Bumbleby Daycare

Summary: Ruby runs away from home.

For five minutes straight there has been a constant ringing noise interrupting my beauty sleep. What is that horrendous noise? I open my eyes slightly and look at my alarm clock to take note of the time, it's only six, there should be half an hour left until the alarm is set to go off. Perhaps the source of the noise is my phone? Blake is the only one who has my phone number and she never calls, but right now that seems to be the only option for the source of the noise.

It must be advertisers calling me about their stupid save the penguins campaign. I should just ignore the ringing and hope it subsides soon.

What was I thinking? I thought those annoying advertisers would give up but they are a persistent bunch, my phone hasn't stopped ringing for the past ten minutes. The heiress of the Schnee Corporation should not have to undergo such torture!

Hesitantly I roll of my bed, stomp over to my phone located on my dresser and grumpily greet the annoying penguin savers.

"Hello?! I don't want to save the stupid penguins!"

"Ice princess, as much as I would love to save the penguins this is not the time for that." I know this voice anywhere; it's the voice of the most irritating person in the world.

"Yang Xiao Long, in ten seconds or less you better tell me a good reason why you have been constantly calling me." Yang had better have a good explanation or else.

"Ten?! Ah, w-wait can we start over, please?" Yang flustered at the sudden time limit fumbles over her words.

"Five, four…"

"Uhm, well you see..."

"One." How should I torture Yang? Ten hours of making her listen to a phone ring might work.

"Ruby ran away from home!"

"Yang, that's not funny."

"It's not a joke, I woke up this morning and Ruby wasn't by my side. After looking around the house for a few minutes I couldn't find her." Yang's voice is full of concern for her younger sister.

"Where are you parents?" they clearly should be looking for Ruby by now.

"They're on a vacation halfway across the world!" talk about laid back parents leaving their kids alone, do they not realize the two of them can burn a whole city down with a few hours? What kind of dumb scenario is this? "Ice princess, do something!"

I could call for a nationwide search for a little girl wearing a red cloak. I do have the connections to do that, doing that may not be a smart idea though. Blake would lecture me for hours if she found out I called for a search like that, so in my best interest I should discard that idea. There is one thing that is bothering me at this moment other than Ruby's disappearance.

"Yang, how did you get my phone number?"

"I took your phone when you weren't looking, does this matter right now?!"

It actually matters a lot you dolt!

"Okay, I'll publically execute you another time. Right now we should find Ruby."

"Wait, you just said execute right? Forget Ruby for a second you're going to execute me?!" Yang panics.

"Please Yang, this isn't the time to panic, I'll find your sister. I'm going to look around for Ruby I will call you back later."

"Don't shrug this off-"I hang up the phone before Yang can finish her complaint.

Great just the way I wanted to spend my Friday morning, looking for a girl who has no sense of direction. I quickly prepare myself and bolt out of my house in pursuit of Ruby. I'm only looking for Ruby because Yang won't stop harassing me if I don't help, it's not like I'm worried for her!

Where would I go if I were Ruby? The answer is simple, nowhere. Ruby can't cross streets by herself even at the age of nine. On top of that Ruby doesn't know her left from her right, when I asked her in which direction west was she pointed south. The only possible place Ruby might get to is the daycare, she's visited countless times already so she should know the way to it.

Within a few minutes I arrive at the daycare. What surprises me is that the lights are on inside and the daycare shouldn't be open until another hour or so. Blake shouldn't be here this early, who in the world would think about breaking into a daycare? I walk to the entrance and turn the door handle, immediately I take notice of the broken door handle.

"W-who's i-in here?!" it's not like I'm scared of a robber of anything!

"Woof!"

"Hyaaa~!" this is it I'm going to get abducted by a… dog? Why is there a dog in the daycare?

"Where are you going, finish your breakfa- ah! Weiss, what are you doing here so early?" Ruby hugs the dog and looks at me confused.

"I should be the one asking you that! Have you been here the entire time?"

"I have, is there something wrong, Weiss?" does Ruby not realize the problem with leaving home without telling anyone?

"There is something wrong, Yang called me early this morning saying you ran away from home. Explain what you are doing here this instant and tell me why this dog is in here!"

"Huh, who ran away from home?" Ruby tilts her head to the side in confusion.

"You did, you dolt!"

"Me? I just followed this dog here it's not like I ran away from home."

"All of this happened because you followed a dog? Do you not realize how worried you made me?!" I pinch Ruby's cheeks punishing her for her idiotic actions.

"Ah! That hurrrts, I'll give you some of my cookies as an apology, I'm sorry!" Ruby manages to apologize despite my harsh punishment. Pleased with Ruby's earnest apology I release her cheeks.

"Don't scare your sister and me like that again."

"You were worried about me?" Ruby says with a slightly flushed face.

"N-no! It's not like I would worry myself over you or something…"

Ruby stops petting the dog and pulls me into a warm hug.

"By the way Ruby, how did you get into the daycare? The door was locked."

"I turned the doorknob and it broke off." Don't say that as though that's normal!

"Ruby, you broke the door with your hands? No never mind I don't want to know."

"Hehe, you're just like the dog, now that I think about it." Did Ruby just compare me to a dog?

"That doesn't make me very happy." I can feel myself frowning.

"When I met the dog he wasn't very friendly but after a while he warmed up to me! Even now he still doesn't like to wag his tail when I scratch him! Sweet and sour just like you, Weiss!"

"Don't call me sweet and sour!" why did I even bother searching for Ruby?

"That remind me I still haven't give the doggy a name, help me choose a name for him." How does sweet and sour remind her of naming a dog?

Besides that, Ruby has come to the right person for figuring out names for animals. I happen to have a unique and refine taste when it comes to naming things.

"We should name him cat." Ruby should clearly be in awe right now at my superior naming skills.

"Weiss please try and put some serious thought into this." Ruby asks of me with a discontent expression on her face.

"I was quite serious on the name, Ruby. You simply don't understand the charm of my unique naming."

"Right… maybe we should hold off the naming for now. I was feeding him before you got here. I think we should let him finish eating." Ruby smiles and pets the dog on the head.

"That's fine but what were you feeding him?"

"Blake's tuna!" Ruby innocently answers before she runs into the kitchen only to come back with a bowl of tuna.

Oh my, Ruby might not live to see tomorrow if Blake finds out.

"Ruby, there you are!" Blake yells out in surprise as she arrives just on time with Yang on her back.

"Woof!" The dog stops eating the tuna and runs at Blake.

Blake drops Yang off her back and runs out of the daycare and down the street without saying a single word. The dog follows Blake out of the daycare and its barks can be heard fading as the two get further away.

"Cat! Come back!" Ruby dramatically stretches her arm out in the direction where the dog ran.

"Ruby." Yang focuses her attention on her little sister.

"Yes!" Ruby turns towards Yang and straightens her back.

Ruby looks terrified at the angry glare her sister is giving her. Ruby looks towards me in hopes of me helping her. Ruby looks adorable when she's scared now that I look closely at her. I-I mean it's not like I want to help her out of this situation.

Yang walks right in front of Ruby and puts her hand on Ruby's head.

"Don't run off like that without telling me. Okay?" Yang has a relieved smile on her face.

"O-okay…" Ruby quietly acknowledges her wrong doings and hugs her older sister.

"Ice princess, t-thanks for finding my sister or something… it's not like I'm thanking you!" No Yang, I'm pretty sure you're thanking me. It's not every day that I see Yang this red.

"Why don't you just thank me earnestly? On top of that why don't you go ahead and call me your majesty?"

"Wha! You-! Th-th-thanks… your ma-ma-maj- ahh! I can't say it! Weiss you fat head! Dummy! Idiot! Ice princess! Blakey, Weiss is teasing me!" Yang runs out of the daycare and heads towards the direction Blake ran off to.

Ruby is laughing with a bright smile on her face.

Ruby has a nice comforting smile, it's something I want to protect and will always love to see.

XXX

A few hours into normal daycare hours and kids are pouring in through the doors and Blake hasn't returned. It's really troublesome having to watch all these kids by myself. Ruby isn't helping either; she's currently sitting in my lap and refuses to move.

"Ruby, why don't you play with the other kids?"

"Don't want to, besides being with you is a lot more fun!" Ruby boldly points out.

"Y-you d-dolt it's not like I enjoy your company but I'll make an exception and let you sit there for a little longer."

"Ehehe, you're cheeks are red, Weiss!"

"I just so happen to be feeling a bit under the weather for your information."

"You're so cute, Weiss!" Ruby wraps her arms around my neck and rubs her soft cheek against mine.

"D-don't say such embarrassing things you dolt." I move Ruby off my lap and head towards the kitchen to start making lunch. Hopefully the kids won't destroy the play room. I peak behind me and see that Ruby is following closely behind me.

I open the fridge and see that the ingredients for simple sandwiches are already arranged. That saves the work of having to think of making something from scratch.

"Ruby, do you want to help me make sandwiches?"

"Yeah!" Ruby happily agrees, she pulls over a chair and stands on it to reach the top of the counter.

I hand Ruby simple ingredients before grabbing some myself and begin preparing the food.

This should have been a simple job, so why is the sink flooded?

Ruby is panicking stuffing pieces of bread in the sink to suck up the water. I can only hold my head in my hands and begin to wonder where we went wrong. Ruby turned on the water to wash her hands and that's when everything went south.

"Call the fire department, Weiss!" is calling the fire department the best choice when dealing with floods?

"Ruby, the pieces of bread aren't helping!" is the bread what caused all this? I should issue a ban on bread being sold in Vale.

"Weiss, I'm back." Blake walks through the door of the kitchen and stares at me. Please don't look at me like that Blake, it hurts you know? "I'm leaving." Blake turns around.

"No, wait! Uhm… It's not as though any of this is my fault! It's not like I want your help in helping me either."

"Good, in that case I'm leaving."

"Wait! H-h-help." Blake knows what I'm trying to say she's just a bully!

The door opens once more and the one who walks through it is Yang.

"Ice princess, are you trying to make a swimming pool?" Yang teases.

"I want to go to a swimming pool!" has Ruby forgotten about the flooding issue at hand?

Blake walks over to the sink and turns it off, and then she reaches her hand in the sink to pull out a chunk of bread that was most likely clogging the sink.

"Care to explain why there is bread in the sink?"

"In my defense the bread wasn't my idea but it seemed like a good idea at the time." Shutting off the water earlier would have been the best idea now that I clearly think about it.

The three girls in front of me to my surprise start to laugh. I don't understand but for some reason I also begin to laugh.

The cleanup was surprisingly quick with the four of us, I wanted to make something as thanks, but Blake decided to ban me from touching anything inside the kitchen. I wonder why that is. After the clean up Blake and Yang took over making the food and I played a few games with Ruby. Blake also found out her tuna was missing and scolded me for not watching out for her precious tuna properly. Within a few minutes the food was done and the kids were served. Everyone is happy the way exactly the way it should be at Bumbleby.

Now the four of us are sitting at our usual table as the other kids play contently with each other.

"Blake, where did Cat go?" Ruby questions Blake. Ruby must be talking about the dog I brilliantly named cat.

"What cat?" Blake begins to ponder.

"You know, Cat."

"The dog's name was, Cat." I interject.

"What an odd name for a dog, who would name their dog, Cat? Anyway the dog ended up with its original owner, who I ran into by chance." Blake explains.

"That's great I had a lot of fun with him!" Ruby smiles widely before adding, "Weiss, do you think we can get a dog when we live together?" Ruby scoots her chair next to me and asks with sparkling eyes.

"L-living t-together? Where did that come from?"

"We aren't moving in together when I get older?"

"No."

"Ehh? Why not?!"

"I don't see why we have to live together."

"Lovers always live together, is it that unusual?"

"We aren't lovers."

"We aren't?!" why is that surprising to Ruby?

"Yes, we don't have that kind of relationship."

"So you don't love me?" Ruby begins to frown.

"Ah, I didn't say that! It's not like I love you either! Don't get the wrong idea! Humph! It's not like I dislike you or I like you or something like that." Why am I making such a fool out of myself?

"In that case, I'll wait until you sort out your own feelings, Weiss." Ruby sends me a reassuring smile towards me.

"It's not like I have feelings for you!" I can feel my own face getting hotter by the second, why is this happening to me?

"You'll find your feelings for me soon!"

"I won't!"

I look over to Yang who is squealing like a little girl and covering her mouth with her hands. Blake is trying to act as though she didn't hear the conversation but I can see her peaking at me from the corner of her eye.

"If you marry my sister than that means we're going to be sisters!" Yang happily claps her hands together in excitement. This is nothing to get excited about! I'm also never going to marry Ruby! "Hey Weiss, can I call you big sister?!" Why is she so happy about this?!

"N-no, of course not!"

"Ah, I got it, you want to be called big sis. I like the sound of that better too!"

"No, don't call me any variation of sister in general, you dolt."

"Weiss, you seem a happy. Did something good happen?" Blake smirks.

"No, be quiet." I am definitely not happy about any of this. "Blake, when are you going to be marrying, Yang?" I'll get back at her for teasing me.

"Kyaa~! Blakey said when I'm eighteen she'll sweep me off my feet and marry me!" Yang hugs Blake.

"I-I never said any of that. No, it's more like I never will say any of that."

"Don't mind Blake, she's a little shy about our relationship." Yang pecks Blake on the cheek.

"You blockhead, there is we have no relationship." Blake lightly thumps Yang's head with her fist.

"You're a little like Weiss, how do I put it? Sweet and sour?" Yang laughs.

"That's what I said about Weiss!" Ruby exclaims.

""Don't call me sweet and sour!"" Blake and I yell.

Blake pinches Yang's nose and waits for an apology, which Yang gives fairly quick. Blake pulls Yang away from the table and to the other kids to play a game with all of them. I choose to sit here and relax since I took care of the kids for most of the day before Blake returned.

"Weiss, I will wait for you to fall in love with me, okay?" Ruby tells me with a lovely smile.

"Th-that won't h-happen." Ruby is really persistent about me falling for her.

"I will share all of my cookies with you if you do. I can make every day fun when we're together and uhm… I'm soft, so that's a plus!" being soft counts as a reason why I should fall in love with her?

"As tempting as your offer sounds, I'm going to have to pass."

Ruby stands up and sits on my lap. What is she trying to do? Ruby proceeds to wrap her arms around my neck and quickly gives me a peck on the nose.

"Wh-wha! You dolt, what do you think you're doing?!"

"Hehe, I won't take no for an answer! I'll make you fall in love with me, no matter how long it takes!" Ruby's face has a blush across her face that is as red as roses. She laughs happily and smiles sweetly at me. I can feel my face getting hot from Ruby's bold words and beautiful smile.

"Ruby… you dolt."

A/N: Once again I would like to thank everyone for the support everyone has given me, it means a lot honestly. Well here's the first of (a few or many) White Rose chapters that fit into this story. I'll get the hang of writing White Rose sooner or later, tell me how i did (I probably killed the pairing with this chapter, sorry). Anyways I should mention I will probably update two chapters a week up until the story ends. The next chapter will probably be a side story so please look forward to it!