Author's Note

Hello again everybody. Nobody has actually said anything yet, but I know you're there from the views.

This here will be a collection of ficlets, again RWBY. Each will usually feature either Ruby or Weiss, perhaps both, and often featuring their relationship in a romantic manner. Some however may just feature one of them without mention of the other at all. Other characters will also likely make minor appearances, although at the moment, only Blake and Adam are known.

Each of these individual stories are not necessarily related to each other. Some may take place in the same world, and directly reference each other, or my previous one-shot. Others will be obviously contradictory to existing stories. I will leave it up to each of you as to which fics fit with what.

EDIT (29/07/13): Typo corrections, and note, this was written waaaay before Yang was released. I probably would've preferred to use her rather than Blake in this chapter otherwise. Oh well, this just means I can write a different chapter where Ruby actually tells Yang what happened. Also, disregard the above paragraph as I have since decided that these stories do in fact belong together and am trying to make them not contradict.

EDIT (12/08/13): More typo corrections. Adding chronological order of chapters below. I will update it from time to time.

Current chronological order of chapters is: 2, 12, 8, 3, 11, 1, 10, 5, 14, 7, 6, 9, CS, 4, 13.

Title: Strawberry Kisses

Characters: Weiss, Ruby, Blake.

Genre: Romance, Friendship.

Summary: Weiss goes to meet Ruby who wishes to tell her something. Ruby meanwhile is barely able to contain her panic at the thought of her planned confession.

Weiss was rather confused as she walked towards her destination. Blake had come by earlier and told her that Ruby wanted to speak to her about something and to meet her by the edge of the forest after lunch. When she had asked what it was about, the raven haired girl had merely smiled in a somewhat mischievous manner before running off without an answer.

She let out a sigh, a little disgruntled at the odd behaviour of her friends, but was complying as she had no reason to do otherwise. At least it's a nice day out, Weiss thought to herself. Spring was in full bloom and many of the trees were starting to flower making a rather colourful backdrop. Weiss had chosen to wear something other than her standard attire for once, having earlier slipped into a pale blue sundress and a pair of rather fancy white sandals.

Raising a hand to her brow Weiss narrowed her eyes against the sun, spotting Ruby's familiar red cloaked form in the distance. Despite her annoyance at being dragged out here without explanation Weiss felt a smile quickly grow on her face. Ruby was her first and closest friend, the first person to make Weiss appreciate the world. Weiss would often feel a warm and happy feeling spread through her body when thinking about Ruby, it was unfamiliar, but nice. She thought it had to do with their friendship, but the feeling wasn't the same with their other friends, she just chalked it up to her being closer to Ruby than the others.

Walking up she noted that Ruby did not seem to sense her approach which was unusual. Ruby sat at the base of a large rock, leaning her back against it as her head was tilted upwards into the treetops. Although she was wearing a black blouse and shorts today, her familiar red cloak was still easily recognizable. Weiss approached from the side, walking until she was only a short distance away from the reason she was out here. Still unnoticed she spoke out a greeting.

"Hello Ruby," Weiss said somewhat teasingly to the normally more observant Ruby. Weiss's hands were held behind her back as she cocked her head to the side with her ponytail dangling below. Her upper body leaned into Ruby's field of vision.

"Ah, Weiss!" Visibly startled, Ruby let out an exclamation of surprise as she had pushed herself to the other side in a quick movement. Pushing herself into a standing position Ruby asks, "What are you doing out here?"

"You were the one who had Blake tell me to meet you out here," Weiss stated with a frown still leaning forward with her hands clasped behind her.

"O-oh yeah. That's right," Ruby stammered out nervously with a chuckle as she rubbed the back of her head. "T-there was something I wanted to say..." trailing off nervously Ruby fidgeted a bit, rubbing her hands together.

Weiss was still frowning as she returned her body to a more straightened position. It was unusual for Ruby to be so nervous, she wasn't the type to let most things bother her. "Is there something wrong Ruby?" Weiss questioned as her voice took on a more concerned tone.

"Nothing like that," Ruby replied averting her eyes. Ruby hated how nervous she was right now, and her inability to get out what she wanted to say. She thought back to her conversation yesterday with Blake.

"You should just tell her how you feel," Blake sighed leaning back onto her arms behind her as she sat on the edge of her bed.

"But it's not that simple!" Ruby insisted from beside her. "What if she hates me? Or finds me disgusting? It could ruin our friendship forever," she continued rather pessimistically. "I can't do this."

Ruby had come over to Blake's quarters for advice as she didn't know who else she could turn to with this. Although she would normally ask Weiss for help, in this case Weiss happened to be the problem she had on her mind. Blake and Ruby actually went way back, and Blake was the only one who knew about her feelings for the white haired girl, so really, she was the only choice. So far however, Blake failed to come up with any solution other than the obvious, and Ruby couldn't bring herself to follow it.

"Ruby.." Blake started as she grabbed Ruby's hands in her own with soft eyes. "You know you have to tell her. Weiss won't hate you, or be disgusted. You're her best friend, she could never hate you."

"But that's just it! She's my friend, and I'm supposed to be her best friend. What kind of friend am I, thinking about her in such a way." The despair in Ruby's voice grew with every word, seemingly on the verge of tears. "I don't even know if she likes girls in that way, and even if she doesn't hate me, it'll be awkward. Things would never be the same."

With a deep sigh Blake enveloped the panicking girl in a hug. "Weiss has never shown any interest in boys either Ruby. The only person she's shown any great affection towards is you, and you know it," Blake assured as she stroked Ruby's back in a comforting manner. "You can't ignore this forever, it's tearing you apart. You have to tell her."

Thus that had led to here, Ruby fidgeting nervously as Weiss looked on, worried about her friend. Glancing up Ruby couldn't help but note how beautiful Weiss looked today, not to say that she wasn't any less stunning on any other day. Ruby had always liked Weiss's hair, so white and pristine it reminded her of the snow that her friend's family was named for. Her skin was likewise a pale porcelain, just like a delicate fragile doll, although Ruby knew that Weiss was far from delicate in a fight. A frown was currently held on Weiss's face, but Ruby thought the expression was cute on her. Right now though, she was primarily captivated by her piercing blue eyes which were sparkling in concern for here at this moment.

Ruby snapped straight with a realization that she had been staring and that Weiss was still awaiting an explanation. "Weiss, we're friends right...?" Ruby again trailed off as she started chewing on her lower lip.

"Of course," Weiss answered, still confused at Ruby's behaviour. "You're my best friend."

"Best friends," Ruby stated. "Weiss...I-" cutting off with a swallow, Ruby gathered the courage to continue. "I like you Weiss. I like you a lot. A-as more, than just friends." She tried to end on a strong note, attempting to project more confidence than she felt, but failing miserably.

"More than just friends?" Weiss started off rather puzzled. "What do you mean as more than just fr-" This time it was Weiss's turn to cut off as she suddenly understood the confession in a sudden shock. "O-oh. Oh my." Quite flustered, Weiss' cheeks reddened rather taken aback. She looked down to the side with her bangs covering her eyes as she tried to take in the revelation and process how she felt about it.

"Y-yeah," Ruby again stuttered out, her false bravado once more shattered. The two stood there a moment in awkward silence before Ruby sighed and turned around. "This was stupid of me," she muttered to herself, but still audible enough for Weiss to pick it up. Raising her head, back still turned to Weiss she said "I'm sorry about this Weiss, I knew there was no way you could feel the same about me. I think I should be going now, you d-don't have to see me again if you don't want to." Ruby's voice cracked as she tried to say her parting words to Weiss, barely restraining the sting she felt in her eyes.

As she took a step forward, Ruby felt a hand grasp one of her own. Turning around she immediately felt her other hand grasped as well. Weiss's face was still downturned as she whispered. "You big dummy."

As she lifted her head Weiss leaned her head forward towards the other girl's. Ruby's eyes widened in shock and she froze as stiff as a statue when she felt a soft pair of lips on her own. After a moment Weiss pulled back with a nervous look to her face and a massive blush, letting go of Ruby's hands to copy the other girl's previous habit of fidgeting with her hands.

With a grin as she blinked back happy tears Ruby encircled both her hands around Weiss and practically swept her off her feet. Weiss barely had time to let out an eep of surprise before Ruby's lips were upon her in a deep kiss. After a time that felt all too short to the pair, they had to pull back for air. Ruby gazed into Weiss's eyes as she gazed back in turn. Both noticed the blushes the other was sporting. Ruby's previous grin was now threatening to split her face in half as tears of happiness gathered at the corners of her eyes. Weiss however had a smaller rather embarrassed smile, happy but still a little confused from the rather rapid series of events.

The two stood there a moment after Ruby set Weiss back upon the ground. No words were spoken, the couple simply held each other in their embrace as they basked in the afterglow.

Moments later as their senses finally returned the two of them heard a series of clicking sounds coming from the side. Turning their heads to look, they saw Blake's upper body poking out from behind a tree with a camera held to her face. Ruby squawked in surprise as Weiss merely brought her hands to her face in mortification.

Unwrapping her hands from Weiss Ruby dashed towards Blake angrily shouting. "Give me that! How long have you been there!?" Blake however had already turned and started running, laughing madly the whole time. Somehow Ruby couldn't help but blame herself. Blake used to be such a nice girl. She's spent too much time around me. Ruby groused to herself.

EDIT (29/07/13): I used the word "dummy" because I had a bit of a different character in mind for Weiss when this was originally written, way before ep.2. I was thinking perhaps more of a naive sheltered rich girl rather than whatever she is now, so I went for a more cutesy sort of word rather than just using "idiot".