"I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets."
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Chapter 3-
"Hello." Red said, opening the curtain up to where the two women were sitting. She was dressed the same, however wraparound sunglasses were covering her eyes even in the dim light of the club.
Velvet, now blushing ducked her head and quickly left. Apologising briefly as she went past, before going back to the bar.
Taking Velvet's seat, Red slipped in and even underneath the sunglasses Neo could feel the glare being thrown at her.
"There is a sort of unofficial rule here that the staff have come up with. We don't talk about personnel lives with customers, for me this goes beyond an unofficial rule and is a code I live by. I do not bring up my personnel life with anyone outside a very very select few." Red stated calmly.
"I…" Neo tried to say but was interrupted.
"Now give me one good reason why I shouldn't have Yatsuhashi come here and kick you out, alongside banning you." Red asked.
"I…I just wanted to know more about you." Neo cried out, "I'm sorry, but it's just that when I saw you today, I just wanted an explanation. I had no hint that you even had a child, it…it was just a surprise and I wanted to know more. But you weren't here." Neo explained, looking down at the table.
"So you went to the first person who knows something here." Red said, sighing as she realised the most obvious thing.
"What are you going to do?" Neo asked in a small voice, finally looking up to meet Ruby's silver eyes.
"You're glad I like you." Ruby said softly, leaning over the table as Neo was about to question what Ruby meant and met their lips together in a soft kiss.
Neo was surprised but soon followed with the kiss and replied in kind, further deepening the kiss as she leaned towards Red. Though not one to be out done, Ruby pushed back and won the small battle between them.
When they finally parted for breath, breathing deep, Ruby spoke up. "Me having a kid, it doesn't scare you off?" Red asked huskily.
"No…No it doesn't. Though I want to know the truth, I won't pry until you are willing to tell me, even if it's not for years." Neo replied honestly.
"Years huh?" Red teased.
Neo blushed, stammering slightly at her slip up but was interrupted by another kiss. "Years sounds nice." Red whispered.
The two had carried on kissing until they were interrupted by Red's phone going off. Pulling away briefly, Ruby slid her phone from her pocket, "Hello?" She said huskily.
"I'll be home shortly…Yes you can stay up…Alright, I won't be long I promise." Red said, having become fully alert in seconds. Turning back to Neo she smirked at her and said, "Where were we?" She asked as she leaned in for another kiss.
When they broke apart it was Neo's turn to speak up first, "You need to go don't you?" Neo asked, trying not to sound sad at the news.
"Yeah, I promised Mia that'd I would be all hers this week. She heads back to school the day after tomorrow, she had a week off for holiday. I only came here tonight to see you." Red answered.
"Oh…I see…can…can I ask? What are we?" Neo asked as she was unsure about what to really call them.
"Do we need a label? Why don't we just see how it goes? We can continue to meet here and well, talk, kiss or whatever you want. I don't mind." Red replied.
"I think that sounds good." Neo responded, unsure what she would really call them but couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"Good. I'll be back here come Monday night, but I must be going." Red, kissing Neo's cheek before sliding out of the booth and leaving quickly, "Velvet! We'll talk once I come back." She threw over her shoulder as she left.
For the next month the pair continued to meet every other day, quickly changing to every day bar a couple that Red had to take off because of Mia, but after almost a month of meeting up with each other at the club, Ruby made a move. Sort of.
"So, next week for Halloween the clubs hosting a costume party…Mia is going to come alongside some of the other patron's kids. They'll be in the dance area leaving the adults alone at the bar. If…if you want to come, I'll make sure they know. It's a private event so only a few people will be here plus the staff." Red said, asking Neo while she was sitting on her lap in their private booth.
"You…you want me there?" Neo asked, unsure and not believing what Ruby was asking her.
"I do. If you don't want to come, I understand. But…well I'd like you to meet Mia. Officially." Red said, moving a stray strand of Neo's hair behind her ear while cocking her head to the side as she awaited Neo's response.
"I'd love to come…and to meet your daughter." Neo responded, and for her answer she was rewarded with a kiss in reply.
Choosing an outfit for the party was hard, it was fancy dress but she didn't really have anything that would work for it. So instead she chose an outfit that she had used for one of her characters in her books.
Brown trousers with two belts, one actually around the waist and the other hanging down her thigh. Grey heeled boots on her feet giving her a couple extra inches, and then a long white jacket, which covered her chest which was pushed up by a black corset finished off the look.
Applying some red lipstick, she checked herself in the mirror before opening her door and heading out. Going along the familiar route she took to go to the club, it didn't take her long to arrive. Just shy of ten minutes from her apartment.
Arriving at the door she knocked on it, only for the slider to open briefly before closing and the door opening. Neo smiled towards the tall man as she walked inside.
Arriving at the bar she could already see people dressed up in all sorts of costumes around the room, attempting to find where Red was in the room but found it to be rather hard, so instead walked over to the bar.
She had already spotted Cinder talking with a green haired girl who was dressed like a gunslinger from the wild west, while Cinder wore a black skin tight suit and eye mask.
Smiling towards them she went to the bar to order herself a drink and while she was waiting she felt a presence next to her.
"Hello." Red said huskily in Neo's ear, having snuck up on Neo easily.
"Red!" Neo said excitedly, turning around to face the woman and was stunned at what she saw.
Red had two black wolf ears on her head, her long hair loose and flowing down her back, her stomach wrapped in a black corset and black blouse while she wore a short skirt with tights on alongside boots but coming from her behind she had a cute black and red wolf tail.
"Like it?" Red asked, turning around and shaking her ass towards Neo a little as the tail hit Neo's stomach.
"I…um, well…" Neo stammered, blushing as she took in Red's appearance, unsure what stirred this.
"Mommy? Is this Neo?" Mia asked, dressed in a dress and a red cloak, standing just behind Red, shyly.
Immediately Neo could see how Ruby's demeanour had changed, her face softened in a different way than it was with Neo, and she pivoted around while crouching to bring herself onto Mia's level.
"Yes sweetie, this is Neo. Remember mommy telling you about her?" Red asked, smiling at her daughter.
"She's pretty." Mia stated, looking up at Neo.
"Yes, she is. Would you like to say hello?" Red asked.
"Hello Neo, it's nice to meet you. Mommy has told me a lot about you." Mia said, holding her hand out to Neo like she'd seen her mother do before.
Unsure how to respond to that, Neo took the offered hand and said, "It's nice to meet you too, your mommy hasn't really told me much about you." Neo replied, blushing a little because Ruby had been telling Mia about her.
"Sweetie, why don't you go join the other kids? If you need anything I'm around but so is your aunties Winter and Blake as well. So any problems, find one of us. Or someone who works here and they'll help you. Ok?" Red explained to Mia.
"I know…Thank you, mommy." Mia said, hugging Red quickly before running off towards the dance floor.
"And don't eat too many sweets!" Red called after Mia, and Neo couldn't help but smile as she was seeing this other side of Red.
"So, talking to Mia about me then?" Neo asked, teasing Red.
"What can I say? There's a lot to talk about with you." Red commented, "Plus, I wanted to get her comfortable with the idea of me dating someone." Red explained.
"Is that what we're doing?" Neo asked, unsure about what it was they were truly doing.
"Well, I suppose you couldn't count what we're doing as dating…but well I'd like to." Red started to say.
"I um, what are you asking me Red?" Neo asked, unsure what exactly she was being asked but wanted it cleared up.
"Red. The name was never that imaginative, I just used it because it was my nickname. My real name is…" Red started to say but was interrupted.
"Ruby! I thought I saw you around here. Oh and who's this?" A woman with bright white hair asked.
A/N
So another chapter down, these seem to be shorter then what I normally post because I feel like I've written it as one large one-shot. So breaking it up will be a pain, so sorry if things look weird.
Not much more to say, I've finished my next story I'll post after this. Singing to hide the Suffering, that's all finished which I'm happy for so I'm moving on to Gun Gale Online: The Red Reaper. Think that's its name, but can't remember exactly. So that's progressing, alongside three new ideas I've got for multiply things.
Anyway, until next time.