I do not own RWBY, sadly. Sorry for the long wait.


Yang was the first one to wake up that morning. Letting out an enormous yawn, she noticed that her sister has let her sleep in. Maybe Ruby was still asleep. "Hey, Rubes, it's time to get up," she said sheepishly, tossing a pillow at the other upper bunk. No response was given from her younger sister. "Ruby?" Yang looked at the bed of the girl in question; she was not there. In fact, the bed was left undisturbed from last night.

Hopping off of her bed, the blonde nudged her brunette teammate. The cat faunus woke up, slightly annoyed. "Yang, what is it?" she asked with a bit of venom in her voice. She doesn't like to be woken from her nap.

"Blake, did you see Ruby come in at all?"

All sense off annoyance drained away from the faunus, scanning her memories. She had no recollection of the team leader ever returning last night. "No. Why?"

"She's not asleep in her bed, and she always wakes us up with that damned whistle whenever she wakes up before any of us."

"What's going on?" asked a groggy Weiss who had just woken up as well. She also muttered, "I am so glad not to hear that blasted whistle."

"Ruby didn't come home last night," replied Yang.

"What?!"

The heiress examined the bed that hung dangerously by a few ropes above her own. Yang was right; Ruby had not come back last night. The bedsheets and blanket were still nice and tidy. There's no way her partner would make up her bed after waking up.

"What has she been up too?"

The three girls were starting to worry about the wellbeing of their leader who had not returned that night. Their worries were, however, immediately put to rest as Ruby entered the dorm room, rubbing her eyes and sheepishly greeting, "Morning, everyone." She was still wearing the clothes that Nora had loaned her, and she was carrying her regular clothes.

"You, dunce! Where have you been?!" asked Weiss.

"And where did you get those clothes?" added Yang.

Ruby looked at Weiss; her heart still ached whenever she looked at her partner, her ex-girlfriend. "Nora loaned me these clothes last night. I spent the night over at Team JNPR's dorm. I'll also be staying with them for a while." Everyone was surprised by the news.

"Why is that, Rubes?"

Ruby headed over to the bathroom attached to their dorm room. "I just need to get away from all of this for a while. That's all."

Weiss said, "Ruby, I–"

"Weiss, you don't need to say anything," Ruby interrupted. "I understand, but if I see you constantly, it will only make it harder for me to move on because I'll keep on thinking about our breakup and all of the bad thoughts. I need some time away to make it easier to move on." Her teammates all knew there was truth to what she was saying, and they all agreed that this is probably the best way for her to move on. "Now, get ready. Classes start in an hour."


Weiss knew that Ruby was serious about keeping her distance from her. Her partner was sitting on the complete opposite side of the classroom next to Pyrrha. The green-eyed redhead was helping the younger girl with her assignment. As the two girls worked, Weiss noticed that her partner was faintly smiling. That's the first time she's seen a genuine smile from Ruby since their breakup.

Weiss completely understands why Ruby decided to keep her distance, but at the same time, she was saddened. The dunce is her best friend, and despite her quirky traits, she still wanted to spend time with her. Sighing, she returned to her work. At least her partner is finally starting to feel better.

"So, do you want to go to the dance with me?" a male student asked a female.

The girl chuckled. "Sure. I'd love to."

The heiress overheard the conversation. She had forgotten that the ball is coming up soon. She would like to go with Neptune, however she'll wait for him to ask her. She might just ask him, though, if he doesn't ask soon enough. Now that she thought about it, was Ruby going to ask her to the dance back when they were dating? Probably.

Weiss felt a sudden wave of guilt wash over her. It suddenly didn't feel right going to the dance with someone else. It's barely been a week since their break up. She shrugged off the guilt. Everyone has to move on at some point. As much as she cared for Ruby, she can't just wait for her to move on. Dust knows how long that would take.

She tried to focus her attention back on her assignment, but one last question kept crawling into her head. What will Ruby do about the dance?"


A few days later after class, Ruby roamed across Beacon's yards, eventually ending up at the cliff overlooking Vale. Observing the ocean sway with the breeze felt tranquil. Even though being away from Weiss has helped her from constantly dwelling on it, and she is starting to move on, but there is still a part of her that yearns to be with her white-haired partner. She shook her head. She needs to get over these thoughts.

"Hey, Ruby," called out a voice from behind.

Ruby turned around, finding Pyrrha and Nora walking up to her. "Hey, Pyrrha. Hey, Nora. What's up?"

Nora answered, "I got tickets for an early showing of 'Red vs Blue 13: Chorus vs Charon' tomorrow. I was wondering if you wanted to go with us. We could do some other stuff afterwards. A girls' day out."

"It would just be the three of us?" the hooded girl questioned.

Pyrrha replied, "We were just thinking that it would be a lot of fun if us girls just get out and hang out alone for once without the boys around.."

A small smile appeared on Ruby's face. "Sure. I'd like that."

Nora said, "Great! It's a date! Well, not really a 'date' date… You know what I mean!" The two redheads laughed at Nora's rambling. The ladies of JNPR really know how to cheer the young girl up. Ruby was happy to have friends like them.

The three of them began to walk back to the dorms. Upon entering the dorms' building, they took notice of the bulletin board in the lobby, looking for any news updates. Tacked ip in the middle of the board was a flyer advertising about the upcoming ball in a couple of weeks. Nora made a comment about how her and Ren will be the best couple at the ball, and she was quickly hushed by Pyrrha. They looked at Ruby; her happy face was once again replaced by one of melancholy. Nora mentally cursed at herself.

Team RWBY's leader started walking off. "I'm going to go study," she proclaimed.

Pyrrha said, "That girl's going through a real emotional rollercoasters. We can cheer her up and make her happy one minute, and the next she's reminded of Weiss and is depressed again."

"Rollercoasters are fun," said Nora quietly.

"Not this one, Nora."

Silence.

"I know. But still, she's starting to smile more often."


Ruby was reading a textbook for one of her various classes. She started studying more often because she wanted to Weiss to be proud of her. Meanwhile, Team JNPR were by their beds talking quietly enough to where their guest couldn't hear them.

Pyrrha stated, "Ruby appeared all happy until we saw the poster reminding the students about the upcoming dance."

Ren said, "Well, if we could get her a date to the ball, it could possibly help her get out of this break-up depression she's going through."

"You think that'll work?"

Nora replied, "Yeah! I think it will."

Ren added, "This would technically be a date. If the date goes well, and Ruby has fun at the dance, it could push through the lesson of 'there are plenty of fish in the sea' and she'll feel ready to move on."

The amazon nodded. "That might work."

Jaune stood up, saying, "Alright then."

The blond walked over to the 15 year old, determined to help his friend. Leaning on the table, he said with a suave voice, "So, Ruby. As you know, the dance is coming up next weekend, and I was wondering if you would like to go to the dance with me."

Ruby looked at Jaune quizzically, and Pyrrha face-palmed. Ruby asked, "Uh, Jaune, you do know I'm gay, right? You did see me date Weiss for a couple of weeks, didn't you?"

Jaune's determination quickly drained away. "I-I know, but I thought that she was a special case. After all, she didn't find herself gay but she still dated you because she cares about you," he said timidly.

"Well, Weiss is special to me, but I've always been into girls. I'm sorry, Jaune, but your not someone that I see myself going to the dance with."

"How about you go with me then," Pyrrha blurted out.

Everyone looked at Pyrrha with shock.

"W-what was that, Pyrrha?" Asked Ruby unsure of whether or not she heard her friend right.

Pyrrha had many different thoughts running through her mind. Ruby isn't the one she was interested in; it was that dense blond. She doesn't even feel an attraction towards girls. And yet, she wants to help Ruby Rose, her broken-hearted friend. She'll do anything to help her, even if that meant taking her out on a date herself.

Pyrrha said, "How about you go to the dance with me, Ruby?"

Little Red couldn't figure out what to make of this situation. "I-I don't know, Pyrrha…" she stuttered.

"Ruby, I'm not suggesting that you and I should become an actual couple," Pyrrha walked up to Ruby, "but let me have that one night to show you a good time." With one hand, she grabbed the shorter girl's hand and wrapped the other around her waist, pulling her close. "I want to show you that even without Weiss, it's not the end of the world." Jaune, Nora, and (secretly) Ren were all very interested in the scene that played out before them. "So, Ruby, will you go to the dance with me?"

Ruby stared into Pyrrha's green eyes, thinking about the words she just said to her. Well, what dod she have to lose?

Smiling, she nodded. "Yes, Pyrrha. I'll love to go to the dance with you."


Weiss was working on her homework. The teams dorm room was completely quiet. Blake always spend her time reading, and Yang has been quite docile without her little sister here to help stir up trouble. Her leg started shaking. She was suddenly craving the excitement her partner had brought to this little dorm. Hell, she missed Ruby!

The heiress got up and exited into the hallway, closing the door behind her. Upon approaching Team JNPR's door, she raised her hand but couldn't bring herself to knock on the door. What couldn't think of what to say to Ruby, at least not without making it awkward. After a minute, she dropped her hand. She said quietly, "I miss you, Ruby," and returned to her room.

You never know what you had until you lose it.


Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. if you did, a review would be greatly appreciated. I FINALLY figured out how I wanted this chapters from now. Don't worry, this WON'T turn into a RubyxPyrrha story. White Rose will start in the next couple of chapters. P.S. writing and updating via iPhone is annoying.