"Weiss! Wait up!" Ruby whined as she half walked, half jogged to keep up with her teammate who had made a beeline straight out the front doors of the dormitory and led her along the edge of the forest surrounding the school on three sides.
Weiss sighed in exasperation as she stopped and turned to the girl with the brown hair with red tips. She was wearing her usual black and red combat outfit that featured a combat skirt and cape that was themed entirely in bright red and black. She stood there, looking at her team leader for a long time before letting out another sigh of exasperation.
"You have absolutely no idea why I'm mad at you right now, do you?" She asked, recieving a shake of the other girl's head as a response. "Of course you don't. Try using that brilliant brain of yours to think. What was the last thing that we said to each other before you disappeared?"
"Um…" Ruby thought back to her conversation with her teammate just under two hours before. "You were going to yell at me because I didn't get a good grade?"
Her guess was so far off the mark, Weiss couldn't help but crack up a little.
"You really are dense, aren't you?" Weiss asked, shaking her head in disappointment. "No wonder you only recieved a B- on that test. No, I was very impressed that you managed to raise your mark so quickly from that D you recieved three weeks ago."
"Then…" Ruby thought, wondering why Weiss was so angry right now.
"You left me standing alone in the middle of a group of guys who all seemed to want to ask me out. Once you left, they took it as a queue to start bombarding me with date requests!" Weiss exclaimed her annoyance. "I swear, if you do that again, I will not forgive you!"
"Oh…" Ruby's eyes lit with understanding. Since becoming part of Weiss's team, she'd been privy to countless guys asking the heiress out for dates that Weiss always turned down for one reason or another. Yang had even begun keeping a tally of the guys who were turned away in tears from Weiss's brutal nature.
"And one more thing!" Weiss scooped a stunned Ruby into a hug, placing their heads so she could speek directly into Ruby's ear. "Congradulations on the B-. I know you'll do even better next time."
Her voice was like a whisper, soft and tender. The complete opposite of her usual icy disposition. But before Ruby could do more than blush, Weiss had released her and spun, walking back to the school.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Ruby called after her as she used her semblance to catch up.
"We have homework. And doing it is what makes the difference between an A and A+ on any test." Weiss stated, continuing her brisk walk.
"But we just finished a test yesterday!" Ruby whined, once again part way between a walk and a jog to keep up with the heiress.
Weiss just gave her a sceptical look that made her feel bad for saying anything. Ruby stopped, watching Weiss walk away as she thought over the whole incident, noticing there was an odd extreme air to the whole thing. From Weiss's extreme anger one minute to her soft compliment and support the next, Ruby realized there must have been more to the incident than Weiss had told.
Well, nothing to do but study, I guess… maybe I'll go get a box of cookies before I head back to the dorm. Yeah… that sounds awesome. Ruby's thoughts ended with a burst of rose petals as she zipped back to the school and straight to the cafeteria.