Chapter Fourteen: The Wolf.
Weiss couldn't believe she was actually doing this again, this time of her own free volition. And what was she doing? She was going on a date, with a person she had no interest in. And why was she doing this? To protect Ruby from her feelings.
And it was totally not worth it.
She had instantly regretted her plan the moment she heard Neptune's voice on the other end of the line telling her he'd known she was going to call, the Heiress almost hung up there and forgot about the entire idea but she couldn't. No she had to do this because if she continued the way she was going she'd put Ruby in danger.
During their call the white haired girl had to keep herself from bashing her head against the nearest brick wall from all of his horrible pick up lines. But in between the lines and atrocious flirting they had been able to set a date up for the weekend, Neptune suggesting an up scaled restaurant the Heiress doubted that he could actually pay for.
But now that it was actually time for her to actually get around for the date, Weiss was really considering calling up the boy and calling it off. She really didn't want to sit through another boring date where the person constantly hit on her or tired to impress her with unnecessary boasting. Taking a steading breath the Heiress stepped out of the shower and grabbed her towel, she was doing this for Ruby, she had to protect Ruby.
After she was dry she looked at the dress hanging on the back of the door. It was simple compared to other dresses she had worn; pure white and knee length. The Heiress thought it was suitable for a first date and acceptable for the changing weather. Pulling on the dress the Heiress turned to the mirror securitizing her hair.
Settling on just leaving it down she turned on her blow dryer and ran a comb through it to keep it flat. Satisfied with that she started her make up, a light layer of foundation with a dash of blush, light blue eye shadow to compliment her eyes and a light pink lipstick. Finishing with a light dusting of perfume the Heiress deemed herself ready with nearly ten minutes before Neptune was suppose to show up, she really had put everything off until the last minute. Taking a deep breath Weiss looked into the mirror meeting her own gaze. An empty gaze stared back, she could see no emotion behind her eyes, none of what she felt when she was meeting with Ruby or thought of Ruby shown through to the surface now.
Breaking her gaze the Heiress repeated what she had been telling herself since the start of this idea, she was doing this to protect Ruby.
"Hey Ice Princess, you almost done in there?" Yang called out from the other side of the door. Irritation spiked in the Heiress' chest.
Stalking over to the door Weiss ripped it open to find the blonde brawler waiting on the other side, "Are you always this impatient?"
"Wow," Yang whistled, "If I didn't know better I'd actually think you wanted to go on this date."
Weiss narrowed his eyes, "What makes you think I don't want to go on this date?" Yang rolled her eyes.
"The fact that you have ten minutes left before your 'date' shows up when usually if you're going anywhere you're usually ready at least a half hour before hand. Not to mention that you have not once messaged him asking if he's on his way or to make sure he'll be on time." Yang pointed out. Weiss felt her eye twitch, the brute was right she hadn't even bothered to see if Neptune remembered the time they had set. She was actually hoping deep down that he had forgotten but she knew that it wasn't likely, the blue haired boy seemed extremely excited over the fact that she had called him.
"Maybe I'm just behind." Weiss bite trying to push her way towards the room, Yang snorted and moved aside. "Besides what I do in my time is none of your concern."
Amber eyes bore into her as the Heiress reached her wardrobe, "You know very well you're never behind. It's not becoming of you to lie."
Weiss felt herself flush as she reached for a light jacket, "Who said I was lying?" She was getting really tired of her teammates getting on her case about this, she was doing this for a good cause, for Ruby.
"Fine." Blake sighed returning to her book, "Keep telling yourself whatever it is you're telling yourself. But how long can you keep it up." The words of the panther hit the Heiress in her heart, how long could she keep it up?
Every time Ruby got close to her to hug her or got closer than an arms length away the Heiress had to push her away. Each time she would watch as silver eyes would spark with hurt causing her heart to crack pain. But she had to keep going, she had to keep the wolf from getting to close. She had to protect Ruby.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Weiss shook her head as she turned to face her black haired teammate. The amber eyes rolled eyes as she continued to read.
"I'm not the one you need to convince." Blake replied lightly with a twitch of her ears amber eyes flicked up towards the door.
Weiss waited for the knock but instead the door opened to reveal the crimson leader. The Heiress felt her heart beat faster as she watched the silver eyes flicked over to her. The girl stopped dead in her tracks eyes blinking as if she was trying to comprehend what she was seeing. Her silver gaze slowly drug its way up her form causing Weiss' heart to sputter and stumble erratically in her chest.
Slowly the wolf's gaze reached her face and the Heiress could see the silver eyes burn with emotion. Weiss felt her core ignite as the silver eyes bore into her own eyes heat flushing to her face. Why did it have to be Ruby to cause her to feel this way? Why did she have to get attached to her first true friend?
"W-w-wow." Ruby breathed as she stood there taking in her partner blinking a few times. Weiss looked good in her usual attire but now that she was dressed up and had let her hair down, the wolf was absolutely stunned by the white haired beauty. "You look amazing."
The blush on the Heiress' face grew stronger as the redhead continued to stare at her, "Thanks." She mumbled as she pulled her arm across her chest, suddenly feeling very exposed in front of the wolf.
Blake watched as the pair continued to stare at each other it was so painfully obvious that they were attracted to each so why were they being so stubborn? Normally she would have tacked it up to Weiss being a Schnee and out right rejecting someone being in a same sex relationship but the Heiress had proven herself different from her family and she had seemingly accepted Yang and her being in, actually Blake wasn't quite sure what she and the blonde were but they were both females. And the panther knew it wasn't because Ruby was a Faunus, the Heiress accepted both the wolf and herself openly to the point where Blake had actually stopped wearing her bow in the dorm. Even with the damage to her ears she felt comfortable having them in the open around her new friends.
So what was it that caused the Heiress to keep pushing the wolf away? Why would Weiss put so distance between herself and her partner? It was obviously hurting both of them anyone could see that so what was it? Blake could feel the tension start to form between the two as they continued to stare at each other silver eyes fixing with blue ones.
Giving a small cough the panther had to hold back a chuckle as both girls jumped at the sudden noise, Weiss breaking her gaze first as she ducked back into her wardrobe to grab her clutch. Ruby's silver eyes darted to the panther as she gave a simple shrug. "Yes, thank you for the compliment Ruby." The Heiress was saying as she put her scroll in the white bag along with a few things to touch up her make up if she had to.
The wolf took a step towards the Heiress her mouth open to say something when a knock cut over her causing her to jerk back. "Sound's like Neptune is here." Weiss sighed as she did another check to her hair in a pocket mirror. With a nod she reached out for the door to open it. "Good evening Mister Vasilias." The Heiress took a look at the boy before her.
Neptune stepped partly through the door, a blue dress shirt and a black tie where covered by a black jacket the ensemble was completed with matching black dress pants and shoes. All he was missing was the over priced cologne, a tacky gold or silver watch, a bouquet of flowers and he would be a perfect copy for all of the dates Weiss had been forced on before. She took a small inhale, overpriced cologne, check. The Heiress noted that his arm was held behind his back, a small glint of plastic poked out from the corner, bouquet of flowers, check.
"Good evening Miss Schnee, you look lovely tonight." Neptune grinned as he gave a small bow. With a over zealous flourish that was unneeded the blue haired boy brought out the flowers from behind his back, Weiss caught the glint of silver at his wrist, tacky watch, check. Three for three, Weiss internally sighed, it was going to be just like all of her other dates. "Please these are for you." The flowers, red roses, Weiss heart clenched as she looked at them, there were just like her partner. Of course he would buy her roses, why wouldn't he? It's not like she was trying to stop herself from thinking of her partner.
"Thank you." Weiss said taking them but purposely avoiding taking a smell of them, she knew they would smell just like Ruby and if she did that now she would probably call the whole thing off. "I'll just leave these here for now, Ruby would you please put these in a vase?" She handed the flowers to her partner avoiding any contact with the wolf.
Neptune took a step into the room, the wolf gave a low growl as she took the roses from her partner silver eyes flashing at the boy. "I think there's one in the bathroom." Blake spoke up quickly coming to the wolf's side placing a restraining hang on her shoulder. "Yang can you grab the vase under the sink?" She called out hoping the blonde would out up quickly to help her intervene.
"Sure Kit Cat." The brawler chimed as she exited the bathroom glass vase spinning on her finger. Lilac eyes narrowed as she took in the scene in front of her, "Hey Neptune." She gave a curt nod to the boy.
"Well we should be off." Weiss pulled the boy's attention back to her, "We don't want to miss our reservations do we?"
Neptune nodded, "Right. Well see you all later." He offered his arm out to the Heiress, Blake felt Ruby's whole body tense as the white haired girl took it.
"I'll be back late." Weiss gave a careless wave as she left, not bothering to look back at the trembling wolf.
As the door shut Ruby's trembling stopped as she clenched the flowers in her hands the stems bending and breaking, a low growl emitting from her throat. Blake gave a squeeze of the wolf's shoulder, silver eyes flashed up at her causing her to jolt back.
"Hey you okay?" Yang asked looking down at the crimson girl. She had heard the low growl admitting from her sister. Suddenly the wolf tossed the flowers onto the Heiress' bed before throwing open the door and stalking out cape whipping behind her. The door slammed shut leaving the blonde and panther stunned. "Should we go after her?"
Blake hesitated; Ruby needed some space but was leaving the agitated wolf alone the best idea? "I say let her calm down some on her own first, she needs some time to cool off and not be around people. If she's not back by the time Weiss get's back then we'll go look for her."
"Weiss is the reason she's acting like this." Yang grumbled walking over to the Heiress' bed snatching the flowers off the bed. "If the bitch wasn't so fucking stubborn she'd grow a pair and ask Ruby out already." Placing the roses in the vase the blonde entered the bathroom to put water in the container. "I mean seriously woman up and just do it all ready."
Blake sighed as she sat down on her bed, the blonde did have a point one of them should have spoken up by now instead of causing all of this pain for them. But the blonde's words did spark something in the panther, since they were already on the topic. "So what's your excuse?"
"Huh?" Yang questioned coming back into the room.
"What's your excuse for not asking me out?" Blake said again raising an eyebrow at the blonde.
Yang paused as she sat the flowers down. "Oh, I, ah, well you know. I kinda thought we already were." The blonde gave her a sheepish smile.
Blake shook her head, "Yang we've made out and slept in the same bed a few times, but not once have you asked me out. So what's your excuse?"
"Oh." Yang sat down beside her partner, "Well if that's the case. Blake would you go out with me?"
The panther smiled, "Mochiron, anata ga baka (Of course you idiot)." Pressing her lips against the blonde's Blake felt her smile.
Ruby was irritated. Anyone watching the wolf could easily tell from the way her ears were held back to the way her tail would twitch sharply. But the most telling feature of the wolf's rising irritation was her eyes. Usually her silver eyes were full of bright light and shone with happiness now there were hard as steel and a sharp as her scythe. Her normal cheerful self was replaced with a biting snarling wolf.
During a sparing match with a fellow first year Ruby had unleashed her sweetheart and semblance in a hurricane of rose petals and cold hard steel. The end result had been a match that only lasted thirty seconds, a torn up arena and a very stunned group of first years. Even her own team and JNPR had been stunned at the ferocious display the wolf had given, Yang and Blake exchanging worried looks as their leader stalked out of the combat zone leaving her opponent to be carried out by his teammates. The only one who didn't seem to be disturbed by the wolf's sudden mood change was her partner.
Weiss had been doing her very best to ignore her partner's mood. Ever since meeting with the team from Haven the Heiress had been spending less and less time with the wolf and more time with the blue haired boy. Wherever she went the boy wasn't far behind trailing her like a lost puppy. It was if she was to preoccupied with Neptune to even notice Ruby's change and it made the wolf irritated.
Slamming her fist into the bag before her Ruby focused on conjuring a picture of Neptune's face where each blow would land. He had just waltzed into her territory and thought that he could do just what ever he wanted? Did he really think that she would allow that? She was an Alpha, this was her territory, Weiss was her ma…
Ruby slammed her fist harder against the leather feeling a sting on her skin shaking the thought from her head. She couldn't think like that, Weiss was her own person and if she wanted to spend time with Neptune then it wasn't her place to interfere, if Neptune made her happy then Ruby should be happy for her friend. But she just felt so angry with the blue haired boy. Nothing would please her more than smashing his smug face against the flat of her sweetheart but she wouldn't because if she did Weiss would be angry with her.
Why did he have to come here? Things were working out just fine before he showed up. Weiss and her were getting closer each day, the Heiress had been opening up towards her sure it was slow going but she was learning more and more each day about her frosty partner. But now with this boy all of that progress had been suddenly undone. Now Weiss was pushing her off to the side and not bothering with her.
Just thinking of Weiss hurt the wolf's heart. She missed the small smile that would pull at the Heiress' pink lips when she looked up at her, a smile that only she was privileged enough to see. She missed the frosty girl's smell of mint and vanilla mixing together perfectly reminding her of freshly fallen snow. She missed her partner's icy blue eyes that would flash when she was irritated.
When she had seen the Heiress in the dorm a before her date the wolf felt her heart leap into her throat, her pulse quickened as her palms grew damp. While it was true that Weiss was beautiful in her everyday attire, tonight she looked absolutely radiant. Her long white hair hung down her back like a curtain of sleek white silk, her pale cheeks were dusted with a light shade of blush, eyes highlighted with a matching shade of blue causing them shine even brighter and her soft lips coated in a light gloss of pink making them look so temping to the wolf. The smell of the Heiress was intoxicating clouding her mind as she breathed in, her normal scent being amplified by a few extra squirts of perfume. The whole look was pulled together by her white dress making her partner look like an actual angel. And then he showed up.
He had walked into her territory, given her partner flowers then took her away. The wolf wanted nothing more than to slam the door in his face and hold her partner in her arms and press her lips into those soft pink pillows of the Heiress. Why did Weiss have to be with him? Why couldn't it be her that Weiss wanted to be with?
With a sigh Ruby leaned her head against the punching bag letting the sweat drip down her face. She had to respect Weiss' decision, if the white haired girl didn't like girl's then there was nothing she could do about it. It was just going to be one of those things where no matter how bad she wanted it she would never have it. It was just a crush it would pass, eventually. But until then it would just hurt.
Shaking her head clear the crimson girl entered the empty locker room to shower and change into clean cloths. She paused by her locker her silver eyes darting towards the one right next to hers, Weiss'. Normally the Heiress would grab her workout clothes every night after she was done but tonight she hadn't been to the gym, tonight she had been getting ready for her date. As team leader she had access to all of her teammates lockers, so she could…
The wolf shook her head; no she would not open her partner's locker. That would be a violation of the Heiress' privacy. Silver eyes darted over the locker again, but it would be so easy…
Slamming her locker shut Ruby stalked out of the locker room before she gave into the temptation. She was not that desperate, and besides Yang would tease her relentlessly if she found out. Walking out into the cooling night air the redhead took a deep breath, the scents of fellow students that were out enjoying their night mixed with the oncoming fall air, already the edges of some of the tall tree leaves were turning soon all of the trees would burn with their bright colors of red, oranges and yellow. She could hear the conversations of passing students some making plans for tomorrow while others laughed and joked together, the sounds of soft music drifted into the wolf's ears.
Twisting her head Ruby sought to find the source of the music. It was a ways off deeper into the campus ground towards the second year dorms. The music drew the wolf forward as she headed towards the source. Sounds of sweet violins swept throw air accompanied by majestic horns and flutes as the wolf grew closer. She could feel her tail start to swish in time with the beat.
Growing closer she could hear two people stepping in time with the song their footsteps light and coordinated. With a sniff of the air the wolf made out the scents of cinnamon and freshly ground pepper from just beyond the wall. Turning the corner Ruby found a sight that made her stop.
Velvet and Coco were dancing together in time with the music drifting about the courtyard in long looping circles. The rabbit's head was resting on the other girl's shoulder with her eyes closed as she held the hand of her partner in one hand the other resting on the opposite shoulder. Coco's eyes were closed too and she had a small smile on her face as she held the rabbit's hand her other resting in the small of the shorter girl's back. As the music swelled the pair twisted sharply changing the direction of their circle, neither girl missing a step. Their synchronization amazed the wolf as she watched with wide eyes. Ruby stood transfixed for several minutes as she continued to watch the pair dance lost in their own world that consisted of just them and the music.
As the music came to a close the pair stopped going in large circles and settled into smaller one. Finally they stopped and Ruby couldn't help but clap, the sudden noise causing the rabbit to jump as Coco's eyes snapped open, brown eyes locked with silver.
The world dropped away.
It was if the Ruby's mind was suddenly cast out from her body. Her vision turned black, her hearing stripped, all feeling blocked. She couldn't breath no matter how hard she told her lungs to work they would not move. The blackness smothered her as it pressed in against her.
Suddenly she was back, the world refocused and the blackness retreated. Ruby blinked several times her vision filled with a concerned looking rabbit Faunus, the light press of hands on either side of her head, a strange tingling emanating from those two points. "There you are, keep coming." The girl instructed her voice even and soft. Slowly the wolf realized she was on her knees with the brown haired girl mimicking her position. Ruby tried to talk but her tongue felt like lead, "Don't speak just focus on coming back okay?" Ruby nodded. What had happened to her? All she had done was lock eyes with Coco.
Velvet saw the girl trying to put the pieces together in her mind and gave her a small smile, "Sorry, Coco didn't know who it was and reacted. I'm going to back away now but don't move okay? If you do you'll pass out and I really don't want to explain to Blake why you're back in the infirmary." Slowly the rabbit rose to her feet and looked back at the girl behind her the wolf looked as well. Coco hadn't moved from her spot, her hand covering her eyes.
"Babe can you get my glasses?" She asked waving her free hand over towards the bench. With a nod Velvet retrieved the pitch black sunglasses before handing them over to her girlfriend. "Thanks." Barely removing her hand the girl replaced them in front of her eyes. Looking over at the wolf the girl gave a weary smile, "Sorry kid, I reacted too quick again."
Velvet rolled her eyes, "You're always to quick to protect me. You really should make sure there's a threat before you use your Semblance. Can you go get her a glass of water?"
"Sure thing bunbun." Coco smiled as she pecked at the rabbit's check before strutting away towards their dorm. "Listen to the doctor kid, she'll patch you up in no time." With a sigh the rabbit rolled her eyes again before returning to the wolf's side.
"You starting to feel better Ruby?" She asked kneeling down again her brown eyes bright, the redhead nodded. The weight on her mind was fading quickly leaving her senses unhindered. "Good. Let's get you off the ground okay?" Velvet stood and offered her hand out trucking the downed girl up. Together the two walked over to the bench and sat down.
"What was that?" Ruby asked after a few moments of silence, she was still having trouble understanding what had happened to her.
"That was Coco's Semblance." Velvet explained, the crimson girl's expression didn't shift from confusion. The rabbit gave a wary smile, "Coco's Semblance has two stages, the first stage is called 'All Seeing'. It's always active no matter what she's doing and it allows her to see everything a person is hiding. It's why she knew that you and Blake were both Faunus while you were hiding. This stage is harmless, unnerving and captivating if you lock eyes with her, but harmless. It's also why she wears her glasses all the time. If someone does look into her eyes accidentally they can't break it themselves of it, so to protect people she hides her eyes. The second stage is called 'Gorgon's Stare' and it is very, very deadly. When she locks eyes with a person she can essentially freeze them in place. In that state a person can't even breath and if she holds it long enough she can stop their hearts before they suffocate." Ruby shuddered at the thought.
"Yeah, and when Velvet jumped I assumed it was a threat. Catch Ruby." Coco cut in as she strutted back in to the courtyard a bottle of water flying from her hand. The crimson girl caught the bottle giving the girl a thankful smile. "How's she doing?" Her dark glasses turned towards the rabbit.
"I'm going to touch you now Ruby, is that okay?" Ruby gave her a confused look before nodded. With a smile the rabbit gently laid one of her hands on Ruby's neck while the other took her free hand, the tingling returned, it felt lit it was flowing from the hand on her neck to the one on her hand. "I don't sense any lasting effects so she'll be fine." Velvet replied with a nod dropping her hands away before instructing, "Drink."
Ruby took a swing of the cool water as she watched the two girls interact. They seemed so relaxed with each other, their soft smiles communicating their feelings for the other wordlessly. Even with the dark glass covering her eyes Ruby could see the happiness shinning in her eyes. "So Ruby what brought you over to our dorm?" Coco turned to face the wolf.
"Oh I heard your music and decided to see what was up." Ruby smiled back, "It was a really pretty song and the way you were dancing was really cool." Velvet blushed at the wolf's words as Coco laughed.
"Yeah it's a nice night so I thought I'd surprise Velvet with a dance." Coco smiled making Velvet blush harder, "We haven't been able to since we left Mantel so it's nice to be able to just relax."
"You're from Mantel?" Ruby asked looking at the taller girl.
"Originally yeah," Coco nodded. "My family's not as rich as your partner's family but we are the leaders in Dustwear Clothes." At the mention of her partner the wolf looked away from the girl, Coco's eyes narrowed "All not well with in your Team?"
Ruby continued to look down at the ground, "No, things are fine. Weiss is just out on a date with a guy." The two older girls shared a look at the sullen words.
"Is that so?" Coco raided an eyebrow, Ruby nodded. "Didn't really take her as the dating type. So what's the guy like?"
The wolf gave out a small growl as she thought about Neptune. How could Weiss just go with him? He wasn't anything special so why was it him. "He's just fine." The wolf continued to growl. "He's on a team from Haven here on the study abroad program." He was in her territory he was with her partner.
"So she must be happy." Coco continued ignoring the wolf's behavior, "You know I bet he has to be a real catch to catch the Princess' eye." The wolf growled making Velvet flinch. Her girlfriend took notice but she had to push the wolf to find out if she was correct. "So as her partner, do you approve?"
The wolf gripped her hands together hard, she did not approve. Weiss should not be with him, he was not a match for the Heiress, he was not on the same level as the white haired girl. But she was, she was a wolf, she could be a match for her partner, she was an Alpha Weiss could be proud of. "Yeah." The wolf lied. A finger flicked her in the center of her forehead hard causing the redhead to flinch back.
The wolf glared up at the brunette that was giving her a sour look, "You have a long way to go before you can lie to me Ruby. I can see right through you, and I know exactly how you feel." The wolf gave a growl making the older girl roll her eyes.
"Ruby I know your frustrated right now but growling isn't going to help, talk to us." Velvet placed a soft hand on the wolf's shoulder, she didn't worry about the redhead attacking her, Coco would react before that could happen.
Ruby looked at the rabbit beside her, she wore a soft smile, her brown eyes calming. "It's just, why is it him?" She muttered knowing the rabbit would hear her. "Why did she pick him? Am I not good enough?"
Coco and Velvet shared other look; they understood what was distressing the wolf. "Ruby," Coco started looking down at the girl, "I need you to be completely honesty with yourself, not me cause I can tell if you lie." Silver eyes looked up at her, "Do you have feelings for Weiss?"
Ruby paused. The more she thought about the Heiress the more her heart filled with happiness. With every thought the more she wanted to be with the frosty girl, to hold her, to smell her sweet perfume, to feel her lips pressed up against hers. The wolf blushed at the idea of kissing the Heiress, her heart beating faster. She gave a small nod.
"And I take it you haven't told her?" Coco continued getting a small shake of the wolf's head. "Well you know you could try that instead of being all sulky."
"Coco that doesn't help." Velvet shook her head at her girlfriend, turning back to the wolf. "Ruby have you tried to talk to Weiss about this?"
Ruby shook her head again, "She so focused on Neptune that she doesn't have time for me anymore." The hurt in her heart twitched as she spoke.
"She's your partner, if you talk to her she'll listen." Velvet smiled at the wolf. "Just talk to her when she get's back, I'm sure things will work out." Ruby wasn't so sure even with her partner opening up to her; the white haired girl didn't open up much.
"Yeah and if she doesn't talk about it I'm sure Yang will gladly beat it out of her." Coco laughed.
Velvet shook her head, "Coco don't encourage such behavior. Just try to talk to her about it. It's not good to hold in your emotions like this, it will only lead to trouble."
A chime rang out from the wolf's scroll. Hey Blake and I bought cookies come on back while they're fresh pup, read the message from her sister. A smile pulled at her lips, Yang always knew how to make her feel better.
"See you've got people to talk to even if Weiss won't." Velvet continued to smile, "You don't have to bottle this up."
"Yeah." Ruby nodded as she stood up looking between the two older girls. "Thanks you two I'll try and talk this out with Weiss when she gets back."
"Good luck." Coco smiled as the wolf walked out of the courtyard Velvet nodding in agreement.
As Ruby walked back towards her dorm she went over what the two girls had said. She wanted to talk to Weiss about her feelings but how should she go about it? Should she just be straight forward with it or approach it like she had when she revealed her Faunus nature to the Heiress? If she did that she could ask her pointedly how the white haired girl felt about Yang and Blake's relationship then go from there. She could explain that even though she had feelings for her it was okay if she didn't return them, Ruby just wanted to be in her life and if it was as friends then no matter how bad it hurt that's what she would be.
Yeah that would work they would figure it out. They could go back to the way things were, being friends and partners. Even if it hurt.
As Ruby reached her floor she turned towards her dorm only to stop. Weiss and Neptune were in front of the door. The blue hair boy was leaning forward his lips aimed for the Heiress'.
The wolf saw red. He was not allowed to kiss her mate. Weiss was hers not his. Weiss was her mate not his. The wolf moved before she even processed what she was fully doing, fangs and claws bared.
Weiss was ready to be rid of the blue haired boy. The entire date had consisted of her companion talking about himself constantly and her own thoughts drifting more and more towards her crimson partner. Every time the boy had brought up a new topic about himself the Heiress had found herself comparing him with the wolf.
He had killed an Ursa during his initiation, Ruby had killed a Giant Nevermore. He had developed his own weapon idea, Ruby had developed and built her weapon. He was in the top ten of his class in combat, Ruby was in the top five. Everything he said was compared to her partner and found underwhelming.
The restaurant he had taken her to was a five star upper class restaurant that overlooked downtown Vale. Their dishes were small fancy portions that were meant to please the eye more than the stomach. As they ate the Heiress found herself longing for the small sandwich shop that was owned by a local couple a few blocks over that her team had gone to a few times. Their portions were large enough for not only one meal but for a second the next day, the food filling, healthy and tasty. With the meager portions that were served here Weiss knew she'd wake up the next morning starving for breakfast.
Once the bill arrived Weiss was actually surprised that Neptune could afford to cover it, he must have taken out a small loan from someone if she had glimpsed the total right.
Walking beside the boy on their way back to Beacon the Heiress kept catching hints of the boy's cologne causing her to long for the scent of roses more and more.
With each passing second the Heiress found herself wanting to be with the crimson girl. Her heart felt heavy as she remembered why she was doing this. She had to protect her partner from her family. No matter what she felt for the wolf she had to make sure that Ruby was safe. It hurt but she was protecting someone she cared about so she would bare the pain.
"So Snow Angel did you enjoy tonight?" Neptune's voice brought the Heiress from her thoughts.
Swallowing her annoyance at the nickname Weiss turned to face the boy, his large grin probably would woo any other girl but to her she found it irritating. "Yes Mr. Vasilias I had a wonderful evening. Thank you very much." The boy's face lite up with delight almost making the Heiress regret lying to him.
"Well if that's the case I hope you're available again, say next week?" He look so hopeful that she would say yes.
The white haired girl internally cringed, she had been expecting it but had sincerely hopped he would wait until later to ask her out again, right now she was to annoyed to continue lying. "I'll have to look but I might be able to do something. It will depend on my schedule." Not a lie but not the truth, Weiss knew exactly what she had to do for not only the next week but for the next three weeks.
"Excellent, I look forward to hearing from you." Neptune continued to smile, "Well I will bid you a goodnight." Finally they had reached her dorm door. The Heiress almost turned her back on the boy to quickly retreat into room and just forget about the whole thing. But the hand on her arm stopped her, of course the boy expected her to 'reward' him for the night. Fighting against rolling her eyes the Heiress waited for him to move forward. Slowly he did, his eyes closing the white haired swallowed back bile and copied his motions. A growl sounded out through the hallway.
Ice blue eyes shot open as a red blur slammed into Neptune ripping him away from her. She watched as the blur took the boy to the ground as petals fell around her. The wolf pinned the boy easily with one hand on his throat the other raised above her head ready to swipe, fangs bared in a snarl as silver eyes burned with anger.
Weiss felt her heart freeze as the wolf's claws went hurtling towards Neptune, "RUBY!"
A/N: And one chapter down, one more to go before... well... you know. Moving along, a few things I need to address before people ask: 1) Velvet semblance is not a healing one, I'll explain what she does in a later chapter. 2) No Yang does not know Mangerian yet but she does know phrases and that is one I think she would know thus it's not down here. Poor Neptune... nah just kidding.
With that: I can't express my thanks enough, let me know how your doing, and keep your chin up you can do it.