"Pyrrha, I didn't know you were going to be the new model." said Blake in her usual monotone voice.
"Well I was originally visiting Atlas to visit my grandmother and stay for the festival next week, then I was to take a flight to Mistral to visit the rest of the family, but then the agency I work for,Juniper, called me with a last minute opening in C.B.I.'s section of fashion week and I said why not make some money while I was here. So here I am." explained Pyrrha with a large smile on her face. "And of course there is another reason I decided to stay for fashion week." she looked over at Ruby and softened her smile. Pyrrha couldn't resist brushing the side of Ruby's face with the back of her hand. A faint blush spread across Ruby's cheeks as she smiled back at Pyrrha.
Blake dug her nails into her knee, "That's nice."
"Enough chit chat, time to get to work." said Coco ignoring Velvet's beaming face. Velvet had known Blake long enough to know that under that cold mask she's fronting she's actually ridiculously jealous of Pyrrha and how close she's getting to Ruby.
After Ruby and Pyrrha sat down they all began to talk about the show, along with the scheduling involved with finishing the stage, and what time to get the models ready for the shoot and the show. After planning everything was out they began to talk about everyday things and only stopped when Coco's phone buzzed with an alarm for her next meeting. Along with Velvet, they both left, leaving Blake alone with Pyrrha and Ruby.
Blake was silently trying to figure out the quickest way to get out of the situation Velvet had purposely put her in. Blake knew she had done this on purpose because she knew Velvet's schedule like the back of her han. She knew that Velvet didn't have to go with Coco to her meeting, she also knew that Velvet's meetings didn't start till later in the afternoon, the only thing she couldn't figure out was why?... Blake's thought process suddenly stopped when she heard Ruby's stomach rumble. Blake and Pyrrha looked at Ruby and cracked small smiles. "Looks like your appetite hasn't changed Rubes." said Blake teasingly.
Ruby blushed and said "Hey! It's been two hours since we last ate and I have a high metabolism!"
Blake laughed, "It's fine Ruby I'm just messing with you. Do you want to order something from the menu? I mean we're still in a restaurant after all."
Ruby looked down at the table and began to play with her napkin. "I don't want to eat by myself with you guys staring."
"I'll tell you what Ruby I'll also order something to make you feel more comfortable. Would you also like to order something Blake?" said Pyrrha as she turned to Blake and gave her a bright smile.
"I think I'll have something too." responded Blake. They waved a waiter over and ordered new dishes.
After a few minutes of waiting the the waiter brought over their meals. Ruby had ordered a hawaiian kona abalone it had a stem of rosemary on top of the tarbais bean purée and braising greens with ibérico ham shavings sprinkled on top and along the dish, and also a tatsoi salad on the side. Pyrrha ordered a crab salad with a hamakua farm hearts of Palm tomatillos, chayote, za'atar, and lovage vinaigrette,and finally Blake ordered bacon wrapped yellowfin tuna with green lentils on the side along with caramelized pearl onions in style of "Beurre Marchand de Vin" sprinkled on the top of the tuna, katsuobushi bonito shavings sprinkled with the onion and peekytoe along sides of the tuna.
After they ordered it took a little while for the food to arrive. All while Pyrrha kept continuously flirting with Ruby. The second Pyrrha said "You know if you don't want to sleep in that cold hotel room all alone you could always come over to my room… Although we might not be sleeping." and winked at Ruby Blake felt her blood boil. She had to get out of there quick before she ended up of the news for homicide. Although, Velvet would kill her before any judge could.
Blake interrupted Ruby just as she was about to answer Pyrrha and said "I'll be right back I'm going to use the restroom real quick."
Pyrrha looked at Blake with surprise, as if forgetting she had ever existed and nodded. Blake knew full well that Pyrrha knew she had been there the whole time and just wanted to taunt her. She didn't know why but she had a feeling Pyrrha knew about her feelings for Ruby.
You're crazy Blake you're just imagining things again. Blake shook her head and got up without a second glance at the pair and walked in the direction of the bathroom. The bathroom was almost as fancy as the restaurant itself and its food. It had three chandeliers brilliantly lighting the room, ocean blue walls and a white marble floor. To the right where the black colored stalls with gold all along their edges and to the left were beautiful porcelain sinks, above the sinks was one long continuous mirror that spread across the whole left side.
Blake walked over to one of the faucets turned it on, ignoring the other woman washing her hands in the sink next to her. Blake let the water run for a few seconds before splashing cold water on her face, she leaned on the edges of the sink and sighed. "Come on Blake get it together, she's your best friend you need to get over this dumb crush and let her be happy... Even if it is with that stupid red haired model." Blake griped the sink tighter at the thought of Ruby with anyone but herself and tried to calm down.
"Hey, if you don't mind me asking, why don't you just ask her out? I mean if you really were friends then she would just turn you down nicely if she didn't feel the same way." said the other woman in the room. The woman had brown and pink hair with white streaks throughout her hair, even though she looked much younger than Blake. She was wearing a stylish light pink dress that shimmered slightly in the well lit restroom.
Blake looked at the small girl and said "It's not that easy, we've been friends since childhood and we just recently reconnected after losing contact for a few years. I don't want to risk losing her again."
"Well it's better to at least try to get something you really want rather than settle for something sub-par." With that the girl walked away and left the bathroom.
Blake quickly touched up her make up and thought about what the strangely familiar girl had said to her.
Meanwhile, back at the table.
"Sorry Pyrrha, but I'm going to have to reject your offer to warm me up at night. I already have someone in my bed warming me up." said Ruby while the dishes they had ordered arrived and were being served to them.
"Oh… I didn't know you were in a relationship." the disappointment was clear in Pyrrha's voice.
"I'm not in a relationship. I've just been sharing my bed with Blake and I would much rather sleep in the same bed as one of my best friends than do a lot of non sleeping with someone I just met. Sorry."
Pyrrha immediately perked up at the news and said " It's fine Ruby. We did just meet a few days ago after all."
They smiled at each other for a few seconds before Blake came back to the table and began to pick at her food after sitting down in her seat, deep in thought about the girl from the restroom. Ruby quickly noticed Blake's change in demeanor and said, "Hey Blake are you okay?"
Ruby's voice snapped her out of her thoughts, "Um, Yeah I'm fine. It's just that I have a lot on my mind. You know the show and all."
"Oh do you have somewhere to be?" the happiness bleeding into Pyrrha's voice was evident.
"Not for another few hours until rehearsal. We can all go together to the rehearsal if you want." said Blake instantly. She mentally cleared her schedule to block Pyrrha from spending more one on one time with Ruby. All she had to do was send an e-mail or two. Blake pulled out her phone for write them up while they talked.
"Yay! I can spend some more time with my old friend and my new friend", cheered Ruby. "Maybe Yang will join us since Weiss's is probably gonna be busy with her meeting all day." Ruby pulled out her Phone and sent Yang a text to join them. Yang responded almost instantly and Ruby said "She said she's gonna be here soon, so let's hurry up and eat so we can go out to the mall or something. Sitting around here is getting kinda boring."
Blake and Pyrrha nodded. Pyrrha has a sad smile on her face, one of which Blake felt no sympathy for, Blake smirked and began to happily eat her delicious tuna bacon wrap after sending out her last e-mail and putting her phone away. Once they all finished their meals they left the restaurant to wait for Yang.
They only waited for about five minutes before Yang rolled up to the front of the restaurant in a black rented SUV. After the sisters greeted each other with a big hug they all hopped into the car and drove to the nearest mall. They spent the remainder of their hours together shopping. Blake and Pyrrha exchanged several snide remarks and glares throughout the trip, so much so that even Ruby started to notice. Yang tried her best to keep Pyrrha away from Blake before they ended up killing each other.
When they finally left the mall and got to the rehearsal, after making a small de-tour back to their rooms to put away the stuff they had bought, Ruby pulled Blake aside when Blake had glared at Pyrrha particularly hard after Pyrrha had given Ruby a goodbye kiss on the cheek.
"What the hell has been your problem all day with Pyrrha? You two have been going at it like cats and dogs ever since you got back from the restroom at the restaurant." said Ruby as she dragged her into a slightly less populated spot behind the stage. There were still models walking back and forth but not as many as there were near the dress and makeup area.
"I… I… It's nothing Ruby.",said Blake as she tried to weakly pull her arm out of Ruby's grip.
Ruby slid her hand up and down her arm with a worried look "Come on Blake please tell me. I know we haven't talked in a long time, but I still consider you to be one of my best friends."
Blake couldn't ignore how close Ruby was standing to her. "I.. I… It's just…"
No. Don't do it she's your best friend.
Blake could practically feel the twenty-four year old's radiating body heat with how close she was standing to her. "It's just that.."
NO. Bad Blake. Don't kiss her.
Blake's eyes flickered to Ruby's soft pink lips.
NO. BAD.
She looked into Ruby's caring and patient eyes. "It's just that…" whispered Blake, Ruby leaned in closer to her to her to hear her over all of the hussle and bussle.
.NO. BAD. BAD. BAD… Oh fuck it.
Blake inhaled and leaned down to softly kiss Ruby on the lips, giving her enough time to push her away if she wanted. Once she made contact with Ruby's lips she felt electrified, the second their lips made contact all she could think was Ruby. Ruby. Ruby. She was intoxicated with everything and anything that was Ruby, her touch, her smell, the sweet cherry taste on her lips. The second she felt Ruby grip her arm tighter and lean further into the kiss, she knew that this girl was going to drive her insane and she really couldn't have cared less.
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~A.N.~
Hi everyone! *ducks to dodge all the pitchforks and other pointy objects* Okay so I know it's been a while but I've been super busy with college shit. Many that crap has been kicking my ass and been making me use my writing skills to the max. I'm so happy that so many people are enjoying this story. I'm going to try to release another chapter soon so please bare with me you lovely lovey humans. Please leave a review telling me what you think and Till next time peoples!
p.s.- i don't own RWBY
p.s.s- I AM SO HYPED FOR RWBY VOL. 3. (sorry this has no real context I'm just way to hyped about it hehe)