Ruby Rose
I am aggravatingly stirred from my sleep by a beam of sunlight breaking through my window curtains and onto my face. I sit up stretching and yawning before looking around and realizing that this is not my room. I start to wonder where I am and then hear a tired groan next to me. I look over to see…Weiss.
That's when I remember exactly where I was and what happened last night. The thought of it kind of makes my face feel hot, it was so…spontaneous. For a brief second I wonder if maybe we moved too fast but then I look at her beautiful sleeping face, bathed in the sunlight leaking in from the nearby window and I can't help but smile.
I lean over and place a kiss on her cheek before I get up and start putting my clothes on. As I am slipping into my pants I hear a grumbling sound and turn to see Weiss slowly sitting up. She still has a sleepy look in her eyes. So cute.
"Morning beautiful." I say chuckling. She turns to look at me and judging by her expression this whole thing is taking a second to fully register with her too.
"Just so I am completely sure I didn't just dream it up..did we-?" she starts to ask before I cut her off.
"Yes absolutely."
"Okay at least I know that was real." She says getting up all inhibitions about us being naked in-front of each other is apparently gone. I mean, kinda pointless after last night. She starts slipping her clothes back on as well.
"So um how do you feel about it?" I ask sitting down on the bed.
"What do you mean?" she asks, slipping into her shirt.
"I mean how do you feel about us..going all the way?" I ask and she turns to look at me..
"I don't know, do you think we were ready for that?" she asks.
"I'm not sure but..I feel like we were." I say. "Like it feels..right, you know what I mean?"
"Yeah..Yeah I know what you mean" she says, kissing my cheek. "and I agree I know I had said yesterday we should wait..but the only thing that matters is that we felt ready."
"So we're in agreement then?" I ask. "That was a good thing?"
"Yes it was a very good thing." she says, smiling at me. "So do you think maybe we should get you home before Yang has a heart attack?"
"Yeah that's probably a good idea." I say realizing that she must be worried. "I mean personally I could stay here forever but I should probably let her know I am not dead."
"Could you really?" she asks and I raise an eyebrow.
"Could I what?" I ask
"Stay here forever." she clarifies.
"Well yeah I like being with you a lot. I never feel more at home." I smile wide at her. "Why do you ask?" she looks like she was about to answer but then shakes her head.
"Never mind, we really should go." she says, grabbing her phone off her desk and heading out the door. I follow behind her closely and wonder what that was all about. We both hop on White Rose and ride back towards my place. I couldn't help but notice Weiss was squeezing me a bit harder than usual.
Once there we both hop off and head inside. Immediately after we get inside I am nearly tackle hugged to the ground by Yang.
"Where were you?!" she shouts and hugs me so tight I can barely breathe. "Do you have any idea how worried I was?!"
"I'm really sorry sis." I say hugging her back. "Things just got a little...crazy last night but I'm fine I was just at Weiss' place." she lets go of me and looks back and forth between me and Weiss.
"What were you guys doing that I couldn't at least get a call?" she asks, agitated. Neither of us really wanted to answer and we both kinda looked away.
"You didn't." she says obviously figuring it out on her own. She stands up and looks at Weiss as if she is waiting for an answer.
"W-We did." Weiss answers managing to at least look Yang in the eye, she never ceases to amaze me. That takes way more courage than most people have.
"Okay then.." Yang says, kind of surprising us. "How would you like to die?" she asks in a scarily sweet tone. I immediately jump up in-front of Weiss shielding her.
"Woah sis calm down." I say trying to get her to relax.
"Ruby, please move. I have to continue my chat with Weiss." she says with that same unnerving tone.
"Look it just sort of happened okay." I refuse to budge even if it scares me a little. I know Yang would never hurt me but she can be very intimidating. "We were in the park and things got really intimate...and before we knew it we were at her place."
This didn't seem to defuse her at all. In fact she just seemed to get more agitated.
"You had to know this was coming sooner or later. I'm not a baby anymore." That seemed to strike a chord.
"I know you're not a baby anymore but...I'm not ready for you to be THAT grown up yet." she says now looking more sad than angry.
"Yeah well I am." I say confidently. "I love Weiss very much and..I'm happy she was my first." I feel Weiss put her hand on my shoulder and she pulls me back slightly so she can step in-front of me.
"Yang I know that you care about Ruby a lot." she says and Yang gives her a stern look. "I have known you both for years and I know that you'd do anything to protect her."
Yang doesn't interrupt but gives the signal to go on.
"I know all that but..I would NEVER do anything to hurt Ruby, I love her and want to protect her too. I promise that you don't have anything to worry about." Yang looks back and forth between us for a few minutes before letting out a long sigh.
"Okay okay fine." She points a stern finger at Weiss. "but if you EVER go back on that me and you are going to have a problem, got it?"
"I won't." she says back.
"I'm gonna hold you to that." she says and walks over to the couch, collapsing down onto it exhaustively.
"Thanks Yang." I say walking over and kissing her on the head before dragging Weiss back to my room.
Weiss' POV-
Ruby drags me back to her room and I breathe a sigh of relief that we were able to avoid that potentially..perilous situation. I mean that both literally and figuratively.
"Well..that went well." Ruby says, collapsing onto her bed.
"Honestly the fact that I still have all my teeth is a victory for me." I say only half jokingly and Ruby lets out a soft laugh in response. I lay on the bed next to her and she puts her arm around me. I respond by cuddling into her and we both just lay there looking up at the ceiling.
These might be among my favorite moments we share together. The quiet moments where we are just content to be in each other's presence. Just letting the world melt away.
Suddenly my phone starts ringing and the mood is killed slightly. I pull it out of my pocket to see that it's Winter calling me. I answer out of curiosity as to why she would suddenly be calling me during the day when she would normally be working.
"Hey Winter what's up?" I ask.
"Is that Winter?!" Ruby asks excitedly, bouncing up and down. "Tell her I said hi!"
"My dolt of a girlfriend says hi." I say rolling my eyes and smirking at her antics.
"Um you can tell her I said hi but this is a serious call." she says with a slightly frantic tone.
"What is it?" I ask, sitting up and throwing my legs over the side of the bed. Her tone is worrying me.
"Weiss…I don't want to scare you but..the police went to arrest Adam and Cardin today but…"
"But what?"
"Cardin was found alive but barely hanging on and Adam's place was empty, all they found was an empty gun safe and…a photo of you and Ruby."
"What are you saying Winter?"
"I'm saying…the police don't think either of our homes are safe right now, until they catch him they want us to go somewhere more secure."
"So what are we supposed to do?" I ask, jumping to my feet and pacing around the room. Ruby looks at me with a very worried expression.
"Well..you aren't going to like this but I called Mother-"
"What did you call Mom for?"
"I asked her to speak to Father for us."
"Winter..you can't possibly expect me to go to that man for help can you?"
"I can…I don't like it either Weiss but we need somewhere safe right now and there are few places more secure than the Schnee mansion." I run my hand over my face and groan.
"Fair enough I suppose…"
"Both Mother and Klein spoke to Father and they got him to agree to let us stay there until Adam is captured. Ruby, Yang and Blake are invited too of course."
"It's probably for the best Weiss." Ruby puts her hand on my shoulder and I sigh. If not for my own safety I should at least do it for her. I put my hand on hers and smile.
"Alright, it'll be a chance to see Klein again anyway."
"That's the spirit, text me whatever you need so I can pack it up for you and I'll be there in an hour to pick you all up, the sooner we leave the better."
"I'll let everyone else know." I say.
"I love you Weiss."
"Love you too." We both hung up.
"I'm sorry this all happened because you stuck up for me."
"Oh hush you dolt, you have nothing to apologize for." I hug her tightly. "I wanted to do that okay so anything bad that happens is entirely on me."
I kiss her on the cheek before I collapse back onto the bed putting my arm over my eyes.
"Well whatever happens I'm here for you." she says laying next to me and cuddling into my side.
"Thank you Ruby." I say cuddling with her as well. "It's not like it's the first time someone has wanted to kill me anyway." I put my hand over my scar and think about telling ruby how I got it. If I can talk to anyone about it, it would be her. "Would you like to know how I got this?"
"Are you sure?" she asks, looking at me with worried eyes.
"Yes I'm sure." I take a deep breath and look back up at the ceiling. "It was when I was a young girl, I was on a family trip. One of the few we ever took since my Father could barely be bothered to spend time with us." I say looking back at Ruby to gauge her reaction. I can't really tell what she is feeling but she is definitely listening intently.
Then the memory of what happened floods back into my mind and I feel like I have to fight back tears. "It wasn't just my family though…there was also my one and only friend before you, Jasmine."
"You never told me about her."
"Yeah..it's not exactly something I like remembering." I guess at this point the tears started to fall because Ruby wipes my face.
"You don't have to keep going if it's too much."
"Not it's okay…anyway, one night I guess we wandered off a little too far away from the others, I just wanted to get away from my Father for a little bit." I look up at the ceiling, trying to keep any more tears from falling out.
"Jasmine and I got snatched up by some kidnappers who wanted to ransom us back to our families." I take a deep breath. "My Father almost refused to negotiate at first and if it weren't for Winter, Mom and Klein all badgering him he probably wouldn't have."
"God I hate him." Ruby says, holding my arm tighter.
"You said it…anyway we were in there for so long, I was desperate to get away. I managed to slip out of my binds and right as I was untying Jasmine, one of them attacked me with a knife. He took a swipe and managed to cut my face."
"So that's.." Ruby reached up and touched it, gently running her fingers over it. She is the only person who I let do that.
"Yep..after that I tried to fight him, I bit his hand really hard, so hard I'm pretty sure I drew blood." I close my eyes and I can feel my hands start to shake. "After that he was really pissed off and probably drunk, for a brief moment he didn't care about the money anymore. His buddies tried to call him off but he went to take a stab at me…I guess…I guess at some point Jasmine had gotten free because she jumped in front of me and-"
"It's okay Weiss…I understand." she holds me as close as she can as the tears just start falling at this point.
I barely manage to continue in between sobs. "That's why I have those night terrors..that's why I was so closed off from people because I have hated myself ever since...If I hadn't tried to run she wouldn't have tried to protect me and maybe she would still be here."
"Weiss..you can't blame yourself for that you were just a scared child and you were just trying to get you and your friend out of there. Besides I'm sure Jasmine wouldn't regret trying to save you…I know I wouldn't." she says noticeably crying herself. She rests my head on her chest trying her best to comfort me. Eventually I calm down enough that I am able to keep from sobbing at least.
"Moments after that, the police stormed the warehouse where they were keeping us." I say sniffling. "I was rushed to the hospital and luckily I didn't lose the eye...my dad came into my room the next day and instead of being there for me like a good father would he told me that I was a foolish brat and I brought it on myself." I say with as much hate as I could muster.
"What a bastard...how can a human being be so cruel?" Ruby asks, stroking my hair.
"He's not human...he's a monster." I say holding onto Ruby tighter. "If it weren't for Winter and Klein I probably would've…" I stop myself, not wanting to say it infront of Ruby. "I just felt so little happiness for most of my childhood and I thought I never would again, it didn't help that not long after that is when Mom started shutting herself off from us."
I pull back slightly and look Ruby in the eye. "That is until I met you...you made me feel happiness again, you gave me a reason to live again." I say placing a soft kiss on her lips. She kisses me back.
"I am sorry you had to go through that Weiss...I mean yeah I lost my mom when I was young and it was devastating but...I at least had a supportive family and friends to help keep me going, I don't know if I would have had the same strength that you had to keep going like that." she says in a somber tone.
"Hey, you have your own kind of loneliness and I have mine. My struggles don't make yours any less hard." I say as sympathetically as I can.
"I am glad that you opened up to me, I'm sad that you went through that but I am happy you trusted me enough to tell me." she says with a soothing softness to her voice. Then I am reminded of what I was about to ask Ruby before we left my apartment.
"Ruby?" I ask.
"Yes?" she responds.
"Would you maybe, and it's okay if you say no but…would you like to move in with me?" I ask, tensing up afraid she might say no.
"You mean like, get a place together?" she asks, sounding kind of surprised.
"It's okay if you don't want to...it's just I get kind of sad at night because you're not there and I hate waking up alone when the night terrors wake me." she doesn't respond at first. "Like I said it's okay if you don't want to, I understand."
"Are you kidding?" she asks, pulling me into a tight hug followed by a deep kiss. "Of course I will!"
"Really?" I say, my heart starts to flutter.
"Well duh I'd love to live with you." she says, smiling sweetly at me.
"Thank you so much Ruby." I smile back at her realizing all over again why I love her so much. Even when I am at my lowest she somehow manages to not only keep my head above water but even pull me up.
This is going to be a pretty huge step in our relationship and I know the road ahead might get pretty rough for us but at this moment I am so happy that I truly believe that together me and Ruby will be able to face them head on. Before any of that though..we need to survive the Schnee manor.
Sooooo those who are aware of the original story may notice that Weiss' backstory is quite a bit different! XD
Her old one just felt...wierd to me now, plus it didn't fit into the current narrative.
Regardless I hope you enjoyed it! As always, thank you for reading! ❤️