Weiss sat in the chair of her desk, tapping her pen against the wooden impatiently. She started down at the test in front of her, the one that she didn't study for because Ruby insisted that studying was boring and that Weiss didn't need to. While she agreed that she didn't really need to, she still like to get that extra bit of studying in, just in case. If she had studied she could've avoided this situation, spending upwards of ten minutes staring at a single question without writing a thing. The fact that she would probably lose a mark on this question didn't bother her, not much anyway. The main thing that bothered her was the fact that she couldn't answer. That at this moment she was physically incapable of answers this one single question.
So she sat and stared. Scouring her mind for any information that could possibly be of use. She had planned to do this until time was up as she had finished the rest of her test already and had returned to this question after finishing. A quick glance at the clock told her that she had at least fifteen minutes left to answer this question. And thats exactly what she planned on doing.
Well that is until a scrunched up ball of paper landed in front of her.
Instantly she sighed silently. She knew who threw this. She knew that what was written on it would be something infuriatingly cute and amazingly annoying all at the same time. She knew because of the bright red paper that it was written on. The one that had roses in the corners. She knew because of the slight, almost silent giggle she heard as it landed on her desk. She knew because Ruby was sat one desk to the right of her.
For a long while she just stared at the paper, hoping that if she stared hard enough and with enough hatred and annoyance, that it would just burst into flames. But she knew that that wasn't possible. That she would eventually have to unfold the paper and read what was on it. She knew she could just back to her test and ignore the message but that would probably just result in more scraps of red papers flying over to her desk top. And she didn't really like the idea of ignoring Ruby, even if it was during a test. Grades mattered to Weiss, but Ruby always came first.
So after glancing up at the teacher to make sure that he was still staring down at his book, Weiss reached over and picked up the ball of paper. She slowly and begrudgingly unfolded it. She lay the paper flat of her desk, above her test. On the piece of paper was a singled word.
Hey.
Weiss stared down at the word for a moment. Re-read it just to make sure. Then sighed and let her head drop to her desk. She wanted to be mad. But she just wasn't. She couldn't be, not at Ruby. Not when she was so damn cute all the damn time. To add to Weiss' pain was a small doodle next to the word. Just a scribbled drawing of a smily face, but it was so Ruby that it made Weiss' heart melt. She lifted her head and dared a glance at the desk next to her and sure enough Ruby was glancing at her out of the corner of her eye, smiling all cutesy 'n' shit. And Weiss knew she had to write something back, otherwise that look would be gone and that wasn't something that Weiss wanted, even if she would never admit it.
So she thought for a few moments about what she would write. It needed to be something kind but still firm. Something that still invited conversation, while saying that she needed to focus on her test. Something that kept Ruby happy, while letting Weiss return to her test. After a long while she wrote a single sentence in reply.
Is there something you need Ruby? Because if not I need to finish my test.
That seemed good enough to Weiss. It told Ruby that she needed to get back to her test, while making sure she knows that she comes first. Looking to the front of the room to make sure she wouldn't get caught, Weiss placed the piece of paper on Ruby's desk and quickly returned back to her own. With that sorted she returned to staring back down at her papers.
She scraped at the corners of her mind trying to find an answer to this question. To this one damn question. It didn't even have to be right anymore, just an answer. Anything really. But her mind was blank, void of anything related to maths.
But she was determined to get something down on the page in the next twelve minutes. She was Weiss Schnee. If someone asked her what she got for this particular question she couldn't say that she didn't put anything. She couldn't say that she didn't know the answer. That would go against nature. It would just be wrong. The universe would probably end up imploding or something along those lines.
Weiss let out another sight. She was spending way to much time with Ruby. Even her thoughts were staring to sound like her.
As if on cue a ball of paper landed in front of her. This time she didn't even hope that the ball would somehow magically disappear. She didn't want to get her hopes crushed like last time. So she reached over and unfolded the paper. She scanned the words over quickly.
You haven't finished yet?
This caused Weiss to smile. Ruby probably thought that something was troubling Weiss. That something was wrong and that was the reason she couldn't focus properly on her test. Weiss could tell that Ruby was worried just by the way her words were a little neater, the lines a little more stressed than in the last message.
Weiss glanced over at her girlfriend, just to confirm her suspicion. Ruby was looking over her at Weiss, not so discreetly, her bottom lip trapped between her teeth and hey eyes showing mild concern. Weiss just smiled softly before returning to the piece of paper in front of her.
I'm fine Ruby. Just can't find the answer to this one question.
Weiss repeated the process from the first time, glancing up to the front of the room then passing the note along to Ruby. She then returned to the task of hopelessly searching her mind of the answer to this particular question. She carried on staring down at the blank paper in front of her for about twenty seconds before the paper came flying back.
Want me to tell you the answer?
Weiss re-read the words in front of her just to make sure that she read them correctly the first time. Because she was almost certain that Ruby had just ask Weiss if she wanted to...cheat. She looked over at Ruby, who was looking at Weiss out of the corner of her eye with a small amount of amusement on her features, then back to the paper to re-read the sentence one more time.
Weiss Schnee. Does not. Cheat. Surely Ruby knew this.
Weiss was actually offended that Ruby would even ask. That Ruby might think there was even a slight possibility of Weiss saying yes to Ruby's little cheating scheme.
Ruby Rose! Surely you aren't asking me to cheat? And if you are. No.
Weiss quickly passed the paper back over to Ruby before returning to staring daggers at the paper in front of her. All she wanted was to answer this one damn question but at the moment it was completely impossible. She only had another five minutes to write something down. Something, anything, as long as it made sense would do. She just wanted to finish this question and get on with her god-damn life. But with every growing moment she seemed further and further away from get an answer of any sort.
Then a ball of paper landed in front of her desk.
Its not like you'll get thrown in jail of anything Weiss. Sheesh.
Weiss just shook her head at Ruby's childishness before quickly writing her reply.
Thats not the point Ruby. Weiss Schnee doesn't cheat.
Weiss threw the ball back over to her girlfriend. She looked back up at the clock. She had two minutes left to answer this stupid question. But then she looked over at Ruby, just to make sure the girl was finished with her note passing. And she truly only mean't for it to be a glance, just a quickly look.
But then Ruby was holding the note, just staring at it. Weiss could see her eyes moving over the last sentence, re-reading it, a smile tugging at her lips. A small part of Weiss was confused but mostly she just enjoyed seeing Ruby happy.
"Okay class. Your times up, bring your papers to the front." Then Ruby was standing up, the note shoved into her pocket as she looked down at Weiss expectantly. Weiss turned her gaze down to the blank piece of paper in front of her before sighing and getting out of her seat. Weiss followed Ruby to the front of the room, laid the paper down on the desk and left the room.
When Weiss left the room Ruby was waiting for her a small, knowing smile on her face as if she knew what she was in for.
"Ruby Rose." Weiss said pointing her index finger towards the other girl.
Ruby's reply was to just laugh and start pulling Weiss along towards there lockers. Behind her Weiss carried on her rant.
"What do you think you're doing? What if we got caught? Also I didn't get to finish that last question and the responsibility for that falls on you missy."
"Weiss! Calm down. It's one mark, on a test that doesn't even count to your final grade." Ruby said, turning to her locker. Ruby opened her locker, swapping out her books. Although Weiss didn't open up her locker.
"It doesn't even matter." Ruby continued as she slammed her locker, turning to face Weiss, who was still just staring towards Ruby.
"It matters to me." Weiss mumbled lowly, which Ruby didn't hear. She then turned to her locker and ripped the door open. She hastily swapped out her books, muttering harshly under her breath before slamming the door shut again.
"Now if you don't mind, i'm going to go to class." Weiss said coldly before turning away from Ruby, stomping her way to class.
For a moment Ruby was confused but then she remembered, before they were a couple, whenever Weiss was anger she would stomp off just like that. Ruby realised that this was probably one of those times. Ruby watched as Weiss walked away. She gave a sigh, hunching her shoulder together miserably before turning to make her way to her own class.
She and Weiss hadn't had a fight since they had gotten together and a small, hopeful part of Ruby thought they might never have another one of their fights. Obviously that was just her being childish. They were usually small and didn't last very long. Usually starting with Ruby doing something dumb and Weiss getting mad. Ending with Ruby apologising and pouting, Weiss rolling her eyes then forgiving her.
Somehow Ruby didn't think that she'd get off that easily this time. This time she felt like she'd struck a nerve and that Weiss' anger ran deeper that just temporary frustration and annoyance. Maybe that now Weiss was being more open with her she wouldn't just let things slip like that, maybe now she expected more from Ruby that just an apology and a pout. Maybe she'd forgive Ruby and talk about, maybe it would bring them closer.
Ruby turned just as she was about to round a corner, seeing Weiss down the hallway stood looking at her. Weiss' expression wasn't so much angry anymore, just sad. Ruby smiled shyly, hopefully and gave a small wave.
Weiss didn't wave back. For a moment she hesitated, her bottom lip gently tucked underneath her teeth. She gave a small, gentle smile. Then turned to walk to her class.
The rest of the day Ruby could barely focus on her classes. All she could think about was what she was going to do when she saw Weiss at the end of the day. So instead of focusing on her teacher like she should have been, Ruby spend the day staring off into space, imagining the possible situations that could unfold later. There were a few possibilities that came to mind. One was that Weiss had forgotten about it by now. Another was that she was even angrier. And the last was that she was just sort angry but not fully angry.
She had no idea which one was the most likely. But she'd find out soon as she just turned to corner to where her locker was and where Weiss was most likely waiting.
When Ruby approached, Weiss was stuffing her books into her locker and didn't notice her. Ruby stayed silent and soon Weiss had finished with her books. She then slammed the locker close and let out a frustrated sigh. She then turned to the side, flinching slightly in shock when she came face to face with Ruby.
"Oh. Hello Ruby." Weiss' voice was lukewarm at best. She didn't give Ruby that small, genuine smile that just slightly tugged at her lips. She was still sorta angry.
Ruby stood and stared at Weiss for a moment, hoping that small curve of her lips would appeared and set her fears at ease. But it didn't. Weiss just stared back, her expression impatient.
"Don't just stand there, you dolt." Weiss said after a moment, snapping Ruby out of her trance.
Ruby flinched away from Weiss' words and for a moment looked absolutely heartbroken, before turning to her locker to put away her stuff.
As soon as she turned away Weiss' expression turned from one of subtle anger to mild sadness. She didn't like hurting Ruby, in anyway but she still had Ruby's words clawing at the back of her mind. The fear that Ruby didn't really know her at all currently ate away at her, that Ruby never actually listened to her or paid attention. Otherwise she would have never said something like that. Surely Ruby knew that her grades and constantly doing her best is something that is important to Weiss.
And even though Weiss knew that the only reason she valued her grades so highly is because her father did. If she came home with anything less than an A he would fly into a fit of rage. But even still, graded mattered to Weiss. It had been drilled into her ever since she was little that grades were important and now it stuck.
Weiss tore her gaze away from Ruby, choosing to instead look at her feet. She continued to stare downwards until Ruby's meek voice caught her attention.
"Okay. I'm ready."
Weiss looked up to meet those grey eyes. Those grey eyes that she loved so much looked hurt and pained. And everything in her being told her to do something about it. To reassure Ruby that she wasn't that angry, or that all she really had to do was apologise and everything would be fine. But she couldn't. Ruby had to figure this one out on her own. Otherwise Weiss' fears wouldn't be put to rest and she would have a constant cloud of doubt hanging over her.
Weiss turned and started making her way towards the schools entrance, Ruby trailing shortly behind. She pushed open the heavy door, instantly being hit by the cool air outside. Weiss inhaled deeply before continuing on. She kept up her pace, walking away from the school. The chatter of the other children eventually dulled and faded into just a unrecognisable noise in the distance.
She hated this.
Their walks home were usually such precious moments that Weiss wouldn't ever want to forget. But she'd gladly forget this moment. Usually they were side by side, hands locked together gently, walking in comfortable silent.
Right now the tension between them was almost suffocating. Ruby was following shortly behind Weiss instead of right next to her. Even though Ruby was only a few steps behind her, she might as well have been a mile away. Weiss' hands felt indescribably cold and ache for some kind of contact with her girlfriend.
Ruby stared at Weiss' back as she followed silently behind. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance between her and Weiss but was afraid that Weiss would just get angrier. That her trying to act like everything was normal would only make it look like she thought she had done nothing wrong.
So she kept walking just behind Weiss, her eyes trained on the floor. Her mouth was pulled into a tight line and her face was emotionless as she blindly followed the path to her house. Her steps felt heavy and slow and the time it took to get to her house seemed to drag and drag and drag.
Eventually, when Ruby looked up she was faced with her front door. She let out a sigh of relief before following Weiss inside.
"Hey Ruby, hey Weiss." She heard Yang call from the couch.
Weiss ignored Yang, walking straight passed her without a word and then stomping her way up stairs. Yang and Ruby shared a glance, then the sound of Weiss slamming a door echoed through the house causing Ruby to flinch.
"Whats up with the Ice Queen?" Yang asked, craning her neck to look over at Ruby who stood just inside the house shuffling her feet miserably.
Ruby trudged further inside, flopping down on the couch next to Yang. She then cuddle up next to her sister, searching for any kind of comfort that she could get. Yang responded instantly, pulling Ruby closer to her. Ruby stayed silent for a while, enjoying the comforting warm that surrounded her, making her feel like everything was okay. Then she let out a long sigh.
"I think Weiss is angry with me." She said in a voice so small and meek, it was almost non-existent.
"Well that much was obvious Rubes." Yang said with a quiet smile. She then gave Ruby a gentle squeeze, causing the redhead to look up at her.
"Ruby, don't worry. I'm sure you two can sort this out. You two are completely, head over heels in love and Weiss wouldn't throw it away over a small fight. So stop panicking and go talk to her." Yang said to Ruby, looking down with a calm but slightly amused expression. She was currently witnessing her little sisters first fight with her girlfriend and Yang thought it was just so precious how she was getting all worked up over it. It wasn't even a real fight. Weiss was just angry at Ruby. But that had happened in the past and they had gotten over it and Yang knew they would get over it this time.
Ruby smiled slightly at Yang's words, them giving her a small bit of hope. Then she slowly lifted herself up, giving Yang a quick thanks, before dashing upstairs. She was eager to get to her room and talk to Weiss but once she reached her door she paused.
Stared at the door in front of her, tracing the wooden grain with her gaze. Thoughts passed through her head at a million mile an hour. Things like 'what if she doesn't want to see me?' and 'what if she just gets even angrier'. She looked down at her hand that was halted mid air, just out of reach of the door handle. She was just about to pull her hand back and walk back downstairs. She would probably give Yang some lame excuse like that Weiss just didn't want to talk right now. And then she would put it off until all the emotion and feelings would boil over and explode, resulting in something horrific.
But then she thought back to earlier today, as she was getting her books. For a moment, Weiss' mask dropped and emotion showed freely on her face. She looked so hurt and confused. And just not like Weiss. Ruby didn't want the girl she loved, the person she treasured more than anyone and anything on this earth to ever look or feel like that. She wanted everything to be sunshine and rainbows all the time. And though she was just a kid, even she realised that wasn't possible. But, for Weiss, she would do everything she could to make it like that.
So she inched her hand forward and gripped the handle. Before entering she gave a small knock on the door, then opening it just a fraction. She stuck her head through the gap, seeing Weiss sat on her bed, knees propped up and a book place on top of them. Weiss looked over the top of her book, seeing Ruby standing in her doorway.
"Hey Weiss. Can we talk?" Ruby asked shyly.
Weiss looked straight at Ruby, hesitating for a second, then nodded. She placed the book down on the bedside table then drew her knees back into her chest. As Ruby walked across the room, Weiss didn't move closer to Ruby. She just stayed still, legs drawn into herself defensively, eyes focused on the bed sheet beside her and Ruby's heart shrivelled in her chest.
She carefully sat down across from Weiss, on the other side of the bed, her legs crossed underneath her. Ruby sat in silence for a long while, the quiet stretching until it eventually broke.
"Are you actually going to say something?" Weiss snapped, her tone filled with simmering rage.
Ruby instantly panicked, her eyes widening as she scrambled for something to say. Usually she would just bat her eye lashes and say sorry but somehow she knew that wouldn't work this time. That used to work, back when they were friends. Now...now it wasn't good enough.
"Sorry!...I'm sorry I just..." Ruby looked away, feeling like a terrible girlfriend and person in general.
She got her bearding back as fast as she could and took a deep breath.
"Weiss..." Ruby said, getting Weiss to look up and meet her eyes for the first time since Ruby had sat down. "I'm sorry...I-I know that school really matters to you and, and I know I know that. And I don't really know what I did to annoy you but, I'm guessing it has something to do with maths class this morning."
Ruby looked up at Weiss, looking for any indication that she was anywhere close. When she got nothing she just pressed forward hoping for the best.
"So I guess, what i'm trying to say is that i'm sorry that I distracted you in maths class and maybe made you miss a mark on your test and that now that I think about it you're reaction was completely expect and totally not unreasonable. I mean, I know how much school and you're grades matter to you and what I said was really kinda dumb. So... I'm sorry."
Ruby stared straight into Weiss eyes, looking for any kind of reaction after her apology had finished falling from her mouth. She stared for what felt like an eternity, staring into cold, icy blue eyes that seemed harsher than she remembered. Her gut tightened and swirled with fear and everything in her told her to run away and just as she was about to give in, Weiss sighed, her head dropping for a moment and when she looked back up her eyes were much softer, more like the ones that Ruby had fallen in love with.
Weiss smiled and Ruby instantly smiled back.
"I forgive you." Weiss said, just sounding relieved.
"Really?" Ruby said hopefully.
Weiss smile just grew a tad larger, as she nodded slightly.
"Yes Ruby. Really." Weiss said, a laugh dancing on the tip of her tongue.
"Yay. Awesome." Ruby leaned across, engulfing Weiss in a tight hug. One that seemed a little more desperate than usual, holding Weiss just a slight bit tighter. Whens she pulled away she looked down for a moment before she gently grasped Weiss' hands in her own, swaying them back and forth slightly.
"Weiss?"
Weiss just replied with a slight hum, too focused on the feeling of Ruby's fingertips skittering across the backs of her hands.
"What were you angry about?" Ruby said weakly, as if it was against to rules to ask a question like that.
Weiss paused for a moment, trying to piece together her sentence in her head perfectly.
"When you said that one more mark didn't matter, I thought but it does matter and surely she knows that. But then I thought what if she doesn't? And then all different kinds of doubts and fears started to sprout up like what if i'm just her high school crush? What if she doesn't really love me? What if she gets over me in a couple of months and moves on? What if she's too immature for a serious relationship? And...I guess my fears got the better of me." Weiss struggled, forcing the last words out around a lump in her throat. As she spoke her emotion got the better of her, tearing the words to shreds on the tip of her tongue. Especially on the words "She doesn't really love me".
When Weiss looked back up to Ruby, she was meet with a completely blank expression and her first though was that Ruby was offended or angry and she quickly jump to counter it.
"I know, I know. It was pretty dumb and I overreacted-"
"No!" Ruby interrupted urgently.
Weiss froze, slightly confused.
"If you ever feel insecure about our relationship, in anyway, just please, talk to me." Ruby said almost desperately.
"Tell me and i'll do everything I can to make those doubts go away." Ruby said as she slid one of her hands up Weiss arm, eventually meeting with her cheek. She stroked at Weiss' cheek with her thumb, getting Weiss to relax and close her eyes. The reaction made Ruby feel bubbly inside.
"Weiss." Weiss' eyes drifted back open.
"You're not just a high school crush to me." Weiss' cheeks lit up slightly, pink colouring them, at the unexpected confession. She was just about to speak up when Ruby cut her off.
"I will not get over you in a couple of months and move on." Ruby continued. A small smile tugged at Weiss' lips, realising what Ruby was doing.
"And I am definitely not too immature, thank you." She said, looking away and tilting her chin backwards in defiance. Adding a slight 'hmpf' for extra effect, getting Weiss to giggle slightly.
"And I am in love with you." She said as their eyes met causing Weiss to smile wider and her blush to deepen.
A/n: So heres another chapter, sorry it took so long and that I don't really have a excuse just didn't really feel like writing much lately.
So in this chapter Ruby and Weiss kinda hit a little bump and i'm kinda worried about this chapter. I've never wrote conflicted between Ruby and Weiss before because it just doesn't seem right to me? And I know they fight sometimes in canon and stuff but in my head they are just perfect so I guess writing this was a little bit of a challenge and I was just wondering if it didn't feel to forced?
Also the first half of the chapter was just kinda nonsense really. Just wanted to write something fun. And the whole chapter was supposes to carry on like that with only a hint at a conflict towards the end but apparently I can't write a chapter without some big emotional bullshit being involve but ehh what ya gunna do?
Last thing is that I think its time to start bringing this story to a close. I have a few more thing I want to get in before the finish tho, so maybe like 4 or 5 more chapters? In all honesty this story has been kinda difficult to write. When I started this I was just like, yeah so imma write a whiterose story, with no really idea or plot behind it and this is where I ended up. So at some points it was kinda difficult to fill in the gaps between what I knew I wanted to write about. But yeah, soon this story will end, but it definitely wont be the last whiterose story I write as I already have a few ideas lined up and even the first chapter written up for some of them so expect more from me even when this is finished.
Sorry if there are any mistakes in this, still getting the grips with re-reading and editing my work properly.