"Talk"
'Thought'
"Um, Ruby was it?"
Jay Walker poked his head into the room. He had an anxious and worried expression because he felt like he was intruding on someone's grief and lowest moment. Evidence of this was seeing Ruby Rose lying in her bed with a look that suggested she had given up on life. This is why he was there in the first place, and he refused to give up and let her stay sad forever.
"Yes… That's me…"
Though Ruby didn't notice, or cared at the moment, as she simply laid there, doing nothing, and acted as if there wasn't much reason to do anything, well.
"Are you by yourself? Where's Yang?"
But Jay didn't look discouraged, as he pressed onward, of course he knew when not to go too far, but he still needed to push her a bit to reach her
"She's punching something… It helps her control her emotions…"
Ruby wanted to ignore Walker, going so far as to cover her head with the blanket, but she was too nice to say or do anything mean, even at her lowest point
"And what about you?"
Jay was worried about what Yang Xiao Long was doing, but he decided to let someone else deal with her, as someone more qualified to handle the blonde, because he was more focused on the crying silver eyes at the moment
"I'm just gonna cry myself to sleep again… Maybe yell if I feel angry…"
Though before Ruby could do just that, the ninja in training decided that it was time to push a little harder, as he suddenly entered the room fully, carrying a gaming setup in his arms
"... Would playing video games make you feel better?"
A few moments later, instead of the young Huntress crying herself to sleep, she instead found herself sitting up and holding a game controller in her hand, as she unenthusiastically watched Jay set the gaming stuff to the TV, all the while explaining what type of game they would be playing
"- And then you do this and that, for this thing and some stuff, while also fighting plus racing and some puzzles and even a dancing mode, then after that you win this winner things to beat the game, understand?"
Jay sat next to Rose as he finished explaining, and he wanted to make sure she knew what she was getting herself into in the game.
"... Nope…"
Ruby said numbly, which made Walker shrug at this.
"Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it, just press start and we can get started."
The silver-eyed girl just sighed, not really having the energy to say no, so she did what Jay said and pressed "start".
"Ok, this is a quick time event, don't let your guard down at this part!~"
"Mhm…"
10 minutes had passed since the game started, Jay seemed engrossed in the game, mashing and pressing the controller buttons frantically, though as for Ruby, she was barely making an effort in the game, boredly moving the joystick while slowly pushing some of the buttons, it was evident that she wasn't really into it at the moment
"Wow, that's so much loot, you can upgrade your character to be cooler!~"
"Hmm…"
30 minutes passed, Jay could be seen praising Ruby for all the loot she had just found, maybe even expressing a little jealousy as well for what she had, but Rose's disinterest remained shown on her face, yet she seemed to be paying more attention now, rather than just barely looking at what she was doing.
"Dang it, I always hate mazes, how did we even get separated, we were just together a second ago?!"
"Oh?"
1 hour went by, they seemed to be in some kind of maze puzzle level, and Jay was currently in the middle of getting frustrated at getting lost. So much so that he pulled his hair a bit. Though as for Ruby, she actually seemed to be more interested in what she was doing. So much so that she was sitting up more, narrowing her eyes to focus on the TV screen, and was actually putting in some real effort when messing with her gaming controller. It was real improvement. Though the ninja in training was too busy getting lost in the game to notice
"I'm thinking of using these lightning nunchucks for my character, what do you think?
"Hey, how do I do this part, I wanna get the scythe weapon?"
Two hours passed, and it seemed that Jay and Ruby had started to actually talk to each other. No longer was Walker forced to make conversation, and no longer did simple responses come from Rose. Of course, she still spoke softly and maybe a little hesitantly, but she was actually asking questions about what to do next, instead of being told. Slowly, they started to work together in the game instead of just following one another.
"RUBY! RUBY! I'M LOW HP!"
"THAT'S OK, JUST KEEP BUFFING ME, I'M SO CLOSE IN DEFEATING THE BOSS!"
5 hours passed, at this point, even if Ruby still had a sad heart, it was very obvious that it was overshadowed by her excitement yet panic when she and Jay were dealing with the final boss together; their working together had turned into a full-on team effort as friends, helping and even sacrificing for each other; interest became full-on motivation and determination to defeat the boss of the game; the two expressed so much passion and emotion that if it was made of fire, they would have burned the whole room by now
"WE WON!!!~"
"YAAAAAAAY! I DID IT! I DID IT!!!~"
After so much metaphorical and literal blood, sweat, and tears, both Jay and Ruby managed to finally beat the final boss and win the entire game. They jumped up happily and started cheering, dancing, some more cheering, and then ended it with Rose suddenly hugging Walker, which startled and surprised him a bit
"Thank you, Jay…"
Though when Ruby looked up at him, with a small yet thankful gentle smile, the ninja in training couldn't help but smile back and return the hug to her
"Just doing my job as a gentleman~"
After a moment of becoming real friends, Jay let go of the silver eyes and patted her shoulder as if they were old buddies.
"Now then, I think Zane should be done cooking dinner, wanna join us? Not forcing you, I understand if you still need some space."
Once Jay made the offer, Ruby actually took a moment to think about it instead of immediately refusing it, and after careful consideration, she looked back at Walker with a very big innocent smile.
"Will there be any cookies?~"
I think Jay and Ruby would be very close with one another, not in a romantic way, but I can see them becoming great friends, maybe even BFF, lol~
(Though if you are interested in shipping, my maybe ideas are Cole x Yang, obvious reasons, and then Lloyd x Ruby, though after aging him up)