Author's Note- Hey more Icy Rose for you great people, personally I am not as happy with this chapter as I am with the last one. Shout out to AmbidextrousLion for helping me with the idea for this story and with the editing, I really appreciate it and I highly recommend you read her story Layer Of Ice if you haven't, it's a fantastic story and one of my favorite RWBY fics, seriously go check out her story. Also thank you to Lion for drawing the cover art for Icy Rose and I personally think the picture is great, she is still working on it I was just impatient and uploaded the picture. Let me know what you think of this chapter or of my story in general, even if you hate it, I always like the feedback. Read, Review, Favorite, Follow, and most importantly Enjoy
Ruby woke up on the couch still in the jacket she had gotten from Weiss the previous day, and the thought brought a smile to her face. Opening her eyes she immediately saw the snow white hair she had buried her face into while she slept. Moving her head back she saw Weiss' peaceful face; the older girl was still asleep. "She's so cute when she sleeps," Ruby thought as she pulled closer to her. Weiss still in her arms, she looked down at her jacket and at the sleeve that bore the snowflake emblem. "I am so lucky to have a girlfriend like her," Ruby thought as she pressed her lips against Weiss' forehead earning a contented murmur from the still sleeping girl.
Ruby frowned though as she kept thinking about how great Weiss is "She's so kind to me. Not only did she deal with me when I was depressed, but she went out of her way to cheer me up." Ruby kept thinking about how good Weiss had been to her in the last two weeks and made a decision. "I need to get her something as a way to show my gratitude," Ruby thought with a determined nod of her head. This plan was put on hold though as Weiss woke up slightly and gave Ruby a kiss.
"Go back to sleep you dunce," she murmured, not even opening her eyes as she rested her forehead against Ruby's.
"Alright," Ruby replied with a yawn and a smile as she started drifting off to sleep, still so comfortable in the white-themed girl's arms. "I need to get her something nice..." Ruby thought tiredly as she fell back asleep, happy with the plan she had.
Weiss let out an irritated sigh. She was sitting on the armchair in the living room away from Ruby who was the source of her annoyance. Ruby was currently sitting next to Blake on the couch petting the Faunus girl's cat ears and talking about how cute they were. This had become a fairly common since Blake had revealed her feline attributes. At first Ruby had merely talked to the girl about the ears, asking questions about what they were like and just generally gushing over how cute they were. Blake had at first answered the questions politely, not used to this kind of attention towards her ears. When Ruby had tried petting her ears Blake had stopped her, but at Ruby's insistence and with the knowledge that the younger girl had no bad intentions Blake finally allow Ruby to pet her ears, much to the red girls delight.
Since then, while Blake would be reading Ruby would sometimes sit down next to her and start petting the girl's ears and Blake wouldn't admit it but she enjoyed it. Weiss at first hadn't cared about this but as it became more frequent it had started to annoy her how much Ruby was paying attention to Blake. "They are just ears, what is so great about them?" she thought in annoyance as she tried to watch TV while Ruby talked to Blake. Weiss was trying not to be jealous about this, but she couldn't help it, she was upset with how much attention Ruby was giving Blake. Interrupting her thoughts was Ruby who stood up and addressed the room as a whole.
"Well, I need to go out and get something. I'll be back soon," she said with a smile as she went over to Weiss.
"Can I come?" Weiss asked
"Mmmhh, nope," Ruby answered with a comic pause as she smiled and gave Weiss a kiss on the cheek. Weiss just grumbled.
"Why can't come with you," she asked with a small pout, hoping to use Ruby's own move against her. It didn't work.
"Ahh, that pout is so cute," Ruby said with a small squeal much to Weiss' displeasure. "Don't worry sweetheart, I won't be long," she said as she went and put her jacket on before she left the house.
Weiss and Blake sat in an amiable silence, Blake reading her latest book and Weiss was watching the news. Weiss was good, if not great at hiding annoyance. After a time though Weiss started stewing in her aggravation at Ruby and her fascination with Blake's Faunus ears. "That child! What is so great about them," she thought in annoyance as she kept thinking on this problem and another problem. Ever since Weiss had gotten Ruby out of her depression with the jacket the girl had seemed somewhat distant from Weiss, and it had started to worry her. "What did I do wrong?" She thought, her brow furrowing in worry, "Is she…is she not happy with me? Could she be thinking of leaving me?" Weiss felt a coil of anxiety tensing in her gut at her thought images of Ruby with a sneer on her face filled her mind.
Weiss was standing in a room by herself; the room was completely empty except for a single door on the other side of the room which opened at that exact moment. Ruby stepped through the door but something about the way she carried herself was different. She wasn't practically bouncing with excitement and her head was kept down hiding her expression. Even at this unusual thing Weiss was glad to see the other girl, the blank room had inspired unease in her.
"Ruby it's so good to see you, where are we?" Weiss asked of her. Ruby did not respond, she only looked up to reveal the cruel sneer that adorned her face, an expression that didn't belong on her face.
"I wish I could say the same about you," she said with a mean laugh to punctuate the harsh remark.
"Ruby why would you say something so mean?" Weiss asked, fighting back the sadness the words had on her.
"Because I don't love you. I don't particularly like you either." Ruby said the words so offhandedly, like she was talking about the weather that it hurt Weiss even more than any insult could.
"B-b-b…bu…" she stammered, her vision blurring from tears that had suddenly risen to her eyes without her knowledge or consent.
"But what? You thought I loved you? Thought that we would spend our lives together?" Ruby said this with an almost caring smile before it was twisted to something cruel and punctuated by a harsh barking laugh. "Please, like that would ever happen. When we get to college I'm going to find someone better than you; not that it will be hard." Weiss was crying at these words she didn't care anymore that Ruby could see the tears, that they were the reaction the girl was looking for. The words she had used to cause them had cut deep into Weiss and hurt tremendously.
"Ruby please don't say that, I love you," Weiss said between her sobs. Pulling out the rose pendant around her neck she held it up for the other girl to see. "You love me." Ruby just laughed at this display.
"Of course I do, Snow Angel." The last two words were mocking. "Speaking of that," she held out her wrist, the one with the snowflake, and ripped the fabric off and threw the emblem at Weiss' feet. "Take this back; I won't be needing it any longer." With that she turned and left, leaving the sobbing Weiss to reach out after her.
"No, Ruby! Please don't go, don't go!"
"Weiss are you alright?" Ruby said while shaking the startled girl. Weiss had fallen asleep during her troubled thoughts and it had led to a terrible nightmare. The white-themed girl was still startled and at the sight of Ruby lashed out still in fear from the dream.
"OF COURSE I'M FINE YOU DOLT!" She shouted, scaring the unprepared Ruby.
"Woah, Weiss what's the problem?"
"THE PROBLEM IS YOU!" Weiss screamed as she stood up and pushed Ruby out of her way as she stormed out of the house, slamming the front door behind her. Yang and Blake came out of their room at the noise and found Ruby sitting on the floor tearing up.
"What was that?" Blake asked. Yang was angry at the sight of her sister crying.
"Do I need to hurt her?" Typical Yang.
"I don't know. She looked like she was having a nightmare and then when I woke her up she snapped at me and left," Ruby said worry and confusion in her voice.
"Again, do I need to hurt her?"
"No Yang, I need to go see what's wrong," Ruby answered as she stood up and walked out the front door.
She didn't have to go far before she found Weiss sitting a few feet away from the house. Her back was turned to Ruby, but by her shaking shoulders Ruby knew she was crying. Walking up slowly behind her Ruby sat down behind her and gently put her arms around her and rested her head on the other girls shoulder.
"What seems to be the problem?"
"Nothing, I just overreacted," Weiss said after a pause sniffling back more tears.
"That didn't seem like nothing," Ruby said softly giving Weiss a reassuring squeeze. "It's alright you can tell me what's bothering you." Weiss paused at this.
"You promise you won't be angry?"
"Of course I promise. Just tell me when you're ready." They sat in silence like that for several minutes, Ruby just patiently waiting for Weiss to talk whenever she was ready.
"The dream you woke me from…was a nightmare," Weiss started, "and in it you were there…but...but you weren't you. You were saying hurtful things to me."
"I would never do that, but keep going."
"You said that… you didn't love me, or even like me and that you would find someone better. Then you ripped this off," Weiss said tapping the snowflake on Ruby's wrist, "and then you left." Ruby looked thoughtful at this.
"I would never do anything like that, and of course I love you," Ruby replied, giving Weiss a kiss on the cheek.
"I know, it was just a stupid nightmare."
"What brought this on?" Weiss hesitated before she spoke, like she always did when she was revealing her insecurities and flaws.
"You've been paying so much attention to Blake lately, fawning over her ears and on top of that you've been distant the last few days. It made me worried is all." Weiss revealed to a shocked Ruby.
Ruby quickly turned Weiss around so the other girl was facing her. "Weiss let me be clear, I love you okay? Yes, I have been paying attention to Blake, and I'm sorry if you were jealous. It's just her cat ears are so cute." This brought a smile to Weiss' face at how childish Ruby could be. "And as for me being distant, I couldn't get over how kind and wonderful you are after you got me this jacket. I felt I didn't deserve a girlfriend as good as you—"
"Ruby! Never say that! You're wonderful and you deserve great things." Ruby just chuckled at the sincerity in Weiss' voice.
"Anyways, I wanted to get you something to show you how grateful I was for you helping me, and I guess I got preoccupied with it, but I got you this as a token of my gratitude." Ruby rambled, pulling a small package from her back pocket and handing it to Weiss. Weiss held it for a moment before carefully unwrapping it to discover what was inside. It was a silver hairpin in the shape of a rapier sword.
"You always like to have your hair up so I thought you could use this. Do you like it?" Weiss held the trinket in her hands just looking at it.
"Do I like it?" She repeated the word before she closed her hand around the hairpin and threw her arms around Ruby's neck in a hug. "Of course I like it you dunce." She whispered into Ruby's ear, causing the red-themed girl to smile and hug back. The two then just lay in the grass outside of the house Ruby holding Weiss in her arms enjoying the warm rays of the sun.
"I'm sorry for upsetting you like that sweetheart," Ruby whispered, kissing the top of Weiss' head.
"It's alright, and I'm sorry for snapping at you," Weiss replied, still slightly ashamed at how aggressive she had been.
"It's alright, at least we've fixed everything and now we can go celebrate with cookies!" Ruby exclaimed suddenly more excited by her idea.
Weiss just sighed a happy sigh, "like a big puppy" Standing up she said, "Alright, let's go." She pulled Ruby with her.
"Yay! Let's go" Ruby exclaimed even more excited, taking the lead she started pulling Weiss into the house. "She's a dolt, but she's my dolt," Weiss thought with a smile.