Ruby's pencil flashed across the paper in quick precise movements, leaving light, grey lines in it's wake. She watched with growing pride as the image began to take shape, going from disconnected curves and straight lines to a rose bending gently in a breeze while hundreds of smaller flowers swayed along with it.

She sat back in her chair and sighed, her gaze turning to the alarm clock sitting on her dresser. 8:56. Great, Weiss would be calling her anytime now. As much as she enjoyed talking to her long distance girlfriend, she wasn't in the best of moods tonight. She just hoped that Weiss wouldn't be able to pick up on that.

She jumped in her chair, startled, as Skype started ringing, notifying her of an incoming call. She lazily brushed her drawing equipment away and turned on her computer monitor, her other hand searching for the mouse that she had let fall to the ground earlier.

"Ruby? Can you hear me?" Weiss asked as soon as the call started.

"Yeah, I can hear you. Hi Weissy~!" Ruby sang in a cheery voice, admitting to herself that it wasn't all that hard to be happier when talking to her.

"Oh, good. I wasn't actually sure if I had the settings right or not." Weiss sighed, "How was your day, anyhow?" The words seemed like they were almost instinct to Weiss, who was sitting on the other end of the call in her bed, back against the wall with her laptop on her, well, lap.

"Oh, it was a day. School is kind of shitty, as always. I've gotta admit, I wish you didn't move. Its a lot more boring now." Ruby told her with a pout, feeling worse on the inside about it than she let on. There was Cardin and his group to bother with, all the other happy couples like Jaune and Pyrrha plaguing the halls with their lovey-dovey stuff, 'Hell, even Yang and Blake are annoying.' She thought to herself, a tad bitter.

Weiss smiled wistfully, her thoughts returning to Beacon High and the fond memories she had created there with the help of Ruby and friends. It had been a time in her life she had full heartedly enjoyed. "Mm. I kind of miss it there."

"Only kind of?" Ruby said quietly, not really hurt, knowing full well what Weiss meant. Still, for some reason she was looking for a reason to tell Weiss how she was really feeling and why.

"T-that wasn't what I meant! I miss it all the time! Especially you, you dolt." She said quickly, saying the word dolt with affection.

Ruby smiled faintly, secretly holding back tears. 'Why the hell do you gotta be so emotional right now, Rubes?' She thought angrily to herself, referring to herself with the nickname Yang sometimes gave her. "Hehe, I know. So uhm, how about your day?"

Weiss opened her mouth and closed it shut again, catching herself before she want into a rant about her father, sister, her horrid mark on the test she had gotten and the fact that her mother had been diagnosed with cancer not that long ago. Ruby was her girlfriend and they both loved each other more than anything else on the face of the earth and Weiss knew that the brunette wouldn't mind listening to her problems.

But Ruby also had her own to deal with. Because of that reason, Weiss settled for saying meh.

"Meh..?" Ruby echoed dryly, obviously not buying it.

"Eh, you know. Just stuff. Father wants to move again because of work, but really, it isn't that bad." She told her, shrugging slightly. Ruby really didn't need to hear anymore than that she figured.

"I… Weiiiiss…" Ruby whined, her lip trembling as tears began to well up in her eyes, blurring her vision. "Weeeeeiiiiiiss!" She cried, shaking as she put her head down as the waterworks began.

"R-Ruby! What's wrong?!" Weiss asked, horrible concerned. She hated seeing Ruby cry. If Ruby was crying, something was seriously wrong.

"Nono, i-its alright!" She managed, wiping her eyes with her bare arm and looking back up at the screen with a forced smile, trying to look happy. The tears still streaming down her face proved it to be a facade. "Just feeling kind of s-silly tonight is all!"

"Listen here you imbecile! I'll not have you keeping things from me!" Weiss told her, her voice coming across both angry and hurt. Ruby was hurting and so was Weiss, for various reasons. "You're going to tell me whether you like it or not!"

"Weiss… I'm fine, I swear! I just really… I really miss you… You know? A-and Blake and Yang are so happy together… And J-Jaune and Pyrrha… Its not f-fair that you had to go, Weiss! Between that and everything else… I just…" Ruby trailed off as she began crying too hard to make comprehensible words.

Weiss watched with a breaking heart as Ruby fell apart thirteen hours away from her on the other side of a computer screen. "Ruby you dolt…" Weiss whispered, raising her hand up to her cheek as her own tears began to fall. This wasn't how the night was supposed to go, but it was happening. "Don't cry… Please. Ruby, I told you… It wouldn't be that long until I can come home. I've got to finish College and then I'll be there!"

"That's a year from now, Weiss. An entire year! I don't want to feel like this for an entire year… Its hard." Ruby muttered, her blurred gaze turning to her arm. Consciously she put her other hand overtop of the gauze she had wrapped around it.

"Ruby… Are you saying that you want to… To… B-break up?" Weiss asked, her voice cracking at the second last word.

"Nonononono!" Ruby cried, "No! Not now, not ever! I just... " Ruby half smiled in the cute way that always made Weiss blush, "I'm just saying… I'm silly is all." She repeated what she had said earlier, nervously giggling as she realized the trap she had just dropped herself into.

"Ruby… What do you mean?" Weiss asked quietly, noticing Ruby's arm. Her heart sunk as she considered the possibilities. She knew Ruby was troubled lately and not like herself, but would she have really gone that far?

Ruby shrugged, her tears beginning to dry up. "You know. Just, stuff. I did some things that silly people do!" She said cheerfully. It would have worked had it not been so out of context that Weiss knew Ruby was hiding something. That and the fact that Weiss already knew Ruby was hiding something.

"Ruby… I swear to god…" Weiss hissed, growing angry at herself and possibly even Ruby. She was almost certain of what hid under those bandages.

"Weiss… I uh… What?" Ruby asked sheepishly, fidgeting uncomfortable. She had worked hard to keep her emotions under control and now they had gotten her in trouble.

"You know what, Ruby! Show me your arm; no bandages!"

Ruby sighed, slowly unwrapping the arm off camera. She cringed at the ghastly sight, wondering if showing Weiss would be a good idea or not. 'She'll hate me if I do, she'll hate me if I don't. May as well."

Ruby turned back to the camera, arm held up in clear view. Weiss let out a gasp, followed by a whimper. "R-Ruby… Why would you… No…" Weiss asked quietly, covering her mouth as her eyes took in the horrid sight of Ruby's mutilated forearm. In truth, Weiss could hardly find any spot on the arm that was unblemished by the deep, red gashes.

"I don't know, Weiss! It just happened! I couldn't help it; you weren't there and neither was anyone else! I had to…" Ruby shouted in defence, pulling her arm back out of view. Tears were now once again flowing freely down both of their faces.

"Ruby, stop it! Stop it right now! This isn't fair to anyone; not fair to Yang, your friends, your family… Not fair to me. I don't want to see you end up dead, Ruby." Weiss shook her head, trying to make sense of everything. "I really need you right now. Don't go…" She cried, clutching her blanket tightly in her balled of fists to keep her long nails from digging into her flesh.

"I… Weiss… I swear I didn't mean to… Weiss, talk to me. Please, just tell me anything! I don't care what it is, but give me something!"

"What do you want?! I have nothing to tell you; I've told you all that I can! Nothing else matters, Ruby; I need you! Thats it! Doing that… Cutting, will end up taking you away! I don't want to lose you to that, Ruby."

The two of them sat in agonizing silence, neither knowing what to do or how to feel. At this point, neither wanted to even be awake. Ruby sighed, calming herself. "You're right, Weiss. I… I made a mistake and did something stupid. But I love you and I need you to. Which is why a year from now, when we finally meet up again… I'm going to never let you leave so this never happens again. I swear it!"

Weiss shook her head, smiling despite herself. Ruby, even during a time like this, was so full of energy and fight; if you thought about, even the wounds on her arm was the sign of a fight, a struggle to stay alive and keep on fighting. "Yeah… Ruby, promise me you won't ever do that again and I'll make sure you don't ever have the urge to do it."

"I promise, Weiss. I swear it. This… Oh!" Ruby paused and grabbed the drawing of the white rose, displaying it on the camera. "I thought it kind of reminded me of us." She said sheepishly, hiding behind the paper to conceal her bright red blush.

Weiss smiled, nodding in agreement. "It kind of does. And thank you, Ruby, you dolt. I love you too, by the way~." Weiss sang lightly, feeling better despite the knowledge of what Ruby had done to herself. She had a plan working in her head to make sure she'd be there next time.

"Mhmm…" Ruby managed, embarrassed and awkward. "Could you uh, maybe… Sing that song you wrote?"

Weiss instantly started singing Mirror Mirror, her voice hauntingly beautiful as she sang the soft lyrics to Ruby. By the time she had finished Ruby had fallen asleep leaning on the desk, her elbow propped on the keyboard.

"Mm. Night, dolt. I love you. See you soon." Weiss whispered, ending the call.


Sorry for being... Two days late? *sigh*... Anyhow, this first part is dedicated to a friend. Just saying. Be okay, mate. Secondly, in spirit of One Shot Saturday and the fact that I missed it tbh... I'm going to make this a Two Shot instead, hopefully posting part 2 on Saturday. /.\