Love 'n Stuff a Collaboration fiction written with Phx199
Fall had begun to tighten its grip upon the grounds of Beacon Academy. Trees of all sizes had begun to change from a forest green to a brilliant orange. All around the campus of the illustrious boarding school, students ran to and fro trying to minimize their exposure to frigid wind that had begun to blow. All, except two students that walked side by side down the central path that ran the length of the campus who seemed oblivious to the cold.
One was tall, built rather well, and moved with a confidence that inspired those around him. However he also was known for having a calm easy going demeanor that was easy to get along with as well as a sense of humor that wasn't always on the clean side, which was probably why Mr. Jaune Arc was best friends with the shorter slender girl who walked beside him. The resident class punk Ruby Rose.
"So, walk me through it one more time Shortstop. Why is your roommate the spawn of Satan again?" Jaune asked with a smile as he reached over and ruffled Ruby's dark mop of red tinted hair causing her large, rock blaring, headphones to drop to rest around her neck. Ruby took this moment to fix him with one of her famous scowls as she rearranged her headgear back to its proper place on her head. She disliked the nickname Jaune had made for her immensely, To be honest Ruby wasn't all that short, standing at a stout 5'9, but she supposed compared to Jaune's 6'4 height almost anyone at beacon could be considered short, well maybe not Pyrrha but that was beside the point.
Ruby huffed and began again annoyance clear in her tone.
"I'm telling you Jaune, it's only been 2 weeks but I swear that I've only spoken to her 3 or four times and I can totally tell that she hates me." Ruby paused for a moment to take a sip of her energy drink before tossing it into a nearby trash bin causing her to pump her fist in the air in victory.
"Score! Now mmm, where was I?" she asked losing her train of thought
"You were just telling me about how Weiss supposedly hates you" Jaune replied helpfully. Ruby slapped his back in appreciation before continuing her tirade.
"Exactly she's fucking unbelievable! I mean every single time I come in the room she gives me this glare that could send the devil himself running for the hills!" Ruby sighed and as they came to cobbled entrance to her redbrick dorm building she sat upon the steps in utter defeat.
"It's not like I did anything specifically to piss her off" Jaune gave her a look that clearly announced his disbelief which Ruby responded to by giving him the bird followed by a playful shove.
"I'm serious! Anyway how have things been with that chick you've been crushing on in chemistry and P.E since the start of semester, what was her name again? Pyra ?" ruby asked desperate to change the subject from her possibly psychopathic roommate who may or may not be out to get her.
Jaune rolled his eyes before answering
"It's Pyrrha, and I told you before you before that its going nowhere at the moment, honestly I don't even think she likes being my lab partner. " he paused for a moment to heave a heavy sigh before looking up to star into the blue expanse of the sky.
"I just slow her down, she's beautiful, as well as so smart and cool, did I mention beautiful? " another sigh as he lowered his gaze to meet his friends concerned gaze.
" but she's stuck with a guy like me."
Ruby stared at him for several moments without saying a word. Then she reached a hand up and rested it on Jaune's cheek for a moment before moving it further back and rapping her knuckles upon the back of his head. Jaune yelped in pain and clutched the back his head as Ruby burst into fits of laughter.
"The hell was that for Ruby?" Jaune cried out as he rubbed the spot where Ruby's knuckles had collided. Ruby laughed for a few more moments before relaxing and throwing her arm around Jaune's shoulders and giving him a tight squeeze.
"Jaune you are the sweetest most caring guy I have ever met, Hell if I swung that way I would totally have taken a crack at you. Anyway the point is keep trying I'm sure shell warm up to you, Pyrrha would be lucky to have someone like you."
Jaune smiled at his friend's words and returned her hug before he stood and dusted himself off.
"Well I should probably get back, Ren's giving me some help with my homework and don't you say a damn thing Red. I recognize that look in your eye Ren is just my roommate" Ruby Rolled her eyes and let out a huff of annoyance at her dirty comment being shut down before it could flourish. She said goodbye to Jaune and with a quick hug she watched him walk off towards the direction of the boy's dorm.
After a time Ruby sighed and resigned herself to her inevitable fate of returning to her room and facing her demonic roommate. Ruby entered the large building and walked the length of the long cherry wood paneled hall towards an old rickety elevator. As she walked Ruby had a sudden flash of inspiration.
' if Weiss thought that I couldn't hear her then maybe she wouldn't try to yell at me tonight.' She thought, Inspired by this confidence, when she reached the elevator, she began to dig into her pockets looking for her salvation, a small red I-pod with matching ear buds. A smile of bliss stretched across her face when she placed the buds in and hit play and Deadmau5's "Ghosts 'n Stuff" began to fill her ears and she began to bob her head to the music.
The elevators doors opened and she stepped forward only to find herself colliding with something or rather someone. The pair fell to the floor just outside the elevator, Ruby yelped as her head connected with the wall, rubbing the back of her head and squinting against the pain she offered an apology to her unfortunate collision buddy, only to hear something that made her blood run cold.
'You Dolt! Why don't you watch where you're going!?" the voice was familiar to Ruby, in fact it was far too familiar. Her eyes flew open and she felt her heart jump into her throat as her silver eyes met icy blue and her fears were confirmed. Ruby could almost feel those eyes them through her into her very soul. After a longer then comfortable silence Ruby gave a weak laugh before saying sheepishly,
"Hehe…um Hey Weiss, how's it going?."
Authors Note: Hello everyone! How's it going? I really hope you all enjoyed the beginning of my first Collaboration fiction ! I had a lot of fun with this and Phx199 and I couldn't be happier with the result. Please leave a Review and let us know what you think! For those of you who follow my other stories I have a special announcement to make, Ahem, My final Judgment days second chapter shall be coming out sometime in the next 3 days and next week on Halloween I shall be posting the first of the last chapters for Roses and Ice. Well I think that's it, again please leave a review and give us your input! The good the bad, what you liked and maybe any questions you may have, every little bit helps us to make this a better and more enjoyable story for your reading pleasure. Take care everyone love and light to you all until next we meet! ~ Crystal