It was early morning and Ruby was still asleep with Velvet right next to her. She had calmed down a lot thanks to the bunny girl, although the sex probably had a lot to do with that to. Velvet was pretty content being all curled up and warm against Ruby. She surprisingly gave off a lot of heat. Velvet had been smitten with Ruby ever since she first met her. The school year had just started and Cardin was bullying her for being a faunus. Ruby stood up to Cardin and made him leave her alone. She even took it upon herself to walk Velvet to classes and lunch even though she didn't have to. She was so nice, caring and didn't care that she was a faunus. When ever Ruby was around she felt like her heart was going to fly out of her chest.
Coco and the others use to pick on her because of how shy and nervous she would get with Ruby. After the incident that got Ruby expelled Velvet became very sad. She didn't know how to feel about it or even what to say. The evidence against Ruby was convincing but Velvet just couldn't believe it. The Ruby she knew would never intentionally cause harm. Her team said she was crazy for believing Ruby but she thought they were crazy for not believing her. Unlike her the rest of team CVFY didn't know Ruby that well or interact with her that often. So many times she wanted to go visit Ruby and so many times she let someone convince her not to. When she found out Ruby got out and disappeared it made her even sadder.
But then 6 months ago she had decided to visit this club. She had been sitting there sipping on a fruity drink when Ruby walked out on the stage and started singing. Velvet was dumbfounded, Ruby was right there in front of her in a sexy dress singing. She still remembered the song Ruby was singing that night.
"So soft, so gentle this rose is kind and still
With change comes hatred now time to kill"
"I've heard it all, I know I cared too much
But It's cruel I'd let you die
I'll take the fall, I'll be the heartless one
My veins are made of ice"
"Well, I'm not afraid to take the world on myself
But if I can't have it all then no one will"
"Nothing's gonna save me
The evil that I see has taken over me
No ones gonna save me
The damage has been done I'm righting all the wrongs
I'm relentless like you made me"
"You fool!"
The way Ruby danced when singing had Velvet enraptured. Her hips were mesmerizing and held the bunny girls attention. Ruby had definitely grown up and matured since she last saw her. The way Ruby could move her body showed she was obviously flexible. Velvet almost thought she might start drooling.
"Intentions once pure and simple, now sinister and sharp
I was weak I would fall for a promise I had no guard"
"Been through the worse, I've seeing the purest soul
Fill up with such disdain
Watching them fall trying to take me out
I see your foolish games"
"Well, I'm not afraid to take the world on myself
But if I can't have it all, then no one will"
"Nothing's gonna save me
The evil that I see has taken over me
No ones gonna save me
The damage has been done, I'm righting all the wrongs
I'm relentless like you made me"
"Rotten to the core sacred vows are torn
Can't expect a snake to be sheep
Can't expect a liar not to cheat"
"Rotten to the core sacred vows are torn
Can't expect a snake to be sheep
Can't expect a liar not to cheat"
"I'm not afraid to take the world on myself
But if I can't have it all then no one will"
"Nothing's gonna save me
The evil that I see has taken over me
No ones gonna save me
The damage has been done, I'm righting all the wrongs
I'm relentless like you made me"
"So soft, so gentle this rose is kind and still
With change comes hatred now time to kill"
"I've heard it all, I know I cared too much
But It's cruel I'd let you die
I'll take the fall, I'll be the heartless one
My veins are made of ice"
"Well, I'm not afraid to take the world on myself
But if I can't have it all then no one will"
"Nothing's gonna save me
The evil that I see has taken over me
No ones gonna save me
The damage has been done I'm righting all the wrongs
I'm relentless like you made me"
"You fool!"
"Intentions once pure and simple, now sinister and sharp
I was weak I would fall for a promise I had no guard"
"Been through the worse, I've seeing the purest soul
Fill up with such disdain
Watching them fall trying to take me out
I see your foolish games"
"Well, I'm not afraid to take the world on myself
But if I can't have it all, then no one will"
"Nothing's gonna save me
The evil that I see has taken over me
No ones gonna save me
The damage has been done, I'm righting all the wrongs
I'm relentless like you made me"
"Rotten to the core sacred vows are torn
Can't expect a snake to be sheep
Can't expect a liar not to cheat"
"Rotten to the core sacred vows are torn
Can't expect a snake to be sheep
Can't expect a liar not to cheat"
"I'm not afraid to take the world on myself
But if I can't have it all then no one will"
"Nothing's gonna save me
The evil that I see has taken over me
No ones gonna save me
The damage has been done, I'm righting all the wrongs
I'm relentless like you made me"
The song was beautiful but also dark, Velvet knew she was singing about herself. She could tell Ruby had been through a lot but didn't believe she was truly gone. Past that cold heartless facade she knew there was still a warm soul. Eventually she found out Ruby owned the club which made her jaw drop. It took a month to get a Ruby to even talk to her and then another month to get her to open up a bit. It was only 3 Months ago that she started working as a bartender at the club after Ruby had asked her. Velvet wanted extra money for spending and Ruby had offered to just buy her whatever she wanted. However Velvet didn't want that and wanted to work for the money so Ruby gave her a job offer which she took after thinking about it for a week.
No one from Beacon knew she worked there, she didn't even tell her team. She knew about Ruby before anyone else and at Ruby's request didn't tell anyone. Velvet didn't want people knowing about her work because they would show up and find Ruby and she didn't want that. When she heard WBY coming in she instantly panicked and ducked down behind the bar. When she heard Ruby telling them off she found herself getting extremely turned on. Last night with her was amazing and they didn't do much sleeping, at least until it got very late. Being with Ruby here and now was nice but she could have swore she was forgetting about something. As they were asleep Ruby's eye's shot open as she heard someone moving around in the apartment.
Ruby pulled out a knife she kept hidden under her pillow and quietly got out of bed. Silently she made her way into the main room and spotted the silhouette of someone. Ruby attacked the person but was surprised when they dodged her. It was hard to see in the dark but the two still easily dodged and weaved. Ruby had the upper hand though and started to easily overtake her opponent. Ruby got ahold of the person and straddled them, pinning them to the floor, with her blade against their throat. The person was struggling to keep the blade from slicing their neck open.
Ruby was pressing down on the blade and was surprised by the assailants strength. Ruby was still stronger and was getting closer and closer to cutting them open.
"Get the fuck off of me!" A female voice said.
Ruby simply ignored her and kept pressing down.
"Where the fuck is she!" The female voice angrily gasped out.
Again Ruby ignored her.
Velvet had still been asleep when she woke up from hearing noises and now someone talking. She sleepily and lazily got out of bed while forgetting she was naked. She drowsily went out to the main room and flipped on the light.
"Ruby?" Velvet sleepily asked. "What's going on?" She said as she was rubbing her eye's.
"V-V-Velvet..." The woman underneath Ruby muttered out in a gasp as she continued to struggle.
"Coco?" Velvet questioned as her vision finally cleared up. "COCO!" She blurted out in surprise and shock seeing Ruby on top of her partner with a knife trying to stab her. "RUBY STOP!"
Ruby didn't hear her, she was completely tunnel visioned. The only thing going on in Ruby's head was of there being a threat that she needed to get ride of. Velvet rushed over to them so she could snap Ruby out of it.
"RUBY!" She said as she shook her.
Ruby started snapping out of it as she looked down at the intruder and recognized her as Velvets partner. Ruby didn't care who it was because no one breaks into her home. She eased up a bit but didn't bother lifting the blade away.
"O-okay lets calm down here! Velvet a little help." Coco said.
"You broke into my home." Ruby coldly voiced.
"I was looking for Velvet!" Coco responded.
"Why?" Ruby asked.
"She's my partner and friend, I was worried! She-she didn't come back last night and wasn't answering her scroll."
"So that gives you the right to break in here?" She narrowed her eye's at the woman.
"I-I thought something happened to her okay!" Coco explained herself. "I'll admit this wasn't exactly the best way to go about this."
Coco was generally concerned about Velvet and so was the rest of the team. Their team was more than just friends, they were family and family watches out for each other. When Velvet didn't return to the dorm last night or even call they freaked out thinking something might have happened to her. They tried to call her but her scroll just went straight to voice mail. What they ended up doing was track her scroll so they could find her. When they got to the club they were confused as to why she would be here. The guards wouldn't let them in so they simply beat the crap out of them.
"Obviously." Ruby said with a dull monotone voice.
"Could you maybe let me up?" Coco asked her.
"Perhaps." She said as she removed the knife and looked over at Velvet since she has been rather quit. "Velvet?"
"Now kiss her..." Velvet mutteringly blurted out causing the two women to stare at her.
While standing there Velvet had noticed that a hot naked Ruby was straddling her rather attractive, lightly dressed huntress partner. Velvet couldn't help but stare, especially as she watched Ruby's well toned muscle's flex against Coco's equally well toned muscle's. Her eye's trailed the glistening beautiful skin of the two women. Her eye's even fell onto the beautiful giant Nevermore tattoo on Ruby's back. Her heart raced as her face became flush and her stomach tightened with a warmth running through it. She couldn't help but find Ruby naked and on top of Coco rather hot, it turned her on.
Ruby did have other tattoos with one of them being small and on her chest, just over her heart. Velvet however didn't want to ask about it as it seemed like there was something special and meaningful about it. If Ruby wants to her about it then she will but she wasn't going to pry. The other was a spider tattoo that was on Ruby's wrist. It was on the underside of the wrist and had a web behind the spider.
"Coco are you alrig..." Two men came running in just to stop in their tracks and stared.
Velvet was standing there naked and blushing while another naked woman they didn't recognize was on top of Coco.
"Uhh..." A rather tall man stood there speechless, embarrassed and shocked while the other dark skinned man beside him stood there confused.
Velvet finally realized her situation and started blushing a deep red and immediately tried to cover herself with her arms.
"YATSU, FOX, GET OUT!" Velvet yelled in embarrassment.
"SORRY!" Yatsu yelled.
"What? I don't understand, what's going on?" Fox asked.
"Tell you later!" Yatsu said as he walked out dragging the other man with him as he shut the door.
"Uhmmm...sooooo are we good here? Could you get off of me?...Please?" Coco asked.
"I need a drink anyways." Ruby said as she got off of Coco and headed to the bar and liquor cabinet that she had in her apartment.
"This early?" The stylish woman asked.
"It's never to early." Ruby said with a grin.
"Ma-Maybe we should get dressed first." Velvet mentioned.
"Why?" Ruby asked.
"Because there's a guest!" The bunny girl said.
"And this is my apartment, so why should I have to wear clothes? Besides her and the rest of your team have seen me naked now anyways." Ruby stopped and thought about that for a moment. "Well except for blind boy obviously."
"He has a name you know." Vel told her.
"Yes he does and I don't care enough to remember it." She said blankly.
"Never mind." The fanus said. "Could you please get dressed. Do it for me!" Velvet put on a cute face.
"Fine!" She rolled her eye's and threw her hands up and headed for the bedroom.
Velvet started looking around the room for her clothes but quickly realized something. Last night Ruby had torn them off of her, so right now she had no clothes. They hadn't actually made it to her room or even the apartment before tearing each other's clothes off piece by piece. Lucky for Velvet there wasn't anyone between them and the route through the club they took. She did vaguely remember knocking stuff over on their way though and even tripping a few times. Thinking about last night was starting to make Velvet hot again. She should stop thinking about it but how can she when her body is literally marked with reminders.
"You okay over their Vel?" Ruby asked looking at a blushing Velvet.
"I-um-ye-yea I'm fine." Velvet said as she tried not to blush more than she was. "I just don't have any thing to wear since you know, you literally tore them off."
"Well incase you haven't noticed my walk in closet is pretty huge. So I have plenty of clothes and we are close to same size. Take your pick." Ruby told her.
Ruby herself was going through the closet trying to decide on which dress to wear. Dresses is pretty much the only thing she ever buys and wears. All her dresses left the stomach and lower sides open though as she liked the look of it and it felt nice. Ruby was attractive and she knew it, so she liked showing herself off and wasn't shy about her body. Plenty of people have seen her with no clothes on, either because of prison, her having sex or because on occasion she liked to dance in her club. And it wasn't the dance floor she would dance either, her club had strippers, stripper poles and those hanging cages. Making people's jaws drop when she would take to the stage and use the pole was always fun, besides it was a good work out to.
"Uh Ruby? Don't you have anything that isn't a dress or at least not so revealing?" Velvet asked her.
"I think I have my old outfit from Beacon in the back somewhere." She answered her. "Before you go looking I need to ask you something." She smirked.
"Y-Yea?" Vel asked.
"What was with the 'Now kiss her' comment you made?" Ruby questioned.
I-uhmm-I-I don't know what your talking about." Velvet nervously squeaked out.
"Is that so?" Ruby grinned as she approached Velvet and pinned her to the wall. "Vel, did seeing me on top of another woman..." She leaned in. "...turn you on?" She whispered in the woman's ear.
"I-I..." The bunny girl stuttered.
"Come on my little bunny you can tell me." Ruby ran a hand up Velvets leg slowly in inching closer to the center. "Tell me the truth or I'll get you all riled up before we have to go back out there." Her grin widened as Velvet's eye's went wide with a pleading look. "Have it your way."
"YES!" Velvet blurted out.
"Yes what little rabbit." Ruby asked.
"I-I liked it." Vel blushed.
"Liked what?" Ruby chuckled.
"I like seeing you naked and on top of her!" She told Ruby.
"Good girl." She kissed her on the neck before going back to getting dressed. "I'll keep that little confession in mind for another time."
Velvet looked for the outfit Ruby mentioned and after a bit of digging found it. She remembered Ruby wearing it at Beacon, back before everything happened. It was a cute outfit and she always liked when Ruby wore it. She often times visualized herself on her knees crawling under the skirt. The thought of hiding under the lunch table or desk in the school and waiting for Ruby to sit down always appealed to her.
Velvet was shy but underneath it all she was also a closet pervert.
Looking at the outfit she knew it would be slightly snug on her maybe even slightly short but it was better than no clothing at all. It took a few minutes but she eventually got into the outfit and walked out of the closet. Ruby was already dressed and waiting and was stunned by how cute Velvet looked in her old clothing.
"Y-you l-look amazing in that." Ruby stuttered with a stunned look.
"Did I just make 'THE' Mistress Rose stutter." Velvet playfully smiled.
"I have no idea what your talking about." Ruby crossed her arms and turned her head away with a slight blush.
"And now a blush!" The bunny girl hopped up and down in joy.
"Let's just get back out there." Ruby stated as she walked out of the room with a smiling Velvet close behind.
Coco was sitting there in a chair half relaxed/half on edge, you couldn't really blame her after having someone try to stab you. Coco hadn't changed much except for the fact that she now had a perfect tan. She still dressed in stylish but functional clothing. She had on tight form fitting pants with a black belt that had a silver buckle. Her shirt was some kind of fancy tank top that she was wearing a scarf with. She wore black combat boots and her trade mark beret but her sunglasses were being held in her hand. By the looks of it the sunglasses had gotten broken during their struggle.
Ruby grabbed the drink she had wanted and sat down in a chair that was across from Coco and had a clear view of the door. Velvet sat down on the couch that Coco was on.
"So..." Coco started as she rubbed the back of her head. "Velvet your okay right?" She asked.
"Yes Coco, I'm alright. How did you even find me?" Velvet asked her.
"Tracked your scroll." Coco answered.
"Why?" Vel raised an eyebrow.
"You didn't come back last night and you weren't answering are calls. We thought something happened to you." The stylish woman told her.
"So you broke in here because of that?" The faunus asked.
"Yes!" Coco said. "We were worried! And considering how this woman attacked and tried to stab me I'm still not sure your not in trouble!" She stared Ruby down with a glare.
"You broke into my home early in the morning, which meant breaking into my club, and I'm assuming that means you attacked my guards." Ruby narrowed her eye's at Coco. "So of course I attacked you. I have a right to defend my property from intruders."
"For all I know you kidnapped Velvet and are controlling her somehow!" Coco shouted.
"Oh please!" Ruby rolled her eye's. "If I wanted to control her or anyone else for that matter I would and no one, not even the individual would ever be the wiser."
"What is wrong with yo..." Coco was cut off by Velvet.
"Okay could both of you stop please." Vel said with a frown. "Ruby please be nice to my partner and Coco please be nice to my girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?" Ruby questioned while coco looked at Velvet with a face of shock.
"W-Well...I mean after last night I was...kind of...hoping." Velvet said with her ears flopping down as she innocently poked her forefingers together.
"Velvet I know I asked last night but I'm going to ask again." Ruby sighed and took a sip of her drink before she got a look of seriousness on her face. "Are you sure this is what you want?"
"Yes! Definitely!" Velvet said happily.
"Alright. I'll try this Vel that's all I can promise." She told the bunny girl. Ruby looked over at Coco who staring at her confused. "What?"
"You can't be serious Velvet!" Coco threw her hands up.
"What?" Velvet said.
"She just tried to kill me! She's freaking crazy! Hot but still crazy!"
"Like I already said you broke in here so I had the right. As for Velvet she is a big girl who can make her own decisions." Ruby said as glared at the other girl. "And I'm not crazy, a little unhinged at times but not crazy. So either hold your tongue or I'll remove it." Ruby was calm and nonchalant about her threat as she took another sip of her drink.
"Whoa! Okay calm down both of you, please! I don't want my two favorite people fighting!" Velvet said with a sad frowning look.
FINE! But I'm not apologizing!" Both of the other women said at the same time. Coco started staring again.
"Now what!?" Ruby said with an annoyed tone.
"You seem familiar." Coco said.
"I know we didn't interact much at Beacon but I figured you would have at least still remembered." Ruby scoffed. "But what should expect from someone who's like everyone else there."
Coco looked at her over trying to remember. Her names Ruby obviously since that's what Velvet called her. Black hair with red tips and sliver eye's...silver eye's...and then it hit her.
"Holy shit! Your Ruby Rose! That girl that burned down Emerald forest!" Coco blurted out.
"I DID NO SUCH THING!" Ruby yelled.
"Okay bad choice of words! Your the girl who got blamed for it. Ozpin already revealed that it wasn't you and said the real culprit admitted to it." The stylish girl told her.
"A lot of fucking good that does me now." Ruby seethed. "What I wouldn't give to straggle Ozpin with my bare hands."
"You know your not helping prove me wrong about the crazy thing." Coco mentioned.
"I don't care what you think." Ruby sipped more of her drink.
"Fair enough. So how did 'this' happen?" Coco pointed to the other women.
When Coco asked that Velvet cheered up real quick. She started gabbing on and on about Ruby. She reminded Coco about when her and Ruby first met at Beacon, about how she found Ruby in the club and has been working here. While velvet went on and on coco started to remember how she told Velvet to forget about this girl. She remembered telling her not to visit Ruby in prison either. She was kind of feeling bad now. She had barley known this girl back then and yet she had judged her and believed that she was lying just like everyone else did.
She might not have interacted with her much but she does remember her being so kind, caring and innocent. But now? She was completely different she was cold, aggressive and distant. Coco was getting a vibe from the woman that made her think she may also be a bit cruel and shady. But there was also something else, a feeling of intimidation and powers hat poured off her like an open hydrant. That feeling gave her spine chills and made her nervous. Once Velvets attention was turned back to Ruby, Coco started looking her over once again. Her hair was much shorter now, she dressed different and was more physically mature. Her toned stomach was covered in multiple scars which caught her attention and made her curious.
"So uh...how did you get those scars?" Coco gestured to the stomach scars.
"Got shanked in the prison showers." Ruby said nonchalantly.
"Oh." The woman felt awkward now.
"What?" Ruby asked.
"It's just I wasn't expecting..." She trailed off.
"Expecting me to be blunt? Or were you expecting it to be from some heroic situation befitting of a former huntress in training?" She asked her.
"Both actually." Coco admitted.
"Yea well I don't play the hero anymore and I don't ever plan on going back to that either." Ruby sat her glass down and lit a cigarette which got a frown of disapproval from Velvet. "Being thrown in prison at 15, abandoned by everyone, raped, stabbed and then patched up by someone who I doubt even had a medical license who also used dull, rusty surgical tools tends to change a person." Ruby was surprisingly open about that bit of information which surprised Velvet and also herself.
The air was thick with awkward tension after that, at least on Coco's end anyways.
"So where did you get that big vertical scar from? I only ask because it's to big to be from a stabbing, and doesn't look like those other sloppy surgical scars. If I had to guess I'd say it's also a surgical scar and done professionally unlike the others."
"It doesn't matter what it's from." Ruby's hand moved to touch the scar as the memory came flashing in her mind.
Ruby was laying there in a hospital bed with Neo right beside her. Neo held Ruby's hand with Ruby practically crushing it as she yelled and screamed. She was sweating and in so much pain as she tried to keep her breathing steady. The doctor was standing there with a grim look on his face as his ordered the nurses around as he waited for a decision from Ruby.
"Ma'am I need a decision it can't wait any longer!" The doctor said.
"Do it." Ruby told him.
"You'll die, you know this?" He asked.
"I SAID DO IT!" Ruby yelled before she turned her head and looked into Neo's tear filled, sorrowful eye's. "He's more important than me."
She was supposed to die that day but she didn't. Once again she survived something that should have been a death sentence. That day was the same day that she made the biggest mistake of her life.
"Ruby are you okay?" Velvet asked after having gotten up from her seat and placed a hand on Ruby's shoulder.
"Yes I'm fine." Ruby said as she shook the memory from her head. "So what happened to my guards?" She asked Coco since she wanted to change the subject.
"We uh...may have knocked them all out." Coco folded her arms nervously.
"Are they uninjured and able to still perform their duties?" The former huntress in training asked.
"No, not really." Again she was nervous as she answered.
"Well that puts me into a predicament." Taking a puff from her cigarette she continued. "Now I don't have any guards or bouncers that can work and it will take time to get new ones." She took another puff. "So it looks like you and the other two idiots are going to take their place."
"Yea right!" Coco laughed. "Not gonna happen."
"It's either that or I contact the authorities and explain to them how you broke into my business, then my home, attacked my employees and then attacked me. You'll no doubt be arrested, charged with multiple counts of breaking and entering, assault and seeing as you have your weapons you would get it for assault with deadly weapons to. On top of that you'd be expelled from Beacon and lose any chance of becoming hunters and huntresses."
"We're hunters and huntresses in training from the prestigious Beacon academy they would never take your word over ours. And besides Ozpin would never expel us over a misunderstanding." Coco said with stern look.
"Oh but they would seeing as how you broke in here and attacked the youngest person to ever become a member of Vale's council." Ruby smirked. "I have the police commissioner and the rest of the council on speed dial. And as far as Ozpin, he wouldn't have a choice in the matter, I'd have the council put so much pressure on him that he would have no choice but to toss you out."
"Your lying! There's no way an 18 year old is on the council." Coco said.
"Would you like to test that?" Ruby looked at her with a calm but commanding look.
As Coco stared back she noticed how unflinching Ruby's look was. Coco wanted to believe she was lying but there was no hint of it coming from the other woman. This 18 year old woman held so much power and influence that it kind of terrified her. The once innocent Ruby Rose could ruin her and her teams entire lives if she wanted. And coco had no doubt that she was into some shady if not illegal things. She had heard some rumors about the club and It's owner but never took stock in them. Now however she wasn't so certain they were untrue. For Ruby to become this kind of person she definitely went through some very rough times the past three years.
Not seeing a choice in the matter Coco sighed before speaking.
"Okay fine, but we will 'not' do anything illegal." Coco hesitantly agreed.
"I can agree to that." Ruby smiled. "You'll start tonight and I'll even pay you."
Coco left to inform the boys and head back to the school for classes. Velvet decided that missing a single day of school would be fine and stayed with Ruby. Velvet wasn't to happy about Ruby practically black mailing her team but she understood. Coco and the others did break in here and attacked people all based on assumptions. She also wasn't happy with Coco and Ruby having a pissing contest but hopefully there wouldn't be any more of that. Seeing Velvet in her old outfit got her engine running so Ruby wanted more of her little bunny. During a break however Ruby needed to have a talk with Velvet.
"Velvet you know at least a bit about the...less than colorful side of my business dealings. About some of the things I do both business wise and in my personal time." Ruby spoke as she looked Velvet in the eye's. "I know I keep asking but I need to make sure this is really what you want. You could get hurt by me or someone else because of who I am and the things that I do."
"Ruby, this is what I want. You are so worth the risk besides I can handle myself and you know that." Velvet smiled. "And as I said when it comes to those other things well...I don't need to know about them and you don't have to tell me. They do say Ignorance is bliss."
"And the personal things I do?" Ruby asked.
"Honestly I don't like that you do drugs or that you drink and smoke a lot. However your a grown woman who can make her own choices and I can't make you do anything. As much as I'd like you stop I'm not going to try and force you since I know you wouldn't listen anyways. Just promise me you'll be careful and most importantly never do them or bring them around me, and don't be around me high. The drinking and being drunk I can handle but that's it."
"I can promise that, it's the least I can do. But just so you know I am going to start spoiling you like I wanted to do before. And I will do it regardless of what you say." Ruby smiled.
"Fair enough." Velvet kissed her.
After many hours passed and the club opened Ruby and Velvet went down to have fun. Velvet and Ruby met up with Coco, Fox and Yatsu and Ruby explained what their job would be. Coco still wasn't happy about it but Velvet just kept hyping it up talking about how fun it is to work for Ruby. The two boys were rather neutral about the whole amount they would get payed definitely perked up their ears and seemed to lighten the mood. Ruby and Velvet danced, drank and even had a quickie in the back. Eventually Ruby decided to sing tonight.
"Drop dead
Drop dead"
"Fuck this, what do you want from me?
Run your monopoly
I am the opposite God forbid I could be
Living antithesis
Revel in this resist
Maybe you get the gist venomous
Standing in line is the way that you go
I will survive on the path that I chose
Sever the ties from the blind and all those
Ignorant bastards I am in control"
"You won't take me alive
I'd rather die than live in this prison
I am anti-everything
Done being kind
I draw the line
No I will not give in
I am anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything"
"Slit wrists, cover the world with it
I am a pessimist
I am obsessed with it blessed with it
Leave a mark
Show me a battle scar
Ripping the rules apart
I am a war
Give me a stone and I'll cast the first blow
Cover me up in the truth that I know
Doing it now when you said that I won't
Hungry and harder and all on my own"
Unknown to Ruby a man sat in a darkened booth in the back. He was drinking and flirting with the female servers as he watched Ruby. Her song choice was intriguing and honestly kind of fit how her life turned out. He didn't know she could sing or even dance since the last time she'd tried to dance when he saw her she fell on her face. And her wearing heels he found amusing since she used to hate them, always calling them 'stupid lady stilts'. The revealing dress was a surprise to him to since she was always self conscious and rather conservative about how she dressed. Sure she wore a skirt before but it was long enough to be considered appropriate even in a church.
"You won't take me alive
I'd rather die than live in this prison
I am anti-everything
Done being kind
I draw the line
No I will not give in
I am anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything"
"You'll never get the best of me
I'm anti-everything
You'll never get the best of me
I'm anti-everything"
He didn't need to know what happened to Ruby to know where the scars on her stomach came from. He's been around enough know what a wound from a make shift knife looks like. The surgical scars were obvious to him to, all but one of them were sloppy. If he had to take a guess the person who patched her up was inexperienced or had no experience at all and used a dull blade. Then there was the large vertical scar that was obviously done by a professional. He knows what that scar came from which surprised him that Ruby had it, that she went through that. This was definitely not the same girl he knew.
"You won't take me alive
I'd rather die than live in this prison
I am anti-everything
Done being kind
I draw the line
No I will not give in
I am anti-everything
You won't take me alive
I'd rather die than live in this prison
I am anti-everything
Done being kind
I draw the line
No I will not give in
I am anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything
Anti-everything"
When the night got late Ruby headed up to her apartment but without Velvet. Vel wanted to stay the night again but knew she would miss class tomorrow if she did. Ruby said her goodbyes to Velvet and made sure Junior had everything in control down stairs before heading up stairs. She entered her apartment closing and locking the door. Before she got a chance to turn on the light she was grabbed from behind. Ruby didn't panic as she was always prepared and always armed. A blade came out of her dresses sleeve and she grasped it as she stabbed the person in the leg.
"OW! SON OF A BITCH!" A male voice said after hitting the floor with a loud thump.
Ruby turned the light on and looked at the man. Black hair and red eye's, it was Qrow. Of course he would show up, she knew he eventually would so it was of little surprise. She was however upset that this made the second time today that someone broke into her place.
"Was that necessary!?" Qrow painful asked.
"You broke in here and attacked me." Ruby said with narrowed eye's.
"No! I broke in here and gave you a hug!" He moaned as he clutched his leg.
"You've suffered worse you baby, so suck it up." She told him as he rolled her eyes.
"Doesn't make it any less painful!" He made an exaggerated painful moan. "Firecracker wasn't kidding you really do have this place rigged to nullify abilities." He sat up off the floor.
"What are you doing here Qrow?" She asked. "And if it's to drag me back like Yang tried to do then..." Ruby took a defensive stance with karambit knifes slipping out of sleeves and unfolding themselves in her hands. "I'll die before that happens." She said with a cold tone in her voice.
"Relax I have no intentions of doing that." He calmly told her as he stood up and pulled the knife out of his leg with a grunt. "Your an adult and can make your own choices." He took out a flask and took a drink.
"I don't believe you and I certainly don't trust you." She told him.
"After the way we all turned our backs on you I honestly don't blame you." He sighed. "For what's it's worth I'm sorry."
"Apologizes are worthless." Ruby said with venom in her voice.
"That's about what I expected." He responded taking another drink from his flask. "That was a rather interesting song you sang."
"You were listening?" She asked.
"Of course. Never knew you could sing." Qrow sat down.
"I was to shy to do it before." Ruby slightly loosened her stance.
"Definitely not shy anymore it seems." He smiled. "Definitely need more liquor to get those images of you dancing half naked on that pole out of my head though." He groaned as he took yet another drink.
"Then perhaps you shouldn't have watched you old pervert." Ruby said in disgust.
"I'm drunk and not responsible for my actions." He defended himself.
"It doesn't work like that and your always drunk." She reminded him as she kept up her position.
"Seriously you can relax, I meant what I said, I'm not here to to drag you back. Hell I'm not even going to try and convince you to."
"Try anything and I'll..." She started to say before Qrow cut her off.
"You'll beat me, gut me blah blah blah." He took another drink. "Heard it all before. Your not the first one to threaten me."
Ruby's weapons collapsed in on themselves and moved back up her sleeves becoming hidden again. Ruby' weapons were the of her own creation as well as the only weapons of their kind. Knifes, collapsible weapons and concealable weapons weren't new. Weapons that were as small as hers and were collapsible as well as concealable was unheard of. No one had been able figure out how to get all the moving mechanics for weapons to fit into something that small like that. Ruby kept the knowledge of how to do so to herself, she figures it's best not to arm her enemies.
"So a night club owner, a council woman and on the SDC board of directors, you've really moved up in the world kiddo." Qrow told her.
"No thanks to any of you." She hissed. "And don't call me kiddo!"
"I won't deny the truth of that." He sighed. "And no nicknames got it."
"How do you even know about my 'Status'?" Ruby moved and sat down without taking her eye's off of the man.
"A birdie told me." He chuckled.
"I don't see the humor." Rub rolled her eye's in annoyance. She knew all him and his sister being able to turn into birds.
"Why's there only one bedroom?" He asked with a slight seriousness.
"Why does it matter?" She responded.
"Figured you would have someone living with you." He shrugged.
All they were really doing was dodging each other's questions. It was like a game to try an see what they could get out of each other. To see who would slip up first and give away to much or reveal something important in an other wise minor or insignificant answer.
"Oh?" Ruby raised an eyebrow and was now on edge. She didn't like the potential of where the question could lead. "What would make you think that?"
"You know you're mother had a scar like that to." He said instead of answering the question. "She got it from you." His face was calm and blank.
Ruby's heart sped up and her eye nervously twitched ever so slightly that most wouldn't notice. Qrow however noticed the twitch and it told him all he needed to know. When he had talked to Yang and she told him about what happened and the things she said there was one thing that really caught his attention. She said she had to give up her most precious possession at first he wasn't sure what that meant. Now however he understood it and had no doubt it was probably an extremely touchy subject for Ruby. Ruby sat there pulling out a cigarette and lighting it.
"That's not healthy you know." He told her.
"Neither is your drinking." She replied.
"You have an impressive liquor cabinet." He said as he pointed at it.
"You better not have licked anything!" She growled. "If you did I swear to god I'll remove your tongue.
"It's the best way to claim ownership. Everyone does it." He argued.
"That's not how it works! And no one does that!" She yelled out at his stupidity.
"Says you." He chuckled. "You sound kinda like my sister though." He mumbled to himself as he stood up and moved to the window to leave. "One last thing Ruby."
"What?" She asked.
"Mountain Glenn, why did you buy it, and the immediate surrounding land?" He asked her.
"I don't know how you found out about that, but I'd advise you to stay out of my business." She coldly said with a hint of malice in her tone.
"Take care of yourself Ruby." He turned around once more to look at her. "Oh and I tossed out all the drugs you stashed in here. See ya bye!" Quickly opening the window he changed into a Crow and flew out.
"YOU MOTHER FUCKER!" Ruby yelled at him as he flew off into the distance. "I should have just stabbed him when I had the chance." She grumbled.