Hello everyone in the beautiful fandom that is RWBY! I'm sorry if I haven't uploaded in awhile but Fallout 4 has been keeping me busy. Anyways, I am totally here to give you guys yet another chapter of Red Snowflakes. Now… let's continue shall we? Also, I had to rewrite this chapter and most of this chapter was actually written on stream. I'm actually going to stream my writings of Chapter 20 when I get the chance since it's Fall Break and there's no school for this week. Yeah!
Ruby
Everything seemed to feel so… cold and unfair the moment I opened the door and saw my mom and dad; what made it worse was the fact that they brought Weiss' father with them. I couldn't help but freeze in fear like a deer in front of a car's headlights. The plate of eggs I had just finished cooking dropped onto the ground, shattering right beside my right foot and causing a mess on the floor. Why… why did they have to find us already? I asked myself mentally as I looked into each of their eyes.
My mother spoke up in a soft tone. "My little rose."
No… I'm not… I'm not going back! I screamed mentally and I gave her a fearful expression. "N-no… no… NO!" I shouted and slammed the door on them. Panic began to set in and I knew that I had to run upstairs and warn the others. Lock the door and run! Now! I complied with my thoughts and locked the door before running towards the stairs.
I jumped when I heard a booming voice from behind the door. "OPEN THE DOOR THIS INSTANT YOU BRAT!" The voice belonged to Weiss' father and that made me want to run much faster. I activated my semblance my sped upwards in a flurry of rose petals before reaching my bedroom door. Reaching down to turn the doorknob, the door itself opened and Weiss stood before me in a white robe.
She gave me a warm smile… which made me feel worse and more worried than I already was given the current situation. "Good morning Ruby. Did you sleep-"
I stopped her immediately and gently moved her back into the bedroom. "Weiss, we need to find a place to hide and now!" I exclaimed.
She was caught off guard with my raised voice and grew confused. "W-why do we-"
"Our parents found us, there's no time to waste!"
Her eyes widened and a look of fear replaced her confused expression. "N-no… not now!" I thought I would never see Weiss in this state of fear, but she was breathing frantically like a terrified person in a horror movie. She regained part of her composure after a few seconds and looked at me worriedly. "What about Yang and Blake?! We need to tell them and-"
I nodded and stopped her. "I got it… I'll tell them quickly and come back! Find somewhere to hide until then okay?"
She gave me a quick nod and I turned around, rushing out of the bedroom and turning in the direction of Blake and Yang's room. I was fixing to knock when the door was opened by a terrified cat faunus. "B-Blake, I-"
"Your parents are here along with Weiss' dad; I heard the shouting earlier and Yang and I are trying to hide." She said, completely taking the words right out of my mouth.
"O-okay, I'll get back to my room." I said quickly before turning back and making a run for Weiss' sake. A loud thud echoed throughout the house and I realized that they broke in. Faster Ruby! Go faster! I thought frantically and ran through the doorway into my bedroom, turning around and slamming the door shut before locking it. "Weiss? Where are you?" I asked, my volume now barely going over a whisper since our parents are inside now.
I was replied with my girlfriend's voice in the same tone. "Over here Ruby; in the closet." I made my way to the closet and it opened to reveal Weiss standing there. "Quick, get in here!" I complied and entered the closet; it was soon shrouded in darkness, the only lighting being from the tiny gap in between the double sliding doors.
Weiss and I immediately backed away until our backs hit the wall behind us and we sat down, hugging each other tightly. "I-I don't want to go back Weiss. I want to stay here with you." I said softly, tears beginning to flow down my cheeks.
When I looked into her light-blue eyes, I knew that the same was happening with them. "Me neither Ruby… I don't want to go back to my old, cruel life." she replied as she buried her head into my chest.
I heard shouting from outside the room but I didn't pay any attention to it, my primary focus was on Weiss and it will be on Weiss only. I caressed her hair gently with one of my hands. "No matter what happens Weiss… I'll always love you."
She looked up at me and gave me a depressed smile. "I'll always love you too… Ruby."
Everything went quiet soon after and Weiss went back to crying into my chest, but I wanted to keep hearing her voice. An idea formed in my head and I called her name softly so she can look back up at me. "Do you… want to sing one last song?" I whispered. The response I was given was a look of confusion. "I… I don't want to sit in here and wait. They're going to find us anyway and I really want to hear your soothing voice until they do just that."
She looked straight into my eyes for a moment, not saying a word; her confused look faded, a smile appearing and she nodded. "I know a song we can sing." she replied.
I smiled back and started to get excited. Calm down Rubes… with this situation, being excited might be the last thing you want to do. I thought and calmed myself, taking a deep breath and holding it in for a few seconds before exhaling slowly. "What song should it be then… princess?"
She covered her mouth and let out a muffled chuckle. "Still a dolt when we're hiding huh?" she asked and I shrugged. She composed herself and asked me to take out my scroll.
"Um… okay?" I quickly and quietly pulled out my scroll; Weiss gestured me to give it to her, in which I complied with no questions asked.
She turned it on and started going through it, realizing that she was looking at a certain music artist that I haven't listened to in a while. A moment later, my snow-haired girlfriend handed my scroll back to me. "That song… we should sing that one." She said softly, giving me a warm grin as I looked at what song she had chosen.
The song that was waiting to be played was called Cactus in the Valley by Lights. It was the acoustic with a special artist featuring in it known as Owl City and I knew why she picked this song. Sure… it's depressing, but we'd promise each other weeks ago that we'll always remember each other when we get separated in circumstances like this. I gave her a nod and set the scroll down in front of us. "You're right; we should sing that one." I whispered and pressed the play button on it.
It started off with slow and soothing piano chords; I already began to daydream of my future days with Weiss despite knowing how depressing the song will get soon. It kept my mind off of what was going to happen soon anyways. Weiss and I both knew how to tackle this song without even needing to plan who's singing which verse or chorus. It was on instinct that she would be the starting act.
I never meant to wither
I wanted to be tall
Like a fool, left the river
And watched my branches fall
My self conscious laughed as we sang. Yang and I were the cause of why our parents are here. We were fools to get involved in stopping a robbery. I thought and tears started to trickle down my cheeks again. I tried to not blame myself in a harsh manner since my big sis and I never expected that to happen… but how can I not? We're hiding in a closet together, singing to our heart's content before the inevitable reaches us.
Old and thirsty, I longed for the flood to come back around
To the cactus in the valley, that's about to crumble down
Weiss and I might get separated for god knows how long. We really are going to crumble down and yearn to be back in each other's embrace. I'm so sorry Weiss. I took a deep breath and readied myself to sing along with her.
And wipe the mark of sadness from my face
Show me that your love will never change
I don't want to leave you Weiss. W-why did this have to happen?
If my yesterday is a disgrace
Please forgive me... it was my fault that they found us.
Tell me that you still recall my name
"Ruby… it's okay."
I gasped softly and stopped singing after the final line of the chorus. Weiss must have noticed how shaky my voice had gotten and stopped. "W-Weiss… I-"
She stopped me by kissing my lips passionately. At that moment, I shut everything around me out and I kissed back, wrapping my arms around her and she did the same.
Right on cue, the closet door opened and we stopped, freezing in fear. "There you two are!"
No… why did it have to be her father that found us?! I went by instinct and tightened my embrace with Weiss, making it hard for her to get taken away from me. He reached for Weiss and grabbed her, trying to yank her away from me and I struggled to keep her with me. "No! You're not going to take her away!" I exclaimed.
His voice boomed straight at me, but I didn't care. "Let go of my daughter you wretched brat!"
"L-let go of me father! I don't want to go back!" Weiss shouted and tried to help me.
"You. Are coming back. Home!" I felt a sharp wave of pain on my cheek and I whimpered, losing my grip on Weiss soon after.
"No! I won't-"
Weiss was pulled away from me and I screamed in fear. "NO! GIVE HER BACK!" I got up and started running towards the closet doors where her father fled through, but he slammed them shut and for a strange reason when I tried to open them, they wouldn't budge. I began to get frantic and worried and tried harder to force them open. The results remained the same. "GIVE WEISS BACK!" I screamed, spouting words that I thought I would never use towards Weiss' father, but then I heard the door to the bedroom close and everything went silent.
Weiss was gone… and all my hope was taken away with her.
Well… sorry to cut this chapter short. I had to stop it here for a cliffhanger because I am an asshole and writing anymore will probably make me have the mindset that I'm dragging out the chapter. Anyways, when I finished this… it's 2:50 AM so that's pretty crazy. Anyways, I'm going to header on off to bed and don't forget to leave a review. Now… as always, Stay Classy and I hope to see you guys later. :D