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-Ruby-
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"Hey, Blake. What'cha you reading today?"
Ruby watched as the dark-haired faunus stopped from her book to face her. This was how a typical conversation started between them; she would always ask Blake what she was reading and she would answer, oftentimes shortly. It was an idea that she came up in order to get to know her better.
"The Flower of the Moonlight."
Despite their time together, there was little conversation between them, at least not one-on-one. Typically, their 'talks' were mainly in-group, either with team RWBY or with the other teams. And, also typically, Blake was quiet, with very few words in between anyone. So to change that, the young huntress-in-training decided to engage her in the only they seemed to have in common.
Books...
Actually, she had also offered to talk to her about her hobby; weapons. Admittedly, seeing Blake's Gambol Shard made her star-struck (much like any new weapon within her vision), but seeing the faunus try and covertly half-cringe, it became clear that maybe she was a little too enthusiastic. So she opted to tone it down a bit in order to converse with her teammate better.
"Hey, that's the one about the girl who went out into the forest full with Grimm to help her sick granddad" she gleefully replied, plopping down on the bed next to the faunus. "I love that one."
Blake smiled "Yeah. It was one of my favorites as a kid too."
"Isn't it cool that we both have names from flowers?"
Blake paused for a bit to consider this "I...suppose. Although I don't think a belladonna really counts as a flower."
'Huh?' That was the thought that halted the little red reaper. "What are you talking about? Of course it does."
Blake's gaze turned skeptical, and she had to wondering if she was really serious. And seeing that she was serious (she typically was), she didn't know whether to laugh or… To think that her friend's beautiful name would not be the first thing she would be aware of with regards to flowers. No, no, that won't do, not on her watch. Hopping up from the mattress, Ruby rushed for the library.
"Wait one minute! Be right back!"
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-Blake-
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She blinked in surprise as Ruby suddenly rushed out of the room and into the hallway, leaving a burst of rose petals as she did. Ruefully, she shook her head. Ruby's reactions always seemed to surprise her. And it some cases, they unnerved her; she unnerved her. As a single child, Blake didn't fully understand the dynamics of sibling relationships. In fact, seeing Ruby's and Yang's interaction in their first meeting was perhaps the best example she could think of. So the fact that such attention was directly at her, to notice Ruby look up at her in the same manner as she would look up to her sister was, again, somewhat unnerving.
And not in a bad way...
"Found it!"
She wasn't even aware of how much time had passed when Ruby quickly burst back into the room, this time with a book in her hands; 'The Flora of Remnant'. Plopping back down on the bed next to her again, Ruby began shuffling the pages in search while she watched, absently wondering how or rather why Ruby knew exactly where to find that particular book. Perhaps from all that late-night studying she pushed herself in order to be a better leader. It was very ambitious and noble; so much like Ruby. The pages slowed and stopped as Ruby scanned the current page. But Blake didn't have to; it had opened up right there in front of her.
-Atropa Belladonna -
The picture showed that the plant was bell shaped, hardly looking like a flower. Not only that, but she knew what the plant was also named; Deadly Nightshade, which by the obvious name, was quite poisonous. She was about to point that out when Ruby suddenly turned to the next page, surprising her. 'Wasn't that was she was looking for?' But it was than that Ruby pointed at a different picture.
"Here it is."
-Amaryllis Belladonna Lily-
Blinking in surprise, she looked at the image again. Same as her name, but a different plant... And it indeed was a flower as Ruby said. Even more, unlike the first plant, which was hardly impressive and poisonous, this one was quite beautiful and not poisonous. She had a blink again to wonder how she never knew about this, given her affinity to books. It took her a minute to realize that was what Ruby was going for and true enough, she found the girl grinning at her. Unconsciously, a small smile slowly slipped up from her lips.
"I guess this is…kind of cool."
Ruby's grin could not have gotten bigger than right now…