Yo yippie Yay! :D Back from the dead! Well, I was never dead to begin with... Butttt, yeah, been missing for a while and haven't updated shiz. Sorry about that... Been busy and what not with school work and such. Anyways, I originally wanted to post this earlier, but my bum was slow as heck doing something else... So, what the heck did I write? A Scarlet Rabbit University/slice of life AU with a bunch of later on fluff. Lots of fluff. The title is also from the song "Rather Be" and I thought it was a perfect fit for it. This is just a small tiny weenie snippet of what's to come and I hope you enjoy with that being said. :) Happy readings and I'll see you at the bottom!

I do not own RWBY nor the title of this fiction, or the pic...

Chapter One: Start of Something New

It was a cold, dark night; a single light post shined above two people as they looked at the door in front of them. The small pellets of snow were hitting the both of them as their fog filled breathes surrounded each other.

Gripping her hand tighter, a girl wearing a grey beanie with red dyed hair sticking out, looked to her right. Smiling widely, she showed the slightly shorter girl her reassuring grin.

Looking back at the redhaired girl's smile, the girl with dark brown displayed a small curve upon her face. However, her eyebrows furrowed after looking at the purple mark under the redhead's right eye. Slowly picking up her free hand, she placed it on the bruised mark.

"Sorry that this happened…" she quietly said as she rubbed her thumb across the bruise. Flinching a bit from her touch, the taller girl placed her hand over her's and lightly grinned.

"It's okay," she responded, cupping the shorter girl's hand. "I'm just glad you didn't get hurt." She gripped her hand a bit tighter. "Though, I am sorry we kinda just left like that… and then dragging you all the way here…" she sadly smiled.

Slightly grinning at the redhead's unsure state as blush sat on top of her cheeks, the brown haired girl moved closer to the other.

The red haired girl looked toward the direction of the other, her grey eyes leading her to brown ones. She felt her cheeks grow warmer.

"Ruby," the brown haired girl said as her smile began to show more. She reached for her other hand and held it. "No matter where you take me, no matter when you do it, as long as you're there, nothing else will ever make me happy…"

The redhead felt her chest tighten, her stomach drop. She could feel her body get warmer. She grew closer.

"Really?" Ruby spoke out, sounding surprised as subtle blush ran across her cheeks. "Even when I'm acting like a total goof?"

The brown haired girl giggled. "Especially when you're acting like a goof," she smiled widely.

Seeing the bright curve on the shorter girl's face, Ruby felt the corners of her mouth rise. She loved seeing the girl's smile.

"How about when I'm a total mess and super sick?" Ruby continued to smile as she began to interlock their fingers together.

"Then I'll just have to nurse you back to health…" the smaller girl quietly said as she leaned in closer.

"Hmm, even when I'm always touching your ears?" Ruby teased. She looked down to see that the girl was blushing immensely; she laughed. "I'm only kidding Velvet," she said as she pulled the blushing girl in and wrapped her arms around her. "I would never do that unless you asked me to…" she whispered. She knew how sensitive the girl's rabbit ears were.

Hearing the taller girl's words, the girl known as Velvet relaxed in her embrace, her faunus ears leaning against the redhead's face. Ruby smiled, she nuzzled against the softness that was her ears.

Making herself comfortable against the redhead, Velvet could feel her heart beat faster as she began hearing the rapid ticks that came from Ruby's own chest. She could feel her blush deepen again.

Surprised at the brown haired girl pulling apart from their intimate hug, Ruby looked down to see Velvet's shifting gaze. Such a simple gesture made her blush; something about this moment reminded her of the past. Ruby slowly leaned closer.

'No matter what happens….'

Velvet slightly got on her tip toes and leaned in as well.

'No matter where this will take us...'

Ruby wrapped her arms around the faunus as the color red covered her cheeks, nose and her ears. Velvet's rabbit ears slightly perked up at the feel of the other's touch.

'There's no place...'

Separated by just a mere centimeter, the two were quick to change that as they both connected lips.

'I'd rather be...'

Present…

"Nope, I'm not going."

"Ruby! Come on! Just get ready and stop whining! Get your butt up and let's go!" said a girl with blonde hair.

"Nope, you can't make me. I have my own choices and opinions and I say no," a girl with short, red hair declared as she crossed her arms.

"Just come on Ruby! You know you won't regret this! You can even finally meet a good looking guy or something," the blonde winked. The redhead slightly blushed; she threw a pillow to the other girl.

"Haha, very funny Yang," Ruby irritably said. 'Besides...'

"Just want me to go so that you can tease me, huh?"

'I'm not like that.'

"Ruby, you know very well that I'm right about you wanting someone in your life. I've see your gawking-ness-"

"Not a word."

"Whatever, I see you looking at couples all the time over the whole campus whenever we hang out. Admit it, you're looking for some love aren't you?" the blonde teased.

'Yeah, that would true, I admit it. But there's just one little thing my older sister doesn't know...'

"So just get ready and let's just go to this dumb Valentine's Day party to have some fun!" Yang said. "You can just talk with all the guys and pick one you like."

'I'm gay.'

"Yang, for the hundredth time, I don't want a boyfriend, I don't want to talk with idiotic frat guys, and I don't want to be in a relationship right now!"

'Well… I do… but yeah...'

"Fine okay, okay, I get it, just get dressed and we'll head out for some drinks and food or something. It's Valentine's Day, you shouldn't spend it hauled up in here," the blonde said as she grabbed her combat boots and began to walk out the door. She turned around and looked at the redhead. "I'll come back in an hour or so, just get dressed and stop complaining!" she said as she slammed the door.

"How can I not complain when your sister wants to set you up with a gender that you're not interested in…"

'Then again, kinda my fault for not telling her… but… I'm just so scared… knowing Yang...' she sighed and shook the thought away.

"But…" she looked over to the bunk bed to see a different set of clothes laid out. She narrowed her gaze, showing a face of slight disgust. "A little food didn't hurt anybody…"

XXX

"Alright, so we agreed "No boy talking" and just having fun and food, right?" Ruby said, going over her own game plan.

"Yeah, yeah, I know," Yang replied.

Walking across the campus and over to the lawn where a house raging with other young adults laid, Ruby cringed at the way all of her peers were dressed: either shirtless or wearing a super short skirt.

"So, see anything you like?" Yang winked. Ruby blushed; her sister was always the one to tease her.

"Yang, for the last time, I don-"

"Ayyy! Yang!" a group of others all yelled. Feeling herself get shoved all over the place, a disheveled Ruby looked up to see that her sister was missing. "Wha- Yang!?"

"Sorry sis! Will have to see you later!" said an arm that stuck out from a group surrounding it.

"Are you…. kidding me…" Ruby shook her head. 'Still as popular as ever...'

'But...' the redhead peaked out of the corner of her eye. Looking at the table of snacks set up at the end of the room, Ruby's eye gleamed. 'Food….'

Making her way through the sweaty bodies, the redhead felt her shoe get caught on something.

"Oh shi-" Bumping into someone else, Ruby was quick to regain her footing. "Oh gosh, I'm so sorry!"

Turning around to the apologizing girl was a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Oh no, it's alright," the blonde nervously smiled. "It must have been the really long toga that made you trip... " he said as he looked down. Ruby looked down as well to see his overly large costume.

"Yeah…" Ruby awkwardly said. "It's… cool…"

"Oh!" the boy said loudly, surprising her as a result. "Since we bumped into each other, maybe I can get you, a um, drink or something…?"

Ruby could see the blush on his cheeks. 'Dang it…'

"Um, well, I really can't drink since I'm still underaged…" Ruby made up.

"But everyone here is drinking even though we're all under aged," the boy said, confused like.

"Yeah well…" Ruby shifted her gaze, remembering a thought from the beginning of the school year.

'Remember! No embarrassing the family! That means you will not let anyone think you're a total geek or loser!' she remembered the blonde girl saying. 'If you do...' Ruby shivered.

"Um, I, um…" she could see the blonde boy raise an eyebrow. She looked past his shoulder to see the back of a girl.

"I forgot that I was having a drink with one of my long time friends! Sorry for the inconvenience, but I promised her that I would join her for a drink," Ruby said as she walked past the blonde.

"Ah, wai-"

Quickly making her way to a girl with brown hair, she placed her hand on her shoulder. "Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you mind-"

Her mouth stopped moving as her eyes locked with bright, brown ones.

-mind…."

"Hm?"

Alrightyos, I hope you guys enjoyed that first chapter! And if you didn't…. *flashes a Benjamin* lol jk, nah, it's totally cools. I've been meaning to try this pairing out for quite some time now and shtuffage. It's gonna include stuff from college life, to finding yourself out, to just a bunch of cool things that I can't put into words because I ain't givin' any spoilers... ;) Just know that it's going to be pretty inclusive so I hope y'all have an open mind for this story! Lol, fav, follow, review and I'll see y'all until next time! Hasta luego!