A/N: Very end of this chapter gets a little steamy. And this is the chapter where the Intersex!Ruby warning comes into play.
A dinner date and a glass of wine
We stayed up late and lost track of time
When I'm with you
I feel a different hunger
You held my hand and you didn't let go
I'm gonna kiss you now
I thought you should know
And it's true
There's an eighth world wonder
Sweetie - Carly Rae Jepsen
A rough tapping pulls Ruby out of one of the nicest naps she's ever experienced. Her legs are a little cramped, but despite the tightness in her pants she's curled around the warmest, comfiest, pillow in existence, and whoever is tapping on whatever they're tapping on, can kick rocks. Unfortunately, despite the lack of response to the tapping, the sound of the screen door opening, and a familiar chuckle, pulls Ruby fully out of her slumber.
As she's opening her eyes when a bright flash nearly blinds her, and she hisses, waking up her companion. "Sun Wukong you miscreant! Get out of my home!"
Ruby is nearly yanked off the couch with the force of Weiss standing, but lucky for her she weighed a lot more than Weiss herself did. Unluckily, Weiss was not under the same impression, and upon standing, was promptly fell back onto the floor and against the front of the loveseat. Ruby releases her hold on the angry girl, letting her stand up and storm over to the sliding glass door, and rips it open. Ruby is still reeling when she hears banging next door, and a soft husky laughter.
Sitting in the shadows on the nearby couch is the dark haired faunus, amber eyes glittering against the light from the kitchen. The sun has set, and Ruby is alone with the mischievous faunus.
"You two looked cosy." She purrs playfully, "I guess you talked about things? You're planning on dating then?"
Ruby yawns softly, checking the time on her phone before responding, "We didn't talk about labels, but we decided it's not going to be a one time thing,and we want to spend more time together." Next door there's another howl of pain, and muffled shouting, and Ruby shifts on the plush seat. "Should we go rescue him?"
The faunus smiles again, and there's another scuffle before a seething Weiss enters the apartment, and slams the door. "Blake Belladonna! This is your doing!" Blake smiles slyly, before moving behind Weiss, she squeezes the silver haired girl's shoulder to whisper something in her ear, causing the blue eyed woman to blush, before she leaves out the balcony.
Now that they're alone, affection fills the athlete's chest when she lays eyes on Weiss, flustered and mused, in the doorway. The silver haired woman huffs and crosses her arms, determined to continue looking upset, that is until she locks eyes with shimmering silver.
"I can't believe they would just come in here and do something like that!" Weiss growls as Ruby stands and crosses the short distance.
"All in good fun." Ruby rumbles with laughter, but a familiar 'Swoosh' sound pulls her away from grumpy sky blue to the phone in her pocket.
She makes no immediate move to retrieve the device, but when Weiss gestures for her to do so, she opens it. She's got three new messages, all from Sun. Two from earlier on in the day and the most recent text message, a multimedia message.
Sun-of-a-Gun: whered u go ruubs
Sun-of-a-Gun: ru with ice queen?
Sun-of-a-Gun: ur welcm roobadoob
With a soft intake of breath, she realizes what has happened. The image is of her and Weiss sleeping, one of her arms under Weiss' head, dangling limply off the love seat, the other arm is wrapped around Weiss' slim waist, and the blue eyed girl's hands are clenched tightly on a muscular arm.
"Ruby Rose, are you listening to me?" Ruby smiles and turns the small device around to show the shorter woman. Her eyes widen, and Ruby is treated to Weiss's soft flush and she leans against Ruby's shoulder.
"That rotten..."
Sparing the picture one last glance, Ruby looks back to Weiss, smiling slightly at the picture despite her irritation. "He's not so bad sometimes," The silver haired girl huffs taking a few steps away from Ruby, but as she walks away she trails her hand across a tensed bicep. "I'll send you the picture?" She doesn't wait for an answer, and saves and sends the attachment.
The apartment is quiet, save for the soft shuffling in the kitchen. Ruby leans against the doorway into the kitchen and watches the older girl move about. It's clear she's thinking about options for dinner, but Ruby can tell in a heartbeat that Weiss doesn't cook. There's an excess of takeout cups, emptied nicely and stacked in a recycle bin in the pantry, and the freezer is filled with frozen meals.
"Are you hungry? We could go out somewhere? Or order in?" She looks nervous, and Ruby smiles before wrapping her arms around Weiss' middle.
"What do you have in your fridge?"
With a sigh the blue eyed girl flushes, "Not much honestly, I don't often have company."
"How about this? We can run to the store up the street, and I can make you my famous chicken fried rice." Weiss sputters with laughter, turning in Ruby's arms and looping her arms around the taller girl's neck.
"Ruby Rose, are you telling me, not only are you tall, athletic, attractive, and sweet, but also a fantastic cook?"
The athlete flushes, "I don't know about all that, but I make a decent rice dish. It's my dad's recipe." Weiss laughs, melodic and soft, like a song Ruby could listen to forever, (and she should really get these poetic thoughts out of her head, it's too soon to be falling in love, no matter how beautiful, sweet, and smart the older girl is.)
"Speaking of family, Xiao Long is your sister?" Ruby moved to look through Weiss' cupboards, pulling out the few pans she'd need, and checking the expiration date on the eggs in the other girl's fridge.
"Oh Yang? Yeah- my half sister, sorta." The eggs are bad, so she sets them on the floor and pulls out her phone to make a hasty list.
"Sort of?" Weiss watches with patient curiosity, comfortable with the respectful way Ruby moves about her home.
"Well, she's not sort of my half sister- I guess it's weird," After the fridge is thoroughly examined, expired food set aside, Ruby moves to the pantry, and they're in luck, Weiss has just the kind of rice she needs. "We have the same dad, but different biological moms, but my mom raised us both. So she's my half sister in the technical sense, but I don't think it really matters." With her list finished she grins at Weiss, earnest and happy. "Do you mind walking? Or do you have a car?"
Rolling her eyes, Weiss makes her way past Ruby, touching her arm slightly before retrieving a bundle of keys from a hook by the door. "It's getting late, let's get moving."
Their trip to the store is short, but Ruby takes every opportunity to make Weiss laugh. She makes jokes about anything she thinks can make the other girl laugh, and Weiss for her part looks like she enjoys it. They're checking out with their sparse items when Ruby gasps lightly next to Weiss. The red head flushes lightly when Weiss turns to her, offering a pensive glance.
"What?" Ruby fidgets, shifting from one foot to the other before shrugging, "N-nothing, ignore me!" Weiss' eyes narrow and Ruby feels the back of her neck grow cold. "F-fine! They have red velvet chocolate chip bundt cake..."
Of all the jokes the taller girl made while on their trip that statement sends Weiss into a soft fit of giggles, "Go get it." She smiles softly at Ruby's excited hop, and salute, before the athlete makes a b-line for the cake stand.
"I'm going to get milk too!"
To her credit, Ruby is quick to return, half gallon of milk in one hand, and cake in her other. Weiss smiles and nods as the clerk begins checking their items. Ruby bounces excitedly, but stops suddenly, and leans down and kisses Weiss quickly on the cheek.
"Thank you Weiss, you're the best!" Both girls flush softly, but Weiss wraps her arm though Ruby's and leans against the taller girl as the clerk finishes up.
"You two make a cute couple."
The drive home is short, and Ruby valiantly carries all the groceries up to Weiss' apartment, despite the shorter girl demanding she let her help. (Ruby's sure she won in the end though, because she took the stairs two at a time to make it to the door first, and when Weiss arrived she was blushing and couldn't meet her eyes.
Cooking goes relatively smoothly, with the exception of a few shells in the eggs, that Ruby found and removed quickly, thank-you-very-much! Weiss watches from a bar stool on the other side of the counter as Ruby moves smoothly around the kitchen. (She finds an old bottle of wine in the cabinets, and Weiss tells her that it was a house warming gift from her sister that she never opened, and asks if Ruby wants to stay over and have some. The answer is an excited yes, and Weiss pours them each a glass and starts on hers while Ruby cooks.)
When dinner is ready, Ruby seats herself at the bar next to Weiss with her own glass of wine and both plates. Weiss is easily buzzed when they begin eating, but she hums appreciatively.
"Ruby this is so good!" She coos, and Ruby beams in response.
"Dad taught me and Yang everything he knows!" She pauses before flushing, "But- uh- I cook better, so don't go to Yang."
Weiss barks out a laugh, "As if," but when she looks at Ruby's flushed face she softens, "Ruby Rose, are you nervous I would like your brute of a sister more than you?"
"Well- when you put it that way…" The redhead grumbles roughly, but slumps over her food when Weiss laughs again.
When they finish their dinner Weiss washes the dishes and Ruby dries them, and they move back into the living room. Ruby collapses onto the couch with a happy sigh, and Weiss laughs again. The taller girl grins and opens her arms to beckon her host over, grin widening when Weiss smiles and slides into her arms. Weiss snuggles closer and Ruby hums into her hair, leaving soft kisses in her hair. The TV has since turned itself off, leaving the two girls in relative silence, Weiss snuggled into the crook of Ruby's arm.
Ruby wakes groggily a few hours later, still wrapped securely around Weiss, with the other girl sleeping peacefully against her. She takes a moment to look at the smaller girl, pale features nearly glowing in the moonlight, the way she breathes slowly and soft, and the light sighs she releases in her slumber.
"You're so beautiful, you know…" Ruby whispers, trailing a finger across a pale cheek, to tuck a stray lock of silver hair behind a freckled ear. "I don't know what this is… but I don't want it to end." Weiss mumbles something in her sleep snuggling closer into the taller girl.
With a near silent yawn, Ruby debates the work it would take to move herself and Weiss into the older girl's bedroom, over how comfortable it would be for the two of them to sleep on the couch through the night. She decided the pros outweigh the cons, and shifts to wake up the slumbering heiress.
"Weiss, hey..." She shakes Weiss by the shoulder softly, "Weiss~" With bleary eyes and soft mumbles Weiss wakes up, but tries to snuggle closer and go back to sleep. "Noooo, c'mon it's wake up time. We need to move into your bedroom."
A snort and tired scoff is her only reply, as Weiss lifts herself up and off the couch. Ruby follows, stretching, and allowing her body to snap and crack back into shape. Before she's able to make a move towards the hallway into Weiss' room, the blue eyed girl leans her forehead onto Ruby's chest, tugging the jersey to bring her closer.
"This is your fault for being so comfortable and warm."
With a quiet laugh, Ruby wraps an arm around the tired woman, "My apologies princess, now let's get you to bed, shall we?"
When they get to the bedroom, Ruby flicks on the light and nearly gasps at the room. It's not as lavish as she might have expected, no grand princess-style bed, instead Weiss has a simple light colored wood bed frame with two shelves back behind the pillows. The top shelf is nearly end to end books, with what looks like marble bookends of a knight kneeling. The night stands, and dresser match, with a tasteful blue and grey bed set. Above the bed hangs a deep blue tapestry with a large snowflake insignia that Ruby recognizes. There's no TV, but a record player sits on a light colored chest and there's a small speaker next to what Ruby can only assume is the side of the bed Weiss prefers. (She doesn't comment on the small stuffed rabbit in a princess dress, holding hands with a wolf in a plush suit of armor.)
"Wow-" She gasps softly, and watches as Weiss moves the plush animals, and pulls back the neatly made bed.
"Do you need anything to sleep in? I think i have some big shirts?" With a rough shake of her head, Ruby pulls off her jersey, and starts on her pants.
"I can just sleep in my boxers and bra, no big deal!" Once the shirt is pulled fully over her head Ruby startles slightly. Weiss has moved across the room, silently, and places a warm hand on her stomach. "W-weiss?"
The shorter girl hums, looking up to meet Ruby's silver gaze, and Ruby can see curiosity there. "Ruby- We're dating right?"
Ruby takes a deep breath, trying to keep her eyes on Weiss' face. (When had she taken off her pants?) "I-I would like that- Y-yeah…"
Another hum leaves pale lips before Weiss tugs Ruby down for a deep kiss. The taller girl nearly gasps, but wraps her arms around Weiss' waste, while the other girl wraps hers around a tan neck. A gentle tongue prods lightly at Ruby's lips, and she allows it access, sighing into Weiss' mouth. Her jersey is lightly removed from her hands while she's focused on the warm muscle moving deftly in tune with her own.
Belatedly she realizes she's been pushed up against the bed, reminded only by the soft pressure against the back of her knees. She breaks the kiss to make a joke, but as soon as she takes a breath she feels Weiss' hand on her chest before she's shoved backwards, and into the bed. She has little time to adjust before Weiss crawls over her, flushed and nervous. Ruby watches transfixed as Weiss pulls off her own shirt, leaving her bare save for her underwear and bra. The shorter girl is flushed, seated on Ruby's lap, and she swallows thickly. Weiss reaches behind to unclasp her bra, letting the clothing fall before she drops it seductively to the ground.
"Weiss-" The older girl shushes her softly, reaching for a tanned hand to press against her chest.
Ruby's breath catches in her chest, and it's getting harder and harder for her to disguise her arousal. Weiss doesn't seem to notice, leaning forward into the warmth of her palm, letting out a heavy breath. Ruby sit's up, pulling Weiss higher up her body before falling back and kissing the warm flesh of an already hardened nipple.
Above her Weiss gasps, clutching the sheets, her hips move of their own accord, bucking towards Ruby's warmth. Abruptly Weiss sits up, and settles her weight on Ruby's abs, "W-wait, one second," she takes a deep breath, but before she's able to voice her concerns, to tell Weiss they don't have to do this, Weiss speaks. "I wanted to do this for you, I know you didn't get to- You know…"
A soft laugh leaves Ruby, she lets her hands trail down Weiss' arms, and holds her hands delicately in her own. "How serious about us are you, Weiss?"
The silver haired girl frowns, but looks into silver pools and sighs, "I've never been in a real relationship Ruby, but I-I would like you to be my first."
With a quiet nod Ruby sighs, "I'd like that too," Weiss' confusion shows in her eyes, bus she holds still, hands still held in Ruby's larger ones. "But for this to work I need you to know something about me." Weiss' confusion only increases when Ruby moves her left hand to the band of her boxers, then beneath them.
Pale fingers twitch when they meet the warmth of Ruby's erection, and her eyes widen when they wrap around the shaft. "Ruby-"
"I know it's weird, but-" She feels her nerves rise in her chest, turning her stomach. "But it's me- A-a part of me so-"
Weiss' hand leaves Ruby's pants and she silences the frantic athlete with a kiss. "It's okay Ruby, I don't mind." Ruby sputters to a stop as Weiss slides further down her body to tug the band of her boxers down, and reveal the erection full. "Though I will admit, I'm not quite prepared for this-"
"You don't-" Her sentence is cut off by her own moan as Weiss begins to stroke the shaft of her erection.
"I told you Ruby, I wanted this to be about you, so I'm going to do what it takes to please you tonight."