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As the months passed by, Ruby kept procrastinating on her decision to tell Oscar how she had felt.
She had managed to convince herself at every crucial moment on making an excuse to avoid telling him.
Ruby knew she had made so many mistakes, but she also knew that for every day closer to the end of the school year, the chances of telling him the truth grew slimmer.
With only one month of the school year left, it was now or never, otherwise she risked losing her chance for good.
Ruby constantly daydreamed about him, from best case scenarios to worst case scenarios.
In some, they were married, hunting down Grimm and bringing out the best in each other on the battlefield, usually ending in them kissing.
In others, Oscar had moved on, falling in love with someone else after he had returned home.
Ruby always reacted in horror at the latter, hoping that situation would never occur.
Ruby and Oscar were currently sitting down at their usual lunch table, still receiving stares from various people.
The situation seemed to have calmed down a bit over time, most of the girls going after Oscar having moved on.
It certainly helped Ruby's confidence and without the constant glares at her, it had been much easier to talk to him in public.
"So… I was thinking, since we're almost done here, that maybe I could… hang out with you at your farm?" Ruby asked him.
Oscar was surprised by her request, not expecting that anyone else would want to go there, let alone stay there for awhile.
"Sure, I guess that would be cool." Oscar said.
"Great." She said.
Ruby smiled, managing to buy herself some more time.
"By the way, I wanted to thank you." Oscar said.
"What for?" Ruby asked.
"Well, do you remember a few months back, when you asked me about what I would be doing after I finished attending Beacon?" Oscar asked her.
"Yeah." Ruby said.
"Well, it made me realize that I hadn't really thought about it before, but thanks to you, I got the inspiration to find a line of work, so it looks like in a little over a month, I'm going to be working in Mistral." Oscar told her the good news.
Ruby didn't know how to feel about it.
On the one hand, she was happy for him and she knew he would find work with no problem.
On the other hand, she didn't know what she would do.
Would she go to Mistral with him?
Would she stay in Vale?
"That's great." She said, simply.
Ruby's stress slowly started getting the better of her, resulting in her eating faster and in larger amounts.
Oscar took notice, placing his hand on hers.
"You might want to slow down." Oscar said, with a little laugh in his tone.
Ruby blushed in embarrassment, her mouth full of food, stopping her from responding.
"You need to do it soon!" Her mind screamed at her.