Ruby nervously walked to the coffee shop she was supposed to meet Weiss at. Yang had confirmed the time and place for her, with only a few jokes cracked in the conversation. She hoped Weiss would show. Sure it would be difficult to communicate but that just makes every success an even bigger win! Right?
When she finally reached the tiny building, Ruby glanced inside through the windows and was surprised to see Weiss sitting at one of the tables for two. The young woman seemed to be agitated, restlessly tapping her fingers on the wooden table.
Swallowing down her nervousness, Ruby opened the door with the bell chiming to signal her arrival. The barista at the counter waved and said a welcome but all Ruby could focus on was the way Weiss' head shot up, her sightless blue eyes seemingly staring straight at her.
She made her way over to the empty seat directly across form Weiss, this time drumming her finger on the tabletop to get the blind girl's attention.
"Yes?" Weiss asked, her head once more turning to where she thought someone was standing. Sliding her hand across the wood so it made a sound, Ruby went to take Weiss' hand in hers. "Ruby?" This time, Weiss allowed Ruby to form a thumbs up with her hand.
"What took you so long? I've been waiting for ten minutes!" Mentally hitting herself for not getting out of the house earlier, Ruby quickly tried to figure out how to tell the blind girl why she was so late. Finally, she made something that resembled legs, Weiss' pointer and middle fingers pointing down and moving to somewhat resembling walking. "You walked here?" The heiress asked after a few moments of thinking. She was quickly answered with a thumbs up.
"Oh. Well, would you like to order something?" Once again, the thumbs up was nudged and Weiss flagged down one of the workers.
"Can I help you?" An older woman asked nicely, a smile on her face.
"Yes, I'll have the regular, please Glynda." Weiss said before turning to Ruby, "I come here a lot. It's quiet and helps me think."
"And for you?" Without thinking, Ruby signed 'coffee, cream, five sugars', quickly noticing it was a mistake when Glynda's face changed to confusion. The mute girl silently freaked out, her brow creased as she tried to figure out how to tell the woman what she wanted without signing. Thank Oum Weiss was there to help!
"I'm sure my order will be fine for Ruby. Right?" Ruby tapped the thumbs up Weiss still had on the table from their previous conversation, even if one could call it that. After Glynda left, Weiss listened to the older woman's heels clack against the tile before turning back to the mute girl. "Now that we have ordered, what did you wish to do? Just talk? I'm not exactly complaining about it, but I don't see how you can get very far by hand motions using my hands."
Ruby looked down at the table to think, trying to come up with a way to somehow communicate with Weiss. The blind girl patiently waited, her sightless, icy blue eyes staring at a spot over Ruby's head. It was only a few moments until the mute girl reached across the table and took hold of Weiss' hand once more. Extending the girl's pointer finger, Ruby traced letters into the wood surface. 'Like this.' She ended up writing, the heiress speaking the words back to her when they were fully written.
A small smile broke across Weiss' face when Ruby had finished, the mute girl magnifying that smile on her own face. It was at that moment that Glynda brought out their drinks. The blind girl carefully wrapped her dainty hands around the mug, trying to see how hot it was. Ruby only states into the dark liquid that was settled in her own cup. It was darker than she usually had it… The usual light brown of her sweet drink a swirling black with steam rising from it.
"If you two need anything, don't be afraid to ask." Glynda said, turning on her heel and making her way back behind the counter. Weiss calmly took a small sip of her coffee, deeming it cool enough to drink.
"So," she said after she swallowed the drink, "What did you want to talk about exactly?"
Ruby reached for the girl's hand, but froze. She desperately wanted to ask Weiss if she considered this a date. Ruby wanted this to be a date. She thought the blind girl was very pretty, and she wanted to get to know her better. And, if not a date, then maybe two new friends getting coffee?
'Basics?' Ruby wrote, keeping it simple for Weiss to understand it better. 'Tell things about self.'
"Well… I guess that could work. Do you want me to go first?" The mute girl dragged a check mark, happy just to listen to Weiss talk. "Okay. My name is Weiss Schnee, second born of Schnee Enterprise. I have an older sister named Winter." Ruby took a sip of her own coffee, intently paying attention to Weiss even as the blind girl paused to think of what else she could say. Ruby was shocked to find out that her drink was definitely not what she had expected.
With a disgusted look forming on her face, the mute girl struggled to swallow the coffee in her mouth, but with the drink being so bitter, her reflexes wouldn't let her. Ruby unintentionally tuned the blind girl out, making faces at the awful taste on her tongue, shivers coursing through her body with the silent gags from the bitterness.
Without knowing any of this was going on, Weiss continued to talk. Ruby managed to catch some of the words, like how Weiss loved the scents of flowers and how their petals felt, that she'd always wanted a pet but her father was afraid it would hurt her, and [Thing that i cant think of rn].
A quick tap on her shoulder brought Ruby away from the taste, her silver eyes flicking up to an older man with grey hair and glasses. He had a stern face, but a warm smile. He extended his hand, a plastic cup filled with water. 'You looked like you needed it. It's on the house.' He mouthed, Ruby gratefully taking the cup and she took a sip as the man turned. She just barely managed to get a glimpse of his name tag, MANAGER written in big, bolded letters above his name.
Just as Ruby turned back, Weiss said something that had her quickly setting her cup down and reaching across the table. "And… I guess I just want someone to love me for who I am and not just for my money or my name…"
Firmly grasping Weiss' wrist, Ruby dragged the girl's pointer finger across the wood, spelling words out so quickly Weiss had to pause when she was done to make sure everything was correct. 'I could love you for you. I already think you're really pretty and I like you and what I'm saying is that I want to date you and is this a date?' During the pause where the blind girl whispered the formed words to herself, Ruby blushed and hid her face in her hands. How could she be so stupid that she wrote all of that? How more embarrassing could this day get?
"You really mean it?" The whisper was barely where, but Ruby managed to pick it up. Her head shot up, the heiress seemingly staring right at her with wide, amazed eyes. Carefully and slowly, Ruby covered the blind girl's hand, her thumb creating small circles for a few seconds before creating a thumbs up that made Weiss suck in a breath. "Then… What does that make us?"
Grinning like a goofball, Ruby wrote 'girlfriends?' into the table. She watched as a smile slowly broke out on Weiss' face, her sightless eyes lighting up.
"Sure…"
Yang yawned and wiggled down deeper into the couch. Blake was sitting next to her- or across from her since the blonde was sideways and had her feet resting on the quiet girl's lap. The two were watching a movie, some silly comedy that they both deemed 'stupid' yet here they were, laughing at almost every line.
"Sorry I woke you up last night, Yang." Blake said between her hearty chuckles. The blonde waved a dismissive hand through the air, that hand soon after having to shoot through the hair to block her coughs due to laughing so hard.
"No, no." She said, her giggles tapering off when a more serious part overcame the movie, "I'm always tired. I don't usually get a really good night's sleep since the accident… But last night when I slept with you I felt actually refreshed this morning. I even didn't have to stretch this morning so I could even sit up!"
Yang grinned as her gaze was fully transferred to the other girl. Knowing she had the blonde's full attention, Blake smiled bashfully and looked away. "Hey… Blake?" The blonde timidly said, pulling the deep golden eyes back to her, "If Ruby and I are going to let you stay here… You kinda need to know some stuff so that it won't freak you out later on."
"Like… What?"
"Well… First since it kinda happens a lot and Ruby uses it to her advantage sometimes, my legs kinda… Spasm. And before you freak out it's not random. Or maybe it is... Sometimes when I go over certain terrain they do it, but you can also rub right here," Yang pointed at a spot directly above her kneecap, her pointer finger hovering right over her skin. When she looked back up to Blake, the dark haired woman looked like she didn't believe her. "You can rub there and see what happens."
Blake moved her hand to where Yang had hers not a minute before, clearly not believing what the paralyzed girl had said. She lightly touched the soft skin, moving her fingers in a circular motion. Sure enough, The blonde girl's muscles reacted and started to twitch, barely making her leg jump. Blake jolted, quickly pulling her hand away as she stared in shock at the seemingly vibrating limb.
With Blake's reaction, Yang burst out laughing. The reserved girl's eyes were wide and she was pressing so far back into the cushions of the couch one would think she had been relaxing for days to become that much enveloped. "Wha-..."
"Okay, okay. Here." Yang laughed and pulled her legs out of Blake's lap, expertly forcing them to bend and stretching the muscles to stop the spasms. "Ahh… There. No more spasms!" Yang grinned, a lopsided smirk directed straight at Blake.
"Does that actually happen or can you move your legs?"
"Actually happens. I can't move my legs worth crap. But I do~ feel it when something touches them." The paraplegic poked her thigh for good measure, her short black shorts allowing her to touch skin instead of fabric. A small smile forming on the dark haired girl's face, Blake reached over to poke Yang exactly where the blonde had before. "Ooh funny parts back on the TV!"
Shaking her head at the blonde's antics, Blake wordlessly leaned down and grabbed Yang's ankles, moving the paraplegic's legs back to their original spot on her lap.
The credits had just started rolling when all of a sudden the door slammed open, scaring Yang and Blake- the dark haired girl quickly becoming terrified and jumping up, and evidently over the couch to fall on the floor. Before either of them had recovered, Ruby waltzed into the living room, proudly holding up a large sketchbook. It was flipped open to reveal one of the pages, an intricate drawing of the Schnee Enterprise heiress in the middle of the page, MY GIRLFRIEND written around her in many different fonts and styles.
Yang wolf whistled at her sister, reaching out for the drawing. Ruby plopped the sketchbook in her hands, looking incredibly smug with herself. "You went all out with drawing this one, huh? Wow look at the details!" The blonde praised, her eyes wandering all over the page and taking in every pencil line and smudged graphite to create shadows and highlights. The drawing took up almost the entire page, the Schnee smiling sweetly. Her sightless eyes were looking downwards, almost as if the sketch had caught her right as she became embarrassed. "Wow for being such a stuckup the first time we met her, she really does have a pretty smile."
Yang recoiled when Ruby punched her in the arm, stealing the sketchbook away from her grasp. "I'm not gonna try and steal her!" The paraplegic defended, "I was just sayin'! Now give me that book back so I can show Blake." Scowling, Ruby handed the sketch back and Yang pulled herself up to sit higher. She propped the sketchbook up on the back of the couch, angling it straight to the dark haired girl who was still sprawled on the floor.
"Y-Yeah. That's really n-nice…" She managed to stutter, one hand clutching at her heart while her eyes were wide.
"You okay, Blake?"
"Oh, just fine. I don't t-take well to get-getting scared…"
"I'll keep that in mind then!" Yang cheerfully said, turning back to the drawing of the Schnee. A happy and sibling banter began, Yang trying to embarrass her little sister on getting a girlfriend, Weiss Schnee no less. It didn't take long for Ruby to try and stop her, flopping over onto the paraplegic and hanging on to the wheelchair while the blonde struggled to get her off.
The actions soon led to hungry sisters, causing Yang to make Ruby make lunch. However, once the frozen pizza was thrown in the oven, the two began to wrestle again, only the shrill beeping of the timer stopping them. Each person got two slices to begin with, Yang and Ruby taking the extra two. They ate in silence, until Yang spoke up.
"Hey Blake? What scared you so bad earlier? Was it the door or the sudden noise or..?"
"I… Don't exactly want to talk about it." The dark haired girl answered quickly, taking another bite of her slice. Yang hummed disappointedly, Ruby's attention suddenly on the two and not on her food.
"C'mon Blake. It will be easier for us to know so we can avoid it and not scare you again. You are going to be living here. Plus, we're all friends here! No making fun of friends." The blonde tried again, leaning closer to Blake.
"Yang… It's not that important right now. Now if you excuse me, I am going to go read. After all of the excitement I would like some peace and quiet with a simple book." Blake stood and picked up her empty plate. She quickly rinsed it and put it in the dishwasher and took her leave, the sisters watching her go.
"You wanting to know as badly as I am?" Ruby nodded quickly. "Ready to do whatever it takes?" Once again, the mute nods. The two gave each other a quick, evil grin before running off in different directions, knowing full well what they were going to do. Yang went straight to Blake's side, leaning on the girl while she read and giving her puppy dog eyes whenever Blake was about to tell her to leave. She kept quiet however, only every chapter did she speak, a quick 'tell me' or a whined 'Blake' the only things escaping her mouth.
While her sister was busy pestering the actual person, Ruby hid sticky notes everywhere, most on the walls or on Blake's small amount of possessions. Blake found every single one once she got up to try and get away from the blonde. She saw notes stuck to the fridge when she went to get a drink, more plastered on the milk jug and sodas inside. She even thought she saw one stuck inside leftover mashed potatoes. Blake found notes on the cupboards and in every single cup she picked up to inspect.
'Please tell us Blake' and 'tell me's were stuck everywhere. When she returned to her book- Yang still following behind her like a lost puppy- she saw that her bookmark was replaced with one of the pieces of paper, a quick drawing of a kitten on it with 'please' written behind the feline. Blake decided to keep it, only erasing the words behind it just to piss off the two girls pestering her.
Her resolve was slowly breaking with the tiny letters and Yang. Glaring at the paraplegic, Blake stood and closed her book, the new cat bookmark shoved in it to mark her page. She left the room quickly so Yang couldn't follow right at her heels. She ditched her book neatly on a table in the living room as she left, making her way to the bedroom Yang had allowed her to sleep in. Blake opened her bag and pulled out a pair of pajamas, and clean undergarments before getting a towel and going to the bathroom.
The sisters had allowed her full use of anything in the house, and she fully intended to use the shower as a way to get away from them, if only for a little while. She closed the bathroom door with a soft click and locked it once she was inside, sighing in relief to herself. Blake put her clean clothes on the sink counter, the fluffy towel sitting next to them. She look down to undress only to find… Another note somehow shoved in her cleavage. How did Ruby..?
Blake shook her head, crumpling the note without reading it. She didn't want to know.
She took her time in the shower, making sure she didn't use all of the hot water though. Even if she wanted to be reading in a nice quiet place, the warm water beating down against her skin was a good second.
Blake didn't even notice Ruby sneaking in, the younger girl staring around to try and find another place to put her letter. She grinned when the mirror was fogged up; a perfect place to write. She made quick work, creating large words against the reflective glass. Ruby stepped back to admire her work once she was done, but she was easily distracted when a sigh from Blake behind the curtain made her jump. Did she know she was here?
The mute girl stood still for several seconds, but Blake didn't seem to notice anything. And… Ruby would be lying if she said she didn't want to take even a little peek… She'd seen what Blake was hiding under her shirt when it rode up a tiny bit when the girl had stretched. With wide eyes, Ruby tiptoed to the edge of the bathtub and moved the curtains over slightly so she could see past them. Her face instantly became hot, eyes going even wider than they had before. Blake was facing away from her, shampooing her hair.
The way the water flowed down the dark haired girl's back was enticing. Her midnight colored hair pooled around her and went straight down her back when wet, resting almost right over her- no! Bad Ruby! Stop it!
Her face flushed, Ruby just about ran out of the bathroom, pausing to write a little extra on the mirror. It probably would stay for Blake to be able to read it. But hopefully her blush wouldn't.
It didn't take long for Blake to exit the shower, wrapping herself in the towel to dry off. She saw the mirror instantly, gaping because she never heard Ruby come in. She had even locked the door! 'Please tell us!' Was written in huge letters along the glass, an extra, smaller note underneath it making Blake blush. 'Yang would approve ;) -Ruby'
Her face bright red, Blake waved her hand along the mirror, erasing the words. She quickly got dressed and lazily dried her hair to the point that it wasn't dripping. She had the intent to go to bed early, hopefully read without Yang laying her legs on her to keep Blake from escaping. Ever since she was shown the spasms, she was afraid of touching the blonde's legs in case she manage to make them move again.
However, once she opened the door, She was blocked by Yang and almost tackled by Ruby. "Tell us!"
"Fine!" Blake shouted, untangling herself from the mute, "Fine!" Seemingly overjoyed, Ruby grabbed her hand and pulled her to the living room. Yang followed at quick pace, both girls launching themselves onto the couch and patting the middle for Blake to sit. She did, folding her hands in her lap. She hunched over, her golden eyes staring at her twiddling thumbs as she clearly was distressed with telling the two. After a good moment of silence, Blake spoke.
"So, you want to know more about me."
Authors' Notes: Well that took longer than expected... Me (Fox) being sick might have been a part of it and also being lazy... Nah. But this story in general is really fun to write especially from Dragon giving me ideas and being helpful with everything (Hence both of us stating we write this story together) also who else is getting hyped for Blake's backstory? Don't worry, we will be following the basic story line of canon RWBY just changing things here and there and making others out own and shifting it for this AU BUT other character backstories will follow soon. Also Bumbleby and Iceflower will be in tow. One last thing: Gay dork Ruby is too gay for her own good.
Note from Dragon: Hey, it's me, Dragon. I would like to say thank you for all the support this story has gotten. And updates for our stories are going to be irregular at best (Though we have both agreed we will try to update once a month) If Fox and I ever get a solid schedual made it will be mentioned before the story. Favorite, follow, all that jazz, Dragon out.
Thank you guys so much! also if you want to check out another story, Dragon is writing a really cool story with young Roman and tiny kid Neo so you guys should check that out. Geez, really long note this time...