Hello my lovely, faithful, and very, very, very, very patient readers. So I know I know it's been months since I've updated, and you have every right to yell at me and stop reading my story but let me explain first. Ok so for starters I'm not dead, sorry if I scared some of you guys, but I've been super busy lately. I started school back in August and I was going to keep to my 1 week updating but I got myself into some advance and college level classes so it's been hard for me to try and write this but I'm trying I promise. Second I have been in rehab and counselling and things have gotten much better! I've gone (save for a few slip ups) two whole months without harming myself! Also I believe I've finally gotten over Dee's death and I've started to move on. I've met to amazing people (who are now my boyfriend and girlfriend) and honestly I couldn't be happier! Let me stop rambling and let you guys read there will be more important notes at the end of the story.
Credit: I don't own these characters Roosterteeth does I'm just fucking with them.
Edited by: jin0uga (Such an awesome and patient person I love you so much!)
Chapter 15: One must give in order to receive.
Ruby Rose sat in the middle of her bed with the covers drawn around her. The only light came from her flickering television sitting right in front of her bed. She was barely paying attention to what channel it was on, her mind filled with thoughts of the past week. She reflected on how much had happened and changed in such a short time. She began to wonder if forgiving Ozpin was the right thing to do.
'When did he go back to Ozpin?' she asked herself, since Addie had been usually quiet lately. She pondered on this thought until she was interrupted by a burst of light spilling in from her now open door.
"Red are you awake?" Ruby turned to see her mate Roman standing in the doorway holding a pillow.
"Yes I'm awake." Ruby said as she turned on her bedside lamp. She could now see that Ro was only dressed in a pair of green pyjama pants with stripes.
"Can I stay in here with you for a while?" Roman asked walking further into the room. "I can't handle Ozpin right now."
"Of course. Shut the door behind you." Ruby scooted over to make space for Roman.
"Thanks Red." Roman said climbing into the bed.
The pair sat in silence for a while, just blankly staring at the T.V screen.
"Does Ozpin know you're in here?" Ruby asked, breaking the unbearable silence.
Roman rested his head against the headboard. "I left when he tried to kiss me." He sighed.
"Ro did we do the right thing?" She asked.
"Honestly Red I don't know. There's a part of me that's still mad at Ozpin for practically abandoning us, yet there's also the part of me that wants to crawl on my knees and beg for forgiveness." Roman shut his eyes in frustration.
"I feel the same way." Ruby crawled over to her mate and lay her head against his chest.
"If he thinks roses and a fancy table is going to fix this, he has another thing coming." Roman ran his fingers through his mate's red locks.
"I feel so lost especially since Addie hasn't been speaking to me lately." Ruby said.
"Your instincts are giving you the cold shoulder too huh?" Roman chuckled humourlessly.
"Is Viclean ignoring you?"
Roman nodded and then yawned, "I don't know why but then again I've never truly understood having instincts. It must be easy for you since you've had them all your life."
"Not really, people think just because I'm a Débutant, I'm some sorta savior."
"Ruby, Debutants are special, I mean they get to get their instincts when they're born. The rest of us have to wait for what seems like forever." Roman said.
"I guess." Ruby yawned.
"Let's get to bed, we can deal with this in the morning." Roman finished, pulling Ruby close to him and after turning off the bedside lamp.
"Good night Ro."
"Good night Red."
In a dark red room filled with books sat a young female no more than twenty, surrounded by various opened and closed books. She had long bright red hair loosely tied into a ponytail, and she wore a long knee length green dress with a sash going across the front along with ankle high white boots. Her eyes were a dark silver and she had pale freckles going across her cheeks that complimented her slightly tanned skin.
"I don't understand! What went wrong?" The woman screamed in frustration. Her slight German accent was clear.
"Those books won't tell you anything Addie." Came a voice with a slight Romanian accent from behind her. The voice belonged to a tall male no more than twenty-five with dark red hair cut into a pixie cut. He had dark green eyes and wore a light blue dress shirt with an undone red tie, a pair of black dress pants, and matching black shoes.
"But I don't understand Viclean!" Ädelsten threw her hands up in frustration.
"Listen how about you come and join me in the den, and then we can eat and calm down a bit."
Viclean kneeled down to his mate's side and wrapped his arms around her.
"Is his door still locked?" Addie asked.
Viclean nodded, "Yeah Bieg can't get in yet"
"Okay let's go." Viclean stood and helped Addie up.
"Ugh I've gotten dust on my dress." Addie said, wiping away the dust that had gathered on the bottom of her dress.
"That's what you get for sifting through these old memories my dear." Viclean chuckled.
Addie playfully swatted him and the two exited the vast library through a pair of double doors. They entered a big den like room filled with luxurious furniture. There was a long white three seat couch with gold trim and feet. Next to it was a matching loveseat and recliner as well as long dark wooden coffee table. The walls were painted a dark wine red and all but one was decorated with various things such as clocks, paintings, pictures, and shelves lined with small Knick knacks. The last one was entirely made of glass and allowed for a view of a galaxy like sky.
The pair sat down on the couch and Viclean snapped his fingers, causing a beautiful china tea set to appear.
"This whole thing is stressful." Addie said making herself a cup of tea.
"I know my dear, but we'll get through this I promise." Viclean said.
"But are we doing the right thing? By ignoring them I mean?" Addie asked with desperate eyes.
"Addie we all need some time to regroup and heal. Ruby and Roman need this time to see that they can rely on each other when things get rough. Just like I know I can always rely on you." Viclean wrapped his arms around his mate. "I promise everything will get much better."
Addie rested her head against Viclean's chest "You always know what to say Vic." Addie sighed. The room's lighting dimmed as the couple found comfort in each other's arms.
James Ironwood was fucked. He lay on is bed staring at the celling, trying to figure out why and when a certain redheaded huntress had stolen his heart, and turned his whole life upside down.
"It was going to happen eventually James." Vender offered.
'But why her?!' James thought in frustration.
"Because she's your mate!" Vender replied.
"How can you- You knew all along didn't you?" James asked.
There was no reply, and the silence chilled the blood in his veins.
'Well did you?' James asked once more, and again received no answer.
'ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION! DID YOU OR NOT?!'
"Alright yes! I knew, I've known since the first time we met her." Vender finally replied.
'What do you mean?'
"That day after the dance when we were interrogating her I could hear her instincts, and when we were dancing in the living room her aura was so comforting so welcoming I just knew it was her." Vender explained.
'Why didn't you tell me?' James asked, sounding slightly defeated.
"I'm not allowed. If I would have told you… I would have been permanently silenced." Vender replied.
'What do you mean 'permanently silenced'?"
"I mean you would have lost the ability to communicate with me and Ruby probably would have lost Ädelsten too."
"Oh."
"James we need to mate with Ruby." Vender said.
'I know, but how? I mean she thinks we're dating Pyrrha and she already has problems with her current dom. I don't think she wants/needs another one ordering her around.'
'That's where you're wrong James, Ruby does need us. It's clear that Ozpin can't handle having two powerful subs under his control. Ruby needs us to help balance out the power in her matemenship.'
"I don't know Vender." James said.
'Come on James you remember your Erwachen right? Well that was Ruby. Don't you want that dream to come true? To have her withering, sweating, and moaning under you. To have her screaming your name as you bring her to her climax because I know I want to do that with Ädelsten. So please James at least try to claim her, for me?' Vender pleaded
'Alright I'll try.' James concluded.
"Thank you umano io chiamo casa."
"Red it's time to get up." That was the first thing Ruby heard the next morning.
"Roman?" Ruby asked sleepily.
"Yeah it's me. Come on Red you've got to get to class." Roman answered.
Ruby sat up in bed and stretched her arms. "What time is it?" Ruby asked.
"Half past five." He answered, smiling at how cute she looked.
"Is Ozpin up?"
"He already left." Roman said.
"That's good, I don't think I can deal with him right now." Ruby said as she got out of bed and walked to her closet. Pulling the doors open, she stumbled inside.
"I know how you feel. That's why when he came and checked on us earlier I pretended to be asleep."
"Hmm. Did you put some of your clothes in my closet?" Ruby asked, when she found a few of his suits mixed in with her usual outfits.
"Oh yeah, I didn't want to have to keep going back in forth between rooms so I moved some in here. I can move them If you want." Roman replied.
"No, no I don't mind. Just don't get any cigar smoke on them please." Ruby said.
"No promises." Roman chuckled.
"Hey Ro?" Ruby called from within the closet, her voice sounding smaller than it'd ever been.
"Yeah?"
"You know how we were talking about instincts last night?"
"Uh huh" Roman nodded even though she couldn't see him, and lay back on the bed.
"Well I was wondering, when did you get your instincts?" Ruby came out of the closet now wearing her school uniform and holding a pair of shoes.
"When I met Cinder." Came Roman's hesitant reply.
"Oh. What happened?" Ruby asked as she sat down next to her mate.
"Honestly Red I'm not entirely ready to reopen that wound yet."
"Oh I'm sorry I-"
"It's ok Red I just-" He grimaced. "I'm not ready to let you see all the scars I have."
"What do you mean?"
"Red I've done somethings that I'm not proud of. There's a whole lot of blood on my hands, and I'm pretty sure I should be in some type of therapy. I just found you Ruby and I don't want to change your perspective of me." Roman said, staring up at the celling.
Ruby crawled over to the center of the bed and fell on top of Roman. He let out a small 'oof' which made her smile.
"Ro I get that your past isn't the cleanest and that you've probably done some nasty things, but you're my soul mate and no matter what you did in the past that's won't change my feelings for you. I mean, I know it's early but…I think I love you."
"Really?" Roman asked shyly. The sight of him like that made her heart flutter.
"Yeah." Ruby replied.
Roman reached up and cupped his mate's delicate face before leaning in to capture her mouth. The kiss was soft yet passionate, filled with newly claimed love and trust, the kind of trust that used to be between Ozpin and Roman but was now seemingly broken. Ruby easily let Roman take control even though he wasn't a dom. But, she knew that he had more experience, so she let him. On the flipside, Roman thought that Ruby's lack of experience only made the kiss more breathtaking.
It felt like they could have stayed like that forever locked in the safety of each other's arms, not having to worry about anything or anyone, but finally; the need for air drove them apart.
"I have to go." Ruby said as she regained her breath.
"I'll be here when you get- actually Red how about we go out together after class?" Roman asked, feeling slightly nervous.
"Like a date?"
"Yeah, just the two of us." He answered, hope filling his chest.
"I'd like that Ro." Ruby smiled.
He felt himself light up and nearly laughed at the relief that surged through his chest. "I'll meet you at the gates as soon as classes end ok?"
"Ok." Ruby replied and with one final kiss Ruby left for the day feeling happier than she's ever been in the past few weeks.
More important notes: Okay so I need to discuss a few things about my story. I slowed it down a bit so it's not so rushed.
The poll, everyone chose B so don't worry its coming. This story is far from over but I may need to change updating days from one every week to one every 2 weeks (sorry it's just a lot to handle with taking A.P and college classes in tenth grade.)
As for the questions about the soulmate markings: Black means you don't know the name and you haven't met them yet. Red means you know them but haven't claimed them. Glowing red means you've and sex with your mate/mates and blue means your mate/mates are dead or your bond is broken beyond repair.
I hope this clears up some things and remember reviews make writer happy.
