Fall into the Sky
The air in the elevator was rife with tension, thick enough to cut with a knife if one had the mind to. All the while Weiss gave Ruby a cold stare. Her cold and calculating cerulean eyes piercing the younger girl who sat just a few feet away from her looking sheepish and more than a little bit uncomfortable.
Ruby squirmed underneath the almost accusatory glare that the older girl was giving her, she guessed that the white haired girl was trying to figure out a way that she could blame this incident on her as well. Ruby resolved that she wasn't going to take it lying down this time and in an effort to breech the wall of ice that Weiss had erected between them, she began to speak in a small timid voice.
"So…come here often?"
Her icy counterpart seemed to stiffen at her words. Making a visible effort to bite down on her lip in an attempt to keep herself from snapping at the redheaded girl. Weiss made an admirable attempt however after only a few moments she let out a annoyed sigh of frustration.
"Very funny Ruby." Weiss said in a tone full of sarcastic venom as she gave a look of disapproval to Ruby. Anger clearly bubbling just beneath her surface. Ruby rolled her eyes, unmoved by the show of authority, her temper spiking slightly as she broke eye contact with the other girl, rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment as she muttered.
"Just trying to lighten up the mood Weiss, Jesus."
"Excuse me?"
Shit, I was hoping she hadn't heard me. Thought Ruby as she winced at the icy venom in Weiss's tone. When she turned to meet the white-haired girl's eyes she felt a chill run up her spine. She knew that if she had any hope of coming out of this without completely ruining her chances to become get to know Weiss than she would have to choose her next words very carefully.
"Well, um..you see.. I was just trying to umm know lighten the mood since I don't know if you've noticed but we're currently stuck in this elevator."
Even as the words left her mouth she had to resist the urge to face palm as she realized that she had made a grievous error. In no time at all Weiss was standing over her, ice blue eyes swirling with unbridled rage and more than a fair amount of contempt. Ruby seemed to close in on herself as Weiss began let loose her onslaught.
"Us? Stuck in an elevator? Really? Who would have thought you dolt! I hadn't noticed with the whole, I don't know, inability to leave, but thank you for making it all clear for me. Of course I know we are stuck in an elevator!"
At this point Ruby felt her anger reach its boiling point. Before she could understand just what was going on, she was on her feet and getting in Weiss's face herself as she began screaming in frustrated anger.
"Well excuse me princess for trying to lighten the mood a little!" Weiss was undeterred and shouted back with equal fervor.
"You, acting like an idiot does not in any way help our current situation! And do not all me princess!"
"Well I don't see you doing anything about it either princess!"
"Why do you insist on acting like such a child?!"
"Why do you insist on acting like such a colossal bitch!?"
Ruby regretted the words immediately after they left her mouth. Even she couldn't have missed the flash of hurt that crossed the heiress's face as she turned away to face away from Ruby, a hand covering her mouth. Ruby immediately felt horrible and tried a weak attempt at reconciling with the White haired girl.
"Aw fuck, I'm sorry. Listen Weiss I didn't me-"she began only to be cut off by the other girl's shaky yet commanding voice.
"Ruby, we both know you meant exactly what you said…..and I cannot deny that I have been…far more than a little difficult to live with, if anything it is I who should be apologizing to you."
Ruby stared at Weiss's back for several seconds, dumfounded by the icy girl's admission that it was she who was in the wrong. However even though part of her wanted to just continue on, revel in her victory over Weiss however the dark shadow of guilt and doubt tugged at her heart .
With a heavy sigh she stood and placed a gentle hand upon Weiss's shoulder, turning the older girl around to face her, silver eyes met with glistening blue, another tug. Then slowly and methodically she began to speak, forcing herself to keep eye contact with the teary eyed girl who stood before her.
"Hey…listen….It is not all your fault. I know that I can be…a little much sometimes." Weiss gave her a look which Ruby responded to with a roll of her eyes and a slight push against Weiss's shoulder, laughing as she continued.
"Okay, okay you win. I am a little much most of the time. Anyway my point is that we are both at fault so why don't we just forgive and forget so maybe we can start over?"
As she finished her statement Ruby gave Weiss her best smile and offered her hand.
"What do you say, want to be friends?"
Weiss stared at her for a moment. After a few seconds Ruby's smile faltered and her heart clenched as she began to lower her hand. However it was at that moment that Weiss's own hand shot out and took Ruby's into her own, giving it a light squeeze as she spoke shyly, her cerulean eyes holding Ruby's silver unwaveringly despite the hesitance of her voice.
"I-I would very much like that."
Ruby's smile widen and excitement filled her as she surged forward and enveloped Weiss into her warm embrace. The white haired girl stiffening as she did so yet she didn't pull away. Ruby was surprised to find, much like her hand, that Weiss's body was cool to the touch. Even her clothing felt as though it had been exposed to the cold wind outside for a long period of time. Ruby didn't dwell on this however and instead used the temperature as an excuse to squeeze her new friend harder against her as elation built up in her chest.
A small squeaking sound escaped the white haired girl as she was pressed enthusiastically against her new 'Friends' chest, she silently thanked whatever higher power there might be that Ruby had decided that instead of her usual attire, which consisted of several dozen chains with various pointy edges, Ruby and instead opted for a simple red sweatshirt.
Ruby sighed with relief as she let go of the heiress, glad to have finally gotten through to the ice princess. She proceeded to lean against the nearest wall of the elevator and slid to the floor. As she did so her I-pod slipped out of her pocket and fell to the floor. When the small device connected with the floor it began playing the song that she had previously been listening to, Zedd's "Fall into the sky", at maximum volume.
Weiss cringed when the "Music" came on, covering her ears in distaste as Ruby hurriedly reached for the fallen I-pod. Ruby called out an apology as she fumbled with the power switch. When the music was finally silenced she gave Weiss a sheepish look, rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment as she muttered another apology.
Weiss for her part simple rolled her eyes in exasperation as she moved to sit beside the younger girl.
"How on earth can you listen such noise?" Weiss asked, struggling to keep her voice level so she wouldn't snap at the red headed girl. Ruby sighed, it was an argument that she had come up against constantly whenever someone found out about her taste in music and this was far from the first time that Weiss had verbally assaulted her musical preference.
Well if I'm going to get closer to her as a friend I should start here.
Ruby thought as she turned her head to meet Weiss's gaze, intent on defending her musical preference. However the blue orbs held a curious, childlike, luminosity to them that was so incredibly adorable that it caused Ruby to feel a flutter in her chest. The look also caused the silver eyed girl to lose track of what she was going to say as she continued to stare dumbly at the girl seated next to her.
Weiss was quick to notice Ruby's stare and had to fight hard to keep the blush that threatened to overtake her as a result of the attention, unfortunately she was failing miserably.
"R-Ruby?" Weiss said hesitantly, reaching out to give the punk girls shoulder a small shake. Ruby blinked several times, trying to focus but before she could say anything the elevator suddenly lurched forward and began to resume it's decent as the speaker crackled to life.
"Sorry about the wait ladies, we're bringing you down to the main floor now. We advise taking the stairs when you return from your classes while we attempt to fix the issue."
Upon hearing this Weiss immediately stood, dusting herself off as she did so, and gathered her belongings. After staring at her for a couple seconds Ruby followed suit. The doors opened and the after a nod to the two technicians that stood outside the elevator, both girls walked briskly to the entrance of the dorm building.
Ruby reached out and tugged gently at Weiss's sleeve. The white haired girl paused and turned around to face her. Ruby nearly froze up under the impatient glare that Weiss gave her however after several deep breaths she forged ahead all the words tumbling out of her in a nervous mess.
"Hey, um Weiss I wanted to ask if maybe you would like to hang out and study sometime later? …if you want….It is totally cool if you don't want to of course, just thought I'd ask since we're friends now and all…and I'm rambling sorry.
Weiss stared at her for several seconds before her gaze softened and she gave Ruby a small smile and began to speak.
"Sure, I would like that. Perhaps on Friday? After classes get out?"
Ruby nodded enthusiastically at the other girl's words and surged forward to give Weiss another unexpected hug, and just like before Weiss stiffened under her touch until she let go.
"That sounds awesome! Well, gotta get to class, see you later!" and with that Ruby took off in the direction of her class. Weiss started after her for a moment, elation feeling her heart at how suddenly everything had changed for the better. It appeared that Blake and Pyrrha were right, and all she had to do was try to get to know the girl before judging her so harshly. Then with a smile on her lips and warmth in her heart, Weiss Schnee began dashed off in the direction of her first class of the day.
Authors Note: Welcome to another chapter of Love n Stuff! I had a recent flurry of inspiration and was able to put time to get this chapter done much earlier than I expected to. Anyway Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the story! Please leave a review to let us know what you thought and until next time take care and Blessed be.
~Crystal