It was the seventh month of Ruby and Weiss being together as today was their anniversary. Ruby was in her room looking at her drawer at the hidden black velvet box that contained the engagement ring. She was planning to propose to Weiss tonight at dinner. They would hopefully be leaving Ember with Yang and Blake as they went out on a date so it would be the perfect time. Se closed the drawer as she heard Weiss finish her shower.
She decided to go make a small breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast. She also made sure to have cereal out and ready too though. When she heard Ember's little feet drag on the carpet floor she smiled and looked over to see her rubbing her eyes.
" Good morning Ruby." the little girl said in her small five-year-old sleepy voice.
"Good morning Ember." Ruby cooed as she picked her up and let her wake up in her arms. She continued cooking the eggs and covered the bacon so as to prevent the grease from jumping everywhere. She made the toast and pulled out butter and strawberry jam. She put those on a small plate as well as the two others sitting next to it.
Then she poured a portion of scrambled eggs onto Ember's plate with Lion King on it, which was divided into three sections. She then took the bacon blew on it and served two stips to Ember and three to herself and Weiss. After serving everyone up she then took Ember to the table where she sat on her cushion and she gave her the Lion King plate. Ember quickly ate the bacon and started eating her eggs with bites of her toast.
Ruby smiled and soon felt arms wrap around her waist and a kiss to her cheek. "Good morning, my queen." Ruby said to Weiss moving her head to kiss her girlfriend, who was soon to be fiance she hoped, on the lips."Good morning to you too, my beautiful Rose." Ruby nuzzled Weiss' neck and inhaled her scent, loving how well it mixed with the perfume Weiss always had on.
She kissed Ruby once more and then went to the table where Ruby brought their plates, placing them before each of them. They sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes. When they finally finished eating Weiss kissed Ruby goodbye since it was Thursday and Ruby had the day off. Coincidentally Ember didn't have school today as well since it was their faculty day at her school.
Ruby looked at Ember and smiled. "Ready for a day with me Ember? I'll take you to the aquarium!"
Ember cheered and hugged Ruby by getting off of her chair and hugging her midriff. " Ruby smiled and rubbed her little back in a comforting and loving way.
"Okay let me do the dished and then I'll come to help get you ready." Ember knew what Ruby meant, so she did as asked. Ruby did the dishes and went to Embers room and picked out some jeans, and a long sleeve light blue cotton shirt. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and made sure her newly pierced ears, which she got three days ago, were looking okay. Once she did all that she went to her room, put on dark blue jeans and a red button-down shirt. She put a red flower clip on her hair and fake black pearl neckless with black sneakers. Once ready she got a lunch box with juice and a few light snacks for Ember. She also made a night time bag for Ember and took it with her
When they left the apartment she called Yang and waited for her to answer as she entered the car. She strapped Ember with her seat belt in the back. Put the bags in the passenger seat and closed her door putting her own seatbelt on.
"Start your day with a Yang! Please leave a message!" Ruby sighed and waited for the beep to end before leaving her a message.
"Hey, Yang! I need you to take care of Ember for tonight. Don't tell Weiss, for now, though. I'll tell her when she gets home. See you later! Love you! Bye."
Ruby started the car and pulled out of the parking lot. She then started making her way to the Aquarium. She put on the kids' radios station and for Ember to enjoy and sing along to. She enjoyed the songs too and so she sang along to them as well. Ruby smiled at Ember through the rearview mirror as she drove but still made sure she adhered to the driving regulations. Once they arrived at the Aquarium Ruby bought the tickets. Thankfully Ember's ticket was half price. It was just four Lien instead of the eight Lien that her own ticket cost.
They put on their bracelets and entered. They saw some birds in cages, some were out in the open perched up on branches. They saw some red pandas and some seals outside as well. Ember pointed at the birds but she did not like the seals. Instead, she clung to Ruby's neck and trembled. Ruby smiled but soothed her as she left that particular area and went inside the Aquarium. Ember loved the fish, especially the clownfish. She kept looking at all the fish in the tanks, but like with the seals she did not like the octopus or the eels.
"They are scary!" she said hiding in the crook of Ruby's neck. Ruby took her away from those and showed her a 50-gallon tank of just guppies. She was surprised to see guppies in a tank and wild-caught bettas in another. Ember liked the guppies and would smile at them. Ruby saw this and had the idea of getting her a 5g tank and some male guppies for her. She had some as a kid but they overpopulated quick as the female guppies breed like crazy. So, knowing that, she decided four male guppies would be fine. Besides, those were the most colorful ones anyways.
Afterward, they decided to have a snack before seeing the dolphin show. She gave Ember pieces of apple and strawberries. She also gave her a berry juice box. Ember ate the apple slices and four Strawberry's after she finished her juice. When she was done Ruby took her to see the show.
They sat in the upper-level seats and waited for about five minutes for the show to start. Ruby ate some cheese and crackers, the ones that had the cheese in a different compartment that she had to spread on the cracker. Right as she finished her last bite the show began. They saw the fish do flips, swim around the pool pushing a ball and playing with it. They saw them jump and do even more tricks. The things they had the dolphins do slowly improved, getting more and more amazing. Ember clapped and laughed the entire time, obviously enjoying the show.
Once the show was done Ruby took Ember to the little food court the Aquarium had and ordered popcorn shrimp. She then made her famous mayo and ketchup sauce mix and they ate happily. Ruby smiled at Ember, who ate and was happy the girl had enjoyed their outing.
E/N:
Ooooohh looks like you guys got a bit of a longer chapter this week!
Enjoy!
-The not so innocent editor, Draak Hart
