With the sounds of breathing under her bunk, and across her bunk, Yang was slowly lulled to sleep.
She sat up quickly, no longer on her bunk but instead in the middle of a vast plane of white. The blonde puzzled where she was.
"Did I just die or something?" She wondered aloud, her eyes darting across the nothing. Then she spotted it, in the distance. A man in a suit of yellow. She watched him, and watched him, and watched him. She could have sworn it took him hours to reach her, but at the same time she thought it was only seconds.
Yang got to her feet and crossed her arms over her chest, waiting for him to finally be able to confront her. When he was feet away, she looked over him, feeling a familiar vibe coming from him.
"How do I know you...?" Yang whispered, tilting her head out of curiosity and narrowing her eyes. He just chuckled.
"The better question is, how do you not know me?" He countered, holding his arms out for a hug and not forcing it on her. She thought about it for a second, before hesitantly accepting it and hugging him in return.
She had no idea what triggered it, but the uncertainty quickly changed into crushing sorrow. Tear threatened to run down her face, but she blinked them back for the time being. She was almost as tall as him, and though her mind would have told her it was Ren, she knew it was not.
She knew this man was so much more than just her casual acquaintance. Somehow she knew that he knew everything about her, but she could not even put a name to his face, or his peculiar yellow suit.
He sniffled suddenly, causing her to look up at him. His face was smiling, but tears were running down his cheeks. The blonde could not fight it anymore. She let the tears flow freely down her cheeks as well.
"I love all of you, Yang. Make sure they know that. Make sure to know and to tell them that even though I no longer control your destiny, I love you all. I wish I could be with you until the very end, and that I would be able to be proud of your final moments as your story wrapped up and everything ended happily ever after.
"But I can't be there. I can't be there to watch as you turn from a cocky girl to a grown woman, or Ruby, or Weiss, or Blake. So just... tell them that I love them for me, okay?" He asked, his eyes now open as he cried.
She nodded, trying to fight back sobs.
"And never stop going." He said, before kissing her forehead. He quickly let go of her, wiping his eyes with the sleeve of his suit before letting loose a sob.
She watched as he ran off into the distance, quickly disappearing in the landscape.
"Goodbye, Yang Xiao Long."