I wake up, and immediately regret it. Not for any reason in particular, but just out of principle. It's Monday, so between the several missing assignments that were due yesterday, not to mention that I only have until the end of the week to make up everything else due to break. Yeah, I have all 13 reasons lined right the fuck up. I sit on the side of my bed and check my scroll to see that Lukas sent me a message.

Text Conversation

Lukas: "Yo, you up yet?"

Me: "Yeah, what's up?"

Lukas: "Bro the weekend was way too short, or i have a messed up perception of time. I'm not ready for the test today."

Me: "We're sparring in Goodwitch's. There's no test dumbass."

Me: "Wanna meet up for breakfast or something?"

Lukas: "I guess. Where?"

Me: "Fym where?"

Lukas: "WHAT ELSE COULD I MEAN?!?"

Me: "WHERE ELSE CAN WE GET BREAKFAST IN THIS SCHOOL? THE FUCKING DUMPSTER?"

Lukas: "I DONT KNOW MAN!"

Me: "I'll see you in the cafeteria in ten."

End of Text Conversation

Now, he might have texted me something else, but for my own sake I didn't look. I proceeded to get dressed, brush my teeth, all that good stuff. I then left my room to begin the day. What a joyous day it would turn into.

The walk to the cafeteria was thankfully uneventful. As soon as I entered the cafeteria however, I saw Weiss storming towards my direction, moreso for the door than me. However once she saw me, she turned with a bright red face and started half shouting at me, "You! Tell Lukas that he isn't going to disrespect me like that and get away with it! Does he even know who I am!?"

Before I could respond she left the room, and slammed the door. We're off to a great start ladies and gents. It can only go down from here based on that explosive interaction, can't it? Fuck my life. I sighed, sat down across from Lukas, and cut to the chase, "What did you do?"

He seems a bit confused for a moment, and then gets this dumb grin on his face. I oughta slap it right off of his face, for this and the texts, but considering he'd pimp slap the taste out of my mouth in return, it's best to just leave it be.

"You mean to Weiss? Just put her in her place. She was being a snarky bitch, and I told her to shut up."

Not believing that's all he did or said for obvious reasons, I speak in a more inquisitive tone, "Yeah, well she's pissed, big time. Are you sure that's all you did?"

Lukas responds quickly, "Ok, ok, fine. I may have said that she'd be nothing without daddy's money, and that I don't have to bow down to her."

I sigh again and continue, "Well, at least you didn't hurt her or something. Guess it could be worse."

I stand up to grab a coffee, and run into Ruby. She's fun to hang out with, her bubbly personality always a great addition to any conversation. Maybe today actually can get better? Or maybe that's just wishful thinking. Who knows?

"Hey, Doge! What's up?" the girl asks while walking over.

"Just grabbing some coffee to keep myself awake. What about you?"

"I wanted to grab a bagel! Or was it toast…?"

She looks at me like I would know what she was going to grab, but I don't. I just shrug while grabbing my coffee. I add a bit of milk and sugar, before stirring it around a couple times. I raise the mug to my lips as she continues in a less energetic manner, "Oh, actually, can we talk for a second?"

I nod, and take a sip of my coffee. It's piping hot, and my tongue gets burnt, causing me to wince. Ruby giggles as she sees me react to my own hubris, but then attempts to get serious again.

"So…uhh…you know how Lukas and Weiss don't really get along?"

I nod again. They've been at each other's throats for ages, and no one really knows why. There's a few theories amongst the group, but neither of them will fess up as to why they always argue like a married couple. My vote's on something to do with their opposing social classes. Boring, I know, but it's the most logical.

"Well, they need to at the very least learn to tolerate each other. I think it would be beneficial for all of us if they could stop fighting." She smiles a little as she finishes speaking, and waits for me to respond.

Now, I wholeheartedly agree, but Weiss and Lukas are both hard headed people, so it's not going to be easy. It's going to be akin to throwing a stick at a brick wall and expecting the wall to collapse.

"I'll talk to Lukas. Can't promise it'll go anywhere, but I'll try."

Ruby seems ok enough with this answer and walks off to presumably find Weiss. That, or to go five steps forward, remember she forgot breakfast, and then come back.

"Almost forgot my biscuit!"

That answers that. Guess she changed her mind again. Anyways, heading back to the table I see Yang flirting with Lukas, and I almost feel bad for him. Almost. Dipshit's had it coming all morning.

"…then again, would you be opposed to that?" whispers Yang. She then puts a hand on Lukas' cheek, a soft blush covering her face.

"W-wait, are you not joking? I thought we were just joke flirting…" Lukas stammers, and scoots away. Oh that poor bastard. Now I actually feel bad. Yang goes to speak, but I bail him out, "Hey, Lukas, I need to talk with you about something. Oh, hey Yang! Uh, am I interrupting something?"

Yang looks like she's going to say something, but Lukas speaks first, "Nope! Not at all! What did you need?"

I hide a smile with my cup and sit down. "Well, I'm not going to draw this out. Be nicer to Weiss. For everyone's sake."

Lukas almost looks offended. He probably is, actually. It's the same expression a child would give you if you told them that they had homework over the weekend. Or ripped a beer from the paws of an alcoholic. Either or, truly.

"…I'll try."

I hope he's not lying, otherwise I'm burning his coffee next Monday.

Yang sits down next to Lukas, who then scoots a little bit away. I stifle another laugh, and sip on my coffee again. We see Ruby walking over with what one can only assume is a hopeful smile. "Guess what, Doge?" she asks.

"What?"

"Weiss agreed to try and stop fighting with Lukas! I think…"

With a small smirk I respond, "Lukas sorta did too. So hopefully they can put their differences aside. Maybe even date or something. That would be funny."

Lukas gives me a death glare, indicating that is absolutely not fucking happening. Shame. They'd be kind of cute together, Moving on, breakfast goes by without much incident for a few more minutes. Yang tries to feel up Lukas, Lukas is uncomfortable, Ruby and I laugh at our respective siblings being idiots.

Eventually the other members of our teams join us, Weiss, Blake, Jade, and the ginger, sorry, Levi. Now, this almost is ok, minus the fact that someone was in a mood this morning. This then turned into several people all being in a mood this morning rather quickly. Said someone pipes up in her signature snarky and high pitched voice, "So, minus Electric Eel over there, how's everyone doing?"

Blake, Ruby, and I shoot Weiss glares. Why she felt the need to say something, I'll never know. Jade seems to wonder how an eel is in the cafeteria, but she notices Weiss looking at Lukas.

Jade breaks the silence, "What?"

She's promptly ignored.

"Why is she looking at Lukas?"

Lukas scoffs and retorts, "Oh hardy har har. Very creative."

Well, he hasn't blown up on her yet. Maybe we have a chance at this being ok for once? An awkward silence fills the table for a moment, when Levi breaks the silence, "So umm… Team RWBY… How have you guys been?"

I sigh.

"D-Doge, listen. I'm grasping at straws here. My brain ain't braining."

I sigh louder.

Looking over to see what Jade's doing, she's just staring off into space, and loudly eating a carrot. I turn back to the group to see Blake looking at me. She then turns away, and I notice her bow slightly twitch. Smiling a bit, I take a sip of my coffee.

I speak up, trying to revive the conversation, "So… has anyone listened to any good music recently? And no, Levi cannot answer that question." That gets a couple chuckles and/or giggles. Levi goes to object, but he knows damn well why I said that.

Lukas speaks up, "Yeah, actually. I've been listening to Poor Man's Poison a bit. I just love how their songs point out the massive flaws in soulless corporations." Lukas and Weiss exchange glares again. Guess my theory holds some weight.

Now, the tension is fucking palpable, and I try to keep it from getting any worse, "I've been listening to some Orden Ogan. Inferno's been one of my favorites recently.

Blake snickers a bit and speaks, "Oh, so the song about fire is your favorite? Shocker."

I roll my eyes with a smile. "Oh shush."

Ruby decides to chime in, "Ooh, I've been listening to some Casey Lee Williams. I love her music!"

Everyone nods in agreement. It's a really solid choice in music. No one can deny that. Now, due to the situation being defused breakfast actually goes by somewhat smoothly.

Weiss speaks about how she enjoys classical music, Levi likes a band called AJR, Yang gives a general list of pop and/or rock bands, and Jade enthusiastically talks about her love of what she calls aggressive classical. Sounds neat. Blake doesn't give any insight, because why would she? That would be too easy. I feel like she might listen to something like Set it Off, or maybe even My Chemical Romance, but that's a mostly baseless assumption.

Eventually breakfast wraps up, and everyone heads off to spend their last thirty minutes of free time however they please. Personally, I just go to class and read a book.