I'm waiting for someone who can make me feel
Something like never before
That's who I'm waiting for
I'll wait no matter how long it takes
I just wanna fall in love

Don't wanna start with just anybody
I'm not the kind of girl who gives herself away so easily

Chapter 1: Like Ooh-Ahh

"I love you."

"Not as much as I love you."

"I love you even more than that!"

Ruby groaned as she heard the conversation behind her. She was trying to go to her last class of the day, which would usually be a quiet and peaceful journey, but today proved to be different.

"Hey Rubes, we're gonna split from here if that's okay. Wouldn't want to be late for the last class of the day, right?"

Ruby turned her body, enough so that her sister could hear her properly.

"Yeah, okay. I'll see you later." she said, shifting her eyes to the person next to her sister. "Bye Cinder."

Cinder smiled her mysterious smile at Ruby and responded, "Yeah, see you around."

Something about the older girl bothered Ruby, and it wasn't the fact that she was dating her sister. Maybe it was the way that she seemed to always dangle off of Yang's arm. Or maybe it was the way that her lip curled that left Ruby uncomfortable every time she did so. But the main reason, the most probable one, was because Cinder's red string wasn't connected to Yang's.

Ruby was so concentrated on Yang and Cinder's relationship, she didn't notice she was steps away from running into someone until she heard someone yelling at her.

"Were you even paying attention to where you were going?!"

Ruby snapped out of her out of mind state to see a white haired girl yelling at her from the ground. "Uh...wha?"

The girl only scoffed as she tried to stand back up, "Don't act so dumb! You obviously ran into me! And now my skirt i—!"

The girl's yelling ceased as she slipped on her heel and began to fall again. She closed her eyes and waited for an impact that never came. The girl opened her eyes to find none other than Ruby had caught her before she had hit the ground. Ruby quickly let the girl go, fearing she'd get yelled at more if she touched her for a second longer.

"I-I'm sorry! I wasn't— And I didn't mean to touch you or anything— it's just that you were falling and I didn't want you to get more mad at me— Agh, that's not what I meant!" Ruby squirmed under the stare of the white haired girl. As if she thought that one more slip up and she was done for.

Before the white haired girl could respond, another figure entered their scuffle. "Weiss, weren't you meeting up with Mom for lunch? You know how she hates to wait."

The girl had wavy black hair that stopped midway on her back. Her eyes were a piercing gold and she sported a bow on her head that matched her hair. Weiss looked at the black haired girl, then checked the time on her wrist watch. Her eyes widened at the time and just before she set to leave, she sent Ruby a scowl.

"This doesn't mean I forgive you." she paused, "But thank you for catching me."

With that, she turned on her heel and left Ruby with the black haired girl. By this time, Ruby had completely forgotten about going to class. She put her hand on her chest and let out a sigh, "I might as well go home."

"Sorry about her. She's not a big fan of people."

Ruby turned toward the black haired girl, surprised. She hadn't really paid attention to her as she was more focused on not getting yelled at anymore. "Ah, no. It was my fault. I wasn't paying attention."

The black haired girl merely flashed smiled at her. "Sure. But I'll tell her to apologize later. If I don't, she'll be too stubborn to do it herself."

With that, the black haired girl turned on her heel and walked away, leaving Ruby to herself once more. Ruby pulled her phone from her back pocket and looked at the time. "Agh, I'll just copy off of Penny's notes."

She shoved her phone back into her pocket and started walking to find a place to eat.

"And then, Jaune tripped himself when he was trying to get back to his seat!"

The whole table burst into a fit of laughs as Yang finished recalling the events from her last class. Before, Ruby spent a good hour by herself in the cafe everyone was currently in, looking at the people that entered and exited. As soon as she knew that Yang was finished with her final class, the redhead texted her sister, asking to if she wanted to meet up.

And meet up Yang did, as she not only walked through the door with Cinder on her arm, but her friends Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren.

"Hey! I didn't trip myself! There was a marker on the floor and I slipped!"

Yang leaned back into her seat, unimpressed. "If 'a marker' is Jaune for 'your foot,' then yeah, there was totally a marker on the floor."

Ruby snorted as she tried to hold back her laugh. "Jaune look at it this way, at least your presentation was memorable!"

Jaune looked toward Ruby and sneered, "Yeah, well, word has it you tripped the Ice Queen."

Ruby's laughing halted as Jaune reminded her of the incident that occurred earlier that day. She saw the others' eyes widen and quickly look in her direction.

"You made the Weiss Schnee fall?!" Nora exclaimed.

"And somehow lived?" Ren added, sliding to the edge of his chair.

Ruby sunk into her chair, wanting nothing other than to disappear. "How'd you know about it, Jaune?"

"A friend of a friend told me. By the sound of it, if it wasn't for Blake, you would've never heard the end of it." Jaune explained. "Everyone who went to Signal High knows not to mess with Weiss."

"Which is why it's completely understandable why Ruby doesn't know about her reputation." Pyrrha added.

Ruby shook her head, understanding a little more about the white haired girl, and then pegged the question, "So what's her deal? I never met anyone like her back home."

Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren exchanged looks before Ren decided to speak up, "We don't know, actually. We spent four years of high school looking from the outside that we just assumed it was her status that made her act like that."

"The only other person she talks to is her sister, so we haven't had the opportunity to even try and talk to her." Pyrrha said.

"Well, it sounds to me like she only cares about herself." Cinder said, breaking her silence and surprising everyone with her unexpected commentary. Ruby merely stared at the older girl before looking in another direction.

And Yang says I'm a killjoy. Ruby thought. She rubbed the back of her head awkwardly, before speaking up to Cinder. "Well, maybe that's a little harsh? Pyrrha did say she has a sister. She probably cares about her...you know...at least a little bit."

"Rubes is right, Babe. Besides, we barely know little miss snow angel. No need for the harsh judgement." Yang added, stroking the small of her girlfriend's back.

Cinder responded by turning to Yang and planting a kiss square on the blonde's lips before sitting back in her seat and going back to being quiet. The rest of the table grew silent, not really knowing what to say given that none of them were close to Cinder besides Yang.

"Anyways," Pyrrha spoke up, "I think it's time for Jaune and I to be going now. He has the midterm to study for." The redhead rose from her chair, with Jaune following suit.

"Yeah, if I don't pass this one, Professor Oobleck is gonna have my head. Later guys!" The two swiftly left the cafe, and before too long, Nora and Ren were following in their path.

"We have to go now too! Ren's mom is making xiao long bao for dinner!" Nora said as she hopped right out of her seat.

"Xiao long bao? Sounds like xiao long wow to me!" Yang joked, waving Nora and Ren goodbye, "Be sure to share next time!"

Soon enough, only Ruby, Yang, and Cinder remained. Oh boy. They're gonna be all lovey dovey around me again. Ruby sighed as she rested her head in her hand. Whatever. I'll just ignore them.

Ruby used her time to ignore her sister being gross to instead focus on the customers that came and left the cafe. It were times like this that confused Ruby the most. Everyday it was all she saw; the red strings of couples going every which way. People in relationships, probably thinking that they've found the one, when really, their fated someone had walked right on by.

Ruby looked over to check on Yang and Cinder, only to see that the latter was pretty much sitting on the former's lap. Like them. She thought as she stared at Cinder and Yang's strings as they led out the door and somewhere beyond where Ruby's eye could see.

The silver-eyed girl felt bad about not telling her sister that her girlfriend was meant for someone else, but she didn't know how to break it to her. Before Cinder, Yang had never taken any of her relationships seriously. They were just...flings, if anything. Really, before Cinder came along, Yang didn't even believe that the person she was destined for existed. Ruby didn't know what compelled Yang to take a chance with Cinder, but whatever it was, she hoped that it never happened again.

"What's wrong, Ruby? You've been spacing out for a while now." the sound of Yang's voice was enough to break Ruby's daze. The girl looked at her sister, and it wasn't until she did so that she saw that Cinder had already left. "What's up, kiddo?"

Ruby hesitated, mentally scolding herself for being so readable. Her mind scattered, trying to think of something to tell the older girl. "I just, uh, you know. Relationships are weird and I don't get them."

Yang laughed at her younger sister's answer. "You would say that, wouldn't you? Don't worry, baby sis, you'll know eventually." Yang made a box with her fingers, much like a director would, toward Ruby, "That string of yours gets brighter and brighter everyday; like it's dying for you to meet the one you were made for."

Ruby smiled. Whew, she believed that. "Yeah, whatever. I bet I don't even have a string." She was met with a flick to the forehead after her response.

"Don't be silly. Of course you do! Would I mention your string for years if you didn't?" Yang said.

"You would, if you could even remember anything for that amount of time." Ruby said, earning her another flick to the forehead.

"You deserved that. But, anyways, the point is that your string is glowing like fire!" The blonde wiggled her fingers to emphasize her point, "It's just dying to show you the lucky girl!"

Rubbing her forehead until the pain went away, Ruby responded, "How do you know it's a girl?"

Yang couldn't help but laugh. "Psh, have you met yourself? Ruby, the minute you introduce yourself to a guy you might as well be telling him that he'll never have a chance. That's just the type of person you are!"

If the statement wasn't true, Ruby would have said something snarky in return. But it was. So the poor girl had no choice but to stay quiet. Ruby looked away from her sister, refusing to talk to her despite Yang being right. Instead, Ruby returned to observing the world around her, and the many customers that were in this world.

There weren't many people in the cafe besides her and her sister, a handful at best, and most were waiting in line. Ruby heard the chime of the door ringer in the background but didn't bother to look at who had entered. The next thing Ruby heard was the screech of chair legs against the floor. She felt someone hover over her, and only then did she turn around. She saw Yang had suddenly stood up for some reason, intently looking at whoever had just walked in.

Ruby turned around to see what her sister was looking at. She was met with two sets of heads, one with black hair, the other with white. The white hair caught her attention first, so she moved her eyes slightly down to see the face. Weiss Schnee. Hopefully she didn't see me.

Though, it would prove to be tough considering her sister just broke the silence in the once quiet cafe and was still standing for some reason. Ruby's eyes then focused on the black hair. Jaune said her name was...Blake?

The red haired girl was about to turn back around to ask her sister what had gotten her so worked up, but then something else caught her eye. A string. A red string. Blake's red string...that just so happened to lead to Ruby's table...just barely passing Ruby, as if it led to… Ruby had never snapped her head back so fast. Her eyes darted back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth, as if she wasn't believing what she was seeing. Yet, there it was.

Yang's string and Blake's string were one in the same.

"Uh oh."

I've never written something that's done this well before. Almost 30 followers from the prologue alone! I'm honored! Please leave a review if you can! I'm still working out the format of this story, but what the plan is right now is to have alternating chapters of White Rose and Bumblebee after this chapter. Is that a good idea?

Umm, if it wasn't clear, Blake is Weiss' adopted sister. I'll explain that later. Also, concerning Yang and Ruby's powers, what one can see, the other can't. So what was Yang reacting to if it wasn't her own string (as if it wasn't obvious)?