RWBY: A Tale of Two Roses

I was at my mother's gravestone overlooking the canyon below. I got down on my knees and did a quick prayer to her before finally sitting down on the ground.

"Hey mom," I said. "It's me, Ruby." I paused for a moment, taking in a breath of the warm, summer air.

"I just wanted to say hi and that I'm sorry I haven't talked to you lately. I've been very busy, what with managing my team and getting ready for next semesters. To be honest I had to cut some of what little free time I had just to come sit with you for maybe half an hour, if that. I've been doing okay though.."

I thought about it for a quick moment. Realizing my lie. "Actually, not really. I feel like I don't fit in very well. I always feel like I'm at the bottom, even when I'm excelling in my classes and all. I feel like my age makes me different from the rest. Even my sister Yang feels different in that sense. I feel like I'm towered over by everyone because of it."

I sighed as I pulled my legs into my chest and wrapped my arms around them, locking them into a tight hold.

"To make things even better I think my condition is getting worse. More and more everyday I feel lost, not only in myself but in the path I have taken. I try looking for ways to get my mind off of it, but when I wake up from whatever task I occupy myself with it just hits me again. It hurts a lot mom. I try to suppress the pain but it just seeps back into me. It's like a cancer, when you think it's over and you win it just comes right back. This depression is killing me. No matter what I do it just comes rebounding back on me."

Getting uncomfortable, I let go of my legs and returned back cross legged.

"There is someone I like. Someone that I kinda have a crush on, but doesn't know I do. And to make it harder it's the same sex as me. Her name's Weiss Schnee," I laughed at the sound of her last name. "Isn't it just a beautiful name? Weiss Schnee. It's an honourable name. I love her, but I don't even think she knows I exist in her eyes. She's nice though, funny sometimes. A little uptight, but beautiful and gorgeous."

Thinking about Weiss made my stomach start to stir. I smirked at the thought of her. "But I'm afraid to tell her though. I'm afraid even confessing to her that I'm lesbian will kill the friendship we have. I'm afraid even more because she's also in my team, and she literally sleeps right below me. I don't know what to do, but it makes me depressed. In a way, I want her to know, I want her to at least accept me. But at the same time I want more. I want to be her 'someone special', her red rose, her lover and girlfriend. I don't know what to do."

I looked at my scroll. It was almost 4 in the afternoon. I sighed again. "I'm sorry mum, I have to go. As much as I just want to sort my life out, I have a team to lead." I said as I went back to a kneeling stance. Doing another prayer before getting up and picking up my weapon, Crescent Rose that was neatly placed behind me.

"Goodbye mother. I hope to talk to you soon." I said as I kissed my hand and waved it at the gravestone. I started to walk back into the forest guarding my mother's grave, hoping to find answers through time.