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POV: Blake Belladonna.
"Hm. What to do?" I thought to myself. I'm currently sitting in the JNPR dorm, engaging in an activity with Ren that we both find beneficial. Chess.
Currently it was Ren's move. Ren was white and I was black. Big shock. I had a rook and my king left, whereas Ren had his knight and king left. My rook was on a square next to my king in the middle of the board whereas his king was in the corner and his knight only but three squares away. No matter what Ren and I always tie. None of us win. Ren grips his knight and captures my rook. "Damn." I move my king and capture his knight.
"Stalemate." Ren says in that soft voice of his. You know, if I didn't have a monster crush on Yang I might have one for Ren. "Thank you for the challenge. I look forward to our next game." He says and then he stands and offers me his left hand. I take it in my right and stand to my feet.
"Thank you as well." I say. I let his hand go and got to the door. Once I have it open I turn around and smile at Ren. "Changed my mind. I think. I'll have to think about it to be sure. But I think I like Yang more. Ok not sure." I smile and wave goodbye then walk across the hall and go into my teams dorm. And that's when Yang jumps me.
"Hah! I got you now! And I'll never let go." Yang says. I activate my semblance and leave a copy of myself in the still grinning Yang's embrace while I'm sitting on the bed.
I clear my throat. "Yang, I'm over here." She frowns and lets go.
"Why can't you ever let me hug you?" Yang asks dejectedly. "That's all I want."
"Oh fine. Come here you." I stand and cross the room and wrap my arms around Yang. "I just wish she could like me the way I like her." Normally the fact that she always tries to hug me would be a dead away for any normal person. Except Yang hugs everyone. Once I find out who I like more, I'll make my move.
"Hey Blake? I have a question." Yang says. I let her go and look her in the eyes, gesturing her to ask. "Um, this is hard for me to say this but… I-I really l-like you. M-maybe you might wanna g-go out sometime?" Seeing Yang a stuttering mess makes me want to laugh. But I also want to cry because I can't say yes yet. But that doesn't stop my heart from racing.
"Well Yang, I can't say yes for sure yet. I like you that way but, I'm having a problem of my own. I don't know who I like more, you or R-Ren."
"How do I win you over?" Yang immediately asks. "I've wanted to ask you that for a month and now that I've done it I intend to get you if you like me. And you said you did."
"Just give me time to think it over. Okay?"
Yang opens her mouth to answer but then the door busts open. And in strolls Ruby. She immediately goes over to the closet and reaches up for the gifts that she put there for Weiss. Who just came in the room with a thought filled look on her face. "This oughta be good."
POV: Weiss Schnee.
"Well, at least Ruby isn't raging anymore. But I want to learn more about his part of Ruby. Maybe if I asked her?" I had these same thought all throughout our bullhead flight. Before I knew it we were back at Beacon and the bullhead was landed. Ruby came into the back with a smile on her face again.
"Look Weiss, I'm sorry for what happened back there. I can't promise that it won't happen again but I promise that I will explain it all to you okay."
"Yes Ruby. I trust you and will always be there. Now, you have me very eager to open these gifts of yours. Can we go now?" I ask her.
"Yes we can." She holds her elbow out and I loop my arm around hers. We take the walk down to the dorm and Ruby flings the door open and lets my arm fall at the same time. She strides in and grabs the two boxes, one large and one small, from the top of the closet. She sets the large one on the ground and holds the small box out to me. "I would like it if you started with this one."
I take the box from her hand and peel the paper off slowly to reveal a jewelry box. I open the box and immodestly gasp at the sight I am treated to. Yang whistles and then I finally notice her and Blake. But I don't care. I pull out the necklace to better admire it.
The chain is a sparkling gold and the charm is my crest in white. And in the very center, as the focal point, where the lines originate, is Ruby's red rose. I look into the box and see matching earrings. I wrap the chain around my neck and clip it together.
I reach my right hand behind Ruby's neck and pull her close and place my lips on hers softly, tilting my head to get as close as possible. She gasps at first and begins to relax and enjoy the kiss. We don't move. Neither of us ready to pull away. But we don't move forward either as I realize just how sweet my Ruby's lips taste. "Probably from all the cookies she sucks into her stomach." But I don't care.
After about two, or so, minutes, I pull away. And sit down next to the other box. This one is wrapped in an ice blue colored paper. With a pretty pink bow in the corner. "Wait Weiss." Ruby says. Effectively stopping me in my tracks.
"What is it hon?" I ask curiosity evident by the tone of voice that I use. "Why should I wait?"
"Trust me, you are gonna want to open that outside." She says. With a bit of an unnerving tone in her voice.
"Okay." I stand then try and lift the package up off the ground. This time I am able to lift it since I expected it to be heavy. But it seem lighter somehow.
After about five or so minutes we made it down the hall and out of Beacon. Once we got to the courtyard my excitement and curiosity got the better of me, and I sat down to open it. Once I got through the paper I immediately noticed that it was actually two separate objects. One large box and one small box. I reach for the smaller one first but something in Ruby's gaze deters me and I reach for the larger one. Once I get passed all the tape I pry open the flaps and see something that I never could have expected.
It was a gun. Not just any though. It was a multi-action Dust compatible, minigun. "Ruby did you buy this?"
"Weiss, I told you before, I made it." Wait she made it? "Take it out of the box, I want you to see something special."
I comply, lifting the gun out of the box, the first thing I notice is that it has a strap so I can carry it on my back. "Is that it?" I ask. But she only reaches out for me to hand it to her. When I do she looks one last time towards me and gestures for me too back up. When I do she places her right hand on the handle and left hand halfway up the body of the gun. With her feet firmly planted she pulls back on the handle, straightening it out with the body of the weapon. Yang, Blake and I all watch in stunned amazement as the weapon transforms into a slightly smaller version of Ruby's scythe. But instead of red and black, it's white and slate grey.
I reach for the scythe but stop as Ruby opens her mouth. "Come around behind me and put your left hand just below mine and your right just above mine." I do as she says, wrapping what arms around her, and widening my feet as much as she has hers.
Once my hands are in place and she is sure that I copied her stance she ducks under my arms. As soon as she lets go I can feel the weight but in this stance it is so much easier to wield. "The first weapon I wanted to learn. But dad disagreed."
I look to her and see that she is holding Crescent Rose, in its sniper form. Which she quickly extends to its full form. "So, Weiss." She says as she adapts the same position as me. "Do you want to start with some basics now, or open the next gift and we can go to the next place I have planned?"
"Will we be late if I say that I want to learn some basics?" I ask with some hope in my voice.
"No."
