Love is letting go
Love is many things; however, a true testimony of love is being able to let go… as it shows that you care about the person's wellbeing rather than your own wants. There are many moments in this love story where letting go is the only option, but this is the first one taken.
It was the next day, and the sun was beginning to set. Ruby grumbled at her sister's aggressive tugs as she was dragged out of the car and behind a large stone in the restaurant's front garden.
"Why are we hiding in a random restaurant's garden? I thought we were going to the movies." Ruby said as she fixed her footing in her crouch.
Yang shushed Ruby, Blake gesturing her to lower her voice.
"Just look sis." Yang harshly whispered as she pointed at something beyond the rock.
Ruby looked and her eyes widened at the sight of Weiss, looking perfect as ever, standing at the base of the restaurant's stairs.
"Let me get you up to speed. So yesterday I talked with- wait where are you going?" Yang asked in confusion as her sister began to stand up from their hiding space and walk directly towards the heiress.
"Blake why is she doing that!"
"I told her to talk to her… but I didn't mean now…"
"God dammit Blake!"
The whispers faded as Ruby got closer to Weiss.
Weiss was looking down in thought, murmuring a rehearsal of some sorts that Ruby did not understand at all.
"Ahem."
Weiss look up and jolted in surprise, "Ruby!"
"… Hey."
"W-what are you doing here?"
Ruby awkwardly chuckled as she rubbed the back of her neck and jerked her left thumb to the rock behind her.
"My sister and Blake are hiding behind the rock."
"Ah… dragged here I'm guessing?"
"Yeah um… well… I wanted to say…"
"I'm sorry!"
The both looked at each other. Weiss looked around, and then gestured Ruby to go first.
"Um… yeah I just wanted to say sorry about my bluntness back then… You were confused and I wasn't helping."
"Ruby… you don't have to be sorry at all. If anything, it's my fault I was confused and then decided to dump such as heavy burden on you… especially with how I treated you."
Ruby paused for a moment, slightly shaking her head at the negative thought polluting her mind, "… That thing you asked about that night… you're giving your answer tonight, right? Is that why my sister and Blake brought me here to spy on you?"
"Yeah… and about that please tell them to stop spying on me." Weiss added in, glaring at the rock.
"Sure…" Ruby then took a deep breath, "I just wanted to tell you that… I'll support you no matter what." She sucked in a breath as she managed out the next set of words, "Even if you don't want to be friends… that's fine."
"… support? Wait, did Yang not tell you everything? Ruby! Come back I haven't even finished my…"
"Weiss?" A new voice said.
Weiss turned to see Neptune, beside his parked car, "Oh Neptune. You are finally here!"
"Weiss… was that Ruby? Why did she disappear behind that rock?"
Weiss sighed as she looked longingly back at the rock. She closed her eyes to collect her thoughts, before she opened them to look at Neptune.
"Don't worry about it… I will handle that after our talk."
"Ruby what the hell?!" Yang shouted quietly as they watched Neptune and Weiss walk up the stairs.
"I said what I needed to say."
"Ruby, that at all was not what I was meaning when I said talk." Blake whispered exasperatedly. "From here it just looked like you were saying stuff to Weiss and then just left. I meant an actual conversation instead of getting all these misunderstandings and confusion."
"I… Neptune was there so I had to get my thing out and leave."
Blake facepalmed, as Yang pulled at her hair.
"That. Is. Why. We. Are. Hiding. Behind. This. Rock."
"About that… Weiss said to stop spying on her."
"Rubes! Wasn't hiding behind a rock enough to know not to blab it out!"
"I just want to go home and eat ice cream, crouching here is making my feet hurt." Ruby complained as she shuffled her feet to relieve the ache.
Yang turned to Blake with a face that looked like her soul was just sucked out of her body, "Why is she not getting that Weiss' romantic life is on the line here!?"
"… It's not as dramatic as that since you already know the answer."
"Blake just back me up here for once. I'm here to the novelty of shenanigans with you two."
Yang then got closer and whispered into Blake's ear, "Also to make sure Weiss somehow doesn't self-sabotage herself."
"Guys… they're on the balcony…" Ruby stated as she pointed to the couple, before she turned around and sat against the rock instead of spying.
Yang scooched closer to the rock and peered over, "Yes! Just like planned. And if I'm right she can't see us from here~"
Blake rolled her eyes as she joined the sisters, "Sure… you totally weren't there when Weiss was planning all this."
"Blake you are really cramping my suave nature. And Rubes, if you are gonna be all goody-two-shoes and not look. I'm just gonna narrate everything to you instead… Right before us, the ice queen is on the prowl, with the habitat full of table manners, she's got this prey in the bag…"
"Ruby can you just please turn around and pretend you're watching to save me from my suffering… Ruby?"
The said brunette was looking off into the distance, past the park and into the town at the other side.
Blake looked over her concerningly, still confused at Ruby's reaction… Yang hadn't told them Weiss' answer… but she at least thought Ruby would be a little invested in Weiss after the talk they had from the day before.
Her eyes lingering on Ruby's form for one last second, before she turned towards the balcony, and watched as she was subjected to Yang's over-the-top narration.
"And alas! The silence is finally broken, as Neptune initiates the conversation…"
"So… I guess it is full circle here… I honestly thought you would call me for us to meet at a café or something… not this fancy restaurant, especially from our one-year anniversary."
"Well, it felt… right to do so here. Not to mention they do serve delicious food here." Weiss said as she looked through the menu.
Neptune looked around, "… Are we really going to be eating here? Honestly, I'm not in the mood for a 3-course meal…" His eyes then landed on the rock, where he saw a tuff of yellow hair sticking out, before another hand shot up and pushed it down.
"Of course not, I was only looking for a drink… I'm covering for today if you want one too." Weiss looked up from her menu, and followed his gaze, "I see you noticed them. To be fair Ruby was not even trying to hide."
"It… doesn't bother you?"
"No… after spending months with them you get used to their weird antics. Even though I said something to Ruby, I know her sister wasn't going to follow through."
"… Blake's there too? She's the most level-headed other than you."
"Oh, that bookworm is the enabler. She is more of chaotic neutral if anything."
"… Chaotic neutral?"
"Nevermind that. Just an inside joke between Ruby and I." She glanced back at the pensive expression on his face, "If it truly bothers you, I can throw one of the scones at them? Maybe that will scare them away, since Yang and Ruby hate it when food is wasted…"
"Oh, I don't mind… they do not have malicious intent… and I guess I'll just let them be playful?"
Weiss raised an eyebrow at his answer, "Sure…" She trailed off, as a waitress came up to their table and took their orders for drinks.
As the lady walked away, Weiss started, "Alright… so down to business… With how… calm you're being, I'm guessing you think you know what I'm going to say…"
"Um… if you're confused about the ring, I have reasons-"
"Confused? No, I didn't even open the box."
"… You didn't open the box?"
"Yes, that is correct… I… I am not worthy of whatever ring you chose in there, because I have been a very confused and unsure person in this relationship… so I'll have to say no. No, I will not marry you."
The two heard clinks of glasses being placed in front of them, before the lady scurried away.
"… It seems we have scared her."
"More like your statement did Weiss."
Weiss shook her head out of the stupor from the waitress' interruption as she continued, "So as I was saying, I know you repeatedly told me you love me but despite that… I will not marry you… I never even said I love you back at you."
"I did well notice Weiss." Neptune said with a sad smile.
Weiss looked at him with uncertainty… he was weirdly okay with this. Nevertheless, she continued, "This is why I brought you here today. Despite my misgivings, you have tried your best at this relationship. Putting up with my lack of trying and abhorrent behaviour… so I thought the way to end this was in an amicable get together with drinks." She stated as she pushed the velvet box towards his side of the table, the uncomfortable weight in her pocket was finally gone.
"That… that sounded really rehearsed."
Weiss gave him a hard stare before her shoulders slacked from their rigid state, "Fine, you have caught me. I was trying to compose the nicest way to let you down. I spent all of yesterday evening 'freaking out' and trying to figure out my words. This was the best I came up with."
"Hm, this was the best? Very anticlimactic if you asked me. If I proposed to you months ago and you replied with this, I very well would have been angry and emotional." He chuckled as he brought his alcoholic beverage to his lips, "That was by no means a 'nice' way of letting me down."
Weiss shot him a stare, "You are being weirdly calm with this. You wanted to marry me, and I just turned you down."
He gave another simple smile and pushed the velvet box back to her side of the table, "Did you not remember? I said to open it when you had your answer."
"… But the answer is a no."
"It's an answer nonetheless... Just open it Weiss."
Weiss gave him one last uncertain look before she took the box and opened.
She gasped.
It was empty.
"I… there's no ring… if you bought one, I swear I didn't steal it … I'm not sure how I lost it… Goodness! It must be somewhere in the house… maybe Cakes got into it or something…"
Neptune started to openly laugh as he put his hands up in a coaxing gesture, "Weiss! Don't worry, you lost nothing. The box truly is empty!" He sighed in amusement, "I never bought a ring."
"You… you never bought a ring?"
"Yes, that is correct." Neptune parroted with a grin.
"I… don't understand. I… why would you propose with this, and not have a ring… ugh I am so confused."
Neptune leaned over and pushed the lid close to the box, the snap sending a wave through Weiss' hand.
"Weiss, I always knew you were going to say no. I knew this proposal was going to be the end of our relationship."
"But… you've been saying I love you to the end… was it all an act? Just to watch all my blunders?"
"No, I never intended that Weiss… I was being honest with the I love yous. I also was just making sure that this was going to happen."
He shifted himself to sit up, "Weiss… I always known, for a few months now that our relationship was going downhill."
"For a few months? How did you see it? We still went on dates and we barely fought…"
"Weiss, I have eyes… and even I could see that you weren't fully in the relationship. Cancelling date plans last minute to help friends, our change in dynamic… also the fact you always talk non-stop about Ruby on half of our dates."
Weiss froze, "… why do people keep pointing out Ruby?" She blushed a light pink, "B-but how is she relevant?"
It was Neptune's turn to shoot back one of Weiss' signature eyebrow raise, "It's obvious you are slowly getting infatuated with her."
"Infatuated?! That… I!" Weiss took a few breaths, before giving up with a sigh, "Does everyone know about that? I myself did not even know about that."
"Well you both were being extremely obvious."
Weiss groaned as she cradled her forehead between her index and thumb, "Alright I understand, you've got most of me figured out." She then looked up in curiosity in her eyes, "But why propose to me then? Why couldn't you just go with the most logical and efficient way by just us talking?"
"I tried Weiss… quite a few times actually."
"You… you did?"
"Yes, in some of our dates… but you were so enraptured with your Ruby stories that I just ended up listening to you rant and fawn over her."
"I do not-"
"Maybe after this you need Blake or Yang to record you talking to her, you are smitten Weiss."
"… You couldn't… I don't know… get my attention? We wouldn't have to go this far if you did."
"… I was scared."
"Seriously Neptune? How did I not know that you are extremely bad with communication? We've been together for well over a year."
"Well we have been a pretty perfect couple until recently. At first, I thought it was a good sign that we were extremely compatible… however then things I should have seen coming, such as you wanting to move out, get a job and be independent… those really caught me off guard. I tried to be as supportive as I could, but even then, I could tell something was off with our relationship. With you making new friends and meeting Ruby just really amplified this mystery in our relationship… also you kind of run away from your problems."
"Okay… wait what was that last bit?" Weiss eyed him suspiciously.
"Well… even if I called out the issues… uh… you would have redirected the conversation or change topic entirely. Confronting you with the actual possibility that you could be stuck with me forever was the best bet…" Neptune said, his eyes and tone becoming bitter towards the end.
Weiss groaned again as she looked down into her drink, "We both suck at relationships, don't we? Both of us are to blame here."
Neptune twirled his drink before taking a last chug, "We are both dramatic." A waiter walked past, "Sir can I have a refill?"
The man nodded as he took the glass and walked away.
"I also guess I was a little scared…" Weiss started, "Being in a relationship was… comfortable, I did not have to worry about needing to find someone."
"Not that you needed to."
"Of course, but I always envisioned in having a family… don't give me that weird look, I always have."
"Well I'll admit that it is odd, many people struck you for an independent woman who can take the world by storm alone."
"… I actually hate being alone."
"Hmmm," Neptune accepted the new glass of alcohol, "It's good we are breaking this off then, I'm actually not all that interested in a family."
"… So that it?"
"What else is there to discuss?"
"I don't know, it feels so anticlimactic."
"Oh, do you want to slap me or something? I can slam the table and just storm out."
Weiss tilted her head, "I… break ups in university always seemed so anger driven."
"Weiss, we both know it's our fault… if we got together sooner or maybe later in life… it may have worked."
"But it just… simply didn't."
Neptune nodded at Weiss elaboration, "Life isn't always a knight saving his princess in a tower. Sometimes… it's just two adults who care enough to realise that the princess is fine on her own, and she can find and decide her own happiness."
Weiss stayed silent, soaking in Neptune's expression. His eyes were glassy with memories of the past obviously replaying before him. However, when he shook himself out of the stupor, he shot Weiss a reassuring smile that held little to no remorse. He felt this was the right move too.
Weiss gave him a sad but nostalgic smile as she rose her glass up, some alcohol left in, "To breaking up?"
Neptune chuckled as he brought his glass to meet her's in the middle, "To breaking up."
They both shared a relieved smile and they reeled back and sipped.
"They are breaking up!" Yang shouted in a whisper as she did a little dance in her crouch.
Blake rolled her eyes, "Don't go acting like you didn't know this would happen." She turned to check on Ruby. "So, Weiss is single… what's your plan of action?"
Ruby sighed as she got up, "I'm gonna go home. Don't worry about me, I'll take a bus."
"Sis! Blake just said she's single! She said no! They are breaking up as we speak!"
Yang grumbled as she watched her sister walk away, "We brought her here so she can discover the answer and they can have that stupid happily ever after they've been dancing around."
Blake shrugged, "Nothing is as simple as that." She then looked to Ruby's figure getting smaller from the distance, "She's accepted that the crush is much more, and that she needed to talk and let this just play out naturally… what else could be bothering her?"
"I thought you talked to her yesterday?"
"I'm not a miracle worker Yang." Blake shifted on the floor, "Ruby was pretty closed off yesterday, and she needed a friend that was just there instead of one slamming advice after advice."
She looked at Yang, "And I know that's your specialty Yang."
"Well if you ask me, Weiss was deserving of the truth getting handed to her… well a little bit."
"Did you go overboard again?"
"I didn't mean to, just seeing Ruby that morning before seeing her really got all my emotions amped up… not to mention there's more to this whole situation, I just don't know what."
Blake sighed, seeing Ruby getting on a bus and leaving, "I just hope these two don't mess up what they have."
"Are you sure you will be fine on your own? You have never been great at keeping your alcohol." Weiss asked as she helped her wobbly ex down the stairs.
"I'll be fine, my driver is in the car 'cause I definitely was planning to drink… what about you?" Neptune asked, some words slurring.
Weiss rolled her eyes, "I am going to be fine. I only had one drink, not to mention I'm taking the bus back."
"Heh, you and buses do… do not mix."
"Alright," Weiss said, giving him a shove to the direction of his car, "You go home and not drink your sorrows away."
"I'm not a sad man!"
Weiss chuckled at his antics… one thing she definitely was going to miss was his drunken banter.
Weiss then crossed her arms and approached a rock in the front garden, "Now why am I not surprised that you are still here?"
Blake and Yang were sitting against the rock, and seemingly was looking towards the sky.
"We were star gazing! The sky is pretty clear tonight!" Yang exclaimed.
"Surely you could have done that in the comfort of your car." Weiss looked back to see some of the other patrons of the restaurant also leaving. She ducked down to their level, "Also I am sure that half of the people who walked past thought you both were drunk beyond belief."
"Well we ain't! If anyone was drunk it would be…" Yang paused for a moment and observed Weiss carefully, "… you. I thought you were gonna be drinking."
"I had a sip or two… honestly Neptune did all the drinking for me."
"Neptune… huh…" Yang and Blake watched his car exit the driveway with the said man passed out in the passenger's seat. Yang reached over and flicked Weiss on the forehead.
"Ow!"
"Well that's for stringing Neptune along. Forgot to do it yesterday."
Weiss sighed, "Okay, I totally deserved that." She then looked beside Yang and Blake, "Um… Where's Ruby? I need to clear something up."
"Blake!"
"Like I said Yang! I have no control over your sister's actions, how she interprets my advice is all up to her."
Yang groaned as she got up from the floor, twirling Blake's car keys in her hands, "Come on! It's time to fix all of this!"
Ruby was curled up on the ledge of her roof again, looking over to the direction of the mall as she watched the nightlife twinkle in the distance. Her eyes hovered over Weiss' backyard, anticipating the moment when the woman was going to return home. Oddly enough, no movement occurred from the inside of the house, meaning she had more time before she had to retreat into her room again.
Suddenly, she heard the creaking of a wooden door opening.
With a surprised gasp she spun in her position, arms ready to defend herself from the intruder. However, once she recognised the person, her arms quickly went down as she became frantic for another escape off the roof.
Weiss groaned from her viewpoint at the roof's entrance as she closed the door, "Ruby you are not escaping again!"
Ruby pouted as she stared off in a different direction, trying to ignore the shuffling behind her as Weiss slowly slid down to sit beside her, "Goodness, you really should put some platform here if you frequent this place so often."
After muttering over her dress for a few seconds, Weiss' gaze settled on Ruby, "So… you saw everything that transpired tonight?"
Ruby huffed, "Not exactly, but Yang narrated everything very bluntly."
"So… you know my answer, right?"
"Yep."
"Yep? That's all? I… I thought you would have a more… excitable reaction."
"…"
"Ruby?"
"…"
"Ruby." Weiss said with more conviction as she gently grasped Ruby's arms and twisted her to face her.
The brunette was not even looking at her, her face scrunched up as she shut her eyes tightly.
"Ruby… Blake said you talked to her… she said you would at least try to have a conversation."
"…"
"… Ruby, can you please open your eyes?" Weiss asked softly.
After a long moment, Ruby slowly opened her eyes. From the moment she saw Weiss affectionate face, she started tearing up.
"… Ruby? What's wrong?"
"I'm sorry!"
"… Sorry? What for? If anything, I should be the one who is sorry."
"I… I should've never confessed to you. I shouldn't have said anything! I shouldn't have butt in! It's because of me that both of you broke up!"
"What?! It's not because of you Ruby!"
"Well I know it is! The moment that I confess to you, not only did you shoot down a proposal, but you also break up with him! Why else would you have broken up with him!?"
Weiss carefully tapped on Ruby's shoulder to get the girl to focus on her face again, "There are actually many reasons Ruby, and we both decided it was the best course of action."
Weiss let go of Ruby's arms and turned to face the lights in the horizon.
"Our relationship was the strongest when I had no one else at the estate to talk to. Neptune was the only other neighbour for a while, that our friendship just eventually became romantic. But the moment I moved away the distance was too much. If we truly loved each other… if I truly liked him romantically at all, I would have tried even more to keep our relationship strong. But moving away did also reveal other things… things that I actually liked were quite different to his, and that his life is something… is something I tolerated but for the rest of my life being that? It feels… even more foreign then when I was at the estate. I still want to be a part of his life… but inevitably the reason I moved away was to get away from this fake-ness that he deals with constantly… I don't even think he realises how fake most of the people around him are.
And Neptune is a lovely man, but our views just don't align that much anymore. Not to mention that both of us are terrible at sustaining good communication." Weiss chuckled, "Honestly, at the rate and point our relationship was heading to… we probably be really unhappy with each other if we did not do something."
Ruby sighed and looked to the left, staring down into her backyard instead, "You are throwing away a long-term relationship… and I saw your face when I told you, I… you don't want anything to do with me. You shouldn't even be here. Just… don't make this harder."
Weiss' face fell as she tilted her head in thought.
"Ruby, I am so sorry for what I did to you last week. You were being honest and so open, and I was so harsh and…" Weiss cleared her throat, "That face I made, it had absolutely nothing to do with you and your confession. I was so fluttery Ruby; my stomach was churning in a good way."
Weiss looked into Ruby's eyes, her cheeks feeling warmer with every word she spoke, "Ruby, it has been an awful long while since I felt like that with someone, ever. Goodness, when I finally got together with Neptune, I no longer felt that, at ALL. That face you saw on me that night, I was just so shocked and many things from the past just bubbled up."
Weiss looked up to the stars as she wetly chuckled, "If anything Ruby, I want to do anything and everything with you!"
She looked back into Ruby's eyes, "Even though I have not known you for so long, I think you're worth it… to experience new and old things together."
Ruby blushed, eyes tearing up at Weiss' confession, "But I can't possibly be the right person to do that."
"Well of course I don't know if you are the right person." Weiss started.
Ruby winced at the remark.
"But…" Weiss grasped Ruby's hand, their eyes meeting again, "I want to know, I want to try with you and see if you are the one for me. I want us both to try this and see how we go."
Ruby's throat bubbled with a muffled sob, "You sure? Even… even if I'm not the right person for you?"
Weiss gave Ruby a soft smile, bringing up her left hand to cup Ruby's cheek. The brunette reluctantly leaned into the hand, tears beginning to pool at the corners of her eyes.
"Ruby… please let go of these doubts. I want to take a chance with you… I want to discover with you… even if we only known each other for a year, I have learnt with all the time I spent with you that even I need to let go of my insecurities and see this amazing woman who was only a fence away."
Weiss brought Ruby's forehead to her own, "Tonight, here in the present… you're always going to be right person for me."
"Really?"
"Really."
Ruby weakly giggled, wiping her oncoming tears with her left hand before reaching to gently tangle her own fingers into Weiss' locks of hair as she cupped the back of her head.
"May I?"
Weiss smiled so brightly, nodding against her as they both leaned in together, meeting in the middle…
At perfect balance with each other.
Yang waved three sparklers from each of her hands in an exuberant manner. Her grin was out for display as she posed in front of the DSLR camera Blake was using to take photos of the blonde in question.
Blake brought down her camera to take a break, "Alright those seem good… should we call them down to get a group photo? Before the new year gets here."
Yang glanced at her watch and chuckled, "Don't worry about it, too late to do it now. It's only a minute until then. We can do the group photos after the fireworks."
Blake nodded as she quickly made adjustments on her camera to take better photos of the night sky and fireworks. She then was lightly shoved on the side as numerous countdowns starting from 60 seconds could be heard from around the neighbourhood.
"Blakey!" Yang exclaimed as she pointed to where Weiss and Ruby were sitting on the roof ledge together. She rolled her eyes as she waltzes behind Blake, "Ugh, the honeymoon phase."
"Don't worry, you can fully grill Weiss in the new year."
"Yeah, yeah, still a little mad but Ruby's been smiling so I wanna let them have that little window."
Blake shook her head fondly and raised her camera to capture the moment before them, before and after the new year began.
Up on the roof ledge, Weiss and Ruby giggled softly amongst themselves. Their foreheads nestled against each other, their eyes gazing at only one another. Together they welcome the new year together, soft kisses eclipsing the fireworks in the background…
Starting the new year with a lovely beginning.
Author's Note:
Hey everyone!
It's done! God, it's been so long since I conceptualised, posted the original version and then reposting it! It felt like a marathon that went on forever! Nonetheless, I loved revisiting and writing up the new chapters!
So regarding this ending, it was a little hard to end it in a satisfying way. One could debate that I could've just added more chapters, but all of the events that happened in this specific chapter all tied in with the memoir anecdote; 'letting go'. So, I couldn't split the chapter across multiple ones since it would be similar anecdotes which would be repetitive. Also, my difficulty wasn't not having enough chapters to end it, but the fact that there was going to be stuff left loose or unsaid (since this first part of the series is not the end), which was always going to make it feel not quite finished yet.
So, I tried to make it a little satisfying with dropping the title and ending it the way I always wanted to end it when I first wrote this story, with a new beginning ;) (and with the whole firework imagery I started the story with)
Personally, I wanna hear how you found this ending, the feedback would be very helpful with the later endings of the other parts.
So about this whole series that I planned out...
I'll be honest, this story was actually going to end here when I first created the idea, but even I personally hated that I was going to end it without them being in an actual relationship. So... I got a little disheartened with finishing it... but after revisiting when times were tough, I got this new idea! And this fluffy story needed to be developed so much more, and somehow, I figured out a way without rewriting every single dang thing I typed before hand.
And... a lot of developing and editing I did to the chapters was in service to what will be coming in the future. Firstly, one belief I have is that Ruby needed to be an independent person before she got into a relationship, because her being too dependent on someone wasn't a good thing for a relationship to become endgame (hence her learning to live by herself). I wanted them to become individual people before getting together. Personally, I find it actually much easier to write a relationship in a story if their characterisation has been established enough that their relationship dynamic can come out naturally (or in this case, their dynamic is already established so we get to see it evolve :D).
Secondly, Weiss has had hints to her backstory, but not to the extent of Ruby. This first part in this series was definitely more focused on them getting to know each other, usually from Ruby's POV. This is because well... as I've mentioned, set up for future events ;) and hopefully, when those things arrive, the way Weiss reacts in this ending would make much more sense.
And speaking of the set up in this story, this part will be noticeably longer than the other parts (no way am I going to go over 30 chapters again), and that's because most of the set up here will have a pay off or be reoccuring. One thing I do wish a lot of slice of life fics I've read had, was multiple recurring sayings, symbols and jokes... like in a real relationship, where there are moments that just make you smile and gooey :) Some fics do have that, but it's usually one thing and it's always made to be the point of the chapter. As I'm planning, there are going to be some recurring things that are more subtle and in the background, so the world story... feels very 'lived in'. If none of that really meant anything to you, at least think of it like a spot the reference :D
But, I guess that's all you are going to hear about the series for know, I'm currently busy with university but I've got better time management than I did years ago, so I've been able to work on the sequel of this. It won't be coming any time soon, give me a month or so and the sequel will be uploading around then :D
So, thank you all for reading, it's been one cool ride being able to talk to you all entertain ya :D
But other than that, I'll all see you in the second part of 'The Love Story of Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee'
(p.s. I'll update this with a chapter mentioning that the sequel has begun, since I know some people just keep this open in a tab or something :3)