Chapter 2: Date Night
Rikov loved the feeling of falling, flying through the air, he had always been happier while off the ground. When he began to see he rocks and dirt below, Rikov pulled his straight bow off his back and fired it at a tall thin cable trailed behind the arrow, one the boot connected, the cable tightened and Rikov swung down from it and curled up into a roll for a smooth landing. He walked about a block to get the restaurant where he was supposed to meet Velvet.
Shortly after Rikov's arrival, a young faunus girl in a nice brown leather jacket and white skirt that hung just at her knees. Her hair was in a ponytail tied with a bow that complimented her outfit. Velvet looked around and saw Rikov sitting at a table. "Hey, I saw your landing."
"Wasn't it awesome?"
"Mmm, seven outta ten."
"What? You're nuts that was a nine at the lowest."
"You were off balance when you landed, not to mention you almost missed your shot with your... Arrow gun."
"Tribolt Straightbow."
"Oh whatever. Is it really that big a deal?"
"It is to me, I love this thing."
"What's so special about it?"
"Just to process of making it, I have almost two hundred hours building and upgrading this thing. Also, it's way cooler than your bow."
"My bow and arrow is way awesomer! You wouldn't know a perfect weapon if I shot you with it"
"Is your bow fully automatic? I don't think so."
"I least I can hit something with it. Your bow couldn't hit the backside of a barn."
"Oh yeah? Your little toy couldn't hit the ocean from a boat." They both stared each other down for about ten seconds before they simultaneously burst into laughter. They did this at least once a week, insulting each other's choice in weaponry, or clothes, or whatever, but in the end they knew it was all a big joke and neither of them could keep a straight face for very long. "Have I ever told you how cute you are when you're insulting me?"
"Once a day, at least."
"Especially the ears. Whenever you get mad they twitch."
"Really?" Velvet lowered her bunny ears.
"Hey, perk up, I think it's attractive. It's part of what makes you you."
"Thanks but I still wish I could hide them somehow."
"Wear a top hat."
"Hey this isn't a joke." She said, even though the comment made her laugh. "I'm not a wolf Faunus like you, I can't keep them it hidden, though my tail is certainly easier to conceal. Hey how come you don't try and hide you race?"
"I guess I'm just too proud to care what other people think, I'm happy for what I am and I wouldn't change a thing, I get the same feeling when I look at you." Velvet began to blush, she hadn't done that in ages.
"Damn, he's smooth." Yang said, she was sitting on a rooftop just next door to the restaurant, listening to the conversation. All of team RWBY was eavesdropping.
"Velvet? He's in love with Velvet?" Weiss was overcome with jealousy.
"Well they are partners, they've been hanging out together for a while."
"Wait, he's on Team Vertigo?" Blake asked! using the code name for Team VRGO.
"That makes him like a hundred times hotter!" Weiss shrieked.
"Keep your voice down, snow angel, do you want somebody to hear us?"
"What's so special about Team VRGO?" Ruby asked.
"They're all second years at Beacon, last year they won the Hunter Academies Combat Tournament. They were the first freshman team ever to even compete, but they still won by a landslide."
"Wow, I didn't even know first years could be in it." Ruby was in awe, the boy was handsome and extremely dangerous.
"So then I said, that's not a sofa, it's a WMD!" Rikov said, finishing his story. Velvet burst into laughter.
"That seriously happened?"
"I swear to god."
"When?
"At a party when I was at Signal."
"How do you even get a couch stuck to the ceiling?" Velvet said, barely understandable through her giggles.
"I don't know exactly but when I woke up the next npmor ing there were empty super glue bottle all over the-"
Beep beep beep!
It was Rokov's cell phone. He pulled it out of his pocket and took a quick glance down at the caller ID. Adam Taurus.