Author's note- Not much to say this time, I hope you guys enjoy reading Ch.4 I write this for you, the people after all. More thanks to byjinn for proofreading and editing and as always I recommend you read his stories. Read, Review, Favorite, Follow, and as always Enjoy!
Ruby was excited, though nothing new for the normally energetic girl, today this was especially true. For the past few weeks, Ruby had been hanging out with her best friend Weiss almost every day doing all sorts of things. Ruby had shown Weiss the less cultured things that Weiss had never done before. While Weiss had taken Ruby to a few of the more refined things, like opera or plays, that Ruby had found fairly boring, but she had just been happy to spend time with Weiss. After their fishing trip, Weiss had promised Ruby that she would plan a surprise outing for them. It seemed today was that day as Ruby had received a text early in the morning from her favorite princess that simply said, "Meet me at Vale Park at 6 for the surprise, dress nicely."
Ruby was excited to see what Weiss had planned and she had a surprise of her own in store for the girl. Since they had met at the boardwalk Ruby had thought Weiss was special. Something about her had drawn Ruby to like the shy girl and this feeling had only intensified the more they hung out, until Ruby had been forced to admit she had a crush on Weiss.
As the time drew near to six and Ruby was preparing to meet Weiss, she contemplated how she would handle this situation. She knew she couldn't avoid telling Weiss forever but she was afraid of how the Princess, as she was affectionately dubbed by Ruby, would react to the confession. As she was getting ready to leave the house in a black dress with red frills and a rose pattern she went to go grab her red jacket, which she never left the house without and ran into Yang, who she thought was out with Blake.
"Hey sis, where are you going all dressed up?" the blonde inquired as she looked her younger sister up and down.
"Oh, hey Yang. I'm going out with Weiss, she has a surprise planned." Ruby answered innocently as she put on her jacket.
"Does she now," Yang said with a smirk on her face. "Well you have fun." she said as she pulled out her phone and walked towards her room while texting someone.
Ruby left the house and began walking towards Vale Park, going over in her head how she was going to tell Weiss her feelings. "What if she rejects me?" Ruby worried, the image of a disgusted Weiss filling her head. "What if she never wants to see me again?" she feared, worried that Weiss would hate her for this and would never want to see her again. As Ruby fretted she reached the park faster than she anticipated and looked for Weiss in the gradually thinning crowd of the park. People were leaving as the sun began its slow descent.
It took Ruby a minute to locate her best friend, but when she did she felt her breath catch in her throat. Weiss always looked pretty, but in the pale blue dress with snowflake patterning on the hem and her hair not in its usual ponytail but instead allowed to fall freely. There was only one word Ruby could use to describe Weiss.
"Beautiful." she said without realizing she was thinking aloud as Weiss walked up to her.
"Excuse me?" Weiss said, a faint blush already forming on her face. Ruby jumped; not fully realizing that Weiss had approached her until she had spoken and quickly tried to recover.
"N-nothing. I-I mean you look beautiful Weiss. N-not that you d-don't always look…." Ruby fumbled with her words. "Why is it so hard to talk to her? It's never hard to talk to Weiss!"
Weiss, noticing Ruby unusually fumbling with her words, took the other girls hand in her own, a blush appearing on both of their faces, though darker on Weiss, and mumbled a thank you as she started pulling Ruby along to the surprise.
Ruby quickly regained her composure and began making small talk with Weiss as they walked down the darkening streets of Vale to the destination known only to Weiss. Ruby had decided not to ask question about where they were going trusting Weiss and soon they were standing outside a fancy restaurant called La Belle Rose. Ruby stared at the front of the restaurant with her mouth open, this was one of the fanciest restaurants in Vale, how was she going to afford this dinner? Though she missed the obvious implications at being taken to such a fancy restaurant.
"Uhhh… Weiss how can we afford this restaurant?" Ruby asked as she closed her mouth and looked at her pale friend.
"Oh, don't worry about it Ruby. It's my surprise so I'll cover it." Weiss said casually. "Cover it?! This is an incredibly expensive restaurant and she talks about paying for it like it's nothing." Ruby thought as they walked in and were greeted by the host of the restaurant.
"Hello, do you have a reservation?" he asked not making eye contact with either of the girls and not seeming particularly interested in working either.
"Yes. Schnee party of two." Weiss replied a certain air of authority in her voice.
The man jumped at the name, immediately becoming more interested in the two girls standing in front of him.
"Ah yes, , we have been expecting you. Please come right this way." he said as he pulled two menus and led the girls to a table. The restaurant was not very filled, the table they were shown to was covered in a white tablecloth with a candle in the center and two places set on either side of the table.
The man placed a menu at either place and stood off to the side, waiting for them to take their seats. Ruby seeing an opportunity walked over to one side and pulled the chair out for Weiss while trying to hide the blush on her face.
"My Princess," she said as Weiss grew an even darker blush on her face than earlier, but took the seat regardless allowing Ruby to push it in for her.
"Thank you," Weiss mumbled as Ruby took her own seat across from her. The man had tactfully looked away during these proceedings and upon both girls being seated came forth to take their drink orders.
"Water," was the reply from both of them.
They sat at the table, Weiss having trouble making eye contact and Ruby was trying to think of what to say. After a time she thought of something.
"So Weiss, how can you afford this place?" She asked smiling when Weiss brought her eyes up to meet Ruby's she was still blushing.
"Have you ever heard of Schnee Jewelry?" Weiss asked.
"Of course I have. They are one of the largest jewelry stores in the world." Ruby said, not quite connecting the dots.
"Well my grandfather started that company, and now my father runs it." Weiss answered not waiting for Ruby to figure it out on her own. Ruby, for the second time that day, hung her mouth open in awe as she realized how wealthy her friend really was.
"But if you're that rich, then why don't you have servants or live in a mansion?"
"I did at my parents' house. I moved out into my current home for college to try and get away from that life." Weiss answered, thinking back on her lonely childhood.
"Well I'm glad you did that. If you hadn't, I wouldn't have gotten to meet you." Ruby said, cheerfully putting her hand on top of Weiss', causing the girl to look away.
"Dolt." she mumbled as her blush refused to fade.
The host returned to bring their drinks and take orders. Ruby let Weiss order for both of them considering that Ruby had never been to a restaurant this fancy in her life and didn't know what a lot of the items on the menu even were. They continued to make small talk now that the awkward tension that had pervaded the air at the start of the dinner had been alleviated. When the food arrived, Ruby did what Ruby did and ate faster than her mouth could chew, but still somehow managed to avoid choking. While Weiss laughed at her friend's antics while taking dainty bites of her food. As they finished, the man came back to ask if they would like desert. Ruby was about to answer before Weiss started talking.
"Ruby I'll handle this. It's my surprise after all," she said before she waved the man over and whispered in his ear. He merely nodded and left the table.
"Weiss what did you tell him?"
"Oh you'll find out," Weiss hummed to herself, happy with what she had done.
About five minutes passed before the host returned with the dessert Weiss had specially ordered for Ruby. The man placed the treat in front of Ruby and left with Ruby looking from her dessert to Weiss and back. It was a plate of chocolate-chip cookies and a glass of milk, Ruby's favorite.
"Weiss, this is amazing!" Ruby said as she took a bite of the cookie. It was warm and the chocolate was gooey in her mouth.
"I had it specially ordered, they don't have it on the menu but they made an exception for me." Weiss said as she watched Ruby begin devouring the plate of cookies.
"Thank you, Weiss! You're the best. Here take some." Ruby said as she picked up a few of the cookies and placed them on a napkin in front of Weiss. The two sat enjoying the cookies in a happy silence. When they finished the cookies Ruby made a decision.
"Weiss I have something to tell you," Ruby began as she looked down at the empty plate not making eye contact with the other girl.
"What is it Ruby?" Weiss asked, concerned at her usually energetic friend's behavior.
"Well...we're best friends…. and I think you are amazing...but I kind of sort of….have a crush on you," Ruby finished the last part of her sentence quickly. Weiss looked stunned, her mouth hung open, and she simply stared at Ruby. Ruby began fidgeting under the ice blue gaze of her friend until she cracked.
"I'm sorry Weiss, I can't help it. I know you're my best friend, but I just think you are amazing and I understand if you don't want to see me again." Ruby rushed out as she stood up and quickly left the restaurant. This sudden action made Weiss regain her composure and she quickly paid the bill and followed after her distressed friend.
She caught up to Ruby near Vale Park, she had tears brimming in her silver eyes. She had her back to Weiss and heard the approach but refused to face the girl.
"Weiss, please don't yell at me." she said in a dejected tone.
"You dolt, I'm not going to yell at you and I most certainly don't hate you," Weiss said with a blush creeping up her face as she turned Ruby around.
"You don't?" Ruby asked, confused. Weiss merely kept her faced turned down, too embarrassed to make eye contact.
"No I don't. In fact, the point of this dinner was I was going to tell you the exact same thing," Weiss muttered softly.
"You were?" Ruby said astonished, a feeling of elation filling her.
"Yes I was, but then you went and ran off, you dolt." Weiss said, finally working up the nerve to make eye contact with Ruby and what she saw did not disappoint. Ruby still had tears brimming in her eyes but they were tears of joy as evidenced by the smile on her face.
"Weiss that is the best news I have ever heard. Of all time. Ever!" Ruby said as she pulled Weiss into a kiss that the girl reciprocated but caused her blush to deepen.
The moment would have been perfect if not the shutter of a camera causing Ruby to blush and for the blush on Weiss' face to deepen even further to crimson.
"Oh my god, you guys are too cute!" they heard a familiar bubbly voice say.
"YAAANNG!" Ruby yelped at her sister who was holding a camera still taking pictures standing with Blake who had an unusually large grin on her face.
"Have you been following us?" Weiss asked embarrassment dripping from her voice.
"Yeah pretty much, when I saw Ruby all dressed up I texted Blake and told her I thought you two were finally going to kiss. And I was right,"
"Wait finally, what do you mean by finally?" Ruby and Weiss asked in unison.
"Oh, the night at the boardwalk where we introduced you was a set-up. We wanted you two to start dating and it took you long enough," Blake replied as Yang was occupied looked through the blackmail pictures she had gotten of the red and white girls.
Ruby and Weiss both looked dumbfounded for a minute before Ruby regained her wits first and put her arm around Weiss and pulling her closer.
"Well I guess I should thank you two then."
"As should I," Weiss mumbled.
"Great, now that we're all happy you two enjoy the rest of your night, and Schnee no funny business with my little sister, you hear?" Yang said with a sly wink as her and Blake walked home.
"Wha...What…How lewd…I would never," she sputtered before she was silenced by Ruby pulling her into another kiss, this one she managed to keep her blush from reappearing.