The two girls came to their room after taking their keys from the clerk in the lobby of the dorm. Ruby unlocked the doors and swung them open, letting Weiss get in first. The smaller girl sheepishly smiled and entered, Ruby's gaze, unwillingly or not, she couldn't really say, checking her butt as she went in. The snow white pants embraced her shapely legs and perky ass so nicely that it was hard not to look. Does she even know how much she's teasing with pants that tight?

Ruby managed to shake the lecherous thoughts off as she entered the room herself, checking the interior. The room was about as spacious as you'd expect a room for two college girls to be, which is to say, not very. The two beds took the bulk of the space, on the right side of each was a nightstand, the closet was built into the walls so it took less space, there was a desk with two chairs next to it, and a door which led to the bathroom. The bathroom that, Ruby noted, was almost as big as the room. They really needed an interior designer back when this place was built. One thing that caught her attention, though, was that the wall was almost two feet thick. If the wall is this thick everywhere, you don't even need to hold your voice down while doing the nasty.

The uniforms were folded on the beds. They had a piece of paper on them that told the name of the intended recipient. Next to the beds there were the suitcases the girls brought with themselves. Ruby's uniform and suitcases were on and next to the right bed, so she figured that the right part of the room was hers.

"Hey, Weiss!"

The smaller girl looked at Ruby. "Yes?"

"How 'bout we check out how our uniforms fit us?" And so I can check you out a bit more.

Weiss blushed. "We could, yes."

"Do you want to change in the bathroom while I change here, or the other way around?"

"I think I'll take the bathroom," Weiss said sheepishly, took the clothes and went inside, locking the door behind her. Poor innocent soul, Ruby chuckled to herself.

"Don't worry, I wasn't planning on peeking!"

Ruby quickly undressed after that sentence and in a few seconds, she was down to her underwear. She then put on the white stockings and the cotton shirt, white as well, of course. The shirt was modern looking, a little too frilly for Ruby's taste, but nothing too weird. The vest was plain and black, with the college crest embroidered where the heart was supposed to be. Ruby liked vests, but not more than corsets. The skirt was of course plaid, squares in different shades of black and white lining it, complete with another college crest on the left side of it. To her amusement, Ruby also noticed while putting it on that it wasn't as skimpy as she thought and half hoped it would be, though still barely decent. Weiss will look so embarrassed in this, I can't wait to see her blush at this again. It really looks like the penguins want the girls to get together, giving us outfits like these with walls that thick. The last item was the black jacket with another college crest on the left side, which Ruby assumed and hoped was not mandatory for summer as it was quite thick. It had a leathery look, but it felt almost like satin, for some reason. All in all, it doesn't look too bad, Ruby thought as she looked at herself in the mirror.

Weiss took her sweet time, though. Ruby lay down on her bed and waited for Weiss to come out. When she finally showed herself, she looked at Ruby while Ruby looked at her. Weiss blushed after a moment.

"What is it, snowflake?"

Weiss pointed at Ruby's skirt without saying a word, seemingly ignoring the nickname. Ruby looked down at her skirt and noticed her legs were spread, giving Weiss clear view of her underwear. Whoops. Glad I'm not wearing see-through today, Ruby thought to herself as she rose from the bed.

"Haha, sorry about that," she said, stroking the back of her head. "Didn't think I'd get that comfortable."

She checked out Weiss' outfit again, this time seemingly more focused. She took her hand and gave her a light turn so she could check her out from behind and what she saw made her heart pump faster. The skirt is barely covering her ass! God damn it, she looks beautiful in this uniform. Definitely a head turner. I just want to grab her and kiss her and… Ruby, pull yourself together, for the love of all that is bacon!

"You look gorgeous in this, Weiss."

The girl turned back around at the sound of her name. "Thanks. Though I feel the skirt could be a bit longer…"

"And why is that, exactly?"

Weiss looked down at the floor. "Because I feel it's way too revealing."

"Nah," Ruby waved her off. "Sure, you could say it's a short skirt. And if you really feel it's too short, you can always pull it down a little, like this," Ruby tugged a bit on the skirt, helping it get a bit lower. This of course elicited another blush from the aristocrat girl. Ruby continued: "But when you have nothing to be ashamed of, why be embarrassed by it?"

Weiss managed to look at Ruby again. "Do you really think that?"

"Sure thing, snowflake," Ruby grinned. "You have an amazing body, no doubt thanks to your ballet lessons."

Weiss blushed again. "T-Thanks."

Weiss mustered up her courage. "Let me see how you look in this, Ruby."

Ruby just smiled at her and made a half turn. Weiss unwillingly found herself immediately checking the taller girl's butt and legs, her mouth agape. This will be so hard to resist looking at. Just look at the way the skirt accentuates her muscled legs and how tightly the jacket fits her upper body and… No, Weiss! You have to stay strong! You're never going back to that camp!

"It… It suits you," was all she mustered.

Ruby turned around with a grin. "It suits me? That's all?"

Weiss blushed a shade of crimson that rivalled that of her roommate's hood. I swear all the blushing I'm doing today is not healthy for me.

"W-Well… Black suits you anyway, though white is also oddly agreeing with you."

"Why wouldn't white agree with me?"

Because white's my favourite colour and I want you and… No! "I d-don't know. I just guessed since you wore red and black before that white might not look nice on you."

Why can't I compose myself? I don't even know if she likes girls and I don't want to get with girls because I don't want to go back.

Ruby's grin grew even wider, something Weiss could barely believe was possible. "You're so adorable, Weiss. I bet my girlfriend would love to meet you."

Well, there goes that. Wait, why am I sad because she has a girlfriend? But she said I'm adorable and- Damn it, Weiss!

Ruby must have noticed her look that was incredulity mixed with agony, since the smile went away from her face.

"Hey, did I say something wrong?"

Weiss had to compose herself and think quickly. "N-No, I am just am-amazed that you'd admit something like that so… So… Easily, without being prompted."

"Eh? Why wouldn't I?"

"W-Well… I grew up in a family that doesn't really understand… girls liking other girls instead of boys."

"Oh, you have a problem with that?"

"No!", Weiss yelled, maybe too quickly and loudly. "No," she continued with a quieter voice. "No problem, I believe that love is simply love, no matter the gender."

Her eyes fell to the floor with that last sentence. Ruby grabbed her by the shoulder and lifted her face to look her in the eye, suddenly realizing something.

"Weiss… Tell me the truth. How long have you known?"

That caught the smaller girl by surprise. "Known? Known what?"

Ruby sighed. "That you're into girls."

How did she guess that? Well, my blushes probably did little to help the matter. Damn it, I'll have to go back to that camp!

"I… Didn't… I'm not… I can't…"

Tears started running down Weiss's cheeks and Ruby quickly hugged her and sat down on the bed, holding Weiss tight. Weiss wanted to run away, never to come back. And she could, Ruby didn't clutch onto her body, but she couldn't bring herself to even try to escape Ruby's gentle hold. She simply cried and sobbed in the other girl's jacket while Ruby gently caressed her back and hair, whispering a soft "Shh" in her ear. The smell of lavender emanating from Ruby helped her relax little by little as well.

It took her a long time to calm down. When she finally did, her eyes were completely red and dry. Ruby watched her with worry in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Weiss. I didn't know…"

"D-Don't be sorry. It's all m-my fault," Weiss battled to talk through sobs.

"What's your fault, Weiss?"

"My… Condition."

"What condition? Being gay is not a condition."

"How can you be so open about it?"

"That's easy. I came to senses with what I am and I'm not ashamed of it. Are you?"

"Umm…"

"Weiss. Listen to me," Ruby said as she cupped the other girl's face in her hands and brought it up so they looked each other in the eye. Those beautiful grey eyes, so inviting. "There is nothing wrong with being gay. Nothing to be ashamed of. Did your parents tell you you're a freak or something because of it?"

You don't even know half of it. "A-Among others."

"Others?" Ruby's voice was full of concern now. "Who are others?"

"W-Well… I got sent to t-this camp this summer…"

"Oh hell no! They sent you to one of those? Poor thing."

"It was so scary, Ruby. I don't want to go back there, ever. I didn't believe the nuns could be that scary."

"You won't go back," Ruby reassured her as she pulled her into another hug. "You won't. I promise."

"You don't even know me. You don't know my parents. They are very rich and…"

She couldn't finish her thought as Ruby stopped her. "No amount of money will take away your gay. It can't be done, Weiss. Your parents have to either get that it's not a disease or whatever they think it is, or you have to get away from them before they destroy you."

"B-But… I have nobody else to go to," Weiss stuttered.

"You have me, don't you?"

Weiss looked Ruby in the eye. "Y-You?"

"Yes, me, snowflake. I may not know much about you yet, but I can see you're suffering because you weren't accepted and I will not let it stand! I'm sorry to say this, but your parents are idiots if they sent you to that camp. I accept you for what you are, Weiss."

My god, this girl is a wreck. I'll cheer her up if it's the last thing I ever do.

"B-But what about your parents?"

"My dad and sister don't mind. I told them I'm gay two years ago and they never made a scene about it."

"You have a sister?"

"Well, more of a half-sister, really. We have the same father."

"So your father doesn't mind… What about your mother?"

"She never had a chance to find out," Ruby said in a sad tone as she looked past Weiss. "She… She was stabbed when I was five. That's when I said to dad I want to train some self-defence martial art."

"I'm so sorry, Ruby, I didn't…"

"You couldn't have known, Weiss. Stop making yourself feel bad over things you have no influence on. I'll make you happy again if it's the last thing I do, so help me god."

Weiss cringed a little. "There is no god."

"Weiss, I'm not a believer. It's just an expression."

"No, I mean it," Weiss looked Ruby straight in the eye. "There. Is. No. God. If there was, I wouldn't have had such a shitty life. You have no idea how scary those nuns at the camp were, what they made us watch, what they made us do. What little faith I still had before the camp, I lost it the moment I walked through those convent doors."

Ruby had nothing to say to that but to embrace Weiss again. The girls just sat there, embraced, for the next few minutes. This will be harder than I imagined. Ruby felt the need to be there for Weiss. To help her come to terms with herself. To make her feel alive again. At that moment, she felt embarrassed that she was thinking of grabbing her in a sexual way. I'm so glad I didn't do anything like that. She'd probably kill herself from the shame. She only knew the girl for a couple of hours and she already felt the need to be her protector. An idea struck her then.

"Hey, Weiss?"

"Yes?"

"How about I teach you some taekwondo?"

"Why would you want to teach me something like that?"

"To teach you how to defend yourself. Every girl should know how to do that, and who knows, maybe it even lifts your morale up a bit. And right now you need any morale boost you can get."

"I'd love to," Weiss said after a short pause.

Ruby smiled. She would help this girl in any way she could.

"Come on, then. Change into something comfy and we can find a nice place to start practicing."

The smaller girl grinned and went to her suitcase, took out some clothing and disappeared in the bathroom. Ruby took some clothes from her own suitcase and undressed again. She started putting on her pants when she heard the door behind her open and almost immediately slam shut again.

"Weiss? Something wrong?"

"No! I just walked in and saw you naked, sorry!"

"I wasn't naked and I'm not embarrassed by it, don't worry! I'm dressed now, you can come out."

The door reluctantly opened and Weiss's completely red face peeked out to test the truth of Ruby's statement. When she realized the dark-haired girl was telling the truth, she stepped out of the bathroom in her grey sweatpants and a white t-shirt with the print "Know your name". Under it there was a picture of a flayed man turned upside down.

"No way," Ruby said. "Not only are you drop dead gorgeous, but you also like A Song of Ice and Fire?"

Weiss sheepishly smiled. "It's a good read."

"Snowflake, you and I are going to be great friends. Let's go now."

The pair walked out of the room, both making sure they have the key to return to it once they were done. When they got out of the dorm and took a look around they noticed that most of the lawn was occupied by different students, some of them reading, some of them drawing or writing, there were even some couples that were being cute to each other. They finally found a spot that wasn't taken. Ruby wanted to start the lesson, but a disturbingly familiar voice stopped her.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't sweet cheeks and little one. Out for some fun?"

Ruby turned to face the guy, unnerved. "You."

"Guilty," he said to them with a smug smile. "The name's Cardin, by the way. You'd do well to remember the name since it's the one you might be screaming later today."

Ruby's eyes narrowed. "Not in a million years. I'm not even straight."

"So I was right. Sweet cheeks is your girlfriend."

"As cute and sweet as she is, no, she isn't my girlfriend."

"Oh? So this means she's available?"

"Cardin, was it, you said? Do the smart thing and go away. Now," Ruby said with bile in her tone, positioning herself in a combat stance.

"Oh, daring to fight me again? Very well, since you've asked so nicely."

"My pleasure."

Cardin positioned himself in what he believed was a flawless combat stance. I knew it. He has no idea what he's doing.

"The winner gets sweet cheeks there."

"No."

"What's the matter, little one? Afraid?"

Ruby let out a cackle. "Afraid? Of you? No. Nobody 'gets' her other than the one she wants. However, if I kick your ass, you leave the two of us alone forever or I'll make you rue the day you tried to bully her or me."

"That's not fair. What do I get if I win?"

"You tell me. As long as it isn't related to her."

"Very well. I get to have my way with you if I win."

"You're disgusting," Ruby said, noticing that quite a crowd had gathered around the trio, watching with questioning eyes. Cardin seemed oblivious to the audience.

"Scared, little one?"

"Not even a little. I accept."

Cardin smirked. "I hope you have some lube, then. Let's dance, little one."

As soon as he uttered that sentence, he charged towards Ruby, who simply dodged his charge and nonchalantly smacked him in the back of the head with her fist. This had to make him somewhat dizzy as he stopped and shook his head. He turned around and positioned himself for another charge, which Ruby dodged with as little effort as before. This time her hand smacked him in the ribs, which made Cardin stop to catch a breath. Ruby could see the anger building up in the boy, so she did the sensible thing. The sensible thing being taunting him to come at her with her hand, of course. He walked over to her and wanted to punch her straight in the face, but Ruby simply lifted her arm to block the attack as her other hand hit his sternum dead on, further augmenting the blow with a knee to his abdomen. Cardin was breathless again for a moment.

He apparently decided he had enough and prepared for one last attack. He turned around to face Ruby again, but before he could charge, she extended her right leg towards him, which Cardin caught in his hands easily. He smirked, but Ruby gave him a smirk of her own, pushing herself off the floor with the leg that was still in contact with it. Before Cardin knew what happened, he was lying on the floor face first, eating grass, with Ruby, as small as she was compared to him, towering over his body.

"Now get out of my sight before I embarrass you further in front of the whole student body," Ruby yelled. "And don't forget our bet. If I see you trying something with me or Weiss again, they are going to have to keep you in IC for a while." Cardin looked around and finally saw that a lot of students came to see what proved to be a completely one-sided fight, though not in the way they might have expected. He stood up with an angry look on his face, shot a dagger at Ruby with his eye and stormed off. The students started cheering and Ruby noticed Weiss staring at her in awe. Ruby actually blushed a little at this.

Soon enough Ruby realized that the crowd wasn't going to dissipate. That was not what she wanted.

"Umm, guys, please…", she started, weirdly shy all of a sudden. "Can you please give me and my friend here some privacy? It was supposed to be her first lesson."

There was a collective moan of sadness and what happened next surprised Ruby even more. "Ruby… It's okay. They can stay if they want to."

"Weiss, you sure?"

"You can teach them too, can't you?"

Now it was Ruby's turn to blush again. She's not wrong, though. She closed her eyes. "I… Guess I could."

Another loud cheer boomed from the crowd and Ruby couldn't help but smile. She never expected to do something like this on her first day in college.

"Just tell me one thing before we start," Weiss said, her voice full of admiration.

"Yeah?"

"How did you do that?"

Ruby smiled sheepishly. "It was not that hard, really. I was just making him mad enough to forget everything but how he wanted to hurt me. Then I simply took advantage of it by distracting him long enough to land a solid blow to the side of his head."

Weiss looked at her even more in awe than before. "You make it sound so easy."

"Well, that's what twelve years of taekwondo does to you," Ruby answered while rubbing the back of her head.

Damn it, I'm seriously falling for this amazing girl. But she has a girlfriend! And you'll get in trouble again! Snap out of it!

No matter how hard she tried, Weiss's resolve was weakening. She could feel herself falling for Ruby uncontrollably. She tried to shake the feeling off and concentrate on what the girl was about to say.

Ruby started to take the reins now. "Okay, so who wants to participate in this first taekwondo practice?"

About 20 students stepped forward in answer.

"Right, so first things first: the posture. Position yourself with your strong foot a shoulder and a half width behind your weaker foot and a shoulder width to the side, like this. This is called Front Stance."

Weiss noticed Ruby was left-handed just like her. Well, that will make it easier for me to follow her lead. Weiss watched her roommate assert her confidence and authority and tried to mimic the stance she was demonstrating.

"Taekwondo is fought with legs, so don't expect to do a lot of things with your arms other than blocking the incoming kicks. Those punches I threw at the guy before were not taekwondo, they were improvisation."

Weiss happily soaked everything in like a dry sponge. After about twenty minutes of warm up during which Ruby demonstrated some basic kick techniques in addition to stretching their muscles, the people were paired, Ruby of course reserving a spot with Weiss as her sparring partner. Luckily there were just enough people that everyone got a partner.

"Weiss, try to remember what I told you before. We're going first so I can demonstrate how it looks when actually fighting as opposed to kicking air."

Weiss nodded as Ruby first demonstrated the bow. "The bow is essential to sparring as it shows respect to your opponent. Remember it, you'll be repeating it many, many times."

Weiss repeated the move. "Now, position yourself in Front Stance." When Weiss did that, Ruby ordered. "Now attack me with some of the kicks I have shown before."

Weiss paled. "You sure?"

"I'll be able to block them. You're a beginner and I've had twelve years of practice. Don't worry and get at me."

Weiss reluctantly did as she was told. "No. Be more decisive."

Weiss obeyed. Ruby easily blocked all her shots. After about a minute of blocking, Ruby signalled to stop. Damn, she's good.

"Now, I'll be on the attack," Ruby said after another bow and Weiss got a little scared at the words. "Don't worry, I won't hit you. I'll stop my leg before connecting with your body if you fail to block. One more thing. Have you all seen how her kicks were mostly oriented towards my midsection?" After everybody nodded, she continued. "That is not the main target. Your main target is your opponent's head." Weiss paled again. "That doesn't mean you should always aim for the head, though. Only do that when it's clear that the head is open for attack, otherwise what could be a winning move turns into a losing one immediately."

Ruby turned back to Weiss. "I'll do it slower this first time, so you'll have more time to react. Okay?"

"Y-Yes."

"Don't be afraid, snowflake, I'd never hurt you."

They bowed again and Ruby started attacking. Even with slower pace, Weiss struggled to keep up with the blocks. She noticed Ruby started speeding up a tiny bit every now and then. After a while, it seemed to Weiss that Ruby's kicks turned into a blur and before she knew exactly what happened, she felt a foot graze her right ear.

"This," Ruby started, not moving from her position, "is a knockout blow. My foot would hit the ear, which would make my opponent lose balance and possibly consciousness." She took the foot away and stood down to bow again.

The practice went on for a while longer and when they finished, Weiss was exhausted but happy. The crowd slowly disappeared, but not before asking Ruby if there will be another time.

"Hopefully. I'll talk to the headmaster about starting an official taekwondo club since apparently there's no martial arts club here at all, maybe he'll even agree. It will also make it a lot safer as you need head and torso protection in order to minimize the pain and trauma. If all of you who participated in the practice today would be so kind as to write your names down on a piece of paper so I can show the headmaster that there is interest, that'd be awesome."

Surely enough, Ruby got the names and then motioned to Weiss that they are leaving for the dorm. Weiss gladly followed her.

After they both took a shower and the day turned to evening, Weiss lay down on her bed with a sigh, exhausted.

"Did you like it?", a voice came from the other bed.

"Yes. You're an amazing teacher."

"Well, I didn't pass my teaching exam for nothing."

Weiss nodded, though she knew the other girl can't see her. Then she remembered something. "Tell me one thing, though."

"Hm?"

"Earlier today, when you told me that I should invite you to my ballet performance. Did you mean it or was it just an excuse?"

"Excuse for what?"

"I-I don't know, for a moment I thought you were… Hitting on me."

"Oh, snowflake. You're beautiful and all, but I'm faithful to my girl. I would never hit on you while I'm in another relationship."

"But I didn't know that then."

Ruby stood up, got to the other girl's bed and then sat on it. "Well, you do now."

"But you would if you weren't."

Ruby started caressing the top of Weiss's head and smiled. "Truth be told, I was kind of thinking about trying to seduce you somehow," she said, caressing Weiss's hair, "but I realized that would be wrong on too many levels. However," Ruby added with a wide grin, "would you mind if I was hitting on you?"

Such confidence. She's just so charismatic. She could kiss me, take me, anything, right here and now, and I wouldn't even flinch. Weiss felt herself blush again and somehow she knew Ruby saw that even in the dark, since she spoke.

"Thought so. Well, I am really interested in seeing you perform, to answer your question. I enjoy the finer things in life, even if it wouldn't seem that way from the way I act." Ruby leaned in and kissed the smaller girl on the cheek. "Good night, snowflake."

Why did the kiss have to be so short? I wanted it to last forever.

"Good night, Ruby." The dark-haired girl gave Weiss's hair one last caress and she walked over to her bed. Weiss shut her eyes to fall asleep and there she was, passionately kissing Ruby on the lips with her returning the favour intensely. She smiled as she fell asleep.

And that's chapter two! Quite a bit longer than the first one, but it basically wrote itself. Thank you for the 40 followers AND 16 favourites for the first chapter only! You are seriously the best!

I hope you liked it! Reviews are still welcome and I will see you all next time.