Alright before this chapter starts, just wanna say sorry for not frequently posting like I should for those who are reading this. Procrastination is just really defeating me right now, but that's not really a good excuse so, yup. I;m on summer break right now so hopefully I can finally get some chapters in. Anyways, to be honest, this chapter has been sitting in my Google Docs for like 2 or 3 months waiting to be posted, but I ended up re-doing the entire first portion, then just re did the entire thing. This chapter is really supposed to be a long one but I split it into Pt.1 and Pt.2 so I could at least post something, I am currently working on part 2 at the moment so be looking out for that, I'm still pretty disappointed my chapters are coming off short even though for this one I have a reason, but besides that, please enjoy =]
It seems as if the events of of the day before we're just a old memory as Ruby woke up. An old memory that she would continue to remember. She woke up only to check her phone in slight delight and saw that she had received a message from one of her Co-workers, "No work for you today, I wouldn't want you to work ALL of your winter break, especially when we have a new staff, so enjoy your day off! -Velvet".
'Wow, what a relief, and here I thought I'd just be at work watching people come in and come out continuing on with their day as I complain about too many things to count', she gave a quick smile of glee. But through the process of getting dressed up in a standard attire of jeans and t-shirt, she hit a dead end while thinking. What would she do? She absolutely had not thought of this type of thing happening , would the movies be good? Noo, it seemed awfully boring going by yourself…. How about stay in inside and sleeping in?, nahh, that too, also sounded boring. What was it she wanted to do?
She thought back a bit, there was a cup filled with tokens somewhere in her room for a arcade near her work. Although she wanted to go to the arcade with her beloved and awesome sis, she had no idea when she'd be home. So what better not to do then go to the arcade! It was the perfect thought, for now atleast. Ruby finished dressing and spent the next few minutes looking for that cup.
She eventually found it just sitting on top of one of her shelves and took it into her hand. There was a small sticky note on it reading, "When in dire need of fun, grab this and a awesome big sis then go out!". A quick shot of guilt went through Ruby's body as she struggled to recall how excited she thought she'd be for these to be useful, only to find out she would be alone that day. She took off the sticky note and instead of tossing it, stuck it to the edge of the shelf. The sound of small tokens hitting against each other was the sound she heard as she dumped them into her pocket and started walking downstairs.
"Alright let's see", Ruby pulled out her phone, maybe Pyrrha wanted to join? She went into the number pad and started typing the area code. Her finger was stuck on the 7. 'Oh. that's right, I don't have her number'. As she stuck her phone into the pocket opposite of her tokens and stood at the door. And moments later, she stood on the other side of the door. The outside, a very great place, to most people at-least.
She took off in the direction of the city, but out of curiosity, she passed by the coffee shop on her way there taking the usual route. Looking through the windows of the building, she saw a girl with short green, and what seemed to be red eyes, hair serving customers their drinks. She was with another co-worker, they looked vaguely familiar to Ruby, maybe some people from from school. Everything seemed good and normal, she didn't feel like interrupting the work mood that those 2 were probably in. At one last glance, she didn't anything in particular so she turned and faced the other way. Upon passing the glass doors, something White could be seen in Ruby's peripheral vision.
Almost instantly she turned, and it was Weiss. She was standing at the counter ordering something, how did she not see her earlier? Should she stay outside and continue on with her day? Or go inside and say hi? The first choice seems normal, because that's what she intended to do in the first place, and a plus, she wouldn't bother Weiss's plans. But, on the other hand, saying hi could just be a friendly gesture, surely it wouldn't hurt, but then again she'd think something different of someone who'd take time out of their day to say hi. 'ugghh, what to do, what to do'.
Well, she most certainly considered that this would be a one time opportunity for this type of encounter. The chances of this happening seemed to sit on a slim margin, this made her want to go in and say hi. She opened the door and the sound of a bell ring sounded, and reached to the counter. The bell caught Weiss attention and she turned to face in the doors direction.
'ohh...she wasn't working today..' , she kept it to herself however that, she really came here to greet Ruby. Pondering on the fact that she did not include the most logical reason of Ruby's absence when she arrived here. She put away the thought and instantly turned to face counter to finish her order, took her receipt and walked over to Ruby.
Ruby looked at Weiss, as her hair flowed a bit to the side as she walked at a rather fast pace to her. A blush appeared on her face which she couldn't contain, 'w-what, no wayy, is she coming to me? Without me saying hi yet?'.
Weiss stopped in front of Ruby, from her brisk walk came her white hair flowed past in front of her a bit and then came back to the side of her head in its original off sided ponytail position. The scent of her hair hair spray went forward a bit as the smell gave a nice tingle sensation to Ruby's smell. "mmm…", she looked at her crush in front of her, her heart started beating. She opened her mouth but words wouldn't come out. In her my mind she thought, 'wait what?! , nooo, I knew what I was going to say! W-why? Why can't I say hi?!'. She stood there a bit awkwardly as Weiss decided to speak up, "hmm? Cat bite your tongue Ruby?", and like almost every time the 2 encounter, one of the best smiles in the world would appear in the eyes of Ruby. She finally let the words out, "H-hi weiss, h-haha.. there's no cat in here though..".
'Oh noo!, why would I say that! I knew it was supposed to be a joke, I knew it! P-please don't think weirdly of me!', Ruby spoke to herself in her mind at the realization of what she had just said. "Oh?" Weiss brought her hand up to the side of her face and closed up her fingers then bended her wrist forward and smiled brightly closing her eyes. Acting as if she were cat were pawing at their face. Weiss thought about what she had just done, 'Oh wait, no no noo, why would I do that.. I thought it'd be cute but it's kinda embarrassing…'. Ruby blushed even more at at the sight, but a few moments later, Weiss's cheerful smile turned into a slightly awkward odd smile instead. She instantly took her hand away from her face.
"S-sorry, excuse me for umm.. that. I um, well enough about that, what brings you here?", a change of subject was the last thing she'd want to do with Ruby, but she didn't really want to talk about the 'cat' incident just then.
Ruby continued to look at Weiss a bit with quick thoughts,'oh...i didn't know..she was like...that.'. "Well um, I just so happened to well, see you here and I came in to say hi, but well… you started off the conversation first, heh~", she scratched behind her head a bit. Waiting for Weiss's response.
"Ohh, well how nice of you, thanks for coming to say hi". Ruby nodded at Weiss as if going 'mhm'.
"Anyways, where do you happen to be going?, doesn't seem like you are supposed to work today.", Weiss started walking to the door after she said that and held it open and did a small gesture with her hand towards Ruby to step outside.
She started walking towards the door and started to speak as well, "Thank you, and um, welllll", she paused for a bit, "I was, going to go to the mall and like, hang out there, you know?". When she finished her line, she was out and standing on the sidewalk, she turned to look at Weiss who was now walking towards her letting the door close. "Ohh, I see", Weiss responded, "Well…", she thought about the decisions she could make in an instant. "Would you mind, if i come with you? I, well you see.. I don't really go out that much unless it's somewhere like this coffee shop, otherwise I don't go anywhere really, I would just be sitting in my dorm room, doing boring school work and stuff, you know?".
Well, Ruby couldn't really relate at the moment, she was off of school with no homework at all. "ohh..I see, I wouldn't mind you tagging along for a while or how ever long, you want.", Ruby smiled.
Weiss spoke up,"Mhhmm, okay, shall we get going then?", she turned and started walking down the sidewalk towards the city as Ruby shortly followed.