THIS IS THE SECOND PART TO MY LAST FANFIC REGRET WRITTEN IN RED SO IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET, READ IT FIRST
I wake up alone again, which made me feel even worse. Waking up at 4AM is already a horrible feeling, but knowing that you're sleeping in the same room with people who are still bitter about last week's assembly, is even worse.
My sister, Yang, seems to be okay with my relationship with ex-criminal Roman Torchwick, but sadly no one else seems to feel that way. Weiss still isn't talking to me, which could also be because she's been busy with her new boyfriend, Neptune. I'm actually happy for them, but mostly for me since Weiss used to be obsessed with creating a relationship between us. Blake, Yang's girlfriend, is happy for me, but definitely does not approve of my boyfriend choices. She keeps saying that he's much older than me, but everyone knows that not the real issue. She used to be obsessed with catching Roman, that led us to finally capturing him, and me and him falling in love. Blake must partly be blaming herself for everything.
I'm not the only one with problems though, even Roman get hate every day, which is the reason he likes to stay in his house. Sometimes I get him to come out, but only for a while, he seems to be afraid of what people will say. He's also afraid of the people he used to work with, the White Fang, Cinder. Just her name made me shiver. She and her henchmen Emerald and Mercury had all tried to invade Beacon from inside, but thanks to Roman they failed. He's not afraid for himself, he's afraid for me. He thinks that someone will come to kidnap me, since I'm the only person he loves and is close to.
I decide to get up and go for an early walk around campus, sleeping isn't really an option anymore. Once I'm awake it's really hard for me to go back to sleep, it's not a good thing to be a lazy huntress.
I dress myself with the usual school uniform and my lovely red hood and cape. People often question me wearing my hood all the time, but that's just my way of saying 'please leave I don't want to talk to you'. I'm sure I've mentioned that I'm not a social person.
I leave our room as quietly as possible, none of my teammates really enjoy being woken up by me. The dorm hallways are more quiet than ever, which is a relief. Ren, one of the members of team JNPR, is laying on the hallway floor. He doesn't seem to be asleep, I'm guessing he's just enjoying the silence and waking up early. I slowly walk around him and continue my journey. I don't care if he noticed me or not, but I'm grateful he didn't try to create conversation.
For all I know, team JNPR accepts my relationship with Roman, but we don't really talk about it. I try to keep my talks about Roman to a minimum, no one wants to hear it and I don't want to hear them complain. It's a win-win solution.
The cold air fills my lungs the very moment I step outside. It's still extremely dark and more cold than ever, both signs of winter. I've never been a huge fan of winter, it's cold and wet, and just thinking about it gives me the chills. The only good thing about it is Christmas, presents and cookies are my kind of thing. Luckily winter isn't due for another two months or so.
I really should've brought something warmer to wear, if I'd known this is what the weather would've been like I wouldn't have even bothered to come.
I return to the door of the dorms, only to notice that it's been locked. This is exactly what I needed, being locked outside in the cold for another two hours. The dorm doors can be opened from the inside at any time, but from the outside they open at 6AM and close at 10PM.
There's only one place I can go at this hour, Roman's house. Other than Roman, the only people who know where his house is are Professor Ozpin, Glynda Goodwitch and I. It's not even that hard of a place to find. At first Glynda had decided to give Roman a room, but Ozpin convinced her that he needed more space. You can't really call Roman's house a house, it's more like a cottage. It's just outside of Beacon, just like the staff quarters.
The walk to Roman's cottage didn't take too long, at least with my semblance. I could already see it in the distance, it looked just like any cottage, except that it was white. Everything in Beacon is either white, silver or green, well on the outside at least. When Ozpin became the school's headmaster he decided to have the whole place repainted, before that it was simply white. I've done my research on Beacon's history, when I was young I wanted nothing more than to be here. I did everything to fulfill my dreams, even if that meant staying up all night studying the history of Beacon until you knew it by heart.
When I arrived at the cottage all the lights seemed to be out, on purpose I presume. The windows had been covered with curtains so you couldn't see inside, which was my idea.
I step on the empty porch and walk up to the door. I take the key from around my neck, I thought that was the best place for it, and open the door as silently as possible. As I shut the door behind me I notice that the house is silent, which usually happens when people sleep, silence. I light up a candle I found at the window sill and walk to the master bedroom, which is where Roman sleeps most of the time. Sometimes he falls asleep on the sofa watching TV, which happens more often than you think.
I open the bedroom door, it squeaks a bit, but Roman doesn't seem to wake. He's laying in the middle of the bed, as usual. His bed sheets are scattered around the floor, implying that he's been turning around a lot in his sleep. I grab one of the blankets from the floor and wrap it around him carefully so he doesn't wake.
I sit on the bed and listen to it squeak from all the weight. Roman looks so calm in his sleep, not a care in the world. Sometimes I wish there was no one but me and him left in the world, so there'd be no one to judge us, life would be so much easier.
Roman grabs me and presses me against him, but he doesn't seem to be awake. Grabbing girls in your sleep, nice Roman. Well, might as well try to sleep while I'm here. I snuggled even closer to him, grab a corner of the blanket and wrap it around both of us and fall asleep.