Chapter 7: Don't go Cookin' About
Weiss walked towards the school's kitchen with Sun and Neptune in tow. She flung the doors open with style as she walked to the one of the many stainless steel tables that the kitchen contained. Once she chose a table she opened the pink cookbook, to a specific page with pencil scribbles that tainted the page with ingredients. "You boys ready for another test?"
Sun and Neptune slumped on the chairs at the corner of the room, "No offence Weiss but eating failed beverages right after another does a number to your stomach." Sun groaned as she started to fall asleep on the chair.
Weiss grumbled to herself, "Dimwits." She went to the large refrigerator in the kitchen and looked for her ingredients. After doing so she laid them out, all not in specific quantities. "So… In the last attempt there wasn't enough sugar… And the strawberries weren't coming through." Weiss tapped the pencil on her chin and crossed out the measurement written from the day before as she wrote a new set of measurements to test out.
After she recreated the recipe for the 100th time in the span of two days, she poured out her new beverage into a mug. Before she could even take a sip she heard vibrations coming from her scroll. She fished it out and opened the text:
Pyrrha: [Couldn't stop him but Ren is heading to the kitchen NOW. I am sorry.]
Weiss let out an 'eep' as she panicked. She tried to the shake the boys awake but they just fell to the ground passed out. She ran to the pantry in the kitchen and closed the door. She swore internally as she realized she had left the hot chocolate out in the open for anyone to see. She peered out from the pantry as she heard the kitchen door opening. Ren walked in with a pink apron, probably from Nora. He walked over to a stove before he set it to a desired temperature.
He then caught a whiff of Weiss' concoction and headed over to the mug. He looked around the kitchen but only spotted the two boys passed out in the corner. He raised an eyebrow in confusion. He took a spoon from the drawer underneath the table and tasted the drink, "There is chocolate… But I can hardly taste it."
Weiss stiffened, which caused her shoes to squeak against the floor. Ren's head then flickered to the pantry. He slowly stalked quietly towards the doors, which cause Weiss to slowly back more closer into the pantry.
A clang of metal resounded throughout the kitchen as effectively woke up the boys. They rubbed their eyes in drowsiness as they slowly gaped at Ren as he had just discovered Weiss… in a kitchen.
Weiss stuttered as she tried to explain the situation. Ren glanced back to the hot chocolate, "Weiss, is it you?"
Weiss immediately shut up. She focused on a sack of potatoes in the corner and slowly nodded her head. Ren gave her one hard look for a moment before he connected the dots with the odd strawberry recipe in mind. He turned away and walked to Sun and Neptune. He shooed the boys out before took a board and started to cut the strawberries, "You know you need an apron when working in the kitchen."
Weiss couldn't stand it. After Ren called Pyrrha to give Weiss his red apron he had bought since it was on sale, they haven't mentioned single word about situation, only a few words and tips Ren offered about the hot chocolate.
Weiss poured out the contents into a mug, before she plopped a few marshmallows on top. She then got out two smaller mugs and poured out some for Ren and herself. They both tried it. Weiss smiled at her success.
"Ruby would love this." Ren commented as he broke the tension. He could sense Weiss was burning to ask a question; he just created a perfect segway.
"You're not going to say anything?" Weiss asked hesitantly.
Ren nodded as placed the mug down, "I suggest we bring that mug to Ruby before it cools out."
Weiss smiled and nodded eagerly.
They stood at the bottom of the dorm building, as the looked up to the Team RWBY window.
"How are we going to get it there without spilling it?" Weiss exclaimed as she put her hands to her hips and thought. Currently, Nora and Pyrrha was speaking to Yang and Blake in the hallways, which meant they couldn't leave it at the door as per usual. "Ruby would usually be napping now… But I can't be too sure."
Weiss then motioned for Ren to stand beside her. She put her hand to the ground and created a glyph beneath them. She made it slowly ascend as it passed other dorm windows, which caused their occupants gawk at the sight. Weiss peaked over the window ledge and saw Ruby as she dozed off in her bed, one arm and leg hung over the edge. She then gestured for Ren to pass the hot strawberry chocolate. She placed it securely on the ledge and used her hands to fan the smell to Ruby. When Ruby's nose started to twitch, Ren threw Weiss over his shoulder and jumped to the roof. The two of them peered over the tiles as they surveyed the girl's reaction.
Ruby smelt the scent of strawberries as it wafted into her nose. She tried to roll to the smell, which led her to thud loudly on the floor. She blinked her eyes open as she stared blankly at the source of the smell. Realizing it was a hot chocolate the girl rushed to the windowsill and stuck her head as she looked left, right and down to the ground. She sighed as she had missed her admirer again. She then took the mug and closed the window.
Weiss and Ren were now back in the kitchen as they finished up the pancakes that Ren initially came to the kitchen for. Weiss watched in awe as he flipped a pancake expertly from the pan, "I can cook but you Ren, cook at a different level."
Ren turned off the stove as he slid his last pancake on to the pile of other pancakes, "I could teach you… if you want. I could help you whenever you cook something for Ruby. I am usually the only one in the kitchens; all the other students are not bothered to cook for themselves when there is basically a cafeteria at your disposal. It's nice to have someone around."
Weiss returned his smile as he slid a plate in front of her, "Go on, you deserve it. This is the first time you created yourself a new 'Weiss brand of hot chocolate'."
Weiss smile turned into a victorious grin as she picked a fork and knife and started to eat the pancakes. Ren then sat beside Weiss and flipped through the book, "So what are you going to try to create next time."
Weiss gave a tight lipped smiled, cheeks puffed with pancake. She held a hand up as she took the time to swallow. After she cleared her throat, she flipped through the recipes, her hand landed on a specific recipe she had bookmarked with a post-it-note, "I want to go BIG."
Ren looked on, "I can manage."
Nora squealed as Ren entered with the pancakes into the food hall. She was about to tackle him until she noticed Weiss beside him as they were in a deep conversation. As no one paid attention to her, she faltered and slowly took back her seat. She faced the table as she started to play with her food. She dreaded the moment when the two would reach their table. She felt her heart weigh down, which brought her more down to earth than usual. Her hands clenched the hem of her skirt… Wait… Why was this bothering her?
She shook her head. She forced herself back into her usual hyper demeanor as she heard Ren sit down next to her. He placed the pancakes in the middle of the two teams. Sun and Neptune where eating dinner with their team today.
"Dig in guys." Ren said as he leaned back as everyone fought for more than one pancake. Nora, being a little disheartened from earlier, took only one yet maintained her maniacal grin without cracking. Ren glanced to his side… Nora was acting a bit peculiar than normal.
Nora felt his eyes stare into her side. She stared back at him and managed to keep her façade up, "Nothings wrong! I just ate TOO MUCH dinner today. ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT DESSERT. Which reminds me… You came in with Weiss today ODD if you ask ME." Ren shot Nora a confused look. Nora's eyes widened as she covered up. She stood dramatically on the bench and pointed at him accusingly, "ARE YOU GUYS PLOTTING SOMETHING BEHIND OUR BACKS!?"
Weiss and Ren shared a knowing look as Ren replied to her, "Yeah, something like that."
At the jokingly tone he had used, she immediately sat down, her head swirled in thought. THEY HAVE SECRET TOGETHER!... Ren rarely joked and he just did for WEISS. Her teeth started to clench behind her sealed lips… WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REN AND WEISS- She stopped herself... Was she jealous? She continued to eat as she let everyone's conversation go through one ear and out the other… No… She can't be jealous… Ren and her are just friends! Best Childhood Friends… She agreed with the statement, as she didn't want to doubt that title right now.
Nora silently thanked Ruby as the said brunette cleared her throat, to draw the attention to her and away from Nora's own thoughts. Ruby smiled as she took a mug some hidden pocket she had, "I had another run in with my secret admirer."
The whole table roared at the new information, which caused some tables to glance back in confusion.
Nora sprung into action, "YAY! WHAT HAPPEN?"
Ruby giggled at her reaction as Yang stared her down, "Lil' SIS! When did this happen? You were napping before you came down here."
Ruby rubbed her thumb subconsciously on the handle of the mug, "Apparently they left it on the windowsill when I was asleep. When I woke up from the smell of the hot chocolate, the mug was still warm, so I just missed them."
Blake added, "Are you sure your secret admirer isn't a ninja?"
Ruby shook her head, "Maybe… But the only person I know whose a ninja is Ren."
Ren put both of his hands in front of him, as if he was surrendering, "Not me, I've got someone else on my mind."
Everyone gasped at the new information. Nora dropped her fork as some pancake fell from her mouth in shock… WEISS!
Ren held a moment of panic at everyone's reaction before he exclaimed, "I'm just kidding… No one is on my mind…" Everyone gave him a weird look before they paid their attention back to Ruby.
The said girl cocked her eyebrow up before she continued, "Okay… Anyways, they have seemed to have another go at the strawberry hot chocolate…"
"And?" Pyrrha and Jaune asked in unison.
"This time it was actually nice… Quite nice… In fact I think it's my new favourite beverage."
Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Ren share a smile with Weiss… Odd… She shook her head again as she listened to Blake's question, "You know he could hear you if he's in the food hall right now…"
Ruby smiled as she placed the mug on the table, "Yeah… That's the whole point."
"Weiss where you going?" Ruby asked.
"… To call my sister again."
Nora sighed at the muffled mentions of Weiss from the other side of the door. She sat on her bed as she stared out into the night sky. It was just she and Ren again as Pyrrha and Jaune went to go train.
"Nora? You okay? You were acting up at dinner today."
Nora took in the image of Ren as he was in his pajamas just like her, ready to go to sleep. He slept on the other bed in the middle of Jaune and Pyrrha's, right beside her bed. Nora gave a smile, clearly tired from the day, "Nope, I'm all fine here."
Ren still had a worried expression on his face. Nora rolled her eyes at his mothering. Her lips almost moved… They were about to utter the words that would… She stood up quietly and walked the metre to Ren. With her index finger she tapped his nose, "Boop."
Ren smiled at the affectionate action before he slid into his bed, "Goodnight Nora."
Nora smiled back as she made her way to her bed, laid down and reached for the hanging line of the lamp, "Night Ren."
And with that the lamp shut off.
OKAY! CHAPTER SEVEN DOWN! Get it? Because I'm DOWN at the end again... Sorry, too much? I guess I'm a the mixture of Ruby and Yang in my group.
If you guys have listened to 'Boop' by Jeff William and Casey Lee William, then the last part of the chapter would make sense. And if haven't… WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR! There is even one for some of the other ships. SO GO WATCH IT
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ALERT ALERT ALERT:
Anyways about the OCs, if any of you didn't see what I added to the last chapter was that I would only pick out two OCs if I get many. I know this may seem a tad bit unfair to the others but I must do what I must do… The two that I'll pick would be plot relevant, as they'll appear in an arc so aidansidhe don't worry, I won't 'drown' this fanfic with meaningless OCs, they'll become important ;)
Other than that only small thing about the OCs is that I may have to tweak them a tad bit, but I'll try to keep most of what any of you sent in.
Anyways (I've been saying that a lot today) I see you all in the next chapter :D
