A/N: I wrote an extremely cute chapter, because I was tired. And if anyone, anyone at all, is not in full support of Ruby glomping, leave the RWBY fandom. You have no soul.

Weiss glared with ferocious intensity at the cookbook.

Ruby had been put in the hospital after yesterday's misadventure, and was going to be released later today. Weiss felt she should have an apology gift, since it was her fault. So here she was, trying to figure out this recipe for chicken noodle soup.

Weiss had to confess she had never made anything more complicated than a bowl of cereal. She always had some servant or another do it, and had never really learned... well... anything about cooking. But she had seen other people do it a few times. That would definitely be enough... right...

"Here goes..." Weiss said to herself, surveying her various cooking tools. With quick, efficient motions, she managed to chop up the vegetables and meat. Then she looked over the other ingredients.

"Tablespoon? Teaspoon?" She muttered aloud. "I suppose I could just use a normal spoon..."

Finally the whole thing was in the pot, and Weiss hesitantly turned the stove up to high.

"Well, that wasn't so hard." She said, a lot more confidently than she felt. "Now to wait for Ruby..."

About an hour later, Yang came in the door, carrying her sister.

"Yaaaang! Put me down!" Ruby demanded.

"Sure." With that, she dropped the girl unceremoniously onto Weiss's bed. Ruby let out a breath.

"Oof! I didn't mean literally!"

"Make up your mind!" Yang giggled. Then she looked at Weiss, and the kitchen. "Wait, are you actually cooking?" Dramatically, she raised her hands to her face. "The princess is doing chores! Call the press!"

Weiss was about to reply, but Ruby cut her off. "Yang." She said, gently but firmly. "Quit being a jerk to Weiss."

Yang grunted. "Whatever. Blake and I are gonna go to the mall or something, so I don't have time to chat. Buh bye!" She headed out the door, then stopped and popped back in. "And rest, okay? I want my baby sis to feel better. After someone, not naming names, gave her some..."

"Yang! Cut it out!" Ruby yelled.

Yang and Weiss had a brief glaring contest, but she managed to leave without saying anything else.

Ruby sighed in relief. "Jeez. She's been furious with you all day."

Weiss came over and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Well, I suppose I might deserve some of it."

Ruby cuffed her upside the head. "Hey now! Anyone could have made that mistake. Don't feel bad." Then she looked over to the small stove. "And are you actually cooking?"

"Yes. What does it look like?"

"Ooh! What didja make! What didja make!"

"Chicken noodle soup..." Suddenly, Weiss's eyes widened and she bolted upright, heading quickly for the kitchen. "...and I should have taken it off ten minutes ago!"

Ruby giggled as Weiss turned off the heat. "I'll take a full bowl. I'm starved." Ruby said

"Okay." Weiss brought back Ruby's bowl, and sat down to watch as the other girl blew gently on her first bite, then slurped it.

"Oh wow! This isn't actually half bad!"

"Half bad?" Weiss demanded, offended.

"Oh really, Weiss. Cooking is hard. You aren't going to be perfect the first time. But really, this is pretty good. Way better than my first try at least."

"Oh really? What did you do?" Weiss had to hear this story, just knowing Ruby.

"I was trying to make cookies." Ruby's smiled dreamily just at the mention of the word. "And I was like, five, so all I knew was that they had flour and chocolate." Ruby took another sip of soup. "So I just dumped an entire bag of flour and a bag of chocolate chips in the oven and turned it on. When Yang found me I was sitting outside the oven door with the biggest smile. And I was like 'Look Yang! I made all the cookies!'"

Weiss couldn't help it, she giggled. "That is too cute."

Ruby got an mischievous grin as she put her soup on the floor, then tackled Weiss in a hug. "Weiss laughed! Do it again!" Weiss kept giggling helplessly as Ruby rolled her back and forth on the bed, tears running down both of their faces as they laughed until their sides ached.

Finally, Ruby ran out of energy, and they both just lay there, snuggling a little. Weiss actually didn't feel weird, or awkward, or anything but warm and happy. But there was something that had been on her mind since yesterday, something she felt she needed to say.

"Hey, Ruby?"

"Yup, that's me."

"Remember what you said yesterday? About... us?"

"Uh huh."

"I just wanted to tell you... I... I lo-" Weiss trailed off, the words catching in her throat.

Ruby cupped Weiss's face gently in her hands. "You know what? I don't need to hear you say it. The point is how you feel, right?"

"I suppose..."

"Well then, we're all good." Ruby thought for a moment. "Though if I don't get smoochies, we will have problems."

Weiss didn't mind giving her another present or three.

A/N: This is what happens when I need a boyfriend/girlfriend. World, why you make me write mushy fanfic? Though really, I started IRL giggling when I wrote about Ruby making all the cookies.