After an exhausting day at work, Ruby finally finished her shift around two in the afternoon. Walking towards her car, she began to dial Weiss's number, when she hatched an idea. She instead called Yang. 'Yang better be up by now! She always sleeps in.'

"Hey sis! What's up?" a cheerful voice emitted from her phone.

"Yang! I'm sorry I'm calling on short notice, but could you help me out with something?"

"Sure, what do you need?"

"I'm probably going to be seeing Weiss later. She said she had something to tell me, and I told her the same. I'm planning on inviting her over later tonight, and I needed some advice on what to wear." Ruby admitted sheepishly.

"Aww, I'd love to! Blake's with me right now, do you mind if she tags along?" Yang inquired

"Psh no!" Ruby shouted sarcastically, "Yang, of course it's okay!"

"Hey don't give me that! Only I can be sarcastic to you!" Yang shouted, laughing, "We'll be over in a minute."

"Sounds good, I'll see you soon!" Ruby chirped as she hung up the phone. She immediately called Weiss afterwards.


Weiss had gone home and taken a nap. She woke up, startled by the buzzing of a phone call. Sleepily looking at her phone, she saw it was Ruby, and her heart nearly skipped a beat. When she answered, she was greeted by a giddy voice that made her melt.

"Hey Weiss! I'm finally off of work!" Ruby said happily, "I was wondering if you want to come over in a few hours. I was thinking we could finish that movie."

'I don't want us to fall asleep again before I can tell her how I feel' Weiss thought to herself. "Well If I go over to your apartment, maybe you can show me how to play video games. I mean, that was the first thing you invited me to do right?" Weiss quickly suggested. There was a slight pause, and Weiss got a little worried. "I'm sorry Ruby, I hope I wasn't too straight forward-"

"No that sounds great!" Ruby interjected, "I guess you weren't too interested in the movie if you fell asleep first anyway!"

Weiss replied with a giggle of embarrassment, "Okay, so what time should I head over?"

"I just have to pick up a little bit, so maybe around six?"

"That's four hours from now." Weiss replied with a hint of disappointment.

"Okay, so I have to pick up a lot." Ruby laughed

They agreed to six in the afternoon, and ended the phone call. Weiss eagerly counted the hours as they crawled by.


Yang and Blake arrived on Yang's motorcycle shortly after Ruby had gotten home. Ruby excitedly opened the door and welcomed the two of them inside. The first thing on the agenda was to find something for Ruby to wear, hoping to impress the elegant girl visiting that eve. Blake sat down on Ruby's bed reading a book, while Yang and Ruby rummaged through the closet.

After an hour of indecisive bickering, Yang found something for Ruby to wear. It was a comfy red off the shoulder top, with a black tank top under. Yang insisted on black shorts, but Ruby blatantly refused, and decided to wear black pajama bottoms.

"Yang, it's the middle of winter! It's too cold for shorts!" Ruby complained

"Okay fine, you don't have to get 'short' with me!" Yang cracked herself up. Blake just let out a sigh and smiled, while Ruby simply facepalmed and ignored the horrible pun.

Blake shut her book, and looked over to Ruby. "Ruby, you look wonderful!" she commented, grabbing a small bag she brought along, "I brought over a few things in my make up bag. Nothing fancy, just a few things to doll you up a bit."

"Uh, I don't know Blake," Ruby timidly looked down, "I normally don't wear anything else other than eyeliner. Do you think Weiss would like that?"

"Well from what I've seen, I would say that she just might." Blake retorted.

Ruby nodded, and Blake started poking around in her bag. "Wait, 'seen'? When did you see Weiss?"

"Well, I have been in the coffee shop that you work at a few times before you became a barista there. Even a couple times while you were working." Blake replied, "Yang described her to me, and I spotted her talking to you one day."

'How could I not have noticed that bow she wears then...' Ruby pondered. Almost on cue, Blake interrupted her thoughts, with an answer.

"I usually bring my own tea and read my books there. I just really enjoy the atmosphere." Blake smiled.

Yang helped pick up around the apartment, while Blake applied light makeup to Ruby's eyes. She only applied eyeliner and light mascara, accompanied with a very light shade of purple eye shadow. Ruby stared at herself in the mirror, in awe of what a little more makeup could do. Yang entered just as Blake was finishing up.

"Sis, you look great!" Yang squealed, "Weiss is going to fall head over heels for you!"

"I'm surprised myself!" Ruby smiled, "You can barely notice the makeup, but it really makes a difference."

It was a quarter till five when they finished tidying up her apartment. Ruby thanked them both for helping as she walked them out. After their goodbyes, Blake and Yang sped away on the motorcycle, leaving Ruby giddy about her soon-to-be visitor.

She called Weiss at about five thirty, telling her that she was ready for her to come over. She had shown up no less than ten minutes after the phone call.


Weiss pulled up to Ruby's apartment complex, her heart pounding at the events to come. 'Little does she know, I'm not here just to play video games.' Weiss smiled to herself as she got out of her car. 'Okay Weiss, just remember your speech.' She rehearsed her rhetoric in her head as she walked up the stairs to Ruby's place. She knocked, and soon realized she wasn't prepared for what answered the door.

"Hey Weiss! Wow you got here fast!" Ruby squeaked in a cute tone.

'Oh, my...' Weiss gawked at the beautiful girl standing in the doorway, speechless. "Uh.. I.. I mean... Hi Ruby. You look astonishing..!" Weiss stammered, lightly blushing.

"Aw, thank you! But you look even better." Ruby replied, smiling. She could tell her new look was having an effect, and this gave her confidence to be more flirty. "Come on in, I just got done cleaning not too long ago."

Static blared in Weiss's mind. Completely disarmed, she had forgotten everything she wanted to say to Ruby, aside from how she felt about her. They went inside, and sat on the couch, which was surprisingly comfy.

"I'm sorry I don't have much room here, It's just a studio apartment. This couch is also my bed, I just add a lot of pillows to make it more like a couch during the day. I hope you don't mind." Ruby commented, "So what was it you wanted to tell me?"

Weiss was still recollecting her thoughts. "Oh, just how excited I am about playing these games!" She quickly replied. 'I need to stall so I can try to regain my composure...'

"Sweet!" Ruby exclaimed. She gathered the controllers and turned on the console, handing one to Weiss. "Get ready to lose!" She said with a competitive smile.