Causal or Formal?

There was many things a person could say about Weiss Schnee. Compliments and insults and other things of that sort of nature, but one could never say that she was 'late'. In fact, be it to a party or a roasting, Weiss Schnee was always on time, and that was if she took her time getting there!

So, to the marvelous and all important Coco Adel, Weiss not being here must mean one thing...

"Miss Adel? Why do you keep staring at your phone?" A tall, brunette rabbit faunus asked, her left ear a tad droopy while the other stood straight up. "I'm sure Miss Schnee will be here soon."

"You don't understand, Velvet! Weiss is never late! Her being so is like, a kid not smiling when they open a present! You know what this means?!" The other woman asked, moving her designer shades down her nose to look at her photographer. When she received a confused blink, she groaned. "It means that she must have been kidnaped and I'm waiting for the ransom note."

"Miss Adel..." Velvet started, closing and opening her mouth several times before she shook her head. "Miss Belladonna said that Miss Schnee recently got a girlfriend. Maybe they are with each other?"

"What?! Weiss has a girlfriend and didn't tell me?!" Coco yelled as she held a hand over her heart. "What betrayal is this?! How could she not tell me?!"

While the fashion forward woman was in a state of shock, Velvet sighed and let her long ears droop. Her boss was such a drama queen, but what was she to do? Coco Adel was known for her high fashion tastes as well as her...antics.

"Velvet! Are you listening?! I'm in the middle of a crisis and you've gone inside her own head! If I had a friend in such misery I would-"

"Will you shut up, Coco? I arrived two minutes ago, but somebody double parked their car in my spot." Weiss huffed, stomping up to the shocked woman and crossing her arms. She eyed the other up and down. Long legs, knee high boots, slimming black jeans that hugged her hips low, a cashmere sweater that showed off her bust, and a sheer scruff wrapped around her neck along with all her pearls.

Coco was high fashion yet a stunning classic, a type of style that looked good on anyone who had the body for it.

"Weiss! As short tempered as ever!" Coco smiled as she leaned down a bit to hug the other, the hug being returned by the shorter business owner. "I just heard that you got yourself a girlfriend and you didn't tell me?! I feel so hurt, Weiss!"

"I was waiting to show her off, however, we overslept and that is why I'm also late." Weiss stated calmly, but she could see the mischief in her friend's eyes and knew what was coming next. "No, we weren't having sex, before you go sprouting that nonsense."

"Ah, no fun." Coco huffed, crossing her arms underneath her large bust. "Well, where is she?"

"O-oh, well, she's taking a shower in my office to freshen up." Weiss stated, her cheeks holding a small bit of color to them as she glanced away at her smirking friend. "What? What are you going to say now?"

"Are you sure you two weren't-"

"No!" Weiss cried out, her cheeks burning now. Coco was laughing her ass off. It annoyed her that everyone instantly thought that she would just jump Ruby like that! Sure, she wanted to, but she had great self control! Far more then any of these people had, surely!

That doesn't stop her from dreaming and wanting though, but still.

Coco laughed as she saw her friend blush and deny her. It was typical Weiss, want but do not take. She was so prime and proper that it almost hurt. Weiss was the type of woman that prided herself on her dedication and her self-sacrificing nature to achieve success, it was a family trait it seemed.

A flash of red caught the shaded eyes of the designer and she instantly looked up to see a beautiful, new model! She was short, sure, but she had a great frame and her proportions were on point and her legs! They were long and tone! Those tight jeans hugged them like a skin, which seemed to bother the girl, but still.

"Who is that new model?!" Coco asked, eyeing her with a smirk. "Is she working our lines because wow do I have a few articles that would look great on her!"

Weiss turned to see Ruby fussing over her shirt that was sticking to her wet skin. She was wearing the clothes that she brought for her, a red t shirt that had a catchy saying on it and black jeans that hugged those legs of hers. Everything hugged her, really the shirt and the pants, but if a girl had curves and figure, why not show it off?

"Ruby! Come over here and stop stretching the material!" Weiss ordered, making the girl jump slightly before she walked over and sighed. "Coco, this is Ruby Rose, my girlfriend. Ruby, this is Coco Adel, a great friend of mine as well as my rival."

"Wait, what? Aren't rivals supposed to be all mean to each other? Mine are." Ruby asked, lifting an eyebrow as she looked at the two women.

"Well, even though Weiss and I are rivals, we're still friends. Hell, I was the one that helped her get into the business! Now we see who can book the most showings, that's all." Coco nearly purred as she eyed the short tagger again. "Ruby, was it? Are you excited to be modeling the new lines?"

"H-huh?! No, no! I'm not a model! I'm a free runner and tag artist! I-I don't do that model stuff!" Ruby squeaked as she shook her hands rapidly in front of her, making Coco blink and Weiss giggle.

"A what? What the hell is a free runner?" Coco asked, lifting a single eyebrow. "And what kind of rivals can that profession have?"

"O-oh, well, a free runner is kinda like a stunt person? But we don't work on movies and stuff? We kinda just...run around climbing, jumping over, and flipping off of stuff? But that's not where I have rivals! I'm also a tag artist, so some times I get bombed a lot if I get up so-"

"Wait, wait, wait. Too many terms, not enough explaining." Coco interrupted as she cocked a shapely hip and placed a hand upon it. "Look, I dunno what you just said, but I'm sure it has nothing to do with modeling!"

Weiss sighed before she put her hand on Ruby's shoulder to get her to close her mouth, then she looked up at the other designer and huffed. "Ruby is no model and her tagging and running is going to be playing a large part in this year's line, Coco."

"What do you mean!?" Ruby and Coco both gasped as they looked wide eyed to the smaller woman among them.

"I mean-" she drew out the word with a hiss, making both stunned women shut up and listen. "-that we're doing street fashion, but with class! We're going to be rocking hard looks with sassy undertones that'll make everyone wear their clothes with confidence and - as people on the street say- swag!"

Coco narrowed her eyebrows and racked her teeth against her bottom lip. It sounded like a good idea, sure, but how were they going to do that? Neither one of them ever grew up around that type of fashion nor used that type of fashion in their works so where were they going to get that type of experience?

"I know what you're thinking, Adel. We don't have that type of background, but don't worry! That is why we will be hitting the streets and alleyways under the guide of my wonderful, very street, girlfriend!" Weiss grinned as she presented a stun, chocking Ruby Rose.

"WHAT?!" The two shocked woman gasped in unison. "There's no way I can do that!"

"Yeah! There's no way I can 'guide' you two! Where they hell is our head at, Weiss!?" Ruby snorted as she flung her arms around. "You know what I like to do involves running from the police, right? You and Miss Stiletto here wouldn't be able to outrun a cold!"

"I could too, but that doesn't matter! What matters is that we get to experience we need to make this edgy line!" Weiss huffed as she placed her hands on her hips and glared at the chuckling runner. "Do not laugh! I'm serious! "

"You two act like this whole 'street thing' is just silly! People dress in what feels comfortable. That's 'street'." Ruby gave a shrug of her shoulders with a snort. "People have a favorite pair of pants, they have a preferred shirt, they have lucky socks. That's what people like." The two fashion designers looked at each other for a minute before they turned to look at the mellow woman with her hands in her pockets and a smile on her lips. "Heh, blew your minds, didn't I?"

"Ruby...you can say the smartest things sometimes." Weiss awed as she saw her girlfriend give her a dopy smile. "Yes, yes, you're cute, now shape up and get ready to show us around!"

The past hour had been really something for Ruby Rose and not in the best way either. Both Weiss and Coco had to stop every passerby to talk about fashion and clothes and colors and all Ruby could do was stare up at the sky or pray that they would quickly hurry up so she could go do something!

Sure, Weiss and this Coco was doing research for their line, but with all this talk the two weren't really getting any good feed back. The answers were shrugs and petty talk, no one really wanting to speak to strangers fussing over clothes while they were dressed to the nines. People were either too tired to deal with this type of crap in the morning or felt intimidated by the high fashion the girls wore.

It was time for lunch by the time the women decided to stop over by a small restaurant to grab a bite to eat. Weiss got a salad and a coffee while Coco ordered a double burger with large fries and a soda. Ruby laughed as she saw Coco take a huge bite out of this giant slab of meat, the woman even had a napkin tucked under her collar to protect her shirt.

Of course the tables were turned when Ruby took a bite out of her burger and got ketchup and grease on it, making Weiss blow up and Coco point and laugh. It was an easy atmosphere, the trio eating and talking- well Coco and Weiss were talking about the clothes they saw today while Ruby stole fries- until the pair sighed and admitted that they had really found nothing eye catching.

"I told you guys this wasn't a big deal." Ruby huffed as her hand was slapped away from the fries. "People just don't really care that much."

"Wrong!" Coco corrected as she gave the others a grin. "People care, they just don't have the money. Trust me, there's not many people that don't give a shit about how they look. Some feel shy and dress to hide, others are proud of how they look but just don't know how to dress to flaunt it. We need to pump some life in this neighborhood!"

"Right! That's the mission!" Weiss nodded as she finished her salad and coffee and pulled out a small sketch pad and a pencil. "We need something simple and easy to wear but it needs to look good too."

"And affordable." Ruby mumbled through a mouthful of food before she gulped it down with a root beer. "Most people aren't going to be willing to pay more then a few good bucks on a pair of jeans."

"Ha! Shows you! My line is doing wonderfully and I do not sell cheap!" Coco huffed as she puffed out her chest.

"You also sell to rich business folk and fail to reach other masses." Weiss pointed out, deflating the other who slumped with a hissing sigh. "We both have our own comfort zones, hopefully this line will throw us into new territory."

"Hey, can we go do something I want to do now? I mean, listening to you talk is great, Weiss, but a mortal can only hear an angel sing for so long before they are pulled by other temptations." Ruby said with a wiggle of her eyebrows, making the 'angel' groan and hide her blushing cheeks with her hands.

"Where did you pick that one up? Yang?" Weiss hissed at from behind her hands, making Coco perk up.

"Oh? You know Yang?" She asked, surprised to see the younger woman nod.

"Hey, she's my older sister after a-"

"No wonder I thought you were a model! Got it in the blood!" Coco interrupted as she slapped her knee. "I always thought you'd try for Yang, but damn! I didn't think you'd go for the younger sister!"

"Will you shut up!?" Weiss hissed, a vein throbbing from a temple as she tried her best not to outright scream at the laughing diva. "I swear I will jump across this table and strangle you to silence!"

Seeing that Coco wasn't going to be quite and Weiss really looked like she'd make her threat a quickly fulfilled promise, Ruby sighed and took a large gulp of her drink, the loud, slurping noise of the empty cup making both Weiss and Coco stop and look at her but Ruby was going to get her money's worth.

"Ruby, we were being loud but- could you just stop- ALRIGHT ALREADY! It's EMPTY! Just stop!" Weiss snarled as she snatched the cup, the smirk on the runner's lips told her that the girl did it on purpose.

"Good, now that that's over with," Ruby grinned as she gathered her trash and cleaned her area, "can we go play now?"

If Weiss knew that Ruby meant this, when she said 'play' then she would have said 'no'. She would have put a stop to this as fast as she could stomp out a pun from her sister! She would have shouted 'no' from the tallest building!

"Tagging is playing for you?" Coco asked, watching as the young adult sprayed color off to the side of her before working the wall with it. "Isn't this against the law or something?"

"If the owners let us tag it then it's fine." Ruby explained as she smiled at her work so far.

"And do we have permission, Ruby?" Weiss growled as she tapped her boot against the dirty street.

"Pfffft! No!" Ruby laughed as she shook another can of paint.

"Are you serious?! You got paint all over your clothes that I bought you and you're breaking the law on top of it?!" Weiss shouted as she threw her hands in the air as if the action would truly let her girlfriend know the depth of her anger.

Ruby was about to answer her when a siren rang out, making the tagger drop the can and take off like a bullet. Weiss and Coco took off too, running down the alleyway and trying to keep up with the jumping, flipping, tumbling runner.

"Why the fuck...are we...running?!" Coco panted as she struggled to run in her high stiletto boots.

"We're...guilty through...association!" Weiss panted out as she looked back to see the flashing lights flash and color the dirty brick walls. It struck her with a fear she never knew, after all, she knew and were friends with many of the officers in the city and the idea of having them place her in handcuffs and cart her off to jail was just...mortifying. It was that thought that kept her legs pumping despite the high heels that caused her feet to ache and her knees to burn along with her lungs.

How could Ruby do this and say it was fun?! This was torture! This was a beating on her body! Her joints were screaming at her and all she wanted to do was just-! A flash of red swung out in front of her, a strong hand grabbing her arm and pulling her and then Coco to the side of some building.

"What the hell do you think you're-!?"

"Shh! They'll hear us!" Ruby scolded as she pressed her body close to the wall and peeked around the corner before she let loose a deep breath. "What took you two so long! I could have ran home and back by the time you guys ran here!"

"Well excuse us if we're not some running fools!" Weiss hissed breathlessly. "How the hell have you not broken a sweat!?"

"I swear I'll start drinking a diet coke...I swear!" Coco panted heavily as she wiped the sweat from her brow. Her designer shades sliding from her nose before she took a deep breath and straightened her back, sliding the black shades into place before she turned to the two shorter woman. "You two are going to kill me, I swear!"

Weiss glared at her old friend before she began to try and straighten up her clothing and fix her looks before she began to do the same to Ruby. "This is the last time I go street seeing with you, Ruby Rose."

Ruby smiled as Weiss fussed over her, her slender fingers pressing and rubbing into spots like they just wanted to linger their for just a tad longer, but didn't want to make it too obvious. "We didn't get caught! That's a good date in my book!" The runner grinned as she placed her hands in her pockets. "You worry too much, you know? You gotta relax some more."

"FYI, Red, I wouldn't count 'running from cops' in the top five ways of relaxing." Coco snorted playfully, finding the cheeky grin cute. "Anyway, let's call it quits today. It's like, late afternoon-ish and I am dying to kick my feet up."

Ruby laughed as they moved out of the alleyways and made their way back into the streets. They chatted about silly things now, things like colors, artworks, and even movies- something that Ruby stuck her tongue out to with a bored huff.

It was during this time that the color splats caught the attention of the designer and not in the way that it did early, no, it made her eyes roam over the speckles of bright reds and mellow lime greens, of the cool blues and rich hues of royal purples. It was all so eye catching and fascinating, making the shirt have so much more character to it and more class then a tacky tie dye shirt.

"Ruby..."

"Yes, Weiss?" Ruby asked, both puzzled and concerned about the far off look in which she stared at her chest with. " Look, I know I should have worn a bra but-"

"What?! No! It's not about- you didn't wear a bra?!" Weiss barked as her hands cupped the mounds of her girlfriend's chest to see if she was telling the truth or not- she was, of course.

"Yeah, so just start groping her, Weiss. That's what normal people do when their lover says that they aren't wearing undergarments." Coco snickered as she watched Weiss throw her hands away from the chest of Ruby, her cheeks a flaming red.

"What I was going to say was that I have an idea for the line!" Weiss fought back, grinding her teeth as her friend laughed at her. "We can do clothing around street art, like Ruby's shirt and some other pieces of her work- are you listening to me!?"

"Of course, of course!" Coco laughed as she tried to fend off the now attacking Weiss Schnee. "Hey~! Lay off! I really am listening to you! It's a great idea, really!"

Weiss huffed as she took a step back, crossing her arms before lifting her chin up to look down at the other, or well that was the desired effect but the woman was too short. " Damn straight! Now, back to the warehouse!"

Ruby smiled softly as she watched Weiss storm off, heading back to work with Coco laughing in tow. She felt good- light hearted even- as she watched the girl march away. She felt like, maybe, that as Weiss worked to remove a burden from her heart she had removed one form the heiress' as well.

A/N: Hey all! Demeter here with the next installment! Longest chapter yet I'm sure! Well, for those asking about my kitties, I must say that I have lost two of my outside cats. I'm sure one is was just roaming around but...Well, besides that, I have also been blessed with four baby kittens who just opened their eyes three days ago and are all still wobbly in the knees! They are just so cute! Anyway, next time on Free Runner, We'll be seeing what Yang is up to and Ruby has got something on her back- and it's not just scars~ See you next time!