"No I'm not in love with her and yes I fucked Ruby, but-"
Blake had stopped listening as she leaned her head against the cold white wall as she made her best attempt to process the news she had just heard, but at every turn it just kept getting worse and blocked with more visions of them together. Blake had to know the truth but at the same time she feared it. She left the corner of which she had been hidden when she had stumbled across Winter and Cinder's conversation. The voice that had screamed to get out before hand was back with a vengeance and she listened to it without a second thought. She half ran over to the elevator and pressed the button to the bottom floor like her life depended on it.
When the doors opened to the bottom floor she walked out of the elevator at a steady pace trying not to catch anyone's attention. She had done so much crying the night before that her eyes remained dry as she walked out the hospital doors with a grim expression written her face. Blake had been so wrapped up in her dismay that she ran straight into the last person she wanted to see.
Their bodies collided and Blake's feeble form just accepted fall with not even the slightest attempt to catch herself. Not expecting two thin arms to catch her as she fell. There stood Ruby Rose impeccably dressed with her arms around Blake saving her from an inevitable concussion.
At the sight of those burning silver eyes, Blake's rage bubbled to the surface. It wasn't so much that she had slept with Cinder but the fact that everything just kept boiling and boiling nothing even giving her a chance to catch her breath or deal with anything in a healthy way.
"You." growled Blake as she shoved Ruby away from herself. "Get the hell away from me. I do not want to see or speak to you. You annoying piece of lying trash. You couldn't just settle for one sister you just had to have them both."
"Blake it's not like that I swear I was only interested in you." said Ruby in desperation.
"God you just can't stop lying can you? I didn't even get to hear it from the horse's mouth I had to hear it in a passing conversation Cinder was having with Winter. What? Did you help save my dad just to sleep with me too? Well you can just forget about that Ruby Rose. Go fuck yourself." With that final flat statement Blake shoved Ruby out of the way and headed out the door.
Ruby started to walk after Blake but a strong metallic hand captured her wrist and pulled her back. "You have to let her go and cool off kiddo." Ruby looked up at Yang's soft lavender eyes and sighed before following Yang out of the door and to the smoking area, where they sat down and Ruby recounted the entire story from the beginning, skipping no details.
Meanwhile Cinder sat alone in the waiting room with an angry red handprint seemingly burned into her face. She played Winter's last words to her over and over in her head until they were scratched record playing inside her head with no hope of being changed. 'I hate you, you blind fool.' Cinder had stuttered and tumbled through excuses and Winter had seemed to get angeryer and angeryer. The moment Winter had confessed Cinder had been shocked and was still reeling with the fact. The smack hadn't helped either.
The stinging on her cheek could not compare to the the pain those words made her feel. She sat there collecting her thoughts for who knows how long before Emerald came from around the corner stood in front of her with her hands on her hips, wearing look on her face that could could kill if given the chance.
"Leave me alone Emerald… I just want to be alone…" whimpered Cinder as she reached up to feel her right cheek.
Emerald shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest. "No sir-y bob, you just made the only girl that has been in love with you for a good portion of her life cry her eyes out in a broom closet with nothing to comfort her because her best friend, you know the girl she confided with for everything, is the same one that made her cry."
Cinder grit her teeth and tightened her grip on the arm rests. "I'm serious Em back off before I make you. I've been going through way too much shit to deal with this shit."
"Deal with what might I ask?" Emerald said as she cocked her head to the side awaiting Cinder's next strained response.
"This! This stupidly frustrating situation with a girl I was forced to swallow my feelings for and just settle for being 'friends with benefits' because she was going to be gone for most of the damn year. That same girl decides to finally fucken tell me she felt the same way all these years right as I'm about to lose my father and have finally started to move on with finally finding someone that I don't just want to fuck! I don't know what to think! What to feel! I'm just so… ugh!" Cinder reached up and grabbed the sides of her head pulling at her hair with the feeble hope that the pain would distract from the storm brewing in her head.
"Then why didn't you just tell her that?" Emerald said with a small frustrating smile on her face.
"She ran away before I could collect my damn thoughts! And now she's gone forever and I just don't know what I'm going to do without her in my life…" tears finally began to spring when she heard slow footsteps approach her. When Cinder finally looked up she had to forcer herself to stay planted in her seat and not jump for joy. "Winter…" said Cinder with a crack in her voice.
"Welp, my job is done. Have fun ladies." Cinder stared at Emerald in disbelief as she walked away and only turned back with one final message as she turned the corner. "But not too much fun I hope! This is a hospital after all."
They sat in uncomfortable silence for far longer than Cinder could manage before she broke it and stuttered out. "H-how did Em get you to come over here?" still remaining frozen in her seat.
Winter tentatively sat next to Cinder and began, "I'm going to be honest. I'm not entirely sure how she got me to come out of that broom closet and got me to come over here and spy on your conversation with her."
"Emerald is an enigma..." Chuckled Cinder as she shifted in her seat.
Winter gave her a small smile reached for Cinder's hand. "So... you swallowed your feelings?"
"Winter… I-you-we...you were my first love Winter... but when you showed no interest in me in prep school I just gave up and went to every girl I could find to try and fill the void you left in me, and when I finally got the courage to tell you my feelings you left for the navy and then the whole 'friends with benefits thing' started... Winter I was so lonely for so long that when somebody came that didn't fall for my usual routine I guess I finally thought I could get that void filled."
Cinder took a breath and continued, "I didn't know that I was hurting you every time I talked about Ruby. I didn't know that you were in love with me because how in the world would someone as beautiful, smart, talented and just all around perfect person fall in love with me? I've traveled all around the world and only came back here for your visits. I loved every part of this world but being right next to you was always my favorite place..."
Winter looked at Cinder for a few long moments, searching for lies in Cinder's broken expression. Before Cinder could even open her mouth with more apologies Winter reached over and grabbed the collar of Cinder's jacket. With a sharp tug she smashed her soft lips against Cinder's in a ruff but caring kiss. Making her best attempt to convey how angry she was at Cinder for making her wait do long but also the happiness she felt at finally having her crush of a lifetime return her feelings. Cinder whimpered against Winter's mouth as she put her arms around Winter's neck, pulling Winter against her as she licked Winter's bottom lip as if to ask permission to enter. Soon their tongues battled against each other in a war that was quickly growing heated.
"Gods I love you so much." whispered Winter when they finally separated for air.
Cinder laughed as she tucked away a few strands of Winter's hair that had come loose. "Man I wish we weren't in a public place that we can't afford to get kicked out of. If we were back at my place I'd be fucking you into the mattress right about now."
Winter moaned softly into Cinder's ear, "Tell me more."
Cinder leaned closer to Winter's ear and whispered, "I'd tear your clothes off and watch you beg for it. Then I'd grab the strap and-"
They heard someone loudly clear their throat forcing them to separate slightly. It was the mother of the child that Emerald had scared earlier. Cinder glared at the woman and said, "We were having a damn moment lady. Can't you take your shitty kid elsewhere?"
The woman scoffed and sat back in her chair in protest. Cinder was seconds away from telling the woman off before a soft hand gently caressed her injured cheek. Cinder's burning amber eyes met cool blue and Winter whispered, "We can talk about it later Cin. You don't need to cause a scene."
Winter kissed away the pout that had been forming on Cinder's lips and left a small smile in its place.
I hope this moment lasts forever…
"I don't know what I'm going to do Yang! She hates me! I didn't even do it on purpose. I- I"
"You need to calm the hell down. So what if you messed up a little? Everything is going to work itself out you'll see." said Yang as she rubbed Ruby's back
Ruby curled deeper into the dark red bench and pressed her nails into her wrists. "You don't get it Yang. I accidentally slept with her sister thinking it was her…"
Yang looked at Ruby for a long moment with a confused expression, "...How does one even do that? Are they twins or something?"
"Not as far as I know, but they do look alot alike and I was drunk and other other sister liked me too which is why she agreed to sleep with me without much hesitation."
Yang began to laugh, "Damn Ruby! How the hell did you get two sisters to fall in love with you?"
"I don't know!" Ruby sank deeper into the bench and Yang continued to die of laughter.
When Yang's laughter finally died down to chuckles she said, "Well I'm sorry to break it to you that I'm not exactly the best person to give you advice, considering I've mostly dated one girl for most of my life, but I can tell you that you are going to have a lot of explaining to do once everything cools down."
"I know…" Ruby dejectedly slumped against Yang and tried to picture herself someplace away from the designated smoking area of the hospital. "Oh did I tell you I got the heart for her dad and she thinks I only got it to get into her pants? Because that's also a thing…"
Yang scrunched her brows and said, "Why would she think that? I mean sure you slept with her sister but that's a different story."
Ruby sighed, "I don't even know. Cinder or Winter maybe told her but I really don't know… All I know is that I am going to have some serious explaining to do and that just makes me physically tired to think about."
Yang wrapped her arm around Ruby and took a puff of her cigarette, "You must really like this girl. I haven't seen you this in the dumps about someone since thou red feind that shall not be named."
"And she's just so damn cute Yang! And funny and great and we have so much in common. Yang I woke up at four in the morning just to be able to work with this girl. She makes me smile all day long even if I have a shit customer and she makes me feel great and fluffy everytime I'm with her… Got dammit she's just so Ugh!." Ruby groaned and ran her hands through her hair in frustration.
Yang chuckled at her little sister's distress and mentally tabbed to ask her what Winter had to do with all of this later. It can't be the same Winter right? I'm sure it's just a common name…
Blake didn't know where she had ended up. She just know that she was far away from the hospital and Ruby.
Why did everything have to hit the fan so damn fast? I could deal with this is it was just one thing but not one after the other.
Tears ran down Blake's cheeks as she walked around the city, not paying the sightless attention to her surroundings. With blurry eyes she stepped off the cross walk to cross the street but was immediately pulled back by someone yanking back the hood of her jacket just as a car zoomed by the spot Blake would have been standing in.
In shock Blake turned to face her savoir. "Hey are you okay? That was a close one wasn't it?"
"I um yeah it was… thank you." Blake said as she continued to stare at the girl, too shocked to really have any cognitive functions.
"You are welcome. Ms.?"
"My name is Blake. You can call me Blake."
The girl reached out to shake Blake's hand and said, "Salutations Blake! My name is Penny."
~A.N.~
So I'm back... yup yup. Anyway please leave a review and all that jazz and Till next time!
P.S.- I'm sorry for being gone so long... life happened.
p.s.s- I don't own RWBY.