nodded like nothing was wrong at all.
"Wait, usually when something stupid happens I record it for... certain purposes . Everyone take out your phones, might be something on... them..." As Yang had spike she patted herself down, looking for her phone and only to find empty pickets with nothing but lint in them. She looked to Cinder and Ruby who faced a similar situation.
"Great, now our phones are missing." Cinder griped. "Mine was brand new too."
Ruby looked to Yang, "Well did the manager say anything else?"
"No, not really. But Cinder trying to steal a car makes me think that we didn't have one in the first place, right? So that means wherever you two got your... things, can't be far, right? Bam! Logic." Yang grinned triumphantly.
"It's the only lead we have..." Cinder muttered.
"Well then it's settled, we'll look for tattoo and piercing parlors nearby. Maybe Neo was with us then." Ruby laid out the plan and both Cinder and Yang agreed.
"I just wanna find Neo, hope she's okay." Yang sighed sadly.
"Don't worry, I'm sure she's doing much better than we are." Ruby reassured.
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"Nah, it was just the three of you. Came in here all loud and whatnot. Sounds to me like ya'll were having a good night." A gruff voice spoke. After three hours of searching for the right parlor (Vegas, ironically enough, had one on nearly every corner.) The scatterbrained trio found themselves in one parlor roughly a thirty minute walk from the hotel. Just a small brick building resting on a corner of a side street. As soon as they had entered, Cinder began questioning the tattoo artist with everything she could think of.
"Did we say anything about what we were doing? Or...?" Cinder prodded on.
"Nope- actually I did remember one of you saying something about a contest, and a place called 'The Canteen' Whatever that is." The leather-clad man explained.
"Contest?" Yang said incredulously.
"Wait wait wait wait... wait. The Canteen... sounds familiar." Ruby pondered. The girl took a moment to try and process said name. "I think-"
"Hey," The artist asked, "How're you enjoying that ink? Keeping it away from water I hope."
Cinder cut in, unable to resist, "I like it~" she purred.
"W-What're y-you going on about?" Ruby faced that woman. "You haven't even see- ahh~" Within a second Cinder had stepped forward and snaked her hand up the back of Ruby's shirt, eliciting a gasp from the girl.
"Alright, enough lovebirds." Yang said with a melancholic tone. "Cinder please direct Rubes' mind to finding Neo, not the gutter."
Cinder withdrew her hand and placed it under Ruby's chin. "Red, the faster we help Yang find Neo, the faster you and I can-"
"The bar at the hotel!" She blurted out, like her mind was already one step ahead of Cinder's.
"You sure?" The blonde second guessed.
"Yeah yeah! I remember Cin pointing that out when we walked in."
"Great," Cinder heaved a sigh, "Now there's one question left; how do we get back in?"
Yang turned and walked over to the door of the tattoo parlor, "Leave that to me."
Cinder wasn't sure how to react to Yang's answer but went along anyway. She placed her arm around Ruby's shoulder and ushered the girl out of the shop. The crimsonette looked up at Cinder with wondrous silver eyes, "So... what were we going to do? You said something but I cut you off. Heh... sorry."
"It's fine Jewel. I'll tell you later." The woman replied with a wink. A menacing, torturous wink that scared, and excited Ruby.
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Thanks to a combination of Yang's ingenuity, Cinder's very expressive wording, and Ruby's determination, the girls were able to sneak, bribe, and force their way back into the hotel. They made a mission-focused pace past the lobby, through the casino, and to the lounge area of the hotel. There was a few bars and attractions scattered around, but the green neon sign that beckoned the words: "The Canteen" was what attracted them the most.
It was already into the latter part of the day, and the pace of patrons coming and going for drinks had sped up. But nonetheless, the three barged into the place and immediately took their spots at the bar. However as they walked in, nearly everyone gave them smiles, thumbs up, and even the odd cat-call.
Once the bartender finished giving another customer their drink, he turned around and addressed the three disgruntled girls, he was a hip-looking man with slightly parting hair and modern glasses. Oddly enough, his face lit up and gave all of them a warm smile.
"Eyy! If it isn't my three best customers!" He cheered, "What brings ya' back?"
"So we were here last night." Yang said.
"Of course you were, but where's the little one? Pink and brown hair?" He asked, tone comparable to a cheery salesman.
"That's what we're- wait-" Cinder remembered the word 'contest' from before, "Does the word contest ring any bells?"
"Hell yeah! Best one we've had in decades. Oh geez, I'm getting ahead of myself." He reached for something under the bar-top. The man retrieved a small slip of paper and handed it to Ruby. "Your friend told me to give this to you."
"Huh?" Ruby hesitantly took the note. She unfolded it's many folds and read aloud;
'Dead friends, and girlfriend, of mine: if you're reading this than that means you're at the bar. If you'd like to know what really happened last night; come to the roof. I'll be waiting for your apologies there.'
-N
"Apologies? For what?!" Cinder shouted. "Getting pierced, tattoo'd, and booted out of the hotel?"
"Whatever, look, C'mon we gotta go! She's up there waiting for us." Yang squealed with excitement, glad they finally got Neo's location.
"Fine, but after this, we go our separate ways." The ebony-haired woman delegated.
"Sure, sure, let's go!"
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"Pretty sure we're not supposed to be up here."
"Well of the hotel bothers us they'll have to deal with me." Yang aggressively replied to her sisters complaint. It was gravely obvious now that Yang is quite protective when it comes to Neo. Maybe on the obsessive side... but what does it matter? They're in love.
The trio found themselves atop the luxury hotel among the various air-conditioning units, vents, and the setting sun as their backdrop. All the bright lights of Vegas coming to life was definitely a sight to see.
"Looking for me?"
All the girls heads perked up in relief of a familiar voice. "Neo?!" Yang suddenly dashed across the dusty concrete roof and over to a raised landing next to a larger air vent. Cinder and Ruby followed the blondes hasty moves and eventually joined her at the same spot.
"Oh my God! Neo! Where've you been? We were worried." Yang belted out a large amount of questions.
The multi-colored girl had set up a nice spot to relax at. Somehow, she manged to get a poolside lounger on the roof, as well as an umbrella. Accompanying this was a small table which had an empty glass resting on top.
Neo lied there, clad in a pink swimsuit and sunglasses. Upon hearing Yang's cry for her, she sat up and addressed the three of them.
"Pfft." She snorted. Her pink eyes took in a hilarious, and memorable sight. From Yang's sweat-soaked clothes, to Cinder's wild hair, and the apparent sunburn of Ruby's skin; these three looked like that had been through well... a day in Vegas.
"What happened to you three?" She asked while trying to stifle a laugh.
"We're fine, but where were you? We looked and looked and-"
"Yang." She cut the blonde off, "Cinder, Ruby. You three owe me an apology."
"For what?" The three said in rhythm.
"Well, if you're wondering why the bartender was so nice to you, lemme give you a recap of things." Neo stood up an addressed them with an angered look on her face, her shortness made the gesture a tad bit ineffective, but it got the message across.
"From the moment we got on the plane, you guys endlessly teased me about how 'I'm too short for the seats' or 'Neo we should've just put you in a suitcase to save money'. And then when we landed, you guys continued -even you, Yang. Pointed fingers, called me short, and- gah! I got sick and tired of it." Her voice was fully raised, and she wasn't joking around.
"So we went to the bar, and I lied and told you guys I can hold my alcohol better than you three, knowing it would explode into some crazy competition. I paid one of the bartenders to record the whoooole thing and told the barkeep to hit you guys with the strongest crap they had, and boy oh boy, you three make for great blackmail material when you're all too drunk to stand up straight."
"W-What?" Yang sputtered.
"I'm tired of the short jokes guys. They're getting old." Neo sighed.
"So you got us ridiculously drunk and filmed the whole thing?" Cinder pulled the facts together.
"Then left?" Ruby added.
"Yep."
"Oh geez... were we really THAT mean to you." Yang asked sincerely.
"Yeah you were. The whole 'suitcase' thing was probably the worst. But even when I said stop, ya'll didn't listen." Neo sighed and sat back down.
"Oh Neo, I'm sorry." Yang spoke first. She bent down to give Neo a hug.
"Y-Yeah me too."
"Ditto."
"O-Oh no, don't be sorry, I... heh, should be sorry." She reached over to her mini side table and brought up a small digital camera. "I learned some... interesting things with this."
"I'm sure I'll regret asking, but what?" Cinder facepalmed.
Neo's grin went wide, "Well for starters you're not a bad singer Cin, you started singing randomly and then fell out of your chair laughing like an idiot."
Cinder blushed. "Psh, whatever..."
"Ruby you got really angry and almost started a bar-fight." She then looked to her blonde girlfriend, "Things took a really odd turn when you tried to grind on Cinder, Yang."
Both of them froze, remembering the bed situation from that morning. Their faces immediately flushed red and their gazes shifted to the ground.
"Ruby you disappeared after that, and the rest is history." Neo finished.
Yang perked up at a small realization, "I guess I was the unscathed one then huh?"
The multi-colored girl raised an eyebrow, "Hmm? Something I should know about?"
"Cinder's got a piercing and Rubes got a tattoo." The blonde stated with a smirk.
"That's it? No Chinese mafia looking for you? Or drive-thru weddings? I kinda expected a better story than that." Neo droned.
"Think I remember seeing a movie about this once... can't remember the name..." Ruby thought openly.
"Whatever." Cinder groaned. "Please tell me we're not staying here. I'd rather be back at the apartment."
"One more day?" Yang asked.
"Are you serious? After what we just did?" Cinder couldn't believe Yang even thought of staying. Than again it was Yang, so...
"Sooo... now what?" Ruby questioned.
"I'm going to bed, had enough for one day." Cinder spoke her thoughts and sauntered off. Ruby simply shrugged and decided to follow, wanting to know what Cinder's plans were.
Yang turned around and gazed out to the city skyline, lit up brightly.
"Hey Neo?"
"Hm?"
"You're gonna send me a copy of that blackmail vid, right?"
"Oh yeah."
"And we're gonna use it, right?"
"Definitely. I have this idea to remix Cinder's singing and post it online."
"Cool."
"And Yang?"
"Yes?"
"You're not off the hook either."
"Aww man..."
A/N And it's back. Sorry for getting this out so late everyone. Let me know if your for or against the whole smutty additions to this fic. Thanks again for your amazingness!