Before Weiss knew it, it was the weekend and she was supposed to meet Ruby for their little excursion into town in less than half an hour. Weiss had spent her last few days in the Infirmary trying to find a way out of her trip with Ruby, but so far all of her ideas were either too excessive or required changing her name which she decided against.
"So," the Nurse said suddenly, breaking Weiss' concentration as she laced up her boots, "Are you ready for your big date?"
Weiss turned bright red and crossed her arms to signal that she was infuriated. "It's not a date! I'm just going shopping with a friend."
The Nurse gave a small chuckle, "I'm just teasing ya' kid. You seem tense and I thought a joke would help lighten ya' up." The Nurse trailed off and muttered something Weiss couldn't hear.
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Now can you come over here Miss Schnee, you need to sign a few forms before we can release you."
Weiss let her frustration subside, and she agreed to the Nurse's request and went over to sign the papers. Weiss wasn't angry at the Nurse, she just wanted this day to be over already.
"So your friend seems nice." The Nurse said trying to make small talk as Weiss looked over a few questions pertaining to her injuries.
Weiss scowled slightly at the Nurse but she wasn't wrong, Ruby was the kindest person she had ever met and there was just something about her that made her so inexplicably fascinating. But Weiss didn't want to admit that, not even to herself.
When Weiss was done filling out the paperwork she bowed to the Nurse, "Thank you."
"No problem. It's my job, and it's not like you were my most boring patient." She said wearing a broad grin and giving Weiss a nod.
Weiss gave a nod in return and started to walk towards the exit.
"Miss Schnee," Weiss turned around and saw the Nurse staring at her intently. "Make sure you relax a little, okay? Being stressed isn't healthy."
Weiss gave a nod in recognition and continued on her way.
'What's she talking, about I'm not stressed I am fine.' Weiss thought to herself as she pushed open the doors to the Infirmary, revealing her cape wearing teammate leaning against the wall, deep in thought.
The sound of the Infirmary doors opening snapped her out of her contemplation and brought Weiss to the center of her attention.
"Heya Weiss, ready to head into town?" Ruby shouted to the now distraught Weiss.
'Well now I know what the Nurse meant at least.' Weiss thought as she joined her rambunctious teammate. "Let's go Ruby, I don't want to miss our shuttle." Weiss said gesturing Ruby to follow.
"Okay, so I was thinking and I think we should go to the cobbler first because that'll probably take the longest and I brought my school shoes with me so we can go do some other stuff while they're fixing my boots. I think we should go get some ammo before we drop by the book store, Blake wanted me to get a novel for her and I wanted to pick up a couple of new weapons magazines, but then we can go wherever you want." Ruby said giving an almost unrealistically large smile to Weiss.
"Sure," Weiss said crossing her arms slightly and realizing she didn't have her purse with her. Weiss gave a frustrated sigh, "I need to go get my purse from the-"
"Taken care of!" Ruby shouted as she happily handed Weiss her purse.
"Oh," Weiss spouted purely dumbstruck by Ruby's attentiveness, but then a thought occurred "Wait, did you go through my stuff."
The broad grin faded from Ruby's face but a forced smile still lingered. "Yes I did. And I also saved you a trip back to the room and ensured that we wouldn't end up missing our shuttle so forget about it 'kay?" Ruby said with a hint of anger in her tone.
Weiss got the hint and thanked Ruby for grabbing her purse and attached the pouch to her belt in silence. Weiss gave a small sigh, 'This is going to be a long day.'
In Ruby's opinion her shopping trip with Weiss was going about as well as she expected. It started off kind of rough and Ruby considered punching Weiss in the ribs after she was positive she was going to call her a disrespectful privacy invader when she told Weiss she grabbed her purse, but that sorted itself out before it went downhill. Ruby couldn't do much about Weiss being dead silent for most of the trip into town, but the thing that stood out to her the most was when Weiss jumped about three feet away from her when they accidentally brushed their hands together while they were walking.
Weiss explained that she "didn't want Ruby to get her sleeves dirty." to which Ruby just laughed at and muttered an obscene insult under her breath.
Ruby was genuinely trying to forgive and forget about Weiss' rude remarks but the fact that she kept trying to open new wounds was just becoming frustrating.
Every time Ruby tried to justify Weiss' insults Yang's words reverberated through her head, "You shouldn't have to try and fix your friendship with her."Ruby grinded her teeth in frustration, 'She's my friend I should try and fight for our friendship.' Ruby thought as she clenched her hands into a fist.
'I'm not saying that you shouldn't, but should you really be fighting against her?'
Ruby stopped dead in her tracks. Weiss walked a few feet forward and stopped to see her team leader staring at the ground.
'Why am I fighting for this friendship? I'm not gaining anything. Now that I think about, it I think fighting for Weiss might be ruining my relationship with Yang, and my grades have probably been slipping a little. But Weiss is my teammate and… and… And what else?! Maybe I should-'
"Revenant to Ruby." Weiss said waving a hand in front of Ruby's face.
"Huh?"
"I asked you, why've we stopped in the middle of the street?" Weiss said, placing her hands on her hips.
Ruby returned her gaze to the street, "It's not important."
Weiss let out a sigh and started dragging Ruby by the hood.
"Hey what are you-" Ruby blurted out.
"We're going to go drop off your boots at the cobbler and then we're going to go to a café to have a little chat." Weiss said sternly, now dragging Ruby down the street and wearing out what little heel remained on her boots.
'Well at least I know why my boots got worn out so quickly.' Ruby thought as she allowed the heiress to drag her through the streets of Vale.
Ruby stared up quizzically at the silver sign, "The Amber Glass?"
"What?" Weiss said staring at Ruby intently.
"What kind of name is that?" Ruby said, now analyzing the red brick exterior and trying to glance through the dark tinted windows.
Weiss rolled her eyes, "Well what kind of name did you expect it to have?"
"I don't know maybe something with 'café' in it."
Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head, "You're such a dunce. Let's just go inside."
"Please, after you Miss High Society." Ruby said, bowing low with a large smirk spread across her lips. To Ruby's surprise Weiss didn't give a quick and witty retort to her mockery, but instead went inside without hesitation.
Ruby rose out of her bow and stared at the door, 'I don't think she even glanced at me. Usually something like that sets her off.' Ruby thought, now pushing the door to the café open. As Ruby entered the café her eyes began to water and her nose was filled with the thick heavy smell of cinnamon scented smoke.
'Oh Dust I think she's trying to kill me!' Ruby thought, as she coughed and rubbed her eyes.
Weiss let out a sigh of irritation, "For Dust's sake calm down, it's just incense." Weiss was experiencing something quite different compared to Ruby. She didn't look like the normal stuck up and formal Weiss, she looked relaxed and somewhat elegant.
Ruby took a couple deep breaths to better acquaint herself with the warm and sweet café air. "So, how'd you hear about this place?" Ruby said curiously, as she looked around the dim room trying not to catch the eyes of any of the current patrons enjoying drinks, some light conversation, and a little smooth jazz that Ruby couldn't find the source of.
"Blake and I go here every few weeks so we can just talk and relax." Weiss said as she began to walk towards a counter located at the back of the room.
"Oh well that's cool… I guess. So what do they have to drink here?"
"Well I usually get a 4 shot venti soy caramel macchiato with extra caramel."
Ruby just stared blankly at Weiss like she had been speaking in some kind of alien language. "Uh, I think I'll just get an espresso."
For a second Ruby could have sworn she saw a small smile on Weiss before she turned to talk to the barista, but she couldn't tell for sure due to the low light.
Once the girls had ordered their drinks they walked around the room until they came to a table they could agree upon. Weiss liked the vanilla incense and Ruby preferred it to the cinnamon ones spread around throughout the rest of the room.
Once they were comfortable Ruby decided to bring up the topic at the forefront of her mind. The one that she couldn't let go ignored any longer.
"So what's up with the prices here? Seems like a little expensive don't ya' think?" Ruby said, staring at here Caffé Mocha what'sit'sname.
"It's expensive because it's high quality." Weiss said as she held her cup with both hands and took a small sip.
"If this is high quality then I'm a Death Stalker." Ruby said pushing her glass cup away.
Weiss gave a tired sigh and placed her cup on the table. "Ruby," Ruby looked up to see Weiss looking at her with a slightly somber look on her face. Weiss opened her mouth to finish her sentence, but nothing came out. She let out another sigh and looked towards the incense which was slowly burning away.
"Is something wrong?" Ruby said her attention now focused solely on Weiss.
Weiss looked up from the incense and held her gaze on Ruby this time. "Ruby, I… want to apologize for how I've been treating you over the past couple weeks."
Ruby was taken aback by Weiss' sudden apology, admittedly she was surprised more by her own feelings about it. Ruby wasn't as happy about receiving it as she thought she would be. She thought she would be the one on the high horse for once, basking in her victory, but this wasn't a victory. She got what she wanted, but instead of savoring it she just wanted the moment to be over already.
Ruby gave Weiss a warm smile, "It's okay Weiss… I forgive you."
A few minutes passed in silence as the two girls enjoyed their drinks and the sweet aroma of vanilla.
Ruby thought these few minutes were almost perfect but there was something in Weiss' eyes that kept her opinion from being true. It looked like Weiss still had something to say. So Ruby waited patiently as they finished their drinks, but when they both finished she didn't say it.
Weiss checked her scroll for the time and suggested that they do the rest of the shopping before it gets too late. So Ruby complied and they left The Amber Glass without saying another word.
Ruby let out a small sigh and continued to walk down the streets of Vale with Weiss, the thought of Weiss' secrecy still lingering in her mind.
'If it's important she'll tell me.'
Sorry this one's a little late, enjoy. -CS