"Hey, Weiss, you want to come give this paper one last read through?" Ruby called from her computer.

Weiss got up from the desk in her bedroom and walked up behind Ruby. She placed her hand on Ruby's shoulder to balance herself as she leaned in to get a closer look at the screen.

Ohgodohgodohgod, Ruby thought as she began to feel Weiss's soft breaths on her neck. She's so close! What do I do? Do I say something? Do I-

"Ruby, are you all right?" Weiss asked as she looked at Ruby.

"Huh?" Ruby said just as she realized she was starting to sweat. "Oh! Yeah, I'm fine. It's just ummm...It's just a little warm here because...of...my...computer?"

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Well, anyways, I'd say that we're about done with it. There's always more we can add, but I'd say this gets our point across well enough. Presentation is almost done as well if you'd like to come take a look at it."

Ruby stood from the chair and followed Weiss into her bedroom.

"Ready?" Weiss asked as she sat down in her chair.

Ruby nodded. "Go ahead and play it."

Weiss scrolled through the slides slowly enough that Ruby could read through them, though she did skip through the videos, since both of them had seen them already.

"Looks good," Ruby said with a nod when they reached the last slide. "I think that we might actually be done with this thing. Sooner than we thought, too. We've still got another few weeks before we present, since we're up on the twenty-seventh."

"Honestly, I'm quite surprised that we managed to get this done so quickly," Weiss said as she stood from her chair and turned to look at Ruby.

"Why?" Ruby asked.

"Well, first of all, you complain whenever I tell you that we need to get to work-"

"Hey!" Ruby interjected.

"And," the heiress continued, ignoring Ruby's interruption, "I also thought that I'd hate working with you."

"You did?" Ruby asked.

Weiss nodded, a faint blush evident on her face. "Yes. After how we first met, I was...less than enthusiastic about working with you, as I'm sure you saw. I thought your sense of direction extended to your work ethic as well."

"What about now?" Ruby asked with a slight smirk.

"Well," Weiss said, her blush beginning to deepen, "I've actually enjoyed working with you, and you've been a very good friend over the past few months as well."

Ruby gave Weiss a light hug. "Don't forget, you've really been there for me as well," she said, starting to blush herself. "I mean, you've been letting me stay with you since I got kicked out of my house."

"Of course I did, dolt," Weiss said as she pushed Ruby off of her. "I love you."

What? Ruby thought. "What?"

Weiss stared at Ruby for a moment, trying to comprehend what the girl was saying. Suddenly, it dawned on Weiss what she had revealed to Ruby.

"Oh," she said. "I...uhh..."

Suddenly, Ruby interrupted the white-haired girl by pulling her into a deep kiss. Weiss stood there wide-eyed, unable to believe what was happening. It was somewhat painful, Ruby's clear inexperience showing, but Weiss still loved it none the less. Just as she felt Ruby start to pull away, however, Weiss wrapped her arms around the younger girl and returned the kiss. She continued to hold Ruby as close as she could until they both finally ran out of breath, and had to pull away from each other.

"So...That happened," Ruby stated when she finally caught her breath.

Weiss sighed. "Really? That's all you can say about the fact that you just kissed me?"

"Well, you kissed me back!" Ruby protested.

"Dolt," Weiss muttered.

They stood there silently for another moment.

"So," Ruby said finally, "Does...Does this mean that we're..."

"We're what?" Weiss said looking slightly annoyed.

"Well," Ruby paused. "Are we together? Y'know, like together together?"

"Oh for f..." Weiss started before grabbing Ruby by the collar and pulling her into another kiss. Ruby stood for a moment wide-eyed before finally melting into Weiss's embrace.

"Oh," Ruby said after they pulled away again. "Ummm...I uh...I guess that settles it then."

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Stupid lesbian," She muttered.

"Hey!"

"Well, you still haven't asked me out," Weiss said, smiling a little smugly.

"You just insulted me!"

"And?"

Ruby sighed. "Weiss Schnee, will...Will you go out with me?"

Weiss's smile warmed. "Yes I will, dunce."

Ruby wrapped Weiss up in a bear hug that would put Yang to shame.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting to ask that!" Ruby practically shouted.

"Then why didn't you?"

"Umm...Well...You didn't either!"

Weiss rolled her eyes again. Both girls stood there staring at each other silently for a moment.

"So, what are we going to tell the others?" Ruby asked.

"Others?" Weiss asked.

"Y'know, Jaune, Pyrrha, and the rest of the gang."

"I'm not so sure that we should."

"Why not?" Ruby asked, tilting her head a little.

"I'm just not sure how they'll react," Weiss replied, looking away slightly.

"Hey, they were just fine with me being gay. I'm sure they'll be totally fine with you." Weiss opened her mouth to protest, But then Ruby interjected again. "Plus remember: 'I shall melt the pure, delicate snowflake that is your heart, my beautiful snow angel.'"

"Good point," Weiss muttered. "So, what's your plan?"

Ruby thought for a moment. "Well, with certain members of the group, subtlety tends to be about as effective as trying to win a fistfight with Yang." Suddenly, an idea crossed into Ruby's mind, making her grin evilly. "Hey, Weiss. Remember when I told you that you could get Jaune to stop by dragging a cute girl over and kissing her in front of him?"


Ruby and Weiss walked into the college cafeteria, and went directly over to the table where they always met their friends.

"Hey Ruby," Jaune said. "And hello there, snow angel."

"About that, Jaune," Weiss said, concluding with a dramatic pause, even as an evil smirk began to make its way across her face.

Suddenly, she pulled Ruby into a deep and passionate kiss, which the latter girl returned without hesitation. As they broke away, they turned over to see Jaune sitting there with his mouth hung wide open, and the rest of the group either applauding, laughing, or, in Yang and Nora's case, both.

"W-what?" Jaune stammered.

"Well, that was a thing," Yang said in between laughs.

"Certainly took you two long enough," Blake commented, not even looking up from her book. "I swear, you two are almost as bad as some of my romance novels."

Ruby and Weiss both blushed. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all," Weiss muttered.

"Well, at least Jaune will get off your back now," Ruby said, giving a small wink to Pyrrha, who responded with a smile.

"Well, who am I supposed to be with then?" The blonde asked, completely oblivious to the girl beside him.

Pyrrha cleared her throat loudly, causing Jaune to look over to her with a questioning look.

"Everything all right, Pyrrha?" he asked.

"Fine, Jaune," she replied with an exasperated sigh.

"Pyrrha, a word?" Weiss asked.

The two girls stood from the table and walked to a quiet corner of the cafeteria.

"What's this about, Weiss?" Pyrrha asked when they finally arrived.

"That idiot Jaune," Weiss muttered in reply.

"He's not an idiot, he's just...unobservant?" Pyrrha offered.

"Painfully so," Weiss said with a nod. "Well, anyways, I just wanted to give you a bit of advice."

"Thanks, I could really use it," the fiery-haired girl said with an exasperated sigh.

"With someone like Jaune, you need something that's about as subtle as a boot to the face. You're never going to get his attention by just hinting at the fact that you care about him as more than a mere friend. It took both Ruby and I kissing twice, plus me prompting her, last night for her to finally to finally decide to ask me out. You may need to try something similar to get the fool's attention."

Pyrrha sighed heavily. "You're plobably right."

"Honestly, I don't know what you see in him though," Weiss grumbled as she made her way back over to the table.

"Well, he's nice enough," Pyrrha replied.

"Well, I wish you luck. It looks like you'll probably need it," Weiss stated as they sat back down at the table.

"Wish her luck with what?" Jaune asked.

"Oh, nothing," Pyrrha said, as a sly smile began to creep across her face. "Just some...plans for the future."

"Anyways," Yang said leaning back in her chair, "I was just about to ask Ruby what you two were planning for your first date."

Ruby and Weiss blushed again. "We didn't really get a chance to talk about it," Ruby said.

"Well, there's a place up a few blocks from where you guys are called 'The Snow-Covered Rose Garden' or something like that," Blake said, glancing up from her book. "Supposed to be very expensive, but I'm sure the Ice Queen-"

"Hey!"

"-over there should be able to handle the cost."

"Sounds like a date!" Ruby said with glee as she wrapped her arms around Weiss.

The heiress rolled her eyes. "Get off me, dunce." Ruby sat back into her own chair. "But yes, it does sound like a good idea, and I have heard very positive things about the place I guess we'll go this weekend. Thank you, Blake."

The Faunus smiled. "Of course. Have fun, you two."


A/N: Sorry about this chapter being a little later than I expected it to be. Had to deal with a physics lab that I had to deal with combined with other assignments, in addition to the fact that I didn't like how the initial WR kiss worked out. Meh. Anyway, a little explanation for how the calendar works for Beacon: It's rather similar to my own schools in that fall semester goes from mid-August to early-December, with fall break being mid- October, and Spring goes from mid-January until early-May, with Spring Break being between mid-March and early April. Right now it's the first week of November, so there is about one month left in their semester.

Also, I have the final tally for the Bumbleby poll, and the result is: going to be revealed at a later chapter. Yeah, I'm a horrible person, and, plus, I imagine you all could probably guess the result. It was a lot closer than I thought it was going to be though.

At any rate, watch for the next chapter: Date Night, coming in (hopefully) a few days!