A/N: Surprise! This was a quick chapter I just typed up. Don't worry, I'll explore more of these two throughout the process! Enjoy.
P.S. CrackPairingLover: Your request is next!
"Oh, and we should get maybe… about five pairs of these ones!" Ruby proclaimed loudly as she struggled to hold up multiples of the same baby shirts that differed in colors.
Cinder only smiled as she watched her fiancé excitedly shop for their child. It had been a couple months since they announced their plans at the Thanksgiving dinner they went to with both Yang and Weiss, and that very same night Ruby went straight to work. Seldom had Cinder seen the over-excitable girl become extremely serious on doing something, but this was one of those times… and Cinder was with her every step of the way.
They scheduled doctor visits almost every week to go over the procedure and what it would entail. All the way until it was finally the day to carry the baby, a choice Ruby opted for immediately. Though Cinder wasn't against doing it herself, Ruby claimed that she wanted the honors, plus with her work she'd be less active therefore less cause for concern of her stressing herself out.
So Cinder let Ruby have the honors.
And was she glad.
Though it's only been a few weeks, Ruby had a little belly from the process. Cinder herself could never not smile anytime she saw her now pregnant Ruby up and about. The sight was just too adorable for words as the crimson haired girl was off in her own world, still trying to decide which shirts she wanted their child to wear.
Walking behind the still talking Ruby, Cinder slipped both her arms around her fiancé's stomach, being extra gentle before planting a kiss on the back of her head. She heard Ruby yelp in surprise before the smaller girl hiccupped, showing Cinder that cute nervous habit she still carried.
"Rubes," Cinder started with a giggle. "We'll just buy them all."
Ruby leaned back into Cinder's touch, finally letting the clothes she held in her hands down. She took a deep breath and enjoyed the moment for a few seconds. Ruby for her part still couldn't believe this was really happening. It had been a dream of hers to have her own family since she was a little girl. But now it was really happening! She was really doing it, with the woman of her dreams no less! She couldn't remember the last time she had smiled this much.
"Okay, but we still have to shop for a crib, bottles, diapers… Oh! And while we're out we can check out some décor on how we set up the room too!" She blurted out, already breaking away from Cinder to keep walking down the aisle.
As Cinder watched Ruby continue babbling as she shuffled through the aisles of the baby section they had been in for close to an hour, the older woman couldn't help but smirk. She stood where she was and admired Ruby from behind and nodded approvingly.
"Maybe it was a good idea to have her carry our child." Cinder mused to herself as she ran her eyes up and down the woman she had proposed to.
Quickly snagging her scroll out of her pocket, Cinder hit the camera icon on the home screen and aimed the device at Ruby, keeping it steady as she zoomed in on the still unaware crimson haired girl as her back was still turned to her. Snapping to take the picture, Cinder smiled at the outcome… A picture perfect photo of Ruby walking… from the back.
"D- Did you just take a picture?"
Glancing up from her newest addition of "Ruby Picz" Cinder only winked at the other girl, causing her to frown.
"Why?" Ruby asked, holding up even more baby clothes. "Was there something weird on my back?" She then asked, twisting as if to see if there indeed was something weird on her.
But Cinder shook her head as she walked towards the paranoid girl, taking the clothes she was holding and looking at them herself.
"I wouldn't say weird… No, more like… intoxicating."
She watched Ruby's face blush before the girl hiccupped once more, her beautiful silver eyes glancing around nervously.
"C- Cinder!" Ruby hissed. "You promised you wouldn't say those kinds of things in public."
The ebon haired woman let out a short laugh before waving Ruby's concerns away.
"Oh come on, there's no one around…" She replied, letting the words hang in the air as she subtly moved closer to the shorter Ruby who took a step backwards, bumping into the clothes that hung there.
"Careful there my little jewel." Cinder cooed, wrapping an arm around Ruby's waist, pulling her close as she leaned down. "Remember you're driving for two now."
Ruby could only stare back into Cinder's amber eyes that seemed aglow with mischief as she hiccupped, slowly nodding her head. But just as Ruby watched Cinder slowly bring her face forward into her own, she spotted another woman stepping into the aisle they were currently on.
Fortunately for Ruby, she noticed Cinder look over towards the woman as well… Though when she thought Cinder would move away from the suggestive position they were in, she spotted her fiancé just smirk before looking back at her with a wink, bringing their lips together.
Ruby squealed into the kiss but quickly fell powerless to it. She kept her eyes wide and frantic as she spotted the woman stop and look at them from where she was, only a few feet away. The stranger promptly made a complete one-eighty and left the aisle though, just as Cinder broke their kiss, a wide smile now on her face as she licked her lips but said nothing.
Ruby stumbled out of Cinder's arms before smoothing out the blouse she wore, clearing her throat as she tried to compose herself. She turned away from Cinder abruptly, though it was only so the older woman couldn't see her blush. She wasn't really mad at her, just a little embarrassed, but she did understand why she did it.
"I guess every once in a while is okay…" Ruby mumbled out, gripping one of the baby shirts she still held tightly. "Once she's born… I guess we won't be able to d- d- do things like that."
"Oh? Do things like what?" Cinder asked, her voice taking on a hint of false innocence.
Ruby spun on her heel to pout at the smirking woman before she felt herself be pulled into another loose hug.
"Whatever do you mean, my little jewel?"
Ruby felt her face heat up tenfold as she stammered nervously, unable to form a coherent sentence before she heard Cinder giggle.
"If you don't tell me, then however will I know what you're talking about?"
She knew Cinder was teasing her but Ruby felt her heartbeat quicken. She did love this side of Cinder as well and was powerless to fight against it. Especially when she spotted Cinder lean in for another kiss… but the thought of them being spotted by another stranger caused Ruby to hold up the small pink shirt she still held in her hand, right up to Cinder's lips.
"I like this one!" Ruby half-shouted, ending the words with a hiccup.
Cinder pulled away from the shirt before taking it in her hand, glancing at it with curious eyes.
"Mommy's lil devil, huh?" Cinder asked, a small smile forming over her face as she nodded her head approvingly at the pink shirt. "I like it."
Ruby breathed a sigh of relief at the change of atmosphere as she grinned.
"I know, right? And I think Vermilia will love it too!" Ruby added quickly as he rubbed her hand on her growing belly.
"Vermilia, huh?" Cinder asked as she too placed at hand on Ruby's stomach. "I'm sure she will, but only if we hurry up and buy it now though, remember we have an appointment later today."
With that, Ruby perked up remembering that the appointment was a checkup on their daughter. Quickly gathering all the clothes they had chosen in her arms, the ever hyper silver eyed girl, activated her semblance, leaving a trail of rose petals as she quickly made her way towards the front of the store, leaving Cinder behind.
But the older woman only smiled as she watched Ruby vanish in a hurry, slowly walking behind and following the trail of crimson petals that floated slowly to the ground.
"Vermilia…" Cinder giggled. "I can't wait to meet her."
Vermilia is a name I came up with from Vermilion, which is a brilliant red or scarlet color. I think it'd fit perfectly as the name for both Cinder and Ruby's kid color wise.