January: New Years
It was a hot summer's day when Ruby first saw her. The crickets echoed their tune amongst the grass and the cicadas chattered in the walls. Under the sun that blazed upon the earth, Ruby lounged on a recliner, in the comfort and protection of her house, four fans faced her as she sipped on a cold glass of lemonade. She had her eyes glued to the TV, to the re-runs of the Avatar series when she heard a shrill voice from her backyard. Her curiosity peaked, she set down the lemonade, the ice clinked against the glass.
She went upstairs and peered out of her window, into the backyard of her backdoor neighbour's house. Ruby's eyes registered the colour of white that reflected from below, it was an alabaster haired girl, who with her index finger pointed at a box, as she directed a sky blue-haired boy to bring boxes of that specific section into the two-storied house. The short petite girl wore her hair into an elegant bun, a sort of crown nestled around it. Ruby marveled at the amount of boxes and trucks in the driveway and backyard… This girl was rich.
From downstairs, she heard the Avatar opening prologue rang, as it started another episode. She rolled her eyes at the prospect of a stuck-up girl for a neighbour and travelled downstairs to continue her lazy day.
It was a cool summer's night when Weiss first saw her. The night's cool breeze brushed against cheek. The sound of music resounded through the neighbourhood, from the people who blasted classical music to rock from the speakers of their cars. She tuned out the loud racket, and glanced towards the sky from her second floor balcony… She couldn't see the stars that were visible from her family's estate. However, this reflection was interrupted from the loud countdown being yelled from below, from her backdoor neighbour's backyard. Her eyes darted down to see three girls, as they stood on the green grass with sparklers in their hands.
Then…
At the number one, when the clock strucked twelve and fireworks bloomed into the sky. When the old year closed but opened the door to the anew, two eyes finally met.
Blue met silver.
The brunette with dyed red tips tilted her head in curiousity. Weiss blinked back. Neither smiled, they just stared blankly at each other.
"Ruby!"
The girl who donned red tore herself away from Weiss' inquisitive gaze, as she instead responded to the tall blonde and a girl with a bow.
Weiss leaned on her left hand and look towards the sky…
Ruby…
The sound of fireworks rumbled through her chest.
A thought crossed her mind… The New Year suddenly seemed more daunting.
Author's Note:
Hey guys, sorry if I worried or if I made you guys upset due to my small (understatement of the year) and unannounced hiatus but, then and next year, I will get very busy and wouldn't be update any stories at all.
Because of this, I'm only gonna be able to update in the summer holidays (well, in my country) and so I plan to finish this story within around 2 months. And also, I discontinued my other story (deleted it too so no one gets hopeful around it). I'm sorry if you were really looking forward to it but I frankly lost where I was going with it and now have no motivation to finish it.
So Backyard Neighbours is the project I plan to do this time! And I hope you come back for more :) !
Also don't get too worried if the chapters seem short at first, when the story really takes off the word count would average around 2K, give or take.
(And if you haven't notice in this first chapter, over the time I was away, I was hopefully able to improve my writing style)
I'll see ya all in the next January chapter!