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Here's chapter 7 everyone.


Weiss sighed as she began to scratch at her head in the middle of the night. "Why doesn't this itch go away already?" The heiress whimpered, as the annoyance on the top of her head had been aggravating her so much for the past week.

She sat up in her bed and looked across at Blake and Yang's bunk beds. What caught her eye though was the fact that none of her teammates were having the same issues she was having. The heiress got out of bed and used a glyph to get a bit higher, leaning over to Ruby.

As she tapped her partner's shoulder a few times, the scythe wielder moved a bit in her sleep and slowly opened her eyes. "H-Huh?" Ruby blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes, yawning as she sat up. "Weiss?"

"I know it doesn't seem appropriate to bother you at this time, but is there anything else that you may be able to do for this irritating itch?" Weiss basically pleaded.

"It's still bothering you?" Ruby asked and got a nod in return. "Yang is the one who really likes to keep her hair almost perfect all the time, but if it's still bothering you," Ruby sat up and jumped down from her bed. "Then I'll take you to the nurse right now." She grabbed onto Weiss' hand when the heiress got off her glyph and began walking her to the door.

"W-Wait a minute." Weiss made sure not to raise her voice, since Blake and Yang were still sleeping. "It's three in the morning, you dolt."

Ruby stopped for a moment. "I know, but there are a couple of people who work the night shift in the infirmary. That's just another reason why this school is so great." She went back to dragging Weiss to the infirmary.

Weiss sighed at her partner's continued attempt to drag her to the infirmary. "Fine, but you are not doing something this ridiculous again. Understood?"

"Aw, but you're my partner, Weiss. And as the leader of the team, I need to make sure you're all okay." Ruby smiled at her reasoning. "And besides, you're my friend too, so I can't let my friend feel uncomfortable this much."

Weiss was actually surprised at that. "Well, even so, this kind of reaction is not exactly the best kind, Ruby." She groaned when Ruby continued dragging her, so she pulled back. "And will you stop dragging me?" She didn't want to raise her voice, since other students were still asleep at that time. "I can walk myself you know."

Ruby chuckled. "Right, sorry, Weiss." She let go of the heiress' arm. The heiress shook her head at that and walked side by side with Ruby. "Sooo…What's going on with you, Weiss?" She attempted to make small talk with her partner.

"Excuse me? What do you mean what's going on? Are you implying that I've got some other problem besides this irritating itch?" The heiress sounded offended.

"W-What? No, I was just asking how you've been." Ruby stated.

"Oh, well I don't really have much of an answer for you. I stick to my schedule for classes, and I have this itch to deal with, so these past few days are not exactly the most memorable ones." Weiss explained as they got closer to the infirmary.

Ruby frowned at her partner's reaction. "That's…Um, I'm sorry. Well, look on the bright side. We're going to the infirmary right now to see if they can help, and you and Nora are friends again."

Weiss groaned at the reminder. "Ruby, for whatever reason you and everyone else may think that Nora and I are friends…" She stopped when she realized she was about to say something more negative than it ever needed to be. "Ugh, never mind."

Ruby shook her head at that. "Nope. If you have anything you wanna talk about with that then let's talk. I still wanna help my team, and you're part of it."

"You've seen enough of how things went with Nora and I. And yes, I forgave her for that day, but I'm not exactly comfortable with being around her that much. And if that's a crime for whatever reason, then put the handcuffs on me now." Weiss replied.

Ruby and Weiss got to the infirmary, but before Weiss could reach for the door, Ruby stopped her by lightly grabbing her arm. "I won't bother you that much about it, but I don't blame you for not feeling completely comfortable around her."

"You don't?" Weiss questioned and got a nod in return. "Then why are you-?"

"Nora is still a good friend though. Yeah, she may be a bit more hyper than any of us are used to, but that's what makes her Nora. I just want you to know that like her, everyone else thinks of you as a friend, Weiss. So…maybe you might be able to feel a lot more comfortable around her one day. I just wanted to say that, since it's something I really hope for." Ruby released the heiress' arm.

"Ruby, I…why do you hope for something like that?" Weiss inquired, genuinely curious about her partner's hope.

"I didn't really think about being around that many people when I came here. I just wanted to show people that I can fight monsters just like everyone else, but…after meeting you, Blake, Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha and Ren. I started thinking about how much more I was going to love being here. I want everyone else to be just as happy with that." Ruby smiled. "That's why I hope you and Nora can really get through this. You know, so we can all go through these four years as friends."

Weiss was truly taken aback by that. "I didn't expect to hear this from you. A-Are you even the same person that I met on day one?"

Ruby giggled. "I know what you're thinking already, Weiss. I'm just a kid, so I shouldn't just say these things and not know what I mean, but I do."

Is this really Ruby?

Weiss was thinking about how her partner acted before, and couldn't connect that they were the same person. "O-Okay, well, what happens if she goes ballistic again? What then? Am I just supposed to ignore such a thing?"

"Of course not. Friends have their ups and downs, but we still do what we can to make it better, right?" Ruby answered easily.

"I don't," Weiss sighed. "Ruby, I'm not one to worry about friends, okay. I want to do my work, and become a huntress. So answer me this. Why do you feel the need to try so hard to have me involved?"

"Well that's easy, Weiss. You're my friend." Ruby answered simply.

"T-That isn't an answer, you dolt. How am I even your friend?" Weiss questioned.

Ruby shrugged. "I can't really explain it anymore. You're my friend, and honestly, I don't think I need a reason."

Weiss decided to just open the door to the infirmary. "Whatever." She looked around and saw no one else was in, so being the first to be checked on was locked in. "I still can't believe I let you drag me here."

Ruby used her semblance and got past Weiss, and to the counter. She looked around and saw the one at the counter was actually snoozing on the job, so she slammed her hand on the counter. "Hello! My friend needs to see the nurse and you're sleeping!" She more requested the person to wake up than actually being angry that the person was asleep.

The guy at the desk woke up, startled from the yelling and hand slamming on the counter. "Ugh! What the heck?!" He looked in front of him to see Ruby was smiling at him. "O-Oh, uh, sorry about that. Um, what are you here for at…" He looked at his scroll. "Sheesh, three in the morning?"

"Well, that's why there's a night shift, right?" Ruby replied. "Anyways, my friend's been having a really bad itching problem on her head, so could you get the nurse to check on that for her?"

The receptionist nodded, getting up to go get the nurse. Weiss walked over and stood next to Ruby. "See, even he realizes that coming here at this time is ridiculous." She groaned, since the itch came back, so she began scratching her head. Weiss noticed the small smirk on Ruby's face when she did that. "Oh shut it."

"I didn't say anything." Ruby said with her smirk still present on her face.

Weiss groaned again and continued scratching. "You're still a dolt for this." She heard the door to the nurse's office open and looked over.

"Well this is a surprise. Working the night shift isn't exactly the most exciting job at Beacon, so having someone show up at this kind of time is rare." Nurse Aquarius noted. "Now then, I was told that one of you has an itch problem?" She looked at Weiss, who was scratching the top of her head still. "Ah, I should've realized that the moment I saw. Come this way."

Weiss nodded and followed the nurse to the room. Ruby walked over as well, since she wanted to be sure Weiss was okay. "I'm allowed to be in there too, right?" Ruby asked.

"I usually just bring in the patient, but I suppose you can sit in the room too. Just try not to distract me while I check on her." The nurse answered as she got in the room. "Okay, before I check on that itch of yours, please leave your name and fill in what you are able to on this sheet." Aquarius gave the heiress a sheet of paper to have her leave some info on it.

The heiress sat down and began filling out the paper, while Ruby sat down on one of the other chairs in the room. Weiss filled out all the necessary information and handed the paper back to the nurse.

"Alright, everything seems to be in order. Now, how long has this itch of yours lasted for?" Aquarius inquired.

"A few days." Weiss resisted the urge to scratch the top of her head. "My partner suggested it might be lice," She sighed at the thought of when Ruby suggested using lice shampoo. "I tried using lice shampoo, but it didn't help."

"Hmm, it most likely isn't lice then. Stay still." Aquarius got up and put on some gloves. She put on a headband that had a small flashlight on it so she could check the heiress' head. "Remember to stay completely still. Understand?" She got a nod from the heiress, so Aquarius began checking her scalp for any bumps or marks on her. As she moved her hands through the heiress' white hair, she could feel something odd.

Weiss was a little worried when the nurse stopped moving her hands around, since it seemed like she was focusing on one spot. "I-Is something the matter?"

"Give me a moment please, Miss Schnee." The nurse rubbed one spot on top of Weiss' head, and then moved to the second spot she felt. Weiss actually felt the spot on her head a lot more than usual when the nurse check on it. She did the same to the second spot and moved her hands away. "Did anything fall on your head, Miss Schnee?"

"Um, no I don't believe so. Why?" Weiss was still a little worried, while Ruby was waiting to hear what the nurse had to say.

"It seems like there are two spots on your head that are jutting out from your head." Aquarius explained and leaned back over, intensifying the light on her headband. She moved some of her hair to get a better look at the soft spots that were on her head. "They're soft for some reason." The spots were pretty far apart, being on top of her head, but adjacent to her ears.

Weiss was visibly distressed by that. "W-What does that mean?"

"Stay calm. I don't want you freaking out over something that may not be a problem." Aquarius moved her hands away again. "By any chance, have you had anything happen to your head before? Maybe a surgery or an accident?"

"N-No. I never had an injury to the head." She then frowned. "Um, I did get an injury on my face though." She moved her right hand to the scar on her face.

The nurse frowned at that. "I apologize for having you disclose that, but it doesn't seem like that injury has anything to do with these spots on your head."

Ruby spoke up. "Is there anything you can do to help, Weiss?"

"Having you use ointment on the spots may work to shrink them, but I can't be too sure of what it even is. It's nothing I've seen before, but," Aquarius got out a small box and handed it to the heiress. "I want you to use this ointment, and after a week, come back so I can check on those spots again."

Weiss looked at the box and sighed. "What if this itch gets too irritating before the week is up?"

"Then come back here. I may not be working on that shift, but I'm leaving your name around to let the other nurses know about your condition." Aquarius assured.

Ruby got up and sat next to Weiss. "I'll make sure not to tell anyone about the ointment if you wanna keep it a secret."

Weiss nodded, though she was still saddened that her itch isn't even something the nurse was sure of herself. "T-Thank you for the help." Weiss said to Aquarius.

"Don't mention it. It is my job to help the students, and even the teachers around here." Aquarius said as Weiss got up.

With that, the heiress signed a paper saying that she got treatment for her itch. After doing so, she and Ruby took the ointment and headed back to their room.

Aquarius watched as they left, looking a little suspicious of something. She got out a paper and wrote a reminder to call Weiss' father.


Again, if you want to read any possible drabbles I may come up with, then head on over to my Tumblr. I don't know when I'll be writing those short drabbles, but when I do, you'll be notified if you follow me on there. As for the chapter, Ruby's reason for wanting to be friends truly doesn't have to be complicated. Just wanted to leave that there in case people were confused as to why she wants Weiss to be her friend.

To Gruffy- I'm glad you're enjoying it. I can't wait to get more detailed with this story, since I have a lot planned for it already in my head.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 7. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 8.