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“Weiss!”
“Yes Ruby?”
“You need a nickname!”
At those words, Weiss put her pencil down and turned to face her team leader. “A what?”
“A nickname! You know like how our team attacks all have cool names like Freezerburn and Ladybug and Iceflower-“
“I still think we should have gone with Whiterose. Whenever we use fire or earth dust it just doesn’t make sense.”
“Ok, yes, fine, we should have used Whiterose. I’m sorry, but it’s too late now! Besides, we can trick people into thinking that were going to use ice even though- you know what, that’s not the point right now. The point,”’ Ruby leaned in to Weiss sticking her finger closer to the other girls face, “is that I don’t have a name for you.”
“Ruby, I do have a name and its Weiss Schnee. Use it.”
“But Weiss-“
“There you go, perfect. Now if you don’t mind, I’m trying to focus.” Weiss turned back to the desk hoping Ruby would leave her alone long enough for her to finish her task. Ruby didn’t.
“Weiss!”, Ruby whined. “Everyone else has a nickname! Jaune has Vomit Boy and Yang-”
Weiss quickly turned back to Ruby with one hand up in the air in a stop gesture. “I’m stopping you there. I already have plenty of nicknames, Ice Queen, Snow Angel, Princess, Snowcone, Weiss Cream, et cetera, and I despise them all. There are enough names out there that I don’t need you adding to the list.”
Ruby gave a soft ‘oh’ and rocked back on her heels seeming to final realize Weiss did not share in her excitement. Her head was tilted down and a small shrug rippled over her shoulders. “O-ok. It’s just, Yang always calls Blake Blakey or Kitten and I guess I just wanted to call you something too.”
“Ruby”, Weiss exhaled. “The only reason Yang hasn’t lost her other arm from that is because they’re together now. If anyone else tried it, it wouldn’t end well for them.”
Looking at the white-haired girl through her eyelashes, Ruby poked her index fingers together. “I know, I just thought that, maybe, since we’re like, together now too we could do the same?”
Weiss took a few seconds to absorb what Ruby was actually getting at. She didn’t want to give Weiss another nickname for others to use, she wanted it to stay between the two of them. When she finally understood what the entire round-a-bout conversation was truly about, her cheeks warmed. “You want to give me a pet name?”
“Umm well, I don’t think Blake would like it if you called it that, or Sun or Velvet or any faunus, but if it’s something I get to call you besides Weiss then... yes?” Ruby added hesitantly.
Switching the tracks on her train of thought, Weiss quickly thought about the new question. Did she want Ruby to give her a pet name? Something only Ruby could call her? Others had tried but she hadn’t wanted any of them. But, she... wouldn’t be opposed to it if it was Ruby. Besides, looking at the disappointed face of her new girlfriend, she decided she this wasn’t a fight she needed to win.
“Alright. I will let you give me a pet name but you can only use it when it’s just us and no one else is ever allowed to say it. Understood?”
With a squeal, clapping hands, and energetic jumping, Ruby quickly returned to her happy self before throwing her arms around Weiss’ neck in a tight hug. “Thanks Weiss! This’ll be so fun you’re going to love it. You’ll see!”
And before the Schnee could return the hug or even fully appreciate it, the redhead was zooming away, leaving her to finally resume her work in peace. What did she get herself into?