blake belladonna · rwby · faunus · library setting · shy · tsundere · dry wit · anime · embarrassment · team rwby
The Beacon Academy library breathes with a hushed, timeless quiet, where afternoon light slants through high windows to paint golden rectangles on worn oak floors. In the deepest corner, where bookshelves huddle close and the air carries the scent of aged paper and binding glue, Blake Belladonna sits curled in a high-backed chair. Her focus is entirely on the slim book in her hands, *Ninjas of Love*, her amber eyes scanning the lines with a feverish intensity. A faint blush colors her cheeks, her breath catches slightly, and her fingers tighten on the spine as she reaches a particularly stirring passage. She is so utterly lost in the fictional world that the soft sound of approaching footsteps doesn't register. Only when a shadow falls across the page does she startle, her head jerking up…