"It wasn't supposed to be like this..."
Those words were the only ones that had been repeating for quite a number of minutes, hours, days, and even weeks...
Those words were the only words that had always been in her head ever since it happened...
Those words were the only formed sentence that can only be said as the description of a tragedy that no one will ever be able to see coming...
Ruby Rose...had gotten disabled...and crippled...
…
...by her own sister's doing.
More precisely, an elaborate plan to prank Ruby had misfired...and now...her sister is blind...and a leg, not moving...because of her.
Tears dripped onto the floor, as the blonde sister of Ruby, Yang Xiao Long, stood beside her bed, watching as the once, cheerful face of Ruby is extinct from the present...
...the face that had brought everyone together...
...the face that had brightened up everyone's life...
...the face that Yang had loved for so many years...
...
...was now no more.
Yang's face was concealed by her luscious, long hair...but if one took the decision to look at her face, they would only see a face that was filled with regret...and a wet stains on both cheeks, all that was her tears that came from the ever-existing violet eyes...now red, not because of anger...
...but because of sadness.
She looked up from the floor, eyes passing the lying Ruby, passing the clear windows, towards the ceiling.
She closed her eyes, bringing herself deep into the part where her memories stayed in, trying to remember, and at the same time also trying to forget, the one memory where her prank did the wrong.
(Approximately a month ago...)
"Yang, are you sure about this? I don't think this is a great way of a revenge prank." One of Yang's partner, Blake Belladonna, said to the brawler, who has been grinning at the idea ever since she got it.
She giggled about it.
"Come on, Blake! It's not like she's going to get hurt, right? After all..." She then whipped her hair and held it for the raven-haired partner to see.
"She needs to pay for what she had done to my hair, six months ago." She said, her eyes turned a bit red, remembering the incident that had happened on the 1st of April, otherwise known as April Fools.
She then stood back and took a deep breath, trying to relief of the anger inside her. She then smiled again.
"And because it's Halloween. My sister had always said that she loves surprises, especially when it's by any of her family. And now, it's my turn to surprise her!" She then giggled evilly at the last part, smiling with a malice intent on scaring her sister to death.
Not literally, though. Because why else would I make this...anyway, back to the main story.
"And why am I the only one who needs to be your partner, again? What about Weiss?" Blake asked with a bit of worry again as she saw Yang's face.
The blonde giggled. "Because Blake, Weiss was never available whenever I need her. She's always out of time to spend with her whole team. And because she's intent on studying for this year's finals." Yang said with a bit of annoyance.
Blake just scratched her head, and ears, thinking about what to do. She sighed.
"Fine, Yang. I'll go with your plan to scare and possibly hurt Ruby as well." Blake said with a bit of worry. Yang gasped.
"What? No, Blake. We're not hurting her, we're scaring her. That's all, okay?" Yang said, emphasizing on not hurting Ruby, just 'scaring' her, which we all know wasn't going to end well.
Yang cleared his throat.
"So here's the plan..."
(Present)
Yang abruptly ended the cursed memory right at the part when she had the plan with her.
Because needless to say, it did end on a pretty bad note.
That memory, however, seemed to take her on another trip down the memory lane...
She then remembered the part when Ruby finally woke up, only to find the once shining, silver eyes...
...was now dull and lifeless.
She thrashed on her bed, panicking about the thought of being blind, about how her teammates and friends would react, and what her family would think of...
"Why did I ever thought of doing that?"
The sound of a creaking doors interrupted her thoughts, making her turn around to set her eyes on who ever had crashed into her thoughts.
A man, wearing a formal attire along with a long, white coat as the indicator that tells us that he's a doctor...
...the one who had also tried to help Ruby in any way possible.
He walked into the room, bringing with him a wheelchair, to Yang's confusion.
"Miss Rose will be able to get home in a few hours, although you will need to bring her where ever she wants because her right leg is-" the doctor said when Yang cut him off.
"Crippled, yes, I know. I'm sorry for being rude, but I've been really mad at myself. So just, leave me alone." Yang's voice was no longer the same, almost like a bubble was stuck in her throat or maybe almost sounding like a frog.
The doctor put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't be like that, your sister wouldn't want you to, right?" Was all he said before walking out of the doors, leaving Yang alone, again, with her disabled sister.
Yang sighed. She looked at Ruby, hoping for her to say something. When nothing came, she instead put a hand on Ruby's, wanting her to at least squeeze it.
Tears dripped again, although this time, Yang felt the full consequences of her actions, falling down onto her knees, grief almost taking over, when...
"Yang?" The voice sounded, although pretty weak, but it was audible to Yang. Yang stopped crying, feeling the hand as she squeezed her hand.
She looked up towards Ruby and found something that had never happened ever since she woke up.
She was smiling.
Ruby Rose was smiling, again...
Although the eyes were dull and lifeless, Yang could tell it was a genuine smile.
Unbeknownst of what to do, she just smiled back. She put a hand on Ruby's hair, softly caressing it.
"Ruby, we'll get out in a few hours, and when we do, I'm the one that will take care of you." Yang said as she went closer to Ruby and kissed her forehead.
"Yang, I heard the whole thing earlier, you don't need to tell me." Ruby said, leaving Yang confused.
Yang then concluded that Ruby heard what the doctor said earlier.
She just smiled.
"Okay, Ruby Rose, time to get you ready to leave the hospital."
#TeamEnabler, that's all I gotta say.