"So, Ruby…" Weiss murmured as she sat across from her partner at the library table. Today was her turn at tutoring, which honestly she didn't mind nearly as much anymore ever since Blake had agreed to split the duties with her. Little did I realize her ulterior motives at the time…
"What's up, Weiss?" Ruby murmured back absently. She finished the paragraph she was writing for her history paper before looking at at the heiress with a smile. "You ready to go over the quiz with me?"
"Er, not just yet, no… I was wondering, though…"
"Yeeesss…?" Ruby drawled, a humorous glint in her eyes.
Perhaps she already knows what I'm about to ask. Oum knows it's been eating at me long enough.
"So you and Blake… and Pyrrha…"
Ruby giggled quietly. "I know, it's kinda awesome, isn't it?"
"Er, yes…" Weiss looked at her chipper partner in perplexion. "Well, actually… no. I don't get it, quite frankly."
"What's there not to get?" Ruby asked, her grin widening. "They both like me. I really like both of them." She leaned in conspiratorially. "And they're both suuuper cute!"
With another quiet giggle, the brunette returned to her paper once more.
Weiss blinked her eyes uncertainly. "And… that's all there is to it?"
"Yep!"
"But… But what about…"
"Weiss," the brunette sighed affectionately, putting her pen down once more. "You're overthinking this."
"I don't see how it's quite possible for me to overthink this," Weiss muttered irritably. "You're dating two girls at the same time!"
"Yep!"
"I just…" The heiress huffed out a breath. "You do realize that they are both very interested in you, correct?"
"Well, I would hope so, 'cause I sure as heck am interested in both of them!"
Weiss resisted the urge to bang her head repeatedly against the table. "Ruby…"
"I understand, Weiss, really." She looked up into her partner's silver eyes that were currently shining warmly. "You're concerned for me and for Blake. I'm guessing Pyrrha too, since we're all friends… But you know why I'm not concerned about getting hurt?"
Weiss shook her head slowly, slightly surprised. She'd thought that the real intricacies of what she'd gotten herself into would have escaped the socially-awkward girl, but she was displaying a rather remarkable amount of maturity about the whole thing. Well, remarkable for her, at least.
"They're both trying," Ruby whispered eagerly. "They both want this, they want a relationship with me enough that they're willing to work together on it. And that," she grinned widely, "is all kinds of awesome!"
Weiss had to stifle an abrupt laugh. "Well, I suppose I can see that," she conceded. "But what about, er… more than just hanging out and going on dates?"
"What, you mean like kissing and other stuff?"
Weiss sighed. "Yes, Ruby, precisely."
"Well, if it happens, it happens. I'm not gonna worry about or rush it." Ruby giggled once more. "I can dream about it, but I'm not gonna worry about it."
With that, she bowed her head once more and turned her attention back to her paper.
Weiss tried to do the same, but her thoughts were a chaotic whirl as she pondered what Ruby had revealed.
Could it really be that simple for her? she wondered. And… I wonder what the others think?
A/N: Whelp, there we have Ruby's thoughts on the whole shebang so far. Simplistic? Perhaps, but it might be argued that it could easily be boiled down to just that. So long as there's trust, mutual respect, and an effort to meet in the middle, anything is possible. And next up we'll hear from Blake!
So I've given up on trying to pace myself. For now I'm going to post a chapter every morning and evening, at least until my buffer is gone (I've written up through chapter 12 now). But still I'm amazed at the responses here, 22 reviews and almost 80 followers. Boggles my mind. Thank you all so very, very much for keeping up with this, and do drop a quick review to let me know what is working for you, or what doesn't.
THB4: Yeah some argument could be made for who would influence Ruby more. Fighting? Sure, Qrow wins hands-down. But as far as relationships go… I think she'd have picked up more from observation with Yang and from her dad's history than anything.
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