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"That dream." he said as he wandered through his mind rethinking the events of the dream. "Why did I dream about that? Could I actually..." he trailed off before hearing a familiar voice at his door. "Actually what?" Ruby asked as she walked in Cyrus's room. She startled Cyrus causing him to once again, bump his head on the upper bunk. "Stop doing that!" he said as he rubbed his head. "Great now my head hurts." he told Ruby. "Oh stop being such a baby." she said as she walked over to him and put her hand on his head. "You just got a little bump that's all." Cyrus tried desperately not to make eye contact as she touched him. Yang walked by on the way to her room. "Aw you two look so cute." she said as she poked her head in. Cyrus grabbed a pillow and threw it at her in anger. "Oh cmon I know you like her. Look you're blushing." she said as she pointed at Cyrus's red face.
She walked in his room to see what he was up to. "Could you two please stop barging in my room?" he pleaded. "You don't like the company of two pretty girls in your room?" Yang teased. "You know you're not nearly as big of a loner as you used to be." she said as she looked around the big empty room. "With all this space, why don't you let at least one other person bunk with you?" she asked. Ruby immediately began to slowly raise her hand. "No Ruby that's not happening." he says in a calm tone. "But why not? At least this way we can catch up." she says trying to defend her case. "You have team RWBY to take care of. I'm fine on my own." Ruby begins to make a sad puppy dog face at Cyrus. "No Ruby that face isn't going to change my mind." he says as she continues staring at him. "Well then let's take a vote!" said Yang. "What how is that even fair? Both of you are for her moving in. We'd need at least one other voter!" said Cyrus. "I'll vote." said Jaune as he strolled right in to Cyrus's room.
"Oh no. Not you no!" said Cyrus as he began to have a nervous breakdown. Yang smiled evily before she spoke. "Alrighty then. There's your other voter. Now that everyone is here all in favor raise your hand!" Ruby's Jaune's and Yang's hands shot straight up as Cyruss was left powerless. "But... but..." Cyrus was speechless. Jaune pumped his fist in the air. "Yay democracy! So what were we even voting on?" he asked Cyrus. "You idiot! Now Ruby has to bunk in MY ROOM!" Jaune's smile stretched all the way across his face. "Oh well then I'm glad I voted yes!" he said as he walked out of his room. Cyrus stood there speechless. In the end he had no choice in the matter so he finally gave up. "So it's settled! I'll stay here with you. At least until you find a team of your own." said Ruby. She raced off to her own room to grab her things as Cyrus flopped on his bead in defeat.
Ruby returned with a bag of her things. Her face was positively glowing with joy as she set her things down. "Have fun you two!" Yang said as she walked out of their room. "But not too much fun." she said as she poked her head back in. "YANG!" Ruby squealed. Cyrus put a pillow over his face to muffle the sound of his voice. "How the hell did this happen?" he asked himself. Ruby sat down next to Cyrus on his bed. "You know if you weren't such a loner this wouldn't have happened." she said in a consoling tone. He sat up looking at Ruby. "Aren't you gonna feel weird living with a guy?" he asked. "No because I know you won't pull anything weird with me." she said with a smile. Cyrus thought for a moment. "I don't know whether to feel complimented or offended at that statement." he said as he pulled the covers over him in an attempt to sleep. "Oh come on Cyrus." she said as she yanked the covers off of him. "Dont be such a stick in the mud. Let's go do something fun." she said with enthusiasm.
Cyrus groaned in frustration. "Ok then. What did you have in mind?" he asked. Ruby looked around the room for a minute before answering. "Well why don't we redecorate?" she said with a smile. "Redecorate?" he asked with a sigh. "What did you have in mind?" Ruby bolted out the door and came back with a few gallons of paint in her hand. "How long were you planning this?" he asked. "Mmm, maybe about 10 minutes." she answered. Cyrus began pushing the beds out of the way and threw on an old shirt for painting. "You're very lucky I'm not in the mood to argue." he said as he grabbed a paintbrush. "Well good!" she said while smiling at him. "Cause you don't have a choice." she said as she dabbed a bit of red paint on his nose. "You really need to open up more." she said as she went back to painting. "I don't need you to run my life you know." he said as he wiped the paint off his nose. "Oh really?" she asked smearing more paint on his face.
"That's really mature." he said sarcastically. Ruby stuck her tongue out at Cyrus. "Oh you wanna talk about mature huh?" she said as she dabbed even more paint on him. "You know what kid..." he said as he dunked his finger in paint and rubbed it on her cheek. Ruby's eyes lit up in fiery passion. "Oh it's on!" she said as the two of them began duking it out. By the end of their squabble there was barely any paint left, but the two of them were covered from head to toe. "Thanks Cyrus. You wasted all the paint." Ruby said as she breathed rapidly in exhaustion. "I wasted it?! I'm pretty sure you started it." he said while trying to regain his energy. Ruby stood up and flipped her hair back. "Well I'm covered in paint. I'm gonna take a shower... no peaking ok." she said with a wink. "Oh just hurry up." said Cyrus as he rolled his eyes. Ruby headed inside and shut the bathroom door behind her. "I'm not locking it so don't get any funny ideas now." she said teasingly.
Cyrus stood up still exhausted from their battle. "Like I would peak on her." he said chuckling to himself. He leaned up against the bathroom door still catching his breath. That's when he heard Ruby turn the water on. His cheeks turned dark red almost instantly. "No no bad Cyrus, don't you dare think about that." he said quietly to himself. "I know think about something nasty... Weiss! Ah there we go that's better." he said to himself with a satisfying smile. "Are you daydreaming about Weiss?!" Ruby shouted from the bathroom. "What no way." he yelled back to her as he began pushing the beds back into place. Ruby finished her shower and put on her pajamas. Once she was done drying her hair, she stepped out of the bathroom finally washed clean of all the paint. "Well I'm done." Ruby said as she scratched the back of her head. "Yeah yeah I see that." Cyrus said as he grabbed a pair of pajamas from his dresser and headed into the bathroom.
"Try not imagining Weiss while you're in there." Ruby teased. Cyrus gagged at the thought and headed inside. He took off his clothes and began to shower. Barely a minute had passed before Ruby was pestering him again. "Hey Cyrus you're in the shower right?" she asked. "No I'm making a sandwich." he said sarcastically. An awkward period of silence occured for the next few seconds. "Of course I'm taking a shower!" Cyrus yelled back to Ruby. "Oooh ok. Well you just keep doing what you're doing, I left my dirty clothes in there I'm just gonna grab them." she said as she opened the door and grabbed her clothes. Cyrus didn't hear the door shut so he wondered what she was up to. "You gonna hurry up?" Cyrus asked as he began washing his hair. Ruby said nothing, making Cyrus nervous
"Why did you get all quiet?" he asked while looking at the curtain. He then noticed that it was a clear shower curtain and Ruby could see completely through it. "Gah get out of here!" he said while covering bolted out the bathroom shutting the door behind her. "I'm sorry." she said sincerely as her cheeks flushed red. Ruby sat on the bed awkwardly waiting for Cyrus to finish. He took another few minutes to shower and came out in his pajamas. Cyrus noticed that Ruby had fallen asleep waiting for him. "Really?" he said to himself in an unamused tone. "Whatever. Goodnight kid." he said while turning off the lights and heading to bed on the bed directly across from Ruby's. "Maybe it won't be so bad having her here." he thought as he drifted off into slumber.
Cyrus was awoken by beams of light shining in his face and the familiar nudging of his new roommate. "Cyrus my stomach is eating itself." Ruby groaned as she nudged his head. "Then go eat something." Cyrus said as he was still in between being asleep and awake. "Yang usually gets breakfast with me." she said with puppy dog eyes. "Cyrus opened one eye and saw her face that he somehow couldn't say no to."Fine let's go." he said as he stood up and stretched. He took of his pajama pants and threw on some jeans. "I'll be waiting for you to get changed outside so hurry up ok." he said as Ruby answered him with an enthusiastic nod. Cyrus walked out and shut the door. He leaned on it as he stared up at the ceiling, exhaling in a mixture of exhaustion and relief. "What a night." he said to himself. "Why what happened?" asked Pyrrah as she walked by Cyrus. Ruby then opened the door startling Cyrus. "Let's go I'm starving!" she said taking his hand.
Pyrrah smirked at the sight of Ruby leaving Cyrus's room. "So you two slept together?" she asked teasingly. "I thought we did." Ruby answered nievely. "No we just slept in the same room. We didn't sleep together." he said to Pyrrah. "Not yet at least."Jaune said appearing out of nowhere as he was used to doing. "Exactly not yet... what NO I meant...forget it." Cyrus said getting flustered. He began walking to the cafeteria trying to shake Ruby. "Hey wait for me!" Ruby said as she chased after him. She eventually caught up and grabbed onto his arm, collapsing her own body weight in an effort to slow him down. "What are you doing now?" Cyrus asked in a confused tone. "You were walking too fast." Ruby answered in a melancholy tone. "Fine, I'll try to walk your pace then." he said as he tried to release his arm from Ruby's death grip. "Ok then." she said as she released his arm.
They walked a bit further and Cyrus noticed there was something a bit strange about Ruby today. "Why are you so hyper today?" he asked. "Because I get to eat breakfast with you!" she answered with a smile brighter than the sun. Cyrus began to blush. "Oh that's nothing to be that excited about." he said trying not to make eye contact with Ruby. "You're blushing again." she said as she playfully poked Cyrus's cheek. "I don't blush." he said in a stern tone as he began to blush harder. Ruby made a grab for Cyrus's arm again in an attempt to hold his hand, but he would have nothing of it. "No stop it." he said as he tapped Ruby's nose. "Hey don't treat me like a little kid. You know I hate that!" she said while pouting and crossing her arms. "Fine fine I won't do it anymore." Cyruss said. They eventually made it to the cafeteria as the smells of breakfast invaded their senses.
"So what do you wanna eat?" Cyrus asked. "Hmm let me think." Ruby said as she scanned the room, eventually fixing her gaze on a plate with a huge stack of pancakes piled high on it. Cyrus noticed what she was staring at and rolled his eyes. "No no that's not gonna do anything but put you back to sleep." he said as he dragged her up to the counter ordering a more balance breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast. "B- but I wanted..." Ruby said as she pointed to the stack of pancakes mocking her at this point. "Oh quit whining." he said as they walked back and sat at a table together. Cyrus began shoveling eggs and bacon into his mouth while Ruby just picked around her food. "Oh come on you need to eat." Cyruss said as he noticed the amount of food still left on Ruby's plate. Ruby rolled her eyes and took a big bite of egg. "There happy?" she asked while still chewing.
"You told me you don't like being treated like a little kid, but you act like one all the time." he said while finishing his breakfast. Ruby pouted and picked at her food some more. "Fine if you're gonna be a baby about it." he said as he stood up and walked back over to the counter. He returned with a big stack of pancakes for Ruby. "Here is this better?" he asked with a slight smile that he tried to hide. Ruby wasted no time. As soon as the plate was in front of her, she poured syrup all over the stack of pancakes making sure that each one was properly covered. It took no time for her to begin attacking the pancakes. Cyrus couldn't hide his smile at this point. "Are they good." he asked as Ruby continued demolishing the pancakes. "Yeah you want a bite?" she said as she carefully cut off a piece of her pancakes and offered it to Cyrus on her fork. Cyrus looked around the room to make sure nobody would see. "Well I guess one bite wouldn't hurt." he said as he leaned in to eat what was on her fork.
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