AN: Writing is hard. I've had the vast majority of this written for quite a while now and I am sorry that it took so long to post. In the future I will never post without having the entire story written out(Something I practiced and liked with the Frozen crossover). A lot will seem rushed or a little out of place in this and, once again, I apologize but I am going to tentatively mark this as complete with the possibility of adding more in the future. My mind has sort of wandered onto other story ideas and I hope to come back to this at some point. I hope you enjoy the story and, as always, let me know what you think(outside of the things I mentioned above). Thank you for reading and your patience, trust me when I say I have been hurt by my fair share of FF not being completed before and didn't want to do that to others. Also, it was a message from a fellow FF writer that made me realize I should do something instead of letting the story languish. I highly encourage you to check out NobleMETA, their stories are great and have this strange tendency of being completed and updated regularly.


Okay Jaune, you can do this. All you have to do is walk up to her and say some words. You've done it before and you can do it again. But I've never asked her out before. This is so different. Shut up, don't psyche yourself out. Pyrrha is the nicest girl you've ever met and even when she says no, it will be in a way that won't make your heart feel too broken. Wait, when? I mean if. Definitely an "if" kind of situation. Now just go and do it.

Jaune's thoughts warred in his mind as he sat on the edge of the school's courtyard fountain. He had been waging this war for nearly ten minutes while observing, in a totally not creepy way, the object of his affection. Asking should have been easy. Pyrrha had been part of Jaune's group of friends for a while now and the two of them were together constantly. But the idea of him, Jaune Arc, dating the track star known nationwide seemed so insane at times that he could write a T.V movie about it.

"Maybe I should just forget about her…" he muttered aloud. Jaune's feeling of dejection only seemed to grow with time as doubts crept deeper and deeper into his confidence.

"…yeaaahhhh, maybe I should." A girl's voice spoke next to him and Jaune began swinging his arms in to avoid falling into the water behind him. He had been so focused on the beautiful red head that he had not noticed that anyone had been next to him.

Regaining his composure, and any dignity that could be scrapped together, Jaune turned to the girl and was shocked to see Ruby sitting only three feet from him. He was about to speak when the look on her face drew his attention. Ruby seemed to be deep in thought as she stared ahead towards the school buildings.

Jaune followed her line of sight only to have a look of confusion develop on his face as his eyes came to rest on Weiss Schnee. He quickly looked back to his friend, then back to the cold-hearted heiress and then back to his friend to confirm the object of such deep thought. The look on Ruby's face told him everything he needed to know, having just wiped the look from his own and Jaune could not suppress his own surprise as he blurted out "You like Weiss!?"

It was Ruby's turn to jump now, though she was able to avoid the water without any feats of acrobatic balance. She turned to Jaune as she leapt up, putting her hands to his mouth and whispering "SHHHHHH!"

"MHMBY, HMHES MHMBERT ERR." Jaune attempted to say through her hand.

"What?" Ruby asked, confused but still not moving her hand from his face.

Jaune gently lifted her hands away before trying again.

"I said, Ruby, she is way over there." Jaune still couldn't believe what he had seen or Ruby's reaction and had to ask "How can you like that ice queen?"

A deep blush developed on Ruby's face as she looked towards the ground, embarrassed.

"W-well, it just sort of…happened." Ruby whispered to the ground "I know she can be a little mean sometimes and act cold. But, it's just Weiss' way of keeping people from getting too close. I'm not sure why she does it but I'm gonna find out. Besides, even when she does seem to be mean to me, it's only because she cares and wants me to live up to my potential. I mean, I'm pretty sure that I'm the closest friend that she's ever had and us meeting again has got to be destiny or something. "

Jaune stared as he processed what Ruby had said. Weiss being so hard on Ruby all of the time didn't seem to be a very "caring" thing to him. He doubted that Weiss was capable of actually caring about anyone. Not to mention…wait. "Did you say 'meet again'?"

"Yup!" Ruby answered, finally looking up and seeming to be back to her usual energetic self. "We hung out one summer when we were kids." Her smile fell suddenly as she continued "I don't think she remembers though…"

"Hmhm," Jaune sounded as he thought over how to word what he wanted to say "So you're telling me that you have a crush on a girl that you knew for a couple months years ago and who is a total biiii-mean person most of the time because she isn't REALLY mean and you think that meeting her again is destiny?" He couldn't hide his incredulity as he asked, but Jaune was worried for Ruby. Nothing good could come from loving a girl who would never return your feelings. Projecting much, he thought as the words left his mouth.

"That isn't what I said." Ruby defended quietly "…Is it?"

"I just don't want you to get hurt, Ruby." Jaune told her honestly. They had been friends for so long and Ruby was like a sister to him. Not to mention beating up someone who broke her heart would be more of a Yang thing than his, especially if it's a girl.

Sadness and longing returned to the girl's face as she turned back to see Weiss still talking to a professor that Ruby had yet to meet. "I won't get hurt Jaune. I know that Weiss would never like me that way so I'm not going to bother trying."

"That's no attitude to have either!" Jaune blurted without even thinking "You can't just let fear stop you from doing something that could potentially make you so happy."

"But, isn't that what you were telling me to do, like five seconds ago?" Ruby asked with a glint of mischief now in her eye.

"Well, yeah but," Jaune paused as he sensed where Ruby was going with this "You're a lot more clever than people give you credit for, Ruby Rose." She had been leading him to his own answer all along and Jaune had to admit that it had worked. He couldn't just let an opportunity like Pyrhha pass him by.

"I think you know what to do now." Ruby leaned in to speak behind her hand while pointing towards Pyrhha with the other. She had left whatever group she had been part of and was moving towards the dorms.

"I have to catch up to her!" Jaune panicked and began to run towards his crush. He turned around to say "Thanks Ru-mmmff" A sudden impact knocked him down and Jaune was on the ground before he knew what happened. He opened his mouth to apologize when it was beaten by a shrill voice.

"You have GOT to be kidding me!" the all too familiar voice shouted from an equal level on the ground. Her objection was running through Jaune's mind as well as he peaked pass the agitated Weiss to see Pyrhha growing more distant. "Do you make it a habit of endangering the health of others or am I some sort of special case in your idiotic rampage of clumsiness?"

Jaune stood up, barely hearing the words being thrown at him as he proceeded on his way. He managed to mumble sorry and something about not having the time as he began to run. Weiss would get over it, Jaune figured, besides it wasn't like he was one-hundred percent sorry anyway.

"Why, of all the no-good, rude, idiotic things that…" Weiss began to rant to herself but stopped as an open hand appeared in front of her face. She redirected her gaze to see a nervously smiling Ruby looking down at her. Taking her offer, Weiss returned to the land of the upright still fuming internally at what she considered to be an atrocity occurring to her.

"I know you're probably really mad Weiss." Ruby tried to placate her "But Jaune is just in a hurry to finally ask out Pyrrha and got a little excited is all."

Weiss could only stare back at the brunette as she struggled to put the words together in her mind. Jaune? Pyrrha? Ask out? The circle peg refused to enter the square hole as she stood there with Ruby waiting for a response. "Impossible." She finally managed "Someone like Pyrrha does not date someone like Jaune."

Ruby turned to face the, hopefully, future couple as Jaune nervously rubbed the back of his head with one hand and motioned wildly with his other. "Aw come on Weiss, it's like some sort of movie where the geek gets the girl and everyone lives happily ever after."

"Life is not a movie Ruby." Was her response as she turned to walk away "It's unfair and full of unhappy endings. "

Ruby opened her mouth to speak but couldn't find the words as Weiss began to walk away. Closing her mouth, resigned, Ruby followed.


The chicken was far too dry, Weiss observed silently to herself as she listened to Ruby in the background of her mind. Her friend may be sweet, optimistic, funny and more interesting than anyone Weiss had ever met; but Ruby's ability to talk about absolutely nothing of consequence for extended periods of time had led the heiress to develop the ability to filter it out until something important was said. Weiss could vaguely tell that Ruby was still on the subject of which cookie she favored – simple chocolate chip, like Weiss hadn't learned that already.

"Oh, hey guys!" Ruby's word snapped Weiss out of her internal monologue and she looked over to where Ruby was staring. Approaching the table the pair had been eating at were Jaune and two others that Weiss didn't recognize. Doing her best not to sigh at the interlopers, Weiss adopted what she hoped was a welcoming smile as Ruby invited the group to sit with them.

Accepting her invitation, the four sat down and turned their attention to Weiss. Unsure of what to do, she stared back and waited for some sort of cue. Really, do they expect me to do a trick? She thought as their staring continued.

"So, you're Weiss huh?" the girl with short, orange hair asked while leaning in to absorb every detail. Weiss only nodded in response but the girl seemed to take it as encouragement to continue. "Well, I'm Nora and this is Ren and you already met Jaune. He's the one that told us all about you and how you're a mega b-mmmpphhh"

"Beauty!" Jaune managed while holding his hand over Nora's mouth "I told them how you're a mega beauty." His awkward smile only made the lie more obvious but Weiss chose to ignore it.

"It's very nice to meet you all." Weiss spoke, remembering her manners and not wanting to antagonize Ruby's other friends. Even if they were rude, inconsiderate and and in at least one case - clumsy.

Their curiosity seemingly satisfied, the four went about eating their dinner and began a conversation with Ruby. Weiss had never been a people person and wasn't feeling particularly open to the idea of changing that tonight. Not wanting to leave without Ruby though, she simply retreated back into herself and half-listened as the others talked.

"Ruby, you're doing it again." Weiss said without thinking about it as she observed her roommate wiping her mouth with the sleeve of her shirt. Such corrections had become second nature to Weiss as the two had begun spending more and more time together.

"Oh, sorry Weiss." Ruby muttered, slightly embarrassed as she picked up her napkin. Neither of them noticed the strange looks from their dinner mates and conversation began again.

Ruby would look great in a dress, Weiss thought to herself as the thought of manners caused her mind to drift to related subjects. In a nice restaurant, with candles and dinner, Weiss could picture Ruby perfectly. No heels though, she corrected her vision to bring Ruby back down to her height. Perfect.

"Weiss, do you want to go?"

Her daydream blurred as she struggled to enjoy her romantic dinner with Ruby.

"Hello? Weiss…?" Ruby's voice finally cut through and Weiss looked at the others sitting with them. She must have been deeper in thought than she imagined.

"Sorry." Weiss apologized "I must have let my thoughts wander." She hadn't meant to make it obvious that she wasn't listening and Weiss was slightly upset at her own foolishness.

"Must have been someplace nice huh?" Nora asked, becoming more and more of an annoyance to Weiss. "Judging by that smile anyway."

Weiss shook her head slightly as if to erase the smile and looked directly at Nora to tell her "Do be quiet." Not exactly the "shut up" that Weiss had wanted to say but she had been raised a certain way and her brain would simply not allow the words to come out.

"I'm just saying." Nora egged.

"Well stop." Weiss stated firmly while doing her best to prevent a blush from forming. She wasn't sure where that daydream had come from or why she was so embarrassed over it so the safest reaction was to hide it for now.

"Anyway," Ruby cut in to defuse a potential standoff "I was asking if you wanted to go to Forever Fall tonight with everyone?" Ruby was referring to a bar and lounge that University students frequented. Weiss had gone alone once to see what the talk was about but left within thirty-minutes, disgusted with the drunken idiots trying to hit on her.

"We can't." Weiss responded immediately "You have a test tomorrow and we need to study more tonight." For such a clearly intelligent girl, Ruby still struggled with any sort of math and Weiss refused to let her fail herself.

"But Weiss…" Ruby complained as her face started to form into her secret weapon. Weiss could not allow it to reach its final form and quickly cut her off.

"No buts, Ruby." She sounded more stern than intended but the company of Ruby's friends was making her more uncomfortable as Weiss felt them judging her. "We are studying tonight and you will not go out and…and cavort about town like a hooligan."

"Cavort?" one of the three asked aloud.

"Like a hooligan." Said another.

"You're not her mother Schnee." Weiss laughed a little on the inside as Jaune berated her, finding it funny that people always used her family name as an insult. If they only knew how true that was. "Ruby can come with us if she wants."

"No, Jaune. Weiss is right." Ruby said in her defense. "We really do need to study." Despite her words, Ruby looked heartbroken to not go out with her other friends. Weiss' heart broke in return but she refused to let Ruby make poor choices. Besides, she didn't need other friends. If she had other friends then Ruby would just leave and forget about her like before. Weiss couldn't imagine going back to the way things had been.

"Stop jumping to her defense Ruby." Jaune shot back, uncharacteristically angry "All she does is correct you and order you around. Weiss isn't your friend Ruby, you're more like a pet to her."

"I have Ruby's best interests at heart you clumsy fool!" Weiss shouted, standing up "It's you who want to hold your so called "friend" back and drag her out to some stupid bar." She was offended that anyone would question her friendship to Ruby. All that Weiss had been able to think about lately was the dolt, and this idiot would dare say that she didn't care?

"I just wanted to take her out from the cage you've put her in lately." Jaune spoke, arms crossed "We don't even see her away from you anymore. It's like you're some brat who refuses to share her toys."

"How dare you…!" Weiss fumed "I am not a brat, you insolent little commoner!" The words left her mouth and Weiss immediately wished that she could just grab them from the air and shove them back in. She sounded like a complete snobbish brat and Weiss knew it.

"See?" he said, now looking to Ruby "She's still the selfish brat from before, nothing's changed and she'll just leave you again." Jaune looked resigned, as if he had tried telling Ruby this before and Weiss didn't understand.

"What are you talking about?" Weiss asked but then turned to Ruby "You…you remember our summer together?" She dreaded the answer, if Ruby had been aware then why had she pretended otherwise? Was it some sort of trick? What reason could she possibly have?

The girl in question looked scared and on the verge of tears as she answered back "Yeah, I remember. I have for a while now." Ruby looked as if she would rather be anywhere but there and Weiss could relate.

Damn it! Weiss scolded herself as she fought tears. Ruby was supposed to know the nice me that she makes. Not the Schnee that's inside. Scenarios ran through Weiss' mind as she thought about Ruby leaving her alone. "Why?" she asked through the tumult of thoughts.

Understanding, Ruby answered "I thought you didn't….I didn't know what else to do. We were having so much fun together and hanging out all of the time. You would smile and I didn't want to ruin it with memories from the past or remember how you left me that summer…" Ruby seemed to withdraw more at this statement. "Our time here has been so great, but the moment anything comes up that Weiss Schnees doesn't approve of, you turn into this cold person…"

"I left you?" Weiss asked astounded "I-I.." she stammered as she struggled over what to say. They were making a scene in the cafeteria and others were beginning to watch. The smug look on Jaune's face only served to increase her misery and Weiss turned to leave. She had too much to think about and concentrating was impossible in there. Weiss made more excuses for leaving as she ran to the dorm, failing to keep the hurt inside.

Once in the room, Weiss stopped and stood still. She had never made a scene like that. Weiss Schnee did not let her emotions control her. Then who did that just now she asked herself.

The door slammed open, though Weiss didn't turn around. She knew who it was.

"Weiss?" Ruby asked as she caught her breath "I'm sorry I didn't say anything before. And I'm sorry for what I did say." Weiss didn't respond and Ruby burst out "Please just talk to me! Why does that summer upset you so much? You're the one who left with your stupid rich family. Why does that make you like this?"

"Because I left and you moved on!" Weiss shouted through the tears she was now failing to hide "I never forgot that summer. I never forgot you. But after I left you went on to live your happy, carefree life without me while I just grew more and more miserable without you."

Ruby was at a loss for words now as she slowly raised her arms but proceeded to lower them again, unsure if Weiss would accept her comfort. She had forgotten the Weiss from that summer, but so much had happened after that Weiss would understand….if she ever got the chance to explain.

"My mother died and my father became this distant figure who still managed to control every aspect of my life! I couldn't choose my own friends or studies or hobbies. I couldn't go anywhere without his approval." Weiss turned from Ruby now and faced out the window, not wanting to show her shameful tears. "And worst of all I let it change me…" her voiced drifted and lowered to a whisper "I became this vacuous bitch who couldn't trust anyone. All anyone around me wanted was the power and money I would have one day, no one cared about me for me. The more I realized this the colder I became. But you know what Ruby?"

Ruby slowly made her way behind Weiss, unsure of what to say. When Weiss didn't continue she settled on "What?" It came out as a croak though as Ruby tried to contain her own emotions. How could anyone not treat Weiss with the love she deserved? What kind of monster of a father would allow his daughter to grow up in such a cold world? Ruby found herself torn between sadness for Weiss and rage towards her father.

"I always thought about our summer together when it got particularly bad. How we would just run and talk and do whatever we felt like. It was the happiest time in my entire life and you managed to forget all about it….and me."

"Weiss I…"

"No. Let me finish." Weiss cut her off, still staring out the window and taking a moment before continuing "I wasn't even that mad when I realized this. I mean, sure I was sad for a moment but then I thought that maybe this was for the best. Maybe you wouldn't like what I had become…maybe it was better if we were just strangers." A shiver traveled up Weiss' spine. "But then you became my roommate and that was no longer a possibility. I tried avoiding you and pushing you away, and then when that didn't work I thought that we could rekindle our friendship. For a while I was happy with this, it was like old times again."

"So what changed?" Ruby ventured as Weiss let out a pent up sigh. Her voice was quiet, as if she were afraid that a loud noise would shatter the scene.

"I began to want more." Weiss stated, an angry tone entering her voice "Do you know why I get so offended when people call me a bitch or cold or whatever else? It's because I know that it's all true and I hate myself for it. I had….I had a great friend and the first ounce of happiness I've experienced in such a long time but was I content? No. I became jealous whenever you would talk to another person or hang out with them. I began to snap at the person who brought this happiness into my life all because I was a selfish, spoiled brat who could never be happy with what she had." Weiss stopped speaking now, crying silently towards the window with her arms wrapped around herself. There, she said it. Weiss had thought this would make her feel better, like some form of catharsis, but she only wanted to crawl into a hole somewhere and never come out. God, had she really just admitted all of that?

"What do you mean more, Weiss?" Ruby sounded confused, but Weiss could sense the sadness. She really was an overly empathetic dolt.

"I love you Ruby." Weiss stated, her self-hatred and sadness masking any possible embarrassment "I love you and I don't deserve you at all. You were right, I really am the cold person who everyone says I am– all because I want them to feel what I do and I'm too scared to let anyone in."

Ruby couldn't herself back any longer; she lunged forward and wrapped her arms around Weiss from behind. "I was wrong." she cried as she buried her face into her love's shoulder "I was angry and stupid and I didn't mean any of it, Weiss. You have to believe me!"

"I do Ruby." Weiss said quietly, not reacting at all to Ruby's embrace "I know you didn't mean it because I have never met a more kind or less malicious person. But just because you didn't mean it doesn't make it any less true."

Ruby couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Weiss, you have to stop thinking like this! You deserve to be happy as much as everyone else. You are not just some rich girl in an empty world. You bring real happiness into the lives of others and I couldn't imagine my life without you."

Weiss didn't respond to this, her eyes seemed empty as they continually stared out the window.

"Do I deserve to be happy Weiss?" Ruby asked, not letting go of Weiss' form.

Hesitation, then a quiet "….of course." escapes Weiss' lips.

"Would you take that happiness away from me Weiss?" Ruby followed up "Would you do something that would make me miserable for the rest of my life?"

"NO!" this time her response came instantly and her eyes lit up in panic "I would never Ruby!"

"Good" Ruby spoke into Weiss' ear "Because I love you too Weiss Schnee and if you ever left me that is exactly what you would be doing."

Weiss turned her head to face towards the girl she cherished more than anything "Ruby I…"

Her next words never came out as Ruby pressed her lips to Weiss' own. There was no thriving passion or raging fire with the kiss, only love. Weiss had never felt anything so amazing in her life. It was right. It was easy. It made her feel….content. That was the word, she felt like she didn't ever need anything else besides this kiss, this one moment. If only it could last forever. It didn't.

Ruby slowly pulled back from her lips, silver eyes meeting light-blue. Tears still glistened in both as they stared, silent until Weiss began to speak.

"Ruby, I…"

"Shh." It was Ruby's turn to cut her off "I think we both need some rest after today, let's just go to bed. We can talk more in the morning."

Weiss didn't want to risk ruining this moment like she did everything else and simply nodded. The two came apart and they both felt the cold immediately from their loss. Minutes passed as they changed into their night clothes and Weiss was moving towards her bed when Ruby's soft grip took hold of her hand. Looking over, Weiss saw Ruby motioning towards her own bed with obvious intentions.

A small blush crept up on Weiss' face as she followed Ruby to the bed and the two settled down into each other's embrace once more.

"I love you Weiss Schnee." Ruby repeated her words from earlier.

Weiss already felt sleep taking hold but managed to reply "I love you too Ruby. More than you'll ever know." With that she was gone and Ruby was left staring at her sleeping princess. She cherished the sight but could only fight her own sleep for so long. They could deal with everything in the morning. Ruby was certain that they could overcome anything as long as they were together.


Thanks for reading and I'm sorry for the rushed/out of place feel. I wanted to complete this story as I don't want to leave it hanging with only the possibility of more. But hey! Now there's room for reader imagination :). I feel really disappointed in myself as I feel there is more potential here than I was able to realize and I hope to come back and add/change more. For now though, I am marking this complete until I get the magic back in regards to this particular story.