Ruby was sitting at her desk, studying. It had been a long week, and she was grateful for Friday evening, when she could relax for a while. Papers coated her desk and she sifted through them, trying to locate her homework assignment.

"Aw man, I know it's here somewhere…hey Blake, have you seen my homework assignment from English?" she called out.

"No, why? Can you not find it?" Blake responded, messing with her hair in front of a mirror.

"No…where are you going?" she asked, arching an eyebrow.

"Date." Blake said, smiling. "Seeing as Yang isn't allowed in here, I have to go to her now. So inconvenient."

"Shush. Well, have fun." Ruby said as Blake walked out, throwing up a hand as a goodbye. Sighing, Ruby returned to digging around on her desk when she encountered a folded up piece of paper with her name on it. "Oh damn it," she said, remembering.

She opened the paper, and sure enough, it was the note Penny had given her a few days ago. She had forgotten all about it. "Son of a…grr. Can't believe I forgot." She muttered as she pulled out her phone and dialed the number on the note.

It rang for a few minutes before she heard a "Hello?"

"Penny? It's Ruby!" she said, smiling.

"You called! I was getting worried about you! Are you alright? Is something the matter?" Penny sounded very concerned and serious, and Ruby giggled.

"No! No, I'm okay. I just wanted to tell you about Weiss-"

"I knew she was forcing you into this! I could just sense it. I have a sixth sense you know." Penny said loudly.

"Penny! She didn't force me to do anything." Ruby said with an exasperated tone.

A few moments of silence came over the phone before Penny responded. "What?"

"She didn't force me into anything. I asked her out!" Ruby said, smiling again.

"Ohhh I see. She's there right now, huh?"

Ruby groaned. "No, Penny. It's just me."

"I understand Ruby! I'll be right over to rescue you! Just tell me what dorm you're in."

"Penny-" Ruby said, trying to reason with her. Then she figured it would be much easier to do this in person, so she sighed and gave her directions.

A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door. Ruby opened it to find Penny in her green and silver blouse bouncing outside the door. She hugged her friend, smiling. "Hey Ruby!"

"Hi, Penny." Ruby said, smiling a little. "Now come on, sit down."

"Where's Weiss? Did she leave?" Penny asked, looking around. "I don't see her."

"She was never here, silly. She's been studying all evening, like me." Ruby pointed to her desk.

"But I thought you needed me to rescue you?" Penny said, looking confused.

"I don't need rescuing, Penny. I asked Weiss out first!" Ruby said, laughing. "She isn't forcing me to do anything."

Penny frowned. "Are you wearing a wire?" she whispered, staring intently at Ruby's chest.

Ruby felt a little self-conscious and shook her head. "What? No! Penny, what is with you?"

"Why would you date her?" Penny said, her voice strained. "She's always so mean! To everyone!"

"She doesn't try to be, she just doesn't know how to interact with other people." Ruby said calmly, sitting Penny down on her bed. "And she's actually really, really sweet once you get to know her."

"But…but she insults you all the time! She calls you mean things! How can you say she's sweet?" Penny said, her voice choking up a little.

Ruby was quite confused as to her reaction. Was this normal? Ruby put an arm around Penny and held her close. "Penny, we tease each other! At this point, 'dolt' is much less of an insult and more of a pet name. It's basically Weiss saying 'I love you' when she says it to me."

"It doesn't sound like it." Penny said, burying her face into Ruby's shoulder, hugging her.

Ruby sighed. "Penny, trust me, I'm okay! I love Weiss, and I'm quite certain she loves me. She isn't mean to me at all!"

Penny shook her head. "Right. That's what she wants you to think. She's probably just manipulating you into being her slave or something!" she exclaimed.

Of course the universe chose this moment to have Weiss walk into the room.

"Hey Ruby, I'm done studying for the night. You wanna go…out?" Weiss trailed off as she saw Penny. "Um…what's this?"

"Oh. Hey Weiss. Can you explain to Penny that you love me and you aren't mean to me at all?" Ruby said, smiling apologetically.

Weiss stiffened. "What? I don't understand."

Penny stood up with a sniff and walked straight up to Weiss. "What have you done to Ruby?" she asked, uncomfortably close to Weiss's face. "The Ruby I know wouldn't date a big mean meanyhead like you!"

Weiss huffed. "I don't have to explain anything to a ruffian like you."

Penny blinked and turned to Ruby. "See? She's mean!"

"And you're annoying." Weiss said, sneering. "Ruby, can we go?"

Ruby wasn't quite sure what to do. She was very, very confused. "Umm…what? I don't understand what's happening here." She said, a very puzzled expression on her face.

Penny walked over and grabbed Ruby's arm and began dragging her away. "Come on Ruby, we're leaving!"

Weiss grabbed Ruby's other arm and tugged back. "I don't think so." She said, grimacing. Penny was stronger than she looked.

"Ow! Guys! Ouch! What are you, ow!, doing?" Ruby said, wincing as her arms felt like they were being tugged out of their sockets.

"I'm rescuing you!" Penny said, frowning.

"She doesn't need rescuing!" Weiss said, tugging Ruby back towards her.

"No, I don't! Now please let me go!" Ruby said, but she was ignored as the two girls fighting over her fumed even more.

"Ruby, please explain to this child that you are perfectly happy with me!" Weiss said, giving Ruby's arm another tug.

"No Ruby, you should tell her how you really feel! I know you wouldn't date her, she's not good enough for you!" Penny said, struggling as she leaned back, pulling Ruby another few steps towards her.

Ruby squealed in pain at this, and then Yang walked in and blinked. "Yang! Help me!" Ruby said.

In a blink of an eye, Yang had disengaged Ruby from the fighting of Weiss and Penny and was holding her tight in her arms.

"What the hell is going on?" She asked as Ruby clutched her close.

"I don't know!" Ruby said.

Penny looked extremely frustrated, and with a loud exclamation of annoyance she stomped out. Weiss huffed and sat down on a chair, crossing her arms and legs.

"All I know is I walked in here to ask Ruby if she wanted to go get dinner, and that hooligan was here and started accusing me of not loving Ruby!" Weiss said in a very insulted tone.

"And you thought the solution was to have a tug-of-war with my sister?" Yang asked, sheer disbelief in her eyes.

Weiss had no answer for that, and decided to simply look away. Ruby let go of Yang and plopped down on the floor, her back against the wall.

"My shoulders really hurt…" Ruby complained, rubbing her shoulders.

This got Weiss's attention, and she stood up and walked over, sitting beside Ruby. "Sorry…" she muttered. "Here, face that way." Weiss adjusted Ruby so her back was facing her, and she started rubbing her shoulders.

Ruby arched her back and starting humming. "Ohhh, that feels nice." She said in a very pleased tone.

Yang shook her head. "I still am not quite sure what the hell just happened." She said under her voice.

"What are you doing back anyway?" Weiss asked. "Aren't you supposed to be on a date?"

"Blake forgot her coat. I ran back up here to get it. She's in the car right now actually, so I should probably leave." Yang grabbed the coat and made for the door, but paused in the entrance. "Weiss? Try not to dislocate my sister's shoulders again please?"

Weiss looked hurt, but Ruby sniggered. "She won't. Now shoo." Ruby said, waving her hand at Yang. She winced and said "Ow. Shouldn't have done that. But still, shoo! Off with you!"

Yang smiled and walked off, whistling. After a few moments, Ruby turned to Weiss.

"So do I get any explanation for what just happened or am I just gonna be left in the dark here?" She asked, laying her head against Weiss's chest, looking up at her face.

Weiss blushed. "Um…I just…um…"

Ruby blinked and waited expectantly. "Yes?"

"Umm….I wanted to ask you out to dinner? And she interrupted?" Weiss tried, not wanting to admit she had become a bit possessive.

"Is that all?" Ruby asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Yes?" Weiss said, hoping Ruby would drop it. Luckily she did, and Weiss sighed in relief.

"Then let's go! Where to?"

…

Penny was in her room, crying. She was lying on her stomach on her bed, holding her cell phone in front of her. On it was a picture of Ruby Rose, smiling. It was a picture they had taken together not too long ago, for Penny's birthday. They had their arms around each other, and they were both grinning wide, holding up peace signs.

Staring wistfully at the picture, Penny continued crying as she slowly drifted off into sleep. As she went to sleep, she thought about her friend. Why was Ruby ignoring her? And dating that bitch Weiss Shnee? Weiss didn't deserve Ruby.

Ruby was so nice. She was sweet, and kind, and always ready to help someone. She deserved someone better than that good-for-nothing, haughty rich girl Weiss. Penny knew she could do better.

She was better. In every way. She wouldn't insult Ruby, or treat her badly. She would always be nice to her, and she would never leave her. So why couldn't she see that? Why was she so blind?

As she fell asleep, Penny resolved to get Ruby away from Weiss. It was bound to fail eventually, she reasoned. Might as well speed up the process…

Ruby was hers. And she was going to get her.

…

Ruby and Weiss arrived back to find a sock on the handle of Weiss and Yang's room. The two girls grimaced and sighed.

"They'll probably take all night." Weiss grumbled, rubbing her temples.

"You can sleep in our room tonight if you like. I don't mind. Blake certainly wouldn't." Ruby offered, smiling.

Weiss jumped and blushed a little. "You sure? I don't want to be a bother."

Ruby was already dragging Weiss into the room. "It's no big deal. But I'm tired, so no funny business. Do you have pajamas?"

Weiss shook her head. "No, you dolt. My nightgown is over there." She said, pointing at the room across the hall. Ruby frowned and, telling Weiss to stay put, walked a few circles around her.

"What are you doing?" Weiss asked, confused.

"Hold on." Ruby said, going over to her dresser. "I have a spare pair of pajamas. You'll have to make do with a tank top, but these pants should fit you." Ruby tossed a pair of pink pants with a rose pattern on them at Weiss, who caught them. They were quickly followed by a white tank top.

"These, are, um, yours?" Weiss asked, blushing.

"Yep. Go try them on, see if they fit."

Weiss gulped and went into the bathroom. As she was pulling on the clothes, she inhaled deep. They smelled like Ruby. Weiss smiled and tugged the tank top on. It fit snugly onto her, and she twisted in front of the mirror a bit to look at herself. The pajamas pants, while a little baggy, fit perfectly around her waist and were insanely comfortable.

Weiss walked out and Ruby smiled. "They fit! Good thing we have the same bust size, otherwise you'd probably be out of luck with the tank top."

Turning red, Weiss threw a pillow at Ruby, who caught it. Laughing, Ruby replaced the pillow and walked into the bathroom to change. "Get into bed, goofball."

Weiss looked back and forth between the beds. Did Ruby expect her to use Blake's bed? Or hers? They had shared a bed before. Unintentionally, but still. Weiss gulped and slowly walked over to Ruby's bed.

Ruby emerged from the bathroom to find Weiss curled up in her bed with the covers up to her chin. Ruby opened her mouth to explain that Weiss could feel free to use Blake's bed, then decided she had a better idea.

Weiss shivered as Ruby clambered into the bed beside her, wrapping her arms around her. Weiss pushed her head up a little bit and Ruby nuzzled her, kissing the top of her head. Sighing contentedly, the two girls cuddled up and drifted off to bed.

"I love you Weiss." Ruby said quietly as she fell asleep.

"Love you too…" Weiss responded drowsily, slipping off into dreamland.

…

Weiss woke up and panicked a little, feeling like she was being squished. But after a few seconds she realized it was just Ruby with her arms around her. Relaxing, Weiss turned around slowly and looked at Ruby. She looked adorable sleeping, she thought. She had a little pout on her face and her eyebrows were furrowed as she mumbled in her sleep.

I wonder what kind of dream she's having. According to Blake, they can get pretty vivid. Weiss thought, stroking Ruby's cheek with her fingers. She leaned in and gently kissed Ruby, blushing a little. Am I a pervert for watching a sleeping girl like this? She wondered as Ruby's tongue darted out and licked her lips. She groaned and stretched, blinking her eyes open.

After a few moments of staring, she smiled. "Morning." She said sleepily, her eyelids still drooping a little.

"Morning." Weiss said, smiling. She kissed Ruby again and got out of bed. "Sleep well?"

"Really well. You?"

Stretching, Weiss grinned. "Better than ever. What do you want to do today?"

Ruby thought for a moment. "Lunch? Goodwitch Café?"

Weiss frowned. "Isn't that where that girl Penny works?"

"Yes. We're going to apologize." Ruby said, yawning. She checked the clock and blinked. "Holy crap, it's already eleven. We slept in."

Weiss pouted. "Do we have to? I want to have a nice day today."

"And we can have one, after you apologize." Ruby said sternly, pulling her tank top off as she messed around in her dresser.

Weiss would have argued more, but then she noticed Ruby wasn't wearing a bra. She squeaked and turned tomato red. Ruby turned around with a curious look on her face, then realized. She smiled sheepishly and covered herself.

"Sorry! I'll, um, get dressed in the bathroom." Weiss was unable to form words, so she just nodded, trying very hard to avert her eyes. She failed miserably, but Ruby just smiled and darted into the bathroom, starting a shower.

Weiss sighed and closed her eyes. Taking deep breaths, she thought about puppies. Puppies, puppies, puppies, puppies….Ruby…..without a top on….no! Focus! Puppies! Puppies and kittens!

Weiss continued this until Ruby emerged from the bathroom to find Weiss still standing in the same spot, her eyes shut. Smiling, Ruby wrapped her arms around her from behind and whispered "You okay?" into her ear.

Squealing, Weiss turned around quickly, her face still red. "Yes! Yeah! Fine! Just…perfectly…okay." She said, laughing nervously. "I'm, ah, gonna go across the hall. Get my clothes. Meet you in a few minutes?" Ruby nodded, giggling. Weiss dashed off.

Ruby sat down and grinned. Weiss acted very mature and adult a lot of the time, but there were still some times when she was really, really adorable. Giggling a bit, Ruby lay back on her bed and checked her phone. She noticed she had a text from Penny. Sighing, she opened it up.

We need to talk! Come to the café around noon!

Ruby smiled and began texting her back. Already planning on it.

She almost instantly got a response.

Great! I'll be waiting.

Weiss is coming too.

What? Why?

You two are going to apologize to each other.

But I don't want to apologize! I did nothing wrong!

No buts.

But…

No buts!

Grr….fine.

Ruby laughed and pocketed her phone. Penny could act like a bigger child than her sometimes, and it was quite amusing. Especially to Blake, who had on more than one occasion commented that Ruby was like Penny's mother.

Ruby always got a kick out of that, but Penny never liked it. Ruby never understood why though.

Weiss walked in, wearing her everyday clothes. "You ready?" she asked, seemingly recovered.

Bouncing up, Ruby ran over and hugged her. "Yep! Let's go!"

…

They arrived at the café to find Penny sitting at a table. When she noticed them, she smiled and waved them over. "Hi Ruby!" Penny said, jumping up to hug her. Ruby hugged her back, and Weiss tried very hard not to slap someone.

When they sat down, Weiss scooted her chair right next to Ruby's and put her arm around her shoulders, pulling her in. Ruby offered no complaint and snuggled up to Weiss smiling.

"How's your day been, Penny?" Ruby asked.

Penny had narrowed her eyes and was glaring daggers at Weiss, who was returning the favor. But when Ruby talked to her, she immediately brightened up.

"Good! Not very busy today, but we usually get a lot of people in the afternoon!" Smiling, she rested her head in her hands and stared at Ruby. "How are you?"

"Oh, um, we actually just woke up about an hour ago." Ruby said, giggling.

Penny narrowed her eyes. "We?" she asked curtly, shooting Weiss a look.

"My room was…otherwise occupied." Weiss said, straining to keep her voice even. "So we shared a bed."

"Is that so?" Penny asked, her eye twitching a little.

Ruby looked back and forth between the two girls, the animosity crackling in between them like electricity. She smiled and laughed nervously.

"H-hey, c'mon! We're all friends here, right?" she said, putting a hand on Weiss's shoulder.

Weiss relaxed a little and looked at Ruby, an apologetic look on her face. "Yeah. Sorry."

Penny harrumphed and crossed her arms, leaning back in her chair. Ruby glared at her. "Isn't there something you two have to say to each other?" she asked pointedly.

Both of them turned their gaze to Ruby, who shrank a little underneath the daggery gazes of Weiss and Penny. But they both softened, and looked at each other.

"Sorry, Penny." Weiss said, her voice strained, but level.

"Yeah. Sorry." Penny grumbled, looking down at her feet.

Ruby smiled. "There! Now come on, I'm starving! Ruby need food."

Weiss giggled and waved over a waitress, who took their orders and brought them their drinks. As Ruby drank greedily from her soda, Weiss and Penny took this opportunity to glare at each other, and seemingly communicate telepathically.

Weiss, if Ruby hadn't been there, would have been explicitly explaining to Penny how Ruby was hers and that she should back the hell off. Likewise, Penny would have been ranting on about how Ruby deserved someone better than the ungrateful Ice Princess she perceived Weiss to be.

But, as Ruby was present, they settled for shooting looks that could kill at each other. Ruby was utterly confused, as she had tried to explain to Penny before that Weiss did love her, but Penny wasn't hearing it, although Weiss being somewhat less than civil to Penny wasn't helping.

Ruby sighed and ate her lunch quietly, answering a question here and there but mostly staying quiet and glum. What was going on with these two?

She had an uncomfortable feeling in her stomach that told her she would find out at some point, and it wasn't going to be pretty.

Author's Note

Things are heating up! Weiss and Penny are duking it out in their own little Clash of the Titans and poor Ruby is caught in the middle! Whatever shall she do!

Well, most likely drown in a sea of confusion.

Anyway, here we have a chapter with equal amounts of White Rose Squee, Weiss Possessiveness, and slightly-terrifying Yandere Penny.

As always, please remember to review! It helps me a lot and makes me really happy when I read them!

So enjoy Chapter 13 – Rose Wars, and have a wonderful day!

Spike