It was a normal evening in Team RWBY's dorm. Ruby was scarfing down an unholy amount of cookies. Weiss was studying while keeping herself awake purely on coffee. Yang was being … Yang. And Blake was reading a book which Ruby recognized, "Ninjas Of Love".

Everything was peaceful until Ruby came to a sudden realization.

"I left my board game in the library!" Without warning, rose petals appeared out of thin air, and Ruby was nowhere to be found.

Weiss rolled her eyes and continued to study. "Dolt."

Being the forgetful person Ruby was, she started to worry if someone had stolen her favourite board game. The thought of losing it made her determined to run even faster.

But running at an even faster rate made it much harder to see where she was going.

"Ugh!" Ruby flinched from the impact of the cold ground. Raising her head, she saw a tanned girl with mint hair. "Sorry, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, just watch where you're going next time." The girl offered her hand to help the redhead stand up.

Brushing off the dust of her skirt, Ruby struggled to find the right words. "Uh … right, sorry." She eyed the boy beside the tanned girl. His skin was much fairer, and his hair was gray.

"Uh, I'm Ruby! You?"

"Emerald." She said before a moment of silence ensued. After no answer from her teammate, she nudged him roughly.

"Ugh," he grunted. "Mercury." He said before walking a few steps forward, as if he was ready to leave the conversation at any second.

The mint haired girl stepped aside, revealing a girl with darker hair and amber eyes.

"So … are you guys new?" Ruby said in her usual dorky manner.

"Visiting from Haven, actually." Her voice felt aggressive yet sounded soft. Something about her was alluring. Whether it was just her voice or the way her confidence was just radiating off of her, Ruby didn't know.

Mercury inwardly groaned, knowing Cinder would prolong the conversation more than it had to be. While Emerald just rolled her eyes like she usually did.

The smile the raven haired girl had was coquettish. Something Ruby had noticed almost immediately. She was incredibly attractive and even someone as inexperienced as Ruby could realize that.

Ruby knew something about her was…different, but to her, it just meant another friend she could make.

"Oh! You're here for the festival! But the exchange students have their own dormitory."

"I guess we just got turned around." Mercury said uninterested.

"Don't worry, happens all the time! Uh… Your building is just east of here!" The redhead responded, gesturing towards their dorm.

Emerald and Mercury wasted no time leaving Ruby behind with Cinder, as they had wanted no part in their little conversation.

"Thanks, I'll see you around," said Cinder, as she followed behind her teammates.

"Wait! I never got your name."

For a brief moment, Cinder turned back and slightly smiled.

"It's Cinder."

Cinder.

It was a beautiful name, for a beautiful girl. It kept ringing inside Ruby's mind, even after the raven haired girl had left.

She seemed so interesting to Ruby. The way her eyes burned with passion, the way she walked, the way she talked.

Ruby was so lost in her own thoughts that she had almost forgotten all about her board game.

Regaining composure, Ruby hurried off to the library, hoping it wouldn't close by the time she arrived.

Her mind wandered back to Cinder. Who was she? And why did she seem so … mysterious? It was something Ruby wanted to learn later on. Perhaps they could even become friends. Of course, not best friends. That was reserved for Weiss.

When she finally arrived, the lights were luckily still on. She made her way to the table that her team had occupied previously. Her board game was left there untouched.

Ruby picked up the box and ran back to her dorm. She'd already wasted quite a lot of time talking to the transfer students, and she didn't want her team to worry about her whereabouts.

"Ruby! Where have you been?" A familiar voice shouted.

"Weiss! I was uh … getting my board game. Remember?"

"Yes, Ruby, I remember. However, I don't think retrieving your board game is a reasonable excuse for your 30 minute absence. So what did you really do?"

"You see, I sorta met some transfer students from Haven and talked to them for a bit but I didn't think it would take that long and oh my god I'm so sorry that I made you guys worried I just lost track of time and-" Before Ruby could continue to ramble, Weiss put her finger on Ruby's lips, preventing her from speaking anymore.

"Just make sure this doesn't happen again," Weiss said, sighing.

Ruby nodded happily, "Where are Yang and Blake?"

"They went out looking for you. Though I doubt they're actually searching. S-so I guess it's just us now." Weiss uncharacteristically stuttered. Her face started to heat up by the second.

"Weiss, are you okay? Your face is red!" Ruby instinctively felt Weiss' forehead, deepening the red colour.

"I-I'm fine, Ruby."

"Are you sure? You're getting even redder. Maybe you should take a break from studying. And maybe we could sleep together!"

"What?!" Weiss was somehow even more flushed than before. Had her crush just proposed to sleep with her? How was she even supposed to respond to that?

"You know, share the same bed, we're partners after all."

"I don't know about this." Weiss was starting to get irritable, but out of embarrassment. There was still a question lingering in her thoughts. Should she sleep with Ruby?

"Please!" The pout Ruby had on was something Weiss wasn't able to resist. It was just too adorable for her.

Weiss sighed, giving in. "Okay, but just this once."

"Yay!" The redhead pumped her fists into the air, celebrating. She'd successfully gotten her best friend to sleep with her.

Ruby grabbed Weiss' wrist and lead her to the bed. Weiss hesitantly laid down first, then Ruby.

She wasn't sure if it was such a good idea to be sleeping with her crush. If anything, it would just make her crush on Ruby harder, which was not what she wanted. She knew Ruby could never love her in that way, heck she probably loved Crescent Rose more than Weiss.

After a few moments, Ruby snuggled closer to Weiss, and rested her hand on Weiss' waist. She was almost sure Ruby could hear her heartbeat by now. Their faces were mere inches away, and Ruby was wearing that grin even in her sleep. Weiss couldn't help but smile at the sight.

Weiss closed her eyes, ready to fall asleep at any moment. Maybe crushing on Ruby isn't so bad afterall.

"Ooh! Would you look at this! Blake, can you believe this?" A certain blonde entered the room.

"Yang, what are you doing?"

Yang pulled out her scroll and started to take pictures of the redhead and heiress. "Oh you know, blackmail material. I always knew they liked each other. I mean, have you seen the way Weiss looks at Ruby? It's … it's something, I'll tell you that. Like a lion ready to pounce on its prey. I just don't know if it'll work out between the two."

"How can you be so sure? You said they like each other."

"Yeah, but, I don't think Ruby likes Weiss in that way. She just thinks of her as a best friend. Nothing more, nothing less. And well, they are cute together, I'll give them that."

"We just have to hope for the best. Why don't we talk about this tomorrow, it's getting late."

"Okay, kitty."

"Please don't call me that."

"Okay, pus-" Before Yang finished her sentence, Blake pounced on her, pushing them both onto Blake's bed.