Hello everyone! I have returned my fellow readers with the next amazing chapter of Keep on Groundkeepin'! My Exams have finally finished and as of right now, I am now free to continue to write about our lovable, injured repairman. So without further ado, Enjoy!
Chipty Eight teen 64
Jaune was scared about the newest predicament that he was in. What was he currently afraid of now you ask?
Women.
More specifically, the female huntress population that were currently occupying the ballroom. Their slender bodies, with a few of them being more endowed than others, were clothed in an assortment of different coloured pajamas that caressed their womanly figures comfortably. All while exposing their legs, arms and sometimes even their stomachs for increased comfort. For a normal teenage huntsman, it was a gift, a blessing from a higher power to be sleeping with these huntresses within the same room.
For Jaune's case however, it was a nightmare becoming a reality. Sure he could handle one or two women with only a small amount of difficulty, but to sleep in the same room with THAT many girls with only a sleeping bag and a pillow?! That was a death wish waiting to happen. He didn't want to die yet.
He slowly slumped down onto the ground near the door while attempting to seek comfort from his comfortable blue onesie.
'Man, what is wrong with me?' Jaune thought as he wiggled his toes within his feet concealing bunny slippers. 'I'm a seventeen year old guy who's going to a school to hunt monsters. Yet the thing that scares me the most here are girls... How does that even work!?' His memory then recalled an incident a few years back that sold his fate against women. He didn't think it was possible to shoot out that much blood from his nostrils to the point that he could soar out of the restaurant. He shuddered at the thought of being sent to the emergency ward for another blood transfusion before pulling his knees to cover his face.
A few minutes of sulking and thoughtful planning on how he was going to sleep later, he felt a light tap on his shoulder.
"Jaune?" A familiar male voice asked questioningly.
"Hey Evi." Jaune replied back as he continued to stay in the same position as before.
"You okay man? Because you don't look okay as this morning." Evi recalled as he crouched to Jaune's eye level.
Jaune could only sigh from how obvious his despair could be seen. "Yeah, I-I'm fine." He lied. "I'll meet you inside once I've gotten my head straightened out." Yet another lie.
Evi wasn't buying it one bit. "Does this have to do with girls or something?" Evi asked suspiciously all while sitting cross legged in front of his first friend here.
Jaune blinked his eyes before facing Evi with a look of surprise. "H-how did you know?!" he quickly asked.
Evi began to slowly tap his chin. "Well for starters, you looked pretty scared of my friend Sheila back at the airport, and Yang back at the auditorium and not to mention that you were hiding behind both me and our buddy Ren from everyone else. In my opinion, that's petty suspicious."
Jaune could only go slack jawed at the deductive skills that were shown to him. He could only shake his in silence all while staring back down onto his toes.
"Look Jaune. Tell me what's eating at you so I can help. I'm a professional at fixing problems after all." Evi went silent for a few seconds before amending his previous statement. "Just not Grimm problems, or medical problems. Those just don't work with me at all."
Jaune chuckled at how Evi was wanting so much to help him out in his own way. He weighted the pros and cons if he should tell him. After a frantic debate of thought in his mind, he took a deep breath and looked Evi in the eyes as he told him his woes with women.
After a few minutes, Jaune had finished his story. Once it was done, Evi peaked his head inside the ballroom to assess the situation. When he had finished his reconnaissance mission, The two boys began to formulate a plan to ensure the survival of Jaune.
"So, any idea on how to handle this situation Jaune?" Evi asked quietly.
"I've never been in a situation like this before!" Jaune whined in a hushed tone. "I was thinking of maybe sleeping somewhere else that wasn't here? Maybe a bench? A janitor's closet? I have my sleeping bad and a pillow so it should be fine."
"I don't think that will work Jaune." Evi pointed out carefully. "There will be teaching staff patrolling the school premises and they would probably drag you to back here in a moments notice. Our best bet is to somehow guide you to the corner of the ballroom without looking at the female population, and cutting out your contact with them entirely."
"How are we going to do that?" Jaune inquired. "It's not like we could cover my eyes and make a wall at the...wait a minute." Jaune quickly thought back to what he said earlier. He then turned his head back towards Evi who looked a bit confused with Jaune's look of eureka. It kinda scared him a bit."Do you happen to know where we could get some extra blankets and mops or something Evi?" Evi rubbed his chin slowly.
"What do you have in mind?" Evi soon checked his utility belt pouch for its contents.
"Well, I was thinking of using blankets to make a long curtain or something so I could be away from all the women while I sleep!" Jaune proudly exclaimed for thinking of such a great idea. Once he announced his plan, his head suddenly slumped downward with dark clouds looming over him. "At this rate, I'll never get a girlfriend."
Evi began to laugh at Jaune's abrupt statement on dating as he withdrew a long, large bag from his belt pouch. "Don't worry Jaune, you'll find your special someone one day. In the meantime, let's just get you ready for bed."
Jaune quickly recovered from his depression and stood up from the ground. Once he was standing tall, he noticed something was off. "Evi?"
"Yeah?"
"What...what is that?" Jaune asked while pointed out the bag in question.
"Oh! You mean this thing?" Jaune nodded his head. "This, my good man, is called a tent!" Evi announced as he twisted the bag to reveal a diagram of the tent in question.
"Wh- Why do you even have a tent?" Jaune asked slowly.
A hint of pink appeared on Evi's face from remembering the first time he blew up his house. He began to scratch the back of his neck. "Well, there's a story behind that..." Jaune raised a brow while crossing his arms. "When you blow up your house for the first time, you need to sleep somewhere."
Jaune couldn't help but laugh at Evi's reason for the tent. "S-sorry, Evi." Jaune apologized while attempting to quell his laughter.
While this was happening, Evi sighed and began to wrap his scarf around his face. After all the attention that he gathered earlier this morning, the last thing that he needed now was to pass out at the door. "Let's just get you to bed." Evi huffed quietly.
"Right then... Uh, how are we supposed to do that?" Jaune really didn't want to get a blood transfusion and another nickname all in the same day.
Evi began to grin as he pulled out a white cloth from his pouch. "I've got just the plan."
Meanwhile...
"For the last time Yang, please stop." Ruby pleaded as she continued to cover her scarlet with her journal.
"Awww, you like Evi don't you?" Yang teased while continuing her assault. Ever since they were changed into their pajamas and secured their spots in the ballroom, Yang had begun to meddle with her sister and her most recent 'friend'.
"I only just met him Yang!" Ruby whined loudly. "I like him as a friend! No-not like that!"
"Could have fooled me lil sis." Yang rebutted with a playful grin on her face.
"Why do you do this whenever I meet someone whose a boy?" Ruby rhetorically asked.
"I'm just trying to help you expand your horizons Ruby." Yang waved her hand. She hadn't seen her sister act this flustered about anything that wasn't either cookies, strawberries, or weapons in a long time. She was usually too socially awkward whenever it came to any of the boys back at signal. The fact that Ruby was able to befriend a boy like Evi all on her own would make any older sister proud. 'Oh, she saying something, better pay attention again.' Yang hummed.
"-and then you would just beat up any boy that even cane close to me!" Ruby huffed.
Yang winced when she remembered all the boys that attempted to make a pass on Ruby. After the first few incidents with a few of them being punched into a wall and the remainder set ablaze, all of Signal knew to never EVER, date the weapon prodigy Ruby Rose. "Yeah, sorry about that Ruby. I'm just trying to keep you safe is all."
Ruby glared at her sister in disbelief. "Yang, Evi's different from all the other boys back at Signal."
Yang raised her brow after hearing this. "Oh? And makes you say that Hmm?" She asked curiously.
"Well for starters he helped me out when you ditched me. He's really funny to be around, he's also super handsom-" Ruby had realized that she was rambling thanks to her sister's grin growing wider from every compliment that she had mentioned earlier. Her face went red once again and fumbled her words to quickly fix her her previous statement. "I-I mean that he's a good friend! Yeah, that! A really nice friend." Ruby crossed her arms and faced away from her sister to hide her embarrassment.
Yang chuckled and ruffled her sister's hair. "Riiiight, and I'm a healthy young woman that enjoys to look at topless boys all day."
Ruby blinked her eyes from her sisters statement. "But, don't you already do that Yang?"
The older sibling paused for a moment. "Huh, I do don't I?" Ruby nodded her head. "Well now that you mention it, I'm going to start doing that right now!" She quickly slumped onto her bright yellow sleeping bag and began to examine the fine material displayed before her.
"It's like a huge slumber party in here!" Yang exclaimed with her arms extended to emphasis her sentence.
"I don't know Yang," Ruby stated cautiously as she continued to write in her journal before being rudely interrupted by her sister. The things younger siblings have to endure nowadays made her think back as to why she was related to her. "I don't think dad would approve of all the boys in here."
"I know I do." Yang admitted seductively as she stared across the ballroom to where a few male huntsmen began to show off their masculine physique. As she licked her lips enjoying the eye-candy displayed before her, her eyes stumbled upon a pretty peculiar sight. She rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't hallucinating yet it still remained. She slowly nudged Ruby's shoulder to obtain her attention.
"Ugh, what now Yang?" Ruby growled from being interrupted... for the third time tonight.
"You may want to look at this sis." Yang jerked her head.
Ruby tilted her head in confusion. "What are you talking abo-" She couldn't finish her sentence as they were glued onto the sight before her. What she saw, or what everyone else saw (except for Nora), was a blond haired boy, wearing a ridiculous blue onesie with bunny slippers to match and a blindfold stumble towards another boy. He had chestnut brown hair, with red goggles and a multicolored scarf cover his face and wore his clothes from this morning's assembly with his trademark pink shirt displayed for all to see. He was carrying a long bag on his shoulders while directing the blinded boy towards him.
"Okay, just keep moving forward and keep following my voice." Evi instructed as he continued to guide his friend. "Now turn right! N-no not that right, my right!
"Which way is your right?!" The blinded Jaune complained as he stumbled way off course and tripped over a pillow.
"Uh... my right?" Evi replied hesitantly
"You are terrible with directions you know that?!" Jaune groaned as he bravely marched forward
"I have to admit, this idea of mine sounded way better in my head than it did now."
"This idea of yours is the worst idea, ever, of all time." Jaune complained as some of the other initiates stepped away fro his hectic path.
"I'm a repairman, not a police officer my good man." Evi countered from several feet away. "Besides, we're almost there anyway."
"Can I take the blindfold off now? I've been walking for like a couple minutes now and my knees are sore from tripping over stuff." Jaune whined with his hand waving all over the place.
"Nonononono! You must not, under any circumstance, take off that blindfold!" Evi commanded. "Not to mention that I haven't even set up your base yet."
"Wha-what do you mean it's not set up yet?!" Jaune jerked backward almost falling over yet another sleeping bag.
"I've been busy trying to direct you from like the door, all the way to where we are right now!"
"Well how was I supposed to know where to go? You just said 'go that way!' and then you tied this thingy over my eyes!"
"It was just one direction! I even pointed it out where to go before I even tied the blindfold!"
As the two young huntsmen continued to rant at one another like an old married couple, they both stopped near the corner of the ballroom. Evi carefully unhooked the bag from his shoulder and placed it gently onto the ground. He unzipped it wide open and pulled out several black iron poles connected to a large, green piece of fabric. After a few swift movements, the components soon connected to one another to unveil... A tent? He double checked that everything was in order while adding a few special touches here and there before walking behind Jaune, and promptly guiding him towards the tent's open entrance. Once Jaune was safely inside, Evi zipped the door shut.
"Okay! You can take the blindfold now!" Evi ordered as he stood beside the tent. After a few seconds had passed, Jaune slowly unzipped the door just enough to stick out his hand and mutter a quiet thank you. Evi took hold of Jaune's hand and gave it a good shake before zipping it closed once more.
Once Evi's mission was complete, he stretched his arms before yawning silently. 'Mission complete!' Evi hummed to himself. While his arms were in the air, he noticed that the room was awfully quiet. So quiet in fact that if he dropped a nail onto the ground, it would echo. He turned his head slowly to see everyone in the ballroom stare at his direction.
It was a good thing that his face was covered right now, or else he would have fainted on the spot.
"Nothing to see here!" Evi announced loudly as he waved his arms to shoo the audience away. "Just someone who needed his privacy when they sleep, that's all. You can all go back and... talk amongst yourselves again." He then began to whistle slowly and walked away from the tent.
A majority of the initiates nodded their heads in understanding before resuming their recent activities. Well, almost everyone that is.
"What just happened?" Yang asked to no one in particular.
"I have no idea." Ruby replied back as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Hey guys!" Evi called out cheerfully as he walked towards the two sisters. His colourful mask still hiding his face.
"Hi Evi!" Ruby replied back with a wave of her hand.
"Hey Pink Bird." Yang responded with a grin and a two finger salute.
Evi huffed at Yang's direction. "That hurts Yang, real bad."
Both girls began to giggle from Evi's antics and misfortunes. When they had both stopped laughing, "So what was that all about Evi?" Yang inquired as she sat cross legged towards the repairman.
"What was what all about?" Evi tiled his head to the side when he heard the question.
"Y'know," She quickly jerked her thumb behind herself. "That!"
Evi tilted his head the other to get a better view of the thing in question. That was when he stumbled upon his decorated tent. "Oh, oh you mean Fort Jaune?" Evi replied happily.
"Fort Jaune?" The two sisters asked in unison. Evi nodded his head vigorously while he began to undo his mask. Upon closer inspection, the tent sort of resembled a small castle. It had two yellow flags located at the front and at the back ends of it, a small cardboard tower stood beside it with a sign that said 'Fort Jaune', and on the front, a sheet of lined paper was fastened with a piece of tape. The crudely written sentence 'No Gurlz Allowed' could be seen in black marker. "Yeah, Jaune wasn't really comfortable sleeping out in the open and needed his privacy."
Yang's eyes went wide in discovering who was dressed in that blue onesie. "Wait, wait, wait... That was Jaune?!"
"Yep." Evi replied knowingly with a grin on his face.
Both girls blinked their eyes and turned towards one another in silence. After a few short seconds, they were trying their hardest to not laugh at their friend's attire but ultimately, failing in the end.
Evi quickly took part in their laughter as it was very contagious. Thankfully, Jaune was a heavy sleeper and was blissfully unaware what was transpiring outside of his throne room.
"In his defence, I thought his pajamas looked really comfortable." Evi admitted.
Yang rolled her eyes humorously until she noticed his clothes. "Speaking of pajamas, aren't you going to change into yours? You've been wearing that all day!"
Evi paused in realization when he looked at his lightish-red shirt. He quickly rose onto his feet, untied his scarf, took off the device on his back, unbuckled his utility belt and slowly attempted to remove his shirt.
Both girls went wide eyed when they saw what Evi was attempting to do. "W-Wait a s-second Evi!" Ruby cried out while covering her face. Evi was positioned just as he was about to lift up his shirt while Yang was snapped out of her perverse state of mind.
"Wha-what's the matter?!" Evi asked quickly as he looked around himself. Were they under attack?! Was there some sort of suprise challenge Headmaster Ozpin implemented within the ballroom to whittle down the amount of initiates for tomorrow?!
"What are you doing?!" Ruby shouted as she pointed towards Evi's direction.
Evi blinked his eyes and slowly looked down. Oh... So that's what she was worried about. "I'm changing into my pajamas?" Evi replied truthfully.
"B-b-but I don't see your pajamas anywhere!" Ruby pointed out. Was he going to sleep with nothing on like her sister during the summer?! Sure she had heard of what laid underneath the clothes of a man from that awkward health class back at Signal Academy, but to think her new friend Evi to strip and reveal it out in public display?! She wasn't physically prepared for this, she wasn't mentally prepared for this, and she definitely was NOT emotionally prepared for this at all!
Yang on the other hand... was a completely different story. She had known about the birds and the bee's from the multiple boys that met her standards back in the day. She would never really make it that far with her relationships since a majority of them were quick and painless. That, or the fact that she usually beat the crap out of any of them if they pushed further in and did anything inappropriate. In most cases though, they did. Not to mention that she had read her fair share of Yaoi during her free time at Signal Academy. Her imagination began to run wild with anticipation of what was bound to happen next. A small trickle of blood dripped from her nose as the images were to great, even for her. She couldn't help it though, she was a growing woman after all.
Both their trains of thought were forced to a halt after Evi's confession.
"I'm already wearing my pajamas."
...Huh?
Both girls stared at the young man in question suspiciously.
"I'm serious!" Evi huffed. "Here look!" Evi quickly removed his signature lightish-red without warning.
Both girls went wide eyed in shock once they saw what was hidden inside. Underneath his pink shirt... was a blue short sleeved shirt patterned with dark navy stripes. "Wha-?" Was all Ruby could say as she attempted to comprehend what had transpired.
Evi smiled at their silly expressions before slowly loosening his cargo pants. Once they hit the ballroom floor, his blue pladded pajama pants were proudly displayed for all to see.
"See? I told you so!" Evi quickly struck a pose to majestically reveal his hidden comforting clothes.
The girls, as well as the hunters around them, could only stare incredulously in what in the world just happened. Evi tilted his head in confusion when Ruby and Yang remained silent after a few minutes. "Uh, hello?" Evi asked slowly. "You guys there?"
"... Why are you wearing your pajamas under your clothes?" Yang inquired suspiciously.
"Well, why not?" Evi answered back. He shoved his hands within his pockets. "It's super comfy and it keeps me warm when it gets cold."
Everyone sweat dropped after hearing that simplistic answer as he gathered up his belongings, he deposited them within his utility belt, and withdrew a pillow and a rolled up sleeping bag. 'How does he do that?' They all thought in unison.
The two sister sighed simultaneously once Evi had finally rolled out his sleeping bag, and positioned himself nearby. Ruby sighed in relief as her eyes were saved from witnessing a life scarring moment. Yang sighed in disappointment for not having to see Evi's form. As she was sulking, she grabbed a tissue from her short pockets and promptly stuffed it into the leaking nostril.
While that was happening, Evi noticed something. "Hey what's that Ruby?" he asked.
"Huh?" Ruby stared at the object that caught Evi's attention and realized that it was her journal. She held her journal close to her chest remembering life a few days ago. "I'm writing a letter to my friends back in Signal Academy. I want to let them know about our first day here at Beacon. And a little bit about you maybe..." She mumbled that last bit quietly before staring back at her journal.
"Awww, that's so cute!" Yang teased playfully. Her action earned her a pillow to promptly hit her on the face.
"Shut up!" Ruby huffed as she glared at her sister. "At least you were able to graduate and come here with all of your friends. It's weird not knowing anyone here."
"Well there's Jaune. He's... Nice." Yang counted down slowly with her fingers."Then there's the green Asian guy and his super strong friend,"
"And there's also me!" Evi beamed happily.
"Exactly! That's a four hundred percent increase since this morning!" Yang congratulated happily as confetti somehow appeared around them for such an achievement.
"Then there's Weiss." Ruby mentioned as she stared sadly at her journal. "That's a big negative friend right there. So back down to zero."
"There's no such thing as a negative friends Ruby. It just means that you got four friends and one super scary enemy!" Yang chirped while straightening her back and raising her nose high into the sky like a professor.
...*Thwomp!*
"Ha! Missed me!" Yang said loudly.
"...Ow." Evi groaned quietly. Yang stopped cheering and turned her head to see their friend Evi, back against the floor, rubbing his forehead. "What's with that pillow?! It felt like I got hit with a rock!"
"Ruby enjoys sleeping on memory foam pillows." Yang explained as she stretched her hand towards their fallen comrade. "It gives her the unfair advantage whenever we have a pillow fight."
"I can see why..." Evi took hold of Yang's hand and was pulled from the cold stone floor back to his cozy sleeping bag.
"Sorry Evi..." Ruby apologized as she quickly retrieved her beloved pillow. She slowly walked to her spot before flopping onto her sleeping bag. A huff escaped her lungs as she began to close her eyes.
"Ruby, it's only been one day. There are friends all around you. You just haven't met them yet!" Evi mentioned to comfort the sad huntress.
Ruby opened her eyes to stare at the ceiling for a few moments. The sound of a struck match could be heard nearby as the glow of several candles caught their attention.
"Ruby? What's the matter?" Yang asked curiously.
"That girl." Ruby stated as she continued to stare at the raven haired girl.
"Who?" Yang asked as she began to look at Ruby questioningly.
"Her!" Ruby pointed out. "She's helped us out with our problems with Weiss and left before I could say anything."
Yang smiled after hearing this and began to stand up. "Well if that's the case, why don't we go and say hello!" she quickly grabbed her sister's arm and promptly dragged her up to her feet.
"W-wait a minute Yang! What are you doing?!" Ruby whined as she was pulled further and further away from her sleeping bag. Her attempts were futile as she couldn't escape her grasp.
"Have fun!" Evi waved just as they were about to leave.
"Oh no you don't, you're coming with us." Yang added teasingly.
"Wait, what?" Evi asked confusingly. With her free hand, Yang took hold of Evi's shirt collar and began to drag the two hunters towards their newest destination, even if it was against their wishes. Ruby continued to struggle free while Evi was clawing at his throat for oxygen. "Can't... Breathe..."
Meanwhile...
Blake had just added the finishing touches to her spot along the wall so she could hopefully finish her book peacefully before she would head to bed. With her candles now lit, she folded her pillow, sat snugly along the wall began to read her book. She arrived only a few minutes ago thanks to earlier events that transpired after dinner back at the library. Although most of her cuts and bruises had been healed and sealed, the pain and fatigue still lingered a little while longer. Thanks to that, it caused her night vision to be not work properly. Not to mention that her bow causing the most pain just from stretching her sore limbs. Just as she was about to complete the second last chapter, her highly trained senses had picked up the sounds of a young girl struggling slowly growing louder. She tried to ignore it for as long as she could until she spotted the source of the ruckus heading her way. 'So much for completing it by tonight.' she thought in frustration before casting her amber eyes towards the noise makers.
"Hello!" Yang greeted loudly "I think you three know each other." When the primary coloured hunters had arrived, Yang had finally loosened her strong grip. Ruby crosses her her arms and faced away from her sister while Evi coughed violently while trying to get some air into his lungs.
"Is he... okay?" Blake inquired a while staring at the blue stripped boy on the ground.
"Who him? He's fine." Yang waved it off like it was nothing while Evi was still on the ground.
"I almost died from your grip Yang!" Evi complained with his face still facing away from Blake. "You could have just told me to come with you without cutting off my throat!"
"Meh, details." Yang replied back. Evi groaned at that comment.
Blake rolled her eyes at what was happening as she began to inspect the red themed girl. She looked oddly familiar. Then it clicked.
"Aren't you that girl that exploded?" Blake inquired curiously.
Ruby's face began to heat up brightly when she heard that she was seen my yet another initiate. "Uh, yeah. My name is Ruby."
When Evi had gathered enough oxygen, he stood up, patted his clothes of any excess dirt and began to turn around for his introduction. "And my name is E-" He stopped midway once his wide yellow eyes saw surprised amber ones. He recognized that wavy, raven black hair and that bow from a mile away. "Oh, hey Blake!" Evi waved to his most recent friend.
The two sisters quickly turned their head towards Evi from what he had just said. 'Huh?!' they both thought in unison.
Blake was quite surprised when she reunited with the repairman once more. A playful smile graced her lips. "Hi Evi. I didn't recognize you without your pink shirt."
The two audience member now gave their full attention towards the girl clad in a black, short skirted yukata. 'Wha-?!' As the two sisters were confused as to what was happening, Evi and Blake decided to catch up on a few things.
"Oh ha, ha, very funny Blake."Evi pouted while crossing his arms
"So, were you able to make it in time for your appointment?" She inquired.
A smile of achievement was visible on Evi's face as he struck a pose. "I am pleased to announce that I was in fact, able to make it all the way to the other side of the Academy, in less that four minutes."
"How were you able to do that? This place is huge!" She asked curiously.
"I had a bit of help from a few passers-by while I was sliding down the hallways." Evi rubbed the back of his neck.
"You... slid down the hallway?" Blake tilted her head in confusion. What was he, a Vytalian rocket luge athlete?
"Yep! I even crashed through the fourth story window!" Evi admitted sheepishly.
"... How are you still alive at this point?" Really, she wanted to know his secret to survival.
"Eh, I've suffered much worse injuries than that back in Vale. Speaking of injuries, how are yours treating you?" His voice filled with concern.
"Mine are all sealed up now. I'm just a bit tired from using my Aura for so long. Though shouldn't i be the asking that?"
Evi began to twist his arms back and forth. "They're getting better... sort of. After a good night sleep, I'll be good as new!"
"Would someone explain what's going on right now?!" Yang shouted out loudly, causing a certain ice princess to be rudely awaken.
Evi and Blake stopped with their banter and faced the two sisters with looks of shock, confusion, and frustration etched in their entire being.
"Oh, sorry about that." Evi apologized. "Ruby, Yang, this is Blake Belladonna. Blake, meet my other friends Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long."
"Nice to meet you Blake!" Ruby offered her hand towards the bookworm.
"Likewise..." Blake stated, completely ignoring the handshake for her book.
When things suddenly became awkward, Evi found that this was his cue to leave. "Well, I'm off to bed so I'll see you guys in the morning. So night, night!" Evi yawned as he walked back towards his sleeping bag.
"Night Evi." The three girls said in unison before returning into an awkward silence.
After traversing past several sleeping hunters, he finally made it back to his sleeping bag. Once he sat down, he doubled checked if all his belongings were nice and snug within his utility belt before attempting to sleep. Just as he was about to head for bed, his eyes shot open when he completely forgot about one last thing.
He forgot to have his midnight snack.
He face palmed himself for not remembering this important task earlier. It was part of his routine after all. So he pulled himself back onto his feet once more and began to head for the door. 'I wonder if they have those cream filled cookies here at Beacon.' Evi thought to himself. Just as he was about to exit the room, he heard the sounds of a familiar heiress shouting at a familiar blond woman. Their noise levels were slowly escalating to the point where some of the other, sleepier hunters were beginning to stir.
'I better stop them before they wake everyone in the room.' Evi thought as he quickly, and carefully, walked towards the four girls in question. His midnight snack could wait just a little bit longer.
Back to girls...
"What's your problem with my sister?! She was just trying to be nice!" Yang shouted towards Weiss.
"She's a hazard to my health!" Weiss countered back.
This argument had been going on for a whole minute. Ruby was attempting to calm Weiss and Yang while the two louder girls continued to argue about dust knows what. On the sidelines, Blake grumbled at the seen before her. All she wanted to do was to finish her book before she went to bed! Was that so much to ask for nowadays?! She sighed in frustration to have her reading time to be ruined and slow grabbed hold of her candle and quickly blew them out, completely covering the entire room in darkness.
"Ah! Who turned out the lights?!" Ruby cried out in fear.
"Well I guess this is our cue to leave now then." Yang huffed out in exasperation.
"Finally, now if you can please step aside Ruby, I have to go to sleep. I need to be in top condition for the initiation tomorrow." Weiss commanded.
"That's not Ruby." Blake pointed out. Her night vision slowly returning, only providing her to see their eyes and silhouettes in the darkness.
"What are you talking about? She is clearly standing right in front of me! I can even see her bright red eyes looking at me!" Weiss complained loudly.
"Uh, Weiss? I'm over here... And my eyes are silver." Ruby explained while standing beside her sister Yang.
"And I've been standing across from you this entire time princess!" Yang huffed loudly.
"Wait a minute." Weiss demanded. "If I'm here, and she's sitting on the ground, and you two are over there... Who am I currently looking at right now?"
All four girls thought about that for a moment before slowly turning their heads towards their newest arrival. After a few moments of silence, a loud growling sound of an Ursa could be heard from the new arrival as it began to stare directly at them. Out of instinct, Yang quickly rush towards the hidden beast and punched it with all of her might down onto the floor. The sound of it crashing onto the floor could beard amongst the four girls.
"Was that an Ursa?!" Ruby panicked while holding onto her sister.
"But that's impossible!" Weiss replied quickly while trying to asses the situation. "How could something as lumbering as an Ursa manage to make its was in here?!"
"Don't look at me! All I did was punch it!" Yang answered. "Now that I think about it, I was pretty weak if it just went down with only one of my unarmed punches."
"Are you sure that was even an Ursa?" Blake cautiously asked.
"I don't know, it sounded like one." Ruby recalled. "Blake, could you light up your candles again please?"
Blake quickly relit her candles as its feint glow showered around them. The creature much was smaller and skinnier than the usual Ursa as it laid face first to the ground in front of Yang. Upon closer inspection, the creature didn't have any bone plates protrude from its skin as a small smoke trail emanate from its most recent bump. For some reason, it was wearing a familiar navy blue stripped shirt with a pair of blue pladded pajama... pants.
...Uh oh.
Ruby, Weiss and Blake slowly turned looked at one another before turning their attention towards Yang, whose fist was still smoking from inflicting such a powerful punch. Once Yang realized that she accidentally knocked out their friend Evi, she paled.
"Whoops..." Yang said as she bent down while attempting to poke his cheek. "Uh, Evi? You ok?"
"Does he look okay you dolt?! You just knocked him out cold without a second thought!" Weiss shouted in a hushed tone.
"Evi? Talk to me Evi!" Ruby pleaded as she began to violently shake his shoulders.
"My names Agent Washingtub..." Evi mumbled before his head drooped downward.
The four sleeping beauties sighed at the sight of their friend passed out on the floor. Weiss cleared her throat and caught their attention.
"Let us never speak of what had happened tonight. Agreed?" Weiss decreed.
"Agreed." the remaining three girls said in unison. Yang took hold of Evi's right and dragged him once more towards his sleeping bag with the assistance of Ruby who was pulling his other arm. When they tucked the poor victim into his bed, Yang signalled Blake an OK sign and she blew out the candles.
Hopefully, he won't remember what had happened a few minutes ago.
Poor, Poor Evi. Will he ever have a moment where he won't be injured or unconscious? NOPE! Where's the fun in that?! Either way, I hope you enjoy this chapter. So this is Nutshop here saying Stay Handsome and Have a nice day :D