It's another chapter, YAY! I really liked the last chapter, but I said in chapter 4 that Rift would spend a day with Ruby, plus I haven't followed Ruby's story in a while.
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Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY, i own my characters. There.
Anyway, ON WITH THE STORY!
Brother and Sister
Ruby awoke Sunday morning the sound of Weiss and Yang arguing, again. Ever since they had moved into the dorm that's how she woke up almost every day. But she was not upset about it, nope not today. Today was they day she was going to spend with Rift, She loved doing stuff with him. It was her first time ever having a big brother around, actually it was her first time ever having a real sibling. Yang was amazing, but she was not Ruby's real sister. Rift on the other hand was apparently her real brother, the only problem was that Ruby had school, so she has no time to talk or hangout with Rift. Her thoughts were cut short by Yang's voice. "It's not my fault you're an uptight little princess!" She yelled at Weiss. "I hardly see how I'm the Princess, I just think that leaving your undergarments on the ground is unladylike" Weiss replied, in her usual icy tone. "My undergarments eh. How about this" Yang said as she threw something at Weiss. "What was that!?" Weiss yelled. "Did you just throw a bra at me?! Whose bra even is that" Weiss yelled. Ruby looked down and noticed something, it was her bra. "Ummmm, guys can we stop this just for a little bit, at least till I leave. And Yang, stop throwing my bras around" Ruby said with a worried tone. Yang looked over at Ruby and smiled. "Going out? Where are you going, more importantly who are you going out with?" Yang had moved really close to Ruby and had a huge grin on her face. "It's nothing like that Yang" Ruby sighed. "I'm just meeting up with Rift so we can hangout" Yang looked at Ruby suspiciously. "Fine, but if I hear that my baby sister was hanging out" She made little quotation marks with her fingers when she said hanging out. "I'm going to punch that guy's face in" This made the room go silent. "Yang I'm not that young any more, there's no need to protect me from boys" Ruby said. "I know, it's just fun" Yang said happily.
A few minutes after that conversation Yang and Blake had left to go practice, Actually Ruby had no idea why they left, which just left Ruby and Weiss in the dorm. "So, Weiss" Ruby said awkwardly. "How's your year going?" She said even more awkwardly. The only reason that Ruby was trying to start a conversation was because she hated the silence, also Weiss could actually be nice to her once in a while. "Fine I guess, nothing special" Weiss said. Weird, Weiss's voice actually sounds nice, not cold. "Ruby? I asked you a question. How about you?" Weiss said. Ruby snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh, ya, my year is going great!" Ruby said with happiness coming back. Ruby smiled up again. Weiss is actually really nice once you get to know her. She thought to herself. And again Weiss was calling her name. "Hello, earth to Ruby" Ruby shook her head and looked up. "Ya what is it?" She asked. "Well I'm going out now, bye" Was all Weiss said before leaving the room. I wonder why she told me that… She could have just left. Maybe she was just trying to be polite, whatever. Ruby then started to get ready. As she walked into the bathroom she stopped in front of the mirror. She sighed as she looked at herself. "Why do I feel this way around girls?" She asked herself. "I mean aren't we suppose to feel like this around guys?" Ruby had been quite confused ever since the first time she had seen Weiss, because when their eyes met a feeling erupted in Ruby's chest. She didn't know why. "Am I attracted to girls? Is that even possible? I'm so confused, I hate feelings" Ruby was much less happy now. "I nice worm shower would be nice right about now" She said. Right at that moment her scroll started to vibrate. She went to go see who had texted her, and sure enough it was Rift. Hey Ruby, just wanted to ask, we still doing stuff today? I made sure not to have plans XD. Ruby smiled to herself. "He didn't forget, that's good" She quickly responded. Yup, it's nice to know that you remembered :D any way I'll meet u in the quart yard at 12:00, see u then. As she finished her text she put down her scroll to go get changed.
It was now 12:00 and Ruby was waiting on a bench. "Is he late, or did I just get here early?" She checked her scroll, the time read 12:04. As she started to look around again she heard a call from her left. "Hey Ruby, sorry for being four minutes late, just needed to straighten things out with Aurora" Rift laughed. Ruby looked over at his voice, "Oh, hello Rift" She said happily. "What do you mean straighten things out with Aurora? Did something happen?" She asked. Rift just smiled. "I'll tell you later" He said. "So what are we doing today?" Rift asked. "I have no idea" Ruby replied. "So we have no plans? How about we go walk around Vales town square" Rift offered. "That sounds fun" Ruby said happily.
When they finally reached town square Ruby had to ask the question that was nagging her. "Hey Rift, what did you have to sort out with Aurora" She didn't know why, but it felt important and she just really wanted to know. "Like I said before, I'll tell you later" Rift said with smirk. Ruby pouted "Please, can you tell me now" She said. "Nope" Was Rifts only reply. Ruby new she was going to get nowhere arguing so she just gave up. "Ok so where are we going then?" She asked, taking her mind off of the other thoughts. "Well I want to bring you to my favorite book store, but that a quite far away so we'll go there last. For now let's go look at some of the shops I guess" He said with a cheery tone. "Oh can we go to my favorite store? It's right around the corner" Ruby said happily. "Ya sure, what's it called" Rift asked. "Clean as a whistle" Ruby replied, her cheeks turning red. Rift burst out laughing "Your favorite store is called Clean as a whistle? Since when do you like cleaning?" He said between laughs. Ruby's cheeks were now very red "They sell cleaning products and parts for your weapons, I bet you could find something for SoundBreaker" She said. Rift laughing died down, and he looked back at Ruby "Now that makes more sense. So it's a weapon shop then, and no I won't find anything for SoundBreaker, I like them the way they are" Rift said. Ruby just smiled "Ok let's go then" she said. With that they started to walk in the direction of the Shop. When they finally got there, which took a surprisingly long time due to the amount of people, Rift smiled. "That's sort of ironic" He said happily. Ruby looked over at him. "What do you mean?" She asked. "Well, this place's name is Clean as a whistle, But it looked a bit beet up" Rift replied, this remark got a punch in the arm from Ruby. "Don't make fun of it or I will not go to your little book shop" She said. Rifts smile widened. "Well that wouldn't be my problem, you'd be the one missing out" He said while walking into the shop. Ruby close behind him.
While they were in the store Ruby had wondered over to special ammo for her high calibre sniper rifle, while Rift was just sort of drifting around the store looking at mostly cleaning products because he had no desire to change SoundBreaker. "Hey Rift, come here for a sec, I don't know what ammo to get" Came Ruby's voice from the back of the shop. Rift walked over to where Ruby was standing and looked up at the wall covered in clip after clip of special ammo. "Wow" Was all he could say. Where the heck did they get enough dust to make all this ammo? He asked himself. As if reading his mind Ruby answered his question. "They own a dust mine. It's quite popular" She said smiling at Rifts dumfounded look. "So they have every kind of dust?" Rift asked, looking closely at all the special ammo. "Yup, they have almost everything" Ruby replied. Suddenly Rift started to walk towards the cashier. "Hello there, I was just wondering if you had any Silver dust" He asked. The cashier nodded and pulled out a chest from under the counter. "It's 100 Lin per gram" Said the cashier. Rifts eyes widened. "What! Why is it so expensive?" He Asked. Guess he's never bought Silver dust before. He told me SoundBreaker helps find it. Ruby thought to herself. Rift walked back towards Ruby. "So, you choose you ammo yet?" He asked. "No, I asked you to come over to help me choose. Then you just walked away" She said while smiling. Rift just smiled back "Ok I guess we should start looking then" He smiled.
After a few minutes Both Rift and Ruby had five clips in their hands. They had decided to choose five clips each, and Ruby was going to choose one of each. Rift was looking his clips with a smile on his face, Ruby couldn't help but wonder. What sort of Dust did he choose? She asked herself. Rift pulled up a clip to her face. "Choose this one, please" He chuckled, with excitement in his voice. "Well what is it?" Ruby asked. "Orange Dust" Rift replied happily. Ruby looked at Rift with a confused look. "But Orange Dust is so useless" She said with a flat tone. Rift grinned. "It's only useless if you don't know how to use it." He hinted with his grin widening. Ruby looked at Rift with unimpressed look. "And you know how?" She asked, still unimpressed. "I'm not the best but I can show you a thing or two" Rift said smiling. Ruby sighed and looked down at her five clips. "Ok fine I'll buy it, but that means you have to buy me another actually useful one" She said happily. "Fine I'll buy you some Red Dust ammo" Rift said with a look of triumph on his face. With that they walked over to the cash and paid. "Wow Orange Dust is cheap" Rift commented "That's because it's so useless" Ruby laughed.
After a few more shops and walking around aimlessly Ruby finally had enough courage to ask Rift a question that she never planned on asking anyone. He's my brother, I can ask him this right? Oh, I'm so nervous what if he finds it weird, no Rift wouldn't be mean about it. Would he? Rift noticed the worried look on Ruby's face. "Hey, Ruby, are you alright?" He asked. Ruby jumped at the sudden voice, but calmed down rather quickly. "Ya, I'm fine, it's just that I, have… I have something to ask you" She said quietly. "Sure, what is it?" Rift asked. "Well, ummm, what… what does it mean when a girl likes another girl?" Ruby's cheeks were so hot she felt like her head was going to explode. Rift looked at her with a very confused look. "Ummm… what?" He said. "It's nothing don't worry about it, never mind" Ruby said. Rift looked at Ruby with a concerned look now. "Ruby, if something is on your mind you can tell me" He said reassuringly. Ruby hesitated then looked up at Rift with a worried look. "Well, I just… I just want to know what it means when a girl likes another girl, is it like not normal or bad?" Rift looked at her with a thoughtful look. "Is this about you Ruby?" He asked. Ruby's eyes widened. And Rift instantly knew he was right. "Well, if a girl likes another girl they are what you call lesbians, don't know much other than that because I'm not a girl. Anyway I can assure you that it is not bad and that it is perfectly normal… in some people's opinion, others, not so much" He said with a little bit of a sad look. Ruby looked at Rift with some surprise. "So you're not mad?" She asked. Rift laughed. "Mad? Why would I be mad? You can like whomever you want, whether it's a girl or boy, I'll still love you" He said happily. Ruby felt tears build up in the corner of her eyes, suddenly her arms were around Rift in a tight hug. She felt Rifts arms wrap around her. "What if the girl I like doesn't like me back, or isn't… you know" She said into Rifts chest. Rift just smiled. "Then you move on" He said. This is weird… Rift thought. Am I talking to my little sister about Lesbians?
After they had finished hugging, Ruby and Rift began walking again. As they were walking Ruby remembered something. "Hey Rift, What was that this that thing you had to straighten out with Aurora? You looked quite happy about it" She said looking up at him. Rift's cheeks turned a bright shade of red. "Well, Aurora and I are… Dating now, I guess" He said with his cheeks turning an even darker shade of red. Ruby couldn't help the huge smile that appeared on her face. "Finally, you took long enough to ask. Wait, you did ask right, not Aurora" Ruby said. Rift laughed. "Ya I asked, don't worry" He said. "You have to tell me everything" Exclaimed Ruby.
After Rift explained how it happened and how Aurora responded, Ruby had the biggest smile. "That's so romantic" She said with a laugh. Rift blushed a bit. "Hey, best I could have done. Wouldn't change how it happened for anything" He said proudly. "Wait, you two just got together, why didn't you invite her along you idiot" Ruby said with an extremely disappointed tone. Rift looked at Ruby in surprise. "I thought this was our day, just the two of us. I didn't want to ruin it for you" He said truthfully. Ruby thought about that for a second. "I guess that makes sense, but next time invite her" She said. When Ruby looked back at Rift he had the biggest grin on his face. "Now you, since you like girls and stuff, don't go and fall in love with Aurora. She's taken" He said still grinning. This made Ruby's cheeks turn a very, very dark shade of red. "I'm not, I-I already have someone that I like" She said her voice getting quieter after each word. Rift smiled, his plan had worked. "And who may this person be?" He asked. Ruby looked up at him in anger, "This was your plan all along, you knew I wouldn't fall for Aurora, you just wanted to know who I like" she huffed. "You know me to well. Anyway yes I want to know, obviously" He said exaggerating the word obviously. "Well now I'm not going to tell you" Ruby said, still quite mad. Rift smiled again. "Well I just told you how I asked Aurora out, how she reacted and what we did after, the list can go on" He sighed. "The least you can do is tell me who you like" He said.
Ruby thought about this. He did tell me all that, but what if he teases me. Well that's the worst possibility, he just teases me. "Fine" She sighed. Rift almost jumped with excitement. "Really?!" He exclaimed. Ruby looked worried, this seemed to calm Rift down. "Actually, there's no need to tell me, it's no problem. I'll only ask if you're comfortable with it" He said smiling at Ruby. She had a worried look but also a look of determination. "No, I want to tell you, it's just, you're going to make fun of me" She said. "What? When I make fun of you it's not bad, it's my way of showing my love. Look Ruby I don't care if you like girls, I don't care who you like, your still my little sister. And yes of course I'm going to make fun of you, I would do that with anyone" He said. Ruby was thinking really hard. I don't even know if I like her or not. What if I'm wrong, what if I don't actually like her. What if she's not the same as me. Rift words broke through her thoughts, and he said something that made Ruby's heart skip a beat. "I can talk to them if you want" He said. Ruby was very happy and a bit suspicious. "What do you mean talk to them?" She asked. "Well I can ask what they think of you or of they are the same as you, if you want me to of cores" He said. Ruby thought about it. What if he's only doing this to know who I like. Wait He wouldn't do that, he's just trying to be nice. Ruby hesitated. "I-I have made up my mind, I'll tell you" She said a little hesitantly. Rift looked at her with a face that said, Are you sure? Ruby nodded. "I like, Weis." She mumbled the last word and Rift had no idea what she said. "Sorry, didn't quite catch that" He said. Ruby look a deep breath. "I like, Weiss" She said with a determined look. Rift was a bit surprised at the response, but smiled none the less. It was nice to know his sister trusted him. "Well Weiss would definitely not have been my first guess but, what do I know" He said. "Do you want me to talk to her?" He asked. Ruby thought for a moment. "All I want you to do is find out if she likes girls" She replied. After that extremely awkward conversation Ruby and Rift decided to walk back to Beacon because it had started to get dark. "Hey Ruby" Rift said. "Would you mind keeping the whole me and Aurora thing a secret for now, at least until she's ready to talk about it" He said. "Ya sure" Ruby responded. The rest of the walk was in silence.
When they finally reached Beacon Ruby said her goodbyes and started to walk towards her dorm. When she got there it was quiet. "That's weird our dorm is never quiet" She thought aloud. As she opened the door a small yelp came from inside the room. Ruby peeked inside to see Weiss standing in the middle of the room… With just a towel on. "Oh my god! I am so sorry Weiss, Sorry, sorry, sor-" She was cut off by Weiss. "It's fine Ruby. As long as I have a towel" She said walking back to the bathroom. Ruby was a bit surprised at Weiss's response, but happy she was not going to be yelled at. Then the unimaginable happened. A huge gust of wind came through the open window and blew Weiss's towel upwards. Ruby only say a little bit but her face was as red as red could be. Weiss on the other hand was just standing there, her face also extremely red. "I swear I didn't see anything!" Yelled Ruby as she turned around. Weiss had no idea what to do, so she walked/ran to the bathroom and slammed the door. Ruby just stood there. Did I just see Weiss's… No I didn't see anything. It was nothing, that never happened. As Ruby was convincing herself that that had not just happened, Weiss walked out of the bathroom in her PJ's. She looked at Ruby. "That never happened" She said with a sturdy look. Ruby nodded her head vigorously. "Agreed" She said. "Well good night Ruby" Weiss said before crawling into her bed and falling asleep, or at least Ruby thought she fell asleep. "What just happened?" Ruby asked herself.
Ruby was now in the bathroom. After a long day like that she felt it necessary to take a shower. "Oh man, Rift didn't get to take me to the Book shop. Maybe next time" She said. As she started to take of her clothes she looked back in the mirror. "Is it normal to like girls?" She asked herself aloud. "I mean Rift said it's fine, but really" She was talking aloud without realizing. "I wonder what Weiss thinks of me?" She said. With that she stepped into the bath and started to take her shower. What she didn't know was that Weiss was awake in the other room, and heard everything she just said.
Welp, There goes another chapter! I really liked this one because it has a lot of character development, plus I just really like it when people find out there real selves and cheesy stuff like that XD Anyway, THAT CLIFF HANGER! :D
Well see you next Chapter, leave a review, Good, Bad, I don't care they all help. See you next week, Oh and sorry for it being a bit short.