Th, 4/13

Thursday, April 13th/ After School.

The last bell ring catches me off guard. I was thinking about the Reflection and wondering when Ren would be contacting me about it. I know that he said he'd let us know when to meet again, but I can't help but get a little anxious. I keep reminding myself that there's no hurry to go there at the moment, I'm certainly not looking forward to go back yet. Especially since Yang would be coming with us. She says that she can take care of herself, but I don't know how much of that is true when dealing with Shadows. Last time was close, maybe next time...

I push aside that topic and quickly look over at the backboard, making a mental note of reviewing today's lesson later. I make it to stand up from my desk, but almost immediately bump into Weiss, who was also about to get up. She stares venom at me and lets out a snarl; if she tried to scare me, she kinda succeeded.

"Could you stop that?" She asks through clenched teeth. "Seriously, it is bad enough that I have to sit next to you all schooldays, but I don't have to put up with your clumsiness if I can help it."

There was it again, that unfairness, that self-entitlement that seemed to back up her attitude. "I was clumsy? I was just getting up from my desk! You decided to get up at the same time and into where I was."

"Are you saying it was my fault?"

"I'm saying it is no one's fault, Weiss. It was an accident." I look at her right in the eye and she seems to relent a bit. I take a deep breath and collect my thoughts. "Look, I'm sorry for crashing into you the other day, and for ruining that dress and…" I look to my side to make sure nobody was hearing. "The other incident. But the truth is, that it was all an accident, Weiss. I don't mean to be bumping heads with you all the time. In fact, I'm annoyed of it too. But I'm not holding it against you, even if I could.

"You don't wanna be friends? Fine. But please, stop being so… this." I finish with what I hope is a firm stare.

Weiss was taken aback near the end of my short speech, though whether she was caught off guard or offended even further, I couldn't tell. She finally seized me with an even stare and began. "Are you really sorry?"

I maintain the same expression. "Yes."

"Very well." She turns and picks her stuff before turning back at me. "Let's forget about everything, and be more careful in the future. Deal?"

"Deal."

She nods once and makes it to the door. I gather my things and also leave the classroom.

I have track practice today, so I change into my P.E. uniform and join the girls on the benches while the boys run in the track. I manage to participate in a discussion about some various music bands before Coach calls us to the course. After a warm-up lap, the three of us have another exercise race; once again, I save my energy for the final sprint but this time I finish first, though the other girls weren't that far behind and I'm still out of breath.

"Excellent work, Ladies. All three of you are improving greatly." Coach says while deliberately looking at his clipboard and chronometer. "Your time has gotten better, but it seems that the problem lies on your endurance. Nothing to worry about now though, we still have three months before the competition season begins, which gives us plenty of time to work on that in the meantime." He lets out a cough before dismissing the practice.

I walk to the benches, where Sun is waiting with a bottle of water. "Hey, think fast." He warns as he throws me the bottle, which I catch before taking a swig from it. "You did better than the other day, huh?"

"Yeah. I did use to run on track back in Patch, this is nothing I'm not accustomed to." I say while drying myself with a towel.

"No kidding. I was watching you run there. You almost matched my own time!" He happily says.

I smirk at him "Feeling threatened that a little girl will leave you in shame?"

"Not at all. It means that there's a chance that you could race me on my level."

I stare confused at him. "Wow. I know I was kidding, but you really are taking that really well. I mean, I'd understand if you got upset or something." What the heck did I just say? "What I mean is, that you really sound excited about me being able to race you. I thought you didn't like to compete with others."

"You're kinda right there. I don't like competing unless it is with someone really good. It is way more fun than just run after a silly prize. Don't you think?" He asks with a cocky smile on his face.

"Yeah, I guess it is more exciting if you beat somebody that is really good."

"OR being beaten by someone really good. Defeat isn't that bad, it just means that you can only get better." He stares at the track, a longing expression in his eyes and a big smile. "It really doesn't matter if you win or lose; it is all part of the experience, and both outcomes can be good as long as you're just having fun."

He turns back at me with a determined smile. "So keep getting better, you hear? It won't be as fun if I beat you when you're not at the top of your game." He says as he offers a hand.

"Oh, trust me Sun. It is on." I shake his hand.

After that, each of us go on to their way. I pick up my stuff and head back home.

Thursday, April 13th/ Evening.

After arriving home and getting cleaned, I sit in my room to review the lesson I missed when I get a text message.

REN: We can meet tomorrow at the school-building rooftop. We'll meet after school.

I text a reply.

RUBY: Ok… Have you texted Yang?

REN: Should I?

I think for a second before writing back.

RUBY: Don't, I'll let her know.

REN: Very well.

I text Yang and put my phone down before continuing my readings as best as I can.

Yang arrives two hours later, and she was livid this time. Apparently, one of the guys tried to pull an inappropriate stunt and she had to be hold back after knocking the guy out. Dad didn't object too harshly, but did warn Yang about not going too far and all that stuff. Other than that, she told us that the Judo team now has ten new members, and that she was glad to be over with it.

We all help out with dinner. After cleaning up, I go back to my room and plop down on my bed. tonight is really hot, so I don't bother with my covers.

"Goodnight Mom. Goodnight Fenrir."

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A/N:

Me: What is this? Two updates in the same week? Inconceivable!
Inigo: That word you just used, I don't think it means what you think it means.
Me: Shut up, Montoya! I'm trying to make comedy here!

Anyhow, I found it in me to make a new chapter for today. It was ready yesterday, but the site was messing up big time with the log-in. I might get the next chapter posted soon, but I'm waiting for something to be ready. You'll see what I'm talking about next update ;)

Enjoi this chapter.

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