Unspoken Love

Chapter 5

Did I Sign-up For This?

Note: Finally, another part has finally come out after that sucky intermission. Once again, I apologize for that mishap. I'm pretty sure nothing like that will happen again, but if it does, I'll be sure to let you guys know ahead of time. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the long awaited new chapter.

The next day of school just finished and Weiss walked up to Ruby who was still packing her things. Her face was kind of sad and she didn't say anything to Weiss, even though she saw her waiting for her.

"Hey Ruby, are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine, I just have to work today at the library. Sorry."

"Why are you saying sorry? I can just wait for you."

"I don't want you to do that. You do that all the time. Just go home and get some rest or something. You work yourself too hard." She smiled. "I'll be fine. Anyway, I gotta go. Bye."

"Okay." She waved with sadness as Ruby made her way out of the classroom. She sighed as an arm wrapped around her neck.

"It's a shame, isn't it?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You don't get to walk home with the person you're so madly I love with. I truly feel for you."

"Shut up! I don't need this from you." Cinder raised her hands in the air and closed her eyes.

"Hey, you're the one who wanted this. I'm just pointing you in the right direction." Weiss sighed again.

"What do you want?" Cinder pointed right at Weiss as if she was guilty of murder.

"We are holding a study session at your house… today."

"Huh?" Before she knew it, Cinder and Neo were already there. The three of them were crowding the table she brought out in the middle of her room. As the two of them were discussing, Weiss was sitting there with no words, nothing useful to say in her current situation. She couldn't do anything so she just sat there.

"Alright. So how are we gonna get Ruby to be with our little damsel in distress?"

"I am not! Don't call other people unnecessary names."

"Hey, you need to put as much effort into this as we are. You're the one who wants to be with her."

"Effort?! I've haven't seen you two do anything useful for this so-called cause."

"Haha, that's quite the contrary. We do have things planned, but they haven't been put into effect yet. Sometimes, things require patience."

"So why are you rushing me?"

"Because. You're the pursuer. You must be relentless, constantly on your toes until you finally accomplish your goal. Alright?" Weiss sighed and slammed her chin against the table as a small knock came from her door. The door slid open and an older looking woman was kneeling at the door.

"Excuse me, I just that you and your friends might want some snacks to help get you through the day."

"Ah, are you her mother?"

"Huh?" Weiss was nearly offended.

"Haha, no. I'm their caretaker. However, it does feel like I'm her mother. I took care of her ever since she was a little girl. I played with her, I fed her, bathed; everything a normal mother would. She's pretty much my little girl too," she said with a smile.

"What?! You've only been here for three years."

"I know, and those things I said were completely true." From the side, Cinder and Neo were snickering to themselves.

"Don't laugh!"

"Ooo, what's this?" Weiss say Neo crawling towards her picture with her and Ruby and immediately blew up.

"Get away from that!" Neo stared at it with a blank look and then whispered to herself.

"Mustache."

"Aaahhhhh! No you don't!" Weiss tackled her to the ground and did everything she could to prevent her from messing with that picture. However, Neo was relentless. She continued to struggle and make her way closer to that picture, but Weiss was on the defensive. Meanwhile, Cinder was eating some of the snacks that her caretaker left for them.

"Wow, these are really good."

"Are you kidding me right now? Shouldn't you be helping me with this thing?" She pointed at Neo who was still trying to get to the picture. Cinder looked at her with little concern.

"I trust that you can handle her. I know when I need to get involved." And with that, she continued to eat the snacks on her own. It was only until a few seconds later when Weiss lost her cool and demanded they leave her house. Neo immediately stopped fighting and grabbed her things. Without saying another thing, the two of them left her house with nothing more than a smug little grin on their faces. Weiss let out a deep breath as she closed the door and returned to her normally-peaceful house.

Weiss walked back to her room and fell onto the floor, while groaning out loud in frustration. She looked at the ceiling for a few seconds before she threw her arm over her eyes. If they're trying to help me, why does it seem like they're doing such a horrible job? I don't see how any of what has happened has helped me. I kind of get the feeling that they are just using me. But then again, I don't see why. For the rest of the night, Weiss continued to think about her little predicament and tried to figure what exactly was going on.

The next day came around and school ended as it always did. However, Weiss had archery club to go to so she couldn't spend any time with Ruby. They said goodbye to each other and went their separate ways. Right as Weiss disappeared from view, Cinder and Neo popped up behind Ruby.

"Hey Ruby, would you mind if we had a little study session at your house?"

"Sure, what about Weiss?"

"Ah, she has club activities today. That, and she doesn't want us at her house, for some reason. We didn't even do anything."

"Okay, you wanna head over right now?"

"Sure, sounds great." The three of them packed their things and headed off to Ruby's house. It didn't take long for them to get there, but when they did, Cinder and Neo were immediately shocked. The apartment complex was small and crammed. When they entered her room, the whole place was filled with books. Literally, there were books everywhere.

"Sorry about the mess. My older sister is kind of a bookworm. She doesn't have nearly enough room for all of her books so she just keeps them around the house. I don't know, it kind of makes the place feel a lot more homey." The three of them made it into her apartment and the whole place was small. The kitchen and living room were pretty much one room. There was only one bedroom which through Cinder and Neo off-guard.

"So you share this place with your sister?"

"Yeah, sorry if it feels too small. We can't really afford any other place right now."

"No, it's totally fine. I kind of like it." Cinder dropped her bag on the floor and sat down at the table in the center of the room.

"So what does your sister do?"

"She's a writer. She's actually working on something right now."

"Really? What's her name?"

"Don't worry about it. She only has like 2 or 3 books out there right now. I'm not aware of many people who reads her works. She does this because she loves it."

Buzz. Buzz. Ruby's phone started to go off as she was getting a call. She stepped into the bedroom and took the call. It was from her sister. She was wondering what she was doing and if she wanted her to pick up some dinner on the way back home. Ruby told her only if it was convenient for her. After that, her sister told her that she would be back home soon. They said goodbye and hung up the phone. She walked back into the living room and a knock came from the front door.

"Is that your sister?"

"I don't think so." She walked to the door and opened it to see Weiss with her archery stuff in hand.

"Hey Ruby, sorry I'm so late. Archery club had a really long meeting after practice."

"It's alright. Cinder and Neo are already here," she said with a smile.

"Eh?" Weiss leaned over and peeped inside her apartment to see Cinder and Neo at the table, waving at her. "What are they doing here," she whispered to Ruby.

"What? They wanted to have a little study session at my house since you weren't available."

"Oh Ruby."

"Come on in." Weiss hesitantly walked into her apartment and entered the living room where Cinder and Neo were waiting for her with a smug little grin.

"How were club activities?"

"They were alright. Why are you here?"

"What? We can't hang out at our best friend's house for no reason." Weiss sharpened her eyes and gave Cinder a dirty look. Meanwhile, Neo was looking at Weiss with an even dirtier look.

"Hey, how about I prepare us something to eat?" Ruby walked into her room for some reason right after she suggested that. Weiss was kind of curious as to why she would suggest something like that and then immediately retreat to her room. She stared at the door without saying a word.

"What are you thinking about?" Neo's face had the biggest grin on her face.

"You don't need to know. Stop trying to look inside other people's heads. That's totally rude." A few seconds later, Ruby walked out in a maid's outfit and Weiss nearly died of a nosebleed. She was incredibly cute in that outfit and could barely contain it to herself. She walked to the kitchen part of the room and started to prepare some food to snack on.

As Weiss watched her prepare the food, she couldn't help but want to walk up behind her and help her out. She would wrap her arms around her waist and hold her hands. They would smile and kiss and things would be all good and merry. But then, she remembered that she can't cook. She had no knowledge of the arts and thought that it would only cause more troubles. She sighed and looked down.

"You're thinking about dirty things again, aren't you?"

"Can it, pipsqueak!" suddenly, the door lock started to sound and the front door opened. Everyone leaned over and checked the hallway when they say someone walk in. when they finally made it into the living room, they saw a tall, beautiful blond standing before them.

"Hey Ruby, I see your friends are over."

"Yeah, sorry about not telling you." Weiss quickly jumped to her feet and bowed to her.

"I am so sorry for barging in on such short notice."

"Ah, don't worry about it Weiss. You're like family to us. No need to be so formal."

"Who are you?" Cinder chopped at Neo's head.

"Hey, that's rude."

"Ow."

"Would you happen to be Ruby's sister?"

"Yes I am. Sorry for not introducing myself. I'm Yang."

"Not to be rude or anything, but you don't really like alike."

"Yeah, we get that a lot. Trust me. We're sisters."

"Okay, the food's ready. I hope you're all… Ahhh!" Out of nowhere, Ruby slipped and fell to the floor, causing the food to splatter all over the walls. The three of them watched as the walls were plastered with food. They sat their speechless.

"Oh Ruby, you're always so careless."

"Sorry."

"It's okay. Thankfully, I brought home extras on the way back. Let's eat!" She pulled out the food from her bag and everyone started to dig in. as they were eating, Cinder leaned over to Neo and whispered to her.

"Even though they don't look alike, they definitely act the same." Neo nodded her head. After they all finished eating, they saw that the night was late and decided to head out. They thanked Yang for the meal and headed home. From their apartment, they watched the three of them make their way back home.

"Those were some interesting friends you got there."

"Yeah I know. It just sort of happened."

"Nice."

"So how's your story coming?"

"Eh, can't complain. I did see someone buy one of my stories today. That kind of brought a little warmth to my heart."

"Wow, that's good. At least you know that there's someone local you reads your works."

"Yeah." She looked inside the apartment. "We should probably clean all that up."

"Yeah, you're right. Sorry about that."

"Ruby, stop worrying about it. It was just an accident." They walked inside and started to clean the mess that Ruby left behind.

End of Chapter 5

Ending Note: This story will resume on its normal schedule. Once again, I'm sorry about the delay, but I hope you guys enjoyed this update. Stay tuned for more updates real soon.