AN: I we return! Sorry for leaving you stranded, I've had a lot to keep me busy. Hopefully I can keep a regular upload pace, but with the holidays still going on, it sort of unpredictable. Also, be warned, there are once again two songs from reality I mentioned (So many references...I might as well make a fucking mix tape at this point) Though I don't feel as bad about it after I figured out daft punk exists in the RWBY universe. Now, without further ado, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! -CakeLegends
The Lonesome Road - Chapter 12
Four days sixteen hours and forty-eight minutes.
The time away from Weiss was mushing the caped-girl's emotions like wet paper.
Ruby Rose sat at a table in the karaoke bar.
Her fingers drummed impatiently against the table's wooden surface to the beat of the music. Around her, the warm bar was packed with warm spirited people, all dancing and singing along to the songs that played.
Some people were decent singers. Others sounded like a dying animal. But no matter who was up, everyone was smiling and having a good time.
Everyone except the caped-girl.
Ruby's sad eyes stared at the At the three empty seats around her. The two full glasses on the table. Weiss' untouched glass sat across from her, it's condensation leaving a tiny, depressing puddle on the table. Ruby's own glass sat in front of her, untouched.
Ruby let out a sigh.
Her hopes raised and fell every time the bar door opened. She cursed herself for not being able to relax. This place was awesome. She should be having a good time. She did give a small giggle when she heard her sister and her best friend duet-ing the Piña Colada song with the drunken assistance of the rest of the bar.
She turned and smiled at her ecstatic friends. Whether it was the mood or her drink, Blake was singing with surprising enthusiasm. Yang's grin at her partner's actions was as radiant as the sun. Ruby wished she was recording this with her Scroll, but she decided to save the levelheaded Faunus the embarrassment.
"That looks like fun." Ruby thought to herself. She felt a tingle of excitement rise in her stomach. "Weiss and I should-"
Ruby's eyes realigned with the lonely glasses on the table. Her smile faded quickly.
She saw the glasses in a different way: She was the glass in front of her. Weiss was the one across the table. A short distance kept them apart, but it was a distance nonetheless. The roads they walked were parallel.
Ruby stared at the wet puddle around her glass- physical evidence of her melting heart.
And across the table, an arriving Weiss' heart was doing the same. Her expression was of immeasurable embarrassment. Weiss sat down quietly. She slowly pulled her glass a little closer, clutching it with both hands. The caped-girl's eyes rose not once.
"So..." Weiss attempted to start a subject. "Did you know that the drinking age in Atlas is fifteen? It's a carried-over law from back before filters. Beer was prominent because the water was all shitty and gross."
Ruby remained silent.
"How are things for you?" Weiss asked, partially to start a topic, but mostly because she was legitimately concerned.
Ruby spoke just loud enough for Weiss to hear over the bar. Her sweet voice was filled with concern. "I've barely seen you over the last 5 days."
Weiss' finger rose to give a playful correction. "Actually it's only been-"
"Four days sixteen hours and forty-eight minutes since we broke up." Ruby mumbled, raising her face to make eye contact.
"...51 minutes now." Weiss corrected halfheartedly. She let out a sigh. "You've been keeping track too?"
"It's kind of hard not to." Ruby answered. "I can't sleep anymore."
Weiss felt a twinge in her heart. "...I'm sorry about that, Ruby...it's not exactly a great Holiday gift is it? I wish…"
The Heiress removed a hand from her glass and placed it on her former lover's. Her loving blue eyes met the caped-girl. A rush ran through Ruby's body. Even if it was just a simple touch, Weiss always seemed to have this effect on her.
"I wish I could be around more, but I'm not good for you right now. I can...feel the anger at the world just burning inside. So I have to keep myself 'preoccupied'. Distracted. This isn't what I want to do. This is just...better than seeing you go."
It took all of Ruby's strength not to slap the Heiress right there. Then kiss her to the floor for being such a fool. But the wise part of her knew Weiss was correct.
They realized they were sitting in each other's silence. Holding each other's hand. Staring into each other's eyes. Weiss and Ruby both fought the want- the need to lean in. They needed to connect their souls once again.
A familiar hunger grew in the caped-girl. The urge to advance on the Heiress was sometimes excruciating. Ruby wished that her thoughts of her lover hadn't wandered from pleasant to vulgar.
But there's a lot of time to think when you don't sleep well.
The scene ran through the caped-girl's mind in an instant:
Everyone around them disappeared. Her desperate lips clashed passionately with her lover's.
Her hands roughly yanked away The Heiress' clothing. Weiss did the same; her pleasantly cool fingers giving Ruby's skin goose bumps. She felt the familiar soft growls that escaped Weiss' mouth when they made love.
Ruby broke the kiss, moving her mouth and biting her teeth down playfully at her pale neck and brought her fingers to play with the sensitive spots on Weiss' chest. She smirked as the beginning of moans escaped the Heiress.
She felt Weiss' now warm hands trail down her stomach to her zone. A small cry escaped Ruby as her lover's masterful fingers began to satisfy days of buildup.
Ruby's eyes crossed as she peaked. Her forehead rested against Weiss' bare shoulder. She forgot how to think. Her speech became incoherent cusses. She could practically feel Weiss' confident smirk at the back of her head.
Ruby shook out of her trance. She looked at the hungry blue eyes she had stared into. It didn't take a detective to know Weiss had the same thoughts running through her head. Weiss' eyebrow rose. Her eyes darted to the chairs at their sides.
"Where's Yang and Blake?"
Ruby pointed her thumb over her shoulder to their two teammates singing on stage. Weiss giggled. Ruby couldn't help but giggle along with her.
"Are you recording this?" Weiss asked her partner.
Ruby smiled and shook her head. "I don't really need blackmail material."
"Well, I do." Weiss smirked, pulling her Scroll out and unlocking it. Ruby grinned and shook her head as Weiss rushed to get the camera up in time. She raised her phone just as the couple finished their last note.
"So close!" Ruby commented over the applause, laughing and bringing her fingers together to show just how 'close' it truly was. Weiss shook her head in disappointment, but her grin was insuppressible. Yang and Blake found their seats.
"Frosty's here!" Blake cheered with slurred speech as she sat down on an equally intoxicated Yang's lap.
Yang's face changed to that of a sudden, shocking realization. "Weiss, you can sing. Ruby, you're not that bad yourself... " Yang gave a clap and pointed finger guns at her friends. "You two should go up there!"
The duo's faces turned as red as rubies. "I don't know..."
"Why? Because we did better than you ever could?" Blake taunted with a confident smirk. "Don't be pussies."
Weiss and Ruby's backs straightened at the challenge. Their eyes locked. Confident smirks erupted across their expressions. After all, they compared themselves to C-3PO and R2D2. The Chief and Cortana. Batman and Robin. One property had to remain true.
Dating or not: Weiss and Ruby were one of the most kickass duos of all time.
The Heiress and the caped-girl downed a hearty chug of their drinks and slammed them to the table in sync.
The duo walked to the song selector, already donning smiles of victory.
"Which song do you want to sing?" He asked. Weiss and Ruby only needed to glance at each other.
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough." The duo declared in sync. They smirked and high-five in a manner they only did once before, when their opinions on combat skirts matched perfectly.
The Faunus looked down. Empty glasses sat right next to each other on the now dry table. Even though she didn't fully understand, she smiled.
Yang and Blake sang along happily just like the rest of the bar, joining in the loud applause as the song finished.
"We are going to fix them." Blake said with unslurred to her partner with a smile under the applause.
As she clapped, Yang looked at her beaming friends: Weiss carrying the Ruby bridal style off the stage. The Heiress gave a playful kiss to her partner's cheek, earning a few whistles. An increasingly intoxicated Ruby returned the favor in full, kissing her carrier full on the mouth.
And even though she was testing her vow, a very happy Weiss Schnee kissed her lover back.
Yang grinned at her equally sober partner. "It's already working."
