Black and White {RWBY Blake x Weiss}

~Chapter 1~

Blake looked out towards the small cafe in front of her. The sign read 'Strawberry Sunrise Café'. She sighed, stepping inside. Her friend Sun had recommended this place to her, but now she was regretting going. She worked at the library a few doors down, and watched the cafe get renovated as she walked by every morning. It had been opened for a few months now, and it seemed to be very popular, but in this cloudy afternoon, it was almost empty. It was 12, and a small clock on the far wall chimed at her. The cafe was small, but seemed much larger once inside. The floor was tiled with light grey tiles, and yellow and red roses were printed on the walls. The entire shop seemed to be themed as yellow and red, with yellow frilled tablecloths and red upholstered chairs. Blake quietly walked forward, her ears twitching under her bow. She could slightly hear the conversation between the guy at the counter and one of the baristas.

"How are you holding up? I heard the news about Pyrrha... It has to be awful," the barista sighed, leaning closer to the blond-haired boy. He was about the same age as Blake, maybe a year younger. His face dropped at the mention of the girl.

"I'm... Doing the best I can right now, I guess. I just wish that she was... I don't know... Better?" He took long breathes in between each phrase, sighing at the end. The barista looked sad as well, her short black and red tipped hair falling out from behind her ears. She seemed young enough to still be in high school, but that would mean that she couldn't be working. An older girl with bright blond hair came out from behind wall, still behind the counter. She placed a flowery plate with a croissant and a teacup down in front of him.

"On the house," she said, smiling sadly. She leaned on the counter next to the younger girl, both of them sporting white dress tops tucked into puffy skirts, the colors matching their hair. The blond girl had an apron over her skirt that was covered in what seemed to be flour and coffee.

"Please," the guy said, pushing a wad of bills towards the pair. The younger girl pushed the money and the plate back towards him, and he sighed. "Thank you," he smiled, putting the money back in his wallet before grabbing his plate and cup. He walked over to a close by table, and continued to chat with the younger one, as she walked to the edge of the counter closest to him. Blake walked up to the counter, hoping for the blond to still be there, but she had already gone off to do something else. She rung the bell, anxiously waiting for one of them to come up. The younger of the two rushed up, smiling nervously.

"Hiya and welcome to Strawberry Sunrise Café! I'm so sorry about the wait, we were catching up with an old friend! How may I help you?" She stuttered all of it out in one breath, taking a large gulp of air afterwards. Her name plate read 'Ruby ^-^' and she stumbled a bit to the left, quickly regaining her balance afterwards, and letting off a sheepish grin.

"Uh, hi..." Blake started, her antisocial tendencies taking a hold of her, causing her to stutter. "It's okay. I mean about the wait. I don't, I don't mind waiting." The blond haired boy was looking at her, causing her to want to push her pencil skirt flat down. She did so. She glanced at the menu, sweating over the small social interaction. "Um, may I have an, um, a hot chocolate and a strawberry braid?" She asked, grabbing one of her jacket buttons and pushing it about.

"Of course! Anything else?" Ruby asked, punching things into the register. Blake shook her head and grabbed her purse from her side, grabbing her small wallet.

"Wait! Please, let me pay. It'll make me feel better about eating this," the blond boy intervened, placing his hand on the counter where Blake was about to put her wallet. She shuttered at the surprise and stammered out a small 'okay'. "Thank you," he said, putting his hand out to shake. "Jaune. Jaune Arc." Blake took his larger hand in her small one, and shook his hand.

"Blake Belladonna. And tha-thank you," she stuttered, blushing at the slight gesture. Ruby read out the total, and Jaune placed the money down, adding a few dollars to the tip jar. Blake grabbed a few bills out as well, and placed them in the jar as well.

"Yang! We have an order! Get up!" Ruby shouted, and some clanging was heard from the side room. Ruby sighed, and started tapping her foot. Ruby turned and smiled at Blake, and started talking to her. "So, are you new in town? I don't think we've seen you here..." Ruby asked, looking at Blake. Blake nervously played with her long black hair, twisting the ends.

"Well, I'm not really all that new... I work at the library down the street, and my friend suggested this place... I like cafes, and it's not a far walk so I decided to try it," Blake murmured, her ears wanting to go flat, but they were cut off by the black ribbon holding them in place. Ruby smiled, and the taller one- Yang- brought out her food and cocoa.

"Here ya go, cutie," She said, winking at Blake. That made her blush a tremendous amount, and she quickly grabbed her things. She sat down at a booth near a window, looking out into the street. The cafe, much like the library, was right in the center of town, with a large park on the other side of the street. There were some young children playing in the park, with their parents watching over them, playing on their scrolls or talking with other parents. One little faunus girl caught Blake's attention, as she ran around. She had a fox tail, and her hair was bright orange and curled to match. Her mother looked almost the exact same, their faunus heritage being hereditary. The young fox girl was running around, playing with other children, and the mother of her was just watching happily. They looked poor, both wearing unfashionable clothes. All of a sudden, the little girl was pushed off the playground by another mother, and kicked into the street. That made Blake stand up and rush outside. Jaune and Ruby both followed behind her, wondering what caused her to rush out without her purse. There was yelling as the fox mother ran to her crying child, pulling the sobbing child out of the street. The fox mother held the child to her chest, as the other mother yelled at them.

"What's wrong with people?" Jaune asked, breaking the silence between them all. The sound of a siren filled the air as people rushed up to hold back the human, and protect the faunus. Most of the children were sitting and hugging the little fox child, but one was still sitting on the playground. But in a split second, she looked at the mother, her mother, and walked over to the faunus family, hugging them both.

"I guess that's just people. It couldn't have been this bad when we were in high school, right?" Ruby sighed, looking at Jaune. Blake looked at the two of them, tears in her eyes. "Blake, are you okay?" Blake didn't respond. She just walked in, grabbed the rest of her braid and her bag, and went back to the library.