The warm feeling from the sunlight let Blake breathe a sigh of relief. It had been a long time since she could just relax, sitting underneath a tree, and read a book. Enjoying a day off was something she seldom got to enjoy anymore. Between a rambunctious partner, an over reactive teammate, and a hyperactive leader there was rarely ever any quite time. As much as she hated to admit it being around the three had slowly began to get her to open up.
Six months. It had been six months since she had arrived at Beacon. It still amazed her as to how much can happen in such a short amount of time. Between initiation, being put on a team with three other girls, meeting more people than she would ever like to deal with in such a short amount of time, revealing herself as a faunus, an extreme food fight, and most importantly the Breach. Slowly, she began to adjust to constant motion her days seemed to be filled with. It was a rarity to be able to slip away from everyone and just have some time to herself.
The hours seemed to fly by all at once. Closing her book she looked around to see that dusk was starting to set in. Letting out a small groan upon standing up Blake raised her hands clasped together above her head to stretch out her back eliciting a small moan as she felt the relief of finally moving flood her body.
Realizing she had missed dinner she decided to head to the student kitchen to try and make herself a snack before bed. With a destination now in mind Blake started walking back to the massive building in front of her.
As she was approaching the doorway she figured a tuna salad sandwich would be her best option. It wasn't an actual meal but would keep her from waking up later in the night starving. Gathering her supplies to create her favourite snack she set to work.
After finishing her sandwich Blake decided to text Yang to see if anyone wanted anything while she was there so she could spare them from making a pointless trip.
After several minutes of no response she decided that she had waited long enough and began to navigate her way back to the room she shared with her team. Drifting down the hallways at such a leisurely pace caused Blake to unknowingly smile slightly. It was such blessing to not have to listen to her teammates argue while going from point A to point B.
*Crash!*
'Oh you have got to be kidding me.' Blake though to herself. ' I guess all good things must come to an end eventually.'
Cautiously opening the door Blake ducked just in time to avoid being hit by a book that was aimed at the door. She looked up to see her leader almost in tears. While books and papers seemed to be thrown about the room.
"I am sooo sorry Blake! I didn't mean to! This assignment is just really stressing me out. I swear I've read it like 3,000 times and I just can't seem to understand it!" The red cloaked girl said frantically.
"Ruby, it's alright. Just be glad it wasn't Weiss walking through the door, or you would have a lot more problems than just an assignment." Blake stated softly. "Speaking of whom where is she? And Yang for that matter."
The girl in front of her seemed to shrink in on herself and fresh tears started to swell in her eyes threatening to spill over. However the red headed girl did everything in her power not to look at her teammate standing in front of her in fear of what had transpired two hours before. "WeissandYanggotinanargumentbecauseWeisswasyellingatmeagain." She squeaked out in a single breath.
"I'm sorry. Run that by me again. I didn't catch that." Blake stated while taking a few steps towards the cowering girl.
Ruby sighed but repeated herself more slowly. "Weiss and Yang got into an argument because Weiss was yelling at me again. After that they both stormed out of the room and now I'm stuck here trying to understand this assignment and I can't really do that while I worry about both of them. But I know that if I leave to go check on them Weiss will just yell more."
Blake reached out and put a hand on the younger girls shoulder. "Ruby I know you're worried about them but I believe that this is something that will work out on its own." Ruby was about to interject but stopped when Blake raised her hand. "I also believe that you should get back to your homework. So, I'll make you a deal that will help put your mind at ease. I'll go and look for them and see what's going on and bring them back here so we can all talk about what happened and once we are finished with that I'll personally help you finish whatever needs to be done but, you have to promise to try to get some of it done by the time I bring them back."
Poking her two index fingers together silver eyes lazily trailed upwards from the floor to meet amber. "Would you really do that for me Blake?" Ruby asked so quietly that Blake may not have heard it if she wasn't a faunus.
"Ruby, although I may not be as open as the rest of you I'm still apart of this team. So yes, I really will do this for you." Before Blake could continue Ruby had her arms wrapped around the cat faunus's midsection giving her a hug that could rival Yang's.
"I.. can't.. breathe.. Ruby..." Blake struggled to say as she wormed her way out of her leaders grasp. "If I'm not back within the hour with the both of them I'll send you a message as to what's taking so long."
With that Blake started to open the door leading to the hallway. Sparing one last glance at Ruby all Blake could think was how much she hated to see the always cheerful girl so upset. She knew Weiss was the residential bitch of the group but she had thought that things were going better between the group since the Breach happened. While they had all begun to take their studies more seriously it had been awhile since Weiss had lashed out on Ruby.
"Well there's only one way to figure this out. Might as well find them and get this over with so I can help Ruby finish her assignment and then we can all get to bed at a decent hour." Blake mumbled to herself. "Guess I'll check the gym first since Yang will be the easiest to deal with."
Walking at a slightly faster pace than normal Blake reached the hallway to the gym within a matter of minutes. However, the closer she got to her destination she realized that this was going to be a lot more difficult than she had originally thought.
'Well at least I don't have to go out of my way to look for Weiss too.' Blake thought to herself.
"GET BACK HERE AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED PRINCESS! I'M NOT FINISHED YET!" Yang's voice carried down the empty hallway.
Blake entered the room to see Weiss walking away from Yang.
The flames around the blond seemed to get even larger as she made a mad dash at the heiress.
'Bad move Yang.' Blake thought with a subtle smirk gracing her lips as she neared them.
Just as Yang was about to connect with the back of Weiss's skull something stopped her arm dead in its track. Before she could even realize what was happening she looked up to see a smirking Blake.
Crimson eyes faded to lilac in utter disbelief and confusion but, before she had the chance to have her voice heard she was being pulled closer to the object she wanted to destroy. Weiss.
"What in Remnant do you think you're doing Blake?" Weiss seethed.
"Oh just trying your dominant arms together so you can't hurt each other on our walk back to the dorm room." Blake said with a devious smirk. "And I don't want to hear a word from either of you until we get there. You both have Ruby so worried that she was in tears when I got to the room."
Yang was about to retort but shut her mouth just as quickly as she opened it when she saw the glare coming from her partner. Weiss released an audible huff in annoyance.
"Well then. Shall we?" Blake asked as she gave the girls a slight push forward so she could keep an eye on them.
Aside from the dirty looks the polar opposites shot each other the were both perfectly silent as they made the trek back to the dorm room. That is until they had to walk around a corner and Yang attempted to trip Weiss.
"Seriously Yang? You're out of my vision for not even a second and you try to continue this stupid fight the two of you have going on." Blake said shooting her partner a scowl. "Ugh finally. Were here. Yang sit on my bed and Weiss sit on yours. Ruby wants to work this all out."
After she heard the grunts of recognition from the two she opened the door. Ruby was still sitting at her desk completely focused on her work that she didn't even notice the trio walk in.
"Hey Ruby, look what I caught." Blake said as she tugged on the ribbon connected to Gambol Shroud. Behind her Yang and Weiss were pulled further into the room.
"Just a minute Blake. I need to finish reading this page." Ruby said absentmindedly as she continued to read. "Wait.."
Ruby turned around so quickly that the desk behind her was showered with a few stray rose petals. "How did you get them back here so fast?" She questioned with an eyebrow raised.
Yang and Weiss awkwardly lifted their wrapped arms. "Apparently kitty's got some skill." the blond said sheepishly.
Blake scoffed before answering Ruby's question. "Well I caught this one mid-swing while she was about to bash the Princess's head in." She looked at Weiss. "You're welcome by the way.
Her statement was met with a huff as the heiress looked away.
"Well now that we're all here. Can we get this over with so I can help you finish your assignment?" Blake questioned.
Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes. "Blake do you even know what any of this is about?"
Slightly taken aback by her question Blake slowly shook her head. She knew that Ruby said it started with Weiss yelling at her but didn't think to question it further figuring it had to do with her studies.
Three pairs of eyes turned towards their leader. "Ruby, can you tell me what exactly is going on?" Blake stated slowly so as to not startle the girl in front of her.
Ruby's line of vision became filled with her boots as she started to drag her toe across the ground. "I don't want to participate in the Vytal tournament." She said in a low voice.
Author's note: Ahhh a cliffhanger! I absolutely love when a story starts this way. I know this first chapter is rather short but there's a method to this madness. Don't worry, further chapters will be longer. I promise not to make you guys and gals wait too long for the next chapter considering most of it is typed already. Just to let all you awesome people know that there will be eventual pairings in this story but it will be done slowly. I hate when people tend to rush a good story just to get some fluff into it. Well that's all for now. Fav/Follow/Reviews welcome. Let me know what you think so far!
