RWBY Short Stories

Weiss' Way With Words - White Rose

'Come on, Weiss, you can do it! Just go up to her and tell her exactly how you feel! If she doesn't return the feelings, that's okay, she'll be fine about it. She won't tease you or mock you about it, and she won't hurt you. Now, she's alone in the dorm. All you have to do is walk in and talk...'

Weiss stood outside her dorm, establishing a plan to tell Ruby how she truly feels about her.

"Hey Weiss!" The voice of none other than Jaune Arc intercepts her thoughts.

Said girl turned around with a queazy smile. "Hi Jaune." She greeted.

Sensing her uneasiness, Jaune decided to question her. "Is there something wrong? You look kinda worried."

'There's no point in denying it, right?'

Instead of outright telling Jaune what was on her mind, she decided to tackle the situation in a roundabout way. "Jaune, when you decided to ask Pyrrha out, what did you say? And how did you overcome your nerves?"

"That's easy. I told myself that my partner would never want to hurt me, and if the feelings weren't mutual, then she'd let me down lightly. As for what to say, I learnt that 'you can't get it wrong if it's the truth' - so I just said it from the heart." He replied with a smile. "Why, are you ready to ask Ruby out?"

His last sentence made Weiss choke and splutter. "W-What?! Where in the name of Grimm would you get an idea like that?!"

He chuckled lightheartedly. "Oh please, I may be blind, but I'm not that blind. Anyway, good luck, and just remember, Ruby Rose is one of the sweetest girl's I've ever met, and she wouldn't want to do anything that may end up hurting you... Later Weiss!" With that he opened the door to his dorm and went inside.

"Y-Yeah... Later..."

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"RUBY ROSE!" Weiss yelled as she swung open the dorm's door, causing the poor girl who's name had been called to jump out of her skin.

The red hooded girl looked over at her partner horrified. "Weiss?" She squeaked

Slamming the door behind herself, Weiss stomped over to the girl on the top bunk. "We need to talk."

"Oh, okay." Ruby jumped down from her bunk and took a seat next to Weiss on her bed. "So, what is it you want to talk to me about?"

Sighing, Weiss attempted to compose herself. "Ruby, we've been partners for quite some time now and... Well... I li-" 'This is it, Weiss! You're nearly there! Just tell her! Tell her how much you love her!' At the last second, Ruby managed to tick Weiss off. After countless times of Weiss telling her, Ruby still continued to fidget when she was being spoken to - which was a pet peeve of Weiss' - fidgeting. "Literally can't stand you!" She finally snapped.

Every ounce of hope and joy faded from Ruby's eyes. "Right... Well... Good talk, Weiss." Ruby half smiled before standing up.

Realising what she'd just said, Weiss clamped a hand over her mouth. "Ruby, wait! That isn't what I was meant to say!"

The RWBY team leader turned to face the Schnee heiress. "What do you mean? If you said it then you must have meant to say it..."

"Look, I knew I was going to mess this up, but I promise I never meant to upset you! Okay, what I really wanted to say is..." Before her mind could veer off in the direction of a coldhearted comment, Weiss spoke. "I love you, Ruby Rose!"

A grin spread across the smaller girl's face. Wrapping her arms around Weiss, she hugged the slightly taller girl. "I love you too, Weiss."

Unsure at first, Weiss finally wrapped her arms around the younger girl with a smile of her own. "I'm so sorry, Ruby." She mutters.

"What for?" The short haired girl looks up with her silver eyes to meet ice blue.

The white haired girl sighs. "For always being so mean to you and saying all this stuff I don't mean."

Ruby chuckles. "Don't worry, Weiss. I guess it's just your way with words."

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