Chapter Thirteen: Sacrifice To Protect.
Weiss was drowning in the scent of roses. As soon as Ruby had been freed of the infirmary she had become incredibly clingy to the Heiress. Nearly everyday the wolf would wrap her arms around her and start to snuggle against her chest doing all shorts of things to the frosty girl's emotions. Weiss' heart would pound in her chest when the crimson girl held her causing heat to flood all over her body.
When silver eyes flashed up at her Weiss could feel her breath catch making her feel light headed. The smell of the sweet flower radiated off the redhead filing her nose with the promise of a fresh spring day. The wolf's ears would flick against her chin their soft silky fur tickling her flesh, her tail would occasionally brush against her legs the fur there being softer than any the Heiress had ever felt. The wolf was putting the white haired girl through an emotional gauntlet and she couldn't decide if she wanted it to end or wanted more.
Every touch or hug lingered against her skin for hours after it had ended making Weiss want them more but she knew that she shouldn't indulge in the physical contact. But the wolf was just so warm. The lingering tingles would cause the Heiress' mind to wonder even in the middle of class. Often she would find herself staring at the crimson girl's hands or lips when she did let her mind slip. Once when Ruby had been eating strawberries Weiss had noticed the juice lingering on the wolf's lips and had had the irresistible urge to know what the juice tasted like on her lips. That thought startled the Heiress that she immediately left the cafeteria her face ablaze with heat, what was coming over her?
After that the wolf had begun to invade her dreams. Dream Ruby was even more clingy and much more forward. In her dreams she would find herself with the wolf pressed up against her chest hand resting lightly on her hips as she whispered sweet nothings into her ears. She could feel her heart beat against her ribs as the sharp teeth of the girl nipped at her neck and ears. With a growing frustration she would grab the redhead by the back of her head forcing their lips together the taste of strawberries filling her mouth as the scent of roses filling her nose. Just as her hands began to work their way up towards Ruby's chest Weiss would jolt awake panting as the fire in her core slowly cooled. She just could not escape the thoughts of the crimson wolf.
The more the Heiress thought about the wolf the more the attachment grew. Whenever they were in separate classes Weiss would find herself wondering what Ruby was up to and whether or not she was paying attention to the class, she certainly hopped so Ruby was doing so much better in her classed now that she was showing an effort in them. If she was going to meet with her partner Weiss would feel her heart skip about in her chest while her steps felt lighter. And when the silver eyes found hers, it was if nothing else in the world mattered.
And even though Weiss enjoyed every second she spent with her partner, every smile the wolf gave her, every hug that was pressed into her skin and every happy feeling the crimson girl made her feel she knew that she couldn't let it go any further that what it already had.
She had to stop this, she had to move things back to the way they were before Ruby had gotten injured. They had to go back to being friends at an arms length, no more hugs that ignited her skin, no more dreams that caused her heart to beat erratically, and no more flashing silver eyes. She had to stop this, for Ruby's safety.
The question was just how she was going to do it. She couldn't just push Ruby away that would just prove that she was her family nor could she get the wolf angry enough to leave, the redhead probably didn't have that kind of hate in her. So just how could she distance herself from the crimson girl?
"Hey Weiss." The wolf chipped behind her causing the Heiress to jump at her desk. Spinning in her chair Weiss prepared a glare towards the wolf only to find silver eyes beaming bright with happiness, the glare died. "Whacha doing?"
Weiss rolled her eyes turning back to the paper she had been working on before she had gotten sidetracked. "A paper on the Dragnaire civil war in Dragnarian."
"Oh which one?" Ruby inquired as she leaned over Weiss' shoulder to look at the paper, the scent of roses filled the Heiress' nose.
"The second one." Weiss told her partner as she leaned away from the overpowering smell, why did the girl have to smell of good. "You know there's something slightly sad about the fact that their Kingdom has had more than one civil war since the establishment of it."
Ruby gave a snorting laugh as she continued to read, "Yeah kinda, one of the reasons the joke goes the two things that come out of Dragnaire is war and orphans." Weiss caught a hint of sadness behind the silver eyes, "But I'm not going to complain cause I've got a great family. Oh hey you've got your dates off here. Should be from 1809 to 1818 the ones you have are for the for the Reconstruction period." Weiss blinked, had Ruby just said…
"What?" The Heiress asked her voice full of confusion. Ruby's head snapped up as she looked at her partner.
"I said you're dates are off. The civil war lasted from 1809 to 1818 you have the dates for the Reconstruction of the first war." The Heiress continued to give her a confused look, and the wolf could start to feel herself get nervous had she offended Weiss? "I mean I'm pretty sure that you've got the dates wrong, I could be wrong though cause I don't have a eidetic memory like you but I'm pretty good with history. Maybe I was thinking of something else…"
"Ruby." Weiss cut over the wolf's ramble, "I'm not confused about dates I'm confused as to what you said before that."
Ruby's brow furrowed, she had been talking about how Dragnaire so many civil that they only exported war and orphans…Oh. That was right she had never told Weiss about her full background. It didn't matter to her cause she loved her family so why would she be concerned about one that gave her up? Seeing the confusion in her Heiress eyes though the wolf sighed, "You mean about me having a family?" Weiss nodded. With another sigh Ruby moved away from Weiss' desk and sat on the frosty girl's bed. "Well I'm pretty sure its obvious Yang and I aren't full sisters."
"Unless she's a Faunus too and just forgot to tell me as well." Weiss huffed, she wasn't bitter at the fact that neither the wolf nor panther told her the truth about themselves she understood, it did annoy her though because it made her feel like her family.
"No she's human." Ruby gave a barking laugh, if Yang was a Faunus she'd be on full display at all times. "Well she's not even my half sister either. Our family's kinda complicated, Her mom and dad were on the same team as my mom here at Beacon, they got married then had Yang but after about six months after having her Yang's mom left without a word or reason. Then my mom stepped up and helped dad with Yang because he was out of his depth with an infant."
"I can imagine that an infant Yang would put anyone out of their depth." Weiss muttered making Ruby nod.
"But my mom wasn't my real mom." Ruby continued, Weiss watched as the wolf brought her legs up to her chest wrapping her arms around them. "Her name was Summer Rose, and she was one of the most sought after Huntress, her missions taking her all around the world. One mission took her to Dragnaire where she had to investigate why a small village had gone dark in the north. Once she had finished she had a few days to relax before her return flight so she did what she always did, find the closest orphanage and volunteer to help.
"While she was there she was asked to help with the Faunus infants, which is where she found me. She figured I was about two or so but couldn't be sure cause the orphanage I was at had very poor records of their wards and it was even more so for me." Ruby's silver eyes were full of sadness pulling at the Heiress' heart, she hated when Ruby looked sad.
Standing up she walked over to her bed and sat down beside the crimson girl, "You don't have to finish if you don't want." She tried to comfort the wolf while still maintaining her distance.
Ruby shook her head, "We're partners, we should know about each others past." Taking a steading breath she continued, "Apparently I was a safe haven child. My true parents just left me at the orphanage one night leaving no note or even sign that they had been there." Weiss felt her heart shatter her words, Ruby had been abandoned and left to be a ward of the state. In Dragnaire wards of the state were often forgotten about until they were too old to stay in the system. With no true education or skills they were forced into dead end jobs for little pay and a pitiful life, it was a harsh reality in the struggling Kingdom. "She had been to a lot of orphanage and held a lot of children but when she held me and heard my story she said she fell in love and knew that she couldn't leave me so she adopted me. She was suppose to be gone for a week mission but wound up taking a month because of all the red tape she had to go through to adopt me and make sure the immigration papers went through before she could take me out of Dragnaire. Then when she did she took me straight back to Patch so happy to show off her new daughter. From what I've been told my dad was so shocked that he passed out when he saw her holding me." A small smile pulled at the wolf's lips, "Growing up she wanted me to learn as much as I could about my homeland so that way if I ever wanted to I could go back and try and find my true parents, but I've never wanted that they didn't want me so why would I want to know them? As far as I'm concerned my mom was my mom, it didn't matter if she didn't give birth to me or not."
"She sounds like a more amazing woman every time you talk about her." Weiss smiled at the crimson girl, again the silver eyes flashed with happiness causing her heart to leap.
"She was." Ruby nodded enthusiastically. "Best Huntress to ever graduate Beacon. Her and her team hold all of the records for top kills and missions completed. So I have a lot to live up to." She gave Weiss a large smile. The heiress could feel her heart beat faster as she stared at the large grin. Why did her attachment to Ruby have to be so strong? "Hey Blake and Yang are going to meet the team from Haven today, wanna go?"
The Heiress had heard about the abroad team but hadn't yet met them. They were suppose to be one of the best second year teams from Haven which was why they were considered for the study abroad program so she supposed they had some promise. "Sure it will be interesting to meet a team from another school. But do you think they'll want to meet with me?" Ruby blinked in confusion causing the Heiress to sigh, "Blake said their team leader is a Faunus, so do you really think that he'll be okay with me?"
"Oh yeah you'll be fine." Ruby nodded brushing off the concern, "Blake said Sun gave off the 'carefree' vibe, so I'm pretty sure that he'll be cool with it plus he's okay in Yang's book." Weiss sighed, an okay in Yang's book could mean he was just as destructive as her and the Heiress wasn't sure if she could deal with two people like that.
Nodding her head Weiss stood, "Alright let's go. We probably shouldn't let their first impression of Beacon just be of your sister." Ruby chuckled as she quickly joined her partner wrapping her arm around the Heiress' causing her heart to beat erratically. Heat started to creep up her cheeks as the wolf smiled up at her.
Making their way down to the airship docks Ruby bounced about as she still held on to Weiss' arm. The air was growing colder each day and Weiss could see a few of the tree s on campus beginning to turn bright oranges and reds that would soon dominate the color of campus. "I'm so excited for fall." Ruby chirped as she looked around drawing the Heiress from her thoughts. "The trees get so pretty and the air gets this crisp smell to it. What's fall like in Mantel?"
Weiss shrugged, "Mantel doesn't have many seasons other than winter. Our summers are rather short only lasting a month or two and even then it is still cold, spring and autumn are very short lasting a few weeks at most and in autumn the transition is so short to winter that you can barely appreciate it. We also don't have as many deciduous trees as Vale does so the color is lost to us. Though there is something nice about the way coniferous forests look in winter."
Ruby smiled up at the Heiress, "I bet it's really pretty." Weiss nodded, she had always liked the way the deep forests that surrounded White Castel looked after a fresh snowfall. She hadn't been able to enjoy that scene in such a long time. "… And then Yang was all like 'Who cares I'm a walking inferno' and then Uncle Qrow dumped a whole tree of snow on her causing her to catch a cold. She was so mad." Ruby had continued talking making Weiss feel a little bad she hadn't been able to pay attention to her partner. From the sounds of it, it was an amusing story.
"Hey we were wondering if you two would show up." Yang called over making the red and white duo look over at her. The blonde was waving at them with one arm the other draped around Blake's shoulders, the panther leaning into the embrace.
"We haven't missed them have we?" Ruby questioned dropping her arm away from Weiss causing disappointment to twitch at the Heiress heart at the sudden loss of contact.
"No," Blake shook her head pulling away from Yang. The white haired girl wondered what was going on between the two, they hadn't said out right that they were a couple but she suspected something like that might be going on between them. "They should be here shortly though." As if her words summoned the airship the shadow of the transport covered them.
Slowly the ship touched down opening its doors. A few students returning from Vale strolled out holding shopping bags followed by the new team. Sun was the first one out, a duffle bag slug over his shoulder, beside him was a tall boy with light blue hair with orange goggles around his neck his duffel bag in his hand, on the other side of the blonde Faunus was a tall dark skinned boy with green hair he was carrying two duffle bags and finally beside him was a slightly shorter boy with red hair, he was on his scroll talking away looking highly annoyed at whoever he was talking to.
Seeing their team waiting for them Sun gave a wave before picking up his pace, "Hey Blake, Yang thanks for coming out to meet us." The large smile on his face as he reached them dipped a bit as his eyes skipped over to the Heiress but returned quickly. Weiss sighed internally she had been expecting his reaction it was the curse of her family's name. "So these are your teammates?"
The crimson girl bounced beside her as offered her hand out to the monkey Faunus, "Hi I'm Ruby Rose, leader of Team RWBY." Sun flinched at the extended hand eyes darting from the small wolf to the panther, Blake covered her chuckled well with a cough but Weiss still caught it. She had noticed that many of the Faunus reacted the same way around Ruby the first time they met her, hesitant. The action made the white haired girl wonder if she was missing something.
"Sun Wukong, leader of Team SSSN." The blond boy took the wolf's hand with a smile though his eyes darted to Blake again. The panther gave a short nod, now Weiss knew she was missing something and she was determined to figure it out.
"Cool, and this is my partner, Weiss Schnee." Ruby continued as she dropped her hand smiling up at Weiss, the Heiress' chest clenched as the silver eyes bore up into her own with happiness.
"A pleasure to meet you." Weiss shook the thought from her head as she offered her own hand to the boy.
Before blond boy could respond the tall boy with blue hair took his place grasping her hand lightly giving her what she assumed he thought was his most charming smile, "Hi, I'm Neptune Vasilias and might I say that the heavens above cannot compare to your beauty." Weiss bit back hard against her want to groan; did this idiot really think that that was a good pick up line?
As his teammate tried to flirt with the white haired girl Sun eyed the wolf still beside her. If Neptune could smell like he could he would know that Ruby's scent was all over Weiss and that it would be best to stay clear. He could also see irritation rising in the small wolf, with a quick glimpse at Blake he saw that she had noticed as well, her body ready to spring if she needed to intercede. "Hey Nep why don't you let Scarlet and Sage get a word in." The monkey spoke up before anything could happen.
Weiss sighed as the boy finally released her hand, any longer and she might have frozen him just to get it back. As soon as her hand was at her side, she felt a small warmth wrap around hers, looking down Ruby had wrapped her hands around hers. The spark of heat flared again back into the Heiress chest.
Blake blew out a sigh, "Thank you." She whispered to Sun, while she wasn't sure how Ruby felt towards the white haired girl exactly but she an idea and if the panther was right Neptune would be in a lot of trouble if he continued.
Ruby's ear twitched as she caught the exchange between Blake and the monkey. Sure she had felt a small pang of jealousy when Neptune had taken Weiss' hand which had confused her for a minute while she knew that she wanted to be with Weiss she didn't know if the white haired girl felt the same way, from the way she acted towards Blake and Yang sharing a bed last night she wasn't totally against the idea of a same sex relationship. And besides it wasn't as if she had laid a claim to Weiss.
The wolf turned her attention back to the two remaining members of the new team, the first was a tall boy with dark skin and green hair his golden eyes reminded Ruby of Blake's. His neck was covered in numeral tattoos, his long open jacket revealing tone abs. He had a deep voice as he spoke introducing himself, "My name is Sage Ayana." With a nod to each of the red and white duo he looked down to the boy beside him.
"And I'm Scarlet David." The boy looked away as soon as he could. His red hair was much lighter than her own and was swept off to the side, covering one of his green eyes a red tattoo framed his left eye. A red jacket hung off his shoulders over his white shirt. There was something off the boy, he smelled different from the other boys with him.
"So, now that that's out of the way." Neptune stepped back around the front of his teammates, "How about you and I get to know each other better say over dinner, tonight, 7 o'clock?" His blue eyes were once again back on Weiss a large grin on his face.
Weiss felt the wolf's hands tighten in on hers as she fought to roll her eyes. She would rather go back into her family's combat chamber for a week straight than go out on a date with the blue haired idiot. Did he really think that he could hold her interest on a date where so many others had failed? From his confident grin he seemed to think so, but the Heiress wasn't really in the mood to humor the idiot. "As lovely as that sounds," She felt Ruby's hands tighten again. "I'll have to decline, I have a large test coming up and I am behind in my studying. Perhaps some other time."
"Sure I understand," Neptune smiled undeterred pulling out his scroll. "How about I get your number so that way we can set up a time when you're free." Weiss had to fight against her want to roll her eyes, it was the polite thing to do get the other person's number to set up a new time but she really had no intention on setting another date. Holding her smile the Heiress pulled out her scroll opening the information terminal. There was a beep as the boy's number appeared on her screen along with his information. "I look forward to hearing from you Snow Angel." He gave a wink and Weiss felt the heat of anger prick up in her chest at the nickname.
Keeping a schooled face the Heiress continued to smile back, "Well it was a pleasure meeting you. Ruby come on we need to go to the library." With the wolf's hand still in her own she headed off towards the large building.
As the white and red duo departed Sun turned back to look at the black haired girl, "So your leader is a wolf Faunus and her partner is the Schnee Heiress?" Blake nodded, "And she's her…"
"We have no idea how the feel about each other, other than they are good friends." Blake shrugged, as she felt Yang come up beside her again. The blonde had wondered off to talk to Sage.
"What's up Kit Cat?" The blonde asked making the panther roll her eyes.
"We were just discussing your sister and Weiss." Blake explained as she leaned back into her partner.
Sun blinked, "Wait, sister? Ruby's your sister?"
Yang smiles, "Yep. The pup is my baby sister so don't go messing with her."
"I'm not stupid enough to tangle with a wolf or her sister." Sun chuckled, "Though I'm honestly more afraid of the wolf than you. No offense."
"Why are you scared of Ruby?" Yang scoffed, "She's harmless for the most part. Yeah she's got a few oddities where her wolf side shows up a bit more than normal but other than that she wouldn't hurt a fly."
Blake sighed, "Yang it's because she's a wolf that she causes other Faunus nervous, didn't you mom ever tell you about how easy it is for a wolf to lose themselves?" Yang nodded, it was something her mom had told her to watch Ruby for signs of loosing herself but not once had she shown any signs of that. "Well because of that Faunus are always very cautious around wolves, I've almost been killed by a feral wolf. It also doesn't help that she's an Alpha."
Sun's eyes grew wider, "She's an Alpha? Ah crap please tell me she's not going to shred Neptune like a can." Blake was surprised that Sun hadn't realized that the wolf was an Alpha, she must have started to work on holding back her nature.
"Ruby is pretty good at holding her Alpha side separate from herself." Blake explained, "And if she does start to act up I have her permission and the authority to intercede." Both blonds gave her a questioning look. "I'm her Beta, well as close as one as one can be without a pack."
"So should I start to be jealous of my little sister?" Yang asked narrowing her eyes playfully.
"I serve as her second in command." Blake shook her head, "Nothing more than that, and as far as should we be worried about Neptune I honestly can't say."
"I wouldn't be surprised if Ruby's become attracted to Weiss." Yang shrugged, "I've always suspected that the pup swung that way and though she's bitchy Weiss is a looker." Blake raised an eyebrow at the blonde's words, "She's got nothing on you though Kitten." Blake rolled her eyes.
"Right well we've got to go set up in the second year guest dorm so I'll catch you later." Sun gave a smile and called over for his team to follow him.
Blake looked over her shoulder and at the blonde she was till leaning against, the warmth radiating into her back. The brawler seemed at total ease as she watched the clouds roll by overhead. As if feeling her amber eyes on her Yang looked down and smiled, "So want to go meet up with Nora and Ren for a quick sparing session? I promised I'd work with her some today and seeing as Ren usually follows her around it'd be great two on two practice." Blake smiled she should have expected something like this. Yang had stayed in one spot for too long and now it was time to move again, the only time the brawler would stay still for an extended amount of time was when the panther was reading and Yang was sitting with her.
Pushing off the blonde Blake gave a stretch feeling her muscles loosen, she could go for a friendly spar with Ren. "Sure, sounds like fun." With a smirk she strutted off feeling the blondes gaze on her hips. The game may have changed but it was still fun.
Ruby hadn't let go of her partner's hand since the Heiress had led them off towards the library. The face of the blue haired boy kept popping up in to her mind, the large charming smile on his face as he openly flirted with Weiss. Every time she pushed it away it would return a few seconds later only to reignite the pang of jealousy in the wolf's chest.
She had grown a lot closer to the Heiress after leaving the infirmary, the white haired girl was always beside her watching to make sure she was fine and didn't pull at her injuries. Weiss had even moved the wolf into her bed so she didn't have to climb up to her bunk, a feat she knew she could do even with her injuries but it had touched her that she had cared that much.
Weiss had been the first person she had told that she was adopted, she had been the first person she really talked about her mom to. And Weiss had opened up to her telling her about her family and how she felt towards them how she wanted to fix everything that they had done wrong and make it right.
Ruby wasn't just attracted to Weiss she had grown attached to the white haired girl, so who did that new boy think he was trying to steal her away from her? Weiss was her ma…
Ruby shook her head breaking the thought her face heating up with blush, had she really just almost called Weiss her mate? While it was true that wanted to be with Weiss like that she couldn't just force the Heiress to feel the same way that she did but she really really hoped that she would. There was one way she could find out she just had to find the nerve, "Hey Weiss?"
Weiss jumped at the wolf's voice as if she had forgotten that she was even there, which was hard to believe because Ruby still had a grasp on her own hand. The wolf cocked her head in confusion, "Sorry, I was thinking." The Heiress shook her head, "What is it Ruby?"
"I was wondering what you thought about Team SSSN." The redhead asked her partner, she wanted to start by feeling this out first just as she had when she was going to reveal herself to Weiss.
"They were interesting." The Heiress allowed, she had been trying to keep herself from being more annoyed with the blue haired boy.
Ruby nodded the white haired girl hadn't given her much, "Yeah Sun seemed interesting and Sage was huge, though there's something off about Scarlet."
"What do you mean?" Weiss looked down at the wolf, she hadn't noticed anything about the red haired boy aside from he was a bit shy.
"He smelled different from what he should." Ruby explained, he had a distinct smell that was hard to understand, like his pheromones were artificial and too many at the same time. "I can't really explain it." Weiss sighed, "Hey it's hard to explain to people who aren't Faunus. It's like how would you explain to Fox what the color red looks like without using another color to describe it?"
"That would be hard." Weiss nodded in agreement after a few moments of thought.
"And then there was Neptune." Ruby continued, "He was rather, forward?"
Weiss sighed, dropping her hand away from Ruby's causing a pang of hurt to flood into the wolf's chest. "He was rather forward wasn't he? Though not as forward as other's I've dealt with."
A pang of jealousy shot through the wolf, there had been other? "What do you mean others?"
"My father set me up with many would be suitors as I was growing up, some more forward than others." Weiss rolled her eyes at the thought of the many dates she had gone on.
"So they were all bad?" Ruby ventured, she was really hoping the Heiress would say that men didn't interest her.
Weiss sighed, "All of them fell into one of three categories; Boring, spineless, or sex fiends. And they were always after one of three things; my money, my family's name or my body. I found all of them so boring that I actually invented several new Dust formulas." Though she had never told her family about them, if she did then they would surely seek a way to twist them into something perverse.
"Oh so you're not going to call him?" Ruby tried, looked up at her partner with wide silver eyes hope filling her chest maybe she had a chance.
Weiss looked down at the wide silver eyes, heat filled her chest and her heart fluttered. The Heiress cursed that fluttering, she needed to distance herself from the crimson wolf that caused her to feel this way. She couldn't let them get any closer, it was for Ruby's safety. She had to put Ruby first, her own feelings didn't matter. Looking away from the sterling silver orbs Weiss cleared her throat pushing back her emotions, "It may be refreshing to actually go on a date that isn't set up by my father." She could feel her heart hurt as she said the words, she didn't dare look at her partner.
Ruby's ears dipped, "Oh." She said, maybe she didn't have a chance. Of course Weiss wouldn't feel the same way as she did, they were just friends.
"Besides it's not like I'm seeing anyone right now, and we're not likely to get another mission anytime soon." Weiss continued still looking away from the wolf, she couldn't look at her partner it would hurt to much.
"Right." Ruby said, her voice dull. The lack of emotions hurting the Heiress even more. Suddenly the wolf shook her head, "I, uh, I've got to go. I just remembered I forgot to oil Crescent Rose." The wolf turned away from her partner heading towards the combat gym.
Weiss watched as the crimson girl left her alone, just as she should be. She had to keep her distance from the wolf it was for her safety. She was doing this for Ruby's sake. Taking a deep breath Weiss swallowed back her emotions and pulled out her scroll. Finding the new number the Heiress forced a false grin on her face before she hit the dial.
"Nep buddy, if you know what's good for you, leave the Heiress alone." Sun tried again as his team set up in their new room. "I'm telling you no good will come of it."
Neptune snorted, "Dude did you see her, she smoking hot and was totally into me." He smirked as he thought of his interaction with the Heiress, she would call he had a feeling.
"Her partner is a wolf." Sun kept trying, if Ruby thought of Weiss like he thought she did then it would be really bad for his partner if he didn't back down. "You know what that means right?"
"No." Neptune shrugged, so what if the small girl was a wolf where was the problem in that.
Sun wanted to bash his head against the wall, "It means she could shred you like a tuna can if you make her mad."
"Right." Neptune laughed, the small girl hadn't given him that vibe at all more of a cute puppy.
Sun groaned, "Scarlet, back me up on this." He called out to the boy in the bathroom.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Came the redheads reply from behind the door.
"That Neptune should stay away from Weiss." Sun explained, getting a laugh from Sage, "Well what do you think?"
Sage shrugged, "You telling him will do no good. If he gets his ass handed to him by the wolf then let it happen, it's the only way he'll learn. And if that happens 20 lien on the girl."
"No bet." Scarlet shook his head as he exited the bathroom. Sage took one look at the boy his eyes narrowing. "What?" Sun noticed too and sighed.
"Scar we talked about this." The monkey said motioning to the thick wrappings around his chest. "Don't use wrapping like that it's not healthy, use the binders."
Scarlet flushed, "It's just that they dirty right now and –"
"Well go get more in the morning." Sage sighed clasping the boy on his back. "No more health scares from you." Scarlet smiled back at his partner.
"Now back to the matter at hand." Sun said turning back to his partner just as he went to open his mouth the blue haired boy's scroll started to ring cutting over his comment.
Neptune looked down and smiled holding up his scroll so his partner could see, "Told you she'd call."
Sun sighed as he shook his head, "This is going to end badly."
A/N: Hello there! Oh I'm so happy to see you again! So before everyone starts to complain or gets annoyed with me, please don't be, this small Neptune arc really only lasts two more chapters (spoilers). Speaking of the next two chapters, I've already written them and I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of them as a whole. I like parts of each but not them as a whole. And no I'm not going to rewrite them because they still fit the dynamic of this story and frankly I'm lazy. So let's just grit our teeth and get through them together. After that it will get better, promise.
With that: I cannot convey my thanks fully to all, leave a message at the tone, and remember you're wonderful.
PS: TODAY IS MOTHER'S DAY! (or yesterday depending on your timezone) tell your mom you love her and that you're thankful for her.