[A wonderful little drabble, written by my good friend and the best Ruby, @littleredscythe]
Three hours had passed, and Roman still hadn’t returned home. He had promised the little robbery would only take an hour at most, so where had the extra two hours come from?
Ruby Rose had been over visiting the red-haired criminal for one of their late night get-togethers. Having snuck out of Beacon to meet up with the fancily clad man and to spend time with him, the rosy girl was rather disappointed when she found three hours of that time had been lost due to Roman having forgotten about a last-minute robbery he had arranged for that very night. Having been promised he’d only take an hour at most, Ruby obediently waited for the man’s return as she sat upon the living room couch.
The longer she waited, the more impatient the rose themed girl became. Tapping her feet upon the floor, dangling upside-down off the couch, flicking through channel after channel of the television. She was bored without him. The more time passed by, the more the silver-eyed girl began to feel exhaustion take over her as her eyes began to grow heavy. A yawn slipped past her rosy lips which caused Ruby to scowl childishly. “No! You can’t get sleepy now! Roman’s gonna be back soon, you can’t fall asleep!” she reminded herself, giving her face a light slap with her hands, before she resumed to lay back and wait.
It wasn’t long after one o’ clock in the morning that the click of the door echoed through the house, signalling the rosebud that Roman was finally back home.
“Red? You still here?” Roman’s voice called out to Ruby as she slipped his shoes off in the front hall and continued to hang up his smart white coat upon the coat hanger. “Sorry that took longer than expected! I’d like to say things went smoothly, but the guys went a little overboard at the mention of the police from the shop owner! Had to sort a few things sorted out, but I got there~” he chuckled softly, however green eyes began to search the house for any signs of the little rose. Little did Roman know that Ruby was now in the mood for some mischief.
With a speedy dash, Ruby appeared from nowhere as she rushed up and over towards Roman, a cheeky grin upon her face as she grew closer towards the taller man. With Roman’s back pressed against the wall, Ruby was able to put her plan into action. Standing in front of him, the rosy huntress slapped her hands upon the wall on either side of Roman, trapping him from moving anywhere.
“Hah! Bet you didn’t see that one c-…” Ruby Rose finally opened her eyes, only to be met with the sight of Roman’s shirt just below his shoulders. Puffing her cheeks out with a childish pout forming upon her lips, the embarrassed rose trudged back off into the living room, but not before she turned around to make eye contact with the criminal. “Stay there okay? Don’t move, I’ll be right back!”
Roman, a little more stunned and confused than anything, did as he was told, for once. He stood in the hallway with his back to the wall, one foot tapping upon the carpeted floor as he awaited for the rosebud to return. A few short moments later, and Ruby had returned with a stool in her hands. The small girl placed the stool down in front of Roman just by his feet, before she grunted softly as she clambered up onto it, causing her to grow in height a little more. Now Ruby and Roman were face to face, silver eyes meeting vivid viridian as the dark haired girl placed her hands back upon the wall on either side of Roman’s head.
“Little Red, I must say this isn’t exactly the kind of greeting I was expecting from you tonight!” the red-haired criminal spoke with a chuckle as he wore a devious grin upon his lips. “So what have you got up your sleeves now?” This stunned the rosebud as her silver eyes widened. Now? What now? Ruby hadn’t thought this far ahead. An embarrassed flush of pink appeared upon her cheeks as a sheepish chuckle slipped past her lips. “I-I uh… I don’t really know… I didn’t really plan this far ahead~” Ruby admitted with a laugh, before she was silenced as Roman slowly snaked an arm around her waist to pull her in a little closer. His free hand rose up to hold the rosy girl's chin gently in between his thumb and forefinger as his eyes never left the other’s. “I’m sure you can think of something~” he whispered, before the confident huntress moved in closer, connecting their lips to silence her lover.
