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It’s a somewhat cloudy day in Beacon Academy, thankfully not stormy nor rainy, just very… gloomy. One of days where you want to lay in bed and just let the time pass, however, you know what you need to do and it has to do with that small whining red headed girl by your bed that’s trying to wake you up.
“Wake up, Weiss-! Yang and Blake are out on a mission and I am BORED! You promised we’d do something and it’s already past eleven-!”
Ruby shakes your body gently, she’s still being careful after all of this..
If only you could sleep more…
Reluctantly, you decide to get up, gently pushing the Rose off you. She still doesn’t know what boundaries are and insists on sitting on you while trying to wake you up
It was rather warm and nice…
“I’m up, I’m up.. Sheesh, just.. Give me a moment…”
You say to her with a small yawn… and subtly wiping the drool from your chin.
Stretching your limbs feels good, and it feels like you can go back to sleep after the apex of the Big Stretch. As soon as the back of your head hits the pillow, you feel her shaking at you again.
“Weeeiisss.”
The Rose whines again.
I guess it’s time to wake up…
“..Okay.. Hand me Myrtenaster, would you..?”
Seated, you look at her silver eyes as she reaches for your weapon.
Good ol’ reliable Myrtenaster, always by your side when you need her… Especially nowadays. At the fight of Beacon, you still didn’t know what possessed you to do so, but you’re glad you did. It did save Pyrrha’s life after all, sure, it left some permanent damage on your body but it’s worth it.
.. It still burns sometimes..
Ruby hands you Myrtenaster, thankfully after that event, she had the grand idea of making a sheath for your rapier. Always being so considerate of others, the young Leader made the sheath into a cane… also a gun… It has a small gravity dust crystal on the bottom so you barely have to put effort while moving, she’s a genius.. And you actually told her for once.
The blush on her face was rather cute…
Unfortunately, this came with a small stigma of everyone treating you like glass again.. You took Pyrrha’s advice and challenged Team CRDL to a one Vs four… Well, more like a three Vs four since you had a Nevermore watching over you and Armas Gigas to handle the heavy hits Team CRDL has.
I’m getting side tracked again, I think Ruby said something..?
“..ou okay, Weiss?”
Her Silver eyes look at you with worry.
“Yeah, excuse me.. I was just reminiscing with what has happened these past few days..”
You give her a small smile, she smiles back, Ruby knows you don’t hold secrets from each other anymore.
Only one secret though.
Daily bathroom routine, Ruby helps you brush your Ivory hair since you were warned to go easy on yourself. You never listened, and now fully dressed to go do whatever is that the younger girl wanted.
Ruby dressed up with a loose, long sleeve black shirt that barely covers her hands, a black and red checkered skirt and her usual boots and cape.
Deciding to indulge her, you decided to wear the red scarf she knitted for you while you recovered in the hospital wing, along with an easy white sundress and light blue poncho. Loose clothing the doctor nagged at you.
“So.. I was thinking we could go get breakfast, then we could go to the shopping district? I need to get a new dress for the dance.. Last year’s one is a bit too tight on me..”
Ruby scratches the back of her head, and smiles coyly at you.
“Right, sounds like a plan.”
Nodding at her, she smiles again and then heads for the door, opens it and holds it for you.
Grr..
Deciding to just take it as Ruby being nice and not thinking you’re a burden, you proceed with her.
The walk in Beacon is nice as per usual, you see a couple of students walking or mingling about, some of them even wave at you, guess people know you more than the Ice Queen now since, of course the news spread fast of what happened that day. Ruby waves at some of them back and smiles back at you, you can’t help but smile back. The attention is nice, but overwhelming, you never did like it, thankfully the airship yard was less crowded and more quiet. Boarding a ship, you take your seat and Ruby sits besides, it’s not crowded inside either which is nice. The ride is steady, however a few ‘air’ bumps make you silently wince, an annoyance at best but nothing to cry home about. As you look out the window, you feel Ruby rest her head on your shoulder.
“Are you okay?”
You ask her, Ruby’s is always very touchy but she knows you don’t like being touched, especially unprompted.
You don’t mind her.
“Mhm..”
She hums.
“Do you think the day will stay this cloudy? I hope it doesn’t start raining all of a sudden..”
Ruby mutters, also looking out the window until you look down at her, she looks back up at you.
You sigh and roll your eyes.
“Should it come to that, we can rely on.. What was it you called it? ‘Glyph umbrella?’”
She giggles and grins.
“Hey-! It works, doesn't it?”
You roll your eyes, it does work.
The rest of the flight is filled with comfortable silence, Ruby didn't move from you and you found yourself enjoying her warmth.
Unfortunately, the airship landed and Ruby broke off.
…
“Finally, my butt is numb. Hehehe..”
Ruby giggles and waits by the gate for you.
You make your way with her to the shopping district, have a light breakfast, some coffee and a muffin for yourself while Ruby has her sugary diet of pancakes, powdered toast and a side of strawberries. Seeing she has a smudge of syrup on her lip, you clean it with your thumb and taste it.
“Hmm.. Sweet.”
You mutter out loud.
“Isn't it?”
Her cheeks redden but Ruby smiles regardless.
What is sweet? The syrup or the Rose?
Paying for the breakfast while ignoring Ruby trying to pay for her own lien card. They head off to the actual district.
“Okay.. SO! Where can I buy dresses? I.. I normally wear skirts, hot pants and all that funk. I never really had reasons to wear nice dresses.”
She rocks on the ball of her feet as she looks slightly up at you.
Cute.
“Well, we can go to Coco's usual, we can go to Goth Topic since..”
You wag with your index finger up and down in Ruby's fashion. It's not bad.. Very dark themed.
The redhead raises an eyebrow and looks down at her outfit, she plays with the frill of her skirt.
“..Does it look bad..?”
“No! Of course not, you just have a style. You look great.. I think I have an idea already.”
Smiling, you gently grasp her wrist and guide her to Goth Topic.
Let's ignore the slight blush when you compliment her.
Inside the shop, it's a bit darker than usual stores and there's rock music playing. You try to ignore the fact they are playing various songs of your album. Being C. Williams isn't that bad sometimes, but you still prefer Weiss Schnee.
You get welcomed by the clerk as you go deeper into the store, past the cover shirts, you had to pull Ruby away from the ‘Akneemeh?’ shirts and finally reached the suits and dresses corner.
“Let's see…”
One dress, red and black..
One Full black, red trims and frill..
One white and bla- nah..
Red and Green? Pfft..
“Try these ones first, Ruby.”
You grab the first two, and give it to her once inside a changing stall, Ruby takes it and gives you her back.
“Guess I'll change.”
She says.
“Want me to leave?”
You reply. Her comfort is first.
“...Only if you want to.”
…
Ruby begins to undress her undergarments, you don't know why she's blushing a bit. You both undressed in the same room as before.. Why does your face feel a bit warm, actually? Once in her undergarments, she slips on the first dress, red and black.
“..How does it look?”
It looks beautiful.
“It looks beautiful.”
It does, it compliments her dark hair with her red tips, it hugs her body enough that it looks chic and risky, but how Ruby is, it just bolsters her cuteness overall.
“A pair of stockings would help the dress, it's a bit too short but I think you pull the look nicely.”
“I wanna try the other one.”
Ruby looks back at you but then looks at the mirror, again she hesitantly takes off the dress. You notice yourself ogling at your partner so you look to the side, save yourself some shame.
“Well? I'm not too sure about this one…”
Ruby doesn't turn but you can see in the mirror why..
“Erm… I think I agree..”
Well…
The dress looks nice, but… the ‘front’ view is calling it loosely..
“Maybe a bolero could help, or a small cardigan. We can get it and I can lend you one from my wardrobe.”
It would help to give Ruby something with the Schnee symbol just in case. Make those pervs and onlookers look away.
Mark what's yours, Weiss.
“Okay.. Umm.. is that all?”
She undresses but holds the dress close to her chest, covering herself.
Jeez..
“I can try to find some combinations of outfits for you, not single dresses. Stay put, understood?”
Ruby nods and takes a seat on the small bench most stalls have.
Walking about the store, you pick some blouses and skirts that look casual but also formal enough to have that Ruby flair. You see some small jewelry that would look nice on her too, not too grand but enough to bring the shine out of her beautiful Silver Eyes.
When did you realize you fell for her?
Eventually you found a brooch that is almost too perfect.
Going back to the stall, you find Ruby some more outfits to try. Some worked, some were too ‘Not-Ruby..’ and are too powerful for the dance but this one.
Perfect.
“I think this might be the one.”
You mutter to yourself and at the greatest of your fashion sense and the greatest that is Ruby Rose as a canvas.
A sleeveless black dress with a red gradient at the bottom.
“Although.. Your arms look too naked.. Here.”
Getting closer to her, you place the brooch bracelet on her wrist. A platinum Rose.
“Weiss! This looks so cool! How much-”
You place a finger on her lips.
“None of that, it looks amazing and I'll take care of it. Is that the one?”
You wait for her response, her grin says it all.
“It is! I feel like one of those princesses from one of… Ah.. I feel silly now.”
She giggles a bit embarrassed, but you love the sound of it.
“You do look beautiful.”
Giving her the best smile you can muster, Ruby blushes and nods with you. Your own cheeks are warm, huh..?
…
You're holding hands for a while. Does it matter? Ruby Rose looks beautiful, but she doesn't need to work at all to pull that off.. She must've realized you both were holding hands cause she broke it off and blushed more.
“W-We should get going, right?!”
She frantically says, undressing and switching to her previous outfit.
“Ri-Right..”
You miss her touch already.
Picking up your cane, you and Ruby head to the cashier, wrestle Ruby away as you pay for the dress, some shirts she sneaked in there and the jewelry. Eventually you go to the airship yard again and ride back to Beacon. The clouds have started to clear a bit and it shows a nice sunset in the horizon, it's a great scene.
But you prefer to look at two silver moons instead.
Speaking of, she's resting her head on your shoulder again.
“Did you have fun? I'm sorry we weren't able to do much.. I'm still try-”
“Don't.”
Ruby cuts you off.
“I'm just glad.. You're still here…”
She holds your hand, you return the gesture.
The both of you hold hands the entire flight, both idiots with matching blushing faces.
Even after the flight, you hold hands. There's nothing wrong with holding your partner's hand, right?
Nice cover up, Weiss.
Thanks, Idiot.
Back at the dorm now, Ruby puts her new clothing and dress away for tomorrow.
“So.. about tomorrow…”
Ruby asks quietly as she sits next to you.
“The dance?”
Ask her.
“I assume you're going with Neptune again?”
Ruby smiles up at you but there's something in her eyes..
“Pffftt-! Fat chance. After he declined me AND had the galls to try to crawl back? Not in a million years, I'd rather go with Jaune.”
…A single moment of silence…
“Are yo-”
“No, Ruby. I'm not going with Jaune.”
“Oh, Thank the Gods!”
Ruby smiles in relief and then looks at you.
That look on her face. I think that she is gon-
Oh.
“...Do you have a date for the dance, Ruby?”
You ask her and suddenly you feel your chest clench.
“Mhm.. Nope! A couple of people asked me but I declined.”
Ruby pops the P on nope and smiles at you. Her smile is too pure.
Hmm.. Ruby wanted to feel like a Princess, huh? You stand up and take a knee in front of her.
“Would you give me the honor of accompanying you to the dance tomorrow?”
You give the Rose the best smile you can muster.
It hurts your cheeks..
Ruby looks at you for a moment, mouth agape and eyes widen, she tackles you to the floor and hugs you tightly.
“Heck yeah I will!”
She squeals loudly and kicks her feet with glee.
After a painful tackle, almost dying on the floor with Ruby crying, saying sorry a thousand times. You both stand in the middle of the room, hand on hand.
“Normally, I would be leading this dance.. But I don’t think I’ll be able to do the entire set of it. So just like in the field, I follow your lead, Ruby Rose.”
Smiling at her and looking just a tad bit down to her beautiful silver eyes, she nods.
“Okay, sorry if I step on your feet..”
She grins up and hooks an arm around your neck while you hold her other hand.
One step, two step, three step. She’ll learn quickly, she always does.
Ruby stepped on your foot three times already..