After nearly 30 minutes Weiss and Ruby finally made it to the cave that Ruby had set up. There was a fire already inside, burning hot enough to warm the cave and keep the freezing rain outside. Some leaves had been laid down next to the fire as a makeshift cot.
Collapsing on to the leaves Weiss began to cry. "W-Weiss what's wrong?!" Ruby said desperately. Ruby ran over and kneeled next to Weiss. Weiss continued to cry and tried describe her feelings. "I-I-I'm s-sorry... I can't r-r-" Ruby hushed Weiss and held her in her arms. "It's ok Weiss you don't need to say anything right now. It's ok." Ruby repeated this until Weiss calmed down. She continued to hold Weiss until they both fell asleep to the sounds of the rain.
The next morning Weiss woke to find herself lying next to the embers of a dying fire, with no Ruby to be found. Weiss had begun to panic but as she sat up she realized that her wounds had been cleaned and bandaged with pieces of what appeared to be Ruby's shirt.
Searching the cave Weiss discovered that Ruby had left a small pile of fruits and nuts next to her. Taking a few of the berries Weiss stood and left the cave. A quick survey revealed that Ruby had hung her cloak up to dry. As Weiss discovered the cloak a rustling could be heard from the trees. Looking frantically towards the sound Weiss hesitantly called out, "Ruby?..." Cautiously walking towards the area where the sounds had come from Weiss grew more and more nervous. Suddenly Ruby burst out of the trees brandishing what appeared to be a fishing rod. "Surprise!" Ruby shouted as she raised the rod over her head triumphantly.
Weiss, of course, screamed bloody murder. "RUBY?! What do you THINK you're doing?! Scaring the shit out of me for no apparent reason!"
"But Weiss... I thought you'd be happy to see that I've gotten us plenty of fish…" Ruby stated dejectedly as her ears drooped and her tail fell between her legs in a submissive position. "At least enough for a few days!" Ruby said as she began to perk back up to her usual self.
"You dolt! Don't scare me like that! We have no idea what could be out here with us!" Weiss very nearly shouted. She was, as per her usual, although she wasn't aware of it, entirely annoyed with Ruby's attitude towards the situation they were unfortunately forced in.
Sighing Weiss decided to let her anger go for now and said, "Let's just go inside and start preparing this so we can have some lunch." Ruby, being her usual perky self again, jumped for joy as her tail began to wag wildly.
Back in the cave the two sat down at opposite ends of the small pile of embers that had been their fire. "How did you even start a fire in the first place?" Weiss questioned Ruby. "Well you know how my semblance is speed? Well I just used that in combination with another time honored method of starting fires and... voila!" Ruby then proceeded to show Weiss exactly how she'd started the fire by laying down a somewhat broad piece of wood which she had shaven some kindling off of using a sharp rock. She then took a somewhat thick stick, of which she had sharpened the end to a dull point, and placed it over the kindling. Finally, she took her hands and placed them on the sides of the stick and began to rub them together as if she was warming her hands over a fire. Of course, this hand rubbing was much faster because Ruby was using her semblance to increase the speed dramatically.
The fire started in a matter of seconds and Ruby placed the now burning log into a pile that Weiss had pre-made to be their new fire place. Afterwards the two sat in a vaguely uncomfortable silence, skinning a couple of fish and setting them over their measly fire. It would be several hours before they were cooked enough to be edible. Ruby broke the silence with a question neither truly wanted to bring up. "W-Weiss… do you… r-really not… remember me?" Weiss' face slowly turned into a frown and said "N-no… I'm sorry I don't remember anything before waking up on the beach yesterday…" Ruby's ears drooped and her head slowly dropped down as she drew up her knees. The only sounds to be heard after that were the quite crackling of the fire and the nearly imperceptible sobs of Ruby Rose as she contemplated what this meant for her hopes and dreams. Weiss had almost not noticed that Ruby had started crying but was alerted when she realized that her fellow had been shaking, and it obviously wasn't from being cold, what with her cloak and the fire blazing not 3 feet in front of her. Weiss shuffled over to Ruby's side and pulled her in for a light hug. Ruby's sobbing became more audible as she shifted her weight to lean on Weiss' shoulder.
Nearly an hour later Ruby was sound asleep on Weiss' lap. 'I hated to see her cry like that…' Weiss thought. 'What do I mean to her that would make her feel this way? A better question would be what did she mean to me?' As Weiss thought these questions she picked Ruby up and lay her down upon their makeshift cot and, after a seconds thought, lay down her self. Snuggling up to Ruby Weiss began to drift off to sleep. 'Maybe tomorrow will bring us answers...'