Hey guys! So, yea, um, my internet died for the past few days... I'm sorry that's just an excuse. last time it was true, but I don't have an excuse this time. I am really sorry guys, I'm bad at keeping to schedules. Please stop hating me. I am finally getting this next chapter out, and getting off of my procrastinating ass. So here is chapter 24, it's a much longer-than-usual chapter to compensate for all that time, so I hope you like it. LAST MINUTE EDIT: This chapter technically has 2 titles since I couldn't decide on which one to use.
"Hey Weiss."
"Yes Ruby?"
"Do you think my hair needs to be cut? Yang says I shouldn't cut it because that's 'sacrilegious' to cut it."
"Think about who said this, Ruby."
"Yea, I know, that's why I'm asking you."
"Well, your hair is getting kind of long. It wouldn't hurt to cut it."
Ruby had held her long, red highlighted hair in her hands. What was normally short and ended just below her ears, now goes just a little past her shoulders. She knew Yang would say no, just because Yang would do just about anything before letting anyone touch her hair.
"So a day on the town then?"
"I guess so, Yang."
"awesome, there were a few food places I wanted to try, some other things I wanted to go do with Blake..."
"Well, keep in mind, ever since I had a fallout with my mother, she cut my funds. So we won't be able to afford going hog wild all the time."
"Yea yea I know."
"I'm serious Yang, we don't have as much money as before."
Yang acted as if she was listening, but more than likely she just shrugged it off. Weiss didn't really feel like it would help to keep trying, so they headed out. They got to the salon closest to them, luckily it wasn't too expensive. Ruby told the barber how she wanted it cut, and after about 15-20 minutes they got out.
"So, now what?"
"Well, I don't know bout you guys, but me and Kitty Cat are going places. Like food places, and shopping places, you know those kind of places."
"Well remember we have a limited amount of money now."
"Don't worry Weiss, I'll make sure Yang doesn't go over budget."
"So, what do you want to do now, Ruby?"
"Well, now that we are alone, I wanted to ask you something."
"What do you need?"
"Well, I was thinking about yesterday, and some things that you said."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, some of the things you were saying were just a little confusing, like they didn't make sense to say."
Weiss had a nervousness that Ruby had noticed, and would ask. She was cursing herself up and down on the inside for letting herself slip up so badly.
"Oh, that was just me being emotional."
"Okay, are you sure?"
"Oh yea, completely. I was just happy and emotional that we got back together, that's all."
"A-alright then. But for now I guess we could go catch up with Yang and Blake."
"Yes, we should."
The couple went in the direction they saw the other half of the team go. They had some suspicions on where they went, and they turned out to be right. A new food shop had opened up, and Yang made a beeline for it.
"Oh, hey guys!"
"Hey Yang. So, I see you guys have had fun."
"Very much so."
"Your check, ma'am"
The waiter had dropped off the bill, and returned to his station. Weiss knew she was the only one with all the money, since Yang mysteriously spent it all a little while back. She picked up the check and scanned down to the bottom, looking for the price-
"OH HELL NO."
"What? I didn't get that much."
Hey! Weiss Interrupted my narration!
"Not that much?! You got $300 dollars worth of food! How can you call that not much?! And I thought you weren't going to let her go over budget, Blake!"
"I'm so sorry Weiss. She got me with a cheap shot and ordered the seared ahi Tuna over rice. I wanted to tell her not to go so expensive, but I couldn't deny it. I am so ashamed..."
"You do realize that we don't have enough to pay for this, right Yang?"
"Ummm, well, I uh, do now..."
"And you do realize that I'm the one paying for it all right?!"
"Uhhhhhh, I'm sorry?"
"Hey, Weiss, maybe you should calm-"
"I'm not calming down Ruby! Now because of Yang we have to find some way to get $200 or we all get it!"
"Kyaaa!"
Ruby was almost thrown back at Weiss' yell, giving a small, high pitch shriek. Yang started cowering in her chair and Blake was just sitting in her's looking down and depressed with her failure.
"Ah, I see you are having trouble with the check?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry sir, is there any way we could, maybe, take some of these items off?"
"I'm sorry ma'am, but they ate all the food they ordered."
"You guys ate it all? How? It was 10 items, how could you have managed that?"
Weiss was completely in shock at all that has just happened.
"We really don't have enough to cover this check, what are we going to do about this?"
"Well, the check needs to be paid somehow."
"Um, I have an idea..."
Ruby had a scared look on her face, but she told her idea, waiting for a response.
"Hmm. I think we can arrange something like that. But you would have to start immediately."
"It's a good thing this is Saturday."
"Oh, by the way, to cover this check, you would need to to this for 2 days, not just one."
Weiss had to pull her chin off the floor, almost literally. She couldn't believe it.
15 minutes later
"When we get home, I am going to make sure you know never to do this again."
"I said I'm sorry!"
"No! You think you have seen the worst? Think again! You haven't seen nothing yet!"
"Oh god, she isn't using good English anymore. This is bad."
"You are going to be in for a punishment, the likes of which you ain't never seen! I am going to preempt this from ever happening again!"
"How do you do it Ruby?"
"It's easier than it looks when you don't get on her bad side all the time."
"See? It's not too hard to just be normal. Ruby figured out how to get on my good side."
"You aren't helping Ruby."
"Don't think you can change the subject, Yang!"
"ah! Don't kill me!"
Blake was still feeling ashamed of herself, but was starting to get over it. Now, she was just left in awe, because she only knew a few things that could even slightly scare Yang. Spiders, her hair being cut off, something happening to Ruby, and herself. But she could now add a 'mad as hell Weiss' to that list. Blake just went back to her job of washing dishes. She was standing opposite of Weiss, who was on food prep and appetizers station. Weiss was just to the right of Yang, who was on cooking duty.
"Ugh, it's so difficult to do this job on the weekends."
"Is table 5's apps ready yet?"
"Yea they are coming up now."
Weiss handed off they tray of food to Ruby. She was able to use her semblance to speed around the restaurant quickly, so she got the waitress position.
"Hey, Blake. Can I talk to you alone for a second?"
"If it's about me cracking to Yang, I am so sorry."
"No, it's not that."
Blake could tell this was something serious for Weiss, so she took a second from what she was doing (Since it was conveniently time for her break) to hear Weiss out.
"So what d you want to talk about?"
"Do you remember yesterday?"
"Of course."
"Well, I said some things that I probably shouldn't have when we got back together, and I wanted to know if you noticed."
"Well, there were somethings that I was a bit confused about, but I didn't think anything of it."
"Well, Ruby also noticed it, and she asked me about it."
"What did you say?"
"I told her it was nothing. It would have been bad for her to hear."
"Why, what do you mean?"
"Well, I just want to make sure that it stays between us, and that I can get it off my chest."
"Don't worry Weiss, I won't tell anyone. You have my word. I know that doesn't mean that much right now but-"
"It's fine, Blake. I know I can trust you."
Weiss took a long breath before continuing.
"No one besides me and my father know about this, and I'm sure he wouldn't tell a soul. Before I was here at Beacon, while I was taking my entrance exams, it was tough for me. I had my mother breathing down my neck, forcing me to be perfect, or nothing at all, my sister had her longest time away from home, and I had all the high-level entrance exams. I was really, really stressed. I didn't get a perfect on one of my subjects, and it was one of the worst days of my life. I felt like it was all for nothing, I was never going to be myself, never going to escape my mother or even get a break. I didn't care about anything, and I wasn't in the right mind."
"What did you do?"
"Well, I was alone at home, or at least I thought I was, and I was fed up with it. I went, got a razor from the master bathroom, and I gashed my own arm. I thought I was going to die, end all my pain. My father got there right before I blacked out, and I woke up in the hospital. That day haunted me 24/7, and even though I hide it, it still scares me a bit. The worst part is, the day I got together with Ruby, was the day I was going to try and come to terms with ending it correctly this time. I wasn't going to be saved by my dad this time, and I didn't care, but then Ruby came along, and gave me something to live for. Ever since, I have been with Ruby, Yang and you, because you guys are the things I live for. I love Ruby, and if it means dealing with what I had to go through, so be it. Wow, that is actually a big weight off my chest. Thank you for hearing me out, Blake."
"Thank you for trusting me with something so important to you. I can't imagine what that's like. I mean, there were alot of bad times in the White Fang, but I don't think I had it that bad. I will make sure this never gets out to anyone, so don't worry."
Ruby opened the door to the break room just after they ended the conversation.
"Phew, that was difficult. So, are we ready to go home?"
"Yes Ruby, we are."
"Great!"
They all packed up and headed on their way home. Weiss hugged her arm around Ruby's, leaning her head onto Ruby's shoulder.
"I love you so much Ruby."
"I love you to Weiss, are you alright?"
"Oh, yea. I'm fine."
"I think I figured out what you were talking about yesterday, Don't worry Weiss, I will never leave you."
Weiss almost believed Ruby had telepathy or something, but just shrugged it off and enjoyed being near Ruby.
"Was it that easy? Well, I won't leave you either. I wouldn't let you leave me."
"Sometimes I wonder how you do it Ruby."
"It's probably the easiest thing for me now. I don't think I could screw it up now, Weiss wouldn't let me."
They all laughed at that, they all tried to lighten up the mood.
"Oh and, Yang. I'm not going to do anything to you or try to hurt you, I guess I was just a bit mad at the time. Just make sure not to do anything like this again."
"Oh don't worry about that. I don't think I will ever go over budget again."
"Hold on a second, we left the room at 9:00 because Ruby waited until then to talk about her hair. We worked a full shift of eight hours, and it's 3:00 now. We have to do the day shift tomorrow at 6:00 in the morning. We aren't going to sleep as soon as we get home probably, so we are going to get less than three hours of sleep tonight."
They all stopped after Blake finished her sentence. They all processed this information for a second...
"God DAMN IT YANG!"
So there is chapter 24. Again, I am reeeeeaaaaaallllyyyyy sorry about the wait, I'm bad. But here is a really long chapter to make up for all that time. I wanted to make this chapter a bit light, but still incorporate that theme I set from the last chapter, so here is this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it, and if you did, please follow/fav and drop a review, and I will see you all in the next installment. Byee!
