Hello, Dust here. I just wanted to say thanks for taking time out of your day to view my work. Although this is my first Fic, I intend to make a story that will hopefully keep you interested. Criticism is welcome (constructive criticism hopefully) and hell, if you have any ideas for the story, by all means tell me, I'm up for suggestions.
Anyway, back to another Outsider…
An Intriguing Gift
Ruby had won her bet with Weiss, albeit by only a second but, she had gotten her Lien; which she intended to use to buy cookies from her favorite bakery on the edge of town. Not many people knew about it so it was never really busy. More for me! She thought.
She walked through the door of The Hunter's Bakery, and saw the chef standing behind the counter attempting to solve the same crossword puzzle he had been working on for the past month.
"Mornin' Ruubs." The man said, she was his most frequent customer, and thus, his most favorite. "The usual?" He asked and she nodded. He went into the back as Ruby looked at his crossword puzzle.
"There's a young gentleman looking for you Ruubs." The chef said. Her eyes widened.
"Do you know who?" She asked, but the man shook his head.
"Nah, he came in two days ago with your picture looking for you."
"What did you tell him?" She was curious now, what would anybody want with her.
"I told the boy that you were a student at Beacon. Then he handed me this," he reached below the counter and pulled out an envelope, "told me to give it to you then ran off." He gave Ruby the item, before hurrying back to the kitchen as a buzzer went off.
Ruby stared at the package, her name was written neatly on the front of it. A very strange font, but neat nonetheless. She decided to wait until she back in her dorm to open it.
Her fingers felt a soft bump on the back and she turned it over. There was a seal on the envelope, made from blood-red wax and stamped with a flower. The flower looked much like a rose but it was different somehow.
What would anybody want with me? She thought.
"You mean other than the fact that you're incredibly adorable?" The chef replied with a sly smirk, as he brought out a bag of cookies. Ruby blushed, part at his comment, part at the fact that she didn't realize she was speaking aloud.
"Twenty chocolate-chip cookies, with the discount of being the first customer today…" The chef said to himself as he counted the prices on a small calculator taped to the table. "Twenty Lien."
What am I going to do with the other five? She thought as she handed over the money. Taking the bag off the counter, she gave a quick glance at his crossword puzzle.
"Thirteen down is night vision by the way." She said as she walked out the door. As she walked back to her dorm she would take bites out of a cookie every now and then whilst thinking.
Why does he want to find me... you know, other than the fact I am utterly adorable? She blushed at the thought, before starting a mindless hum the rest of the way back.