AN: Hello! this is my first ever FF. I'm going in with another partner that will be writing some of the other chapters. I'm going to try and upload every week as much as possible. No guarantees though! This was almost 7,000 words before AN so i hope this will be a descriptive enough chapter for you. Please rate and review, always love any sort of feedback. Thank you for reading this entire chapter, however you found it in the enormous amounts of RWBY fanfics. Without further ado, here is my first chapter of many!
" Go teeeeaaaaam Rwby!", I exclaimed. It's been a long year, but finally, after putting up with the over-active teacher Oobleck and the pudgy, round figure of Mr. Port, we made it to summer vacation. My team has been through so much in past year, fighting big monsters and super baddies, explosions included. The last bell for school was just used not even ten minutes ago, but I was already in the dorm room, bouncing off the beds and walls. I was still day-dreaming about all the fun times and excitement that will be happening this summer when I was hit by something soft, but definitely solid.
"You DOLT!" I would know that angry but angelic voice from anywhere. It's none other than the love of my life, Weiss Schnee. We've been dating for six months now… well, at least in my head anyway. I've had a crush on her ever since my first day at Beacon, giving me the iconic name: Crater Face. I still remember it like it was yesterday; her icy blue eyes staring at me and her accusing-dolt voice, which I have liked to call it. I look now to see what hit me. A snowflake shaped pillow has flown across the room, ending the great fun I was having. I look up from my dazed feeling to see the exact same stare I had the day we met.
"You messed up every single item on, around, and under my bed! How did you even get under there? You know what, don't answer me, you would probably give some childish, goofy answer that would further agitate me. How did you even get up here so fast?" Question after question she barrages me with, and I have no way to retaliate. Instead, I give a goofy smile a light blush starts to coax my cheeks instead of my usual pale complexion. This happens on a weekly basis, with me always replying with several "sorry's" and "I won't do it again's". When she yells at me, I can't help but just zone out and give the occasional answers as I start to think about a relationship with her. I haven't been able to tell her my feelings because I don't want her to feel awkward, knowing that I'm a lesbian and all. I didn't really figure out I was a lesbian until my sixth grade year at Signal. It was just after school and me and my best friend were going to my house for a sleepover. I always had this fuzzy feeling when I was close to her, but I never really knew what it meant. That was until she pulled me aside and kissed me. I melted away and I had weak legs and a heavy body. I then knew from that day forward that I, Ruby Rose, was a lesbian. I'm brought out of my flashback with a heavy sigh of annoyance and a slam of the bathroom door. I look at the other duo of the team, my sister Yang and the cat-faunus, Blake.
"So, how was getting yelled at by Ice Queen again?" My sister has been a big part in my life obviously, but when she gets all sly like she does, it makes me puff out my cheeks, put my hands on my hips, and give her a piece of my mind.
"Yaaaaannnnng, you know how I feel about her! I've told you to not call her that." I'm very defensive on my crushes, and Yang knows this perfectly. Yang has been very defensive about me though, with her beating some sense into some teasing boys about me being a lesbian. She didn't accept it at first, but she slowly got into the fact that she couldn't change me and started to get to know the girls I was going out with. She was more supporting than my dad though. He still doesn't accept it, but doesn't hate me out of malice because of it. It has been real hard keeping it a secret that I like Weiss, but she hasn't found out. Yang found out because one day I was staring at Weiss as she was sleeping. Yang questioned me about it and there was no hiding it anymore. Blake knows this as well because when I was telling Yang about my taboo, her cat like hearing picked it up, even if it was in the bathroom and way below a whisper.
"You can't hide it forever sis, and if she doesn't find out in two weeks, I'll tell her myself. The only way you can know is if you flat out tell her. You know how her family is. All high and mighty and commanding. I bet she likes you too, just from the way I see her scold you. I think she scolds you just to see that cute little blush on your face." Yang winks at me and my blush darkens, rivaling the color of my current combat skirt attire. Right now it feels like it is going to get fifty shades darker, so I quickly change the subject.
"Well, what are your plans for the summer Yang? I know you've wanted to go to that new nightclub that opened up in the city. What's it called again? The White Rose?" I patiently wait for my answer as I climb on top of the hammock I call a bed. I've been waiting for summer all year long. Usually I'm not as excited, but this summer vacation is going to be the time I finally ask out Weiss. I've been planning it since this semester, and Yang gave me the drive to not go back on my word. I can not even fathom the idea of Yang telling Weiss about my dream journal that I use only when I have dreams of Weiss and I. Some of the dreams have even made Yang's mouth drop, even though she sleeps with a ton of guys. I still vividly remember the last dream I had. Weiss and I were in bed together, and her knee was in between my succulent thighs, waiting for her hand to traverse down into my region of love. I started to get a little soaked, but quickly came out of my dream-like state, remembering that my sister and Blake were still in the room.
"I was thinking about going but I don't have someone to keep me out of trouble," Yang said with a wink. "I was hoping the maybe Blakey here could come with me!"
"In your dreams Yang," Blake scoffed. "You wouldn't catch me dead in a dance club. Drinking isn't my forte, as well as dancing. Plus, the new Ninjas of Love book came out and I've been dying to get a hold of it."
"You and your erotica, I swear Blake," Yang said, nudging the ever blushing face of Blake.
"I told you… it's not… that bad," Blake said, running past Yang and I to hide her face in a book she's been reading.
"Blake, you can't just stay cooped up in this room all summer," I say, " so why don't you at least go into town. I'll even buy your favorite cat tooooyyyss."
"There is no way I'm letting you buy stupid cat toys for me," Blake responds. " I can't even believe you would suggest that idiotic idea."
"Ok, ok, but why don't you come hang out with me and Wei.. well.. why don't you hang out with Yang instead?", I slowly choke out of my throat. I almost forgot the idea for today with me and Weiss. We were going to go shopping in Vale and go by one of my favorite bakeries. That bakery would go out of business if I wasn't their usual customer. Next, after filling our tummies, we would go to one of her favorite places to go; the beach. Many people don't believe that that's her favorite place to go, but after looking at the fun she's had going with the team, I definitely know she would love to go. But the problem is… I don't have a good bikini to wear. So, I was hoping that when going shopping with her, she would pick out the one she thinks looks best on me and bring me one step closer to winning her ice cold heart. After the beach, we would hang out at this one lookout spot in the Emerald Forest, which I found out one day after going Grimm hunting to get rid of some of the anger I built up from hearing a stupid lesbian comment. I decide not to dwell on it though, for that would put me in a horrible mood for the rest of the day. By the time I stop thinking about the day to come, I look around o see that both Blake and Yang are gone.
"Where could they have gone now", I whisper to no one in particular. I hear humming from the bathroom and I conclude Weiss must have been in there taking a shower; hence the smell of newly fresh flowers from the shampoo she uses. I don't find it creepy that I know her shampoo scent from memory… or do I? I decide to hop off of my bed and get some of my city clothing from my dresser. When I turn around, I'm greeted by a Weiss staring coldly at me.
"What's the matter Weiss?", I ask slowly.
"You left all of your clothes on the floor from your previous shower.. again. When are you going to learn, Ruby Rose, that I do not want to see your… undergarments every time I get out of the shower."
The blush on my face feels like it's going to burn through my skin. Why do I have to forget these simple tasks? I start to freak out in my head now. What if she doesn't like me because I'm so immature? What if she won't like me because I can't remember simple tasks like leaving my dirty clothes on the bathroom floor? All these questions, but no audible answers. I decide to speak up for now.
"I… um … uh… w-was going to… p-pick th-th-those up soon.", I manage to stutter out.
"Well hopefully next time you will at least cover up your under clothes," Weiss says, a look of suspicion on her face after my choked reply.
"W-will do Weiss," I say, hopefully easing the tension in the room, but Weiss' next response leaves that in ruins.
"Why have you been acting so different around me Ruby? It seems like the closer we got to summer, the more and more nervous you got. What is it, does summer just bring out a more nervous side of you? Or, does it have to do something with me?"
My dreams; shattered. My face; cracked. What am I supposed to tell her now? She's noticed I'm super nervous now, and her probing of questions is not helping in the slightest. Now she finds my behavior weird and suspicious. Hopefully she will forget about it after today.
"Well… I think it's just… I'm really nervous on how I keep messing up." This is purely a lie and I have a feeling Weiss will pick up on this. Sure enough I was right.
"But you messed up all the time before, and never got nervous. That's a lie. Ruby, really, what's on your mind?"
She starts to walk closer to me, and each step feels like a year in comparison. My heart is wrenching in my chest. My breathing is shallow and quick. Oh for all things holy, why does it have to be now?! By the time I'm done thinking of a response, her hands are on my shoulders and she is looking into my very soul.
"I-I-I d-don't know w-what you're t-t-talking ab-bout." This response is not at all what I wanted. The jig is up. It's only a matter of time now before she finds out my true feelings for her. My only hope now is that someone miraculously barges through the door and make Weiss completely forget my stupid and ridiculous behavior. My hopes are destroyed after more probing and no jiggle of the doorknob.
" We aren't leaving this room until you tell me what's wrong," Weiss' voice comes to my red, hot earlobes.
I decide the best course of action is to fight back and to try and get into the bathroom to change. I look at my hands to find the clothes were dropped to the side because of my shaky hands. I bend down and pick them up and before Weiss has any chance to retaliate, I use my semblance to get into the bathroom and lock the door.
"That was way too close," I choke out, even if it's in my head. I look around now to notice my clothes are neatly stacked in the corner. That must have meant… oh no. Weiss… folded all of my clothes. She never touches my dirty laundry, so why has she done it now? I'm not going to ask her about it though, it might bring up even more questions.
The quick change of clothes that I decided upon is now a deep shower and slow dry I decided on the current status of my skin and attire. Through the entirety of the course of only three minutes, every inch of my combat skirt and corset was completely wet from my drenching sweat. Throughout my shower, my mind races with thoughts of denial and un-acceptance. My shower turns from fifteen minutes to thirty and a loud pound against the bathroom door.
"Hurry up you Dolt!" I completely snap out of my swimming mind and decide to not have Weiss question even longer on the current state certain situations rested upon. I quickly dry off, going back on my current word of a long dry, and quickly get dressed. I am now wearing a slightly less tight corset and tight, black pants with a skirt. I brush out my tangled mess of black hair and red tips. I slip on my red socks and combat boots, take a deep breath, and walk out the door.
Weiss has changed into another combat skirt attire. She clearly is never really relaxed but… wait… her combat skirt length is a little shorter. Now it's above mid-thigh. Maybe it's only because it's really hot. Yeah, that has to obviously be the reason.
"Are you finally ready to go, dunce?", she asks.
"Ready as I'll ever be," I retort.
"Then let's go. Where did you say we were going again? I know in Vale, but the place we are going clothes shopping."
"Oh yeah. It's called "The Clothes Store"." I laugh at my own stupidity, knowing exactly what it's called, but wanting to leave it a surprise for Weiss.
"Sure it is, Dolt. And I'm called "Summer Queen"," she says extremely sarcastically.
We are walking down the hall now and turn right to walk down the stairs, through the main lobby, and start walking through the school grounds. The Bulldog landing pad is just ahead when I see Yang and Blake walking out of the library.
"Crap, crap… double crap!" I say to myself. I never told Yang and Blake that I was going out with Weiss today. I wanted to be left alone with the one that's always on my mind. These hopes were about to be crushed, so I grabbed Weiss' hand reluctantly and semblanced our way to the pad.
"What was that for?!" Weiss yelling into my ear. "It felt as if you were going to pull my arm out of my socket!"
"Sorry, sorry, I thought the Bulldog was about to take off, so I wanted to make sure that we got there in time!" This is clearly a lie, but to some stroke of luck, right as we boarded, it took off. Weiss actually looked impressed at my consideration and even gave me a "thank you". Her voice always makes my heart flutter, and after hearing a sense of gratitude from her, it made my stomach fill with butterflies of love.
On our way to Vale, we talked about all the fun we were going to have, without me mentioning the fact we were going to the beach. The beach is a surprise, with my hopes she will want to buy a bikini as well, having me tell her which one I think looks best on her as well. It's a little sneaky, I realize, but a perfect plan since I know she will take any chance to go.
We finally land, and we walk off of the pad. I start making my way in the direction of the store, with a Weiss in tow. Walking down the Vale strip, we window shop and gaze at the beauty of the city. Weiss stops several times in front of jewelry stores and checks up on dust shops sales and storage to make sure the employees are doing the correct job. It takes about forty-five minutes to reach the store. The store is labeled "As Hot at the Beach". I look to Weiss and see a look of realization on her face.
"We're going to the beach?!" she excitedly exclaims. "Ruby you should have told me that we were going! I didn't even bring my suit."
It's okay Weiss," I say, "I forgot mine too. I wanted to get out of the room so fast I forgot mine too." This is of course a half life half truth situation. The look on Weiss' face though results in the easing of my worries.
"It's a good thing I brought my lien then!" Without any more warning, Weiss takes my hand and rushes into the store.
The store is filled with tons of bathing suits, ranging from banana hammocks to the most revealing of bikinis. The colors are all summer colors, ranging from white to blue and eventually to red. It's an OCD dream place. Weiss and I go to the second most revealing bikini lane, the bikinis being real basic and nice.
Weiss grabs a hold of one bikini, then two, three, all the way to seven. " I'm going to try all of these on, OK? I'll be in changing room two if you need me." She quickly walks towards the room and I notice a flaw in my plan. How am I going to tell her which one I think looks best on her if she won't come out of the changing room? I grab several bathing suits and walk over to changing room two.
"Weiss, I'm here. The rest of the changing rooms are occupied so I'll just wait out here until you are done."
With that remark, I hear the door open and Weiss is in a white bathing suit with spaghetti straps holding together the busting image of her body. The other part of the bikini is white with the strings hanging off the sides of it. I look up in surprise to see a blushing Weiss standing with her hands on her hips.
"I need an opinion on some of my… attire I will be wearing for this evening," she responds. " I want to make sure that my own personal opinions don't get in the way of picking a top notch outfit."
My face is of pure surprise and of confusion, wondering how in the world my prayers were answered. I realized I was starting to stare with a slack jaw expression and looked away fast. "That one looks nice. Do you have any other one's you would like to show me?"
Weiss looks more at ease with my answer for some bizarre reason and closes the door to change into another one of her suits. Just hearing the removal and moving of her clothing has my mind racing in the middle of the store. I quickly slap myself to take me out of my trance. I was not expecting what was to come next. The door opens and Weiss comes out with a different color scheme: my favorite color red.
"And how about this one?" I hear smoothly from a relaxed Weiss. All I can do is nod and mouth the words "perfect".
Weiss, approving of my reaction, goes into the changing room and comes back out with the combat skirt she was wearing. By the time she got out, I had semblanced my way through the store and got a super revealing white outfit.
"This is going to be fun," I say to myself. Before Weiss can see me, I dart into the room, earning a "dolt" comment. I make quick work of putting on the eye-candy for Weiss and walk out of the room, noticing she has turned around.
"Wei~ss," I sing out, "Does this look good on me?"
She turns around quickly and freezes. My bikini is barely holding onto my bust and looks as if it is going to snap off. The second part of it is a very tight thong with lace on the sides. The look on Weiss' face is priceless as she stares in awe on how me, the most innocent one of the group, would think that this bikini was the one I wanted.
"Where did you get that?", she questions. "I didn't see that one in your hands while I walked to the changing rooms."
"Oh this silly thing? I found it after you were in the changing room. Do you like it? It's really hot at the beach today so I thought some openings would be appropriate."
Even though I sound confident, there's a fresh blush coating my cheeks. I now notice Weiss has matched the color of my face and starts to turn around.
"It looks really nice Ruby," she whispers, "You finally did something smart and thought ahead for the weather conditions."
My previous thoughts are crumpled and tossed to the side after hearing the comment. I slowly close the door, leaving Weiss to go to the checkout area. After her expression, I start to wonder if she likes me back. I mean anyone would blush from seeing any girl in that, but to think of Weiss liking a girl shot through my head. She never told anyone her sexuality, so everyone has guessed she was straight, especially after how she wanted to go out with Neptune. Remembering that day put a damper on my mood as I walk out of the changing room. I walk to where Weiss is and we pay for our suits.
On the way to our next stop, neither of us said much. Only a couple things about how the beach was going to be fun and a couple things on what the rest of the team was doing this summer. The bakery was only a couple blocks from the store, thankfully since it was about ninety-eight degrees. I push the door open for Weiss and get a smell of cookies and pastries that hit me like a truck. I'm instantly drooling at the taste of some of these pastries, and get an odd look from Weiss. I quickly slurp up the drool coating my lips and wipe my chin on my sleeve.
"Do they have any… healthier options Ruby?", Weiss asks.
"I'm not so sure on that. Every time I come here I get about a dozen cookies. I'll ask if they have any healthy options." Out of al the places I thought to go, I chose the bakery that has zero healthy stuff. Why did I forget Weiss wants to keep her amazing figure, even if she knows she'll be able to burn off those quick extra calories by sparring. I walk up to the counter to see a familiar face working the counter, Nora Valkyrie.
"RUBY!" the orange haired girl exclaims. "What are you doing here?"
Could this day get any worse? I thought that Nora worked at the one pancake joint, not my favorite bakery.
"Nora, I thought you worked over at "Flapjacks"," I sort of choke out. If she sees me with Weiss, she's going to bombard me with questions about the whereabouts of the other part of my team. No one outside of me, Yang, and Blake knows I have a crush on Weiss. This could be disastrous. My previous thoughts were confirmed.
"Where is Blake and Yang, Ruby? I always see your entire team together so why wouldn't they be here?" She questions me.
"Oh… um… they went to go buy some rounds for their weapons so they said bring them some food for after they are done," I lie. Luckily, Nora isn't very wise and accepts my answer.
"Makes sense," she says after pondering what I had said, "So what can I get you today?"
"Can I get a baker's dozen of double chocolate chip cookies please? And also, do you have any healthy options?" I know what the answer is going to be, but I wanted to please Weiss.
"Oh sure! We just added some after getting numerous questions for some. I know it's very unorthodox, but we just got some salads for now."
I stare with my jaw hanging, thanking whatever force has been blessing me this entire day. I quickly order that as well and pay for it as everything is being made. Everything goes smoothly and I grab the food, motioning Weiss who was sitting down, thinking of something I decide not to question about. On our way to the beach, we sit down and decide to eat our food so as we are walking, we will have time for the food to settle before we swim. As we are sitting we discuss the options we have for the beach.
"We could always walk the pier and then go swimming afterwards," I explain. "The carnival rides should be tons of fun, and then afterwards we can go swim!"
"I don't know about the carnival rides Ruby. I was hoping that I could try to get somewhat of a tan. My complexion is extremely poor, so if you would like to go ride the rides, I wouldn't mind. You just better not come back to me with seventy stuffed animals."
"Awwwww why not? You know how much I love my Snufflekins and Winkydoo! They are getting so lonely!"
"I said no more. Do you understand me?"
"Fine." I puff out my cheeks and give a puppy dog stare. This always used to work on my dad, so now it's time to do it on Weiss.
"What? Don't look at me like that. Come on now. Ugh. Fine. One more but that's it!"
Me, felling accomplished in my persuasion technique, smile wide and proud. To think, Weiss Schnee, would crack under my iconic puppy face.
"Dolt," I hear under Weiss' breath.
We finish eating and start walking to the beach, with each step Weiss getting more and more excited. I don't know why she's always so excited to go to the beach, and I never really asked. So, I decided that now would be a good as time as ever.
"Weiss," I stretch out her name, "Why do you love going to the beach so much?"
"Oh it's quite simple. The relaxing sound of the waves crashing onto the smooth, soft sand. The sun hitting your body, relaxing your muscles into a dream like state. It's a very relaxing experience."
I listen to her ramble on and on about how when she was a kid, she would make little sandcastles and have fun with her family. This is why I loved her so much. Her sweet, angelic voice would talk about her life and then go into a serious tone the minute I did something stupid. It seemed like she really cared about me and did everything in her power to make sure I don't do stupid stuff again and again. Maybe Yang was right. Maybe she does just scold me to get that iconic blush from me. By the time I realized I was having yet another dream, we were at the beach.
Weiss checks her scroll as we start walking to the bathrooms to change into our newly bought outfits. We walk into the bathroom, separate stalls and begin conversing. We talk about all the things will be doing while we are here. After talking for a little bit, we exit at around the same time in our new fresh outfits. She looks up and says, "I want to be out of here by eight o' clock. No later than that, OK? I want the sun to hit me as long as I can."
"Alright Ice Queen, you got a deal!" by the time I'm done with my statement, I rush over to the pier, occasionally looking back at my crush to know where to go after I got my stuffed animal.
Walking on the pier, I heard children laughing, different screams of excitement, and the smell of various foods. Walking the pier felt a little awkward, mostly because I kept getting ogling eyes at my body. I wanted to tell them that I'm off the market, mostly cause the people that were staring at me were men. I felt bad for them of course, but I decided that it couldn't be helped because I thought I would be standing next to Weiss this entire time. I finally get to a game that gives out big stuffed animals. Apparently, you throw a ball at some milk bottles to get the prize. Me, being the smart cookie I am, decided I could charge up my semblance and throw it at rocket speed. I walk up and pay twenty lien to the man running the booth. I am given one metallic ball and the man steps back. I bring my arm back, pause for a moment to aim like I do with Crescent Rose, and I flick my arm. The ball whizzes out of my hand, strikes through the milk bottles, and goes through the booth, landing in the water with a loud thunk. The man looks at me with pure amazement.
"I'll have that big fluffy corgi please!", I giggle at his expression. All the man does is take it off the hangar in hung on and gives it to me. "Thank you," I respond with gratitude. With the new addition to the family, I semblance all the way to where I last saw Weiss. Weiss is laying down on a snow white beach towel that the beach hands out if you forgot to bring one. You have to give it back, common courtesy and everything.
"Weiss, you awake?" I silently hope she is out of dream land. This is confirmed when she slides onto her side with an annoyed expression.
"Of course I am now, you Dolt," she violently responds. "I was just about to go to sleep when you woke me up from my relaxed bliss."
"Sorry, sorry, I'll leave you alone. I'll be-"
"NO! I mean, uh, you already woke me up so there's no point in doing so. Before you go though can you," Weiss at me blushing, "put suntan lotion on me?"
I freeze at her request, of course. The look of shock brings her face back to the towel, thinking that I will not act on the request of putting said lotion on her. I walk over to her side and notice a bottle. How in the world does she get this stuff without me noticing?
"This author doesn't really explain things," I say.
"What was that Ruby?"
"Nothing. Talking to myself."
I pick up the bottle with shaky hands, and put some of the gooey liquid onto my hands. I kneel down next to Weiss and slowly bring the liquid onto her bare, smooth skin. I get a gasp of surprise from Weiss, but she lets me cover the rest of the clear liquid on her.
"Thank you," Weiss says with her face still in the towel. I walk over to the ocean and have the cold water wash over my feet. My body erupts in a shiver of the sudden temperature change. I slowly bring the rest of my body into the soothing ocean, getting used to the differential. I look behind to see Weiss' face still in the material. With a sigh, I start to swim in the surf, getting a little farther and farther away from the shore. My body, now used to the temperature, is in a state of bliss and relaxation. The sun is hitting the back of my neck, giving me sudden warmth from time to time. What could be better than this? Suddenly, there are hands pushing on my shoulders and my head goes under the surf. After I look around, I notice my assaulter, Weiss Schnee.
"Weiss! What was that for?", I whine and pout, coughing out water that I breathed in from the surprise attack.
"I thought your guard was up. What if that was some sort of creepy octopus Grimm that got through the barriers?"
Her voice is mocking and sarcastic. I thought I would never see the day that she could be playful.
"Okay, okay Weiss I got it." I start wading my way towards her. "But that was so uncalled for. What if I went down and never came back up? Imagine explaining that to my dad and uncle." I'm about two feet away from her.
"Ok, I promise I won't do it again." She throws her head back to laugh, and that's when I decide to get bitter revenge. I throw my body into hers and I bring her head under the water. She instantly recognizes the new threat and starts to thrash about. After her head comes back up above the liquid salt blanket, she looks at me with a revengeful look. What have I done?
She puts a glyph under her feet to push off of. With no resistance of the water under her, she moves extremely fast to my position. I start swimming and put a little semblance into my moves of evading. She's still in the air when I decide to counter attack. I go under the not so clear water and wait for her body to hit the water. I hear a loud splash and look around in the water. I find Weiss in seconds and semblance under the water and I hit her just as she makes another glyph. She must of realized my course of action too late as I bring her under the water with me. She punches me in the face, I know out of accident, but I still let go of her. I surface with a now bloody nose and she comes up next, coughing.
"Ruby! I'm so sorry! It was just really unexpected and I threw my arms at you. Please forgive me!"
I laugh at her panicked response. "It's ok Weiss, I've had extremely way worse injuries than this."
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok, dolt."
"I'll be ok, let's just get to the shore. We don't want me to pass out in the water now do we?" I say teasingly.
"Not. Funny." She retorts
We make our way back to the shore to where we clean up my bloody nose. Weiss has been apologizing numerous times for some reason. I decide that she has never really hurt me before so she was worried I would be mad at her. I'm giggling profusely now and it seems to be contagious, as Weiss starts to do the same. We have a massive laughing fit with weird looks given to us by the other patrons of the beach. By the time we are done laughing, Weiss locates her now buzzing scroll.
"Oh it's eight. I think it's time to leave Ruby." Weiss gets up and packs up the towel and grabs the bottle of lotion.
"Weiss after we shower and everything, I want to go to one more place. I found this place a while back and I wanted to show at least someone it. It's real close to the school safe area I promise."
"Alright, fine dolt. Let's just get back before midnight. Can't be out too late or else Blake and Yang will wonder if we died."
"I agree. I don't want to make her angry. You don't like her when she's… upset."
With that last statement, we head to the stalled showers, and rinse out the salt from the sea. The water that hits us is very warm, thankfully, and put on our outfits. When we get out, it's about eight fifteen. The sun is extremely low and the shattered moon is peaking out from the darkening clouds. We make our way to the Bulldog pad and wait for the next arrival back to Beacon. As we wait we talked about how fun today has been and that we should go into town more often. I expressed how that would be a wonderful idea, and Weiss seemed happy at my response, although I'm not quite sure on how she works sometimes. The Bulldog eventually lands and we board, being the only ones to get on. We arrive at Beacon at around eight thirty.
"This is perfect timing to get back, right Weiss?" I look over at her and wait silently for her response.
"The temperature is right, the moon is out now, and nothing has really gone wrong today. Except the incidence with your nose."
"I told you Weiss, it's ok. Let's go to that place I mentioned." I start walking over to the Emerald Forest. I remember the exact route, for I traveled it many times to make sure I don't get lost. It gets pretty dark, so we use Weiss' glyphs to light up the way. After walking through some bushes, we reach a large lake with a small island in the middle. The moon is reflecting off the clear, silent, still water. The sounds of various insects and wildlife fill the air around us. Fireflies coat the area just above the water, having green glows dance off the surface. I look over at Weiss to see the look of pure awe plastered over her usual expressionless face.
"Ruby… this is… amazing." Her words come out very slowly and shallow, just below a whisper.
My heart flutters and beats faster after hearing her words. But now comes the main event. I bridal carry her in my arms, getting a movement of shock. I semblance my way to the waters' edge and jump. The air hits like a cold train. I can feel a tug on my cape and it start to loosen. I land on my feet on the little island in the middle. Weiss finally lets go of my cape after she realizes we are on land. We both sit down at the edge of the island looking up at the moon. This is going to be the day. This is going to be the minute, or hour, that decides how my life with either begin, or end.
"Weiss…" I choke out, nervousness coating the very air in my lungs. "I have… something… to tell you."
Weiss shifts around a little to look at me. My mind becomes soggy after seeing how the moonlight hits her angelic face. "What is it Ruby?"
"Ever since I saw you the first day I came to Beacon, I've had these feelings that… I have been able to finally figure out." I can see a look of confusion in Weiss' face. The blush on my face is illuminated after the moon hits my face, and Weiss realizes what I might just ask. "I… I've al-always h-had a crush o-on y-y-you Weiss. An-nd I wanted t-to know if you w-wanted to… I don't know… go out?"
The sentence finally escapes my throat and there is an extreme silence that hangs in the air. The waiting is unbearable for Weiss' answer and I start to die inside.
"I like you too, Ruby." My heart stops. Is this my imagination? It has to be.
"Wh-what did you say?"
"I said I like you too, dolt. What? Do I have to repeat it slowly?" Her voice is quivering and her pale complexion is complemented with an enormous blush. Weiss Schnee actually has feelings for me. Tears start to form in my eyes and roll down my cheeks, dropping onto the already wet grass. I tackle Weiss and pull her into an extreme tight hug. Me, Ruby Rose, now has the love of her life.