Ruby

Well, today's finally the day; we're leaving for Atlas tonight. Weiss and Blake went down to the main city to make sure that all of our preparations are taken care of; Weiss called in a private Schnee Dust Company airship. It's so exciting; I've never ridden on a private airship. But, I think that I'm prepared. My backpack is filled to the brim with a bunch of different snacks so that I won't get hungry. I even packed an extra skirt,but I don't think I'll need it. Suddenly, breaking me out of my thoughts, Yang kicks the bathroom door down, a sly smile on her face.

I'm not sure if I like that; the last time she looked at me like that was when we were kids and she wanted me to eat a little bit of dust with her. "Hey, sis, what's up?" she asks, bounding towards me, full of energy like she always is. She drops down on Weiss' bed and looks at me expectantly. The way she said that was innocent enough, but I'm still going to be careful here.

"Hey, I'm just putting the finishing touches on my backpack; I want to make sure that I have everything that I'm going to need," I say, turning to face her. "Where are your things?"

"Ah, Blake is all I need." She replies, throwing her left arm over my shoulder. "I'm so lucky to have her; we really hit the jackpot with these girls," Yang smiles lazily, staring out towards her shared bed, "Speaking of which; how are you and the princess doing? You've been dating for what, four months now?" She asks, her smile fading into a small grin.

"Actually, we've been dating for three months, twenty five days, fifteen hours and fifty minutes," I reply instantly, looking down at my scroll. I love Weiss so much, but I don't want to tell her that yet. She may not feel the same, I mean I know that she loves me as a friend and as a partner but she may not love me romantically and I just want to keep her with me forever.

"Sheesh, that's . . . kinda sad that you know that off the top of your head, Ruby, but also kinda cute that you're so in love with her," Yang says, smiling at me knowingly. Ugh, she doesn't understand. She knows that I've been completely obsessed with Weiss ever since last year. To finally be with her is just . . . awesome; I can't put it into words. "So . . ." she begins, trailing off.

I don't like the sound of that.

"How far have you gotten?" she asks casually, propping herself up using her arms.

Immediately, I feel heat rush to my face, "Whatdoyoumean?" I reply quickly, knowing exactly what she means. I can't believe that she would ask that so openly. I stand up and turn away from her, rubbing my cloak; it helps me to calm down slightly. When I feel my face start to cool down I take a deep breath and turn around, looking at my older sister.

"You know. Have you . . . done it yet?" she questions, looking straight into my eyes.

"Yang Xiao Long! That. Is. Private." I yell, stamping my foot and using her full name for emphasis.

She pushes off the bed and raises her hands defensively, "Whoa, Ruby. Calm down I was just kidding, you don't have-"

"Nope," I respond, cutting her off. Truth be told, I have wanted that for a while. It's not my fault, what can I say? "We haven't done it yet," the blush returns to my pale cheeks. Yang is lucky like that, I know that she and Blake have been . . . going at it a lot; they try to be quiet when they do, but my sister really can't keep it down.

"Ruby, it's alright, that girl is definitely rubbing off on you," she says, snickering to herself at the pun. I suddenly feel need pulse through me and I squeeze my legs together, trying to push away the thoughts of Weiss touching herself.

"Why do you want to know? I finally ask as the feeling begins to go away. She can't have just stayed with me just to talk about my love life. Yang looks at me and gasps dramatically, bringing her right hand to her mouth.

"I'm offended; I can't ask my own little sister about her life? What is the world coming to!" She yells, waving her fist in the air as she theatrically falls to the ground. I roll my eyes at her and watch as she lays on the floor, her eyes shut. Eventually, one violet eye flutters open, and she smiles at me, flipping to her feet.

Well, after seeing that, I think she deserves to know at least a little bit; I mean I have told her everything for as long as I can remember, why not this too? "To be honest, Yang, I've wanted Weiss in every way for the longest time but, every time I try to engage something, we get interrupted. Remember yesterday?" I ask, glaring at her with a slight blush on my face. I've been blushing a lot lately.

"Sorry, Ruby," she says, smiling evasively, "I promise to make it up to you in Atlas; Weiss' place must be huge so I'll make sure that the two of you get the alone time that you deserve," she gets to her feet, and walks to the door, leaving me sitting alone on Weiss' bed. "I better go find Blake; I was supposed to be in charge of packing our clothes, but I don't know what underwear to bring," she confides, winking at me.

I'm glad that we had that conversation; Yang and I haven't had a serious private conversation for a pretty long time, I guess we've been so busy with school . . . and our girlfriends. I sigh longingly; I love the thought of Weiss being my girlfriend.

I hope I don't screw it up.