Rosegarden Prompt: Ruby reuniting with Oscar after her time in the Ever After.
They stepped through the portal Raven made them. Ruby saw Shade and Vacuo up close. The heat beat down on them and she felt it all over her skin. She was probably going to need some sunscreen. She thought of Weiss, and winced. If she needed sunscreen... well, maybe Jaune can keep her aura up...
She turned her attention back to Vacuo.
Oscar was in the library where he always was. He tried to hide his anger and desperation, but when he slammed the book, he knew he failed.
"Dammit," Oscar muttered. "This is pointless... utterly pointless."
"Oscar, you can't give up..." Ozpin said.
"Shut up," Oscar said.
"Oscar..."
"Shut up. This is your fault! You just had to reincarnate in my head, didn't you? You just had to ruin my life. You just had to..." Oscar gritted his teeth. He was starting to get looks. None of them could even fathom what it was like to be him right now. And yet they all looked at him like he was crazy. Well who cares about them!
Oscar just finished another book and still there was nothing about how to save himself. He got up, knocking his small desk over, the books falling to the ground.
He stormed out.
He was on the railing of the room. He needed air.
"Oscar..." Oscar could have sworn he felt Ozpin's hand on his shoulder.
"She's gone. Ruby's dead. How the hell am I supposed to survive this? She was the only one who never looked at me and saw you... and she's gone."
"Oscar... I am so sorry," Ozpin said.
Oscar threw his hand in the air to push Ozpin away.
It was all too much. Oscar started crying.
Ruby took a second look around. She realized she made a mistake in her original assessment of where they were. She thought they were on a building looking at Shade. She realized they were far too close for that.
"I never got to tell Ruby I love her..." Oscar said.
Ruby stopped. The others stopped as well. They all heard. Ruby heard.
"I love her"
The words bounced around in her head over and over again, each bounce making her face redder and her heart faster.
Then she saw him. He hadn't noticed them yet. He was crying. He was so exhausted. She was tired too, but...
Her feet went ahead of her, and soon, she tackled him in a hug. They slammed into the ground, Ruby holding on as tight as possible to Oscar.
"Oscar," Ruby said.
"R-Ruby... this can't be real. I must really be going crazy..." Oscar said.
"No. I'm here. I'm real," Ruby said.
She had an idea what would convince him she was real. She held his cheeks... and leaned down for a kiss.














