"Kujaku" •RWBY•

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(Zutto Zutto Zutto [by Ryokuoushoku Shakai])
I listened to this song and thought: "Wow, this is perfect." Then I looked up the English translation and thought: "Wow, this is perfect." So here's the theme song for my fic during the Beacon Academy Arc (Volumes 1-3).

"Boing!"

"Boing!"

"Boing!"

"Boing!"

"Boing!"

"What are you two doing?"

Suzume and Nora stop bouncing to stare indiscriminately at Ren. He looks at them with an assertive gaze, and they immediately plop down on the mattress.

"Sorry, Ren." The two girls chorus but glance at each other and start another giggling fit. They both lean back on Nora's bed, enjoying the texture of the sheets and mattress.

"It's so soft," Suzume says as she turns over and rubs her face against the maroon blankets. Her yukata rides up her legs, making Ren sigh, so he fixes the unintentional exposure. When done, Suzume crawls to the headboard and begins wiggling her way underneath the blankets.

Nora gets under the covers when noticing the fair-skinned female doing so. It's a tight fit considering it's a twin-sized bed, but they make due by getting close. The ginger's heartbeat accelerates when Suzume scoots nearer and takes her hand, putting it to her chest.

"Are you alright?" She quietly asks.

Nora gulps, her aqua irises flickering to every feature on the bluenette's face, "Of-Of course!" She squeaks out and silently cringes on the inside, "I'm just super excited."

It wasn't a lie, but Suzume could tell there was something else Nora was hiding. Nonetheless, she lets it go as she yawns and shuts her eyes.

"I'm turning off the light," Ren announces, and he pulls on the string to the bedside lamp, plunging the room into darkness.

"Oyasumi..." Suzume says groggily.

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Two others enter the room later, but Suzume ignores them, knowing it's more of team JNPR.

孔雀

There are barely any birds chirping by the time Suzume wakes up. The sun peeks above the distant mountains, but that's not what awoke her. She lethargically listens to Michael's nagging and finally forces her eyes open when he becomes too much.

"Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up." Micheal repeatedly insists for the umpteenth time, "First day of school, get ready. Go to your own dorm."

Suzume groans and reluctantly starts untangling herself from Nora's hold, "I'm up, I'm up. Ohayō, Michael." She sluggishly responds as she slides off the side of the bed and kicks on her slippers. Immediately, she misses Nora's warmth and whines to herself.

Seeing Suzume walk towards the door, Michael halts her, "Good morning to you too, but don't forget your Scroll and bag."

Suzume quirks a brow, lost for a second but soon recognizes what he's saying. She turns around to grab her Scroll off the wooden bookshelf under the window and her travel bag at the foot of Nora's bed. Now prepared, Suzume leaves the dorm room, waving goodbye to her sleeping companions.

.

"How does this work?"

"What even is a 'Scroll'?"