Heyo! Welcome to chapter 3! I'd just like to tell you guys, i'd say thanks to BabyBlueHerione, my editor, because I write the skeleton and guts of the story and she writes all the skin and details to make it look pretty haha.
BabyBlueHeroine: I'd like to give thanks to my writer, TheWordsPlease, as he writes the plot of this story. Because, honestly, I can't be creative to save my damn life lol. Also, this is a really long chapter broken into two parts, so enjoy!
Tick. Tock Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
I stare out the window in my final class taping my fingers against the desk. I see dark, ominous thunderclouds roll in as I remember some of the conversation Blake and I had about Weiss Schnee.
"Her family is known to hate the Faunus. I wouldn't be surprised if she leaves the school once she finds out Faunus go here."
"Well Blake, you read a lot of books, you know not to judge a book by its cover! Although, if I do meet her, I would rather her know me for me and not my tail and ears."
Blake explained to me that the Schnee family owns the largest diamond mining company in the whole continent. The company used Faunus labor and extorts their labor by forcing them to work hard and doesn't pay them rightfully for their work. But it's not like Weiss Schnee is the one who sets the company 'rules'!
With all the money her family makes, why come to Beacon High School? She could have easily gone to the elite Atlas Academy. Students who attend that high school are kids with rich parents, so she would have easily fit in there. Plus, the lack of Faunus there sounds like it would be a no brainer on which school to pick for Weiss.
Yet, she is here at Beacon High School.
With a strike of lightning and shortly after, the roar of thunder, rain starts to pour hard. My ears flick and I look to the clock to see we only have about thirty seconds left of class. I start gathering my things up as I start to pay attention to Professor Port once again. Blake was right, he really likes to ramble about his life. At least that gives me time to think about how I'm going to hide my ears and tail from Weiss. I guess I could just shove my tail into my pants and she wouldn't really be able to notice the bulge of my tail because of my cloak. As for my ears I cou- Brinnnngggggg!
My ears go flat as I wince a little in pain as the bell goes off. Every student in the class starts to scream and rush out the door. Although I'm happy as well to leave, I don't think everyone should be yelling. I stand from my desk, grab my bag, and wave goodbye to Professor Port. I make my way into the sea of people trying to rush out of the school.
"Hey yo Rubes! Wait up!" My ears flick and I turn to face Sun as a smile graces my lips.
"What's up, monkey boy?" Sun Wukong, blonde hair, blue eyes, monkey tail, and so happens to be Blake's boyfriend and one of the few that helped me deal with Faunus haters. Surprisingly he's kind of the brother I never had. He'd be a cool brother to have. Sun just has this smooth attitude about him, plus his white jacket, gold chain, and kicks just adds to his overall 'smoothness'.
I smile as he comes up to me and we start walking towards the parking lot entrance of the school.
"How was your first day, little pup?" He walks with his hands behind his head in a laid back manor. So smooth.
"It wasn't too bad. History was fun because the teacher taught us about really cool weapons used in wars. And some weapons were even guns! Other than that, though, classes were boring and in others I could hardly keep up." I pout a bit and he laughs. "Shut uppppp!" I playfully push him to the side but before we can continue the conversation another voice calls out to us. We both look back as Blake walks up.
"Hey Blake! Just asking the little pup how her day was."
"Oh really?" She looks to me and smiles a little. "Well how was it, Ruby?"
"It was okay, though I didn't make any friends...or meet Weiss." I notice Sun and Blake give each other a look
"Y'now Ruby, her family isn't known to like Faunus very well." Sun says turning into his protective state, crossing his arms.
"Yeah yeah I know, that's why I've devised the bestest plan ever!"
Blake smirks a bit, "And what would that be, little wolf?"
"Oh I'm just gonna hide my tail and ears until she gets to know the real me. It's completely fool proof!" My tail wags as we reach the doors. "Well, I have to wait for Yang and I'm not running into the rain. Last time I did and I didn't dry fast enough, I smelled like wet dog." I make a puking face and all three of us laugh.
"Well me and Blake are goi-", something catches Sun's eye as he looks past me. "Well, if you at least wanna see the ice queen herself, here she comes in all her glory."
I whirl around at the chance to see Weiss, and, man, it is not hard to miss her.
'Ice Queen' is definitely the proper nickname for her. Her long hair is stark white and even everything she is wearing is white and soft blue. The white dress is very elegant for her figure, as it is just long enough to meet dress code and the length turns from white into a soft blue. Her jacket makes up for the lack of straps the dress has. Stopping midway at her slim torso, the jacket, just like the dress, fades to the soft blue in the sleeves where a snow flake pattern has been embroidered when it flairs out. A simple silver necklace hanging from her delicate neck and the blood red coloring of the inside of her jacket's collar accentuate her defined collar bone. Even her high heeled boots, coming up to her toned calves, start white and end blue.
Though everything she wearing is immaculate and perfect, there is two things I notice: her ponytail is obviously crocked on her head, and she is absolutely beautiful.
Sun nudges me, bringing me back to reality, "Earth to Ruby, I repeat, Earth to Ruby! Over!"
I realize I have been staring, hopefully not with my mouth hanging open, at Weiss this entire time. She, however, and probably thankfully, doesn't notice my staring. She probably wouldn't notice someone like me.
I look up at Sun, who has his hand over his mouth to act like he is talking into a walkie-talkie, "Shhrrrt. Everything ok there, Rubes? Over." I notice Blake is giving me an inquisitive look, slightly smirking at Sun's shenanigans.
"I- uh… Yeah, I'm just trying to remember what she looks like!" Good cover, Ruby.
Blake, however, doesn't buy my cover giving me a knowing look, "She's hard to miss. Besides, by the way your mouth was hanging open to catch flies, I doubt that was what you were doing." Sun starts to snicker at me.
Great, my mouth was hanging open. Good job, Ruby! "I was also thinking about my elaborate plan and how to execute it!" I bring my fist into my other hand to emphasis the point.
Once again, Blake and Sun gave each other a look. Blake sighs and places her hand on my shoulder, "Just please be careful, ok? I don't want to see you get hurt."
I nod my head in agreeance like a bobble-head. Blake and Sun are protective of me but I can handle this!
"Well, little pup, me and Blake are going to… um… go now…" Sun makes a face at Blake, takes her hand, and they run off outside into the rain towards his car. I blush a little as I know what they're heading to do.
After a couple of minutes of waiting for Yang, I look out into the rain. I hope Weiss will accept me. Maybe. Maybe she wouldn't even want to be my friend. Not many people want to be friends with someone like me. But I still have to try! I sigh to myself as I watch the rain pour down.
I hear someone groan loudly and what sounds like someone kicking a car. My sensitive ears flick as I turn towards the noise and I freeze. Weiss Schnee. By the looks of it she's soaking wet and locked out of her car. She groans more and tries to pull the handle.
My ears stick up as I think of a plan. I could use my cloak as like an umbrella and execute my plan now! I twist my abdomen around and grab my tail. "Sorry, little fellow." I then shove my tail into my pants as comfortably as I can and then pull my hood up, keeping my ears flat to my head. "Well, here goes nothing!" Without looking around to see if anyone is watching, I run out the door.
The puddles splash around my ankles getting part of my pants wet, but my cloak is keeping most of my body from getting wet. As I draw closer, it seems as though she's too focused on trying to into her car. She is still fumbling through her purse when I finally reach her. In a flash, I grab the edge of my cloak and throw it over her to protect her from the rain. She notices it's no longer raining on her and stops looking through her purse as she turns her head to face me. She does not look happy.
"What do you think you're doing?!" She almost screams. Maybe this wasn't the best way to introduce myself.
"Uhh… I-I saw y-you out here struggling in t-the rain and I didn't think y-you'd want to s-stay in the rain…" Great job, Ruby. Really aced that one!
She looks like she's about to explode, but her face softens just a bit. "I didn't ask nor do I want your help." She says with a huff and resumes looking through her purse.
"I'm… my name is R-Ruby… Ruby Rose… nice to meet you." She doesn't say anything and grumbles as she stops looking through her purse.
"What do you want?" She looks very annoyed know but I can't help but stare into her beautiful blue eyes. They look like the ocean with a storm on the horizon. I notice a scar across her left eye, I wonder how she go- "Earth to dolt! I asked you a question!"
"O-oh sorry, I um I just saw someone that looked like they needed help or a friend, Weiss." She looks at me angrily. Guess I shouldn't have used her name.
"Oh, so that's what this is. You must think that because you helped me, Weiss Schnee, that I would do, what? Give you money?"
"Money? What no, of course not! I…" I look down feeling ashamed. "I just thought that maybe you needed some help and that you didn't want to stay wet." I look back up at her and I can tell that she's thinking. After a couple of seconds, she sighs.
"Sorry Ruby… I'm just used to being taken advantage of." I smile up at her. If my tail was out it would be wagging up a storm!
"I wouldn't think of taking advantage of you! I don't do that to friends or anyone really… So you lose your keys?"
She looks to her car, her face turning to a scowl as if the car will be so scared, it'll unlock itself. "Exactly."
I look at her backpack. "Um, could they be in your backpack?" I gesture my head towards it. She looks at me like I have three heads.
"Of course I looked in there, you dunce…" She looks at the car and then, a second later, is swinging her backpack off her shoulder. As she opens her backpack, she grumbles and starts looking through the various compartments. "I swear I looked everywhere…" She pulls her keys out. "…but here, I suppose." I smile brightly and giggle.
"It's okay, I forget things all the time! Like last night I didn't even realize the first day of school was today!" I laugh a little and I swear I see her smile just a bit.
"Well then, Ruby Rose, I thank you. Maybe I'll see you tomorrow but, for now, I must take my leave." She opens the door and gets in. I cover her with my cloak the whole way. "And um… Thank you. I really don't like being in the rain." With that she closes her door and starts to drive off.
Phew! She doesn't seem that bad. I say to myself with a smile. I drop my cloak and pull my tail out, though, keeping it concealed within the cloak so it doesn't get wet. I turn to go to Yang's car and let out a startled yelp as I see Yang in the driver's seat smirking at me through the rain covered windshield. I grumble and run to the car. I open the trunk, throw my bag in there, and then quickly hop in the passenger seat. Yang doesn't say anything until we start driving.
"Y'know sis, with how fast you ran out to her, you should join the track team!" I groan as I know this is just the start of the teasing.
"Yaaaaaaaaang!"
And that's a wrap for chapter 3! Had a lot of fun writing this chapter so let me know what you think! Until next time, Words out
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