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"So what's your name?" Yang asked awkwardly, trying to start any conversation with her new partner.
"Blake." The girl replied, barely seeming to pay much attention to the conversation, her face buried in a boom.
"Right sorry. Should have remembered, Professor Goodwitch said it before didn't she?" Yang spoke.
"She did." Blake replied, not taking her eyes off the book.
'Damn it Yang this is not how you start a conversation. Backpedal, backpedal.'
"So… You like books?" Yang asked, now desperate to try and start this on a good foot.
Blake finally took her eyes off her book, which to Yang was a step in the right direction. Unfortunately the look she got just asked the question. Really?
"I'll just stop talking now." Yang mumbled, tugging on her right blazer sleeve as Blake's eyes returned to her book. Yang's thoughts went in a darker direction however.
'Well done Yang, You just made an idiot of yourself in front of the girl you now have to work with for the next five weeks.'
Yang followed Blake through the library and to where the book was kept, staying silent and trying her best not to make more of a fool of herself.
"You know your way around here." Yang said, looking at the different books they passed.
"I'm in here a lot." Blake replied, not leaving a lot of room to continue the conversation.
'Just give up Yang, she obviously doesn't want to talk to you. hell, she probably thinks you're a total screw up after your wonderful introduction.'
Blake stopped in front of the stack of books they needed before grabbing a pair and handing one to Yang, before walking off towards the front desk.
Yang's thoughts grew darker after her attempt at talking to Blake. She had to be partnered with this girl for another five weeks and she couldn't even start a conversation properly.
'What happens if this awkwardness continues though, it could ruin our whole assignment and then Blake would only hate me more then she probably does now.'
The thoughts were getting too much for Yang. They were over exaggerated but that didn't matter, once her mind started down that path, there was no way back out without someone to show her how wrong she was.
"Are you ok?" Blake asked, noticing a change in Yang's breathing just before the bell rang.
"Y-Yep I'm good, I'll see you later Blake." Yang sped through before bolting out of the Library to find somewhere quiet.
Lunch had arrived and Yang was already emotionally and physically drained. While her other classes so far hadn't been too bad, her english class had set all her nerves on a raging fire that still hadn't completely calmed down.
After finding Ruby, Yang dragged her sister outside into a quiet and unpopulated area of the school to try and calm down.
"Yang, what happened? Are you ok?" Ruby asked, trying to keep as calm as possible like her uncle had taught her.
"Just needed somewhere quiet to relax for a bit." Yang said, closing her eyes and resting her head against the brick wall.
"Why did you want me here then?" Ruby inquired, still watching Yang to make sure she was ok.
"I promised i'd Introduce you to my friends, didn't want to leave you on your own." Yang replied, smiling in the direction Ruby had been sitting before she closed her eyes.
"You should be looking after yourself you know." Ruby scolded before hugging Yang.
"I'm your big sister. It's my job to make sure you're ok first." Yang replied, returning the hug.
"Did something happen?" Ruby asked, not moving from next to Yang.
"The english assignment. Guessing you got it too?" Yang sighed, now looking at Ruby.
"Yeah, I got paired with a guy named Sun. He seems pretty nice and he had this cool tail." Ruby replied, thinking about the blonde boy she had spoken to earlier.
"Well I guess you've already met one of my friends." Yang replied, looking up at the sky. "I got paired with a girl I've never spoken to before."
"What happened?" Ruby asked, connecting the dots on why Yang seemed so drained and tired now.
"Had an extremely awkward attempt at a conversation and nearly had a panic attack by the time the bell rang." Yang sighed, her fingers tapping against her leg. " I ended up hiding in a cubicle in one of the bathrooms for all of second period. Luckily I had a free period."
"I'm sorry Yang." Ruby said, hugging her sister again.
"It's not your fault Rubes." Yang replied, returning the hug.
"I just wish I could help." Ruby sighed, releasing the hug and looking up at her sister.
"You already do." Yang smiled back, lightly ruffling Ruby's hair.
"Do you want to stay here for lunch?" Ruby asked, thinking of her sister first.
"Nah, let's go introduce you to the crazies that make up my friends." Yang replied before standing and walking to where her group of friends normally hung out.
Finding Yang's group of friend's wasn't a hard task. You just had to listen for the carnage Nora caused.
Turning the corner revealed that Nora, Ren and Jaune were already sitting at their usual table. Nora was being her usual crazy self and standing on the table, proclaiming how she was queen of the castle.
Ren was sitting with a sketch book resting on the table, sketching Nora standing above. He drew a lot of Nora and gave her most of them, she would treasure them and put them up on her bedroom wall at home.
Jaune was doing his best to not have his food either stolen by Nora or stepped on by Nora, something that was getting harder to do while Ren was busy.
"Hey guys." Yang called, leading Ruby over to her friends. "I want you guys to meet my sister, Ruby."
"Oh my god you're adorable." Nora cooed, jumping off the table, running over to Ruby and picking her up in a bear hug.
"Nora you're crushing her." Ren said as he walked over to Nora's side, who released the short redhead.
"Hehe, sorry." Nora said, scratching the back of her head while Ruby caught her breath.
"My name is Ren, and this is Nora." Ren spoke, pointing to Nora when he said her name.
Nora waved happily at Ruby while Jaune finally made his way over.
Hey, i'm Jaune, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it." Jaune spoke, earning a glare from Yang.
"Don't even try to hit on my sister, Vomit boy." Yang growled, causing Jaune to jump.
"I-I wasn't I swear." Jaune squeaked, making Ruby giggle.
"It's nice to meet you Jaune." Ruby said, smiling at the blonde.
"So how was everyone's morning classes?" Yang ask as the small group sat down around the table.
"Good, I got paired with Renny." Nora beamed, holding onto Ren's arm that wasn't drawing.
"I'm not surprised, the school has basically given up on splitting you two up." Yang replied, shaking her head at the pair.
Originally, the school had tried putting the two friends in different classes, until Nora started turning up in every one of Ren's classes. Eventually the headmaster gave up and switched Nora into his class.
"What did you all have for second period?" Ruby asked, wanting to learn a little more about her new friends.
"I had music." Ren said as Jaune groaned.
"Same." Jaune said, face down on the table
"I had health." Nora beamed, completely ignoring Jaune and continuing to be a source of happiness and energy.
"You play music Ren?" Ruby asked, surprised that someone that Yang had described to be quiet and inwards as someone who would perform.
"Renny is the best, he writes music, plays violin and piano. He draws too, and paints the best art. Oh oh and he writes the greatest poems ever." Nora rambled, listing off all of the thing Ren did.
Nora." Ren said, seeming a little uncomfortable with where the conversation was going
"Hehe sorry Ren." Nora replied, now looking nervous.
"What about you Jaune, what do you play?" Ruby asked, trying to divert attention from Ren, something that seemed the make the young man less on edge.
"I play guitar but I'm not very good." Jaune sighed, still resting his head on the table.
Before Ruby could try to cheer Jaune up, she was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Hey Red, what are you doing here?" the voice asked, revealing itself to be Sun.
"Sun, this is my sister Ruby. She said she met you earlier today." Yang answered, turning to face the blonde monkey Faunus.
Sun was standing not far behind the group, shirt unbuttoned and tie undone, showing off his abs. Next to Sun was a blue haired boy, wearing the same uniform as Sun though his was worn properly.
"Red, this is my buddy Neptune." Sun said, pointing to the man next to him.
"Hey there." Neptune said, winking at Ruby.
"Try that again Nep, and I will throw you in the pool." Yang deadpanned, watching as Neptune turned ghostly white.
"You knew that was coming buddy." Sun laughed, patting Neptune on the back and sitting down next to Ruby. "So, Where's Pyrrha at?"
"She wanted to get some extra practice in." Jaune answered, looking up at the group.
Pyrrha was the sports icon of Beacon high school. She was a part of both the soccer and basketball teams. Thankfully for Pyrrha, the soccer team normally ran through the first half of the school year and the basketball team played during the second half.
"What about Sage and Scarlet?" Yang asked, looking for the giant and his british friend.
"Sage is in the library, something about wanting to look into muscle movement, and Scarlet didn't actually turn up today." Sun informed, pulling a banana out of his bag and unpeeling it.
"You really live up to the stereotype, don't you monkey boy." Yang teased as Sun finished off his first banana and pulled out a second.
"Hey bananas are good for you, and they're tasty." Sun retorted before nearly engulfing the entire banana.
Things seemed to settle into normal routines after that, Sun was joking around and teasing everyone, Nora returned to her queen of the castle speech while Ren attempted to get her to sit down while continuing his art.
When the school day had finally ended, Yang sighed in relief, her body felt like a one hundred tonne weight was on her shoulders.
Yang had met up with Ruby and was making her way towards her bike when a familiar bow turned in her direction. Before she knew it, Blake was standing in front of her with a book in hand.
"You forgot this when you ran out of the library." Blake said, handing the book to Yang.
"Thanks for that." Yang replied, trying to keep calm as Ruby noticed the black haired girl.
The trio stood in silence for a few moments, none of them completely sure what to say.
"So... do you want to meet up after school on friday to work on this?" Yang asked, mostly surprised she hadn't somehow messed that up like this morning.
"Sounds good, where do you want to meet?" Blake inquired, still seeming impartial to the conversation.
"Can we meet at yours, my dad has a weird thing about people over when he's not home." Yang lied, the same lie she had used on all her friends.
"That should be ok…" Blake replied before writing something down on the corner of her binder and ripping it off. "Ill text you my address tonight.
"Sounds great." Yang smiled before starting to feel awkward again. "So I'll see you around?"
"Goodbye Yang." Blake answered, a small smile gracing her face and the first sign Yang had had all day that she hadn't messed it all up.
Once Blake had walked off, Yang released a breath she didn't know she was holding as her exhaustion increased tenfold.
Hi everybody!
Sorry I haven't updated this in a little bit, I've actually been contemplating if I should continue this fic.
After the I posted the first chapter, I got a couple DM's saying that I had ruined Yang's character and that I shouldn't bother with this fic.
So I would like to hear your opinion. If you actually are enjoying this fic so far please let me know because I will continue it for you. I love the idea of it but if people don't like it I'll stop posting it.
I hope you have an amazing day
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