A/N: This started as an angry rant, but I became happier as I kept writing. Ruby and Weiss never fail to cheer me up.
Ruby knocked on the door of the Schnee manor. Weiss hadn't been out to help her with the garden today, and she was a little worried. It was Otto who answered, which didn't really help her growing unease.
"Ah! Miss Rose!" He exclaimed through the mustache. "How good to see you. Come in."
Ruby stepped in. "Uh, hey Otto! Where's Weiss?"
Otto paled. "Ah... that is... very unwise question."
Ruby felt puzzled. "Why...?" She asked slowly.
"Mistress Schnee is... not feeling very well..." Otto said hesitantly.
"Well then I should cheer her up!" Ruby replied, sweeping by him up the stairs. That was why Weiss hadn't been there! Ruby suddenly felt much better. Sick Weiss she could handle.
"God help you..." Otto said, but the girl didn't hear.
"Weiss! Weiss!" She caroled as she bounded up the stairs. "Where are you?" Ruby burst into her room, then jerked back as a stiletto heel slammed into the door where her head had been.
"GO AWAY!" Weiss yelled.
"Ack! Leaving!" Ruby squeaked. She could not handle sick Weiss! Run away! Abort, abort!
Weiss lowered the second shoe. "Ruby?" She sighed and slumped back down on the bed. "Hello." She managed.
"Um... hi?" Ruby replied, not moving from the doorway. She wasn't taking any chances with that other heel.
"Oh come in here!" Weiss snapped. "I'm not going to do anything! Don't look at me like I'm some kind of psychotic!"
Ruby obeyed, sitting down in an armchair a safe distance from Weiss. She could see the other girl gritting her teeth. "So... Otto said you were sick?" Ruby said hesitantly.
"Yes." Weiss growled. Ruby noticed her flushed cheeks, and the rest of her looked paler than usual. "Just. A little."
"Um well you sound more angry than-" Ruby started to say.
"Yes, I'm angry!" Weiss snarled. "I've been throwing up all day! And don't get me started on the headache, hot flashes, and all the other nonsense!"
Ruby wilted. "Do you want some soup?" She asked in a timid voice.
"What is it with you people and soup!" Weiss yelled to the unforgiving ceiling. "Look!" She pointed a finger at five different soup bowls sitting on the floor. "It isn't some miracle cure! In fact, it doesn't help at all!"
"Miss Schnee?" Ruby asked quietly. "Can I run away now?" She was going for cute in the hopes that Weiss might not keep yelling.
"No! You can't!" Then her head slumped. "Stay."
Ruby barely detected an unspoken please. "Okay. But... can we do something... not yelling?"
"Such as?"
"Anything? Movies? Talk? Uh..." Ruby was verbally flailing, trying to think of something.
"Movie." Weiss commanded, and Ruby obliged, getting out the laptop. "Something... are there any more Shrek movies?"
"Um yes but-" Ruby started to say.
"That." Weiss said immediately, cutting her off.
"Okay..." Ruby mumbled, pulling up the third one. They had already watched the first two.
Halfway through, Weiss snapped. "This is complete garbage!"
"I-"
"Why didn't you tell me!"
"I didn't-"
Weiss was officially ignoring her. "An hour, totally wasted!"
"Weiss... this isn't working." Ruby shut the laptop and stood up. "I'm gonna go. Hope you feel better." She was starting to leave when she felt a hand catch her jacket. Ruby wasn't really in the mood for this. She was tired from working all day, and Weiss was really not helping.
"Ugh... I'm..." Weiss started. "Being a bit... difficult today, aren't I..."
Ruby smiled affectionately. "Just a little." She sighed in relief internally. Ruby had been worried that her day had been ruined, but Weiss had come through.
"I'll try and be... nicer." Weiss said quietly. "Don't go."
"Okay Weiss." Ruby sat back down. "And yeah, nobody liked the third movie. Here, let's try this..."
After a showing of Nightmare Before Christmas and Finding Nemo, Weiss seemed considerably happier.
"The first one was extremely weird." Weiss commented. "Still good though."
"Yeah, it's awesome." Ruby sighed, just sitting for a moment. Suddenly, Weiss's expression took a decidedly... unfortunate turn. She paled further, and her mouth twisted like she had eaten something disgusting.
"Just a moment." She muttered, heading quickly for the bathroom. Ruby winced as she heard the door shut. Weiss came out a bit later.
"You okay?" Ruby asked. She didn't like seeing her girlfriend so out of it. It was just... weird. Weiss was indestructible, for the most part.
"Not... really." Weiss managed, slumping back down. "I have never been a very pleasant person when I'm sick. I hate it."
"Really?" Ruby asked. "Oh man, being sick has always been the best for me. I got to skip school, and Yang would let me do whatever, and she would get me soda for my stomach..."
Weiss winced at the mention of the word 'stomach.' Then she frowned. "Soda?"
Ruby gave Weiss an astonished look. "Don't tell me you never had it!"
"No. And I fail to see how it could help."
"We're fixing this!" Ruby announced. She dashed out the door and Weiss watched her go. Ruby knew exactly what to do. Because soda fixes everything.
It was fifteen long minutes before Ruby came back with a glass of an amber, sparkling liquid. "Ginger ale." She announced. "It's the best thing ever for an upset stomach." She handed it to Weiss like it was solid gold.
Weiss arched an eyebrow. "I heard the same thing about soup. My stomach disagreed." She was definitely dubious of a drink that was basically just sugar water.
Ruby used the puppy dog eyes. "Pleeeeease Weiss? Just once?"
Weiss glared, feeling that this was cheating. "Fine." She took an experimental sip, flinching a little at the fizziness. With a thoughtful look she took another, and another, until the glass was gone. She stared at the empty glass, looking expectant. "You know, I actually think I'll be able to keep this down." She said, surprised.
"Told you!" Ruby sang. "Want more?"
"Yes please." Weiss politely requested.
Ruby came back with another glass and a two liter bottle.
Weiss looked at the giant container in horror. "That is way too much."
"Well, some of it's for me!"
"Some?" Weiss demanded.
Ruby giggled. "Just teasing." She poured Weiss another glass, and then another for herself, guzzling it greedily. "I forgot how awesome this stuff is..." She sighed after her third glass. Weiss snatched it out of her hands.
"That is more than enough." She told her coldly. "You'll make yourself sick." Even if she had never had the stuff before today, she could clearly read the insane amount of sugar on the nutrition facts.
"Aww..." Ruby groaned.
Weiss gave her a smile smile. "Though thank you Ruby. I feel much better actually, now that I've kept something down."
"Woohoo!" Ruby gave her a sudden hug.
"Don't hug me. I'll get you sick." Weiss told her, pushing Ruby away.
Ruby pouted. "But I like being sick! And besides, I am going to give hugs anyway." With that, she gave Weiss another hug, and a tender kiss that she almost immediately recoiled from. "You have vomit breath." She told the other girl.
"Ruby! You're impossible! Of course I do you idiot!" Weiss exclaimed, stood up, and rushed to the bathroom. That was too embarrassing... how could Ruby just go out and say something like that?
"Uh, are you gonna..." Ruby started.
"I'm brushing my teeth!" Weiss snapped, vigorously scrubbing.
"Oooooh..." Ruby said slowly.
Weiss stormed back out with minty fresh breath. "Are you happy?" She demanded, glowering at Ruby, hands on her hips.
"You didn't have to do that!" Ruby protested. "I was just..."
"Being offensive." Weiss finished for her. "Yes, I noticed."
"Sorry..." Ruby mumbled.
"It's fine." Weiss replied, then yawned. She looked out the window. "You know, it's getting pretty late. Maybe you should go. I'm feeling much better, so I'll be fine." She was abruptly exhausted. Or rather, she had been exhausted for a while, but she was just now admitting that it was probably time for her to be sleeping, much as she didn't want to.
"You sure?" Ruby asked. "I mean, when I got here, you looked pretty bad..."
"I'm fine. Really, I just need to sleep." Weiss told her. She was going to fall asleep on her feet.
Ruby stood and walked up to her. "Okay Weiss." She leaned in close and gave her another, farewell kiss. "See you tomorrow." Weiss could taste Ruby's sickly sweet strawberry lip balm on her own lips as they broke apart.
And with that, Ruby was gone, slipping out the door to be driven back home.
Weiss changed into her nightgown, and lay down on her bed. This was the first time she had been sick that hadn't been absolutely miserable. Ruby, despite her complete lack of maturity, seemed far wiser than Weiss at times. She looked over at the big bottle of ginger ale, still half full.
"Maybe one more." She murmured to herself, and poured another glass. She fell asleep thinking of Ruby, the taste of ginger and strawberry lip balm still lingering in her mouth.
A/N: I know, I know, it was short. Sorry. Oh, and can I say something? I may have no right to say this, but can calling a Ruby/Weiss pairing Reiss just go die? It sounds like rice. White Rose is a much better name. Actually, anything but Reiss is a better name.