The announcement
Chapter 4:The announcement
It had been a couple of weeks since that night and everything had been going ok. Classes had begun and things were going alright, Yang had introduced Blake to some of her friends as Blake introduced her to Ilia and a couple of Blake’s other coworkers.
The morning had gone pretty well Blake had just got out of her first class and was headed to her next class. English one of her few classes with Yang, and also one of her favorites. The only thing she disliked about this class was how easily she was distracted when it came to sitting next to the gorgeous blonde. Yes, Blake had told herself that she didn’t like Yang like that but everyone(including Blake herself) knew that was far from the truth. They were in the middle of a lecture when Blake received a text. As Blake picked up to see who texted her, her heart dropped. This can’t be happening. There it was right in front of her. The words she never wanted to receive. Adam had been released. After all the work it took to get him in there so she could get away he had been released. Blake could not focus and needed to leave right now without anyone noticing and as she started to put her items into her bag. Yang quickly caught onto her suspicious behavior and tapped Blake as lightly as possible being careful not to startle her more than she had already looked.
“Hey, Blake” The blonde whispered, “Is everything ok?”
“Yeah..I... I’m fine” she lied and the blonde could read through her.
“You heading out of here?”
“Yeah..”
“Do you mind if I tag along? ”
Blake hesitated for a minute ears moving slightly to show her weighing her options before she finally responded, "I wouldn't mind if you tag along"
"Do you want to get some tea?"
"Yes, please"
They shortly headed out and found themselves drinking tea in a secluded area surrounded by trees and the faint sound of a fountain. Neither of them said much as Yang knew Blake needed space and she didn’t want to make her any more uncomfortable than she had seen Blake earlier in class.
A half-hour went by before Blake finally broke the silence.
“Thank you….”
“It’s no problem”
“I'm sorry for putting you up to this twice, I mean first the party and now class.”Blake said ears pinning against her head.
“Blake, I know how things can get, and I don’t believe anyone is a lot of work, you're going through something I might not understand but I do know that it’s hard to go through it alone. And you don't have to apologize for going through something. ”
“I really wish I could tell you what’s going on but I don’t want to add anything to your plate” Blake replied tearing up a little.
“Hey now, you can tell me in your own time, plus we have a lot of time to get to know each other and I can’t wait to learn more about you, and even if it includes the scary parts from our pasts. Plus we're roommates which means you're stuck with me for the next year or so” Yang said flashing a smile and pointing finger guns at Blake causing her to giggle a little as she wiped the tears from her face.
“You really are something special”
“I get that a lot” Yang replied as they both began to giggle. “So you want to go on an adventure?”
“An adventure..?”
“Yeah, there's a place not too far from here that I thought we could check out”
“Well as long as we're back before 6 because I have work”
“Hmm, so a couple of hours I believe we could make it work. You ready?”
“Yeah” Blake gave Yang a small smile before they headed out.
They walked to the parking lot conversing in small talk before they stopped in front of a black and yellow motorbike.
Blake slowly realizing why they stopped quickly blurt out “I- ….how did I not see this coming? “She said looking at the bike in awe.
“I mean you were probably distracted by my good looks to not see my beauty of a sidekick.”
“I- you really are a confident one aren’t you,” Blake said shaking her head as she lightly giggled.
“Yeah and occasionally I get lucky...Now let's head out shall we?” Yang said, handing her a helmet.” And don’t feel shy, just remember hands above the waist." she said giving Blake a wink as a light shade of pink started to appear on her cheeks.
This really is getting hard to hide, isn't it. Blake thought to herself before getting on the bike after Yang and slowly wrapping her hands around Yang causing Blake to blush a little more as she could slightly feel the firmness of Yang's abs. They rode for what felt like the longest fifteen minutes of their lives before they finally arrived at their destination. Yang turned off the engine as Blake quickly got off removing her helmet and headed towards the sidewalk followed by Yang doing the same shaking her hair out and catching up to the brunette.
“An arcade?”Blake said giving Yang an intrigued look.
“Yeah, I used to go to arcades a lot as a kid to blow off steam or to get distracted for some time. I just think the vibe of it all is really nice and chill so I thought it would be a great place for us to hang out. Yang said moving a piece of hair that was attached to one of Blake’s cat ears, “Sorry, it’s a habit”
“It’s alright, let’s head in.” They headed in and were immediately shocked by the flashy neon lights and the sounds of the pings or paddles of the games and air hockey game that currently went on. "So.. where shall we start"
"Hmm..O let's start there" Blake responded heading towards the street fighter game before placing a coin in that Yang handed her. They continued to play more games challenging each other to a game here and there ending their afternoon with a couple of games of air hockey before they grabbed a quick bite to eat then headed back to campus before Blake had to go back to work. Although the news she received still instilled fear in her she was glad that Yang helped get rid of some of that fear by distracting her for a couple of hours. Blake didn't know what was to come but deep down she knew that no matter what she would fight for this feeling of freedom she felt and she knew the best way to do this was come up with a plan and the best way she knew how was to talk with the one other who knew Adam as much as she did.