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Nora and Ren had combined their classes the next day, as they brought in a live Grimm for their students to study and in one case, engage in combat with.
"Grimm used to be in mass quantities around all of Remnant, however recently, Grimm have started to reach a level of inevitable extinction." Ren informed them.
"They have strangely become more disoriented and in some cases, even less dangerous." Ren continued.
"Don't let that fool you though, these things are still vicious and you should not let your guard down, under any circumstances." Nora warned them.
As the students continued to jot down their notes through the lecture, feelings of anxiety were present throughout the lesson, each one fearing the mere thought of having to go up against that creature.
"Alright, it's time for the moment I've been waiting for and I bet all of you are excited about it too." Nora announced.
Each student faked an enthusiastic shout or applause.
"It's time for someone to come up here and face the Grimm head on." Nora said.
"Fortunately, I know just the person, Oscar, come on up here." Nora said.
Everyone looked around, some of them muttering a few words about Oscar himself.
"Oscar?" Nora asked.
Nora searched the crowd, looking for any sign of him, trying to detect his face.
"I think he's absent." Someone in the crowd said.
"What?" Nora thought.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Vale.
When Jaune had mentioned the live Grimm to him, Oscar immediately knew what the situation would lead to.
He knew Nora all too well and was right to assume that she would pick him to fight the creature.
While it would be no trouble to him, given his experience, he had made the decision to stay out of it for various reasons.
The first being, that he had been made an example huntsmen through basically all of Nora's lessons and it was time the other students be given more attention and guidance.
The second being, that despite his skill, he did not want to be seen as a potential chew toy.
Making his decision, he had left a note for Ruby, saying where he would be going and set out for the city that morning.
Upon entering the city, he was greeted to a familiar sight, the same vendor who had sold him the rose.
"Hey lovebird, where's your girl?" She asked.
"She's not my girl." Oscar replied.
"That's not what I heard, I heard about you two making out in front of the whole school." She told him.
"Okay, does everyone on Remnant know about that?!" Oscar shouted.
"Calm down, I'm sure you two will be very happy together." She teased him.
Oscar groaned, giving up on trying to convince anyone on the situation otherwise.
"It's just easier to let them think what they want." Oscar thought.
As Oscar walked around downtown, it became clear to him Ruby's question from the previous night had more weight to it than he had originally thought.
Oscar carefully looked at all of the different businesses, wondering if he could really take one of them on as a profession.
"Maybe she's right, after all that fighting, what do we really do afterwards?" Oscar contemplated.
Back at Beacon.
After her classes, Ruby had gone back to the library, taking a familiar book off of the shelf.
Using the class to either study or finish work, she hadn't had the chance until now to finish The Man With Two Souls.
Reading over those last few chapters, Ruby couldn't help but picture Oscar in place of the main character, finally realizing why the whole idea sounded so familiar.
"I wonder… could it be about him?" Ruby thought.
As she read those last few words, she looked outside, seeing the sun had already gone down.
Closing the novel and setting it back on the shelf, she returned to her dorm, finding Oscar passed out on his bed.
Looking down at him, she thought back on what Yang had said to her.
She wondered if kissing him really did mean something and if telling him the truth would be better than keeping that little secret to herself in the long run.
Oscar turned over in his sleep, mumbling words which Ruby could still hear.
"Ruby." He said.
Ruby sat down beside him, placing a hand against his cheek, to which Oscar smiled.
"Only one way to find out for sure though." Ruby thought.
Ruby slowly started to lean down, closing her eyes as her lips made contact with his.
She had only kissed him for a few seconds, but as soon as their lips parted, Ruby had started to feel dizzy and overjoyed.
"Definitely need to tell him." Ruby thought.
After taking a minute to recover, Ruby turned out the light and stumbled her way to her own bed, falling asleep immediately after her head reached her pillow.
At that moment, Oscar's eyes slightly opened, his head turning slowly, seeing Ruby asleep in her bed, the moonlight shining down on her, allowing him to see her.
Oscar shut his eyes again, waiting for sleep to overtake him again.
"Weird dream." Oscar thought.