Hey there, readers. I ask only one thing; bear with me. The quality of this fic is pretty mediocre. I haven't been keeping up with my writing due to lack of a pc, so getting back into the writing game was hard. I feel that by the end of the fic I had already started to get comfortable again.
So, without any further hold ups, enjoy my awkward, fluffy ramblings about an imaginary relationship that doesn't even exist canonically but inexplicably is my entire universe.
-Aegis
Weiss' bare feet made hardly a whisper as she crossed her bedroom, skin brushing against the smooth, hardwood floor. She sat down in a plush chair in front of a large desk mirror, eyes downcast. Even in the moonlight where she was sure she could hardly even see the color of her complexion, Weiss didn't have the nerve to look at herself.
It wasn't that she wasn't pretty; she was downright drop-dead-bombshell-gorgeous. She knew this as a fact; it wasn't vain, just truth. It was just that...
"Ruby Rose... You're insufferable." She whispered, her eyes darting unwittingly to the princess canopied bed across the room for her, silhouetted in the large, ornate window that let in a torrent of the moon's light. Silhouetted even further was the sleeping form of Ruby atop her blankets.
Her eyes swept back to their original place within a second, and Weiss felt her face grow hot. Darn, this is ridiculous... Goosebumps prickled on Weiss' skin when she thought about how close Ruby and her had been just a moment ago. How intimate. She had felt Ruby's breath on her neck. Her hand had been resting on Ruby's hip. It had come as a shock for Weiss, but the closeness had been intoxicating. Too intoxicating.
She had been forced out of bed by her own body to take a deep breath and relax. She didn't understand herself right now... Not in the slightest. She was furious, absolutely appalled... And mystifyingly giddy. And the irrefutable attraction...
I thought we were just friends... Weiss thought hopelessly to herself, hands clasped between her thighs. Friends didn't fantasize about feeling one another, or kissing, or other things that are more suited for behind closed doors.
The thought that she could blame Ruby for this crossed Weiss' mind. After all, it was Ruby who had gotten lonely all alone in her 'big, empty and cold room'. Weiss could see where Ruby was coming from... But dust-damnit, Ruby was sixteen! Then again, Weiss had admitted Ruby into her bed willingly enough. So it was very likely that both were to blame...
Weiss looked up into the mirror, her face nothing but one dark color of shadows. Yet she could easily imagine the scarlet blush on her cheeks. Maybe Weiss was just ridiculously lonely. Perhaps she was overreacting.
She didn't really feel lonely. Not emotionally. Perhaps to some degree... But not that badly. The errant fantasy of her and Ruby being physically and emotionally closer, closer than even Winter was with Weiss, had the heiress blushing angrily as tears of turmoil pecked at the corners of her delicate eyes. What a train wreck this was turning into.
Her toes curled inwards as she clenched her hands into tight little fists, emotions turning into singular anger for just one moment before dissipating into another tumult of attraction, confusion, hunger and disgust. She had the urge to scream into her pillow, like all teenage girls tend to do.
"H-hey, aaah, Weiss?" Ruby called, a small yawn breaking her words in two. Weiss jumped in her seat, before calming. "Weiss, where'r'ya?" Ruby slurred sleepily. It was mildly cute.
"I'm over here, dunce. Just go back to sleep."
There was a brief silence, followed by the rustling of fabrics. "I need ta' pee..." Ruby mumbled, getting up from the soft feather mattress. "Weiss, where's the toilet?"
The heiress grimaced out of habit, Ruby's formalities completely absent in this half sleep state. "Down the hall, second left." Weiss sighed, watching the vague dark form of Ruby shamble across her room.
"Thanksh."
Weiss waited until Ruby had closed the bedroom door before she got up out of the chair and escaped back to her bed. Ruby had been sleeping above the blankets, so it was still warm where the brunette had been laying. Weiss wasn't really used to sleeping overtop the comforters, though, so she didn't really get to appreciate that warmth as she slid beneath the still cool undersides of her blankets.
But still, that scent of strawberry.
When Ruby came back into the room, seemingly moving as quiet as possible, Weiss jumped again before settling. If she could just stay somewhat controlled, that would do her a world of good.
"Weiss?" Ruby whispered, and Weiss pretended not to hear her. She kept her eyes shut and her breathing more or less even. "Weiss!" She called again, louder. Still Weiss kept still. She listened as Ruby sighed, unsure if it was relief or agitation. Then she heard the sounds of Ruby's more profound and steady footfalls across the hardwood floor, then felt her nerves tingle as Ruby put her knee on the edge of the mattress.
"Weiss? A-are you up?"
"Yes, Ruby, I'm up." Weiss huffed, knowing that not even she could believably fall asleep in the small amount of time it took Ruby to leave and get back from the bathroom.
"Oh. Good!" Ruby said, and Weiss waited. And proceeded to wait for several long moments.
"Ruby? Aren't you going to get into bed...?"
"Uh. Well, uh, yeah you see..." Ruby stuttered a moment before a nervous giggle, soft and low, escaped her lips.
Cute. Definitely cute. Weiss' mind thought, disobeying her utterly. "See what, Ruby?"
"Uh. Right. Uhm. Well, I was thinking that if you don't want me to share the bed and all I could leave!"
"You don't sleep very well alone, Ruby. You know that." Weiss told both Ruby and herself, forcing her instincts back before she sent Ruby away. She was mortified at herself, but she wanted to overcome this.
"Right. But you don't really sleep well with other people." Ruby countered even as she leaned forward and shifted her knee further up onto the bed.
"Just get in the bed, Ruby. You're wasting sleep." Weiss grumbled, a facade to mask the heightening nerves. If the bedsheets and pillows and blankets smelled like strawberry, Ruby smelled like an entire field of the sweet fruits.
"You're sure?" Ruby asked, though she was fully on the bed now, leaning above Weiss. The heiress felt her face flush and silently cursed. With Ruby's face only a few inches above her own, eyes wide and face graced with an effortlessly captivating smile, Weiss found herself fighting urges.
"I'm sure, Ruby." Weiss managed, choking the answer out before rolling over to face away from the brunette.
"A-alright…"
Weiss twisted her mouth in a small grimace, already feeling self conscious about her actions. As the heiress of a company belong to a man of herfather's calibur, Weiss was supposed to be perfect at expressions of all sorts, along with bodily movement. She couldn't help herself, though; no business partner or 'family friend' had ever intimidated her as much as she did herself.
Ruby sidled up close to Weiss, carelessly throwing a leg over Weiss' own and pressing her forehead between Weiss' shoulderblades. Weiss tingled at the multitude of touches but kept herself more or less under control. When Ruby hummed softly and happily, Weiss felt the ridiculous urge to giggle.
"Weiss? What's so funny?"
The heiress choked up mid-laugh, realizing then that she had, apparently, been giggling. This is insane. Absolutely absurd. And wonderful… She thought, adding the last part on with a guilty blush. She loved the feeling of Ruby's warmth. The feeling of the brunette's hot breath on her spine made her shiver, if not lightly. Ruby didn't seem to notice.
"It's nothing, dolt. Go to sleep." Weiss told her, reprimanding Ruby for doing absolutely nothing. Afterall, that was how Heiress' worked.
"Hmph." Ruby shifted, wiggling closer until her body was against Weiss'. Even underneath the covers with Ruby not, Weiss felt like a furnace at this point. It dawned on her that Ruby had no idea how intimate this felt to Weiss; afterall, Weiss herself hadn't expected her own reaction. The attraction she was feeling for Ruby right now… Was it even possibly mutual? The thought made Weiss feel uncomfortable.
"Weiss?"
Weiss huffed, agitated. Ruby was so oblivious and reckless sometimes; mostly on the battlefield, but every now and then it applied to normal life situations. Like now. "What is it, Ruby?"
A short silence followed after, in which Weiss realized the leg overtop her own, Ruby's, was rubbing her thigh through the blankets in a noticeably nervous manner. The action made Weiss blush furiously, but she didn't have the nerve to tell Ruby to stop. Mostly because she liked it.
"I was just wondering if like… It's kinda cold in here, so can I come under the blankets?"
"No!" Weiss blurted, not even processing Ruby's words fully. She cringed immediately after, glad she couldn't see Ruby's hurt expression right now. "It's just that-"
"Nah, s'okay, Weiss. No worries!" Ruby said, head buried in Weiss' great white main of loose hair. Despite her attempt to sound nonchalant, Weiss could hear the dejection clear as day. It was made clearer when Ruby not so subtly removed her limbs from overtop Weiss' frame. She didn't mean to be that harsh.
"Ruby…" Weiss paused, waiting for Ruby to answer. It inexplicably easier to talk when you didn't feel like you were being ignored. No answer came, and Weiss felt worse. No way around it, Weiss was going to have to suffer tonight. "Crawl under, dunce."
"It's really fine if you don't want me to, Weiss! I mean, it's not that cold, really, just not the ideal temperature!" Ruby promised her. In the back of her mind, Weiss was impressed by Ruby's choice of words. At least, it was impressive coming from Ruby.
Weiss sat up, gesturing for Ruby to move off the bed. "Aw, Weiss…" Ruby began to protest, finding herself cut short when Weiss raised a single eyebrow. Ruby knew not to argue with Weiss when she raised her eyebrow. Many nights of hard studying had taught her that, and it showed as Ruby compliantly removed herself from the mattress with only a few low grievances.
The heiress tossed the supple and silken sheets and blankets down to her feet. "Alright. Get in, we're going to sleep." Weiss was desperately hoping that Ruby would keep some personal space between them, just a little, tiny, miniscule amount. That would do.
But of course, that wouldn't possibly be the case.
Ruby was smiling radiantly as she crawled up beside Weiss, immediately filling any empty space between them by throwing an arm around Weiss' waist. Despite her body's misgivings, Weiss decided she rather liked the ridiculous feeling of warmth that spread through her abdomen and tingled through her limbs.
Weiss had to lean forward to pull the blankets back up. Ruby stayed clinging to her side. As the two of them laid back down into the pillows, Ruby wasted no time in intertwining their legs. The skin-on-skin contact was like electricity for the distressed heiress. Talk about frying your sensory system.
With Ruby's breath glancing Weiss' cheek, the brunette facing the other girl while Weiss looked up at the ceiling, the heiress found herself fighting hard to make a decision. She was never going to sleep like this. There was only one thing to be done about it, no matter how scary it would be. Or how self loathing she might feel afterwards. Or gratified, maybe… Would the complete realization of her feelings really make her feel lighter, or would it only cause to worsen the problems? She could ignore it all, but…
"Ruby."
"Er, Weiss, y-"
"There's something we must talk about. It would be detrimental to our current relationship if we didn't."
Beside her, Ruby sighed, and Weiss was barely able to catch the "Why do you talk like that?" that Ruby tried to hide under her breath.
Right. Ruby probably hadn't even ever heard of the word detrimental.
"What I mean is that… There's a problem between us, Ruby. We need to work it out."
The giggle that came from Ruby was so unexpected and confusing that for a moment Weiss forgot to be nervous. "Ruby?" Weiss started, turning her head to stare quizzically at the brunette.
Ruby's smile was enormous, and in the small amount of moonlight, beautiful. Weiss was even considering the idea of complimenting the way Ruby's hair framed her face. Thankfully, she wasn't clinically insane. At least, not completely.
"I'm sorry, Weiss, it's just that sometimes you're so adorable!" Ruby's shameless confession made Weiss blush as red as a can of tomato sauce.
"R-Ruby, you don't just say-! That's exactly what this is-! You need a filter!" Weiss' reprimanded, and Ruby's grin grew smaller but more serene. "And you- you…" Weiss' voice trailed off as Ruby closed her eyes, leaned into Weiss and burrowed into the crook between Weiss' chin and collarbone.
"Don't worry about it, Weiss. We can work this out tomorrow or something."
Ruby's voice vibrated pleasantly against Weiss' chest.
"Ruby…"
"Nah. I'm sleepy. We'll figure out your feelings tomorrow."
The minutes passed by with silence and Weiss' wide eyes, until eventually the heiress realized Ruby had fallen asleep. The brunette had curled closer, completely en-wrapping Weiss with her body.
And it dawned on Weiss that Ruby's nonchalance had seemed to wear off on her. Or maybe it was just the after-effects of Ruby's utter disregard for subtlety and protocol.
Either way, Weiss found it didn't matter as she melted into Ruby's soft embrace and drifted off to a comfortable dream land full of girly fluff.
Alas for dramatics, sometimes they just weren't needed.
Another note; it is my hope to release a few more oneshots and then finish with the Ghost of a Rose re-write. I want to get fully competent again before I finish it.
Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this and will take the time to leave a review. Favorites help a lot, too. Thanks! ^^