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Ruby, whom was expecting an average day, instantly started to have a great one. How would you describe it… well, she couldn't really. She returned the manner with a bright smile, "Hi Weiss!, umm. Y-yeah!, my Day so far.. Um…", 'oh no.. was I too loud?'. It surely was too early in the morning to be this energetic, but oh well. "It's been fine so far!", 'oops', she thought to herself. Did it again, a bit too loud.
Weiss looked back at her, right in the eyes. This made Ruby instantly flush, eye contact generally wasn't something Ruby was used too it seems. "Hmmm… are you sure?, you seemed a bit, well, hesitant on that last bit.", each word she spoke was full of comfort, and tenderness. "Mhmm, s-sorry, just wasn't expecting anyone really to ask me about my day.", Ruby replied back to Weiss.
Weiss chortled a bit, "No, no, nothing to be sorry about", she looked at Ruby keeping the same smile on her face. "Well, if you do not mind me, I'll be sitting at a table". Ruby looked toward the direction she was walking in, "Alrightyy, let me know if you need anything okay?", both of them returned back to what seemed their plans for today. For weiss, who knows, maybe her daily coffee, and in Ruby's case, it was work sadly.
Ruby looked at her, what seemed to now be, "Crush". Everything that Weiss wore seemed to compliment her looks in every way. The white silk scarf, reading glasses, the white coa- wait. Ruby stopped her admiration for a bit,'Reading glasses..reading.. Oh!'. She had just remembered something Crystal gave to her the day before. Weiss left her book, and Ruby took it upon herself to give it back. "Too bad for being of help…", she mumbled to herself, she would remind Weiss later. She returned back to her work. The usual, taking orders, making the order, serving it, cleaning up after, and repeat. The process of which lasted over about 1 hour before something seemingly exciting happened.
Weiss had stopped by in front of the counter again,"Hey, Im back again, I was wondering if I could have one of those umm….", she pointed to the glass, at the direction of a Scone. Ruby decided to continue on her sentence, "Scones?, I'd be then happy too". Weiss nodded, "Sorry… you had to let me know again what something was.". Ruby turned to face her after she had gotten the scone in small bag and handed it off to Weiss. "Nothing to be sorry about, hehe~, just helping out a...friend", she smiled. Weiss blushed at this and returned a smile, a smile of glee. She payed the price for the French Vanilla scone and returned to her table. And from what she saw, Weiss quite enjoyed the scone.
Not much time has passed since that, it was only about 30 or 40 minutes since that happened. Weiss got up from her table holding another book, seems to be a different one then the other she lost. She walked towards the front door, reaching out and opening it. She turned to Ruby who was looking at her from the counter and showed a smile of gratitude yet again.
A smile which Ruby would cherish every time she'd see it. She waved as Weiss walked out. A quick thought popped up in Ruby's head, she had to say it," Wait.. no! , Weis-", ahh, she was too late sadly. The bell from the door had ringed, she couldn't return the book.
Why was she so worried on trying to return the book? She wouldn't know. She let out a deep sigh, can't really help anyone it seems. She went back to the daily routine at work.
5 hours have passed now and due to it being the first day of Winter break technically, from today on. Work hours would be shorter, cutting it out at . Ruby cleaned up after everyone who has came to, The Java House, today. With the help of a young man who was blonde, it was quick work. The two co-worker''s exchanged good-byes as they both left work.
Ruby walked down the street following the same pattern she usually does to her house. It was all just basic memory now. Something caught her eye though at the first intersection. A bookstore it seems, and someone In front of it. Weiss it seems to be, again. This seemed to be the perfect moment for Ruby to let her know about her book. She ran, and in less than about 4 seconds, there she was. Weiss was standing in front of her. "O-ohhh, Hi Ruby, fancy meeting you here.". She wasn't quite expecting to see her acquaintance. But to make the thought nicer, Weiss corrected her thought. She wasn't quite expecting to see her new friend.
Ruby leaned forward a bit, resting her palms on her knees panting a bit. She regained her posture and stood up straight and turned the face Weiss.
"Y-yeahh.. Sorry if I frightened you, whatcha up too?", Weiss kinda frowned a bit, she was a bit disappointed, just a bit. That Ruby didn't tell her right away why she intended to meet her without warning. "Well.., I just happened to lose one of my books, and I wanted to see if this store had the same copy. But….it seems they don't sadly.". She didn't quite know why, but it felt weird seeing Weiss disappointed, she didn't know her well enough to know what she usually is like.
"Ohh! , y-you don't need to worry about that! you left your book at the table the first day I met you.". That last part kinda just stayed there, hanging in the air, both of them heard it. It sounded..well kinda, odd, but in a good way at least. "A-ahh, I see, well do you happen to have it on you right now?". "No sadly… b-but if you come with me, I can return it to you~".
Weiss looked at Ruby a bit, they had only just become friends, and an invite to her house already? She took the thought in for a brief moment, "Well… sure, I don't mind going with you to get my book back", she smiled, and Ruby smiled. Ruby led the way to her house. Too be quite frank, the walk was a bit awkward. A bit small talk here and there, not too much. Not like regular friends would do anyways. They had just took the last turn, and they were in front of Ruby's house.
Ruby took her keys from out her pocket, unlocked the door and let Weiss in. The two walked into her house, taking a seat on the couch. "S-sorry if my house is a mess..", Ruby said looking around a bit, there were some cups on the coffee table. A mini waste basket, with failed attempts of paper basketball's lying on the floor next to it. "N-no, it's not messy, it seems...normal if you ask me". The sentence to ruby seemed like it had bad taste in it, but she shrugged it away.
"Well… here's your book", Ruby got the Weiss's book from the coffee table and handed it to her placing it lightly into her hands. Weiss took the book with gleeful manner. "Thank you very much!, I was getting quite worried not being able to continue this book…". Ruby looked at the front cover of the book, 'New Beginnings', the book title said, and it showed a girl sitting on a bench in what seemed to be a park.
"If you dont mind telling me, what's the book about?", Ruby asked curiously. "Well… It's about a girl, she has no friends really. But during a walk in a park, by herself of course. She meets many people, you'd think she wouldn't be lonely after meeting a lot of people. But she couldn't describe it, she was still lonely. Then eventually out of all those people, only one actually made her happy. No more loneliness, no more quiet nights alone. She had a friend now.".
Ruby looked up at Weiss, "O-ohhh, well.. It seems like a very interesting book, from the way you tell it.", Ruby was never really a book person, never really found interest in them. "Why yes it is, it's one of my favorites.", Weiss exclaimed after Ruby's statement.
The two stared at each other a bit, not knowing what to say next. Eventually the awkward silence was broken, and Ruby asked a question. "Soo… what school do you go to Weiss?, I've never seen you at my school before..", Weiss looked at Ruby, she hesitated a bit to tell her.
"Well.., I go to a community college nearby here actually.", Ruby's eyes widened a bit. Should she be shocked? Disappointed? She didn't know. She didn't want to ask anymore things, she felt wrong already after that question. But she couldn't hold it in, "Hmmm.. I see, h-how old are you?".
Weiss once again hesitated to answer back, she didn't want to weird out someone younger than her. She didn't think it felt right that ruby knew she was becoming friends with an person who Is older by a few years. "I-I am Twenty-years old…". Ruby had more thoughts racing through her mind, she didn't mind her age at all. If anything, it kinda made Weiss more attractive. That a polite, nice, beautiful, most likely smart girl is her friend. She was desirable after knowing that now.
Ruby decided to stop with the questions, "S-sorry if i bothered you too much with my questions." She bowed a bit, hoping this wouldn't affect their blooming friendship. "N-No", Weiss responded, "I-i guess i should be sorry too… I didn't tell you this sooner..". Both of them looked at each other for a brief moment, then away.
Ruby spoke up, "Well umm… would you like some water?". "Yes please.". Weiss answered back turning to face her yet again. Weiss watched the girl walk on over to the kitchen. Ruby grabbed a water bottle out from the fridge and walked back to Weiss after she closed the the fridge. "Here you gooo", she handed over the water bottle. Weiss took it politely, "Thank you.". She twisted open the cap and placed her lips on the top. Her lips were pink, smooth, glistening. The water flowed down from out the bottle and a bit trickled down Weiss's lip. She closed the cap back on and wiped her mouth a bit. "Very refreshing." , Ruby nodded at the statement.
Time passed on. Silence, what was there to talk about? Well not much apparently. They exchanged looks over the course of 5 minutes until Weiss took out her phone and saw the time. "Oh um, I gotta go now Ruby, I have stuff to do for school." Ruby nodded as she got up and went to the door opening it up for her. "It's alright, nothing to worry about, would you like me to walk you home?". "N-no it's fine really, I live farther pass your work opposite from here, I don't want to take your time".
Ruby seemed a bit disappointed at the rejection, well that's a negative way to put it. She sighed to herself at the decline and decided to try again,"Are you sure, I have the tim-", She was cut off by Weiss. "I-its alright, please, its nothing really, I appreciate the offer. Thanks.". Ruby tried to keep a smile on her face, respecting Weiss's choice.
Weiss walked out the door and turned to Ruby before she started walking down the street. "Umm...Thanks for lending me my book back, and the hospitality, really, thanks." Ruby nodded, "It's no problem, be safe on your way back, See you next time Weiss.". Weiss parted, disappearing down the street. Ruby lost her smile as she closed the door.
The tone she heard in Weiss's voice. She obviously did not want Ruby to come. A Frown appeared on her face as she sat down on her couch. "Well… I should be happy at least that I got to spend time with her", She let out a breath before she turned around and sat down on her couch leaning back against it and looked up at the ceiling. "What a day."