Unspoken Love

Chapter 10

All for This

Neo, Ruby, and Penny stepped onto the beach. The sun was beating down on them as they looked out into the vast ocean and the sea of people. Their faces were completely blank as they said nothing to each other. They didn't turn their heads, they kept looking forwards as if they all saw a ghost.

"We survived. I still can't believe it." Neo and Penny had the same reaction and they were only able to give her their agreement. Back in the parking lot, their car was completely destroyed. The front end was completely crushed in as smoke slowly rose to the sky. After a few more seconds, Cinder walked onto the beach with a huge smile on her face.

"Alright, that was my first time driving and we were able to make it to the beach. Let us commence the start of our Summer Camp." The other three were still a little shaken up. They couldn't believe that she was calm after something so life-threatening.

…

Back home, Weiss was at Blake's house. The two of them were completing the final touches of their doujinshi. Most of their pages were complete, but they still had a little but more to print. As the pages started to fill the room, Blake asked Weiss to put on gloves so nothing would ruin their pages. Weiss waited in Blake's room as Blake was bringing the pages up from her copy machine downstairs.

When everything was in and accounted for, the two of them started to fold them and organize them into books. As they did, Weiss was busy thinking about other things. She was wondering how Ruby was doing at the beach. She was so sad that she couldn't spend time with her, but after what she did to Blake, this was the least she could do.

However, Ruby was constantly lingering in her head. She had daydreams of walking with her along the beach, playing with her in the water, and chasing her around all day. Then suddenly, another image came to her head. It was Ruby in the waiting for her when her bikini suddenly ripped and fell into the water. On the inside, she was screaming her head off. Something so wonderful was happening without her. On the outside, she was starting to drool as she though more and more about that thought. This started to affect her efficiency which made her stop and ask if she was alright. Luckily, Weiss was able to snap out of it and quickly got back to work.

The two of them worked completely through the day, making sure everything was in place. Unfortunately, when Blake was checking on her copies, she noticed that one of their words was completely wrong. She froze in shock and told Weiss the bad news. Weiss also stopped her progress. She couldn't believe it. They were nearly done and now they find a mistake.

"Hey Weiss, it's alright. It's just one mistake and it's our first one. This kind of thing happens all the time." Weiss didn't respond. She was moping to herself. Blake was so passionate about this yet she was willing to accept this small mistake. She slammed her hand on the table and stood up.

"I can't accept this. We've hard for this and we can't have such a small mistake." She looked at the clock and saw that they still had time left in the day. She clenched her fist and closed her eyes. Weiss, please wait for me. She went to the computer, changed the mistake, and ran downstairs to the copy machine. As the two of them were waiting patiently, Blake mother came into the room and saw that they were a little on edge.

"Hi girls, how are things doing?"

"We are fine," Weiss said with urgency. She continued to stare at the copy machine until the unthinkable happened. A small beep came from the machine and the paper stopped coming out of it.

"Oh dear, it appears we're out of toner." Weiss was starting to get desperate. She grabbed one of the copies, grabbed Blake's hand, and ran out of their house. They ran through town and looked for an available copy machine. They went to numerous places and they all had copy machines. Unfortunately, there was always something wrong with them. One had a paper jam, the other wasn't even working; Weiss and Blake were running out of time, but they continued to find a place to solve their problems.

After an hour, they finally found one that worked and no one was waiting for it. As they waited for the copies to be made, the two of them were blowing out a gut as they were both relieved and exhausted after finally finding an available working copy machine.

Once the copies were made, they grabbed the rest and ran home. When they got back, they didn't stop and ran up the stairs. However, when Weiss made up to the top of the stairs, her foot was unable to clear the last step and she tripped into her room. As she fell to the ground, it felt as if time slowed for her. She saw that her head was flying right towards her chair. She quickly looked to the left and saw her bed, completely open. She thought that if she were to redirect her body, she could save the copies. She slapped her hand against the floor and kicked towards her bed. Incredibly, she was able to do it and she saved the copies. While this happened, Blake was holding her breath. That little stunt nearly killed her, but now that things were clam, she dropped the copies on the ground and plopped to the floor.

When this happened, a couple of the copies fell out of the stack, but they were too tired to care about. They laid on the ground for a few seconds when her mother came into the room with a tray of drinks.

"Evening ladies, I thought you guys would be thirsty so I…" She stepped on one of the copies and slipped on it. The two of them watched her as she crashed into the ground. They also saw that the drinks were falling to the ground. The droplets slowly made their way to the ground until it was spilled over their copies.

Weiss and Blake were completely in shock. They just got back with the copies and there were already ruined. On the other hand, Blake's mother was demoralized. She stuck up her hands and was trying to hold in the tears.

"Oh my… I'm so sorry. I didn't… I didn't mean to." Blake immediately stood up.

"Get out! I told you that we didn't need anything! Why can't you listen to me?!" Her mother was starting to cry."

"Blake, I'm so sorry honey. Is there anything I can do?"

"No, we don't need your help. We worked so hard and now, everything's ruined. There's no way we can make the deadline now." She dropped onto her knees and covered her eyes as tears fell from her eyes. Weiss looked on the ground and saw that most of the copies were completely ruined. However, she clenched her fists and started to gather up all of the copies. Blake looked up and saw what Weiss was doing. "Weiss, what are you doing?"

"I'm getting all the unspoiled ones. We can still make books from the safe ones. We'll gather the other ones and see if we can make something out of them." Blake couldn't believe Weiss' dedication. She wiped her tears and started to help her out.

"The least I could do is help you girls since I caused this so I'll go get a towel and clean up." Together, they grabbed everything off the ground and did the best they could with the things they had.

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Back at the beach, the four of them quickly left the beach. They returned to the car and saw that a tow truck was taking it away. Cinder was on the phone with her parents as she described the situation to them. As she was talking on the phone, the other three of them were talking to themselves.

"Thank God we survived."

"I know. We actually could have died."

"If we did, I would have wanted to die in Cinder's arms." Ruby and Penny looked at with a concerned look.

"I think you're priorities are a little mixed up." After a few minutes, Cinder got off the phone and told them that they had to get home. Even though they were all a little sad about what happened, Ruby was a little different. She was thankful that they were safe and that she was getting to go home early. The four of them headed to the train station and got on the next train back home.

As they rode home, Penny eventually fell asleep and leaned against Ruby. Right across the seat, Neo fell asleep and fell onto Cinder's lap which left Ruby and Cinder to talk amongst themselves.

"Hey Ruby, I'm sorry that this break didn't go as planned."

"It's okay. Things happen, but I'm just glad that we are all safe. As long as we can laugh about it later, it was all worth it."

"Anyway, I think Weiss will be really glad that you're coming home. She'll get to see you sooner than expected." Ruby smiled and looked out the window. The night sky finally arrived and the moon shined bright over everything.

The next day came around and it was the day of the Yuri Event. Even though they were kind of tired, Cinder, Neo, and Penny attended the event. The place was huge and there was so much going on. Surprisingly, the whole place was filled with girls. As they walked through the event, Neo talked about how that place would have been perfect for Ruby since she had a thing for girls. They walked around and tried to find something that would catch their attention. As they walked through, they looked through the crowd and saw someone who looked a lot like Ruby.

At that table, the girl had on a scarf and sunglasses. She was reading the story that was being offered at that table. Of course, it was Weiss and Blake's table. Unfortunately, the two of them were so tired that they were sleeping. After a few more seconds, Weiss finally opened her eyes and saw that person standing at their table. She panicked and quickly woke up.

"I'm so sorry miss. How may I help you?" She pressed her finger against her lips and lowered her sunglasses. It was Ruby. "Ruby?! What… What are you doing here? Aren't you still supposed to be at the camp?" She whispered something really soft and Weiss was unable to hear her. "Wait, what? What did you say?" Ruby leaned in and whispered it into Weiss' ears.

"I came home because I wanted to see you."

End of Chapter 9