Chapter 4 A kindled friendship
A/N
Oh my goodness. I finally finished up the fifth chapter and got rid of that writers block. It's been a week since I last updated and I apologize but I've been a bit busy recently. Chapter 5 might come out next week again because I am really behind schedule on my chapters. Currently the only chapter I have on standby is chapter 5 with at least +5k words so I have to finish chapter 7 before I can release the next one. I'll try to finish it before my exams start blowing up.
I hope you guys enjoy the 4th chapter of The Bond that we share.
Disclaimer:
I do not own RWBY or any of its characters other than my OC.
Ruby's POV
Gray was just standing there staring at me. I on the other hand was nervous as he was staring at me with his red eye. I have no idea why I wanted him to be my friend because I'm frightened by his presence right now. He had a serious face that looked like he's been through a lot which I think he did because he's homeless. He was still a complete mystery to me but that COULD be the reason why I want to be his friend... I don't know. He has a cool white hair thing going on and the eye patch thing so it could be those. Either way I was determined to befriend this boy.
"Ruby? You alright?" I hear him say in a soft voice as he was waving his hand to my face.
"Oh! Yeah! I'm great!" I quickly responded after realizing I spaced out.
"It doesn't seem like it. You were spacing out there."
"Oh it was nothing. Just thinking about home."
"Home..." he tells me before silencing himself again.
"Umm so how do you like the academy so far?"I ask him trying to continue our conversation.
"It's okay I guess. I still have to head to the delivery post because I have to pick up a few things."
"Really? Can I come? I'm heading there too. I have a lot of baggage to pick up also."
"Sure." He responds. "I can use the company."
And just like that, the scary presence he had a while back just disappeared. The scary look he had was just replaced with a soft voice and a kind eye. Before, he looked like a person that was ready to rip you into tiny pieces and now he's worried that I was spacing out and wanted my company. I really don't get this guy but who am I kidding? I suck with peoples anyway.
"You're a clumsy girl Rose" he stated as we started walking towards the delivery post.
"Hey! I am not!" I screamed back slapping his right arm.
"Then explain how a little rose like you tackled me down, headbutted me twice, fell down the stairs into my arms, tripped backwards onto the same stairs in just a few hours. And let's not forget about that explosion you caused five minutes into campus." Gray said, stating all the stuffs I did today.
"You saw that?" I asked him, starting to feel embarrassed."
"Everyone saw it, Crater Face" he replies back.
"Well... there is a totally explainable reason to why I caused so much accidents... which I will explain next time we get back to this subject because I still have to think about the excuse."
"Yeah sure thing Rooose" He said sarcastically, extending my family name.
"And that is not fair. You keep calling me by my family name yet I don't even know yours" I yelled at him, pouting.
"Hahaha It's okay Rose. You don't need to know it." he tells me.
"Come on Gray! Pleeeaaaaase?" I tell him, unleashing my secret weapon... The puppy eyes.
"No." Gray tells me bluntly.
" Boooo!" I yell at him with a pouty face.
We continued walking until we finally reached the delivery post. As we entered, we saw that the building was crowded by so many students trying to get there stuffs from the drop ships. I was amazed that so many people and bags could fit into such a building. As I started to look around searching for my stuff, I was pulled back by Gray as I realised that if I took a step farther, I would've caused an avalanche of boxes.
"Clumsy" he whispered in my ear as I slapped him on the his chest.
As I made my way through, I finally found my luggage. I found a note on top of it which I obviously opened so I can read out of curiosity. The message said:
"Dear Ruby,
If your reading this, then I probably left you so I can hang out with my friends. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I left my stuff next to your bags so, if you don't mind, bring my stuff with you.
Sincerely, your lazy sister, Yang"
Come on! It's bad enough that I brought a lot of stuff with me, but now I have to carry Yang's bags too! It's gonna take me all day to get this to the ballroom.
"You ready?" I hear Gray ask me from behind carrying a single bag.
"Um yeah! Just hold on a second!" I tell him as I started to wrap my bags around me and started piling up our boxes.
"Do you need help with that?"
"Nah, I got it" I tell him as I started to lift the boxes until Gray took most of them, leaving me with two boxes.
"You know you don't have to carry those for me." I tell Gray, feeling bad that he's carrying Yang's stuff.
"It's alright. I only have one bag. And plus Beacon has already been through so much accidents today, who knows what you could've caused if I didn't take these from you." He teased with a grin.
I got mad at this and kicked him on the leg. Maybe a bit too hard.
"Ow!" He screamed falling over, dropping the boxes , and landing on me which made me drop my boxes and bags.
I fell back, raising my arms up, preparing for the impact of the falling boxes, but it never came. When I raised down my arm, I saw Gray on top of me, blocking me with his body so that none of the boxes landed on me. I was amazed at the gesture that he did. Normally at Signal, people would just laugh at me for being so clumsy, which I can admit that I am a klutz at times, but he went and protected me. I know that it's just boxes and all, but it's the thought that counts for me.
He looked down at me with his red eye, just staring at me as I stared back. I saw people around us staring and some people were dog whistling, which made me heat up as I started to blush. Not to mention that he was lying on top of me. Gray was still staring but started to lean his face closer to mines.
'No way! Is he leaning in for a kiss. I'm just 15! I never kissed a boy before! What if Yang finds out! What if DAD found out! Oh my Oum I'm not ready for this. I don't know what I'm feeling right now! All I know is that i'm heating up and i'm probably red like a tomato"
These were the thoughts running through my mind right now. I just sat there in shock as his head was leaning closer... and closer... and closer. Then he stopped with his lips inches away from mines and whispers:
"Your clumsy."
At this point I slapped him on the forehead for putting me through all those mixed emotions. I stung him with that slap which made him lean back rubbing his forehead. I just sat there with a red and angry face.
"What was that for!" He screams at me.
"Just cuz!" I tell him.
"That's what I get for blocking heavy boxes from you?" He asked me starting to pickup the boxes.
"Thanks for that..." I grumbled.
He passed me my two boxes as we headed back to the ballroom. The rest of the walk was quiet after the incident. I wasn't sure how I felt about Gray after that. First he was scaring me, then he was caring and then he did THAT! Gray was a complete mystery to me and probably is to a lot more people. Maybe that's why I want to get to know him.
Grant's POV
We arrived back to the ballroom. I placed Ruby's luggage next to where she dropped her other stuffs.
"Thanks for your help Gray!" Ruby tells me.
"No problem Ruby." I tell her.
"I got to go so I'll see you around." I tell her but before I turned to leave, her face went from happy to gloomy.
"Hey, you alright?" I asked her, walking back to her.
" Yeah it's just... Ahh never mind." Ruby replies back.
"Come on. I know something is bothering you"
" It's nothing really. It's stupid" she tells me.
"I don't care if it's stupid. Your being bothered and I'm not leaving you until you tell me." I tell her, sitting down on a nearby bench.
"It's just..." Ruby hesitated.
"Well you see... It's just that I skipped 2 years of school and I don't know much people here plus Yang keeps leaving me alone... And I'm really grateful that you saved me multiple times last night and I wanted to know if... y-you'd like to be f-friends?"
And that was what took me by storm. This innocent little girl wanted to be friends with this homeless abomination who lost it all. But I wouldn't blame her, she didn't know what she was getting herself into. I'm glad that she asked me but... I'm scared that the truth will change the way she sees me. I shouldn't accept her friendship but after all these years of solitude... I was craving for a friend but this time, I will protect this one, unlike years ago.
"You want to be my f-friend?" I asked her thinking that she could've asked something else.
" Um... Yeah" Ruby replies back.
" S-sure"
"Really?"
"Yeah".
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!" I hear her scream. "You don't know how much this means to me" Ruby tells me.
"Really? Because this means a lot to me also" I tell her before she started dragging my arm to the door.
"Come on! Let's get something to eat!" she tells me dragging me to the cafeteria.
Xx At the cafeteria xX
There we were, sitting in the giant cafeteria. I took a seat on the opposite end of the table, in front of my new friend Ruby. She had a plate of steak, mashed potatoes and vegetable that she left on the side of her tray as she was chomping down her strawberry cake. I on the other hand had nothing to eat since I had no money, but I was used to it anyway.
Ruby looked up to me as she noticed I was drooling over her dinner plate.
"You want it?"she asked me.
"It's alright." I refused her offer.
"No, here have it." she offers me again, this time pushing the plate towards me. "I only wanted the strawberry cake." she tells me with a smile on her face.
"Thank you" I told her before eating the dinner plate.
After eating half the food on the plate, I gave her back the plate so that she can eat also.
"Here." I tell her pushing the plate back to her.
"What's this?"
"You need to eat also so you have energy for the initiation."
"Do I have to?" she asked me.
"Yes. How do you think I'd feel if you started to get sick during the initiation?"
And just like that, I guilt tripped her into eating. And talking about sick, that's what I am. I felt my fever starting to come back again as I started to feel nauseous. I excused myself from Ruby as I headed to the back, threw up my meal and went back.
"Hey Gray? You alright?" Ruby asked me.
"Yeah." I responded back.
"Sorry but I have to head to Ozpin's office for my 'interview'. I'll see you at the ballroom later alright?"
"Alright" she told me with a thumbs up and a huge smile.
Me and Ruby parted our separate ways, as she headed to the ballroom and I headed to professor Ozpin's office. I got lost a few times but after a while, I made it to his office.
"Welcome Mr. Gray. I've been waiting for you." Ozpin said, taking a sip from his mug.
"Let's just get this over with. But promise me this. You will not write down any of this. Everything you learn here should be memorized by heart and you will continue referring me as my alias Gray Walker."
"You have my word." He tells me.
A/N
So that was chapter 4. We kinda got to see a little development between Ruby and Grant. Next chapter, you guys will start learning a bit more of Grant and his past so I hope you guys are looking forward to it. Like I said, I might update it again in one week again because I have to start moving forward with my chapters. I feel bad making you guys wait one week for such a short chapter but please bear with it till next week.
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