Chapter 40

Ruby

Colin helped Jaune up and then he healed him, she shielded her eyes as the bright white light began then faded. Colin looked Jaune over for any other injures then Jaune walked off stage dropping down off the stage and dusting himself off. Colin sat down on the edge of the stage, "So tomorrow is Wednesday, I expect all of you who are training to be here at 6:30. If you need a pass out of class I'll talk to Ozpin or Glynda about it. Everyone understand?" he asked looking from person to person. "I think we've got it, can we go?" she asked "Sure, I will be seeing you all tomorrow." He said getting up and making sure Jaune stayed back. She got up and they walked back to the dorm, once there Weiss and Blake were sitting down waiting for them. "So, how'd it go?" Weiss asked, listening intently. She looked at Yang who looked back "It was…. Interesting." They said at the same time. Ruby went to work changing as Yang explained the details. "….Then he helped Jaune up and let us go, were going to meet him at 6:30 tomorrow." Yang finished as ruby pulled her pajama pants on.

""Are you ok?" Weiss asked as she started fussing over ruby checking her for injuries. "I'm fine, I'm fine" she insisted trying to stop Weiss but gave up and let Weiss sit her down as she checked very thoroughly for injuries. "You seem alright, are you sure he healed you?" she asked finally giving ruby her space, she took this opportunity to jump up on her bunk and ready for bed. "I told you I'm fine, where is this coming from anyway?" she asked peeking over the edge at Weiss. She hesitated for a moment before responding "I would like my teammates to come back in one piece, and I'm still not sure about him." "Why wouldn't you trust him, he saved my life, saved all of our lives, and I believe everything he's done so far has been for the best. He is a remarkable individual with many talents, why wouldn't you at least try to make friends with him." Ruby finished giving Weiss a curious look.

Before Weiss could speak Yang interrupted "You like him don't you?" she said laughing as she quickly made her way into the shower before the pillow Ruby threw could hit her. "No I don't, he is a good friend! And that's it!" She yelled at the shower. "Aww, I feel hurt" came Colin's voice from the now open door. "Whaaa… I didn't mean it like that!" she tried to say whilst blushing furiously. "Just joking, besides why would I get in the way of you trying to seduce the Ice Queen." He said grabbing something off the table and quickly making his way out the door at running pace. Ruby followed chasing him down the halls screaming "I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU MORON!" before turning a corner to follow him and seeing nothing, poof, he was gone. She started her walk back but stopped when Weiss peeked out the door.

"Ruby?" she asked softly "Weiss, I…." she started then stopped. Thinking back to what Colin had said to her on the roof, she took a deep breath "Weiss, I like you, not in the, oh we're teammates and I want to be friendly, but like you, like Yang and Blake. If you don't feel the same I can accept that and start moving on." she finished and released the breath. Weiss looked stunned and puzzled "You like me?" she asked taken aback. "Yes." "Why?" Weiss asked. "You are so smart and amazing at everything you do, I think you're really hot and so many other things I can't express with words." Ruby responded realizing how adult she sounded, but still blushing furiously. "I need some time to think." Weiss said "I'm ok with whatever you chose. Can I come in?" Ruby asked as Weiss realized she was blocking the door and hadn't moved from her place. "Yeah, I …." She trailed off, Ruby walked around her and climbed into bed.

Weiss

She laid in bed for what seemed like hours thinking, emotions going all over the place. Ruby likes me? How could she like me? What if I'm not good enough? All of these thoughts and many more swirled through her head like a hurricane. Eventually she calmed down and forced herself to sleep, awaiting the arrival of tomorrow. Tomorrow came and she hurled herself out of bed and got ready at lighting pace, after her shower she looked to find that Ruby had already left her bed and was somewhere. She prodded yang awake just before their alarm went off. "Where's Ruby?" she asked Yang wiped the sleep from her eyes and sat up. "I think she's in the cafeteria, if not check the library." She said getting up and waking Blake.

She hurried off to the cafeteria, when she got there Ruby was at a table in the back doing some homework or studying while she ate. She made her way over to her and sat down beside her, Ruby didn't even notice. She picked her hand up and held it tight, Ruby almost jumped out of her seat "Aaaaah!" she yelled drawing the attention of everyone in the cafeteria. "Oh, my, god. Please don't sneak up on me like that again." She said slowly sitting back down, now noticing Weiss was holding her hand. "I was thinking, how about tonight we go get a bite to eat or something?" she asked nervously. Ruby realized what she was asking and gave her a kiss, it was brief but spectacular. "I'll take that as a yes." She said getting up "I'll leave you to your work, see you in class." She said before turning around to head back and grab her stuff for class.

Colin

His alarm went off and he sat upright in an instant pulling his pistol and taking aim at the clock. He sat there stiff as a board for a second before Maria, sat up next to him and slowly lowered his gun. He was covered in cold sweat and had started shaking, "its fine, I'm fine" he said cutting her off as he sat up and started his morning routine. "I know what is and is not fine, you don't fall under the former." She said getting up and giving him a hug as he grabbed his clothes from the closet. "I am an angel and the spirit giving me power has seen some shit, you knew this when you started dating me. This is just a transitional period." He said returning the hug before walking over and undressing for his morning shower.

"I know, I know. But this was worse than when it started, this is something different. I just don't want you getting hurt." She said as he stepped in the shower. He turned it on and waited a moment before responding "This might just be a reaction to the giant mess of shit that we've been through lately." He said through the door. "I know but still…." She trailed off thinking about when he had met with God about his journey through hell. He had repeatedly assured her that anything he may experience in his dreams is just a side effect and will wear off. She knew he was God, the God, all knowing, all powerful, but something just didn't seem right. She set herself on the task of getting breakfast ready as it was her turn, but she still couldn't shake the feeling something dark and mysterious was going on.

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