Hey guys! Here is chapter 23, and also, my internet has been down for the past day and a half, so I haven't gotten anything out until now. Sorry bout that. But I'm keeping it short with this note, here is chapter 23.
"Oowwwwww."
"This is what happens, ow, when you have too much sugar, ow, Ruby."
"I've never had a headache like this before though."
"Well you also haven't gone 3 days without sugar before drowning yourself in it."
Weiss and Ruby had been in bed, resting and trying to recover from their massive headaches. Ruby had loaded them with too much sugar the night before.
"Well, I would say I'm jealous because you guys don't have to do any schoolwork, but that looks like it hurts."
"Oh you think, Yang? Oww, it hurts to talk."
"Come on, Yang, we have to get to class. I left some aspirin near your bed if you guys need it while we are gone."
"Thanks Blake."
Blake and Yang left the room, leaving Weiss and Ruby alone. They don't really regret last night, since they did have fun, but it still hurt way too much for them to care.
"You know what would help this."
"What, Ruby."
"Something sweet."
"No, Ruby. I don't think that would help."
"Just hear me out. What if, we give ourselves so much sugar, that we don't even notice the pain."
"Then the headaches will be even worse later."
"That's later, not right now."
"Not everything needs to be happening right now for you to think about it, Ruby."
Ruby just dropped her idea after it was so thoroughly shot down. She just kept thinking on what Weiss had said.
Not everything needs to be happening now for you to think about it.
The words buzzed around in her head. Thinking about what she may be doing wrong in just thinking about the present.
"Hey Weiss."
"Yes?"
"I wanted to ask you something."
Weiss sat up. Ruby wasn't serious with many things, but when she was, Weiss knew it was important.
"What is it, Ruby?"
"Well, I was thinking about the thing you said, 'Not everything needs to be happening for you to think about it.', and I thought about us."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what if we are together now, and we have fun. But what if this doesn't last? What if we won't always be together, and this ends eventually."
"What are you talking about Ruby? I love you and I will always be with you."
"I know you love me but, What if we don't stay together, and in the future, we leave each other."
"Ruby I would never leave you!"
"I have been thinking, and maybe we should do something I have heard of called a trial separation. We stop being girlfriends for a week or two, and after that week is over, we see if we still want to be together. I just want to make sure, that this isn't just something that we have for a little while, then give up on."
"Ruby, a-are you sure you want to try this? I will do anything you want me to Ruby but, are you sure this will help you?"
"Please, Weiss. I just don't want to hurt you if it turns out we can't keep this up."
"A-Alright Ruby, if you really want to do this, I will."
"Thank you Weiss."
The room went silent after their conversation had ended. Both had gone to their separate ends of the bed and went back to sleep. They woke up a few hours later, just before Yang and Blake got back form their classes.
"Hey guys, we're back!"
"Hey Yang."
"Whats wrong with you guys?"
"Well, Ruby wanted to do a 'trial separation' to make sure that our relationship can actually work out, even in the future."
"Nonsense. I could never see you guys leaving each other, you two are too close to ever separate."
"Well, Ruby just wants to make sure we are making the right decision with dating. I don't know, maybe this will show us something we don't know."
"I would try to tell you guys that there is no reason for this, since you two are basically glued to each other, but you two should realize that for yourselves."
Yang then left to go to Blake's side on their own bed.
"So you think they will be ok?"
"They will be fine, Blake. They love each other too much to let go, but if I told them they would work myself, it wouldn't mean anything. They need to learn it on their own and realize how they feel about each other."
"I have to say Yang, you may not be the most romantic person in the world, but you really know how love works."
"I've had my fair share of love interests, I have learned how it works."
They then started on their after-school work, giving Ruby and Weiss everything they missed from classes today. There was a mood of depression and gloom in the RWBY dorm. no one had said much to each other, they only focused on schoolwork and themselves. It was so out of the ordinary that they honestly didn't know what to do at that point.
"So, should we go out?"
"No, I just don't feel like it."
"Same here."
"Alright then... Maybe we could... No...Well how about... no, not that either...I got nothing."
They settled on getting some sleep early. That was the most uncomfortable night they ever had in their room. After a few hours they all had been asleep. It took them so long to finally fall asleep because of their feelings of depression getting to them.
They woke up the next morning, feeling almost as exhausted and gloomy as they were last night. The team was so depressed and demoralized with their separation that not a single one of them were even motivated to cook breakfast. Yang eventually got up and did it, but it didn't taste nearly as good as it generally does.
"Um, hey Weiss."
"Yes Ruby?"
"Could you, um, uh..."
"Spit it out Ruby, we don't have all day to sit here."
Weiss had returned to her cold self without Ruby. She snapped at almost everything anyone said, and mostly refusing to answer anyone outside her teammates.
"Well, I, uh, can you please pass the salt..."
"Sure."
Weiss handed the salt to Ruby. Ruby knew that wasn't what she wanted to say, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She thought she couldn't come out and say how she felt, she thought she needed to tough out this next week.
The rest of the day continued on, classes, lunch period, more classes, then back to their dorm. It was obvious that everyone else picked up on their depressed state. But no one wanted to try and say anything for fear they might make it worse.
They finished their work somewhat quickly, given that today was their last short day. Starting next week they got back to their normal schedule.
"Hey Weiss."
"What is it Ruby."
"I, well, its, nothing..."
"What do you need to say Ruby?"
"It's nothing."
No, you need to, you cant keep up like this.
"Are you sure Ru-"
Ruby jumped on Weiss giving her a tight bear hug. She thought they were going to topple over, but Weiss caught herself.
"Oh Weiss, I'm so sorry! I should have never tried this separation thing. I can't do it. I can't! I can't take not being with you anymore, and being so alone. I love you too much, I only barely finished a day without you."
"I'm sorry too Ruby. I would have given in and came crying to you if we didn't stop this! I can't live without you, I can't be so alone anymore now that I know how it feels to be near you. I love you so much, and I can't go back to being so lonely. I was raised like that, so before you I could live like that. But now that I know how it feels to actually have another person so close to me heart, I don't think I could have lived without you. I probably would have done something I promised myself I would never do again."
"What is that?"
"I, well, some other time. I think its best if I wait until another time."
"Well, it doesn't matter for right now, I'm just so happy to be back with you."
"Me too, Ruby."
"I guess for some things, its better to just live and enjoy what you have now, than worry about later. And maybe if you enjoy it enough, it may just last forever."
"There it is."
"What are you talking about, Yang?"
"There is that thing that you two needed to figure out. Just love each other and enjoy it now, and don't worry about later until it comes. I knew you two wouldn't leave each other, you couldn't. Its like you two need to be together to stay alive."
"Its not just like that for me."
"What did you say, Weiss?"
"Oh nothing."
"Okay then, thought you said something."
"Well, I'm just happy to be back to normal. Can we promise to never try that again, Weiss?"
"Never again."
"Well I am glad that the team is back to normal. But has anyone else noticed that classes started 5 minutes ago?"
Blake pointed to the clock on the wall behind her.
"We gotta go!"
"do you think the professors are getting irritated to our screwed up school schedules?"
"Probably Ruby, probably..."
So there is chapter 23. I think it came out pretty well. Also, I think I might have put a HINT somewhere in HINT the chapter here HINT of whats to come in the next chapter. Oh well, must have imagined it... But if you like this story so far, please follow/fav and drop a review, and I will see you all in the next installment. Byee!
