Here's chapter 36 everyone.
Yang told Ruby the next day about her and Blake getting together. Ruby was happy for her sister and Blake, but then she thought about how she felt about Weiss. Yang was able to tell Blake how she feels, but Ruby was going to have a tougher time telling Weiss how she felt.
Ruby and Yang were in Doctor Oobleck's class, and when Oobleck turned around, a paper landed in front of Ruby.
Ruby looked at the paper, and it read. When are you going to tell Weiss how you feel?
Ruby turned to glare at her sister, who smiled and waved. Ruby shook her head and wrote something on the paper, which she then tossed to Yang.
Yang opened up the piece of paper which read. We talked about this already. I don't want to rush things right now.
Yang sighed and wrote something back. She waited for Oobleck to turn around again, and tossed Ruby the paper.
Ruby sighed and read it. Come on Rubes. I told my kitty. Now you have to tell your snow fox.
Ruby was about to write something back, but Oobleck coughed to get her attention.
"Ms. Rose, is today's lecture boring you to the point of writing something on that piece of paper? I doubt that it has anything to do with the lesson." Oobleck questioned.
"I-I'm sorry Doctor Oobleck, but I was just finishing something up real quick. I promise not to lose focus again, sir." Ruby assured.
"I hope you keep your word, Ms. Rose." Oobleck said.
Ruby slumped down in her seat, and waited for the class to end.
Once class ended, Yang immediately went to her sister's side.
"What the heck, Yang? Why couldn't just wait till we got to the dorm to talk about this?" Ruby exclaimed.
"Sorry Rubes, but what if Weiss was there? We couldn't talk about this." Yang explained.
"We don't need to talk about this. I already said I don't want to rush things." Ruby said.
"I know Ruby, you did write that exact thing. I just thought you'd change your mind on that." Yang stated.
"Why would I do that, Yang? I don't think you get the problem with that." Ruby glared.
"Whoa relax there Rubes. I was just trying to see if you'd be okay with telling her. I mean you were the one who said that it's better to tell the person right away instead of waiting." Yang reminded.
"That was for your situation, not mine." Ruby said.
"Ruby, come on. I know it's okay to not want to rush things, but you have to admit that our situations are pretty similar." Yang stated.
"But it-." Ruby was cut off by Yang, who dragged her into their dorm.
"Okay good, it looks like Blake and Weiss aren't here." Yang said.
"Please don't make me talk about this. I already said what I need to say." Ruby begged.
"Rubes, once I told Blake how I felt; I was so happy. She liked me back, and it's something I want you to have." Yang explained.
"Yang, Weiss won't feel the same way." Ruby stated.
"Why not? You've been nothing but nice to her, and you're her first friend." Yang remarked.
"She doesn't think humans and faunus can be together." Ruby stated.
Yang went silent, not realizing that this was what Ruby meant by their situations being different.
"O-oh, I didn't know that's how she felt." Yang stuttered.
"Well now you do. Now do you understand why I don't want to tell her?" Ruby asked.
"How did you find out?" Yang inquired.
"We were talking about how you told me you wanted to ask Blake to be your girlfriend. She thought that it wouldn't make sense for humans and faunus to be together, since people would ridicule them for their relationship." Ruby frowned.
"You told her about Blake and me!?" Yang questioned.
"Uh, well kind of." Ruby smiled shyly.
"You promised not to tell anyone!" Yang exclaimed.
"I'm sorry! She threatened to freeze me to the bed if I didn't tell her." Ruby stated.
"Tell you, but what would make her want you to tell her?" Yang inquired.
"She mentioned how you and Blake were spending more time with each other, and I laughed a bit. She picked up on that, and it sort of got to the point where I told her." Ruby answered.
Yang sighed and said. "Remind me to never trust you with a secret again."
"I'm really sorry, Yang." Ruby frowned.
Yang chuckled a bit and said. "Don't worry too much about it. I'm a little upset you broke your promise, but I know that you don't want to keep secrets from your snow fox."
Ruby blushed a bit and said. "Stop saying that! She isn't my snow fox."
"She could be though." Yang smiled.
"Did you not hear what I said? Weiss doesn't even think humans and faunus shouldn't be together." Ruby reminded.
"She said that she doesn't think they should be together because others would say thing about them, right?" Yang inquired.
"Yeah, but what does that matter?" Ruby wondered.
"It means she only thinks it's bad because of other people's opinion, not because she herself doesn't think it's right." Yang explained.
"Even then, she won't be the first person to just jump into a relationship with a human. She already has issues with humans, and she definitely doesn't want to be shunned by people for it." Ruby stated.
Yang sighed and said. "Don't you want to at least try, Rubes? You told me how it would be better to find out how the other person feels, instead of going through life without ever knowing."
"I do want to try Yang, but I told you that I need to take time with it." Ruby responded.
"Well what are you going to do to take things slow?" Yang suggested.
"I don't know, maybe a gift." Ruby said.
"A gift is a nice little start to easing the snow fox's feelings about humans, especially from you. Good idea, Rubes." Yang smiled.
"What would I even get her though?" Ruby asked.
"How about you get her something nice to wear? She keeps wearing that uniform, and she only changes into your clothes when she needs to wash it." Yang suggested.
"How would I get something she could wear? I don't have any money to buy her clothes." Ruby explained.
Yang thought about it for a moment.
She snapped her fingers and said. "I know! You design a dress for her, and I'll make it for you."
"How would you make her an outfit? You have no money for anything." Ruby remarked.
"I have money. Dad sent me his card, so I'll just buy some materials for the outfit." Yang stated.
"What!? Why did dad send you his card, but not give me one?" Ruby exclaimed.
"You're still too young for a credit card, Rubes." Yang answered.
"You're only two years older!" Ruby frowned.
Yang laughed and said. "Relax Ruby, now go and show me what you want me to make for Weiss."
Ruby huffed and said. "Fine, but I'll need some time. It isn't easy to design an outfit."
"Alright Ruby, I'm going to go see what Blake's doing. Just let me know when you have it done." Yang said, walking out of the dorm.
Okay, an outfit. Where the heck do I start? What color would she like? Man, this is going to take forever.
Three days later.
Blake and Yang decided not to tell Weiss about their relationship yet, since Yang explained how Weiss feels about human and faunus being together.
Ruby was in the room, and she jumped up in excitement.
"I'm done! Now where's Yang" Ruby wondered.
Ruby ran through the halls, looking for her sister. She found her talking with Blake in the library.
"Yang! I'm finally done with it." Ruby ran to her sister's side.
"Whoa, calm down there sis. What are you done with?" Yang asked.
"The dress; I finally have something for you to make." Ruby smiled.
"What dress are you talking about?" Blake questioned.
"Oh yeah, we didn't tell you. Ruby here is designing a dress for Weiss, and yours truly is going to make it." Yang proudly stated.
"That's nice of both of you, but how are you going to make this? I know you made Ruby her cloak, but a dress?" Blake inquired.
"Oh don't worry, I got this. Let's see what you got here, Rubes." Yang looked over at Ruby design.
Yang was stunned by the design and said. "Wow Ruby, you really went all in with this outfit."
"You really like it?" Ruby hoped.
"Yeah! This is really good. I'll make this for you, but it may take some time." Yang explained.
"How long do you think?" Ruby asked.
"Maybe a week, but I can't make promises on that." Yang answered.
"Okay Yang. Thank you so much for this." Ruby smiled.
Yang smirked and said. "It looks like you're really happy with this little project, Rubes."
Ruby slightly blushed and said. "Well, that's because I'm happy to give something for Weiss."
Yang smiled and said. "Alright Rubes, just try not to spill the beans about this to Weiss. I would like to finish it before she finds out."
"You're not going to let that go, are you?" Ruby frowned.
"Nope." Yang said.
One week later.
Weiss continued to stay at Beacon for a while longer than she believed she would. It was something that she didn't think she would ever do. Something about these people made Weiss happy to stay.
She had just finished her last class of the day and went to her dorm room. Once she entered, she was surprised to see a box on her bed.
What's this?
"Surprise!" Ruby exclaimed.
Weiss jumped up immediately and screamed.
"Ruby! Why would you do that?" Weiss glared.
"Sorry, sorry. I wanted to surprise you." Ruby smiled.
"Well you certainly surprised the hell out of me. Now what is this box on my bed?" Weiss inquired.
"Open it." Ruby jumped with excitement.
"Uh, okay." Weiss proceeded to open the box.
She opened it and pulled out what looked to be an outfit in a plastic wrap.
"What is this Ruby?" Weiss looked at the outfit.
"Your new outfit." Ruby smiled.
"New outfit?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah, I designed this outfit and Yang made it." Ruby explained.
"Why did you guys give me this?" Weiss questioned.
"I wanted to give you something nice." Ruby stated.
Weiss blushed and said. "W-well thank you, but I can't accept this."
Ruby was upset by this and said. "Why not?"
"This is gorgeous Ruby, and it must have cost a lot to make. I could never accept something this beautiful." Weiss explained.
"No, don't worry about that. I wanted to give you something nice. Please keep it Weiss." Ruby begged.
"Are you sure that Yang had no issue paying for this?" Weiss asked.
"She didn't buy it; she got materials to make it. They didn't cost too much, and it's our dad's money anyways." Ruby assured.
"Saying it's your dad's money, doesn't make it any better." Weiss said.
"Please Weiss, just try it on. I swear that if you don't like it on you, then I'll take it back and make a new one." Ruby stated.
"Fine, but please don't make another one. I don't want you or Yang spending any money on me." Weiss pleaded.
Ruby nodded and left the room, so that Weiss could change. The fox faunus was still not comfortable changing in front of the others.
It was a few minutes before Weiss called Ruby over. Ruby entered the room and was paralyzed by the snow fox.
She was dressed in a pale blue bolero jacket, which was red on the inside. It was over a similar colored dress that had a piece of black lace that made up the neckline of the dress. She wore white heeled boots.
"Um, I like it, but it isn't something I'm used to wearing. How does it look?" Weiss asked.
Ruby didn't answer, but continued to stare at the fox faunus.
"Ruby!" Weiss exclaimed.
Ruby snapped out of it and said. "Huh, what's wrong?"
"You were daydreaming again. Seriously, what is up with that?" Weiss glared.
"I'm sorry. You look really pretty Weiss." Ruby admitted.
Weiss slightly blushed and said. "U-um well thanks I guess. Do you really think this looks okay? It's nice, but as I said; it isn't something I'm used to wearing."
"Trust me, you look amazing. I'm kind of sorry about the heels though. I would hate fighting in those." Ruby stated.
"I kind of like the heels. It's not that hard walking in these, and I don't think I'll have an issue fighting in them either." Weiss smiled.
Ruby pouted and said. "How can you be so comfortable with them that fast? This one time Yang made me wear them, and I couldn't walk ten feet."
"Well maybe some people are better than others at things like this." Weiss smirked.
"Don't parade it like it's a skill." Ruby smiled.
"You're just upset you don't have such a skill like this." Weiss walked around to prove her point.
"Okay, okay; I get that you're very skillful in the art of heels. Now, do you think you're okay with keeping the outfit?" Ruby asked.
"Weiss looked at a mirror and turned to Ruby. "I do like it, and if you're absolutely sure that it didn't cause you any financial trouble, then I'll accept it." Weiss smiled.
"It was no trouble at all. I'm so happy you like it, Weiss." Ruby smiled back.
"Well, thank you Ruby. I suppose I should thank Yang as well, but I have to ask. Why did you suddenly want to give me something like this?" Weiss inquired.
"You're my friend, Weiss. I wanted to give you something nice, since I think you deserve something like this." Ruby answered.
"I can't thank you enough for this, Ruby." Weiss smiled.
"You don't have to thank me anymore; again, I'm just happy you like it." Ruby smiled.
"Well, I guess I have something to wear outside of classes now." Weiss remarked.
"Does that mean you'll wear it more often?" Ruby asked, secretly hoping the snow fox would wear the outfit more.
"Uh, yeah I suppose. You did get this for me, and I wouldn't want to just keep it hung up in the closet." Weiss responded.
Ruby jumped up and hugged Weiss.
"Hey! What's gotten into you?" Weiss exclaimed.
"Can't I just hug my friend?" Ruby asked, continuing to hug Weiss.
Weiss decided not to complain, and kept the hug going.
This is the way I wanted Weiss to get her outfit from the show. It may be odd for Yang to have this dress making ability, but I didn't want Weiss to get it from a store. It felt like it would be better for Ruby to design it for her.
To YX-I'm glad you are continuing to like my take on Blake. Blake is my second favorite character (would be first if Weiss didn't exist) for the reason that the show portrays her as a faunus who does hide, but she just wants to stop the bad crap in the world. I'll do my best with the sad parts. Happy Chinese New Year to you. Good night.
To NotUrAverage- Well, I'm glad you like the romance parts I write. Slowly the snow fox is getting there. I really want to make another flashback chapter soon, just to tell you guys more about her past.
I hoped you all enjoyed today's chapter. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 37.