Reading Buddies

Rating: K

Summary: Ruby Rose is a high school student in need of a reading tutor. Luckily, her sister knows just the right guy...

Notes: Second story for the School themed day. I honestly thought this one would be the hardest to write...turned out to be the easiest!

"I can't believe you signed me up for a tutor!" Ruby Rose shouted at her sister, crossing her arms and turning away from her. Yang Xiao Long sighed softly as she took her seat at the library desk next to Ruby. She knew Ruby would be unhappy about this, but she didn't know what else to do. Her sister was a complete genius in every single subject at their high school except for one: reading. She had trouble with reading. Not small sections that told her what to do, but large paragraph story parts where you where required to answer questions about the story. Yang also knew that Ruby's ACT tests were coming up later in the year, and that they had a reading section part. She'd be damned before she'd let Ruby get poor marks due to failing that portion. So, she'd signed her little sister up for a tutor.

"Ruby I know you hate the idea," Yang stated slowly as she patted her sister's back, "but you need help with this subject. If you take your ACTs without it, you'll be screwed. I don't want to see you fail the reading section and have it affect your whole results which you know it will." Ruby groaned a sigh out and turned to face Yang.

"I know, I know but Why'd you have to get a tutor?" Ruby asked in a whinny voice, "Why can't you help me? You're great with reading!"

"True," said Yang as she turned to the desk and began pulling out a practice test from her back pack, "but I'm also terrible with explaining things. Remember when I signed up to tutor? I only confused the poor kids and even got frustrated with them when they didn't understand what I was getting at." Ruby let out another groaned sigh, making Yang grateful they were in the back of the library where the librarian couldn't hear them and yell at them to be quiet.

"Ok, you're right," Ruby said defeated as she pulled her chair up more towards the table. "But why'd you get me a collage tutor? What's wrong with the ones here?"

"Nothings wrong with them," answered Yang, "and it's got nothing to do with the fact that I think you need better help either so get that thought outta your head." She looked at Ruby's accusing expression as she said it. "It has to do with the guy. He was my math tutor back in my freshman year and he was amazing. He was a huge help during my algebra class and I was able to use what he taught me for my other math classes too. I remember hearing that he did reading as well, so I looked him up under the collage tutors and found him. He'll be your life saver, I promise."

Ruby rolled her eyes. "I'm sure he will."

Yang didn't hear her as she noticed someone and stood up waving at them to come over. She then went around the table to greet them with a hug. The tutor was here.

"Roro," Yang said, "it's so good to see you again!"

"Same to you Blondie," said a deep male voice, "you've gotten even taller. Not something I thought was possible."

"And you've gotten buffer, which I didn't think was possible. Thanks so much for coming here to meet with us. I really appreciate it."

"No prob, so this is Ruby?"

"Yepers! Ruby, say hi to Roman."

Ruby looked up at her sister and the collage man next to her. She felt like her breath had left her and come back. Roman was a tall man with orange hair parted to the side and covering one of his green eyes. He had slight tan and was dressed in a white coat, gloves and black pants. A hat was tucked underneath his left arm while a shoulder back was dropped over his right. He was down right handsome to the high schooler. Gulping, Ruby stood up and reached her hand out to shake Roman's.

"H-h-hi," she stuttered, "I'm R-r-ruby R-rose." Roman smiled as he removed his gloves to shake her hand, making Ruby blush a deep shade of red.

"Nice to meet you, Red," he said playfully, "my name's Roman Torchwick and I'll be your reading tutor." He removed his hand and sat down at the table across from Ruby while Yang came back to sit next to her sister.

"Let's get started. Blondie here told me you've been having some problems reading, correct?"

Ruby glanced at Yang momentarily, who didn't seem to notice as her sister rolled her eyes at the nickname Roman gave her, before replying slowly to avoid stuttering.

"Yeah, I've head trouble for as long as I can remember. I never really read higher level books when I was going through elementary school because I had problems understanding them. But the teachers assumed it was just do to my love for fairytales, so they never really bothered to help me. It didn't bother me either until I got to high school." Roman nodded, listening carefully to her explain.

"I see that happen a lot. Teachers don't ever usually see a problem kids may have with a subject like reading until they get older, but luckily it can still be helped. Let's get started and see just what is giving you a heard time. You brought a practice test, right Blondie?"

"Right here, Roro," Yang said tapping the stables papers on the desk. Roman rolled his eyes at his nickname and picked up the test to look through it. Ruby was still blushing, which Yang took notice of with a smirk.

"Hey Roro, why don't you come sit next to Rubes over here?" Ruby's eyes widened and she turned even redder at her sister. "That might make it easier for you to help her." Roman looked up at Yang before nodding in agreement and getting up to switch seats with Yang. Ruby's blush intensified even more when Roman sat next to her. She threw a glare at her sister who only smiled and played innocent as Roman placed the test down on the desk and turned to look at Ruby up close with his beautiful green eyes.

"Ok then Red, let's begin."