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Chapter 2: Suspicion
Ruby was eating her breakfast with her team. Weiss looked at her strangely and it
struck one of Yang's nerves. Yang stood up and asked Weiss to come with her. She
led them to an empty hallway.
Everyone except them were eating right now. Yang looked at Weiss with a serious
face.
"Why were you looking at my sister like that," the annoyed blonde asked.
"I'm just trying to make sure she doesn't choke. That's all," Weiss said
with arrogance in her voice.
Yang narrowed her eyes and stared at her for a little while. The explanation seemed
to have her convinced.
"I see," Yang said with a hint of doubt.
Yang and Weiss went back to their table. Blake didn't even notice that they were
gone. She was busy reading her novel. It seemed so compelling to her. Weiss looked
at Ruby while she was eating her stack of pancakes. Yang made a mental note to
keep a close eye on Weiss. Glynda Goodwitch made an appearance in the cafeteria to
make sure there were
no food fights or dishonorable conduct. She went over to Ruby's table.
"Ruby Rose," she said.
"Yes," Ruby struggled to say with a mouth full of eggs and grits.
"Professor Ozpin and I would like to see you after you're finished eating. We have
something urgent to tell you."
"Can I come too," Yang asked.
"I'm sorry. This is for Ruby's ears only. What she does with the information we give to
her is for her to decide," Glynda said before she walked to some other tables.
Weiss wondered about what she would tell Ruby. Yang had a huge lump in her
throat. Ruby was calm as she continued to eat her breakfast. Blake looked at all
three of them to see if any of them knew about what Ms. Goodwitch was talking about.
After breakfast...
Ruby went to Ozpin's office to sit through a little lecture. Weiss put her ear on the
door to listen.
"Thank God! This thing isn't even soundproof," she said to herself.
Ozpin gave Ruby all of the papers that she needed to know about her condition.
"Make sure you do everything that the paper tells you to do to deal with any
symptoms," Ozpin said.
"Yes, sir."
"And remember that you shouldn't fight either," Glynda added.
Weiss ran when she heard footsteps down the hall and on the other side of the door.
Ozpin opened the door for Ruby and she thanked him before she left the room. Ruby
concealed the papers inside of her cloak and nonchalantly walked down the hall. She
heard Blake say something about the White Fang, and Ruby stopped and couldn't
help but eavesdrop.
"The White Fang is making people portray our race to be a bunch of criminals and I
hate that," she said to Yang.
"It sounds horrible, Blake. I wish I could comfort you, but I'm worried about Ruby right
now.
Ms. Goodwitch said that Ruby had to be given information or something. I hope she tells
me about it."
"Ruby has been acting strange lately."
"What are you talking about, Blake?"
"It takes her one hour to use the bathroom."
"So. Ruby's probably worried about her looks or something."
"Then, how do you explain the fact that she isolates herself now."
"She has...a desperate need for privacy."
"I also noticed her late night routine. Last night, she got up and started to gobble
down bars of soap."
"I...don't really...know about that one."
"I'm sorry, Yang. I really think there's something wrong with Ruby."
Yang punched Blake into a nearby wall from anger.
"I didn't mean it as an insult," Blake said before coughing up a bit of blood.
"I-I'm so sorry, Blake. I shouldn't have done that. The anger was just boiling up
inside of me."
"T-t-that's okay," she said while she was trying to get off the wall and stand herself
up.
Ruby saw the two going to their room (most likely for bandages). She heard Yang say
that she should keep a closer eye on her.