My bedbuddy!
Chapter 10
Things had gotten somewhat better with Yang. Thanks to her being able to get some decent sleep now, her mood was better, her appearance was back to normal, her grades had gotten back to where they were and she wasn't violent anymore.
However, things had only gotten somewhat better. While Yang was physically better, her mentality was questionable.
The blonde had taken a great liking to her new plush toy of Ruby. She didn't just sleep with it. She could be often found playing with it and even talking to it. The sight of Yang talking to the toy like it was alive was something that creeped the hell out of both Blake and Weiss. How Ruby never seemed to find out about this was unbelievable.
Yang was currently sitting on her bed, playing and talking with the toy again. Ruby was luckily away, but Weiss and Blake were still present and were quite frankly scared. They felt like Yang would soon lose her mind and kill everybody, like a villain from a horror movie.
''She's doing it again,'' Weiss whispered to Blake.
''I know,'' the faunus replied.
''I'm scared, Blake.''
''Me too.''
Blake looked at her partner a bit closer. While she couldn't hear what the blonde was exactly saying, she could hear her muttering Ruby's name along with some affectionate cooing. The faunus was glad that the actual Ruby was not here. God only knows what would happen from that.
''We need to talk to her,'' Blake whispered to Weiss.
The heiress looked at Blake like she had suddenly grown another head. ''Are you insane!? Can't you see that Yang's gone completely nuts!? If we attract her attention, who knows what she might do to us!''
''I know, and I'm quite terrified of it too,'' Blake replied. ''However, she is still our friend and she needs our help. Not to mention, if we let this go on longer, the more likely it is that she'll go insane and might harm someone. Guess who are the first ones on her list.''
Weiss nodded, although a bit reluctantly. While Blake did have a point, the heiress was not fond of the idea of catching the blonde's attention. However, Blake was right. The longer this went on, the more danger they would be in.
And Yang was also their friend, of course!
The two girls walked closer to their friend slowly and carefully. When they had gotten close enough, they saw that Yang was currently trying to feed a cookie to the plushie.
Blake swallowed her fear and said,''Yang, is everything alright?''
''Come on, Ruby,'' the blonde mumbled. ''You like cookies, right? Taste this one. It's really yummy.''
''Yang?'' Blake called her friend out again with fear in her voice.
''...It's not her,'' Yang said after a moment of silence.
''E-Excuse me?'' Blake asked.
''It's not Ruby. It is cute. It is adorable. But it's not her,'' Yang muttered and turned to look at her teammates with tears in her eyes. ''How can I be happy, when all I have is this COPY of my Ruby?!''
Blake sighed and Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose. ''You were trying to replace Ruby with that toy?'' Weiss asked.
''Well, yeah! I mean... Not entirely... Just until I could... you know...'' Yang replied.
''Confess to her?'' Blake finished for the blonde.
''Yeah! Something like that!'' the blonde yelled and pointed her finger at her partner.
''Then just do it!'' Weiss yelled, visibly frustrated.
Yang turned away from her teammates to hide her embarrassed blush. ''I can't. It's not that easy.''
Blake shook her head. ''Yang, please. This has gone long enough. You SERIOUSLY need to confess your feelings for Ruby. Otherwise you'll go insane!''
Yang looked at her teammates again. ''It's not that easy!''
''Yes. It. Is!'' Weiss exclaimed. ''Just find her and tell her-''
Yang's eyes turned red from anger and she had enough of her friends' advise. ''NO. IT'S. NOT! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL RUBY THAT NOT ONLY IS SHE ADOPTED, BUT ALSO THAT HER 'BIG SISTER' IS IN LOVE WITH HER!? HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, HUH!? TELL ME!''
Before either of Yang's teammates could answer, a voice spoke up at the door, ''Yang?''
Three pairs of eyes turned to look at the source of the voice to see Ruby standing there, a shocked expression on her face. All of the three older girls paled instantly, especially Yang. She had wanted to confess to Ruby, but not like this! She could feel her hopes shattering as she stared at the younger girl.
''Ummm... Ruby... It's not... I don't... I mean...'' Yang tried to come up with an excuse but nothing came up. She didn't have any idea on how to fix this mess.
Ruby shook her head. ''No Yang. I heard everything.'' The blonde went even more pale and started shaking. There could have been some hope, if Ruby had only heard a bit of their conversation. But even that was gone.
Ruby walked up to the three older girls and looked at Blake and Weiss. ''Could you two give us some privacy? I think we need to have a serious conversation between just the two of us.''
Blake and Weiss nodded. They walked out of the room, sparing a glance at the two other girls, hoping that all would end well.
The monochrome duo had been waiting outside their team's dorm for a while now. They were standing right next to the door, waiting nervously. They hoped that Ruby would take the news that Yang was telling her well and wouldn't end up simply breaking the blonde's heart. Who knew what would happen, if Yang ended up getting harshly rejected by the younger girl.
Team JNPR walked towards their room, but noticed the two girls and decided to find out what they were doing.
''Hey you two. What's going on?'' Jaune asked the two girls.
Blake looked at the other team. ''We were trying to get Yang to confess to Ruby and she heard our conversation.''
Team JNPR's faces gained worried expressions. ''So Ruby knows now?'' Pyrrha asked.
Weiss nodded. ''She asked us to give them some privacy. She said that she needed to talk with Yang.''
The conversation was interrupted by the sound of someone crying loudly from the dorm. Blake, Weiss and team JNPR immediately rushed inside, thinking that Yang had been rejected harshly and was now most likely breaking down.
What they saw came as a surprise.
They saw Yang hugging Ruby, who was crying like a small child and clutching onto the older girl like her life depended on it. The blonde was stroking Ruby's head and whispering soothing things in an attempt to calm the younger girl down.
''I'M SORRY, YANG! I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!'' Ruby wailed.
Yang smiled and hugged Ruby closer. ''Shhh. It's okay, Ruby. It's okay. You didn't do anything wrong. Shhh.''
The others couldn't help but smile at the touching scene in front of them. Eventually Ruby calmed down and fell asleep in Yang's arms. The blonde picked up the younger girl and laid her down on her bed. Yang backed up a bit, but kept her eyes on Ruby.
''So...'' Blake began. ''Everything okay with you two?''
Yang shrugged a bit, but kept on smiling. ''I guess. I'm not sure how Rubes feels about me, but I think that her reaction was better than I expected.''
''The front of your shirt is drenched in Ruby's tears and snot, by the way,'' Weiss pointed out.
Yang nodded. ''I know.'' She then hugged herself while smiling blissfully. ''I'm never washing this shirt EVER again!''
Everybody else backed a bit away from Yang and gave her weird looks. Nora was the only one who voiced their thoughts, ''Gross.''
Author's notes: Chapter 10 is finally up and we're only missing one final chapter. I should have it up soon. I have it already written, but I still want to look through it before posting it. I just want it to be as good as possible.
Hope you guys have enjoyed the ride so far!
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