Chapter: Neptune

"Emerald?"

"That's what I said."

"The person who looks like she secretly hates everything?"

"Yes," Neptune groans and buries his head in his hands. "Why couldn't it have been Weiss?"

"Dude," Sun pats his shoulder. "It isn't that bad. I'm sure if we talk to her, get to know her a bit, it'll all be fine."

"I think she's dating Mercury."

"Ugh, one, no she's not," Sun flicks his friend's head with his tail. "And two, so what if she was? Seriously, man, this isn't the end of the world."

"I just don't want to ruin anything," Neptune says glumly, letting his hands fall to the dorm bed their sitting on. "Their team is always so distant and I don't want to upset anyone by going 'hey, have your soul mark'!"

"You are so going to be taken advantage of," Sun groans, flopping back on the bed. "And what do you mean they're distant? We always see them around town."

"Well, yah, but they don't hang around any common rooms. They rarely leave their rooms if they aren't wandering Vale."

"How do you know this?" Sun looks over at the blue haired man determined not to meet his eyes. "Dude, were you spying on them?"

"No!" Neptune shouts, whirling around with wide eyes. "I was just- when we were pretending to be detectives and- I just- no!"

"You so were!" Sun laughs, sitting up. "Well, did you think Emerald was cute?"

"I did but that's not-"

"Ha!" Sun cries, pointing dramatically. "See, there's nothing wrong with you guys having each other's soul marks. Besides, it's not like you're destined to be together. We'll go talk to her tomorrow and see what happens."

"You'll come with me?" Neptune asks in relief.

"Of course!" Sun admonishes. "What are best friends for? Besides, it's about time to start being your wingman."

"Thanks, dude," Neptune sighs. "'ppreciate it."

"So…" Sun whistles innocently. "Did you really keep an eye on her, junior detective?"

"Sun!"

A/N: Thanks for reading! That concludes team SSSN. Has anyone else seen the character shorts for Weiss and Blake? Honestly, I can't wait to see Yang's.

Thank you, Littlest1, for your review! Scarlet isn't actually one of Ruby's soul marks, but that gets explained later. Still friendly enough for a pretend harem though :) Neptune does have a soul mark for someone on team RWBY… any guesses who? (He's not going to find out for a long time). Again, thank you so much for your review, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Next chapter out next month (or end of this month)