"Do you really think that's a good idea?" Blake was curled up in an armchair at Weiss' apartment, lazily turning the pages of the latest novel she'd picked up.
"Blake, I've waited almost eight years for one of these to come on the market, I am not missing this chance again." Weiss didn't look away from the laptop that was on the table in front of her, keeping a close eye on the seconds as it ticked down. "Now shush and let me focus." Weiss' finger hovered over the enter button, holding out for the last minute before pressing 'Pay' and waiting for the confirmation. "Ha! Take that 'Red Sniper 31' guess you couldn't snipe this one away from me." Weiss couldn't suppress her glee and was almost squealing from delight.
Blake sighed and shook her head. Weiss' love for older Italian cars had never been much of an issue, she'd bought quite a few over the years and had them stored at her country house, outside of the city. Where it became an issue was when she'd heard from a friend of a friend that her all-time favourite car, a specific model of the Lamborghini Miura that Blake could never remember, was going to be put on sale following the owner's death.
Weiss had tried to get in touch with the administrators directly but, despite her extensive influence and bottomless bank account, had not been able to, so she'd been forced to keep an eye on the auction. She hadn't trusted it to an assistant, so had been hunched over her laptop for the last half hour, putting in small bids until the last minute before dropping a massive bid to ensure she won it, beating off a final bid from 'Red_Sniper_31', someone who had sniped cars from her before, but not this time.
"Look, I'm sure it can't be as bad as you think, it's probably just been left untouched for a while, and needs a bit of a tune up." Even as Weiss said it, and as Blake scoffed, she knew it probably wasn't accurate. Weiss' knowledge of what classic cars had under the bonnet and how they worked wasn't the best, and the administrators had admitted the classic car needed some loving care and wasn't in perfect shape.
"It'll probably cost you twice as much to get it in proper running order again as however much you bought it for." Blake looked pointedly over the top of her book, "Which you still haven't told me by the way."
"W-well it was a reasonable price." Weiss refused to look Blake in the face. They'd been close friends long enough that Blake always knew when she was lying, even if she didn't look her in the face.
"Riiiight." Blake paused, "So it was extortionate."
Weiss didn't even bother denying it any further, just switching subject slightly, "I'll need to find a garage that can handle the check and tune up." Swapping tabs, she began to search for specialist garages that dealt in Lamborghini's.
"I might know a place." Weiss looked over at Blake, a slight hint of incredulity in her eyes that would have been hidden to anyone else. "I needed my car fixing last month and I went somewhere different, they advertised they also dealt with vintage and classic cars, specialising in European models. They're not too far from here either." Her ears flicked back a little, letting a small amount of embarrassment show.
Weiss raised a perfectly made up eyebrow but decided not to push it when she got no response. She rarely got anything from Blake unless the Faunus decided to share it, it was how she'd always been. Blake pulled her phone out and scrolled down the contacts list to a number and called it. Weiss' eyes widened as she realised what Blake was doing and despite waving her arms madly in obvious protest, Blake just smirked and spoke into the phone.
"Hello?...Hi, this is Blake Belladonna, you fixed the engine on my Mercedes last month?...Yes, hello again. I was wondering if you'd be able to do a check and tune up for a friend of mine?" Weiss gave Blake her best glare, only for a disinterested look to be given in return. "Yes, it's a Lamborghini Miura?...You'd be delighted to? And you specialise in European vintage cars, don't you?...Excellent! I'll just double check when she's available." She looked at Weiss pointedly, who just glared in return.
Blake tilted her head forwards and her ears flicked down as well; her annoyance clear to see. Weiss rolled her eyes before checking the listing. "A week on Friday if I pay today."
"Is a week on Saturday any good?...You'd have the entire day free for it? That's perfect! We'll see you then, thank you ever so much." Blake ended the call and gave a smug grin to Weiss.
"I don't remember asking you to help." Weiss folded her arms and did her best to stare Blake down.
"Please. If I hadn't done that, you'd have dithered going through twelve different garages, changing your mind twice, before finally deciding on one, probably this one, in a month and a half. All I did was skip the delay." Blake waved a hand vaguely in Weiss' direction as she went back to her book
Weiss huffed, knowing full well that Blake was absolutely right. She may be an expert on business and utterly ruthless in the boardroom, but when it came to her cars, she could be very hesitant, not wanting to risk anything going wrong. "Why are we friends?"
"Because you're in love with me."
Blake's response and deadpan face made Weiss snort with laughter before retorting, "Yes Blake, I'm in love with you and your sass, now take me to bed and make absolutely terrible love to me."
Weiss fluttered her eyes at Blake with a seductive smirk before they couldn't keep it up anymore and started laughing. Whilst they were both attracted to women, they had quite different tastes, and neither of them did it for the other. Sisterly love was how Blake had described it once, and Weiss had tentatively agreed, although she had never been as close to her actual sister as she was with Blake.
"Fine, you win, I'll take it to this garage. I'm trusting you on this." Weiss pulled a card out from her purse and paid for it, as well as delivery to her apartment. The listing had said it was drivable, and Blake said the garage was nearby, so she'd just drive it there.
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The delivery had arrived right on time, which was good for them, as Weiss had been tracking it diligently on her phone and laptop the entire day. When she finally got home, she went straight to the underground garage and gave it a quick once over. Nothing seemed overly worrying, but she'd wait until the garage had given it a once over first. Then she'd allow herself to celebrate properly.
Blake arrived bright and early the next morning, waiting on the pavement outside the garage until the car rolled up the ramp, sliding into the passenger seat as Weiss parked it next to her. The drive to the garage was quick, barely twenty minutes, and Weiss pulled into the almost empty parking lot, parking relatively close to the open garage doors. She got out and looked around at the garage, taking in the nearly pristine outside, the wall of tools behind the lift, as well as the two cars parked outside, nearer to the customer entrance. One was a Ferrari 250 SWB and the other an Aston Martin DB5. The two cars helped with Weiss' nerves, if they were owned by the mechanics, then that was a good sign.
"Play nice." Blake's whisper was loud enough that Weiss heard it and confused her slightly. Why would she need to play nice unless...
"Hel-loooo!" A loud and singsong voice called out, making Weiss' blood run cold with the confirmation.
She slowly turned on her heel to stare daggers at Blake, who at least had the good graces to look embarrassed. "If we've only come here because she's your girlfriend, then I will not be happy."
"Howdy Ice Queen!" Striding out of the main garage entrance was a tall blonde in relaxed suit trousers and a white dress shirt, yellow tie hung loosely around her neck, doing nothing to hide the exposed cleavage the undone top buttons showed, with her wild blonde mane of hair stretching down her back. An easy grin was on her face as she pulled Blake in for a tight hug, giving her a soft kiss between the cats ears on the top of her head before turning to Weiss.
"Hello Yang, what a pleasant surprise to see you here." Weiss managed to keep most of the venom out of her voice. She'd met the blonde twice before and so far, the blonde had grated on her nerves something shocking, but had also seen how Yang fitted into Blake's life perfectly and made her happier than Weiss had seen in a very long time. "I didn't realise you were part of Branwen Garages."
Yang smiled warmly, "It's part of the family, my mums and uncle ran it before they passed it over to me and my sister. I kept the name as we had connections under it, so made sense to keep it." She shrugged as she explained, clearly not bothered by the question.
Weiss breathed out and decided to do what Blake had said. Aside from suffering through several bad puns, Yang had done absolutely nothing to her deliberately to cause the animosity Weiss had for her. "I believe Blake briefed you on what I was looking for today?"
Yang nodded, her face switching to a more serious look as she stepped back from her girlfriend to walk round the sports car. "Lamborghini Miura P400S, V-12 engine, manual transmission, a top speed of a hundred and seventy-one miles per hour, and zero to sixty in six point seven seconds. Not too bad of a condition either, maybe a lick of paint here or there, but from the outside at a quick glance, no major issues I can see straight away."
Weiss nodded, she agreed it could do with some fresh paint, but that was secondary. "There didn't seem to be any major issues when I drove it over, so hopefully there's nothing majorly wrong with it."
"Guess we'll get it in and find out then huh? Ruby!" Yang turned back to the garage doors and yelled towards them.
"You're not working on it yourself?"
"Nah, Italians aren't my specialty, I'm better with English and German. Don't worry though, I've got our best girls in today for this." She winked at Weiss who turned to look at the open doors and felt her mouth go dry.
An athletic girl came sprinting over to the three of them, skidding slightly to a stop a few feet away, silver eyes wide with excitement at seeing the car in front of her. Weiss couldn't help but give her a quick look over with her eyes, making sure not to move her head, and very grateful that she'd picked up some sunglasses for the drive over so she wouldn't be seen checking the mechanic out so blatantly.
The mechanic's overalls were unzipped to her navel, the sleeves tied around her stomach. The overalls, despite normally hiding the figure of anyone who wore them, were highly complementary of this figure. A black tank top with thin straps covered the majority of the skin on her chest and stomach but gave full view of her arms that were clearly defined with muscles. It left little to the imagination in her chest either, slightly larger than Weiss' own, but revealing nothing at the same time. The overalls clung to her legs pretty well, revealing what seemed to be toned legs, giving Weiss the opinion that this person had spent most of her life running or working out. Something Weiss definitely appreciated.
Looking up she stared at the mechanic's face as it turned now to look at her. Soft looking lips, a cute nose, those silver eyes that Weiss felt she could drown in, and messy black hair with red tips that flowed up and merged into the black. Fuck. She's hot.
"Weiss?" Blake's voice cut through her admiration, and Weiss mentally berated herself.
"Yes! Yes. Weiss Schnee, pleased to meet you." She held her hand out, and the mechanic looked at it, her eyes darting up and down Weiss' thin frame quickly before she grasped it. Grease marks streaked up the mechanic's arms and touched her right cheek slightly.
"Ruby Rose. I see why my sister said you're an Ice Queen, because you're definitely a Queen." Normally Weiss would have rolled her eyes and stormed away from whoever used such a terrible pickup line on her, but for some reason her cheeks took on a light pink blush.
Rather than comment on it, she instead held her keys out. "I hear you're a specialist in Italian cars?"
"That's me." Ruby smiled at Weiss as she took the keys, a beaming ray of light that almost blinded her.
"We also brought in some extra help, this being a special favour and all." Yang winked at Weiss who felt her stomach clench quickly as Ruby climbed in and turned the engine on, her eyes closing and a look of ecstasy on her face as the engine roared to life.
"What a sound. Let's get this in the garage and get started then." She drove the car in, and Yang and Blake exchanged a quick look, smirks on their face, as Weiss watched her go the entire way.
"You're more than welcome to stick around and watch if you like. Make sure we're treating her properly." Yang was smirking at Weiss, who was still watching the garage.
"Yeah. Think I will." Weiss' voice was from far away, having noticed a second woman in the garage.
Blake and Yang exchanged glances and Blake leaned over and whispered, "Did you tell Ruby to say that Queen line to Weiss?"
"That obvious huh?" Yang chuckled as they watched Weiss head into the garage, sweeping some dust off a chair and sit down in it, making sure she was out of the way.
The second woman walked over to Weiss and introduced herself as Penny, a wide smile on her round face that Weiss found absolutely adorable. Unlike her colleague, Penny's overalls were done up completely to her neck, and were almost spotless, a pair of thick gloves poked out of one pocket, and a multi tool could be seen in the other. Her hair was in a bob and was a soft orange, her eyes a lovely green. Her hands, one felt from when Weiss shook it and the other seen when she saluted in greeting, had some calluses that showed she'd done plenty of hard work. This was unlike Weiss' own hands which, aside from playing violin and piano, had seen very little physical work on either. That wasn't to say Weiss' disliked Penny's hands, they were soft and hard in equal measure, the grip strong but clearly trying not to hurt her. Weiss had to dispel an image of the powerful hands roving across her body very quickly before her cheeks lit up. Curse my blasted skin! Why does it have to show every tiny little blush...
Once she'd got her urges under control, - It has definitely been too long since I last had sex - Weiss was just happy to sit back and let the two women work. And watching them work was incredible. They'd clearly spent some decent time together as they moved in near perfect harmony. Within a few minutes the car was up on the lift and Ruby had slid underneath it, back on a trolley as soon as it had stopped rising. They called out to each other as they checked and tested various things and by the time lunch rolled around, they'd done the full check.
Ruby had been the more frenetic of the pair, dashing round and under the car, constantly moving. Penny meanwhile had been a little slower, but more meticulous, checking everything twice and Weiss had appreciated the difference between them.
Ruby slid along the now closed bonnet to near Weiss, something she would normally have winced and screamed at in equal measure, but when Ruby did it, she found irresistibly sexy.
"Hey, do you want to join us for some lunch?" Ruby asked Weiss, although before she could answer Weiss' stomach growled, causing Ruby to let out a giggle that Weiss almost melted at. Weiss started to protest, only for a bottle of water to touch her cheek, the condensation still dripping down it was enough to make her jump and shriek with surprise at the cold.
She spun round to find Blake standing right behind her, her face perfectly calm as if she hadn't just done it. "You were looking a little thirsty, so I brought you some water." Weiss gave Blake her best icy dagger stare, but it was brushed it off easily. "I figured you'd probably stay and skip lunch, so I grabbed the closest to your usual." Blake handed over a plastic container of salad, with a light dressing on, and she was almost instantly forgiven for the thirsty joke.
Almost.
Blake and Yang slipped away to eat lunch in the office whilst the other three had lunch in the open air. Sitting around in a trio eating lunch together was strangely normal. Weiss had expected some awkwardness, stilted conversations, but there was nothing, it flowed as if they'd been friends for years.
They didn't talk much about anything important, but found shared interests in several things, including tv shows on Netflix (Ruby had a love for animated shows that Penny enjoyed and Weiss admitted a guilty pleasure to), music (Penny and Weiss shared a love for classical and opera that whilst Ruby didn't listen to often, she could appreciate), and they all shared a love for classic and vintage cars, Weiss promising a trip to her country house for them to view them. Ruby had said she'd almost bought a Miura very similar to this one almost two weeks ago but had been beaten in the auction at the last minute. Weiss had jumped to her feet and pointed at Ruby "Red Sniper Thirty-One?!"
"Wait what? It was you who beat me?!"
Penny had laughed at the pair who started to grumble at one another playfully about cars they'd missed due to the other. One thing Ruby did question was Weiss' choice of lunch, "Salad? You'll never get big and strong with just salad!" She stood up pulling a highly exaggerated strongman pose, flexing her biceps as best she could. Weiss couldn't help but let her eyes roam across the muscles, imagining being lifted by them and held against a wall...Weiss blinked and looked quickly away to shake the lustful urges from her thoughts, only to see Penny's cheeks a light pink from the blush, as she too was staring directly at Ruby's biceps.
All too soon for Weiss' liking, the lunch break had finished. Ruby stood up and stretched out, both Penny and Weiss trying (and failing) to hide their appreciative glances at Ruby's physique. "So, we need some new brake discs, but we're all out here. I'll drive back home cos I think I've got some spare ones that'll fit there. Can you handle the fan belt Penny?"
The ginger saluted, "You can count on me!"
Ruby smiled at her and waved at Weiss as she headed off, pulling a jingling set of keys out her pocket and tossing them up and down. Weiss and Penny both watched her go before catching each other's eye and smiling before heading back to the garage. As the ginger worked, and Weiss watched, they started to talk more, Penny being curious about Weiss' life. "So, what do you do for a living?"
"I run the Vale branch of the Schnee Corporation, so I'm in charge of most of what they do here in Vale."
"Oh, so you're quite high up in it then?"
Weiss brushed a bit of hair behind one ear a little self-consciously, "Pretty high up, although I did have to work hard to get there, I didn't go straight into the role after college. It probably did help that it was my name on the company, but I like to think I earned my way up. Partially at least."
Penny nodded as she carefully removed the fan belt, checking each connection wasn't damaged before putting it to one side. "Do you have free time outside of work?" There was a pause before she continued quickly, "I mean I've heard running a company is very time intensive, and there's not much of a home life outside of work."
Weiss nodded, "It's not as bad as some of the stereotypes make it out to be, I'll admit there are some days where I've started at seven in the morning and not got back to my apartment before eleven at night, but those days are quite rare. I normally work from eight until six, so I do have a decent amount of spare time. Unless something comes up or I'm on a business trip I normally get my weekends free too."
Penny smiled at her as she started to fix the new fan belt on, "What do you do in your free time?"
Weiss looked away a little, knowing that whilst she enjoyed her hobby, it wasn't a very common one. "I fence."
Penny stood up straight to look at Weiss, "You fence? As in sword fighting?" Weiss nodded, "Oh my that's so cool! I've always wanted to try fencing, but I've never had an opportunity."
"You don't think it's weird?" Weiss was confused, she'd been told by some people she'd known in college that fencing was a strange hobby, especially for a girl to do – although it had only made her want to practice it and get better even more.
"Absolutely not! Oh, sal-u-tations Ruby!" Weiss turned around to see Ruby jogging over, the sleeves bouncing along by her waist, along with another area that Weiss was struggling not to stare at but failing utterly, and she was once again very grateful she'd worn sunglasses today. "Ruby did you know that Weiss fences? Isn't that so cool?"
Ruby skidded to a stop in front of the doors, "Wait like swords?" She pulled an exaggerated pose with one hand extended, the other holding a box under her arm. "That's awesome! You've gotta show us sometime." Ruby looked to Penny who nodded in agreement. Weiss smiled at them and nodded, ignoring the voice in the back of her head that said she'd only known them less than a day.
Ruby got to work changing the brake discs and Penny helped, crouching down on the same side of the car Weiss was sitting on, giving a lovely view to Weiss that she had to fight very hard not to stare at the whole time. Whilst they worked on the brakes, the conversation turned to Penny's family and how she'd got into mechanics.
"My father is very into his robotics and mechanical engineering, and he brought me up working on little robots. I worked with my father for a while, which I really enjoyed because he's so sweet, but I wasn't very interested in robotics, I preferred cars and engineering. He was a little sad I didn't follow him, but he also said it was good to forge my own path, and he'd cheer me on the whole way."
Weiss looked at Penny who was working with the front left tyre nearest her, "He sounds like a very caring person."
"Oh, he is!" Penny stood up, a wide grin on her face, "And it shows in his work, he specialises in prosthetics for amputees."
"Does he work for Pinocchio Robotics? They have some of the best prosthetics I've ever seen."
Penny giggled, "He does technically work for them I think, seeing as he started the company."
Weiss' jaw hit the floor for the first time that day that wasn't related to how gorgeous the two women in front of her were. "Your father is Dr Pietro Polendina?! He's an absolute genius! I've met him a few times before and he's incredible!"
Penny laughed, "I tell him how good he is all the time and he just smiles and tells me it's never enough."
Even Ruby looked up at Penny smiling, "I can see where you got your skills from then, if he's as good as you two say. Although you've made your own way, working for one of the best garages in the city, and doing really well too." Ruby bent down and finished putting the wheel back on. "That should be all done when you've finished Penny."
Penny saluted, "All finished here, this car is completely ready!"
Weiss stood up and looked at it approvingly. Whilst there hadn't been any external improvements, but from the way the duo had worked she had faith that it would run as smoothly as the day it came out the factory. I need to thank them somehow, other than just by giving them a tip or something. Weiss cleared her throat, "Thank you, both of you. I'm positive it'll run perfectly now."
Penny smiled widely and Ruby grinned, "Our pleasure."
"Seriously, as a proper thank you for turning me o-tuning the car up," Ok that was bad, but you saved it. Sort of. "I'd like to invite you both to eat me out I MEAN eat out with me for dinner tonight." Fucked it. Weiss could feel her face heating up, she'd somehow managed to mess it up.
She was so embarrassed she nearly didn't hear Penny say "Yes. Ok then." Weiss looked up and saw a blush on Penny's face, as even if she'd not heard the first one, she'd clearly not missed the second slip.
Ruby smiled and also replied, "Absolutely! Just let me grab a shower then we can discuss where to go?" Weiss nodded and Ruby walked past them both, but as she reached Weiss and slipped the keys into her hand she whispered, "I'd be happy to take you up on that first offer too." Weiss wasn't sure her face could go any redder than it already was, but it did, and she slowly nodded.
Epilogue: (Sort of)
Blake and Yang were leaning against the office doorway in the garage and had heard the entire last exchange, including Weiss' slip up, much to their amusement.
"So, who wins the bet? I said Penny and you said Ruby."
Blake looked at her girlfriend, "I guess we both do."
"I can live with that." Yang leaned over and kissed her girlfriend, walking back into the office together, kicking the door closed behind them.
Author's note: This entire chapter sprang from the ending with Weiss saying, "would you both like to eat me out I mean eat out with me!" and I just ran it from there. Apologies if I butchered any car knowledge, I'm definitely not a car person.