Welp, back to writing this... took a break for a story that is going to stay on AO3... feel free to look it up, but I shant mention the title.
Chapter 8:
Ruby groaned as she looked up across the desk to see Cinder who appeared to be equally as bored at the subject matter. "We got like half of the eight page report done... I think that is enough for a day... and still have like fifteen days left to get the last four done. Want to go and do something fun?" Ruby asked, desperately hoping the answer would be a yes.
"Ruby, we are in study. We can't just leave in the middle of the day." Cinder attempted to scold the redhead who rolled her eyes. "Cinder, all we have left is half of Oobleck's history. Which he would just let us work on the project. We are already miles ahead of the curve, so let's just ignore that and go to a cafe, or the mall... or do literally anything better with our time. Hell we could head to my house and just binge classic parody movies." Ruby spoke trying to sweeten the deal almost.
"What? The only classic movie like that I can think of, is 'Scary Movie'... which was terrible." Cinder spoke as she looked back down to what she was writing. Trying to focus, to try and fill her time. She had a distaste for what her dad had told her a week and a half ago as an answer to her question.
'I can't possible have feelings like that with Ruby... two months ago I didn't even know her. No way she has the same feelings.' Cinder thought as Ruby flicked a ball of paper at her. "You've missed out on gems then. Some real gems. Like 'Airplane' or the 'Naked Gun' trilogy. You know, really good ones. So come on. Goodwitch won't have to know... all we need to do, is walk to your bike, and zip away."
"I still don't know Ruby... is twenty minutes after this really going to put that much of a damper on your day? I mean it isn't that bad." Cinder continued closing the notepad figuring that Ruby was going to make it impossible to work right now. "Yes. That twenty minutes we could be spent enjoying life a little bit. Plus you know me. If it was a full day or we had less work done, I wouldn't suggest this. But we are halfway done, with fifteen days left to finish. So let's live a small bit."
Cinder smiled a little as she thought 'How does she do that? She would be able to convince me to kill my dad if she asked me to.'
"Fine, but I want to get this done with plenty of time to spare so that way I can look it over." Cinder bargained as Ruby smiled. "Fine, I was just matching your pace anyways. I could be done in another day... day and a half max." Ruby continued causing Cinder to stare at her.
"How? And I swear if you say are Asian I'm going to stay. That excuse does not work here." Cinder demanded as Ruby shrugged her shoulders. "I just grew up and was taught to prioritise work, which in turn let me write fast. Not sure what else applies besides the fact my Nǎinai was the one to teach me that."
Cinder frowned as the bell went. "How do we do this?" Cinder asked as Ruby smiled and stretched her arms.
"Well, we can follow a complex air duct system and lower ourselves down the other side of the doors, where there is a pressure sensitive plate to mark people coming and going..." Ruby began as she pulled out her jacket and helmet from her bag. "Or we just walk out the front door. From my experience the latter is the easiest option. The former... well that started off as a prank Yang pulled on our first day here and conned me into it. No one was happy about that... especially the school... those vents you would think you could get out of... but nope. They are bolted to the wall." Ruby continued as she zipped up her coat as Cinder smiled.
She was unsure if it was a joke or not as she walked out of the room with Ruby pulling her own jacket from her bag. Cautiously looking over her shoulder. "I've just never done something like this. So sorry for not knowing the obvious answer is the best."
"You just need to relax. Act like you would in twenty minutes. It is all about being casual." Ruby continued as they walked out the front door. Cinder smiled as she smelt the air. It seemed fresher. She pulled her keys from her pocket as she practically ran ahead of Ruby to unlock her motorcycle as Ruby smiled.
"I'm telling you relax Cinder." Ruby spoke placing her helmet on her head. Cinder stood up and placed her own one on as she started the engine and climbed on. Ruby quickly followed onto the back and wrapped her arms around Cinder's waist.
'Elie is crazy... this can't be an attraction... why are doctors so stupid sometimes...?' Ruby thought as she rested her head against Cinder's back just enjoying the serenity of the entire situation. As Cinder pulled over just outside some shops as she pulled her helmet off. "Okay... question is now what?" Cinder asked as Ruby pulled back and pulled her own helmet off.
"My house. We are going to binge parody movies. I must educate you. But first, I want a dead eye, and there is only one place near here dumb enough to sell them to someone like me... then we need to stop to get some junk movie food... and I suppose to keep people happy, stuff so I can make a kale, wheat germ, and lima bean smoothie... trust me they taste worse than they sound." Ruby began and slipped her helmet back on. "Take a right up ahead. It is about four blocks on the right hand side. Just... promise you'll follow my lead okay?"
"That raises some questions but okay." Cinder responded as she placed her helmet back on and quickly rounded the corner. Ruby smiled as Cinder slowed down to a stop outside what she hoped was the cafe from how fast Ruby jumped off. Cinder turned her head to see Ruby standing in front of a door the letters 'K-A-R-F' emblazoned on the piece of wood above the glass doors and windows. Ruby pulled her helmet off.
"I present to you KARF. But do not ask him about the name. It is a touchy subject... kinda lost his long time, on again off again girlfriend because of it." Ruby spoke as Cinder stood up from locking her bike. "That just makes me more curious. How does a shop name cause something like that?"
"It stands for 'Kirito is Always Right Foundation' it was a joke I had when I first met her. Now I have a question. Ruby why are you here? I know for a fact you aren't meant to be off for another twenty minutes." a tall black haired man asked as he held the door open for the two women.
Ruby smiled at the man as she waved him off. "Come on Kirito. We both know twenty minutes of history is going to be about as useful to me as a lion is to a lioness."
"So you mate with a class? That just throws what I know about biology out the window." Kirito sarcastically responded as he walked behind the counter to the glistening silver machines. "I'd swear you're being a smart ass, but the name 'karf' says you are a dumb ass." Ruby countered as she walked up behind the counter.
"What do you want? Or are you just here to insult me?"
Ruby turned to Cinder to see if she wanted anything, "I'll take a latte..." Cinder timidly spoke, unsure about the man, just something about him rubbed her the wrong way. "Dead Eye for me." Ruby spoked as the man smiled a little.
"Coming right up if it means I can get rid of you sooner." He spoke turning around to make the requested drinks. Ruby turned back around to Cinder who just smiled. The single thought going through her head, 'This is nice... just spending time with Ruby is it wrong I just love these moment and never want them to en- where the hell did that come from... damn it dad... you are confusing me with your bullshit.'
The man turned around and placed the second cup down on the counter. "Eleven bucks Ruby." Ruby produced a wallet from her bag and pulled some notes out and handed it to the man. Ruby grabbed the two paper cups and handed one of them to Cinder. "Come on, we can walk to the store to get the rest of the stuff. Let's get out of Kirito's hair so he can either go get baked, or cry over some girl he lost."
"That was one time!" He yelled as the female duo walked out. Ruby could feel him glare as she gestured down the road. As they walked she let her free arm swing, just brushing against the back of Cinder's own hand.
Ruby hid her blush taking a sip from her coffee. She pulled the mug back a little disgusted. "Bastard gave me a black eye... I should go back to throw this at him." Ruby muttered as Cinder looked at her face. She stared into the pools of molten silver. And felt her chest tighten a little at the sight. "It doesn't look like it..." Cinder answered after a few heart tensing moments.
"What? No. I meant the coffee is a black eye. It is a weaker version of what I wanted. Here try some." Ruby responded, holding it out for Cinder if she wanted a sip. Cinder took the cup and took a tiny sip before she spat it onto the ground next to her. "What the hell is in that?"
"Well, two espresso shots short of what I want. But it is drip coffee topped off with two shots of espresso. Which is a pity, he normally is better than that." Ruby continued taking a sip, as she shook her head. "Shame... anyway, you've been awfully silent for most of the day... like more than normal... so I'm kinda worried about you." Ruby continued as they turned the corner and continued to walk down.
Cinder was unsure what Ruby meant. She had always preferred to let others do the speaking. It was what she always did. It just made sense. Why would Ruby question what she always did? "I'm always this quiet... you know that. I've just been thinking about things." Cinder answered as they walked into the small store.
Ruby quickly walked down one aisle and grabbed a box as she turned the corner and walked down an adjoining aisle. Cinder had no idea what half of the green things in the aisle was but Ruby seemed to know exactly what each was and grabbed a few of the items. She quickly handed the cup of coffee she was holding to Cinder as she walked up to the counter.
She quickly paid for the items and placed them into her bag. "Now to finish that coffee, head to my place. Make the nasty smoothie that I'll need to add some more pills to... but it will keep everyone happy. Especially Weiss and my family." Ruby joked taking the cup back from Cinder.
"Why does Weiss care so much about you? I never understood that... like I can understand if she has been your best friend for a long time... but I've had friends about that long, and I'm not overly fussed with their diet." Cinder asked as they began to walk back towards Cinder's motorcycle.
Ruby quickly finished her drink ignoring the burning sensation as she tried to figure out what to say. "That is a long story that I doubt you would believe me even if I told you... plus I really don't like talking about it with the exception of arguing with Weiss about it... and even then we both like to tiptoe around the subject so it doesn't get to that stage."
Cinder just let out a single grunt of understanding. As she downed her own cup and they both tossed it into a nearby trash can. "Well, let's change the subject... what is so special about these movies?" Cinder asked hoping that it would take Ruby's mind off the subject. She felt it was the correct thing to do, after all Ruby had yet to push her into talking about a subject she would rather avoid.
"They are the greatest comedy movies you can ever come across. Just enough slapstick to keep those with a lowbrow of humour entertained. And enough wordplay to make the people with highbrow humour entertained." Ruby continued as she pulled her helmet out of her bag and slipped it on as Cinder followed suit shortly after unlocking the motorcycle.
"I'll take your word until I see them. But it seems like you are overselling them."
"You'll see soon enough that is impossible. Now come on. Let's get going." Ruby exclaimed, she could have sworn she heard the taller of the two laugh. It was something she seldom heard, but it was magical to her. Cinder swung one leg over as Ruby climbed onto the back and wrapped her arms around the brunette and held on tight.
'Now to enjoy some time alone with Cinder before Yang comes and ruins it with her terrible jokes... and possible shoving her tongue down Weiss' throat... may need to neuter them... it will do them good in the long run.' Ruby thought as they began the journey back towards the new destination.
"How dare she just do that? Leave while there is still school... when I see her, I'm going to skin her alive." Weiss seethed shoving her books into her locker. Stopping once she felt a pair of arms encircle her. "Yang... I'm mad at Ruby right now... she promised she would stop by my place because she swore she do something for her birthday this year."
Yang leaned down and kissed Weiss' neck and began to sway on the spot with Weiss. "Come on Snowpea, her birthday is a month away. Plus her idea of fun is just spending time with friends and family. So just relax about it all." Yang continued as she moved a hand up to brush Weiss' hair out from the side of her neck,
"Not now Yang. I'm very stressed and had planned to talk to Ruby about it as well as actually plan her to do something fun on her birthday. I mean in the last three years she has become recluse every other weekend. And I did look it up in advance. Her birthday falls on that other weekend. So this year she missed my birthday, Blake's, Pyrrha's, and my personal favourite yours." Weiss began to rant as She turned around in Yang's arms and lightly pushed her away.
Yang tensed up, Weiss normally hated being stood up, especially by Ruby. She let out a sharp exhale through her nose as she began, "Fine. She is probably back at our house. Let's go punish her for mitching..."
Weiss smirked as she gave Yang a chaste kiss on the lips. "Careful sweetie, your British is showing. But I agree. Let's go. Maybe smack her a little. Somewhere where the bruises won't show. I'm thinking the torso region."
Yang smiled as she leaned down and kissed Weiss. "You want to ride around in that metal box of yours? Or to we take the bumblebee?"
"Bumblebee. But when I need to head home, you need to either bring me home or stop back here." Weiss commented as Yang smiled, "Are you suggesting a sleep over? Or a sleep over?"
"Let's wait on that one. I need to get my spare helmet. Told you it comes in handy." Weiss snickered as she kicked her locker closed with the side of her foot. She weaved her fingers into Yang's as they walked out of the building. She enjoyed the midday sun hitting her skin as they walked towards her white car.
Weiss reluctantly let go of Yang's hand as she opened the trunk of her car, she could hear Yang laugh as she bent over to grab the white helmet. Even though she already had the helmet she began to sway her hips on the spot. She knew what Yang was laughing at. "I'll let you say it this one time Yang. Just don't think you can say it all the time."
"What can I say, I love dat ass." Yang joked as Weiss pulled herself up and closed the trunk. "That counts. Now let's get going. Don't want to keep Ruby's divine retribution at bay. Otherwise, she'll get used to it." Weiss said as she slipped her helmet on.
They quickly walked over towards Yang's yellow motorcycle just as the blonde began to unlock it. She pulled the chain through the wheel and shoved it into her bag with the heavy duty padlock. She shoved her own helmet on as she climbed onto the motorcycle and moved forward a little so Weiss could climb on as well.
Weiss practically jumped on after she pulled on her jacket and held onto Yang. "God I forgot how nice this is, just so we are this close together." Weiss spoke softly as Yang turned the key and revved the engine a little and began to slowly drive out. She noticed one thing though, Cinder's motorcycle was missing. Something she knew she saw that morning. And she knew Cinder wasn't there for history.
She figured Cinder was probably with Ruby, she just hoped that whatever they were doing that they were decent at least. Not that she overly cared. She was fine as long as Weiss was close to her. She was kind of mad that Weiss had started to piece together Ruby's absence from group events such as birthdays. But thanked all that was holy she figured out nothing about Ruby's cancer.
Yang leaned into a turn and smiled at the feeling of Weiss tightening her grip on her waist. Yang had often forgot how fun these short trips were just because of how close she would be with Weiss. That was the one thing she never really got about cars. The person could be right next to you, and yet feel so far away. Where as when she was riding a motorcycle, not only did she feel alive, but when Weiss was the person, she would squeeze on harder than anyone.
It was perfect to Yang. Her white haired angel was as close as she could be, and she didn't want it any other way.
Yang turned the final corner and slowed down quickly coming to a stop as she parked next to the distinct dark red motorcycle. She felt Weiss let go and climb off the second Yang's feet touched the ground. Yang pulled her helmet off as Weiss walked up to the door. Yang practically ripped the keys out of the ignition as she tossed her other set of keys towards Weiss who caught them.
"Don't hit her that hard Snow Pea!" Yang yelled as she swung her bag over and pulled out the chain and began to lock her bike down. Once she was connected the chain with the heavy padlock she dismounted her bike and walked in as she pulled her helmet off.
She could hear a loud smack followed by a yelp as she closed the door. She walked into the living room to see her sister rubbing her face with a bright red hand on the left side. She could see Cinder giggling a little. Weiss reached for the pale green concoction in the glass and sniffed it.
"Yeah... I totally wouldn't drink that Princess. It actually smells a lot better than it tastes." Ruby spoke as she pulled her hand away from where her white haired friend had hit her. "I wasn't going to... just never seen something... this nasty looking. But don't change the subject! I'm pissed at you! You promised me we'd talk today! Just the two of us!" Weiss yelled placing the glass back onto the table.
"What? Since when? I'm like ninety percent sure that was for tomorrow... but seeing as how you only hit me when you are mad... I'm starting to rethink that... like forty percent sure it is for tomorrow." Ruby continued as she reached out for the glass and took a drink as her face contorted in disgust at it. She could see Weiss getting ready to smack her again when she spoke up, "More like ten percent..."
"We were meant to plan your birthday..." Weiss spoke crossing her arms over her chest as Ruby smirked. "Fine... we can talk later Weiss... but I genuinely thought it was tomorrow. I'm sorry." Ruby spoke trying to avoid the heiress' icy gaze.
Ruby turned back to the tv and clicked play on the move that Cinder had been so kind to pause. Yang looked at what was playing and jumped over the couch and sat down. "Weiss, come on... we didn't miss much of the first Naked Gun. You can beat Ruby with a sack full of oranges after. I love this movie."
"Surely you must be joking." Weiss began as she turned around to stare at the screen. "Wrong movie, same actor. And don't call me Shirley." Yang joked as she sat up a little to pull Weiss down onto her lap. "What is with your fascination with these type of movies?"
"Weiss, shush. Cinder needs to be educated. And if you don't get it, so do you. Now shut up, eat some popcorn, then educate yourself." Ruby nearly yelled as she grabbed the box of popcorn and held it up to Weiss who took a few of the kernels and popped them into her mouth. "This best be good."
Ruby laid down on her bed as she coughed into her elbow, Weiss was close to follow and closed the door behind her. Ruby laid down to stare at the ceiling. As Weiss moved Ruby's chair closer to the bed. "So spill. What has been eating away at you?... Yang didn't find a way to get a girl pregnant did she? Because that would be both a scientific marvel, but worrying at the same time."
"Why is it whenever I have a serious matter to talk about and don't feel comfortable talking about it with Yang, you always assume she knocked me up?" Weiss asked as she crossed her arms as she continued "And no. She didn't."
"I just always assume Yang would bend the laws of biology to mess with my head. Like that one time she added lifts to my shoes to convince me I was growing again? Or that time she kept taking a cookie from my stash each day and convinced me I was sleep eating?" Ruby continued as she heard Weiss snicker next to her. She just knew Weiss was enjoying Ruby's regaling of previous times the blonde had tried to mess with her mind.
"I forgot about those... all of which were funny... what about that time when you were six and she convinced you, you were a werewolf?" Weiss managed to get out in between laughing. "I get it, my sister is worse than yours. Now can we move onto... oh I don't know, the reason you've bitch slapped me about a dozen times since you got here?" Ruby practically yelled as she flailed her arms. "What are we doing for your birthday? You've already missed four this year, I won't let you miss yours."
"I can't see the future Weiss… despite how cool that would my track record with getting sick is kinda abysmal…"
"We are planning something and you are going to do it. Sick or not." Weiss deadpanned as she spun around in Ruby's chair and pulled a sheet of paper and pen from the small cup on the desk. "Start spitting out ideas, we got a lot to do and little time to do it."
Author's Note:
Had fun while writing this, also there is a lot of abridge series jokes... my favourite is the STAA one... then the SAO one... best joke though is one I got from Airplane. Right sleep then writing more. See you guys later. Oh and Mitching… not sure if it is used in Britain… I do know it is used in Irealnd, means the same as ditching though... don't you love slang? I mean I don't but I'm weird.