Chapter 12

Weiss stood beside a locker in front of the principal's office. Friday has finally arrived, and Rouvin had gone in a few minutes ago to submit everything. They had paused their project just for this since they are already ahead of schedule and are only missing a few more parts. Weiss waited patiently, even though it is taking a lot longer than expected. Just when she decides to burst through the door, it opens and Rouvin steps out. Weiss looked at Rouvin expectantly, her arms crossed and one delicate eyebrow raised. Rouvin looks back at her and gives her a brilliant smile.

"Ozpin will look through them personally, but he said everything should be fine now. But I'm not allowed to skip anymore." Rouvin said in a relieved tone of voice.

Relieved that this crisis is over, Weiss hugs the taller boy, who stiffens in shock from the sudden contact. Realizing what she is doing, Weiss steps back with a blush on her cheeks, "Sorry."

"Don't worry…it felt nice." Mumbled the boy so quietly that she nearly didn't hear it. Looking up to him, she sees that he is also blushing, the sight and his words making her heart skip a beat.

A comfortable silence falls between them. Rouvin has his hands in his pocket and is bouncing on the heels of his foot. Weiss tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"Rouvin/Weiss" they both say in unison. "No, you first!"

Both of them look at each other and laugh. "Together?" They nod. "Mind getting coffee?/Want to head to the cafe?" they both pause and stare at each other before smiling and nodding.

Since it was the end of the school day, the red and white duo decide to head over to Celica Cafe to have coffee and relax for now. Weiss has been helping Rouvin through his homework while also working on their project. Entering the cafe where most of their schoolmates hang out, they receive stares and murmurs the moment they enter.

"Isn't that Weiss?" "Why is she together with Rouvin?" "Is he threatening her to spend time with him?"

Those were some of the milder things they heard. There are more comments that aren't so nice, and all of them are insulting Weiss's partner.

All the whispered comments and insults are making Weiss so angry that she wants to start screaming at all of them and calling them out as the cowards they are for talking like that about someone, just because of some rumors.

She is about to open her mouth when she feels Rouvin's hand on her shoulder and hears, "Just ignore them. They aren't worth the trouble."

She simply looks at him while he walked with a neutral face to the front to order. Following closely behind him, her thoughts dwell on all the negative comments everyone has made, she asks herself if that is what he has to endure day after day.

After ordering their drinks, which Rouvin insists on paying for stating, "See it as a thank you for all your help."

They decide to take their drinks to go, not wanting to be starred at any longer from their schoolmates.

Making their way over to the nearby park, the two of them just walk around while talking about random topics and enjoying their drinks.

Looking around, Weiss suddenly remembers why this park seems so familiar the entire time. It was the same park where she was attacked and saved by Rouvin. Here is where everything had begun.

She remembers that the reason she was out that day was because she was depressed over the fact that she is the only one in her group of friends who had never fallen in love or even had a crush. Looking to her side, she can't help but think that their meeting was led by fate.

She is the honor student who everyone adores. He is the delinquent everyone avoids. Yet here they are sitting at the park where they first exchanged words. Sitting on a bench having coffee, a soft warm breeze blowing gently, the birds chirping and kids playing around. It was so peaceful, that it is still hard for her to believe she got attacked here.

"Rouvin?" Weiss speaks softly to gain his attention "Do you remember this place?"

She watches how he furrows his brows while he thinks. "Isn't this the park you got attacked by that thief?"

Smiling slightly she nods. "It's also the park you saved me from that thief. Where we had our first real interaction with each other."

Humming in agreement he says "If I hadn't taken this short cut and saved you, you probably would had never acknowledged my presence… beside the rumors of course."

Even though she likes to think that maybe if they had met in another way, she knows he's right, that they live in two completely different worlds and the only connection they may have ever had was Yang.

"Maybe you're right, but we have met, and you don't know how grateful I am for that. Even if it could have been under better circumstances." They both chuckle at that.

"But do you know what is funny about the whole thing?" Weiss asks,not really expecting an answer in return.

The boy just looks at her and listens, just giving her a shrug with his shoulders.

"The reason I was out back then was because I wanted to clear my mind. Ren and Nora had just announced that they were finally dating, and I tell you it was coming for a long time. I was depressed because I'm already in my senior year, but I never experienced how it was to fall in love. I've never even had a crush." She blushes as she confesses that to her crush. But she gives herself a push to continue now that she has the courage to confess, it was now or never.

"The funny thing is that in that same night, I met the person I fell in love with. What I want to say is that, Rouvin Rose I am in love with you and want to ask you to go on a date with me."

Rouvin remain quiet, while Weiss's eyes wonder down to the ground. She waits, not knowing what he was currently thinking. Weiss has seen plenty of his expressions and knows each one by heart, but the expression he's giving her is one she has never seen before. She clutches her skirt tightly, after all she's confessed to the school's delinquent, her savior, her project partner, her friend and her crush.

"This is it. I ruin our friendship. He's probably just going to finish our project on his own and then start avoiding me. He's going to stand up and leave anytime now. His going to shout at me like how he shouted at Blake back then." With all the negative thoughts running through Weiss' head, she hasn't notice that she has started crying. Her grip on her skirt tightening every second, waiting for his response and reaction to her confession.

As she starts to sob, she doesn't notice Rouvin moving closer, placing his hand on her shoulder, then swiftly pulls her close clashing their lips together. Weiss' eyes go wide in surprise. His lips were soft and sweet like chocolate, his touch was gentle but firm. Weiss lets the kiss sink in before she starts to kiss him back. Her first kiss, and with the first person she fell in love with.

Her first kiss was sloppy from inexperience. It tasted like chocolate and coffee. Her first kiss was not like romantic movies she'd seen with candle lights and dances, it is at the park on a late Friday afternoon, where children were running around playing. It wasn't perfect like the romantic books she'd read. Her makeup was smudged from crying, her hair a mess, but it was with Rouvin Rose.

It isn't as perfect as in the movies, but it is everything she has ever wanted.