The Silent Rose (abused and neglected mute reader x rwby)

Chapter Eight: Reawakening

Ruby POV

Run.

That was the only thought that went through my head when Yang said I was the last hope of bringing my twin back from the brink. I don't know or care if she was lying to make me feel better or if it was genuine, but all I wanted was my brother back. He'd left me once, I'm going to make sure he doesn't leave me again, and I'll be damned if anyone thinks they can stop me.

I traveled at the speed of a bullet through the halls of the school dodging anyone and everyone in my way. Tears streamed down my face. The thought of losing Y/n was unbearable. I had already lost mom and I wasn't going to lose him, even if it meant going to Hell and back to bring him back.

In mere seconds I was near Y/n's room in the infirmary, Uncle Qrow was sitting on the bench just outside it. I blew past him, giving him a heart attack, and slammed through the door. "Ruby! Wait!" He tried to say to me, but it was too late.

I fell to my knees at the sight of Y/n. Deathly pale, several wires hooked up to him, an odd looking oxygen mask over his face, and completely unconscious.

Tears filled my eyes. Was this why Uncle Qrow was trying to hide him? I felt him put a hand on my shoulder, but I shrugged him off and slowly stood. I walked to Y/n's side, tears falling down my face. I grabbed his still present hand, the fake one detached and on a nearby table. I breathed shakeily, "please... don't leave me... I need you..." I said between breaths and sobs. I pulled his barely living body into a hug, my tears falling onto his shoulder.

Everything became sharper at that moment. I could hear everything going on around me better then ever. I heard Uncle Qrow shuffle closer behind me, crying. I heard someone, presumably Yang, run into the doorway. The heart monitor's beeping, abruptly stop.

And with that, the pain and sadness I felt watching Y/n get beaten because I couldn't stop it, watching him leave, and seeing him pass out into a coma came pouring out. A wave of pain and sadness  came over me, filling me with a severe ache in my heart and soul.

That's when I felt movement. An arm rapped around me and pulled me closer. I looked up to see Y/n crying. He was awake. A wave of more than happiness hit me like a wrecking ball. The cord that connected his arm to the heart monitor was hanging to the side of it, no longer connected to it.

I hugged him tighter than before, tears of joy now falling from my face. Whatever God answering my prayers that he would live. Whatever God or luck was out there made me a believer now.

I heard sobbing behind me, followed by two arms rap around me and Y/n into a bear hug. Yang's tears very apparent. We stayed here for what felt like hours, just sitting here, hugging. Yang eventually let us go, leaving the room with our uncle so me and Y/n could have some time to ourselves.

I looked him in the eyes, "Don't ever do that to me again." I said to him.

He slightly smiled, tears still covering his face. He shook his head, in his way of promising not to go.

What happened next, I couldn't and still can't explain. I moved myself onto the bed, positioned with my legs on either side of him sitting on his legs. I looked him in the eyes, him back into mine beet red. I brought my face closer to his, pushing my lips against his. I could tell his was shocked by this at first, then gave into the kiss. We sat, our lips together and our hands now intertwined. It felt like time stopped, all the pain of almost losing him disappeared. We detached from each other, breathing heavy from not having air for a good five minutes.

To this day I don't understand why I did it, nor what told me to do it, but in the end, it helped the both of us.

Y/n looked at me with confusion. I brought him into another hug, he accepted it by rapping his arms around me. I felt another tear go down my cheek, the emotions of that day welling up and pouring out.

Yang POV

We were speechless. We had tried to give them a little privacy so they could reconnect, but we hadn't expected what we witnessed.

After leaving and waiting for a good few minutes, we couldn't muster the patience to leave them to their devices. We opened the window to Y/n's room in the infirmary, seeing Ruby on top of a blushing Y/n, then slowly press her lips against his.

We closed the window and looked each other in the eyes. "What the Hell did we just witness?" I asked my uncle.

"I... got nothin'." He admitted, "I've never been as speechless as I am now in my entire life." I could've made a joke there, but chose not to due to the shock that filled us both.

"We can't tell anyone. It would ruin there trust in us." I said.

"You got that right." He agreed, "And you three ask why I drink so much." He pulled out his flask from under his shirt and took a swig, before walking away with wide eyes looking like the Kermit meme with the tea.

I looked back at the door, then walked back to the dorm to give the news about Y/n's awakening to the others. The thought of both my siblings in an incestuous relationship boggled my mind at first, but as I began to think, I realized that it made a little sense. They both were extremely close when they were younger. And absence makes the heart grow fonder.