What was love? Oscar didn't know.He had thought he knew love from when he was near ruby.Whenever she was around the whole room would stop.Like time no longer had meeting when she was around.As if gravity was no longer the thing that was holding him down to the earth, it was her. And Everybody realized it too.Oscar wasn't exactly the best at hiding things from other people. The only time he was able to lie well was when he kept it a secret that Ozpin was active again.
Even so, Oscar had constantly been giving advice and tips on how to ask a girl out on a date, even though he wasn't too sure of himself.
Flashback
Oscar cleaned the dishes while an uncomfortable silence lay between him and Nora, who had been hand drying them.He found himself constantly trying to open his mouth to try and say something to make the tense air disappear, but never finding the correct words.he forced his lips to move while face out toward the blue sky, and spoke the first thing that managed to come to his mind.
"Sooo…nice day we're having isn't it?"
Fuck,Tn minutes of thinking and that was all Oscar could cme up with? What in the fuck was his mind thinking? Oh, he know.It was always thinking about a certain Rose that never seemed to leave his mind.
Nora stopped drying the dishes and set both the still wet plate and towel on the counter. 'Oh, now I've done it',Oscar thought to himself.
Nora turned to him, "Nice weather we're having? Really? That was the best you could come up with?"
Oscar shifted in his spot uncomfortable but didn't move under Nora's hard glare. "Yeah, kind of the first things that came to mind. I'm not really good at this confrontational stuff. Not like you or Ren''.
Nora sighed, "I guess not, besides, I'm the one who put you in that position". She picked back up the dish and started to dry again, her eyes glued to the counter.
Oscar had never seen Nora like this, to him Nora was like the big sister he had never had before.She had always been energetic and ready to fight in the blink of an eye.Oscar could still feel the tackles and hugs she always gives him after missions, before bed, in the morning, on the weekday and weekend… Basically anytime and place.Anytime she was out down she found a way to get right back up be her happy self that the group loved.
"How come you're sad? I didn't think my rejection got you down that bad".
Oscar chuckled.It had been around two weeks since Ruby harshly rejected him. And for some reason Nora, Ren and jaune had been acting differently towards him and Ruby.The whole group dynamic was off.He'd been able to get over it but it seems she didn't.
Nora stiffened, "It's not the fact that she rejected you…It's the fact of how she did it".She held the dish tighter and scrubbed just a little harder as she continued. "For months it was this awkward love thing between the both of you…She gave clear signs that she wanted to be in a relationship.And when you had finally gathered enough of the courage to face down your fears and confess, she shot you down then and there.AND SHE DID IT CRUELLY!"
Nora was now breathing heavily and holding the dish so hard that the dish began to crack as pink lightning danced off of her skin into the air and onto electrical appliances.
"The screwed up part is that she didn't let you down easily…All those things she said to you…How your life wouldn't be yours if it wasn't for her and the rest of the team and…You're just another one of Ozpin's mistakes!"
Yeah…That hurt.Oscar had come to terms with the fact that if it wasn't for Ozpin, he wouldn't be who he is now.He was the only reason Oscar was alive.If it wasn't for him taking that last hit from salem before Ruby defeated her…He would be dead.Luckily he was able to pass on.And hopefully they found their happiness together.
"Listen nora…I know you feel angry at Ruby but-".
"NO Oscar!" Nora was past Angry at this point and the dish was now shattered with pieces flying everywhere including one that zipped past Oscar's cheek, Making a gash across his cheek.Oscar dropped the dish he was washing into the sink to hold his cheek.
Nora hadn't seemed to notice until she had finally calmed down. "Shit! Oscar you alright?"
"I-Im fine, it's just a scratch". Oscar stumbled forward.Shit, that broken piece had made a larger cut than he thought. Oscar grabbed his scroll and checked the time.
Dammit,he was going to be late for his date with cinder.While Nora Ran off for a first aid kit Oscar took the time to carefully walk out the back door, making sure not to alert Yang who was working on her bumblebee.
'Nora will be fine' Oscar thought to himself. 'Hopefully she'll think I went to the hospital'.
Oscar remembered that that day when he met up with Cinder she had thrown a fit and threatened to burn Nora for even touching Oscar.He smiled to himself.Without a second thought Oscar rushed out of the house with a bleeding wound just to see cinder. If that wasn't love, then Oscar must have had something much better. Her.
"Oscar, are you listening to me?"
He was pulled out of his flashback by Cinder waving her hands in front of his eyes, with a pout on her face.
Oscar grabbed her hand. "Right here,beautiful. And I'm never leaving".
A pinkish color grew on her cheeks as she tried to hide it by snuggling closer to Oscar's chest.She traced her hand up Oscar's jawbone until her palm pressed against the scar on his cheek.Oscar could feel a small amount of heat rise up as she held it tighter.
"Are you ever gonna stop flattering me?"
"Only when the things I say stop becoming true".
Oscar used a finger to raise her head and pressed his lips to hers.
Yeah, he didn't need Ruby.Once upon a time maybe they could have been together.But this isn't once upon a time.This was now, and now Oscar had Cinder.And Cinder had him.
