Yo wassup guys, back with another new chapter, because I was inspired to rewatch RWBY after listening to their OST while studying XD Anyone else just really love the song Dream Come True? I love it, but it's officially the saddest song ever now. SO enough of the feels train I CAN'T HANDLE IT. SO yeah, let's get going.
Jaye slapped his hand into his face for the third time in five minutes. He couldn't believe that he'd done something as stupid as following two idiots for almost ten minutes before realizing the two had no idea where they were going. And what was worse was that he hadn't realized that his schedule for the first day was inside his messages inbox, long with a MAP of the school campus for his referral. He slapped his hand into his face again and groaned as he reached the tall arches of the main hall.
He made his way inside as inconspicuously as possible, shrinking in on himself to avoid being seen, especially by the blonde girl, Yang, who was standing just by the doors.
'Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot.' Jaye flinched at the sudden loud voice, and realized that Yang had virtually appeared next to him, thankfully not noticing or paying any attention to him, but wondered how on earth it was that he was perpetually stuck close by to them. He tried his best to quietly maneuver away, but the crowd around him was too thick for him to pass through. He groaned to himself, and flinched again when an extremely annoying and unfortunately familiar voice cut into his ears again.
'YOU!' Jaye groaned and turned to see Weiss Schnee walking in his direction. He placed his hand over the pouch on his waist where his rightfully (okay not really) obtained bottle of dust was stashed, and prepared to make a break for it.
'Oh God it's happening again' Ruby cried, hopping into Yang's arms. Weiss bore down on the poor girl, and Jaye internally heaved a sigh of relief.
'You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!' She screamed at the hooded girl, and even Jaye felt a pang of sympathy at the terrified and tortured look that was set in the girl's face.
'Oh my god you really exploded.' Yang said disbelievingly, and Weiss only seemed to get angrier.
'It was an accident. It was an accident!' Ruby defended fervently, panic evident in her voice as the silver haired girl continued to bear down on her like a wolf on an innocent little girl (get the reference? GET IT?). She started slightly as a pamphlet was shoved in her face. Jaye nearly burst out laughing at the title, "Dust For Dummies And Other Inadequate Individuals"
'The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company Product. Although not mandatoryblahblahblahblahblah….' Jaye struggled to keep a straight face at the overwhelmed look on Ruby's face as Weiss continued to prattle off the Schnee Dust Company's product policy.
'God this bitch is annoying.' Jaye thought to himself, laughing internally at the nearly machine gun like speech that was firing from the heiress's mouth. Ruby went almost completely cross-eyed and looked just about ready to pass out.
'Oh wait, she's almost done.' He thought, not even bothering to try to hide his grin at the scene unfolding before him.
'You really want to start making things up to me?' Weiss questioned, and Ruby looked twice as terrified as before.
'Absolutely!' She squeaked, and Weiss shoved the pamphlet in her face.
'Read this and don't ever speak to me again.' Weiss turned on her heel and stalked off. She stopped halfway, turning back.
'And you'd better return that bottle of dust you stole.' Weiss spat, and Ruby's face almost contorted in on itself in both fear and confusion. Jaye quietly hugged his pouch closer to himself and turned away from the group.
'I didn't take your dust, I promise you! I really didn't!' Ruby squealed, her voice rising in pitch, and Weiss looked just about ready to burst in anger.
'Well if you didn't take it then who did?' She yelled accusatively, and Ruby assumed the fetal position out of sheer terror. A look of realization dawned on Weiss's face.
'That bow-headed thief!' She turned haughtily and stalked off. Jaye heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed his grip. Yang picked the still fetal Ruby off the ground.
'It's okay sis, she's gone now.' She cooed to the sniffling Ruby, rubbing comforting circles on her back. Jaye wondered if he ought to say something to her, at least apologize for her getting accused of his thievery, but his thoughts were interrupted by a microphone turning on.
'I'll keep this brief.' Professor Ozpin's voice sounder over the chatter, and the room went dead silent. Jaye instantly switched on 'tune out' mode, and shut his brain down.
Time Skip
'It's like a big slumber party!' Yang exclaimed, flopping down beside Ruby. Jaye, sitting next to Yang, was ready to kill himself right there. As usual, with his ridiculously dumb luck, the transport ship that was carrying his luggage had misplaced it in a different storage compartment, and resultantly he'd had to wait an extra hour before he could collect it.
As a result, he'd gotten to the ballroom later then everyone else, and was thus stuck as the one person without choice of sleeping area. Yang, noticing his plight, had directed him to the empty space next to her, unabashed, and Jaye had resigned himself to his fate of not sleeping early that night, predicting that Yang's incessant chatter would keep him up regardless of how good he was at tuning out the people around him.
On the bright side, maybe when she finally went to sleep he could content himself with staring at her rack while she slept.
Jaye sighed and pulled his shirt off, chucking it over his bag and kicking it to the head of his sleeping bag. Technically the boys and girls were supposed to sleep separately, but the group of them were right at the point where the girl's area and the boy's area met, rendering the division pointless at least where he was sleeping. He ran his hand over the scars on his chest and stomach.
'I don't think dad would approve of all the boys though.' Ruby answered innocently, writing on a small piece of paper. Yang smirked coyly.
'I know I do.' She declared, purring, her grin getting wider as she eyed someone across the room. She turned her head, her eyes meeting Jaye's, and he felt her gaze run down his torso. He pointedly turned away from her, before remembering that he kind of owed it to her since he'd spent the past 15 minutes staring at her cleavage. He compromised, to a degree, by turning so that she could see half of him, and he felt her gaze burning a hole in his abs.
'Hey.' She called to him, and he turned to meet her gaze.
'I'm Yang' She introduced herself, and he felt her gaze drop back to his abs.
'Jaye' he said shortly, tugging at his belt. He felt her eyes follow the movement, and he immediately dropped his hand. He felt her gaze stay, and he turned around, picking up his toiletries.
'Those are some nasty scars.' Yang commented, her eyes fixated on his back. There were numerous scars all over Jaye's body, most only a few inches long. The most prominent one was a scar that made its way from his right shoulder all the way down to the left side of his lower back, stopping just short of his waist. A similar scar ran down the front of his body as well, almost a mirror image of the one on his back. He straightened up quietly, riffling through his bag.
'How'd you get those?' She asked, and Jaye rolled his eyes at her lack of tact.
'Sword' He grunted, unwilling to provide more info, and picked up his clothes.
'Taking a bath?' She questioned, the sly grin not leaving her face. Jaye wordlessly walked away, doing his best to ignore the gaze he felt boring into his back muscles.
'Have fun!' She called after him, and Jaye rolled his eyes, picking up the pace. He felt a few more eyes on him as he walked, and hunched his shoulders slightly.
'Yeah, baths ARE pretty fun!' He heard Ruby exclaim from behind him, and almost laughed aloud at how innocent she was. He pushed open the bathroom door, mildly surprised at how clean it was.
'Well it IS a ballroom. I doubt many people use the shower facilities here. Or even use this toilet in the first place.'He muttered to himself, and felt a wave of annoyance pass over him when he felt someone collide with his back. He turned to see a scraggly looking blond behind him, and remembered his name was Jaune. He watched the blond chuckle nervously, before quickly moving away to the sinks. The thing that struck Jaye the most was the ridiculous pair of bunny pajamas that the boy was wearing. The fact that it was a onesie made it ten times worse.
'Those things look cute on small girls, not on guys like you. God man, get a grip. There's a limit to stupidity.' He thought to himself, chucking his towel over the shower door.
'I mean, if you've got a stuffed tiger or something that's not a big deal, or if you're wearing bunny print pajamas that's fine. But for god's sake, don't wear a damned bunny suit!' He internally screamed, switching on the shower, hoping the hot water would burn the image out of his head. He swore aloud as a torrent of ice cold water poured over his head, and just resigned himself to a cold shower and a terrible night ahead.
'Goddammit' He groaned to himself, and groaned again in annoyance on hearing Jaune's yelp of pain from outside, likely having dropped something on his foot. He dropped his head onto the shower wall in front of him.
'Welcome to Beacon.' He cursed, staring at the floor.
So that's the end of it. Thanks for reading guys.
