A/N: Weiss is much harder for me to write than any other character, but I think this is the best I've done with her yet. Also, Blake and Yang! Man those two are easy to write... like, I just find it so much easier than Weiss and Ruby. Dunno why.
The days passed. Weiss and Ruby's relationship was somewhat off and on mostly varying with Weiss's mood, but slowly she grew more and more comfortable with it. While she wouldn't say they were dating per se, they certainly weren't just friends either. Ruby had started spending more and more time at Weiss's house, doing whatever the two felt like doing.
However, everything wasn't quite perfect.
"Hmph. Faunus trash." Weiss sniffed.
"Weiss... really. You don't need to..." Ruby started.
The other girl ignored her. "Look at this. Another White Fang attack, this time a bombing! It's lucky nobody was killed, but there are still thirty five injured!" She gestured angrily to a news site open on her laptop.
Ruby sighed. "Please Weiss... you really don't need to say such awful things."
"Why not?" Weiss snapped. She never did understand how Ruby could be so... so calm about those scum! One had almost killed them both, and they had certainly killed plenty of people Weiss had known over the years. Family friends, business partners, all attacked because her family's company used Faunus labor! It was unforgivable!
"They're not all like that Weiss..." Ruby muttered, slumped on the bed behind her. "Really, I've known some great-"
"I just don't get it!" Weiss stood up with a jerk, turning to look Ruby square in the eye. "One of them almost killed you and you're just okay with that?"
"That's the thing Weiss... if you'd listen..." Ruby muttered, knowing better than to argue but deciding to give it a shot. "It was one of them. Not all of them."
Weiss wanted to break something, but at the same time, she knew Ruby was upset. "I'll drop it." She replied coldly.
Ruby left a few minutes later, leaving behind a very confused Weiss.
"Yaaaang! I'm home!" Ruby called. Then she saw the couch. Her sister was there, of course. That was normal. What wasn't exactly normal was how her sister was lying on top of someone. In a... smoochy kind of way.
"Gah! Um! Ruby, you're early!" Yang sputtered, jerking upright.
"Ah! I'm going I'm going!" Ruby squeaked, rushing for the door.
"No wait!" Yang had stood up, and caught her sister by the shoulder. "Really, you should meet her." Yang gestured from a furiously blushing Ruby to a furiously blushing brunette. "Ruby, this is Blake. Blake, my little sis."
"Nice to meet you... um... sorry about that." Blake murmured.
"I-it's fine!" Ruby gulped. "So, um..."
"Well, good to see you two hitting it off!" Yang bubbled. Ruby and Blake shared a look, both equally amazed at Yang's constant ability to miss the completely obvious. It was an instant, if tenuous bond.
"Um, so, should I be going or..." Ruby started to say, then suddenly realized something. "Umm, Blake? That's not a headband or anything, is it?" She was looking directly at a pair of black and purple velvety cat ears perched atop the other girls head.
"No." Blake replied, looking half like she expected Ruby to say something... Weiss-ish. "I'm a Faunus."
Ruby melted, practically bouncing over to see. "Oh man they're so cute!" She bubbled. "Wow, that is too cool!"
Blake smiled at the praise. "Well, thank you Ruby. I'm glad it doesn't bother you."
Suddenly, Ruby got a plan. A wonderful, crazy, probably stupid plan. "Hey Blake? I know this may sound really weird and really sudden but I know someone who it really... does bother." Without waiting for a reply, Ruby launched into a huge explanation about Weiss. "...and it would be really great if you could give me an idea or something 'cause I really don't know what to do." She finished, a pleading tone in her voice. Maybe it was the fight with Weiss earlier, but she couldn't take the other girl's attitude about this any more.
Blake looked decidedly uncomfortable, and Ruby saw her give Yang a glance. Ever encouraging, Yang nodded. "I suppose I might be able to say something." Blake said, more confident than she looked. "Would it be okay to have her over?"
"Agh! Here? She's like... really rich and..." Ruby sputtered. This was not part of her stupid plan. Though admittedly, she hadn't really thought it through this far.
"It's a great idea!" Yang sang. "Go Blake!"
"This is a really bad idea..." Ruby muttered, immediately regretting asking a complete stranger for help. She didn't even know Blake! Why did she have to keep blurting out dumb stuff all the time...
"Ruby, I really think I could talk to her." Blake said gently, glaring at Yang. She could see how upset Ruby was, and despite how little she knew her, Blake wanted to help. She always had been the activist type, and she never turned down someone who needed help. "As strange as it may sound, I think I understand how she feels. And I would always be happy to help Yang's sister."
Ruby melted all over again, and abruptly gave the older girl a hug. "Thanks so much!" She gave Yang a smile. "I hereby give her the sisterly seal of approval."
Yang looked totally bewildered, but cheerful. As usual. "Well... great! Um, so, who's hungry? It is dinnertime after all!"
"You forgot to get food." Blake said calmly. "But if you check my car, I have a few things. Would you mind getting them?"
"Hey, thanks Blake!" Yang exclaimed. "Don't know what I'd do without you!"
Blake gave her a dry look. "Order pizza. Like the last three times."
"Oh. Right." Yang headed for the car, leaving Blake and Ruby alone.
Ruby grinned a little. It seemed like her sister had found someone really great.
"Ruby, if it seems a little weird..." Blake started.
"Nope! You two are fine." Ruby said, somewhat wistfully.
Blake gave her a gentle smile. "Well, I'm sure your friend will come around." She said, trying to be confident. "I'll try and be whatever help I can." Then she gave Ruby a guilty look. "Besides, I feel like I need to apologize for you walking in on that..."
"Um, we definitely don't need to bring that up!" Ruby replied hastily. Then she smiled, a little sadly. "But yeah, my friend's been really upset after a Faunus trying to get at her almost killed me. And... her family has some kind of history with the White Fang."
Blake nodded. "A lot of people do. It's a really awful organization." She looked pensive, thoughtful, wondering about what sort of friend Ruby was talking about, and what she could possibly say to this person when she met them. She certainly didn't want to let Ruby down. "I'm sure everything will work out all right." Blake said at last.
Ruby was happier than she had been in a long while, and after dinner the three of them stayed up watching old noir movies late into the night. Ruby fell asleep hugging her pillow close. Soon, things would be okay.
"You want me to what!" Weiss demanded.
"Come over for dinner?" Ruby mumbled hesitantly.
"But... I can't just do that!" Weiss said. "Your sister will be there!"
"Yup, that's the point!" Ruby said. "You two should meet eachother!"
"I did have a ten minute shouting contest with her." Weiss said crankily. "I'm not sure I want a repeat."
"You won't! I promise! The point is to see her when she isn't totally freaked out." Ruby said encouragingly. "Please?" She whined, making puppy dog eyes so adorable they should be considered a work of evil, manipulative art. "For me?"
Weiss sighed. She knew she couldn't win. "I'll try it."
"Woohoo!" Ruby gave her an abrupt hug that would probably be considered a tackle by most people, knocking her on the bed.
"Ruby what in-mmm..." Weiss abruptly found herself occupied by more important things than talking.
Weiss agonized for hours over what to wear. Eventually she settled on a soft, ice blue cashmere sweater, a simple white skirt, and a nice blue handbag, and a pair of white ballet flats with royal blue socks. Otto drove her over, and Weiss had to coach herself through getting to the door while the elderly chauffeur watched in amusement.
One step. Then two. Then three. Ring the doorbell. And...
"Hey Weiss!" Yang said from the door, throwing it open. "C'mon in!"
The flat was neat and tidy, brightly lit, with a large bowl of pasta in some sort of sauce in the middle of the kitchen table. Ruby was already sitting, along with... someone else.
It was a girl, wearing a short black dress with a large black bow in her identically colored hair.
"Hey Weiss! Um, you haven't met Blake yet, but, well, this is Blake!" Ruby explained. "She and Yang are kinda... stuff."
Weiss raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment on Ruby's way with words. Instead she slipped into the seat beside her sort of girlfriend because Weiss really wasn't comfortable with saying it yet, hence the sort of.
Dinner was primarily awkward small talk. Weiss tried, she really did, but her initial response to... well mostly everyone was so be... difficult. But she knew it meant the world to Ruby, so she was on her best behaviour. Especially after their recent arguments about the Faunus, Weiss knew it was important not to mess this up.
"Hey Ruby, can I talk to you for a bit outside?" Yang said.
"Sure!" Ruby said, a touch too quickly. "Be right back Weiss!"
Weiss watched them go, a puzzled frown creasing her forehead.
"So, Weiss? As in Weiss Schnee?" Blake asked.
"Yes." Weiss replied, surprised and somewhat flattered. "I'm impressed."
Blake smiled. "Don't be." She said mysteriously. She looked at Weiss with a serious expression on her face. "Look. Ruby wanted me to talk to you about something."
Suddenly, Weiss was very intent on the conversation. And very annoyed with Ruby. "Oh?" She said, a hint of frost in her tone. "What about?"
"Your opinions on the Faunus." Blake replied frankly. "It's really upsetting her."
"And what do you have to say? Equal rights for those animals, like her?" Weiss snapped, her voice icing over completely. Ruby was going to pay for dragging her over here just to hear some lecture.
Blake scowled. "I was going to say I understand how you feel. I've lost a lot of people to the White Fang too."
"Oh." Weiss said, feeling embarrassed but too stubborn to show it.
"They are responsible for at least fifteen of my friends dying." Blake continued. "And you want to know something else, Miss Schnee? Every single one of the people they killed were Faunus."
Weiss's mouth formed in a silent o. What was this girl saying...
"They throw away their member's lives like they're trash." Blake went on, her voice bitter and angry. "And anyone who doesn't agree with them ends up beaten, or worse. The White Fang doesn't represent the Faunus. Most of them hate them just as much as you or I do. You have no right to judge all Faunus by their standard. Ruby is a wonderful, caring, sweet girl, and you would be a better person if you listened to her, instead of being so close minded."
Weiss knew an insult when she heard one, and at least it allowed her to fall back on sheer stubbornness. "How dare you!" She replied furiously. "They-"
"Killed my parents. And almost every friend I have ever known." Blake snapped.
Weiss tried to come up with a retort. But it seemed like her voice just wasn't working.
"So, Miss Schnee, what reason do you have to hate them?" Blake finished. "I could understand the White Fang. But every single Faunus? Do you have any idea how much it hurts Ruby, if nothing else? Do you even care? Is that girl just wasting her time with you, are you just some judgemental, spoiled brat? Because if so, go out there and tell her. Find out exactly what a decent person thinks."
Weiss couldn't think of anything to say. Her head was bowed. "I..."
Blake's tone softened. "Here. Look up."
Weiss did. Blake was holding a silky black ribbon in one hand. And on top of her head... Weiss had a sudden flashback to the assassin, two months earlier. A Faunus... she was a Faunus...
"You can choose." Blake said mildly. "Hate me, or don't."
Weiss bit her lip. What could she say? No. There was only one thing to say. "I could stand to be a little less... judgemental." Weiss said quietly.
Blake smiled. "Good for you." She got up, and moved for the door.
Weiss was numb. She felt like such a terrible, awful excuse for a human being. She hadn't even thought...
"Everything go okay?" Ruby asked, appearing as if by magic. Weiss hadn't even noticed her approach.
Weiss mutely nodded, but Ruby could see that the girl was half in shock. She had heard the end of it, and couldn't imagine how Weiss felt right now.
"C'mon Weiss. Yang and Blake are gonna leave us alone for a while so you and I can talk." Ruby said gently, pulling her up and over to one of the three doors, which they slipped inside. She sat Weiss down on a bunk bed that dominated the small room. It had red sheets, and a cat faced pillow on one end.
"Ruby I-" Weiss's voice choked in a sob. "I'm so..."
Ruby sat down next to her and cradled the other girl as she shook with quiet little tears. "Shh. It's okay." Ruby whispered comfortingly.
Weiss cleared up momentarily, her iron self control reasserting itself. About time... "Not really." She replied. "I might have said some things that were a little... out of line."
Ruby laughed. "It's fine. Really. People make mistakes."
Weiss abruptly noticed where they were. "Is this your room?"
Ruby nodded. "Mhmm!"
Weiss looked around. Bunkbed. Several bookcases crammed full. A tiny desk and a clunky old desktop. She smiled. "It's really nice."
Ruby giggled. "The princess approves!"
Weiss smacked her. "Oh, cut it out!"
Ruby was in full swing. "Oh, my lady! Come, to the royal bedchambers!"
"Ruby what-!" Weiss was swept off her feet only to be deposited back on the bed. Logic...
"You are hereby my princess, who I have saved from a terrible mind destroying spell." Ruby declared. "And as per medieval law, for rescuing you I get to marry you!"
Weiss really, really wanted to argue, but that was before Ruby started nibbling playfully at Weiss's earlobe. She never, ever should have told Ruby she liked that... why were they even doing this? Just a moment ago she had been crying. Was it just to feel better, to know Ruby didn't hate her?
Weiss shivered and the thought flew from her mind as Ruby's fingers found her sweater and pulled upwards, dragging her nails along her skin in the process. Ruby giggled, an altogether too sexy a noise for what it was, trailing a hand along Weiss's side, eliciting another shiver. Abruptly, Weiss was very, very glad of her bra.
Pulling off her own shirt, Ruby lay back atop the other girl with a grin, biting her lip. Weiss cupped her face and kissed her, shifting and marveling at the feel of their bodies touching. For once tonight, Weiss felt like this was where she belonged. Grabbing Ruby by her hair, she pulled her head back to suck and lick the sensitive skin of her throat. Ruby moaned, the sound humming through Weiss's mouth.
Weiss didn't care about what Blake had said. She didn't care that she and Ruby had an argument. She just cared about where she was, here and now. She felt like, somehow, she needed this, which made her feel somewhat guilty. She didn't like the feeling that she was just doing this because she wanted to know Ruby still cared about her, but that didn't change how she felt, desperate.
"Move up a little..." She murmured. Ruby obliged, sliding forward in a way that drove Weiss insane. Weiss rolled her over, putting her mouth to Ruby's collarbone and giving it a little, nipping kiss. She went down further to the soft, silky surface of the other girl's bra.
Here, Weiss hesitated. They had never gone this far before, and she definitely wasn't comfortable with going much further. But... this was fine. Weiss lowered her mouth to the middle of one cup of Ruby's bra, suckling on the soft silky surface.
Ruby moaned, arching her back, her legs rising and meshing with Weiss's. Weiss kept it up, starting to add in little bites here and there. Each one elicited a delicious noise, and Weiss was absurdly, somewhat vengefully pleased. It used to be that only Ruby could do this to her. The reverse was... appealing to say the least.
Ruby cupped Weiss's head, pushing it down a bit further, eliciting a gasp from them both.
That was when the phone rang.
Weiss sat up abruptly, fishing it out of her bag. It was Otto. Of all the things to...
Blushing furiously, she answered. "Otto, I think I'm going to stay the night." She blurted.
Weiss could hear the man's grin. "Very good. I will pretend to pick you up so that nobody will think it odd."
"Thanks so much. Really." Weiss said, absurdly grateful.
"No problem! Enjoy your little party!" With that, he hung up.
"Sleeping over are we?" Ruby demanded, attempting to put her hands on her hips while lying down. "I don't think anybody invited you!"
"I am invited, because you set me up to come here for a lecture, and you definitely owe me." Weiss said, ending the conversation. Then she blushed again. "Sorry about that. I didn't mean to be so harsh. It was probably for my own good anyway."
Ruby giggled and sat up, twining her body around to lick Weiss's ear. "No problem." She pushed Weiss over, and grinned. "So... what were we doing?" Then she gave Weiss a kiss. "Oh right. That."
Blake and Yang got back a couple hours later after watching a long movie.
"Rubes!" Yang called. The entire flat was dark.
Blake sighed. "Yang. Over there." She pointed to the door of Ruby's bedroom. The pair crept over, and Blake eased the door open.
Inside were Ruby and Weiss, down to their underwear from the looks of it, curled up with eachother on the bottom bunk. The blanket rose and fell steadily with their breaths. Yang grinned.
"Well, looks like things went pretty well."
Blake hushed her, and the two went across the flat and into a different door, to sit in Yang's room.
"You know, the kids are asleep." Yang said coyly.
"Yang if you..." Blake was cut off as Yang rubbed the ears. She gave her a reproachful look, even as her back arched and she shivered. "You're awful."
"Nope!" Yang said, pulling her down. "I'm wonderful."
"Awful." Blake repeated dryly.
"Wonderful. And if you don't say it..." Yang said, playful menace in her tone as the two nuzzled and kissed absently.
"Awful." Blake repeated stubbornly. Yang rubbed the ears again, and Blake purred ecstatically.
"Wonderful..."
A/N: I thought that was a lot of fun. Especially the last scene. Hope you all enjoy!