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A Painting in the Park
Chapter 11
A heads up: This is a rough draft that my editor has not yet edited.
I will update this chapter when it gets edited.
Weiss smiled to herself. She had just finished eating lunch with Ruby and had joined her on the couch. She felt quite proud of herself today, considering how she had finally admitted how she felt… sort of.
She had recently done quite the 'soul searching' for the past week because honestly, Weiss hadn't ever expected to be gay. And yet here she found herself, falling for the dorky painter who endangered the life she's built. Weiss giggled to herself, something that Ruby noticed.
"Hey, Weiss. What's so funny?" Ruby asked curiously, leaning in so that their shoulders touched. Weiss blushed and turned away from the artist.
"It is nothing Ruby. Hey, why not watch some TV?" Weiss asked hurriedly, already pulling out the remote and pressing the power button. Ruby leaned in even closer, causing Weiss to blush even more.
'As if it wasn't already visible enough!' She thought to herself, cursing her pale skin. Ruby smirked and withdrew. The TV turned on, a news station already playing.
"Sounds good to me! What're we gonna watch?" Ruby asked. Weiss kept her face angled away from Ruby and shrugged.
"I am not sure. If you would like, we can put in a movie? I do not have a large variety but I am sure there is something you would enjoy watching." Weiss gestured to the movie stand sitting next to the TV. She didn't usually watch movies, but Blake had suggested she watch a large list of her favorite movies. Although she hadn't watched most of them.
"Alright! Lemme just see what we've got to pick from!" Ruby nearly launched off the couch to look through the movies. She started humming, as the girl so often does these days. Weiss' mouth twitches into a slightly wider smile as she turns her attention to the news.
"Today marks the end of the Vytal Festival Tournament Preliminary rounds! Among the fan favorites for the up and coming rounds are the following teams! There is Team ECOA, AASH, WISH, and VVAS! These are the four teams that everyone is rooting for to get to the semi-finals! But who knows what will happen? After all, they have to face off against 124 other teams! That means there are 5 more rounds before the quarter-finals!"
A happy and upbeat voice continues to go about describing the Vytal tournament and eventually, Weiss starts to tune it out. She is proud that Seraine and the rest of his team, Team VVAS, was doing so well and all… but right now she had more pressing matters.
Among said matters was her rapidly heating face when she realized that her eyes were roaming Ruby's figure. Weiss' eyes widen when she realized what she was doing and forced herself to look back at the screen in hopes of preventing Ruby from noticing. When she noticed that the news had finally changed though, Weiss' face instantly returned to normal.
"And now, we go to Lisa Lavender for more news for news on such a heinous crime."
"Thank you. Today we are here at the scene of a murder. The culprit is, as of now, still unknown but the victim is none other than well-known actor, Cardin Winchester. We have it on good report that this crime happened late last night and that there are more than just a few suspects. However, other then that, we do not have much information on who did it and if this was a single time case or just the start. Either way, one can only suspect that this may have something to do with the large slew of charges that have surfaced against him. It has been released that Cardin Winchester had managed to cover up many crimes that he had been charged with. Among those charges were things such as theft, abuse, and even rape."
"Thank you, Lisa. Now-" Weiss tuned everything out after that. A frown had appeared on her face as she thought to herself. Ruby had stopped what she was doing and had listened to the report as well, and when she turned and saw Weiss' face she knew there was something wrong.
"Hey, Weiss? Something up? You seem kinda spooked by that… uh, murder report." Ruby put a hand on Weiss' shoulder when she didn't respond. Weiss heard her but didn't respond. She didn't necessarily know what to think about the news report. On one hand, Weiss didn't like the concept of people being murdered. On the other hand, it was Cardin…
"Weiiiiissssss." Ruby whined out her name. After a moment she leaned down so close that their noses touched and whispered something.
"Boop." Weiss' eyes widened, quickly coming back to reality and attempting to jump away from Ruby with a massive blush. She heard giggling as she rose from the floor behind the couch, having fallen over the back when scrambling away. Weiss looked up after making it onto her knees and saw Ruby smirking with her chin resting on the back edge of the couch and her eyes sparkling with humor. She was not happy with Ruby. The other girl looked kinda hot like that but-
'Shut up, now is not the time for that' Weiss thought to herself as she managed to put a scowl on her face, causing Ruby to snicker even more. Her face just kept growing redder.
"What was that for, Ruby?" Weiss demanded half-heartedly. Ruby only grinned at her some more.
"You were realllllyyyy deep in thought so I tried something one of my friends always does! Well, she does it to Ren at least." Ruby stated proudly. Weiss' eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"So who is Ren too… this friend of yours?" Weiss asks carefully, hoping that Ruby doesn't change the topic to what she was thinking about. Ruby starts to fidget for a moment before replying.
"Well, you see… Ren is Nora's… Well, he's her… Umm... " Weiss, who has finally reached her feet, lightly flicks Ruby's forehead with a small smirk on her face.
"Come on dolt. Spit it out already." Weiss says with a chuckle.
"They're dating." Ruby spews the answer out as quickly as possible. Weiss' chuckling stops almost immediately, realizing that what the other girl had done wasn't, in fact, something that her friends did as… well friends, but instead as a couple. Her face, as well as her entire neck, turned a bright shade of red. Ruby laughed anxiously and rubbed a hand along her neck.
"Anywayssss, so what were you thinking about Weiss?" Ruby asked, trying to change the topic. Weiss' flushed face quickly faded and she frowned slightly as she returned to the couch.
"Well, you heard the news about the murder I take? Cardin Winchester and the way he had been so brutally killed that they were unable to identify who it was for hours?" Ruby nodded with wide eyes. Weiss sighed before continuing.
"Well… Back when I was with my...family… I knew him. Not by choice, but instead forced to because our parents knew each other. Although I really do not want to talk about it much more than that…" Weiss sighed and pulled her legs up, wrapping her arms around them. Ruby decided that a change in topic would be the best choice.
"Well! So what movie should we watch? And action movie? Sci-fi? Er… Romance?" Ruby started tapping her fingers together and Weiss wondered if that was some form of nervous habit. She smiled a bit and gave a little giggle.
"I would like something that ends happily or is otherwise lighthearted. Other than that, you can pick." Weiss gave Ruby a sad, yet fond smile that the other girl happily returned before leaping up to go find something to watch.
"Alright! You want to grab some blankets or something? 'Cuz movies in the cold afternoon need to be done with blankets! Oh! And hot cocoa! You do have some of that right?" Ruby started bouncing excitedly, causing Weiss' smile to only grow. She was quickly laughing happily.
"Of course I do. Let me go get everything ready. I will be back in here in a few minutes, so make sure the movie is ready by then dolt." Weiss said fondly, already cheered up. She first walked to the kitchen to heat up water before heading to her room and collecting a few blankets.
Ruby decided to pick out cheesy rom-com to watch. She chose it specifically because it was humorous and because Weiss seemed to have a few of them so she probably liked them. As the other girl entered the living room with a handful of blankets Ruby flashed a comforting smile in her direction. Weiss only smiled back before setting down the blankets and heading back towards her kitchen.
Ruby got up off the floor in front of the TV and started setting up what she deemed to be the perfect nest of blankets for watching a movie. After some careful consideration and thought, Ruby finally decided that it was good enough right as Weiss walked in with two mugs.
"The cocoa is done. Have you picked out a movie yet?" Weiss handed one mug to Ruby before eyeing the nest with curiosity.
"Yeah! I picked out a rom-com. You said something happy or funny and since you have a lot of them I guessed that you like them." Ruby grinned proudly at Weiss, who looked away slightly embarrassed.
"Well, actaully those movies were given to me by Blake. I have not really watched any of them though." Weiss replied, much to Ruby's dismay. Apparently, her choice wasn't as amazing as she thought it would be.
"Would you like me to pick something else then? We don't have to watch it if you don't want to." Ruby hesitantly replied. Weiss' eyes widened slightly.
"It's not that I do not like them! I just have never watched much in the way of television or movies." Weiss quickly said. Ruby almost instantly perked up. With a smile, she slurped up some of her hot cocoa.
"Well, why don't you come and sit down? It's nice and comfortable here!" Ruby patted the spot next to her. Weiss smiled a bit nervously before sitting next to her. Ruby gave a comforting smile before leaning in and giving Weiss a caring hug, much to the older girls surprise. Weiss stiffened for a moment before relaxing.
"Before the movie starts I just wanted to let you know something. You may not want to talk about what happened to much, but if you ever change your mind I'm always here for you. I can tell that something's up, but I won't push you about it. Anyways, let's get this movie started!" Ruby pulled away and wrapped herself up in a blanket next to Weiss, who quietly sat with her head lowered.
"Thank you, Ruby. That means a lot." Weiss said quietly. She gave a soft smile to Ruby, who returned it tenfold. After a few minutes of staring at each other with smiles on their faces, the two quickly looked away. They then sat together and started the movie in a comfortable silence.
"Oh my goodness they did not just do that." Ruby finally broke the silence, bursting into laughter. Weiss giggled next to her.
"It certainly looks like they did." Weiss said with a smile lingering on her face.
After that point, there was near constant joking and laughing and Ruby absolutely loved it. It was all at the expense of the movie, of course. And after finishing one movie Ruby put in another. And then another. Ruby was excited to be spending so much time with the platinum-haired girl. Esctatic, in fact. She really didn't want to have to leave. Eventually, though, the need for sleep started to overtake her.
Ruby's eyes started to flutter shut, tired beyond belief. Eventually, she let sleep take her and slowly leaned over onto Weiss' shoulder. She felt Weiss stiffen up at the contact but she didn't care. She was a bit too tired.
Weiss sat on the couch ramrod straight and eyes wide. Ruby was leaning against her shoulder and Weiss didn't have any clue about what she should do. After a quick glance over she realized that Ruby was asleep and relaxed a little. She wasn't sure if she was relieved or disappointed about it, but she at least knew what she should do.
Weiss smiled lightly and gave Ruby a soft hug, which was returned by the unconscious girl. She went to pull back but quickly realized that Ruby's grip on her was much tighter then she had originally thought it would be. She struggled against Ruby's hug, but the redhead was much stronger then Weiss was.
After a few minutes, she gave up. There was no way she was getting out of this. The realization brought a bright blush to her face and she sighed. She struggled once more but to no avail. As she started to drift off to sleep, Weiss decided that she would either just make an excuse in the morning or tell her the truth. Either way, it was late at night and she needed her sleep. So instead of continuing to fight it, she pulled up a blanket and went to sleep.
They peacefully lay on the couch under the blanket, smiles gracing their faces. Weiss eventually slipped her arms around Ruby's waist and pulled closer into the other girl. They were in for quite an embarrassing wake up in the morning, but they both enjoyed it in the meantime. Whether they would admit it or not. After all, they were both in the arms of the woman they were falling for and that isn't something that everyone had.
A/N:
I hope you all enjoyed this weeks chapter!
There was a good amount of fluff!
And we're about to find out more about our two lovebirds past
too! Or at least the snowflakes. I was asked for
more drama and I plan to comply with that!
The next little ark for our story is about to begin.
The first one was the meeting and this one is going to be about
the past! Hope you enjoy!
Also, I really don't like Cardin so hopefully no love lost
for you all as well heh. This part of the story may or may
not have just been so I had a reason to kill him off…
BUT! I still hope you all have enjoyed and
continue to enjoy my story! If you did
then feel free to drop a review! I love reading
everyone's theories as to what will happen!
Especially since the next chapter is never set
in stone and so your theories give me ideas and
maybe it'll become reality hehe…
So anyways! See you all next week!
Last thing: So I might end up changing me
posting date at this rate. Just keep that in mind!