Ruby Rose wasn't the kind of girl to think logically about things. Well, not all the time at least. It had been after her Herbology class, and she had been partnered up with quite the person. Nora, she had introduced herself as. Nora had short, orange hair and a twinkle in her eye. Somewhat petite frame, but allowedly busty. But her most interesting feature? Ruby, arguably, would say her hyperactivity to any and all stimuli. A remark, a quick change in body language, something, anything really, just to react. But Ruby quite enjoyed her mannerisms. Herself, she saw to be quite hyper, possibly stemming from her own immaturity, but either way she felt the two paired well.
Their professor, however, would say otherwise. As soon as they started on their experiment, which required them to learn how to turn bergamot into a medicine for skin ailments, things got a bit out of hand. Nora immediately exclaimed how it smelled like oranges, and Ruby responded with her wishes that it smelled like strawberries instead. They had a small back and forth over which fruit was superior, before Nora admitted she did rather enjoy strawberries on pancakes. Ruby picked up quickly on this, divulging her love of pancakes with extra syrup. A few enthusiastic lines later, with a crescendo in volume, naturally, and they were removed from the experiment and asked to write an essay regarding the many uses of bergamot.
After the essays were written, the two left the recently empty classroom and made for their dorms. As it happens, they were neighbors, sharing rooms with their teams. Ruby led team RWBY, and Nora was the self-proclaimed powerhouse of team JNPR. They chatted for a bit before retiring to their dorms for the evening. Ruby would be quite surprised at who was listening in.
"Well well well, sounds like my Rubes made a friend!" The tall, blonde Yang stood with her arms crossed, smirking at Ruby, who blushed slightly in shock. "Cmon, what's she like? She sounds like she probably likes cookie-"
"SHE LOVES THEM!" Ruby backed down quickly as her blush worsened. She draped her hood over her head as she shuddered and knelt to her knees in embarrassment.
"Oh…my…god…" Yang began as her smirk blew into a full blown smile. Her teeth began to show as it widened and her face in its entirety began to seem slightly sinister. "I'm telling the others."
Ruby was practically screaming at this point, crawling over to her older sister's leg and latching on, begging her not to tell a soul. Yang was all but laughing at the sight, trying to walk towards the kitchen to get some food. Ruby held tight, and tried her best to weigh the blonde down, until all was safe. Yang finally repented and told the wannabe paperweight that she'll keep quiet.
Nora was a lot less quiet about it all. She ran into her room and slammed down on the bed next to Ren. He looked up from his book and smiled, greeting the girl.
"Ren?" She had her trademark smile on, one that simultaneously says 'I'm in a good mood' and 'I don't really know what's going on but here I am.' Ren looked over attentively, responding slowly, "Yessss Noraaaa?
"I have a super major crush on this girl and boy lemme tell you she's the most adorable thing but she's like an inch taller than me even though she's younger hut that could be the heels and ooh she lovessssss pancakes just like yours truly and like I wanna-" Nora took a huge breath, after spewing a run-on sentence capable of felling even the mightiest of English proofreaders. Ren's face slowly shifted from a smile to a neutral expression, then a near frown.
"Oh." His voice cracked slightly as he tried to be happy for her. Nora, surprisingly, saw right through that, and bombarded him with comments, such as "I thought you were past this" and "it was one time and we were like 13 or something"
"Besides, I thought you were into blondie over there." She gestured toward the elephant in the room, the snoring Jaune Arc, very much asleep and almost incapable of being awoken by anything short of a gunshot.
Lie Ren slowly turned his head down as he swallowed hard, Nora putting on a shit-eating grin as she tapped he hands against the side of the bed in anticipation.
"He just has a cute butt, that's all." Nora exploded into laughter as Ren began to blush, then eventually going into his own moment of laughter. The two laid down as she pecked him on the cheek.
"As long as you're okay with me. And remember, it's not that I didn't think you didn't do a good job, it's just-" Ren cut her off as he rolled his eyes slightly. "Yeah, yeah." He began. "Something something feminine touch." He stalled before continuing on. "You don't still think I'm…"
"Nope!" Nora shook her head. "I don't have any comparison, but I'm sure you're a fine size."