I found out there is a second season of RWBY Chibi and I am somewhat excited for. I can't wait for RWBY volume 5 to come out, I felt like volume 4 blew by super-fast. I was reading Deadman Wonderland it is badass. If you're into a lot of blood lol
I also made a new friend from RWBY Republic since we both love Rosewick :)
I would also like to apologize that my chapters have been short and everything but it felt like they were good cut off parts so please forgive me…
It would be eight days since Summer came back to Beacon from the woods. She couldn't help but look over at Qrow's empty bed. He stayed away from her a lot and it made her heart hurt. He never needed to stay away. She wasn't mad or upset anymore. He had his feelings and she had her own so what could she do about it?
Summer sighed staring at the ceiling.
"Do you wanna go out or something?" Taiyang asked giving her a sympathetic smile.
"I don't know. Won't Raven yell at me?" she asked looking a little scared.
"She can get over it. It's a wonder you don't have cabin fever yet."
"I'm really bored."
"Let's go- my treat!" he said jumping up.
"Did you finish your report?" Summer asked crushing his hopes of going out.
"Damnit Summer you sound like Raven," he said glaring at her.
"We can still go and I can help you later if you want."
He brightened up, "Ok! Put on some actual good clothes and let's go!"
Summer laughed. She was wearing her pjs still.
X
X
They walked through the city eating some ice cream and enjoying the sunlight. It seemed like the Grimm attack outside of Vale was forever ago but almost like it was yesterday. Summer closed her eyes feeling the breeze blow through her hair and sun on her face. They were still alive and she was still alive. She never thought she would make it through it but she did in the end.
"What are you thinking about?" Taiyang asked.
"We are alive."
He laughed, "I think everyone was more worried about you though. You shouldn't push yourself. I was a little mad at you too just so you know."
They stopped walking.
"Why were you mad?" she asked in a low whisper.
"I understand that your life tied to your power but you are needlessly throwing your life away. You are more than Grimm bait or a pawn of some power filled curse. You are Summer Rose. You are our teammate- the leader of team STRQ. Your life matters just as much as ours."
Summer smiled.
"I know everyone doesn't say it… but sometimes we feel like we get in your way more than we actually help."
She frowned, "Never! I couldn't do it without you guys!"
"That's nice to hear. Even Raven is far above us but… she feels like she even gets in your way."
"How could she? She's always there when I need her! Well… I wish I could always be there for her…."
"Are you talking about Lux?" Taiyang asked and Summer nodded.
He smiled sadly, "You wouldn't want to have been there. In all seriousness… It broke me. I could watch people die but… I saw the light fade from Raven. Raven never cries and she cried then. She was in so much pain and it wasn't even physical."
"Oh…"
"She still goes every night."
Summer gave him a lost look, "Huh?"
"She goes to his grave every night to tell him about her day. She talks about everything. I don't think anything in the world could take away the pain."
Summer had tears running down her face, "I feel like a horrible friend for not knowing about it."
"She asked me to hide it from everyone. No one could have known."
"I'm sorry…"
"Humans feel pain constantly, it can't be helped," he answered.
"I guess."
"I think you know better than any of us what that is like."
Her silver eyes watched him throw away his napkin.
She did know.
They walked in silence to the docks. Her knew his words were true but she felt the same for them too. Raven and Qrow had no one else but each other. They watched people die and even people come after them as they were children. Taiyang lost his mother from Grimm when he was a child. They lost everyone that they could ever love and yet they were standing there, wanting to help everyone else so they never experienced the same pain.
It had nothing to do with being the most powerful. In their own way, they were willing to risk it all for someone they didn't know to make sure they were ok. That was the life they chose once they entered Beacon. It was as if fate chose them to bear the problems of the world on their shoulders and they were so willing to accept the pain and suffering that came with it.
"Are we wrong for going to Beacon?" Summer asked.
Taiyang let out a short laugh, "No not all."
He threw his arm around Summer giving her a side hug making her drop her ice cream. They both started laughing uncontrollably looking like a couple of crazy people but they didn't care. After they regained some self-control, Taiyang picked the ice cream cone and some of the ice cream off the ground then threw it away. It wasn't too much of a loss since most of the ice cream was gone.
"Man, I didn't realize we walked all the way to the docks," he said grinning.
"Wow… the water is so pretty," Summer said brushing her hair back.
"Yea. It's nice since they repaired after all those years."
Summer smiled at him, "I guess I wouldn't know."
"No one had any right to leave you out there all alone. You are still human after all."
Summer closed her eyes, "It hurts but I understand."
Taiyang let out a silent sigh. Whenever it came to her mom she was always ok. That she understood why she was left alone. Especially if her mom had regular eyes. Summer's eyes always showed pain but she would never say anything. She understood but she hurt.
"For coming out of the woods, you're more civilized than most people."
Summer looked up at Taiyang.
"What do you mean?"
"My mom was a Faunus."
Summer's mouth opened a little but no words came out.
"I haven't told Raven yet but it feels appropriate to tell you."
Taiyang took off his shoes and rolled up his pant legs, sticking his feet into the water. Summer sat down and took of her flip flops joining him.
"I don't know if you even know, but people who are half Faunus or full blooded Faunus are usually hunted down by hate groups. Sometimes even people who love Faunus are hunted down and killed. I lived in a village somewhere outside of Vale and we had a fool proof system to keep Grimm out but most of our village was Faunus.
"One night, they came burning half of the village and my mother hid me away in a special basement with some other kids. My mom was really pretty actually. She was a blonde lemur from another part of the world. She was an exotic type of Faunus. She never told me who my father was but it didn't matter to me. She loved me even though I was completely human looking compared to her.
"She'd always say to me… 'It doesn't matter how you look or what you are, it's how you treat others. Sometimes things happen and it's ok. Just always remember to be you and true until the very end.' You know… you hold true that even from the first day. You did cry a lot but you're the same girl… you just talk better."
Summer glared at him and hit him on the arm.
"But it is true Summer."
"Then why are you like that with women?"
Taiyang turned red.
"Well… sex is fun but the cuddling part afterwards is addictive and if you tell anyone I will hurt you."
Summer grinned trying not to laugh.
"Your secret is safe with me."
"Thanks."
Summer reached down into the water. It was cold and soothing.
"Cold ass water doesn't faze you huh?"
"You forget I used to take ice baths in the winter in ponds. This is nothing."
Taiyang rolled his eyes.
BEEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEP BEEEEEP
They both froze. Taiyang looked down and saw it was Raven calling.
"I'm almost afraid to answer," he whispered so lowly Summer almost didn't hear him.
"Do it or she'll get more mad…"
He nodded and hit the green button.
"WHERE THE HELL IS SUMMER?! SHE IS SUPPOSED TO STAY IN BED!"
"She needed something other than jello Raven! I'm sorry! We are by the docks-
"She got a letter!"
Taiyang handed over the scroll. Raven had her hair tied back and she was wearing a red shirt.
"What letter? I don't know anyone," Summer said looking confused.
"I don't know… It has some fancy letters on it like really super fancy letters. Maybe it is from your savior?"
"Wait- someone saved Summer?" It was Qrow's voice in the background sounding annoyed.
"It could be… do you want to open it?" Summer asked.
Raven's face filled with surprise.
"Are you sure?"
"You're gonna end up reading it anyways," Summer said giggling.
"You know me well. Ok, are you ready?" Raven asked and she nodded.
Raven opened up the letter and pulled out some parchment like they had in the old days. Raven raised an eyebrow but said nothing as she unfolded it. Her eyes widened just staring at it.
"What's wrong?" they asked together.
"Your friend has some expensive tastes… He has beautiful handwriting… Did you pick up some Nancy boy?"
"He's the opposite really."
"Read it Raven! I wanna hear!" Taiyang said looking excited.
"You are a dork. Ok here it goes:
'Summer, I wanted to make sure you were ok and I figured this was a better way of contact than just meeting at the docks when you were ready. My friend is letting me stay with him instead of me doing my usual… work. Since you were a huntress, he felt it wouldn't work well and it would be rude to ask you to quit school. I too agree with him.
'I would love to still get you by the docks for dinner and a show on Friday night, if that is ok with you. Around five sound good? I hope you can read my hand writing because my friend says it's too fancy and he can barely read it himself. Also, Saturday, the doctor would like to meet with you to check you out since… she'll be staying with him again. My friend has a room set up for you to stay the nice if that's ok with you too…
'Just make sure you have finished your work since I don't want to distract you from it… Bring a change of clothes and perhaps have a friend bring you just in case. I know from experience you know how to take care of yourself but you have been hurt recently. Hope all is well.'
'Your friend of woods'
Raven looked up at Summer.
"Fancy man."
Summer turned bright red.
"I didn't know you liked fancy guys… I figured you would go for someone who owned a weapon shop to be honest," Taiyang said.
"Well he sounds suspicious."
"Shut up, what the hell do you know? You dumped her!" Raven yelled.
"Is there a return address?"
Raven looked the envelope over.
"None."
"See he's probably a bad guy-
"Shush! Who cares as long as he treats her nice!"
"So… is he your kind of man?" Taiyang asked and Summer's face darkened in embarrassment.
"I… there was something special about him. He's just so different."
"Seems like it. No one has that much class now days. So, you have a few days until Friday? How do you feel?"
"I feel great."
X
X
It was Thursday already. Summer had noticed the odd looks she was getting from Qrow but she chose to ignore it. It has been a few weeks since they broke up and Raven had explained that was the normal now days. Raven had already picked out Summer's first date outfit and it was a beautiful black and gray dress. Summer felt like it was too dressy but he did say dinner and a show so she just went with it.
"I have been on plenty of dates. You just go and have fun," Raven said brushing Summer's hair.
"I know."
"Did you know your hair is turning red at the top?" Raven asked sticking her nose against Summer's hair, "Like bright red crayon or something. Is your natural hair color red?"
Summer frowned, "From what I always known it was black. Let me see."
Raven grabbed a hand mirror from her stand and Summer looked in it. It almost looked like her hair was blood. She kept touching it but it was just hair. Has my hair been like that and I have never noticed? I haven't a clue to why it would turn red? I never heard of that?
"I really don't know? I heard of babies that have their hair color change as they get older…"
Raven nodded, "You wanna get some dye?"
"No…"
Summer stared at her books. She wouldn't even know if there was any red heads in her family since she really didn't know anyone.
"Summer?"
"Hm?"
"Are you thinking about tomorrow night or what?" Raven asked.
"Yea."
X
Summer laid in her bed looking up at the ceiling. She knew that Qrow had stared at her for some time before falling asleep. What would he be thinking about? She stretched in her bed. She couldn't sleep much. Since she felt better, she felt like something was off about her. Something… something wasn't right.
Claire
She sat up. Was there something that would happen to silver eyes over time? She had almost died several times.
I can't just lay here anymore. I need someone to talk too. I don't feel ok.
"Can't sleep?"
Summer jumped.
"Raven!" she hissed.
"Did I scare you? I am a person of the night."
"Where are you going?" Summer whispered.
Raven grabbed her sword with the red blade and walked over to the door.
"I have someone to visit."
Her son.
"Can I go with you?"'
Raven turned slightly and gave her a sad look, "If you want."
Summer threw the covers off and stood beside of her friend. Neither one of them was dressed right. Summer was wearing a sports bra with plaid pj bottoms. Raven was in some really short shorts with a white tank top. Raven created her black and red portal like she always did leaving Summer in awe.
No matter how many times she saw it, she always thought it was amazing. Raven took her hand and it was like they jumped down into a hole but appearing onto the other side into some light. Once her eyes readjusted, Summer was able to see they were in a graveyard. It was colorful place, like it was meant for kids and babies.
"He's this way."
Summer nodded and followed Raven to the gravesite of her son. It was a small stone surrounded by others. Lux Branwen. Raven pulled out a bottle out of her shorts pocket and set it against the gravestone. She sat down cross legged and patted the ground next to her. Summer sat down easily.
"This is my son."
"I'm glad to meet him," Summer answered.
"You know… he was going to look exactly like me. It was funny to see it."
Summer looked up at Raven but she didn't say anything. She didn't know what she meant by that but she wasn't going to question her.
X
X
"Summer, you aren't yourself! You're not anything like this!"
"Raven get out of the way!"
Thorny vines began swirling around Raven, closing in on her quickly.
"Raven!"
Summer appeared, climbing through the vines. Her eyes were red and black. She had twisted smile on her face.
"Anything evil- I must kill."
Raven sat up in a cold sweat. She looked over at the clock. She had only slept an hour.
"Arghhh," she moaned softly and got out of bed heading to the bathroom.
"Oh, you're awake already?"
Raven forced a smile for her boyfriend and nodded. The smile didn't fool him, he knew she had another nightmare but unsure about what.
"Would you like some coffee?" he asked through the bathroom door.
"Please."
Raven splashed water onto her face. She looked like she was getting old.
"Hazelnut?"
"You know me so well."
Taiyang cracked open the door and gave her a sad, sympathetic look.
"Another nightmare?"
She nodded.
"About?"
Raven closed her eyes then looked down at the sink ashamed, "Summer."
He handed her the cup with a smile, "You can always cuddle with me tonight if you want. It won't bother me that you move a lot. Summer already went to breakfast."
"Thanks. Let's go join her. I don't need a shower. I took one when I got back."
X
Throughout the day, Summer kept getting dirty looks from Qrow. She tried her best to ignore it but for some reason it was making her mad. She was trying to write her essay answer out but she could feel his eyes from across the room. She grinded her teeth and her pencil snapped in half making the student next to her look at her funny.
Apparently Qrow took the hint and dropped his gaze. She pulled out another pencil and finished her test paper. She placed it on the teacher's desk and headed on her way out. She stopped and glared at Qrow. He looked at her quickly and looked away with a fearful look on his face like he had seen a ghost.
Later, they finished their last class. The four of them were together but Qrow sat away from them as much as possible. Raven found this weird and shot her brother a few looks but he never looked at them. They finished their fifth test for the day since the school year had three months left. They would find out Monday if they passed to go into the third year or not.
The final bell rang and everyone got up.
"Summer, are you ok?" Taiyang asked.
"I need some time away from Qrow because I'm tired of the dirty ass looks I'm getting," she hissed and stomped away.
Raven and Taiyang stared at each other with confused looks. Summer disappeared into the group of other students. Qrow was standing off to the side.
"Are you ok?" Raven asked.
"That's odd coming from the person who beat my face in," he murmured.
"You deserved it."
"Well, how about her moving on now?" Qrow hissed with a hurt look in his eyes.
"What did you think was going to happen? She was going to pine after you for the remainder of her life?" she snapped back.
Qrow looked ashamed.
"You did it to yourself. You're lucky she came back when she did. We are lucky she came back and had someone looking over her."
X
Summer walked into the dorm room and it was empty but her outfit was laying on her bed. She had twenty minutes left until she had to get to the docks but she was barely had a shower. She threw all her clothes and grabbed her bag she had packed. She pulled open the door and was startled by Raven.
"We better hurry!" Raven said with a smile.
"We wanted to see you off," Taiyang said with a grin.
They were twenty minutes late meeting Roman at the docks. Summer was hoping he didn't she ditched him or anything. Taiyang and Raven sat on the ground out of breath with Summer rubbing her legs. Even though they were great fighters, they were wore out still from the attack outside of the village.
There was a black car by the docks sitting there. The door opened up and Roman stepped out looking at them funny.
"What happened to you guys?" Roman asked.
"We… ran… all of the way… here…" Taiyang said trying to catch his breath.
Raven looked up at him with curious eyes.
"It's nice to see you in actual light," she said with a smile.
"Yes. You're Raven, right? And you're Taiyang?" Roman asked with a smile.
Summer beamed. She felt giddy he remembered that much of their conversations.
"Are you ready Summer?" Roman asked and she nodded blushing brightly.
Roman took her bag and placed it into the trunk.
Summer walked up to the car door to open it but Roman raised his hand.
"I'll get the door."
He opened the door and she thanked him quietly as she got in. He closed the door and started to head for the back of the car to make his way to the other side when Raven grabbed his arm with her red eyes glowing.
"I'll let you know now, you better not hurt her because I will fuck you up so bad you'll wish Grimm had gotten ahold of you before me. Don't think of stealing her virginity tonight either because she most definitely isn't like that and once again, I would have to hurt you. Also, just so you know, I beat my own brother's face in for hurting her so don't test me. I hit extremely hard."
Roman paled a little bit, "I had no intentions of such things… It would depend on where our relationship would go anyways. Thanks for the warning by the way."
Roman forced a smile and Raven grinned evilly back.
Roman got into the car and the car drove off. Summer felt nervous sitting there. She was
delirious from pain, hunger and thirst that night, so now it felt hard to talk to him. Her cheeks were hot and she had no clue what to say at the moment. Her head was swimming in millions of thoughts.
"Summer?"
"HUH?" she said snapping out of her thoughts.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. Did you want the show first or the dinner?"
Summer smiled, "How about the show?"
"Very good ma'am. I haven't started yet so it will give me time to prepare," the driver answered, "Mr. Brunneis and I will have everything ready soon enough."
"This is Jinex by the way. You won't remember him since you were knocked out."
Summer's face turned pink again.
"I'm sorry about that…" she said softly.
"It's ok. You couldn't help it."
After an hour of driving they entered some woods with a long driveway. Summer frowned because she never remembered seeing a house in the middle of the woods but she was pretty messed up at the time. They came up at to the mansion pretty quick and it was beautiful. It was blue and white, it almost stuck out in the wooded area but it wouldn't at night.
"Here we are sir and ma'am."
"Jinex, it's Roman. We've known each other for a long time."
Jinex smiled and he got out. He opened the door for Summer and she stepped out. The air smelled so good.
"It's so pretty," Summer said.
"Thanks Summer."
Summer looked up to see a tall slender man in a pinstripe suit standing in the doorway. He had skin like caramel, hazel eyes and a beautiful dark chocolate hair. He was just as good looking as Roman was. Why were the hot guys in hiding? He held out a hand and she took it smiling.
"I'm glad to see you looking healthy! Come on in! What are you guys doing first on your lovely date?"
"She wants the show first," Roman answered.
Brunneis grinned, "Damnit! Jinex- let's watch first!"
"I am in agreement Mr. Brunneis. It's been a long time."
"Too damn long! Hurry in!" the man said and hurried to the trunk of the care getting her suitcase.
Roman held the door open and she walked inside. Her jaw opened a little unable to believe she had been there before. The place was huge inside and it was lovely. It didn't seem like guys lived inside but a few women. It was so tasteful, she felt jealous. There was a giant bouquet of white roses sitting on a table.
"Come into this room," Roman asked, taking her hand.
They walked into another room and it was large. Most of the room was white with light blue accents.
"Wow."
"I'm glad you like it. This is my personal office room Brunneis has for me," Roman answered.
"It's nice," Summer breathed with awe.
Roman walked over to a tall object with a silk blue sheet on it. He pulled it off revealing a piano.
"You play?" she asked softly.
He nodded.
"One night when I met Roman, he was hurt and I was flying on some fucked up cocktail of drugs. I brought him back and left him in this room. I had collapsed in the living quarters and when I awoke, I heard the most beautiful melody. I was in disbelief some brat off the streets could play something so beautiful. It was his own song."
Summer looked at him.
"You want to sit next to me?" Roman asked taking a sit on the bench.
She nodded quickly and hurried over.
Roman placed his fingers on the keys and started to play. Jinex and Brunneis were sitting on the couch in the corner watching. His fingers danced across the keys in a fluid motion. Summer was awe. The song was beautiful and sad. Summer watched his face and it looked like he was in another world with the peaceful look on his face.
A few tears fell onto Summer's cheeks.
She had no idea why she was so moved by this song or by the fact he would play it for her when he barely knew her. Roman sneaked a peek at her and he was slightly shocked by her reaction. He remembered when Brunneis cried like a baby but he was a drugged up mess. After a few minutes of playing the song came to an end and he stopped.
"Wow," she whispered, barely heard by him.
"Did you like it?" he asked and she nodded slowly.
"That was so… so wonderful. What do you call it?"
"The Forgiving Broken Heart."
"Why would you play it for me?" she asked.
"You trusted me that night and told me your feelings. I felt like sharing this with you. I feel like it portrays how you felt but you had no words for it that night."
Jinex and Brunneis left the room quietly as she stared at him.
"You're so wonderful, why don't you share it with the world?" Summer asked.
Roman felt like his heart was beating out his chest.
"Because, those special to me should only hear it."