Inspired from this prompt I saw somewhere but I don't remember where. It's something about "living next door and the walls are really thin, so I can hear you sing in the shower."
So this is somewhat of a songfic, but I tried to put less song and more story.
I really recommend hearing the songs first before actually reading it. Though it's more of a suggestion because I'm sure majority of you have heard these songs before since it trended on the radio in the past (except maybe the first one).
First song: Or Nah by SoMo. [The official one is by The Weekend, Wiz Khalifa, and DJ Mustard] For this chapter, I really recommend SoMo.
Second Song: Closer by The Chainsmokers
Third Song: Ride by SoMo.
Summary: Ruby impulsively sang along with her new neighbor through the thing walls of their apartment.
"Do you like the way I flick my tongue, or nah?"
"You can ride my face until you drippin' cum."
Ruby stood in the shower naked at six in the morning with her jaw speechlessly hanging. Douses of hot water splashed onto her face, streaming down from her body to her toes. The sound of the rushing water spattering against the porcelain tub wasn't loud enough to drown out her recently moved-in neighbor's voice on the other side of the wall. She kept the water running, and her curiosity grew hungry for more of that angelic voice. With hot water splashing on her back, Ruby pressed her ears against the cold thin walls.
"Pussy so good had to save that shit for later"
"Took her to the kitchen, fucked her right there on the table."
Her beautiful voice sang without restraint and it made Ruby shudder under the coursing steamy water. There was many times she heard the song on her phone, but her neighbor threw it to a whole new level. She didn't know why, but the way her neighbor sung it was way more amazing than the original. Despite how vulgar the lyrics were, she sang it so damn sexy. Her hot, sultry voice erotically stimulated Ruby's eardrums, making her wish she was on that table. Ruby shut her eyes and her head bobbed to the sensuous voice. Embarrassing as it seems, Ruby knew the whole lyrics by heart.
"Roll around the bed with me is something you don't just discover"
"If you wanna get with me you gotta keep it on one hundred."
Her teeth sunk down to her lower lips, but the sudden impulse to sing along was too strong. Her mouth rashly opened and her voice managed to slip pass her throat.
"Imma make you scream my name. Ima make you glad you came."
The singing from the other side of the wall had abruptly stopped. Ruby's immediately clamped her mouth with her hands and she could feel a hot blush surfacing. She softly thumped her head against the wall in embarrassment. Not only did she interrupted her neighbor trying to 'privately' sing in the shower, but she couldn't believe she actually sang such lewd lyrics. It rolled off the tip of her tongue perfectly just right.
"Um..."
The girl first broke the silence through the thin walls. Another swarm of shameful heat rose to Ruby's cheeks and she hastily turned the shower off. A loud rusted squeak echoed from the metal knob, and Ruby flung the shower curtains open. She quickly dried and dressed herself, hoping not to hear what her neighbor had to say. Especially when they were both showering at the same time, despite being in their own respective domains.
Ruby plopped onto her bed, and pulled the pillow over her head and groaned. Singing with her neighbor was the worst way to leave an impression. She couldn't imagine how she could introduce herself now. How could she explain that she was the person singing along in the shower? In fact, how could she explain that she was the one that would make her scream her name, making her feel glad that she came.
The more Ruby thought about it, the more her fingers wildly ruffled her hair to soothe her embarrassed frustration. She let out another groan, then sighed before she looked at the clock. 6:30 A.M. Ruby knew she had to get to work. She hauled herself from the bed and properly dressed herself in her uniform. Her silver eyes slowly peaked out the door to make sure she wouldn't accidentally run into her neighbor.
Once the coast was clear, Ruby hastily descended the stairs and pulled open the door to her car. The keys to her car twisted and her engine rumbled. Black tires slowly rotated as she carefully backed out of the spacious parking lot. It only took ten minutes to get to work even though there were other people rushing to work during the ungodly time.
"Good morning Ruby," Yang said with a smile as she saw her sister walk through the entrance of the bar. The blonde was preparing to open up for breakfast by setting up the tables.
"Morning Yang."
"Good news sis, I hired someone to sing at the bar tonight."
"Really?" Ruby tilted her head. At a fairly young age, Ruby had a natural talent to sing. She was offered to attend a prestigious music school to further improve her skills. When she finally graduated, she immediately turned down all the companies who wanted her because she would much rather work at her family bar. "Does that mean you don't want me to sing?" Her lips molded into a frown. There wasn't any ounce of comfort knowing that she was being replaced by someone random.
"No, I want you to go big rather than stay trapped here. I know you can go far."
"Yang, we talked about this before." Ruby pulled up a stool behind the counter and sat on it. Her gaze locked onto Yang's and gave her an honest look. "I really like singing here. I don't want to go anywhere."
"Ruby," Yang sighed. She briefly glanced at her watch to make sure she had enough time before opening the bar for business. The blonde then pulled up a stool across from Ruby and she looked at her with worry. "Are you sure you want to stay here?"
"Yes," she immediately answered.
Yang released a sigh and gave a gentle smile. "You know that won't stop me from asking you again in the future, right?"
"I know." Ruby smiled back at her sister. "And you know I'll just give you the same answer. Besides, how can I trust the person you hired to be any good?"
The blonde only shrugged. "We'll see at dinner time. But we should be meeting her soon." At that moment, another person came strolling through the front door despite the sign stating 'closed'.
"Excuse me."
"Speaking of that person..." Yang whispered to her sister before shooting a friendly smile back up to the platinum haired girl. "Hi! You must be Weiss!" She properly extended her arms for a friendly greeting and Weiss shook it accordingly.
"Yes, I am." She nodded softly.
"Great!" Yang's thumb then pointed to the redhead sitting behind the counter. "That's my sister, Ruby. She also works here by the way."
"Hey," Ruby smiled and gave a short wave. Her silver eyes traced Weiss's body, examining every inch. She was wearing a semi-modest white crop top and light washed jeans. Her pulled back asymmetrical pony tail fell passed her shoulder, down to her lower back. For a singer, she really does have a nice body.
"Nice to meet you Ruby," Weiss nodded again.
"Hey Weiss, come with me to my office for a second. There a few papers you need to fill out before you're set for tonight." Yang gestured her finger to follow and Weiss followed suit, walking with a little pep in her steps. "Also Ruby, can you open up the doors?"
Ruby wordlessly sent a two finger salute and hopped off her stool. She flipped the sign from close to open and waited for the morning rush of customers.
Night time rolled around quick for the workers at the bar. Yang and Ruby were serving customers left and right throughout the day while Weiss prepared all morning to set up the stage. By the time it was Weiss's turn to begin her performance, Ruby had taken a microphone to introduce her.
"Hey everyone! How are you all doing?" Ruby grinned as she scanned over the audience. It was already a full house filled with regular customers. A handful had replied back with a cheery look on their faces, and she grinned wider.
"Well, I have a special treat for you guys." Ruby started. "I want to introduce everyone to Weiss." She gestured her hand over to the white haired girl standing next to her. "She'll be performing for majority of the night."
"What?!" A customer gasped. A few murmurs erupted among the audience as they begin to talk to themselves.
"We came for Ruby, not some other chick."
"Yeah!"
"Ruby! Ruby! Ruby!" The crowd chanted.
Weiss's face immediately scrunched up as the audience grew impatient. She wasn't pleased about the fact that they were quick to judge when she hasn't even performed yet. Even the smile on Ruby's face momentarily faltered at the restless audience.
"Not good," Ruby whispered. She covered the top of her microphone and spoke in a hush tone. "Psst Weiss." Weiss jerked her head and a silent eyebrow rose. "You can do a duet right?"
"Of course I can," she hissed back in a whisper.
"Good, just follow my lead okay?"
Weiss furrowed her eyebrows even more at her partner. She wondered how can she possibly perform without knowing the song. It was also even more ridiculous to sing a duet without any sort of practice. How could she expect Ruby to keep up with her? Ruby signaled Yang across the room, and the blonde nodded. The tune on the stereo played and Weiss's eyes widened at the familiarity.
"Hey." A grin rose on Ruby's lips as she began to sing. The entire expression on Ruby's face changed completely, taking Weiss aback a little. Even the new girl had to admit that the redhead had a beautiful voice despite just singing one syllable of a word. "I was doing just fine before I met you. I drank too much and that's an issue but I'm okay."
Weiss bobbed her head to the rhythm of the music, and her heels tapped gently onto the polished wood floor. As much as she didn't want to admit it, she was completely wrong about Ruby. The girl really knew how to sing. It was no wonder the audience would much rather have Ruby over her. Whether the note was high or low, her voice was smooth, crisp, and clear, oozing with charisma.
Though there was something familiar in the Ruby's voice that Weiss couldn't quite catch.
Right when her partner started the chorus, a shiver ran down Weiss's spine as the redhead's expression softened into an attractive smolder. She would have never expected Ruby could make such a face when she sang the chorus. She looked really good, especially paired with those sensual lyrics.
Weiss brought the microphone close to her lips and she drew a deep breath right before her turn came. "You." A subtle smile molded onto Weiss as she begun to sing her part. "Look as good as the day I met you. I forget just why I left you, I was insane."
The audience was completely silent once they caught the melodious voice of the new girl. Her singing was just as good as Ruby that it made the crowd unconsciously lean forward a little onto the tables. Even Ruby found herself a bit drawn to Weiss and to her beautiful voice. She also sensed some hint of familiarity in the new girl's singing that she couldn't place a finger on. Silver bore into blue as they both locked their eyes onto each other. Ruby pulled her microphone closer to the mouth, and both euphonic voices harmonized perfectly as they sung the chorus together.
"So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover. That I know you can't afford — Bite that tattoo on your shoulder."
Both could feel the electricity pulsing through their veins as they got caught in their heated duet. During the whole entire song, they couldn't shake the unknown feeling off. It was until the audience broke into cheers at the end that they were able to snap out of their rapture.
"So... Uhh, do you want to do another duet?" Ruby asked sheepishly.
"Um." For a person who had just as many vocabulary as the dictionary, Weiss could barely get the words out of her mouth. And 'um' wasn't exactly her proudest word she could think of or say. "I think the audience would love another one."
Ruby signaled to Yang again, and she threw a thumbs up. The entire night was wrapped with the tune of the songs and their captivating voices as they sung multiple times together. When Ruby had announced that they were done for tonight and they were closing very soon, the audience uttered a sound of disappointment. After the crowd had left, Yang threw both arms around Weiss's and Ruby's shoulders with an ear-to-ear grin.
"That was fantastic! Weiss, I never knew you could sing like that either!" Yang sputtered out happily.
"I'm just filled with surprises," Weiss said modestly. "But thank you for your compliment."
"You guys are welcome to take off. The workers and I can handle it from here."
"You sure Yang?" Ruby wrinkled her nose. She scanned over the room and she saw empty glasses of cups littered all over the tables.
"Yeah! Go home already."
There wasn't any point in trying to fight against Yang when she was like this. Ruby could only shrug and pack her things before calling it a night. Besides, she could use another shower. All the singing made her sweat a lot. When she thought back a little bit more, another chill coursed through her body. Ruby never knew Weiss could sing like that either. She sang just as well as the girl from this morning.
"Okay then. How about you Weiss? How are you going to get home?" Ruby questioned.
It was only polite to know how the new girl was getting home especially this late at night. It was totally not the fact that she was concern of Weiss's safety, and definitely not because she wanted to leave a better impression. Nope.
"Walk," she responded with a casual shrug.
"Do you want a ride home?"
Yang smirked at her sister, and left the two be as she caught a wind of something going on. They made it very obvious especially how close, proximity wise, they were on stage.
"It's okay. I don't want to be a bother."
"Nah, I uh — insist. Cause it's very late y'know?" Ruby nervously chuckled. She found herself unconsciously tapping the front toes of her combat boots onto the wooden floor.
"Then I suppose I can take you up on that offer. Thank you."
"Yeah! No problem. Where do you live?" Ruby took her car keys behind the counter drawers and walked out the door with Weiss. She breathed onto her hands and rubbed them together to keep them warm from the frozen air.
"Beacon street," Weiss answered. Instead of creating friction between her hands like Ruby was, she wrapped her arms around her belly to protect herself from the cold air. She cursed herself for wearing a crop top, thinking it wouldn't be this cold at night.
"That's the same street as me!"
Ruby clicked the button on her keys and her car unlocked. They both got in and Ruby immediately turned on the heater. Both sighed in content when the warm air melted the layer of coldness on the surface of their skin. Ruby backed up from the parking lot, and drove off to their destination.
"Soo um, what were you doing before you joined our bar?" Ruby stammered a little, but not enough that Weiss could catch.
"I just recently moved here because I wanted to sing more," she answered. Weiss continued to stare straight ahead at the fairly empty road.
"You have a really beautiful voice."
Weiss blinked a few times to registered if she had heard correctly before turning her head to stare at the driver. "T-Thank you," she flustered a bit. She could feel her face a little hot from receiving Ruby's genuine compliment. It surprised her a little bit because Ruby also had a beautiful voice, if not, better than hers. "I don't think my singing can compete with yours though."
"Nah don't say that." A smile rose on Ruby's lips. "Everyone sings differently. They have their own voice, and I really like yours. It's really beautiful. You're like a natural!"
"I think your voice is lovely also," Weiss quietly admitted.
"Thanks." Ruby drew a short bashful chuckle. "Oh, um we're here!" Her car pulled up to a curb and parked onto Beacon street. "Where exactly do you live anyways if you don't mind me asking."
"Not at all considering we'll be working together. I live right over there." Weiss pointed to the adjacent building over. Ruby's silver eyes traveled down her finger to where she was pointing, and her mouth suddenly grew slightly dry.
"Oh wow. Um — What are the chances? We live in the same apartment complex," she said but drifted into a weird chuckle.
"Oh..." Weiss unintelligibly uttered out. It would make sense why they lived on the same street. "If would you like, we can walk each other."
Ruby nodded. They both ended up walking to the same floor, but what surprised them the most was that they found themselves standing side by side, jiggling their keys to their respective door. Simultaneously, they glanced at each other with widen eyes. It had just dawn on them why their singing was so familiar, they were actually next door neighbors.
"Wow — um... Wow. No wonder you sound so familiar. You were singing from this morning, but you were like... Wow." Ruby was completely flustered. Unfortunately for her, words began to fail her. This morning's hot embarrassment surfaced back to her skin, and she could no longer feel the nipping air stinging her cheeks. "I'm just gonna shut up and go in now..."
A pink blush colored Weiss's cheeks, matching the same face as Ruby, as she recalled the eventful morning. She only speechlessly nodded, and the redhead quickly fled inside her home. Ruby quickly shut the door behind her and ruffled her hair again. She never expected the recently hired girl to be her new neighbor.
Ruby let out an embarrassed groan and went straight to the shower.
She placed her phone on top of her sink counter, and her music had started playing. Her head moved up and down in short, quick movements to the beat. Ruby loved singing. It helped her take the things plaguing on mind away, and she always felt at peace. The lips of her mouth spread open and she found herself comfortably singing to the music.
"Take off those heels, lay on my bed." The clothes fell down from her body as she stripped them away. From her uniform to her lingerie, they all fell down piece by piece, leaving her bare naked. "Whisper dirty secrets while I'm pulling on your hair." Her hands found its way to the knob of the shower, and she turned it on. Hot water splashed inside the tub and she hopped right in, closing the curtains behind her. "Poison in our veins, but we don't even care." Her hands traveled around her own body, feeling every goosebumps on her skin and enjoying the relaxing water. "Candles dripping on your body, baby this ain't truth or dare —"
"Everybody wonders"
"Where we've run off to"
"My body on your body, baby sticking like some glue."
Ruby froze when she heard the other angelic voice on the other side of the thin wall. Her hands stopped scrubbing midway on her body because she never expected Weiss to join in on her song. She thought the girl would be completely uncomfortable from this morning's incident, but she was wrong. This time Weiss took the initiative to jump in.
"Naughty, let's get naughty"
"Girl it's only one or two."
Ruby shuddered again from the electric pulse she felt this morning and early this night. The slow, sultry voice returned once more, making music to her ears. For some reason, she couldn't help but to find herself singing along with her neighbor. There was some strong impulse telling her that it felt so right.
"The fevers fucking running feel that heat between us two."
"Im 'gon ride"
"Im 'gon ride."
"Im 'gon ride"
"Im 'gon ride."
"On you baby"
"On you lady."
"All night,"
"All night."
"I'm 'gon take care of your body,"
"I'll be gentle don't you scream"
"It's getting hotter, make it softer, feel your chest on top of me."
They found themselves lost in their duet through the thin apartment walls. Their voice fused together wonderfully in harmony to the beat playing on Ruby's phone. They were synced together on the same wavelength and their voice flowed out seamlessly without missing any note.
If anything, they felt more drawn together.
Sparks burst in their chest as they sung together without a care in the world. Even though neither could see it, they were smiling while they sung. They pressed their foreheads against the cavities of their shower, and their voices drowned out the sound of water. Their eyes were both shut and their head swayed to the rhythm of the music. By the time the song had ended, they were out of breath and their lungs burned for air.
There was silence until Ruby gently rasped against the wall with her knuckles.
"Would you um... Want to get coffee or maybe dinner with me sometime?"
"I'd love to. Dinner sounds nice."
This is my first and probably my last time I'll use lyrics. I am personally not a big fan of 'songfics', but I just really had a strong urge to write this for some reason.
I didn't want to use Closer by The Chainsmokers, but I couldn't find any duet that a lot of people knew of and didn't have a need to listen it.
Leave reviews! I really appreciate them especially when I'm working a collection of one shots. It helps me understand what kind of things you guys like to read, and I know songfics are a hit or a miss (usually a miss)