Unspoken Love

Chapter 7

That Other Classmate

Another day came around and their classes were finally over. Everyone quickly packed up and headed off to their club activities while Weiss and Penny made their way over to Ruby's desk. Like always, Penny was digging through her bag, wondering what kind of snacks she packed with her for the day. As this happened, they were talking about what they wanted to do for lunch when Cinder and Neo stood up and walked by them.

"Hey Weiss, we're gonna meet up at your house today, okay?" Weiss immediately slouched over at that comment.

"We'll meet you out in the front when school's over s don't be late." They waved goodbye and left the room. Weiss turned around to face Ruby who was still packing up her things. Suddenly, a small group of girls came up to her and tapped on her shoulder.

"Hey Weiss, we've noticed that you've been getting kind of close with Cinder and Neo. And, we wanted to ask you a question." They looked at each other and started to blush. "Are they going out?" Weiss was speechless. She didn't know how to answer it because she was still a little unclear about their little situation.

"Um, about that, I think…"

"Why don't you just ask them in person yourself?" The small group of girls turned around slowly and saw Cinder and Neo standing right behind them. They jumped a little before asking them their previous question.

"It's more a preference than anything. I honestly don't think gender plays a role in this sort of thing. Why, do you think it does?" The group answered quietly and quickly.

"Yes." Out of nowhere, Cinder wrapped her arms around Neo's waist and brought her in for a kiss. The group of girls started to go crazy and just piled on the questions for them. As this happened, another girl on the other side of the room was listening in on the conversation they were having. She angrily slapped her book on the desk and stood up.

"Are you guys serious? This isn't something you should be discussing in class. Try to keep it to yourself, especially when it has to do with things as sensitive as that." Cinder turned around slowly to see who was talking.

"So do you have a problem with it?" She started to walk towards her in a mysterious fashion. The girl took a step back and clenched her fists.

"If you're trying to intimidate me, that's going to work."

"Haha, that wasn't my plan at all." Suddenly, Cinder leaned into the girl and kissed her right on the lips. Everyone was completely shocked. Cinder was doing the unthinkable completely in sight of everyone who was still in the classroom. The room turned silent as they all watched in awe. Everyone, that is, except for Neo. She pumped her fist with a huge smile on her face.

"That's my Cinder. She does the unthinkable without a care about what other people think. That's why she's all mine." Weiss was so confused with her logic.

"Shouldn't you be pissed about this? She is your girl after all." Then, after a few more seconds, Cinder finally stopped kissing Cinder and was immediately slapped by the girl. She grabbed her book and ran off in tears. Ruby saw her run off and stood up to try and stop her.

"Blake!" However, it was no good. She already made it out the door before Ruby could do anything about it. With everything all packed, they grabbed their things and left the classroom. Before they made it out of the building, Weiss forgot something in her locker so she told Penny and Ruby to go on ahead of her. When she made her way up the stairs, she saw the strangest thing. It was Blake, the girl who got kissed by Cinder, talking to herself.

"Don't worry about this Blake, you are strong. Loveless kisses don't mean anything. Just shake it off. Don't mind her. She means nothing to you."

"Erza-san, you are so smart. How can you constantly give me advice so willingly?"

"Because you need it. I'm more than happy to help my fellow followers." She closed her eyes and smiled. When she reopened them, she saw Weiss watching her with such a confused look. Was she watching the entire time? How much did she see?

"Um, hi Blake."

"Uh, haha. Did you… did you just see that?"

Scratching the back of her neck, "Yes." Blake sighed and sat down on the stairs in sadness. She shoved her hands in her face and remained silent. Weiss decided to sit down beside her, hoping to clear up some of the stuff that happened recently. She looked down and saw the book that Blake was holding.

"So what's that book about?" She slowly raised her head.

"You know this book?"

"Not really, but I try to find some good books to read."

"Well, it's about this super strong girl that has incredible magic power. However, her background prevents her becoming the greatest wizard in the world. Right now, I'm on the part where she's trying to overcome her past and everything about her speaks to me. She's such an inspiration." Blake put the book against her heart.

"So I'm guessing the author is really good."

"Oh, he's amazing. I've read every single piece of his. He's not really known, but he still decides to write new stuff and I'm grateful for him." Weiss looked down and saw the name of the author. It looked familiar to the one that Ruby's sister used as an alias. As she looked more closely at it, it actually was. In her head, she couldn't help but apologize since the person she idolized was actually a girl. "He's so incredible. I bet all of his stories are pure reflections of his actual life. Aahhh, I couldn't imagine getting to meet him in person."

I shouldn't tell her the truth. I really think it would change her opinion of her work.

"So it seems that you're a really big fan of him."

"Oh, just the biggest. I know like everything about him." She then recited one of his lines from his book. Out of nowhere, Weiss recognized it as Yang's piece of work. "Wait, so you know him?"

"Haha, uh, sort of. I haven't read him recently."

"So we share the same interests. Ah, thank God. I finally found someone who can finally understand. I'm sure we'll be good friends." Weiss nodded her head and stood up.

"I think we should get back to class."

"Okay." She stood up and grabbed Weiss' hand. However, when she took another step, she accidently slipped on the stair and took Weiss down with her. As this happened, Ruby was passing by on the lower floors when she heard a soft scream. She made her way up the stairs when she saw Weiss on top of Blake.

"R-Ruby." Ruby's face was completely in shock. "This is… this isn't what it looks like." Without waiting another second, she stormed off without another word. "Ruby, wait! I'm so sorry Blake. I have to go." She got up and chased after her.

After a few seconds, Ruby stopped running and walked silently down the halls. Weiss caught up to her quickly and grabbed her hand which made her stop in her tracks.

"Ruby, please, it wasn't what it looked like." She turned around slowly with her eyes closed and a smile on her face.

"No, I understand. You just tripped and fell on her by accident."

"Yeah, that's exactly it. Huh?" She looked at Ruby and saw tears falling from her eyes. Did I just make Ruby cry?

"What? Why am I crying?"

"Ruby?" Suddenly, the same group of girls from before came chasing after her.

"Weiss, you need to get back to the classroom. The two of them are arguing now and it's getting pretty heated. You're the class president so you need to do something." They pulled her arm towards the classroom.

"Wait, now's not a good time." They didn't listen to her. They continued to pull her towards the classroom. As they did, she looked back at Ruby who still a little sad. She couldn't believe that she actually made Ruby cry. When they got to the classroom, she was disappointed to see that they were arguing about what they should call Cinder since she was older than all of them. She completely disregarded the argument.

Finally, the five of them headed to Weiss' house. As they did, Ruby kept herself in the back of the group. Weiss occasionally looked back to see Ruby looking down with such a sad face. She couldn't let this feeling continue, but she didn't know how to approach this situation with care. Why was she crying? Was it truly because of me? After a few minutes, the group made it to Weiss' house where they were invited in with open arms by her caretaker. However, things were too happy when they crowded around the table.

"Alright, so what should we start off with?" Cinder looked across the table to see Ruby and Weiss completely avoiding eye contact with each other. Cinder leaned over to Neo and asked her if something happened between the two. Unfortunately, Neo shrugged her shoulders since she didn't know either.

Out of nowhere, Weiss slammed her head on the table multiple times, still thinking about why Ruby was crying and wondering if it was her fault for that to happen. Cinder still wanted to ask what happened, but knew that it would be worthless to ask. However, she still came up with an idea when he caretaker came into her room and dropped off some drinks.

"Hey Ruby, Weiss." The two of them finally looked up and Cinder splashed them with the drinks. "Sorry, my hands slipped." Weiss leaned towards her, full of anger.

"What the hell is you problem? Just because you're older than…"

"I had to clear the air because I thought the two of you needed some time to talk." Weiss looked back at Ruby who was finally smiling. She turned back to Cinder and smiled.

"Thank you. Hey Ruby, I think we should clean these off. I'll take you to the laundry room."

"Okay." The two of them stood up and headed off to clean their clothes. When they got to the laundry, they took off their school vest and washed it manually.

"Sorry about that. I didn't know she was going to do that."

"It's alright. I was meaning to wash these anyway."

"Oh yeah, sorry, but our dryer isn't working."

"It's alright. Since it's sunny, we can just leave them out somewhere."

"Alright." Suddenly, Weiss started to scrub the clothes as hard as she could while still thinking about why she was crying.

"Wait Weiss, you can't do that. You're gonna tear the clothes if you keep going like that." Ruby nudged her out of the way and started to wash it herself. "You just can't seem to do all of the simple things. You're smart and athletic, yet you can't wash clothes. It's almost as if you're a boy." Just like that, Ruby had a thought. "That's why I cried. I saw you tackling Blake to the ground as an act of a guy tackling her to the ground. Well, I'm just glad that it's all over now." Weiss, on the other hand was completely speechless. A violent man? She couldn't help but chuckle to herself. "You wouldn't do something like that, would you?" Weiss looked at her with such passion. She was going to answer her until Penny came barging in.

"Aaawwww! I spilled it too." As quick as possible, they stopped looking at each other and turned separate ways. Penny walked over to Ruby and she started to wipe down Penny's uniform.

For a second there, it seemed as if Ruby was waiting for me to say it. But then again, maybe she wasn't. Anyway, I can still hope that, somewhere buried in Ruby's heart, she harbors feelings for me.

End of Chapter 7