My bedbuddy!
Chapter 8
Blake and Weiss were sitting on a bench, looking quite burned out. Yang had been getting even worse lately. The blonde was now a complete wreck. She was constantly mumbling to herself and eyeing Ruby in a suspicious way. She had also gotten even more violent, to the point that any person that even touched Ruby would get beaten. The two girls were wondering just what could fix this situation.
''This is getting hopeless,'' Weiss said.
''You're right about that. I haven't got any ideas,'' Blake replied.
The two of them continued to sit there, until Nora and Pyrrha walked up to them.
''Hello there!'' Pyrrha greeted her friends with a smile.
''Wow. What's up with you two? You guys look like the world's gonna end,'' Nora said.
''It might as well,'' Blake said with a sigh. ''We have tried everything we could to get Yang to fall asleep, but nothing is working! Nowadays, she gets only a couple of hours of sleep and it's not even every night! At this rate, she'll go insane and tear everybody apart, before kidnapping Ruby and making her some sort of a slave of love.''
''We're running out of ideas,'' Weiss said. ''We tried singing lullabies and reading bedtime stories. We even eventually read Yang's own story and it didn't help!''
'''Yang's own story'?'' Pyrrha asked.
''I'll tell you later,'' Blake said quickly. ''We tried hypnotism, but Yang just couldn't even bother to concentrate enough for it to work! Hell, last night we built a makeshift cradle for Yang to sleep in.''
Nora started snickering. ''I would have LOVED to see that! Did she actually try to sleep in it?''
''Oh yeah!'' Weiss said. ''She actually got motion sickness from it and threw up on the floor!''
Nora was now laughing out loud and even Pyrrha was snickering. ''Isn't this all an effect from Yang's feelings towards Ruby? If she just confessed, wouldn't this be solved?'' Pyrrha suggested.
Blake let out a deep sigh. ''We have tried to get Yang to confess her feelings, but she just won't do it. She's still too scared of Ruby's reaction.''
''Well, why won't one of you two do it for her?'' Nora asked.
''HELL NO!'' both Blake and Weiss shouted at the same time.
''Do you really think either one of us wants to be killed!?'' Blake asked angrily.
Both Pyrrha and Nora stood back a bit, having been startled by the sudden outburst. ''Ummm... We'll just leave then, ok? Good luck with Yang!'' Pyrrha said before leaving with Nora.
''Well, that was unhelpful,'' Weiss said as she watched their friends leave. Blake only nodded in agreement.
Back in team RWBY's dorm, Yang was sitting on her bed, rocking back and forth while glancing at Ruby every now and then. The younger girl was sitting at the desk doing homework, completely unaware of Yang's actions.
Yang's thoughts were a scrambled mess. 'Gotta get her... bed... same bed... sleep... good dreams... a nap... a deep sleep... with me... But how...? Gotta get her... somehow...'
The blonde was suddenly brought out of her thoughts by the sound of Ruby yawning. She looked at the younger girl and saw that she was stretching a bit. With speed that rivaled Ruby's semblance, Yang was right next to the redhead. ''Ruby, are you tired?'' she asked the girl with some excitement in her voice.
Ruby jumped a bit in surprise and looked at Yang. The older girl was staring at her with wide bloodshot eyes. There was something weird with the way Yang was looking at her and it creeped her out. Not to mention, she was also way into Ruby's personal space. ''Ummm... Yeah, a bit.''
Yang's eyes widened even further and she smiled a little. She leaned even closer towards the younger girl. ''How about a nap!?''
Ruby was starting to sweat. ''Ummm... Sure? I'll just get into my bed and-''
''Nononono! How about you take a nap on my lap!? Like when we were kids!? Or in my bed!? It's waaay more comfortable! I'll take gooood care of you!'' Yang said, leaning closer and closer with every word, forcing Ruby to back up.
Ruby was getting scared now. ''I-I don't think there's need for that. It'll be just a couple of minutes-''
''NO!'' Yang suddenly yelled, causing Ruby to fall out of her chair. ''A couple of minutes is NOT enough! You'll need more and you need to be comfortable and warm! I'll provide it all, so sleep with me! I think about 5 hours should be enough. Maybe 15. Maybe 36. Maybe an eternity.''
Ruby was crawling away from Yang as fast as she could. ''A-Actually Yang, I think I don't need a nap anymore! I'll just go take a walk or something!''
The redhead ran out of the room before Yang could even try to stop her. The blonde stared at the door for a second, before grabbing her hair in frustration and screaming, ''DAMMIT! MY CHANCE! MY GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY! AAAAARGH!''
At that moment, Blake and Weiss entered the room. The faunus raised an eyebrow at Yang. ''I guess THAT explains why we saw Ruby running away and looking like she had seen a ghost.''
Weiss shook her head and sighed. ''Yang, you need help.''
The blonde glared at the heiress. ''I don't need help! What I need is MY RUBY in MY BED!''
Blake was getting frustrated. ''We know, Yang! We know! You want Ruby in your bed, because you secretly love her! But at this rate, you'll kill someone if you don't get any decent sleep!''
''Remember how you almost killed Cardin?'' Weiss added.
Yang scoffed. ''So what? Good riddance I say...''
''While I can't argue with that, you still need to consider your violent behavior,'' Blake said. ''What if you hurt someone, who doesn't deserve it? Or someone close to us?''
Yang raised an eyebrow. ''Where are you going with this?''
''What would Ruby think about you then?'' Blake asked. She knew that it was a dirty tactic, but she didn't really have any options at this point.
As Blake had expected, Yang's eyes widened with shock and she froze still. ''That was low, Blake,'' the blonde said.
''You know it's true, Yang. So for Ruby's sake, get help,'' Blake said softly.
Yang looked down, not willing to look at her teammates. ''Ok. What do I need to do?''
''How about you go to the nurse's office and ask for some medicine? That might help a bit, for now,'' Weiss suggested.
Yang didn't like the idea of medicine or drugs. Ever since she was little, she had hated them and never trusted them. However, as she thought about it, she got an idea. 'If it's the nurse's office, there must be all kinds of medicine and drugs there. Maybe even...'
Weiss and Blake thought that Yang would say no to the heiress' suggestion, but were surprised when the blonde said, ''Alright... I'll go there.''
Yang walked out of the room rather quickly, leaving her teammates behind, who were confused by their teammate's actions.
''Is it just me or did she seem a bit excited?'' Blake asked.
Weiss shrugged her shoulders. ''Who knows? At least she's willing to try.''
In the meantime, Team JNPR was in their dorm. Pyrrha and Nora had just told Jaune and Ren about the situation with team RWBY. They were now thinking together of ways to help Yang with her sleeping problem.
''Can't Yang just confess her feelings? I mean, she has to eventually,'' Ren asked with a sigh.
''She's still afraid of Ruby's reaction. I think we should let her build up her courage before attempting it,'' Pyrrha answered. ''For now, we should try to find a way for Yang to get some sleep.''
''But what is there? They have tried pretty much everything! Even stuff that I wouldn't think of,'' Nora said.
While his teammates were talking, Jaune was thinking. For some reason, he felt like he had a solution for this problem. He just couldn't figure out what it was. It had something to do with his sisters. Two of them often had trouble sleeping and he used to help them. 'Let's see... I sang lullabies to them and read bedtime stories. But I know there was something else! What was it again? I did something that really helped my sisters to sleep. What did I-'
''It's almost like we need a copy of Ruby for Yang to fall asleep!'' Nora yelled out.
That's when Jaune remembered. His eyes snapped open and he looked at Nora. ''THAT'S IT!'' he yelled while pointing at his teammate.
''Errr... What?'' Nora asked.
Suddenly, Jaune started writing a list. His teammates were looking at him with confused expressions. After he finished writing, Jaune got up and walked to the door.
''Jaune, where are you going?'' Pyrrha asked.
''To the city. I think I have a solution for this problem, but I need some equipment first,'' Jaune replied.
''So I've been having trouble sleeping lately and it's gotten out of hand. Think you can help me?'' Yang asked the nurse. The blonde was currently sitting in a chair in front of the older woman's desk.
The nurse nodded. ''You said that you had tried everything you could think of, correct?'' she asked and Yang nodded. ''I think I have something for these kinds of situations. Wait here a second,'' the nurse said before going to another room to look for the medicine she needed.
As soon as the woman had left, Yang got up and started looking through the cabinets in the office. 'Okay, where is it? Where is it? She's got to have it here!' The blonde kept looking, until her eyes fell on a certain bottle. 'BINGO!'
Yang quickly grabbed the bottle. She looked over the label and smiled widely. 'This is EXACTLY what I need! My troubles are over!'
The blonde almost squealed in happiness, but she heard the nurse coming back. She quickly hid the bottle in one of her pockets and went to sit on the chair again.
The nurse came back and gave a bottle of pills to Yang. ''Take one of these every night before going to bed. If you still have trouble sleeping after a week, come here again.''
Yang took the bottle and thanked the nurse. She left the room and started to head towards her dorm. She looked at the bottle the nurse had given her and tossed it into a trash can. ''Bah! Useless medical junk!'' she said to herself. ''I've got something that will really help me!'' she stated with a smile while patting her pocket, where she had stashed the bottle she stole from the nurse's office. She continued on her way to her dorm while thinking about how her troubles were finally over.
Author's notes: Another chapter up. I wonder if you guys can guess what Yang took from the nurse's office. Hope you guys liked it. We're getting closer to the end.
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