A/N: Hello community.
The Quiet Bibliophile here with chapter 2 for Of Weiss and Ren.
The weekend drew quickly to a close and Weiss found herself awoken in a way that had become a common occurrence in team RWBY's dorm, the peaceful, soothing sound of Ruby's whistle.
Of course the tradition would not be complete without Weiss falling out of bed in a, less than graceful heap.
"RUBY! Why must you insist on blowing that accursed thing directly next to my head? And did I not hide that thing in a tree? How in the world did you find it?"
"I asked Sun to climb the tree for me," Ruby said, rubbing the back of her neck. "And it's not like we have an alarm, how else is Yang supposed to get up in time for classes?"
Weiss had to admit, The girl had a point.
"Well why don't you blow that thing in Yang's ear then?"
"Because Yang would kill me? Or because when Yang jumps out of her skin from the shock, her bed would fall and kill Blake? Or because she would set the room on fire and kill all of us... And everyone else in the building?"
Weiss had not expected such a well thought out answer, especially considering it had come from Ruby, at eight in the morning.
Weiss was pulled from her line of thought at the sound of a door closing, signifying Blake leaving for the shower.
The team had long ago come up with a rota for the room's single shower in the bathroom, Blake would go first, and often make it fast, as her Faunas heritage did not make the Ravenette particularly fond of water.
Next would be Ruby, as an early riser the youngest member of the team had no issues shaking off the grogginess of sleep. Weiss herself would be third in line, as she enjoyed a lengthy shower and often used up almost all of the hot water.
Finally Yang would use the shower, as she took the longest to wake, and the heat she gave off naturally meant that a cold shower was actually quite appealing.
One of the techniques Weiss applied to help wake up was the listening to Nora's early morning excitement through two separate "sound proof walls". The energetic ginger had no trouble at helping her own team get up in the early hours.
Weiss wondered how Ren had managed to keep himself from insanity after being friends with his animated teammate for so long, it probably had something to do with the fact that he was, to quote Ruby, "butt over tea kettle in love" with Nora, and would happily put up with her antics.
Weiss couldn't imagine dealing with someone so frustratingly happy every second of the day... Except MAYBE Ruby.
On the subject of Ren, Weiss would need to talk to him about an idea she had for helping Jaune with his obliviousness. Perhaps some subtle mentions to Pyrrha about how to make Jaune jealous... Then again perhaps not, knowing the blonde boy, he might get it into his head that Pyrrha would be better off with someone other than himself, and that wouldn't help anyone.
'Idea discarded'.
If Weiss was going to help the pair, she would have to go to Pyrrha to do it. "Why am I even bothering? Well I guess I can call them friends... And I guess I owe Jaune for talking Neptune into approaching me at the dance".
'Not that THAT had ended well, seriously... "Sorry for humiliating you just because I can't dance". honestly Neptune, to quote Ruby again stupid jerk'.
Still Jaune had tried to help her, and it was the thought that counted right?
"Humph Ruby's rubbing off on me".
A blush quickly appeared on Weiss's cheeks after she realised what she had just said aloud, and the implications that it could hold.
"I have got to stop talking to myself". Weiss mumbled to herself.
Her thoughts where interrupted by ruby, who up until then had been chatting with Yang, in a futile effort to get the large blonde out of bed.
"Hey Weiss, can you gimme a hand here? Please?"
The crimsonette had decided that talking was not working, and she was now tugging on one of Yang's arms.
"Ruby what are you doing!?" Weiss shouted, finally taking notice.
"Well Weiss, since negotiations have broken down between my dear sister and I..."
"That's not what i meant Ruby, you will bring down the bed like that. And I'm not going to be the one to explain what happened to Blake when she gets back if you do!"
"Umm... Do you think Yang would get up if the bed fell?"
"Ruby Rose don't even think about it!"
"All-right, I was only kidding".
The bathroom door opened, and Blake stepped out with an inquisitive look on her face.
"Whats going on in here, it sounded like some kind of battle through the bathroom wall," Blake's expression became thoughtful. "now that I think about it, aren't the walls all supposed to be sound-proofed?"
"Don't worry Blake, nothing has exploded... Yet".
Ruby replied happily, shrugging off Blake's question.
"Ruby..." Weiss growled out in frustration.
"What? When Yang is involved you can't ever be sure".
Blake pulled out a textbook from her bedside table.
"It's your turn in the shower Ruby".
"Ok, thanks Blake. Oh, do me a favour? Can you get Yangs lazy butt out of bed for me?"
"Sure".
The bathroom door closed with a soft "clunk"
"So Blake?" Weiss said
"Yes?" Blake replied, looking up from her textbook.
"Are you going to get Yang's lazy butt out of bed?" Weiss asked, making air quotes at the words lazy butt.
"Probably not... Why does Ruby blow the whistle if Yang doesn't get up afterwards anyway?"
"Why do you think I regularly hide it?" Weiss laughed " however I am more curious as to why you don't want to wake up Yang? I was under the impression that her butt was one of your favourite things about her..."
Blake dropped her book in surprise at Weiss's comment, Both girls then proceeded to blush furiously, all be it for different reasons.
Weiss could hardly believe she had been so crass, the lack of etiquette was unbecoming of an heiress to a powerful upper class company.
'Never again. That was so uncomfertable for me to say, I should just stick to subtlety from now on...' Weiss thought to herself, suppressing a shudder.
Blake however was blushing because Weiss had spoken nothing but the truth... And that thought was more than embarrassing for the Faunas girl.
Moments passed by on an awkward silence, Blake finally decided to end the brief period by attempting to wake up their sleeping partner.
The whispered threat of a haircut was an effective, all be it life endangering way to do it, and like always it worked perfectly.
"I'm up, I'm up... Now back off, away from the hair."
It would appear that the blonde had less fight in her than usual, when one braved the dangerous grounds of Yang's hair, one could often expect a single death threat at the very least.
One time, when Yang had been in a particularly grouchy mood at being woken up early, she had threatened her three teammates individually with cruel, unusual and creative methods of torture.
Where Yang had learned to curse like that, she hoped never to find out.
The heiress had insisted that team RWBY's dorm be outfitted with fire extinguishers after that particular morning.
Weiss was also beginning to consider purchasing actual bunk beds for the dorm room, she did not care if it had to be out of her own pocket.
'Those ropes did not look stable... Ruby could be hurt. As could blake, Yang and herself should Yang's bed, or "Fort Rose" collapse for whatever reason'.
Weiss also took note of how she had thought of the safety of her teammates before her own... 'Ruby really had been a positive influence on her,' she thought with a smile.
'Speaking of Ruby...'
The bathroom door opened a crack and a small hand waved in an attempt to be noticed.
"Umm Weiss?"
"Yes Ruby?" Weiss asked.
"Sooo... I may have forgotten my towel... And my uniform..."
"And i suppose you want me to get them for you?" Weiss sighed in exasperation.
"Yes please Weiss".
Weiss stood up and approached their wardrobe.
"Is there anything else you need Ruby?" After living with the red head for nearly a year, Weiss had gotten used to her antics. She had even insisted that ruby keep spare sets of underwear in the bathroom for situations such as these.
"No thanks Weiss, thats everything. You're a life saver".
Weiss grabbed Ruby's things and placed them in her leader's hand, which then made a hasty retreat through the door.
'Honestly, how is a girl so skilled on the battlefield so inept and forgetful?' Weiss asked herself. Ruby's skill with her weapon was quickly becoming a topic of conversation around Beacon. The prodigy had risen swiftly through the ranks in combat training and sparring classes, contending for the top spot with her good friend Pyrrha. The two girls got along very well, although Ruby somehow managed to make friends with everybody she spoke to, so perhaps it was not quite so surprising.
'It was funny how someone as socially awkward as Ruby could be so likeable... it was probably the innocent vibe'.
It had been Ruby for example, who had first invited Velvet over to the lunch table when the rest of her team had been away on a hunt. As such, team CFVY had become very close friends with teams RWBY and JNPR.
The shower door opened once more, and a fully dressed Ruby Rose stepped out and made an elaborate motion, she gestured that Weiss may use the facilities, she then took two steps forward... and tripped and fell flat on her face.
Weiss sighed heavily again as she helped her clumsy leader to her feet.
"Yeah, that looked like it hurt sis..." Yang laughed.
"Aura took care of it, I do wish I would stop falling over my own feet though. Funny how I can run faster than the eye can see, but cant walk five feet without finding something to trip on huh?"
"Funny for us? You betcha... Don't worry about the clumsiness though, you remember I was the same until I finished growing, you still have a few inches left to go".
Yang smiled evilly. "Think that your going to grow in other ways soon too".
Crimson flooded Ruby's cheeks.
"I don't want a chest as big as yours, I fall forwards enough without the extra weight thanks".
'How was it that Ruby could make a whine sound adorable?'
"Oh don't worry, you'll probably only get as big as Blake here, you have similar builds... Kinda lithe, you know athletic".
Weiss couldn't let such a golden opportunity pass...
"Indeed Yang, you are quite right about Blake's athletic figure sharing simalarities with that of your sister, although to have spotted a detail such as that... well you must have spent some time studdying it."
'Well perhaps i could have been less obvious, but that was not nearly as suggestive as my comment to Blake.' Weiss thought with mirth, in spite of the flood of red staining her porcelain cheeks.
Maintaining eye contact proved difficult when all four girls in the room wanted nothing more than to stare at the floor in embarrassment.
Ruby was the first to fall...
Blake followed quickly after...
Finally Yang decided to speak.
"I- she- shut up..."
"Smooth Yang". Ruby muttered.
Blake quickly tried to defuse the situation. "Sooo... Weiss, the shower is free, and we have classes at nine so..."
"Quite right Blake, I shall make this quick".
The last thing Weiss heard as she left for the bathroom was encouraging
"So Yang, have you been staring at Blake when we weren't looking?" Ruby asked, now sounding genuinely curious.
'Perhaps my efforts at helping Blake and Yang would not be as difficult as originally thought'.
"W-what no... O-of course not, she's my teammate..."
'Then again...'
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