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And then, there she stood at the edge of my door, knocking as if it weren't open.
"Can I come in?"
"Yeah! It's not like we're doing anything~" Nora exclaimed mischievously.
"Yea, um, can I please to to Oscar for a minute? Privately?"
"Um yea, he really needs a talk, he's been having a rough time lately, be careful with him Ruby."
"Yeah I will." I hate that they're treating me like this, they know eventually i'm not going to be me anymore and just become one with Ozpin, no Oscar in me anymore, Just Ozpin.
One more problem i'm going to have to shovel up.
"Oh yeah! And don't forget to bring the cupcakes!! It's opposite day!" Nora said as I walked to the door.
"How about we go get it Nora?" Jaune suggested.
"No thanks, we've gotta think about Ren, he's tired, right Ren?"
"I just woke-"
"LETS GO REN!" She screamed as all three of them left the room. Then she turned to me.
"So..." She started, wandering off. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I don't know." I had walked back to my bed, sitting on it, not knowing what to do, and not really knowing what to say either.
"Well, I would've told you that we're all here for you, but I have a feeling you've been told that one too many times." She giggled out,
"Yeah, I have been told that a lot and I would have just screamed if I heard that again."
" Well I just wanted to let you know it's all going to be oka-"
"No it's not! You keep telling me i'm going to be okay when i'm not! You all know that one day you're going to look at me and only see Ozpin. Just Ozpin. You're going to forget I ever existed before you know it. That's the only reason i'm here right? To just simply "help out" like all his other incarnations. Right Ruby? Tell me the truth please."
"Oscar,"
"Yes."
"You aren't just going to be one of his people, you're going to be the person that saves the world, the one to let Ozpin pass on so you don't turn into him."
"It's already started though."
"Well yeah we hear a couple of snippets from Ozpin once in a while and you glitch a bit everyday but we all know we have a lot of time left. Right... Ozpin?"
miss rose is completely correct.
"Yeah." I said as Ruby walked to my bed and sat on it, one hand on my shoulder.
"So unlike what happened with Pyrrha.. and Penny, we know how much time we have left. Let's make the most of it, and what we're doing right now is wasting time."
that is also correct oscar.
I swallowed and thought about myself for a second, "Yeah."
"And whenever you need someone to talk to, we're all always here for you." I didn't even know what to say but,
"Yeah..."
*sigh*"Come here," She barely whispered in a small voice as she forwarded me to come. I wrapped my arms all around her, making sure I have every little bit as I melted in her embrace.
"Hmm, you've always been too soft for a boy who works in a farm."
"Ruby, I don't think anybody thinks like that anymore, but before I unhug you I have a question." I said, still hugging her.
"Why can't you unhug me, then ask the question?"
"I have a feeling you wouldn't answer it if I did that."
"Okay what is it?"
"Where do the rose petals come from? Like one minute you're just walking and then rose petals start randomly falling from your head, shoes, or your cape just starts...
disintegrating."
"Hmm, seem like a question I literally cannot answer. Actually I can! I have no clue where they come from, but sometimes it gets annoying, like today, on fell inside my eye and took forever to take out!" I should've never asked that. "Well, bye!" She said as she rushed out of the hug causing an awkward situation.
I hear a thump. And kind of an "boing". What was that? I looked to see where my hand wa...s... aw not that part!
"Argh!! Sorry! I didn't mean to!"
"No it was totally my fault!"
"No it was me!"
"No me!"
"I'll just leave!"
"You'll just leave." She said as she "rose petaled" her way through the dorm, bumping things down on the way out.
Ughh, dammit Oscar!
not a very smart move huh oscar?
shut up ozpin!
I've just once again embarrassed myself. Oscar, c'mon! Get it together!
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I sprinted my way out and bumped into Yang on the way back to my dorm.
"Woah little sister, calm it down."
"Ekk!"
"Why's your face all red?? Grimm encounter!!" She said running to her gauntlets.
"No! Nothing like that."
"There's only one other reason why one would blush so hard." She said as she took a good look at me as I winced,"Wait..." Uh oh. " Yeah definitely not the situation. You should tan more Ruby. You're starting to look more like your name each day."
"Go to sleep Yang!" Weiss yelled from her bed.
"But i'm so enerrgizzeddd!"
"Now!"
"But why!"
"It's two in the morning!"
While the two of them fought and Blake slept like a baby, i went in my blanket pulling up the blanket as high as I could. 'Well today was certainly a strange day for me. Had a good talk and got my boob bonked.' I thought as I started blacking out into sleep.
Goodnight.