A/N: Warning. There's a slight mention of child abuse in this chapter.

"Hey, Weiss." Ruby started as she looked up at her girlfriend from her lap. "Can I ask you something kinda personal?"

"Hn?" Weiss raised a brow as she looked at Ruby, setting the book aside. "What is it?"

"Well… it's just something that I noticed, but…" Ruby took Weiss's hand into her own. "Why do you hate being touched by other people?"

Weiss blinked. She didn't expect that kind of question from Ruby and frowned. "Why do you want to know?"

"You don't have to tell me if you don't wanna. But I was just curious. You normally don't let anyone but me touch you. Even then, you... flinch a bit. I just wanna know more about it so I don't make you uncomfortable." Ruby kissed her hand.

"Ruby… it's… it's not a happy thought." Weiss frowned then watched Ruby sitting up for this serious talk, her eyes asking her to continue. The Heiress bit her lip, debating on telling her girlfriend the truth or not and sighed. "…As you may know, my father hasn't been the kindest father. There were times when I made him angry and he… disciplined me."

"He hit you?" Ruby corrected, horrified at the thought. She didn't want to believe it, but that would explain… a lot of things about her girlfriend.

"I… isn't it nor—" Weiss stopped that sentence when she saw the anger in Ruby's eyes.

'Ok, maybe it wasn't normal.' She thought to herself and held onto Ruby's hand tighter to reassure her that she was all right now.

"Weiss… it's not right. Your father shouldn't hit you to the point that you're scared of being touched." Ruby started gently, worried about Weiss's mental health. Who knows what other things her father did to her.

"I… I guess you're right. But I'm not in Atlas. I have some sort of freedom here." Weiss sighed then made a sound of surprise when she suddenly felt Ruby's arms wrapping around her. "R-Ruby…?"

"I'm just… I'm so sorry that you had to go through all of that, Weiss. You didn't deserve to go through something like that…" Ruby whimpered as she rested her head onto Weiss's shoulder. "I just want you to be comfortable with me… I want to hold you like this without the fear that I'm scaring you."

"But you're not!" Weiss pushed Ruby back to look her in the eyes. "Ruby, you're an amazing person and you've made me feel more loved here than I've ever been. Sure, I had Klein and Winter, but… they could only do so much." She sighed as she looked down, folding her hands together. "I… I apologize if I made you think you were making me uncomfortable. Just some habits are hard to break."

"Weiss…" Ruby looked at her girlfriend worriedly. "Is… Is there anything that I can do to make you feel better? Something to make you feel more comfortable?"

"Ruby, I'm here with you. He can't touch me here in Vale." Weiss rested her head onto Ruby's shoulder. "I'm safe here. As long as I'm here with you, everything will be alright."

"I know but still…" Ruby scowled as she wrapped an arm around her girlfriend's shoulder. "Thank you though, for telling me."

"No… thank you for loving me and giving me this chance." Weiss nuzzled against Ruby's neck, giving it a light kiss. "I'll… try to be more used to your hugs and affection. I haven't had much since I was a child."

"I can tell…" Ruby sighed, kissing her head. "But…" she pushed Weiss back a bit and gave her a childish grin, tackling her onto the bed. "That just means that I have to catch you up on at least ten years of affection! I hope that you're ready Weiss!"

"…Oh dear." Part of Weiss was dreading it, but the other part was happy. She was lucky to have Ruby willing to go so far for her, and she wouldn't trade her for anything in the world.

A/N: Day 2 is now here, hoped that you enjoyed~ Thanks LastCorsair and snoopykid for the reviews. Some days of White Rose Week may or may not have some ref to the new story. See you all next time~