Friends

On the large open roof of beacon dorms, he sat with his legs overhanging the edge. Starring out over the vast campus trying not to think, even though it was no good, he couldn't help but feels melancholy. 'Why didn't he have any friends' 'why was it so hard' He brought his hands up to cover his face refusing to think about it anymore, lest he do something he hasn't done since he was a child, cry.

Another person shoved past Ruby as they tried to get in to the cafeteria for the one day dessert special. People were jamming and shoving all over the place, and Ruby, do to her quite nature and small stature seemed to be suffering more than anyone else.

Cardin walked through the throng of people, even as some tried to rush past, they mostly avoided running into him as he was bigger then most people there and walked with an air of confidence.

With Cardin, the line jostled and jolted before and after him, as students struggled to get the dessert, none wanting or capable of shoving Cardin around.

Ruby was shoved down the line, not that she noticed, as it only brought her closer to delicious dessert. However, right as she made a grasp for it she was shoved farther down the line. In the desperate moment she grabbed the counter with both hands to halt herself, but the line of hungry students mercilessly shoved her.

NO, this was no time for weakness. Re-gripping the counter Ruby pulled herself and the entire line of students moved back, people pushed uncomfortably close. Ruby reached one hand in front of the other as she fought with all the strength she had, ever so slowly pulling herself back toward the dessert. But the line was full of hungry and now aggravated students who didn't care about why the line had started to move in the wrong direction only that it would take them longer to get to their dessert.

With all the students might coming down on her, Ruby was pushed back. Some of the students were grabbing the dessert and fled the line to avoid the mess it became. Ruby was about to give up, with what seemed to be all the strength of the world forcing her away, she had no choice but to accept the fact she couldn't do it.

'But huntresses never give up' Calling upon the very last vestiges of the strength, she clawed her way inch after strenuous inch toward the sweet, delicious, reward.

It helped that the students were leaving as soon as they got their hands on their prize to avoid the hassle of the line that had almost stopped moving. Ruby was slowly and aggravatingly making her way there. With the thumping of bodies, noise of the endless complaining and chatter, elbows and everyone trying to reach over each others hands (despite the fact there was only one dish to get) that was the rush, Ruby was almost there, she could smell the sweet aroma, making her mouth water. In a last desperate attempt she grabbed her tray and shoved it as far as her arms could reach, stretching every part of her body toward the dessert, thinking of nothing, but getting closer to her ultimate goal.

Cardin was making his way through the line like everyone else, but unlike everyone else, hadn't lost his mind in a mad frenzy, maybe it was because no one was pushing against him, the students right after him in the line back peddling to avoid being pushed into the larger more intimidating student. He was getting annoyed the line had stopped several times, but regardless he was almost within reach when a hand shoved a tray toward the dessert from beyond the mass of bodies. Getting in front of the dessert the hand was still there, desperately fighting to get closer. Maybe it was the fact he was in no rush, but he seemed to be the only one to notice it, or atleast the only one that cared to acknowledge it. Not caring that he held up the line for a few seconds (much to the people who were immediately behind him dismay) he watched as the tray gave a couple small lurches toward the dessert. Carding picked up one piece and placed in on the tray, it disappeared from sight. Getting back to the task at hand, he went for his own piece only to have his hand slapped by one of the servers.

"one per person" They stated.

"But I"

"One per person" the server stated lashing out with a ladle.

Cardin stepped back to avoid the cooking implement, his place in the line immediately closing in. Walking over to a to an empty table, he sat down grumbling all the way. Dispite how cramped the line was the cafeteria itself was fairly empty, something about most students not wanting to come get a dessert that they didn't know what it was. Which was stupid in Cardin's opinion all you had to do was look at it!

Ruby sat down opposite of Cardin.

He looked up to see her sit down, place her tray in front of her, and using a butter knife cut her dessert in half, picking up one half she reached over and put it on Cardin's tray.

Ruby picked up a fork and right before she took her first bite looked at Cardin and said.

"Thanks"