A/N: This ship is Whitley x Azure. Azure is my version of one of Jaune's sisters. Go to my rwby randomness book to read about her. The shipname is Arctic Star because Schnee means snow in German, so 'Arctic', and Azure's main field of study is astrophysics, so 'Star'.

Whitley's life is loud, there's always somebody yelling...mainly his father. His father constantly yelled at or about his sisters...while he's basically ignored.

"Guess you have to fight with father in order to have his attention." Whitley muttered to himself.

He spent most of his life doing everything he was told to make sure he stayed on his father's good side...never arguing, never rebelling. Weiss and Winter always argued...always rebelled, yet they received all of his time and effort...granted it was negative attention, but at least he acknowledged their existence. The youngest Schnee tried many things to get his father to notice him. He taught himself to play the piano and cello to impress his father, yet it was always Weiss's performances that everyone attended. He tried learning everything he could about the family business so that his father would see that he was loyal and dedicated, yet....it was Weiss that his father constantly tried to manipulate and guilt trip into taking over the company and do things his way. This caused him to resent his sister, so he took it out on her with mean words and snide comments. Now, Weiss ignores him; Winter and his mother have ignored him since he was born, so that was nothing new.

"I'm so tired of being ignored." Whitely sighed as he wandered the streets of Atlas.

"Should I do something crazy to gain his attention? Should I run away like Weiss did? Should I stage a fake kidnapping...should I fake my death? Will that get Father's attention? Or...would he even care if something were to happen to me?" he thought.

Suddenly his drastic thoughts are interrupted when it starts raining. The rain in Atlas, while rare, is brutal, considering it's a lot closer to the clouds than Mantle is. The boy seeks shelter in the closest building he could find, the Atlas University of Science and Technology. Whitley enters the school through it's observatory, and finds a blonde girl using the scientific equipment. The girl looked quite young to be a college student.

"She must be a prodigy or something." Whitley told himself.

The door to the observatory was heavy and loud...how could this girl not have noticed him enter? 

"Sorry if I'm interrupting you!" Whitley called out to her.

The girl doesn't respond, she just goes about her business...ignoring him. Irritation and anger swells up in his chest.

"Hey! I'm talking to you, the least you could do is reply!" Whitley shouted.

Again the girl does not respond, she continues to type formulas into a computer. Huffing, Whitley stomps up to the girl and stands behind her frowning and folding his arms.

"You know it's very rude to not answer someone when they're speaking to you." Whitley said.

Silence...nothing but silence from this girl, she didn't even react one bit. It was like this girl was acting like Whitley wasn't even there....that he didn't exist. 

"DON'T JUST SIT THERE AND ACT LIKE I DON'T EXIST! I'M RIGHT HERE, I'M BEHIND YOU, ANSWER ME!!" Whitley yelled.

Having enough of this girl ignoring him, Whitley grabs the back of her swivel chair and turns her to face him. This startles the girl, causing her to drop several papers. 

"How long have you been standing there? Do you need something?" the blonde girl said in sign language.

Whitley's eyes widen and his cheeks flush with embarrassment. The reason this girl hadn't been answering him wasn't because of spite and rudeness, but because she was deaf and couldn't hear him. 

"Oh dear...oh gods, I'm so sorry. I thought you were ignoring me...I didn't know you were deaf." Whitley said, while using sign language.

"It's alright, it was an honest mistake." the girl replied.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"It's raining outside, I came in here for shelter." Whitley answered.

"Oh, okay then. I'm Azure Arc, nice to meet you." Azure signed before extending her hand out.

"Whitley Schnee." Whitley replied before shaking her hand.

"Oh! You're Weiss's brother. I'm Jaune's sister, our siblings work together." Azure signed, smiling.

"You've met my sister? Did...did she say anything about me to you?" Whitley asked Azure.

Azure hesitates with a nervous frown.

"What did she say?" Whitley asked again.

"All she really said was...that you were...a weaselly little sh*t." Azure told him.

"*sigh*....of course." Whitley sighed quietly to himself.

"I'll...I'll just go then...sorry again for bothering you." Whitley said before turning away and walking towards the door.

Before he could grab the door handle, Azure grabs his wrist, stopping him. 

"Don't go. I know how bad the rain is here, you'll get soaked and make yourself sick." Azure signed with a concerned look on her face.

"But, you know what Weiss said about me...why do you want a weaselly little sh*t around?" Whitley asked frowning.

"That's just Weiss's opinion of you. I rather make my own opinions about others. You seem quite nice and I would like to get to know you." Azure replied.

"You do?" Whitley asked, hopefully.

Azure nods, giving a friendly smile. While they wait out the rain, Azure shows Whitley the stuff she was working on. A lot of it went over his head...he was no astrophysicist after all...but he liked how passionate Azure was about it so he lets her go on and on. When the rain was gone, they exchanged scroll numbers and Azure heads to her dorm while Whitley heads back to Schnee manor. It was well past midnight by the time he got home, but....of course, Jacques didn't even notice...or perhaps he just didn't care. 

"I can't tell the difference anymore." Whitley mumbled flopping onto his bed.

His scroll dings, it was a message from Azure.

Azure: Did you make it home safe?

Whitley: Yes. I'm home. I'm tired, I'm gonna head to bed, Good night.

Azure: Good night.😊

Smiling at the message, Whitley's cheeks turn pink and his stomach feels all twisty and fluttery. Then he nearly drops his phone on his face when he makes the realization that he has a crush on a girl he just met that day. Is this what people call...love at first sight?