Robotic heart (a RWBY fan fic)

Visiting Atlas

Penny POV
We were on the transport to Atlas. Ozpin had decided to come with us. He made the sensible point that ironwood would be quite displeased about my injury and so had opted to come with us.

"We should be coming up on atlas soon, Ruby I want you to take Penny straight to Pietro. I shall deal with the general."
"Understood sir." Ruby responds.
I look down at the bottom of the airship in shame. "I'm causing everyone all these issues." I think to myself. "I should've stayed here in atlas, I should just stay here when I'm better, I can't burden them any longer. I"

"Penny!" I'm snapped out of my train of thought by the sudden loud voice of my friend. I turn to Ruby who has concern in her face.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah." I lied.
Ruby raised and eyebrow and I sighed "I'm just thinking."
"About what?"
"I think it'd be better if I stayed here when I'm fixed." I admit.
"What no why do you think that?"

"These seems like a private discussion." Ozpin says. "Kids come with me." Yang, Jaune, Wiess, Ren and Nora follow the headmaster into the next area of the airship.

"Penny why are you saying you want to stay?" Ruby asks sympathetically. "You weren't happy here."
"I know." I say sombrely "but all I seem to do I hurt it annoy the people I care about."
"That's not true." Ruby argues.
"Yes it is!" I yell in frustration and place my face in my hands. Ruby tries to console me by rubbing my back to little effect. "Sun got hurt because of me, Wiess got angry because of me, and you got upset because of me. It'd be better if I just wasn't here at all."
"No" Ruby says. I look up at her and she places her hand on my cheek and I stare into her beautiful silver eyes. "Penny when you joined beacon I was so happy. Having you on my team, spending more time with you, it fills me with so much joy. I want to spend every moment I can by your side."

Ruby's words resonate with me. The others may have a less favourable opinion of me, who cares? Ruby wants me around, that's all I care about. Me and Ruby stare silently into each others eyes. A small blush grows on her face as she begins to lean in. I'm not familiar with what she's doing but I open my mouth slightly, anticipating something. That's when a voice in the intercoms makes us jump.
"This is your captain we are approaching Atlas, touchdown in 5 minutes."
Me and Ruby suddenly jump away from each other, the blush in Ruby's face, now tomato red. My mind in a tailspin over what just happened or almost happened.

Ozpin walks in with the others. "We should get ready to depart." And so we do, I mentally prepare myself for what's about to occur.

Ruby POV
"Omg omg omg omg omg OMG" my mind is scattered and my heart is racing. "I almost kissed Penny!!! What was i thinning? Well I wasn't that's the thing. I can't just kiss her, she probably doesn't even know what it is. Yes I love her but does she love me? Can she even love? And she's about to undergo repairs, probably not the time to confess feelings."
As my mind tries to wrap itself around what just happened we get off the ship into Atlas.

I look around the sky high city. It was so much more technologically advanced than mistral, it was all so complicated and cleaver looking. I would probably never understand how any of it worked. As we made our way into the city A tall woman in an military uniform approached us followed by two Atlesian robots. She had snow white hair, like Wiess'. Her hair was in a bun at the back with part of it falling in front of the right side of her face.

"Ah Winter, a pleasure to see you again." Ozpin says.
"The pleasure is all mine Ozpin." Winter responds.
"Sister I was unaware you would be meeting us here." Wiess says to winter.
"Oh so they're sisters, that explains the hair." I think to myself.
"Yes sister I am here to escort you all to Pietro for Penny's repairs." Winter explains.
"It may have been a while since I've visited but I assure you I can lead them to Pietro myself." Ozpin argues.
Winter shakes her head "generals orders, I must escort you."
"Wait Ironwood knows?" Penny asked, fear in her voice.
Winter nods her head and Penny begins shaking a little, so I grab her still remaining hand and give it a squeeze.

"Do not worry miss Polendina I assure you I will not allow James to un enroll  you from my school." Ozpin assures the robotic girl to which she calms down.
"Oh and sister." Winter continues, turning her attention to Wiess. "Father has called a family meeting."
Wiess scoffs "and why should I go to that?"
"Well he made it very clear it's not optional."
Wiess rolls her eyes "Wiess." Winter says with more compassion than before. "Please"
Wiess looks at her sister. "Fine. But don't expect me to be happy about it."

Time skip
"Ozpin!" We hear the booming voice belonging to general ironwood "I leave Penny in your care for one moment and this happens why I outta."
"James." Ozpin says with calm but clear authority to which the general immediately quietens.
"My student is injured and needs immediate care, so step out of the way and allow miss Rose to take miss Polendina to Pietro this instant."
Ironwood begrudgingly nods and allows me and Penny to pass into Pietro's room.

"Penny!" We heard a frantic voice of an old man that takes me off guard. An older man in a chair with spider like legs makes his way over to us.
"Dad" Penny warps her arm around the man.
"I was so worried about you sweetheart."
"I'm sorry dad."

I stood if to the side awkwardly twiddling my thumbs. As the two came apart from their embrace the man noticed me.
"Ah my apologise." He said "I was so excited about my daughter being alright I had forgotten my manners. I'm dr Pietro Polendina." He said placing his hand on his chest.
"I'm Ruby." I said "Ruby Rose."
"Ah so you're the girl Penny is always talking abo-." Pietro was interrupted by Penny putting her remaining hand over his mouth and laughing awkwardly .

"haha we shouldn't keep Ruby we should get to my repairs and let her get back to her friends." Penny began shoving me out the door to my complaint.
"Hey Penny stop!" I said annoyed.
"Sorry" she said.
"Are you alright?" I ask, concerned over penny's behaviour.
"Yeah I'm good." She answered frantically "just wanna get fixed up so we can go back to beacon."
I stayed silent for a moment.
"Oh" Penny looked down "right i should've guessed you'd be having second thoughts." She sounded heartbroken. "I guess after what you said earlier I thought you still wanted me around but."
My eyes widened "hey hey no I still want you at beacon that's not why I'm being weird."
"R-really"
I cup her face with my hand "promise" I kiss her forehead "call me when you're fixed okay."
I walk away my face now burning red because of my actions. "Omg omg what did i just do?"
I take a shaky breath and head back to where the general and the others are.

"I hope the general isn't too angry." I thought to myself.

Oh I was so wrong.