A/N Well this took longer than expected. Sry for the delay folks, RL is being a real pain right now. But I've recently found myself with a lot more free time than usual so, I've turned to extra writing. Thanks to everyone who read this, and to Kin for being a generally awesome individual! It's been fun people, Enjoy!
Chapter 4. Landslide.
Days had past and itseemed like things weren't turning back to normal any time soon. Ruby still visited Cinder on a regular basis, Weiss remained angry at Ruby for some unlisted reason, Yang had nightmares of Cinder assaulting her, and Blake... looked to be the only one who actually maintained some form of composure.
The room was bathed in total silence, save for the occasional page flip sound emanating from Blake's bunk. Each member of the team all caught up in their own world's, all but-
"Hey I wanna know something." The fearless, cape-toting leader of team RWBY questioned out of seemingly nowhere. Ruby swooped down from her bunk and stood triumphantly in the center of the room.
Yang broke from her daydream, the blonde rolled over on her bunk and eyed Ruby with inquiry. "What's that?"
"What did you guys think I was doing in that room anyway?"
Yang blanched. "Uhm, well we... uh, Well I could say it, but I feel Weiss would explain it better."
Weiss, who was going over notes at their study table, froze in a mixture of fear and anger. The heiress' mind flashed back to last week, remembering exactly how it all happened; how she thought Ruby and Cinder were... "It happened to Blake most recently so why don't you ask her, and leave me alone." Weiss' words were laced with a venomous undertone.
Ruby shifted her innocent gaze to Blake, who was staring at the bottom of Yang's bunk like it was the most interesting thing in the world. "I don't want to talk about it." She spoke quickly.
"C'mon guys, it's probably something funny, right?" Ruby prodded on.
"...oh its funny alright..." Weiss muttered.
"What?"
Weiss' eyes widened at Ruby's sensitive hearing. "N-Nothing, I think Yang said something."
Ruby started to feel dizzy as her eyes kept jumping to each side of the room like ping-pong. "Yang?"
"Fine because no one else can say it-" She bound down from her bed and stood in front of Ruby. "We thought you..." Yang's expression dropped as her face flushed. "You..." The scythe-wielder grew more and more impatient and started to tap her foot.
Deciding that discretion was the better part of Valor, Yang cupped Ruby's left ear with her palm, and whispered it into her ear. As Yang punctuated the reason, Ruby's expression shifted from innocent, to disgusted, and then to pure fear.
Upon finishing her sentence, the brawler pulled away and gave Ruby a sheepish grin. The scarlet clad girl glared at each one of her so-called teammates, each one trying desperately to avoid the 'evil eye' of their leader.
"And you guys call me weird!?" Ruby shouted, she slowly backed towards the door, and within a second; was gone in a fury of rose petals.
Yang turned back to the group, both Weiss and Blake had ceased their activities. The heiress shuffled in her seat and spoke first; "What did you tell her you oaf!"
"Well I- wait a minute; where's Zwei?"
Blake shrugged, "Weiss is walking him."
"No! I thought Yang was supposed to walk him today."
"Nah, I did yesterday remember? You were in combat practices, and Blake was hiding in the closet." Yang grinned at Blake.
"Well isn't this just great, now we have two animals on the loose, perfect!" Weiss shrilled
"Good one Weiss!"
Blake waved her hands around. "Back on topic! What did you tell her, Yang?"
"Well..."
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"So they what?"
Ruby stifled a laugh, "They thought we were talking about... boys." She broke down into a giggling fit again. "Can you believe that?"
Cinder raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Red I'm pretty sure-"
The girl couldn't make the connection...
"HahahaHahaha! Oh my gosh, Hahaha" Ruby laughed louder, her voice cackles bouncing across the room. Cinder knew exactly what was going on here; wasn't it obvious? The ebony-haired woman had to admit; her tone and word choice weren't always the best. But she couldn't help it! Especially around someone like Ruby. Her saffron eyes watched Ruby almost choke on her own laughter and she decided to just play along.
For now.
"Seriously?" Cinder started to laugh along, albeit with strife.
"Y-Yeah, haha... I mean C'mon! Pffft, aha!" Ruby she'd her tears of laughter. Cinder just kept laughing too, although it was the most see through laugh anyone's ever heard. Luckily for her, Ruby was to caught up to notice.
Meanwhile...
Nails on hardwood could be heard throughout the dorm halls as Zwei dashed throughout them. The door had been left wide open earlier this morning, so, Why Not?
He continued to run, enjoying his for-legged freedom for however long it may last -That is until something caught his nose...
A familiar scent, only noticeable due to his superior senses, wafted through the air. It was that of his owner, but another scent was mixed with it, an unknown and potentially dangerous scent. With a loud bark, Zwei the corgi, ran down the opposite hallway; hellbent on finding this new threat.
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At this point, both girls were laughing wildly. Cinder's fake laughs eventually morphed into sincere ones as she remembered the looks on the faces of Weiss, Yang, and Blake upon crashing into her room and finding the exact opposite of what they'd been expecting.
The pair roared for a good fifteen minutes, occasionally stopping for a few seconds to wipe their tears away and catch their breath.
'WOOF!'
"Ahahahahahahah... *cough* did you hear that?" Ruby asked, trying gravely to catch her breath.
Cinder said nothing, her body perked up to the unknown sound, Ruby doing much the same shortly after. It kinda sounded like a... Dog.
Was that a Do-
'KRAASHHH!'
Cinder and Ruby jumped at the sudden crash. It was Zwei. The corgi had smashed right through the center of the door; sending small wooden chunks and splinters all over the place.
It was like Dejavu.
Cinder outstretched her arms, all of the color draining from her face.
"NOW A FURRY LANDSLIDE!" She bellowed, still not wanting to believe that her door got smashed... again.
Zwei ran right past Cinder, jumping up into her arms and proceeding to lick her face.
Cinder eyed the girl and her dog in mock amazement...
When will it all end?
A/N And they're ya have it! The super hilarious and fun Misunderstood AU. It's been really cool to write this. Kin your drawings are the best. For those of you who haven't seen her work yet; go now! You're missing out! Have fun people.
-ARMV7