"You want me to what?"

"We want you to take Zwei for a walk." Yang repeated, holding out a leash.

Blake had not signed up for this. She didn't expect or want a dog living with them in their dorm. But surprise, surprise, Ruby and Yang's father had decided to send him over in the mail without any warning whatsoever. The cat Faunus had no idea how Zwei was even able to cram himself into that tiny container with all those cans of food- it was even smaller than he was.

She looked nervously over at the little gray Corgi. He seemed to have gotten very excited at the mention of the word 'walk', and now he was bouncing on his paws slightly and panting with his tongue hanging out of his mouth, throwing drips of slobber in various directions.

Blake glared back at her teammates. "Why me? He's your dog. You two should be taking care of him!"

"Because you need to get used to him." Weiss responded. "Every time you're in the same room with the little guy, you jump up and hide in a corner as far away as possible. Blake, you cut down bloodthirsty, giant monsters like it's no problem. This is a Corgi. There is literally no reason to be afraid of him. You need to stop being such a scaredy-" She stopped herself before finishing the potentially offensive idiom. "Anyway, the best way to do that is spend some time with him. So that's what you're going to do."

Blake crossed her arms. "I refuse."

"Come on Blake, Zwei not?" Everyone else in the room groaned at Yang's pun. Even the dog stopped panting and looked at her blankly. "And if you don't," Yang's face twisted into a maniacal grin, "well, we wouldn't want anything to happen with those books you hide under your mattress, would we?"

Blake's skin turned even whiter than Weiss'. "That's blackmail."

"I know." the blonde brawler replied in a singsong voice as she slapped the leash into Blake's hand. "Have fun! The three of us are going to the mall. We'll probably be back soon if Ruby doesn't take too much time drooling at weapons."

As her teammates started to leave the room, Blake tried to protest, but she couldn't think of anything else to say. Ruby stopped to look back for a moment. She was smiling, but unlike the other two, she had a mildly sympathetic expression. "Zwei's a really good dog, Blake." she said in her trademark high-pitched voice. "You'll have fun with him, I know it." With that, she slipped out the door, her red cape fluttering as she turned.

Blake looked down at Zwei and grimaced. The prospect of spending too much time with the dog made her stomach churn. He looked back up at her and continued panting, seemingly oblivious of her disdain for him. Finally she sighed and rolled her yellow eyes. "Come on." she groaned. "Let's get this over with."

Blake strode across Beacon campus, trying her best to avoid looking at Zwei as he trotted beside her, swinging his head around to take in their surroundings. He was keeping up surprisingly well despite his stubby little legs, but every so often he would stop to sniff at a random object or person, and she had to wait until he was satisfied before they could move on. Nobody else seemed to mind his olfactory examinations- pretty much everyone seemed to share Weiss' opinion that he was the cutest thing in existence. Blake didn't get it.

Eventually she spotted a path off to her left that ran into the forest. It was really bright and hot out, so the shaded path was very enticing, even if it did mean she was alone with Zwei. Glancing down at the dog, she let out a halfhearted snicker. "What do you think? Sound good?" Immediately after speaking, she got a nervous look on her face. Oh my God, I'm already talking to this dog. This is going to be a long day.

Zwei barked in approval, and continued to waddle alongside her as she walked into the forest.