Weiss blinked as she woke up from a perfect dream. She couldn't remember what it was, although she remembered being very happy. She moved to stretch, and then realized someone had their arms around her. She panicked for a moment, and then realized who it was.

Ruby was fast asleep still, a small smile on her cute little face. She had her arms protectively wrapped around Weiss, and was snoring ever so softly. Weiss looked at her face and was caught in a rollercoaster of emotions.

At first she wanted to scream at the girl and tell her to get out. Then she just wanted to cuddle closer. Then she just wanted to gently wake her up and ask what was going on. Then Ruby stirred, and Weiss panicked again.

But all she did was roll over slightly, pulling Weiss closer to her side as she lay on her back, one arm still around Weiss and one draping over the side of the bed. Weiss inched closer to her face and just looked. Her hair had gotten all in her face overnight, so Weiss gently reached her hand up and slowly brushed the hair out of the way. She got a strange tingly feeling in her hands and chest when she touched Ruby. What was going on with her?

She put her head on the pillow next to Ruby and just looked. She wanted to do something, but what? Did she wake her up? Cuddle?

…kiss her? Weiss gulped as she realized that's exactly what she wanted to do. Kiss her? My friend? Ruby? But…that'd be so weird! But I want to do it so badly…

Weiss turned the idea over and over in her head till she reached a compromise. She slowly moved forward and gently brushed her lips against Ruby's cheek, putting an arm around her as she did so. A hot feeling rushed through her body and settled in her chest as she did so, and she felt very, very happy. Even if it was a bit weird. But it was just a kiss on the cheek right? She had seen Mother do that to her friends all the time, so it must be normal.

Right?

After a few more minutes of Weiss snuggling up, Ruby slowly stirred and blinked her eyes open to see Weiss pressing herself against her side, cuddling up to Ruby with her arm around her stomach. Ruby blushed and decided to let her know she was awake.

She took her other arm and gently stroked Weiss's cheek, which caused her to jerk up in surprise, her face turning very, very red.

"Oh! Um, Ruby! You're awake…" Weiss said in a surprised, but not unhappy, voice. "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you…"

Ruby smiled and sat up on the bed, pulling Weiss with her and putting her arm around her. "That's okay. Plus, it's like six anyway, and I still can't find my way around this school. You need to guide me to our early class, remember?"

Weiss blinked. Although she had made no such promises, she didn't see a problem making one. She smiled a small smile and leaned her head against Ruby's shoulder. "Alright." She said in a soft voice.

The two girls sat like that for a few moments, and then Weiss realized what was going on was getting a little…weird. Not in a bad way, per say, but…she wasn't quite sure how to put it. So she stood up.

"Can you please leave while I change? And you should probably get dressed if you want to go get breakfast."

Ruby blinked. "Breakfast?"

Smiling, Weiss poked Ruby on the nose. "Yes you dolt, breakfast. We're going to breakfast. And see if your friend Blake wants to come too. I bet Yang is at the gym, but Blake should still be around, right?"

Ruby grinned a very wide grin. Standing up she pulled Weiss into a bear hug and said "Awesome! I'll go get her!" then ran out the door.

Weiss giggled, still very red in the face. Having a friend was going to need some adjusting, she reasoned.

….

Blake was still sound asleep when Ruby walked in, but a few shakes of her shoulders and she was sitting up on the bed, yawning. "What's up Ruby? Is it time for class?"

"No, but Weiss wants to go to breakfast and invited you. So come on, put some clothes on and let's go!" Ruby would have been jumping with happiness had she not been pulling off her slept-in school clothes and pulling on a nice dress. "Do you think this is good enough?" she asked Blake, turning around a little bit. It wasn't anything too fancy. Just a gray-ish dress with a rose pattern on it.

Blake smiled. "Ruby Rose, are we trying to impress someone?" Ruby blushed. "I thought so. Well, you look beautiful in that. I'm honestly rather scared to see you in something more formal."

Ruby looked at Blake, her eyes wide. "Really? Honest? You mean that?"

Blake came up and gave Ruby a hug and a pat on the head. "Of course I mean that you big dummy. You look great. Go give her a nosebleed while I change."

Ruby giggled and pulled on some flip-flops. Sneakers would just look weird, and the weather wasn't even cold yet. Walking over and knocking on Weiss's door was harder than she thought it would be. She was nervous. Will she like it? What was up with earlier? Does she like me like I like her? Or does she think we're friends and is acting the way I do around friends? This is so confusing. For once, Ruby regretting acting so huggy-touchy lovey-dovey with all her friends, otherwise this would be a lot easier to figure out.

Weiss opened the door and said "Ruby is that-" and stopped. She saw Ruby in a dress, a sleeveless dress cut just above her knees, with no socks on. Just sandals. She stopped speaking and her mouth just kind of hung open for a minute as she stared.

"Um, Weiss? You okay?" Ruby asked tensely. Does she not like it? She doesn't like it. Stupid moron, why didn't you just wear normal clothes? Now she's gonna laugh at you and make you change and you're going to look like a fool.

"You…ah…" Weiss said, her face turning a small shade of pink. "You look….beautiful."

Ruby blushed. Oh.

Weiss was wearing her normal white shirt with a nondescript white skirt, with her shoes with elevated heels. She usually felt very pretty, but at the moment she felt rather plain next to Ruby.

"Um…" Ruby started. "You…um…you look pretty too."

Weiss turned a little redder and instead of saying anything, grabbed Ruby's upper arm and dragged her across the hall to fetch Blake. Ruby giggled a little as Blake opened the door just as Weiss was about to knock. Seeing the two, Blake smiled.

"Look at the happy couple. C'mon, let's go. I'll drive.

Weiss opened her mouth to protest, but Blake had already walked off. Ruby took care of it though, breaking off from Weiss and running to tackle Blake from behind. The two nearly fell over, but Blake was laughing as she hugged Ruby quick, sending her back to Weiss with a small shove.

The two started walking behind Blake at a small distance, not really sure what to say. As they reached the car, Weiss broke the silence. "She, um, didn't mean that? Right? She was joking?" I hope my feelings aren't that obvious….

Ruby nodded. "Yeah. Don't worry."

Weiss sighed in relief and her shoulders relaxed a little. She then reached out and grabbed Ruby's hand, much to the redhead's surprise. "Shut up and don't talk about it. Not now. Just roll with it." Weiss muttered as Ruby opened her mouth to say something.

Listening for once, Ruby shut up and kept walking, but this time with a noticeable spring in her step. Weiss smiled a little. I don't know what these feelings are, but….all I know is, being with this girl makes me happy. And I don't want to fuck that up. So I'm gonna be quiet for now, and figure it out on my own time. But for now, I'm happy just spending time with her.

Once they got in the car, Weiss kept holding onto Ruby's hand, although at the same time she tried, unsuccessfully, to ignore it. Ruby loved it, and was gently tracing circles on Weiss's hand with her thumb. I'm not sure what Weiss means by this, but hell yes I'm going to enjoy it. Maybe she likes me and is figuring it all out, maybe she's just being a friend. Either way, I'm going to keep my feelings under wraps for now. I don't want to screw up what we have…

…

Lunchtime arrived, and it was the first time the group met up with Yang after last night's incident. The three were sitting at a booth in one of the school's many lounge areas when the blonde walked up, looking somewhat sheepish. Weiss and Ruby were sitting next to each other, although Weiss slowly inched away as Yang showed up and plopped down next to Blake.

An awkward silence consumed the group for a few minutes, then Yang spoke.

"Weiss…I just want to say, I'm really, really sorry for last night. At this point it's obvious that Ruby has forgiven you for whatever crap you said to her, and apparently likes you quite a bit. I don't want to make her unhappy, so I'm not going to interfere with that. And I'm REALLY sorry. Really. Truly I am."

Weiss wasn't really sure what to say. So she just stuck her hand out, and Yang shook it, then spoke again. "We might not be really close like you and Ruby, or Ruby and Blake, or me and Ruby…come to think of it, Ruby, you're really close with a lot of people. Jesus."

Blake glared at Yang.

"U-uhm, anyway, what I meant to say is, can we just be normal friends? You don't have to love me, you certainly don't have to be all Ruby on me, but can we be cool?"

Weiss thought about it for a minute. Then she gave a brusque nod. "Alright. I'll try. But no guarantees."

Yang grinned. "All I'm asking for. Now, what are we eating?" As Yang devoured the food the three girls got for her, Weiss noticed that Ruby had inched her way back over to her and had leaned against her, putting her head on her shoulder. Weiss sighed contentedly, putting an arm around Ruby. Today has gone far better than expected.

…

"Ruby, come on, it isn't that hard." Weiss was saying, trying to be encouraging.

"But…I just don't get it. I did the thing, then the other thing, but I still don't get it! What now?" Ruby put her head in her hands and groaned. "This makes no seeeeeense."

"Ruby, it makes perfect sense." Weiss said, doing her best to be patient with the girl. "You just have to put all the like terms together. See, here we have 3xy, 4x, and 5xy. So what can you do there?"

Ruby looked hard at the numbers Weiss wrote down. "Um…combine….the three and five?"

Weiss clapped her hands together. "Yes! Exactly! You take the 3xy and see if its minus or plus the 5xy. It's plus, so you end up with 4x plus 8xy."

Ruby blinked. "Oh. That's it?"

"That's it. There are going to be bigger problems, obviously, but this is the basic gist of it." Weiss said, rubbing Ruby's back.

They had been studying since dinnertime, and Ruby had opted to put on her pajamas. "They're comfy! I can't study unless I'm comfy."

Weiss was wearing more casual clothing, but was still rather uncomfortable about wearing her nightie in front of Ruby.

"Hey Weiss?" Ruby asked, her voice quiet.

"What's up? Another problem?" Weiss said, looking over Ruby's shoulder at her papers.

"No, that isn't it…I just wanted to ask a question."

"Oh. Alright, go for it. What's on your mind?" Weiss sat next to Ruby and looked at her face. Ruby was obviously fighting to find words, and the right ones. This wasn't like her. "Ruby, you're terrible with words. Just spit it out."

Ruby giggled a little, and acquiesced. "I just wanted to know your, ah, opinion on…gay…people."

Weiss blinked, a little surprised at such a blunt question. Then again, she had asked for it. "I don't really have a problem with it. They're just people like you and me after all. Why do you ask?"

Ruby smiled and pointedly wasn't looking at Weiss. Instead, she developed a sudden intense interest at a small crack on the wall.

After a few moments, Weiss got it. "Oh. So you're…"

"Yup."

"And you wanted to know if I would…what, hate you for it or something?"

Ruby blushed. "Kinda. Yeah. There are still people like that, after all…"

Weiss smiled and pulled Ruby over to her and sat her on her lap, putting her arms around her. "Ruby. We had this conversation, albeit reversed. I could never hate you. I like you a lot too you know."

Ruby put her hands over Weiss's and closed her eyes, happy to just sit there. "Thank you, Weiss."

"No problem. Now come on, three more problems. Let's just get them out of the way."

"Alright Weiss…" Ruby said, moving back to her chair.

Weiss smiled as she watched Ruby struggle with yet another math problem. So…Ruby is…that way. I had a suspicion…but I never thought it was actually true. What do I do now? Do I tell her about my feelings? No, no, no ,no, that would be stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. She just trusted you with a very personal piece of information, don't act like a fool.

Ruby groaned as she encountered another roadblock. "Weeeeeeiss. Help meeeeeee….." she said in a very pitiful voice as she gave Weiss puppy-dog eyes.

"Don't look at me like that!" Weiss said. "Now what's the problem?"

…

The next day rolled around, and Weiss was still a little confused on how to proceed. She knew she liked Ruby. But did she like like her? Was she…gay too? The idea was a curious one, to say the least. She had never considered herself a lesbian. Then again, she never liked boys very much. She had seen some cute ones, of course, but had never had any desire to interact with them very much.

So was she a lesbian? Or was Ruby some sort of freak exception, like the universe being a big pervert? Weiss wasn't sure, but she sure as hell wasn't getting anywhere arguing with herself. She'd go in circles.

She looked next to her at the sleeping form of Yang Xiao Long, the girl who only two days ago she seemed to have nothing but enmity for. Now they were…sort of friends. Could she really talk to her about this? She frowned and decided she didn't really have much to lose.

"Hey. Yang. Get up." She said in a rather loud voice, trying to awaken the girl in the bed across from her. "Yang!" she yelled when she didn't respond.

Yang jerked up in bed, her fists in the air. "What? Where is he? I'll punch his lights out!"

"What? Yang, there isn't anyone here but us." Weiss said, exasperated.

Looking around, Yang realized she was right. "Oh. Oops. What's up Weiss?" she said, putting her fists down and trying to play off her rather embarrassing awakening.

"I was hoping to talk to you about something." Weiss said hesitantly.

Yang blinked. Was Weiss acting…normal? Even a bit…shy? What was this? "Um, sure. Go ahead."

"….okay first I have to ask a weird question. Are you straight?" Weiss burst out, not sure if she could go through with that question unless it was right then, and all at once.

Yang shook her head. "Not all the way. I'm bisexual. I like chocolate and vanilla, y'know?" Yang smiled. "Why do you ask?"

"Um…how did you figure out that you were…bi?" Weiss asked, not sure how to proceed in this kind of conversation, having never had one before. She began twiddling her thumbs as she waited for Yang's answer.

"Well…I had always liked boys. I had a boyfriend when I was fifteen. Then after that didn't work out I discovered I was really attracted to this girl at my high school after I had started going. But we didn't talk much and I was always too nervous to tell her." Yang laughed. "What brought these thoughts about? Is there someone who's getting you all hot and bothered?" Yang said the last part with a mischievous smile on her face.

Weiss blushed. "Sort of. So…after you realized you liked that girl, you figured out you were bi?"

"Not instantly. I had myself convinced that it was my imagination or something. But eventually it got to the point where I couldn't ignore it anymore. I accepted that I liked girls too and tried a few times to ask her out, but it never really worked. I always chickened out."

Weiss frowned, deep in thought. "Thanks, Yang. You're…not as bad as I thought."

"Coming from you, that means a lot. You're pretty cool too. But can I ask you a question?" Yang got serious all of a sudden.

Nodding, Weiss said "Yeah, sure. What is it?"

"Is it Ruby?" Weiss blinked. Yang was either sharper than she looked or her and Ruby had been more careless than she thought.

Her silence was confirmation enough for Yang, who gave a brusque nod. "Alright. I assume you know Ruby's gay at this point, so I'm just gonna come out and say it: If you want to ask her out, go for it. But don't think I'm going to just sit back and watch. My baby sister is precious to me. So if you start dating her and then decide it's 'just a phase' we're going to have words. Got it?"

"Yeah. I got it." Weiss said. As Yang got up and ready to head for the gym, Weiss asked another question. "Yang? Can you…can you keep this a secret for now? Until I'm sure?"

Yang smiled. "Course I can. I kept Ruby's secret. Still do, I don't talk about it with anyone unless she's told them. You're the only half-exception because I had a very good guess that she already told you." Weiss confirmed that suspicion and returned to her thoughts.

"Thanks Yang."

"No problem. But seriously, don't play games with Ruby. I'm cool with you being all cuddly friends and stuff because that's just how Ruby is, but if you take it further than that and then break her heart…well…let's just say I won't be happy."

"Understood."

"Alright then. See ya later Weiss." Yang walked out the door and left Weiss to her thinking.

Weiss pondered over the conversation they had just shared until she heard a rapping on her door.

"Weiss! You there? We gotta get going, class starts in an hour! Hurry up!" The voice of Ruby came through the door.

"Coming! Hold on!" Weiss called back, throwing on her clothes.

As the two of them walked to class, Ruby chattering on and on about something, Weiss smiled. She may not be sure of her deeper feelings yet, but she knew that Ruby made her happy. And on some level, she realized that she made Ruby happy. So she didn't resist as Ruby, without a break in step or concentration, reached out and grasped her hand.

The two girls walked this way to class and passed by a blonde and brunette couple walking by the grounds, and although they didn't notice, they were noticed by them.

Blake grinned. "Looks like they're getting on really well, huh?"

"Yeah. I guess so." Yang said. "Hey Blake?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you wanna go out sometime?"

Blake was at a loss for words. Did…did Yang just ask her out?

"A-are you…asking me out?" Blake stuttered out, not sure what to say.

"Yeah. I'm not blind you know. I can see the way you look at me, the funny look you get in your eyes. The way you act. I gotta be honest, I like you too. So what do you say? Date? This Saturday? Lunch?"

In response, Blake threw her arms around Yang and smiled happily. She hadn't been sure of her feelings until this moment, but as soon as the words 'go out' had come from Yang's mouth, Blake had never been more sure of something.

"I'd love to." She said quietly as Yang hugged her back.

Author's Note

And here we have a chapter full of squee.

Lots of focus on White Rose here, with SURPRISE BUMBLEBEE at the end. And yes, Blake was the girl Yang liked in high school. After growing up a bit and seeing Ruby so happy around Weiss, even if they were just friends, she realized what she was missing. So she decided 'Fuck it,' and asked Blake out.

We know that Blake was already having feelings towards Yang that she was unsure of, but Yang finally asking her just made it click.

I wanted to show a contrast between Ruby/Weiss and Blake/Yang. Ruby loves Weiss, and Weiss loves Ruby. But Weiss really isn't sure how deep those feelings run, and neither is willing to screw up the friendship by doing anything stupid. So they dance around the subject and are unwilling to really dive in.

Whereas Yang just flat out doesn't give a FUCK. She doesn't dance around anything; she just punches it into submission and tackles it head-on. Which is what happened here, and Blake is rather similar. Neither of them are fond of playing games, so when Yang gets straight to the point, it opens Blake's eyes and she realizes and accepts her true feelings.

One couple is inexperienced, overcautious, and altogether not-ready for a real relationship.

And the other couple just clicks. Both of these situations can happen IRL, and I wanted to showcase that. I think I did a pretty good job.

Anyway, please remember to review! I thrive on those little tidbits you throw at me, but for this chapter especially since I wrote it specifically to get some squee out of you guys.

As always, enjoy Chapter Six, and have a wonderful day.

Spike