Summary: Exams have been returned to the first years of Beacon, and it turns out being the smartest doesn't make you the happiest. At least not without some help. White Rose fluff. Implied Bumblebee.
Today was a bittersweet day for the new students of Beacon Academy. Scores had returned from first exams, and for the most part they were less than spectacular. The newbies were already doing great in the field, but that didn't mean much if they didn't understand the world they were living in. On the plus side though, it was Friday and that meant some much needed rest for the future hunters and huntresses.
Ruby Rose was wandering down the halls of Beacon while examining her score. She hadn't done as poorly as she expected, her score was actually pretty decent. Though it shouldn't be a surprise with all the hours Ruby dedicated to studying lately, she still exhaled in relief. While walking back to their room, she idly wondered what Weiss was thinking about.
Once class has ended, her usually calm and elegant partner had darted out the door so quickly Ruby swore she must have teleported.
While the cloak covered girl's score was impressive compared to that of the class as a whole and given her track record, it was nowhere near as high as her lighter haired partner's.
Back in class Ruby had managed to sneak a peak, before Weiss disappeared.
"Alright students look over your scores and let me know if you have any questions. If not, then you're free to go. I expect improvements by the next exam. A true Huntsman must be smart both on the battlefield and in the classroom!" Professor Port exclaimed before organizing his papers to prepare for his own departure. It didn't look like he would be able to leave any time soon though as there was already a crowd forming around his desk.
Team RWBY had just received their forms and their young leader was beaming with her test results. She had glanced over Weiss' shoulder to see why the heiress had seemed to suddenly turn to stone upon discovering her own marks. 'A perfect score?! Professor Port said only one person achieved that and there was barely anyone else who even came close.'
This only confused Ruby more. Shouldn't her partner be jumping off the walls with joy, she knew she would be. Before Ruby could even ask why the white haired girl was acting so strangely, Weiss was gone.
"Hey there little sis, how'd you do?"
Ruby's eyes finally broke away from her results to turn and see that Yang and Blake were a few feet away. Yang snatched Ruby score sheet away rather than waiting for an answer.
"Whoa, how'd you manage this? You cheated off Weiss didn't you?" Yang questioned while elbowing Ruby in the side.
Ruby snatched her paper back, and as her cheeks puffed she countered, "I can be smart if I try!"
At that, all she received was a smirk from Blake and a large grin from Yang while she ruffled Ruby's hair mercilessly. "Of course you can baby sis. Never doubted you for a second." The younger girl struggled to get free from the arm that was ruining her hair.
Seeing Yang wasn't planning to give Ruby a break anytime soon, Blake pulled at her sleeve, "I think it's time to go. You can't keep picking on Ruby forever just because she did better than you."
Yang rubbed the back of her head sheepishly, "Aha, you caught me. Yeah, I guess I have to make up for this somehow." Yang pulled out her paper to glance again at her barely passing score. She really had her work cut out for her now.
"That bad, huh?" Ruby asked. "How about you Blake?"
Without a moment to spare Yang swung an arm around Blake shoulder and cut in, "Blake did so well! Given what Professor Port said I think she was probably second highest. But yeah, that's why she's rushing me. We were going to head to the library so she could tutor me. I didn't even ask, she offered! Isn't she so sweet?!" Yang was practically squealing at the end.
Yang held onto Blake a bit tighter, and the latter couldn't stop her blush from forming. Blake shrugged Yang off resulting in a pout from the blond haired troublemaker. Ignoring it, she explained, "I can't have one of us failing as it would really hurt our marks as a team." She spoke with her usual seriousness, but they'd learned Blake wasn't quite as impassive as everyone thought her to be.
At this display Ruby just smiled. She discovered that Blake and Weiss had this weird difficulty being open when they cared. Weiss had definitely improved a lot ever since that talk they had after the first day of classes, and she could tell Blake was getting better about it too. For instance, physical contact wasn't really her thing, but she let Yang grip her for longer than expected before finally releasing herself. 'Looks like she'd finally breaking through the shell of her's. Well I guess if anyone could help her do it, it's not surprising it's Yang.'
"Ah, looks like I can't delay it any longer. Alright then, see ya later Ruby." Yang grabbed Blake's hand and started towing her along towards the library, but after a couple steps turned back and winked at Ruby who just shook her head in response. 'Yup, if anyone could do it, it'd be Yang.'
Ruby continued her trek through the maze like halls of Beacon, and when she finally arriving at her dorm, noticed the door was ajar. She peaked in to see Weiss on the phone while sitting on her lower bunk. 'Looks like she came straight back here.'
"…yes, I understand…mhmm…sure. Could you tell him to at least give me a call back?…I know he's busy, but…Okay, yes, thanks for relaying the message."
Ruby managed to catch the tail end of whatever conversation Weiss was having before entering. "Hey, Weiss."
At the sound of Ruby's voice, the older girl's eyes darted up and she instantly shut off her phone. "Oh, hi."
Something was wrong about this. Weiss was smiling politely, but eyes looked so disappointed and her tone was flat. It didn't feel like there was any energy there. "Sorry, did I interrupt something important?"
"No, not at all." Weiss stood to put her phone away and then began to fiddle with various items around her bed. Her brief response was enough to tell Ruby something was definitely off.
"What's bugging you? You did great on that test, you should be happy!" Ruby stated only to receive a frown from Weiss.
"You were peeking at my score?" she questioned with a voice that promised reprimand for invading her privacy.
Ruby smiled awkwardly as she tried to find some excuse to cover her slip. She should've figured Weiss wouldn't exactly be thrilled to have her result known without permission. "Um, well yeah, you see…"
"Save it." Weiss interrupted harshly. She paused for a moment to look Ruby in the eyes before continuing, "It's okay, I don't really mind that much." She sighed deeply before continuing, "I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just been a bit of an off day."
Ruby caught on that Weiss didn't really want to say more so rather than pester her she went to go find her clothes. She grabbed her usual outfit to change into when an idea popped up in her head. "Hey, do you have anything planned for today?"
"No, not really." She answered simply.
"Well if you're not doing anything, how about you come take a walk with me?"
At that, Weiss just raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, come on! It'll be fun."
"Ruby, it's freezing outside. It's been snowing since last week!"
With a smirk Ruby commanded, "Nope, we're going. Go put on something warm while I change." Ruby stepped out to head for the restroom.
With a huff, Weiss just accepted her fate and began digging through her clothes, not having the energy to argue with the younger girl at the moment.
When Ruby returned she noticed Weiss was still in her normal dress, and was working on buttoning up a deep blue pea coat. She had also switched into matching boots that seemed appropriate for the weather. Ruby, in turn, was like a mirror to this. She wore her normal outfit as well, along with a charcoal pea coat and on top of that rested her cloak. She looked so bundled up in all of her layers.
"You sure you'll be okay in that?" Ruby asked.
"I don't think you should be talking," Weiss retorted with an uncharacteristic smirk. It seemed like she had eased up a bit.
Ruby blushed slightly at the remark, and because she had admired how Weiss looked now that her coat was fully buttoned. The dark color contrasted with her skin making her already fair complexion seem like it was glowing. "At least I have my cloak." She continued with a pout. "Let's just get going before it gets too late."
The two of them had chosen to walk a path that roughly circled around the school. Most of the journey had been pretty quiet so far, which was leaving Ruby restless. She glanced to the side to see Weiss seemed deep in thought with her eyebrows furrowed a bit. The frown on her face told Ruby those thoughts probably weren't the most uplifting.
Then on impulse Ruby started running ahead to a big pile of snow.
"Ruby!" Weiss called after her. She'd been left behind by her hyper teammate.
Meanwhile, Ruby had reached the pile and immediately had her hands working to the snow into small spheres. It was at this moment she wished she had remembered to bring gloved. After she had about five good ones formed, she responded "Hey Weiss, when's the last time you were in a snowball fight?"
Ruby was now facing her nearby teammate with her hands hidden behind her back.
"Are you kidding? I don't have time for such childish nonse-"
Pffft. Before she could finish, a snowball had just collided with the front of Weiss' jacket. Weiss was just about to yell when she noticed Ruby had an interesting expression on her face. It wasn't the silly victorious expression she expected. It actually looked more like pity instead.
"So, you never have." Ruby confirmed. The information didn't surprise her. She already had enough time to guess what Weiss' past was like. Still, she wasn't happy to hear she was right.
"No, I haven't."
There was a silence between the two for a few moments before Ruby turned to grab two more snowballs. She immediately flung one of them toward Weiss, who managed to duck in the last moment despite her surprise.
"Ru-!" The second snowball hit her square in the chest before she could finish.
Ruby was tossing another snowball up and down indicating she wasn't done. "Come on, it's just a little harmless fun. Lighten up!"
This snowball managed to collide with the heiress's boot. That's it. Weiss had dealt with this enough. "I'll show you lightened up!"
Weiss immediately darted to the side to find another pile of snow and quickly got to work. In seconds an enemy snowball had collided with Ruby's head.
"Ow…" Ruby rubbed the now sore area. She knew Weiss was fast, but this was just unbelievable. 'Maybe she had teleported earlier…' She was quickly beginning to regret starting this fight when she saw several more projectiles headed her way. She barely managed to dodge them before getting behind a tree for cover. Weiss was in her element.
"Harmless fun, huh? You should know Ruby, my name isn't Weiss Schnee for nothing." Though Weiss was trying to sound menacing, the unrestricted smile on her face was something Ruby could only define as adorable.
'I could be hit in the face with a hundred snowballs and that smile would be worth it.' Despite how glad she was to see Weiss happy, she still had a competitive side that would not let her give up this challenge.
She peaked her head out to see Weiss had placed herself behind a pile of snow by another tree. She was poised and ready for battle.
Ruby shook her head at that. 'What have I gotten myself into?' She formed a couple more snowballs and then charged at the Schnee heiress.
Immediately a series of snowballs collided with her body, but she stayed strong, dodging as many as she could, before tossing one of her own. Weiss ducked behind her pile to avoid the attack, and Ruby grabbed the opportunity to throw another. This second snowball collided with the tree behind Weiss causing it to shake.
In an instant Ruby's expression changed from ecstatic to horrified as she saw a large pile of snow from the branches of the assaulted tree fall directly where she knew Weiss was hiding.
Oof. Yup, she was dead meat.
"Weiss!" Ruby quickly rushed to see if the older girl was okay, but couldn't help herself and burst out laughing when she got there. There with her back on the ground was the famed ice princess living up to her name. She was covered with snow and seeing her lying there helplessly made her look so innocent, like a little kid.
That image was quickly lost as the heiress recovered, "Ruby! This isn't something to laugh about!" It was obvious Weiss was mad, but with how she looked at that moment it was hard to take her seriously. It seemed like the white haired girl just couldn't be scary today.
Ruby calmed her laughter and knelt down to help wipe off the snow. There was snow all over the older girl's face, she must've been freezing. Ruby could see she was actually shivering a bit, and regretted laughing so hard just moments ago.
It was just then that Ruby noticed Weiss was blushing fiercely and was completely stiff. She quickly caught onto why. Given Ruby's attempt to help, she was now practically straddling Weiss to remove the snow and their faces were only inches apart. To anyone who passed by, this position would definitely lead to some kind of misconception. Ruby was now flushed as well.
"You can get off me any time, you know."
Before Ruby could even respond, another small pile of snow fell from the branches above, hitting her right in the back of the head.
Mmph!
Ruby felt something so soft on her mouth as a result of the impact, and opened her eyes to find her lips locked with those of the heiress.
She backed off immediately, but wished she hadn't. That moment had felt like nothing else she'd ever experienced before. She hadn't intended to kiss Weiss, but she couldn't deny she had feelings for the older girl for a while now. Still, she knew the quick-tempered heiress wasn't exactly the easiest person to confess to.
"S-orry, I'm sorry! It was an accident!"
Weiss was still on the floor and seemed frozen to the spot. Ruby leaned over to try and read her expression. The white haired girl's face was bright red, even more so than before, and contrasted greatly with everything around her. Ruby's heart skipped a beat as she realized that this girl who everyone already knew was a beauty, looked even more stunning here in the snow.
"Are you okay?"
Snapping out of her daze, the Weiss looked at her companion. "Ruby." Her tone was so full of emotion, Ruby couldn't tell what she was thinking at all. "You're fine."
"Wha-?" Before Ruby could even understand what was happening, her words were interrupted by her being pulled down into a second kiss. This time Ruby allowed herself to fully enjoy it. They separated again, gasping for air.
After the kiss ended Ruby's senses finally came back to her. Her eyes were wide open as she raised a hand to her mouth. 'What's going on? Am I dreaming? Did Weiss just k-kiss me? That's what that was right…No, no way!'
"Your lips are really warm." Weiss brought up out of nowhere.
Ruby didn't think she could take it anymore when she saw how the heiress was acting. She had her head turned away and couldn't manage to hold eye contact with Ruby for more than a second. 'Is she embarrassed?'
Weiss finally sat up and was face to face with the darker haired girl. She began to panic as Ruby hadn't said a word. Ruby and silent weren't usually things that fit together.
She didn't have to wait long though before the younger girl intertwined their fingers and drew in once more, whispering "Is this really okay?" only to be met with a faint "yes" right before their lips connected for a third time. They shut their eyes and got lost in their bliss.
When her lips finally retreated for air, Weiss couldn't hold back wanting to understand the situation, "So what does this mean?"
"It means we're partners." Ruby responded with a big grin, trying not to laugh at her own joke.
The heiress didn't find it quite as funny.
"Weiss, that's cold!" The older girl had slipped a bit of snow into the back of Ruby's coat. The younger girl was now squirming uncomfortably while waiting for it to melt.
"Answer me properly, you dolt."
The dark haired girl thought they had talked enough and answered by just wrapped her arms around the heiress without a word. Weiss returned the embrace, forgetting about all of her troubles in an instant. They could figure everything out some other time.
They lost track of how long they stayed there holding each other in the snow, but neither of them really cared.
Author's Note
Another story that was a ton of fun to write. Sorry if it's a bit OoC especially toward the end. It may be kinda obvious, but I'm a big believer in Weiss being tsundere. XD
Okay, so at this point I may or may not continue this story... I definitely have some ideas so I just need to think them through to see if they would be enough for a second chapter. If I do write a second chapter, expect it sometime within the next couple weeks.
As always, I'd love to know what you think and I hope you enjoyed the story!
