A/N: Ehrmahgerd. I came back over the weekend to thirty followers. Like, from one chapter? Really? That's just too cool. So I wrote this ASAP, after responding to some of my reviewers who are all super cool people. Become one of them!
They arrived in Vale late. The streets were dark and quiet, which seemed to suit Ruby just fine. The girl had been a hermit for the past three years after all, so it would make sense. Weiss pulled up on the outskirts of town outside her manor.
"Wow. Nice place." Ruby said as they walked up to the door. It was the first thing she had since the forest, five hours ago.
"Oh. Thank you." Weiss said with a smile. She really loved the house, and appreciated any and all compliments on it.
"You must be super rich or something." Ruby said, gazing upwards as they walked in.
"Well, it's technically my families. But, yes, I am. Do you know the Schnee Dust company?"
"Wait. Don't tell me, I actually know this one. You're that Weiss Schnee? The heiress?"
Weiss nodded, still smiling.
Ruby whistled. "Wow, princess. That's pretty cool."
The two walked in, and Ruby gaped at the massive building. Tasteful paintings adorned the walls, expensive, stiff looking furniture decorated the floor, and hallways and staircases lead off in all directions. It was, in a word, huge. And extravagant. And so very... lonely.
"Do you live here by yourself? I mean, it's completely empty. Don't you have like, servants or something?" Ruby commented, buzzing around the entry hall looking at each and every thing in the room.
"I used to, but I'm rarely here. So, I found them other jobs." Weiss said, a touch wistfully. To tell the truth, half the reason she stayed in the office so much was to avoid coming home. Nice as it was, the house was just as Ruby had described it. Empty.
Ruby bounced back, still trying to look in every direction at once.
"So, where do I sleep?" Ruby asked. "I mean, if you don't mind. Though if its a problem I can always get Yang to send me money for a hotel."
Weiss hadn't really thought about it. "It's fine I suppose." She said, somewhat grudgingly. "I'll show you to the suites."
"Suites..." Ruby muttered as Weiss lead her up a huge, spiraling staircase. "Geez."
They arrived on the third floor. "There's three to pick from. The fourth one is mine though." Weiss said, indicating one of the doors.
"Can I see it?" Ruby asked.
Weiss was reluctant, but supposed it was okay. "If you want." She said, opening the door.
Her room was white, with a pale blue wallpaper decorated in snowflakes. Pictures of a forest in each of the four seasons decorated the walls. The furniture was done to match the room, all white and icy blue. There was a bathroom on one side, and a large walk in closet, and a sitting room. The bed was the weird bit though. It was a bunk bed. A tasteful, elegant, expensive looking bunk bed, but a bunk bed nonetheless. Weiss got a little embarassed blush when she saw Ruby staring at it.
"Why do you have a bunk bed?" Ruby asked curiously.
"That's umm... a long story?" Weiss tried hopefully.
"I got time!" Ruby said, plopping down in a big, cozy white armchair.
Weiss sighed. "I just wanted them as a kid. My parents never really let me near other children, and I was an only child already. So... at least with that I could pretend there was someone there, even if there never was." She shrugged, blushing furiously. "I-it's..."
Abruptly, Ruby stood up and walked over to the bunkbed. "Well, then, lets fix that!" She said, climbing in the top bunk. "I'll sleep here!" She gave Weiss a comforting smile. "You must have been a really lonely kid."
Weiss sat down on the bottom bunk, feeling suddenly worn out. "I suppose."
Ruby yawned from somewhere on the top bunk, a cute, high pitched noise. "Mind if I just go to bed?" She said, all of a sudden sounding drowsy. "Besides, we have a bunch of stuff to do in the morning."
Weiss looked at the clock on the wall. It was already eleven PM. "That seems like a good idea." Weiss said.
"Cool." There was another yawn. "Goodnight Weiss..."
It was the first time Weiss had heard Ruby say her name. She liked the way it sounded, hearing someone else say her name. Not 'Miss Schnee' or 'Huntress', but just Weiss. Suddenly, she realized is was the closest she had ever come to having a friend coming over.
Maybe even the closest she had to a friend.
Weiss quickly closed her eyes and went to sleep, mostly just to get out of her head for a while.
A/N: Tell me who's the loneliest of all...