The sun shone bright at 6 am, Weiss lay in bed, waiting for the alarm to go off, she sat up, yawned, "what a lovely morning" she said, smiling, rubbing her eyes. "Morning Weiss! let's get ready to go!" Ruby exclaimed "yeah!" "alrighty then" Yang and Blake chimed in. "Sigh, can't i just have one minute before you start, i mean really" Weiss complained. "Nope! we got to get to it, bright and early! GO TEAM RWBY!" she exclaimed with an enthusiastic wave of an arm. "Yeah, go team RWBY" she said with a yawn. In class things were the usual dribble of a professor who was full of himself, but Weiss sat upright listening with rapt attention, meanwhile Ruby was her usual goofing off self. Ruby couldn't see the point of this class, they only occasionally fought with a monster and mainly it was tame enough not to cause much of a mess, "Now class, today we will be viewing a monster most fierce, i'm sure you've met them in the forest on your initiation, Ursa's..they come in a variety of forms, but the most common, is a bear like form, and today, you get to face two or more, as requested by Professor Ozpin, he truly does wish to see you shine, some more than others, his face focused on Ruby, earning him a confused look, different from her usual goofy or bored look, when in this class. After each had been placed to fight it, it was Ruby's turn, she stared it down, then it lunged, she expertly dodged and jumped on its head, using it like a springboard, slashed at its neck, "Hiya!" she performed a back flip kick under its chin sending it flying into the opposite wall. "That will be enough, now miss Ruby, please return it to the cage, without injuring yourself of course." Professor Port said with his chest puffed out a little. "Easy as cake" she replied, she lined herself up, making the Ursa do the same, as it lunged, she kicked extra hard, knocking it into the cage. "Bingo!" she exclaimed.
At lunch, she sat by the water fountain, Yang on one side, Blake on the other, Weiss sitting on a bench opposite them, "Well that went fantastic!" Ruby said, smiling "you bet that did! you did better than i thought you would, not that i ever doubted you" she quickly finished, seeing the look on Ruby's face. "Good, because i didnt want to think my sister thought i was a terrible huntress, when she's always expressed total faith in me. Blake made a small laugh, Weiss however made a short sniff "that was totally irrelevant, your skill is what makes you a good fighter, not more reinforcement from your sister" she sighed. "Hey, i thought you were working on being nicer" Ruby, said looking at her "Well duh, fine, i'm sorry" she drank cocoa, shrugging "Excuse me ladies, but i need miss Ruby" a familiar voice suddenly spoke up, they all looked up to see Professor Ozpin coming toward them, followed by Professor Goodwitch. "uh, whats up professor, is something wrong?" Yang asked "No, i just need to borrow her for a minute" Professor Ozpin replied in a deadpan voice. Ruby stood up, dusted off her skirt and made to follow him, "i'm sure it wont take long guys, i'll be back" and like that, she was lead off by Professor Ozpin. When they got to his office, Professor Goodwitch closed the door behind Ruby, staying on the other side. "I'm sure you're wondering what you're doing here" The guy didn't wait to get to the point, 'i don't know what to say, what DOES he want' she wondered to herself. "Uh, yes sir, i was, i..is something wrong" she asked, looking up at him cautiously. "Sigh, i don't usually do something like this, it is not in my nature, but i have been fighting this off and on today" he got down eye level with her, which startled her for a minute "um, sir, what are you..." He put his finger to her lips, "shh, just let me finish, i don't normally express an interest in a student, and even more rare, is any deep affection for one...what i'm saying is..i...have feelings for you, Ruby" he started leaning in. "okay, is this a dream, because for a dream it sure is crazy, i mean, professor Ozpin wouldn't be professing his love to me, would he" she said in a hurry, then took a few deep breaths. "You think i'm joking, when i'm not" he got closer, and kissed her, she blushed and a quick thought of her running in a circle came to mind, then falling swirly eyed to the floor. He hugged her as he kissed again, his cheeks slightly pink, then let her go. "um, um..." she couldn't get words to come out, so instead she fidgeted a little, looking down. "I want to see you alone, again, so tomorrow night, meet me by the fountain, after hours, i will cover for you, so don't worry about being caught, at which time i'll hand you a key to my room, it is a spare, so keep it close" he instructed, "do you understand?" he finished, looking into her eyes " um, yes...yes i do!" she said jumping a little. "Good, he said patting her head, now get back to classes" he replied, his back turned to her. She quickly got up, and exited, nearly bumping into Professor Goodwitch, "sorry!" she quickly exclaimed, then when she was sure she wasnt looking, she ran for it.
"What is with you Ruby, you seem jumpy today, more than normal, did something happen when you talked to the Professor?" Yang asked when Ruby had gotten back to classes, "huh? what did you say?" Ruby shook her head a few times, then looked at her sister. " I asked if something had happened, geez what's with you" she looked right back at her. " I think something must have, why else would she be jumping so much, but it's like you said, shes doing it more than usual" Weiss remarked with dull interest. Ruby couldn't put herself to say much, other than "ugh Weiss! is this really the time?" she replied, face red. "Fine then" Weiss said back, shrugging, she took down notes. Ruby absently did the same thing, her mind lost in thought, about what had happened with Professor Ozpin, like, why had he kissed her, even when she heard the words 'i have feelings for you Ruby' and him wanting to see her again..alone. She got out of her bed, sat up and got her usual clothes on, she tip-toed out and the leaped out a window, landing gracefully on the stone sidewalk, then made her way to the fountains. She found him waiting, sipping from his usual mug, when he spotted her coming, he smiled in a way she wasn't used to him doing, "uh, evening!" she smiled as best she could "shh, keep your voice down please, and follow me" he quickly said, taking her hand. He led her into the building that was made separate from the student dorms, and more for staff, and up stairs that led to his private quarters. "Wow" she said to herself. It was nice, and all that she expected from him, quaint and silent, and a nice sized bed..which she became all too aware of, so she focused on the drapes, she began to take on in her hand, stroked it. " I take it you really like my drapes..or are you worried about something else" He broke into her thoughts saying. She looked up at him so fast, she had to catch herself from tripping and falling, " yeah! yeah i'm fine!" she said in a rush, " of course i'm fine, what made you think i'm not, i just..admire your drapes, they look sooo much better than the ones in our dorm room, not saying those aren't okay, i mean, i'm sure practicality when into them" she cut herself off, " sorry, i started to ramble. "No, not at all" he calmly replied. He patted her on the head, "your hair is soft, and it smells good too" he said, leaning over her, smelling her hair, " mmm, yes it does" he sighed softly. She went red, 'oh no, is he going to do that kissing thing again, what do i do, i mean, i've never had a teacher like me this much before, not that there's anything wrong with..ugh! hello, earth to Ruby, he's hitting on you, just turn around right now, and leave...graciously of course, so he wont think you're just doing it to ditch him, what? ditch him? nah, its not like that...' "uh Ruby" he spoke, once more interrupting her thoughts. "Huh?" she snapped to, looking up at him, then noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt, gulped.."oh wow, uh..sir?" she shrank back a little. "Don't be afraid of me" he said calmly, hand on her cheek, then leaned in, kissed her, other hand on her leg, making her jump a little. "Uh uh, w-wait a minute" she scooted back again. "I'm sorry Ruby, i can't help this just now, please...allow me one more" he said in a husky voice, pulled her into a hug, her hands the only thing keeping him at least an inch from her. Kissing him was another thing altogether, his lips were hot and seemed to be begging her to kiss back, so she humored him, by a small kiss back, but that turned out to make him do more things, like touching her on her waist, and putting his leg up around her, shocking her very much. "What ..are you doing!" she exclaimed in a panic. " Shh, i said don't worry, don't worry, if you think we're going to be doing something more serious, we are going to hold off on it, i have more sensibility than that" he said, in a tone that seemed to convey he wanted her at ease. She felt confused and dizzy, letting herself lean on him for a minute. She wasn't sure what would come out of this relationship, but she had a feeling it would only get deeper, and him holding her like someone he treasured very much, only cemented that fact. She fell asleep her bed, later that night, after he escorted her, with a handkerchief that he gave to her to hold onto, "let's hope hes an honorable sort, he never seemed to do things wrong before, sigh" she curled up, squeezing the handkerchief, looked around at her sister and friends, all asleep, then closed her eyes, waiting for morning to come.