The New Rose

Chapter 16 - Frustrations and Suspicions

Quick A/N: Hey guys! Im sorry for lying. 😅 its was supposed to be like a prank and i was gonna post a new chapter. I didnt think u guys liked it that much. Sorry again!

Ruby walked back to her dorm room after leaving Professor Goodwitch's office and having that unwanted encounter with Coco. She had to admit, Ruby found it weird that Coco even talked to her in the first place, not to mention she asked about her whereabouts. Like the others, Coco never really talked to Ruby and did not seem to like her much considering that Coco never invited her to any of her parties. The only reason Ruby interacted with Coco at all was because Coco and Yang were party animals and hung out all the time.

Ruby found it really weird that now Coco wanted to know where she had been and what she was doing, after she had been gone for two weeks. She noticed that it was becoming more and more of a pattern, Ruby changed and the people that neglected her wanted to be in her business. Ruby was annoyed by that and that those people didn't want to keep that same energy. She figured that she could worry about them at a later time though, considering all the work that she had.

It was something that Ruby could not help but be annoyed by, she knew that she missed classes but come on it was a for a good cause. Ruby was incredibly humbled and thankful for the position that Sindel gave her, but couldn't she have made a deal with the teachers to lower their make-up work or something? It's not like they were in Atlas goofing off, they were doing very important things and now they were rewarded with all of this homework no one wanted to do.

Ruby sighed and told herself that she should not be complaining, especially because she was paid $2000 lien for being a part of that unit for two weeks. And whenever she was called back she would be paid again, so it really wasn't worth complaining about the make-up work she had. Plus, now she had a legitimate reason not to spend time with her team as they were not nearly behind as she was. Ruby got to her room and was about to open the door until she heard a voice.

"Ruby?" Jaune asked and Ruby rolled her eyes but turned around anyway.

"Hello Jaune, can I help you?" Ruby asked hoping he would take the hint but unfortunately he didn't.

"Oh uh no, just surprised to see you, when did you get back?" Jaune asked curiously.

"Last night." Ruby responded curtly to which Jaune did pick up on and sighed as a result.

"Listen Ruby, can my team and I talk to you for a minute please?" Jaune asked with some desperation in his voice and Ruby thought about it and headed towards team JNPR's door.

Jaune could only stare the Ruby Rose that was walking to his dorm room, unable to comprehend how much she had changed. Like the other boys in his class, he too was shocked by how much prettier Ruby became when she changed outfits and grew her hair out. In fact, Jaune would even say that she was more attractive than she was two weeks ago before she left, and she even looked more in shape. Unfortunately, Jaune could also see that Ruby was still angry and distant as ever before, meaning that this talk would not be pleasant, but it still needed to happen anyway.

Ruby was walking to Team JNPR's room with Jaune following behind her, honestly not looking forward to this but she knew that Team JNPR would not stop bugging her until she talked to them. If Ruby was being honest she didn't really think about Team JNPR or miss them when she went to Atlas. In fact, it was nice not having to deal with Nora's craziness or Jaune's pathetic attempts at getting Weiss to go on a date with him.

Not only that, but Ren nor Pyrrha really interacted with her anyway so for what reason did Ruby have to miss them? If she was being honest Ruby was fine with not having to talk to them for a while but knew that wasn't going to happen. Ruby wondered if she could keep her emotions in check this time, considering that she was angrier with her team than team JNPR. When it came to Team JNPR, Ruby thought their comments were stupid and hypocritical, so she didn't give them a second thought.