Field Trip: Toy Story
Getting up from her seat at the bistro Ruby asked "So, we good?"
Weiss still wasn't entirely sure she was if she was honest, but she remembered how important this outing was to Ruby. It gave her the will to work past it. "Don't introduce me to any more slaves and Masters," she qualified, "and I'll be okay."
"I can kinda promise that," her girlfriend temporized. "I can't guarantee who we'll see tonight, but I won't go out of my way to introduce you. Worst case I'll let them know you're mine and under my protection. Good enough?"
Not good enough. "We're keeping things hidden when we're in public," Weiss said archly. In private being referred to as hers was all part of the game. With others around... she didn't think she liked the idea. Safe words were there for a reason though. She'd decide when the moment arrived whether to use it or not.
"Yup, in public," Ruby replied, making it clear she hadn't forgotten that part of the negotiations, "and most kinky people would do the same. The ones I would associate with would, I guarantee that. Especially tonight."
Tonight she had hoped they would be back in the safety of their room. With graduation only weeks away there really wasn't much the teachers at Beacon could do to enforce their curfew, but being the goody goody that Ruby was she had expected it. Eh, another place that Weiss hadn't made sure they talked about in their negotiations. Ruby had mentioned something about a club later. Clubbing was more the perview of Yang normally. Unless it was that club.
"We aren't going to Deviations tonight, are we?"
"We are," Ruby said levelly, every inch of her the Domme again, "Unless you stop me."
There was only one way to stop it. Well, several but all meant the same thing: ending the scene. Weiss really didn't want to do that yet. Besides, she hadn't told Ruby directly, but she was really curious about a club devoted to sexual deviants like them. Maybe that was the point of today? No, not the only point. The past visit had its reasons too, and she had come to understand it. So far their hidden game had only had two players, but there was a much larger world out there for people like them.
Maybe Ruby had decided it was time to introduce her to it? That thought was too exciting to continue beyond that sliver of a hypothesis.
"So lets get going then!" How did she manage to sound so cute and innocent and completely in control at the same time? It was their battles with the grimm, particularly with the reapers Weiss finally understood. It had cemented the leadership skills she had always shown without dwindling her innocent cheer. She was using it in this life too.
Weiss hadn't stood up yet as Ruby had almost a minute ago. The possibilities and realizations hitting her one after another had put her on edge. "Okay," she said without really leaving her train of thoughts until a thought only seconds back sank in.
On edge! Damn, she'd forgotten about the tens unit.
Ruby hadn't. "Great!," was her only warning. Luckily she hadn't stood up yet, and Ruby had been very good at picking a table out of the line of sight, going so far as keeping Weiss hidden behind the high backed booths, facing away from the rest of the crowd. It was for only half a second, and not enough to even make her moan had it lasted longer, but it was enough to get Weiss's mind back where Ruby wanted it.
"Evil!" she hissed.
Ruby ignored the comment, her face and voice maintaining an innocent quality that warmed Weiss too much to make the word stick anyways. "Well lets go! We don't have time to visit my other friend now. Maybe after the shops close?" she asked herself. "Well, lets hit the hardware store first!"
Hardware? Maybe for some more rope? Weiss thought her Mistress had more than enough rope as it was!
Dumbly Weiss walked in Ruby's wake, her mind too occupied with curiosity at what they were going to get, where they were going to go next, and where they were going to finish tonight, all of it laced heavily with an undercurrent of lust.
The Depot was a favorite hang out of Ruby's Weiss had already known. So many tools were here for her to create her weapons, or create other tools to make her weapons. Well, hers until she gave it away. A huntsman's weapon was a sacred item, and one they only used if they had made it. That didn't stop those who weren't huntsmen from using Ruby's creations.
They didn't head towards tools however, which had several of the employees faces left in confusion. Instead they headed to plumbing, the steel pipes were of interest buying several sizes from one foot in length to three feet, all at 5/8's of an inch thick and grooved on both ends. To that she added several couplers, a few elbows and t's, and some caps. Why Weiss didn't understand and Ruby wasn't telling, which only frustrated and excited Weiss further as her brain refused not to try figuring out what they were to be used for.
Next stop was to hardware. Weiss shouldn't have been surprised at how well Ruby knew the store's layout. This was her home turf, no different than herself at the shopping district.
There Ruby picked up O-bolts, flush mounted nuts, a handful of every type of snap hooks they carried, two dozen one inch rings, and one twelve inch ring. A pulley system (now that one worried Weiss!), twelve feet of chain. The only expected item was the nylon rope, which Ruby did get. twelve bundles, each 100 feet long, each of a different color. "The knots slip to easy with these though," Ruby said off handedly, then reached for two on hundred foot bundles of hemp. "It'll probably burn a bit when these are used, but trust me, it's worth it." And Weiss did trust her implicitly, even if the concept of rope burns didn't exactly give her pleasant thoughts.
"I don't think I have a fine metal grinder at the club... not exactly something anyone else would have either. Guess I should grab that as well."
That may have scared her more than the pulley system. It's for the pipes, she told herself, calming her nerves only slightly. She knew it was true, but that wasn't the problem. What if she was wrong was the problem.
"And you can't have too many drills!" Ruby enthused, while making Weiss cringe. "If nothing else I need the right sized bit."
"You're never going to tell me what you're making until it's done, are you?"
Ruby looked up and smiled. "Nope!"
Weiss rolled her eyes back in annoyance. While looking forward to whatever Ruby had planned, the secrecy was unnecessary!
"Oh don't be like that. You know it's going to be great!"
Yeah, great. Pipes, grinders, and drills all at a club that is full of kinky people who were going to know she was kinky by association. From what Ruby had told her the first section was a bar scene, so it wasn't like they were going to sex things up there, and the second section was just shows for them to watch. It was upstairs that bothered Weiss, where the kink was free to fly with everyone, all of them strangers, able to see everyone else...
Her fingers suddenly needing to scratch a particular itch she couldn't reach. This really was going to be great!
Still, she couldn't say that out loud. She was the brat after all, and in public she had an image to maintain. Being one of Ruby's favorite shops it wasn't unthinkable that Weiss wouldn't be here again. "You say that, sure, but how am I supposed to know?"
Without warning Ruby leaned in close and whispered, "Cause you might want to visit the lady's room before someone else notices how horny you smell and clean up."
Luckily the store was sparsely populate, and just as luckily the restroom was near because she ran fast. She couldn't smell that bad, could she? Desperately she used the sparse cleaning materials found within in combination with the wet wipes she kept on her purse for emergency makeup removal. No, she couldn't smell that bad. Come to think of it, not only was a huntress's sense heightened, but being lovers Ruby had become very attuned to Weiss's scent. If she was that bad Ruby would have stopped to tell her sooner. It would be a breach in the negotiations.
Ruby had just played her again! Not with the undoubtedly amusing sight of Weiss's panic, but by proving that Weiss was excited by the thought despite the pretense. Damn that girl!
Returning, Ruby asked "Feeling fresher?"
"Evil," Weiss repeated, almost feeling like it was a mantra at that point.
And as usual Ruby simply smiled innocently. "Oh, btw I think I found a better dowel for Slapper," Ruby enthused. Weiss resisted the reflex to grab her ass. "What do you think?" The steel dowel that would replace the wood certainly would be more sturdy.
"I think Slapper doesn't need any improvements!" Weiss said with legitimate fear.
With another victorious smile her Mistress said, almost sounding disappointed, "To bad. I'm always afraid the handle might break one of these times."
With the dust coating it had, that wasn't very likely.
"One last section then we can get going," Ruby said brightly. "Electrical!"
"No, that's it. I'm done!" Weiss said instantly. "White Rose," She continued, with a snap in Ruby's face for emphasis. "Lets get out of this den of evil and then we can start up again, and not a second sooner!"
Ruby chuckled good naturedly, "Ah, I was just having a bit of fun!" She looked slightly contrite, but entirely Ruby now. "I guess the reference to electricity was too much, huh? I wasn't going to do anything, just push a couple more of your buttons, honest!"
"With this contraption built in hell taped on me, damn right that was too much!" Weiss yelled in a hushed voice normally reserved for libraries.
Looking upset with herself for pushing too far, so far that Weiss was visibly angry, Ruby whispered "I'm sorry. I do love you."
"If you ever think I might doubt that I'll deck you!" Grabbing her hair for the first time that day, Weiss pulled Ruby's face down to her level. "Love you too, even when you are being evil."
Surprisingly Ruby didn't make a bee line for the front registers after that. Instead she looked over the 'toys' (the power tools), explaining what each was for, why one was better than the others, and why some were over priced. At one point Weiss couldn't help but think is this what I am like when I go clothes shopping? and realizing she was possibly worse.
That wasn't to say Weiss didn't enjoy it. By the time they left Weiss had forgotten what had made her so mad, and for her part Ruby didn't push things. There was no doubt she was back into her Domme persona, but it was easy going with no insessent teasing and mind games.
"Last place before the club," Ruby announced, stopping in front of another unassuming house. After the last house Weiss was worried. "You did say..."
"Relax. I promised, and he's mostly vanilla to boot."
Vanilla, Weiss had learned, mean this guy wasn't into BDSM, though Weiss guessed he knew about it and wasn't judgemental about their choices. It was reassuring that there were people like him, because it was at least a small piece of proof that there wasn't amoral about their games.
Knocking on the door, Ruby waited patiently while giving Weiss a kind smile to reassure her. Weiss notice the curtains on their right move enough for whoever was behind it to get a look, then the door unlocked and opened to an informal twenty something wearing an anti-establishment t-shirt. "Hi David. Hate to rush, but we're running behind. I want to get there before it gets crowded."
"No problem. I was expecting you and have it set right here." He reached to the side and produced a shoe box. "Want to check it out and make sure I got it right?"
"No, your stuff is always great," Ruby beamed. Whatever products he made, Ruby obviously loved them. Given the timing she was betting this item was something that would be used on her tonight... tonight in that last room. She knew she'd end up there. She wanted to be there. Whatever was in the box special to Ruby if she went out of the way to pick it up tonight.
Weiss decided to skip asking what was in the box. If Ruby wanted to tell her, she would. If she didn't tell Weiss she didn't want her to know and asking would be futile then. One thing she did notice was that David hadn't given Weiss a second glance. He did or didn't know what was going on, but either way he didn't care. This was business.
"Your payment was good... too good actually, so we're good then. Hope you two have fun."
"We will," Ruby replied brightly as she turned to go.
With a smile and a wink, Ruby asked her "So, ready to see the club?"
For a second Weiss was ready to reply with Ruby's trademarked 'nope,' but decided against it. It wasn't true, entirely. "I'm not ready, but I have to admit I'm getting eager, if that makes sense."
"Perfect sense."
Author's Note: This is probably going to go through several revisions until I'm completely happy with it, but given that I'm almost done with the chapter after this one I thought I'd go ahead and share.
Oddly these chapters weren't supposed to be completely in Weiss's POV. Ruby's was supposed to show in a couple of these chapters, but that's not what ended up happening.
