Tag

Weiss was barely paying attention to what she was shoveling into her mouth. All of her focus was on watching for her girlfriend to leap out at her. "Hey Ice Queen, whatcha doing?" She heard Yang ask from next to her. She turned and saw that, judging from her half-finished meal, Yang had been sitting there for a while. She was simply too focused on looking out for Ruby to notice.

"Waiting for your sister to come running at me."

Weiss had already returned to scanning for Ruby, but Yang's obvious excitement was clear from her tone. "Oooooohhhh, is there a lovers quarrel going on? Were you naughty, Weiss?" Weiss used her excellent memory to reach over and slap Yang's arm without needing to look. She waited for Yang's cry of annoyance to fade before responding.

"Of course not. We're playing a game of tag."

Yang whistled. "Ruby got you to play tag? This must be good."

"She bet me a month of studying without complaint if I win."

"And if she wins?" Yang questioned. Weiss didn't answer, but she couldn't stop the blush from creeping up her face. Yang saw it and started laughing. "That bad, huh?"

"It doesn't matter. She's never going to win." Yang was clearly going to press her on it further, but before she could there was a cry from above them. Weiss looked up to see a red blur rapidly descending towards her. She quickly flicked her wrist up and activated her semblance. There was a loud thump as Ruby smashed into the glyph, but it held up against her. She ended up hovering above them, six inches too high to reach Weiss.

"See? She doesn't have a chance. Remember, Ruby, I win at five tonight." She turned and walked away, and Ruby was left stuck on the glyph. Weiss would let it fade when she was at a safe distance. There was no way she would let herself lose this bet.

Ruby tried several more times during the day, but Weiss was always ready for her. Ruby had many skills but being stealthy was not one of them. At the end of the day, Weiss ended up standing outside with Yang. It was 4:58, and she was watching the clock as it slowly counted down to her victory. Right at 4:59, a blur of petals appeared racing towards her. Weiss waited until they were as close as possible before activating the ice Dust in Myrtenaster. The petals rematerialized into her girlfriend, frozen in place by a thick block of ice encasing her legs.

"Nice try Ruby, but it looks like I win."

"It's not over yet, Weiss."

"It will be in twenty seconds." Now that Ruby was safely immobilized, Weiss turned her full attention towards watching the clock. Which is why she didn't see it coming when Yang reached over and shoved her towards Ruby. The unexpected blow forced her forward, and Ruby tapped her on the arm as she fell past.

"Hey look, it's five o'clock. Guess you lose, Weiss." Yang said. Weiss shot her a betrayed look.

"You cheated!"

Yang only shrugged at her. "All's fair in love and tag, Weiss. Have fun you guys!" Yang said as she walked away.

Weiss turned her outrage onto her encased girlfriend. "Enlisting your sister isn't fair!"

"I didn't. She did it on her own. Now let me out, we need to prepare for tonight. Unless you're planning on going back on your word?" Weiss swallowed hard. She didn't want to do it, but a Schnee never went back on a promise.

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Later that night, she was lying on her bed wearing a ridiculous princess dress. "This is absurd, Ruby. I can't believe you're making me do this."

"Shhhhhh! I haven't kissed you yet, so you're still under the evil queen's curse."

"You're such a child sometimes."

"Yeah, but you know you love it." Ruby's tone was incredibly smug, but Weiss still couldn't keep the slight smile off her face. After all, she wasn't wrong.