Ep. 22 - Origins, What Are We?

The next day, I really didn't want to wake up. Because I knew I would have to deal with yesterday's situation. Weiss though had other plans.

"I know you're awake. I've been sleeping close to you for months already, you can't fool me."

"You sure know me well." We looked at each other before redirecting our gazes to the bed.

"What are you going to do?"

"What do you want me to do? I love you, I don't want to hurt your feelings, no matter what."

"Well, it's fine isn't it? Plus, I prefer knowing there is some other girl in your bed. Just discovering it would hurt a lot. Yang and Ruby are friends, so it's okay." As Weiss said that, Yang jumped up from the bed.

"What happened?! Why am I here?! And why does my head hurt so much?!"

"Well, a drunk you happened. You kinda barged in with Ruby and started letting out your feelings. You fell asleep while I was hugging you, so that's why you're here. As for your head, probably it's you screaming while hungover. Take this, it should help." I explained, handing her a medicine packet.

She didn't take it, so I got worried.

"You there, Yang? Are you okay Yang?! Yang!"

"E-eh? W-what did you say? My feelings?" She stuttered, while holding her cheeks.

"Yes, word-for-word, you said: 'It's lonely, you know?! It's frustrating, all the care you, Pyrrha, Nora, and Blake get! We liked Tula from before Beacon, then you arrive and take him away… We're alone. I feel excluded! Why does it have to be you? Why can't it be me?' I feel touched but we need to talk first, before we decide anything."

Weiss then looked confused: "I don't remember the last part!"

"It was a whisper. I heard it because, you know… I'm a robot."

She nodded.

Due to the noise we made, Ruby woke up and asked more or less the same questions, though she was less loud than Yang.

After a few minutes, I spoke again.

"Now that you are awake, we need to talk. First about me. This will probably hurt you and feel surreal, but please bear with it until the end." I then started telling them how I come from another universe, that I died, was later found and revived by MoonRay, that I became a Guardian, how we achieved peace, how the fireteam momentarily separated, how I encountered an anomaly and reached this universe. I also told them that I didn't encounter Grimm and lose my friends. I added that I saw no other way to actually get by in an unknown universe, that I'm ashamed to have tricked them. I also added that I already made a machine to recreate the 'anomaly', but I stayed because I enjoyed being with them. They know the rest from Beacon onwards.

Like Weiss when I told her, they had spinning eyes. They didn't talk for a long time.

"Weiss knew already? About all this?" We nodded.

"So you tricked us?"

"Yes. But only my reason for being there. Everything that happened during my stay was true. All the days I trained and laughed with you, and the days I spent nerding on weapons with you." I said, looking at Yang then Ruby.

"Why tell us this? Why now? Why keep it a secret?!"

"I am telling you this because you two said you liked me. I want you to at least know this, before deciding what to do… About your feelings."

Yang was biting her lip, while Ruby just looked dazed.

The last innocently asked: "So, what does this make us?"

"Can you leave us for a moment? I think I need to talk with them. In private." Weiss asked. More like ordered

"I'll be outside."

When I came out of the room, I saw that no one was around. They probably had a good night.

I started thinking about something.

'What Yang said about keeping it a secret is a valid point. They are my friends, I trust them. I just subconsciously wanted to keep it a secret. I'll come clean with them today. Maybe tomorrow is better, today they will probably want to spend it as couples.'

With that decided, I waited for the three girls to finish their private meeting. After an uneventful half an hour, Weiss called me back in the room.

"So, we decided that we'll… Share you. But I'm the main wife!"

"To be honest, half expected this. Well, I'll need to work hard, then!" I said.

"Oh, you will. We came to the consensus that you will have to make it up to them for hiding your past and tricking them when you first arrived here. You know, I still don't understand why you didn't say everything that day along with Blake."

"Well, I just did it subconsciously. It's what I was thinking about outside. I trust all of you, so I will come clean with the others."

Anyway, it was decided that I would have a harem, not intending on expanding it. Hell, I planned on only being with Weiss at the beginning.

The day was spent lazing around in the chalet. The others came down in groups. The first was composed by Sun and Blake, who didn't move much. I nodded at Sun. 'He moved fast! No, maybe I am just slow with this stuff.'

After them came Jaune, Pyrrha, and Nora. Pyrrha tried not to show it, but she put more weight on one leg. A quick look at Jaune was enough to confirm everything. Nora was surprisingly energetic, though the missing Ren gave me a good idea of what happened. 'Rest in peace, you will not be forgotten. Oh, nevermind, there he is!'

As I expected, Ren was limping. He just collapsed on a couch. His chilling didn't last long as Nora sat on his lap. More like plopped on him.

'Am I seriously the only cherry boy remaining? And I even was the first to get a girlfriend!'

As I expected, my friends spent their day as couples. When they saw Ruby and Yang clinging to me more than usual, they did give me some weird glances, but that didn't last long.