Chapter 2
Walking through the Museum, Weiss had a hard time ignoring all the questions coming from her friends, mostly Yang and Nora.
Since she got dropped off by Ruby and they had kissed in front of everyone, everything coming from them were questions about her being gay and how she and Ruby met or how the heck she landed someone as hot as Ruby Rose (Yang's words).
And it honestly started to grind on her nerves, especially those loud and obnoxious voices of the brutes "I mean have you seen her? She is even hotter in real life than in those movies. I just say wet dream material. I seriously don't know how someone like Weiss could get her attention." As always Yang had no problems with casually insulting her.
"Yang, I would stop now." Blake suddenly warns her girlfriend quietly as she looks over to Weiss, who is slowly getting redder and redder in anger.
"Nora, stop or there shall be no pancakes for a month." Ren adds, having the effect of bringing the normally unflappable ginger to her knees.
"Nooooooooo! Not that Ren! Anything but that! I can't live without my pancakes!"
"Enough!" Weiss snaps out between clenched teeth as she turns and glares at her gathered friends and classmates. "My love life is none of your business!"
"It is when you leave us waiting in the heat for almost half an hour." Yang snaps back as she matches glares with the petite heiress.
"I am afraid I must agree with Yang, Weiss. We were all genuinely worried for you, and the least you could have done is given us a courtesy call." Pyrrha adds as she moves herself between the two glaring women, breaking their line of sight.
"It was hot out there Weiss. And we could have simply waited inside while you arrived." Blake adds as she pulls Yang a bit farther away from her white haired roommate, knowing her well enough.. to not risk any bodily harm to the blonde.
But it is Ren who shocks them all as he actually looks sternly at Weiss. "And I certainly do not appreciate waiting outside while you are busy with a booty call, Weiss. So, I most certainly would like an explanation at least."
Weiss sighs as she settles down on a nearby bench. She is well and truly caught now, and she simply won't get off the hook with any kind of half assed truths or simply avoiding the question completely as she normally does. "Very well, what would all you like to know?"
To everyone's surprise, Jaune actually speaks up for the very first time, his heartbreak still fresh in his eyes. "How did you two meet?"
Weiss simply smiles as she looks at her gathered friends. "That is actually my favorite part of the story…"
Flashback
8 years ago
The 11 years old heiress was just on her way home from School. Usually she would have been picked up by one of her drivers, but Weiss asked her parents to let her go by foot home.
Being the only kid that got driven to School in a limousine got the other kids to stare and stay away from her, thinking she was just some rich kid who wouldn't want to play with them.
But the exact opposite was the case.
She did want to play with them and make herself friends. So she decided to start walking.
Unfortunately, she had not thought this completely through and had to go in a completely different direction than her classmates.
Taking the way Klein told her to take, she had to go through the local park in her neighborhood.
It was a huge park with a running track around it and a wide green field. There was also a small playground with swings and monkey bars.
Hearing laughter and clapping Weiss looked over to said playground and was immediately captivated by what she saw.
An older girl with shoulder length black hair was showing the children some acrobatics, using the monkey bars for help. Her jumps and twirls looked so elegant, and the sun let the sweat on her skin sparkle.
Even from where she was standing, Weiss could easily see the happy smile on the girl's face and her silver eyes pulled her immediately in.
Weiss was so mesmerized, she didn't notice her feet kept moving.
Before she knew it was she behind the other children. And tripped over the root of one of the trees, causing her to yelp and fall flat on her face.
Laying there and hearing the other children laugh, she was surprised when she heard a gentle voice "Are you okay?"
Looking up, she looked directly in those concerned silver eyes and nodded. The older girl offered her one of her hands which Weiss gratefully took.
"Thank you" mumbled Weiss who got a bit flustered. The older girl gave her a light laugh "No problem, but you should be a bit more careful. We wouldn't want such a pretty girl hurting herself now, right?"
Weiss didn't understand at the time why her face started to get so warm and why her tummy felt so weird when she heard the girl laugh and call her pretty. This was the first time someone called her like that without even knowing her.
Giving the girl a smile in return, "I will be more careful. But you looked like one of the fairies in my book."
Causing the other girl to laugh again.
With an exaggerated bow, she made a backflip and landed a good 4 meters away.
"Who said I wasn't a fairy? I traveled a long way just to meet you my little princess. The people here call me Ruby, would you tell me yours?"
Seeing the amused smile Weiss couldn't help but play along "I am Weiss Miss fairy, and I am glad we met here."
Bursting out into laughter, Weiss had tears in her eyes. Seems like she finally would make her first friend.
On this day came Weiss with a smile home from school and she told her parents and sister excitedly about her new friend.
Present
All of them were silent about the unexpected story and the smile on the girl's face.
Judging from the stunned faces, it was clear to Weiss that none of them expected her first meeting with Ruby to be so normal.
It was Yang who broke the silence again "Wait wait wait. So you've known her since you were a kid and thought she was a fairy?" Saying it out loud caused her to break out into a barking laughter "And what? You asked her to marry you?"
At this the others also laughed.
Weiss started to get red in embarrassment "Of course not! I … just came as often as I could to see her and talk with her. It wasn't until almost a year later when my parents took me to one of her shows in Haven that I realized I was in love with her. It was just amazing to see her on stage with all her co stars."
Pyrrha was one who gave her a warm smile "That is really a cute story, it sounds like out of a fairy tale. What show was it they were showing?"
Weiss responding smile was in Pyrrha's opinion worth the wait. It was very rare to see the heiress so happy, nor does she usually talk so openly about personal things like that.
"It was Alice in wonderland, with Ruby playing Alice."
Even if Yang and Nora made fun of her, they were happy to see Weiss so happy. Even if they were a bit hurt she never told them about Ruby and her being gay.
Through the rest of the day they kept asking questions, which weren't all answered.
Jaune was the only one who stayed quiet.
When they were about to leave the Museum and Weiss messaged Ruby, he finally spoke up.
"I think you are probably just confused about your feelings. You must be mistaking your idolization of her with love."
Before he knew it, he earned himself a slap so hard he would still feel it next week.
Looking up he saw angry ice blue eyes
"Who the hell do you think you are to decide what I am feeling!"
"But those feelings are unnatural!" Sputtered Jaune, still in shock over the slap.
Looking around for support, he saw that all of them were looked at him with various degrees of disgust or anger.
It was Weiss again who spoke up, "Just because I don't return your feelings, does not mean you have the right to say what I can feel and what I cannot. I will never love you."
With that she turned to leave, it was also that moment Ruby arrived.
Leaving behind a shocked and crushed Jaune. He hoped if he made her understand what she was feeling wasn't real, she'd finally see him. See that he could give her the love and care she deserved.
He didn't even realize that he was completely left alone until he looked around for the usual word of comfort his friends gave him.