There were a lot of people Weiss could blame for her current situation such as herself for being careless, but from the sounds coming from the other room, suspect number one had just arrived.
"Weiss?" Ruby called, waiting at the door and peering in as though she were waiting for someone to take her head off. She raised her voice. "Weiss?"
"I'm blind, not deaf." Weiss sighed heavily, and sank back into the hospital bed. "You don't need to shout. What do you want?"
"Uhm. I wanted to apologize." Ruby hugged herself, then pumped her fist. "But I also wanted to say that your sacrifice wasn't in vain, because we totally beat the world record for juggling Dust canisters!"
Despite the bandages wrapped around her eyes, Weiss still managed to level the kind of look that could turn unwary teammates into scorched marks on the ground. "Wonderful. I'm so glad I could be of service to such a noble cause."
"Yay!" Ruby darted across the room at full speed, glomping onto Weiss and squeezing her tight. "I knew you'd understand!"
Sighing the well-known sigh of the long suffering, Weiss awkwardly patted Ruby's back. "I'm not actually mad at you. It was an accident, and the doctors say my sight will return as long as I take good care of myself."
"You're just in luck!"
Weiss felt the bed bounce as Ruby got in with her. She started to protest, but felt Ruby's finger on her lips. The contact made her feel like she was buzzing which was both infuriating and distracting.
"Shh!"
"Rub-"
"Shh!" Ruby continued to shush Weiss until she had silence. "Weiss, I'm at your beck and call. Whatever you need, I'll get it for you!"
"Whatever I need?"
"Anything."
Dangerous words, and they had Weiss feeling smugly satisfied. "For starters, I'd like some coffee."
"Coffee, got it. Anything else?" Ruby was still leaning in, finger hovering near Weiss's face. She lost her balance and fell on top of her.
"Hmm." Weiss jumped and when Ruby didn't bother to move, she sighed and answered, "Something from the cafeteria. Not those nasty sandwiches."
Ruby nodded, then remembered Weiss couldn't see her. "Not the nasty stuff!"
"My shoulder is sore," Weiss complained. "Could you give it a rub?"
"Okay, coffee, snack, and a shoulder rub." Ruby ticked them off on her fingers. "Anything else?"
Weiss was getting a little drunk on power. "I'm sure I'll think of something. Now you better snap to, Ruby Rose."
"Aye aye!" Saluting her, Ruby darted out of the room at full speed, a whirlwind behind her.
Sighing, Weiss tried to get comfortable, but she could still feel Ruby's warmth. Maybe she'd go easy on the girl.
Maybe.