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Ruby
"Blake? Why am I here?" I asked. She'd insisted that I come vist her and Yang at their apartment, but she'd been pretty tight-lipped about why.
"It'll just be a minute," she said, leading me to one of the inner rooms. "And Ruby?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry."
And that's when I saw who she'd been leading me to. The absolute last person in the world I wanted to see.
Summer Rose. My mom.
I looked behind me, and saw that Yang was standing in front of the door now, with her arms crossed. I'd seen her like this before. It would take a landslide to move her before she decided she was ready to move. My only choices were to go along with whatever they were planning, or take my chances with the window.
Blake and Yang's apartment was on the fifth floor. I didn't really like my chances with the window.
I slumped down in the chair opposite m- Summer. At least she didn't look much happier about this than I did.
"Look, Ruby," Blake started. "We've been tiptoing around this for long enough, and it's time for it to end. We need you to tell us why you're so upset with Summer."
"Isn't it -obvious-?!" How could they not see how wrong this was?
"No, Ruby, it really isn't." Blake sighed. "I'm not saying that you're wrong to feel the way you do. Or that you're right. Just that we don't understand. We're not asking you to forgive her, or anything like that. Just to explain."
And then she headed for the door.
"... Where are you going?"
She looked a little sheepish. "Well, I said 'we', but... this seems like it might be more of an immediate-family type of thing. If you want me to know, you can tell me later, or have Yang tell me." And then she left.
I don't know how long we all sat there in silence. I would have expected one of them to start pressing me long before this. Probably Yang. But she didn't even look impatient. She was just standing there, waiting.
It looked like I was going to have to make the first move.
"She's torn our family apart!"
"Is that all?" Yang asked.
"All?!"
"Ruby. You moved out over a year ago. Longer for me. I've seen mom -and- dad more since the divorce than I had in the last six -months-. The only people who are more apart because of mom divorcing dad are mom and dad." Then Yang came over and hugged me. "Come on, Rubes, you can tell me. There's got to be more to it."
I really didn't want to tell her. It felt like if I said it, it might make all my fears come true.
But I didn't see any other way out of this.
"Me and Weiss... we're like soulmates, you know? And..." I paused.
Then m- Summer spoke up for the first time since I'd come into the room. "I thought you valued your relationship with Weiss more than that."
I whipped my head over and glared at her. How -dare- she-
"What you and Weiss have, it's really beautiful, you know?"
It is remarkably difficult to stay angry at someone when they've just started complimenting you.
"You're not made for each other. No one is. But you and Weiss bring something out in each other, and you work so hard to make each other happy. That's so much better than being 'soulmates'."
I didn't want to feel good about what she was saying. But I still felt a bit warm inside, hearing someone affirm our relationship like that. "But you and dad... you have that too, right?"
Summer sighed. "We did. But people change. Some people grow closer together over the years... and some people grow apart. There was just too much of a difference in what we wanted out of life. Sometimes it's better to break apart while you can still be friends, still remember the good times -as- good, before they can be tainted by resentment.
Sometimes it's better to- no!
Yang wasn't holding me as tightly now, and I was able to slip from her arms and run out.
"Well, we tried," I heard Yang say behind me.
I saw Blake on my way out of the apartment. I couldn't tell if she had been listening in or not. She just looked worried.
She didn't try to stop me.
Summer
"I shouldn't be doing this," I said wistfully. But I didn't take my hand away from Weiss's face. "You're Ruby's girlfriend, after all. But... Ruby already hates me for getting a divorce. What's one thing more?"
Weiss laid a shaking hand on my forearm, and I could tell exactly what effect I was having on her. It was turning me on even more.
"Oh, so you agree?" I whispered. "You want to make all those fantasies of yours a reality?"
The noises Weiss was making now were so cute. "That's, that's not a funny joke," she stammered out.
I leaned forward until my face was almost pressed against Weiss's. She looked like she just wanted to eat me up.
"Who said I was joking?" I asked. I shook my chest a little, smirking a bit at the way Weiss's eyes followed the motion. "I think that you are more than cute enough to be a good lover. And big enough." I reached down and rested my hand against Weiss's crotch, and she twitched against me. Oh yes. This would feel -incredible- inside me.
"N-no. I- I have Ruby." But that's not saying you don't want me. Not that I'd believe it, with how hard you are.
"Who would you rather be with right now?" I asked, as I pulled Weiss closer and started fondling her ass. "Her, or me?"
"God! Oh, god." Weiss said, desire thick in her voice. "You! I want you, I want you right now!"
"Good girl," I said, before immediately wrapping myself around Weiss and pulling her into a kiss. Her lips were so soft, and it had been so long since I had been kissed like this. I let my eyes slip shut...
"What you and Weiss have, it's really beautiful, you know?"
My eyes went wide.
I just barely made it to the bathroom before I started heaving.