Ruby had spent the last hour and a half after Nora's rampage trying to work out her feelings. She loved spending time with Blake, more so than anyone else on her team or friends but she didn't understand why.
She had started feeling different towards Blake after a conversation they had during their first semester.
The pair had been studying for an upcoming test for Professor Port's class. After Blake had come back after the team found out that she was a faunus, Ruby had been very curious about what it was like as a faunus. Finally building up the courage to ask, Ruby turned towards her teammate.
"H-hey Blake?" Ruby asked sitting very stiff.
Blake hummed a response while continuing to read over the textbook, not noticing Ruby's behavior.
"Can I ask you something?" Ruby timidly asked, now tapping her index fingers together.
Hearing the tone in Ruby's voice caused Blake to stop her reading and turn towards her team leader. Seeing her posture and her nervous habit, Blake realised this obviously wasn't just a small matter or Ruby's boredom.
"Of course" Blake replied bow giving full attention to her teammate.
"W-well i've never really met anyone who is a faunus so I was wondering what it's like if someone scratches your ears?" Ruby pulled her hood up and curled in on herself, worried she may have offended her teammate.
"Ruby" Blake started in her usual monotone voice before Ruby nearly jumped out of her seat.
"I'm sorry I didnt mean it badly or anything I just think they are really cute and Iveneverhadafriendwhowasafaunus." Ruby started rambling, ready to run out of the room if she had to.
"Ruby it's ok. As for your question, I don't usually let people near my ears so I don't know. People haven't ever been kind to faunus" Blake replied trying to calm Ruby.
"O-oh ok then." Ruby said dejectedly.
"You wanted to ask if you could feel them didn't you." Blake sighed while intently staring at the hooded girl.
Ruby just started blushing after Blake caught on. She nodded as a reply before sinking further into her chair.
"It's not that I don't trust you Ruby. It's just that humans haven't left the best impression on me in the past." Blake said as her eyes glazed over remembering some of the awful things humans had done to her when she was growing up.
"I'm sorry" Ruby replied, tears trying to break free at the thought of hurting or insulting her friend.
"I'll make you a deal when I feel comfortable enough to allow anyone to touch them you will be the first person I allow. Ok?" Blake stated hoping to cheer Ruby up.
"R-really?." Ruby said finally coming out of her ball.
Blake nodded after seeing the hope in Ruby's eyes causing the small girl to nearly tackle Blake off her chair in a hug.
This had caused a new emotion to show in Ruby that was now the only thought on her mind.
Being unable to work out what she was feeling had been bothering Ruby. Her options of people to ask was limited as Yang would tease her forever, Blake was the cause and Weiss was busy studying and would not let anything disturb that. All that left was team JNPR or Coco and Velvet and Jaune still couldn't see Pyrrha liked him so he was out and asking Ren and Nora just felt weird when neither of them would admit their feelings.
Deciding her best bet was to find Velvet and Coco, Ruby headed off towards the dorms to see if they were there or if any of their team may know where they were.
Having reached team CFVY,'s dorm, Ruby knocked on the door to find the resident giant Yatsuhashi.
"Oh hi Yatsuhashi is Coco or Velvet here?" Ruby asked in a cheery tone
Ruby had met team CFVY after helping Velvet one day after dealing with Cardin's usual bullying. She quickly became friends with all of them after Velvet mentioned that Ruby helped.
"The lovebirds are down at the combat class arena" Fox called from somewhere in the room.
"Ok thanks Fox, thanks Yatsuhashi bye." Ruby called as she started running down the hall before using her semblance to reach the arena as soon as possible.
Once Ruby reached the arena she started looking around for Velvet or Coco. Her search ended abruptly however as she crashed into Coco as she turned a corner.
"The hell you think you're.. . Oh hey little red." Coco said surprised to see who had walked into her.
"Hi Coco is Velvet with you?" Ruby asked, not seeing the rabbit faunus as she picked herself up off the ground.
"Yeah Bun Buns just putting away her weapon so she should be here in a minute. Why you trying to steal my girlfriend." Coco teased knowing what reaction she would get from the hooded girl.
"N-no no I j-just need to t-talk to her I swear." Ruby stuttered, worried she had made Coco think she was up to something.
"Relax red i'm just teasing." Coco laughed while Ruby started to pout as a small blush spread across her cheeks.
"Coco are you picking on Ruby?" Velvet called, sounding much sterner than normal, as she walked down the hall.
"Nah just having a bit of fun besides Red needs to talk you anyway." Coco replied not worried about Velvets tone.
"Is this about yesterday?" Velvet asked, guessing that Ruby wanted to finish their conversation.
Ruby just nodded as she pulled her hood over her head so no one could see the deep blush on her face.
"Ok lets go and find somewhere a bit more private and Coco I need you to come with us. I think you may be able to help a bit more then I can." Velvet said before she started walking towards the courtyards of Beacon.
Ruby led them to the small courtyard that she talked with Yang with a few days ago. After sitting in the small courtyard Coco decided to speak first.
"So what's this all about?" Coco asked, hoping someone would fill her in.
"Ruby needs help with her feelings. She doesn't know if what she is feeling is because she likes this person." Velvet replied as Ruby slowly curled in on herself.
"Ok Red tell me what you're feeling and we'll try and help." Coco said, hoping to pay Ruby back after she helped Velvet.
W-well I really like being around her and recently we hadn't been talking and I felt really sad and lonely even when I was with other people. She's so nice and she's pretty but she's really mysterious too." Ruby started saying while Coco and Velvet listened intently.
"Ok Red i'm gonna stop you there. From what you just said and the big dopey grin on your face i'd say you have fallen for this mystery woman hard. As for what you should do I think you need to have a chat with your sister because from what you've said it sounds to me like you're crushing on Blake."
Ruby froze like a deer in headlights when Coco said Blake's name. She couldn't believe Coco had worked out who it was from that little information.
"I guessing that's a yes then?" Coca asked as Velvet shot her a glare that was far scarier than anything Professor Goodwitch had done.
"Don't be embarrassed Ruby I think you two would be really cute together Coco is right though you should talk to Yang and see if she can help you work out if Blake likes you too." Velvet said while hugging Ruby, hoping to make the smaller girl feel better and uncurl from her ball.
Ruby nodded her reply while still staying curled into a ball for a few more minutes before she stood up.
"I need to go talk to Yang. Thanks for helping me but u-um could you promise not to tell anyone please?" Ruby asked nervously.
"Of course Red. Now go on and find your sister." Coco replied before Ruby ran off.
Ruby ran up to the dorm, knowing Yang would be there after she finished her workout, and burst through the door.
"Yang I need your help." Ruby called, slightly out of breath.
"Ok first calm down then tell me whats up." Yang said still slightly startled by Ruby's abrupt entrance.
After a few moments Ruby collected her thoughts and calmed down enough to speak without rushing through her sentences.
"Ok so I like Blake and I need your help to find out if she likes me."
Yang couldn't believe what she had heard. Her sister liked Blake and Blake liked Ruby. All they needed was a push.
"Ok is she coming with us for the break?" Yang asked while formulating a plan.
"Yeah she is why?" Ruby asked worried what her sister was planing.
"You're going to ask her out before Christmas then." Yang stated like it was the simplest thing in the world.
"WHAT?! Yang I can't just ask her
She probably doesn't like girls." Ruby replied becoming dejected after realising Blake may not like girls.
"Ruby do you trust me?" Yang asked as she jumped down from her bunk so she was face to face with her sister.
"Of course Yang." Ruby replied, staring into her sister's lilac eyes.
"Then trust me. She will say yes." Yang said, continuing to stare directly into Ruby's eyes.
In Yang's eyes, Ruby could see that Yang was completely serious about what she was saying which helped calm Ruby's nerves a bit.
"Ok Yang" Ruby said smiling slightly.
After they finished that the sisters continued to plan out what Ruby was going to say to Blake once she finally told her.
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