Tuesday was a strange day.
Not that the other days they'd spent alone together hadn't been strange, each in their own specific way, but it was definitely a different type of strange.
"What is it?" Weiss mumbled to herself almost angrily while she watched Ruby make some food for them.
"I'd help if I could, but I have no idea what it is that you have stuck in your head." Ruby replied from across the kitchen. "Did it have something to do with us?"
"Obviously, but I can't remember what it was!" Weiss groaned in frustration. "Everything with my family and our wedding is wrapped up, right? I didn't forget something that we were supposed to do?"
"Not that I know of." Ruby replied as she rummaged through the fridge. "Was it something to do with Beacon? Maybe a class we had a test in or something?"
Weiss thought through all their classes and couldn't find a match to the foreboding feeling that had sprung up inside her when she'd awoken. "No tests, the next round of them are all in two weeks. We do have to catch up on reading and notes, but Blake said she'd give us copies of hers. But that's not it either!"
Ruby laughed at her troubled wife as she placed a plate in front of her with a sandwich and some plain chips. Ruby started crunching on her own meal as she looked at Weiss who was once again deeper in thought.
The day was extremely hot compared to the previous days they'd spent there, so Weiss was wearing a short top that Ruby had helped modify to show some of her stomach and increase the breathability of the item. Ruby had to admit it sent a shiver down her spine every time she saw Weiss show off. She knew the heiress rarely did so in public and that made it special because Ruby was the only one she'd allow to see, well, everything it seemed. Her eyes caught the bottom edge of the scar that had been the result of their fight with an alpha beowolf and her blood froze.
Ruby's mouth stopped mid chew and dropped open, the partially chewed food falling back to the table, past the sandwich she held in her hands. Weiss looked at Ruby curiously as she noticed and slowly replaced her cold cut next to her chips.
"I… I think I know what you're thinking about." Ruby answered shakily, her mouth dry in nervousness.
"What is it?" Weiss almost jumped at Ruby in excitement.
"You remember our Grimm Studies project, right?" Ruby began slowly. She could see with each word she spoke the happiness on Weiss's face turn to fear. "The one that we fought in Emerald Forest for?"
"Ruby, when was that due again?" Weiss asked, knowing the answer already, just hoping that for some reason she'd made a mistake even if she knew deep down she hadn't.
"This friday." Ruby breathed.
The two stared at each other for a few seconds before bursting out in laughter. Ruby looked like she was trying to decide whether she should keep laughing or start crying and Weiss knew she was probably not much better.
"So basically…" Weiss gasped as she curbed her laughing enough to talk. "We have to do… an entire MONTH worth of work… in three days."
Ruby sobered up at Weiss's statement, fearing that she would have to once again be the bearer of bad news.
"Actually, Weiss… since it's already lunch time now, and we'll be travelling most of the day on thursday… we only have a day and a half." Ruby spoke slowly as she watched Weiss freeze. "Weiss? Are you okay?"
Ruby watched as Weiss's lips moved but no words came out. Her eyes were already far away, flicking back and forth between whatever she was thinking about.
"Weiss, come back to me, okay?" Ruby spoke soothingly. She took Weiss's face and looked her in the eyes, but Weiss didn't seem to notice. "Listen to me, it'll all work out. I promise, okay?"
When Weiss didn't respond, Ruby leaned in and captured Weiss's lips with her own. They moved for a second as if nothing had happened before falling still and then returning the kiss. Ruby broke it earlier than she would have liked to find Weiss's eyes staring intently into her own.
"We'll get it done, okay?" Ruby asked quietly.
"How? Ruby? It's not possible!" Weiss argued quickly.
"Shh…" Ruby placed her thumb against Weiss's lips to silence her. When she felt Weiss's lips still, she continued. "That's what everyone seemed to think about us finding a loophole in your wedding contract. You have to admit that as a team, we have a pretty good track record for doing the impossible."
Weiss thought for a few moments before nodding in defeat. "Okay, there's no use stressing over it anyways. Either it will get finished or it won't. No big deal right?"
"Well, sort-of big deal, but you're thinking the right way." Ruby laughed.
Weiss laughed, tears coming from her eyes from how ridiculous she felt. When she calmed down enough, she smiled at her wife with all the love she felt swelling in her heart. "Have I ever told you how much I love you?"
"Maybe, but I'll let you remind me." Ruby replied playfully.
"If we pull this off, I'll show you." Weiss replied seriously.
Ruby jumped up and used her semblance to get to her scroll to summon their lockers. When she returned, she followed Weiss's example and resumed eating their lunch while they waited on their lockers. It would probably be a while before they arrived, so she may as well enjoy the peace while it lasted. Because she really wanted to see what Weiss meant by her last statement.