Chapter 2
Ruby's eyes were red and puffy the next morning when she woke up. That was the first thing she noticed. The second was the shaking of her bed. Jostled back and forth on its frame wooden frame, the bed creaked under her and momentarily Ruby even thought it would snap under her.
"So, you going to tell me what had you crying last night?"
"Huh?" Ruby groaned, turning over in the cheap old dorm single bed. Softly, she cuddled at one of several extra and entirely unnecessary pillows she kept on the bed far too small for them.
"Wake up. Don't you have class at ten?" The bed rattled back and forth a little more violently as the gruff voice pressed again.
"Yaaang!" Ruby grabbed one of her extra pillows and tossed it at her sister lazily.
Suddenly the pillow thudded softly on the side of her face. "I go out with Blake for one night and when I get home I return to my baby sister sobbing?" Yang huffed. "What happened? I let you cry last night because you said you didn't wanna talk about it then. But now it's talking time. I know you had your study date with Penny… and I know that just means date date."
"Let me sleep." Ruby almost whined. She didn't want to talk about it and least of all with Yang.
"Not only do you have class in thirty minutes, but isn't Penny in that class?"
"Penny didn't do anything wrong." Ruby squeezed her eyes tighter in a futile attempt to prevent tears from returning.
"Then what'd you do doofus?" Yang tore the pillow Ruby was cuddling into and hiding her face into away.
"I didn't do anything." Ruby looked up at her sister with teary eyes. "Neither of us did anything!" She snapped. "The issue is what I am! Now let me sleep! I can miss one day. Penny will be there and she can share her notes with me tomorrow or something." Ruby tossed two more pillows at Yang in quick succession before rolling over in her bed and snuggling into her last two pillows.
"Ohh… Ruby." Yang sat down on the small edge of the bed left free. Gently she rested a hand on Ruby's back and rubbed like Raven had once done for her.
"Stop it Yang." Ruby huffed despite pressing into her sister's calming hand.
"She'll understand, you know?"
"No! I don't know!" Ruby's breath caught and a muffled sob slipped out.
"Come on kiddo. If Penny doesn't understand hiding something like that; who would?"
"That's the problem! No one does!" Ruby lashed out with words even she knew were false.
"Come on Ruby." Yang groaned and leaned back on the bed, nearly pushing Ruby off as she did.
"Stop it!" A giggle escaped with a sob short after.
"I'd like to think Dad and I were pretty good about it? I mean, when he found out you had been stealing the old dresses I refused to wear and you said you were a girl, he made sure the government knew he made a mistake filling out your forms during your mom's home birth."
Ruby groaned, silently admitting that maybe their father had been pretty good about it.
"Having papers that said you were a girl made it a lot easier when you needed to get hormones and puberty blockers."
"So? One person!"
"Aye! Thanks for all your appreciation sis! I got in trouble for lying to dad when I kept asking for dresses I hated to wear… all so that you could steal them. Dad grounded me for a month because I lied to him!" Yang snickered before beginning to over act. "I lost my freedom! Had to sit! ALONE! Watching all the rest of the neighborhood kids biking around. Locked up! Suffering for a whole month of being grounded! All so my baby sister could be my sister." Bemoaning the faux horrible consequences, Yang leaned more and more against her sister, nearly pushing Ruby off of her bed.
"Bwaaah! Yang!" Ruby screamed, barely saving herself from tumbling off of the bed.
"Come on, I wasn't horrible about it all." Yang pushed slightly more and Ruby toppled off the bed. Lucky she had her pillows to land on and didn't get hurt.
"You are the worst sister! But… yeah. You were pretty great about it too I guess." Ruby sighed with angry eyes glaring back at Yang's overly pleased smile.
"Good. Now tell her. Because she will understand. Penny is the only other person I know who has had to live with a secret like that her whole life. It's like she was…" Yang's eyebrows pumped, pleased with what she was about to say. "Made for you." She chuckled the laugh only someone who knows what they have done could produce.
"God, you are the worst!" Ruby tossed her pillows back at her sister.
Yang snickered more. "Just… umm, when you do tell her, and you two get to… you know. Doing the do? Just promise me you won't like, get any cum or oil stains on my side of the room?"
Ruby gasped in shock at her sister's accusation. "You! Are! Disgusting!" With each word, she launched another pillow attack at Yang.
"Yeah yeah. Now time to get up. You have class in thirty minutes. If Penny saw you crying then you have to go. That girl will be really worried for you if she saw you crying. So get your clothes on and g-" Three soft knocks on their shared dorm room door interrupted Yang.
"Who is that? It's too early for visitors." Ruby complained, sitting up and laying her head on the side of her bed like she wanted to go back to sleep in that position.
"Probably Blake. You clothes, I'll get the door."
"Fine!" Ruby forced herself to her feet and grabbed her clothes to change.
Another three knocks came. "Coming!" Yang called out, already reaching for the door.
"Salutations!" Penny greeted, a heart-shaped box of Ruby's favorite chocolates in one hand and a single rose in the other. "Oh? Hey Yang. Is Ruby home? She ok? I-"
"Gosh. When's my girlfriend gonna show up with chocolate and roses?" Yang leaned against the door frame and sighed.
"I'll tell Blake to get you some roses if you tell me if Ruby's ok?" Penny tried to peak over Yang's shoulder to see if Ruby was home.
"Aye! Watch it! I'm blocking the view because Ruby is changing." Yang glared.
"Oh! Oh god! I'm sorry." Penny shrunk and her cheeks reddened to mimic the emotion she was feeling.
"It's ok. Just warning you." Yang pulled the door into her side so that Penny couldn't see past her.
"I… is she ok tho?" Penny looked down and kicked her feet softly against the ground.
"She's fine. She's just anxious about… whatever it was that you two did last night and everything that goes along with it." Yang paused. "But I'm sure she'll appreciate the cho-"
"What the hell did you tell her!?" Ruby marched up behind her sister.
"Nothin, nothing." Yang giggled a little too lightheartedly. "Nothing. I promise." Yang 's expression snapped more serious as she swung the door open so the two anxious love birds could see each other.
"Ruby!" Penny's face lit up and she jetted over to her girlfriend to hug her.
"Well, you two take care." Yang left to allow them some privacy.
Ruby snuggled into Penny, clinging tight to her as she waited for Yang to get out of earshot. "I'm so sorry Penny. I didn't mean to run off on you like that."
"It's ok." Penny held Ruby closer.
"No, it's not. I am so sorry."
"Hey." Penny pulled back to look Ruby in the eyes. "It's like I said last night. I love you, and it is ok if you want to wait for that; it is ok if you never want it. I have you, how you are now, and that is all that matters."
"Oh… Penny." Ruby pulled her back into a tight embrace. I love you too, and I do want it. I do. Gosh, I really do. And I wanted it so bad last night Penny. You… You have no idea how much I wanted it. I just got scared."
"I understand. I was scared too." Penny tightened her grip on Ruby, adoring how tightly Ruby held to her.
"M- maybe we can try again tonight? I promise I won't run off again tonight."
"I would really love that Ruby. I… Umm." Penny looked around to see if anyone was looking. "I would really like it if you did that thing with your fingers again. It felt really nice." Penny kissed softly at Ruby's neck.
"God, I'll do so much more than that if tonight goes well."
"Sounds perfect my love." Penny pulled back with a wide grin. "I! I kinda got you some stuff to say I'm sorry for pushing." She presented the chocolate and rose.
"Ohh, Penny." Ruby pulled her in to kiss her cheek. "You have nothing to apologize for. I'm sorry for running off." Ruby rested her head on Penny's shoulder.
"Still." Penny perked. "A rose for my Rose." Gently, she pressed the rose to Ruby's nose.
"You are perfect." Ruby nuzzled.
"It's only how I was built." Penny joked. "Now, may I walk you to class my love?" She requested, presenting an open arm for Ruby to interlock hers with.
"Sounds lovely."
End of Chapter 2
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