"Hey Yang." Weiss asks. "Yeah?" Yang asks. "Who is that boy that Ruby seems to be hanging out with lately? I seem to vaguely remember him but have no idea why." She asks. "You don't remember? He's the guy who collapsed in our room. He clipped you in the head with his weapon so you probably don't remember much." Blake says. Weiss's eyes widen in realization.
"Hey yeah! Why that little! I'll give him a piece of my mind!" She growls. "Weiss no. He's still adjusting to being around other people and you yelling and chastising him will not help." Yang says. "And why is that?" She asks. "Because he has a form of social anxiety." Ruby says walking in. "I Don't have the full story but he has a lot of baggage to warrant therapy for his state of mind. The social anxiety is from being unable to trust any other people." She says. "Oh. Well, I guess I can Understand that. But then why did he attack me?" Weiss asks.
"Instincts." Blake answered. "Its because of his instincts." She clarifies. "When he was found here he just got out of a battle with someone. For all he knew at the time we were another enemy." She says. "I see. Well then. I guess I can't fault him for that then." Weiss says. "Glad you understand Weiss." Ruby says.
Ethan smiles from behind the door. He stuffed his hands in his pockets as he walks off. Happy that a few of his worries are gone.
(3 weeks later)
"Being impaled by a pipe is more preferable to this." Ethan manages to croak out. Ruby and Velvet where patting his back and wearing medical masks and gloves. "How come he managed to get infected by such a common disease? Isn't he Partially immune at the very least?" Velvet asks.
"No. I think-" Ruby cringed when Ethan retches and pukes into the toilet before continuing. "I think because Ethan was never exposed to the disease before coming here." She says. "Even more reasons to burn Voidfall to the ground." Ethan growls. Only to vomit again.
"Will you be okay while we get you some medicine?" Velvet asks. "If i'm dead then bury my corpse with the flowers." Ethan groans. "You won't die. Thank the gods." Ruby says. "Certainly feels like it." Ethan whines. He tries to lift his head but finds himself too weak to even move his arms. "Ugh." Ethan says. Ruby grabs him under his shoulders and Leads him to his bed. "Just get some rest for now. okay?" "Mmm." Ethan mumbles as he Collapses onto the bed.
"Okay i'm back." Velvet says whilst holding a glass of water and some medicine. She helps Ethan take the medicine before he curls up in his bed. Ruby sighs as she leans on the wall. "This day has been wild from start to finish." She groans. "Just when I was going to check out my books too." Velvet says.
"Sorry to rope you into this Velvet." Ruby apologizes. "Its okay. Even if he isn't like other Faunus, We faunus have some noticeable similarities when we get sick. So we gotta stick together." She smiles under her mask.
A knock on the door and Velvet opens it to find Coco on the other side. "Is it safe to come in?" She asks. Ruby shook her head. "No. Better be safe and not come in. We were just about to come out anyways." She says. "Oh okay." Coco nods. They exit and throw away their masks and gloves on the way out. "Think he'll be okay?" Coco asks. "He should be fine. He'll be miserable yes but he'll be fine." Velvet says.
"You seem quite invested in him. How did you even come to know him?" Coco asks Velvet. "Ruby introduced him to me. And I can't help but find a few similarities between the two of us." Velvet explains. "Really? Well color me surprised then. But enough about that. Let's get some food. I'm quite hungry." Coco suggests. "Sure." Velvet says. "I'll see you around. I got some homework to do myself." Ruby says.
"You do that." Coco waves off. Ruby meanwhile reentered the room with a new mask on and sat on a nearby chair and desk to start working on her own things while Ethan snored in his bed. "Hope you don't mind me doing my homework here." She says. Ethan grunts but doesn't stop her.
And Scene.
