Bunny Doll
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.
Velvet was just walking along Beacon's courtyard when she perked up. Her ears twitched as she noticed someone approaching her. Her then sank as she heard voices. Cardin Winchester and his team. True, he was no longer that much of a jerk since Jaune saved him, but he was still pretty mean to her and she had no desire to get her ears grabbed again. She looked around and dove into a nearby bush, where she waited for team CRDL to pass on. Once they were gone, she sighed with relief.
"Who are we hiding from?" Velvet jumped up with a shriek at the whispered question. She jumped out of the bush and turned to stare at it. After a moment, another girl popped up out of it. Leaves were caught in her shoulder-long orange hair and bright green eyes stared at her accompanied by a happy smile. "Hi," she waved at Velvet.
"H-hello."
"I'm Penny, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Velvet took a step back. She was not sure what to think of this girl. "I'm...Velvet."
"It's a pleasure to meet you."
"You...already said that."
"Right, I really need to check on that," Penny said as she scratched her head. Velvet just stared at her. Something was really off about this girl. "So, why were you in the bush?" Velvet looked down. "Were you playing hide and seek?"
She shook her head. "Just hide."
"I see. Who were you hiding from?"
Velvet hesitated. "Just...some boys."
"Why?"
Velvet took another step back. She really wasn't comfortable with these questions. "I just..."
"Are they your friends?"
"No!" Velvet exclaimed a bit too quickly. "No, they're not."
"Then, are they mean to you?" Penny's people skills were in no way refined, but they were good enough to know what Velvet's silence meant. "Why?"
Velvet's ears twitched and she pointed at them. "Because I'm a faunus. I'm a freak to them."
As Penny looked at the ears, a sad expression appeared on her face and she looked down. "I'm sorry. I know what that's like."
Velvet chuckled bitterly. "No, I don't think you do."
"I do," Penny replied in an unusually serious tone. "Always alone, isolated from everyone else. Rejected, simply because I was different."
"What do you mean? I mean, yes, you're kind of weird, but you still seem like a relatively normal girl."
Penny gaped at Velvet. "Did you just call me a 'normal girl'?"
"'Relatively' normal, yes."
Penny stared at her for a moment before the brightest smile Velvet had ever seen appeared on her face and she hugged her.
"Uh, Penny? Are you alright?"
"I'm wonderful. Thank you. Hey, Velvet?"
"Yeah?"
"You wanna be friends?"
Velvet was a bit startled by the sudden request. But then she thought about it. She didn't have any real friends at Beacon and Penny was genuinely kind. She was by no means a normal girl, but saying that apparently made her happy. And, for some reason, this made Velvet happy. A smile appeared on her face. "Sure."
If only she'd known what that one word would get her into.
