Quick Silver

Quick Silver is the het ship between Ruby Rose and Mercury Black from the RWBY fandom.

Canon
Ruby and Mercury first met officially in volume 2, chapter 2. Ruby runs into him emerald and cinder and they claim they're from haven. Ruby then tells them they're in the wrong dorm to which Mercury claims that he guesses they got lost. Ruby then redirected Mercury along with Emerald and Cinder to where their dorms were.

In volume 2 chapter 5 during Mercury's fight with Pyrrha, Ruby is impressed by his combat abilities. Seeing as he was able to hold his own quite well against someone of Pyrrha's caliber. In volume 3 chapter 8, Ruby runs into Mercury again after his injury sustained by Yang. She then becomes suspicous as to what he's doing there since he was susposed to be in an ambulance to a hospital from his broken leg.

She then tries to run past him but Mercury doesn't let her, Ruby then uses her speed semblance on him to try and get past him. After Penny is "killed" Ruby falls to the ground and starts crying. Mercury can be seen smirking at her in the background. They then don't see each other again until volume 5. In volume 5 chapter 13, While Ruby was fighting Mercury she eventually got disarmed by him. He then smugly asks her how she's going to fight him now. Ruby then decides to head butt him in the chin deciding that was the best way to shut him up. She then joins Yang later on during her fight with Emerald and Mercury.

Fanon
Quick silver is a rarepair in the rwby fandom. In the RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Ruby is reluctantly pulled onto the floor by Mercury as a partner during the Beacon Dance. Most people who ship the two like the whole enemies turned to lovers trope. It has a small sized fanbase on tumblr. Some fans are hopeful the two might become friends later on since Emerald has joined the heroes side.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * Their ship name comes from the fact thst mercury is named after a silver substance and ruby has silver eyes. The quick part comes from Ruby's speed semblance.