Prequel; A Xodiacian in Remnant (RWBY Qrow Branwen x OC Bellae Evergreen)

Chapter 18- Ignoring the Problems

A/N- This chapter was ridiculously short, so time to fill it with some more Xodiacian lore of my girl :) Mainly about Bellae's friend wanting to know more about her past, but she's not letting up for good reasons, we'll see.

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Six days after being given the news of her unexpected pregnancy, Bellae was terrified out of her mind to tell Qrow, still. This hesitation proved to be very difficult, as she had been ignoring Qrow's texts for the same amount of days she found out, six days, and today was the seventh.

The first day of no contact with the Huntsman went like this, she had all of her notifications muted on her phone, only worrying about work. Bellae was paranoid and kept checking herself out in the mirror of her room to see her stomach. Trying to see how she'd look with a round stomach. She felt embarrassed putting a pillow in her dress to 'see' better, immediately pulling the pillow out and throwing it against the wall. "This is ridiculous!" Bellae squeaked, wings flared open as she talked to herself.

Qrow: Hey I know I haven't been sending you messages that much lately. This month is just really dragging along, this trip is a real piece of work, I'll manage though, I always have, but I'm hoping to come back to Vale soon. I miss you.

Second day rolled around, Bellae was distracted by work, fixing up more luscious flowers by the hour. Soon enough it was time for her lunch break, Percival came over and brought some take-out, craving some red meat, Bellae was famished as hell, immediately digging into the strips of beef in her dish, forgetting her fried rice in front of her. The Faunus just stared at her as she ate the meat within minutes. A burp came out of Bellae's lips when she was done, "You forgot your rice." Percival stated, pointing his chopsticks at the last remaining dish.

"Oh. Oops." Bellae laughed, taking the bowl and began eating it afterwards. "Did I forget to mention Xodiacians are carnivores? Well, omnivores, but when our kind is pregnant the main source of food is red meat. We can get pretty feral especially when we're starving, regardless if we're bearing children or not." Bellae shared, looking down at her bowl.

"Which I'm glad I'm the only one existing here, if there were more and with how keen scientists would use their grubby hands to snatch one of us up and test, it'd be a massacre." She grimaced just imagining the unneeded bloodshed by human greed.

Out of the blue, there was a text message alert coming from her scroll lighting up. The name appeared on the screen for a quick minute before she quickly pulled it away from the table. Percival saw who it was and raised an eyebrow. "When are you planning on telling him?" He asked, his arms crossed for a moment.

"I...Not when he's away doing mission work. I wouldn't want him to be distracted." Bellae made an excuse, looking down at her lap.

"Then when do you plan on telling him? A month, two, maybe three? Huntsmen can be on missions for a long time." The Faunus said, ears bent down a little.

"I'm giving it another week to tell him... He's just messaging me once a day from what it seems like...I don't have the heart in me to respond." Bellae looked back on the message from her scroll.

Qrow: This village's alcohol isn't that bad, this can be a great vacation spot without Grimm being everywhere.

Percival sighed, "How long does he usually take until he comes back?" Every Huntsman and Huntress is different when it comes to missions, everyone has their own duty to uphold certain ones. Qrow never specified what he does on missions. Sure there's Grimm around wreaking havoc, but is that really all to it? Could be another secret he's keeping from her, but Bellae doesn't mind. After all, Qrow doesn't know what her old role was back in her homeworld. So it's fair game with holding back information.