Two days had past and Blake was growing more concerned for Ruby by the hour. Ever since the incident with team CRDL, Ruby had been acting odd around Blake. Knowing that Ruby wouldn't tell her, Blake started looking around the house for Yang.
Yang had spent her morning in the backyard running through her normal morning workout routine. She had been working a punching bag for a few minutes before Blake approached her.
"Hey Blakey what's up?" Yang grunted in between punches.
"Yang im worried about Ruby. She's been acting really weird around me since we got here." Blake said as her ears drooped in worry.
Hearing this Yang stopped punching the bag and turned towards Blake. "Yeah i've noticed." Yang said, looking slightly worried for her sister.
"Would you be able to talk with her? Maybe we can help." Blake said, seeming to perk up a bit at the idea of helping Ruby.
"Ok but if you're worried why don't you talk to her?" Yang asked, confused as to why Blake didn't ask herself.
Hearing the question caused Blake's features to drain. Her posture slumpt and her ears laid flat against her hair.
"I think I may be the problem." Blake said dejectedly. The idea that she could cause any form of discomfort for Ruby hurt her.
"Ill talk to her." Yang sighed as she started walking towards the back door. "I promise you're not the problem." Yang said, just as she reached the door, turning to face Blake before walking inside to find Ruby.
Ruby had spent her morning in the workshop polishing and sharpening Crescent Rose. The main reason she was in here however was that she needed time away from Blake.
Since the incident with Cardin, Ruby couldn't stop thinking that it was her fault. Maybe she shouldn't have stood up to Cardin when he verbally abused Velvet or Maybe she could have been faster and she wouldn't have gotten hurt. How could she now tell Blake she liked her?
Blake probably hates me now and is just acting like normal for the team. Ruby thought as she finished attaching the final piece to Crescent Rose.
Now finished, Ruby started walking back to her room to place Crescent Rose back in its case that she uses when travelling for missions.
As Ruby finished locking the case someone knocked on her door.
"Rubes you in there?" Yang called from the other side of the door.
"Yeah i'm here." Ruby yelled back.
Hearing this Yang opened the door and walked over to ruby's bed.
"Rubes what's going on with You and Blake?" Yang asked
"Nothing's wrong. Nope everything's good heh heh." Ruby lied, fidgeting on the spot.
At this Yang just raised her eyebrow. She knew all of Ruby's quirks when she tried to lie.
Ruby knew Yang had caught on straight away. "I messed up Yang." Ruby sighed, her head dropping. "I couldn't stop Cardin when he took Blake's bow and i couldn't get it back without getting hurt." Ruby said becoming more and more depressed. "she can't like me Yang. I screwed up." Ruby was nearly in tears after telling Yang what had happened.
Yang was stunned. She originally thought Ruby's behaviour may have been because she was nervous about telling Blake how she felt but to hear that Ruby blamed herself for everything that had happened with Cardin was a big shock.
"Rubes she doesn't hate you. She asked me to talk to you. She's really worried about you." Yang said.
"But Yang i couldn't stop it from happening and it only happened because I got in an argument with Cardin. She wouldn't have gotten involved otherwise. I can't tell her i like her it's my fault everyone knows she's a faunus." Ruby said, slowly looking sadder and sadder as she went.
"Rubes it not your fault and she doesn't bla-." Yang began.
"Yang please." Ruby begged, looking like she was about to start crying.
"Ok Rubes. Come here." Yang said, opening her arms to give a hug.
Ruby slowly moved towards her sister before nearly running into Yang's arms as Yang could feel a wetness on her shoulder from Ruby's tears.
After Ruby had calmed down Yang went to find Blake and explain what had happened as Zwei trotted into Ruby's room to try and cheer up his red owner.
Blake had spent the time waiting under a tree in the backyard constantly worrying about Ruby and what could have caused her to act so strangely the last couple days.
I don't understand everything seemed fine before we arrived. Everytime she sees me now she becomes very bashful and when she sees my ears it's even worse. Is it because i'm a faunus? Blake thought.
Hearing the backdoor close broke Blake out of her thoughts as Yang walked towards the tree.
"Is Ruby ok?" Blake asked in a near frantic manner.
"She'll be ok just needs a few minutes." Yang replied, feeling both physically and mentally exhausted from her workout and then Ruby.
"Blake you need to tell her how you feel."
"Yang I can't tell her for all I know I am the problem that has made her so upset. If i tell her now she will reject me." Blake said while looking at the ground, her boots now becoming the most interesting thing in the world.
"Blake i promise you aren't the problem." Yang said nearly begging for Blake to believe her.
"Tell me what it is then Yang because it feels like I am." Blake said, her voice taking a more confident tone.
"I cant Blake I promised Ruby I wouldn't." Yang said, her shoulders slouched.
Then I can't just tell her. Blake stated.
Knowing that there was no way she could convince Blake otherwise, Yang just walked back inside.
Four days had passed since Yang confronted Ruby and Yang's patience were wearing thin. Her sister was purposely avoiding Blake and Blake was feeling worse and worse. It had gotten to the point where Blake asked Yang to swap rooms even if it meant she would sleep in the same room as Zwei
When Ruby entered the kitchen that morning Yang was fed up.
"Ruby this needs to stop." Yang said as she stood up from the dining table.
"I can't face her Yang it hurts every time I see her." Ruby replied as she grabbed a bowl of strawberries from the fridge.
"Tell Blake how you feel because right now she thinks you hate her and it's killing her." Yang said, her temper at boiling point and her voice slightly raised.
"I can't it's all my fault. " Ruby stated, caught in her constant loop of depression.
Hearing Ruby say that finally caused Yang's temper to break. Her eyes turned blood red and her hair started to light aflame. "DAMN IT RUBY THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT YOU. YOU'RE HURTING BLAKE. JUST TELL HER YOU LIKE HER ALREADY." Yang screamed.
Ruby was frozen as Yang turned around to see Blake standing in the doorway to the kitchen.
"Ruby?" Blake called as she slowly approached the young redhead.
Realising Blake now knew about her crush, Ruby ran out the front door using her semblance and into the woods.
"Yang what's going on?" Blake asked now turning her attention to the raging inferno.
"You need to come with me. We are going after her and i'll explain on the way." Yang said, her eyes still burning red, as she grabbed Blake's wrist and started dragging her towards the front door.
As the bumblebee pair started running through the forest Blake was still as confused as before.
"Yang where are we going?" Blake called as she ducked under a branch.
"there's only one place Ruby would run off too and that's Summer." Yang replied.
"Ok then tell me what happened this morning." Blake said, concerned for Ruby and curious if what Yang said this morning was true.
"A couple days after you told me you liked Ruby she came to me and told me she liked you. You both had asked me not to tell the other so I started playing matchmaker. That was why I would leave you two alone at times or planning to have you two in the same room when you were here. She was going to tell you before Christmas but after what happened with Cardin she started blaming herself for what happened and that lead to her believing there was no way you would ever go out with her. That's why she started acting weird. I wanted to tell you but she made me promise not to." Yang said, informing Blake of all the events that had transpired.
"Ruby likes me?" Blake asked flabbergasted, nearly tripping over a root. Blake couldn't believe that not only did Ruby not hate her but she felt the same way.
"Yeah she does so when we make it to Summer you're going to go and tell her. No arguing either." Yang said, stopping for a moment to show how serious she was.
Blake could see that Yang's eyes still hadn't changed back to their normal lilac colour. The blood red eyes felt like they were piercing Blake's very soul.
"Ill tell her." Blake said, continuing to stare into Yang's eyes.
Yang's eyes started to change back to lilac after hearing Blake's words. "Good. Now let's go find my sister and your soon to be girlfriend." Yang said with a smirk that caused the cat faunus to blush a deep red.
The pair followed the dirt trail in silence until they neared the edge of the forest. Blake had one last question that had been bugging her.
"Yang you said she went to Summer do you mean?" Blake asked, unsure if she should be asking.
"Yeah our mum." Yang replied as the duo walked out of the forest and onto a cliff with a small redhead and a white stone slab.
Ruby had been sitting in front of her mother's grave for about fifteen minutes. Once she had arrived she fell to the ground, wrapped her arms around her knees and started crying.
All that could be heard were Ruby's sobs and her begging Summer for help. Now that Blake knew about her feelings there was no way Ruby could face her again. The look on Blake's face had said everything to Ruby before she ran off.
Hearing footsteps approaching broke Ruby out of her trance but she didn't move. She was too upset with Yang and herself.
It wasn't until she felt slender arms wrap around her that Ruby looked up to see who it was.
The first thing Ruby saw was gold staring at her but they weren't there normal pure colour. Tears were streaming down her face as she held Ruby tighter.
"Why didn't you tell me? We promised we wouldn't run from our team." Blake said now staring into silver.
"I felt guilty for what happened with Cardin." Ruby mumbled.
Blake just hugged Ruby tighter as they sat in front of summers gravestone.
After a few minutes the pair slowly separated, still sitting on the ground.
"Ruby can i ask you something? It's important." Blake said now sitting in front of Ruby.
Ruby was still too upset and embarrassed to speak and only nodded.
"Yang told me everything that happened over the last two weeks. She told me you blamed yourself for what happened with Cardin and that the reason you have been avoiding me is you felt like that had screwed up any chance you had of me liking you." Blake watched the redhead in front of her carefully, making sure she wasn't about to bolt again before Blake could finally tell her.
"Ruby i've had a crush on you since we went on that mission with Doctor Oobleck but I was too scared to say anything. Blake said now looking into Ruby's beautiful silver eyes
"Ruby will you." Blake started before stopping to breathe. "Will you go out with me?" Blake asked.
Ruby was stunned. She had never thought it was possible Blake could have had feelings for her before everything happened with Cardin let alone after.
After staring at Blake blankly for a few moments Ruby finally came to her senses and without a moment's thought leaned in and kissed Blake. The kiss was short lived but for the few moments their lips were entwined both Blake and Ruby could feel every emotion the other had kept bottled up.
Once the part broke apart Yang walked over from behind the trees.
"Come on lovebirds let go home." Yang said as she started walking back towards the Rose-Xiao long home with a very embarrassed Blake and Ruby in tow.
Back at Summers gravestone
After the trio had walked back into the forest, a woman appeared floating behind the gravestone. Not much could be seen of the mysterious woman as her entire body was covered by a white cloak. The only recognisable features that could be seen were a smile on her face and a pair of silver eyes.
LADYBUG IS A GO REPEAT LADYBUG IS A GO
*gets slapped around the head*
Ok ok im calm. So this was originally going to be two chapters but where the first would have ended just felt like a filler chapter and I didn't want to drag out the drama.
In case i didn't explain why Ruby felt so bad in the fic very well she blames herself for what happened with Cardin and she knew how much Blake tried to hide being a Faunus to fit in. After everyone found out she thought Blake wouldn't be happy with her because she couldn't stop it and didn't help (in her mind) to stop Cardin.
So next chapter will be the Christmas chapter and a proper meeting between Blake and Summer and just to stop the theory now yes Summer is dead and yes that was her ghost happy to see Ruby happy with Blake.
Liburton: you have your kiss wonderful reader.
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