A/N: Hey people please bear with me as this is my first fic ever. If I make mistakes I have no problem with criticism harsh or otherwise. In fact I welcome harsh reviews. If you choose to review that is. I do not own any of these characters. They are owned by RoosterTeeth and Monty Oum. I purposely left this as a cliff hanger because if I get enough reviews I may continue the series. But it all depends on you. Please enjoy and review if you wish.
POV: Ruby.
"Business as usual I suppose" watching the girl in front of me run the track. "Why do I like her so much?" I ask myself.
Hello, my name is Ruby. Ruby Rose. The girl I am referring to is my partner, Weiss. She recently took up track as a pastime but personally (not to brag) I'll always be faster than her. Right now she is training for the big meet. She has gotten faster. When she first started she had a lap time of 45 sec's. Which with the size of our track is really slow. But now she has the second highest time in all of the school. 20 sec's.
Now if I didn't have the fastest time in all of the school I would help her take first. The reason she can't beat my time is simply because of my semblance… I like to call it flash point step. Basically I run with a super speed most people can't accomplish in a car. That is why I'm not on the team. It's unfair. "Come on Weiss only two more laps." I call to her.
As if I didn't have enough to look at she shoots me a weird smile. "Come run with me Ruby." She says. "Bet I'll win." She looks at me. It gives me a moment to look at the outfit she is wearing. She has a pair of running shorts that stop just above the knee that are a deep black (which definitely contrasts to her porcelain like skin), and a white v-neck tee shirt that shows (much to my disappointment) none of her chest. Her hair is usually in one single side ponytail but today (and any time she is running) it is in a bun on top of her head.
Something that should be said is that from about day one that I met Weiss I have had a major crush on her. An I mean MAJOR crush on her. And the only time that I was gonna ask her if she liked me the same way, my irritating sister Yang bust up my confidence by telling me that she thinks Weiss might be into Neptune. What's really funny is that even though his name is Neptune the weirdo is AFRAID of water.
"Ruby… Ruuuubyyy… RUBY!" Weiss shouts in my ear. I look up at her. Are you gonna run with me or not you dolt?" She asks.
"Yeah I'm coming" I stand up and brush my backside off. I'm not exactly in running material but, why not? If it'll humor Weiss than what harm can it have? By not in running material I mean that I'm in jeans and a black crew neck shirt with a dog's face on it. Above the face is the word Zwei. That's my dog's name and picture.
"But let's set this straight right now. I'm not running faster than you this time."
"But why not?" Weiss asks, kind of deflated sounding. She likes to me run and often want to me use my semblance. "You know that is what I like most about you being here with me." She begins to put on her pouting face. She knows I can't usually resist her pout . But today I am extra tired.
"Weiss, not to be rude but I am extra tired today so just let me enjoy a slight run with you. I don't have it in me to burst today." (Burst is what I call my semblance). I look at her and the moment she opens her mouth to argue I give her one of my rarely used serious looks. She looks down, defeated.
" Ok you win let's go." Weiss says. Shrugging it off she starts to walk towards the track. I'm following close behind when she suddenly stops, turns abruptly around and throws her arms around me. "Thank you so much Ruby." She says still not letting go of me.
"For what Weiss?" I ask her hill I'm slowly starting to blush thanks to still continuing embrace. I grab at her shoulders and push her out and hold her at arm's length. "What reason could you possibly have to thank me for?"
She looks at me and starts to blush. "For being my number one best friend. I hope we can be friends for a long time. Even though you usually are an annoying, hyperactive, childish dolt that is also a kind, caring, and compassionate leader and friend. And I… Well… I'm glad that I met you Ruby 'crater face' rose."
What she says leaves me dumbstruck yet awestruck all at the same time. I don't know wether to kiss her or start to cry as I slowly realize that I just had the hardest friend-zoning ever. "You know Weiss I've changed my mind, I'll burst for you."
"Really? You will? Thank you so much Ruby. You have no idea how much this means to me." She begins to smile so bright that I can't help but smile despite my completely crushed heart. "I'll sit here so I can watch." That's when she takes out her scroll.
"So can I go now or are you gonna video tape this." I ask. When she holds up her scroll in answer I sigh "Damn I hate it when she does it this way. If she wanted to record me bursting I wouldn't have done it." "Got your camera ready?" I ask.
"Not yet!" She shouts to me. And looks down at her scroll.
"Well hurry up dammit. I'm tired." That's when she holds up her scroll. "Ready?" I ask. She nods. I take a simple runner's stance and look down at the track ahead of me. I feel the all too familiar tingling in my legs as I get ready to run. The only side affect of my semblance is that it leaves a trail of rose petals wherever I run. And my legs hurt like hell. That's when I feel the wind rush by. The reason I hold the record at school still I cause even though I just ran two laps it's only been 7 sec's. (Just in case you don't know sec's stands for seconds.) I turn to look at Weiss. "You satisfied?" I ask in minor annoyance.
She's still has her jaw dropped. But she closes it and shakes her head. "Wow Ruby that was awesome! Do one more lap. Please." She asks sounding amazed.
I don't exactly want to. "Weiss, I'm sorry but no. My legs hurt like hell, I can't run in this get up, and frankly I'm tired of the shit from today and need to sleep. But," I burst to stand in front of her. "If you want you can experience it firsthand. All you have to do is climb on my back. We'll be back at the dorm in moments." That's when I begin to blush.
"Are you sure? I mean, can you even do that? Won't it slow you down?" She asks. Her face is riddled with concern. Her ice blue eyes betraying her excitement at the new experience. "But, despite my concern, if you would like I would be more than happy to try." She smiles and looks away.
I turn around, "Ok then. Hop on." I crouch down so she can climb onto my back. "Hold on tight. Cause… Here… We… GO!" With a small yelp from Weiss I rush forward. Within a matter of seconds or reach the door to our dorm. The five minute walk only took about 45 seconds for me to run. When we get there I set Weiss down on the ground and turn to face her. "How do you feel? You okay? I promise you have seen no ghosts."
"I'm fine Ruby." She says exasperated. "I just thought you were going to run into something. How did you get so good at it?" She asks admiring my semblance.
"Weiss, it's my semblance. Of course I'm going to be good at it." I look at her. She looks at the floor. "What's wrong Weiss? You never look like this. Did I spook you that bad? Even Yang didn't get that scared of it."
She looks at me with genuine fear. "It's not that Ruby. I have an important question to ask you, but I'm afraid of how you and your sister, especially your sister, will react. Yang might kill me." She says in a strained tone.
"If you're that worried about it you should tell me anyway. You said it yourself, I'm you're best friend and I always will be. So ask away." She looks at me with a hurt expression. "Oh no. What did I do."
"Never mind Ruby. You just answered me. Let's just go inside." She fishes out her scroll, and puts it up to the doors lock. The door clicks and Weiss goes inside. "Dammit! what did I do wrong?"
