AN: Sorry for taking so long, I was busy with college and exams. Now I'm done and plan to do as much writing as possible, so expect the next chapter a bit sooner. Also, I don't own RWBY etc.
Weiss unconsciously played with the simple silver ring on her right hand as the room settled into the third minute of uncomfortable silence. Ruby had been overcome by a shocked look that hadn't wavered since the question had been asked.
All of Weiss' courage reserves had been thrown into that question, well, less the question and more the fact that she had been forced to ask without any kind of solid information. All Weiss had to support the idea that Ruby might be like her was that she had flirted back, or at least she thought the girl was flirting.
What if she had thought it was just a game? Playful banter rather than an indication of any kind of romantic feeling? Was that why Ruby had been so uncomfortable earlier? Questions just continued to swirl in her head as the silence stretched on for what seemed like forever. Eventually, a soft, shaking voice from the seat across from her shattered the terrible quiet.
"Y-you're not joking are you?" Weiss' head shot up to meet the sight of uncertain silver eyes, causing her heart to leap in her chest. She gave a quick shake of her head and watched, astonished, as the nervous girl in front of her transformed back into the bright, bubbly girl she had become used to.
Ruby was practically vibrating in her seat, her previously uncertain expression replaced with one of utter joy and adoration that made Weiss' stomachs do flips. The red haired girl exploded out of her seat and launched like a heat seeking missile across the aisle and straight into Weiss' lap, her arms wrapping around the older girl's neck in a bone crushing embrace.
"Ack! Ruby!" Weiss shouted, receiving only a giggle in response. She rolled her eyes and gently pushed the girl back until she could see Ruby's face looking down at her with sparkling eyes and a wide grin. The girl settled onto her lap, wriggling herself into a comfortable position where she could still see Weiss' face.
"Why would you think I was joking?" Weiss spoke in an attempt to distract herself from the squirming girl atop her. The question froze the currently squirming girl, who gave an awkward half smile and shifted her eyes sideward.
"Well, y'know," Ruby rubbed her neck, "You're all you and I'm, well, me."
This clearly wasn't enough of an explanation for Weiss who only raised an eyebrow in response. Ruby wrung her hands and attempted to put together a more coherent answer, with a calming breath, she made her second attempt.
"I'm two years younger than everyone else in our year and the only friend I've had in school since I was moved ahead is Blake," her expression shifted into a small, gentle smile, "when you started being so nice and, um, affectionate," she blushed slightly at this, "in class, I thought it might have been on a dare or something. It's why I kinda froze up earlier, I thought I had you figured out and I would just enjoy it while it lasted, but when you got all flirty with me earlier it was in a place where no-one was watching and that threw me off, 'cuz why would you keep going with a dare if nobody would ever know you didn't?"
She finished, averting her eyes down to where she was still wringing her hands. Though her head immediately shot back up in surprise when she heard a light laugh from the girl below her. Weiss gave her a slightly exasperated look.
"I'm sure there was logic in there somewhere, though not of any kind I could understand," she gave the same short laugh once more, it was a mix of actual amusement and a verbal shrug as if to brush off the flustered girl's rambling.
"All that matters is that I like you and you like me, right?" Weiss continued, getting a nod in return, "good, in that case we only have one other issue to resolve."
"What is it?" Ruby asked.
"I'm not exactly," Weiss paused, contemplating her words, "'out of the closet', and I would like to remain 'in the closet' until I turn eighteen and no longer have to rely on my father's resources as his reaction to my coming out is likely to be highly negative."
Throughout this, Ruby's eyes got slowly wider, as if she had just stumbled upon some great secret.
"You're gay!" She exclaimed, throwing her whole body backwards in surprise.
Weiss gave Ruby a flat stare, then looked down at herself before turning back up to the girl on her lap.
"No, really?" She spoke, the words dripping sarcasm. The dark haired girl blushed once more, rubbing the back of her neck as she seemed to do often when nervous.
"Sorry, I guess it never really sunk in 'till now, surprised me is all," She shook her head sharply, whipping her dark hair around her head and leaving it messier than it had been before. Weiss thought it looked adorable, though she refrained from saying so out loud. After all, she already had the girl on her lap, a situation she had not thought would happen so soon, yet she allowed to continue for fear of making things awkward by bringing it up, she would rather refrain from attempting anything more today.
"Anyways," Ruby continued, "I haven't told any of my family about me yet either, so we'll probably have to date secretly somehow..." she paused in thought, eyes narrowed and lower lip firmly captured by her teeth.
It was beginning to irritate Weiss that every facial expression the girl had caused her heart to flutter; honestly, she was going to have burn marks on her finger from twisting her ring so much.
Suddenly, the girl jumped up with a triumphant shout, startling Weiss out of her thoughts and very nearly her seat. Ruby didn't seem to notice as she began rambling exuberantly, so fast that it took Weiss a few second to begin understanding what was being said.
"-'ll have to ask Cindy, she's probably got something in her shop we can use and we can just tell people we're working on that project, wow never thought I would be happy about having taken History, guess it's really paying off for me now though, anyway, back on track, what'dya think of the plan?" The grinning face of the now audibly breathing girl looked down at Weiss as she attempted to make sense of what she just heard, she quickly gave up and decided to just ask.
"Sorry, what was the plan," she paused momentarily before quickly adding with a frown, "and who's Cindy, you said you hadn't told anyone about you?"
"Well technically, I said I hadn't told my family, besides, Cindy figured it out like the second I met her." Ruby stated
"That doesn't tell me what the plan was." Weiss said, mentally filing her questions about this 'Cindy' person away for later.
"Disguises!" The girl shouted, once again bouncing on Weiss' lap and causing her to almost lose concentration again, after all, certain parts of the girl were rather 'bouncy'.
"Disguises?" She spoke, breaking away from the fantasies trying to overtake her
"Yep!" the bouncy girl exclaimed, popping the 'P', "Cindy runs 'Grimm Stylings' the place I get all my clothes at, she sells all kinds of temporary dyes and wigs and stuff. And, since your hair's probably your most noticeable feature, changing it would make you practically invisible! A couple of different styled clothes and maybe a pair of glasses of somethin' and you won't even recognise yourself."
Weiss thought over the idea and quickly came to the conclusion that I was probably the best she was going to get if she wanted to go on a normal first date rather than some kind of secret rooftop picnic or something equally dramatic.
"Fine, then I suppose I shall task you with the preparation of disguises while I make preparations for our date. We should get out of here before someone sees us, free period will be ending soon anyway." Weiss spoke, only just realising how this might have looked if anyone had walked in on them. Their 'secret' relationship would have only remained so for less than half an hour.
Ruby got up and began rummaging through her school bag; Weiss had failed to notice the girl had it with her though it seemed she was now retrieving something important. She pulled two pieces of paper, one with text on and one blank, before taking a pen and beginning to seemingly copy the text onto the blank piece. She picked up the now written on piece, turned and thrust it toward Weiss.
"Here, my timetable, I'll wait in the library during all my free periods and breaks and for an hour after school if you can't make it. If you come by at lunch though, I'll probably be with Blake so just say we need to talk about the project 'kay, 'cuz I haven't told her either." Weiss nodded in response to Ruby's instructions and slipped the paper into her own bag.
"I'll be sure to do so." Weiss replied. Ruby gave her a grin that could power a thousand hearts with the utter joy it emitted.
"Great! I'll be sure to go by Cindy's and get that stuff to bring tomorrow." Ruby seemed to have a very short internal struggle that resulted in her giving Weiss a rather warm hug, "We're gonna have the best date ever." She whispered in Weiss' ear before releasing her and stepping back, Weiss gave a playful scoff.
"Of course it will be, I'm planning it." She spoke in a faux arrogant tone causing Ruby to giggle.
"Seeya later Weiss." Ruby said before proceeding to the door and exiting the room.
"Goodbye Ruby." Weiss spoke to the room, smiling to herself.
She had really done it, she had asked Ruby out and it had gone well. Her heart was only now calming down and she could feel her ring chafing her finger, but she had succeeded in asking out someone, a girl. She had really asked out a girl.
She was only just now realising how much trouble this was going to be, the euphoria had clouded her mind but now she could think clearly. Disguises, secret relationships, meetings in abandoned classrooms. It wasn't exactly shaping up to be the most normal of relationships.
Then again, normal for Weiss Schnee was to do what was expected of her, and she utterly refused to have her future dictated to her for her father's benefit.
Weiss Schnee was going to date Ruby Rose, and she was going to enjoy every second of it.
But first, she had a date to plan, and Weiss planned to make it the best.