Chapter 5
The clock hands were approaching their summit in her apartment kitchen. The silence made bearable by the slow hum of the refrigerator. The ticking of the clock acting as a metronome in the dull duet of deafness between both girls.
Yang had invited the girl in with little to no thought, in the dead of the night it seemed like the right thing to do. Only a few words were exchanged upon setting foot through the door and now she sat in wait, anticipating the next break of silence.
S-Should I wait for her to speak or..?
It was apparent at this stage that the girl wasn't going to be very forth coming. It was hard enough to communicate up until this point. All the blonde could do is sit in wonder as she stared at the girl sitting quietly on her sofa facing away from her, the not knowing part beginning to worm it's way inside her already. The blonde got up and moved her way over to the kettle. She flicked the switch and immediately began to bring more volume to the apartment.
"I'll put the kettle on, if you're thirsty just lemme know" she said, looking over at the dark haired girl.
She reached for two cups and placed them next to one another while adding spoons of coffee.
"I'm all out of sugar..so it'll have to be bland I'm afraid" now glancing at the back of her head more intently, still getting nothing in response.
Yang could still the mystery, gnawing away at her. She cast her eyes to the ceiling and then back towards the girl dismissively.
"You know it's slightly weird that you come into my apartment and don't say a word..I don't even know your name!" she said with much more bite than intended.
Before she could try and sooth her wording with the girl she had already turned her head slightly towards her. Then she saw her get up and move towards the kitchen table. She sat down on a stool across from her and met the girl's gaze with her own.
"Blake." she said succinctly.
The blonde's question had been answered. When Yang got answers to her questions it made her happy inside. She cocked a slight smirk to the side of her mouth.
"Ah, so you're finally talking eh?" now finding she couldn't help but produce a massive grin. "I thought I might have had to put some spare change in you somewhere to make you speak."
The wink from the blonde made Blake crack a smirk slightly. She rolled her eyes before returning the warm gaze back at Yang.
Yang felt the warmth in her eyes. She smiled again before propping herself against the kitchen side, she rested her open palms downward on her thighs. Now she began to plot. What else could she ask the girl to try get her to continue talking. Her voice was pleasant and mysterious. She wanted to know more about the enigma sat across from her.
"Sooo how long have you been a dancer?" she decided to ask.
Blake's face quickly took a turn. Her eyes looking away. She just managed to murmur a few words for Yang to pick up.
"Not..long." she responded.
The blonde's insides felt itself drop a little. She knew she had asked the wrong question. This was not going to be easy. The situation itself already proving awkward and this was just adding to the ever growing flame.
"I-uh...well you were great! I really enjoyed your dance at the club!"
The girl looked up at her slightly, her ears flickering slightly towards her.
"T-thank you." she said warmly.
Blake kept her gaze on Yang after saying that. All Yang could do was gaze back at those amber eyes. That feeling began to slowly creep it's way up her neck again. An ember slowly rolling into a gentle flame. Beginning to feel her cheeks heating up slightly she surfed her hand through her hair, making nervous sounds as she did so. Suddenly the sound of a boiling click went off. It startled her as she turned her head to face it.
The faunus couldn't help but giggle quietly to herself as she watched Yang try to navigate a kettle while in a flustered state.
Eventually she poured two cups and brought one over to the girl as she continued to gaze at her heartily. Blake took the cup from her and stared down into the black abyss. It looked familiar, the darkness. The only difference this time was that it was warm.
After taking a sip her lips turned to foul. The bitterness too much to handle.
"Oh it's coffee, I hope you're okay with that?" Yang asked her.
"I-it's...it's fine..I'm just not used to it.." Blake replied, gently setting the cup down.
"Haven't got anything else in until I go shopping. I only buy for me anyway so coffee is all I have." Yang now regretting passing her the cup.
"Okay." Blake replied.
Yang continued to feel the mystery again. She tried to think of anything else she could ask that wouldn't make the girl feel more uncomfortable. It seemed to her that Blake was just content on taking everything in - not interested in asking any questions herself - instead choosing to explore the situation for now.
Yang took a gulp of her drink and stood idle at the side as she noticed the girl continued gazing at her. She was used to getting attention all the time from people. She also knew exactly how to push buttons in the right places, but this felt like something different. It felt dangerously exciting, like she was being sized up instead of fawned over. She could feel the sensation heating up her face again.
"W-Well if you get tired, you can take my bed" now exhausting all choices in her head. "I'll sleep on the couch"
"Are you sure?" the dark haired girl asked.
"Yep! Wouldn't want to put you out like that" she smiled.
Blake smiled gently back at her for a split second before now idly looking off to the side. She raised her hand up to slowly scratch her cat ears. After another failed attempt of trying another sip of coffee, Blake finally decided to take up Yang's offer.
"I'm pretty tired." she said "I think I'll get some rest."
"Uh sure."
Yang moved her way over to the bedroom which was on the same floor just opposite the kitchen. It was a slide door and had it's own bathroom. The apartment wasn't that big but everything was perfect for just one person. Now she had to share this with a complete stranger who wasn't getting any more familiar by the second.
"Here." said Yang, showing her everything available to her if she needed it. "The bathroom is just through the door at the end of the room and if you need a drink or anything the kitchen is..ah"
Blake looked around before giving her a warm smile in response.
"I know." she said.
She went and laid down on the bed and pulled the cover ontop of her. After getting quickly comfortable she gazed over at Yang one last time and then turned over for the night. Yang watched her as she fell asleep almost instantly.
"Night." she whispered without any response. She turned off the lights and slid the door closed.
Yang sat quietly on the couch for a moment and began to rewind what the hell happened today. Her eyes were dashing from side to side. She was still in awe of the situation. However she was far too tired herself to analyse it all night. She lay down and made herself a makeshift pillow and began to think about the girl in the room next to her. The mysterious girl that lay in her bed. The girl who made her cheeks burn up just looking at her.
I'm walking around to the bed. Fire is burning off of me. I can feel the heat as I look at her.
'Take me'
I crawl over the bed to her, flame now all around. She's looking me dead in the eye. Begging for me to touch her. I look at her too and start to go dow-
"Are you dreaming sis?"
"Huh?!" Yang bolted off the couch and onto the floor. Sweat was dripping off of her. She could feel herself shake as she looked around and saw the brightly lit front room from the sunshine outside. As she looked up she saw the all too familiar face of Ruby staring at her like a weirdo.
"Wh-why..wha-Ruby?!" Yang spluttered as she pulled herself up from the couch. "What are you doing here?"
"Uhh you said we'd be getting breakfast after you sent me home to study, remember?" she replied with a slightly raised brow.
"..hm" Yang now moving around her sister and towards the kitchen.
"Wow sis, you feel like the inside of an oven! Are you okay?"
Yang came to her senses quickly when remembering last night. She had someone round and not just anyone but a girl, sleeping in her bed. If Ruby were to discover this she'd be having a field day. Worst part about that is that nothing actually happened between then either - a jab right combo of embarrassment all in one.
She knew she had to try avert Ruby's suspicion somehow. Better to find out at a later time than now. Yang immediately hugged her sister.
"Just a little unwell, was a rough night."
"Is that why you didn't even make it to your bedroom?" inquired Ruby.
"Pretty much" she replied "Conked out when I sat down on the couch."
Ruby nodded in agreement before looking over by the kitchen table.
"Aha!" she exclaimed looking at the two resting there.
Oh..fu..the cups! She'll immediately know..!
"Ah! Ruby what is it?" asked Yang
Ruby made her way past her and over to the kitchen.
No!..how will I explai-
"My books!"
Yang looked over to see Ruby holding two books in her hands.
"I knew I left them here last night, thank god! I thought I'd lost them on the way home. Weiss won't be mad at me after all."
Ruby sighed and closed her eyes in contentment as she comically patted the books with her hand. Thank god indeed. Yang rushed over and grabbed both cups before draining them in the sink, her little sister none the wiser.
"Yep! Always leaving things here, you really need to look after your stuff better little sis." said Yang proudly.
The blonde felt a wave of relief wash up over her. At least she could now head out with Ruby and maybe try and talk to Blake later on when she's not around. For now she'll just have to make do without letting her sister know.
"Huh? That's weird." said Ruby.
"What is it now?"
"There's one missing. Did you take one of my books?" her expression now turning into foul disappointment. She didn't like missing books.
"Haha, that one you gave me, thanks and all but I don't think that's for m-"
"No it's not the one I gave you..it's...another one...about the effects on physical abuse. It was one Weiss wanted bac-"
An utter shock immediately rained down upon Ruby's face as she winced slowly towards her sister.
"Y-Yang..you're..not. You don't..."
"Whoa easy there little sis! I'm not being abused by anyone!" came the immediate reply from Yang trying to calm her sister down.
"Honestly!"
"Phew! I'm glad. So...where could it be?" she now asked herself searching up and down. "I swore I left it with the rest.."
Yang felt a slight confusion by everything happening in front of her right now. She knew something was up but couldn't quite make it out just yet.
"Maybe you left that one at home? Or you gave it back to Weiss?" she suggested trying to get her sisters attention away from anything suspicious. "Look I'll go put on some fresh clothes so why not meet me out front and I'll be down in a tick?"
"Okay I'll wait for you by Bumblebee" she said packing the two books into her bag.
As soon as she saw the back of her sisters head she made for the bedroom. She waited for a few minutes before entering - the choice of shouting through or knocking was getting too much to bare so she decided to walk right in instead.
"Hey! It's me..just checking if you are decent.." she asked averting her eyes on purpose before looking over at the bed.
Sure enough the girl was decent but only by what she had on the night before, which, by all accounts, wasn't that much - black bra and panties was the sight which greeted her.
"So Yang. Like what you see?"
Yang felt a sudden twinge in her legs, the fire crawling back up her neck again. She shook it off and looked over to see the faunus, her body on her front turned away from the door. The girl turned her head and smiled.
"You told me to ask you that again in the morning, remember?" she said now looking down at the page of the book she was reading.
"Heh...so I did." replied Yang now noticing the book. "W-What are you reading?"
"This? I found it outside in the kitchen earlier. I hope you don't mind?" the faunus now looking at her for confirmation.
"No. It's fine I don't mind. You like to read?"
"Yes. I read on my breaks and when I'm not busy." she replied. "But these kind of books..are interesting wouldn't you say?" now showing off the front cover of the self help love book Yang had been given by her sisters new girlfriend.
Her eyes began to haze into red.
"I-I that books belongs to my sister. Her girlfriend gave her it!"
The faunus couldn't help but laugh to herself which forced a warm smirk from the blonde.
Suddenly both girls heard the shout of her sister from outside the window. She knew she had somewhere to be. Yang felt strange to ask this but she didn't want to have another ping pong battle with her thoughts over this girl.
"Ah..look I'm going out with my sis for a little while..you can stay here..you know..if you don't plan on running anywhere." said Yang.
She gazed over at the faunus who remained perfectly calm and still.
"No. I'll stay." she said smiling back at her.
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