"Yes."
One simple word, but to Neo its meaning was almost beyond comprehension. She was happier than she could ever remember being. Time seemed to stand still, her mind not wanting to accept that this moment could ever end. Neo's head was filled with a million thoughts, but they all had the same subject in common: Weiss was her girlfriend. The two continued to stare wordlessly into each other's eyes, neither able to adequately express what they felt. Finally, Neo pulled the heiress into an embrace. Both girls were crying tears of joy, and their display didn't go unnoticed.
Yang poked her head out of the bathroom, "Everything alright out here?" Neo nodded, still crying, and Yang knew that all had gone well. "I'll leave you two alone."
She returned to her shower, and the new couple giggled as they broke the hug. "I-I can't believe it," Neo said softly.
Weiss smiled, still blushing, "Neither can I. I never thought you would feel this way about me, not after the way I acted toward you."
"You'll have to do much worse than that to push me away."
"I wouldn't dream of it. So... what do we do now?" Neo had been wondering the same thing. She'd never been in a relationship before, all of this was uncharted territory to her. Even so, just the simple fact of going into it with a Weiss seemed to make everything scary about it disappear. Neo felt another wave of happiness come over her, but what followed it was something much darker. She suddenly collapsed to the floor, catching onto her bed to stop her fall. "Neo? What's wrong?" Weiss asked as she rushed to Neo's side.
No no no, not now, not now, Neo thought desperately. This can't be happening now.
She was breathing raggedly, her eyes shut tight, making Weiss go pale, "Neo!? Are you okay?"
"N-No, Harley—" Neo gasped. "S-Stand back. Back up!" Weiss complied, watching helplessly as Neo fought with herself for control. Neo stayed ahead, but only just, curling up in a ball as she strained to prevent the transition from coming on. After almost five minutes of panting, she went limp. Weiss couldn't watch anymore and rushed to her side, pulling her girlfriend's head into her lap and stroking her hair.
"Neo? Can you hear me? I'm right here, just breathe."
Neo's eyes slowly opened, beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. "I... I'm alright," she said breathlessly. "I've haven't had her fight so hard for control in a long time. I guess I just haven't been that happy in a while." She smiled and closed her eyes while she caught her breath. Weiss helped her into bed, pulling the covers over her as she began to shiver. All of Neo's strength had been drained, she could barely keep herself from passing out.
"Just rest, you need it. I'll be right here when you wake up."
Neo nodded weakly, and let the darkness overtake her.
𖦹𖦹𖦹
Neo found herself standing in the middle of nothing but blackness, a single, invisible point of light illuminating her position. "What the...? Where am I?" she asked aloud.
"Nowhere," a voice spoke from the darkness in front of her. "Well, technically it's somewhere in your imagination." Out from the shadows stepped Harley, grinning at her sister personality.
Neo was stunned, "What? Why am I here? Is this a dream?"
Harley shook her head, "Nope, not a dream. I just wanted us to talk, we haven't really gotten the chance before."
"O-Okay, I guess, what did you want to talk about?"
"Come on, you know exactly what I want to talk about."
"Weiss?" Neo asked. "What about her?"
Harley rolled her eyes, "If we're gonna be dating her, I want to spend some time with her too. Don't worry, I'll behave when I do, I wouldn't want to ruin our relationship."
Neo wasn't sure what to make of everything that was being said, "I... Alright, I guess..."
"Perfect! Well, it was nice chatting with you. See ya!" Harley said with a wink before walking back into the blackness.
𖦹𖦹𖦹
The light above Neo started to dim, and the dark slowly enveloped her. She suddenly woke up and found Weiss sitting on the end of her bed.
"Good morning," the heiress said with a smile as Neo sat up.
"How long did I sleep?"
"A few hours, it's almost three o'clock. The rest of the team is at the library."
"The library? Do we have an exam coming up that I forgot about?"
"Apparently so," Weiss sighed. "On Tuesday we have an exam in Professor Peach's class. It's on Vale plant life, remember?"
"Oh yeah, that's right," Neo said, then grinned. "Wait, you passed up going to the library to stay here with me?"
The heiress rolled her eyes and stood up. She walked over to her dresser and came back with a cup of water, handing it to Neo. "Here, drink this. And yes, I couldn't just leave you here."
"You're the best," Neo said, sipping the drink. She hadn't realised how thirsty she was, the cold water soothing her dry throat. All the while, the conversation with Harley was playing in her head. She couldn't tell if it really was Harley talking, or just a dream, but either way she didn't think it would be a good idea to just let Harley take over with Weiss. She handed the glass back and started to get out of bed.
"What do you think you're doing?" Weiss asked like a mother scolding her child.
"Relax, I'm fine. This isn't my first blackout." Weiss didn't want to believe her, but seeing as she wasn't an expert in split personalities, she decided to take her word for it. Neo got up and stretched before walking over to Weiss. "Think we should join the others in the library?"
"I guess we could, but only if you're feeling well enough."
Neo smiled at her girlfriend's concern, "Weiss, believe me, I'm alright. I promise I won't lie to you."
"I know, but that doesn't mean I'm still not worried."
"And I appreciate that. Come on, let's go!" They left the room and set off for the library, neither girl saying much along the way, but Neo didn't seem to mind. She was content to just be in the heiress' company. A few minutes into the walk she thought about reaching for Weiss' hand, but decided against it after remembering what she'd heard from the bathroom. "So, did you tell the rest of the team about us when they got back?" Neo asked, following her own train of thought.
"No, I didn't," Weiss replied. "I wanted us to do it together."
"That is if Yang hasn't said anything already."
"She'd better not! I told her not to tell anyone after she came out of the shower."
Neo laughed, "I doubt she'd do it on purpose, but she is a bit of a loud mouth. It wouldn't surprise me if it slipped out."
"True, but I think she has a little more self control than you give her credit for."