Author's Note
Hello again everyone. Sorry this took so long but I'm still here. I'm not dead or anything. I've been really busy and have been trying to squeeze in some writing in my free time. This chapter isn't really long like my others so I'm sorry you have to read a short chapter from me. I'll try to make the next one longer.
Thanks for all the views, comments, favorites, and follows. Keep it up you guys are the best. I really appreciate it. Also thanks for those who voted in the poll. I might end it a bit early. I don't know. But there's about 10 more chapters left before this act ends. I really plan on ending this story in the summer or sooner. But, enough about that.
This chapter is in Blake's Pov like I said last chapter, so you'll get to see her thoughts on certain things. After you're done reading, let me know what you think by reviewing and also let me know if you want to see more chapters in Blake's Pov.
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Song for this chapter: Beauty(Nujabes Tribute)
Amnesiac
Chapter 35: In a Different Perspective
"I just want you to know that I'd never hate you," I had told her.
I wouldn't. I damned couldn't hate her. She doesn't deserve to be hated. At all. I wanted to keep telling her that. That she doesn't deserve hate, but I feel like she wouldn't believe me.
"I-I w-wouldn't hate you either," she told me in that cute, stuttered voice.
It wouldn't work my way though. If she found out who I was, what I am, she'd hate me for sure. I've wanted to tell her so bad that who I was.
"God I think I love her."
She'd think twice if she found out who I was. It wasn't fair. I wasn't being fair to her.
The next day she told me that she was going out. I really wanted to spend time with her today, but I already had spent two days with her. I might as well just go to work then. Tukson said that I didn't have to come to work during winter break, but he said that if I did, he was fine with it. So, I just told her that I had to go to work anyway.
"Why are you so fond of her?" Adam asked once she went out the door.
I just gave him an unamused look.
He's been like this ever since I told him about her. The first time I told him about her was when I carried her to my house after the incident in the subway bathroom. He was angry with me for bringing a human into our house. I understand why he's like that though. He's had it worse than me, but this girl, she's not like any of them.
In school, I've seen the way she took care of her friend, Velvet. I remember she told me that she loved her. I know she'd never hurt a faunus from the way she took care of Velvet. I also know that she's terrified of Adam. He may hate humans, but he wouldn't hurt them unless he had a reason to.
"She just means a lot to me, Adam," I told him.
He just laughed.
"I wonder what would happen when she finds out who you are," he said with a smirk.
I didn't speak after that and just walked away. What could I say to that? All I could was just clench my fists and turn away. I wish he'd just give her a chance. He's been like this ever since what happened to him. Maybe if humans never cut off his horns, he'd never be this way. I'm not blaming him though. I just hate it when he talks to me about it.
I was about to go and get dressed when my phone rang from the kitchen table. Walking over to it, I looked at the ID.
"Yang"
I picked it up.
"Heey Blake," she greeted.
"Hey Yang," I replied. "What's up?"
"So, uh, I won like eight tickets to go ice skating and was wondering if you and Ruby would like to come along this weekend," she told me. "It's going to be me, Weiss, Pyrrha, Nora, and a friend of mine from my school, and then that just leaves you and Ruby. None of the guys wanted to go."
"Sure," I replied, smiling a bit.
This made me forget what Adam said earlier.
" I'll talk to Ruby about it. She's out right now."
I heard her let out a sigh in relief.
"That's good," she said. "I'll talk to you later. Bye."
"Bye Yang."
I hung up and put my phone in my pocket before going upstairs.
Yang was the first person I actually became friends with at school. The girl could talk, but it didn't really annoy me that much. She found me at the library in school just reading during my study hall and she sat down and started talking. At first I was annoyed because this was a library, but then she wasn't all that bad.
I actually wasn't planning on making friends at all. Not even with Ruby either. I only approached Weiss because of other reasons. I remember sometime during the school year, I had approached Ruby's friend, Velvet. She told me that she was Ruby's adopted cousin. I didn't believe it but I didn't say anything. When we were talking, she would always talk about Ruby. The way she was talking about her made me really think that she was not Ruby's cousin at all.
When I heard that she died, I knew Ruby was taking it rough. I wanted to say something while she was looking so down at school but she looked like she didn't want to be bothered. I didn't follow her to the subway station. I never followed her anywhere. I didn't have a car at the time so I took the train to go home. I heard a commotion coming from the bathroom and then I heard Ruby's voice. When I walked into the bathroom, it was a mess. There was blood all over the sink and mirror and I saw Ruby's arm, covered in glass and blood, cocked back, looking like she was going to punch the mirror. But, she was going to. She's been doing that. I obviously had to stop her. The sight was horrifying. I wanted to help her, and when I tried to, I could see that she was scared. Even after that she was still scared of me. I didn't want her to be.
I kind of feel like she still is too or maybe it's just Adam. I don't know.
I should really go take a shower now.
Later on, I drove to Tukson's bookshop. When I opened the door I heard him say behind the counter , "Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade! Home to every book under the su-wha-Blake! Oh, you're here."
I chuckled.
"Yea, I just needed something to do and Adam's really be a pain right now," I replied.
He just smiled and shook his head.
"And the girl?"
"Oh, Ruby went out," I told him.
I mostly told Tukson about Ruby. He was just so easy to talk to and could understand everything. I've known him back when I was a bit younger, when he was still in the White Fang and worked with him when I started high school. He was kind of like a dad to me. I always liked books but his shop made me more into them. When he left the group, he just worked at the place more often. Not a lot of people come by like they used go, but we earn a good amount of money.
"Have you told her yet?" He asked, looking intently at me.
I also told him about my situation. He wasn't acting like Adam. He was actually concerned about it. He didn't want the both of us to get hurt.
I shook my head.
"One day you're going to have to tell her," he told me. "Otherwise, she's going to find out herself."
"I know…I want to. I really want to but I'm scared. I don't want her to hate me."
He just smiled as he replied, "I'm sure she won't. She may get mad, but she wouldn't hate you for that. You're being honest with her."
I didn't say anything and just went to work. I wanted to believe him but it was hard. She wasn't really fond of me. I mean, "Black Cat" me. She mostly thought I was stalking her or something. I wasn't doing that at all. During a robbery, I stumbled across where she lived when I was trying to hide. I heard her voice and that's when I realized her living conditions. I knew something was up beforehand, but I didn't exactly know. I gave her the crystal to help her out, but I guess she used it for something else. I came and watched her several nights to make sure she was okay. She seemed so lonely back there and I really wanted to do something to make her feel better, but she hated me. And I hated that I couldn't do anything while she was whimpering in sleep all the time because I know she'd freak out if she woke up to me just holding her. It was tough to talk some sense in her during our last encounter. I tried to tell her then but she fell asleep.
I never planned on liking her the way I do now. I was okay with being her friend, but then the more I got to know her, the more I became fond of her. She reminded me of someone.
She reminded me of…me…
That wasn't exactly why I started to feel something for her but that's what drew me to her. Maybe that's why I was so comfortable talking to her from the start.
Maybe I should tell her today.
I left the store sometime later and waved Tukson goodbye. My heart was pounding on the way home. I was going to tell her. I had too. Well, I needed to actually. I got a text from Ruby, telling me that she was on her way home, when I got in the car.
When I got to the house, I received a text message from her again. This time, it said that she was going to be running a little late, which made me a bit confused.
Did something happen?
Adam wasn't here when I got home. I was just alone. I decided to just cook dinner for when both him and Ruby return.
I hope they're both doing alright.
Author's Note
And that's it. Sorry again for the short chapter. The next one will be longer.
So what did you think of reading in Blake's Pov and her thoughts? It doesn't seem like a lot but if you want more, please let me know. Also, Adam is a little OOC due to his canon self being abusive. I didn't really like how he turned out in canon so I changed him up in this story. He still doesn't like humans but he isn't as violent how he was in canon.
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