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"Hmm…"
Minato felt like he was a piece of meat and a man was staring like a predator right towards him. As the adult continuously looked over the blue-haired boy, Minato decided to do the same as well. It was at least something to do while he was being observed himself.
The adult had graying black, spiky hair, red eyes, and slight stubble along his jawline. With a red, tattered cloak, he wore a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. He also wore a ring on his right index finger, two other tings on his right fourth finger, and a necklace with a crooked cross-shaped pendant. His bangs meanwhile were down, covering most of his forehead.
"…" Minato stayed silent, staring straight at the red-eyes. He had been subjected to the look for a good few minutes now as he was standing. Really, the only time he broke eye contact was just at that moment and that was to just make out the person's attire. Now that he was done with that, he could continue on keeping his gaze fixed.
"…Uncle Qrow, why are you staring at Minato like that?" Ruby asked, sitting on a nearby chair, nibbling on cookies from the box Minato had added to the cart earlier. Reaching into the carboard container, she pulled out another piece before munching on it. "You look like you're about to commit a serious crime."
"Hmm…" The man known as Qrow now hummed again, placing a hand against his chin to stroke his stubble. Reaching forward, Minato slightly leaned back slightly and gave him a weird look. "I'm not going to hurt you, just need to check something." He stated. Only a couple of seconds passed when Minato stood back up straight again.
Raising an eyebrow, Minato turned over to Yang. His looks asked what he was supposed to do. Yang however only grinned at the predicament that her friend was in. "Don't look at me." She reached into the box of cookies to take one for herself. "This is pretty entertaining to watch."
Giving the blonde a flat stare, he turned back to see that Qrow was now right up in his face. If Minato was startled at the sudden reveal of how close their faces were, he didn't show it. Qrow reached over and pushed the bangs out of the way to reveal Minato's right eye. Once more, Qrow hummed. "…No scar under there as well… Nah, it looks better with your hair down." The man stated before letting the blue bangs flop down as he stepped back. "Name's Qrow Branwen. I'm Yang and Ruby's uncle."
"…Hello." Minato answered straightly. The only reason for his pause was due to the fact that there was that odd moment just because the adult wondered if he had a scar and slash or he would look better with one or both eyes revealed.
Qrow continued to look down at the kid. "…Not exactly much of a talker, are you?" He asked.
Minato continued to have his gaze neutral. "It all depends on the situation." He decided to say.
"Are you Yang's boyfriend?"
"Uncle Qrow!" Yang groaned, burying her face into her hands with exasperation. Seriously, she was having to witness this kind of issue again? The blonde at least thought that the adult would have ceased such since she was in high-school. But her uncle kept this kind of attitude up since she was in elementary! "No, he's just a friend! That's it!"
"…" Once again, Minato turned over towards Yang. But this time, he gave her a weird look. Slowly moving his left hand, he pointed right at Qrow. "…He's not joking, is he?" He asked, not exactly believing the scenario he was being put through at the moment.
"Nope. Uncle Qrow and dad have been like this for a long time." Ruby answered for her sister, who was too busy still groaning while keeping her face covered. Digging through the box, she pulled out a cookie and held her hand out. "Cookie?" She asked, waving the treat around in front of Minato.
Shrugging his shoulders, he reached out and took the food. About to put it in his mouth, he heard a bark. Looking down, he saw Zwei sitting down obediently next to his leg while panting. Looking at the gaze, Minato slowly trailed it over towards to food in his hand. Blinking only once, he dropped the cookie and the dog snapped its jaws and consumed the cookie with one bite.
With another bark, Zwei ran towards the table. Hopping up on a chair and then the table, the dog ran up and jumped. Watching the canine coming his way, he shifted his body and caught the dog before it slammed its face against the wall behind him. Holding Zwei in front of him, Minato closed his eyes and wore a mixed expression as the dog gave his face a long lick.
Yang had finished her moment of exasperation and took up another grin when she saw what had happened between Minato and Zwei. As Minato kept his eyes closed while placing the down on the floor, she grabbed him a spare rag. "Cloth?" She laughed, throwing it against Minato's face.
Watching the blue-haired boy dry his features, Ruby dug around the box once more. Blinking, she looked into the container. Squinting, she managed to fish a piece of food out. "Last cookie?" She offered, holding it out towards Minato who just finished wiping the drool off of his face.
Shrugging his shoulders once more, Minato took the cookie and placed the edge of it in his mouth and began to munch on it. Stuffing his hands into his pockets while slowly working on the cookie, he turned back to face Qrow who was almost forgotten through that entire exchange. "…" Minato couldn't speak due to being in the middle of eating.
"Finish that cookie first, then we'll talk." Qrow stated, folding his arms.
Minato kept nibbling.
"…"
He still ate.
"…"
The crunching continued.
"…"
Minato's munching proceeded without disruption.
"You're just screwing with me, aren't you?" Qrow dryly, giving a flat stare towards Minato who continued to munch on his cookie. The blue-haired boy was only halfway through his treat. But out of a random moment, whether it be for better or worse, he began to crack a grin. "I like you." He then nodded.
"…" Minato paused his eating, hearing Qrow's words. Lifting his left hand, he grabbed the remaining cookie and held it next to his face. Turning his head again, he looked at Yang. "Your uncle has a weird sense of liking people."
Yang only shrugged her shoulders. "He's just that kind of guy."
"That doesn't exactly help." Minato replied flatly. Stuffing the rest of cookie into his mouth, he continued to eat.
Qrow however only shook his head in amusement. If his two nieces acted like this around this guy, he was probably a good person in the end. He shouldn't be quick to judge after all. Actually, now that he thought about it… "Aren't you that kid who got suspended today?"
"…Yes." Minato answered carefully.
"And you potentially got Yang hurt."
"She's at an age where she can look after herself responsibly." Minato deadpanned, having a feeling where this was going. "It's nice for relatives to be concerned for her well-being. But if she didn't want to get hurt, she could have easily left me to grab a teacher who was possibly stronger than her. It was her choice to do what she did and it would be much appreciated by her that you at least content with that."
…This kid was telling him off, wasn't he? Oh, Qrow was definitely starting to like Minato. Hiding a chuckle by sighing, he looked over to Yang who stood with her arms folded against the wall. She watched the entire situation play out, her expression hiding what she was thinking. Qrow then faced Minato who continued to stare at him with a straight face, just waiting to answer anything that would be asked.
Looking over at the clock, Qrow looked back at Yang. "You want to walk him back to his home, or should I?" He asked, gesturing to the object that told the time. "It's getting pretty late at the moment." He saw Yang raise an eyebrow at him. "It's your choice if you want to or not." The adult shrugged his shoulders.
"Uhh… Okay…" Yang said awkwardly. Usually, she wasn't allowed out late at night. What time was it right now? Eight-thirty judging by the clock. Well, perhaps it wasn't that late after all. "Come on, Minato. Just let me grab a jacket before we head off."
Minato nodded his head silently. As the blonde walked out of the kitchen, the boy looked over to Ruby and Qrow. "Thanks for letting me stay over." He thanked.
"It's cool." Ruby waved. "Come back soon."
"Meh, no trouble. Especially since I wasn't here most of the time." Qrow commented.
Waving to the younger girl and adult, Minato made his way to the front door. By the time he fitted his shoes on, Yang had put on a brown coat over her casual clothing while she slipped into a pair of boots. "All ready?" She asked. All she needed was to see him nod and she opened the door.
Their time was quiet, footsteps crunching against the autumn leaves. Their bodies felt the chill of a night breeze, one being more affected that the other. But the silence was something Yang couldn't keep at all. Especially since it was awkward for her. "So… what's it like… being an… you know…" She immediately regretted her mouth running on its own.
But Minato was fine with it. "An orphan? Not bad." He answered, blowing through his mouth a bit to make a small cloud that disappeared within a second. "Pretty much all of the kids stay away from me for reasons you already know ever since I arrived."
"…" Yang looked off to the side to see the forest they were trekking through. Despite Minato not being affected when speaking about his past, she still felt a bit bad that she was the one to initiate such an action. But then it hit her and she couldn't hold back once more. "Wait… ever since you arrived?"
Minato nodded his head, but then his face slightly scrunched up into a confused expression. "Correct." He answered. "It's… odd. I remember a home when I was much younger… Perhaps when I was a baby and toddler. But at the age of… four? Maybe five? Either way, I remember just waking up in a bed in the orphanage, being told that I was found outside of their doors. Also, was left a lot of money, supposedly an inheritance."
Yang opened her lips but then didn't say a word, shutting up at the last moment. So, that meant Minato did live with his family before. But then what happened? Did they give up on him? Give him up because of something bad? "What was it like?" She asked, causing Minato to turn his face. "Do you remember what your family looked like? Maybe where you lived?"
Minato hummed, looking down in thought as they began to exit the forest. "I remember… a large table with many chairs. There was a lot of space inside the building. I wasn't really allowed to go outside much however. I also remember… one… two… three? No, four people total. I can't really remember the first three, but the fourth… I'm thinking she's my mother."
Their feet tapped against the concrete as their walking continued. "Your mother?" Yang asked, curiously.
Closing his eyes, he continued to think. "I remember… her hair was white… it reminds me of snow. Her skin was also… pale?" He then shook his head. "Sorry, that's all I remember."
"Oh, you don't have to apologize!" Yang quickly exclaimed, shaking her head as well. "I mean, you didn't really have to tell me this stuff either after all." She then made a thoughtful face. "Why… did you tell me all of this anyways? I mean, I know I am your friend and all but… wouldn't you prefer to keep this a secret?" She knew she would.
Minato shrugged his shoulders. "I trust you. What more of a reason do I need?"
Yang opened her mouth to answer but then couldn't answer. Just like that? Because he trusted her? She shook her head once more but then smiled. He told her about his past because he trusted her so much. But what about her? She didn't tell him anything about her own mother. She did see him looking at all of the photos of her family and it was likely that he noticed the lack of a female that looked like her.
"Ah, we're here."
Snapping out of her thoughts, Yang looked to her side to indeed see the orphanage. Watching him step onto the property of the building, she stepped along with him. "So, see you tomorrow." She stated.
"…I'm on a week of suspension." Minato reminded her.
"Ah… right." Yang awkwardly said. It then hit her. "How about going over to my place again?" She then suggested, making Minato look towards her with an expression asking her to explain herself. "I mean, we're in the same class so I can just tell you the stuff we went over. Maybe even go over it together."
Minato looked up in thought before nodding his head. "Sure." He answered.
"Ooh, suspension huh?"
Looking over, there was teen their age just leaning against the doorway. It was… almost painful how much of a stereotypical delinquent the guy looked that Yang or Minato didn't even want to process what the person was wearing. "Who would have thought some soulless deadbeat had it in him to cause trouble? Oh man, I have got to tell everyone that you actually managed to become a terrible troublemaker."
Yang frowned. This was okay? Minato called this okay? He wasn't even inside the door and there was a jerk trying to pick a fight. What was even worse, Minato never took action or complained about it so he must have been an ideal target.
Before the blue-haired boy could respond, Yang quickly stomped right over towards the guy who made fun of Minato. "Why don't you keep your mouth shut?" She stood right in front of the delinquent and glared. Her sudden burst of anger seemed to startle the guy as he froze in place while Minato raised an eyebrow at Yang's attitude.
The delinquent however whistled. "How could I with you around?" He asked, his eyes already wandering all over Yang.
Yang saw Minato step forward while raising his left hand. Guess he was a bit protective of her. But right now, Yang felt like she needed to step up for Minato again. He did so when it was with her uncle, so she was going to return the favor. "Okay, so I'm going to give you two options." She stated. "Either we fight and the winner makes the loser do whatever they want, or you can apologize to Minato right now because I WILL RIP YOUR SPINE OUT OF YOUR ASS IF YOU PICK OPTION ONE!"
The expressions the opposing guy made easily expressed his thoughts. At first, when he heard the winner could do anything to the loser, his head went to a pretty obvious place. Rearing his fist, he punched Yang right in the face.
The blonde didn't even flinch or blink at the impact of the fist. In fact… she actually smiled pleasantly.
"Thank you for picking option one." Her smile began to turn feral while rearing a fist. "Now prepare to face Xiao Long justice!"
Minato began to drag Yang off of the property, trying to convince her the guy wasn't worth the trouble.
Y13
Knocking on the door, Minato waited for someone to answer it. It was supposed to be around four o'clock right now and Yang texted him that she and her sister should be home before then. Standing, he waited until he could be let in. He didn't want to knock again either.
Seeing the door open, he was surprised when he saw Qrow. But then it was odd seeing the man's hair a bit more messy than when he last saw it. Not only that… the man had his eyes narrowed as if he were glaring at Minato.
"…" Minato stared.
"…" Qrow stared right back at him. Narrowing his eyes even closer, he leaned closer towards Minato. "…Oh, it's you!" He stepped forward and slung his arm around Minato's shoulder while helping the blue-haired boy inside. "Minato, right? How's suspension? Pretty boring, right? It's really weird that you hate school but then end up appreciating it a bit when away. Sorry about looking pretty grumpy right now. Just woke up from the middle of a nap. Hang on, I'll let Yang and Ruby know you're here." He then took in a deep breath. "GIRLS, THE COOL GUY FROM LAST NIGHT IS HERE AGAIN!"
"HI MINATO!" Ruby yelled out from upstairs.
"YO, I'LL BE DOWN IN A SECOND! JUST WAIT!" Yang called out.
Minato's ears were ringing while he felt exhausted all of a sudden.
Just a single meeting and Qrow already has taken a liking to Minato. It's so common to see fanfics or writing where the adult male relative hates the boyfriend. So that's why I tried to make a small twist and have the adult immediately take a liking to the person.
Again, seen too many fanfics of where Tai or Qrow are immediately protective of Ruby and Yang when it comes down to guys. While they have good reason, I just thought I'd try something different. So if you don't like it… meh.
Plus, I think it could lead to some even more amusing moments when the uncle or father likes the boyfriend immediately.
No flames please.