She remembered seeing her on the schoolgrounds, fighting off a plethora of boys much older than her that were picking on her younger sister. Blake always watched from afar, the only friends she had being Sun and Illia, and even then she kept her distance from them. Blake always watched from afar, she was a 16 year old shadow. However, she particularly liked watching Yang Xiao Long, the daughter of the famous Taiyang Xiao Long, famous fighter and now an older history teacher at Beacon Acadamy. She had been curious about her since she had been accepted into the academy the year prior and saw her in the freshman dorm area.
Blake liked to distract herself from the many problems she had; like the fact that she was practically homeless, running from an old enemy and hiding a huge secret about her biology. She was a fighter, a faunus, and a frantic avoider of everyone.
But after getting paired with Yang for a history project, Blake realised that there was much more to life than just herself and the evil in the world.
And that there was also a large event awaiting them, that would turn their lives upside down forever.
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Main ship is Bumbleby, side ships include Whiterose, Renora and Sea Monkeys. Art cover is mine!
"How do you know her?"
Blake blinked. "Just a...thing. I thought I met her at a concert once. Three years ago..."
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Blake Belladonna unexpectedly finds herself at a concert - loud, crowded and full of hyped up teenage girls, it's a place she would much rather avoid. She runs into Yang - boisterous, underdressed and a bit too amiable for Blake's liking, she is quick to dismiss the blonde party-goer.
Little does she know, she's caught Yang's attention, and the bookish senior student is surprised to find accepting Yang's offer for a drink as easily as she does.
(College AU, in which Blake is a still a Faunus. Closely linked to White Rose Tea. Bumblebee is the name for BlakexYang, while Bright Lights refers to the concert, and to Beacon.)
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