Next Chapter, hoping to get something else uploaded in the next day or two but if I don't then it will come sometime in the next week or so. Trying to get back on top of these.
Ruby was overjoyed when Blake came up to her and asked if she would like to go into Vale for lunch. She had always enjoyed their time together but she did notice that Blake did look very nervous but she had waved it off like it was nothing.
"So where are we going Blake?" Ruby asked as they left the transport station.
"Well I thought first we would go to a café and get some lunch and then we can have around at some bookstores and maybe go look at some weapon shops." Blake said trying to hold back a blush.
While she was only going to the weapon shops for Ruby's enjoyment she actually did need to look at getting some replacement parts for Gambol Shroud, her machine pistol's slide was starting to wear down so she was hoping to find something that was a little more dependable.
"Oh? Is there something you need to get for Gambol Shroud Blake? You know if you ever want me to have a look all you have to do is ask." Ruby said, having extended her offer to her whole team.
"It's fine Ruby, the recoil is starting to feel off and the slide is wearing down so I'd rather just get an upgrade rather than trying to repair worn down parts." Blake checked her scroll one last time, making sure Yang knew she did not want any interruptions.
"Oh well, I'll help you pick out the best part for value because you know some of the better parts aren't always expensive." Ruby did not want to sound like a know it all but weapons were her expertise, besides cookies.
"That's why I'm hoping for your advice Ruby. Let's face it you have the most knowledge on the team when it comes to weapons. But we'd rather deal with our own weapons then have you work all night just to do maintenance on them." Blake explained as she watched Ruby make a face.
"I've only done that twice since entering Beacon…and on that I just want to say thanks for last time Blake. I guess it was you that put me to sleep in your bed right?" Ruby asked suddenly sounding very shy.
"Well yes it was, but I couldn't just leave you sleeping at the workstation. It looked really uncomfortable." Blake said smiling as she remembered seeing Ruby sleeping.
"But thanks though Blake your bed though is really comfy." Ruby said innocently but it simply made Blake's mind go into overdrive, forcing her to once again hold back the blush.
'Why do I have to keep thinking of stuff like that?' she thought.
'Because you're a massive pervert who has fallen hard for her best friend and team leader…who just happens to be absolutely adorable.' her inner self answered for her, sounding more than a little smug.
'You are not making this any easier…' she thought as she snapped back to reality and saw Ruby looking at her as if to ask if she was alright.
"Sorry I drifted off there. Let's head to the Café." Blake apologized as they headed to the café she had found for them.
Eli sighed heavily as he sat in his office, while the interview he had done with Lisa was a little weight off his shoulders he was still fuming from his meeting with Ozpin, he knew that the man was hiding something else from him but he had no idea how to prove it.
"Helloooo…" a woman called out poking her head into his office, "Wow you look glum, someone refuse to throw a tennis ball or something?".
"Peach…that was one time and I had already had a few. What are you doing here aren't you meant to be taking stock before classes up again?" Eli asked looking at their resident mad scientist Professor Peach, who honestly he hadn't seen for a few days, whether that was a good thing or not.
"Well yes, but I thought I would pop in and say hi, looking happy aren't you?" Peach asked sitting down across from him. Still wearing her short lab coat and slim-fitting black pants, it was an odd contrast to her curly pink hair and lightly tanned skin.
"Sorry. Just had a lot on my mind." Eli apologized rubbing his temples.
"About Neo isn't it? I'm glad your not the only one thinking about it. The girl was a smart little cookie, very talented with Dust. Something fishy about this if you ask me, she had everything going for her and suddenly becomes a criminal, I don't buy it." Peach explained.
"At least someone else can see it. Glynda said that she may have given in to the temptation of being a criminal back from when she was living on the streets, I still think there is something else going on that he isn't telling us." Eli sighed still frustrated by the whole thing.
"Well sadly if Ozpin is keeping something secret I doubt we'd ever find out unless he actually tells us." Peach explained, "But I can always try and find what I can. Because someone has to put her on the Blacklist if that person was Ozpin then…".
"Something is going on and he wants to keep me at arm's length. I'll speak to Qrow when I get a chance, he pretty much Oz's right hand though I doubt I'll get anything from him even if he knows something." Eli said knowing that things were going to get a lot more difficult in the coming weeks.
He was about to say something when he picked the familiar sounds of Glynda's heels growing closer to his office and he signalled to Peach that someone was coming.
"Hey Glynda." Peach greeted as she walked in after knocking but Eli stayed silent, he was still a little annoyed at her over what she had said in Ozpin's office.
"Eli, I'm glad I caught you. I just wanted to apologize if what I said in Ozpin's office was out of line. But you have to understand that it does seem to be the case." Glynda said hoping that it would put Eli at ease.
"Sure, whatever Glyn. Still isn't going to change my mind though." Eli said as he leant back in his chair, "Something doesn't make sense and I'm going to get to the bottom of it.".
Glynda to his surprise put on a world class poker face, "We're not hiding anything Eli, but please just don't do anything rash.".
"And I won't but Ozpin already knows that hiding stuff from me is a bad idea, so for his sake, he had better not be." Eli had in honesty nearly tossed Ozpin out of his office window when he had told him about Summer being a Silver-Eyed warrior
"Hey Eli how about we head into Vale and catch up a little, haven't seen you in a while anyway." Peach said grabbing Eli and dragging him out of the door before the tension got any thicker.
"Seriously did you have to start something?" Peach asked as she sipped her whiskey, they had found a nice quiet place which was surprising that was open during the early afternoon.
"Hey, not my fault they're being all secret." Eli shot back, "I've been nothing but upfront with them, they could at least do the same." he downed the rest of the beer he had ordered.
"And honestly how can you drink whiskey? It's not even that far into the afternoon yet." Eli asked as Peach just shrugged and said she had an iron liver.
"How are things going though? I don't really think I've seen you that much since Neo appeared on the list." Peach asked.
"As good as can be I guess given the circumstances. Summer is still a super mom to the girls and the best wife in the world. Ruby is doing well in Beacon as you know, Luna…had a little run in while visiting but I think she'll bounce back." Eli explained.
"Yes, I heard about that. And honestly even if you hate the Faunus like that, young so-called man did, how can anyone hate Luna. She's adorable." Peach chuckled, remembering the first time she had seen the young Faunus and poked her gently in the cheek, getting a slew of giggles from the girl.
"Yes she is and I'm your stereotypical proud father. But hey at least I didn't take thousands of pictures of her and pester you all with them." Eli said finishing off the rest of his beer.
"Of course, I think if you started doing that I would call Summer and have her drag you all the way to Patch by your ears." Peach sighed remembering that Eli had kept teasing them that he would have done it whenever someone was getting under his skin.
"Who knows I might like it…" Eli said as Peach playfully shoved him on his bar stool.
Ruby had to admit that the café Blake had chosen was really nice, she was not expecting such a nice place. But while it was a rather small café it was really welcoming.
Blake had ordered a jasmine tea while Ruby had ordered a hot chocolate with a hint of vanilla. She did not exactly know too much about tea or coffee to order something and she did not want to cause a fuss. But Blake had promised to go over some basic things about tea if she wanted, explaining that some were really good at helping people relax and help them sleep.
"This is really nice Blake I'm glad we're here." Ruby said smiling at her partner, "We really have to come here again.".
Blake was secretly glad that she had said that since she had been wanting to come back again with Ruby at a later date.
"Sure, that would be great. I'm glad you like it." Blake said, "I'm glad you agreed to come. We haven't really had much time together as partners have we outside of Beacon.".
Ruby was about to say something when her attention was caught by someone familiar walking past the café.
"Neo…?" getting up she headed out the door only to find no one there.
"Ruby? Was that her?" Blake asked standing behind Ruby.
"I…I don't know. I thought it was…" Ruby kept looking down the street in the direction that she thought she had seen her go.
"Ruby, I think you should call your father. He did warn you to be careful if she approaches you, even if it wasn't her, better to be safe than sorry." Blake explained, while Ruby wanted to talk with Neo she could understand what Blake meant.
Eli made a mental note not to drink with Peach ever again, while he was far from drunk he was at that stage where he was already getting a lead weight for a head and knowing that he was going to one mighty headache if he kept going.
Stepping out of the bar he had left Peach to finish up as she had excused herself to the little mad-scientists room, he was not expecting a call from Ruby.
"Hey Ruby what's up?" he answered trying not to sound like he had been drinking in the middle of the day.
"Dad, I think I saw Neo. Blake and I are at the café on Emerald Street and I thought I saw her walk past but when I went out to check I couldn't see anything." Ruby explained as Eli looked down the street, Emerald Street was not that far away.
"Alright Ruby, be careful if you two are going to be walking around Vale. Don't approach her, I'm not one hundred percent sure of anything at the moment but I don't want you girls becoming a target if I'm wrong." he said snapping back into focus on the task at hand.
Eli did not need to say anything else as he began to head towards the end of the street, he could smell her. He ended the call with Ruby telling her to be careful as he sent a quick message to Peach saying that he would meet up with her at the transport terminal back to Beacon.
Neo let out a sigh of relief as she leant up against the wall of the alley, she had been about to stop for a quick coffee but nearly had a heart attack when she saw Ruby sitting there with her partner.
'I can't be so careless anymore. I have to stay away from Ruby, otherwise, things are going to get more difficult.' she thought as she failed to notice the mist approaching from the other end of the alley.
'I've got to get back before anything else…happens.' she thought suddenly feeling very cold as she felt a presence behind her.
Her heart sank as she saw Eli glaring at her. She could have used her semblance to escape but she was too terrified to even attempt it.
"You really, really messed up Neo." he said firmly, but even though he did not have his weapon on him he was still a force to be reckoned with, she did not want to fight him even if he did not have his weapon.
She quickly shook her head and dropped her parasol waving her hands in around to show that did not want to fight.
"You really think you're leaving this alley that easily? Your on a blacklist Neo and you go near my family? That's something I will not forgive." he growled, "You're going to answer for actions or I will drag you to the VPD and you can rot in a jail cell for the rest of your damn life.".
Everything stopped for Neo as the man she saw as a father figure was ready to toss her in a jail cell. She did not things to go this far but it was to keep people safe, people she cared about. She could not stand it anymore and it all finally caught up with her.
She slumped to her knees and could not stop crying in silence, she beat the ground in frustration as she just let it all out.
"Don't cry that you got caught." Eli said not knowing if it was all an act to get him to lower his guard or something. But he was curious when she pulled out her scroll and started typing.
'Ozpin told me to keep it secret. I'm undercover, looking into someone pulling some big strings in Vale. You weren't meant to know, your reaction was to help keep my cover if we ever crossed paths. Something I've been trying to avoid.' she wrote.
"Got any proof for this?" Eli asked, "You're good at misleading people.".
Neo winced at the verbal jab but opened up the last voice message left for her on her scroll from a private number and played it.
"Neo can you check on my bird. I'll be out of town for a few days." Neo watched as Eli's face turned to one of pure rage and for a moment she was scared that he would direct that rage at her but watched as he all but stomped an empty trashcan into a dented mess.
"That coffee swilling bastard! He had the nerve to lie to my face, again!" he seethed, taking several deep breaths to try and calm himself before turning back to Neo.
The last thing she expected was to be pulled into a hug.
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have said that but I had to be sure." for a moment Neo was going to reply but she just wrapped her arms around Eli and cried with joy.
'You don't hate me?' she typed on her scroll, her hands shaking as she looked up at him.
"I was angry at first Neo, but something didn't sit right with this whole thing. Glynda and Ozpin said you gave into temptation and became a criminal." Neo shook her head at the remark.
'I told them that you wouldn't believe that. Guess they thought otherwise. But I'm guessing they have a lot of explaining to do?' she asked as Eli gave her a nod.
"Makes you feel better I'll likely end up punching Ozpin in the face." Eli said sounding a little too eager about the whole thing.
'Make sure you talk to Qrow too, he's one of my contacts.' she typed deciding that Eli deserved to know everything.
"Even better…" this was something that Eli was certainly going to enjoy, he wanted to make sure that Qrow had not lost his edge in the arena. That and he certainly wanted to make sure the birdbrain knew not to keep secrets from him again.
'So…what now?' Neo asked unsure what Eli was going to actually do.
Eli merely stepped to the side, allowing her to leave through the other end of the alley.
"Nothing. I didn't see you, but I'll say this Neo. Please stay clear of the girls. I'd rather not drag them into this." he knew that sooner or later something was going to happen, as Ruby and Yang were not the sort to just leave things alone.
'I'll try my hardest but Torchwick does sort of have his sights on Ruby for payback during that heist. I've tried to keep his mind off it but if they're paths cross I might not have a choice.' she typed, wishing that she had really been allowed to bring her Ultravoice.
"Alright, well I guess all I can say is try to avoid hurting them. I know how you fight, while I doubt you wouldn't hurt them but I'd rather avoid seeing Ruby in an infirmary." he explained as he ruffled her hair before she gave him one last hug before heading off, giving him a wave before she disappeared out the other side of the ally.
"Oh, Ozpin…I really hope you can fly because I will launch you out of your office window." he said aloud as he headed back to the transport terminal to meet up with Peach.
Ruby answered her scroll very quickly when she saw it was Eli calling her, she had been worried about if it had actually been Neo she had seen.
"Dad! Are you alright? Was it Neo?" Ruby shot off in rapid succession.
"I'm fine Ruby, and no it wasn't Neo. I did ask her and it was just a young woman with pink hair." Eli explained, "So nothing to worry about.".
"Oh good, I was worried that you had found her and gotten into a fight…" she stopped taking a breath to calm herself, "Sorry. Just happy that nothing bad happened dad.".
"Me too kiddo. You and Blake enjoy yourselves." he teased.
"H-how did you know?" Ruby sputtered.
"You told me earlier." he laughed before saying goodbye, telling her to give Luna a call when she had time.
Ozpin was surprisingly concerned when Eli and Peach walked into his office, Eli wearing a grin that was more devious than usual.
"Eli, Peach. To what do I owe the visit?" he asked as Eli reached over his desk and pressed the button for the door locks.
"Well let me say first that I will be paying Qrow a visit after this. So don't think you're getting away unscathed." Eli said walking around Ozpin's desk and grabbing either side of his chair, turning him to face a now angry looking face of the Faunus professor.
"How long are you going to play chess with peoples lives Oz? I ran into Neo earlier and we had a very, very interesting conversation." Eli said firmly.
"Eli…I can explain…" Ozpin tried to say but was lifted to his feet by Eli.
"I seriously doubt that. I told you never to lie to me again Oz. Not after what happened with Summer. And now you put me into a spot where I nearly attacked my friend and best student. What the hell is going on through that head of yours!?" Eli said barely keeping his voice from full-on yelling.
"Eli. I have made many mistakes, sending Neo undercover was not one of them. She can handle it." Ozpin said not sounding remorseful in the slightest, which did nothing to calm Eli.
"Really? Because she broke down in tears when I confronted her. She needs support on this Oz, she's in this by herself with no back up if things go sideways." Eli tried to be reasonable but he was starting to think it was not the best course of action.
"Eli you have to trust me. Neo can do this, or don't you have faith in her?" Ozpin was making it really hard not to hit him.
"It's not a question of faith Ozpin, she's alone. If she gets found out then she could be killed before she has a chance to escape, if that happens then you are going to answer for it. We already know that Torchwick is working with another group, someone planning something big if the amount of Dust is anything to go by." he explained keeping his temper in check.
"Which is why she needs to continue. We need more information on this group and what they are planning." Ozpin argued, "Bare in mind Eli we are hosting the Vytal festival so security and the safety of everyone attending is paramount.".
"Ozpin I have to agree with Eli. Neo needs support that she can count on if things go wrong." Peach said speaking up, "You can't keep this up Ozpin, people are going to get hurt, or worse.".
Ozpin only shook his head and said that Neo would continue her assignment. He did not see Eli grab him by the scruff of his coat and lifted him off the ground, his face furious.
"Don't you care about her!? You put her up to this Ozpin she is your responsibility!" Eli roared.
"Don't let your personal feelings cloud your judgement Eli!" Ozpin barked, forcing himself out of Eli's grip by pushing him away with his cane, "I am fully aware of your relationship with Neo, I am old but not blind. She sees you as her father, you are someone who she wants to be proud of her. And whether you admit it to yourself or not you act like a father to her.".
"You might be right there. Won't deny it Oz but you have to look at this yourself, you are treading on some damn thin ice with this. Have you ever thought about what would happen if the public caught wind of this?" Eli barked back, "Have you considered that?".
"I have…but it won't come to that." Ozpin said, "Now…if you don't mind I still have work to do.".
"This isn't over Ozpin…" Eli said only for Ozpin to slam his cane against the desk. The echo reverberating through the office.
"Yes, it is Eli! The plan is not changing, Neo will continue gathering information for us, when it is time then we will pull her out but until then you are to stay away from her." Ozpin waved them away both Eli and Peach left without a word.
"I was so close to punching him Peach…have you ever seen him be that angry?" Eli asked as they headed down the tower.
"No…but you were pushing quite hard." Peach admitted.
"Trust me I wasn't. That was just me being pissed off with all the lies and secrets. He promised that he wouldn't lie to me anymore and that's what he's been doing all this time. I was so close to attacking Neo…I was just so angry." Eli said, sounding like he was ashamed of himself, which Peach caught onto.
"Eli don't be like that. Yes, you sometimes have a short fuse but you always think before you act even if it's a split second to decide." Peach said, "Honestly Summer is really lucky to have gotten a man like you. I'm quite jealous.".
Eli did not know what to say to that, he was quite surprised by it.
"Your silence is more than enough Eli, your silent words echo through my heart…" Peach said before bursting out a fit of giggles upon seeing Eli's deadpan expression.
"Sorry…I couldn't keep it together there.".
"Yeah…I've heard that line from when Raven reads her smut out loud." Eli said with a sigh, glad that Peach was trying to get his mind off what had happened in the tower.
"It's not smut. It's romantic literature." Peach said trying to defend it but Eli just sighed shaking his head, "It's smut. I'm just glad Summer doesn't read that stuff.".
"Oh, what's wrong worried she might not want to do roleplay anymore?" Peach teased making Eli glare at her, noting that he was going to kill either Raven or Qrow in the near future.
"Which of the bird brains told you?" Eli seethed.
"Raven, she popped in a while ago to check up on everyone. We got talking and she dropped it. Why was it meant to be a secret?" Peach asked stating the obvious.
"Of course it was Peach who would go around telling people that?" Eli just watched as she shrugged.
"Just because you have some weird ideas for the bedroom doesn't mean everyone thinks you're a weirdo." Peach trailed off when Eli said nothing to defend himself, "Wait…it was Summer's idea?".
As the doors opened to the lobby of the tower all people heard was Peach's laughter echoing through the room.
Ruby and Blake returned to an empty dorm and for a moment Blake was tempted to ask Ruby if she wanted to go on another 'date' later but was stopped when Ruby spun to face her with a bit of a sad smile.
"Sorry about today Blake…I kinda feel like I ruined it when I panicked when seeing Neo." Ruby said looking down at her hands crossed in front of her, Blake shook her head quickly hoping to cheer her up a little.
"Ruby it was fine, I had fun. We both had fun, right?" she asked getting a nod from Ruby, "Then there is no problem." Blake said with a smile.
"Your right Blake, we have to do it again sometime." Ruby said now back to her usual cheerful self.
"Yes, how about another date next weekend." Blake said as she failed to notice what she had said until after the words left her mouth.
Whatever rational thought Blake had left went straight out of the window when she felt the blush and saw Ruby's own before she created a Shadow-clone and disappeared.
Yang came back nearly an hour later to see Ruby sitting on the edge of the bed looking like she was about to cry.
"Ruby? What's wrong? Is everything alright?" Yang asked switching to big sister mode.
"Blake said something and she left before I could say anything…" she said leaning into her sister as Yang wrapped her arm around her.
"What did she say Rubes?" she asked already having an idea as to what it was.
"She asked if we should go on another date next weekend, then she suddenly looked terrified and ran off leaving one of her shadow clones behind." she said trying to keep herself together but her voice was betraying her.
"Damn it Blake…I'm sorry Rubes this might be kind of my fault." Yang said with a sigh, "Blake came to me and asked what kind of things you enjoy doing. And I gave a few ideas, but she does like you Ruby I swear if I had known she would have reacted like this I would have said something.".
"She does? I didn't know…guess I'm not that observant am I? Some leader…" Ruby said dejectedly.
"Ruby stop that. Just because you couldn't see it doesn't mean you aren't a good leader. Blake really didn't want to ruin things between you in case you didn't feel the same way. But I'm guessing you do…" Yang got her answer when Ruby nodded.
"She's just so nice and we get along so well, I don't think we've ever raised our voices to each other. And when we cuddle up and read together it just feels right…" Ruby stopped when she saw Yang chuckling softly, "Yang this is serious!".
"Sorry, sis. But you two are perfect for each other…Bookworms in love." she chuckled much to Ruby's ire.
"Yang!" Ruby shouted, "Can you be serious about this? Is this all a joke to you?" she asked, tears forming in her eyes.
Yang quickly realised she had stepped over the line a little and certainly did not want to make her sister cry.
"Sorry Rubes, that was out of line. But seriously you two are good together and I don't think Blake would do anything like that on purpose, I think she just wasn't expecting to blurt it out like that." Yang said hoping that she had not gone beyond being forgiven.
"Please help me fix this Yang…" her sister begged as Yang went full big sister mode and promised that she would find Blake and bring her back so the two of them could talk in private.
Of course Ruby said she did not have to go that far but Yang told her to stay put and figure out what she was going to say to Blake when Yang brought her back.
Of course, Yang quickly found out that if Blake did not want to be found then she would not be easy to find.
She checked the places that Blake would usually go such as the library and the roof, but she could not find her anywhere, eventually, she had to call Blake repeatedly until she finally picked up.
"Hey Blakey. Where are you? I've been trying to get a hold of you." Yang said putting on a cheerful tone.
"That was clear by the fifteen missed calls on my scroll. I just want to have some time alone Yang, I'll see you later." Blake said sounding like she really was not in the mood to talk to anyone.
"I'm serious Blake, it's important…" Yang said calmly but firmly, getting her point across that she needed to talk to her friend, "Tell me where you are. I'll come to you.".
She thought Blake had hung up on her before she finally sighed and told her that she had been on the roof all along.
Heading back to the roof she found Blake waiting for her, with an expression telling Yang that she knew why she was looking for her.
"Blake…you need to go back to the dorm and talk to Ruby." she said deciding to go with the straightforward approach.
"I can't…I messed things up so bad all because I couldn't keep my mouth shut…" Blake said sounding like she had been beating herself up over the whole thing since she left the dorm.
"And what will you do exactly? Blake, we're here for four years. Are you going to avoid Ruby all that time? Look just talk to her please, you won't regret it Blake I swear." Yang pleaded to hope that things would not become awkward over the next few years between Blake and Ruby.
"I know that Yang…but what if I mess things up again…" Blake began to say but was cut off by Yang telling her off.
"Then you fix it! What? Don't you think you deserve to be happy? You two are head over heels for each other, it doesn't matter what happens as long as you two talk things through." Yang snapped.
Blake had to admit that Yang had a point, she had been beating herself up over what she had done and it would have better to just talk to Ruby instead of running like a coward. Then again that's what she seemed to do best.
Ruby looked up as Blake and Yang walked in through the door, Blake looking ashamed of herself and Yang looking relieved.
"Right…I'll leave you two to talk. I'll see if I can catch up with Weiss and keep her from barging in." Yang said before leaving the room again. Leaving the two in an awkward silence.
Both Blake and Ruby looked at each other, clearly unsure as to who should speak first, both wanted to speak but did not know what to say.
"Blake", "Ruby" both said at the same time only to stop and say for the other could speak.
"I'll go first, Ruby…I think its safe to say I have a lot more to say. On top of my apology for how I acted earlier. That was not how I should have reacted." Blake said having taken off her bow and showing that her ears were flat against her head.
"I shouldn't have run…but honestly that seems to be all I'm good at. Is running from things in my life, my parents…who I am." Blake explained, "Ruby…I've done things I'm not proud of, things that I don't think I can forgive myself for being a part of.".
"Okay, but that isn't who you are now. I know we haven't known each other long in the long term, but we've pretty much been together every single day in one form or another. We know a lot about each other and even our families, and to be honest Blake my parents would not have let you meet Luna if they didn't trust you." Ruby said trying to reassure Blake.
"But is that enough?" Blake asked.
"Sure. Blake my parents have been through so much, they are a great judge of character and will call you out if they think otherwise, or anything like that. And I trust you Blake, isn't that what's important?" Ruby asked.
"Ruby…I don't know…" Blake admitted sitting down on her bed, "I already feel like I'm walking on thin ice.".
Ruby sat down next to her and rested her head on her shoulder, "Blake just don't worry about it. You don't have to be like that around me, just no secrets anymore. It'll be a lot easier for both of us.".
"So…do you still want to go out?" Ruby asked after a moment of silence between them.
Blake could not help but be amazed at how forgiving Ruby was, even after she had run, but while she thought that she could be forgiven for running away she wondered if she could be forgiven for once being part of the White Fang.
"Sure…I'd love to…" Blake said hoping that those words would not come back to haunt her.
Well, this was meant to be up last week but ran into some issues. There is another new short-ish story coming out in a few days as well hopefully once I get everything checked out.
Finally, LadyBug is here and it has been somewhat of a run up to this so nothing out of the blue, from here it is going to hopefully open up some more alternate routes to go with the story.