Forever And Always

Chapter 23

A/N: I love this picture.

After a few days in the hospital, I was finally released. I drove over to the fight club with Blake. I was finally going to get rid of this ridiculous job. I never should have taken it in the first place. I was just so stupid. I walked in the club, my head held high. The crowd immediately moved away from me, for my eyes were blazing red. I marched over to Cardin, who was laughing with one of his buddies.

"Yang! So good to see you're still alive after that fiasco."

"Did you intend for me to get hurt?"

"I thought Merc was on his own. I didn't think he got anyone else involved."

I slammed both of my hands on the bar table, "I'm done."

"Done with what? Remember the contract you signed?"

"Yes. I remember signing it."

"Well, your contract doesn't end until a year from now."

"That was never in there!"

"Sorry, Yang. But if you can show me what you learned while you were here, then I'd be happy to let you go a year early."

"Hey, get the fuck away from me!" Blake yelled at a drunk man.

"Come on, sweetheart. Not even on the cheek?"

He grabbed onto Blake's wrist. I sneered at the man. I walked right up to him, grabbed his wrist, and threw it off of Blake's wrist.

"Hey, watch it sweetheart. I don't think you'd want to mess with me when it comes with someone I like."

"Oh no," Blake whispered.

"Back off, pal. She's mine."

"You? The famous fighter Yang is gay? Ha?! Who knew? And with a Faunus?"

"You better shut the hell up, mister. You better not touch my girlfriend. I may be in love with a girl and a Faunus. That just means I get the best of both worlds."

"And what the hell are ya gonna do, sweetheart?"

"Shouldn't have said that," Blake sighed.

"First of all," I said, my tone growing softer and a bit high-pitched,"don't call me sweetheart,"my tone growing dark once more.

"What hell am I supposed to call you?"

Ember Celica opened up and I got into a fighting stance, "Call me, sir."

"You going to fight me with one part of your weapon? Ha! Pathetic."

He pulled out a dagger and swung it at me. My right arm flung up and he heard the sound of metal coming in contact. For safety purposes, I disguised my robotic arm sometimes. He looked so confused as to why I wasn't on the ground bleeding and in pain.

"What the fuck are you?"

I kicked him in the leg, swung my other underneath his, and placed my hand on his chest. I pushed him onto the ground and sneered.

"One thing, don't touch my girlfriend. Two, don't call me sweetheart. And lastly," I saw some of the paint had chipped away. I brushed some off, showing my yellow and gray robotic arm. "I'm part robot."

Cardin walked over to me and smiled, "I gotta say, Yang. I'm going to miss seeing you kick ass here every night."

"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"

"Yang, you are relieved of your duties here."

I smiled and hook Cardin's hand, "Pleasure doing business with you, Cardin."

"Hope to see you around."

"You might."

We walked out of the club and got into the car.

"You didn't have to do that, Yang. I could have handled it."

"Please. No one was going to lay their hands on you."

I kissed her head and drove home. Whenever we got home, we decided to take a nap. Before I did that, I brushed away the skin colored paint, revealing the yellow and gray colors. Blake came up from behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist.

"I like it better like that."

"What? Just the yellow and gray?"

"Yeah. It shows that this is part of you and you don't want to change it."

I smiled and pecked her lips. We walked into our room and got into bed. I wrapped my arms around Blake's waist and Blake wrapped her's around my neck. I pulled her closer to me and kissed her forehead before falling asleep.

When I woke up, Blake was already awake. She was lying down and looking up at the ceiling. I crawled over to her and she sat up slightly. I crawled in between her legs and rested my head on her stomach. I looked right into her amber eyes.

"What?" she asked after a few minutes go by.

"You need to stop."

"What did I do wrong?" she asked, laughing a bit.

"You need to stop being so damn cute," I smiled.

Blake rolled her eyes and kissed my forehead. With my right hand, I entwined my hand with her's.

"I love you, Blake."

"I love you too, Yang."

"I don't want you to forget it."

"It's kind of hard when we sleep together and share a house," she chuckled.

"I know," I said smiling.