A week had passed since the incident with Cinder and her bandits. Though Ruby and Weiss received some hassling for killing Cinder, in the end everyone agreed it was for the best. Weiss even got bounty money for it, which was odd given that sheriffs and deputies don't receive bounty money, but Winter most likely pulled some strings. And now Weiss had more money than she knew what to do with.
Okay, that was a lie, she blew through a majority of the money in about a day with the help of Yang. It was odd how, despite their differences, Weiss and Yang got along quite well, especially during shopping sprees.
The little amount of money Weiss did save wasn't going to last long, however. She had a very special plan for it. A plan involving Sheriff Ruby Rose.
"Ruby," Weiss called out after she finished cleaning off her desk. "Do you have any plans after work?"
"Eh," Ruby replied, stifling a yawn as she leaned back into her chair, feet relaxing on top of her desk. "I'm thinking about just napping here till tomorrow. Yang's been going on and on about all the crap you bought her…" she trailed off, casting a glare at the Super Deputy. "Thanks for that, by the way."
"You're welcome," Weiss replied, ignoring the biting sarcasm. "I actually have a little bit of money left over, and since you've been working so hard I thought I'd reward you."
"Reward?" Ruby repeated, suddenly jumping from her desk in excitement. "What kind of reward?!" Ruby asked, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"Well, why don't you tell me?" Weiss asked, taking a look into her wallet. "One hundred and fifty, that is what's left over from the bounty. Whatever you want in that price range, I'll get for you," Weiss offered, eliciting a squeal from the slightly taller girl.
"Ooh, thank you, thank you, thank you!" Ruby screamed excitedly as she ran up and hugged Weiss. "Ooh, this is going to be so much fun! I know exactly what we can do together!" It was at that moment the night shift worker came.
"Hello, boss friend, Sheriff Ruby!" Deputy Penny greeted as she stormed into the office. "I am deputy ready!"
"Hey, Penny!" Ruby greeted with a wave of her hand, still holding Weiss in the other. "I see you're as ready as usual! Keep that up and you'll be a Duper Deputy in no time!" Ruby said, earning a grin from Penny.
"Ooh, I can hardly wait!" she said as she jumped over her desk and landed on her chair. "Hello, Weiss! Your hair is as lovely as ever!"
"Er, thanks, Penny," Weiss muttered, earning a gasp from Penny.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I forgot you only enjoy those comments from Boss Friend Sheriff Ruby because it makes your heart beat-"
"Thank you, Penny!" Weiss shouted as she grabbed Ruby's hand and quickly whisked her away, eliciting a giggle from Penny.
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When Weiss had offered to take Ruby anywhere she had expected to spend the rest of her evening at the candy store, buying so much candy that it would be unlikely for Ruby to show up to work for the next four days.
"A bar?" Weiss asked, more than just a tad surprised.
"What? The place has great food, and great booze!" Ruby said as she licked her lips, once again surprising Weiss.
'There's no way she drinks,' she thought to herself as Ruby led her to the counter. The bartender nodded in their direction, silently asking for their order. "I'll have a chicken salad and a glass of your finest wine-"
"Don't sell no wine," the bartender said gruffly, before shrugging. "Sorry 'bout that."
"It's fine," Weiss grumbled, before just ordering a shot of whiskey. "Ruby will be having the steak dinner and a glass of milk-"
"Weiss! I'm not a child, I can handle my booze, thank you very much!" Ruby chided, glaring at her partner before turning back to the bartender. "I'll have the steak dinner and a shot of your finest whiskey," Ruby ordered, earning a nod from the bartender.
"Yer funeral," he muttered, setting two glasses in front of the girls and pouring the whiskey for them. "Hey, Helga, mind gittin' me a chicken salad and steak dinner?"
"You sure you can handle this?" Weiss muttered, earning a glare from Ruby.
"Quit treating me like a child," she growled, bringing the shot of whiskey to her lips.
"I'm just saying, you don't seem like the kind of person-"
"Errgh!" Ruby screamed, spewing the whiskey out of her mouth. "It burns! It burns! Oh god, milk! Milk! Milk!" she coughed, earning a growl from the bartender.
"Can't handle yer drink, don't git it," he muttered, quickly passing her a large glass of milk.
"Thank you," Weiss said for Ruby, who was too busy guzzling down the drink.
"Pah! Another!" she squeaked, downing the drink in a single gulp as soon as he finished pouring.
"I warned you," Weiss chuckled before quickly downing her shot. "Gah, this stuff is horrid," she muttered, having handled her drink much better than Ruby. "Another shot, then I think I'll switch over to water."
"Sure thing, lil' miss-" he paused at the vicious glare Weiss was giving him. "Er, ma'am. Sure thing, ma'am," he muttered as he poured her another shot before getting a different glass out for her water.
"Thank you," she muttered, downing the shot quickly, this second drink causing her to involuntarily shiver.
"I'll have another milk, please," Ruby muttered, pale faced as she glared at the whiskey bottle before sticking her tongue out at it.
"Ruby, it's a bottle of whiskey, you can't hurt its-" and the bottle promptly fell off the counter, shattering all over the place.
"Haha! Take that, you stupid-"
"Yer paying fer that," the bartender said as he placed their food in front of them. Ruby's shoulders slumped at that, standing up from where she was to look down on the now shattered bottle of whiskey.
"You haven't heard the last from me," she muttered before slowly sitting back down.
"Ruby, stop," Weiss ordered, stuffing a piece of chicken and tomato into her mouth.
"Fine," Ruby replied before wrapping one arm around Weiss' shoulder. "So, beautiful, come here often?"
"This is my first time here, actually," Weiss replied after swallowing, Ruby taking note that she didn't remove her arm. "What about you?"
"I come here all the time, this is Yang's favorite bar," Ruby said with a shrug, scootching her chair closer to Weiss and praying she wasn't taking things too far. "So, how's your salad?"
"...It's fine," Weiss muttered, not wanting to insult the food in front of the owner. "Now, are you just going to make boring small talk or are you going to say what you want to say?" Weiss asked as she stared at Ruby, making her blush.
"Heh, that obvious, huh?" Ruby muttered, looking away to clear her throat. "So, you know... We've known each other for a long time-"
"Little more than two weeks."
"And we get along pretty great!"
"I question your sanity more and more."
"I enjoy spending time with you, and I think," Ruby trailed off, scootching closer to Weiss once again until their bodies were touching. "I think you...might like me too."
"You're more tolerable than others," Weiss said with a shrug, before leaning onto Ruby, her face as red as Ruby's sheriff's vest. "What's your point?"
"Uh... my point is- Gosh, is it hot in here, or what?" Ruby chuckled, pulling at the collar of her shirt. "M-my point is...if you don't mind...You wanna maybe kinda wanna go out...With...Me?"
"Hmm, go out with you, huh?" Weiss muttered, pretending to mull it over in her head. "Well, I guess it might not be too bad," Weiss said as she leaned away from Ruby to take a bite from her salad, before leaning back.
"Really?! Great!" Ruby nearly shouted, pulling away and going for a kiss.
"Whoa, hold it!" Weiss said as she placed her hand in front of Ruby's face. "If you want a kiss you're going to have to take me out on a date first!"
"Ha ha ha, Is that so?" Ruby asked, wiggling her eyebrows. "Well, it just so happens that I did take you on a date! See?!" Ruby shouted as she stood, waving her arms about her. "Look at where we are! I took you out to dinner-"
"You took me to a bar, that's a terrible first date," Weiss replied, shaking her head at Ruby's incompetence. "What, did you learn this from Yang?"
"...Maybe," Ruby said quietly, shuffling her feet. "Uh...Then how about...Uh..." Ruby paused, tapping her chin in thought before shrugging. "Yeah, I got nothing."
"Well, you got all day tomorrow to think of something," Weiss smiled, finishing her salad and paying for their meals. "And by the way, I'm pretty sure that dog just stole your steak."
"What?!" Ruby shouted, turning around and barely seeing a corgi run out the door with her steak. "You get back here you little rascal!" she shouted as she ran after the dog, causing Weiss to chuckle.
She was secretly rooting for the dog.
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There wasn't much to do at night, Penny lamented as she flipped absentmindedly through yesterday's paper. Sure, she could go out and patrol, but that would mean leaving Mercury and Emerald all alone, and she had a feeling those two would escape if given the chance.
"Maybe I can ask Ruby to get another Deputy?" Penny muttered to herself, before noticing someone entering the office. Getting up from her chair she raised a hand in greeting to the well dressed, red haired man. "Hello, how may I help you citi-" a loud bang resounded throughout the building, before Penny noticed a slight pain in her abdomen.
"My name is Roman, and you can die," Roman muttered, watching as the life...drained...from….His thoughts trailed off as he noticed the girl barely registered the shot.
"Huh, didn't expect that," Penny said with a shrug, unclenching her abdomen before grabbing her own gun.
"What? How are you not-" he paused, noticing some kind of...Metal? And oddly colored...Rope? "What? What is that?! What are you?!" he said as he slowly backed away, unable to stop his body from shaking with fear.
"What am I?" Penny repeated, a smile coming to her lips as she re-holstered her gun, realizing she wouldn't need it. She grabbed Roman by the collar of his fine coat, bringing him closer to her face so they could look eye to eye. "I'm the future Duper Deputy."
"...What?" he asked, confused beyond what was humanly possible before he was knocked out by a swift punch to the face.
Penny smiled as she hoisted the now unconscious man over her shoulder, walking over to the cell with the now quivering inmates. At this rate she really will become the Duper Deputy.
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If I do decide to do a spinoff, it'll be about Penny and Zwei, who after stealing Ruby's steak becomes a deputy.