A/N Read bottom note for update note.
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!" The annoying sound of a alarm clock awoke Neo from her somewhat peaceful slumber.
"Beep! Beep! Beezzzzph" Who knew an alarm clock could make such an agonizing death sound after smashing it?
Neo arose from her brightly colored bed only to hug the floor with her face. Yes, she hated mornings. The perks of working with organized crime was work late, get up early. She was out since 4 AM breaking into a few local dust stores, only getting home by midnight to finally get some shut eye. Yes, working with Roman paid well but she never got her sleep. However, unlike Roman, she got to stay at her own place rather than a rusted old warehouse with the members of the White Fang. Never being seen did have its perks. She lived in an upper class apartment, the manager never bugged her or asked questions. She paid him handsomely. A little more than what a normal patron would pay but it was worth lack of records being recorded.
As she proceeded with her morning rituals, or morning injuries. A stubbed toe here a kiss with the door there. As she somewhat safely made it to the kitchen with no bruises. She decided it woud be best just to make cereal. Best not to use anything that would risk setting her place ablaze when she couldn't do simple things without sustaining an injury. Yes, mornings were not her thing indeed.
Just as she was getting dressed and ready to head out to the smelly warehouse. She got a text on her scroll, it was her boss, Roman.
'No work today. Gotta lay low.' Security cameras from last nights raid must've caught him and Vale's finest were probably on more alert today. Neo frowned at the thought, she loved her work even though it had dreaded hours. She loved the adrenaline of it. As she was walking back to her room she stopped.
'Wait...' She thought 'That means…. I can finally spend my lien' She smiled and dashed out of her apartment.
"Yannng pleeeassee come to Vale with me." Ruby pleaded.
"Sorry sis I can't, I already made plans with Blake this afternoon." Yang replied with a frown, if there was one thing she hated doing, it was seeing Ruby frown. "Ask Weiss, maybe she'll go?"
"She's in the library studying for that exam in Ports" She replied.
Yang shifted in place. She couldn't tell Blake she's canceling on their movie date otherwise she'd be mad. However, she couldn'tt stand seeing Ruby upset. But before Yang could do anything Ruby just sighed.
"I'll go alone I guess. It's fine Yang." She walked out of the dorm before Yang could protest. As she boarded the airship inbound to Vale she slumped in her seat. 'Everyone's always busy to do anything' She frowned. As the ship landed, she stepped off and looked around.
"Well. Im sure I can find something to do here by myself" She smiled as her gloomy demeanor did a 180. After scanning around downtown Vale, Ruby's eyes locked onto one building in patricular, and ice cream parlour. As Ruby entered she immediately took a seat at the bar and started looking at the ice cream flavors. But something caught her eye. A girl to her left who had a very large bowl of ice cream. She basically looked like ice cream with her unique hair color.
'Ice cream eating ice cream' Ruby mused herself at her comment and turned back to decide what to get.
Neo was tense. She tried her hardest not to show it but she knew who the crimsonette next to her was. Red and black attire, red hood, brown hair with red tips. Matched the description of the huntress who ruined Roman's heist on a dust shop. Ruby didn't know who she was, Neo hasn't been caught or seen like Roman has. Just as she was lost in thought about the young girl, she spoke to her.
"Hi!" Ruby said with a huge grin and held out her hand "I'm Ruby. What's your name?" She asked the tri-colored girl. Neo froze. She didn't expect her to actually speak to her.
'What do I do. What do I do.' She was panicking. She was afraid to be caught. 'Wait.. Why am I freaking out? She doesn't even know who I am.' Neo relaxed as she returned a smile.
Ruby looked confused "Soo.." She started "What's your name?" She tilted her head looking at Neo. She parted her lips to reply but nothing came out.
'Right..' She pointed to her throat and shook her head. Ruby looked at her quizzingly before her lips made an 'oh' shape and she nodded. Neo took out her scroll and typed a message on it.
"My name's Neo, Nice to meet you Ruby." the scroll read. Ruby read it and smiled. "Nice to meet you too, Neo!" Ruby replied with a toothy smile.
The two girls chatted for awhile, well mainly Ruby, Neo just listened. She told her how she was a huntress and about her 'baby'. Neo was noting that they ever needed insight on Beacon, Ruby was the place to go. Girl was a chatter box.
"..And then I cut the nevermores head right off!" Ruby had her hands in the air as she told her about her initiation. Neo couldn't lie. Ruby was very interesting. Not as interesting as robbing a Jewelry store and running from armed uniforms but a close second. Just as Ruby finished her story, Neo noticed that her ice cream was melted into a colorful liquid. She frowned but shrugged it off.
"I should be going" She typed a message and held it to Ruby. To which she recieved a frown.
"W-wait!" Ruby said as Neo got up. "Maybe...I don't know.. we could hang out for a bit?" Ruby was poking her fingers together and looking everywhere but Neo's eyes. "I-I mean we don't have to.. It's just my friends are all busy.. and.." Ruby looked at Neo with sad puppy eyes as she spoke.
Neo frowned. She was trained in stealth, evasion, tactical assessment and planning as well as an extent knowledge of every firearm, but nothing could have prepared her for those sad eyes.
'I gotta get away from her, I can't let her- Oh no is that a tear in her eye.. Oh gods.. Okay okay! Please don't cry!' Neo pulled out her scroll and began to type.
"Yes we can hang out please don't cry!" Neo said. Reading this, Ruby's face changed from sorrow to excitement as she fist pumped the air.
"Yes!" She said almost yelling. "We're gonna have so much fun!" She grabbed Neo's hand and bolted her out of the parlour in a stream of roses.
Neo had to admit, despite being on opposite ends of the law, Ruby was very pleasant company. Even though she'll never know Neo's current occupation. Besides, not like you could put armed robbery in your resume. After they left the ice cream parlour, Ruby had dragged Neo to all of her favorite spots in Vale. Most of which Neo had broken into on more than one occasion.
"Oooh! One quick stop kay?" Ruby said as she dragged her new found friend into a weapon shop.
'Oooh.. shiney.' Neo began to mentally note all the valuables in the shop.
"This is my favorite shop! They sell all sorts of cool stuff!" Ruby pointed out.
Neo retrieved her scroll and began typing. "Into weapons are we?" Ruby smiled.
"Of course! They're like an extension of us! There also like meeting people.. but.. you know.. better..OH! But not saying you're bad or anything! I just...mmmmm I don't know what I am saying" Ruby buried her face in her hands in sheer embarrassment.
'Jeez now she'll think I don't like people!' Ruby mentally scolded herself.
Neo stared at her with amusement. 'She's too cute for her own good I swear.' She turned to her scroll and began typing a message. Turning her attention back to the embarrassed huntress, Neo couldn't help but laugh.
Neo tapped on her shoulder and showed the message. "Relax little rose, I'm having fun. Besides. I'm not much of a people person myself" Ruby sighed in relief.
"Phew.. I thought I really messed up there. Ha ha" Ruby nervously rubbed the back of her head looking in any direction but Neo's which caused her to laugh silently.
"Ahh jeez.. It's nine. I gotta get back to Beacon." Ruby's once cheery demeanor vanished instantly. "Oh. Wanna hang out again sometime?"
Neo stopped in place. She enjoyed Ruby's company, but being friends with a huntress was dangerous. Especially in her line of work and whom she's associated with. Neo was ready to make an excuse of why she couldn't but she stared at the almost planet sized orbs.
'I can't say no to that face..' Sighing with defeat, she reluctantly nodded and exchanged numbers with the cheery huntress. After waving good bye, Neo turned into a dark alley and sighed.
'It'll be great. I mean it can't suck right? S'long as she doesn't find out what I do it'll all be fine.'
A/N Hey guys, long time eh? Alright I got some explaining to do here.
To start off, yes I removed the 2 stories so I can begin rewriting them. More Than Friends will be using bits and pieces of Best of Friends to fill the missing gaps I accidentally created before. I will also be recycling old chapters from Best of Friends with edits to match up with the story, as you can see with this chapter. Not all chapters will be recycle, most will be new. I'm only doing this to make sure their isn't any missing gaps like before. I'm not removing what has happened in the story before I removed it, the direction isn't changing really.
Now, as for Best of Friends. I will be starting this story completely different then it was. It will not match up with More than Friends like it did, being a different take and what not. It will be its own story with a different story line.
As for updates, Most of my real life issues have been resolved and I'm finding myself with more time to spare so thus I will be updating stories more often. My goal is to update this story at least once a week minimum. With all that said, thanks for reading and I hope you guys aren't too mad at me for removing the stories. D: