Weiss believed pain, at least in a physical sense, was something that she would never feel again. Ever since she had died and resurrected she had never accidentally burned herself when making coffee. The bullets that ignorant humans would shoot her only caused her to lose her footing for a moment before she was able to right herself and flee.

Even now, as her bleary vision cleared revealing to her the laundromat she currently resided in, she felt nothing. She flexed her fingers and curled her toes. She shrugged her shoulders and lifted herself into a sitting position, her legs tucked underneath herself, like a proper lady.

"Ugh," she moaned, rubbing her head. A headache, of course. She wasn't sure if it were real, she felt no other pain, and yet headaches came to her easily. Was it a sign of her rotting brain? Or was it a side effect of her attempts to strengthen her mind? Or maybe she just landed on it when breaking the fall of Little Red, it was anyone's guess really.

"Oh, y-you're awake…" she turned to the squeaky voice with mild surprise. Little Red was sitting across from her, staring awkwardly at the wall. "Uh, so I'm not sure if it was intentional, but since you're kinda not attacking me right now I guess it probably was, so I think I should thank...you…" she trailed off, a chuckle escaping her lips as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Hmm," Weiss made a simple sound, just to show she heard her. The poor girl probably thought herself insane, talking with a zombie. Had Weiss been in the same position she too would have thought much the same. '...No, even from my perspective she seems insane,' Weiss thought idly as she stared at the ground. It didn't matter if a zombie didn't attack you immediately, it still wasn't a good idea to stick around them like they were your friend.

The two sat in an uncomfortable silence, Little Red squirming around as if she were trying to come up with a good conversation, whilst Weiss simply could not speak, at least, not well.

'Wait, I was able to communicate with her earlier,' Weiss recalled, remembering how she told the girl to shut up. Perhaps she could try again?

"...Rrrwwweeeiiisss,"

"Sorry, I'm all out," Little Red shrugged as she waggled her empty bag of Uncle Ben's microwavable rice. "Heh, didn't even know you zombies liked-Oof!" Little Red flinched as Weiss threw a pebble at her, hitting her directly on the forehead. "I said sorry!"

"Rrrrwwwwwweeeeeeeiiiiiisss!" Weiss growled as she pounded her chest. "Mrrrrrrry nammme isss Rrrrrwwweeeiiiissss!"

"...Ooooh," Little Red nodded enthusiastically. "Your name is Rice!" Weiss growled angrily at the girl. "Got it, Rice! And my name is Ruby, nice to meet you, Rice!" Ruby said as she held out her hand, earning a sigh from Weiss.

'...I'll correct her when I get better at speaking,' Weiss decided as she lifted her own hand and shook Ruby's. It was surprisingly soft and delicate, she couldn't help but keep hold on Ruby's hand for a second longer than was appropriate.

"Heh, this is so weird, friends with a zombie," Ruby didn't seem to mind, instead chuckling at her current situation. "Just wait till Yang hears about this."

'Friends?' Weiss thought with a scowl. They weren't friends, two had barely just met! If anything they were acquaintances. "Nniet frienns, acqnntccsss," Weiss murmured, causing Ruby's jaw to slightly drop in shock.

"N-not friends but…" she muttered, looking down as she pushed her two index fingers together nervously, before looking back up at Weiss with a shy smile. "Y-you're right, not just friends," she said as she took both of Weiss's hand into her own. "But best friends."

'Oh goddammit,' Weiss sighed, shaking her head in exasperation as she squeezed Ruby's hands tightly. There truly was no way to properly communicate with the dolt, was there?

"Oh wait! How about 'Super Besties, better than the resties!', how does that sound?!" Ruby said excitedly as she leaped to her feet, bouncing about like a child high on sugar.

"...Eh," Weiss shrugged, no longer caring what Ruby called the two of them. It didn't matter, anything negative Weiss had to say about the girl was always misinterpreted, so why even bother?

"I thought you'd love it!" Ruby giggled with a swing of her arm. "Yeah, Ruby and Rice, super besties better than the resties! Awww, such a good ring to that," she muttered dreamily, staring out into space.

Though Weiss sighed irritably at the dolt's enthusiasm, she couldn't hide the smile that was starting to form on her face. She never did have a friend before. The only ones that had ever bothered to keep her company was her excruciatingly busy sister, Winter, and her butler, Klein. To have someone her own age actually wanting to be around her was…

"...Nice," she muttered, feeling a flutter of warmth deep inside her heart.

"Ooh, you're getting better at that," Ruby smiled down at Weiss, before turning around and looking out the window. "...It's getting pretty dark, I think I'll hit the hay, probably look for Yang tomorrow," she said, more to herself than to Weiss.

'Yang...who is that?' Weiss wondered as she watched Ruby stretch her arms out above her, yawning loudly before laying down on the floor.

"If you want, you can...come...with...me," Ruby mumbled, her eyes slowly closing as she quickly fell asleep, no doubt exhausted from her long day.

'I'm fairly certain whoever this Yang is would most likely shoot me on sight,' Weiss thought to herself, not bothering to voice her thoughts. Even so, it was nice to have companionship for once and if she let Ruby go by herself the girl would most likely get herself killed. '...If I'm going to go with her, I'll need some supplies,' she thought as she stood up and shuffled into the outside. Sniffing the air she was able to determine none of her kin were nearby, Ruby should be safe by herself for at least thirty minutes, more than enough time to shuffle over quickly to the library and grab her things.

Her can of instant coffee being the highest priority, of course.

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Short, basically just one scene. I'm off for the next three days, so I'll try to pump out another chapter, no promises though since I'm still trying to figure out where I want to take this.

PS: New writers, always figure out your ending beforehand. Seriously, don't take after my poorly planned stories that aren't properly thought out!