AN: First ever posted fic in years, woohoo! Okay, so this is my take on what if Ruby's ridiculous hanging bed fell(It's inevitable that it will happen I tell you). Pointless fluff and not-so-subtle White Rose(Ruby x Weiss) and Bumblebee(Blake x Yang) shipping. You have been warned. This happens a few days after episode 9, so it might not be canon compliant when the next episodes come out. I apologize in advance for any errors and the like as I don't have a beta. Also, sorry for the corny title. I can't think of anything else.
*About Weiss' Air Step rune, I'm not entirely sure if she can cast it without Myrtenaster or Dust in particular. For the sake of the story, Weiss can cast it without Dust. The Dust just augments the ability so that she can cast it a lot more times. This is just my headcanon okay?
*I'm not 100% certain but based from the way Team RWBY's beds were arranged in Episode 9 this is what I think of who owns which bed: Ruby owns the hanging one, Weiss's bed is the one below Ruby's, Yang's bed is the one supported by books and Blake's bed is the one below Yang's. So if you were looking at the beds from the front it would look like this:
Ruby Yang
Weiss Blake
Anyways, enjoy and please review. Criticism is always welcome!
Weiss couldn't sleep again as she stared up at the underside of Ruby's makeshift canopy bed-slash-hammock thing. She didn't think she'd ever get any sleep with the looming threat that is her partner's bed. What she couldn't believe was that Ruby was peacefully asleep atop the dangerous thing.
Weiss wouldn't usually mind if it weren't for the fact that she was the one who was going to get crushed if, heaven forbid, the bed falls down. Grumbling to herself, Weiss laid on her side and closed her eyes, desperately trying to sleep. She is so going to throttle Ruby if her face started showing blemishes from sleepless nights.
A minute later, Weiss' ice blue eyes opened once more as she still couldn't get herself to relax. She saw Blake fast asleep, also on her side but was turned away from Weiss. She didn't even need to peek at Yang to see if she was asleep too, as that soft snoring could only be hers.
It's no fair that she's the only one who can't sleep over this… arrangement. The heiress then turned around and gave out a huff before determinedly closing her eyes. She didn't know how many more minutes passed before Weiss' body started to relax as she was already exhausted from classes. Just as she was about to finally drift off to sleep, she heard a tell-tale snapping noise that immediately jolted her awake.
She carefully sat up only to see that the left leg of Ruby's bed had sagged down. Alarmed, she immediately stood up and saw that one of the ropes that kept her partner's bed suspended had snapped… And all the others were dangerously close to doing so as well.
"Ruby!" Weiss screamed in warning. Blake was the one that awoke on Weiss' call and she was on her feet in an instant. Ruby just started sliding down, still fast asleep while Yang just turned to her side with a moan, dangerously close to the edge of her bed.
"Wake up you dunce!" Weiss yelled again as she can practically hear the ropes straining.
"Five more minutes mom…" Was Ruby's mumbled reply even as the other ropes finally snapped under the weight.
"Look out!" Blake yelled in alarm as Ruby's bed fell.
Weiss reacted immediately as her aura activated, the white snowflake rune that appeared below her shining brightly in the darkness as she jumped and grabbed Ruby in her arms before the bed completely collapsed on the bed below, making quite a ruckus that no doubt would be heard through the whole dorm.
Ruby finally opened her eyes in Weiss' arms as the heiress landed on her feet, struggling to keep the younger girl in her arms. Yang had also awoken, startled as she went over the edge of her bed.
Blake was already below the falling blonde, having immediately reacted to the thought that her partner was going to fall. The black-haired girl grunted a bit as Yang dropped heavily into her waiting arms. Thankfully though, Blake's strength held as she held Yang bridal style.
"What the hell was that?!" Yang had awoken to the sound of a large crash and right in the arms of her partner, her own arms automatically encircling around Blake's neck in a vice-grip as she landed. Finding herself face to face with the black-haired girl, Yang yelped in surprise.
"Yang… Could you please not choke me..?" Blake requested calmly even as Yang had clung to her tightly. Blake could already feel her muscles straining but she was sure the redness on her face was not being caused by that.
"Oh… right, sorry." Yang smiled sheepishly as she loosened her grip and Blake carefully placed her down so that she can stand up.
"…Weiss?" Ruby asked groggily, as the crash seemed like it hadn't completely woken the girl up as silver eyes looked almost dreamily at the heiress.
"Ruby, you idiot." Weiss growled as she glared down at her partner. Ruby felt a bit more alert at the familiar growl. Weiss looked really pissed off. It was then that she noticed that she was being princess-carried by Weiss Schnee herself.
Ruby felt for a long second that she was still dreaming because Weiss would never do that in real life. Wait a minute, didn't she have that bizarre dream that she was a knight and Weiss was a princess and her partner had to save her from some giant scorpion thing by carrying her and running away?
"I told you this was a dangerous idea!" Weiss continued in her usual icy tone, looking pissed even as Ruby continued to stare thoughtfully as her brain still wasn't processing things right.
"My hero…" Ruby mumbled dreamily as though she was still in a dream.
"Hey, are you even listening to me?" Weiss frowned as Ruby continued to look at her dreamily.
"You okay Ruby?" Yang asked worriedly as she came to their side. Ruby's senses and brain finally jolted awake as she heard her sister's call. It was only then that she realized she was staring straight into Weiss' beautiful face, a bit too close for her liking and she immediately jumped from Weiss' arms.
"What happened?!" She asked even as she turned away from Weiss with a blush. Yang simply pointed to the wrecked beds in front of them. The leader of Team RWBY and the one who proposed the whole thing about bunk beds turned to see the result of her brilliant idea.
"Err… Oops?" Was the only thing that Ruby could say as she scratched her head cutely.
"Is that all you have to say?! Where are we going to sleep now!?" Weiss exclaimed crossly, her eyes narrowing dangerously. Ruby gulped before she started to shuffle guiltily on her feet.
"Now, now. Let's just get these out of the way first." Yang spoke up lightly to save her sister from another scolding by Weiss. The heiress huffed but didn't say anything more as the team moved to at least put the mess to side.
"Sorry, Weiss. I didn't think this would happen." Ruby apologized to her partner as she glumly hauled the remains of her bed with Yang's help.
Weiss, having been already quite tired now that the adrenaline had passed just scoffed. "I told you so."
"It's a good thing that my bed didn't fall too." Yang smiled, trying to lighten the mood. "Blake's books are the bomb! I told you it was a great idea." Yang poked Blake's shoulder smugly.
"Of course, those were hard-bound books that I placed as support. They're pretty sturdy." A ghost of a smile hovered on Blake's lips as she cleaned up most of the pieces of wood that got scattered on the floor by the inglorious fall of Ruby's bed.
"I'm surprised you'd treat your precious books that way." Weiss commented with raised eyebrows.
"I told her I'll buy her new ones if they ever get destroyed." Yang laughed sheepishly, revealing why Blake had agreed to the blonde's idea.
"It's also to prevent her from being too enthusiastic while she's up there." Blake stated blandly and Yang pouted. Ruby gave a short giggle at her sister's expense, feeling her mood lift a bit.
Managing to put the broken heap of beds to the side for now, Yang and Blake then brought the blonde's bed down on the cleared space.
"So…" Yang began as Ruby and Weiss managed to fish out their pillows. "We've only got two beds left. We don't have much of a choice so we're going to have to share."
Ruby gulped nervously as she took a peek at Weiss' face. There was already a small frown on her face. Ruby was internally panicking as Weiss might blow her top off again.
"No, it's okay. It's my fault anyway, I'll sleep on the floor." Ruby immediately shook her head, not wanting to piss Weiss off any more than she already had.
"It's fine." Weiss suddenly interrupted flatly as she placed her pillow on Yang's bed before tossing the blonde's pillows to her. Weiss maybe mad, but she wasn't that heartless to let Ruby sleep on the cold floor even though she might deserve it a bit.
"I get to share with Blake-y!" Yang looked positively thrilled while Blake just rolled her eyes at her partner's eagerness. However, there was a small smile tugging at the black-haired girl's lips as the two settled down on their now shared bed.
Yang was actually mentally thanking her little sister over and over again in her head. She had always wanted to get closer to Blake, and Ruby had given her that perfect opportunity. Well, Ruby should be glad too, with her having a not-so-subtle crush on her own partner. Not that she had realized that though.
Ruby watched as Weiss settled down on their bed as well, just giving enough space beside her for the fifteen year old to squeeze into. Ruby could not help but hesitate as the idea of being in the same bed as the beautiful heiress gave her a strange feeling. It wasn't dislike or anything, far from it actually. She felt both embarrassed and elated at the idea, and it confused her very much.
"Well? Do you need me to write you an invitation?" Weiss asked sarcastically as her ice blue eyes regarded her with a cutting look. Taking that as a cue, Ruby put her pillow beside Weiss' own.
"R-right." Ruby muttered as she hopped in the bed. It was rather cramped as Ruby tried to give Weiss some space as she inched closer and closer to the edge of the bed. Her heart had already started to beat really fast, and it was making her really uncomfortable.
"Look, you're going to fall if you keep on moving." Weiss's exasperated tone was hard to miss as she turned to face Ruby disapprovingly. Even though Ruby had made her mad more times than she could count, Weiss just couldn't bring herself to wish physical harm on Ruby. It would be on her conscience for the rest of her life after all, not that she was genuinely worried about their idiotic leader of course. Looking into Ruby's puppy dog silver eyes, it wasn't definitely that.
The fifteen year old couldn't help but blush faintly when Weiss took her hand and tugged her closer so that Ruby was in no immediate danger of falling and there was not much space between the two.
"S-sorry again Weiss." Ruby apologized once more shyly as she looked away from those piercing ice blue eyes.
"Next time, listen to me for once." Was Weiss' reply with rolled eyes. Thankfully, she didn't seem as mad as she was before and Ruby quietly sighed in relief and nodded at once to appease her.
"Goodnight Ruby." And with that, Weiss closed her eyes. She was goddamn tired and she just wanted to sleep, not even realizing that she had not let Ruby's hand go.
Ruby blinked, as Weiss didn't let her hand go even as she fell asleep. Weiss' hand felt really warm and soft and without thinking about it, Ruby clasped her partner's hand in both of hers. It was a rare glimpse of the kindness underneath Weiss' icy façade. Ruby knew that it was there and she delighted in seeing that Weiss had somehow softened up just a bit for it to show through.
"Goodnight Weiss." Ruby murmured softly as she absently caressed Weiss' hand before she fell asleep too.
Blake meanwhile was having a bit more difficulty sleeping. She wasn't entirely used to being in such close proximity to anyone, even with Yang. Although she doesn't actually mind all that much, it was hard to shake the uncomfortable feeling.
Blake laid curled on her side, staring at Yang's unruly yet gorgeous blonde hair. She tensed suddenly when Yang turned to face her, lilac and amber meeting. Yang was wearing a lazy smile as she regarded her partner, just looking into Blake's eyes silently.
Their eyes were still locked even as the seconds ticked by.
"…Yes?" Blake couldn't handle it much longer as she broke the silence with her soft voice.
"It's like your eyes are glowing in the dark. It's really pretty." The earnest and completely honest observation(compliment actually) managed to make the usually stoic Blake turn pink. Yang cheered internally in her head. She loved seeing Blake blush, it's one of the cutest things that she had ever seen. It became a sort of daily goal for her to see Blake blush, or at least smile.
"…Thanks." Blake murmured shyly as she looked away. With that, Yang grinned cheerily at her before she pulled Blake closer, her arm snaking around the black-haired girl's waist. Now, Blake found her face buried near Yang's neck and ample chest and she flushed darker, a bit startled at the even closer proximity.
"Yang?" She asked with a bit of confusion, her voice muffled. Blake didn't notice that her lips brushed against the exposed skin on Yang's neck. Yang exhaled sharply as she suppressed a shudder at the unexpected sensation. The blonde licked her lips, glad that Blake wasn't able to see her as she answered her partner's unvoiced question.
"You seem like a nice pillow. Really soft too." Was Yang's almost breathless reply. It was really more of an impulse than anything. She wanted to be closer to the black-haired girl and Yang just gave in to her wishes although when she felt Blake's lips… Well… She wasn't expecting that kind of closeness but it felt nice. Like I-want-a-repeat-of-that kind of nice.
"Goodnight Blake." Yang then said softly as she placed her chin on top of the black-haired girl's head. The blonde couldn't suppress a smile though when she felt Blake's bow slide below her chin as the black-haired girl cuddled closer on her own.
Blake couldn't help but smile as well, finally relaxing. Being held in Yang's embrace wasn't so bad. It actually felt really nice and felt really safe. She was pretty sure it was a first for her. She almost felt silly for her earlier discomfort. Yang was her partner, of course she would feel safe in her arms.
"Goodnight Yang." Blake whispered back as she closed her eyes and fell into peaceful sleep.