Soft lights bathed the ballroom in a warm glow as heat from the mingling partygoers intensified the air with a seemingly endless energy. The music flowing out of the sound system was an upbeat dance tune that seemingly forced those on the floor to move. Happiness emanated from every corner as the group forgot about the world outside. For all that mattered, was this moment, right here, right now.

Sadly not all the socializers were feeling the same way. One Weiss Schnee was caught up in her own thoughts. She meandered through the writhing mass, occasionally stopping to talk with the random stranger who would address her. Word of her coming to the dance alone had spread through much of the student body, and many of the young men and women who had also come alone were hoping to get a dance with the white haired beauty. She turned each one away, one by one,as she knew the truth; they didn't want her, they only wanted the name that came with her. A chance to say they had danced with the heiress of one of the most powerful companies in the world; maybe try to curtail a few favors out of it. The person she thought wanted to see the real her had instead attempted to chase after her blonde teammate, though that had failed horribly.

Weiss' gaze stretched across the room, her attention being drawn to her red clad partner, who stood by the refreshments table. For a few moments, Weiss watched her partner conversing with her sister, before she too moved off to talk with Blake again. When Yang moved away, Ruby's smile fell and her shoulders slumped. Something was wrong.

Weiss cut a path through the dance floor, glaring at anyone who dared to get in her way. She had enough problems with Blake being depressed recently; she didn't need to add the normally perky Ruby to the mix. Hopefully this issue would be simple and easy to fix, maybe they had run out of cookies on the table. Sadly, as she drew closer to Ruby's location, she was able to see that the table did still have cookies, and that they had hardly been touched. This threw up a red flag, knowing that the red haired girl loved cookies and that she would usually be stuffing her face. Instead, she looked forlornly out into the crowd of dancer.

Weiss marched up behind Ruby, spinning the younger girl around by her shoulder before addressing her in an irritated tone. "All right you dolt, what's wrong?"

Ruby flinched at the sudden forced movement, her face a burnt red in the light of the ball room. She stuttered as she attempted to respond to the question. "h.. ah.. Nothing's wrong Weiss. Why would anything be wrong? I mean were all having fun here right?"

Weiss lets out an aggravated sigh before answering Ruby's hastily asked question "Ruby Rose, Do you take me for a Fool? We have been partners for months now, do you not think that I could tell when you were upset?"

Ruby groaned in defeat, managing to find the floorboards at her feet a very interesting alternative to the glare weiss was sending her. Talking in a voice barely audible above the noise of the dance, she replied "It's just that everyone else has someone to dance with, and I don't want to just jump in because it would feel I would be interrupting someone else's date."

Weiss shook her head. "Well why didn't you bring a date yourself, I'm sure there are plenty of people who would have come with you?"

Ruby shook her head side to side vigorously. "I was too nervous to ask someone, and no one wanted to ask me because they are afraid of Yang"

Weiss smiled slightly at the mention of her teammate's overprotectiveness before pressing onwards. "Well are there any people that you wanted to ask, maybe they came alone and would be willing to give you a dance."

Ruby blushed madly before her shoulders slumped again. "There was one person, but they went and asked someone else."

The white hair girl cringed inwardly, a shock of pain going through her heart, before she was able to eke out a correct response. "yes... I know how that feels."

Ruby blinked at the melancholy tone in Weiss' voice as a question shot through her lips before she could stop it "Didn't you ask Neptune to the dance?"

A sad smile graced her pale features as she answered her partner's question. "I did but he turned me down to chase after your sister."

Ruby's face took on a bewildered expression before her mouth once again moved without her permission. "That guy is an idiot, anyone would be lucky to go with you." Upon realizing what she said, Ruby slapped a hand over her own mouth.

Weiss herself blushed, knowing that Ruby not caring about her status pushed the complement home more so then if another person would have said it. She shook her head before responding. " Uhh… yes I suppose they would."

Managing to calm herself down, the scythe-wielder began to feel her normal awkwardness rise up again "So here we are, both dateless…"

The music came to a gradual stop as though the universe had planned it. The lights dimmed and the area outside the dance floor was obscured in darkness. A series of string instruments picked up a slow tempo, weaving through the hall with a nearly haunting melody. A piano soon joined them, followed by some horn instruments ground together with a slow percussion beat. The floor cleared leaving couples slowly swaying on the floor, a truly heartwarming sight.

Noticing the crestfallen look on Ruby's face as she looked over the dance floor Weiss came to a decision. Turning to face the girl fully she extended her hand palm up while bowing slightly at the waist before asking her question "Ruby Rose, may I have this Dance?"

If Ruby had turned red earlier, she was now a match for Yang's eyes at her angriest. She attempted to formulate a response, but found that her tongue was getting uselessly tied up in her mouth. "Huh.. you mean.. What?"

Weiss herself had the grace to control her flushing cheeks for the most part, though they had turned slightly pink "Just as friends you dolt! Now are you going to leave me standing here all night, or are you going to take my hand?"

Ruby tenderly reached out her hand as though fearing Weiss would break if she touched her. "Thank you Weiss." She said, her voice just carrying over the sounds of music.

Weiss shook her head as she lead Ruby out onto the dance floor, whispering to herself as she did so. "Dolt…"

A/N: A big thanks to TheRagingGamer for helping me edit this after I posted it before. Now I must get back to my serial.