It was five seconds into Weiss' confident stride that she didn't know where she was striding to. In her time with Ruby, their schedules had never really come up other than to plan for their project and they generally did that during the latter half of their lunch period. The other girl was probably in class and here she was planning to walk up to her and sweep her off her feet. Weiss deflated slightly but was determined not to let such a small setback become an obstacle.
She decided that she would check some of the more obvious places that Ruby may be hanging around, places like the cafeteria, library and such, before she gave up and just waited until the next time she saw her in a class to ask about her break schedule. Weiss turned and headed back down the corridor, the library was closer so it would be easier to check there first.
She opened the door to a room filled with whispers, the only level of speech allowed in the room if you didn't want to be kicked out. She scanned up and down the various lines of computers, a few of which were in use though none by Ruby, before she walked through the room toward the back quarter where the library portion of the "library" was.
She entered the book filled area and looked toward the various seats available and the sound of the rest of the room muffled. The area was almost completely empty, and Weiss would have believed it to be completely abandoned if not for the one person sitting in a beanbag with their face hidden behind a book. Weiss coughed casually, loud enough to catch the person's attention and quickly looked away toward the shelf in case she was caught staring.
"Weiss?" a recognisable voice whispered, though it was more a stage whisper as the girl who spoke was generally a rather loud person.
Weiss was ecstatic that her luck had been good for once in her life and turned to see the face of the girl she had come seeking, silver eyes twinkling at her in curiosity.
"Hello Ruby." She spoke calmly though her heart was racing at the idea that now that she had found the girl she had to actually do what she had came here intending to.
The partially red haired girl put a finger to her lips and gave a rather exaggerated shushing sound that made Weiss smile slightly, amused by the childishness of the gesture and how cute it made the other girl seem.
Ruby shifted herself over in the rather large beanbag and patted the spot next to her with a grin. Weiss, not willing to sacrifice the chance to be so close to her crush even if she was already ridiculously nervous about the situation, squished herself into the warm indentation next to the girl who turned to her with a slightly scrunched expression that Weiss would assume was questioning.
"You have a free period now?" She asked the girl who now sat beside her looking strangely nervous, not facially of course as Weiss had clearly perfected the calm facial facade. No, she was playing with a silver ring on her finger which was a tic she had witnessed in the other girl on a few other occasions whenever Ruby had asked anything family related.
Weiss nodded in answer to the question, trying to calm her heart even though she was currently pressed so close to the object of her affections, she could feel the soft skin pressed against her and had to suppress a shiver as she focused on the contact. She was brought immediately out of this state she felt her hand be grabbed, though she was halfway across the library before she actually realised what was going on and they were out in the hallway before she managed to snap out of her stupor fully and turn to question the now stopped Ruby.
"What are you doing?" she asked the girl who was grinning widely at her.
"I was dying of boredom in there," she sighed dramatically, "I've had this free period for like a year, now I finally have someone to share it with!" She returned to her previous grin and grabbed Weiss in a quick hug that made her flood with a warm feeling that left all too quickly when the red haired girl detached.
"Uh, sorry, you weren't in there for anything important, were you?" Ruby continued, biting her lip worriedly, distracting Weiss who just shook her head absently while trying to avoid staring obviously. It was no good of course as everything the girl did seemed to distract her. She shook herself again, something she had been doing far too often since she met Ruby, and decided that now was the time to push forward with what she had come here to do.
"Actually, I was looking for you." Weiss said, looking over to see Ruby's surprised expression in reaction to her words.
"Why? Not that I don't wanna hang out with you but, like, don't you have tons of other friends?" Ruby asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Not really. Pyrrha, Ren and Nora are all in class" Weiss replied casually.
"What about Cardin, or um that other guy with the blue hair?" The red haired girl asked, with a slight frown on her face. Weiss laughed shortly in reply causing Ruby to look at her in confusion
"They're not exactly friends," she answered, "My father tried to set me up with Cardin once, our fathers are friends, and Neptune is just some guy who kinda hangs around and makes bad attempts at flirting." She rolled her eyes and let out a small sigh.
"Huh. So you're not dating the blue hair guy? 'Cuz there are all sorts of rumours going around about that?" Ruby asked, tilting her head. Weiss decided that now would be a good opportunity to try and turn the tables a little and see if she could find out her crush's preferences before possibly embarrassing herself. First though, they should go somewhere more private, she didn't exactly like the idea of asking the girl personal questions in the middle of a hallway.
Weiss grabbed the girl's hand and began dragging her towards a generally unused room where she often met with her friends. Ruby gave a squeak at the sudden contact but otherwise gave no resistance to their sudden relocation.
She dragged the girl into the room and closed the door behind her before sitting down at a desk and nodding toward the seat next to it. Ruby took the hint and sat down before turning to Weiss with a quick nervous smile.
"Sorry, I don't really like talking about this kind of stuff in public, It's how those kinds of rumours start," Ruby nodded at this, Weiss continued," Like I already said, I'm not dating Neptune no matter how much he wishes I was. He's not my type." Weiss looked into the silver eyes across from her at this.
"Then what is your type?" Ruby asked innocently. Weiss decided now would be a good time to turn the tables.
"We've spent all this time talking about me, what about you?" Weiss asked with a playful smirk, trying to get Ruby off balance.
"Wha?" Ruby replied, clearly taken off guard by the sudden turn the conversation had taken.
"What's your type?" Weiss said teasingly, leaning closer to the girl grinning playfully. Ruby blushed slightly which was a triumph in Weiss' mind.
"Well, y'know, uh smart? And ... stuff." Ruby replied with her head down.
"Really? What kind of stuff?" Weiss said, placing a hand on the other girl's leg and enjoying the reactions she was getting. As stated earlier she had been accidentally flirting with the girl in classes, but it seemed that something was different this time as usually Ruby was able to keep up with the playful banter and teasing touches but now it seemed to be embarrassing the girl.
The enjoyment of the embarrassment changed to slight panic however when Ruby tried to push the hand from her leg and seemed to be making herself smaller. Weiss suddenly realised she was making the girl actually uncomfortable and pulled her hand away as if it had scorched her.
"I'm sorry Ruby," she spoke softly," I didn't realise I was making you uncomfortable, I can leave you alone if you want." Her tone held a hint of sadness as she realised that by accidentally going a little too far, she may have ruined her chances.
"No, s'fine I'm just being stupid," She looked up and gave Weiss a small smile. This led to a short period of silence where neither said anything.
Weiss was panicking, there didn't seem to be any way to go into her original plan from here. She had a choice to make as she clearly wasn't going to get any more out of the girl after making her uncomfortable like that. She could either spend the time and effort to try and figure out the girl's sexuality definitively, or she could just go for it based on the hints she already had.
Normally Weiss was the type to plan ahead, she was organised and thought through the consequences of any action she could take. This time however, she didn't have all the information needed to predict Ruby's reaction to being asked out by a girl. What she did know was that the courage she had spent time gathering at the lockers was fading fast and she didn't know if she would ever have this chance again. She knew that there was really only one option, it was nice to think there were more but there was no turning back now.
What was it she had told herself earlier? She couldn't let fears hold her back from something potentially great. She would of course still take precautions, but she was done being held down by other people's expectations when they really had no business in her private life. With a deep breath she soldiered forward.
"Ruby," She spoke causing the girl to look up once more, "You asked me earlier what my type was?" The girl nodded in response. Weiss readied herself to say the words that could potentially change everything, to take a chance on this girl sitting in front of her that had been on her mind for weeks now. She gathered her well of courage, looked Ruby directly in the eye, and spoke.
"Ruby, I find you incredibly attractive and I greatly enjoy the time I spend with you. As such, I was wondering, would you consider going on a date with me?"