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Weiss was not particularly a morning person. She got up at regular times, but grumbled and was generally cranky the whole waking period.
All of these were things that Weiss neglected to mention, which led to her being woken up rather exuberantly by her new otherworldly companion.
"Rise and shine!" yelled Ruby, yanking the curtains open. Weiss screamed in pain and anger as the sun assaulted her barely-open lids, causing the white-haired girl to retreat under the covers.
"It's morning, morning, morning!" sang Ruby, twirling about in the air like a madcap marionette. "So stop your snoring, snoring, snoring!" She floated above Weiss' bed, her grin outshined by only the sun itself. "Sleeping away the day is boring, boring, boring, so wake, wake, waaaaaaake up!"
Slowly, Weiss pulled down the covers, revealing a bloodshot glare that made Ruby flinch. "Never. Ever. Ever. Ever. Do. That. Again."
Ruby chuckled nervously, lowering herself onto the bed. "Not a morning person?"
"Wow, you must've been top of the class in genie school." Ruby opened her mouth to retort, but was silenced by a raised hand. "Stop. Don't talk. I'm already mad at you. Just...float off and do something while I get ready."
"Ready for what?" A glare was her only response.
Weiss threw off the covers and stomped towards her bathroom, pausing before entering. With a deep breath, she turned around, giving Ruby a slightly less tired look. "You...have a nice singing voice."
Ruby's face was beaming even as Weiss slammed the door.
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"Will you be needing anything, Miss Schnee?"
Weiss shook her head and waved the maid off. "I'm fine, thank you." The steward nodded and left, leaving Weiss to her breakfast. The second she left, Ruby poked her head in through the skylight.
"Are you still mad at me?" she asked from a safe distance.
"Less so than before." Weiss replied, waving Ruby down. "As long as you don't burst into song again."
Ruby smiled and saluted. "I promise!"
"Right." Weiss looked around the kitchen for suitable breakfast items. "Do you want anything?" She whirled around and pointed at the genie girl. "No cookies."
"Aww."
"They're bad for you this early. And overall. You look like you're still reeling from your sugar crash."
"Am not!"
"Regardless, you're not having cookies for breakfast, and that's that." Ruby pouted but said nothing. Weiss returned to the pantry, rubbing her chin in thought. What would a thousand-years old genie with the mentality of a fifteen-year old want for breakfast?
"Cereal." she said, pulling a box of Rice Krispies out of the pantry.
Ruby tilted her head in confusion as she watched Weiss prepare the bowl of cereal. "Don't you have servants to do that?"
"Technically, yes," Weiss replied. "But I'm more than capable of taking care of myself."
"Wow...independence...that must be great..."
Weiss paused, giving Ruby a sideways glance. 'That's right...genies are bound to their masters unless they're wished free.' The pair were silent for a minute, a veil of awkwardness hanging over the kitchen.
"Do you like your milk hot or cold?" asked Weiss, blushing a little at the way her voice cracked at the end of her sentence.
"Doesn't matter." replied the genie, trademark smile plastered back on her face.
"Cold it is, then." Weiss poured the milk and handed Ruby a spoon. Not three seconds after she turned her back to stow away the milk did she hear a shocked, piercing scream. "What is it!?" hollered Weiss, raising the milk jug defensively.
"Weiss! Weiss!" squealed Ruby, pointing at her bowl. "The cereal! It...it's making sounds!"
A beat, before Weiss burst into laughter.
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"What do you mean I can't go out dressed like this?" huffed Ruby. "What's wrong with the way I dress?"
Weiss gestured to Ruby's exposed midriff. "That's far too much skin for a fifteen-year old to show."
"I'm literally thousands of years older than you."
Weiss opened her mouth to retort, but no words came out. Ruby had her. But damned if she would concede this early. "I wish you had more sensible clothes."
"No fair!" shouted Ruby as she was enveloped in smoke. Once it settled, Weiss tried her hardest not to laugh, and failed miserably. In place of Ruby's genie garb was a pair of black leggings with red stripes on the sides. Gone was her top, replaced by a black blouse and a red hoodie sporting wolf ears on the hood. Her curly-tipped shoes were replaced by black Mary Janes.
"Oh, my god." squealed Weiss, looking the irate Ruby over. "You look so...so cute!"
"I look like a dork!" she pouted, crossing her arms, which only made Weiss squeal louder.
"Wait here, I'll get my camera!"
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Ruby, hands shoved in her pockets, was silent the whole walk to Blake's house. Weiss tried to diffuse the tension, but everytime she looked at Ruby, all she could do was squeal and gush about how adorable she looked.
Only once they reached Blake's humble home did Ruby's mood seem to improve. "What's Blake like?" she asked, toying with the ears atop her hood.
"I'll be honest, she's a little weird. She reads all the time, she's quiet, and has a borderline obsession with tuna. But she's a great friend. Really thoughtful and always knows just what to say in any situation."
A smirk broke out on Ruby's face. "Do you like her?"
Weiss laughed, loudly and nervously, all but punching the door. "D-Don't be ridiculous!"
"That's not 'no'."
The door opened before Weiss could shoot back a reply, revealing a very tired-looking Blake. "Hi, Blake. You...don't look so good."
Blake rolled her eyes. "That's what every girl wants to hear." Her amber eyes locked onto Ruby, who smiled and waved. "Who's she?"
"It's a long, long, long story." Weiss sighed.
"Son of a bitch!" came a scream from within the house, making Weiss jump.
"What was that!?"
Blake sighed and rubbed her temples. "A long, long, long story."
"Motherfucking Blue Shells!" came the voice again, followed by the sound of something striking the wall.
"Wait a sec..." Ruby whispered, her eyes slowly widening in realization. "I recognize that voice!"
Ruby dashed inside, prompting Weiss to yell "Don't you need someone's permission to enter their house?"
"That's vampires!" the genie shot back.
Blake sighed again, gesturing for Weiss to come in.
Once the two reached the rumpus room, Weiss was treated to an interesting sight. Sitting on the couch at the far end of the room in the middle of a very heated around of Mario Kart was a woman Weiss had never seen before. Golden hair fell to her waist, and her eyes reminded Weiss of the sky once the sun started setting; a fair, pretty purple. She was wrapped up in a thick black blanket, thumbs furiously working at the controller.
"Um..." Weiss looked at Blake, then back at the woman, then Blake again. "Explain?"
"Remember that box I got yesterday?"
"Yeah...?"
"There was a genie in it."
Weiss' jaw dropped. Another one? Was there a convention in town? "A genie?"
"I know, I didn't believe it at first, either. Until she granted a wish."
Weiss twitched slightly as she recalled the Prius plummeting through her room. "What did you wish for?"
Blake moved to the bookshelf next to the entertainment center and pulled one out, tossing it to Weiss, whose eyes widened as she saw what it was. A signed copy of the first book in the Ninjas in Love series, Blake's absolute favorite. "No way."
"Yep. I wish I could say she's a great houseguest, but she's...she's..."
"Goddammit Peach, you fucking whore!" screamed the blonde, hurling the controller. Blake's killer reflexes kicked in, and she snatched it out of thin air without even turning her head.
"...spirited, I think, is the word." Blake finished.
"Yang!"
All three girls turned just in time to see Ruby appear out of nowhere, leaping onto the surprised blonde. "I didn't think I'd see you here!"
"Ruby!?" exclaimed Yang, her look of fury replaced by one of elation. "My sweet baby sister! How're you doing? ...What are you wearing?"
Ruby pouted at Weiss in mock anger. "It's her fault! She wished me into more 'sensible' clothing, but I look--"
"Adorable!" squealed Yang, snuggling her sister before turning to Weiss. "Hey, whatever your name is, you've got good taste!"
"My name's Weiss Schnee." the white-haired girl introduced. "Might I have your name?"
Yang hoisted Ruby onto her back where the silver-eyed girl hung like a koala. "Yang Xiao Long." she greeted, keeping the blanket wrapped around herself. "And may I say, you've got the nicest legs I've seen in a century."
"Excuse me!?" blushed Weiss.
"I know, right?" smirked Ruby. "You should see her butt."
As Weiss sputtered, Blake raised an eyebrow in mild amusement. "What went on between you two?"
"Nothing at all!" shouted Weiss at the same time Ruby yelled "We snuggled!"
Yang was off the couch and in Weiss' face in seconds, looking incredibly angry. "You snuggled with my sister?" She asked in a stony, terrifying voice that made Weiss shiver. "My baby sister?"
Weiss would've responded, were her gaze not affixed to the blonde woman's enormous chest, which had become exposed when she had leapt up. Her cheeks bloomed a fierce red, eyes widening to the size of decorative tea cozies.
"Stop staring at my sister's boobs!" Ruby's yell brought Weiss back to life and made Blake burst into laughter and fall to the floor.
"Ah..." Yang said, cracking her knuckles. "It's not enough you did indecent things to my baby sister, you want to get with the eldest, huh?"
"I-It's not like that!" screamed Weiss, backing away as Yang advanced on her. She would've found the situation much more horrifying if she wasn't trying not to look at the naked blonde. "She's the one who leapt in my bed and latched onto me like some kind of hedonistic koala!"
"Lies!" Ruby shouted, stifling giggles. She was having way too much fun with this. "And I don't know what hedonistic means!"
Yang towered over Weiss, lilac eyes having gone a blazing red. The temperature had seemed to increase by at least twenty degrees, and she swore she could see horns growing out of her he--no, wait, it was Ruby doing that that. "Any last words, Sister Snatcher?"
"Don't kill me?"
"That'll look really nice on your tombstone."
Weiss shut her eyes and prepared for imminent death...
...and was promptly surprised when Yang pulled her into a headlock and ground her knuckles into Weiss' scalp. "Behold! The Yang Xiao Long Noogie Special Deluxe!"
"Get 'er, sis!" Ruby yelled as Weiss flailed around and screamed. "Make her pay for violating my innocence!"
"I did--ack!--nothing of--your knuckles are like shovels, you baboon!--the kind!"
"Yang, let her go." chuckled Blake as she picked herself up. "You've had your fun."
The blonde sighed but complied, letting Weiss free from her death grip. The white-haired girl immediately got to her feet, fixing her rumpled hair and pointing an angry finger at the smirking Yang.
"You...you...you uncouth ruffian!" She smoothed down her skirt and scowled. "I guess in the genie world they don't have manners!
"Psht, manners, shmanners; we're all friends here, right?"
"Yang, fun and games aside, can you please put on some clothes?"
The blonde smirked and flashed Blake a wink. "You didn't seem to mind when I first showed up. Preferred it, even, didn't y--"
Blake zoomed over to Yang and tackled her, sending all three girls sprawling to the floor. "You shush!" The brunette shouted over Yang's uproarious laughter.
Weiss sighed and facepalmed, slumping to the floor. "Great..." she muttered, the weight of her suddenly crazy life impacting her like a cannonball of bricks. "Now there's two of them."
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