#beacon.

@volarent​​ ‘ s  blake   »   " you said my kisses sent you to space. " they hadn't ... touched one another, not in the same way. blake hadn't even dared think about it since enrolling into beacon, but there had always been the curiosity, a small flame of desire that hadn't quite died out. " did you really mean that, or were you just trying to ... " felid paused, eyes narrowing as she tried to find the right words. " ... were you just trying to make it seem like more than it was ? "

      was  she  that  obvious  in  her  sickly  sweet  confessional   ,   or  was  yang  just  bold  enough  to  where  it  became  too  good  to  be  true  for  blake   ?   poetic  prose   &.   pretty  things  were  never  the dragon ‘ s  specialty   ,   but  she  wants  to  try  this  time.  there ‘ s  not  much  that  renders  yang  completely  speechless   ,   very  little  in  this  world  that  can  safely  quell  her  intense  dragon  flame   ,   but  blake  . . .  has  she  done  just  that   ?   the  unthinkable   ?   yang  bites   &.   chews  on  lower  lip    ,   scathing  eyes  cast  downwards  as  sun   &.   moon  sit  in  this  silence  that  can  only  be  described  as  painful.  vivid  are  the  memories  of  nyx  -  chosen ‘ s  touch  upon  ignited  flesh   ,   the  bruising  kisses   &.   claw  marks  radiating  hot  for  hours  to  come  even  after  their  little  rendezvous  that  fateful  night   ,   leaving  yang  to  think  she ‘ d  never  see  blake  ever  again  as  she  fled  into  the  moon  . . .  what  a  fool  she  was  to  think  such  things.  gold  dragon  nods  once  in  her  seat   ,   the  rest  of  her  frame  slouching   &.  arms  coming  to  fold  tight  over  her  chest.   ❝ of  course  i  meant  it. ❞   she  finally  admits  within  lines  of  softened  tonality.  all  of  yang ‘ s  flings  have  never  lasted   &.   she  was  beyond  content  with  never  seeing  their  faces  ever  again  after  the  night  came  to  a  close   ;   why  would  she  wish  to  reminisce  in  faces  of  those  she  hardly  remembers  now   ?   she  does  that  enough  with  blake  already   ,   for  how  could  yang  ever  forget  those  piercing  amber  eyes  that  stared  into  her  soul   &.   ripped  it  apart  at  the  seams   ?

      ❝ i  never  forgot  about  you   ,   even  when  y ‘  didn ‘ t  leave  me  so  much  as  your  name  that  night. ❞   murmurs  nova  girl   ,   almost  guilty  in  her  speech.  blake  wanted  to  run  away  that  night   ,   she  never  expected  to  run  into  an  old  flame  once  more  upon  enrolling  to  beacon.  did  yang  disrupt  that  desire  completely   ,   then   ?   a  foil  to  the  plans  so  securely  woven  in  darkness   &.   pretty  dark  lashes.  yang  sighs   &.   exhales   ,   puff  of  beastly  smog  betwixt  lips.  maybe  she  should  be  lucky  that  she   &.   blake  ran  into  each  other  again  in  the  emerald  forest   ,   instead  of  festering  in  these  feelings  whenever  belladonna  came  near  rather  than  ignoring  them  like  yang  was  so  used  to.  her  fingers  curl  into  her  palm.   ❝ i  knew  i  had  to  find  you  again  one  day   ,   ‘ an  i  did.  ‘  wasn ‘ t  expecting  to    –    but  i  did. ❞   it  hurts  to  be  admitting  this.  painful.  akin  to  thousands  of  tiny  needles  being  stabbed  into  flesh  void  of  aura ‘ s  protection.  what  if  this  scares  blake  into  leaving  her  all  over  again   ?   what  if  this  heartfelt  spilling  of  yang ‘ s  golden  innards  are  too  much  for  nightshade  to  stand   ?   too  overwhelming  to  process  all  at  once.  that ‘ s  what  terrifies  yang  the  most   ,   to  be  perfectly  truthful.  blake  could  reject  her   &.   she ‘ d  feel  no  ill  intent    ,   but  to  lose  the  very  person  she ‘ s  spent  so  long  thinking  about   . . .  to  never  see  or  touch  her  again  after  having  her  toxins  between  fingertips  once  more.  please  no.  please  let  me  have  this  happy  dream    ,   just  this  once.   xiao  long  licks  dry  lips   ,   sigh  trembly    &.   confidence  pouring  out  in  waves  as  she  turns  to  face  blake  once  more  instead  of  just  talking  to  the  empty  space  before  her.  fuck.  even  know  does  yang ‘ s  heart  skip  a  beat  just  looking  at  her.  fuck.

          when she opens the door, she’s already explaining herself, because frankly, whatever punishment she’s about to receive is unjust.  “ listen, i know you’re not supposed to fight the other students, but he’s — ”  coco huffs, clearly frustrated with the situation and not afraid to let it show.  the brunette slips into the chair in front of his desk and crosses her arms defiantly.  “ professor ozpin, he’s a bully, and he’s bullying my teammate.  constantly.  i wasn’t gonna shoot. ”

@volarent​​ ‘ s  velvet    »    ' there you are ! ' one thing was clear once velvet made it to vale, it was that she hated bullies. creeps, and overly pushy guys were one of a few things she was slowly starting to navigate away from, even using sly tactics like this one. she'd seen coco do this before, it was easy enough to mimic the behaviour. grip gentle but firm upon felid's hand, she tugged lithe form past the sleazy n'er-do-wells. a glance back. a wink. ' i've been looking all over for you, sweetheart. '

      blake  is  beauty   ,   whether  she  likes  it  or  not.  it  doesn ‘ t  matter  if  she  sees  herself  as  all  beast   &.   warning  thorns   ,   sharpened  fangs  to  match  the  lethal  bite  of  the  best  she  always  pictures  herself  as   ;   someone  is  bound  to  see  her  in  another  light   ,   sometimes  one  less  than  preferable.  she ‘ d  been  out  in  between  classes   ,  ah   ,   skipping  them  for  the  sake  of  fresh  air   &.   clearing  her  mind  actually.  it ‘ s  been  quite  the  warzone  as  of  late.  with  an  old  enemy  knowing  who  she  is   ,   what  she ‘ s  done  in  the  past   &.  at  large  hiding  gods  know  where   ,   blake ‘ s  psyche  has  proven  dangerous.  nothing  she  did  provided  comfort  to  the  shattered  stain  glass  of  her  head   &.   being  confronted  by  some  unrelenting  creep  certainly  doesn ‘ t  help  matters  any.  at  first  blake  simply  ignores  him   ;   lets  thick  bundles  of  midnight  flip  over  her  shoulder   &.   whip  him  in  the  face  as  she  moves  quick  down  the  sidewalk   ,   though  it  seems  that ‘ s  just  not  enough  for  some  people.  voice  like  nails  on  chalkboard  hurts  her  ears   ,   draws  a  heavy  line  of  irritation  to  expressionism   ,   deft  fingers  yearning  to  reach  for  gambol  shroud   &.  revert  to  her  old  ways  of  warding  off  threats   ,   but  she  refrains.  &.  it  is  painful.  she ‘ s  trying  to  make  a  better  life  for  herself  now   ,  how  could  she  ever  take  such  a  tremendous  step  back  like  that   ?  

          coco’s fists clench at her side.  she knows what she’s going to do despite the people looking, bustling around the various shops.  she cracks her neck and doesn’t hesitate to step in, and the click of her gold - accented heels coming up behind blake is loud like miniature gunshots against the pavement.  the celebrity clears her throat to alert the belladonna of her presence; the last thing she wants is to startle her.  “are you fucking serious?  hey, creep, ” she starts, gloved hand starting gently in the middle of blake’s back before sliding up to her shoulders so as not to scare her with a sudden touch.  adel’s other hand reaches up to lower her sunglasses ( and that’s how you know she’s not fucking around ), but it also serves to calm blake down so that she has full vision of her eyes.  “ are you giving my girl a hard time? ”  the brunette turns to the fiercely poised faunus royalty, making certain she connects clear eye contact.  “ babe, are you okay? ”

unprompted @deludings.

unprompted @kintsgi.

          coco has been called a lot of things, but kind isn’t one of them.  the shadow of the walls she built up covers the expanse of the space around her at all times, and most would go so far as to call her cold, mean, bitch.  but never did she think she’d consider breaking that protective guard down for a first year, let alone the mysterious blake belladonna, who seemed so far detached from the students at beacon, even from her teammates.  ( coco wonders if blake finds comfort in her because they both build those very walls sky high, and at the top of those walls, coco is the only one in blake’s line of sight ).