A few days later, Weiss and I were trying not to giggle as we read through another of Blake's cheesy romance novels. Now before anyone gets upset with me, Weiss had been the one to find it this time! She'd called me over to her bed as soon as I walked into our dorm, eyes wide in an uncharacteristically mischievous grin. Technically, I was just going along for the ride the whole time. Weiss was having a blast reading through this book. Apparently it was right up her alley; some princess who'd lived her life locked away by her dad, constantly drowning in the man's shadow, had been seduced by a dashing prince with long hair and a ton of charisma. So far their relationship had consisted of awkward giggles, hands held, melted chocolate and blindfolds. The situation was just too funny and we were giggling like crazy when we heard the doorknob jiggle.
"Shit!" I dove off Weiss' bed and hid under Blake's bunk, not wanting to be caught. It took me about three seconds before I realized the red-trimmed boots at the door were Ruby's, not Blake's kitten heels. The coast was clear!
"Are you guys going through Blake's books again?!" She stomped her feet, totally pissed at us for doing this for what must've been the fifth time since we'd found where she kept her stash. Ruby got super squirmy around the subject of romance so I wasn't surprised at how grossed out she must've felt about these stories.
"It's getting good! They just got blindfolds," I chuckled, sneakily sliding out from under the bunk. Honestly, the novels were really well written, but I just liked the smut. It was hot and sexy and the way Weiss blushed as she read a graphic scene always made me laugh.
"Ugggh." Ruby stomped towards her bed and climbed up, definitely beyond annoyed with us.
"I'm gonna tell her if you two keep this up," she warned with a pout.
"Hush! Don't be a tattle-tale. We're not harming anyone." Weiss shushed Ruby and hugged her knees to her chest, waiting for me to continue reading. I got back to the story, picking up where we'd left off, maybe a little quieter so Ruby wouldn't be too upset with us. About two chapters later we came across an awkward discovery. The dashing prince with the commanding voice and burning gold eyes had turned out to be… another princess?
"What?" Weiss looked at me and took the book, rereading the passage as if I'd misread something.
"She did say she had slender hands…" I shrugged and grabbed the book back. I really wasn't at all phased by the surprise reveal. Princess Isabella was just getting bent over her night table and I didn't really care whether the person doing it was a prince or a princess.
"Did Isabella know?" I looked up to see Ruby's silver eyes gazing down at us, full of curiosity.
"Ruby?!" I was really surprised she was invested in the story. She was normally just so innocent. Just talking about kissing made her act so squirmy. I thought she would've put her headphones on and tried to drown us out the moment she could. I couldn't believe she'd actually been listening the whole time.
"Just read, Yang!" She was probably just invested in my reading. I used to read to her almost every night when we were kids, doing my best to do for her what mom had done for me. I was almost positive it was only my voice that had held her attention. Almost.
Weiss and I traded smirks and I kept reading. We got through a particularly chocolate covered chapter before we heard the doorknob jiggle again.
"Shit!" I immediately dove under Blake's bed, tucking my feet under the bunk knowing for sure this time we'd be screwed.
"Weiss!" Blake hissed at her angrily. I decided to pick a god and pray.