Weiss

"So it's terrible?" I asked her, putting up my best sullen face that I can possibly muster. I found it perplexing how Ruby can do it on a day to day base.

"WHAT?!" She blurted out when my reply was something she did not expect.

I never seen her eyes flung that wide before other than the time she almost fell off her cousin's motorcycle.

"No! You look good — I mean you cook good," Ruby desperately tried to make a save and fumbled around her words. "But you also look good and your cooking is great. Fantastic even. Did I mention your cooking is good?"

"Ruby," I gently flicked her forehead to get her attention.

She uttered out a yip and recoiled at my sudden attack.

"I'm kidding." It was impossible to hide my smugness when I was flashing it triumphantly.

"Is this suppose to be payback?" Her shoulders slumped forward while she rubbed the area where I flicked.

"For tricking me earlier?" I raised my chin a little proudly. "Yes. I know I don't look that terrible. And honestly —" I pulled my apron in a way where I can read the bold printed words on the front. "I don't get why my sister decides to buy me this apron."

"It's fitting? Wait — you have a sister?"

"Yes, I do. Much older than me in fact. And for someone at her age, you would expect she could've find something more appropriate rather than 'I Cook As Good As I Look' apron. "

I sighed and started self-consciously question what sort of nonsense goes into Winter's head. But I immediately pulled myself away from my thoughts before I start going tangent in front of my guest.

"Anyways, have a seat." I pulled up a chair for Ruby at the dining table.

"Thanks," Ruby took my offer and sat down. She watched me intently as I prepare a hot bowl of soup like I promised her during the middle of the week. "Are your parents home?"

I flinched at the unforeseen, but yet, usually common question. Thankfully I had my back turned to her.

"No…" I tried to sound very much normal rather than sour at the sudden mention of parents. "They're not home. They won't be for… Awhile I guess."

I wasn't planning to give her a spew about how my mother passed away from alcohol poisoning, or share the part where I left my neglecting father three years ago just to live with my sister. Especially when Ruby and I had met not too long ago.

"Oh," Ruby responded weakly. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"No no," I shook my head to dispel the uncomfortable atmosphere. "It is what it is. I manage with my sister."

I set our bowls down and gave her a spoon before pulling a seat for myself. I quietly dipped my spoon into it and ate about a quarter of the way until Ruby finally broke the silence.

"What's your sister like?" She curiously asked a genuine question.

"Well…" I stopped and stared into my chicken soup as I thought of the appropriate words to describe my sister. "Like most older siblings, she's protective." I tried to think of something exceptional about my sister, but strangely, words failed to come to mind. I swirled my soup with my spoon and gave Ruby a bone to chew. "She's an upstanding citizen?"

"Really?" Ruby fought back a laugh and raised an eyebrow at me. "An upstanding citizen? Weiss, almost everyone here is an upstanding citizen."

"W-Well…" I stuttered in hot embarrassment at my lacking description. But I was partly saved when my ears picked up a fiddling sound coming from the doorknob. My head perked and I glanced over my shoulder before returning my attention back to Ruby. "Rather than attempting and failing to accurately describe my sister, you can meet her in person."

Ruby unceremoniously dropped her spoon into her soup bowl and presented an awfully blank stare to what I had just said. "C-Come a-again?"

"My sister just got home."

Despite how there was a large wall between the kitchen and the front entrance, I eagerly sat in my seat waiting for Winter's return. When the door closed, it was strange for Winter to come home without uttering a single greeting. Sometimes she was boisterously loud and loved to make known that she got home. However, today she seemed rather quiet.

I could pick up sounds of heavy footstep, and it increasingly got louder until the person with said footstep graced us in her physical form.

"People. Are. So. Damn. Annoying!" Winter fumed in frustration right when she entered into the kitchen. She didn't seem to notice Ruby's presence considering she had her hands covering and rubbing her entire face tiredly. "They have one job. One job! And they can't even do it. Incompetent little — UGH! I just want to rip their idiotic heads —"

"Ahem," I cleared my throat to grab my sister's attention. It was a success when she finally removed her impeding hands to finally notice our guest.

"Oh…" Winter's voice dropped when her and Ruby made eye contact.

Arms half-raised and shrinking into her seat, Ruby sheepishly waved back. "Um… Hi?"

Winter really is an upstanding citizen...

To those waiting for my other stories, I am currently working on them as I write this. More specifically, A Soul Of A Rose. If you want to know my whereabouts, you can go to my profile if you'd like. I'm half way done with the chapter, but it'll be a slow while for it to actually update. Same goes for my other stories. This one is an exception because it only takes less than an hour to write a chapter. Not to mention, I have a few chapters already prepared.