Chapter: 1 (re-edit)
Author's note: hello all my readers infinitydarkmagician here. I first wanted to warn you this will be kind of long and to thank you all for coming to read my newest fic. I recently posted a Oneshot called a Whiterose anniversary, so far a few people liked it, but reason I bring it up is that this fic here is the prequel to that one. In here we will start off with a 23 year old Ruby Rose and a 25 year old Weiss Schnee, I hope you find this story enjoyable and my hope that it gets some positive feedback, as I wrote this chapter weeks ago I've become a tad bit rusty. I currently have 21 chapters for this story ready just waiting on final edits and beta, and more planned. I was actually inspired by a fic from the author ThisVexesme called the road trip which I highly recommend as well as the author's other works. I would also like to thank INFINITYSILVERWOLF for beta reading and editing all my chapters, I just hope the fandom enjoys my contributions to the RWBY archives, who knows maybe if we all keep showing support for Whiterose we could see more of it in season 7. Anyways that's enough from me for this chapter. Hope you all enjoy it.
Chapter 1: the weekend.
In a small house darts around young dark short haired woman with red highlights as she fanatically looks for her scroll, dressed in black tank top and pajama pants with red strawberries zips around. "Where is it! Where Is it!" Yelled the young woman as she digs through her things she hears someone clear their throat.
"Um... Ruby? You looking for this?" Says a tall blond dressed in orange tank top and black shorts. She stands in the doorway holding the girl's missing Scroll.
"Yang!" She screams as the smaller girl tackles her sister.
"Thank you! Thank you!" She exclaims as Yang pushes her off of her.
"It's fine Ruby, buy the way why are you so hyper today?" Ruby quickly turning her Scroll on very excitingly then suddenly depression seems to have set in as she falls on her bed.
"Damn it anyways!" She yells. She pouts silently as tall woman sits next to her.
"Ok... what's wrong?" She questions again as Ruby sighs.
"I was in a bidding war to get tickets to that new opera in atlas." She says as lethargically as possible.
This puzzles Yang as she thinks, Ruby plus opera equals does not compute, Ruby seeing her older sister trying to piece It together makes Ruby kicks Yang off the bed.
"The tickets ain't for just me." Ruby says as Yang falls off the bed with a hard thud rubbing her butt, she stands up.
"Then why? You don't like that crap." Ruby sighs and blushes as Yang finally realized why her little sister was so excited.
"Oh! You were gonna ask Weiss out officially? Finally get the courage huh baby sis? Eh? Eh?" As Ruby sits up and Yang hops back on the bed nudging her sister with her elbow, Ruby continues to blush.
"It's her 26th birthday and I just want it to be special, we are spending the weekend together she promises, figured we could spend some time at her home before we return to our lives.." She says as Ruby won't just blurt out she wasn't just crushing on Weiss, she was in love with her probably since the first time they locked eyes. Granted Ruby almost blew them up and it wasn't a very good way to start their relationship.
Yang seeing the disappointment in her little sister's eyes sighed as she stood up and headed out of Ruby's bed room. "I'll find a way to get the tickets little sis don't you worry, I'll be back Sunday evening so be good sis" as She gave her signature grin as she slipped out, Ruby felt a tad bit better as she fell back on to her bed.
— meanwhile at SDC—
A young woman with snow white hair down to her lower back, bangs pushed to one side with rimless glasses, piercing blue eyes, a scar down her left eye, dressed in an all white woman's business suit with an ice blue tie and silver dress shirt underneath sits at a desk going over all the month's worth of reports, company spending, and charitable events.
As she's going over her day's events a small desk speaker clicks on. "Miss Schnee your five o'clock canceled, so you can call it early today Miss, I hope you have an enjoyable birthday weekend." As it clicks off Weiss replies.
"I will Barb, thank you." She says happily, cause she was dreading that meeting, it was some pencil pusher's corporate project plans and how he thinks this and that will help the company grow, to be honest Weiss wanted to keep growing, bring the name her father ran in the mud back to good standing but Weiss didn't want to spend the entire Friday night and possibly most of Saturday since it seems no one can just vote on one idea.
They just bombard her, which leads into needing to having it run into Saturday, but when Sunday being her birthday Weiss only has one thing on her mind spend the weekend with Ruby, it's been years since they had more than just a few hours here and there Weiss missed Ruby terribly.
Since being named CEO and president of her family company she just hasn't had the time she liked, Ruby has long been her secret crush, but no way has Weiss worked the courage up to tell her still after almost eight years.
She almost did once, back when they were after Salem, when some assassins come after her cause of her silver eyes, just like Ruby's mother and the legendary Grimm Reaper before her and so many others, they wanted to destroy her just because they feared her so. She was so scared that day, she clenches her fist so tightly they turned red on her pale complexion. Just the thought of losing Ruby even all this years still scared her, even if she knew Ruby wasn't a fighter to take lightly now, but not enough that got her to tell her team leader she loved her like no other, somehow she was going to find the strength to tell her.
Just then the door burst open waking Weiss from her thoughts as her father comes in, as Weiss internally wants to scream.
"Hello father, what do I owe the pleasure of your visit…?" As he walks in, suit so white the only thing whiter than that was his hair, he clears his throat.
"Well I heard you have plans this weekend, did you think I wouldn't remember?" He questions her as Weiss just tried to fight back her need to tell him to fuck off, seeing as how in the last five years he hasn't remembered one birthday, so why this one?
"No father, I just figured you'd be busy so I made plans with my friend, Winter, and Whitley. They have already spent some time with me since they won't even be home Sunday evening." She says as she goes back over the reports and other company information, he walks up to her desk.
"You will cancel those plans, and you will have dinner at home with me. We are having a party. I have some very important people coming." That was it, that's why he was here. It wasn't because he just so happened to remember his daughter's birthday.
He just wanted to use her as a bargaining chip for some kind of suitor with daddy's company to get some big merger approved, Weiss did all she could not to tear into him. He still thought he had some Kind of power over her, just like he tried with her older sister winter.
"Did you hear me young lady?" He questions again.
"Father! I will not cancel my plans, nor will I let you pass me off to some self-entailed daddy's boy. Now I'm busy please leave." She explains as angrily but as calm and elegant as she possibly could.
A small vein was showing as her father turned a slight red. "Sunday will be your 26th birthday, if you care about this company you better come to terms that you will need to marry a befitting suitor and produce an heir like I did." As he leaves Weiss does think about it, but truthfully there is only one person she'd want marry and it would be to her hyperactive, socially awkward team leader Ruby, thinking about her would also always cause her to smile and make her feel warm in her cold world.
—back at Ruby's house—
Hours later Ruby, having finished her days activities, is now getting dressed once again, looking herself over in the mirror. She keeps asking herself, which was the best outfit to wear to pick Weiss up. She finally seemed to find one that doesn't make her completely self-conscious, a simple red zip-up hoodie, black t-shirt, blue jeans, and her black boots.
Even then she still felt naked, until she remembered the two things that make her Ruby, her red cloak and Crescent Rose, even when not fighting Grimm, Ruby just can't go without her baby.
After grabbing her cloak and Crescent Rose there was only one thing left to do. Go and pick Weiss up from the airport. "What time was it anyways?' Ruby thought as she looked at her Scroll, realizing she was supposed to be at the airport an hour ago...
"Oh shit..." She runs out of the house and to her new car, it wasn't fancy but it was a newer two door performance car, bright red paint to match her trademark cape, white interior, big engine but efficient to just drive or do a little spirited driving. Given she had her speed semblance but it was just nice to drive as well and still get her fun.
As she made her way to the airport, she kept trying to call Weiss but kept getting her voicemail. "She's pissed... oh crap." Ruby said to herself.
—Meanwhile Airport Lobby—
"How is it a girl who races around like a banshee can even be late?..." Weiss questions as she waits patiently as she can since she forgot her charger for her Scroll, Weiss was glad though to finally be in her more comfortable clothes, her new white denim jacket over her white sweater and blue jeans with black boots.
As she's watching all the families walk by Weiss starts to think about what it'd be like, being a mother and a wife. She smiles to herself as she tries to imagine Ruby as a parent, She would probably be amazing at since it'd just be a much smaller her anyways so she's definitely sure they would get along very well.
Weiss was so lost in thought she didn't notice Ruby hug her from behind tightly. "Please don't be mad! I didn't mean to be so late!" She cried as Weiss just sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Ruby you dolt. I'm not mad, just hungry and tired, so are you gonna take me to eat at your house or what?" She chuckles as Ruby smiles she nods.
"Yup! Come on!" She lets go of Weiss and grab some of her heavy bags and picks them without much effort, mostly due to her training with Crescent Rose.
"Still trying to show off to impress me?" Weiss joked as Ruby blushes.
"N-No! I-I'm not.. I'm just b-being helpful." She quickly replies as Weiss just chuckles, she follows Ruby out to her car.
Weiss watches Ruby load her car, Weiss notices finally how much taller Ruby has become then her. They use to be close in height but now Ruby was decent 5'9 now to Weiss' own 5'5 build and that was with heels, but Ruby had much more curve to herself then Weiss had since she's stayed mostly the same.
"Weiss? Weiss?" Ruby questions as Weiss shakes herself from her thoughts once again.
"Y-Yes Ruby?" She replies.
"Are we leaving? Or you gonna zone out again for a bit, I got a few games on my Scroll to kill time" Ruby questions as Weiss just sighs and gets in the car. Ruby follows suit and she hops in the driver seat and makes way to her home.
Weiss inspects the interior of the car, "interesting car Ruby, this new? I don't recall this one."
"Yeah, I traded the older one in. Yang traded for a newer bike in the same day," Ruby remarks,
"Oh so Yang got a car?" Ruby laughs at Weiss' question
"No, she got a new bike, Blake liked Bumblebee 2, but Blake wanted Yang to get something practical like a SUV, but Yang got Bumblebee 3 so she has Bumblebee 1 and 3" Weiss felt kind of dumb for even thinking Yang, of all people, would go for something practical without something forcing her too.
"I got this cause I made a few extra Lien for extermination huntress jobs, and fixing a few of my neighbors cars." Weiss looked at Ruby puzzled.
"You work on cars?"
"Yeah? I got into it out of boredom, also I do weapon repair! I just started the cars this year, weapons have been since... I was 12?" She said said with as much enthusiasm as your expect from Ruby.
"Ruby, I just never seen you as.. well a auto tech, I mean maybe a huntress teacher or even a stay at home mom"
"Well... to be a mom I'd need another person to make the babies wouldn't I? Unless you're willing to contribute." She remakes with her usual happy grin as Weiss turns a deep shade of red.
"R-Ruby Rose! As if! Of all the idiotic things you could say! I-I don't even know how to respond to that! You and me!? Impossible!" Weiss spat out as Ruby's grin quickly vanished, replaced by a upset frown as she looked back to the road only.
"I didn't think I was that bad... but I mean I guess... Sorry... won't say anything again." Weiss suddenly wanted to open the door up and just dive into the road. Why the hell did she just say that? This was Ruby, she's been wanted to tell her how she feels for years and no matter what something in her always says the wrong thing.
Weiss' innerself was going mad now, looking at Ruby, the sadden look. Her happy personality dimmed by several stupid untrue statements. All Weiss could hear was her inner voice "What are you doing!? Do you want to lose her?! Woman up and tell her now! You blew a perfect opportunity! Tell her!"
"R-Ruby... I... ahh.." The younger woman looks over to her passenger just enough to keep her focus on the road but show she is listening.
"Ruby... I ahh.. I.. ahh I'm..." Panic and anxiety starts building till Weiss snaps.
"PANCAKES!" The panicked woman blurts out causing Ruby to lose control and slam on the brakes quickly regaining her control as she pants.
"What the hell are you trying to do kill us!?" She screams as Weiss just looks at her.
"Pancakes..." she says with a blush as she points to a local pancake house just across from them.
Ruby just sighs and heads over to the pancake house, she parks as she heads in with Weiss, they get seated quickly and order their drinks to start.
Ruby just looks out window, remaining very quiet, as the waitress brings the menus and walks off Weiss feels like the absolute worse. In one sentence she's broken Ruby, they have taken on some of the meanest Grimms known to humankind and with just one blurted out response and it's like Ruby had her heart ripped out.
Ruby was extremely upset. But didn't feel it was worth it to tell Weiss, maybe this weekend together was possibly the dumbest thing she could have thought of.
"Ruby... I didn't mean it like I said." Weiss reaches out to hold her hand as Ruby quickly yanks it back.
"Weiss look don't worry about it, you made your point very clear, normally I'd have just a bit a hope but that.. that was too far!" As she stood up and made her way to the door quickly Weiss was confused.
"Hope? Hope for what?" She threw down her credit card and ran out to Ruby as she grabbed her by the shoulder to which Ruby yanks herself free and jumps back.
"Ruby will you just listen to me! And what did you mean have hope?" She questions.
Ruby looks back at her, takes a deep breath. "Listen to what? You tell me I'm not good enough, I was looking forward to this weekend for months. This would be the first time in three years I'd get to spend more than just a few hours with my BFF! I had hoped.. maybe.. even.. never mind."
Ruby clenched her fist, "I spent hours trying to find the right outfit. Wanted so bad to make this weekend the best we have had in years, because Weiss Schnee I've missed you like crazy! I hate seeing you leave and I hate you leaving!" Ruby yelled as she looked away Weiss walked up and made her look at her, grabbing her by the face.
"Listen to me. You are good enough.. I just blurted that insanely wrong statement out because... because..." Weiss started to blush.
"I've been looking forward to this for months too. It kills me we don't get to spend time together like we did, I miss my friends from Beacon, I miss the times we had, even fighting all the craziest Grimms this world can throw at us, even when we were feeling down and out you kept us going.." Ruby was just looking down, to Weiss her heart felt like it'd beat out of her chest.
"Ruby.. most of all I missed being with you.. I've missed you Ruby Rose! I... I lo-lo." She was struggling as she finally got it out.
"Ruby Rose I love you! I always have!" As she pulled the taller woman closer by grabbing on to the collar of her shirt and into a kiss then pulls back as Weiss waits for Ruby to push her away but Weiss instead feels Ruby lift her face up by her chin using her finger and face her as Ruby kisses her again softly then pulls back to smiles widely as she could wrapping her arms around her firmly.
"R-Ruby? W-what a-are you doing?" Weiss questioned as Ruby just held her.
"I've been wanting to tell you the same thing... from the day I met you I felt something. Though you were a tad bit crabby" she smirked. As Weiss smiled and hugged her tightly.
"In my defense.. you knocked over few thousand in Lien of luggage and almost blew us off the mountain." Which both made them chuckle as their stomachs growled.
"Feel like going back in to eat? Your treat?" Ruby jokingly said as Weiss just rolled her eyes.
"You're such a dolt, but your my dolt." As they shared what felt like loving glances, they both knew this weekend still had more in store for them.