Oh my god! We went over 110 followers and I cannot thank you enough for loving this story. I've been doing the best I can for this story despite taking a while and I'll continue doing that until we reach its end… which is funny since we're not even close to finishing. I know for sure this story will have less chapters than Death From Above so that's the only hint I'll give you for how many chapters there are for this story. Now, here is Chapter 12 and please leave a review, there hasn't been much reviews since February and it's seriously scaring the crap out of me. xD
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"So this is… our house?" I asked in awe. Weiss, Blake, Yang and I stood in front of our new home, my sister and I being the only ones having their jaws dropped to the ground and almost dropping our bags that contained our stuff. Roseline was slung over my back tightly to make sure it doesn't fall.
"This looks like a palace!" Yang exclaimed. The house we had purchased was a huge two story house with wood on it as its structure, trying to stay with something classy instead of the fancy, mason structured homes we saw a couple of blocks away. The house was painted a darker than teal shade of blue or aegean was what Weiss called it and for the accents, they were painted a bright white color.
"A wooden palace I would say." Blake added.
"Ah… I think I'm going to fall in love with this place soon." My white-haired girlfriend said.
I smiled and chuckled. "I guess we chose right… we haven't even walked in and we're loving it already."
Weiss looked around and sighed in relief. "This neighborhood's so quiet and looks peaceful, I never thought I would see such a great scene."
Suddenly, I felt a cold drop of a liquid on my head and I looked up to see droplets of water falling from the sky. "Um… we should get inside before we get soaked."
We followed Weiss on the pathway to the front door and walked up to the porch. It's a great idea that they had this… it's pretty spacious for a porch actually. I thought and looked around. The lawn behind us had the path we took up to the door and I could see different types of flowers ranging from roses to bluebonnets. Looking back up at the sky, I hoped that it will snow later so we can have a fun time at our new home. I turned back at the sound of keys clinking together and noticed Weiss had just unlocked the door. "We'll have time for looking at our home from the outside later, for now, let's get settled in."
She opened the door and we walked inside; as soon as we took good look around at the spacious area that was the living room, Yang and I dropped our bags. "It's so big!" we both shouted and began running around the room. It had dark wood flooring and the walls were painted a warm white.
After a while, we both stopped and turned to each other. Yang grew excited. "That means we can-"
I nodded quickly, already knowing what she was going to say and squeaked with excitement. "We can do some awesome stuff here and…" I looked to my left to see a trio of black leather couches, one facing my right, the other to the left and the last one looking straight at a blank wall in front of me, "we can get like a huge TV and put it on that wall!" I finished, pointing at the wall itself.
Weiss and Blake were still looking around in awe but I can tell that my girlfriend heard what I said as she went over to my side and scanned the area in front of me. "There's a black coffee table there and a lot of foot room… also that wall in front of the table does look big enough for a large sized TV."
"YES!" Yang shouted. "That means we could get a kickass TV and some kickass speakers so we can watch some kickass action movies!"
Weiss groaned. "Do you have to say that disgusting word after every subject you're talking about, plus Ruby's here?"
I looked at my white-haired girlfriend and sighed. "I'm sixteen Weiss, not six and I heard worse okay?" I said in an annoyed tone.
Weiss laughed nervously. "I know… sometimes I think you are a child at times when you play around with your sister."
I gasped and clutched my chest in mock hurt. "I am not a kid Miss Schnee if I kissed someone as pretty as you." I said playfully.
Weiss blushed. "You dolt."
I giggled. "You blush so easily my queen."
"S-shut up." Yang and I both dropped to the floor in an instant, laughing loudly.
I heard Blake clear her throat behind us and we turned to her, except for Yang who was still laughing. "If you don't mind you three, I'll be looking at the rooms upstairs." the faunus said as she went up the ebony wood stairs.
Oh wait! The rooms! I got up quickly and followed. "Wait for me Blake!" I shouted as I climbed up the stairs.
One step. Jump a few more steps and I'm up! I heard her chuckling. "Geez Ruby, I thought you were too busy laughing at the ice queen?"
"I'm never too busy Blake, you know that."
She smiled and turned to the hallway in front of us. It was wide and the walls were colored a dark shade of crimson and the flooring was still the same as the floor downstairs. "At least it isn't colored white like earlier." Blake said softly.
I hummed in acknowledgement. "I prefer darker colors… sometimes white works in my opinion."
"I can agree with that." She turned back to me. "So what room would you like to go in first, there's three doors on the left and two doors on the right?"
I thought for a moment. I guess we can just check the doors on the right but there's three on the left and I'm curious about the first door on that side. "Let's check the first door on the left." I suggested.
She smiled and ruffled my hair. "Alright then, let's check that door." I giggled and fixed my hair as she pulled her hand away from it, then we went to the door. "Let's see what's behind door number one."
I turned the knob on the white wooden door and opened it slowly. It was dim due to the rainy weather as we walked in but I noticed that this was the bedroom Weiss and I will stay in when I noticed the red and white colored king-sized bed to my left. "Well… this is the room for Weiss and I." I said. I heard Blake gasp and I turned to her. "You okay?" I asked.
The faunus closed the door and looked up, which made me raise a brow. "This is amazing!" she said, her excitement surprising me.
"What's great about the-" As I looked up, I noticed falling snow… wait SNOW?! IN OUR BEDROOM!? "Whoa!" I looked thoroughly at the crazy ceiling and almost thought there was no ceiling when I noticed stars and the midnight blue sky of nighttime. "So this is what she wanted?" I asked softly.
"I want to keep my preference as a secret… it's there but I don't want to say it…"
I sighed and smiled, tears of joy threatening to spill from my eyes. "It's so beautiful."
Then I suddenly heard the door open and the lights turned on, making me turn to the doorway to see Weiss and Yang standing there. "So you saw my surprise…" she smiled at me and looked up at the ceiling, "it keeps snowing when you turn on the light, but the night sky is gone and it turns into your average ceiling." I looked back up and I noticed that she was right. The night sky was gone and had been replaced by a rose colored ceiling.
"That… that was amazing Weiss." I said softly and looked back at her. I ran to her and threw myself onto her, wrapping my arms around her tightly. "You don't know how much I love you right now."
She was gasping for air. "I can tell because you're crushing my ribs you dunce." she said in a pained tone.
I laughed nervously and pulled away. "Sorry Weiss."
I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Yang smiling heartwarmingly at me. "This is what you wanted… a place to start over?" she asked, her tone motherly.
I nodded slowly. "A place where we can all get along… not fight and cause problems."
Yang hugged me gently and caressed my hair. "Of course… a place where we can all be happy."
We stayed like that for a while in silence, then Weiss cleared her throat to get our attention. "We peeked into the other rooms, Yang and I found the rec room for Ruby wanted."
I pulled away from my sister in an instant and stared at her wide eyed. "Where is it, I really want to go in there?" I asked hyperactively.
"Whoa, calm down Rubes, it's the last door on the right." Yang said.
Weiss moved out of the way as I ran out the door and towards the final door on the right. It was far away from the first door on that side and my excitement grew as I got closer. "I can't wait to see this!" I squeaked. I slowed down my pace as I got to the door and twisted the knob quickly. Slowly, I opened it and walked in. I looked around and found the light switch on my right. Alright… just close your eyes… and turn it on. I thought. My eyes snapped shut and I flipped the light switch. Please let it be awesome! I slowly opened my eyes and almost looked away in surprise.
"Oh. My. God." It looked like a large, professional recording booth that I would see sometimes in some music videos. The walls were painted crimson and had black foam acoustic panels stuck to them; the same type of flooring was also here… everything in here gave the studio a serious look and I loved it.
At that moment, I felt like a little kid at the candy store. "Wow, this looks great." I turned around and noticed Blake walking in with the others following behind her.
"It does look professional." Weiss said.
I turned to Yang and motioned for her to get closer to me; she leaned in and I whispered in her ear. "Bring the case."
She smiled. "You got it sis." I turned to the door that led to the recording booth as Yang walked out and unslung Roseline from my back.
Time for another cover.
A couple of minutes later I was sitting inside the recording booth, looking through the long, rectangular glass window that was in front of me, a microphone a few inches away from my face. The booth was big enough to have a six member band come in and record but I don't think such a thing would ever happen here. Weiss was sitting down at the audio control panel, a pair of headphones over her head and it made me wonder if she had done this sort of thing before. "Alright Ruby, are you ready?" she asked through the intercom.
I did one last tune in with Roseline, making sure it was in the guitar tuning I wanted it to be, then I began alternating strumming with my plectrum and my fingers. The song began soft, making a small lead melody, then I breathed in softly and sang.
Let's say sunshine for everyone
But as far as I can remember
We've been migratory animals
Living under changing weather
It had been a while since I played this song but I remembered it all by heart. Everything felt peaceful… the way I wanted it to feel like for a long time.
Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard
Today we will sell our uniform
Live together, live together.
Little did Blake and Weiss know, Yang was actually in the booth with me but she was away from the window, away from their sight. She's going to be my… backing vocalist I'll say. Right on cue, she walked into view with a microphone of her own and pulled up a chair softly next to me. Though it'll be repeating one word over again, I still think it's quite a task.
Blake and Weiss were surprised as she sang but I wasn't. I told Yang on our way to our way back to the hotel after evading our mother to not spoil the surprise until we got to our new home, then we'll show them that she too can sing.
"It's better to let them know in a recording booth that we're more than just fun-filled sisters." I said softly as we walked through the streets of Vale.
"Geez sis, it sounds like you are making a devious plan more than a surprise." Yang replied, chuckling as she finished.
"Well… I just want it to be awesome y'know."
"Alright… well let's pick up the pace, we've been out here for too long."
I smiled as I strummed, readying myself for the next set of lyrics. I know Yang will continue her part and I'll do my best to continue mine.
We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger, we were younger.
We played hide & seek in waterfalls
We were younger, we were younger.
The lyrics repeated for a few more times but it was this sort of gentle repetition… like a lullaby. Now it's time to end it off. I thought.
Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard.
I strummed the last note and I breathed deeply before exhaling in relaxation. I unslung Roseline and got up, holding her in one hand as I walked towards the door. I can hear everyone congratulating us but their voices sounded distant and echoey. I hung Roseline on the wall hanger a few feet away from the door before leaving. I don't know why I left but I had a feeling that I accomplished something amazing. Time slowed down as I walked out, a sort of butterfly effect present in my vision as I moved through the hall towards the room Weiss and I are settling in. Everything feels so relaxed… I haven't felt this way in a long time. I thought as I opened the door. Walking inside, I went to the window at the opposite side of the room and noticed that a blizzard had begun to set in.
I sighed and sat down on the comfy, red and white colored window seat with my back leaning on the wall and my legs bent. Staring out into the blizzard, I smiled at the thought of living here for the rest of our lives. "There's no more problems now… just me, Blake, Yang, and the love of my life living without any trouble." I said softly to myself.
If there will be an obstacle in the future… we'll just go through it… together.
Shit, I could not get into it. So here is Chapter 12 after a long wait. Part of me feels proud of writing it, the other part… eh not so much. The song Ruby and Yang performed is Obstacles by Syd Matters and if you had heard it before, then you may have played the game Life is Strange in which my next story will be an AU of that. Oops! I spoiled my next story!
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