Year one special
Sorry, this is going to be a long author's note.
One year ago today I made a decision. After reading a lot of stories on the site and hearing about the authors, I decided to actually make a story. I knew some people would judge, especially since it would be a self-insert, but I still gave it a shot.
I expected hate, feared corrections, and trembled at the realization that I put something online for the entire world to judge. I was afraid and thought you would hate it and ridicule me for trying.
Boy, was I wrong.
The positive remarks that you gave and welcome criticism that helped instead of hurting made me feel welcome. It made me feel welcome. That is why I have continued to write. So thank you, dear reader. Thank you; this, is for you.
Weiss's Pov.
"You know, I just realized." Yang said. She was up on her bunk reading a magazine. I was sitting on my bed, brushing my long, white hair. Keeping it in perfection is a task, but makes it look soo much better than that jungle on Yang's head. Both Ruby, who was looking for something under Blake's bed, and I looked up at her. "We don't know Damien's birthday." The blonde finished.
"That's absurd Yang." I said quickly.
"Oh, then when did he tell you? After your first time 'together'?" The blonde asked with a mischievous smile. I quickly turned red while Ruby, sweet innocent Ruby, looked around confused at what her sister just ment. Apparently, Blake has been listening while standing in the doorway.
"Of course she that hasn't happened yet," she explained to Yang, "they've never even been on a real date." She corrected before shrinking under my gaze, but the damage was done causing Yang to fall off her bunk.
"Agh!" Ruby suddenly shrieked. We all ran to her and demanded to know what was wrong. "While you were talking about stuff, I went and asked Damien when his birthday is. Its tomorrow."
"Ahhhhh!" The three of us screamed and began panicking, running around in circles. We stayed like that until Ruby blew that god awful whistle of her's.
"Enough!" She screamed and we all stoped. Well, Blake and I immediately did, but Yang went on for a few second before stopping and saying awww. " don't worry girls. I have been planing this for a long time. Operation B.B.E. Starts now!" Ruby yelled, thrusting her fist into the air.
"Yeah," Yang said, joining her. " just one thing though." She continued, causing Ruby to put her hand down and look at her. "What's the plan?"
"Ok, Weiss: talk to Damien's team. See if you can get them to join us. Yang: go and talk to JNPR, we also need them. Blake: you're with me. Break!" And with that she ran off, dragging Blake with her.
-X-
I opened the door to team DRGN's room and saw all of Damien's team there, but no Damien. "Wonderful," I said with a smile that might of scared some of the occupants of the room "you're all here."
"And um, why would that be a good thing?" The only guy asked. All of them were slowly moving to escape routes.
"Because, we need help with something involving Damien." That got their attention.
Surprisingly, the guy, Nathan, stopped and walked right up to me, standing a few inches taller than me, and glared down. "What do you want with my boy?"
"Your... boy?" I asked, confused at what he was saying. "What do you mean?"
"It means he's my boy, and I won't let any-" he was cut off by a glare from the oldest girl in the room.
"Nathan, let me have a word with her, ALONE!" She said forcefully. Nathan just gulped and nodded, following Gabby out of the room.
After they had left she walked up to me; her sizable chest, which I was totally NOT jealous of, pressed up right up against me. "Look, he may have known you four for longer, but Damien's a member of our team. We look out for eachother. And if you make him happy than by all means, let us help. If, however, you plan to break his heart again then you'll be hearing from us. Got it?" I just nodded, amazed at their bond forged in such a short Time.
"So, now that that's over, why are you here?" She asked, walking back a few steps and leaning against a desk.
"Well, um, you see, I" I stuttered. GOD why is this so difficult. I took a deep breath and said "you see, Damien and I have never been on a date. My team and I just found out his birthday is soon and I would like to do something special. I was hopping you could help me."
She pondered this for a moment before going to dig in the closet. When she came back, she was holding a few books whose names I didn't recognize. Percy Jackson and the what? Well, whatever it was, she handed them to me and said, "these are Damien's favorite books to read from home. He enjoys seafood, Italian, and that one place on 73rd. Make sure you give these to him after you two eat. And make sure you get the cheesecake for dessert." She went of to rummage in the desk. By now my arms were starting to get tired. She came back and handed me some tickets. "He enjoys Banes John movies and always gets medium popcorn. Try to go on a walk in the park after words. Oh! And I almost forgot." She went to her dresser and pulled out a small package that kind of looked like candy. "Just in case. We wouldn't want any fire breathing tsunderes running around, now would we." She said with a slight laugh. I huffed, but discreetly put it in my pocket. Now everything was ready.
-X-
Damien's Pov
"Where are you taking me?" I asked as Weiss dragged me to the airship that would take us to vale. For some reason she had asked me to dress up a little bit so I had a nice shirt, some slacks, and some dress pants. And a tie. Why does every guy except me have a hard time with them? Aw well, and I swear I heard her mumble 'it's not ready yet' before pulling me even harder. I just laughed at her trying. We might of gotten somewhere if she was a bit stronger.
We were currently about five feet from the water fountain where we met.
"Listen just tell me where, ok?" I said, causing her to pause and turn to look at me.
"Ok, we're going into vale." She said and pulled me along. I just smiled and walked with her. Once we got on the plane we found a seat away from everyone else and relaxed. Soon we were there.
Weiss led me through a series of streets I could never hope to remember and finally came to this restaurant with a name of Jory's fine Italian dining. "I have so many questions. The most prevalent one would be why the hell is there an Italian restaurant in Remnant?" But, not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I followed her in.
"Do you have a reservation?" A man asked us. Not knowing what to do I just opened and closed my mouth like a fish while Weiss got out a slip of paper with Andrea's hand writing on it. "Ah! I see you know miss Volts. Please giver her my regards. Right this way." He went from the stool he was at and showed us to this rooftop hideaway, perfect for dinner for two.
"Wow, I have a lot of questions as to how you did this and why am Italian restaurant is even here, but right now I'm going to order everything. It's been awhile since I've had Italian." I said a bit sheepishly at the end due to my excitement.
Weiss just laughed. "Well, make sure not to eat TOO much. We're going to the movies after." She smiled. This was going to be fun.
-X-
"Wow! That was awesome. All those explosions and action! I can see why you like that." Weiss exclaimed. We had just gotten out of the movie. Weiss loved it, having never seen anything like that before. I had and thought it was ok. We were walking in a nearby park when she said that.
"Hey, Damien." I stop and look at her. "I had fun today."
"So did I," I said. "Too bad it has to end." At that she laughed. Hm, wonder what's that about. Oh well. So we go to the airship that will take us back to Beacon.
When we got there Weiss asked "can we go to the cafeteria, I'm still kind of hungry." I thought that was a weird request for her but hey, what do I know. So we went there and all the lights were off.
I walked in a bit when suddenly, "SURPRISE!" And I jumped and fell down. All of team RWBY, JNPR, and DAGN had gone and surprised me. They had moved all the tables to the edges except for two, which was holding a large cheese cake. Decorations had been put up in grey, my favorite color.
"What's all this?" I asked while laughing. I looked at Weiss and she blushed.
"Well, your birthday was coming up and with everything that's been happening we thought you could use a good celebration, so enjoy yourself." After that I went and enjoyed the party for awhile. Weiss must of left because a few minutes later slow music went on and everybody got out of the way, revealing Weiss on a beautiful white, sleeveless dress that went farther down in the back than in the front. It didn't help that she was blushing in an adorable way and motioned me to come closer. As if in a trance I did. "What, cat got your tongue?" She asked and I laughed as I lead her out onto the dance floor.
While we were dancing I overheard some of the others talking. "Ohhh! They look so cute together!" Nora squealed.
"I'm just glad Jaune's finally given her up." Ren said.
"Ooo! What's that Ren?" Nora asked. I couldn't see what she was talking about but I was able to imagine it based on Ren's reaction.
"Nora! This is weiss's pouch! She entrusted it to me! No! Stop! Don't touch anything." I was just in time to glance over and see Nora pop something purple into her mouth and chew it before blowing a bubble. "Nora, that wasn't gum."
Best.
Birthday.
Ever.
Ok! So, first off some slices of b-day cheesecake for those who got the slight reference at the end.
Hint. It's an anime.
Also, once again thank you reader. We all have the power to create entire worlds with our words. Thank you for making this a reality.