Birthday Surprise

It's a beautiful day outside, there's no denying that. The sun is shining bright, every single student, from Beacon or not, is beaming with excitement. The Vytal Festival tournament is in full swing, and matches are as energetic as ever. But it's early in the morning. Obviously there's nothing spontaneous about teenagers waking up for the day.

Ruby, leader of the illustrious team RWBY, slowly begins to open her eyes. She lets out a cute yawn as she lifts her back off her bed. She rubs her eyes as her mind becomes aware of what's around her. Then it clues it. Her silver eyes shine as a memory shoots to the front of the line. Ruby jumps off her bed, throwing her hand in the air.

"IT'S (Y/N)'s BIR- gow!"

As she jumps from her bed she smacks the ceiling, forcing the young Huntress-in-Training right to the ground with a solid THUD.

"Awww whyyyyyy," she moans.

But, she won't let this hold her back. Ruby pushes herself to her feet, making sure no ceiling will prevent her plans. She looks around her room and notices that none of her teammates are here.

"Ha, perfect. They must be getting everything ready," Ruby gasps, coming to a realization. "I need to get ready!"

Ruby darts to her bathroom, then quickly comes back to the main room, grabs her usual attire, and zooms back to the bathroom – leaving rose petals fluttering around her room as the wind from the window makes them dance.

Everything needs to be perfect today, for today is your birthday! Ruby's been planning for weeks, getting everyone she knows to help her out and meet for the final surprise. Her team, JNPR, CFVY, SSSN, your old friends team ORKD, and even some of the other students like Emerald to come along. Somehow, with help, she convinced Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, Qrow, and even Winter to show up. Winter was likely the most difficult, and without the help of Weiss, it wouldn't have happened. Still, she's glad that all her plans have come together to give you the best birthday she can.

Once showered and dressed, Ruby dashes out of her room and through the building. She passes by a few students, easily weaving through them, and she spots her destination: your room. She grinds herself to a halt once she makes it there and takes a breather. She checks her clothes, making sure everything is tidy, then knocks. After a moment, Dylan opens the door.

"I'm going to take a wild guess and say you're looking for Slater?" Dylan predicts, a soft smile on his face.

Ruby nods.

"Yep. Is he here?"

Dylan shakes his head in response.

"Oh... well, where is he?"

Dylan thinks for a moment, then chuckles.

"I believe his words before he left was 'I can't take this oppression any longer. The world shall know my pain.'"

Ruby blinks twice with a blank stare.

"What?"

Dylan laughs.

"I'm not sure myself, but I assume he's still around campus. He's just mad because I won the bet."

Ruby doesn't hear the last part, but only that you're still around.

"Alright, I'll go find him. Be ready for tonight!" Ruby shouts as she runs to the outer door.

Dylan scratches his head, then shrugs before closing the door.

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You lie underneath a tree in complete peace. You can hear the birds singing, people talking, and the cool breeze of nature. Your hands are behind your head, clasped between the grass and your head. Your leg is resting on the other, balancing your sword on the tip of your foot. You let out a huff, completely relaxed. It's a good thing you can relax this way, especially after your battles.

But instantly you feel something appear beside you, creating its own wind that hits you. You open one eye and glance beside you, seeing a Ruby who's smiling as wide as she can as she lays on her side, supporting her head with her hand. Ruby slowly breaks into a small giggle, causing you to smile. You kick your leg up, sending your sword flying in the air. Immediately after Ruby slips right beside you, pushing your bodies right against each other. You wrap your arm around her and pull her close, then place a gentle kiss on her forehead.

This has become the normal for you over time. It's been months since you started dating the red hooded girl, and it's been an... interesting three months. But you couldn't be happier, and neither could she. It was interesting to see Qrow and Yang's reaction to it though, but in the end everything seemed to end pretty well. Over the course of the relationship she's gotten bolder, which is evident right now. She used to be nervous holding your hand in public, and now she enjoys getting the occasional kiss in.

"Hey Little Red. You sleep well?" You ask.

Ruby cuddles as close as she can to you.

"Of course I did. I'm surprised you're up this time."

"Hey, I can wake myself up! Besides, I lost a bet with Dylan anyway, so I had to leave."

Ruby looks up at you.

"I heard from Dylan about that. What was this bet?"

You smile and shake your head.

"Nothing important. He just now gets to use the room for... something. I think he's bringing someone to his room, but I'm not sure. I swear he's dating someone," you rant.

Ruby stares at you with confusion. You're not showing any signs of excitement, intrigue, or... anything! She'd think you'd be different one your birthday, but no. You haven't even brought it up. Maybe you don't like the fact that you're another year older than her, or just older in general. Her uncle is like that too.

But she has something she must accomplish today. She needs to keep you distracted so everyone can finish the main gala, the big surprise! Luckily, with the help of Weiss, she's planned a few things to do today in the meantime. They were all her ideas, of course, and she knows you'll love them. Well, she'll love them too. She may have included a few things just for her. Maybe. BUT YOU'LL ENJOY IT ANYWAY.

Ruby smiles cutely at you, masking her inner thoughts. You're not paying too much attention to her with your eyes, though.

"So, maaaaybe we should go?" She slips in, proud of her expert transition.

You look down at her with intrigue.

"Oh? Got somewhere in particular you want to go? I suppoooose hanging out with you isn't the worst thing I could do," you joke, smirking.

Ruby pouts at you, but quickly dispels it.

"I have a few places in mind, if my loving boyfriend would be willing to come with me."

You shrug and lift yourself up.

"You're catching onto my sarcasm, and I don't like it. But, let's go. How do you want to get to Vale?"

"Well," she says, extending the word as she looks over at the docks. "There's a ship leaving soon. We could take that?"

You rustle her hair, causing her to yelp. You stand up, then pull her up with one arm, lifting her off her feet so she dangles like a doll. She pouts at you as you hold her like this, which makes you laugh.

"You know I hate it when you do this," Ruby says with a stern face.

"No, you love it," you smile, shaking your head. "You just like to argue with me. Come on, Little Red. I'll even carry you there. I know you like it when I do that."

You move your arm around your body, swinging Ruby around to your back. Once she gets there she latches on, draping her arms down your front, wrapping her feet around your stomach, and rests her head beside yours. She nustles into you, rubbing her soft skin against yours. You smile, looking into her beautiful silver eyes. You'll never get tired of looking at those.

With Ruby basically attached to you now, you head to the airship. Of course students around Beacon notice you two, but they're pretty much used to it now, and the looks don't bother Ruby nearly as much as they did when you first started dating. Ruby pecks your cheek really quick, then giggles at the action.

You shake your head, chuckling.

"Do anymore and we'll have to get a room. Come on. I'll get you some ice-cream or something while we're there."

Ruby snuggles up to you again, humming in happiness.

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After a short ride, you and Ruby reach Vale. Ruby strolls alongside you, hands intertwined with yours as you both walk down the street. Though you did offer to buy her ice-cream, she refused to accept it. She still doesn't know why you wouldn't allow her to do it. You're not letting yourself, or her, act like it's your birthday at all. But it soon dawns on her that it's the best thing that could happen. If you're not expecting anything, that makes the surprise at the end of the day even better.

"Are you okay, Little Red? You've never turned down ice-cream. Not even cookies and cream? Really?" You press.

The thought of the ice-cream makes her mouth water, but she can't allow herself to falter that easily.

"No, that's okay! I've got some super awesome stuff planned for today!" Ruby declares, throwing her hand in the air.

You raise your brow.

"W... why?"

"BECA-" Ruby stops, not allowing herself to fall victim to your sick joke. "Because you do so many nice things for me and I thought I'd return the favour."

You shrug.

"I mean, you do plenty for me, but... alright, I won't argue."

"Good! Now, let's go!" She shouts, walking at a slightly faster pace to simulate urgency.

You chuckle and follow along. If there's one thing you've learned from being with Ruby, and even just being friends with the people at Beacon, it's that sometimes you just have to let them do their thing, and be ready to clean up after them if the need arises.

Thus, you and Ruby march through the streets of Vale, not really talking that much but still enjoying each other's company nonetheless. Besides, Ruby sees to focused on her plans to really have any meaningful conversation with you. But seeing her so excited and determined is good enough for you. She's just too cute when she's like this.

Finally, Ruby leads you to her first destination. She jumps ahead of you and presents it like a gameshow.

"Tada~"

"Huh..." You stare at the building, which you have been in before. "An arcade place? Cool."

Ruby places her hands on her hips with pride, her eyes closed and smile wide.

"Mhm, that's right. I know you love this place so I," she walks up to the door, you a step behind her, and opens it up.

However, the machines are ringing and people are talking. Ruby's pride instantly shrinks. Her face goes blue, her eyes wide, and she stares at the room. She instantly falls flat on her back, one leg twitching in the air. You, on the otherhand, shrug.

"Well, there's always gonna be people at an arcade. I'm sure we can find some run games though," you smile, looking down at your melodramatic girlfriend.

Ruby bursts up and lands on her feet. Knowing she's okay, you walk into the building. Ruby crosses her arms, taps her muscle, and thinks.

"It was supposed to be reserved... did Weiss not do it?" She whispers to herself.

"Hey! Little Red!" You shout, waving so she can get a fix on you. "Wack-a-Grimm is free. You wanna try it?"

Though Ruby's utterly disappointed that her arcade plans have flopped, your excitement to just be here makes up for it. You're smiling, you're ready to play, and, really, that's all Ruby needs to see. Ruby catches up to you and stands beside you; in front of the machine. It's a simple layout. Two sides, two hammers, and a counter at the top. You and Ruby glance at each other, smiling with a competitive edge. You toss in a few lien before Ruby can notice and start the game.

You and Ruby grab your hammers and get ready.

"No way you're faster than me!" Ruby taunts.

"Yeah, but Nora's been teaching me about her hammer. This is my element," you retort.

The sign above lights up.

3.

You and Ruby grip your hammers tightly.

2.

You give each other one more glance.

1.

Small Grimm resembling Beowolves pop out of both sides. You and Ruby lock onto them and smack them down, gaining a point for each of you. Suddenly both sides become flooded with little Beowolves popping up out of all the holes. You hear Ruby start laughing as you beat down every Grimm that sticks its head out. Your counters are escalating at an insane pace as you two hit every Grimm. But there's only thirty seconds left on the clock, and you two are even with twenty-seven Grimm hit. Suddenly you see something fly past your face, but you don't allow it to distract you. It's... a rose pedal. You hear Ruby's counter going up far faster now.

"That's cheating!" You shout, trying to go as fast as your body will allow it.

"It's using all my advantages!" Ruby laughs.

You wince as you push yourself to the max trying to hit these Grimm. But as the counter goes down, Ruby's points skyrocket past yours. A buzzer rings, signifying that your game is over. You look up at the points. Yours is at sixty-two. Ruby is at one hundred and eleven. You throw your arms on your hips, pout, and turn to her. Ruby laughs at your face, then shrugs.

"You can't keep up," she giggles.

You sigh.

"Fine, I'll give you this one you cheater. What game do you wanna pla-"

"Actually, lets go somewhere else!" Ruby requests.

"Oh... uh, sure, I guess. Where do you want to go?"

Ruby grabs your hand and starts walking to the exit.

"I'll show you. Come on!"

Resigning to her once again, you allow Ruby to lead you wherever she wants to go. Ruby happily tugs you along to her favourite sweets store, which also happens to be yours with absolutely no influence from her. It's the best place, selling ice-cream, cookies, candy, and anything else one could imagine that'll rot your teeth but taste so good at the same time. Luckily it's not too far from the arcade, so you two reach there within minutes. However, like before, things don't go quite as planned for Ruby.

When you two arrive you see a line going out the door. Ruby's jaw drops. This place was supposed to be reserved for you both, AGAIN! What's happening! Is Weiss trying to sabotage Ruby's plans?

"Oh... looks like there's a line. I guess w-"

"No! That's not where we were going anyway," Ruby nervously chuckles, trying to play it off. "It's, uh, this way! I just got mixed up."

But she didn't. Ruby leads you all around Vale to a few more stops, but like the previous two, they aren't what Ruby expects. Either they're closed, or packed with customers. Nothing about this is going how she wants it, and you're getting confused every passing minute. Ruby's definitely hiding something from you, but she won't admit it. But, she seems to be passionate about whatever she's doing, so you're not going to question it.

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You both arrive back at Beacon after the absolute disaster that was Ruby's plans. Everything in Vale fell apart, but there's still one thing that Ruby has planned that'll blow your socks off. The big surprise with everyone waiting! She did manage to stall until the planned time, so her plan will finally come together in some way.

"This has got to be one of the weirdest days, Little Red. I mean, we just sort of walked around. Though, being with you did make it worth it," you compliment, squeezing her closer.

Ruby smiles at your comment, and the fact that she's so close to you. You have no idea what's coming. You and Ruby walk to the building that was used for the dance all those months back. It should be all set up.

"I would say so, yeah," she mumbles back. "But, I think we should..." Ruby opens the door, allows you to enter, then leaps in front of you, throwing her hands in the air. "SURPRISE!"

But there's nothing else. Nobody else yelled it, no streamers, no sounds. Nothing. You blink a few times, trying to find out what the surprise is. Nobody is here but Ruby.

"Um... am I suppose to look for a surprise, or is the surprise this big empty... Wow, Ruby, come on! Here? Really?" You question in shock.

"What? No, no, no, no, no! There's the people and..." Ruby turns around, seeing nobody.

Her arms drop, realizing her entire plan has fallen apart. Nobody is here. Nobody cares about your birthday. Ruby starts tearing up, then burries herself into your shirt.

"I-I'm so sorry (Y/N)!"

This catches you by surprise.

"Whoa, whoa, what're you sorry for," you ask, kneeling a bit to her level.

"I had this whole plan for your birthday where people were gonna be here and those places were just for us and nothing has gone right. I ruined your birthday!" She whines.

You widen your eyes then close them with a humbling smile. You pull Ruby in close then move your mouth to her ear.

"Ruby... my birthday's tomorrow," you whisper.

"Wh-what?"

"It's tomorrow, silly," you console, hugging her.

Ruby pushes off you slightly, looking into your eyes.

"Awwwwwwwwww," Ruby wails before falling onto her back. "I just ruined the entire surprise!"

You chuckle, then lay down beside her.

"I'll still act surprised. Besides, if we go back to the arcade I can redeem myself."

Ruby giggles, wiping away a few tears.

"You're not gonna beat me."

You both laugh at her statement, then relax on the floor. Ruby remembers something and turns her head to you.

"Did you think I brought you here to-"

"I wasn't sure what to think!" You shout, attempting to defend yourself. "You just said surprise and there's this open room with nobody else here, so I just sorta thought you... you know what, nevermind," you pout, looking away.

Ruby giggles and leans into your ear. She whispers something to you, which instantly causes you to blush.

"Ruby!"

"What? You thought it."

"Here?"

She nods.

"Well..." You look around the room quick. "I suppose that is a way you could make up for ruining my birthday surprise."

"Hey!" Ruby pouts.

You lightly stroke her cheek, forcing her to blush. You lean in right to her lips, then stop.

"I'm winning this time," you say before kissing her.

Here we are, a short one-shot within the world of Crimson Shadow. Remember, like I said at the beginning, this will not be in the actual book and should not be taken as "canon" in anyway. Just enjoy it for what it is. His birthday will be in the book, but it won't go like this. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this little story!

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