Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY. If I did I would try to get Egoraptor to voice a character.

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A few days later

Ruby's POV

Okay so getting (Y/N) to hang out with me hasn't been working out too much. Ever since we crashed into each other I haven't been able to talk to (Y/N). Either I get swept up in my team's antics, he leaves, or I get too busy with all the homework I have. But today is the day. We are in class and I was able to get a seat next to (Y/N). Well, it's not so much as next to, since we are at the ends of the desks and have the little walkway in between us, but it's closer than I've been able to get for a while. This way the moment class ends, I can jump over and ask him out- I mean to ask if he is willing to study with me. Yeah, that's it, study. Why am I getting flustered about this? Just then the bell rang. I turned to talk to (Y/N), but was interrupted by team CRDL rushing down the stairs.

"Finally the weekend's here!" Cardin spoke loudly. Rolling my eyes I wait for the team to get out of my way. What? Where's (Y/N) quickly scanning the room I see him at the exit. How did he get there so fast? I jump out of my seat and rush over to him. Once outside and into the hallway I see him turn the corner at the end of the hall. Oh no, he's not getting away from me that easily! I rush down the hall careful not to activate my semblance this time. Don't want what happened last time to repeat itself. Once around the corner, I don't see him. How does he move so fast? Before I can start searching, however, I am interrupted by someone.

"H-hey Ruby. Are you l-looking for someone?" Turning around I see (Y/N) standing there like he was expecting me.

"(Y/N)! You startled me." He looks upset at that and shied away.

"S-sorry."

"No no! It's fine. I just wasn't expecting you to be there. Usually, when I try to talk to you it's like you teleport away or something." Gasping I then lean into him and excitedly ask him, "Is that your semblance?!" He looks at me startled before lightly chuckling,

"N-no that's not my semblance." Stepping away I look down embarrassed at my little outburst.

"Oh, hehe, sorry."

"It's f-fine. D-did you need something?" I perk up at his words reminding me what my original plan was.

"Oh right! Would you like to study with me?" I smile widely at him hoping I don't scare him off. He looks at me a little worried and I continue to try and reassure him. "You know just you and me. We could go to the library and study there. Nice, quiet, open space. Not many people would be able to bother us." Mentally I facepalm myself. It sounds like I'm asking him out on a date! Which it most definitely is not one. He's definitely not going to want to do this. I am pulled from my thoughts by his voice.

"Ruby?" Hesitantly I answer.

"Yeah?"

"D-did you hear what I j-just said?" Crabs did he say something while I was lost in thought?!

"Um no..."

"I s-said sure." For a moment I stand there before jumping up and down and then grabbing onto him while squeeing.

"Really?! You are okay with this?!" Why am I getting so excited over this? We are just studying.

"Y-yeah I am okay with it. I c-could use extra study time. Plus it's not like a d-date or anything, r-right?" See Ruby even (Y/N) gets that this is just studying. It's just two classmates studying for class, that's all. Though it doesn't explain why I feel a little disappointed that after he says that.

"Yes, it's not a date just studying. I just wanted some help with classes and would like to not be called a dunce for not understanding something." (Y/N) chuckles at that. I fake pout before joining him in laughing. "So how about we meet at the library in thirty minutes?" He nods his head and I squee in excitement again. "Okay, I will see you then." I then run off to my team dorm.

Team RWBY Dorm

I enter our dorm and squee in excitement causing both Weiss and Yang to look at me from their respective beds. Blake doesn't even look up from her book.

"Hey sis, you excited?" Yang says.

"Yes, I am. I just got (Y/N) to agree to study with me at the library." I retorted while looking for my bag that had all my books and homework. Weiss scoffs at my statement.

"You are still going on about that? Why do you care so much about this (Y/N)?" Yang then adds in while wiggling her eyebrows.

"Yeah sis, you got a crush or something?" My face heats up from a blush.

"Wh-what no! He's our classmate and something is troubling him, so I want to help him out." Yang then drops down from her bunk and wraps her arm around me.

"Then why are you blushing so much?" My blush grows more at this. "Hehe calm down sis I'm just teasing." Sighing I get out of her grip and go back to looking for my bag. Blake loudly clears her throat getting my attention. Over in her bed, I see her pull my bag out from under her pillow. In her monotone voice, she adds never looking up from her book.

"You left your bag behind when you rushed after (Y/N)." I jump over to her and grab my backpack. While leaving I yell to Blake.

"Thanks, Blake I'll get some tuna for you later!" I rush out of the dorms and head to the library. Once at the library I stand outside the building and wait for (Y/N) to arrive. And I waited. And waited. And waited. Oh Oum, he's not coming. Did I creep him out? Maybe he was just humoring. Maybe he really thought I was asking him out and decided to not show up. What if he got super nervous at that thought and is in his room freaking out? I fall down onto my knees in disappointment. Oh Oum, I messed up! While sitting there a hand appears in front of my face. Looking up I see the hand belongs to a worried (Y/N). I grab his hand and he helps me up.

"Y-you okay, Ruby?"

"Yeah, I just got worried thinking you might not show up." I stiffen at that. Don't mention that. Why did I mention that? Looking over at (Y/N) I see him pondering something before speaking.

"D-didn't we agree to m-meet up here in thirty minutes?"

"Oh right..." In my rush, I forgot we talked about that. "Well, no use dwelling on that. Let's head inside and start studying." I grab his arm and walk us inside the library and to the nearest table. Once there I sit on one side of the table and (Y/N) sits on the adjacent side. I pull out my history book and begin to take notes. Ugh if only Dr. Oobleck didn't talk so fast maybe I would actually have some notes. And people say I talk too fast. Just then a notebook slides next to mine from (Y/N)'s direction. Looking at it I notice the book has a lot of well-written notes for Oobleck's class.

"Those are the notes for this section and the next section. I find doing them before class helps since Dr. Oobleck only gives a summary of what is going to actually be on the test." I sit there looking at them for a minute before turning my attention towards (Y/N).

"Wait, you mean you actually understand him?" He nods his head. Bewildered I ask, "How?" He just shrugs his shoulders before pulling out a book on Grimm and starts reading. Not one to waste the opportunity I start scribbling down everything from (Y/N)'s notebook. Wow, he wasn't kidding when he said he has next section's notes. While writing he speaks again but this time in a weird tone.

"Slow down, you are writing too fast to take legible notes." He kinda sounds like a team leader or a teacher when he talks like that. Looking over my notes, I realize he's right. A lot of the words blend together and the little chart he made to help differentiate the different types of old Faunus cultures is more of a hindrance than a help. Sheepishly I laugh and say.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Sorry..." Looking up I see him smile.

"Nothing to be sorry about. Just take your time. It's not like I am going to take the notebook away." Okay, what has happened to (Y/N)? Just barely minutes ago he was the same quiet, meek, stuttering guy he has always been since he first got here to this almost authoritative figure. Heck, he hasn't even stuttered for the last couple sentences. Shaking my head I go back to work on my notes this time going slow and not scribbling so much. Once done I give (Y/N) his notebook back.

"Thanks." He nods his head and takes the notes back. Then he asks me a question.

"Anything else you need help with?" Before I can answer we are interrupted

"Hey, Ruby. Hey (Y/N). You guys studying? Can I join?" Looking over I see Jaune standing right across from me on the other side of the table.

"Oh hey, Jaune. Yeah (Y/N) here was just helping me with notes for Oobleck's class." I look over in (Y/N)'s direction and notice he's not there. Crabs, he ran off like when Yang showed up. Jaune notices too.

"Hm? Where'd he go?" Slumping down in my chair I sigh before talking.

"He must have gotten nervous and ran off. He did that with Yang and I a few days ago."

"Really?" Just then (Y/N) comes back... with a chair? He sets the chair down on Jaune's side. We both look at him confused. He blushes from the attention and rubs the back of his neck nervously.

"I thought J-jaune might want to sit in something." Jaune then smiles.

"Hey, thanks, man." Jaune then takes the new seat across from me and we all start studying again. Looking over at Jaune I notice he has a book on weapons.

"Hey Jaune, what's with the weapons book?"

"Oh, I was thinking of working on Crocea Mors. Maybe upgrade it a little so it could use dust." Excited at the thought of working with a weapon I start asking him questions.

"Oh, are you thinking of turn the sword into a gun? You could use a CETME as base and build from there. Thought maybe a newer model would work better. I know a weapons company called H&C that made the newer versions. Maybe we could order you some parts from there? Or are you looking for a simpler gun base? Shotgun maybe? You know the company I just mentioned has some shotgun parts we could get." Before I can continue Jaune holds his hands up and shakes them.

"Whoa whoa, there Rubes. I was thinking that maybe I could just make it so that the sword gets coated in dust or something simple like that." Simple? Did he even do research on this before?

"Jaune what you are asking for is a dust infuser. That is pretty cool but given that the sheath to the sword is also the shield it might be hard to make that happen. Though we could use a 12EC motor to act in conjunction with the dust infuser and help the folding mechanisms." Jaune cuts me off again.

"Wait, a dust what?"

"A dust infuser." He still looks at me confused. "You know a device that compresses dust onto an object, thus giving said object the properties of the chosen dust."

"You say that like it answers my question."

"Because it does." Just then (Y/N) speaks up.

"Jaune, think of the infuser as something that will coat the sword in dust temporarily." Jaune then nods his head.

"Oh okay, now I get it. See Ruby if you just said that then we could have continued working on my sword." I roll my eyes and groan in frustration while (Y/N) chuckles at my expense.

"Whatever. Let's just get back to the topic." And with that, we continued talking about what to do with Jaune's weapon. Me coming up with ideas for improvement and (Y/N) explaining them to Jaune. I have got to say he knows his weapons. We continued like this for a while and I am pretty sure we would keep going forever if it wasn't for mine and Jaune's scrolls both going off from the messages sent by Yang and Pyrrha respectively. Both of them asked us where we were and why we had been gone for so long. That's when I realize that we had been talking for hours and it was even dark outside. Packing up our things the three of us made our way outside. Once out of the library I excitedly say to the two.

"Well, that was fun! We should totally do that again." I look over at (Y/N) questioningly. He fidgets around nervously.

"Y-yeah we can do that. If you w-want to that is."

"Of course that's why I said it." I jump with excitement. Why I'm so excited about studying I don't know but I am none the less. Nodding (Y/N) agrees and then heads off towards his dorm. I watch him walk a little bit before getting startled by Jaune asking me if I was coming. Shaking my head I run to catch up with Jaune. While we walk back to our dorms I can't help but smile a little at getting to hang out with (Y/N) again.

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Welp here's another chapter. Yay? Nay? Indifference? Feel free to tell me all that in the comments feedback is always welcome. Have a great day/evening depending on when/where you read this.