Monday afternoon.

Weiss cycled as quickly as possible to The White Stag on the off chance that Ruby would drop in today. She normally didn't go this fast, but she had to admit, she loved the feeling of the wind in her hair, which she had to tie lower to compensate for her helmet, and the ground blurring beneath her.

Gotta get there early, gotta see Ruby, gotta get there early, gotta see Ruby, gotta ge-

"What the-"

Weiss broke off as she rounded a blind corner, crashed into another cyclist, and fell to the ground. Both bikes toppled over with a harsh scraping sound of metal on concrete. Weiss shakily got to her feet. She'd grazed her leg, and maybe her cheek, but other than that, she was okay. She brushed dust off her work clothes and glared at the other cyclist, a tall blonde teenager, male, with an unbuttoned white shirt and...abs.

"Y-you dunce! Watch where you're going!" she snapped, cursing silently as she noticed the chain on her bike was broken. I'll have to walk now.

"Hey, hey! I'm not to blame - you sped around that corner! Like, really fast!" His hands were raised, his voice indignant.

Weiss narrowed her eyes. "Look, I have somewhere to be, and I don't want to waste any more time on you, you degenerate."

"It's Sun, actually," he said mildly.

"I don't care."

As she walked away, pulling the bicycle alongside her, she realised she hadn't snapped at someone like that since Ruby turned up. Usually it was a pretty regular thing.

Huh. Blake had a point. Maybe...

And then it started to rain. Weiss sighed, wishing she had a hood to draw over her head. Or an umbrella. But preferably a bright red hood. She sighed, and held one arm up in front of her face. There was no point rushing now. She wouldn't be late, but she certainly wouldn't be early either. Coco and Fox would get there before her.

She looked down at her white shirt and saw a little bit of red on it. She frowned. Blood? She raised one hand and pulled it across one cheek. When she looked at it again, it had blood on it too. She must look like an absolute mess. Hopefully she'd be able to get cleaned up before Ruby got there. Her cheek stung, but it was nothing. Still, there was certainly no way she could work while she looked like she'd just dropped in from the zombie apocalypse.

She leant her bike against the side of the building, then went in through the back. Coco and Fox were getting ready to take over from whoever worked during the day. She explained to the pair it was just a fall, then went to the bathroom to clean up her face.

As she's guessed, it wasn't that bad - just a little red mark on her cheekbone, once she'd washed it. She grabbed a couple of paper towels and pressed them on to stop the small amount of bleeding that was still going on. She tapped her foot impatiently, wondering whether she should put a bandaid or something on it, but decided against doing so - it would probably look worse than it was if there was padding all over it.

"Hey, Weiss?"

Weiss looked up as Coco poked her head around the door. "Yeah?"

"You sure you're good?"

"I'm fine. Just going to wait until it stops bleeding."

"Sure. Well, we're taking over for our shift in 15 minutes, but Fox and I have it covered."

"Thanks."

"No problem. Just try to be out there soon."

"Sure."

As Coco left, she took away the paper towel, folded it over, pressed it on the graze again, then checked for any more blood. There wasn't much. I'll give it another five minutes.

Eventually, the bleeding stopped, and she came out. She checked her watch - it was just past four o'clock. She wouldn't have missed Ruby, assuming she was coming. If she had to get here from Signal Academy, The White Stag was a good half hour drive away.

The earlier part of the afternoon passed pretty uneventfully. The had to use her slightly broken German to try and get someone called Ludwig's order, but other than that, everything was normal.

About an hour later, Ruby came in. She was soaking wet, her hood pulled over her head. Her eyes immediately brightened when she saw Weiss. "Hi!"

Fox was already at the counter, so Weiss let him take her order. "Rose tea with milk?" he said, frowning. Weiss quickly explained she knew what Ruby meant, so he let her do it.

"Take away or eat in?"

"I'll have it here."

Weiss nodded, then went to the box of tea. She frowned as she saw a slip of paper in it.

'Go get her. I believe in you. Etc, etc, etc. ~Blake'

Weiss grinned.

Ruby took her usual place by the window. Weiss lingered around the counter for a while the rose tea brewed, blushing madly. She clenched one hand into a fist.

That's it. I have to tell her.

She bit her lip, tried to stop her hands from shaking, relatively unsuccessfully, then poured in the milk, and put the teacup carefully on the tray. Ruby was looking hopefully over her. Weiss nodded and strode towards her, praying she wouldn't drop the cup.

"There you go."

"Thanks."

Weiss froze, her heart thudding painfully hard, her neck burning. How exactly was she meant to do this? Did she just... say it? Or should she... no, she wasn't going to leave it now. She but her tongue, her mind racing.

"R-ruby?"

"Hm?"

She took a deep breath. "I...I like you. A lot. More than I should. More than society thinks I should. More than you...probably think I should."

Ruby's eyes lit up. "You mean..."

"Yeah. Like that. I just...thought you should know."

"I..." Ruby trailed off, lost for words.

"You don't have to come back here, if it makes you uncomfortable." Weiss said flatly, prepared for rejection, turning away. "I just...thought you should know."

"Not come back?! Weiss, I could kiss you!" Ruby was beaming now. She leapt out of her chair and wrapped her arms around Weiss, burying her face in her shoulder.

Weiss turned bright red. "Y-you could?!"

"Oh, thank God! I thought I would have to say it!"

"Wait - you..."

"You didn't know? I thought it was obvious. You were obvious."

Weiss stiffened. "What?! You knew all this time?! Wha-what tipped you off?!"

"You only charged me 3.50. You blushed, like, all the time. You said it was cold in the middle of Summer. You-"

"Okay, okay, I get it..."

"That's why I kept coming back," she added quietly. "But I wasn't sure. I was scared you'd think it was weird..."

"No, no! After all, I...you know..."

Weiss suddenly became aware that people were staring at them. Coco and Fox looked faintly amused - Fox even handed over a small wad of notes to Coco, looking considerably ticked off. Weiss frowned. Have they been...betting about us? What has Blake said?!

Ruby seemed to notice too, so she took Weiss's hand, and murmured, "I'll come back on Saturday."

Weiss felt tears prick her eyes. This was real. This was actually real.

"...I'd like that."

Hello, readers! Wow, I was seriously surprised at how quickly people started to find my stuff. This was so different to Wattpad...

Anyways, there is a second work that goes alongside this one which is ready for you guys, on my profile - Bright Lights and Bumblebee! It's about Blake and Yang's chance encounter, mentioned in Chapter Two!

Both of these closely linked works also have a sequel, Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens ^^ I reccommend reading both White Rose Tea, and Bright Lights and Bumblebee first, however.

Thanks for reading! :3