Chapter Fifteen: Under the Full Moon.
The claws stopped mere millimeters from Neptune's throat at the Heiress' cry. Silver eyes turned on to her still burning with anger. Weiss felt her heart shutter with fear as the wolf's gaze froze her in place. She had never seen the girl before her look like she did now. Lips pulled back showing her long sharp fangs, hands splayed out with fingers hooked creating her claws, and the burning silver eyes reminding her of molten metal.
The wolf took a tentative sniff of the air, the scent of mint and vanilla mixed in her nose, Weiss. Weiss was here with her. Weiss was the one that called out to stop her. Weiss.
Slowly the silver eyes lost their anger as she focused on the white haired girl. The simple white dress, long flowing white hair and ice blue eyes all came into her vision. The Heiress still looked like angel as she stood before her, but her eyes weren't shining like they usually did. Instead her eyes were full of fear and confusion.
Weiss watched as the silver eyes of the wolf returned to their normal light, the molten steel cooling and becoming sterling again. Hands relaxed back into the soft strong hands of her partner. Her fangs slipped back behind her soft pink lips. As the Heiress watched the wolf become her partner she felt her heart shudder in her chest. She wanted nothing more than to pick the small girl off the ground and hold her close. All night she had been trying to push the crimson girl from her mind and now that she was looking at her the Heiress could only think how foolish that had been. Ruby would always be in her mind and her heart.
But for her safety she had to continue to push her on feeling aside. Steeling her heart the Heiress adopted a frosty glare and looked down at the wolf. "What do you think you're doing?" She sheeted trying to sound angry at the wolf.
Realizing what she had done Ruby looked between the Heiress and the downed boy, fear still burned in his eyes. "I-I, uh, I…"
"Why did you attack Neptune?" The white haired girl continued to yell. "What is going through your mind? Do you have any idea what you could have done if I hadn't stopped you?"
Ruby flinched slightly at the tone in the girl's voice. She knew what she was trying to do, she was trying to prove her dominance over the blue haired boy. She was going to prove that she was the one that Weiss was supposed to be with, not him.
"Did you even hear me?" Weiss continued to yell her heart stuttered with each word. "You stupid dolt what is wrong with you?"
At the frosty girl's words the Alpha nature in the wolf snapped, she was not going to be talked to like that. With a growl the wolf rose to face the Heiress. "What was I doing? What were you doing?" Her biting tone caused the white haired girl to flinch back but only for a moment.
"I was just about to kiss my date before you attack him." Weiss shot back trying to hold her own against the wolf. "It's what you do when a date goes well."
"But he shouldn't get to kiss you." Ruby growled, her tail twitching erratically.
"Oh and why do you get a say in who should kiss me and who shouldn't?" Weiss questioned back. She wanted this argument to be over the more she yelled at the wolf the more her heart hurt.
"Because-" The wolf stopped suddenly realizing what she was going to say.
The Heiress took the opportunity to cut over her partner, "Oh you don't know what to say? Well I'll tell you. You don't get a say. I am my own person and I can do what I want with who I want." The irony of her own words ran deep in Weiss as she looked at the silver eyes. "I will not be told what I can do by anyone."
"But why does it have to be him?" The wolf yelled back. She just wanted to be with the Heiress, why did her partner not choose her.
"Who else would it be? I can choose anyone I want and you don't get to have a say you stupid mutt!" Weiss yelled back, her heart broke as silver eyes shown with hurt at her last words. Why had she yelled that? She was not her family. She was not like them.
"HEY!" Yang's voice cut over them, "Don't fucking talk to her like that you bitch." Weiss could see the crimson starting to form over the lilac eyes but before she could respond there was a burst of wind and rose petals as the wolf disappeared. "Ruby!" The blonde called out but it was to late. Heat sparked in the hallway as the brawler glared towards the Heiress. "What the hell did you do?"
"I did nothing." Weiss glared back, "You sister attack my date out of no where, so I lectured her about it."
"You called her a stupid mutt!" Yang yelled taking a step towards her.
"Because she was being stupid!" Weiss yelled back, she was so sick of all this yelling. Why couldn't they see she was just protecting Ruby and that this was the only way. "Just like you are now you brute!"
Before Yang could advance further Blake darted in front of her blocking her path, "Yang." Her voice was soft as she stared up at crimson eyes, slowly their lilac color returned. The panther turned to the Heiress, "Explain."
Weiss had had enough, she was done dealing with people for tonight. "I don't have to explain anything." She glared as she walked past them, Yang's hand darted out to catch her. "Let go you oaf! I am going for a walk to clear my head of all this madness." With that she left the group in her icy wake.
Once the icy girl left Blake let out a long sigh, she had been worried that something like this would happen but had kept her silence. She had felt the tension growing between the red and white pair and now it was at the breaking point. "I am going to kill her." Yang sheeted as she tried to follow the Heiress.
"No you're not." Blake held her partner back, lilac eyes looked into her amber ones, "You're going to cool off then have a civil conversation with her to figure out what's really going on in her head." Yang gave her a confused look, "Yang I'm sure that she's confused and doesn't know how to deal with her feelings for Ruby so she picked the wrong path and now she needs someone to put her back on the right one. With you being straight forward she won't have a choice but to come to terms with it. I'll go find Ruby and calm her down. She's feeling ignored and frustrated with Weiss and her own feelings aren't helping her right now."
Yang let out a long breath before resting her forehead against Blake's. "Yeah you're right, as usual." A small smile pulled on her lips, "I knew there was a reason I fell for you besides you're pretty looks." Lilac eyes looked around her towards Neptune. "What are we going to do about him?"
Blake turned to look at the down boy, he hadn't moved since Ruby had tackled him fear still shown in his eyes but it was slowly fading. He had stared the wolf in her eyes as she attacked. The molten silver burned into his mind. "I'll deal with him before I find Ruby, Weiss probably headed towards the docks start there."
"Right." Yang gave a nod before tilting her head down and pressing a kiss into the panther's lips. "Wish me luck."
"Good luck." Blake whispered against her lips before pressing another kiss into the blonde lips. "Now go before we get side tracked." With a smirk the bawler gave a salute and walked off to find the frosty member of their team. Once she was gone Blake rubbed her temples, why did her Alpha have to cause so much trouble?
Turning back to Neptune, the panther watched as he started to gather himself off the ground and dust himself off. "So that was something." He cleared his throat as he looked at her.
"Yes it was." She remained passive, "I would say I'm sorry but Sun owes me twenty lien now."
Neptune gave a sour look, "Did all of you bet whether Ruby would attack me or not?"
Blake shrugged, "I can't say for Scarlet and Sage but Sun, Yang and myself all had a bet going on when she would try something. I just happen to win because it was at the end of the first date. Sun had that she would do something before the first date and Yang bet she would track you down during your date." Neptune sighed.
"Well he did try to warn me that going out with Weiss would be bad." The boy shrugged, "But if she's gay then why did she agree to go out with me?"
Blake shrugged, "No idea. Like I said to Yang she's probably confused and picked the wrong path and now needs set straight."
"So she doesn't feel anything for me?" Neptune tried.
"Probably not." Blake shook her head, "Sorry but she's probably fallen for Ruby."
"Oh." Neptune nodded, "Well that sucks really thought I might have a chance." Blake shook her head, "Damn, well if that's the case I hope everything goes good with them." With a nod he started to head for the stairs, "I'll see ya around Blake."
"I'd stay clear of Ruby for a few days." Blake called at his back getting a shudder and a small wave of understanding. While she was sure that Ruby wouldn't attack the boy again if she and the Heiress were together it was better to not run the risk with the wolf.
With another sigh the panther took a sniff of the air, the trail of roses and earth still strong. Following the path the panther began to track down the wolf to find out what was truly wrong with her. While she was sure it was Ruby's feelings for the Heiress that was causing her distress there was a possibility that she was wrong.
"Hey Blake." A voice cut over the panther's thoughts. Velvet smiled at her as she walked as she and Coco walked towards her, probably heading to the infirmary for the rabbit's late night shift she had pulled this month. "Everything okay?"
"Hey Velvet, yeah things are fine I'm just looking for Ruby." Blake replied, the two brunettes gave her a confused look. "She and Weiss got into a heated yelling match when Weiss got back from her date and Ruby ran off."
Coco gave a sigh, "When we said talk to her I didn't mean for Ruby to yell at her." Blake now gave the older girl the same confused look. "Ruby stopped by earlier and talked to me and Velvet about what's going on and we told her to just talk to her about it. I didn't think it would get confrontational."
"Do you want my help tracking her down?" Velvet asked already starting to hand her bag to her girlfriend, her voice brimming with concern.
Blake hesitated, while it could be nice to have another person with her when she confronted Ruby bringing the rabbit with her while the wolf was upset was probably not the best idea, "No. I'll be fine besides this is a team thing so we should be the one's to handle it before we bring in others."
"Alright." Velvet nodded, "But if you need my help just give a call okay?" Blake nodded and started to follow the scent trail again. The concern the rabbit showed for the young wolf was very touching to the panther, she hadn't considered that the older girl would view the wolf as a friend so readily but yet it was obvious that she cared about her well being.
The scent trail led the panther to the gym where she found the wolf standing before a punching bag. Blake watched as Ruby continued to strike the bag, the wolf's fist hitting in quick secession. She noted the bag barely swung unlike when Yang was pounding away at the leather and sand but she knew that while Ruby's strikes might not look as if they packed a lot of power but the quickness of them easily made up for it.
Taking a tentative step forward Blake could feel the turmoil of emotions rolling off the young wolf through the air. She could feel the warning of the Alpha to stay away causing her to hesitate. She could either heed her leaders warning and return to the dorm allowing the wolf to brood or she could attempt to calm Ruby's emotions to get her to talk about what was wrong.
Shaking her head Blake pushed past the wall of emotions and continued on towards Ruby. Stopping a few feet behind the wolf she bowed her head respectfully waiting for her Alpha's acknowledgment, she might have been throwing caution to the wind by approaching the aggravated wolf but if she was going to do this then she might as well do it correctly.
Ruby paused in her attacks on the bag letting silence settle in the room the incessant hum of the florescent light far overhead the only sound permeating the air. With a sigh Ruby returned to her stance before cracking her neck, "What do you want Blake?" Her voice held a slight bite as she sent a quick five hit combo into the bag.
Blake internally sighed relaxing slightly, at least Ruby was willing to talk it seemed. "I want to know what's wrong." She saw a flick of the redheads ears showing her to keep going, "Ruby you've been acting off these past few days. You're not smiling or when you do it's forced, you're snapping at people for no apparent reason and you're emotions are in complete turmoil." Ruby paused her attacking again, Blake could see she was about to argue. "Don't try to deny it, I can feel it and I can see it."
Ruby growled, "Watch yourself cat."
Blake sighed as she felt Ruby's irritation flow through the air, "Ruby talk to me. I'm trying to help."
"Trying to help who!" Ruby yelled whirling around on her. Her eyes flashed with anger pupils pinpoints against the silver in them. Her lips where pulled back exposing her sharp canines. Blake fought the urge to flinch controlling her features into their normal neutral place, she was extremely glad she had not brought Velvet along to help with the wolf the poor bunny would have passed out from the way look Ruby was giving her now.
"I'm trying to help you!" Blake yelled back throwing caution to the wind. Her Alpha needed to snap out of it and she was going to force the damn wolf to do so even if it ended in a fight. "Just talk to me Ruby. I can't help you if you don't talk to me about it. This has gone on long enough and we're starting to get worried about you. So please let me help." Ruby turned back to the bag and Blake could see the wolf contemplating ignoring her so she pushed harder. "Ruby what the hell is going on?"
"I don't know!" Ruby screamed slamming her fist into the bag. Blake watched as the wolf crumpled to the ground crying. "I don't know what's wrong with me." Ruby sobbed doubling in on herself. "It hurts so much and I can't understand why. I keep telling myself it's fine but it hurts." Her gaze shifted up to Blake, silver eyes pooled with tears as they pleaded up at her. "Why does it hurt so much Blake?"
Blake swallowed hard as she slowly knelled beside the distraught girl. While she was good with emotions around Yang, being around others and dealing with their emotions was still hard for her. Slowly she brought her hands to the back of the wolf, she felt Ruby flinch at her touch before launching herself into Blake's arms. She stiffened for a second at the sudden closeness of the wolf but pushed past her own discomfort before bringing her hands back to Ruby's back making soothing circles. "It's going to be okay Ruby, we'll figure this out." She tired to sooth the crying girl, "Just let it all out and tell me what's going on please. I'm your friend and I'll help the best I can."
Ruby sniffled trying to get her voice back before collapsing back into sobs while Blake continued to sooth the wolf. They stayed in this position for several minutes before Ruby spoke up again. "I feel like I'm being torn apart. Like something deep inside of me is breaking and the more I think about it the more it hurts."
Blake nodded starting to see what was going on but she had to be sure, "Ruby is this because of Weiss and Neptune?" Ruby froze as amber eyes fixed her to her spot. "Ruby, answer me."
Ruby gave a small nod, "I know I shouldn't be bothered by it. I mean people form relationships all the time, they fall in love with people they like and then they start a life together so I know I shouldn't be jealous that Weiss found someone she feels that way for but I do and it hurts." She looked down at the ground, "And the more I think about how happy she must be because of him I just get more upset. I've been trying to keep my emotions under control but I can't seem to and I'm taking it out on everyone that I shouldn't."
"It's okay Ruby." Blake sighed leaning back, she was afraid that this would happen because both of them where too stubborn to actually admit the feelings they had.
"No it's not." Ruby cried out in distress, "Blake I attacked Neptune when he tried to kissed her. I almost tore his throat out because of that and I would have if Weiss hadn't been right there." Ruby's voice grew more and more distressed as she spoke. "I kept telling myself that as long as Weiss was happy that I was going to be fine but then when I saw that I saw red and I attacked. What if I'm losing myself?"
Blake sighed as she patted the crimson girl's back, "You're not losing yourself Ruby." She felt the redhead pulled away.
"How can you be sure?" She questioned.
The panther shook her head, "Because you're still cognitive of what you're doing. If you where losing yourself you'd have no idea what you were doing or be worried about the after math of your actions."
"So what is causing me to act like this?" Ruby sniffed as she wiped her eyes.
"Ruby you have feelings for Weiss right?" Blake questioned the crimson girl, she needed to confirm what she already suspected, the wolf nodded. "Well the answer as to why you're feeling this way is simple, you're jealous of Neptune."
"I'm jealous of Neptune?" The wolf cocked her head to the side. "But why?"
Blake sighed, she hadn't counted on Ruby being this unfamiliar with relationships. "You have feelings for Weiss and you want to be with her right?" The smaller girl nodded, "Well when she was with Neptune you wanted her to be with you so you resented him."
"Oh." Ruby muttered looking down at the ground, "Well what should I do about it?"
Blake smiled at the small girl placing her hand on her head between her ears. "Well once you're calm and your eyes dry we'll go talk to her okay?" Rubbing between the girls ears the panther continued to smile. "Sound good pup?"
"You sound like Yang." Ruby grumbled pulling away from the hand.
Yang continued towards the docks after leaving Blake to deal with her sister. She wasn't sure that she should be the one to deal with the Heiress but she had to trust her partner knew what she was doing. With a shake of her head the brawler focused on keeping her cool, no matter how much she wanted to pound the girl's face in she first had to figure out what had caused her to snap the wolf, though she was pretty sure she already knew.
It was extremely obvious that the two girls felt something towards each other, they were just being too stubborn to actually admit it. Well Weiss was too stubborn to admit it while Ruby was probably unsure of what she was feelings.
"Damn it why do they have to be so dumb?" The brawler muttered as she stopped near the docks scanning to see if the frosty girl was there. Against the moonlight she made out the figure of the white haired girl standing at the edge of the landing platform looking over the water. A small spark of heat flashed through the brawler, as she looked at the Heiress the want to pound the girl in to the ground surged through her again. Beating back the urge Yang sighed as she approached the girl standing in the moonlight her white hair blowing lightly in the breeze. Stopping a few feet back she shook her head maybe she should have let Blake handle the Ice Queen while she attempted to calm down her sister but it was still probably best to let her partner figure out what was wrong with the wolf.
"What do you want Yang?" Weiss hissed as she turned to see the blonde standing behind her.
Yang shrugged lightly as she walked up level with the girl, "Not much just want to talk that's all." Weiss huffed as she turned her gaze back towards the water, this was not going to be easy. "So what's going on?"
"Nothing." Weiss' response was short making Yang roll her eyes.
"You sure about that?" Yang prodded. "Cause that back there was not 'nothing'."
"What do you want me to say?" Weiss spat glaring over at the blonde. "That you're sister an insufferable wolf that needs to learn when not to stick her nose into other people's business." Yang felt a spark of heat shoot through her but beat it back down in order to maintain control of this situation.
"She's worried about you." Yang tried knowing full well it was a lie. "You've been pushing her away ever since that jerk showed up. She's your partner she cares about you."
"That jerk is my boyfriend." Weiss yelled, "I don't have to tell her every little thing we do nor does she need to know. She's just acting like a small child." Again heat flowed though Yang, this time it was harder to beat back down.
"Watch your tongue Weiss." Yang warned trying to control her temper, this would not end well if the two of them ended yelling at each other.
"Or you'll what?" Weiss crossed her arms over her chest confronting the brawler, "You know I'm right that she acting like a spoiled brat and is ruining everything that I'm trying to do."
Heat flowed freely from Yang now as she grabbed the shorter girl by the throat hosting her easily off the ground, "Say one more thing Schnee. I fucking dare you." She could see the fear start to form in the back of icy blue eyes as her own turned a brilliant red. "Say one more thing and I don't care if you're on my team I will beat you into a bloody pulp. Now I'm going to put you down and we're going to have a nice civil conversation but if you insult my sister again I will put you in your place. Got it?" Weiss gave weak nod, slowly the brawler lowered the Heiress to the ground releasing her from her grasp.
Backing away from the blonde Weiss rubbed her throat glaring at her, "Brute." She hissed her voice raspy from the strain the brawler had put on her throat.
"Call me that all you want doesn't change that if you insult Ruby again I'll pound you." Yang sighed as she sat down crossing her legs motioning Weiss to get comfortable. Continuing to glare the Heiress sat down opposite from the brawler. "Great now will you explain what's going on with you?"
"There is nothing going on with me." Weiss huffed looking away from the blonde.
"That's a load of bullshit." Yang rolled her eyes, "You're being a lot bitchier than you're usual self." The Heiress' glare found the blonde again. "Oh you know it's true. You're ignoring everyone that isn't that blue haired idiot and it's even worse with Ruby, you've done your best to push her away because you have this crush on her."
The Heiress' cheeks lit up with heat as he eyes widened, "I-I do not. She's just my friend." She sputtered breaking eye contact with the blonde.
Yang shook her head, it was almost hilarious how fast the girl defended herself. "Yeah cause the way you're always watching her and blushing when she gets near you is totally normal for people who are just friends."
"Well what if it is?" Weiss spit back.
"You're an idiot." Yang groaned flopping down onto the hard pavement.
Weiss huffed turning her head away from the blonde, "What do you mean by that?" Her voice was still weak from the grasp the blonde had had on her throat.
"Weiss are you gay?" Yang asked bluntly getting tired of dancing around the matter.
Weiss' face lit up in blush again as she sputtered out her excuse, "N-n-no, what would cause you to think that? I'm dating Neptune so I obviously cannot be gay."
Yang slammed her head into the ground causing a small creator to form, "Weiss do you even like Neptune?"
"Of cou…" Weiss' answer was cut off as Yang gave her an un-amused looked. Lowering her gaze Weiss fiddled with the hem of her dress before answering truthfully, "No, not really." She muttered.
Yang smiled, finally they were getting somewhere. "So why are you dating him?"
"Because it's what I have to do." Weiss muttered still looking away.
Yang groaned, "Weiss how many times have you told us that you are not your family?" Weiss opened her mouth but was cut off by the blonde, "Rhetorical question, what I mean is you sound like your family right now."
Weiss hunched her shoulders in as she realized she had been in fact sounding like her family for nearly a week now. "They already disapprove I'm training to be a huntress I can't even imagine what they would say or do if they found out I'm not straight."
"So you are gay?" Yang asked making sure she was right.
Weiss hesitated, "No I don't think that's the right description for me." Yang gave her a questioning look. "For the longest time I thought I was asexual, I didn't find anyone attractive or really interesting. All the 'dates' I was set up on ending with me never thinking about that person again save for how annoyed I was that I was forced to go on another date yet again." Weiss drew her knees up to her chest as she looked out over the water. "I never desired to be with a person ever until I met Ruby. She's so kind and caring and I always feel like I can talk to her about anything I want, she's never judged me for my family but only for who I am. I have no idea why but when I realized that I was feeling something for her I panicked and started trying force myself to look at Neptune the way I feel about Ruby."
"But it hasn't worked." Yang said knowingly placing a soft hand on the other girl's shoulder.
Weiss shook her head slightly, "I don't know why but every time he gets anywhere near me I want nothing more than it to be Ruby. It hurts so much when I push her away but I have to keep telling myself that it's for her own good."
Yang was taken back by her words, "What? What the hell gave you that idea?"
Weiss grasped her knees tighter, "Yang it took her a month to tell me she was a Faunus just because of my last name. Even after telling her over and over again I'm not my family she was still unsure a Schnee could ever trust a Faunus. When she told me and I asked her why it took her so long she told me that she was afraid she'd lose her friend just because of how I was raise and I understood." Tears formed at the corner of her eyes as she fought through a sob. "I'm a Schnee and everyone knows that there is a deep hatred of Faunus associated with that name. How could I tell her that I have feeling's for her and put her in the position of dealing with my family that hates Faunus, it would be so selfish of me and put Ruby in danger."
Yang sighed, as she shook her hair out. "Weiss you're an idiot." Weiss looked up at the blonde with a bit of shock.
"What do you mean?" Weiss asked quietly.
Yang smiled softly as she looked back up at the moon, "Weiss let me tell you something about our little wolf." Weiss felt as if she was holding on to Yang's words like a lifeline. "People that she care's about are the only people whose opinion matter to her." Weiss felt her heart thunder at the blonde's words, Ruby cared about her? The words made her stomach flutter and more heat grace her cheeks. "And I'll tell you another thing." Yang continued on cutting over Weiss' thoughts, "Ruby can take care of herself, she's a lot stronger than people think. And if she can't take care of them, well," The blonde gave the Heiress a heated smirk. "I'll do it myself."
"As that may be my family can be very cruel, I don't want to put Ruby through that." Weiss shook her head, "I can't do that to her."
"But you're okay with pushing her away?" Yang questioned the white haired girl.
Weiss shook her head, "I didn't say that, it's just-"
"Just what?" Yang cut over her, "You pushing her away is hurting her more than what you're family could do to her can't you see that?"
"I don't want to hurt her but-" Weiss tried again.
"But nothing." Yang cut over her again, she was getting tired of the Heiress deny what she wanted, "You're hurting her now. If you're afraid for her safety then protect her. You're a Huntress in training if you want to protect something you protect it. Nothing can stand in the way of what you want, so what do you want?"
The Heiress shook her head at the blonde's words, "It's not what I want. It's what-"
"The hell it isn't." Yang yelled, "What do you want?"
"I can'-" Weiss continued to shake her head.
"Just say what you want!" Yang grabbed the Heiress' shoulders fixing her in with an unwavering gaze.
"I WANT RUBY!" Weiss yelled at the blonde, "God damn it you have no idea how bad I want to be with her. It hurts so much every time I push her away and I don't want do that to her. She's so kind and caring that she doesn't deserve to be put through that." The Heiress could feel tears prick at her eyes. "I don't want to hurt her any more, I just want to hold her and tell her I'm sorry for everything."
Yang gave a soft smile as the Heiress cried, finally she had gotten through to white haired girl, "So why don't you?"
"Because I made her so mad at me." Weiss shook her head whipping the tears from her eyes, "Didn't you see that? She ran off because I called her a stu-" Weiss cut herself off not wanting to ever say what she had again to her partner. "I acted just like my family, how can see forgive me?"
"I doubt that she'll hold that against you." Yang said softly helping the girl wipe her face off with a soft touch. "She thinks the world of you."
"She does?" Weiss asked softly looking up into the blonde's eyes.
Yang smiled at the white haired girl, "Yeah she does. Anyone can tell just by the way she looks at you. You'll just need to make it right and it looks like here's your chance." Yang looked over her shoulder, Ruby and Blake were walking slowly up towards the two seated at the edge of the landing platform. Weiss stiffened as she saw the approaching wolf as a soft hand gripped her shoulder, "Relax Weiss. Just remember what you told me and you'll be fine, Ruby is a very forgiving person so she won't eat you, yet." With a dark chuckle Yang stood up and dusted her backside off before walking towards the two. Blake stopped as Ruby kept walking allowing the sisters to meet in the middle. Yang leaned in a whispered something to Ruby before giving her a quick hug and a pat on the back then continuing onto Blake with a happy wave.
Ruby took a deep breath before continuing on towards Weiss. Weiss felt as if her heart would beat clean out of her chest as the crimson wolf slowly reached her. "Hey." Ruby's voice was soft as she stopped a few feet away.
"Hey." Weiss replied. A few moments of silence pasted between the two before each opened their mouths, "Ruby I…"
"Weiss I…" Both girls stopped suddenly as they tried to compose their thoughts. With a small chuckle Ruby sat down next to her leaving a few feet in between them. To Weiss it felt like miles separated them but she dared not to close the gap. "Mind if I go first?" Ruby asked swing her feet back and forth lightly. Weiss nodded her head letting the wolf speak her mind. "I want to apologize for the way I've been acting these last few days. It's just I've never felt this way towards someone before so I didn't know what was wrong with me and now that I do it makes sense." The crimson girl paused as her silver eyes looked into her own blue ones. Soft sterling silver, not the molten burning of the wolf but the silver of her partner, the girl she cared for. "Weiss I've developed feelings for you and when I saw you with him it hurt so much because of these feelings. And when he tried to kiss you I just lost it, I couldn't stand the thought of you with someone else. I understand if you don't feel the same way and I'll work on trying not to be so jealous."
Weiss felt as if her heart was going to beat out of her chest as she listened to the crimson wolf's words. She had developed feelings for her and Ruby didn't want her to be with anyone else. She wanted her. Ruby wanted her. Swallowing hard the Heiress shifted herself closer to her partner closing the gap between them as she continued to listen to the crimson haired girl.
Ruby watched as the girl shifted toward her, eyes locked on her own not saying a word. Slowly the wolf began to get nervous, why wasn't Weiss talking? Was she upset with her for ruining her date? Was she still mad at her for attacking Neptune? "I'm really sorry for ruining your date. I mean you put so much effort into looking so good and you're like really beautiful and smell really really nice. And you were probably looking forward to-" The wolf's ramble's were cut off as the soft lips of the Heiress were pressed into her own. Ruby froze, the cool lips felt like fire on her own before she could react the Heiress pulled away looking into her eyes again.
"You talk to much you dolt." The Heiress sighed. Strawberries, the wolf tasted of strawberries.
"Y-y-you kissed me." Ruby blinked trying to understand what had just happened.
"Yes." Weiss nodded, heat flooded her cheeks as she admitted it.
Ruby continued to blink, "But why?"
"Y-Y-you dolt." The Heiress bristled at the question, she knew Ruby wasn't that dense, "Why do you think I kissed you?"
"I, ah, don't know?" Ruby muttered, ears flattening on her head. The Heiress' heart stuttered at the down cast look, it really wasn't fair how cute Ruby could look.
With a sigh Weiss pulled Ruby's chin up to look her in the eyes, "Because I have feelings for you too." She cooed as she gazed into the silver heaven before her.
"You do?" Ruby whispered, her voice hopeful.
With another sigh the Heiress smiled and leaned in again still holding the wolf's chin. "Yes, you dolt." Again she pressed her lips gently into the wolf's lips. This time Ruby reacted.
A/N: And there we have it! Finally WhiteRose blooms into reality! YAY! (cough) Now back to business as usual. Like I said I wasn't very happy with these last two chapters so if you're going to comment on the quality, please don't I already know and it's not very helpful. Next week we'll look at - Bumbleby! Sorry but a Blake and Yang chapter is due and some action may bring up a secret...
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