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Firsts
Ruby wiped her brow as much as she could given the cramped space she was in, the swear immediately returning given the extremely hot and cramped position she was in. Doing this job in the middle of the day, while necessary, was extremely taxing, the uniform didn’t help.
She rolled out from underneath the car, once again wiping the sweat off her brow. Adjusting her jumper she looked up to her client with a slight smile, knowing her face was covered in grease was a little frustrating given the client but whatever,
“Alright so it looks like I got everything fixed up ma’am,” the client sighed with a slight nod, the white haired woman seemed to have that air about her where she was always putting on some kind of act and in this case that act was nonplussed.
“Yes yes of course,” she said curtly waving a hand after ticking away a message on her phone, turning to the mechanic with a bored look on her face she started to speak again but stuttered immediately upon meeting her eyes, “I-I assume you have the bill,” she coughed resetting her previous aloof persona though there seemed to be a slight interest in the task at hand.
Ruby nodded gesturing her over to the workstation that had most of her tools and of course the computer that would be printing out her clients receipt,
“That’s a real nice car you got there ma’am,” Ruby commented trying to start a light conversation with the woman, “must’ve cost a pretty penny...uh n-not that i’m trying to say anything weird,” she scratched the back of her head and coughed lightly “sorry I just really like it,” Ruby was glad the woman was walking behind her so she couldn’t see the extreme blush on her face.
“No no it is a rather nice car thank you for noticing,” something about her politeness set Ruby at ease, even if it did seem practiced and possibly non genuine it still settled her nerves.
Finally reaching the workbench after a dreadful 15 seconds Ruby clacked away at her computer to pull up the woman’s receipt. Biting her lip she decided to try something incredibly daring. While the receipt printed out she grabbed a pen to fill out the form, steeling herself with a deep breath she flipped the form over and quickly scribbled out her phone number hoping the woman wouldn’t notice until much later.
Turning around she handed it over to the white haired beauty before her who nodded and gave it a quick look. Taking internal notes it seemed as she checked over everything before nodding in acceptance.
“Here’s my card,” she handed the card over to Ruby who took and swiped it before handing it back. The color drained from her face when she saw the woman had flipped the form over and was looking on the back. She glanced up at Ruby meeting her eyes with what seemed to be a bit of a smirk.
“U-uh i c-can explain that…” Ruby rushed “it’s uh the number of the shop! Yeah i uh wrote it there just in case something went wrong with the repairs and uh you needed to call ahead.” satisfied with her quick thinking, and of course knowing her repairs were done to near if not complete perfection Ruby breathed an internal sigh of relief.
“Well that’s a shame,” the woman replied her smirk turning more mischievous with a twinkle in her eyes, “I was rather hoping that the cute mechanic had given me her phone number,” Ruby’s brain completely short circuited at that response and almost missed the rest of what the girl said, “of course it is strange that the number is different than the one one the form and why would that be?” her icy blue eyes never lost their humor nor did they leave Ruby’s. Deciding to just go with it Ruby slumped down,
“Uh yeah th-that’s my phone number, I was hoping you’d just find it later so I wouldn’t have to deal with this embarrassment,”
“I must say it is odd to ask someone out without even learning their name and honestly three hearts on either side,” she chuckled lightly “you could at least pretend to not be so smitten,” Ruby’s already red blush somehow deepend even further.
“S-sorry it’s just you were r-really cute and I can be a bit of a mess some…”
“Weiss Schnee,” the girl interrupted causing Ruby to glance back up at her in complete confusion,
“Wh-wha?” she asked
“My name is Weiss Schnee,” the woman...Weiss said her posture straight and her smile tight lipped but wide, “now that you know my name, you can ask me out and in person I don’t like to set up first dates over the phone,” Ruby couldn’t believe what she was hearing and somehow even after all of that her nerves were shot and she could barely form a word without falling all over it,
“Oh uhm W-Weiss,” the name sounded heavenly on her tongue like a perfectly baked chocolate chip cookie just out of the oven, “I-I was wondering i-if uh maybe you’d like to get lunch this Saturday I uh I don’t work so i’d be free at noon i-if that works for you and uh and i-i know this really nice deli nearby th-that would b-be a lot of f-fun i think…” she didn’t realize she’d been looking at her feet for the entire time but glanced up to see a very amused face with what might’ve been the dustings of a slight blush,
“Well then Ruby, I would love to go to the deli with you on Saturday,” Ruby’s face broke out into a huge grin as she suddenly straightened up completely,
“R-really!” she exclaimed in shock causing another heavenly giggle to escape from the Weiss,
“Yes it sounds lovely, I will meet you at the deli at noon, do make sure to text me the location, unfortunately I have somewhere to be,” pivoting on her heels the lopsided ponytail shimmering in the sun the woman got into her car, and smiled at Ruby as she drove away. Ruby was in a complete daze unsure of how what had happened had happened but not complaining in the slightest,
“Weiss,” she whispered loving the name, it must be the prettiest name she’d ever heard… “Wait how did she know my name?” thinking out loud Ruby tapped her chin, “i’ll have to ask later,” as she turned around to head inside the building and wait for her next client one of her front pockets buzzed. Pulling the device out of her front pocket she saw a message from an unsaved number
Don’t forget to send me the address, Looking forward to seeing how skilled you are at your repairs, <3<3<3
It was Weiss! She’d already texted her and appeared to be appreciative of how well the car was running. Blinking Ruby noticed the text ended with three hearts as many as Weiss had teased her about putting around her number, smiling Ruby tapped out a quick response,
Of course, although I do have a question...how did you know my name was Ruby?
It was on the nametag on your jumper you dolt!
The answer seemed incredibly obvious Ruby smacking her forehead as she realized how obvious it was. Typing out the address and sending it off she put her phone away just before her boss noticed. It was a long, hot, and busy day, but she didn’t care.
She had a first date to look forward to.