Ruby's head was hung low as she sat sadly on her knees in the middle of the floor, fully prepared to take the beating that was going to be Weiss's lecture as the heiress stood over her with her hands on her hips. Weiss glared at the younger girl, her eyes filled with disappointment in her leader. "Honestly, Ruby," she said at long last. "You're far too young to be reading such filth. Not to mention the content is simply appalling. I don't mean the same sex relationship either. If that's what you're into, then that's your own business. The…activities that occur in this book, however, are deplorable."

Ruby meekly nodded before Weiss continued. "How did you even get these books?" Weiss asked.

"To be fair, not all of it is hentai," Ruby answered.

"What?"

"Hentai," she repeated.

"What does that even mean?" Weiss inquired.

"Uh…well, the literal translation is 'pervert', but it refers to, well, perverted anime and manga. And, like I said, not all of my manga is perverted."

Weiss 'hmphed' in response. "I wouldn't know, because I didn't dare look through the rest of them. But you still didn't answer my question, Ruby. How did you come to own such material?"

Ruby glanced around nervously. "Do the others know about this?"

Weiss sighed. "I merely told them that you and I had some business to discuss. So, no they don't. I didn't tell Yang because I doubt she would take it seriously, and I didn't tell Blake because I happen to value privacy. You may be in trouble, Ruby, but I'm not going to humiliate you."

Ruby nodded. Well, at least I have that going for me. "Please don't tell Yang, but I've been using her bank account to buy the pervy ones."

Weiss was appalled. "You stole from your own sister?"

Ruby panicked for a moment. "Nonononono!" she stammered. "I always put back out of my pocket the exact amount that I spend so she wouldn't ever notice! I just use hers because of her age!"

"Wouldn't she notice when she looked at her bank statement?"

"She actually never reads those."

"I see. Well, at least you're not a criminal. Still, why did you want such a thing in the first place?" Weiss asked.

Ruby began to sweat. "B-because I like it?" Please don't make me tell the truth! PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME TELL THE TRUTH! She didn't want Weiss to know that she would sometimes mentally swap out the characters for herself and the heiress. The implications of such knowledge would be devastating to the young huntress-in-training.

Weiss was on to her, though. She could see through the bad deception. "You're hiding something, aren't you?" Ruby did her best not to react, and the heiress sighed. "Fine, you don't have to tell me. But, I am going to confiscate all of these…inappropriate books."

Ruby gasped. "What about the normal ones?"

"I'll sift through them and take out the ones you don't need. I'll let you keep the rest."

"What are you going to do with them?" Ruby asked, starting to feel scared for her belongings.

"I'll throw them away, obviously. A lady shouldn't own such deplorable material." Ruby started to tear up. "Don't start with that, Ruby! I've made up my mind, and there's no changing it!"

"B-but, Weiss! I worked so hard to be able to get those!"

"You should have thought of that before you bought them."

"T-this isn't fair!" Ruby declared, genuinely upset that her prized possessions were being tossed out like garbage. "I wouldn't do this to anything you own!"

Weiss sighed. "Look, I'm sorry, okay. But you shouldn't have these. It's not good for you to read such books at your age."

"I'm two years younger than you! I know about sex, so is it so wrong for me to be curious about it in some form or fashion?" In spite of the seriousness that Ruby was trying to convey, Weiss couldn't help but think that she looked like a child throwing a tantrum.

Weiss couldn't believe what she was considering. Maybe it was the fact that Ruby's hissy fit made her feel somewhat guilty. Whatever it was, Weiss decided she would compromise. "Fine! I won't throw them away! But you can't have them back. When you're old enough, I'll give them back."

This satisfied Ruby somewhat, but the scythe wielder was still somewhat miffed. "You're seriously willing to just hold on to my porn for two years?"

The heiress sighed. She seemed to be doing that a lot today. "Yes, Ruby. If it will make you happy, I won't dispose of it. But remember, you can't have it until your seventeen."

Ruby nodded, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Fine. I guess I can agree to that."

"Get out," Weiss said. "I'm going to go through them and separate the appropriate books from the inappropriate, and I can't have you knowing where I'm putting the dirty ones." Ruby, not wanting to argue further, agreed and left. Weiss looked at the plastic bag that was sitting on her desk. She had no choice but to read them all. Sure the ones with sexual content on the covers were obvious, but she was sure some of the others were misleading. As such, she had to find somewhere she wouldn't be disturbed. If she read them here, she ran the risk of Blake or Yang coming back and finding her reading…porn.

Blake, she was sure, could be reasoned with, so that wouldn't be so bad. But Yang? Weiss shuddered at the thought of the blonde brawler finding Weiss reading hentai. No amount of arguing would ever save the heiress from the humiliation that was sure to follow. She grabbed the plastic bag and shoved it into a large duffle bag to hide the contents and made her way to the library.

The library, though public, had several rooms that were locked and separate so people could have private study groups; one of those would be perfect for Weiss to judge the books in peace. With the idea frimly planted within her mind, Weiss changed into her newly purchased outfit that Ruby had picked out. The thigh high socks still seemed a bit much, but they were growing on Weiss, so she decided it'd be fine. She grabbed the bag of books and set out for the library.

Ruby still felt depressed as she roamed Beacon, unsure of where to go. She considered getting a bite to eat and began to make her way to the cafeteria. At least she's not throwing them away, she thought, reflecting on the conversation she had with Weiss. And, she's keeping it a secret, so that's a plus. Besides, it's not like she's going to find out about my crush for her. With that thought in mind, Ruby decided to smile about the whole ordeal. It wasn't that bad, so why fret over it?

Weiss sat in the small square room alone, having locked the door to insure her privacy. The private study rooms had six chairs, a round table, and a single one way window that Weiss could see through, but no one on the outside could see into. She sat down in the cushioned chair nearest to her and removed the distasteful books from her bag and piled them onto the table. She picked one at random and started reading. Four panel comic strips greeted her, each telling its own humorous little joke, and she decided to put that into the "safe" pile. Book Number Two was picked up, and she saw that it was also a safe book.

The third book looked innocent enough, almost to the point where she was going to set it down and ignore it, but she resolved to read it anyway just to be sure. Sure enough, after about ten pages, a lesbian sex scene popped up and forced Weiss to hastily close the book with a blush on her face. Yep. That's a dirty one, she thought. She was about to put into the "unsafe" pile as the first member of the porno book club, but she hesitated for a moment. An overwhelming sense of curiosity welled up from within, and she found herself staring at the book in her hands with a mild interest. She looked to the door to make sure it was indeed still locked before turning back to the book. No one will ever know. A little peek won't hurt. Besides, it's not like I'm reading this for myself. No, I'm just curious to find out why Ruby likes it so much. Yeah, that's it. It's so I can understand my team leader better so I can be the best team mate I can be.

Having convinced herself, she opened it back up and began reading from the beginning. She had skipped over the dialogue before, as she was purely looking for inappropriate images, so now she was actually going to read the hentai. To her surprise, after reading half of it, it actually had a decent story; it just happened to also have extremely detailed and provocative sexual scenes. When she finished the book, she was shocked to find that it was the first volume of a series. Ruby wouldn't happen to have the second volume, would she? The heiress began digging through the books until she came across what she was looking for. It turned out that the series of books was up Weiss's alley, and she continued to read them until she read all four that Ruby happened to own, but she was slightly irritated to find that the fourth one wasn't the last one.

"Wait, why am getting into this?" she asked out loud. "It's completely inappropriate and improper! Even if it was a very touching and romantic story." She shook her head to rid herself of such thoughts. "No!" she exclaimed as she lay the four books in the "unsafe" pile, and then she continued to sift through the remainder of the books.

Suddenly, as she picked one of the tame books up, a piece of folded paper fell out. It seemed like a rudimentary bookmark to Weiss, so she picked it up and unfolded it to get a look at what may have been inside. "O-oh my," she whispered. She looked up, a mild blush on her face, and she saw Ruby roaming the library through the one way window. Weiss was still not amused, but now she was rather…confused. "Y-you dolt," she mumbled.

Ruby decided to visit the library to find something to read and help ease her mind. She was in the fantasy section when she heard a door behind her open. Naturally she paid it no mind, until a hand covered her mouth and pulled her backwards and into the room that was connected through that particular door. Her yelp was muffled by the hand, and she was too surprised to fight back. Her captor released her and locked the door; it was Weiss. "Weiss!? What are you doing? You scared me half to death!"

"S-sorry," Weiss apologized. "I just needed to talk to you again."

Ruby sighed. "What did I do now?"

"Ruby," Weiss began, a little hesitant. "Is…is there something you want to tell me?"

Ruby arched her eyebrow in confusion. "No," she said, dragging the word out to put emphasis on her puzzled state. "Why?"

Weiss remained silent as she raised her hand, revealing a creased page of notebook paper. On the paper was a very poorly drawn picture of what could only be Weiss and Ruby holding hands with hearts floating about.

Ruby's eyes went wide. She silently nodded. "Do you have Myrtenaster on you?" she asked.

"N-no," Weiss answered, unsure of how it was relevant.

"You should go get it, because I really want you to kill me right now. Preferably quick and painless so I don't suffer anymore than I already am."

"Ruby, this is serious!" Weiss exclaimed, feeling slightly frustrated. "This isn't the time for your jokes. What does this picture mean?"

"I…didn't want to tell you. I didn't think you were, you know, into girls. Also, I didn't want to make our friendship any more difficult than it already is. You yell at me enough as it is, so I didn't want you to think I was a disgusting freak on top of it."

Weiss frowned. Ruby expected her to be angry at Ruby's secret feelings, but all she saw was sympathy and concern. "You really think I'm that heartless? That I wouldn't take your feelings seriously and that I would ridicule you?"

Ruby was ashamed that she couldn't answer that honestly. "Well, you already think I'm a pervert."

"Ruby, just stop right there. How can I be the best team mate I can be if you won't be honest with me? You're supposed to trust your team mates with everything, Ruby. Sure, we have to keep some things to ourselves until we feel comfortable talking about them, but something this important needs to be addressed as quickly as possible. Letting such feeling build up silently can only hurt the team in the long run."

Ruby nervously laughed. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Weiss sighed. If she had a lien for every sigh she'd let out today, it'd be ridiculous how much money she would have. You know, aside from the fact that she was already rich. "Is there anything else I should know?"

Ruby met Weiss's gaze, and she felt unsure of how to respond. "Uh," she thought. She noticed now that Weiss was wearing the outfit that Ruby had picked out for her. "I really like your absolute territory."

And just like that, the serious moment that Weiss was trying to have with Ruby shattered like a million lien vase that Nora happened to discover. "My what?"

"It's the amount of skin showing between your socks and skirt. Knee socks are pretty cool, but thigh highs are the best." Ruby smiled with every word. Somehow she felt relieved to finally tell Weiss something so profound. Weiss, however, merely rolled her eyes. "What?"

"Of all the things to say, you choose to discuss my legs."

"Hey, I'm not a pervert!"

"I fail to see evidence to the contrary. For all I know, all of this 'hentai' has made you form terrible habits like stalking me in the shower, or playing with my underwear."

Ruby gasped, before whispering, "That backstabbing cat!"

Weiss looked intrigued and shocked. "Who's backstabbing?"

"Wait, so Blake didn't tell you?"

Weiss shook her head. "Tell me what?"

Ruby gulped. "Well…this is awkward."

"Ruby," Weiss said with a warning tone. "What did you do?"

"Nothing," she said defensively. "But…I did almost sort of do the playing with the underwear bit."

Weiss stared at her. "You didn't!" she exclaimed.

"No! I didn't!" Ruby said, now scared for her life. "It was tempting, but I tried not too! I almost did it anyway, but Blake caught me and promised not to say anything!"

Weiss groaned. "Is your crush for me really that strong?" Ruby nodded. Weiss, however, couldn't really be angry. She wanted to feel sorry for Ruby for having let her feelings develop so strongly. She glanced over at the pile of manga. "Hold that thought," she said as she reached for her scroll and began searching the internet for something.

Ruby looked at her with curiosity. Weiss smiled and looked up to meet her leader's gaze. "Do you really want to keep your books?"

Ruby nodded. "Yes, that would be nice."

"I'll let you hang on to them on one condition," Weiss told her with a smile on her face. "Take me to this." She showed Ruby her scroll, and what Ruby saw surprised her. The Vale ComiKet pre-register page was open on Weiss's internet; the comic convention was going to happen in another two weeks. Ruby looked up at Weiss with confusion. "If I'm going to be your partner, then I need to understand your hobbies, do I not?"

"But, Weiss…we're already partners," Ruby answered.

Weiss smirked. "That's not what I meant, Ruby."

Inner Otaku Ruby clicked with understanding. Hey, snap out of it, you idiot! She's totally asking you out on a date! Ruby smiled. "You really are my favorite tsundere!" she declared as she hugged Weiss.

Weiss sighed once again. She couldn't fault Ruby for her feelings, and it really wouldn't be all that bad for Weiss to give Ruby a chance. Besides, she had actually looked up only one thing on the internet, and found the Vale ComiKet through her original search criteria. She was actually looking for the release date of the fifth volume of the yuri manga.

It was to be released at the convention. Ruby must never know! she thought as she returned Ruby's hug.

Author's Note

BOOM! The tables have turned! Now Weiss is the secret one! Sort of. I don't really know. I haven't a damn clue as to where in the hell I'm going with this story. I am legit confused with myself that I even wrote this chapter the way I did. It started out as one idea...and then it derailed somewhere along the lines. I'm not unfamiliar with this. I've been writing for a long time, and I always go through with this. I like to think that I introduce the characters to the scenario, and then the story tells itself. I just happen to be the one translating uncontrollable thought into words.

Still, I don't know quite how I feel about this. What do you guys think?

Fun Fact: I actually own a hentai manga! You know how it goes: you're 18 and you can now do things you couldn't do before, so you decide to exploit that. Me and my friends go to this local Tennessee anime convention every year, and every year I hated it when I couldn't do something simply because I was under 18. Last year, just before I turned 19, we went to the convention, and I told my friends "You know what? I'm gonna buy a hentai!" They thought I was joking. The looks on their faces when I vanished for 15 minutes and came back with a hentai manga was hilarious. I've only ever read it twice. It just sits on my bookshelf. Though, once there was a dude in my room that was getting on my nerves, so I pulled the book out and read it at such an angle so he could see what it was. He left me alone. I may have to use that tactic more often in the future... Sadly it's not a yuri...I may have to fix that this year. :D

Oh well! Leave a review with your thoughts if you have any on the story. Till next time!