Ruby stood from the air mattress and yawned. Glancing over at her favorite heiress, she smiled a little when she saw Weiss still sleeping. Her white hair flowed gently down her neck and under the blanket, and she had a small smile set on her lips.

She always looks so beautiful when she sleeps, Ruby thought to herself. Then again, she always looks really beautiful.

Ruby turned around and pulled the drapes so she could look out of the window. Her eyes widened.

Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh! her mind thought happily, It's snowing!

She sprinted into the bathroom to begin her day when she slammed into the doorway with a loud THUD! Rubbing her now-aching head, she looked back to Weiss and saw her yawn and start to stir.

"Ruby," she said sleepily, "if you could not tear down the apartment while I'm trying to sleep, that would be great."

"Sorry Weiss," Ruby replied sheepishly, "It's just...it's snowing and-"

Weiss shot upright. "What did you just say?" she demanded.

"Ummm...It's snowing?" Ruby said with a nervous grin.

Weiss quickly got out of her bed and walked over to the window. She pulled the drapes aside and let out an exasperated sigh.

"Well, I guess we're not going to be making that flight today."

Ruby smiled. ""Well, we can still have fun here! I love the snow! It must have been awesome growing up where it snows every winter."

"No," Weiss stated, wearing a slight frown.

Ruby looked confused. "What do you mean 'no?'"

"Precisely that. I grew up with it all the time. It got boring after the first few winters."

"So, I guess you're not going to go out and play in the snow with me?" Ruby asked, looking almost like a kicked puppy.

Weiss smiled. "I never said that you dunce."

Ruby perked up immediately. "Ooh! Then we also need to call Yang! And Blake!" Ruby then started spitting out names in machine-gun-like fashion. "And we need to call Jaune, and Pyrrha-"

"Ruby!"

"Huh? Oh, sorry Weiss," she said sheepishly.

Weiss rolled her eyes. "We're not calling anyone until we are both done getting ready for today."

"Right away, Weiss!" Ruby said with a brilliant smile while flashing a salute at her white-haired girlfriend.

Weiss smiled and shook her head. At least it wasn't going to be boring.


Ruby and Weiss were standing outside Weiss's apartment complex Ruby wearing black and red winter gear, while Weiss wore her trademark white. As the looked through the still-falling snow, they saw six approaching figures, who they immediately identified as their friends.

"Glad you guys could make it!" Ruby said as the rest of the group walked up to the two girls.

"Snow day? With you?" Yang said with a laugh. "You know I'd never pass that up!"

"And, naturally, this brute decided to drag me along," Blake said, though she was smiling as well.

"Oh, hush kitty," Yang said, laughing again.

"Seriously, what is with you two?" Jaune asked, as he walked up holding Pyrrha's hand.

"Oh, Jaune," the fiery-haired girl said with a light chuckle. "Let them have their fun."

"I'm not sure why you dragged me out here though," Ren said.

"Oh, you'll see," Ruby said, looking at Weiss with a mischievous grin. "For now, we need to organize teams! Weiss, Yang, Blake, and me-"

"-I" Weiss interjected.

"-will be team RWBY! And Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren will be team JNPR! Now, remember that, because it'll be important later!"

"What do you mean 'it'll be important later?'" Jaune asked.

"As I said, you'll see. Now, our first order of business is..."


"...and now that the snow forts are built," Ruby said, standing behind a wall of snow that actually resembled a castle and came up to her chest, "it's time for the last item for the day!"

"And what would that be?" Pyrrha asked.

The only reply she received was being pelted in the face by a ball of snow. Ruby burst out laughing.

"What did you expect?" she said between bouts of laughter.

As she finally regained control of herself, she opened her eyes just in time to see a ball of snow flying at her head. She quickly lept out of the way causing it to sail past her, and instead hit the very wrong girl in the face.

Weiss scraped the snow off of her face, pure fury gleaming in her eyes. Weiss slowly formed a snowball in her gloved hands, and pitched it with a remarkable amount of force toward Jaune. The boy staggered back from the sheer force of the blow. When he finally recovered, Jaune quickly leaned down to gather his own snowball, and the battle was joined. It was very clear who the victor would be though. Despite JNPR having Nora for strength and Pyrrha for finesse, team RWBY simply was much better off, with Ruby having the advantage in speed, Yang being even stronger than Nora, Blake was so agile that nothing ever seemed to hit her, and Weiss, in addition to having more finesse than Pyrrha, also had vastly more experiance than anyone else there, having grown up in one of the snowiest regions of Atlas.

Eventually, the fighting began to die down, and, the victor having been clearly established, the rest of the group began to walk home. Weiss and Ruby were left alone, looking through the slowly darkening landscape and still-falling snow.

"Let's go back inside," Weiss said after a brief moment.

Ruby nodded as she grasped Weiss's hand with her own. "Yeah, it is getting rather cold out here."

"Come on," Weiss replied with a small smile, "I'll make you some hot chocolate when we get in."


Ruby threw herself down on the couch, wrapping herself in a blanket as she did so.

"Don't damage the couch, Ruby," Weiss called without even looking over.

"Aww, you never let me have any fun," Ruby pouted.

"And what about not even five minutes ago?" Weiss asked, as she forced the mug of hot chocolate into Ruby's hand. Ruby smiled as she moved the blanket to cover both her and Weiss.

"So you do care," Ruby laughed.

"Of course I do, you dolt. Any more stupid questions?"

The couple sat in a peaceful silence for several minutes, calmly sipping their drinks.

"Hey, Ruby?" Weiss said as she broke the silence. Her voice was just barely a whisper. "I had a lot of fun today."

The Ruby snuggled in a little closer to Weiss, and rested her head on the girl's shoulder.

"I knew you would," she replied , closing her eyes with a gentle smile.

"You do know that you haven't gotten out of meeting my parents, right?"

Ruby nodded. "Yeah, I know," she replied. "Though I still don't mind waiting a little while longer."

Weiss sighed. "Well, what about when the semester is over in about a month? I'll need to head back to Atlas for a week, and I would really appreciate it if you came with me."

Ruby nodded. "I suppose I can do that. Do you parents know that you have a girlfriend?"

"Yes, they do," Weiss replied with a nod. "I called them earlier when you were in the shower to tell them that I would not be back this week due to the weather."

"And they were okay with it?"

"Of course they were, dolt," Weiss said, rolling her eyes. "They didn't mind that I'm a lesbian, why would they care that I actually have a girlfriend?"

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Ruby sighed gently.

The couple settled into another comfortable silence, punctured only by their slow, steady breaths. As the room began to grow dark, Weiss looked down to her girlfriend, and saw the girl sleeping peacefully. Weiss smiled at the sight of the sweet, innocent, young girl. She started to hum to herself as she gently stroked Ruby's hair. As she hummed the song she had been taught when she was a child, her smile slowly started to fade, replaced by several silent tears.

"Weiss, are you crying?" Ruby asked, startling the older girl.

"N-no," Weiss answered, even as another tear streamed down her cheek.

Ruby opened her eyes and turned too look at Weiss. "What's wrong? And don't say nothing, because I can pretty clearly see that something is bothering you."

"It's just...I...I feel like I don't deserve you," Weiss said sadly. "I've been, mean, cold, and cruel, and you're just the absolutely nicest person I've ever met. You deserve someone-"

Ruby didn't even let her finish her thought, choosing instead to pull her into a deep kiss. Ruby held the white-haired girl hostage there for what felt like several minutes before finally releasing her again, and looking into her eyes.

"Weiss Schnee," Ruby said, her voice filled with determination. "Do not let me hear this talk of you not deserving me."

Weiss opened her mouth to protest, but once again found Ruby's lips pressed against her own.

"You heard what I said," Ruby stated, staring into Weiss's eyes.

Weiss nodded as a smile returned to her face.

"You're never going to let me have even one moment of self-loathing, are you?"

Ruby chuckled as she snuggled up to Weiss again. "Of course not, princess," she said. "You are far to pretty to cry."

Weiss kissed the top of Ruby's head. Between the two of us, she really is the perfect one here, Weiss thought.


A/N: See? Told you guys this story wasn't being discontinued. As I said in my A/N in Flight of a Rose, these two stories will be rotated in their release. So, consequently, my next posting will be Chapter 2 of Flight of a Rose.

Also, please don't expect me to upload this often. Just got a "lucky" break by having multiple tests on the same day. College! yay...

Stay tuned for more later, and, if you haven't already, please go check out The Flight of a Rose!