Yang loved her job. The action, the excitement, it was great. But the best part, she got lots of time in the morning to stop by the café for a coffee. She always wondered if she was too much of a coffee person, but she just couldn't give the stuff up. And this specific café she had been going to for a year now and she had fallen deeply in love with it. However, today was not like any normal day. The café had these back aisles where they sold grounds for people to make their brand coffee at home. And while browsing these aisles, Yang swore she saw a young girl putting a bag of coffee grounds into her bag. Yang didn't think much of it though, as she was still very tired, but it just pulled on her strings. The young girl had been wearing a black cat hoodie, which really caught her eye, reminding yang of her Blake. Nonetheless, Yang ignored it and set off to work for the day.
Hours later, Yang signed out of her shift, glad that it was over. The stories she would tell kept building and building, each day only adding to the pile. Yang decided she would write a book all about her adventures. The book, however, had to wait. She wanted to stop by the orphanage after work, just to scout out the place before her and Blake went. Route set, Yang hopped onto her motorbike and rode off to the northern side of town.
Arriving in front of the Leaf Fall Orphanage, Yang dismounted her motorbike and removed her helmet. Shaking the hair out of her face, she admired the work put into keeping the place tidy. Only last year, the walls were covered in ivy, but now they were clear of plants and refurbished. The lawn had been overgrown, but now stood prim and proper in a stripped fashion. Steadying herself, she walked into the building, ready for whatever.
When she entered the building, Yang found herself in a lobby area. To her right was a receptionist desk, to which she walked over to.
"Hello!" Yang said to the man behind the desk. The man looked up at her and took a deep breath in.
"How may I help you Miss?" The man said, getting up and heading around the desk to meet Yang. Yang explained her intent to look around, and how she was checking things out for her girlfriend. The man nodded and handed her some papers. Visitation forms. Yang sighed, taking the pen from the man and signing in the required fields. Afterwards, she handed it back to him.
"This way Miss Xiao Long." The man said walking towards the stairs at the end of the room. Yang followed, not sure what the living floors of an orphanage was like. But much to her surprise, they were colorful. The walls were a deep purple and the floor was a checkered blue and white. Bright lights lit up the hallways as the man gave her a rundown of the place. The place wasn't as packed as she had initially thought. And none of the kids looked all that excited. Yang knew she wasn't here to judge the kids, but she couldn't help it, she ran off of exciting. She caught herself deep in thought, that was, until she noticed a familiar hoodie.
When passing by one of the rooms, she peeked inside temporarily and saw that young girl from the café. Her black cat hoodie and grey ripped jeans were easy to remember, because they reminded Yang of her younger days. And there, in the room, the girl sat on her bed, looking out the window. At this point, Yang was certain that girl had stolen coffee grounds from the café, but the question that bothered Yang throughout the workday was whether stealing was a common occurrence with this girl. Nonetheless, she had to get this girls name.
"Excuse me sir, what is that girl's name?" Yang asked, pointing at the girl as inconspicuous as possible. The man scoffed.
"Oh Danny? She's nothing but a juvenile delinquent. There is no need to waste your time on her Miss." The man said, turning to walk down the hall, content on continuing his tour. Yang pouted, not appreciating the man's tone. But not intent on getting kicked out of the orphanage, she kept her thoughts to herself and continued on.
Yang opened the door to her home, the clock reading 9pm. Blake looked up from her laptop, noting the time.
"Isn't it a little early to be home?" Blake said, teasing Yang ever so slightly. Yang said nothing in reply, but simply walked over to the couch and sat down. Blake noticed the change in Yang and put on a concerned face. "What's up babe?"
"Blake, I stopped by the orphanage." Yang said. "Fall Leaf Orphanage. It's a nice place." Yang proceeded to tell Blake all about Danny and the orphanage and everything she saw. Blake took it all in with the occasional nod and was overloaded.
"Yang, Yang hold up. What are you getting at here? I get that you went to Fall Leaf and checked it out, but what's so special about this Danny girl?" Blake asked. Yang sighed. She was visibly tired, and Blake could feel that. Blake had never seen this side of Yang either, and it concerned her to a level that was new to both of them.
"Blake, I think we should adopt Danny."
There it was, the bombshell.
"Why should we though? We know little to nothing about her except that she stole coffee grounds and sits alone at an orphanage. We know as much about her as we do any other child there." Blake argued, not being sold by Yang's story. Yang's fiery personality started to show again, as she started up a rebuttal.
"Blake, I see so much of myself in that girl, so much of you, so much of Ruby. I saw children playing with each other, but she was all alone. I'm sure she is what we are looking for!" Yang yelled.
"How can you be so sure?" Blake said. Yang continued to get fiery.
"I don't know babe, I just know Blake, I can just feel it." Blake had been through moment like this, when Yang started to spur on about something and she gets so riled up and fiery and she needs reminding. She finally gave into the blonde and made a deal.
"Yang calm down, listen, we'll go together tomorrow and check out other kids and Danny." Blake bargained. Yang started to deny, but Blake kept at it. After an hour Yang finally calmed down. She had changed so much since Beacon; Blake has found this normal as Yang kept changing. Yang would start getting all riled up and Blake would cool her down. It was their dynamic, and in a moment like this, they both needed to be calm. "Let's just go to bed, and head out to the orphanage tomorrow, okay?"
Yang nodded. "I'll take a sick day, and we can go tomorrow."