Sorry this took a hella long time to upload, I just had a shit ton going on the past few weeks out of nowhere! With college deadlines, going to London, getting a new job, and juggling a somewhat hazardous social life, I've almost always run out of time to write. But! This chapter may hopefully make up for it, Badger Brandon is asleep so its mostly unBeta'd, soooo ALL MISTAKES ARE MINE, apologies for that.

Though it is just over 6k words so that may help yayyyy.

Also thanks so much for all the faves and follows! An unbelievable amount of people actually enjoy this, which is an odd concept to me in its own :j thanks for all the support, I hope I continue to provide good content ^.^ okay okay, on with the chapter! I hope you enjoy.

Warnings: Hints at possible bad past relationships, and also racism.

Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or its characters, they belong to Monty Oum and RoosterTeeth.

Blake leaned her head back against the warm leather seat, barley holding in a content purr as the warmth from the heater made the car feel toasty in the cold weather, and that added with Blake's Faunus heating meant she was positively content.

She was aware of Ruby glancing at her with a grin out of the corner of her eye, and her ears twitched every time a near silent coo slipped past the younger girl's lips, and despite the fact she knew that she should be more concerned with Ruby watching the road and not her, there was a part of her that was overjoyed with the affection she was receiving.

Besides, despite only knowing the girl for less than two days, she felt as though she could trust her.

"You don't become close to a person without them being strangers at first." Someone had once told her, and as one of her fangs bit her lip shyly when yet another adoring sound came from Ruby as a purr actually did escape her own mouth, she couldn't agree with them more.

Ruby turned right and through the park gates. Blake finally leant her head forwards and manged to open her eyes to see their surroundings, grinning at the sight of a white gravel stone road leading up through luscious grass, with couples and families wrapped up warm against the cold, even the odd Faunus was walking around unaggrieved in just a jacket, most likely thankful for being warmer by blood. Blake also noticed some of these people stopped and looked at the car as they drove by, some with large wanting eyes and others seeming to whistle in appreciation.

"Okay, I am feeling as though I'm missing out on something about this car." Blake announced, after seeing one woman practically trip over her boyfriend as she stared at the car. She looked at Ruby and rose an eyebrow at the smug look in her eye.

"I work in a garage Blake; did you really think I wouldn't set myself up with a cool ass muscle car? Or rebuild one for that matter?"

Blake shrugged and Ruby laughed lightly, turning the car again and pulling up into a parking space. She parked the car and grinned at her Faunus companion.

"Well step outside my dear, and see the wonders of this beauty!"

She ran out of the car, curiously leaving a petal in her wake, and Blake held down her blush at the term of endearment as she stepped out of her side, Ruby already standing by her door practically vibrating on the spot in excitement.

"You could have shown me this back at your house, you know."

Ruby gasped in probable shock.

"The lighting was horrific in that garage! It's much better for you to see my baby out in the light."

Blake snorted and winked at Ruby as the other girl shot her a playful glare. The red haired girl grinned and held her hands out in a 'tadaa' fashion towards, what Blake saw as, a slightly old and beat up red and black themed car. Blake crossed her arms and tilted her head to the side.

"What you are seeing before you, Blakey, is a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro! Stroker 383CI V8 Engine. 4-Speed Manual Trans. Odo shows 90,773 miles. Center Console with Gauges. Brightwork in fabulous condition. New and Upgraded; Pro-Built 383 cubic-inch Powerplant with-"

Blake started to space out, focusing instead on how the silver in Ruby's eyes brightened as she spoke excitedly, how quickly Ruby's lips moved, how the lip piercings wiggled from her tongue hitting the back of them, how fast her tongue could be, what could she-

Okay those thoughts need to stop.

"Upgraded Sport Steering Wheel, with Paint protection film on its nose! It took me so long to fix it all and I finally sorted it all good and proper! The best thing is that-"

I wonder if Ruby is a good kisser.

No! Bad thoughts, bad!

Come on, she can't hear your thoughts.

But what if she can, you never know these days, oh god what if other people can hear my thoughts?!

You're getting off track-

Oh my god that means she knows what I've been thinking and-

Seriously?! I'm the voice in your head and even I know you're talking crazy! Focus on the girl!

Oh, right.

Blake came back from her odd moment to clicking before her eyes.

"Blake? Hellooo? Anyone home?"

"Gah! Ruby, sorry, I-"

Ruby laughed and shook her head.

"Its fine, I'm surprised you lasted to the cubic-inch Powerplant, Yang normally gets lost at the name and don't even think Weiss would stick around." She laughed and ran a hand through the back of her head, suddenly seeming shy, "But, the real question is, do you like her?"

"Her?" Blake asked teasingly, turning to look at the car with more appreciation than she had before, knowing that Ruby had seemingly built it herself for years.

It was sharp, the edges having a point it seemed. The main body of the car was chrome black, only a few scuffed beat up areas which would barely be noticeable to a human's eye, with a single red stripe going from the bonnet and across the top of the car all the way to the tail. There were also two other red stripes on the side of the car, going under the front headlights and stopping by the front door handles, getting thinner and more pointed as it reached the silver handles. The windows were clear and Blake could appreciate the black leather with red highlights which was inside the car.

She had to admit it was rather handsome, for a car at least.

"Yeah she, I call her Crescent Rose."

"Well," Blake started, looking away to lock amber with silver yet again, "she sure catches the attention, she looks great Ruby."

The girl brimmed with pride and nodded.

"Haha, yeah, she sure makes people take me more seriously."

If Blake had been focusing on Ruby entirely in that moment, she would have noticed the second-long dark gleam which entered her silver eyes, but alas, she had glanced down to the girl's hand, and her eyebrow rose precariously.

"Why do you have a bag of bread? And where did it come from?"

Like a switch Ruby's dark look was replaced with her grinning exterior.

"Well what else can we do at the park other than feed the duckies, Blake? Come on!"

Then the shorter girl grabbed Blake's hand and the duo ran, with one being dragged, down the gravel path to where the Faunus presumed the ducks were found.

~Ax~

"That one's a playa."

Blake glanced at Ruby out of the corner of her eye, tossing some more bread at the assorted ducks.

"Excuse me?"

"That duck, it has two females with it, it's a playa."

Blake followed where Ruby was pointing and noticed the single green headed duck with two brown ducks swimming near it. She snorted.

"Probably doesn't know what to do with them both."

Ruby barked a laugh, not unlike Jaune, and lobbed some more bread at the quaking ducks. The Faunus girl glanced from under her hair at the younger teenager and bit her lip. She felt stupid; she had known this girl for such a short time for her to have this much of an effect on her, only one other person had, and they-

"We should call it Yang."

Blake snorted and threw more bread at 'Yang'.

"Why?"

"Cuz she lost her V in a threesome."

Now Blake chocked, dropping some bread which a duck quickly ran for and snatched from her feet.

"Excuse me?!"

"What?"

Blake starred at Ruby with a look akin to horror, not at all needing to know that information about the blonde.

"You don't say things like that to people, Ruby!" she exclaimed, beginning to get amused when she saw the dawning realization that she'd messed up come on Ruby's face.

"Shit! Sorry, I-I'm not good with other people sometimes! I have a lack of filter! I- I- I'm gonna go find a hole to lay in."

Blake sniggered despite herself, and grabbed the slightly shorter girl by the wrist as she moved to dramatically leave.

"Sure, and I'm supposed to get home how exactly?"

Ruby face palmed and Blake grinned even wider, fang poking out, and she didn't even realise she still had a grip on Ruby's wrist.

"Please don't tell Yang I told you? I mean she's proud of it but Wiess doesn't like to hear it and that would lead to her trying to fight me and that would lead to more of a, well, mess…"

Ruby shrugged adorably and smiled weakly. Blake tutted and finally let go of Ruby's wrist.

"I guess I could… 'forget'. On the condition that…"

She trailed off, realising she actually hadn't thought of a condition to finish her sassy remark. Ruby seemed to catch on, and her confident attitude was back full swing.

"On the condition that I buy you a hot chocolate!"

Before Blake could begin to decline, the sorter girl had grabbed her hand and started to walk down the gravel path, throwing the red of the bread behind them at the complaining ducks as she lead the Faunus girl.

"But you bought me the last coffee!"

"Ah ah! Velvet gave us those for free I'll have you know my friend! So now, I shall purchase us some hot beverages!"

Once again the Faunus girl was interrupted.

"And you can't pay anyways, you left your wallet in my house."

Blake scowled at how smug the red themed girl looked.

"Stop being so smug or I'll knock the beanie from your head."

"Sure Jan."

Blake laughed lightly, seeing the grin on Ruby's face as she stared dead set forwards, her grip on Blake's hand tight but gentle, and the Faunus noted, unexplainably warm, for a human at least.

"I have a question for you," she asked, causing Ruby to glance back at her and nod with a smile, "how did you get to me so fast last night?"

The look that entered Ruby's eyes in that moment, that half a second, would have sent Blake running if it were the eyes of a stranger. But she wasn't a stranger, she was Ruby, so she didn't flinch, and watched as the look of steel was replaced with casual unease.

"What do you mean, Blake?"

She also ignored the edge in her voice, and how the grip on her hand was becoming more uncomfortable with its tightness.

"Well, you came out of nowhere, how did you get to me so fast?"

Ruby was about to answer when a couple out for a walk with their kids suddenly shot Blake a dirty look, grabbed their children and shied away from the duo. Blake winced and the grip tightened as Ruby noticed, the glare she burned them with ached to look at.

She opened her mouth, no doubt about to verbally destroy these people, when Blake caught her shoulder and turned her to face her. The Faunus cupped her face with one hand and used the other to pull her closer by her hand. She met the iron eyes with her own hardened gold.

"Ruby its fine, ignore them, if I can then you can." She said with hard resolve, remembering Velvet's reaction in the café and hoping to calm her down before finding out what Velvet was so sure to keep locked up.

"They're racists Blake! In this day and age- it- it's disgusting! They- they don't deserve to li-!"

"Ruby…" Blake interrupted, warning now in her tone, "It's okay, they're gone, okay?"

The girl was still in distress, and remembering her ex, Blake did what she thought was best to quell her anger: distraction.

"So how did you get to me so fast?"

The cloud of anger started to fade from Ruby's eyes and she seemed to struggle, before letting out a breath and leaning forwards. Blake pulled the younger girl closer, listening as her heart slowed from its beating rage, and leaned her forehead against Ruby's.

"I… I have a semblance."

Blake made a 'hmm' sound, watching as Ruby's eyes fluttered shut.

"Really? What is it?"

Ruby bit her lip and sighed, the angry flush leaving her cheeks as she started to calm, the scent of old books and coffee doing wonders.

"Increase of healing factors in my muscular systems which means I can run really fast, which also means my body stays warmer than most people, even some Faunus."

"That sounds really cool, what's the fastest you've run?"

A small smile moved onto her face, one of smug pride.

"I'm nearly at 75 miles per hour."

Blake's eyes balked and she stepped back with her hands on Ruby's shoulders.

"What?! That's crazy!"

Her eyes were liquid silver again; she was calm at last.

"You don't know the half of it."

Ruby had a slightly awkward slanted grin, noticing how close they had been, and she reached up for Blake's hand. She took it from her shoulder and laced their fingers together, her thumb gently making patterns on the palm of the older girl's hand, until she finally looked up with a sheepish expression drowned in regret.

"I… thank you for calming me down… I normally have a better control over it, I just- I hate racists Blake, a lot more than the average person, I loath them."

Blake wasn't stupid, she knew there was more to the story than Ruby was telling her. She squeezed the other girl's hand and gave her a lopsided grin.

"Do you want to go get that hot chocolate now?"

Ruby smiled in thanks and nodded. The walk to the park café was short and calm after that, the duo walking hand in hand through the trees and past the lake, down the gravel road and into the open area which had the café inside. There were many metal chairs outside of the quaint looking café, but as it was so cold only one determined family were sat on them, the mother shooting chilling glares at the father who seemed to have a grin he was trying to keep up through his shivering.

The inside was warm and smelt like baking and coffee, Blake nearly died from the smell alone.

"This place smells amazing!" she chuckled, feeling Ruby squeeze her hand as she laughed, pulling her a little closer.

"Thought you might like it, now I'll get my- shit."

Blake shot Ruby a worried look as the girl dropped her hand and frantically searched her pockets.

"What is it?"

"I… I can't find my wallet! Damn it, I must have left it in the car!"

"Its fine Ruby, I can buy our drinks-"

"T-that's not the point, I-!"

Just then a waitress came over, barely concealing her sneer aimed at Blake, and she smiled as best she could, although it looked more like a cringe, and she kept her gaze locked on Ruby.

"Hi! Welcome to Winser's Café, would you like to come to a table?"

She turned and started to guide them towards a table near the windows, the duo sent each other a look and followed, Ruby biting her tongue from snapping at the girl mainly for Blake's sake.

The waitress sat them down and left them with the menus, and after Blake realised she too didn't have her wallet, she discovered she only had enough spare change for a single hot chocolate.

"Damn this place ain't cheap…" she muttered to herself, looking dejectedly at the $2.37 she had scavenged from pennies in her pockets. Ruby noticed, and a lightbulb went off in her head.

"Hold up, I have an idea…" she quickly took the money from Blake's hand and went to the counter, the que was quick and she was at the front in a few minutes, and the Faunus watched as she interacted with the same waitress from before. She was nervous when Ruby's back tensed, realising that happened when the girl got angry, but relaxed when the waitress nodded with a slightly startled look and left to make the hot chocolate.

Five minutes later and Ruby was carefully carrying the hot drink back to their table, and when she sat it down brandished two items out of her back pocket with a triumphant grin.

Two straws.

"When did you get those? I was watching the whole time!" Blake exclaimed, a mix of intrigue and confusion.

"I am very good at sleight of hand Blakey; how do you think I got my number in your phone the day we met?"

She smirked and winked, quickly tearing the paper from the straws and popping them in the drink. Blake flushed when she realised what Ruby intended; she wanted them to share. The blush refused to recede when the younger girl leant forwards and gently wrapped her lips around the end of the straw. She leaned back and smirked.

"It tastes great! Here!"

She tore open another straw and put it in the drink, pushing the cup closer to Blake as she licked her lips. The older girl clenched her fists and leaned forwards, the hummed in unexpected delight, the hot chocolate actually wasn't all that bad.

"It's great isn't it? Normally you'd get all the cream and sprinkles on top but that waitress is a… tricky thing."

Of course Blake noticed the tightness in Ruby's fists, but as the red girl didn't say, Blake didn't ask. They spent about half an hour in that café, and Blake once again felt lighter than she had for a while. She didn't know what it was about Ruby, maybe the smile, the carefree attitude, the odd sense of excitement she gets just from being around her perhaps.

"Is this how you speak to your other friends Blake?!" Ruby asked in mock shock, hand on chest and mouth agape as Blake snorted while drinking.

"Of course not, I save it just for you."

She stuck her tongue out, and Ruby gasped again, holding the act for a beat before falling into giggles with the older girl. After a few seconds they stopped and stayed in companionable silence, Blake idly stirring the hot chocolate with her straw.

"I wouldn't anyways, I don't really have friends." She said out of the blue, Ruby frowned and looked back at amber eyes with a confused expression.

"You don't have friends? How?"

Blake blushed, this time from embarrassment, and started to tear a napkin.

"W-well, it's kinda a long-ish story…"

"… You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

Blake glanced back from her hands to Ruby, and while the girl had said those words, one glance showed her thinly veiled curiosity and want for more information, and while Blake was appreciating the fact she had wanted her to be comfortable, she felt bad for not telling her.

"Nah, it's fine. It's just…"

She took a deep breath and sighed, leaning forwards on her elbows while worrying her bottom lip with her teeth. Her hands joined together, but were fiddling and twitching from nerves. Just when the shaking was getting embarrassing, warm hands covered her own and she saw the smouldering concern and subtle anger in Ruby's eyes, which she guessed was for whoever was making Blake uncomfortable.

"…When I was sixteen I had my first proper relationship, he was seventeen, he was cool, a Faunus like me, and was a strong believer in equal rights. He was… my first everything I guess."

She bit her lip and Ruby squeezed her hands comfortingly.

"What was his name?"

"He… Adam. He was called Adam. And we were together for quite a while, up until last year. You see," she leant forwards, a little agitated from the memory, "Adam was always up for equal rights between humans and Faunus, thinking we should have the same rights for both races, but about two years ago his views… shifted. He didn't think they should be equal, and that Faunus should rule over humans. He scared me, because while I didn't like some humans I didn't hate their whole species!"

She huffed in frustration and shifted their hands, taking comfort in the contact, and linked their fingers together. She didn't look at Ruby's face, so missed the blank but calculating look in her eyes.

"So after a few months of this behaviour I started to notice things, people were acting differently around us. At first I only saw one or two things, like Faunus in the streets going out of their way to avoid him while others greeted us out of the blue with idol-worship appreciation for him. I never really clocked on until one night, when we were returning home from a date, a group of Faunus tried to mug us."

Ruby nodded and squeezed her hands, they lived in such a shitty part of town that muggings were expected more than anything.

"They hadn't seen his face, but the second they did the Faunus freaked, one ran, the other screamed and the last begged for forgiveness and seemed to choke on his words. Adam told them to leave in a voice I hadn't heard him use before, and when we got home I demanded he tell me why they were so afraid. And he did."

Blake sighed and her upper body sagged.

"He worked for the White Fang, and had been for a few months. I was furious with him, mostly because he knew how much I hated the White Fang and what they did, but also because he hadn't told me. He told me he worked for the White Fang, but we broke up because he hadn't told me he was a god dammed fucking commander."

She was squeezing Ruby's fingers now, and a part in her brain screamed at her to stop before she snapped all ten of the poor girl's fingers, but Ruby's face did not shift from its blank look, not showing an ounce of pain.

"While we were together he kinda made me ditch my friends, I didn't even realise I was doing it at the time. He was against all my human friends and I was scared of angering him, so I stopped hanging out with them too much until they just sorta… left me. And my Faunus friends knew who he was and who he worked with, so they gave me a wide birth. Eventually all I had was him, and when I broke up with him, he trashed my flat, which lead to me being evicted, and that was the last time I saw Adam."

They were both silent for a while after that, Blake staring at the cooling hot chocolate as Ruby stared blankly in a different direction. Finally, the smaller girl spoke.

"That… that makes me really quite angry to hear about."

Blake's ears drooped but Ruby tugged on her hands to bring her attention back to her face, where a small comforting smile was twitching into place.

"But… I am so glad you are safe now."

Blake had an overwhelming urge to hug her then, but was way too aware of all the eyes around her, so resisted.

"And… just know that if I ever see this guy, what I do to him would be worse than death."

Blake's heartrate sped up and she squeezed her hands.

"You can't fight him! There's a reason why everyone was scared of him, he fights dirty and isn't afraid to get his hands bloody."

For some reason this was funny to the younger girl, as Ruby barked a laugh.

"Don't worry Blake, I'm pretty sure I am much worse than that guy."

The look Ruby had on her face stopped Blake's comment dead, the steel in her voice was sharper than any blade she knew of, added with the look of certainty she wore made Blake glad that it wasn't aimed at her.

"… Well, don't go looking for a fight with him, okay?"

Ruby smirked a little, mostly to herself, but nodded. She then looked into their cup and nodded towards it.

"You wanna finish the end of it?"

Blake nodded and quickly sucked up the last of the mildly warm chocolate. When she was done Ruby offered her hand and the Faunus took it. They stood and walked out of the café hand in hand, ignoring the stares from the other human customers. Blake was out of the café before Ruby, and so missed the dark look she shot at the waitress, the way said waitress flinched, and how the door was slammed harder than necessary.

They were walking once again down the gravel path in silence, until Ruby broke it by clearing her throat.

"I feel like… like I should tell you something."

"Hm?" Blake asked, glancing at her from the corner of her eye.

"You told me something about your past which I am guessing wasn't easy to do, and, well, I want to do the same."

Blake's eyes widened and she shook her head.

"No! I- I didn't tell you about- about him to guilt you into talking about your past!"

Ruby breathed a laugh and nodded.

"Yeah, but, I kinda want to, do you mind?"

Blake knew there was no real point in arguing, so nodded and squeezed the warm hand she had linked with her own.

"If you're sure you want to…"

"Well it would come up at some point," Ruby replied with a grin, although it seemed a little… off to Blake.

"When I was thirteen I had my first… experience, with another girl. She was fifteen, and we were both heavily crushing on each other. We dated for a week and she was my first kiss, we broke up a week or so later, because we were excitable teenagers I guess, but we're both still really good friends! We met outside her café actually."

She winked as it clicked in Blake's head.

"Velvet?"

"Yup! You shoulda seen her when she was young, all innocent and adorable as fuck, don't tell Coco I said that."

She moved on before Blake could question who or what a Coco was.

"My next girlfriend I had a few months later when I was fourteen, she was different to Velvet, much more… hands on, I guess you could say. She was great, and she was fifteen. But I couldn't handle how obviously jealous of me her friend Mercury was, and when I got into an argument with him Emerald had to choose between us so I made it easy for her and broke up with her. She was cool, but our personalities were too similar for us to…" she made an odd gesture with her hand, "mesh, I guess.

"I was single for a while after that, and when I was sixteen I met… Cinder."

There was an edge to her tone, and Blake would have to guess that this 'Cinder' was basically Ruby's Adam.

"… When I met her I was in awe of her. She was beautiful, older, I mean she was twenty-one! She was powerful, fierce. I… I think I almost loved her too. At the time I was sure, but I didn't see at the time that she was, well, manipulating me. Weiss pointed it out many times when she came around, and Yang even tried to tell me too, but… I just didn't see it. I guess I thought they were jealous for some stupid reason…"

She bit her lip and let out a breath around her lips.

"She was my first, about a month after we were dating, and we were together for a year. It was kinda like your situation to be honest, I just realised she was acting weird, compared to other couples I saw, and I started to feel weird being with her. She was kinda like Emerald, she clashed with me so much, and I just… I didn't want to notice it, I thought it was normal, and I let her get away with so much! 'Cuz what sixteen-year-old can say they have a smoking hot twenty-one-year-old as their girlfriend, huh? Not many that's for sure!"

She laughed but it had no humour. Blake shamefully swallowed her bitter jealousy, and pulled the other girl closer, deciding to be brave as she swapped the left with her right hand to hold Ruby's and wrapped her arm around the shorter girl's waist. She could feel the heat from Ruby's cheeks, but the smile that overtook the redhead's face was reward enough.

Ruby was quiet then, and leant into Blake's warmth against the cold air.

"… Sorry, I don't want to talk about her anymore."

"It's okay, you don't have to anymore."

And in an action Blake didn't remember planning, she kissed the shorter girl on the top of her head. This time they both flushed, and Ruby leant her head on the taller girl's shoulder. She too swapped hands and shifted her arm to go around Blake's waist, and the animal in Blake practically purred at the closeness.

All too soon they were at the car, and sadly had to separate. When they were in the car, Ruby shifting the car into gear, Blake was surprised yet flattered when the driver offered her hand, and once again their hands were linked.

They were quiet then, most likely do to the emotional bursts they had both gone through. Ruby was humming along to the song which was playing lightly on the radio, and Blake was smiling looking out of the window, as they waited at some lights on the motorway.

Their serenity was disturbed by a loud sudden screech and blare of a horn. Ruby gritted her teeth in annoyance and glared at the driver that had pulled up next to her window, glancing apologetically at Blake who was rubbing her ears with a wince and rubbed her thumb on the back of her hand to convey her sorry, before winding down her window as the driver beeped them again.

"What do you want, dick head." She growled, her eye twitching as he laughed and revved his engine again.

"Want to race pretty thing?"

Ruby huffed and scanned his car.

"You're kidding? One, your car is a piece of shit, how it is legal I don't even know, and two I have some precious cargo, so no, fuck off."

His words of disappointment were cut off as she wound the window back up, throwing a middle finger in his direction as he honked again.

"Asshole, honestly a freaking buggy would be faster than that crap heap, a peddle one! How much do you wanna bet he conks?"

"I bet a dollar."

"Deal." Ruby winked and Blake smirked at the look, feeling an odd rush she hadn't felt before at the confident look in her eyes, and the know it all hint in her smirk, she had to admit, it was hot.

Just then the lights turned green and the boy racer slammed his engine in top gear.

Only for the car to splutter and stay awkwardly still. Ruby laughed and Blake giggled, the former throwing the raging teen a tosser sign with her hand before driving off at the speed limit.

"What a wanker!" she laughed, meeting eyes with Blake, which caused them both to laugh even harder.

"Well damn, I owe you a dollar!"

"Doesn't have to be a dollar, maybe… we could meet for another hot chocolate again?"

Blake grinned, and nodded.

"Deal."

Just then a different horn blared, from the van behind them, and the racer in his shitty citron speed past. Ruby had a second to notice the driver's face as he drove past her side of the car, narrowly scarping against the side of Crescent Rose, and swerving in front of them.

"What the fuck?!" she yelled, releasing Blake's hand to have both hands on the wheel. With her enhanced eyesight, Blake could see the smug look in his eyes, and the middle finger he held behind him. Then, strangely, he seemed to brace himself, and then-

"Stop!"

Ruby reacted instantly, slamming on her breaks seconds after he did. The wheels screeched against the road, the force jerking her forwards just enough for her forehead to slam against the wheel.

The van behind them swerved, managing to skim the back edge of Crescent Rose, and the driver blared her horn in fury.

Blake was jerked forwards by the momentum, the seat belt burning her neck painfully as her neck cricked with whiplash. She did not care for herself, nor the painful sensation down her arm and throat, as both cars came to a stop, Crescent Rose millimetres away from the car in front.

She looked over at Ruby, who lifted herself from the steering wheel, blood dripping from her nose and a nasty bruise forming on her forehead. The silver eyed girl groaned and leant back.

"Shit! Ruby, a-are you okay?!"

Ruby nodded slowly and rubbed her neck.

"Yeah I'm- fuck, Blake!" her attention was immediately on the purple haired girl, undoing her seatbelt and turning to face her despite Blake's flailing hands to get her to sit still.

"Holy shit, your neck!"

Ruby's fingers hovered over the rapidly bruising skin around Blake's neck, rage burning through her at the sight of the injury. Her eyes darkened to iron and her teeth bared like a wolf.

"I'll kill him." She growled, sounding everything like a wolf Faunus as she got out of the car.

"Ruby- wait!"

Blake panicked, scrambling for her door handle and managing to pry the door open just as Ruby got to the driver side of the car. She watched in scared awe as Ruby actually punched the window, and it shattered from a single hit. She reached inside the car and grabbed the driver, dragging him out by his collar while he scrambled and flailed.

"Dude what's your problem?! You crashed into me, you fucker! You're the one who owes me!"

Blake stumbled closer, and winced as Ruby slammed him against his car.

"You fucking idiot," she snarled, "I didn't hit your shitty car, you're getting no insurance from me."

The guy looked back at Crescent Rose, seeing its intact front from where he was, and flinched.

"Urm-"

"Are you fucking stupid? You could have killed so many people! The van driver, yourself, Blake!"

He continued to struggle despite her rock grip.

"Blake?"

"My- friend. Unfortunately for you, you hurt her."

He looked over Ruby's shoulder, taking in Blake's ears as she stood behind her friend, and she knew what was coming before he even said it.

"Her?! She's a Faunus! What does she even matter-!"

Ruby's fist shot forwards and smacked into his face, sending his head flying back and slamming into the doorframe, knocking him out immediately.

"Freeze!"

The two girl's looked around, seeing one police officer with his gun pointed at them, for some reason. A second car just pulled up, sirens blaring.

"Seriously?! A gun?! He is the one in the shit here!" Ruby yelled, dropping the body to the floor.

"It's not how we see it, now put your hands behind your head!"

"Are you actually-"

"Ruby, it's for the best that you just do it." Blake interrupted, locking eyes with her as she awkwardly lifted her hands behind her head, in such a way it seemed as though she had practise. Two other cars pulled up then, most likely for Crescent Rose.

"But- but it doesn't-"

"Trust me."

Amber locked with silver, and Ruby slowly let out a breath through clenched teeth, moving her hands behind her head. The cop, followed by two others marched towards them, one grabbed Ruby and dragged her towards the back of a car, while the other two snatched at Blake, ignoring her yelp of pain as they twisted her arm.

"Hey! Don't you fucking hurt her!" Ruby yelled, breaking free from the cops hold for a second, before Blake met her eyes again, and she allowed herself to be restrained with a frustrated growl.

"Shut up girl, we're taking you two in."

"For what?!"

"Breaking the law." The cop deadpanned, forcing her into a different squad car to Blake, and she noticed her friend was forced in much more violently than she was. The dark thoughts didn't leave her head, and she memorised the cops faces as hers started the car.

When she gets out of this mess, they were on her list.

She couldn't help the creepy smirk which came on her face at the thought as they drove down the motorway, fury burning through her as she planned.

Oh yes, they were going to the top of her list.

That car thing actually happened to me the other day, not the arrested thing, just the whole twat trying to claim insurance from making me crash into the back of their car... wanker.

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