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Chapter Eight
Large iron gates slowly swung open with a constant creak in front of Blake's car as she stared down at the length of the long driveway. Unsure if she was at the right place Blake checked the GPS on her phone, sitting in its hands-free kit attached to the windscreen, and saw the little car icon directly above the destination waypoint. She reached for the little piece of paper on her lap where she had written the address on it that morning to double check she had entered the right address.
"Mom, are we visiting royalty?" Kit asked, as Blake gradually began moving the car down the drive.
"I honestly don't know," said Blake, looking around at the acres of grassland surrounding the estate.
Early that morning, after Blake had finished her first cup of coffee and Kit was still sound asleep upstairs, Blake's mobile had rung with Yang's name lighting up the screen. Blake answered if after a couple of rings eager to hear the blonde's voice again. Yang cheerily greeted Blake upon hearing her smooth monotone voice, then began to tell her the situation. Apparently, the pool's pump at the Vale Leisure Centre had malfunctioned during the night and hadn't been filtering the water correctly leaving the water to become murky green. That meant that swimming lessons today were cancelled, however Yang invited her and Kit to come along to spend the day at her sister and fiancée's place where they had a pool to swim in too.
After Blake had double checked with Yang that it was fine with her sister and her fiancée for them to be there Blake had agreed to come along for the day.
So now here they were, parking next to Yang's bike, staring around in awe at the three-story house on top of a hill in the countryside. Blake and Kit headed over to the front door, their swim bags in hand, and Kit reached up on tiptoes to ring the doorbell that chimed beautifully inside the house.
A dog barking and paws scurrying along a hardwood floor made both cat faunus ears prick up, Blake with apprehension but Kit with excitement, and suddenly a small corgi was jumping up on the opposite side of the door.
"Zwei! Get away from the door," Yang's voice called out. Behind the opaque glass Blake could just about see Yang bending down to pick up the dog before opening the front door.
"Heya," she welcomed, warmly.
"Hi Yang," said Kit, rushing forward to give Yang a quick hug around the waist. Yang chuckled and patted the top of Kit's head until she let go of her teacher to let Zwei sniff her fingers. He gave them a cautious sniff with his wet nose before deeming Kit to be friendly and started licking her digits. Yang let go of Zwei and placed him on the floor so Kit could begin fussing him as she giggled at his overfriendly behaviour. Blake stepped in allowing Yang to close the door behind her and the two of them met each other's gaze.
"Hi," repeated Yang, almost dreamily.
"Hello," Blake smiled, a wonderful warmth spreading all over her.
Zwei barked and Blake jumped breaking the two of them out of their spell. Yang glanced between Zwei, who was rolling on his back getting his tummy rubbed by Kit with his tongue lolling out, and Blake before realisation sparked in her eyes.
"Not afraid of him, are ya?" She asked, giving Blake a little nudge with her elbow.
"It's not that bad," promised Blake.
"Maybe I can help you get over your fear of dogs too," teased Yang, with a wink. Yet Blake knew she was being serious under the guise of the joke.
Blake let out a small laugh. "Maybe."
Yang led Blake down the hallway and Kit quickly followed them, not keen on being away from her mum for too long and Zwei trotted at her heels, as they passed a couple of utility rooms into the kitchen where two women were standing by the island counter. The one had dark red hair cropped short around her shoulders with shining silver eyes as she happily munched on a cookie while the second had snow white hair and bright blue eyes while she politely sipped on some iced tea.
When they noticed the three of them enter the room they turned their attention away from each other and focused on their guests and Yang did the introductions.
"Blake, Kit, this is my little sister Ruby," she said, indicating to the redhead then mentioned to the white haired woman, "and her fiancée Weiss Schnee. Weiss, Ruby, this is Blake Belladonna and her daughter Kit."
"It's nice to meet you both," said Blake. There was something familiar about the woman in white, although Blake was having a tough time putting her finger on it.
"Hi," mumbled Kit, almost standing by Blake's leg's.
Ruby flashed them both a grin. "Hi there! It's nice to meet you too! Yang's told us so much about you."
A quick glance over at Yang showed her cheeks turning red by the second prompting Blake to smirk.
"All good things I hope," mentioned Blake, her eyes twinkling.
"Of course, Yang wouldn't say anything bad about someone she lik-ow!"
It was Blake's turn to blush now after Weiss had gently elbowed her partner in the side to get her to stop from saying anything to further embarrass Yang. In doing so Weiss sent a glare at Ruby and Blake instantly remembered where she had seen Weiss before.
"I recognise you," she started, earning Weiss's attention. "I wrote a piece on you for The Daily Vale several years back when you overthrew your father and took back your family's company. In doing so you gave equal pay and rights to the faunus who work for you. I thought I recognised your name but then I remembered the picture that was used."
Weiss smiled, faintly. "I read that article, I actually still have it saved on my computer; it was in high praise. I appreciate it."
"Well, thank you for what you did," said Blake, sincerely. Ruby had offered the plate of cookies towards Kit to try and coax her out from behind Blake. It worked because Kit attentively stepped forward and took a cookie off the plate and bit into it.
"Are you two going to join us for a swim?" Yang asked, taking a cookie for herself.
Ruby shook her head. "Nah, I've already had a swim earlier and Weiss is going for a ride on the horses."
"You have horses?" Kit asked, her eyes lighting up.
"I have two of them. Would you like to see them after you've gone swimming?" Weiss asked, kindly. Kit nodded her head frantically in reply as her mouth was once again full of cookie.
"Right, let's go get the pool set up for you guys then," said Ruby, clapping her hands together in front of her.
"God dammit Ruby, haven't you done that already?" Yang complained, nagging at her sister as she walked by her where she grabbed her good-humouredly messing up her younger sister's hair. The two of them continued to playfully bicker at one another as the five of them walked back in the direction they had come. Weiss stopped halfway at one of the utility rooms where a large amount of riding clothes and equipment resided while the other four carried on just past the entrance where another door stood.
It led into a small little air lock room so once the four of them were crammed in their Yang shut the door behind them and Ruby opened up the door to the swimming pool. The first thing Blake noticed were the white sheets draped across the oak wood ceiling and the dark blue walls with oak panelling along the bottom half of it. The concrete floor had been designed to look like sand with scallop shells cemented into it too as wicker furniture, with gray cushions, rested upon it at the side in front of numerous large glass window panes that also doubled as doors to walk onto the patio area. There were a couple of fake palm trees in the each of the back corners and in the middle, with a protective cover over it, was the pool and a jacuzzi built into the corner.
"Ooooh," approved Kit, stepping into the heated room.
"What do you think?" Yang asked, happily. She walked over to the other end of the pool to press a button on the machine attached slightly above it. A low hum filled the room and the cover on the pool began to retract into the container revealing mosaic blue and white tiles glistening under the water.
"This place is magnificent," sighed Blake, in wonderment.
She turned around and noticed there were two bathrooms which doubled as a changing room while a third room with a shoddy door opened up to the boiler room which Ruby entered. Kit went up to Yang who had retrieved the inflatable banana and crocodile from behind the furniture. Ruby soon popped back out the room, closing the door behind her after she had turned on the pump and boiler bringing the pool to life, joining Blake at her side. They watched as Kit attacked Yang with the banana who was laughing and trying to get back at Kit with the crocodile.
"She's come a long way from when she taught me how to swim," commented Ruby.
Blake smiled and asked. "How did she teach you?"
Ruby shrugged. "She threw me in."
"What?!" Blake exclaimed, making Ruby chuckle.
"Like I said, she's come a loooong way. Enjoy your swim!"
After Blake had rescued Yang from Kit's inflatable assault she took her into one of the changing rooms as Yang took the other one. When they emerged, Yang had already blown up a pair of armbands for Kit who quickly went to put them on. Getting into the water was a lot easier now and Blake was happy to find out it was a lot warmer than the public pool. Yang and Kit quickly joined her carrying an inflatable each where they had an hour of fun.
With Kit sitting on the crocodile Blake and Yang pretended to be sharks, Yang going under water to circle her as Blake hummed the Jaws theme, causing Kit to squeal with joy.
"She's coming to get you, Kit," teased Blake, slowly approaching as low in the water she could get.
"I know, but where?" She cried out, kicking her legs to try and get away.
Kit let out a shriek as Blake nabbed her up in her arms where tickles insured until Kit could barely breathe from laughing so hard. Yang then popped up with a splash behind them like a creature from the black lagoon, with her hair plastered down all over her face, which made them break out into more laughter.
They played more games with Kit, and she even took off her armbands at one point to float with the banana and Blake noticed, her heart swelling, that Yang was keeping an extra watchful eye on her. Eventually Kit got out to go have a shower as Blake and Yang wandered over into the jacuzzi part where Yang turned on the bubbles and they relaxed into it.
"Oh my god, why was I ever afraid of the water? This is great," moaned Blake, leaning her head back letting her eyes roll back too as the constant bubbles ran along her back. She peeked open her eyes noticing Yang was staring at her almost resembling a tomato. Blake blushed too realising what Yang must have been thinking so she sat up breaking Yang out of her daydream.
"Y-yeah, it's wonderful," stuttered Yang, avoiding eye contact.
"Do you live here too? With your sister?" Blake asked, trying to defuse the awkward tension.
Yang shook her head. "No, no, no, nooo, I've got my own place back on the outskirts of town. Do you know Kingswood Street?"
"Yeah, I know that area. It's a short walk away from where I live."
"Really?" Yang asked, lighting up a bit. "I'm up on that street at number 5. Where did you grow up? My sister and I were on the little island of Patch just off the coast of Vale."
"I grew up on Menagerie," answered Blake, reminiscing her old home. "It's kind of like this room but...real."
"I bet it's beautiful. I'd love to go there one day," dreamed Yang, with a sigh.
A few minutes later Kit opened up the door and emerged fully dressed, with her hair wrapped up in her towel. Yang promised to watch over her, as Kit lay down on the wicker settee, while Blake went to go have a shower next. The room was a mess of water and soap leaving Blake to wonder how Kit had managed to make such a mess without getting Blake's pile of clothes soaked. Turning on the shower Blake stepped under the streams of water using the complementary body wash and shampoo with conditioner. When she was finished she cleaned up as much as the water as possible then got changed and wrapping her hair up in her towel too.
Back out in the pool area Ruby had reappeared and was helping Yang put the cover back over the water as Kit fussed with Zwei who had followed his owner into the room.
"All finished?" Yang asked, smiling brightly at her.
"Yes," replied Blake, relaxed. "Are there any hairdryers around?"
"I can get you some," piped up Ruby.
Yang went to go have a shower and Ruby led Blake and Kit out the pool and into the room next to where all the equestrian gear was stored and retrieved a hairdryer and comb for them. Blake dried Kit's hair first as she stood in front of her wincing each time Blake caught her human ears with the edge of the comb or found a knot. She was released once her hair was mostly dry and raced off to go play with Zwei. Blake then dried her own hair and was finishing up when Yang appeared in the doorway with her prosthetic back in place and no hoodie covering it.
"Kit Kat is down in the lounge with my sister," she informed, accepting the hairdryer off Blake. Their fingertips shared a spark as the item was passed between them, but Blake played it off as just static from the electronic device.
"Is she playing with...Zwei, right?"
"Yeah," grinned Yang. "They're playing tug-o-war."
Blake nodded then moved past Yang so they could switch places and she journeyed down the hallway into the kitchen where an open sliding door led into the living room. Kit was kneeling on the carpet using a toy rope to play tug-o-war with Zwei as he growled and pulled from the other end while Ruby supervised from the leather settee.
"I think Zwei's got a new best friend," commented Ruby, with a smile. Blake sat down opposite her in one of the leather chairs watching Kit play with the dog.
"I think Kit does too," she replied, as Zwei won the war and was rewarded with head rubs.
"Mom?" Kit asked, shuffling over to Blake's chair leaving Zwei to chew on the rope. "Can I have another cookie?"
"You shouldn't be asking me. Ask Ruby nicely if she'll let you have another one," said Blake, her eyes flicking to Ruby, prompting Kit to turn around and face the redhead herself.
"Please may I have another cookie Ruby?" Kit asked, again, hopefully.
Ruby grinned. "Of course you can. They're on a plate in the kitchen on the counter."
Kit scampered off into the kitchen and returned a few moments later to run and jump into Blake's lap with a cookie in her hand. Ruby and Blake began making small talk and ended up talking about their favourite books which Kit joined in on too. Funnily enough Ruby shared the same favourite books as Kit; the Harry Potter series. By the time Yang and Weiss had joined them Blake had sussed that Ruby was very child-like at heart.
"Would you like to see the horses now, Kit?" Weiss asked, when the conversation had died down. Kit instantly jumped off Blake's legs, that had been growing increasingly numb, and ran up to Weiss.
"Yes! Can we? What are their names? Do they eat carrots? Can I pet them?"
Weiss looked massively dazed by the sudden onslaught of questions and Yang snickered at her before coming to her rescue.
"How about you join Weiss and Kit, Ruby, and I'll give Blake a tour of this place?" She suggested, looking round the group.
"Yeah, I'm happy to join along," said Ruby, getting up from her seat. Weiss and Ruby, with Kit in-between them, began walking over to the door leading outside to the stables while starting to answer all of Kit's rapid-fire questions. Yang watched them go then turned towards Blake.
"So, you up for a little walk about?"
Blake smiled, shyly. "Sure."
Yang showed her around the rest of the first floor to begin with which included the dining room, a second but much bigger lounge, a bathroom, the front door and foyer, apparently Blake had entered through the side door earlier, and led her up a set of wooden stairs up to the second floor.
"So where did your sister and Weiss meet?" Blake asked, desperately trying not to stare at Yang's rear as she followed her up the staircase.
"They met in college. Weiss was seventeen and was doing business studies and Ruby had skipped ahead two years and was doing mechanical engineering. They didn't get off to the best start, on the first day Ruby bumped into her and greased up Weiss' posh new outfit, but about a month later Ruby spotted Weiss having car troubles and helped her out. From then on, they became friends and girlfriends a year later," told Yang.
"That's really sweet," replied Blake. Yang showed her around the second floor which consisted of a linen closet filled with bed sheets and towels, and three bedrooms complete with en-suite bathrooms.
"I'm a little bit jealous of them really," confessed Yang, as Blake wondered around one of the spare bedrooms. "I always wanted to find a love like they've got."
"I know that feeling," agreed Blake, wistfully. She gave Yang a gentle smile however and saw her return it. "But I'm sure you'll find someone one day Yang, you're gorgeous."
Blake internally screamed at herself. 'What the hell was that? She's going to know for sure you're into her now. What happened to just being friends, Blake?'
Yang laughed at her comment though and gave her a wink. "You sure you're not looking in a mirror over there?"
Blushing, Blake bowed her head and moved to follow Yang up another set of stairs to the third floor. The biggest room up here was Ruby and Weiss's bedroom, which Yang didn't want to venture into, but she showed Blake the one room that made up their entire wardrobe which left her stunned.
"This room is bigger than my kitchen," she acknowledged, wondering how one person could own so many pairs of shoes.
"Ha! Same here. Come over here, there's a little secret door that leads into another room," said Yang, over by the rack of coats. Blake made her way over and indeed there was a small door that opened up into a tiny corridor. The two of them crouched into it and wondered down it where Yang began to push the handle down.
"I'm not actually sure what they have in this room. So long as it's not a se-"
Whatever joke Yang was about to make died on her lips as the door swung open revealing several open boxes with bronze, silver, and gold trophies piling out the top of them, two corkboards with ribbons and badges of different colours decorating them, stacks of certificates, and lots of photographs.
Blake slowly stepped into the room, being able to stand at full height again, and walked over to the nearest dust covered box. She picked up an old framed photograph of a group of children, a blue banner above them reading 'Vale Kids Swimming Team', and easily picked out Yang, standing next to the child in the centre, holding a silver trophy. She appeared to be around Kit's age with a gap-tooth grin and her blonde curls in pigtails, as she proudly held up her award. Slowly she lowered the photograph and gazed out at all the other awards.
"Are...Are these all yours?" Blake asked, completely blown away by the sheer amount of them.
"Y-yeah."
Blake heard the crack in Yang's voice and she looked over to see Yang watching her closely.
"Why are they here?" Blake asked, curious. She turned back to pick up a swimming certificate made out in Yang's name for coming in first place.
"I... I asked Ruby to get rid of them for me. I had no idea she kept all of it," admitted Yang, with a sigh.
Blake wanted to ask why she had wanted all of these memories to be destroyed but a letter on top of one of the boxes, with a logo of five rings in the centre of the page, caught her attention. Heading over to it Blake picked it up and her eyes widened as she read the contents.
"This is an acceptance letter to the Olympics," she stated, flabbergasted. "You qualified for the Olympic trials and got in. You're an Olympian!" Blake cried, excited. She couldn't believe Yang hadn't told her that about herself already. If she was an Olympian that would have been one hell of an icebreaker.
She turned on the spot, grinning widely, only to see Yang shaking her head sadly and Blake could see all the devastation and heartbreak in those shattered eyes. Understanding she had jumped to the wrong conclusion Blake realised something terrible must have happened for Yang to have turned down the Olympics. She had a pretty good idea of what it was.
Placing the letter down where she found it Blake walked back over to Yang, who was staring at the floor, and took her hand in her own causing the blonde to look at her with tears shining in her eyes.
"What happened?" Blake asked, her voice gentle.
Yang let out a shaky sigh. "Ever since I was a kid I wanted to be an Olympian. I would sit for hours on the floor watching them compete on the TV and I knew swimming would be my sport. I barely spent a day out of the water since I learned how to swim. I was seventeen when I got that letter and I was so god damn happy."
There was a moment of silence as Yang collected her thoughts as a tear ran down her cheek.
"To celebrate, I went out clubbing." Yang shook her head, biting her lip, as more warm tears welled up in her eyes. "God, I wish I hadn't."
"I took my father's car and on the way there some crazy person decided to drive on the wrong side of the road. I swerved to try and get out the way, but he clipped the back of the car and caused it to go rolling into a ditch."
Blake squeezed the calloused hand in her own tightly and Yang sniffed and wiped away a couple of her tears.
"I woke up at the hospital later to find my arm had been amputated and my dreams of being an Olympian crushed."
The flood gates opened fully as Yang let out a choked sob, unable to carry on speaking, and Blake quickly wrapped her arms around Yang's neck. The crook of her neck got soaked with tears and snot, but Blake didn't find it in herself to care as Yang circled her arms around Blake's waist pulling her closer.
"I-It was a-all my fault," blubbered Yang, unable to let go of the self blame that had plagued her for nine years.
"No, it wasn't. It was the other driver. It was his fault driving on the wrong side of the road," reassured Blake, soothingly. "You can't blame yourself for something you had no control over."
"I k-know, I-I do k-know, but if I-,"
"No!" Blake said, stubbornly. She pulled back, cupping Yang's cheeks in her hands, and frowned at her determined to get her point across. She wasn't going to let Yang keep going down this path which she figured had long since been trodden down. "You can spend the rest of your life saying 'what if' but it happened and you can't change it. I wished I had never met Adam, but I did and those were the worst years of my life, but I have to look at what good came out of it. You have to look at the good things too. Tell me Yang, tell me the good things that came from you losing your arm."
Yang closed her eyes, thinking deeply. "I-I got a new one."
Blake nodded. "And?"
Lilac eyes opened again, peering with uncertainty at Blake.
"I went to college," she prompted.
"To do what?"
"I became a teacher," answered Yang, with a small smile.
"Good! And?"
"And I met you."
Overcome with emotion at the raw sincerity of Yang's honesty, the two of them took a miniscule of a second to search each other's eyes for permission, before drawing together like magnets in a blissfully hungry kiss. Blake's heart beat like a drum to her favourite song and her stomach did flip-flops like a pancake being tossed into the air but couldn't have been anymore euphoric. Screw her anxieties, screw her fears, screw the scars Adam had burned into her mind, right now there was just Yang and this kiss.
They clung to each other desperate to touch more but not wanting to overstep any unspoken boundaries so instead they held tighter, pressing their bodies close, as Yang lightly caught Blake's lower lip between her teeth and bit on it gently. A groan rolled out from the back of her throat and Blake parted her lips for Yang's tongue that sought entrance. Yang tasted sweet and smelled of vanilla and honestly Blake was already addicted. No one has one scoop of ice cream though because once they parted slightly Blake was going back for seconds.
Blake wasn't sure how long they stayed locked in that second kiss but by the time they separated the pair of them were out of breath. They rested their foreheads lightly against the other taking their time to process what they had just done.
"Holy shit," swore Yang, "that was...wow."
"It was," sighed Blake, out of breath. She smiled up at Yang wiping away a stray tear that remained on her cheek with her thumb.
"MOM! I FED A HORSE!"
The pair of them jolted apart as Kit's voice called up from two stories below and suddenly all the worries about getting into a relationship came flooding back to Blake. Guilt pitted deep inside her like a rotten apple core when she realised she hadn't even thought about what Kit would make of all of this.
Yang tucked a lose strand of hair behind her ear and wiped away the damp patch on her shoulder where she had cried into earlier.
"Let's talk about this later?" Yang promised, and all Blake could do was nod her head.
She followed Yang back out through the tiny corridor and into the wardrobe which they quickly left and started heading back downstairs but not before Yang had quickly composed herself in one of the bathrooms.
When they returned to the lounge Ruby was turning on the TV and Wii as Kit eagerly bounced nearby holding four controllers that had been placed in white plastic wheels. They could hear Weiss in the kitchen opening a can of dog food for Zwei who was whimpering and running back and forth between his two owners.
"There you are! You two up for some Mario Kart?" Ruby asked, grinning.
"Yeah! I'm always happy to kick your butt every round," teased Yang, accepting a controller off Kit.
"I'm gonna kick all your butts!" Kit challenged, sticking her tongue out.
Blake declined their invitation to join, happy to watch at the sidelines with Weiss who joined her after feeding Zwei, where they talked about each other's careers pausing now and then to cheer Ruby, Yang and Kit on. As the afternoon wore on Weiss and Blake got up to continue their conversation in the kitchen as Weiss put a few pizza's in the cast iron AGA cooker along with a tray of chips and Blake took out glasses from the cabinet.
The two of them lay the small table in the living room with a placemat each, cutlery, and everyone's requested drinks before the two of them sat back down in a chair each to watch the last few races. By the time the food was ready Kit was victorious with five wins against Ruby's four thanks to Yang sabotaging Ruby's win with a blue shell right at the end. Kit had been picked up by Yang and spun around in the air as Ruby faked dying on the floor prompting Zwei to bark and push his snout at Ruby's face making her laugh.
The five of them headed into the kitchen where three pizzas with different toppings on each were served up along with a bowl of chips. They put the slices of pizza they wanted onto their plates before sitting at the table to eat with the bowl of chips in the centre for everyone to share. The four adults watched with amusement as Kit began to mimic Weiss by using a knife and fork to eat her pizza.
When their bellies were full, and Ruby and Yang had finished off the last remaining slices the two of them loaded up the dishwasher before joining Weiss, Blake, and Kit in the living room once more. Ruby let Kit play on her Switch as she curled up with Zwei on the settee getting lost in the world of Hyrule while the adults talked, joked and laughed as if they had all been good friends for years.
Blake lost track of the time until her ears picked up the small chime from the foyer dinging nine times. It was dark out already, had been since six, thanks to the winter nights and a quick glance at Kit showed her she was fighting off sleep.
"I didn't realise how late it was," started Blake, getting up. "I think we better get you to bed Kit."
"Nooooo," moaned Kit, rolling over to turn away. Ruby, Yang, and Weiss smiled as they stood up too and stretched their tired limbs.
"Alright, I'll leave you here then," sighed Blake, dramatically.
"Nooooo!" Kit cried, quickly getting up and rushing to her mother. Blake chuckled and ran a hand through Kit's hair.
"Do you have something you want to say to Weiss and Ruby?" Blake asked, and Kit nodded tiredly. She went over to the red and white pair and handed Ruby her Switch back.
"Thank you for letting me swim in your pool and stay at your house," she said, smiling.
"That's quite alright Kit," Weiss replied, and Ruby grinned.
"Aww, she's so cute! I can't wait till we adopt kids!"
"Wait, what?!"
Yang let out a laugh at Weiss's shocked expression. "I think I better head off as well and leave you two to talk about that."
They all walked back to the side door where Blake and Kit had entered earlier and put their shoes on which they had left by the door after swimming earlier. Yang put on her leathers too which were piled on the floor covering her helmet and boots. She hugged her little sister and Weiss and said goodbye and Blake waited until they were done before giving them a smile.
"Thank you for inviting us round to your home, it's lovely."
"It's been a pleasure to have you here," said Weiss, then looked over at Ruby.
"Yeah, we'd love to have you and Kit around again sometime," the redhead added.
Yang opened the door and she let Kit and Blake out first before following while Ruby and Weiss stood in the doorway ready to wave goodbye. Blake unlocked the car and Kit climbed into the passenger seat but before Blake got in also she turned to Yang who was clipping her helmet together underneath her chin.
"Can you follow us home?" She asked, playing with her car keys. "I would like to talk to you about...what happened earlier."
Yang nodded, and swung her leg over onto her bike as Blake got into her car. Blake backed up and turned the car around and the two of them waved goodbye to Weiss and Ruby as they began heading up the long driveway with Yang behind them.
It took them twenty minutes to arrive at their home and by that time Kit had fallen fast asleep against the window. Blake brought the car to a stop on the driveway and unbuckled her and Kit's seatbelts as Yang's bike rumbled to a stop behind them. As quietly as she could Blake got out the car as Yang got off her bike and walked up to Blake taking her helmet off.
"Can you just wait here while I unlock the front door? Kit's asleep," whispered Blake. Yang peered into the car and handed Blake her helmet.
"I'll carry her in," she offered.
"Are you sure?" Blake asked, wanting to be certain.
Yang nodded and walked around to the other side of the car and carefully opened the door, catching Kit as she was about to fall and wake up, and picked her up in her arms shutting the car door behind her. Kit mumbled in her sleep loosely placing her arms around Yang's neck as the blonde carried her over to the front door which Blake had opened. Having placed Yang's helmet by the door Blake closed it behind them both and took off Kit's shoes as Yang continued to hold her. Noticing how cosy Kit appeared in Yang's arms Blake decided not to disturb her further and beaconed with her finger for Yang to follow her up the stairs.
They gradually stepped up the staircase and onto the landing where Blake led Yang past her little library and office, the bathroom, her bedroom, and into Kit's room which was filled with toys, books, DVD's, and Disney posters plastered on the wall. Yang lay Kit down on her bed and Blake took over removing her day clothes and putting her pyjamas over Kit's head. Yang closed the curtains cutting off the orange glow from the street light outside.
"Goodnight little one," murmured Blake, pressing a kiss to Kit's forehead.
Kit rolled over under her duvet and let out a small sigh. "Night mum."
Blake saw Yang smiling at them from the doorway and she moved to join her, closing the door behind them both. The pair of them headed back downstairs into the lounge where Blake turned on a couple of the lamps that filled the room with a warm light. Yang sat herself down on the edge of the settee admiring the pictures on the walls.
"Can I get you a drink or anything?" Blake offered, trying to ignore the rising butterflies in her stomach now she was with Yang alone once more.
Yang twisted her head from side to side. "Nah, I'm good thanks."
Not needing a drink either Blake came to sit by Yang's side where the blonde joined their hands and their fingers entwined. Blake stared down at their joined digits noticing how tough, from so much hard work, Yang's hands were yet still smooth to the touch.
"About earlier, Yang..." started Blake, watching Yang lean forward to catch every word. One of the corners of Blake's lips twitched slightly before she took a deep breath and began to speak her mind.
"I really do like you, Yang. You're the first person since Adam where I've actually felt I've wanted to be with someone," she said. Yang blushed and she smiled a little shyly. "But I need some time to think about it. I don't want to rush into anything and I don't want to hurt Kit either. She absolutely adores you and I don't want to be someone who breaks your heart and breaks hers too. I don't want to lose you as a friend though either-"
"You won't ever lose me as a friend," guaranteed Yang. Blake wanted to argue but the blonde cut her off. "Blake, I think you're really amazing and I meant what I said at the park where I'd love to be your friend and there's an even bigger part of me that would like to be more. But I'm happy to go at your pace and be there for you as a friend or maybe more whatever you decide." She brought her prosthetic up to grab her hair and run a hand through it. "I'm sorry about earlier and not asking your permission before kissing you though. I got a bit caught up in all the emotion."
"That's okay," said Blake, her cheeks warming up as the memory replayed. "I wasn't complaining."
Yang sent her a wink. "You're a really good kisser."
She got a cushion in the face for that making her laugh out loud but quickly hushed herself up afraid of waking Kit. Blake dropped the cushion, her cheeks now ablaze, and Yang grinned cheekily at her.
"How're you real?" Blake asked, with a little laugh.
Grinning widely, Yang bumped her shoulder with Blake's. "I could ask you the same thing."
Blake let go of her hand to instead wrap her arms around Yang's neck and pulled her in for a hug which Yang happily reciprocated.
"Thank you," she mumbled, thanking her lucky stars she had met Yang.
{-}
In Downtown Vale a block of flats resided where graffiti was sprayed all along the walls, broken needles were scattered about in the stairways, shouts could be heard on numerous floors drowned out by loud music with a heavy bass, and the smell of marijuana was constantly present. The door to flat 24 hadn't opened all day but if one had been standing outside of it they would have heard the sounds of someone moving about inside but now it was silent.
Adam Taurus was laying flat on his bed staring up at the cracks in the ceiling and waiting...and waiting...and waiting...
A phone buzzed and Adam robotically sat up.
He crouched down on the floor by his bed and used a nearby screwdriver to pry the loose floorboard open. He threw it to the side and reached in the little hole, shoving aside the printed piece of paper from the library with an address list, then finally grabbed the secret phone he wasn't meant to have. He pressed the button on the screen and the text message he had received popped up from an old accomplice skilled in breaking and entering.
- Job Done. Keeping eye on house for schedule. Will be in touch soon -
A smirk spread across his lips as a picture message followed next. He opened it up to reveal a picture of a large framed photograph above a fireplace of his love and the child their love had created. He lay back on his bed staring into the glorious golden eyes and happy smiling face of Blake Belladonna.
"I'll be with you soon, my love."
*cue evil laughter*
Also I want you guys to know, because it cracks me up every single time I read it, that Kit's line 'MOM I FED A HORSE' is like the equivalent of the 'MOM HOLY F**K' meme and the idea of Kit kicking a door wide open just to say that gets me giggling.
And Yang carrying a sleepy Kit...d'awwww!
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to leave a review! More to come next Friday!
Reeves3.