'And maybe someday you'll be somewhere, talkin' to me as if you knew me, sayin' I'll be home for next year darlin'. I'll be home for next year.'
Music blared through Ruby's headphones as she made her way to the cafeteria. With only a few classes out of the way, all she had left today was lunch, chemistry, and her favorite class; music. When she was distracted by her thoughts and music blaring she didn't hear Yang calling out to her. After a few more failed attempts at getting her attention, Yang walked up beside her and pulled one of her ear buds out.
"Heya~ sis!"
"Hey Yang," she looked past Ruby and noticed Blake. "and Blake." She finished off with a smile. What she had learned was that wherever there was Yang, there was Blake right behind her. Though it was a mystery how Blake handled her.
"So, Rubbles, how's your day been so far?"
"It's been pretty good as far as first days. I actually have English and history with Jaune." Ruby gave a small smile and they continued their conversation about their day as they got their food and found a table, where she sat with the group. Yang was going on about some embarrassing story when she noticed the girl from that morning walking into the lunch room. She blocked out her sister's rambling and watched the girl as she got her food and sat down at an empty table.
'I wonder if she always eats alone. It seems kind of depressing. Maybe I should talk to her.' Ruby blushed as she shifted in her seat. 'But man, she is really pretty.'
Yang stopped her story when she saw Ruby not paying attention noticing that she was blushing and staring at something. More specifically, someone. A sly grin appeared on her face.
"See something you like sis?"
The comment caught her off guard and she started sputtering, while her face grew a darker shade of red.
"What? No. What makes you think that?!"
Yang's smile only grew. She could use this to her advantage.
"Well it looks like someone's got ya all hot and bothered, and you keep staring at someone." She finished off with, "I wonder who it is?" tauntingly as she followed Ruby's line of sight.
When she saw who was at the end, her face fell.
"Aw crap! Not the Ice Queen!"
"The who?" Ruby asked confused, and Blake interjected.
"She's Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the multi-million dollar Schnee Jewel Company. Due to her rather icy attitude, she's been dubbed 'The Ice Queen'. She's also the captain of Beacon's cheer leading team, and as you might be able to see, she and Yang do not get along real well."
It made sense. With Yang being quarterback, Weiss being cheer captain, and having completely opposite personalities, they would clash.
"Woah. Okay then." Ruby looked and Yang and then glanced at the rest of the group. "I don't know what you guys think about her, but she seems interesting." She continued as she got up from the table with her food and flashed them a smile. "And since she is eating alone, which is kind of depressing, I'm going to try and talk to her. So see you guys later."
Yang sighed. "Okay. Just let me know if she's mean and I can rough her up a bit." Blake elbowed her in the side. "I mean talk to her."
Ruby made her way to the table and stopped right in front of her. She took a deep breath and…
"Um…. Hi."
Weiss looked up from her food and was surprised to see the girl in the red hoodie she had met that morning standing kind of awkwardly in front of her, and smiling.
'I did not expect that someone I yelled at would willingly try to talk to me again. But that aside, maybe while she's here I should say something.'
"Do you need something?" 'That came out a little harsher than I meant'
The girl continued to smile and palmed the back of her neck, "Uh, I'm sorry if I'm interrupting something, but I just wanted to say sorry for this morning, and I wanted to ask if you wouldn't mind me eating lunch with you cause you looked kinda lonely."
Weiss was caught off guard that someone actually wanted to eat with her.
'I looked lonely? I guess her eating with me couldn't hurt."
"I guess that would be alright."
She sat down in front of Weiss. After a few minutes of silence the girl spoke up.
"Oh! I haven't introduced myself." She stuck her hand out. "I'm Ruby Rose."
'That's a cute name.' Weiss thought as she took Ruby's hand and gave it a light shake.
"Weiss Schnee."
"Weiss hmmm. That's a pretty name." Ruby replied while giving her a smile.
Ruby saw a bit of pink tinge Weiss's cheeks.
'Yep. Such a cutie.'
"While we're on the topic, I'd like to apologize for this morning too. I may have been a little too harsh."
"It's okay."
"So Ruby, I was wondering why you were eating with the sophomores. You look like you're most likely a freshman."
"Well, I should've been a freshman this year, but I skipped a grade. So, I'm a year younger than almost everybody else." Ruby sheepishly replied.
"Oh, okay."
After the conversation began to die down, Ruby had an idea.
'Wait if we're in the same grade, we might have some classes together!'
"Hey Weiss? Do you have your schedule with you?"
She saw Weiss kind of look at her weird, probably because of how random the question was, but then replied, "Yes, actually." as she pulled a piece of paper out of her bag.
"Here." Ruby took her schedule and compared it with hers.
"Cool. It looks like we have chemistry together." She said with a smile.
It wasn't until she saw Weiss blushing that she realized that she pretty much just unintentionally used a pick up line. Ruby felt a blush creep onto her face and tried to correct herself.
"Ah, I mean look at the schedules. It shows we're in the same chemistry class."
At that moment, she wished that she would've just melted into a blob. That was until she saw Weiss give a small smile and then begin to giggle, (which had to be one of the most adorable things) and after a few seconds Ruby joined in with her.
Once they caught their breath Ruby looked at the schedule one more time.
"Oh, cool! It looks like we also have music class together. You play any instruments?"
"No, I just sing."
"Nice. I'd love to hear you sing sometime." Ruby smiled, and Weiss blushed. "I've been playing guitar since I was eight. I can kinda sing but I don't think it's very good."
Weiss was about to reply, but was cut off by the lunch bell.
Ruby looked towards the area where Yang's table was then back to Weiss.
"I'm really sorry but I should probably go back and meet up with my sister."
"It's alright." Weiss said as they both stood up with their trays.
"Okay! I guess I'll see you in class?" Ruby flashed another smile.
"Yeah." She heard Weiss reply right before walking off to find Yang.
Once she found her Yang asked a rather (really) random question.
"How'd you do it?"
"Do what?" Ruby asked, clearly confused.
"Y'know, make the Ice Queen smile, and even laugh some. That's the first time I've ever seen her do that."
"I pretty much embarrassed myself by unknowingly saying a pick up line and then frantically tried to correct myself." She stated rather matter of factly. Yang laughed at her embarrassment but she just continued, "It seems that we are in the same chemistry and music class."
Yang looked at Ruby for a second before walking towards the exit. "Well, okay I guess. But tell me if she tries anything."
"Okay…" Ruby said as she and Blake came up beside her.
A few minutes later Yang spoke up with a cheeky grin on her face.
"Hey sis, that pick up line didn't happen to be 'It looks like we have chemistry together' or somethin'?"
"YANG!"
Song used: Next Year - Two Door Cinema Club
Heyyy peoples! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thank you sooo much for all of the follows cause I seriously didnt think I would get so many. You guys don't even know how much I wanted to use that pick up line, so I moved it forward a few chapters. :3 I don't personally believe in love at first sight (just my opinion, but if you do no hard feelings), but I do think you can see someone and find them attractive. Sooo at this point they are both going on the 'Oh they're kinda cute' mentality rather than love. Remember that it's still the first day of school for them so it's just more of a get to know you type of thing, and they are meeting and trying to be friends first. As for Weiss, I don't plan on making her really cold to Ruby (who could be mean to Ruby all the time?), but I will still keep her polite/strict behaviour. More so because she is finding a sense of comfort from Ruby and doesn't feel the need to keep the ice walls. Sorry this was kinda long. Hope you guys have a great day/night!
-Little Red