"Hello Ruby" said the girl with a mischievous twinkle in her emerald green eyes.
"Oh hey Penny! I haven't seen you since… you know." Ruby shifted uncomfortably as the girl shifted closer to her.
Penny leaned closer to Ruby and reached up to gently brush her cheek with the back of her hand. "You know Ruby… I've really missed you and I was wondering if we could… you know… rekindle things. I know things ended badly a few months back and it was mostly your fault but I miss you soooo much Ruby. I even got a job here on the off chance that I would be able to see you. Can we just please try again? Three years down the drain and for what? A stupid miss understanding?"
Ruby soon turned into a stuttering mess as Penny began to pull on the strings of Ruby's marionette heart once again. She was just about to answer when Cinder strutted back to the table, a controlled rage plain as day on her face.
"Miss? Would you please stop man handling my date?" Cinder said calmly.
"Date? Oh sorry she gave you the wrong impression but my girlfriend here was just stringing you along until I came back to her, now would you please leave?" said Penny with a sour edge in her voice. Just the thought of Ruby being with another person just rubbed her the wrong way.
Before Cinder could give her retort Ruby whispered. "Ex…"
Penny turned to look at her with surprise written across her face, "What?"
"Ex- girlfriend… we broke up months ago Penny… you broke up with me the second I stopped wanting to be your little play thing." Ruby's voice began to rise with every word she said "You were never there for me! All you ever wanted to do were things you wanted and things you liked. You just used people to get what you wanted! Hell, you used my parent's accident to get in my pants! You didn't care about me. My mom. My dad... Weiss. You used my emotional state to manipulate me for three years and I'm sick of it! Please just leave. Me. Alone."
Penny scoffed and said "Fine. But you have my number if you ever want to come crawling back." With that she walked away.
Ruby slouched down in her seat and sighed heavily. "I'm sorry about that Cinder I didn't know she worked here."
"It's fine Ruby, I'm sure we all have a crazy ex or two." said Cinder with a chuckle as she sat down to enjoy her meal.
The rest of the meal was filled with unanswered questions and tense silence with few attempts to start a conversation. They soon left and Cinder drove Ruby back home, once they arrived to the front of Ruby's house Ruby sighed and looked at Cinder.
"I had a great time…" she said.
"Me too." responded Cinder
Cinder gave her a kind smile before Ruby matched the smile and hesitantly continued. "...Seeing Penny again made me rethink a few things…" Ruby shifted uncomfortably and avoided Cinder's gaze. "and one of those things is that I'm still not ready for a new relationship. I'm really sorry Cinder but I still want to be your friend. I'm still willing to work at the bakery but I just can't deal with a new relationship right now ."
Cinder's smile dimmed, "It's fine Ruby… so I guess I'll see you tomorrow?"
Ruby gave her a bright smile before reaching over the gear shift and pulling Cinder into a tight hug. "Thank you for being so understanding."
Cinder just nodded before Ruby let her go and got of the car. Cinder sat there watching Ruby as she entered her empty home. She sighed and slowly drove away, reflecting on their night and wishing that damn redhead hadn't spoiled their night. Cinder soon arrived at the small blue home she had recently moved back into with her sister. She parked in front of the house and locked it before she dragged her feet to the front door. After a moment of mental preparation she opened the heavy wooden door to walk into what she expected to be a continuation of their fight from earlier.
She walked down the short t shaped hallway and stopped at the end of it with indecision written across her face. She could continue straight and go up the steps to her room, or she could go right and get a snack before heading to her room, or go left and into the living room to face the inevitable fight with Blake. She sighed and thought Mine as well get this over with while dad's asleep.
With that final thought she walked into the living room and unceremoniously flopped down on the couch, Blake barely looked away from her show to see who it was. Once she saw that it was Cinder she paused the show to look over at her, she leaned back on her recliner and said "So how was your date?" When Cinder gave her a confused look she smiled and continued "Em told me about it."
"That girl needs to learn to keep her mouth shut." said Cinder as Blake chuckled. "It was fine…" she continued, "It's just that a few things got in the way."
"Like what?" Cinder sat up to look at Blake to see if she could spot some kind of ulterior motive.
When she saw none she slowly began to recount the date. "Well I picked her up and took her to see Beowolves Attack VII-"
Blake soon cut her off, "You should have gone to see Corruption of my Mind it has better suspense those twists are to die for… although I did hear some weird stuff about the writers/directors one of them said something about constantly making pancakes and the other was kinda grumpy about never getting pancakes and then said something about dying alone? It was an odd interview… I think they might be kinda crazy, but it seemed to workout in the end especially with the ending of the movie being-."
"Shhh just because I didn't see it dosen't mean I want it spoiled for me," said Cinder and Blake shrugged in response "Anyway we saw the slasher film because Ruby wanted to see it." Blake nodded and Cinder continued to recount her date with no further interruptions, slightly surprising Cinder. "Alright the jig is up. What's wrong? Is something wrong with dad? You haven't been this civil with me since dad's first heart attack."
Blake sighed and began to say a suspiciously rehearsed sounding line. "When I left the shop this morning I got to thinking about the last conversation we had that didn't end in a fight and I want to start working together so that the shop doesn't crash and burn."
"So in other words… Emerald told dad we were fighting and Dad guilt tripped you."
They bust out into laughter when Blake answered, "Yeah pretty much." soon after they calmed down Blake continued "Oh an old friend of yours is waiting for you in your room." Cinder scrunched up her eyebrows in concentration as she attempted to think of who could possibly be in her room, very few of her friends knew where she currently lived. Her thought process was soon interrupted by Blake "Don't bust a braincell."
Cinder rolled her eyes and made her way up to her room, she slowly turned the bronze doorknob and peeked into her room drawing coverd room. Her eyes wided and a large grin broke out across her face, she threw the door open and surprised the white haired girl in a neatly pressed navy dress uniform.
"Winter!" yelled Cinder as she threw her arms around the normally cold woman, knocking her back onto the bed. Winter wrapped her arms around Cinder and laughed. Cinder rolled herself on top of Winter and pushed the woman away. Cinder placed her hands on Winter's shoulders and glared at her. "You said you wouldn't be back from your mission for another month."
Winter sat up and rested her hands on Cinder's hips she pushed the brunette back just enough so that she could sit up properly. "You know me, I can't stay away from my best friend for too long. I don't want to end up replaced."
Cinder removed Winter's dress hat and put it on before sliding her arms around Winter's neck. "Are you sure it isn't because of other reasons?" to emphasize her point Cinder rolled her hips against Winter's, forcing the woman to groan loudly. "Wow that was a loud one. Are you that loud during your nights alone in your bunk with all of your crew mates just a few feet away?" Cinder continued to grind against Winter's as she began to unbutton Winter's jacket.
"Always such a tease Cinder. Can't we have a normal conversation for once?" gasped Winter as she felt warm hands tear off her jacket and toss it to the side.
Cinder began to trail kisses down Winter's neck as she began to pull at Winter's t-shirt in an attempt to untuck it completely forgetting to remove her black suspenders first, "We could, but you're always here for such a short time I find it easier to just get right down to business. You're always here for a week max and I would much rather maximize my time with you."
Winter chuckled "Well I'm going to be here for a bit longer than that this time. They told me not to come back till my leg healed."
"Leg?" said Cinder as she pulled away from Winter to turn and look at her legs. She quickly noticed a large black boot brace on Winter's left leg. "How the hell did I miss that?"
"I honestly don't know."
"How'd it happen?" said Cinder with worry thick in her voice.
"Can we talk about it another time?" whined Winter as she unzipped Cinder's jacket and slid her cold hands under the black t-shirt to touch Cinder's smooth skin.
Cinder rolled her eyes and removed her jacket, tossing it in the same direction of Winter's jacket "Yes sir lieutenant."
Winter smirked and flipped them over, wincing slightly when her leg hit the edge of the bed with a little too much force. Cinder lifted her head from its place in the soft red comforter and whispered "Are you sure you should even attempt to fight for top this time? I mean holding me down and making me bottom is going to be a bit difficult with that leg."
Winter huffed and attempted to answer before Cinder flipped them over one last time and reached out to her alarm clock/ stereo to slap her hand on the 'on' button not caring what the last song she had been listening to was. All she cared about was muffling Winter's moans with loud music.
"The jig is up, the news is out, They've finally found me, The renegade who had it made, Retrieved for a bounty…"
Winter instantly burst into laughter, "Really? STYX!?"
"I'll have you know that they have great music and people only pretend to hate them. They have some great songs."
Winter rolled her eyes and said "Yeah sure whatever you say, but if Mr. Roboto comes on I am leaving."
"The one song I don't have... damn just when I was about to get rid of you."
"Quiet you." With that Winter dragged Cinder down to meet her lips. She could feel Cinder begin a retort and deepened the kiss, she teased Cinder's lips with tongue and was soon granted access. Cinder moaned into the kiss as she slowly began to grind her hips against Winter.
Winter soon pulled off Cinder's shirt and Cinder quickly pulled off Winter's suspenders to pull off her t-shirt only to be faced with a muscle shirt. "Why do you wear so many got damn layers?" she groaned as she began to pull this shirt off too while Winter laughed.
"Because it's the dress code."
"Fuck the code." said Cinder as she unhooked Winter's bra and tossed it away. Winter did the same for CInder before going to work on Cinder's jeans. Cinder eventually had to dismount Winter to pull off her pants and underwear and help Winter take her's off as well. After they worked off Winter's pants and underwear while leaving the boot in place Cinder quickly took up her previous position on top of Winter.
She soon pried Winter's legs open with her leg she ground her knee into her soaping wet core. Winter let out a loud moan against Cinder's lips. "Let's get the first one out of the way shall we?" said Cinder as she took her knee away. Winter whimpered and dug her nails into Cinder's back. "Well aren't you eager? How long has it been for you this time?" Cinder began to kiss her way down Winter's body. "Week? Months?" Cinder gave her a devilish grin. "I know for a fact it hasn't been years." With that she took one of Winter's hardened nipples into her mouth. Winter gasped and bucked her hips into the empty space between them. Cinder dragged her hand down Winter's taut stomach and lightly brushed against her outer lips. She pulled her hand away when she felt Winter attempt to buck into her hand.
"Fuck you Cinder." groaned Winter.
Cinder rolled Winter's nipple in her mouth one time before releasing it to give her retort, "Ah there's that sailor's mouth you navy are so well known for, but don't worry we'll get to fucking me real soon." before Winter could respond Cinder dipped her finger into her completely stopping any sort of thought process she had had. She leaned into Winter as she began to slowly pump her finger into her. "You're so tight it really has been awhile hasn't it?" all Winter could do was moan as Cinder began to speed up her hand and slip another finger into her as she used her thumb to play with her clit.
Winter's breathing increased as she began to buck and grind into Cinder. After a few minutes of this treatment Cinder took Winter's other breast into her mouth and roughly curled her fingers, it only took her a few more pumps before Winter grabbed a nearby pillow to muffle her scream as she came. Cinder soon let go of Winter's breast and watch in wonder as Winter road out her orgasam. Seeing the woman in an emotion that wasn't calm and cool was always a treat for Cinder.
Soon after Cinder had finished her off they started their typical night of fun, keeping themselves locked in Cinder's room until the crack of dawn. When their night ended, the only difference was that Winter didn't need to leave the next morning for Schnee business and or military business.
"So Blake told me you were out on a hot date tonight." Muttered Winter as she curled against Cinder under the warm comforter.
"Yeah too bad it didn't work out, she was pretty cute." responded Cinder. She sleepily pointed at one of her recent drawings posted to her wall with tape off to the right side of her bed. "I drew her earlier if you wanna see what she looks like."
Winter lazily opened her eyes to see the beautifully drawn picture of a brunette girl, Winter's eyes soon widened when she realized she recognized the girl. That looks like the girl I almost hit with my car… Oh no… that is the girl I almost hit with my car… She also kinda looks like the girl that used to be friends with Weiss before… oh no… that is the same girl. Shit. Winter sighed and noticed Cinder had knocked out for the day and a sad smile spread across Winter's face. I almost wish I had hit her with my car because she managed to do the one thing I could never do… God I wish that you would love me as more than just a friend Cinder… But I guess this will do for now. With that final though she tapped the alarm before it rang at seven and tightened her hold on Cinder before drifting off to sleep.
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~A.N~
I need a dump a barrel of holy water over myself… Anyway… I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was definitely difficult to write. I honestly had something witty planned for the author's note but my brain is fried. But in other news please leave a review telling me what ya think it helps me alot and I honestly love responding to them. Oh and for those of you that keep asking about the ladybug don't worry it will happen… eventually… and for those of your questioning the Cinder/Winter thing that was planned since before the first chapter was posted. Oh and the Styx joke was mostly because that's 70's show was on and the idea of Cinder really being into old school rock music was amusing to me. I think that's everything I was gonna say, now I'm going to curl into a ball and think about my life choices as I go to sleep, til next time peoples!
p.s.- I don't own RWBY.