Ruby Rose strode into the Team RWBY dorm room, careful to not trip any traps. She was in a great mood; she had avoided a prank from her sister, received a high grade for her written assignment in Professor Port's class, and just returned from a shopping trip to town with Pyrrha and Nora. Setting her bags full of ammunition and magazines, she lay down on her bed and relaxed.
It had been less than 24 hours and the prank war was already a full-scale conflict. Yang was off planning something, Blake was in town buying supplies, and nobody had seen Weiss for the past six hours.
Actually, where was Weiss? The heiress had missed class, something she NEVER did. At first, Ruby had just shrugged it off. Probably taking a break she had guessed. But as time went on, the heiress was nowhere to be seen. Before going to the town, Ruby had looked in the library, the courtyard, and all around campus. However, her teammate had seemingly vanished.
Classes are over for today Ruby thought as she hopped off the bed and went to grab a change of clothes; her typical outfit complete with her signature red hood. Then, she walked to the bathroom door and twisted the door knob.
Clunk
That's weird Ruby thought, I don't think anyone's in there. She knocked, waited, then tried again. Was this someone's idea of a prank? Locking the bathroom door so no one could use it? If so, it was a pretty stupid prank.
At that point, Ruby realized something was wrong with the doorknob. The button used to lock the door was facing towards her, and not the inside of the bathroom. Confused, she unlocked the door, twisted the door knob, and gasped.
There, curled into a fetal position on the floor, was Weiss Schnee.
"Weiss!" Ruby yelled, kneeling down beside her friend. The lights were off in the bathroom, and Weiss' eyes were red and puffy from crying.
"R-Ruby?" Weiss said in a broken tone. She sounded like she was about to cry. "I-It was s-so hot in h-here… I turned the l-lights off so it would c-c-cool down… but it was so dark...". Weiss burst into tears, turning away so Ruby wouldn't need to see her. "Its… it's so gross in here… I-I don't think the f-floor's ever been washed".
Ruby gagged at the thought, and helped Weiss to her feet. The white haired girl hugged her saviour in a rare show of affection, her body shaking from her sobs.
"There, there" Ruby said comfortingly, patting the sobbing girl on the back, "You're ok now".
Weiss wiped her eyes angrily and let go. "I-I know who did this," she sniffled, "It was Blake, she backstabbed me!". Ruby didn't believe her. Blake? she thought Blake would never do that. However, the heiress seemed to believe it was the faunus so strongly that she decided to just nod awkwardly.
"Go relax Weiss, I'll fix the door". It took Weiss another ten minutes to calm down and compose herself. When she left, Ruby sighed and mused over what had just happened. She didn't doubt Blake was involved in the prank, but she sincerely doubted the mellow girl was the mastermind behind it. Instead, a different girl came to her mind; one with a head of blonde hair and a history of pulling pranks.
Weiss sniffed as she shoved another spoon of coconut sorbet into her mouth. The lady at the grocery store had looked at her weirdly when she approached the cashier with four tubs of the delicious dairy-free dessert, but she didn't care; she needed to calm herself down. Yang always mocked her for preferring sorbet over ice cream, but the heiress refused to even try any of that fattening concoction everybody loved so much. Sorbet was her guilty pleasure; it was her favorite food, but she saved the tasty calories for when she really needed them. This was one of those times.
So there she sat on her bed, wiping her eyes and shoving gelato into her mouth. She didn't realize how traumatizing the experience would be. She had managed to maintain her composure for the first 15 minutes, but then she slowly started to fall apart. Never in her life had Weiss ever done anything as gross as lie down in a bathroom. She had stood for about an hour before getting tired and sitting back down. It has started to get hot in the insulated bathroom, so she turned off the lights to reduce the amount of heat. Unfortunately, the lack of light made it practically impossible to see. That was when she had started to lose it.
She's imagined the millions of germs contained in the small room crawling over her, contaminating her body. The walls began to close in on her, barely giving her enough space to move. She saw faces in the darkness, laughing at her vulnerability. She'd found it hard to breathe, every intake of air becoming more and more strained.
Weiss shook her head, banishing the memory from her mind. As she binge-ate her sorbet, she thought about violent ways she could punish her backstabbing partner. She had trusted Blake; they were supposed to be fighting this war together. Did the faunus want the title of Prank Queen for herself? Weiss realized she was shaking with anger and took three deep breaths.
It didn't matter. During her time in the bathroom, she had set up a prank. She knew Blake had gone to the beach today, which meant the faunus would need to take a shower, which also meant she would need to use the hairdryer today. As the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, she always kept vials of dust with her; which had helped with her impromptu prank. She smiled at the thought of Blake using the hairdryer, only to activate her perfectly planned prank.
The thought of Blake reminded Weiss of her recent imprisonment in the bathroom. She started breathing heavily as she shoved more sorbet into her mouth. Calm down Weiss, be strong.
That's when Yang entered the room. The brawler was practically skipping as she walked through the doorway. However, one look at Weiss made her stop in her tracks. "What happened to you?" Yang asked in a worried tone.
"It was that sneaky, backstabbing, good for nothing Blake!" Weiss yelled, "She… she locked me in the bathroom… for like, three hours!".
Oh dust! Yang thought, I completely forgot about that!. She suddenly remembered asking Blake to lure Weiss into her trap. To be fair, it was an ingenious prank, and it quite clearly worked. Weiss looked traumatized; sitting with her knees against her chest while shoveling sorbet into her mouth.
Hmmmm… I wonder if… Yang approached the heiress and put an arm around her. "It must have been awful," she said with fake sympathy, "all those germs from the bathroom floor crawling over you. I hear most germs live in bathrooms". Weiss shuddered, and hugged her legs to her chest. Yang smiled, feeling minimal guilt for what she had done.
She kinda deserved it after messing with Bumblebee. Weiss didn't even scream, she just sat there, rocking back and forth.
"Well, I gotta go. Bye!" Yang said cheerfully. The blonde strode away, leaving the traumatized heiress behind.
Weiss grabbed her tub of sorbet and shoved her face into it. "It's ok" she said over and over again, not believing herself.
It was evening by the time Blake finished off doing what Yang had asked her to do. She looked over the scroll with pride. The blonde brawler had somehow gotten ahold of Ruby's scroll, and given it to Blake with the instruction to download a certain file. It hadn't been easy. Ruby had taken the time to download nearly every single firewall and anti-virus program on the internet. Eventually, Blake found a hole in Ruby's security system, and the file started to download. The whole process took a little under two hours, meaning she didn't have enough time to go to the beach like she had planned.
Just as she started to relax, someone squeezed her sides repeatedly. Blake jumped away and turned around. Yang was trying hard to hide her laughter, but wasn't very successful. Blake frowned and handed her the scroll.
"Here, now don't do that again". Yang grabbed the scroll and grinned.
"Sowwy," she said, not sorry at all, "Good job Blake, we're one step closer to pulling off the ultimate prank on Ruby".
"We?" Blake asked, raising her eyebrow. Yang poked her belly, making the faunus yelp.
"Of course, you're on my team… right?". Yang wiggled her fingers, making Blake quickly nod in agreement.
"Wait… why just Ruby? Aren't you… er… we also against Weiss?". Yang laughed, and leaned towards Blake.
"Well, Weiss is a little bit… how do I say this…. traumatized at the moment," she whispered, "She won't be a proble-".
"Wait WHAT!?" Blake yelled incredulously, "SHE'S TRAUMATIZED!? HOW!?".
"Welllll," Yang began, "I kinda forgot she was locked in the bathroom, so she just stayed there for a few hours…"
"A FEW HOURS!?" Blake asked in a voice that didn't suit her calm personality, "I LOCKED HER IN THERE EIGHT HOURS AGO!".
"Calm down, calm down," Yang said assuringly, "she was released two hours ago". Blake yelled in frustration, feeling extremely guilty for her part in Weiss' traumatization.
"I need to go apologize" Blake said, running off to the bedroom.
"Wait!" Yang said, trying to stop her. Unfortunately, she was too late, and Blake was gone in a black blur.
"Oh for dust's sake" Yang muttered, taking off after the girl.
Yang arrived too late to save Blake from Weiss' berating.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WENT THROUGH IN THERE!?" the heiress screamed, "I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE!". Ruby was kneeling next to her screaming friend, trying to calm her down. Blake just stood there looking extremely guilty.
"I'm sorry Weiss," she said quietly, "You have to believe me, it's not my fault".
"OH YEAH!? THEN WHO'S FAULT WAS IT!?".
"It was Yang! I promise! She made me do it!" Blake said, frantically pointing to the blonde standing in the doorway. Weiss' cold eyes slowly focussed on Yang with seething hatred.
"Xiao Long…" she said threateningly, "I swear on my honour as a Schnee… I am going to kill you". Weiss said the threat with so much malice that Yang took a step back, trying to distance herself from her raging teammate.
"Woah, easy there princess," she said, trying to maintain her confident personality, "We're in a prank war. This is what happens during prank wars". Weiss slowly rose from her bed and walked towards the brawler until their faces were just inches away from each other.
Yang gulped, genuinely a little bit frightened by Weiss' unflinching glare. "So… you want to have that kind of prank war? Very well then, no more Ms. Nice Heiress". Yang just nodded meekly. Weiss stared at her for another second, then hopped back into her bed. Yang gave Blake a look before heading to the bathroom to get ready for bed.
Ahhhh, my favorite part of the day. Yang caressed her wet hair lovingly, getting ready to dry it. This was the moment she lived for every day. After a warm shower, she would spend about half an hour fixing her hair perfectly. She found that the best way to get the shape she wanted was to use the hairdryer and just let it curl naturally. She reached for the device and plugged it in. Then she pointed it at her hair, turned it on…
And screamed.