Red (And Blue) Like Roses: Volume 1

The Stray

Blake was lying on her bed with a book, but he was not reading as her mind was elsewhere.

It had been several hours sense they had left the docks, but Blake could not stop thinking about what had happened.

She could not stop thinking about what the detective had said.

"You thinking the White Fang?"

She knew academically that it was possible, but she simply couldn't believe it. the white fang simply had no reason to rob dust stores, they could get all they need from raiding the SDC. They wouldn't start robbing stores in vale. Case closed.

So why couldn't she stop thinking about it?

She needed proof.

She needed proof to calm her mind from this idea that had been put in her head.

The only thing was, she had no idea where she would even start.

But her team might know.

When she had first started beacon, she believed that she would never have to tell anyone anything. That her past would be a secret, long forgotten. She never expected to be even considering telling her team about some of her past. But here she was, thinking about doing that exact thing.

Everyone on her team were good people, Pyrrha was a fantastic person, helping everyone who needed it.

Yang always spoke her mind and wasn't afraid to break some rules to do the right thing.

and Ruby had the same morality as a hero from an old fairy tale.

They were all good people, so it wasn't out of reason that they would help her on her quest to prove that it wasn't the white fang behind the dust robberies.

Setting down her book, Blake took the time to look at her team, her partner was in the shower, probably using water that was as hot as the sun. Ruby was working on her robot which now had two half build legs and Pyrrha was reading in her own bed.

Giving a small sigh, Blake looked into her knees like they held all the answers.

Should she trust her team?

Would they react positively or negatively to her being a faunus?

What would they think about her past with the white fang?

But she knew the answers wouldn't come from looking into her knees or self reflection.

There was only one true way to find out.

Stealing herself for all and any possible reaction Blake prepared to get up and grab their attention, when Ruby moved back to reveal what part of her robot she had been working on.

It was a... switch.

A switched placed in a very... familiar place.

As Blake watched in confusion Ruby took out a tub that was clearly labelled 'Jenkins's metal cleaner: making things so clean it doesn't seem physically possible.'

Her team leader then put on some gloves, took some of the liquid and started rubbing the switch all over.

Blake could only watch in abject bug eye'd horror as Ruby's hand went up and down, and up and down, the very unfortunately place switch.

Blake wasn't the only one, Pyrrha had also noticed what ruby was doing and found it incredibly uncomfortable.

"R- R- Ruby?" The spartan called for her partner.

"Yeah?"

"What are you doing?" Pyrrha asked with an embarrassed tone, as Ruby kept up with her task.

'Just working on cleaning the self maintenance switch." Ruby said casually. "If it's too dirty when I finish installing it, then it could short out the leg mortars."