Yo! Here to bring you another chapter for your favorite pairing, Scarlet Rabbit! ;) Well, one of the pairings that you probably like... Anyways, I just wanted to thank those who have been supporting this fic, y'all have no idea how much that means to me. :) Woot! Happy readings!
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Chapter Two: Who is She?
Her eyes.
Something about them made the redhead stop in her tracks, in her speech. They were soft and innocent looking, completely radiating. Resembling the color to that of bright and ripe chestnuts, Ruby's thoughts as well as the world around her began to shut down. To the redhead, they were completely mesmerizing.
"If you… um…"
"Velvet!" yelled a voice from across the room. The girl in front of Ruby jumped.
'What the…?'
"There you are!" yelled the voice once more. Ruby looked at the girl's scared and fragile expression. Something twitching on top of the brown haired girl's head, Ruby looked up.
'Oh, she's a rabbit faunus...'
Ruby's thoughts were interrupted once again after the slightly shorter girl turned to face her, gazing right into her gray eyes. Feeling her eyesight lock onto the other's, Ruby's only thought at the moment was: pretty.
"Can you not hear me?!"
The two were brought back into reality.
Wondering what all the commotion was, the redhead looked past the rabbit faunus' ears. Walking up angrily to the them was a white haired girl with clear, blue eyes.
"Where have you been, Velvet!" she continued to shout. The girl's rabbit ears twitched.
"I um, I was…" the shorter girl began to stutter. Averting her eyes from the angry white haired girl, she quickly looked back at the confused redhead.
A second after looking back at the rabbit faunus, Ruby's eyes widened at the feel of her hand being grabbed. For some inexplicable reason, Ruby's chest felt as if it was filled with so much air.
"I was talking to an old friend of mine!" the brown haired girl quickly said as she looked back at the angry friend.
'W-what!?' the redhead thought.
"You see, we were um… catching up on the good old times, right?" the shorter girl said as she nervously looked back at Ruby. Something about her stare read "pleading." The redhead gulped.
"Uh, y-yeah!" Ruby responded. The redhead looked ahead of her to see the disbelief in the white haired girl's expression.
"You…. were hanging out with…" she looked back at Ruby's appearance. Dressed in a plain, black t-shirt, covered in a half zipped, red jacket, complemented with dark blue jeans, the girl with blue eyes made a face of disgust. "This…?"
Ruby felt as if her side had been stabbed. 'Ouch… that kinda hurt...'
"No, no, no Velvet," the white haired girl sighed as she shook her head. She grabbed the rabbit faunus' arm and pulled her along to another direction of the room.
Letting go of the brown eyed girl's hand, Ruby felt a tinge of disconnection. Looking at the furrowed eyebrows the short faunus was making, Ruby could point something out in her expression. Was it…
"Ah, wai-"
"Now let's go with your real friends," the white haired girl said as they both continued walking. "Ones who truly matter to you, ones who won't put your status and reputation to shame."
Ruby stopped her approach upon hearing her words. "Status…? Reputation…?"
"Hey there, sorry to bother you and junk and for you know, being creepy and stuff, but um, if you still want to-"
Ruby kept looking ahead of her. Ahead to the long, brown flowing hair getting even farther away.
"You know, get to know each other and try agai-"
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Ruby interrupted. She looked to her side to see that it was the same blonde boy she had encountered earlier.
"Y-yeah, sure! Ask me anything!" the blonde said with enthusiasm.
Looking at his ecstatic expression, she shook the thought out and smiled. "Sorry, that was pretty rude of me to do." She extended her arm out to him. "My name's Ruby Rose. Nice to meet you."
Staring at the hand in front of him, he wholeheartedly grabbed it. "The name's Jaune Arc. And you have no idea how good it is to have met someone who treats me like an equal…"
"Um… okay…" Ruby said, unsure of what exactly the boy was talking about.
"And uh, about what I said, if we could start over and be um-"
Ruby was hoping that the boy didn't finish the sentence in a certain way.
"Friends…?" the blonde finally said.
The redhead was surprised. "Oh, yeah, of course!" she quickly replied. "Sorry about that, I thought you were hitting on me and so yeah…"
"Ew, who does that?" the boy asked.
'Apparently not the people dressed in togas within a frat party...'
"Anyways, was that what you were going to ask me?" Jaune questioned.
"No!" Ruby said. "I was going to ask whoooo…"
'Wait, is that weird? If I'm asking information about someone…? No… that's not weird at all...'
"-Whoooo are you and what do you plan to major in?" Ruby ignored her original question. 'What do you plan to major in? Dang it Rubes...'
"Oh," Jaune said in surprisement. "Well this is a first for the, well, first time," he chuckled nervously. "Been here for three months already and I haven't really made any friends…"
"Oh really…?" Ruby awkwardly said. 'Now that I think about it, Yang is the only person I know on this whole campus...'
"Wait, I'm guessing you're a freshmen too?" Ruby asked.
"Yes, I am," Jaune smiled. "Coolest freshmen that has ever lived," he said as he held his head up high in the air.
Ruby looked at him skeptically. "Yeah… okay… Um, what do you plan to major in?"
"Only the greatest department ever," he smirked. "Art."
"Oh, hey, me-"
"In the kitchen," he finished as he kept on showing his prideful smile.
"In the… kitchen…?" Ruby asked, confused.
"Yeah, I'm planning to do culinary," he winked.
"Oh, that's…"
'...Cool…?'
"Yeah, I can make a mean k'iche.' Or for dessert, I can make some pretty nice French almond macaroons. Pretty cool, huh?" he "flexed."
"... Yeah… pretty…. cool," Ruby forced herself to say.
"Yeah, it's hard to keep the ladies off of me sometimes," he bragged. Looking to his side to two other girls, he winked at them. "Hey there ladies. Are any of you interested in dating a smoking hot, future baker?"
The girls scoffed and laughed as they walked away.
"Yeah… that kinda always happens and junk… but uh, what do you plan to do, Ruby?"
"Oh, I'm actually deciding to go into the art department as well-"
"A culinary artist too-!?"
"As a graphic designer…." she finished.
"Oh, graphic designer?"
'Maybe, possibly...'
"… yeah…. that's cool…" Jaune said.
"Yeah, I think so too…" Ruby agreed. 'Let's just hope I find something I like...'
Seconds passed with both of them losing all conversational topics as they nodded their heads awkwardly. Rethinking her earlier thoughts, laughter suddenly erupted in the party.
Turning both of their heads to look at what the ruckus was, Ruby's eyesight was filled with that of a certain brown haired girl.
"Man, those guys can get crazy…" Jaune said as he continued to stare at the crowd of laughing people. Ruby kept staring at the girl; something about her was different.
"Hey Jaune…" Ruby began as she continued looking at the rabbit faunus.
"Yeah?" he responded.
"Who's that girl over there? You know, the rabbit faunus girl."
"What…." Jaune paused.
"I said, who's that-"
"How in the heck do you not know who Velvet Scarlatina is!?" he shouted in a "whisper" manner. "Have you been living under a rock!?"
'No… just in my dorm…. watching Natflix…. doing my homework…. playing Pokermon in the dark...'
"Uh… I might have been…. super sick to where I couldn't leave my dorm at all…"
'Half of that is at least true...'
"Oh, well, I guess that makes sense," Jaune said.
"Yeah, so… is it cool if you tell me who she is?" Ruby asked once more.
"Heck yeah it's cool, everyone should know who she is even before applying to this university!"
'Whoa… she sounds like a big deal...'
"Anyways, that girl is named Velvet Scarlatina. She is best known for her grades, athletics, kind nature, and the biggest reason of them all, her family."
'Family…?'
"Her father happens to be a multi-millionaire business man and the dean of this university," Jaune informed.
"So…?"
Jaune sighed. "She's super rich and popular. Not to mention that she's one of the head leaders in her sorority," he said as he examined the girls from a distance. "That one next to her is a feisty one…"
Ruby looked at the direction in which he was pointing to: straight to the angry white haired girl that she encountered earlier. "Her name is Weiss Schnee, and she is believed to be Velvet's best friend."
"Best friend huh…?" Ruby quietly said to herself.
"Yeah, they stick together no matter what. She kinda works like a bodyguard too, chasing off any guys that get close to her."
"That is…"
"Yeah, stupid huh?" Jaune said as he shook his head. Ruby wondered something as she looked at him in suspicion.
"How many times?" she asked.
The boy inhaled as he continued to stare at the white haired girl. "Five times. But I swear I was close in getting her number! Well, almost close…"
"Man…" Ruby said as she continued to look at the brown haired girl. Inspecting closely, something about her expression made Ruby feel weird. Why did she look as if she was…
"But yeah, Weiss can also be considered as a bit-"
"Hey busboy!" yelled another voice. Both the redhead and the blonde turned to look to their right. Seeing another person dressed in a toga was a well built, brown haired boy.
"Oh no…" Jaune groaned.
"Bring us some punch, and make it quick!" he yelled as fits of laughter erupted again.
"Great…" the blonde sighed.
"What just happened…? And busboy?" Ruby asked.
"Nothing, just my frat leader and stuff… and forget he ever said that…" Jaune said.
"Oh, that's why you're dressed like that," Ruby realized.
"Yeah, we had to dress up-"
"Hurry up nerd!" the jock shouted.
Body jolting at the sound of the frat leader's voice, the blonde quickly turned around, "Yes sir!" he said as he saluted.
Jogging in place, Jaune looked back at Ruby. "Sorry Ruby Rose-"
"Just Ruby..." the redhead demanded.
Still looking at the girl, he began to walk away, "But I have to go-"
Seeing a girl in front of him, the redhead reached out, "Wait, Jaune, in front-"
A loud shriek was heard in the air.
"-of you..." Ruby finished.
"What the hell is this!" a girl with green hair and dark skin yelled. She appeared to be wearing a really small dress, much like a few other girls in the party. There was a giant "S" pin on her chest.
"I'm so sorry!" Jaune whimpered.
"What the hell, Arc!?" the frat leader yelled. "What did you-"
"See this girls?" the girl spoke loudly.
'Oh boy...'
"This is why we shouldn't accept any invitations from fraternity scum!" she continued to shout. By now the music had stopped.
"Oh shit..." a certain blonde spectator whispered.
"Hey, who the hell are you calling scum!? You stupid bitches!" one of the boys dressed in a toga yelled.
"Bitch!?" another girl yelled.
"What the hell is..." Ruby felt a yank on her arm.
"Ruby!" her older blonde sister yelled.
"Yang!?" the redhead called out as she continued being pulled by the blonde. "What the hell is-"
"No time to explain, just run!" Yang informed.
"Wait-" Ruby looked back again to see a distressed Jaune reaching out for the redhead. She mouthed the word "Sorry" and continued running. But quickly glancing next to him, she caught a glimpse of brown rabbit ears surrounded by other girls.
'Velvet...'
"Damn it Ruby, run faster!" Yang called out.
'Scarlatina...'
XXX
Huffing for air, the two sisters grabbed their knees as they stood in front of what looked like a dorm building.
"What..." Ruby wheezed. "The heck was that!?"
"That..." Yang huffed. "Was a war we didn't want to be in..."
"A war- what!?" the redhead yelled.
"Listen, all you need to know is that the sorority house and the fraternity house don't really get along with each other," the blonde informed.
Ruby looked confused. "Wait, if they don't get along, why mix them together in a party!?"
The blonde shrugged. "I'm not sure, but what I do know is never to anger a sorority girl..."
"Sorority..."
The redhead's thoughts brought her back to a certain angry, white haired girl. 'Yikes...'
She shook the thought out until another invaded it. The rabbit faunus girl.
"Hey Yang..." Ruby quietly spoke.
"Yo," the sister said as she put her cell phone back into her pocket.
"How do you..."
'No, that's not what I want to ask...'
"How do you make friends with a sorority girl?"
"Pfft," the blonde muffled a laugh. "You? Friends with a sorority girl?"
The redhead grew irritated.
Looking at the expression the younger sister was giving, she stopped her laughing.
"Look, Ruby," the blonde said as she placed her hand on the girl's shoulder. "I've been here for almost two years now, I should warn you of the dangers that happen when trespassing sorority territory."
"Okay..." the redhead responded suspiciously.
"You don't talk to them unless you're A, part of the sorority house, B, a fraternity brother-"
'Yeah... Right...'
"-and even then, you're lucky if you haven't gotten your balls chopped off yet from talking to one-"
'What the...'
"-and C, you happen to be related to one."
"That's pretty..."
"Harsh? Yeah, well, that's just how college works," the blonde winked.
"Wait, but what if I-"
'Stop! Don't you dare finish that sentence...'
"But what if, let's say, this friend-"
"You have friends?"
The redhead annoyingly looked at her sister.
"Okay okay, sorry, continue on," she chuckled.
"Anyways... Let's say this friend of mine happens to see one of the sorority girls."
"Okay..." the blonde listened.
"And they end up liking her-"
"Wait," the blonde interrupted. "Did this friend barely just see this girl?"
"Yes..."
"Well Ruby, I would tell this friend to forget about it."
'What-'
"There's no way in hell that the sorority girl will ever communicate with your friend. They've all been programmed to pretty much dislike anybody who isn't "sorority" material."
"But what if she happens to be different-"
"Nope, ain't gonna happen," Yang said as she began to play with her hair. The redhead hopelessly looked at her older sister. "Even if this girl is different, other sorority members will do everything in their power to pull them apart."
'What...?'
"So, if that's everything you wanted to ask me, I gotta run now," the blonde said as she stretched her arms. She looked back at the younger sister, winking at her direction. "Momma has a nice date for tonight."
Waving goodbye as her sister ran to another part of the campus, the redhead looked up to the cloudy sky.
"Why does life have to suck?"
Yes Ruby... I understand... Life can suck sometimes. But keep that redhead of yours up! A certain girl is bound to look her way ;) or maybe... A few certain girls... Lol jkjk. But yeah, hope you guys liked this small chapter, but just know, the story is just beginning! Wahahaha! Why am I doing an evil laugh!? I don't know... Time for me to take a nap... Hasta luego! :D