Weiss groaned in protest as her body tried to force her awake. She tried squeezing her eyes shut even further, but that didn't work. She tried burying her face in her pillow in order to block out all light, but that only caused to suffocate her. With a furious sigh she rolled over onto her back.
Having given up on sleep for the time being, Weiss opened her eyes. At first she could hardly see a thing unless she looked out the window, and even then it was difficult due to the lack of moon and stars. Her mouth twisted into the slight frown as she realized she had to pee.
"Dust be damned." She muttered under her breath, throwing the covers off of herself. She made sure to check if her nightgown was riding up her body; the last time it had Ruby hadn't been able to stop blushing for weeks whenever she saw her.
As she was going through the process of this it occurred to her that in this poor light no one would even notice. As soon as that thought left, the sound of Ruby's snoring caught her ears. The heiress shook her head as she left the usually comfortable bed and headed for the bathroom.
Once in there, it didn't take her long to deal with her business. With the bathroom light on she could also see things, allowing her to notice that her hair was a mess when she checked the mirror. "Oh well. I'll fix it tomorrow…" She told herself, cleaning up and then flicking the light off.
As she opened the bathroom door, it creaked.
It was only a small sound, one that not even Weiss would have heard in her sleep, and she was pretty well known for being a light sleeper.
But she knew that any sound in the dorm at night would awaken the brunette. Sure enough, the sound of sheets being rustled and a slight swaying sound signaled the alertness of Ruby. "Ehhhhh?" Ruby whispered, a question as to who was out there in the perpetual darkness. Weiss was silent, hoping maybe Ruby would just go back to sleep.
No such luck.
A bright light flashed over her, causing the heiress to recoil and cringe at the sudden assault on her delicate eyes. "Weiss? What are you doing?" Ruby asked, sitting cross legged on her bed.
Weiss sighed, collecting herself. "I had to use the bathroom. I'm sorry for waking you." She muttered, trudging back to her bed. The light followed her.
"Oh, no biggy!" Ruby assured her. Weiss flopped down onto her bed and rolled lazily into the covers, shutting her eyes and testing her luck.
"Sooo…" Ruby started. There was a moment of silence where Weiss hoped. Oh, did she ever hope. She hoped more than anyone had ever hoped in their life. "Still tired?" Came the high pitched voice of Ruby Rose. Apparently Weiss hadn't hoped enough.
"Yes, Ruby, I'm still-" She paused as she realized that the light was now on her. Again. She opened her eyelids and sighed, desperately praying for some patience. She loved the girl to death, but sometimes Ruby was just insufferable. "Ruby, I'm still tired."
"Oh." Came the reply. There was a moment of silence until Weiss looked up at Ruby, who has hanging half upside down with a flashlight suspended in the air directed at Weiss. The sat there looking at each other in silence for what must have been two minutes. Finally Weiss realized she would have to ask the obvious question.
"Could you please turn the light off?" She asked as calmly as possible, trying to keep the annoyance out of her tone.
"O-oh!" Ruby sat upright on her bed and flicked the light off. Weiss sighed, exhausted, and laid back in the pillows. "So, Weiss…"
The heiress gripped the sheets of her bed tight. If she didn't she had the feeling she would somehow levitate up to Ruby in order to smack her senseless. "What now, Ruby?"
"I kind of had a nightmare." The brunette murmured quickly, barely loud enough for Weiss to hear it.
"So? Go back to sleep."
"But I caaaan't!" Ruby protested, much to Weiss' severe late night anger.
"Why not, Ruby?" Weiss huffed, prepared to go into a tyrannic rage.
"Because it involved you." Ruby muttered. The heiress' anger was suddenly washed away with curiosity.
"What do you mean it involved me?"
Ruby sighed, her head suddenly appearing upside down once again. "Can I come down?" She asked hopefully, and Weiss considered saying no for a moment.
"I suppose so." She agreed, making room for the brunette as she came down from her top bunk and parked herself on Weiss'. "Now, lets get on with this nightmare business so I can sleep." In truth the sleepiness had passed over her. That didn't mean she wanted to spend the rest of the night awake with Ruby, as enjoyable as that may be someday.
The brunette nodded, clearing her throat most unlady like. "So, uhm. We were kind of fighting Grimm and stuff. But it was in Beacon. I don't know how it happened. Anyhow, it was just me and you, we were trapped alone in this damn place trying to find a way out." Ruby shook her head, furrowing her brow. "I don't remember when it happened, but we got separated at some point."
"That doesn't seem too scary, really…" Weiss interjected, a little mystified when she noticed her pale Ruby seemed. Maybe it was just the lack of light in the room.
"You weren't there." Ruby pointed out, and Weiss saw her point. Nightmares were nightmares, regardless of how scary they seemed after they happened. "Anyhow, it was kind of scary being all alone. I was wandering the halls with Crescent Rose, calling out your name and getting no answer. It was always dark wherever the Grimm were, so it was dark everywhere, really." The brunette visibly shuddered.
Weiss was in mild shock. This was Ruby. She wasn't the kind to be scared of Grimm.
"There was this one room where a really big Ursa was sleeping in the doorway, blocking me from entering. That room sticks out the most to me, actually. Anyhow, I took out the Ursa and entered the room."
"And saw what?" Weiss asked when Ruby passed, prompting the brunette to hurry along.
"I saw you. Except you weren't… You weren't really you anymore. More like a mangled corpse." Ruby finished quietly. Weiss was silent as she thought about it. Nightmares were usually called nightmares because of how real they seemed. She could only imagine what that must have been like.
Sure, she had had her fair share of nightmares, but this was a lot more different on a much more personal level. Ruby hadn't been scared of being all alone because of the Grimm, she was scared of being alone because that meant she didn't know if Weiss was okay or not.
"Weiss," Ruby started, pulling Weiss out of her deep thinking, "When we graduate and everything… Do you think we'll still be partners?"
The heiress smiled warmly, staring adoringly at her almost four year partner and one year lover, realizing despite the lack of sleep how much she loved this insufferable brat. Again. "Ruby, there is not a chance I'd let you go out to fight Grimm on your own, not after telling me about a dream like that." Weiss told her softly.
"Good." Ruby muttered, stretching out her arms behind her head. "Anyhow, sorry. I guess I'll head back up now." She said, moving to stand up.
"Not a chance!" Weiss snapped, grabbing the back of Ruby's oversized shirt and hauling her back. "I'm cold because you kept me up too long. You're staying down here tonight, and I don't care what you have to say about it."
Ruby nodded in complete agreement, crawling under the covers with Weiss. They settled into a spooning position, both feeling slightly more comfortable with the other's arms around them after they realized the symbolism in Ruby's nightmare.
As Weiss drifted off to sleep, quicker than she would have had Ruby not been here with her, she heard the brunette whisper "I love you". It was faint, hushed and heavy with the drowsiness of sleep. The heiress could have even been wrong for all she knew.
Still, with the last few seconds of consciousness that still remained to her, Weiss mouthed the words back, not knowing if any sound had even escaped her lips.
I literally don't even know. Like, merp. I just felt the need to write this tonight. Is FAR from a great piece, but I thought it was cute enough.
Anyhow, I'm just going to drop this here for your White Rose reading pleasures.