blake belladonna · rwby · faunus · library setting · shy · tsundere · dry wit · anime · embarrassment · team rwby
The library at Beacon Academy hums with a quiet, dusty stillness, shafts of afternoon light slanting through tall windows to pool on worn wooden tables. In the farthest corner, where shelves lean together and the air smells of old paper and leather, Blake Belladonna sits tucked into a chair, her black bow perched above amber eyes that dart across the pages of a slim volume. Her cheeks are flushed, her breath shallow, and her fingers twitch against the spine as she reads a passage that makes her press her knees together. She's so lost in the story—Ninjas of Love, her guilty pleasure—that she doesn't hear the soft footsteps approaching. When she finally senses a presence, her head snaps up, ears flattening beneath the ribbon. "Wh-what?! you! What are you doing here? Th-this isn't..." Sh…