Of Sunsets And Night Skies
Chapter ?: Something Different Part Seven
Bumblebee, White Rose
It was almost noon before Weiss awoke, and the first thing she became aware of was just how assaulted her senses were.
From the light pounding in her head, to the way her body seemed immobilized, like a weight pushing down on her.
She opened her eyes, and was thankful for the dark tint covering the truck windows. It was relatively dark inside the truck, but she could tell that Blake and Yang were up and about outside. Their soft voices and Yang's occasional laughter reached her ears through the slightly open driver's side window, allowing fresh air into the cab.
A few seconds later and fragmented memories of last night came flooding back.
Groaning softly, Weiss tried to sit up but found herself pinned down by a gentle weight.
Laying on top of her was Ruby, and-
Weiss' eyes widened as she realized that Ruby was naked.
Completely naked.
A thousand curses flooded her mind as she realized that she was too.
"What the fuck!" Weiss whispered furiously, heart pounding in her chest at the thought of her friend and Ruby's sister walking around outside mere feet away.
What if they opened the door to get something? They were just supposed to be sleeping in here, they were never supposed to-!
"Morning." Ruby mumbled softly, inhaling deeply as she slowly woke up.
Engaged in full on panic now, Weiss reacted on instinct, placing her hands on Ruby's shoulders and pushing the girl off her.
"What're y-WHOA!" Ruby yelped, sliding off Weiss and off to the side.
"What the hell happened last night?" Weiss whispered, whirling around wildly as she searched for her scattered clothing.
Ruby blinked sleepily, before tilting her head to the side.
"Uhh, Weiss?" She asked.
Weiss stopped her frantic searching, shirt in her hand, and turned to the girl beside her who was running her fingers through her dark hair.
"What?"
Ruby smirked, then closed one eye as she winced, tilting her head to the right and exposing her neck.
"This is what happened last night." She said quietly, pointing to her neck.
Weiss froze as her eyes focused on the very naked, very beautiful girl beside her.
Ruby smiled demurely as Weiss examined her, seemingly unaffected by Weiss' piercing blue gaze.
Ruby's flawless porcelain skin was marred by countless scratches and bite marks. The worst of it was along the left side of Ruby's neck, where dark love bites dotted her skin from just below her ear down to her chest. There were deep nail marks trailing down Ruby's shoulders, and, Weiss could only assume, continued down her back.
Ruby tilted her head a bit further as she stared at Weiss, and her silver eyes shone with a muted glow inside the dark cabin as she sat up, leaning against the back of the truck. She smiled warmly at Weiss, pulling the blankets off her hips to reveal the rest of her body.
A dark blush stole across Weiss' face, yet she couldn't tear her eyes away from the girl. Ruby seemed to be completely comfortable in her nakedness, and whether that came down to Ruby's carefree attitude, or because of their intimacy last night, Weiss wasn't sure.
Weiss tried to look away, but found herself unable as her eyes slid down Ruby's taut stomach to her naked thighs.
"I'm glad you like what you see now as much as you did last night." Ruby said softly.
An involuntary shiver ran down Weiss' back at the teasing, seductive tone, and it seemed to unfreeze her as she dropped her gaze to her own lap, neck feeling like it was going to burst into flames at any moment.
"I... er... "
Ruby laughed, then winced. Weiss raised her head at the pained sound, somehow afraid that she had further injured Ruby more so than was already apparent.
"I'm so sore." Ruby grinned.
"You're happy about that?" Weiss asked, her icy blue eyes narrowing as she struggled to maintain eye contact with the girl.
Ruby slowly pushed herself onto her knees, before crawling forward toward Weiss.
"It's a very... very nice kind of sore." Ruby whispered, raising a hand to caress Weiss' cheek. Leaning in, she softly kissed Weiss on the lips, taking advantage of the stunned girl.
Ruby's hand fell from Weiss' cheek to her shoulder, gently pushing the girl down onto her back. Weiss didn't seem to resist, and Ruby grinned as she crawled on top of her, straddling her hips.
"You're even prettier with your hair down, you know." Ruby said softly.
Immediately a dark tint rose to Weiss' cheeks, and she turned her head away, breaking eye contact.
Reaching down Ruby took Weiss' hand in her own, drawing the girl's attention back to her.
"My neck is sore, my back is sore, and... I'm really sore right... here."
Ruby brought Weiss' hand up between her legs, pressing her hand tightly against her.
"Won't you rub it better?" Ruby whispered, leaning down to gently nip at Weiss' ear.
Weiss jerked away, bringing her hands to her chest as she turned away from Ruby, squeezing her eyes closed against the girl's advances.
Ruby giggled softly.
"You're so shy when you're not dominating me. It's kinda cute."
Weiss was about to reply when a sudden loud pounding on the rear window made her jump, grabbing whatever she could find within arm's reach to cover herself up with despite Ruby hovering over her, laughing.
"Time to get up!" Yang yelled from outside the truck, pounding on the window again. "Truck gets opened up in five minutes, I'm hungry and I want breakfast! Put your damn clothes on!"
There was muted laughter from outside that Weiss assumed came from Blake, before soft footsteps trailed away from the truck.
Heart pounding in her chest, Weiss once again pushed Ruby off her as she reached around for her clothes.
Her shirt and pants were on the front passenger seat, and she found her bra stuffed under the driver's seat, but no matter how much she sifted through the blankets scattered throughout the truck, she couldn't find her panties.
Face burning with embarrassment, she pulled on the clothes she could find, hoping against hope that neither Blake nor Yang found her panties before she did.
Ruby, for her part, got dressed pretty quickly, seemingly locating her clothing without difficulty.
Tilting her head to the side, she smiled happily at Weiss as she ran her fingers through her hair, pulling it over her shoulder in an attempt to hide the marks along her neck.
"Don't worry, Weiss." She spoke softly, garnering the flustered girl's attention for a moment.
"Like I promised, this will be our little secret."
Yang picked up the last of the empty cans littered across the ground, and threw them into the cooler sitting on the ground. Closing the lid, she straightened up and ran her fingers through her hair as she looked around.
The sun was shining high in the sky and there wasn't a cloud in sight. Blake was standing some feet away, arms crossed over her chest and staring pensively out into the distance.
Yang sighed quietly as she bent down to pick up the cooler.
Blake's behavior was beginning to worry her.
They had woken up this morning and everything had been fine, at first. They had cuddled for a bit, but when Yang had reached up to brush her bangs out of her face, Blake had gotten real shifty. Getting up soon after, Blake had shrugged off any questions, saying that she was a bit sore from laying on the bed of the truck and just needed to move around a bit.
Moving over to the truck, Yang hefted the cooler onto the tailgate, pushing it into the box of the truck.
Turning back to Blake, her eyebrows furrowed in concern. She didn't know Blake that well yet; she knew her enough to know that she was crazy for the dark-haired girl, but not well enough to know whether she should go and comfort her or give her some space.
'Maybe Weiss would know what to do in this situation.' She thought.
The thought had barely crossed her mind before the door to her truck opened, and her sister stumbled out.
Yang laughed as Ruby struggled for a moment to regain her balance, then turned her head up to the sun with a defeated sigh.
"Why is the sun so loud?" Ruby whined softly, turning back to the truck. Reaching into the door panel, she withdrew a pair of silver mirrored aviators, slipping them over her eyes.
Turning back to the truck, she extended her hand out and helped Weiss climb down from the truck.
When Weiss found solid footing, she quickly retracted her hand from Ruby's, crossing her arms over her chest and looking anywhere but at Yang and Ruby.
Ruby looked toward Yang and shrugged, slowly walking away from Weiss, assuming the girl just wanted some space.
Yang looked around the site once more, sharp eyes scanning the ground for forgotten items. It would be a while before she found time to come back out here, and didn't want to leave anything important exposed to the elements.
Deeming herself satisfied, she closed the tailgate with a resounding thunk. Grabbing the blankets that she had folded and set on the ground, she carefully made her way to the truck, where she stuffed them behind the seats. Grabbing the blanket that Weiss and Ruby had used, she quickly folded it into a semi-neat square, and stuffed it with the others. Folding the seat back up, she closed the door before moving to the driver's door. Pulling it open, she reached in and started the truck, keys still in the ignition from last night.
The quiet afternoon air was shattered by the noisy diesel motor knocking to life, and the woodsy scent of the forest and field was slowly overpowered by the scent of diesel exhaust.
"Ready to go, Blake?" Yang called softly.
Blake took a second to respond, turning around and nodding without meeting Yang's gaze.
"I'm ready." She said quietly. Moving toward the passenger side of the truck, she pulled open the door and hauled herself in as Yang watched helplessly at the complete flip in behavior.
'What the hell happened?' Yang wondered. She looked toward Weiss, who was slowly stretching out her arms and legs, and glanced toward her sister, who was pulling herself up into the truck.
Sliding over to Weiss, Yang tilted her head toward the truck.
"Hey, could you do me a favor?" Yang asked quietly, turning her back to the truck as Ruby rolled down her window. Yang doubted she would be heard over the sound of her truck, but she wasn't taking any chances.
Weiss looked over her shoulder toward Ruby, then turned back to Yang, looking up at the taller girl with distracted eyes.
"Yeah, what's up?"
Yang bit her lip as she shifted her weight to her right leg, jutting her hip out.
"Can you try to low-key find out what's wrong with Blake? We woke up fine this morning, but then she got all... reclusive or something. I don't know what's wrong, and I don't know what to do."
Weiss raised a slender eyebrow, glancing back toward the truck.
"Did you... do anything last night?" She asked.
"What? No! We've barely had any dates together! Of course not!"
Weiss flushed at the indirect, unassuming implication, and turned away, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'll find out what's wrong with her." Weiss said curtly.
Yang smiled. "Thanks Weiss." She said, pulling the shorter girl into a quick one armed hug.
"I knew I could count on you."
Weiss lightened up a bit, smiling.
"I have a pretty good idea of what's bothering her anyway." Weiss said. "If it's what I think it is, there's nothing I can do. It's up to her to figure it out."
Yang patted her on the shoulder, before releasing her.
"I just don't like to see her upset, you know?"
Weiss nodded.
"So, how'd it go last night?" Yang asked. "Manage to get any sleep? I know my sister can be a bit of a blanket hog."
Images of last night flashed through Weiss' mind, and her face darkened. For what had to be the tenth time that morning, Weiss cursed how easily embarrassed she was.
"It was fine." Weiss replied, moving toward the truck. "We got it figured out after a bit."
Yang grinned happily.
"I'm glad you two are warming up to each other."
Weiss didn't bother responding as she moved to the truck, pulling open the door and hauling herself into the back seat.
Moving toward the driver's side, Yang pulled herself in with ease, closing the door as she glanced worriedly toward Blake, who had her gaze fixed resolutely out the window, staring off into the distance.
Sighing softly, Yang slapped her truck into reverse, carefully guiding it back toward the lightly used trail that would lead them back to the highway.
It wasn't long after they hit the highway that two of the truck's occupants were knocked out, the gentle hum of mud tires on asphalt lulling them into an unconscious stupor.
Blake had her seat reclined slightly and was curled up on the passenger seat, her head resting on her arm on the center console as she unconsciously snuggled closer to Yang. Yang rested her right arm on the center console between their seats, her fingers idly weaving through Blake's hair as she scratched lightly at her head.
Glancing in the rearview mirror, Yang grinned to herself as she saw Ruby stretched out across the back seat, her head in Weiss' lap. Weiss refused to look down at the girl, instead staring out the window at the passing scenery.
However, Yang didn't miss the way Weiss' hand rested gently upon Ruby's throat, thumb gently brushing against her cheek in a slow, steady rhythm.
'All in all, not a bad night.' She thought. She glanced over at the girl curled up beside her.
'Well, with the exception of this girl right here... '
Yang shifted slightly in her seat, finding a more comfortable position to rest in. As she did, her fingers tangled in Blake's hair, and afraid of pulling her hair and waking her, Yang ever so carefully untangled her fingers.
As she did, her fingers nudged up against a small bump, and she frowned.
'Did Blake hit her head on something last night?'
Gently scratching around, she tried to relocate the bump, and her eyebrows furrowed as she encountered a foreign item on Blake's head, buried deep in her beautiful locks.
'What the fuck... is this?'
"Weiss?" Yang asked quietly, not wanting to disturb either Blake or her sister.
Weiss turned and caught Yang's stare in the rearview mirror, unconsciously removing her hand from Ruby and placing it back in her lap.
"Yeah, Yang?"
"Did Blake hit her head on something?"
Icy blue eyes slid to Blake, fast asleep.
"Not that I... what..."
Suddenly Weiss was leaning forward, shaking Blake's shoulder. Sharp blue eyes widened in obvious alarm as she called Blake's name.
"Blake! Blake, wake the hell up!"
Startled by Weiss' outburst, Yang jammed her knee against the steering wheel to hold the truck straight as she twisted around in her seat, looking at Weiss with a confused look.
"What? What's wrong?" Glancing down at the girl stirring slowly, she pulled her hand away from Blake's head, confused.
"Blake, sit the hell up." Weiss growled, pulling Blake out of unconsciousness. Blake looked around sleepily, glancing first at Weiss, then up at Yang.
"What? Weiss, what're you...?"
Weiss glanced at Yang's confused expression, and almost felt bad for her. However, her loyalty laid with Blake, her longest friend.
"Yang was rubbing your head, you idiot!"
Instantly Blake shot upright, golden eyes wide with panic.
"Did she-!"
"Shut up, you dunce!" Weiss cut her off, her voice rousing Ruby from her sleep.
"Ugh, guys shush, some of us are trying to sleep." Ruby moaned. Reaching into Weiss' lap, she picked up Weiss' hand and returned it to her neck, before closing her eyes and nuzzling gently into her lap once more.
"What the hell is going on?" Yang asked, glancing down at Blake as she returned her hand to the steering wheel.
Blake shrugged, leaning against the passenger door and looking out the window.
"Yang, when we get home, we have to have a little talk." She mumbled quietly.
"There's... something I have to tell you."
Author's note: Damn Ruby, take it easy on Weiss.
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