21 Ch. 21 Reunions and Embraces

"Alabast!" Ruby turns to dust petals and tackles him back into the hall. He falls backwards and lands on his back. "Ouch" He says tiredly.

"What happened to you! We were worried! We waited all night but you didn't come back! Yo-you wouldn't answer your scroll either!" Ruby was on top of him and had tears in her eyes.

"Hey Little Red. Glad to see you" Alabast puts his arms around her and hugs her. She hugs him back and rests her head against his chest.

He stands up still holding Ruby to his chest. He gets into the room and sees the others now standing around. They had various levels of worry on their face.

His clothes were in bad condition but he seemed fine, just a little tired.

"I'm gonna take a shower first before I explain. Is that alright?" He sets Ruby down and grabs his pjs and heads to the bathroom. He doesn't give the others a chance to respond.

"Well...He seems….tired?" Pyrrha isn't sure what to say.

"Yeah, but that doesn't explain where he was! Did you see his clothes?! They were ripped! He was in a fight and for Alabast to look like that it must have been serious! Ayaka did something!" Weiss shouts.

"Weiss, calm down! He said he would explain when he comes out. Just be a little more patient" Ren says to Weiss, but he looks at everyone else when he says it. He doesn't want to hear more theories about what could have happened. They had already been talking about that for long enough. And the man was going to tell them himself in a few minutes.

They all sit back down and wait. Some are impatient, but they can't do anything. Unless they barged in while he was showering.

Alabast comes out wearing his white compression long sleeve, and his gray sweatpants.

They look at him and he scratches the back of his head, his hair still slightly wet.

He goes up to Yang and hands her a brush. "Wanna brush my hair while I talk?"

Yang snatches the brush and goes to the bed and sits against the wall. She wasn't happy, but was willing to do it. At least he was safe now.

Alabast went and sat on his bed in front of Yang. Next to him We're Weiss and Ruby. Pyrrha sat on her bed with Blake next to her. Ren and Nora were on Noras bed.

"Where do I start?" Alabast thinks for a few seconds.

He describes how he met Ayaka and they took the bullhead. They had dinner and she told him she was here for personal reasons and that he was just her 'bonus'. Then he talked about his deal with her and that she would leave them alone as much as possible if he spent the night with her.

Yang yanked on his hair and he clarified that it didn't include sex. And so Yang calmed down and continued brushing.

He explained about the club they went to. How he and Ayaka danced in the crowd.

They found it hard to believe he danced. He offered to take them dancing. He also said that Yang would have loved the place, Blake might have as well. They looked at him funny when he said that but Blake assumed it was Faunus related or something.

He explained his weird outburst and how he had to leave. He said Ayaka had used her semblance on him and was basically an aphrodisiac mixed with something that messed with his aura. They were worried and if that he fought her and got injured and that why his clothes were like that.

Alabast explained how he left the club and was able to barely get away before he lost control. He somehow randomly moved through his darkness while it was on the fritz basically. He wound up in the middle of the Emerald Forest and fought off waves of Grimm until the morning.

They didn't know whether to believe him or not on the last part since he only had his Bestia Fangs and basically no semblance for the night.

That reminded him to show off his new light constructs. He made them dim so everyone doesn't get flashbanged. They were surprised and wondered how it could just improve randomly. Ren pointed out that it was whatever Ayaka had done to him.

Alabast thought about it. He did have a great time but also thought about his family he left behind that he misses. Even if they fought before he died, they were pretty close. How had they taken his death? He can't remember their names or faces. But he remembers that he had a mom, dad and a sister. Just a little more than that. Like only some extra special memories stick out. Both the good and bad memories stick out.

So maybe he was sad he couldn't see them or go back. But he was living the dream with his friends now after 11 years so he's contempt now.

Ruby put her hand on his. "You ok Alabast?" He heard Ruby to his side.

"Yeah, just thinking about my past is all. I think some memories were dusted off and that could be the reason. Also, I was thinking about you guys a fair bit as well"

"That's good. Just be careful. You don't normally think that hard" Ruby smiles. Yang laughs and tugs on a bit of his hair on accident. He hears a "sorry" behind him between laughter. The others also laugh.

He grabs Ruby's hood and shoved it over her head and face. Then uses his darkness to keep the hood down.

"Oh yeah? I don't think we've looked at your test scores yet!" Alabast says and grabs Ruby's sides and starts tickling her. She squirms and thrashes a little bit. She's laughing and is trying to get away but is unable to escape Alabast.

"Ok! I- I -I'm sorry Ashy! I-you're very-smart! And handsome! And cool! I give! You win!" He stops a few seconds later and let's Ruby relax on his bed. She's on her side facing away from Alabast and is holding her sides and is breathing a little heavily.

"And don't you forget" He takes her hood back off and moves her onto his lap. She doesn't resist as is sat down, still holding her sides.

"You ok Ruby?" Weiss puts her hand on her shoulder. She can't see her face under her hair and the angle she's looking down at.

"I'm….good…..just recovering" She says and leans back against Alabast. She narrows her eyes at him.

"I will remember this transgression in the future and I promise I shall get revenge" Ruby dramatically says.

Alabast couldn't help but smile as he sees Ruby playfully upset at him. He knows she is serious, but she's just so cute. "Good luck with that Little Red". He pays her head and starts messing with her hair.

"I don't need luck!" She looks across the room and sees Pyrrha and Blake sitting on the bed. Ruby pouts but leans against his chest.

"Why was I even worried" Weiss sighs and goes back to petting Alabast's tail.

"So wait! How many Grimm did you defeat?" Nora raises her hand after she asks.

"Lost count. Not that I started to count at the beginning"

"So how will Ozpin react" Everyone looks at Nora. Yang looks above Alabast's shoulder and even Ren looks at Nora. They all have a neutral face.

"Did I say something wrong" Nora lowers her hand slowly.

"Guys?" She looks at them and they still don't respond.

"Crap" is all Alabast says.

"He did have a way of monitoring us during initiation. And there are some strong Grimm in the forest. Don't they usually send teachers in to break up the packs and groups so they don't get too strong?" Pyrrha says what she remembers about the forest.

"Yeah. They also have videos of our fights" Ren points out. Nora just hugs his arm while his other hand is holding his chin while he thinks.

"It's best not to worry about it. Maybe he didn't see it or didn't notice?" Yang tries to be optimistic.

"Let's just go with that. Not like we can change it now" Weiss just sides with Yang on this one. It's easier to think so simply.

Everyone tried to not imagine if Alabast really did cut through a horde of Grimm on his own and Ozpin saw. Not many huntsman can do that on their own without their main weapon.

"Anyway. I'm really tired" He lets go of Ruby and stretches his arms above his head. Then he lays down with Ruby being little spoon. "Wah!" She yelped in surprise. She's on her side still dressed in her pjs and cape. She wouldn't have worn her cape with pjs but she was worried about Alabast and the cape sorta helped her calm down a bit.

"Are you comfy Littly Red Spoon?" Alabast smiles internally. Yang laughs a bit. It was just like her quality of puns. "That was great Alabast!"

"Y-yeah…not the pun but I'm comfy" Ruby responds.

"Wai-!" Weiss sees Yang lay on Alabast's other side. "Oh, Weiss. Did you want big spoon?" Yang sits up a bit.

"No! That's very indecent! How ca-" While everyone would move to hear Weiss talk about indecency and whatever else. Yang just grabs her and puts her between herself and Alabast. "Shush my middle spoon friend" Yang wraps her arms around Weiss and Alabast.

"Y-Yang!" Weiss cries out. "No need to thank me Weiss-cream" Yang says as she gets comfy. "You aren't actually cold like Weiss-cream. Oh! How about 'Princ-Weiss'. Yeah! I've still got it~"

"Why didn't I think of that when I called her Princess?" Alabast thought out loud.

"It's ok my student. Your master hasn't taught you everything just yet". Yang scratched behind his ear.

"Very funny's Yang" Alabast says.

He looks over to Pyrrha and Blake. Blake is blushing a bit while Pyrrha has a sad smile on her face. "Come here Pyrrha" Alabast says as he holds out his hand.

Pyrrha gets up and walks over. She doesn't know what he plans on doing, but she can think of one way for her to join.

She walks over and Alabast makes Pyrrha lay in front of Ruby. So Pyrrha was facing Alabast and Ruby while Alabast and Ruby faced Pyrrha.

Ruby had to face Pyrrha and she was almost being smothered by her….assets.

"Are you okay Ruby" Pyrrha asks. She doesn't want to get hurt.

Ruby is stuck between a hard place and a soft place. "Alabast is a liar" Ruby mumbles.

"Why do you say that?" Pyrrha asks as she puts her arm around Alabast. She can feel Alabast's hand around her back just above her waist.

"Because something clearly isn't tired". If Ruby's face could be seen, it would be bright red.

Pyrrha, Yang, Alabast and Weiss hear her. The girls blush while Alabast closes his eyes. What was he supposed to do. Maybe the aphrodisiac is still in his system. He couldn't help it when Ruby is pressing right up against him. And he had Weiss on his back. Her chest may not be big, but that size doesn't matter to him. He can appreciate the various sizes of a woman's chest. All have their advantages and Disadvantages. Even though to him there are no disadvantages…..

Ok. Alabast makes a mental not not to go clubbing. Get drugged. Go fight hordes of Grimm. While drugged. Then lay down with his ladies. That's just asking for trouble.

"You can sleep on my bed tonight Blake" Pyrrha says over her shoulder. "Unless….."

"You want to join us?!" Yang pops her head up from her position near the wall.

Blake looks at the bed that's completely full. The only way for her to really join is to climb on top of them. Specifically Alabast...

"N..no. I'm quite alright sleeping on Pyrrha's bed. Thank you" She's blushing heavily. Her entire face is a shade of pinkish-red. She goes over to the lamp that's lighting up the room and shuts it off.

"And I choose you! Ren!" Nora grabs Ren that was sitting on the bed and she drags him into his little spoon position. "Nora…" Ren protests a little. He's gotta keep some of his dignity.

"Do…..Do you want to be big spoon?" Nora Bashfully asks.

"It's too much work to move now" Ren was already trapped by Noras arms and legs. He didn't mind the sensation on his back. But he wouldn't admit it out loud.

As much as Alabast enjoys his situation, his body needs rest. No matter what one part of his body is saying, he needs sleep. He'd already gone through puberty in his last life and going through it again is just as bad. If not worse because this world has monsters. But having multiple women is worth it. Especially if they are like his. They're all amazing.

As Alabast falls asleep, unknown to him, his light is growing. It's not able to affect his body anymore than it already has, but it can grow to try and keep the darkness at bay. The growth of the light is proof of his feelings in his current situation. Being sandwiched my women, he had no idea it could feel so great. Being loved like this, and loving them back. Holding them and they hold him back. It's the best drug he's had all night.

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(Drug as in Ayaka's semblance and it's effects. And also drug as in his Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Serotonin. These three chemicals are released in your brain when you are happy basically. The chemicals regulate the happiness or something. I googled it and found one of the chemicals I forgot about and read the description so idk)

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