Chapter 3

I'm not an Angel

Ruby Rose stared after the retreating form of Weiss for several seconds not really sure if she should call out to girl or not. Ruby freely admitted that she should have been more attentive to her surroundings. However she thought that Weiss had blown the whole thing out of proportion by putting the entire blame on Ruby. It as this fact that caused white hot anger to spike through her as her face began to grow red with frustration.

I mean really, it takes two to tango jackass, and pig sty? Come on its not bad….ok maybe it is but she could have been at least a bit nicer about it. Ruby thought with a huff, barely contained anger rolled under her otherwise calm and carefree surface as she softly rubbed the spot on her lips where she collided with Weiss, it was bleeding.

Well shit today just gets better and better she thought as she stretched and stared at the open elevator for a few seconds then turning on her heel she muttered hotly

"Ah screw it."

Ruby chose to forgo the elevator and opted instead for the stairs in order to attempt to run out the excited energy that now coursed through her veins. She threw open the door to the stairwell and began to jog up its many steps, the fast paced beat of Motley Crues "Kick start My Heart" blaring into her ears via her headphones and setting her pace as she ran with the music. She began losing herself to the heavy riffs of the guitars and the heavy bass of the drums. And ever so slowly she felt that initial burst of anger begin to transform into excited energy that she put into her run.

To say that Ruby loved music would have been a drastic understatement. Ruby Rose adored music. She found herself completely enthralled in it. Whenever she listened to music she couldn't help but feel better, no matter how frustrated or upset that she had been. Music was an escape for her, a release from the dreary day to day monotony of university life. Most of all music was a way to forget.

The young redheaded girl reached the doorway to her floor with just as the song ended. She then proceeded to fling open the door and walk towards the far end of the hall, where her dorm room was located. Just as she was about to enter her room a soft timid voice called out to her from further down the hall.

"H-hey Ruby…do you have a moment?"

Ruby yelped and twirled around, a large smile plastering itself on her face as she recognized the owner of the voice. Ruby found her gaze falling upon the familiar face of one of her best friends, who had been with her since she was barely old enough to walk and talk, Velvet Scarlatina.

"Velv!" Ruby shouted excitedly as she surged forward to envelope her friend into what her sister Yang often called "The Ruby love hug of doom"

The brown eyed bunny girl squeaked timidly as she was pulled into the Redheads crushing embrace. Thankfully years of being Ruby's friend had prepared the slender Faunus girl for such displays of bone crushing affection from both Ruby and her sister Yang. However that familiarity had unfortunately not led to the construction of any sort of tolerance for the action. As such the young girl soon found herself sputtering and gasping for air as Ruby's thin wiry arms crushed the life out of her.

"H-h-hi Ruby it's good to see you too…..can't breathe."

Ruby gasped and released her death grip on the taller girl. Velvet immediately took advantage of her freedom and began to cough and gasp for air as she braced herself against the wall of the hallway for support.

"Oh my God! I am so so so so sorry Velv, are you okay?" the silver eyed girl cried as she gave Velvet a worried once over. Instead of replying at that second, Velvet waved off her friends worried gaze as she let out another cough.

"…..It's….it's quite alright Ruby, I am alright." Velvet gave her a small reassuring smile which often served to calm the energetic red head and after several seconds the worry slowly melted from Ruby's face to be replaced by her signature smile and demeanor. Velvet had to resist rolling her eyes as Ruby scrambled to reassemble her tough girl image.

"Ruby, y-you know that you don't have to act that way with me. I've known you since we were children there's no way you are going to fool me with that carefree slacker façade" Velvet said in a trembling voice "anyway I stopped you because…well.. Um….Ruby are you okay?"

Ruby was taken aback by the question and found herself fumbling for a response as she tried to avoid looking Velvet in the eyes.

"What? Oh yeah I am totally fine. 100 % even yep yep yep absolutely nothing wrong in the wubtastic world of Ruby Rose!" The red head cried out with as much fake enthusiasm as she could muster.

Please buy it, please oh please buy it. Ruby thought desperately as she looked around the hallway, her eyes trying to go anywhere and everywhere but to Velvet.

A tense silence settled between the two as Velvet eyed her suspiciously, scrutinizing her as Ruby gave her a nervous smile. A few seconds passed and Ruby cursed inwardly as Velvets brown doe eyes locked with hers and slowly started to harden and narrow into dangerous slits.

Oh no….ooooh no…. crap! Ruby thought as she felt a bead of sweat begin to form on her forehead and her silver eyes widen. If there was one important thing that Ruby had learned over the years, and especially since becoming friends with the bunny Faunus, it was that you should never ever get caught in a lie by Velvet Scarlatina.

Which Ruby found to be almost impossible to avoid despite her best efforts. She supposed she should be grateful for such a friend who cared enough to keep her on the straight and narrow but at the moment all she felt was terror.

Before her very eyes Ruby watched in awe as the timid and compassionate girl before her shifted her stance, so that her chest was thrust out and her back was straight. Velvet also seemed to grow larger as a small frown began to form on her face. Ruby gulped audibly and hoped that her friend wouldn't explode too badly as she took a hesitant step away from Velvet until her back was pressed firmly against the door of her room.

"Ruby Riona Rose!" Velvet began, all timid ness gone from her voice, replaced by a calm and authoritative strength and conviction. "You, of all people, should know better than to lie to your friends who just want the best for you." Velvet admonished roughly as she closed the distance between them in order to achieve Ruby's full attention. So close in fact that Ruby was made acutely aware of their height difference and that is when Ruby made her biggest mistake by making eye contact with the bunny eared girl before her.

Velvets eyes, which were usually wells of kindness hidden by a shy exterior, had gone hard and cool. Ruby shuddered as those eyes scrutinized her waiting for her to confess to her lie. And from experience Ruby knew that Velvet was incredibly patient. How Yang managed to room with such a girl who doted on both of the sisters was a miracle though Ruby supposed the fact that the Bunny eared Faunus harbored an incredibly large crush on her sister helped a great deal in keeping her temper in check. Finally after several minutes of tense silence, with a long frustrated sigh, Ruby caved.

"Okay alright!, you win Velv." She muttered, her voice low with defeat. Her companion refrained from moving until after Ruby let out another sigh and began to speak in a low voice to avoid being overheard through the thin walls of the dorm hall.

"Its just…. You know my Roommate? Weiss Holier than thou Schnee? "

Velvet took a moment to think then nodded in confirmation that she knew who she spoke of.

"Well the thing is that ever since we moved in together we have been at each other's throats, I mean I know I am not the cleanliest of people but she is always on me making sure the room is absolutely spotless, and by spotless I mean spotless. Hell I would say that she even makes you look like a slob in comparison to how anal she seems to be about the room being clean."

Ruby paused for a moment to gauge Velvets reaction to that. Her friend took great pride in her cleanly persona as well as in the fact that throughout the years she had kept even Yang in line when it came to keeping things clean so ruby hopped that the knock at her friends pride would draw her piercing gaze away from Ruby's and maybe just maybe she would be able to escape.

However Velvet wasn't taking the obvious bait that she had placed and instead remained right where she was, staring icily at the younger girl. So finally Ruby gave in and let all the anger and frustration spill out of her.

"…fine, Weiss Schnee is the most stuck up, self-centered, overly clean freak obsessed brat that I have ever met and even though I have done nothing to her she has made her feelings regarding me absolutely clear. And to be completely honest that's fucking fine because she can go screw herself if she thinks that I am going to bow down to someone like he-"

"Do you know her?"

Ruby flinched surprised. Not once, in all the years that the two girls had known one another, had Velvet ever interrupted someone when they were speaking, not even Yang who was notorious for going on long winded tangents that could go on for hours. Ruby felt a dred start to fill he

Oh God… Did I make Velvet mad? I've never seen her really mad. She thought as she locked eyes with the calm and composed girl before her.

"Wh-what?" Ruby said hesitantly once she regained her ability to form words once more. Velvet looked her over once more before she said anything. Her eyes had narrowed to slits of frustrated anger that scrunched up her face in a way that Ruby thought looked out of place on a face that was otherwise smiling. Then Velvet began to speak and Ruby felt a chill run down her spine at the tone she used, like a parent scolding an overzealous child.

"Ruby, do you mean to tell me that you never even took the chance to sit down and get to know your roommate? You never thought that it would be a good idea to get to know her and maybe discover what your issues are so that you might settle them in a civilized manner. Wait of course you didn't what am I saying, if you had you wouldn't be in this situation that you find yourself in is that right?"

Ruby cast her eyes down and nodded meekly. A feeling akin to shame began to worm it's way into Ruby's heart as she felt her cheeks warm from embarrassment. At this show Velvets eyes softened and she reached forward to place a reassuring hand on her friends shoulder.

"Ruby you know that before you judge someone so harshly that you should try to get to know them first. Please try to get to know her. You both have to have some common ground by which you can both relate on…" Velvet pursed her lips for a moment as she thought. Then the bunny eared girls eyes widened in delight, her demeanor returning to her usual cheerful self in seconds as she spoke excitedly.

"Wait I got it! Weiss is in one of my musical theory courses, why don't you try to get to know her that way? Share your love for music with her and I am sure she will warm up to you in no time at all"

Ruby's own eyes widen at this new information and felt herself smile with her friend. She hadn't thought that Weiss had time for music but if what Velvet said was true than maybe, just maybe there was a chance to end this ridiculous feud. Before Ruby could give thanks to her friend a loud familiar voice called out to the both of them.

"Ruby, Cotton Tail! How's it going!?"

Suddenly the two girls were swallowed up in the embrace of a very enthusiastic blonde haired girl. Yang then proceeded to crush the life out of her sister and their childhood friend in one of her signature bear hugs. Ruby couldn't help the squeal that escaped her lips as she was lifted off her feet by the blond brawler perhaps today was going to turn out all right after all.

Authors note: Happy thanksgiving! Myself and Destined Hellfire hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please leave a review and let us know what you thought! Next up in My Final Judgment day which should be released in one weeks' time followed by the next chapter of Love n Stuff. Take care and blessed Be!

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