"Here, try this one," Ruby said, lightly tossing a thick book onto Blake's stomach.
"Hey, watch where you're throwing that," the golden-eyed girl said with a chuckle, running a hand through her dark hair - being very mindful of the grey bow nestled atop her head. She rubbed her pale cheeks, grabbed the book off her tummy, and rolled over, bracing herself on her elbows so she could read.
Ruby giggled, giving a lopsided smile before slightly adjusting her thin tank top. She sat up, sitting on her knees, feet tucked under her bottom. Grey eyes sparkling happily, she folded her hands cutely behind her back as her friend read the first couple pages. "Well," she urged after a moment,"Like it so far?"
It took Blake a minute to respond. "Yeah, but the idea of love being a healing factor seems farfetched even for a fairy tale." She look at Ruby from the corner of her eye, expecting the naive younger girl to object.
Curiously, she seemed saddened by this briefly before puffing out her cheeks in frustration. She brushed a red, chin length hair behind a ear and scratching the black hair atop her head.
"I mean," Blake continued,"The idea of love is good and all, but all it is is a strong physical attraction." Ruby opened her mouth to object, but the older teenager cut her off. "There's nothing magical, fantastical, or mental about it."
"What's your problem!?" Ruby demanded, gritting her teeth. "Of course its magic and awesome and mental and emotional! Of course its physical, but its still so much more! You get these butterflies in your tummy, you feel dizzy, you can't think straight, you're always trying to be near that person, and you would give anything for them!" She said all in one breath.
The ravenette rolled her etes and asked one simple question; "How would know, have you felt it?"
Ruby's cheeks turn a dark rose color-which, ironically, is her last name, Rose-and she stutters a moment a moment before speaking. "W-Well, I no... U-Uhm..." She grabbed a strand of her dark red bangs and nervously twisted it. "I a-haven't."
"See, you DON'T know. All that stuff you read in stories is just that, a story." Blake pointed out, guessing Ruby's odd behavior was due to being wrong.
At this moment, the door opened, and Ruby's older sister, a tall blonde by the name of Yang, and another team/roommate, Weiss, entered the room. Yang had a hand on her hip, and she was smirking, looking at the white haired girl smugly.
"-and you think you're better than me!?" Weiss demanded With a huff before stomping over to her bed-which was below Ruby's-and plopped down.
"You're just mad because I can evade all of your attacks." The violet eyed blonde said, shedding her jacket and kicking off her boots, climbing onto her top bunk, on the other side from Ruby's. "Hey kiddo," she called to her little sister as she laid down.
"Hey Yang," she said, a bit quieter than normal. She laid on her back, scooting a bit away from Blake. Yang and Weiss, completely exhausted from their sparring, were both asleep in minutes, leaving Ruby and Blake the only two awake. They remained in silence, just reading side by side for almost two hours.
At this point, Ruby's frustration had long faded, as well as her will to remain awake. She yawned, rubbing her cheeks. Blake looked up, her eyes half lidded and the book upside down. "Tired to?" Blake asked, to which she got a small sound of confirmation.
"And I'm freaking freezing," she complained, and almost as if to accent this, she shivered, teeth chattering slightly. She laid down, face in her pillow. After a moment, she felt a light arm drape around her waist. Her eyes snapped open, but they only got a face full of pillowcase.
"Better?" Too tired to lie and shrug Blake off, she gave a tiny nod.
"Marginally." She felt a hand slip under her tummy and flip her onto her side, eliciting a small squeal. Blake gently tugged Ruby's back to her chest before wrapping both arms securely around her hips. "N-Now its way better," the small girl stuttered, pressing deeper into her friends chest, turning so her face was nuzzled into her neck.
"Our fearless leader," Blake said with a chuckle, resting her forehead on the top of the other girl's head, kinda liking the feel of her soft hair. Blake tucked her legs up, knees in the back of the smaller girls, now fully against her. After only a minute, Ruby was asleep, her light breaths tickling the nape of Blake's neck. Cheeks steadily reddening, she pressed a very soft kiss to the sleeping Ruby's nose and whispered,"I'm sorry. I don't want you hurt."
With that said, she snuggled her face back into the top of Ruby's head, and let sleep take her.