This was another prompt chapter so it is very small. Chapters 3 and onward will be much longer in comparison!
Everyone was so curious about what Weiss and Yang would be. Here's one of those answers!
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.
Chapter 2. A Flustered Bird
Blake had seen plenty of birds before with all the time she'd spent sitting on her favorite window.
But she'd never seen a bird like this one before.
She was a tiny thing, pure white, and she seemed to have fallen from her nest.
Blake's tail flicked as she felt a small prodding at her side. She glanced down to look at her friend Ruby.
"Blake!" she squeaked. "Do you see her?"
"Yeah," she grunted. "It looks like she's hurt. Let's go see."
Blake waited for Ruby to climb up onto her back, then the cat hurried off toward the flap in the front door. Blake pushed through it and scrambled toward the garden, skidding to a halt just a few feet away from the distressed white bird.
She was fluttering about weakly, chirping frantically at the birds up in the bushes above, begging for help. But they were all ignoring her now, too scared to fly to her aid.
Weiss soon realized why.
A snapping twig caused her to turn around as quickly as she could, despite her injured wing.
A lithe black cat stood just a few feet away from her.
Weiss screeched in terror, scrambling back as she tried to seek cover of some sort. She tried desperately to fly, but pain only shot through her left wing, immobilizing it.
"St-Stay back!" she peeped. Though deep down, she knew this was the end for her.
But the cat didn't pounce on her like the last one had. It didn't even drop down into a stalking crouch. It only walked closer toward her, golden eyes curious.
But still, Weiss shrieked at her.
"Go away! Wh-What is it with this neighborhood? Why are there so many cats?" she wailed.
Blake could understand the little bird's dilemma, but she only wanted to help her. However, her approaching only seemed to be causing the bird more stress.
Thankfully, there was someone else here who might've been a bit less intimidating.
"Hold up!" Ruby squeaked into her ear. "Let me try." The mouse slid down off Blake's shoulder and scurried over to the fallen bird, keeping her distance a bit as not to scare her more. "Hey, hey! It's okay! Blake won't eat you! She doesn't eat mice or birds like you and me!"
The flustered bird jolted away, hopping back a few steps.
"D-Don't touch me, you dirty mouse!"
"Dirty?" Ruby pouted. "Well maybe back when I lived in the basement, but now I'm clean! I live with Blake and she gives me a bath every day!"
The bird stopped jumping around when she heard that.
"What? A cat grooming a mouse? I've never heard of that!"
"Blake's not like other cats," Ruby smiled, whiskers twitching. "If she were, I wouldn't be here right now!"
Weiss looked the odd pair over and blinked, though still skeptical. When the cat stepped forward again, Weiss twittered at her.
"D-Don't come any closer!"
"Calm down," Blake soothed. "Like Ruby said, I have no interest in eating or hurting you. I want to help."
"A cat? Help me?" Weiss scoffed.
"Yeah," Blake nodded, swishing her tail. "Maybe I can help you get back to your nest-"
"Nest?!" Weiss peeped, offended. "I'm not a fledgling!"
"Really?" Ruby squeaked. "But you're so small!"
"Quiet you!" Weiss stuffed her good wing into the mouse's face to silence her. "I was merely passing through here looking for a snack. There were seeds on the ground so I stopped for a rest, and then-"
As she trailed off, Blake sat down on her haunches, willing to listen. The little bird went on in distress.
"That awful tomcat chased me!" she cried. "He scratched my eye and gave me this ugly scar! And he bit my wing and now I can't fly!"
Blake let out a sudden growl and flicked her tail in irritation.
"Adam," she spat. "He's always creeping in on my territory. I'll give him a good clawing next time I see him." She then looked back to the white bird. "He knows I watch from that window, so he didn't want me to see him. That's probably why he didn't kill you."
The bird let out a withering sound.
"Well even if he didn't, it surely won't be long now. There are plenty of cats and dogs prowling around here. One of them will get me, and then…"
"Hey, hey!" Ruby said. "Don't say that! We won't let them get you!"
Weiss looked up and blinked at the pair.
"You…?"
The black cat nodded.
"Come inside with us. My humans will fix your wing."
Weiss was doubtful of the offer, but she couldn't be so suspicious of this cat when she had a mouse - her number one prey - at her side.
So the bird took a chance and gave them her trust.
Ruby gently helped push her up onto Blake's back, and she held onto Weiss' good wing to keep her from falling off as the cat walked back inside.
"I'm Ruby, by the way!"
"Blake."
The pretty white bird took a moment before adding her name.
"…I'm Weiss."
Just as she'd expected, Blake's humans took one look at the little bird and they scooped her up patched her injured wing in minutes.
Weiss tried to leave afterward, but Ruby scurried over to stop her from exiting out the flap in the door.
"Don't go!" she begged. "You're still hurt! Please stay a while!"
Weiss turned her head, looking over first the mouse and then the cat. They'd already proven their good natures to her, and she knew that going outdoors was a death sentence for a temporarily flightless bird.
So the little bird heaved a sigh.
"Alright. I'll stay. For now."
Instantly, both Ruby's and Blake's ears perked up, and the mouse gave a little cheer.
"Yaaay!" She ran over and hugged Weiss gently, and the bird swatted lightly at her as she ruffled her feathers.
So Weiss decided to stay inside this house with them for a few days and nights, at least until her wing had healed fully.
For the remainder of that afternoon, she watched the cat and mouse playing together, sleeping together, grooming one another, doing all the things nature had said a cat and mouse should never do together.
And she decided… maybe she'd stick around for a while.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed~
P-atreon is Kiria Alice, if you're interested~!
