Ruby sat hunched in the corner of her small dorm, textbooks and papers strewn all over the small desk. She sat perched on the edge of her seat, legs thundering in time to a song blasting from the oversized headphones Ruby wore, much to the annoyance of a certain heiress in the room. Weiss flopped herself back on the bed, legs dangling over the edge, balancing textbooks and pamphlets.

"Ruuuubyyy," she whined. After procuring no response, she sat up. "Ruby!" she practically shouted, in attempt to gain the younger girls attention. She sighed melodramatically and reached for a pillow to throw at Ruby, effectively creaming the girl. She consequently slipped off the chair, landing on the ground with a crash, her headphones slipping around her neck.

"Yeees Weiss?" Ruby asked with a innocent, stupid little grin.

"Can you please turn that racket down?" Weiss asked in an exasperated tone.

"Bu-" Ruby started, cut off as the door slammed open, pushing her into the wall.

"Hellooooo Weiss. Do you by any chance know where Ruby is?" Yang asked, standing firmly in the doorway, hands on her hips, yellow hair blazing behind her.

"Here..." a feeble voice called from behind the door.

"Oh! I'm sorry lil' sis," Yang said, moving the door and pulling her sister up.

"It's okay," Ruby grinned, "what are you doing here anyway? Don't you and Blake have the day off from studying?"

"We do, but we thought we'd drag you two out of your little textbook caves and have some fun," Yang announced, as Blake stepped into Rubys view from around the corner. Weiss' head popped up from her book.

"And just what were you thinking of doing?" she questioned.

"Oh, well Neptune an-"

"I was just about finished anyway, lets go," Weiss cut Yang off, already ready and standing at the door. "Are we leaving, or what?"

"Ruby, would you like to come?" Blake asked.

"Nah, I've got to write an essay for Ooblek. No socially awkward situations for me today, just textbooks," the youngest girl replied. As the trio left, Ruby placed her headphones back upon her head, and delved back into her work.

After reading a paragraph on subject she had already forgotten about, Ruby was already daydreaming, thinking back to what the other girls could possibly be doing. Her brief dream sequence was shortlived, as the door crashed open one again. Ruby jumped out of her chair and turned to face the door.

"Penny?" was the only question she could choke out before the orange haired girl strode confidently into the dorm room.

"Sh sh shush!" Penny said, standing close to Ruby. "I'm hiding!"

"Uh, okay, but from what?" Ruby asked, closing the door as Penny strode briskly into the room and began looking around. She turned to face Ruby.

"My guards," she stated simply, "it's a game we play."

"Ah...okay? But wh-" the red haired girl began, bewildered.

"Oh! They're coming! Hide me!" Penny said excitedly, throwing her hands about.

"I, ah," Ruby started, and peeked out the door. Sure enough, two guards were searching the dorm a door down. She spun around to see Penny worming herself under Weiss' bed.

"Come on friend!" Penny waved her over. "They won't search if no one's here!"

Ruby sighed, and began to crawl under the bed as well, sliding into the tight quarters with Penny. They waited with bated breaths. The door finally opened, and a guard poked his head in.

"We're looking fo-" the Atlas employee began, "oh, this ones empty, Ralph." The door closed firmly behind him. Ruby released the breath she was holding, noticing how warm Penny was, despite her lack of "squishy guts". Suddenly she blushed, realizing she was staring at the andriod girl in such close quarters.

"I guess I should uh," Ruby stuttered, climbing from under the bed. "Yeah," she laughed, successfully out from the enclosed space. Penny quickly extracted herself too.

"I will wait here, until they're gone," Penny stated, and sat on Blake's bed.

"Make yourself at home. I just have to do some studying, okay?" Ruby sat at her desk, and stared blankly at her text book, unable to focus. Her thoughts kept returning to the girl sitting not five feet behind her, but her anxiety in social situations got the best of her.

"Ruby?" Penny asked, breaking the silence. "I was wondering about something."

"What is it?"

"Why do I feel differently about you?"

Ruby turned around in the wooden chair. "What do you mean?"

"Well, you make me feel differently than my other friends do." Penny stated.

Rubys stomach began to flutter, and her face steadily grew closer to the shade of her clothing. "I-I-I'm not sure I quite understand what you're talking about, Penny."

She sat for a second. "When I'm with you I feel like... Touching you with my lips?" She phrased questionly.

"D-do you mean like kissing?" Ruby said incredulously.

"Yes! Like this!" Penny said and quickly strode to Ruby, who looked up at the shorter girl, not trusting her legs to stand. Penny leaned down and slowly made contact with Rubys very red lips.