After school on Thursday, Ruby and Weiss walked together to robotics club, which was a nightmare to Weiss. All this girl rambled on about was how she was such a robot geek. It was no better when they arrived early at the meeting. Ruby set her backpack down next to Weiss's messenger bag, and stood next to her. She knew this girl was up to something, and Ruby wasn't going to take her eyes off Weiss until she found out.
She stood next to Weiss at the tables, adjusting parts on the small robot she had started on a couple of weeks ago. Weiss examined Ruby carefully, pretending to be doing something whenever Ruby glanced at her. Weiss fidgeted with random parts of metal and various screws that were scattered across the workplace in front of her.
As soon as Ruby saw what Weiss was doing with all of her parts (Trying to screw in screws into any possible holes and trying to connect wires this way and that, which proved to be very hazardous) she took action.
Ruby placed her hand over Weiss's, working them slowly to get the parts into all of the right places. Weiss was surprised by how gentle Ruby's hands were- how warm they felt on hers.
The instant they touched, Ruby experienced a light feeling in her stomach. It was like electricity between them, but Ruby acted like it hadn't affected her and kept trying to rebuild the odd machine Weiss was trying to accomplish. When Ruby was done, she had helped Weiss build a tiny little robot that rolled around on treads. Ruby smiled fondly at Weiss, gesturing towards the robot and watching it move around the table slowly.
The robot emitted a small drone, which annoyed Weiss to her wits ends, but didn't seem to bother Ruby in the slightest bit. Weiss walked over to Ruby's other side, brushing up against her lightly. She looked at Ruby, whose silver eyes had widened an immense amount, and a tinge of pink had flittered to her cheeks.
Weiss was surprised by this, but remained placid on the outside, running it through her mind over and over.
When the meeting was over, Ruby walked up to Weiss, cornering her. Weiss realized that there was no way that she was getting out of this one.
"So Weiss," said Ruby, shoving her hands into her pockets. The pink had returned to her cheeks and she was now smiling sheepishly, but Weiss didn't seem to notice. She kept glancing around nervously, looking for a way out of this awkward conversation that she couldn't have cared less about.
"Do you want to maybe, hang out some time?" Weiss fidgeted around, her eyes becoming wide. She was thinking about how getting close to Ruby might help her find some dirt about the pathetic club, and she wouldn't have to go to the meetings anymore, or pretend to be this girl's friend. She was done.
"How about today?" Weiss said, eyeing Ruby, and hoping that she would say yes. Ruby nodded meekly, pulling out her cell phone and calling her mom. Weiss barely listened to their conversation, plotting the way that she would get Ruby to talk to her openly. Weiss knew that it might take a while to gain Ruby's trust, but it would be well worth it in the end. Ruby got off of the phone with her mom, and said that she had given her the "okay". Weiss shrugged and smiled weakly before walking off to her white limousine, expecting Ruby to follow her.
Weiss strode to her car swiftly, and Ruby stumbled to keep up with her long strides. Her chauffeur opened the door for Weiss and closed it, rushing around to get Ruby, who had had already opened her door and was sliding in. She closed it for herself to, earning a puzzled look from the driver and a disgusted look form Weiss, neither of which she saw.
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As soon as the pulled up to the front of the Schnee Manor, Ruby gaped and pressed her face against the window, earning one more look of disgust from Weiss, who was relieved that they had spent the ride in silence.
Ruby gasped, looking at the marble pillars that gleamed in the afternoon sunlight. Weiss was completely calm, for this was the scene that she saw every day. But Ruby still walked around with stars in her eyes, like a little kid in this huge candy store. As soon as they walked in, the air conditioning hit them. It was almost always chilly in the Schnee Manor, for Weiss and her father had always preferred the cold.
Weiss walked in the direction of her father's office, wanting to introduce Ruby to him out of courtesy, but as her hand hovered over the doorknob, she decided against it.