A/N: Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope you lovelies are having a wonderful weekend. I decided to actually write something for this holiday for once, so here's some White Rose for you~
Edit 2/20/15: Fixed stuff and changed the ending.
Edit 1/20/16: Grammar fixes.
Ruby wandered down the halls of her dormitory, listening to the music playing through her headphones and whistling along to the tune. It would be a while until her next class would start, so she figured she could spend the free time exploring the dorm for a while.
As she meandered into the spacious den shared among those residing in the dorm rooms, a certain scent caught her attention. It wasn't just any odor, but a particular smell that she would recognize just about anywhere.
Sniffing the air she followed her nose until it led her to a small table. On top of it rested a few magazines and decorations, but what really stood out was the small white box wrapped with a pink ribbon. Ruby usually wasn't the type to poke into other people's things, but her curiosity won out over her sense of decency.
Ruby prodded at the ribbon, her imagination making her wary if it was actually a time bomb disguised as a pretty gift box. She knew it was silly because that scent could only belong to one thing.
She noticed a small folded tag tied on one loop of the ribbon, and without hesitation she unfolded it. On the inside it was pretty much blank except for the words "Happy Valentine's Day".
Ruby perked up at the sight. "This must be a gift for everyone from someone in the dorm." She thought. Thus, with that in mind, she felt no shame for tugging at the ribbon and opening the box.
Ruby's mouth nearly watered at the savory treats that she knew awaited her inside. Over two dozen chocolate chip cookies lay neatly inside the container, their scent and still melted chocolate making them look all the more delectable.
Ruby glanced around the area before returning her gaze to the treats, a voracious gleam in her eyes. "Nobody will mind if I take a few…"
Ruby sat down on a sofa and began to scarf down the box of cookies, and instead of stopping at the first dozen like she intended, she ate all there was in the box. Ruby felt satisfied with the snacks, leaning back against the sofa to relax. However her cheery atmosphere was interrupted by a loud shrill voice.
"What do you think you are doing?!"
Weiss knew she should have been more careful with it. She knew she should have kept a better eye on it. How would she know that in her rush she was going to forget it in the den area?
She honestly couldn't believe her eyes when she discovered a mussed up brunette haired girl, dressed in baggy jeans and an oversized red hoodie, with chocolate smudged on her lips. She caught her red handed in the act of eating her box of cookies she had just made for her home economics class that day.
Weiss stomped over to the girl and snatched the box out from her hands, leaving the girl gaping speechless. If the shock at finding the girl eating her cookies wasn't enough, it was the fact that she had eaten all two dozen of them.
"I can't believe this. There's nothing left. Nothing at all." Weiss stood there staring at the empty box in her hands. She would have stood there for longer if the girl hadn't cleared her throat and waved a hand to get her attention.
"Um, hey. Uh, sorry for, uh, eating all of them. I guess I could've saved some for you to eat too." The girl said sheepishly while rubbing the back of her head.
Weiss could only stare at her with disbelief. "You dunce." She said evenly. "This was my assignment."
Any other time Weiss would have enjoyed seeing the girl's slow dawning of realization quickly shift to horror, but today was not one of those days.
The other girl went into a bit of a panic as she suddenly stood up and began to profusely apologize to Weiss. "Oh gosh! I'm such a dummy. I'm really, really sorry! I thought it was a gift someone left for everyone in the dorm to eat. I didn't realize it was actually someone's class assignment."
Weiss raised her hand to stop the girl's rambling, having heard enough. "Alright, alright. It doesn't matter now." She said with a heavy sigh. "I don't have time to make another two batches in an hour."
The girl looked like a kicked puppy for a moment, and Weiss was almost tempted to reassure her.
Suddenly she perked up and looked at her expectantly. "Do you still have some ingredients left over?" She said. This caught Weiss off guard. "Umm yes, I do. There's not enough to make two batches though." She added sternly.
The girl didn't seem bothered by this. "Make as much as you can then meet me at the room labelled Rose/Valkyrie in about…" She paused to look at a watch on her wrist. "25 minutes." The girl was about to dash off but Weiss managed to grab the sleeve of her hoodie. "Wait, where is that and which one are you?"
The girl smiled, "It's the one at the far end of this hall, right after the left bend. And I'm Rose by the way. Ruby Rose." Ruby then slipped from Weiss' grasp and zoomed off down the halls before she could get another word out.
"Ruby Rose." Weiss murmured to herself as she went over the strange encounter in her head again. "Ah. I have to hurry."
Weiss rushed off towards her own dorm. Once there she immediately set to work on baking more cookies, getting as much as she could from whatever ingredients she had left without botching its quality. Thirty minutes had passed by the time she finished. Putting what she had in her box she quickly went and found the room designated as Rose/Valkyrie and knocked.
Ruby had just finished gathering her batch of cookies in a bag when she heard the knocks. She was relieved to hear them, having worried that the white-haired girl she had met bailed out on her.
She rushed over to the door and opened it right when the girl was going to knock again, resulting in her hand making contact with the forehead.
"Ow, ow, ow!" Ruby held her head in her hands as she pranced away from the doorway.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" The girl entered and fretted over Ruby, who now sat on the floor.
"Nah. It's okay. I've had worse hits." Ruby removed her hands and smiled up at her. "See? No problem." The girl seemed placated by this, and Ruby was glad to see her smile a little.
"I swear. You've given more to worry about than my puppy ever did." The girl said with a chuckle.
"Hey! I'm not like a puppy." Ruby said with a pout. This elicited another giggle from her and Ruby smiled once more. "By the way, I never got your name."
"Oh. How rude of me." The girl said slightly embarrassed. "My name is Weiss Schnee. Please, just call me Weiss."
"Weiss Schnee...Huh. That's sounds really cool." Weiss smiled at her again. Ruby figured she really liked Weiss' smiles.
"Thank you, Ruby. Here, let me help you up." Weiss offered her free hand and Ruby was glad to take it.
Right then a loud commotion was heard from outside the door and another girl came barging in. "Ruby, I got those cookies you wanted! Where do you want 'em? Oh. Am I interrupting something?" A short ginger-haired girl stood in the doorway looking curiously at the scene before her.
Ruby laughed at her friend and at Weiss' startled reaction to the sudden intrusion. "Thanks Nora, just put them on the table over there. And no, you weren't interrupting anything."
"Okie-dokie then." Nora said cheerily as she skipped over to the table and gently placed a large bag filled with chocolate chip cookies on it. "Okay, so I got some from Ren, some from Blake, and some from your sister. I hope it's enough."
"Thanks Nora, it's more than enough." Ruby finally took Weiss' offered hand and stood up, keeping hold of the girl's hand as she led her over to the table. "What do you think Weiss? Is this enough?" Ruby said as she looked back at her expectantly.
For a second time that day Weiss couldn't believe what she was seeing. "You- You did all of this just for me?" She said incredulously. Ruby nodded. "Yeah! I felt really bad about ruining your project, assignment, uh, thing, and thought I'd make it up to you by gathering some friends to bake you some cookies. We really should be thanking Nora though, she had to run around and ask everybody to bake cookies out of the blue."
Nora had been watching the two knowingly, raising her hands and backing away slowly towards the door. "Oh, no need to thank me. Just helping out a friend. Now if you'll excuse me I just remembered that Ren wanted me for something. Later!" Nora zipped out of the room, closing the door behind her when she did.
"Huh. That's weird for her to be so modest like that. Oh well." Ruby said with a shrug before turning back to Weiss. "So, is this enough?"
Weiss looked at the cookies then back at Ruby. "Is it enough? It's more than enough." Weiss said excitedly.
Ruby grinned at her enthusiasm. "I'm glad. I hope this means you'll get a good grade then."
Ruby had forgotten she was still holding onto Weiss' hand, but the other girl had not. She pulled on her hand and brought Ruby into an embrace. "Ohhh! Thank you so much!" Ruby could only continue to grin goofily even after Weiss pulled out of the hug. "I can't believe you would do something like this for a complete stranger."
Ruby snapped out of her daydream and looked at Weiss with warm smile. "Well, it is Valentine's Day and it would be a bummer to ruin it for you. Besides, what better way to say 'Sorry for being a glutton and eating your assignment' than this?" Ruby said with a laugh.
"Imagine what would happen if I had to tell my instructor that another student ate my homework rather than the dog." Weiss joked.
"Oh man, that would be priceless. Of course I'll be there to back you up if you did have to do that."
Weiss smiled at the genuine kindness Ruby displayed. Her eyes then trailed over to a clock in the room, reminding her it was almost time for her class.
"Oh goodness, I better go. My class is about to start soon." Weiss hurried over to grab the small bag of cookies, leaving the larger one alone. "Hey what about this one?" Ruby asked as she pointed to it.
Weiss faced her, pausing a moment in thought before answering.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to come over here after class and share it with everyone. I think my instructor would be quite suspicious at an amount of treats like that." Weiss said with a chuckle.
"That sounds cool. I can give everybody a message and we can all hang out when we classes are over for the day." Ruby already had her cellphone out and began typing out the message.
"Alright then, I look forward to meeting everyone, and I hope you and I can get to know each other more." Weiss said as she headed out of the room.
Ruby was smiling when she sent the text to everyone, her eyes lingering on the bag of cookies.
"I hope so too."