Summary: You expect your friends to be there for you, but what about your girlfriend?
Made a Beeline For You
Part One: It's That Easy
The first person you meet eyes with is your partner.
Well that was one way to look at it for sure. Of course Blake hadn't expected her partner to be so damn attractive... which, coincidentally, was exactly what Yang had said to her before asking her out about three days later.
Being in a relationship with the girl was turning out to be more of a whirlwind ride than the forest had been. Though, considering she was dating a girl who had punched a giant, murderous bird out of sky, maybe she shouldn't have been surprised.
"You are so damn attractive." Yang was peering over the edge of her bed as she stared down at Blake appreciatively.
"Go on..." Blake lowered her book with a tiny smirk aimed back up at her.
"Hm. I'm being too nice to you; you're getting greedy. I preferred it when you blushed a lot and got uncomfortable." Yang now frowned.
"Yes, but that was before your constant flattery inflated my ego."
"Well what about me? I'm pretty. You should flatter me more!"
"But you already have an ego."
"Aww, come on!" Yang didn't deny her accusation, though.
"Hmm." Blake tapped a finger against her lips thoughtfully. "OK. You have a nice butt." She decided to throw a curve ball.
"That's... a bit more pervy than I was expecting, but I appreciate it none-the-less." Yang nodded.
"I didn't!" Ruby whined from across the room.
"Seriously!" Weiss shot a rather intense glare her way.
Dating Yang while having to share a room with her sister did get awkward at times...
. . .
Why did she have to be so damn fast? Why hadn't she been a little faster? Both things Yang asked herself as she raced through the halls of Beacon. It would be only luck if she managed to catch up with Blake.
But what then? Had she understood what Blake had said? The White Fang?
"Hey! Back off already!" Yang had been ready to pop Weiss's racist little head off.
"Stay out of this!" Only both had told her to keep to herself. Of course at the time she'd had no idea why Blake was so fired up...
There was still time to leave Beacon, so she figured that would be the best place to start. If Blake was hiding someone in Beacon, Yang could scour the school later.
But no, Blake had headed out of the school. She had stopped by the large statue in the courtyard. Yang wanted to run to her, grab her, and just tell her it would be OK. Blake was Blake, they could figure out everything else later.
But instead she just stopped and stared. It wasn't even the ears that she noticed at first, though she did notice them. It was the boy.
The damn monkey faunus from earlier that day. Why was he there? Why was he with Blake? Why was he TOUCHING her?
Why was she leaving with him?
Yang suddenly had no strength. She sank to her knees and just watched her walk away.
. . .
"All right, Blake didn't come back last night so we have to go look for her!" A bleary-eyed Ruby commanded. She'd stayed up all night staring at the door and waiting. Yang had, rather bitterly, told Ruby to just go to sleep, but she'd refused.
"Yes, let's just go chasing after our criminal teammate. What's the worst that could happen?" Weiss asked.
"Weiss, this is your fault!" Ruby snapped, with Weiss's only response being a scoff. "Come on Yang, we have to go look, right?" Yang just shrugged. "She's your girlfriend, what's wrong with you? She didn't leave you, she just left! We need to find her!"
"She'll come back if she wants to," Yang muttered, tucking her knees up against her chest.
"Ugh!" Ruby exclaimed in exasperation.
"Come now, your sister can be sensible. Why can't you?" Weiss scolded.
"Weiss." Yang looked at the heiress. "Shut up before I hit you."
"How dare y-" But Weiss silenced herself as Yang's eyes flashed red.
. . .
Two full days after Blake had run off, Ruby finally convinced them to go out looking for her. And now...
"So, friend Ruby, this is your sister?" They were once more beset upon by the strange girl known as Penny.
"Yes, Penny," Ruby replied.
"She seems very upset."
"Err, umm..." Ruby rubbed the back of her neck uncomfortably.
"How would you feel if your girlfriend just ran off with a strange guy?" Yang grumbled with arms crossed. She wished she'd just bolted with Weiss... but that would have meant being near Weiss.
"Wait, WHAT!?" Ruby spun around. "She left with someone? What the hell, Yang! She could have been kidnapped! Why didn't you say anything?"
"Pfft. Sure didn't look like a kidnapping."
"You think she's cheating? At a time like this?" Ruby grit her teeth. "AUUUGH! Am I the only one who actually cares about finding her and talking to her instead of jumping to conclusions!" She was panting angrily by the end.
Of course when she put it like that, Yang kind of felt bad...
Thankfully someone decided to explode something and put an end to the awkwardness... How kind of them.
. . .
First Blake had run away. Then she'd met up with a boy and left with him. Then someone had pointed a... cane... at Blake. Then that someone had shot her sister in the face with said cane. And then... well...
By the time Yang had been done, there'd be a lot more explosions.
"You should run," Yang growled dangerously at the man in the bowler cap before her. They'd thought it would be cute to use a bullhead to drop a shipping container on her head. Now she was holding that container and was ready to throw it at the next idiot who pissed her off.
No one seemed to care that she needed to have a serious chat with her girlfriend and they were all getting in her way.
"That... may be the best advice I've been given all day..." The man tipped his hat and quickly boarded a nearby gunship. Yang's eyes flashed angrily and she threw the container at the gunship, but it swerved aside, narrowly avoiding it
"Dammit," she huffed in frustration as the ship flew away intact, criminal on board. She hadn't actually wanted to let him run away...
"Y-Yang?" The hesitant voice of Blake reached her ears as the faunus girl walked over to her. Her head was held low and she looked like she might bolt at any moment. "Wh-what are you-"
"What am I doing?" Yang snapped, still wired from the battle that had just ended. "I'm saving your ass! You're welcome!" "OK, maybe dial back a bit, girl..." She told herself.
"I-I didn't... need..." Blake couldn't even finish that thought. It was obvious she'd gotten in way over her head.
It was at that poorly timed moment that the monkey faunus chose to join them. "So do you bench shipping containers often, or was that an adrenaline th- OH GOD-" Yang's arm whipped out and her hand clamped down on the boy's throat before lifting him off the ground.
"And who is this?!" Yang growled. So much for dialing it back.
"Yang! Let him go, Sun is a friend!" Blake shouted in horror at Yang's outburst. Fortunately that seemed to be all it took, for after a brief moment of hesitation she dropped him.
"W-was that really necessary?" Sun said between wheezing coughs.
"Well maybe if you wore a shirt I wouldn't have had to grab your neck!" Yang snapped at him.
"I-I am wearing a shi-"
"Then button it up!" She seethed. She nearly flinched at every word coming out of her own mouth. She was making a huge fool out of herself and she knew it, but she was just so angry. Every little insecurity was screaming and she couldn't silence the words before they escaped her lips.
"Yang, stop! Are you really making this about jealousy right now?" Blake grabbed her shoulder before she could attack Sun again – just in case.
Yang didn't make to attack anyone. Rather, she just pulled away. "Well then why did you run off with him, huh?" She was shaking now. This was it. This was when for better or worse she'd get her answer...
"Oh for the love of-" Sun groaned loudly.
"You stay out of this!" Yang glared at him, but he just looked her in the eye.
"Listen! I. Have. A. Boyfriend!" Sun said in words that could not be mistaken. Both Yang and Blake just stopped and stared, neither having expected that. "OK?"
"O-OK." Yang blinked, but then quickly turned to Blake. "Wait, did you kno-?"
"Yang..." Blake sighed tiredly.
"Why is everyone yelling?" Ruby finally dashed over. She'd been busy helping Penny wrangle White Fang grunts. While Yang had dove headfirst into the fray to save Blake, Penny had suddenly gone on a rampage of her own of as nearly epic proportions. "Blake is OK! We should be happy!"
"Did you think I was cheating?" While Ruby being happy to see her did make her feel better, Yang's apparent lack of trust overshadowed that fact.
"Of course she wasn't! I could have told you that!" Ruby exclaimed, scolding her sister.
"W-well how was I supposed to know that?"
"Because it's B-"
"All I know is that you ran off with some strange guy and didn't come back!" There was no interrupting Yang now. "I never thought you'd cheat on me, but cheating or not you were gone, and all I could do was sit around and imagine the worst! I thought I was losing you forever!" She was openly crying by the end and even Ruby's eyes were tearing up.
And for a moment Blake was stunned silent. When she finally spoke, "Th-that was the worst?"
"What else?"
"I-I don't know... maybe me being a murderer with the White Fang?" Part of her had thought they might not want her to come back.
"Well... are you?" Yang sniffled.
"No! I-I was never a murderer. And I left a long time ago." "Please believe me..."
"So that means you're coming back right." Was it really that easy? Yang looked at her, eyes pleading. Blake honestly had never come to a decision as to what she would do. In that moment though, even if she had chosen to leave... she was certain she'd have changed her mind.
She nodded.
"A-and what about us?" Yang took a hurried step closer to her. Blake's heart swelled, her hands moving on their own, but she had no desire to stop them. She grabbed Yang's face and pulled her into a desperate kiss.
It took a few moments to bring herself to pull away. "Does... that answer your question."
Yang's hands fell heavily on her shoulders. "I hope they don't keep us here long because I have three days of pent up frustration to make up for."
"Yang..." Blake face was suddenly on fire. "Not in front of Ruby." She could see Ruby already gaping in horror at her sister's words.
But it was nice to be wanted.
Jeez, Blake. Stop running away! You're making Yang's life harder than it has to be! Yeah I realized about halfway through that this chapter was painfully similar to the first in some ways. Oh well!
I also made Sun gay for those of you who are into that. With who? You decide!
Bonus:
"So, err, yeah... sorry about attacking you..." Yang mumbled, feeling rather ashamed that she'd nearly throttled an innocent man.
"It's... fine..." Sun finally sighed. "You were worried, I get it."
"Still, I shouldn't have-"
"BLAAAAAAAKE!" A loud cry pierced the night air and suddenly a white blur flew past them and crashed into Blake. It was Weiss, who was suddenly firmly attached to the faunus girl's waist. "You're in one piece! I'm so glad you're OK!"
"I-I... thank you?" Blake looked to her other teammates for help, but they were just as bewildered as she was. It took a moment, but Weiss's exaggerated show of affection soon made sense. "Wait." She narrowed her eyes at Yang. "Were you tormenting Weiss while I was gone?"
"I... may have been upset with her..." Yang averted her eyes, suddenly sweating nervously.
"She was horrible!" Weiss whined loudly. "I couldn't eat! I couldn't sleep!"
"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad!"
"I couldn't make a move without her glaring at me!"
"Hush, Weiss. It's all over now." Blake sighed and patted Weiss comfortingly on the head. "A-and about the White Fang-"
"Oh who care about that?!" Weiss snapped and pulled away. "Just call off your crazy girlfriend!" She pointed an angry finger at the crazy in question.
"You done, Yang?" Blake raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll stop," Yang grumbled and crossed her arms.
"Thank you. And?"
Yang groaned and slumped over. "I'm sorry!"
And, with that taken care of, Ruby finally had reason to cheer, "TEAM RUBY IS BACK TOGETHER!"
No no no, sit the f- down! It ain't over!
Part Two: Don't Hurt Me
"Mercury's aura has dropped to zero! Our winner is Yang Xiao Long!"
The crowd was cheering. Cheers which soon turned to horrified gasps as Yang turned around and shattered her defeated opponents leg.
Blake was shaking were she sat. "Why?" She looked to her right to see Weiss and Ruby gaping in shock, their pained expressions mirroring her own. Nothing made sense. Nothing felt right.
Yang had won. She was supposed to be happy. She was supposed to be rushing to her side to give her a victory kiss. Why instead was she rooted to her chair in shock and disbelief?
"No... not again... not again, not again, not again!" She felt dizzy.
"B-Blake?" She heard Ruby's voice. It alerted her to the fact that she had finally managed to rise from her seat. She didn't respond. She just walked and walked, looking to find someplace dark and quiet.
. . .
"Why did you kill them? They were tied up!"
"One got loose and tried to attack me when my back was turned..."
"Blake?" Yang looked at her. There was a faint glimmer of hope in her eyes. The whole team was back in their dorm now. "Come on. I know you believe me. It's fine, you don't even have to say it..." Yang chuckled with a smile. It was obvious she wanted Blake to say it.
Could she say it?
Yang was always riding the fine line between bad ass and brutal. When angry, Yang became dangerous... Mercury had pushed her to her limit.
"I..." Blake was struggling. If she said no, it would crush Yang. If she said yes... would she be telling the truth? When she failed to give a proper answer, they all just looked at her.
Ruby believed in her sister unconditionally, and Weiss had come to respect Yang a great deal. If Blake said no, she'd be the odd one out.
"Can I talk to Yang alone?" Blake finally got a full sentence out.
"Uh, sure, but you believe her, right?" Weiss narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"Weiss, please..." Blake couldn't look at her. Weiss let out a sigh and shook her head.
"Come on, Ruby." The bite in Weiss's words let Blake know she was disappointed in her.
"B-b-but-" Ruby didn't get to finish her protest as Weiss physically dragged her out of the room.
With them gone, Yang was left with only Blake and no source of comfort. The floodgates opened. Tears that had been slowly building in her eyes finally overflowed and fell freely.
"You... don't believe me do you?" Yang trembled, hands tightly gripping her knees. Part of Blake, a very large part, wanted to just apologize immediately. She just wanted to forget that anything had happened and just hold Yang until she stopped crying. But this was something she couldn't ignore.
"It's not... that I don't want to." But of course those words were of no comfort either. Yang flinched and heaved with another sob. "I've seen this before..."
"Seen what before?" Yang looked at, confused and hurt. What exactly did Blake think of her?
"People change-"
"I didn't change! He attacked me, it was self-defense!"
"And that's what he said!" Blake told her loudly. "It was always an accident, o-or self-defense, and I believed him everytime because I trusted him. I had to trust him. Then, eventually, he didn't even try to make excuses..."
"He?" Yang blinked the tears out of her eyes.
"My old partner in the White Fang. I couldn't stop him from becoming a monster, and so I left. I watched it happen and now the White Fang are considered a band of terrorists..." Blake always wondered if maybe she'd acted sooner, tried harder, things would have been different.
"You... shouldn't blame yourself..."
If only she could stop. "Th-the point is I can't go through that again! If I had to watch you go down that road, it'd destroy me too." Yang was too close to her. "We all saw what happened..."
"B-but... I..." Yang hiccupped. "Are you...?" The light drained from her eyes. It was a look of pure despair. The only mercy was that her face fell into her hands so that at least Blake couldn't see it anymore.
She knew what it had sounded like. She knew what Yang was thinking. Perhaps it was even what Blake had meant...
But...
Yang might destroy her... but this would destroy her. "Dammit..." "Yang, look at me."
"Huh?" Yang did as she was asked. Blake had to look away for a moment to gather her thoughts. But finally she made herself meet those sad, puffy eyes.
"Tell me again what happened."
"I-I told you! He attacked me, so I attacked back to stop him!"
"So... you haven't changed?"
"No!"
"Promise me!" Blake demanded. Yang quickly nodded. "No. Say it! Look at me and say it!"
"I promise! I haven't, I won't! I'm not like that!" Yang sounded like she was begging. Blake took a deep breath. She was so used to running, but there was no easy way out this time.
She got up and sat back down next to Yang. "OK then."
"Wh-"
"I'll believe you. I still saw what I saw, but I'll believe you anyway." And that was that. She'd risk it. She couldn't bring herself to hurt Yang like that. She'd just hurt herself.
"J-just like that?"
"Well... you made it that easy for me, remember?" Blake smiled. "I can't let my own problems get in the way of the fact that you deserve my trust. I have to believe you'd never lie to me about something like this."
She scooted over so she was hip-to-hip with Yang. When she didn't flinch or pull away, Blake snaked her right arm around the girl's waist and took her hand with her left, fingers interlacing. She'd allowed fear to pull her away from Yang for too long. Yang took a deep, shuddering breath and then let it out. It was as if she'd been holding her breath the entire time and could finally breathe again.
"Y-you jerk! I thought you were gonna break up with me!" Yang laughed and then hiccuped, leaning her weight against Blake.
"Never even crossed my mind..." Blake told her.
"Really?"
". . ." A single drop of sweat rolled down the side of Blake's face.
"B-Blake?"
Blake quickly lifted a finger and pressed it to Yang's lips. "Shhhh."
Yang pulled Blake's hand away. "Hey- Mmm..." Next, Blake tried pressing her lips against Yang's – it worked much better.
Kissing is the best way to make a girl shut the f- I mean to show you love them. Yeah...
Bonus:
Yang went rigid as Blake's hands snaked their way into her clothes. "U-um-"
"Take this off." Blake began pulling off Yang's jacket. "And lie down."
"Why?" Yang's face was quickly turning red.
"I know a way to make you feel better..."
. . . Outside the Room. . .
"So... do you think everything is OK?" Ruby asked.
"Shh!" Weiss glared at her. "It's bad enough we're eavesdropping! If they catch us we'll never hear the end of it!"
"So that's what you had in mind," They faintly heard Yang say.
"She sounds OK," Ruby whispered.
"Ohhh, you're so good, Blake..." Suddenly Yang's moan hit their ears and their eyes shot wide.
"Very... OK... it would seem." Weiss twitched.
"Hey girls." The two of them just about jumped out of their skin. "Whoa, did I startle you? I'm just here to talk with Yang real quick if you don't mind." It was Qrow.
"Yes! Oh god, don't stop!" Yang's voice was now easily audible through the door. "I love you."
For a moment, the three of them stood still. And then Qrow's hands slowly clenched into fists.
"U-Uncle Qrow, wait-" Ruby's protest was to no avail. Qrow threw the door open and stormed into the room.
"Listen you punk! How dare you take advantage of my niece while she's... vulnerable... um..." Qrow's fury rapidly faded and he ground to a halt, hands falling limp to his sides.
"Oh! Hey, Qrow!" Yang greeted. She was laying face-down on Weiss's bed with Blake straddling her hips.
"H-hey... Firecracker..."
"Blake was just helping me relax. What's up?" Apparently it had been nothing more than a massage.
"I'm not trained, but I'm good with my hands." Blake shrugged.
"Oh are you now?" Yang grinned. Blake's jaw dropped as she realized the implications of what she'd said.
"I'll... come back later." Qrow turned on his heel and sped out of the room.
I'd say Yang's gonna be just fine.
So yeah, nothing hugely different from canon, but I thought I'd take a crack at how it could have been if it had happened while Yang and Blake were in a relationship. Same outcome different path and all that.
Til' next time!