Blake barely registered the sound of Weiss and Ruby at each others throats, while Yang could only look on in amusement. They were arguing over some board game that Blake had lost interest in playing. She had nothing against her team mates, but she was use to being alone and immersed in her books. They knew her secret, and at least they are more accepting than others. Nonetheless she was here to redeem herself, she was here to put her past behind her. "Blake? Hello? Anybody there?", Ruby waved her tiny hand in front of Blake's face. Blake looked up in response, "We are going back to the dorms, are you coming". Blake nodded and closed her book, marking the page she was on.
On the way back from the dorms, Blake couldn't help but sense that she was being followed. She hoped that this person wasn't a creepy stalker, or someone who wasn't suppose to know her secret. She noticed shadows flickering on the walls as she walked with her friends. She occasionally heard footsteps that belonged to a fifth person. "What's wrong Blake?", Yang casually asked, Blake didn't notice she was twitching and looking around. Blake looked behind her at the empty hall, there was nobody there except for the four of them.
Blake shook her head, it was probably her imagination. "I'm fine. You guys go on ahead, I'll catch up". Yang shrugged and walked back to the dorms with the others. Blake looked back at the hallway, surveying the nooks and crannies, hoping to catch her stalker. The spaces where empty, but she heard footsteps approaching behind her. With the others far ahead of her, she knew these had to belong to someone else. She felt someone place a hand on her shoulder, in a moment of panic she attacked the person. She rammed her elbow into the person behind her, hitting hard muscle and cotton.
That person let go, only to nurse their injured shoulder. "Perhaps this wasn't the best way to approach you", Blake's cheeks flared as she recognized that voice. Out of the corner of her eye she could make out a long, golden tail. She didn't dare turn around, cursing herself for injuring the poor boy standing behind her.
Blake tried to compose herself as she turned around, "well, it was your fault for acting like a creepy stalker". Sun was standing behind her, the forgiving smile on his face had Blake feel more embarrassed. What she said just now sounded angrier than she intended. "If my elbow has hit his abs, it would have broken my arm", she thought. Blake shook her head violently, "so anyways, why did you follow me?" she asked.
Sun had stopped rubbing his shoulder when he spoke, "I tried, but I still think you're friend doesn't think too highly of me". Blake knew he was referring to Weiss, then again she didn't seem to think highly of anybody. If she did, she had an odd way of showing it. Despite his smile, Blake couldn't help but feel embarrassed about what had happen. "So what did you want to talk about?" she asked, he came all this way and got hit in the shoulder for his efforts.
Sun shrugged, "it's just that we haven't said much since that night at the shipyard". Blake remembered that night and the interrogation from Ozpin that followed. She didn't want to say much more about it right now. "Sorry, it's just that it's been a while since I've met another Faunus, let alone spoken to one". Blake's eyes flickered over to his tail, waving around on the stone floor. Some traits are more difficult to hide than others, other students like Velvet knew that the hard way. Sun titled his head to the side looking up at her ribbon, silently asking her to remove it, at least for a minute. He once mused she looked better without the bow.
Blake finally managed to compose herself, "meet me at the cafe later, I have to get something from the dorm". Sun smiled as she walked away, Blake tried to ignore the fact that her cheeks were flaring. It was so out of character it irritated her to no end, yet there was no hope staying away from the monkey boy.
Moments later when Blake walked in to her room, everyone was quiet and exchanging knowing glances. Blake raised an eyebrow at them, "What's going on here?". She eyed Ruby, who was suspiciously quiet for someone who usually bounced off the walls.
The only sound in the room was Yang giggling like a little girl, "so Blake, what took you so long?" she asked teasingly. She climbed into the bunk bed, it was a wonder it hadn't collapsed on top of them during their time at Beacon. "Did you elbow anyone else in the ribs on your way here?", Blake opened her book and tried to look engrossed in the story. When really, she'd wish Yang hadn't spied on her and that she could hide the ever present blush on her cheeks. Ruby stared at her in wide eyed excitement, eager for Blake to tell them what happened. Weiss rolled her eyes, obviously she didn't seem to care about what happened. The three of them had spied on her, and now they demanded answers to their burning questions. After reading a couple of chapters, she gathered her things and left the dormitories. Ruby and Yang sighed in defeat when they realized they weren't going to get anything out of her.
As Blake walked into town, she looked around to see if anyone she knew was there. Sure enough, most of the students had no interest going into town that day. With that, she untied the ribbon which carefully hid her ears. She had to admit, it felt better to set them free after keeping them wrapped up. "Much better" a cheerful voice called, she looked up and saw Sun hanging by his tail from the street lamp. Blake felt a small smile pulling at the corner of her mouth. She wasn't entirely sure if she liked him, but for the time being, she just wanted to enjoy his company.