Dear Yang

They had just been assigned their team, or rather their team had become official. They'd sort of fallen together at random during their test in the forest. Ruby and Yang had split away from the commotion once they were free to do so.

"We're on a team now, Yang!" Ruby exclaimed as they walked by one of Beacon's decorative fountains.

"That we are." Yang nodded.

"And Weiss is on it!"

"Yes... yes she is," Yang replied with notably less enthusiasm.

"She was my partner in the forest, and she wasn't too happy at the time, but I did kind of explode on her, so that's OK. And she seemed a lot nicer once she got used to me!" Ruby began to ramble on as she sometimes did when she got excited. Yang took a deep breath in anticipation of further rambling. "And now that we're on the same team we'll be best of friends, and we'll talk about stuff, and we'll do stuff, and we'll be the best Huntresses ever in the history of ever!"

"Riiight, well, don't forget about the rest of us losers when you hit the top, 'kay?" Yang elbowed her sister playfully.

"You are free to ride on our coat-tails!" Ruby put her hands on her hips confidently.

"Hey!" Yang frowned. "Just 'cause you're leader doesn't mean you can get all cocky! What happened to normal knees, huh?"

"They got promoted."

. . . Shortly Thereafter . . .

"Yaaaang!" Ruby rushed toward her sister, calling out her name. It was worth noting that it was not excitement that filled her voice.

"Oof!" Yang doubled over as Ruby crashed into her stomach, the smaller girl wrapping her arms around Yang's waist. "Wh-what's up?" Yang coughed.

"We're not best friends!" Ruby wailed, face buried in Yang's chest.

"Now I know you don't mean me…" Yang had a feeling she knew exactly who Ruby meant.

"It's Weiss! She doesn't like me, she won't talk about stuff, and she doesn't think I'm a good leader!" Ruby whined. "I'm a failuuure!"

"I'mma kill her…" Yang's eye twitched angrily, a vein popping in her forehead.

"Yaaang, nooo!" Ruby croaked piteously. "I would be sad! I can't make Weiss like me if she's dead…" She sniffled loudly, making Yang worry about what might have been soaking into her shirt. "And you'd probably go to jail…"

"Fine…" Yang grumbled.

"Thank you."

"I'll only kill her a little."

"Yaaaaang…"

. . . Literally the Next Damn Day. . .

Yang was alone when it happened. The door to their room burst open and Ruby swaggered in.

"Oh what now?" Yang groaned loudly, and then actually took a good look at her sister. "Aww, that's not good." Ruby looked blissful. Most big sisters would probably be happy to see that. Well, actually, a lot of big sisters probably couldn't stand their little sisters, but that was besides the point. The point being that Yang knew Ruby a little too well.

"Yang!" Ruby cheered and flowed over to her big sister, cuddling up to her. "Ask me why I'm happy."

"I don't... I don't want to," Yang told Ruby, feeling quite uncomfortable.

"Yaaaang!" Ruby nuzzled her affectionately.

"Oh for... fine. Why are you... happy?" Yang tried to inch herself away, but Ruby was currently being quite tick-like.

"We're friends now! Me and Weiss! The dream is real!" Ruby gestured grandly, as if sweeping her hand over a brilliant, hopeful horizon.

"Oh... well that's good, yeah?" Yang twitched. Ruby was far too excited. It could only end in heartbreak when Weiss decided to be bitchy again. "What happened?"

"She made me coffee last night! She even put in as much sugar as I like!" Ruby giggled giddily.

"Wow... awesome." Yang forced a smile. "Just be happy for her. Let her have her moment. Maybe it won't all come crashing down in a fiery, horrible blaze of disappointment." She could dream, right?

"She promised to be the best teammate I'll ever have!" Ruby grinned.

"Huh?" Yang cocked an eyebrow. Weiss had said that? Weiss Schnee? Heiress to the Schnee Dust Corp? Ice Queen and mega-bitch extraordinaire?

"So hurry up and grab my coat-tails before it's too late!" Ruby sprung to her feet and twirled around.

"Ha-ha..." Yang shook her head. "By the way, I was thinking about getting some combat practice in. Wanna be my sparring partner?" She smirked. The, until-then, incredibly animated Ruby froze on the spot. "Coat-tails, huh?"

"Ehehehe..."

. . . About a Week Later. . .

"Cool..." Yang said absentmindedly, trying to study for an upcoming test.

". . . and she doesn't insult me as much as she used to. . ." Ruby prattled on, though she was supposed to be studying as well.

"That's good." Yang flipped to the next page in her textbook.

". . . and since she's helping me with my homework, my grades are getting better. . ."

"Uhuh." So why wasn't she with Weiss now instead of talking non-stop while Yang was trying to focus?

"And she's really good at singing, I mean have you heard her?" Ruby swayed back-and-forth happily.

"Y- wait, what?" Yang finally looked up from her work. She'd tried, really she had, to listen when Ruby had first started, but it had soon become clear that she had no intention of shutting up any time soon. The fact that it was about Weiss made her lose interest especially fast.

It seemed Weiss had been, so far at least, true to her word about being nicer to Ruby, so that had certainly improved Yang's opinion of her. However, she was still worthy of the moniker "Ice Queen." Yang just couldn't find it in herself to be buddy-buddy with the rich kid. She put up with her, as they were teammates and she didn't want to rock the boat, but that was about it. She was glad Ruby was doing better than her at getting along with Weiss, but she didn't need every last detail.

"Weiss! Singing! Amazing..." Ruby practically swooned.

"You know who you sound like?" Yang turned in her chair to get a better look at Ruby. "Jaune. It's kinda creeping me out."

"Eh? Like Jaune?" Ruby titled her head. "Hmm... hehe..." A goofy smile spread on her face.

"Riiight, OK..." That wasn't strange at all. "I'm going back to studying."

. . . Literally the Next Day... Again. . .

"YANG!" Ruby called out loudly as she rushed into their room. Yang was ready this time, hand shooting out. Ruby crashed face-first into Yang's palm and fell over backwards. "Owww! Yang! That hurt!"

"So does being tackled in the ribs!" Yang snapped in reply, but then sighed. "You OK?"

"Yeah..."

"So what's up, sis? Take a breath and spill it," Yang ordered. Ruby stood back up, taking a breath as she'd been told.

"I'm in love with Weiss!" she blurted out. Yang stared blankly back at Ruby for a moment, mentally confirming she'd heard that correctly. She decided had indeed heard that. Her hands went over her ears.

"Nope!" She turned away from Ruby.

"Wh- Yang! Listen!"

"Lalalalala!" Yang said loudly, drowning her sister out. Ruby soon jumped on her sister, legs going around her waist while her own, smaller hands pried at Yang's.

"Stop being a jerk, Yang!" Ruby finally got one of Yang's hands free. "I said I'M IN LOVE WITH WEISS!"Yang winced at that, and then froze.

"K..."

"So... wh-what do I do?" Ruby asked, still attached to Yang.

"T-tell the truth?" Yang chuckled nervously. Ruby found her sister's behavior a little strange, but was more worried by what Yang had suggested.

"What? No way! I can't just go up to her and say I love her!" Ruby wailed helplessly. It would never work!

"Pretty sure you already did..."

"Wh-" Ruby's head snapped around to look at the doorway to their room. Weiss was standing in it. ". . ." Ruby swallowed hard and slid off of her sister. "Help m-"

"You're on your own, kid!"

"No! Yang!" But Yang was out of the room in a flash, leaving Ruby alone with the object of her affection. The very scary object of her affection. "Please don't hurt me..."

"Sit." Weiss pointed sharply at her own bed, which out of their two beds was the one at ground level. Ruby hastily obeyed, sitting with her hands folded on her lap, waiting to see what would become of her.

Weiss walked over, standing in front of Ruby with her hands on her hips.

"So what? You love me? I'm nice to you for a few days and then suddenly you think we're in love with each other?" Weiss asked her harshly.

"Err, n-no... I mean... I-I just know how I feel, I... you..." Ruby bit her lip, hands clutching at her skirt. Why did Weiss have to yell at her? She wasn't even supposed to have heard how Ruby felt yet!

"And how do you feel, hm? Do you even know?" Weiss interrogated her.

"Well... if love is too much... ummm... I know I like you... a lot." Ruby gulped and forced herself to continue. "You were really mean at first, b-but now that you're giving me a chance, I keep learning cool things about you... and... yeah."

"I see..." Weiss looked down her nose at Ruby before strutting over to the bed and sitting beside her. "And when you say you 'like' me, you mean...?"

"Err, m-more than just as a friend?"

"Right. You say that, but what do you want from me?" Weiss narrowed her eyes.

"Huh? N-nothing!" Ruby shook her head rapidly. "Err, well, I mean, I-I do want... err, b-but not money or anything! I mean like... hugs... and..."

"And?" Weiss leaned closer to Ruby.

"A-and... and... uhh..." Ruby's head felt like it was going to explode. There was no way she could say what was on her mind. Suddenly something touched her cheek. Something soft, and kind of warm. Something that was breathing.

"Was that what you were thinking?" Weiss asked, leaning back away from Ruby. Ruby realized that, without a doubt, Weiss had just kissed her cheek. She jerkily turned her head to look at Weiss who was smiling widely in amusement.

"Y-y-y. . ." Ruby jumped off the bed suddenly. "YAAAAANG!" Like her sister before her, Ruby shot out of the room. Weiss just laughed at the display. That had been wonderful.

She sighed and clutched at her cheeks before squealing in delight. "Ohhh, you're so cute! I could just eat you!"

"Um..." Weiss froze at the sound of another voice. She looked up to see Blake standing there, glancing almost frantically back and forth. When it became clear no one was in the room besides them, she, with eyes wide, pointed questioningly at herself; a bead of sweat rolling down her face.

Weiss sighed loudly. "No, Blake, not you..."

I'd say they need to learn how to knock, but it is their room.

Also... Yaaaaaaang. Hehe...

(Rubaby's Yaaang count: 11)

Bonus:

Weiss couldn't believe it. That ador-. . . obnoxious pest, Ruby, had been named their leader. Oh, she'd been plenty willing to deal with the girl. Yes, she could have survived being her teammate, but being placed beneath her? Unacceptable!

Every day that went by proved how inept the girl was! She was barely more than a child!

"I'm a Schnee! A Schnee! This is ridiculous!"

. . . Literally the Next Damn Day. . .

Perhaps she'd been a little too harsh. Jumped to one too many conclusions. After all, Schnee or not, it might have been too early for her to assume she knew better than Professor Ozpin. And she did feel kind of bad for yelling at Ruby so much.

Well, last night she'd taken care of that.

"Aaahhh, and she looked so happy when I said I'd be her best teammate ever!"

. . . A Week and One Day Later. . .

What? What, what, what? Love? WHAT?

"Sit." At her command, Ruby sat. "So what? You love me? I'm nice to you for a few days and then suddenly you think we're in love with each other?" Weiss asked her harshly. "Weiss... what are you doing?"

"Err, n-no... I mean... I-I just know how I feel, I... you..." Ruby bit her lip, hands clutching at her skirt.

"And how do you feel, hm? Do you even know?" Weiss interrogated her. "Weiss... stop..."

"Well... if love is too much... ummm... I know I like you... a lot." Ruby gulped. "You were really mean at first, b-but now that you're giving me a chance, I keep learning cool things about you... and... yeah."

"I see..." Weiss looked down her nose at Ruby before strutting over to the bed and sitting beside her. "And when you say you 'like' me, you mean...?" "She thinks I'm cool? That's not a pun, right? No, that would be Yang..."

"Err, m-more than just as a friend?" Ruby was blushing so deeply.

"Right. You say that, but what do you want from me?" Weiss narrowed her eyes. "Oh god... oh god that face..."

"Huh? N-nothing!" Ruby shook her head rapidly. "Err, well, I mean, I-I do want... err, b-but not money or anything! I mean like... hugs... and..."

"And?" Weiss leaned closer to Ruby. "Hugs..."

"A-and... and... uhh..."

"Oh for the love of dust!" Weiss placed her lips against Ruby's cheek. "Yessssss!"

Til' next time!