Ruby Rose
The next morning I woke up slowly, my eyes adjusting to the light coming from the window. I sit up stretching and yawning looking at the clock to see that it is almost noon.
"Hey sleepy head." I turn to see Weiss smiling at me.
"Hey beautiful." I smile back at her and lean over kissing her. She giggles lightly showing that side of her that only I know.
"The doctor says you can leave anytime you want." She says pulling up a bag. "Your sister brought your clothes."
"Remind me to give her a big hug later." I stood up taking off the gown I was wearing.
"Geez you dolt you could go do that in the bathroom." Weiss says, covering her eyes.
"Oh sorry Weiss, I guess I wasn't really thinking." I say quickly pulling my shorts on.
"It's fine, I guess I have to get used to it sooner or later." She doesn't react nearly as big this time but I can still see her face turning pink.
"You can look now." I say, chuckling.
"Let's just go get you checked out." We start to walk out of the room before we get cut off by a nurse with a wheelchair.
"Oh Miss Rose, I see you're leaving. Well then I got here just in time." she says smiling.
"What do you mean?" I ask genuinely confused.
"I'm sorry but it's hospital policy for you to leave in a wheelchair." she says waiting for me to sit down.
"Oh of course." I say letting out an annoyed sigh.
"Just zip it and get in the chair so we can leave." Weiss says, pushing me lightly towards it.
"Alright, fine Mom." I say sitting down in the chair.
"Call me Mom again and you can forget that date I promised."
"Alright let's get you checked out and on your way." the nurse says wheeling me off with Weiss following alongside. After what seemed like ages we finally checked out at the front desk and we were out the front door.
"Finally!" I took the first chance I had to jump out of the chair and run around in the fresh air.
"You really do act like a child sometimes." Weiss says smiling.
"Yeah yeah." I say to her before waving goodbye to the nurse. "Goodbye thanks for everything and tell the doctor I said thanks too."
"I will, you take care now." The nurse says turning around and heading back inside.
"So um would you mind if we went to my place for a bit before we head out on that date?" I ask.
"Not at all I was actually about to suggest the same thing." she says "It would give us both a chance to get properly cleaned up. I DO have to stop by the police station on the way though."
"Yeah yeah." I say nodding. "I could really use a hot shower and besides I would really prefer to take White Rose on our date."
"You really love that bike don't you?" she asks, trying to get us a cab.
"Not as much as I love you." I say unable to suppress a giggle at the sight of her face turning a light shade of pink.
Finally a cab stops and we get in telling the driver where to take us. We stopped at the Police station like Weiss wanted.
They seemed to kind of ignore us at first but when Weiss pointed out that she had hard evidence against Cardin Winchester and Adam Taurus they paid really close attention.
Two cops in particular, a couple of Faunus twins named Dawn and Dusk, took the evidence and thanked us profusely. Apparently they had been trying to bust both Cardin and Adam for years but between the department constantly getting in the way and no hard evidence they couldn't make any progress.
Eventually we say our goodbyes and FINALLY make our way mine and Yang's apartment. When we get there Weiss pays the guy and we head inside.
"It's so good to be home." I say twirling in place slightly. I know I wasn't gone for THAT long but still, being stuck in a hospital room for any period of time really does suck. Then all of a sudden I hear a weird rustling coming from Yang's room.
"I guess Yang is home." I say, not really all that surprised. It's not like she had work or anything.
"Sounds like it, you can go check in with her if you want, I am calling dibs on the shower." Weiss says with a chuckle as she starts heading down the hall.
Suddenly I hear what sounds like a moan and a loud bang coming from Yang's room.
"What was that?" I ask, concerned that something might be wrong with Yang. Maybe she is sick or something?
I rush toward her room and Weiss follows after me. Once we reach her door I hear the same moan sound. I go to open the door and check on her but Weiss, who was looking down at the floor a second ago, reaches for my hand with wide eyes. I wonder what's up with her but by the time I notice the door is already mostly open.
"Ruby wait!" She shouts in a final effort to stop me. As soon as I looked inside I could see why she was trying to stop me but it's too late. The door was open and on the bed in front of us was a naked Yang and Blake looking at us like deer caught in the headlights.
"Ruby...I didn't think you'd be home so soon.." Yang manages to say before I quickly slam the door shut and run to my room completely unable to process what I just saw. I mean I'm not dumb, I know what it was but..never in a thousand years did I ever want to see my sister like that.
I plop down onto my desk chair and throw a blanket over my head, covering my face with my hands.
Weiss' POV-
"Ruby?" I ask, trying to get her attention. She looks up at me, her face redder than I think I have ever seen it. "You okay?"
"Yeah...just could've gone my whole life without seeing that." she says nervously.
"I can't even imagine how embarrassing that must have been." I say pulling her over to the bed and sitting her down as I sit next to her. She doesn't say anything, just lays her head on my shoulder.
As we sit there I take a look around her room and realize just how messy it is. "Seriously Ruby, you could at least try to clean up after yourself." I say half jokingly and start cleaning up. Ever since I was little I couldn't help but clean compulsively whenever I saw a mess.
Probably Klein rubbing off on me. He is exactly the same way and since I was around him more than any other adult in my life, I must have just picked up on it. I can't help but smile thinking back to all the times Klein and I cleaned and cooked together and how he'd always make time to play with me. It's one of those rare childhood memories I actually cherish.
I eventually reach her desk and see a picture of us and the gang from high-school. Jaune was making a stupid face while Pyrrha giggled at him, Yang was flirting with Blake who was pretending to be annoyed. Alan was standing on the other side of Yang looking annoyed while Inu forced a smile onto his face. Ren was smiling while Nora was hanging onto his back and right in the middle was me and Ruby. As was pretty common of me at the time I had a big scowl on my face and Ruby was hanging off me smiling in that cute way she always does.
I think I actually remember taking this picture, it was a few months after I arrived in town. A few months after Ruby and I became friends. I may have been scowling but on the inside I was smiling wider than ever because it was about that time that I realized what having friends, especially one as amazing as Ruby was like.
Before that, other than Winter and Klein, I felt so lonely and sad all the time. I honestly don't know where I would be if I hadn't met Ruby for all I know I would still be back home under my father's boot. Getting ready to live out whatever life he had planned for me. Who knows..maybe since it was all I knew, I'd even be content with it. Making the best out of it but…I'm so glad that's not the case.
I wouldn't trade the life I have now for anything else because when I'm with Ruby and the others, I feel genuinely happy. More than I ever thought was possible. There is no way any life I managed to etch out back home would ever live up to this life.
"Hey Weiss?" Ruby asks with a very curious tone to her voice.
"Yes Ruby?" I responded by returning to my cleaning.
"Well um...I was kinda wondering if..if we..?" she struggles to ask, making me kind of nervous about what she is going to ask me.
"Spit it out dolt." I say getting kind of impatient.
"I was just wondering if...we were ever going to do anything like that?" she asks, turning red as I turn to face her.
"Pardon?" I wonder if I heard correctly.
"I'm sorry!" she yells bolting under the covers of her bed and hiding. "That was a really weird question wasn't it?!"
"No no it's fine" I walk over to her and gently pull the covers off her. "It's a legitimate question."
Still it was not one I was expecting. I mean it makes sense that we would one day but I guess I didn't think we were even close to that point. I sigh lightly bopping her on the head before putting my hand on her cheek.
"Look...someday yes I imagine that we will...do things like that, but for now I think it's still a bit too early for us to talk about that."
"Yeah..you're right I'm sorry I guess seeing that just got me thinking." she says, turning to face me.
"Eventually we'll be ready for that but" I pause to lay a kiss on her lips "that should be enough for now."
"It is more than enough." she says, smiling at me. "Anyway we should probably get cleaned up if we're still gonna go on that date."
"Sure, I somehow almost forgot that I called the shower..um if you don't mind could I borrow some clothes too I...kinda forgot that I don't have anything to change into?" I ask, kind of embarrassed that I could be so forgetful.
"Ah sure, just take whatever." she says sitting at her computer.
"Thanks." I say grabbing some clothes out of her closet….seriously does this girl own any clothes that aren't various shades of red and black?
I step into the bathroom, turning the shower on. I still kind of can't believe she asked me that. I know I acted like it didn't bother me but...it definitely had more of an effect than I let on. I can feel the heat rise to my face before I shake myself back into reality and get in the shower.
About an hour later Ruby and I are both ready to go. It felt really weird to be wearing Ruby's clothes but I guess I can deal with it for today.
"You know you look really cute in red and black Weiss." Ruby says, smiling at me.
"Shut it!" I say back. "Are you trying to say you don't find my normal color scheme cute?" I ask back in a playfully snarky way.
"N-Not at all I guess I just find you cute in anything." she says nervously rubbing the back of her head. Why does she have to be so damn sweet.
"Alright then I guess it's fine." I say looking away slightly. "So where are we going?"
"Um, hey Rubes..." we both turn to see Yang and Blake standing there looking mortified. "I'm...really sorry you had to see that it's just I was feeling really anxious between you being in the hospital and my big fight on Monday so Blake came over to keep me company and well...one thing led to another." she says nervously which was surprising by itself because I didn't think Yang could get nervous.
"Yeah I'm sorry…that was probably the last thing you wanted to see." Blake says. "We should've been more careful."
"It's uh..it's fine I understand we just need to have better rules for this sort of thing." Ruby responds nervously scratching the back of her head.
"Yeah we promise we'll be better with timing and communication from now on." Yang says letting out a nervous chuckle before returning to her usual self. "So where're you love birds going?"
"I just figured we would go to dinner and maybe a night time walk through the park after." Ruby says enthusiastically. I am actually surprised at her actually kind of romantic choices.
"You sure that's such a good idea after what happened last time?" Yang asks with a worried tone.
"Oh please I'm not gonna let anyone get the jump on me again and besides even if they did" she latches onto my arm "my Weissy would be there to protect me."
"Uh yeah of course I would." I say blushing slightly. It amazes me how quickly she got over the embarrassment of doing stuff like this. I've got some catching up to do but I'm getting better.
"Alright well in that case have fun you two." Yang says giggling slightly.
"We will bye!" Ruby shouts and drags me out the door.
"Since when do you call me Weissy?" I ask genuinely curious.
"Just now, isn't it cute?" she asks, looking at me with that adorable smile of hers.
"Oh shut it dolt and get on the bike." I say, not wanting to admit I do actually think it's pretty cute. She responds by hopping on White Rose. I hop on behind her, holding onto her tightly and nuzzling my face into her back.
Honestly I think I am starting to love this bike too, even if only because I love the feeling of being this close to Ruby. She takes off down the road until we eventually reach a small restaurant just outside the city. It was a fairly nice place, nothing fancy but that's fine since we weren't really dressed for fancy. We walked inside and the host showed us to our table handing us our menus.
"So um..did I make a good choice?" Ruby asks, obviously searching for approval. It's kind of adorable.
"You did fine Ruby" I say suppressing a chuckle. "besides no matter where we ended up, I would have loved it just because I was with you." This causes her face to light up. I love that I can have that effect on her.
"What'll it be ladies?" We both look up to see a woman, with blonde hair tied back into a ponytail and a beauty mark on her face. I don't recognize her at all but Ruby immediately jumps up to hug her.
"Robyn what are you doing here, I thought you moved away years ago?" Ruby asks excitedly.
"Yeah I did but I moved back recently like last week recently. I just haven't gotten around to visiting everyone." She says looking kind of apologetic.
"Wait, how did you get a job so fast?" she asks.
"Oh my friend Fiona owns this restaurant and she promised me and my friend May a job if we decided to move back." She explains.
"That's why I was so drawn to this place!" Ruby shouts a little louder than she probably should."You used to invite Yang, Me and Uncle Qrow for dinner here sometimes, I can't believe I forgot that." I signal her to sit down and calm herself which she thankfully understands.
"Why did you decide to move back?" Ruby asks.
"Well three reasons first I decided I wanted to go back to school and I wanted to do it here." She says.
"That's awesome, maybe we will have classes together!" Ruby exclaims excitedly.
"That's another huge reason" She exclaims. "I missed this town and all the wonderful people here. I'm glad I moved because otherwise I wouldn't have met May but I was just so homesick."
"What's the other reason?" Ruby asks.
"Well...um because of Qrow." She says blushing pretty badly and shyly tucking her hair behind her ear. "He and I have been talking a lot recently over the phone..and one day he just up and says he really misses me. Can you believe that?"
"Awww, I'm so happy for you. I always thought you two had something going on." Ruby says grinning. It must have been super obvious if even Ruby picked up on it.
"Thanks Ruby, I just wish it didn't take the idiot this long to say it." Robyn says with a soft giggle. Finally she looks at me, apparently she must have forgotten I was here. "I'm sorry for taking so much of Ruby's attention."
"Oh it's fine, I understand."
"I don't believe we've met."
"Oh that's right, you left before she moved to town." Ruby gestures toward me excitedly. "This is my girlfriend, Weiss."
"Oh, little Rosebud went and got herself a girlfriend, how exciting!"
"Rosebud?" I ask, never having heard that nickname before.
"Oh right, that is a name my Mom used to call me." Ruby explains. I wonder why her Dad never says it then?
"Yeah Qrow and I still use it from time to time, kind of our way of honoring her, plus it's cute." Funny, I don't see Qrow often but I don't think I have heard him use that name either. "Anyway, it looks like Ruby went and got herself a catch."
"I sure did." she says with a big smile.
"Okay you two, that's enough." I look away, kind of embarrassed. I'm mostly used to Ruby praising me but something about a beautiful older woman doing it at the same time is a bit much.
"Alright alright, that's enough from me, I'll let you two enjoy your date." She quickly takes our orders and rushes off to the kitchen.
Eventually we got our food and it was actually pretty good. We just sat there talking about work and school. It was a genuinely fun time. After we eat Ruby pays despite my objections. It's not a pride thing or anything but I make more money so it just makes logical sense for me to pay but Ruby insisted. We say goodbye to Robyn who makes us promise to come back soon and we are off to the park.
We actually get there right when the Moon is starting to rise and I'm actually glad that the park is lit otherwise it might be kind of hard to see where we were going. We walk for awhile holding hands and just kind of enjoying each other's company before Ruby decides to speak up.
"It was kind of surreal seeing Robyn again." she says taking a seat on a nearby bench and looking up at the sky. "I know that the old days weren't that long ago but they seem like forever ago and seeing her again just really hammered in for me...how much I missed those days."
"I know what you mean. It's been over a year since we left high-school and...the gang has never really been the same since." I say leaning into her. "We used to hang out all the time but now, outside of work and the few we go to school with, we don't see eachother very much.
"Yeah until recently I never really realized just how badly I wished we could go back to those days." she says slowly, draping her arm over me. "It was just so much fun."
"Well at least it seems like we've come together again recently even if only a little bit...who knows for how long though..eventually everyone will have to go their separate ways again." I am saddened by the thought.
"True but if seeing everyone again recently has taught me something it's that we will always be friends no matter where we are." Ruby says pulling me closer. "Some bonds can't be so easily broken."
"Yeah that's true it's just sad to have to say goodbye." I say laying my head on Ruby's shoulder. "Ruby, do you ever worry about what will happen to… well us, in the future?"
"Sometimes but I know whatever life throws at us we can take it." she says confidently.
"I just worry about any adversities you will have to face being with me." I say honestly. "I know my father has eased up recently but I doubt he's given up entirely and that's only part of it."
"Well for what it's worth..I promise that no matter where life takes us I will always be there for you Weiss." Ruby says causing a warm feeling to rise in my chest and I can't help but smile. "I don't care what your dumb Dad thinks, honestly as much as I love my sister I wouldn't even care if SHE disapproved."
I actually start to choke up and feel tears start to rise to my eyes. "Weiss, I love you so much...and I am not about to give you up no matter what." I look up at her and turn her to face me so I can plant a very emotion filled kiss on her lips. After a while our lips finally part and I look her right in the eyes.
"You have no idea what it means to me for you to say that." I say fighting back tears. "I love you so much Ruby."
"I love you too Weiss." she says paying me back with a kiss of her own and this one was filled with so much passion.
I parted my lips inviting her in and we started making out. It wasn't the first time but, even though it's not like we do this all the time, this time still felt different. More intense.
Honestly I got so caught up in the moment that I almost forgot where we were but once I remembered I slowly pulled away. Ruby looked slightly disappointed at first but understood when I explained that I'd rather take this somewhere slightly more...private.