My hand is a DOLPHIN!
Ruby POV
After Anna finished telling us her story about her most embarrassing memory (which I won't repeat, though I will say that it involved drunk uncles, unicorns, and wetting the bed), and after having to tell Nora that daring Ren to make 'sloth noises' was technically not possible since none of us knew what noises sloths made, we gave up on Truth or Dare and headed back to Team RWBY's room.
I wonder where Weiss went. I thought as I kicked my feet idly, sitting on my bunk and watching Yang try to do push-ups on Blake's bed. She got to 250 and flopped down with a sigh. She checked the time and groaned, long and loud.
"Man, it's only 8:50. What do we do?" Cali looked up from where she and Anna sat, back to back in the middle of the rug, leaning against one another.
"What time does it start?" Yang stretched and heaved herself to her feet.
"Six." I fiddled with my scroll, flipping through pictures and old messages, practically bored out of my mind. As I scrolled through the pictures (a pun Yang would no doubt pounce on if I said it out loud), I realized just how many were of Weiss and me.
Me sitting next to Weiss in Grimm Studies, me making a silly face, and her scowling at me, like usual. But the longer I stared at the photo, the more I noticed little things that I'd missed before, like how despite her apparent disapproval, she was leaning toward me, her cheeks were a bit flushed, and her scowl was not just a scowl, but more like two parts frown and one part smile.
I traced my finger along the jawline of the Weiss in the picture, then snatched my hand away and flipped to the next. More Weiss. I sighed sadly and flipped to the next. I wanted to hate her, I wanted to take these warm feelings and shred them, but I couldn't. I wanted to be near her, to touch her and kiss her again.
"Ruby?" I snapped my scroll shut, but not before Yang saw what I was doing. "Ruby," She said softly. "What happened?" I bit my lip. Should I tell them?
"Well, we talked." Anna winced.
"I'm really sorry. I only wanted you guys to stop fighting." I sighed and rubbed my forehead.
"It's okay, I know it wasn't intentional." Cali flashed me a small smile.
"So. . .tongue, huh?" I blushed and nodded. She laughed a bit and Anna grinned. Yang furrowed her brow.
"Talked?" She looked at me but I shook my head.
"It's private." She rolled her eyes toward the ceiling and heaved a long suffering sigh, shaking her head.
"Okay, I'll drop it." I nodded my thanks. "However, there's something else that we need to talk about." When Yang's serious, you can always tell immediately. Her tone loses any playfulness and she starts frowning. Clearly something was worrying her. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck.
"What's wrong?" She removed her sunglasses and looked me in the eyes.
"Something. . .Someone attacked me in the hallway before I came back." A prickle started on my scalp and I shuddered, feeling a slimy chill slither down my spine. I glanced around and the shadows seemed darker for some reason. Almost deeper, like an endless hole.
"Yang, not here." She looked confused.
"Why?" I glanced at Cali and Anna, wondering if they felt what I felt. Cali nodded.
"Now's not a good time." Anna gave her a surprised look.
"Huh? Why not?" I hopped down and grabbed a red hoodie as Cali stood and pulled Anna to her feet. She nodded at me and we started for the door. As we left, I could have sworn I felt someone watching us.
In the hallway, Yang and Anna were standing, arms crossed, waiting for an explanation.
I shook my head, pulling on the hoodie.
"Not here either." They wouldn't budge.
"It's not safe." Cali added quietly, her eyes scanning the hallway even as she spoke. Yang sighed and nodded.
"Fine. Let's grab Weiss and head to Vale." Cali bumped me with her shoulder.
"Grab her where?" I blushed and Anna chuckled. Strangely, Yang did not.
"Is everyone armed? The woman who attacked me is dangerous. We don't know anything about her." Anna nodded and pulled her weapon from under her skirt. It looked like a normal black gun, but I knew better than to assume.
"Meet Siegfried, he's a Semi-automatic Interchangeable Pistol-Knife, or SAIP-K for short. This little beauty is a modified Beretta 92FS nine millimeter." She spoke softly as she lovingly caressed the gun's black metal, like a mother stroking her child. . .which kinda makes sense if you think about it. "This baby packs quite a punch." Cali looked around at us, then directly at Anna. As if answering a silent question, Anna nodded.
"Go ahead, Cal, Yang needs to be reassured." She said this with a playful wink. Cali nodded and held out her arms. She flexed her wrists and a pair of two-foot long black blades slid from her sleeves, above her hands. She held up her blades.
"Meet Iris and Mortem."
Yang stared at her, then at the blades, and laughed.
"No way!" She shook her head, still laughing. "You're the twin swords demon everyone's been talking about?" Cali shrugged.
"I don't know." Anna snorted and punched her shoulder.
"Don't be so modest, Cal, brag a little. Yeah, that's her." I waved my arms in the air, confused.
"Wait a second. The twin swords what?" Yang rolled her eyes.
"The twin swords demon, also known as the black dervish or dual bladed death. Rumor has it she's undefeated." I jumped and spun around, finding that Weiss was standing behind me.
"W-weiss! Um, hey, we were just about to go gra-get you!" She nodded, but didn't say anything. She looked almost nervous.
"Um, Ruby?" Oh, fuck no. I turned around and began walking briskly.
"Ooookay! Let's go!" Anna twirled Sieg like a gunslinger and slipped it back into the holster under her skirt, while Cali simply flexed her wrists again, retracting her blades. Yang soon fell into step beside me, shooting me sidelong glances.
"Do you have Crescent Rose?" I pulled a small red cube on a chain from my shirt and nodded. She stared at it.
"That's cool, how did you do that?" I shrugged.
"It's just how I designed her." Yang grinned and pulled a key out of her pocket, flipping it into the air and catching it.
"Let's go ladies, we've got a concert to get to."
I stared at Yang, who was sprawled out over the hood of the car, wiggling her eyebrows at me.
"Hmm? Watcha think?" I sighed and shook my head.
"I think that if Blake saw this, she smack you upside the head and say it was irresponsible and inefficient." She pouted.
"Hey, I had to beg for an advance on allowance just is I could get this!" Weiss rolled her eyes. Anna whistled appreciatively.
"Damn, just how much of an advance was this?" Yang sulked a bit.
"Five years." I sweatdropped.
"We won't even be in Beacon then!" Yang shrugged, a look of supreme self-satisfaction on her face.
"Clearly they didn't think of that."
"Or they figure you'll still be living with them then." Anna inserted, amused. Yang glared at her and Weiss redirected the conversation.
"A van would've been cheaper." Yang crossed her arms.
"I won't apologize, this is the only thing besides the concert that'll keep me going since Blake isn't coming." I relented a bit, knowing how much less willing I'd be to go to the concert without Weiss here.
"Still, why'd you get a Jaguar?" Yang rolled onto her stomach and planted a kiss on the hood of the black Jag, rubbing it affectionately.
"It reminds me of my other baby." I threw a puzzled look at everyone else. They just shrugged.
"Other baby?" Yang continued rubbing and kissing the car, even as she explained.
"Duh! My other baby is Blake. It reminds me of her since Jaguars are cats, and the car is black. It is also extremely sleek and very sexy. Need I say more?" I shook my head.
"Nah, I get the picture." Weiss sighed heavily.
"Fine. I guess we'll have to pile i-"
"SHOTGUN!" Cali and Anna yelled at the same time, both with a devious smirk in my direction. Oh, of all the dirty- I grumbled in my head. Why those little. . .those little. . .
"GAh!" I growled in frustration. Weiss glanced at me out of the corner of her eye. Anna tapped her lips thoughtfully.
"We could rock-paper-scissors for it." Cali shrugged.
"You could take the back." She suggested.
"No." Anna didn't hesitate. Cali just shrugged again.
"Fine. The roof?" Anna nodded, much to her surprise.
"That'll work. Yang, hold Cali down." Cali yelped and scrambled away.
"No! I meant you!" Anna smirked.
"Shoulda been clearer, sweetums." She paused and I could almost see the lightbulb above her as another idea popped into her head. She smiled gently. "You know, there's another way." Cali looked relieved.
"Really?" Anna nodded.
"Yup. And we can both ride shotgun." Cali peered in the window.
"The seat's kinda small." Anna's smile seemed really seductive all of a sudden.
"That's why you'll sit on my lap." Cali pondered this.
"I don't see why not." What? I thought. She gave up way too easily. Anna nodded and wiggled her eyebrows at me.
"Welp, Yang's driving so it looks like you two get the back." I bet you had this all planned out. I thought, glaring at her accusingly.
"Just as long as the cops don't see us." Weiss said, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I don't much care." Anna rubbed her chin.
"That might be the least of our problems." I grinned.
"Yeah, Yang might kill us all on the way there." Cali giggled.
"Or forget the gas." Yang's eyebrow twitched and a vein stood out on her head.
"Hey, you assholes, I'm standing right here." Weiss chuckled.
"Blake's not here, she probably forgot the keys." Yang hopped off the hood and got into the car.
"Have fun walking, jerks!" She said, starting the car. Laughing, we all piled in. Cali settled on Anna's lap and Weiss and I slid in the back. I grinned and teased Yang one more time.
"Listen to that purr. No wonder it reminds you of Blake." Yang grinned over her shoulder at me.
"There's one significant difference. This thing'll purr for anybody with a key. My baby only purrs for me." Anna snorted.
"Yeah whatever, Shakespeare, let's go. We'll have time for couplets later. I had barely gotten settled when Yang floored the accelerator, turning the pleasant purr into a deafening roar and throwing me back into my seat. I patted around my seat area and found the seatbelt. I pulled on it, but it wouldn't budge.
"Um, Yang?" She looked up in the rear view mirror and hid a smile behind her hand. Why is my stomach suddenly turning violently?
"Oh, FYI, I don't think the seatbelts back there work." You really did have it all planned out, didn't you? I thought bitterly. Sometimes I really fucking hate you, Yang.
Oh my gosh. I can't stop laughing. XD I just got off the phone with my girlfriend, and I think I might have annoyed her. That's not the funny part, though DX that actually kinda worries me. Anyway, I was bored, so I decided to mess with her a bit. So I called her and it was like:
Risa: Hello?
Me: . . .
Risa: Hello? Anyone there?
Me: I call you up when I know he's at home~ X3
Risa: Lana? Um, what are you doing?
Me: I jump out of my skin when he picks up the phone!
Risa: =_= Are you seriously singing me this song right now?
Me (Srsly off key): BFB! BFB! MY BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER IS THE ONE FOR ME!
Risa: Yeah, okay, I have stuff to do. Bye.
Me (still off key): BABY PLEASE DON'T GOOOOOOOOOO! IF I WAKE UP TOMORROW WILL YOU STILL BE-Risa?
Risa: *Already hung up*
Chase (My lil bro): Um, can you not scream like someone's stabbing you right now? I have to study.
Me: ._. I was singing.
Chase: No. That wasn't singing, that was a crime. A crime against humanity.
Me: Whatever :P
I realized this chapter that I forgot to tell you what Cali and Anna are wearing. =_= Sorry.
Cali's wearing blue jeans, a long sleeved lime green shirt, and a black vest with rainbow colored shoes and a black Laplander hat.
Anna is wearing a black shirt, with an inverted smiley face t-shirt, a yellow and black plaid shirt, and black and yellow batman Chuck Taylors (I want some sooooo badly DX)
So yeah, I posted a picture of a Laplander hat, Yang's Jag, and Anna's Beretta 92FS 9mm on my profile, in case anyone's curious.
Ciao Long folks! ;)