Ladybug Week Day 1: College AU
Ruby moves her right leg nervously, looking anxiously at the faunus on the other side of the table. After almost a whole month of writing and rewriting several times, she had finally finished the draft of the story for the Narratives and Stories subject, an optional part of her Game Development degree. There was no one better to analyze her writing than Blake. In addition to studying History, Blake was known for being an avid reader, as well as a sensible and critical thinker. There was also the small detail of Blake being Ruby's big crush…
“So…” The redhead speaks, breaking the silence. “What did you think?”
“It’s quite interesting.” Blake gives a gentle and sincere smile, passing her eyes one last time before putting down the papers and looking at the redhead. “I see you tried hard. It’s perfect, Ruby.”
“R-Really? Is it really good? It will be my first game project… I don’t want to embarrass myself…”
“Seriously… This is great, Ruby!” The faunus looks at Ruby sideways, smiling in a gentle and charming way.
“I-It's thanks to your help… Having a book worm like you as a beta reader is very useful. Your opinions are very important to me.” Ruby becomes very shy, looking away from the cafeteria table where the two were.
“There’s just one little thing…” Blake says, looking at the papers on the table. “I was thinking about this one character who is a beautiful rebellious and vigilante faunus, who likes to read… I think she sounds…" She looks directly into Ruby's eyes, giving a mischievous smile. "Familiar…"
The redhead's eyes widen, her face turning red. "I-I-I…" She looks away, getting nervous again, tucking an unruly strand of hair behind her ear. Ruby gives a nervous laugh. “O-Okay, you g-got me… I looked up to you.”
"It's ok. And by the way, I thought the nerdy protagonist who wears a red cape was really cute too…” Blake winks at Ruby, smiling wider.
Ruby looks at Blake for a while, gathering courage. “I-I was t-thinking…” The redhead swallows hard, cursing her stuttering and her heart beating fast. “What if- they were a couple… At the end of the story?”
Blake remains silent for a while, looking at the redhead, expressionless, leaving Ruby increasingly nervous and regretting having opened her mouth. Before she can apologize, Blake speaks. "That's a great idea, red…" Blake smiles shyly, putting her hand on Ruby's under the table. "Do you want to help with this part?”
Ruby feels her face burning, knowing she was blushing a lot. But she can't help but smile from ear to ear, lacing her fingers with Blake. "I definitely want to…"
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[Collab with @otterkitty. Check their post here]
Ladybug has always been my confort ship, so I was sad when we didn't had ladybug weeks in the past few years. I promised I would participate as soon as someone organized it again. And this year, this week became even more special, since I am doing a collab with the woman of my life, who I have been in love with as much time as I have been into rwby. I hope you like it!
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College Commando AU - part 4
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May had invited Weiss to coffee. That is, she invited her to grab coffee at the campus café, and then go somewhere so they could “talk.” Something made Weiss feel worried that this really was going to end up being a telling off. Weiss knew such an outcome would be fair, but it did terrify her a little. Then again, May could have told her off weeks ago, and instead she strung her along until a more personal conversation was ethically feasible. That had to mean this talk would end up somewhere positive, even if a bit of telling off was in order.
Weiss made sure to dress for the occasion, wearing her favorite white coat and matching skirt, along with black leggings and her winter boots (and panties, mind you). The snow was really starting to accumulate, crunching under her feet as she headed to the campus commons. It reminded her of home—in a good way, that is.
Just as she was about to enter the building, she saw May approaching, so she stopped and waited for her. You know, to be polite—and to admire her.
May wore a black beanie, a long navy blue coat, black tights and boots, with her bookbag slung over her shoulder. When she got closer, she noticed Weiss and smiled. “Hey there. ‘Sbeen a while, huh?”
Weiss smiled back. “It has.” She let out a sigh, making a white cloud in the cold air. “Longest three weeks ever.”
“Tell me about it.” May then opened the door to the commons and held it for her. Weiss curtsied before entering, which made May laugh.
Weiss found herself no longer worrying. May had started this little meet-up so casually, it put her at ease almost immediately. As they stood in the short line for coffee, Weiss asked how May’s end-of-semester work had gone.
“I finished it all, which I count as a success,” she said with a laugh. “I’m going to really enjoy these weeks off.”
Weiss glanced up at her. She looked cute in a beanie… “Which reminds me, earlier you mentioned wanting to ask about my plans for break.”
A smirk appeared on May’s face. “Let’s get coffee first, yeah?” And on cue, they were next in line.
“R-right!” Weiss stepped up to the counter with her. “I’ll have a medium iced caramel latte, please, with no whip.”
May spared her a quizzical glanced before ordering, “And I’ll get a small white mocha. Hot.” She then chuckled as she turned back to Weiss. “Iced, huh? While it’s snowing?”
Weiss shrugged. “I don’t mind the cold,” and before May could say another word, she had already produced her card and paid for them both.
May scoffed. “You didn’t have to do that.”
“I know, but I did,” Weiss said, a bit flirtatious about it. May just smiled and thanked her, so it was all very worth it.
Once they had their drinks, May seemed to have a place in mind for them sit, heading away from the main seating area of the commons.
“Where are we going?” Weiss asked.
“The grad assistant’s lounge,” May answered. “It’s more of a break room, actually. But I figure there won’t be anyone in there.” She smiled at Weiss. “Perfect for having a private conversation.”
Weiss had been mid-sip of her latte, and she had to steady herself lest she inhale her coffee. “Oh. Yes, that sounds nice.”
May just laughed at that. “Did I get your hopes up just now?”
Maybe a little, Weiss would have admitted, but she just looked down, feeling sheepish. At least May was joking with her. The teasing felt kind of nice, even…
The grad assistant’s lounge really did resemble a break room, just the kind that May had to use her student ID to access. There was a circular dining table, fridge, sink, microwave, and a couch next to a bookcase. And as May predicted, it was empty. “Alright,” she said, taking a seat at the table.
Weiss sat in the seat next to her, drumming her fingers on her cup. “So…”
“Confession time,” May began, and then chose now of all times to take a sip of her drink, for suspense, no doubt. She then set it down, wiped her upper lip, and sighed. “The last time I filled in for Dr. Hart, that lecture, what, three weeks ago?”
Weiss nodded. “Yeah?”
May grinned and shook her head, leaning back in her seat. “I definitely tried to hide it, but I saw.”
Weiss felt her face heat up. So there it was, her little exhibitionist routine really hadn’t gone unnoticed. “You saw that I wasn’t wearing…?”
May nodded, biting her lip. “Yeah.” She met Weiss’ eyes. “And that’s what you were going for, huh?”
The way May was being so direct about this really flustered Weiss. Again, she didn’t exactly hate it…but it was hard to not let the embarrassment overwhelm her a little. “I…yeah. I wanted you to see…”
May was grinning now, fidgeting with the cardboard sleeve on her coffee cup. “That’s certainly one flirting strategy I’ve never seen.”
Weiss managed a nervous smile. “Did the flirting strategy…work?”
May licked her lips and tilted her head, staring at her cup as she continued to fidget with it. “You said that this had been a long three weeks for you…” She nodded. “Same here.”
Weiss blinked and leaned forward. “Did…you miss me?”
May chuckled, and Weiss could have sworn she saw her blush. “It definitely took a lot of will power to wait until now to talk to you again.” She then looked up and met Weiss’ eyes. “You flashing me was, well, pretty crazy on your part. If I felt differently about all this I could have gotten you in trouble, you know.”
Weiss looked down and nodded. “I know, I know, I just…I was excited, and when you caught me the first time it felt embarrassing, but…” She stopped herself, not wanting to admit her whole thought process behind giving May an intentional upskirt view.
“You liked it, huh?” May asked, flashing a toothy grin. She looked so damn smug right now, it was hot. “And you were really hoping I liked it, too.”
Weiss nodded timidly. “And...did you?”
May closed her eyes and sighed. “Weiss, I haven’t done much else beyond study, eat, and sleep for four months straight. So when I looked up during those stupid lectures and got a view up at your butt not once, but twice?” She grinned. “That was pretty exciting.”
Weiss smiled. “Exciting?”
“I loved it,” May continued, still beaming. “Like, you come off as a very reserved, studious person, but when I saw you had pulled that…” She leaned forward, her elbows on the table. She rested her chin on her fist. “It made me really want to get to know you better.”
Weiss gasped. “Really?!”
May laughed. “Yeah! I mean…like I said, months of nothing but stress and boredom, and then you and your cute butt come along…” She bit her lip and looked to the side. “I’ll admit, I thought about that every day since.”
Weiss’ heart felt like it leapt out of her chest at that moment. May had thought about Weiss every day? Just like Weiss had thought about her? “W-wow…”
May looked back over at her. “Do you have a crush on me?”
Weiss felt a lump in her throat, but at the same time absolutely could not deny it. “Yes. A big one, honestly.”
May smiled and nodded. “Good. I like you, too.”
And just like that, simple question, simple answer, and the end of weeks of worry for Weiss. She leaned back in her seat, took a deep breath, and sighed. “You have no idea how happy that makes me to hear…”
May smiled, then reached over, offering her hand. “I know it kind of sucked how I had to leave you hanging until after finals, but…” She paused as Weiss took her hand. It was warm from holding her coffee. “Maybe now…sometime soon, I could make up for that?”
Weiss met May’s eyes, that warm smile making her feel so comfortable yet so ecstatic. “Like how?”
“I had an idea,” May said, rubbing her thumb over the back of Weiss’ hand. “It depends on if you had plans over winter break.”
Weiss shook her head. “I didn’t really have plans. I’m not going home, so I guess I would just stay on campus?”
May nodded. “Well, I was planning a roadtrip, actually. It was originally going to be a solo thing, but…”
Weiss’ eyes widened. A roadtrip, just her and May… “That sounds…a-awesome! I’d love to!”
“That being said…” May held up a finger. “There are things I’d want to clear up ahead of time. For one, we wouldn’t be staying in hotels much. We’d be sleeping in my van.”
“Ohh…” Sleeping in a van, or sleeping in, well, anything that wasn't a bed, was definitely not something Weiss was used to. But then again, it sounded almost romantic, living in such a small space with May… “I’d be up to try!”
“We could give it a test run sometime,” she offered with a shrug. “But another thing—I’m trans. I don’t know if you knew that.”
Weiss smiled. She already knew that, because on May's grad student profile on the university's website, her bio made that clear. “I did. I’ve seen your student profile.” She then blushed. “Not that I stalk your student profile...”
May snickered. “I mean, seems to me you might be a little obsessed with me, so not surprising.”
Weiss frowned. “Hey, I’m not obsessed, I just really like you!”
May leaned on her elbow again. “You’re so cute.”
Weiss almost doubled over, that praise landing on her like a punch. “Ooh…thank you.”
May laughed and sipped her coffee. “This is exactly what I was hoping for, getting to know you, getting to see your awkward dorky side.”
“What made you think I had an awkward dorky side?” Weiss asked with a laugh.
“I say this with utmost affection,” May began, “No one flashes their professor’s grad assistant as a pickup strategy without being at least a little bit of a weirdo.”
Weiss blinked, then sighed. “Oh gods, you’re right.”
“But that also makes you just my type,” May said with a smirk, and she stood from her seat, going to throw her coffee cup away.
Weiss giggled. "You like weirdos like me, how flattering."
May dropped her cup in the bin by the door, her back to Weiss. Then she kind of lingered there, as if thinking about something.
Weiss leaned to the side a bit, eying May curiously. "You okay?"
May just chuckled and spoke in a low voice. "I, uh, could show you my van. It's all set up, mattress and bedding in the back, curtains put up." As she was speaking, she seemed to be fidgeting with the front of her coat. "That way you'll have a little bit of a better idea of what you'd be dealing with on our roadtrip, if you choose to go."
"Oh, sure, totally!" She grabbed her drink and got to her feet, coming over to May. "I'm sure you've made it nice and cozy, huh?"
May smiled at her over her shoulder, still faced away, and Weiss noticed how red her face was. "But before that...uh..." She bit her lip, then took a breath.
"Hm?" Weiss stepped a little closer. May was acting odd, was she feeling okay?
May let out her breath with a huff, then turned around, and opened her coat slightly, just enough to show she was wearing nothing under it.
Weiss froze, her jaw dropped, and she stared. May was...topless under her coat this whole time...?
"Now we're even," May said quietly, looking off to the side and smiling. She then closed her coat and started buttoning it back up.
Weiss stood there, still stunned. Only once May had covered back up did she blink and snap out of her apparent trance. "Wow..."
May scoffed and laughed. "Oh look, we're both weirdos." She then offered her hand to Weiss as she opened the door.
Weiss took May's hand. She'd just seen her topless. She'd just seen her boobs. Because May flashed her... "Now we're even..." Weiss repeated under her breath as May led her out into the hall. "Wait."
"Huh?" May asked.
"We're not even," Weiss said, then grinned up at May. "I flashed you twice. So the tally is two-one, actually."
May blinked at her, then scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Ohh, you are shameless, Weiss Schnee."
That made Weiss giggle, and she instinctively stepped closer to May as they walked, their shoulders pressing together. "It's okay, just flash me again sometime, I'm patient," she said in a teasing tone.
May shook her head. "I'll see what I can do." She then spared Weiss a smile as they turned a corner, heading back towards the commons' dining area. They passed a few people here and there. Some of them smiled at them.
At the same time, they realized they were still holding hands, and they both quickly separated.
Weiss looked down and smiled. "Whoops."
"Yeah..." May said, and smiled over at Weiss just as she looked back up at her. May then blushed and walked ahead to get the door for her. "Here."
"Why, thank you, m'lady," Weiss said, doing another curtsy, which got another laugh out of May. Weiss grinned proudly as they both headed back out into the snow.
There weren't many people out here, so Weiss felt bold enough to take May's hand again. May squeezed hers in return. "It is pretty icy," May reasoned. "Best to hold onto each other."
Weiss nodded. "For safety."
"For safety," May agreed.
They tracked through the snow towards the parking lot, leaving a side-by-side trail of bootprints in their wake.
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