HEY Birdies! Welcome back! Sorry it took me some time to get this one out :( I've been flooded with all kinds of writing so it was a little tough to crank this one out. Should have another out by the end of the week and then throughout the weekend! As always thanks for reading and leave a Review!

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Lets Jam!

It was a beautiful Saturday morning and I felt better rested than I have in a long time. Pulling of my sheets with a shiver I inspected the alarm clock. It was about 9:30am. I was grateful for the extra time to sleep in since I've always tended to be a night owl.

All of our morning classes had been cancelled in favor of some national holiday about a person or group of persons I had never heard of. I was still new to this entire world so it was going to take a while to absorb the history and the information that is seen as the norm. I was still thinking in terms of presidents and parliaments. Did Remnant have governments?

I shrugged. Its not like I thought that any of that really concerned me to begin with. I stripped quickly and hopped into the shower, hissing a little bit at the intitial sting of the icy water. If there were signs that winter was coming at the beginning of the week, then now it was arriving in earnest and bearing its frosty fangs, forcing the people to armor up in jackets and sweaters.

I let the hot water run over me for a time, reluctant to get out of the bliss, but knew that it wasn't like I could live in the shower. I turned off the water and dried as quickly as I could. The steam that had accumulated around the room helped to stave off the cold a little as I managed to throw on my outfit.

In place of our classes today the gang had decided to show me around. I was only too happy to go as I was starting to feel a little caged in on the campus. I mean I had no idea how big this world was in earnest. Is it bigger than Earth? There was no way I could know, since no-one here knew what the heck Earth was.

I had approached Ozpin earlier in the week in concern to my conundrum considering money. I had offered to do some work, but he would have none of it. After all the students of Beacon were expected to maintain a certain decorum. So he gave me a weekly allowance out of his own pocket and then informed that if I wanted more that the school had set bounties for different kinds of Grimm and criminals that I could seek out if I was so inclined.

I had this weeks pay of about 100 lien in my pocket and was ready to go out. I had my standard cargo pants, but I was equipped with some sturdy boots, a thermal undershirt, a baggy t-shirt (they just couldn't seem to understand the word 'large') and a a leather jacket that hung loose and comfortable on me. I strapped a tomahawk to my thigh, thinking its better to be safe than sorry. I had actually made some changes to my loadout in that manner. I had decided that one tomahawk and Kukri was enough where most things were concerned. I still kept Retribution, but to make up for my lack of dual weilding I had ended up picking the use of a collapsible staff. It foldded nicely to the length of a pen and could be stowed away and with a touch a button it could extend to full lenght. There it was a solid silver color. There weren't any bells and whistles to it, but that's why I liked it so much. I had this strapped on my other thigh opposite the tomahawk.

I walked out the door and went to the next room over. There I knocked and waited patiently. Blake peeked around the corner looking a little exasperated.

"Hey Rai. We're gonna be a lil. We'll meet you at the entrance. That okay?"

"Sure thing. Take your time."

Nodding she closed the door and I headed for the entrance. Walking out the soild double doors I looked up to the sky. It was gray and there was the feel of a possible drizzle ahead, but this was my favorite kind of weather. It just made sleeping so much easier...

"Sup Rai!" Jaune patted me on the back as he came out behind me with Ren right behind him.

"Not much. Blake said they were gonna be a lil and told me to wait here. Where's the others?"

"They said something along the same lines..." Ren answered

I sighed "Gotcha. So what kind of stuff is there in town?" I asked trying to pass the time.

So Jaune started talking about some of the awesome resteraunts that his parents had told him about that he was excited to try, also about the arcade, and the dust shops, and the bookstore...

Well you get the point...

I was about to ask him what he was excited and nervous about when Pyrah and Nora came out to meet us. Phyrah was wearing a tight fitting excercise outfit that looked similar to the cold running attire of t people back on Earth. Nora on the other hand. Well... lets just say that the general theme she was going for was fluffy... jacket, pants, socks, all of it... fluffy.

Jaune was in his regular clothes as his outfit was cold weather ready. Ren's usual outfut seemed to have been equipped with some padding as there was some fauz fur coming from the ends of his sleeves. We were all ready to go...

We didnt have to wait long til the rest of the crew arrived.

Ruby was looking comfortable in a pair of darker jeans and a red hoodie and a pair of black high top sneakers. The whole thing was pretty fashionable in its own way. Weiss was in her normal attire, somehow unfazed by the cold. Blake was bundled up in black hoodie with a scarf and extra fluffy bow. Yang on the other hand was similar to Weiss, but had the addition of a light yellow scarf.

"What took ya?" Jaune asked.

"Hmm? Don't worry bout it vomit boy. Lets hit the town you and I..." Yang replied rapping an arm around his head and draggin him towards the town, ignoring his protests.

Weiss, Pyrah, and Blake headed after them discussing some book they were all reading. Them being the three that the cre generally regarded as the brainy types. It had something to do with...Ninjas? It wasnt something I would have expected girls to be interested in, but you know... to each thier ow,

Ren was stuck with his eternal task of dealing with Nora. Patience was something that kid was blessed with in spades. It was either that or a lot of adaptibility and posture.

That left Ruby and me to follow in everyones wake. Our feet crunched on the frosty sidewalk and the air was still and silent in the face of the upcoming winter. That's how nature was after all. The seasons turned even when people weren't there. I had died and back home the days passed without me there and the people had learned to adapt without me, some more than others. Winter was the time as the world held a silent reverance to those that have died. Plants, animals, and people all come to an end in time...

"Whatcha thinkin about there gloomy?" Ruby knocked her shoulder against mine bumping me out of my revelry.

"Hmm? Oh not much. Thanks though. I tend to get stuck in my head a little too often."

"No Problemo. When you said that you hadn't been out to the town yet I thought you were crazy! I mean how could you live without visiting the bakery!..."

Ruby carried on for most of the walk there to town regailing me with tales of conquest in the bakery, and defeat in the arcade. It was all so...normal. Well not normal for me at least. It felt welcoming in a way that I didnt realize I had been needing though and the fact that I had found a place where I could feel welcome, accepted, and happy made me smile.

We all mutually agreed to stop in a locally owned cafe. It was actually owned by one of Ren's relatives and they held a wide variety of teas and coffee. I was all for coffee, but sometimes there's nothing better to get warmed up with that a cup of hot cocoa. We all gathered near a fireplace that was well stoked and waited for our drinks.

"You guys never told me where you were gonna take me..." I grabbed me finished drink and headed back over to the others.

"That's cause its a suprise silly!"Ruby countered to the others delight.

Our first stop ended up being the book store. I had immediately hit up the fiction area or more specifically the fantasy genre. It was an interesting experience. It was a whole new world with books and authors that I had yet to experience. It nearly made me salivate at all the possibilities...

Soon enough though I had to stop myself as the others wanted to go. I purchased my treasure and was ready to go. Weiss and Blake wanted to stay for some more so they waved us ahead, but not before giving each other a look..

Suspicious...

I followed the others to our next stop which was the ice skating rink. I wasn't sure about the whole thing having never performed well in the activity before. I mean monster killing was easy. This on the other hand...

I had a death grip on the railing and siddled along. I was holding my breath. How was this stuff so dang slippery?

That was until Yang and Ruby came in for a suprise attack from behind and grabbed both of my arms and guided me onwards. I clenched my eyes shut in anxiety,but soon got used to the feeling. I enjoyed the experience. It was like walking on air. Once you got the trick of it.

When we went to leave Pyrah dragged Jaune back to the rink for another go. He looked confused but went along with it anyway.

Heading to our next destination we were going to the arcade. It was interesting to see that a lot of the games that they had were similar to what was back on Earth. They had the standard crane games and fighting games as well as zombie shooters, and even racing games although they involved different types of dust powered vehicles instead of cars.

Yang ended up kicking my butt, essentially spamming the basic attacks like nobody's buisness. I tried my hand at that crane game and ended up winning a blue bunny. Ruby's mouth was hanging open at and it was clear how cute she thought it was. I handed it to her and she hugged it tight. I didn't bother telling her it was her's. There was no way I was going to get it back now.

Going to leave. Yang and Nora decided to have a redo at a dancing game and Ren, being eternally attached to Nora, was dragged along with.

"So guess its just us..." I smiled down at Ruby.

She tilted her head innocently "Really? Guess so. So lets go!"

She grabbed my hand and launched down the street leaving a gale in our wake. My feet were taken from the ground and I simply held onto her hand for dear life.

Finally stopping I ended up landing face first into the grass near the walkway. Standing up and brushing myself off. I looked up to find us at a bakery. It was about lunch time and we headed in. The place wasnt too bust thankfully. Ruby ended up getting something sweet and I grabbed a savory scone.

We sat eating. Our talk was of the morning. She was holding her victory over me in the shooting game, but I was quick to respond with how clumsy she was with the claw game. She hugged her bunny a little closer at this, but I pretended not to notice.

"So I promised we would hang out today. I know that the others ended up coming along, but its kinda nice spending some time alone..." I put out there.

Ruby nodded shyly trying to hide her slight blush behind a bite of her cookie.

"I hope you had a good time..."

She nodded emphatically "I sure did! Its not over yet is it though?"

I raised an eyebrow " I never believed you to be so bold..."

Taken of guard she started waving her hands, face flushed, in order to correct herself.

I laughed "I'm just teasing you Red. I do have some plans though. So don't think I'm through with you yet!"

We left the bakery and headed down the road. I had ended up scouting out a few places to go before time. Ozpin had also made a few recommendations. Suprisingly enough he was quite a Cassanova with the ladies when he was younger. Goodwitch had ended up correcting the error in his ways rather quickly, but he had kept a few of his old tricks...

One of his first tips was to take her to the park. It was a good idea really. The place was beautiful dominated with flowered fields and nature abounding. Ruby and I simply walked along the path listening to the sounds around us. The sound of the town was near, but the surroundings made it seem so distant and inconsiquential in the face of all this peace..

When we neared the end of the path, Ruby grabbed my hand. I looked down at her to find her looking away as if this was normal. I smiled and did a mental fist pump. I felt so lucky at that moment it was stupid...

Next stop on the date train was the market. There was a weekend market that ran all day that selled everything from hand-made trinkets to fresh fruit and veggies. Browsing the stalls we walked hand-in-hand from one to the next.

We were content to simply browse until and comment on some of the neat things until we came upon a accessory stand. It had all kinds of jewlery that was hand made and for how well crafted they were they were going for pretty cheap. I ended up grabbing a rose necklace and a charm that was avalable on a strap which had a symbol of a shiled on the end that was cracked down the middle. I liked the look of it.

She put the necklace on and displayed it proudly and added teh strap onto her scroll. In return she decided to get me some things. I did my best to disuade her, but she would have none of it. In the end she grabbed me a rose strap and a wristband. It was solid silver and had a neat mechanism in it to make it expand and colapse without losing its shape. She even got it engraved. It said 'Thus Kindly I Scatter'. I would have to ask her about it later.

Though there were other cool things we were happy to just watch. There were some displays of skill with pottery and blacksmiting and even glass blowing.

After these two activities it was starting to get later though so even though overall we didn't do much we decided to head back and meet up with the others. We didn't want to worry them unnecissarily after all.

We found them all in the cafeteria. They all started sharing the stories of what happened after they had departed from the group. Weiss and Blake had ended up being in the bookstore for most of the day and finished multiple books, thus eliminating the need to buy them and then they had to find others that they wanted. Pyrah and Jaune had did a little more ice skating before going out on the town themselves and enjoying the day their own way. Yang, Nora, and Ren regaled us with their tournaments. Apparently Ren had ended up winning the whole thing to everybody's suprise, sicne he seemed to have some"sick moves".

When they asked what we did I didn't know whether to dodge the question or not. I was scrambling internally when Ruby started talking.

"Well we hung out. Y'know it was fun." she shrugged

I caught Yang give her sister a "there will be dirt later" look and give a smile that promised me pain beyong imagining if I had done anything she deemed wrong. I would take it and more if I HAD done anything wrong.

Having finished with pizza night the others split up. JNPR headed back to their room to do their thing. Yang headed towards the gym for a night time workout. Weiss headed to the library with Blake. Was it just my imagination...

Ruby decided to go back to their room though and I offered her an escort. She grabbed my hand and hugged my arm the whole way there. My heart was racing a mile a minute and I simply tried to be as calm as possible until we finally made it to her door.

"So was I able to make your day any better?..."

"Hmmm...I dont know..." she tapped her chin thoughtfully.

"Shall we try again then?"

"Definitely!" she beamed

I was about to walk away when I felt a hand grab my jacket.

"*cough* well...umm...dont boyfriends generally d-d-do something before l-leaving..."

I smiled. I couldnt help it. It was cute how she could go from so confident to so shy in such a short time. Walking back over I leaned down and gave her a soft peck on the cheek.

"G'night..." I whispered

I couldnt stand though as she grabbed my shirt. She looked me in the eye and said"You missed..."

She pulled me in for a ferocious kiss. I could feel all her emotion in it. The caring, the fear, the uncertainty, the love, the worry, the longing, and so much more. It nearly overwhelmed me in that flash of pure HER.

I returned the kiss gently. All her worry and uncerrtainty vanished as she fell onto my chest and the hands that had so desperately held my shirt opened lighty and were placed against my chest for support. We stayed that way for a time and when it finally ended we looked at each other.

I felt my face heating up.

"Well that was a thing..." I stated.

"What kind of thing?" Ruby asked titling her head at me innocently as red as I was.

I sighed and smiled "A great thing..."

She jumped over to me and gave me a hug. I hugged her back shortly and put her back down.

"I'm not going anywhere Rose, but I got to get some sleep. See you in the morning?"

She nodded "Good night"

I replied "Sweet Dreams..."

i went to my room and changed, falling onto my bed and passing out almost instantly.

My hand felt along my new bracelet.

My dreams were sweet indeed...

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