Prompt 6: Kids/Pregnancy (or them as kids)
Weiss hadn't planned to have Ruby involved in this particular event in her life, but Ruby has a way of getting into everything she does. Abortion, non-explicit sexual references, references to sex work. ~800w
A/N: It feels like a bit of a cheat to be just writing scenes for my existing WiPs, but most of my new ideas tend to get stuck to my old stories. I hope it works stand-alone. This is a bit of an unusual take on the prompt, but I couldn't resist. It wont be to everyone's taste, since it is in the context of Weiss having done sex work in Atlas to make money before travelling to Mistral. I swear it is a lot "nicer" than you are probably thinking at this point. It is set in my "Weiss's Way" universe, immediately following "Telling Ruby". I've fast tracked this bit for WRW but it will be a while before it goes up on the archives since I'm still working on the story, and figuring out arrangement (eg whether I'll add more chapters to Telling Ruby, or if this will be part of the main story, most of which is still just notes).
~o~
The first cramp was mild, but more than enough to pull her back to reality. Ruby was still by her side, warm and real. When she had taken the pills it seemed like a good idea to get it out of the way, making a clean break from her other life now that they were reunited. She hadn't expected Ruby to come to her room, let alone still be there three hours later. She didn't want to send her away. It was literally the last thing she wanted to do, but there was no way she was going to be able to conceal this with Ruby right beside her.
"Um, Ruby? I need to go to the bathroom"
Ruby roused from her half dozing state
"Kicking in, are they?"
"I- What?"
"The abortion pills. You left the bottle on the dresser, Snow White"
Weiss blushed at the use of her work alias. So many men had called her by that name, but she had never heard Ruby use it before.
"Ruby, I-"
"I'll go if you want. But I'd rather stay" Ruby kissed her gently on the forehead.
Ruby had a way of making decisions easy
"Stay" She relaxed as her partner settled back down beside her.
~o~
She was pretty sure they had stopped, and now she had a fresh pad. It was all over, bar a little bleeding. Some would say what she had done made her a killer. Killing a Schnee and a Faunus... maybe she really could please everyone, she mused.
Ruby had been there the whole time, holding her or holding her hand. Maybe it was in her head, but somehow it seemed so much easier with her there, easier than the last time doing it alone. She settled back down beside her dozing partner; she was going to be spending the night, there was no point sending her away now. It was late, early even, and the past few hours had tired them both out.
"Done?" Ruby asked sleepily
Weiss nodded, then settled down on the bed beside her.
"You know, there are things you can with with your Aura to prevent conception"
"I don't think that would work for me" Things she had done on impulse could look pretty twisted in hindsight. It was better than if she had brought up mundane methods. There were so many perfectly reasonable ways that Aura techniques could fail, some people couldn't concentrate during the act, others had trouble using their Aura internally, and a myriad of other reasons. No reason that Ruby should assume it was because-
"Because that is not what you really want?"
Weiss flinched. She almost wished her partner could be a little less perceptive; occasionally Ruby was so sharp it hurt. Despite being the cause of her distress, she still pulled Ruby closer and buried her face in the other girl's neck.
"I'm sick" She wanted to explain, but she didn't even fully understand herself. Talking about her work had been one thing, people had sex all the time, doing it for money was a detail, but this was another level. There was the excitement of the risk, the satisfaction of knowing that her body could create life... no doubt a whole host of messed up psychological reasons, but mostly it just felt good to be "all in". Those explained how she got there, but not the strange thrill she felt missing her period, hyper-alert for the changes in her body. It had taken morning sickness to bring her down to reality last time.
"You're not!" Ruby wrapped her arm around Weiss and squeezed. "It isn't wrong to want-"
"I don't even know if I want a baby. Maybe it is just a weird fetish thing. Even if I did, I know I can't. I'm too young, I don't have anywhere to live, the world is a mess and we have to save it!" She drew a breath "And I'm not sure Father's day should involve a two page suspect list"
"You don't know what you want, so what? Everybody does weird stuff sometimes"
"Hmmm" Weiss was far from convinced.
"The first time I- I masturbated, it wasn't about a boy, it was over a weapons catalogue... I thought I was the biggest freak on the planet"
That got Weiss's attention. Although maybe it wasn't that big of a stretch... unless... Her eyes narrowed suspiciously
"Was it the kind of catalogue that has half-naked women posing with the weapons?"
Ruby laughed uncomfortably and blushed
"Yeah, it took me a little while but I eventually figured that one out"
"So you're saying I shouldn't overthink it?"
"Yeah, that. You are so smart"
She kissed Weiss's cheek and then they just lay there in silence, drifting off to sleep.
Weiss was almost asleep when Ruby spoke again, quietly and slightly slurred, trailing off at the end.
"Maybe- Maybe after, we could ... you ... really cute babies"
It was ridiculous, and if Ruby hadn't clearly been more than half asleep she would have scolded her for it. Still, she couldn't deny the way her heart jumped at the implications of "we".
"You're insane" she closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep with a smile on her lips.