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it was exactly 4.17 am when Weiss’ scroll started ringing. she saw Yang, who was in Blake’s bed because she was too exhausted to climb up, trapping her head between the pillow and her right arm to stop the noise. she couldn’t see Blake’s face but it was probably for the better as she guessed that she was annoyed as well. she felt Ruby burying her face into her hair and arms tightening around her middle, unfortunately, she had to loosen them to let Weiss reach for her scroll.
there were a few people who would feel okay to call in the middle of the night, or rather a morning, like this, and three of them were in the same room with her. so she assumed it was the other most reasonable answer which was her sister.
‘’Winter, it’s four in the mor-‘’
‘’hello, dear sister’’ she was truly surprised to hear Whitley’s voice rather than her sister’s. and a little… worried. if Whitley was calling she was sure it was for a good reason.
‘’hello, Whitley it’s nice to hear your voice. is everything alright?’’ she knew she wasn’t a good big sister like Yang. she always cheered Ruby up when she was down, played stupid games with her, raced her knowing she was going to lose just to make her smile, and a lot more so shortly they were close. Weiss and her siblings weren’t like that at all, they had different ways of showing love but Weiss was learning to show it properly so there was nothing in the universe to stop the softness in her voice.
‘’nothing, it is very pessimist of you to assume something is wrong’’ she gently scoffed at that.
‘’i’m not stupid little brother neither are you so talk to me’’ and in that exact moment, she realized she was still in bed and talking not very quietly.
‘’actually, Whitley wait, i’m going outside so give me two minutes i will call you right back alright?’’
‘’alright, i will be waiting then’’ he hang up as he finished his sentence so Weiss let out a small sigh and turned around to kiss her gently and got out of bed to wear her boots before Ruby had the chance to deepen it.
she knew that none of her teammates went back to sleep even without looking, they cared about her a little too much. so as she took one of Ruby’s jackets to put over her nightgown she turned to face them properly.
‘’i’m very sorry to bother you at this hour’’
‘’no, no there’s no need. is everything okay with Whitley?’’ of course Ruby was the first to speak up and voice her concern. even on a cold February night like this, Weiss felt a warmness creeping into her. she also saw in the corner of her eye that Blake and Yang, still with her head beneath a pillow, were looking at her.
‘’his voice was okay so i’m guessing it’s either a company issue or a personal issue’’ she put her knuckles against her lips for a moment while thinking ‘’actually i’m sure it’s something personal. if it was about SDC he would have talked to Mother or called Winter instead’’
‘’so it’s boy trouble?’’ Blake perked up with a glint in her eyes. Weiss rolled hers as she smiled a bit.
‘’i genuinely hope not, you know that i don’t like them’’ Yang laughed at that, finally raising the pillow and sitting up. her gaze fell on the jacket she was wearing for a second and she started smirking.
‘’you certainly like that jacket though’’ Weiss flushed a bit and opened her mouth to tease her back about Blake but Ruby saw that coming and she was faster.
‘’didn’t you say you were gonna call him in two minutes?’’ Weiss’ eyes widened at that as she walked towards the door.
‘’oh, no he will be so annoying now that i am late’’ she glanced at her teammates for a moment as she got out of the room.
‘’please don’t wait up for me and sleep well, love you’’ she closed the door quickly after that.
expressing love still didn’t come easily for her even though she was with her team for two and a half years now. she didn’t yell at them anymore unless it was something truly stupid, she didn’t push back when one of them hugged her, or she hugged them once in a while, Ruby and her were going nice and steady.
Ruby and her. her and Ruby. it was still unreal to her, her partner who was nice to everyone and stronger than anyone who was a great leader, partner, sister, and friend liked her back.
she would’ve continued to dream about her partner, now in every sense of the word, if she didn’t have a brother to call as soon as she felt the cold air on her skin she called him.
‘’Weiss it has been five minutes if i didn’t know better i would be worried’’ Weiss did feel bad.
‘’i apologize for worrying you little brother, my team woke up while we were talking so i had to let them know i was leaving’’
Whitley sighed and Weiss could see him rubbing his forehead and loosening his tie even through the distance between them.
‘’so what is it that you wanted to talk about?’’
‘’i am aware of the hour in Vale of course but i couldn’t talk to Mother or Winter about this. within our family only you know how it feels’’ Weiss was confused, what did she know that her mother and sister didn’t? she felt like she wasn’t going to like the answer so leaned against the rail of the balcony and held the scroll in front of her.
‘’and what is it that only i know?’’ she asked neutrally even if she wasn’t going to like it she had to help out her brother, as Yang would’ve put it this was her ‘’big sister duty’’.
‘’you know how to love someone properly Weiss. and i need you to teach me’’ to say Weiss was shocked would be an understatement.
‘’Whitley, what are you saying?’’ was her little brother in love? or wanted to be? that must mean he was interested in someone.
she wasn’t going to survive this conversation without a hot drink so she started heading for the dormitory kitchen.
‘’and please be clear with me’’ did her tone come out harsher than she intended to? yes. but she couldn’t bring herself to apologize right now, she was angry and a little sad. when did Whitley grow up this much? and his silence definitely was not helping the situation.
‘’alright, i promise i’ll be honest, i called you to get your advice after all’’ Weiss smiled at that, this was the proof of them finally finding themselves and forgetting the things their father taught them. she couldn’t be prouder of him.
she didn’t want to delay it any longer ‘’Whitley?’’ would be enough to get her brother started. she hissed quietly as something hot touched her left hand while pouring her coffee, maybe consuming a hot drink while distracted wasn’t a good idea after all.
‘’oh, yes, let me start by how we met’’ while Whitley gathered his thoughts Weiss was trying to figure out a way to speak in their room while not waking her team, she just would have to be very quiet.
‘’while Klein and i were going to visit Mother, a quick walk as you know, a beautiful boy bumped into me and i would get angry and yell if it was a normal situation but i don’t know he just looked familiar somehow’’ Weiss giggled at that cheesy line as she continued to walk ‘’so i asked him if we met before and he said he would’ve remembered if we did and he also added that he was Ozpin’s son so maybe that’s where i knew him from’’
‘’interesting i didn’t know he had a son’’ Weiss thought as she sipped and realized that her left hand was still red and winced a little, Ruby wouldn’t like that.
‘’anyway continue please’’ and that Whitley did.
‘’so i mentioned that you were studying at Beacon and we talked for a couple of minutes more and we got each other's scroll numbers and we’ve been talking since then’’
she was close to their room so she let out a small sigh as she sipped again ‘’but my dear brother you seem to handle everything very nicely. so what do you ask from me?’’
Whitley went quiet and Weiss waited as her patience ran lower and lower. she opened the door and listened for a few seconds to understand if they were sleeping or not, she was too distracted to hear her brother’s reply though.
‘’sorry, Whitley could you repeat that i couldn’t hear it’’
‘’i was going to ask that… that if you and Ruby had sex-‘’ Weiss thanked every higher being for not letting her take a sip at that moment because she would’ve probably choked. She wasn’t that lucky though before she could even understand her grip on the cup slipped.
she closed her eyes and waited for a shattering noise and stickiness on her legs but that moment never came so she opened her eyes to see the most beautiful person alive. even in her state of shock Weiss couldn’t help but smile thankfully and put a hand on her forearm.
and they were Ruby and Weiss.
if Weiss was to ever smile it was Ruby’s responsibility to kiss her at least once. and she cared about her responsibilities very much so there was nothing to stop her from leaning in and kissing her softly.
except for her girlfriend’s conversation, of course, the one they both forgot for a few seconds. Weiss leaned back as she heard Whitley’s laugh. Ruby’s effect on her mind even after being together for months was cute to Ruby and pathetic to herself.
she could kiss Ruby anytime but she had a brother to murder so that had to wait, it was painful to watch Ruby trying to catch her lips again as she was pulling back though. she repositioned her left hand to her biceps to hold on tightly.
‘’what the fuck did you just say Whitley?’’ Ruby smiled as she took a sip from the cup that was now their cup apparently.
‘’i said-‘’
‘’i am not deaf Whitley i don’t want you to repeat, i want you to explain’’ it was rude to interrupt but Ruby hearing it would be too embarrassing. she squeezed Ruby’s arm to get her attention and glanced at the cup when she got it.
she drank a mouthful and kissed Ruby’s wrist as she was taking the cup away from her mouth. six months ago she would probably die if Ruby were to ever help her drink something but both of her hands were unavailable and her girlfriend was nothing if not helpful.
‘’alright, i promised to be honest so i am going to. i wanted to tease you, yes but also i am curious and you know that i don’t have many friends’’ Weiss felt her anger disappear slowly, touching Ruby and hearing the spark of insecurity in her brother’s voice was more than enough to calm her down.
she still leaned into her chest, the hand that was wandering through the length of her lover's arm was now on her nape playing with the hair she could reach.
‘’it’s alright little brother, you are allowed to tease me about Ruby not going too far off ourse’’ the said partner threw her head back a little just to feel Weiss’ hand better and hummed slightly as she leaned even further into her chest.
‘’i would want nothing more than you being pathetically in love Whitley, trust me’’ Ruby giggled a little ‘’but you’re sixteen and aren’t allowed to talk about sex also i am going to need that boy’s medical records until i check it you’re not allowed touch’’ Ruby was laughing now she traced a finger on Weiss’ forehead to signal she wanted to look at her.
Weiss pulled back a little and Ruby could see her anger, worry, and sadness cocktail of a face expression even with only the scroll’s light helping her. she frowned as well and waited for Whitley’s answer. she knew that Blake and Yang were asleep as she ran out of the bed to catch the cup of coffee but she wasn’t sure they still were now, Blake probably wasn’t.
Blake being awake meant she could hear both sides and this was purely ‘’teasing Weiss’’ material so would for sure tell Yang. she just hoped that they would want to wait until the morning.
‘’Weiss’’ he hissed, they were so similar sometimes Ruby thought ‘’we’ve been talking for a few weeks now and we held hands and stuff so it’s too late for that. please don’t make it a big issue’’ embarrassment was so clear in her tone that Weiss couldn’t help but frown even more.
‘’little brother’’ Ruby loved it when Weiss called Whitley that ‘’being in love and being able to touch the person you’re attracted to are both beautiful and i would want you to experience it’’ she took a deep breath and closed her eyes, grip tightening on Ruby’s neck a little.
‘’but as your sister, your health comes first to me and this is nothing to be embarrassed about. saying you can’t have sex until you’re eighteen might be going far but i will be looking at those records Whitley also Winter will interrogate him’’ Ruby wrapped her arm, that’s not holding the cup, around her waist and destroyed the space that was left between them.
this action usually made Weiss kiss her until her knees gave away so when she only kissed her neck Ruby had to swallow her disappointment and remember this conversation was important.
‘’i understand sister, i truly do and i appreciate it’’ he took a deep breath and when he started to talk again it was much lighter ‘’how about we talk about this with more details the next time you’re back in Atlas?’’
‘’of course, Whitley, be prepared though even if it’s for a day i will see you in less than a month alright?’’ she chuckled as she heard him make a displeased sound ‘’i love you, Whitley, have a good evening’’ it was around eight pm there so she figured it was to best thing to say.
‘’okay Weiss, i’ll be looking forward’’ a tiny pause as he gathered the courage to say ‘’i love you too’’ and hung up.
Ruby grabbed her scroll, pocked it, and took them to their bed by her semblance in the blink of an eye.
‘’it's five am by the way’’ Yang mumbled one eye open and one eye closed. Blake was also looking at them, with both eyes, as she nodded ‘’we should rest if we don’t want to fall asleep in classes’’
Ruby sat up then looking thoughtful, she turned to face Weiss ‘’love, what day is it today?’’ the love in question looked at her for a second.
'’Friday’’ Ruby started vibrating and grinned ‘’no, that was technically yesterday!’’
Team WBY’s eyes started to widen in understanding, Weiss grabbed her partner’s shoulders and layed her down to cuddle against her and draped her left arm over her middle, Blake smiled a little and closed her eyes, Yang let out a happy groan before turning around and closing her eyes.
Ruby stared at her partner’s face for a few moments and she turned her head suddenly like she was trying to find something and smiled a little as she found it.
she grabbed the hand that was mostly alright by now, her fingers were a little red still but it was obvious that it would be long gone before they woke up again. that didn’t stop her from kissing it gently and bringing it to her cheek, she knew Weiss was awake.
and that’s why she wasn’t surprised as the said hand’s thumb traced an eyebrow, like saying thank you, and went to her chest. resting right on her heart, like saying thank you as well.
they all slept without any disruptions.