Okay guys, I know this one is short and took way too long to post, which I'm really sorry about, but I really wanted to get something to you, so here it is. Just so you know, I will keep writing, no matter how slow I get. I've also got at least one other non-RWBY fanfic in the works, so be on the lookout for that within the next few day (hopefully). Got requests? Send them to me, and we'll see what happens. Summer's almost here, so I'll have lot's of spare time.
"Fine." Weiss stated simply. This really wasn't a conversation she wanted to have, but they were being persistent. Her friend's concern would have been touching, had the situation been different.
"So, why did you leave?" Yang asked, having become the de facto leader of her interrogation.
" I just needed some time to think and...collect myself." There. That should be sufficient enough. Weiss thought to herself as she got up to leave for the shower.
"No." Blake's clear voice shattered any delusions Weiss might have held of getting away easy.
"No? What do you mean? You asked for an explanation. I gave you one. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to rest."
"No. We want to know what had you so distraught you were sent running into the forest, alone and unarmed. Not your lame excuses." Her stare turned icy when Weiss only huffed in annoyance.
"Please?" Ruby pleaded softly. "We were all so scared, so stop fight us and tell us what's wrong. We want to help you, Weiss, so let us. Please." Ruby's voice broke as she pleaded again for Weiss to tell them what was wrong.
"It's because of all of you. Or more precisely, how I've treated you." She added after noticing their expressions filled with different levels of hurt and confusion. "I've been such a horrid person, acting like I'm better than my peers, obnoxiously flaunting my status. My unfavorable attitude towards Faunus. I've been the perfect little heiress that my father raised me to be. And it's been nothing but a huge mistake.
"Weiss…" Ruby called out to her softly, but now that the dam had broke, there was no stopping it.
"All I've done is bring others down in an attempt to lift myself up. And why? So I can please my father by being just like him?! I was wrong. I'm s-sor-" Weiss broke down and began to sob.
"It's okay, Weiss. We know, and it's alright" Yang soothed calmly as she held her. In that moment Weiss looked so much like a small, broken child, that it reminded her of Ruby after her mom died. They stayed like that for what felt like hours, with Blake and Ruby on either side of them. Eventually, Weiss simply cried herself to sleep, the stress of the last several hours being too much for her.
"So, what are we going to do now?" Blake asked quietly.
"Sleep." Was Ruby's only reply.
"Alright, c'mon you two. Might as well get comfy, cause I'm not sure we should leave her alone right now." Yang said as she maneuvered Weiss and herself under the blankets.
"She might not be happy about us all being in her bed in the morning." Ruby pointed out.
"Well, technically this is Blake's bed, and I'm pretty sure Weiss just needs us to be with her right now. Even if she won't admit it."
"I guess you're right." Ruby replied
"You've got a point" Blake was too tired to care at this point, so she settled under her blanket next to Ruby once again.
Waking up, Blake quickly realized that she once again was not alone in her bed. This time, however, she was not greeted by teasing. She looked over to see not just Ruby next to her, but Weiss on Ruby's other side, and Yang with her arm draped over Weiss' waist. The four members of team RWBY were a near indistinguishable tangle of limbs and bedsheets, and rather than attempt to remove herself, Blake decided to stay right where she was. I could get used to this. She thought.
Ruby woke nearly an hour later, somewhat startled to find herself nose-to-nose with Blake. Despite the awkward position she was in, she couldn't seem to convince herself to move. It's just because I'd wake the others up. She told herself. It had absolutely nothing to do with the way Blake's legs felt woven through her own. Or the steady, comforting thump of her heartbeat next to Ruby's ear. Nothing at all. Those thoughts, those feelings meant things Ruby wasn't able to deal with.
It was noon by the time all of team RWBY decided they had gotten enough sleep. As Ruby predicted, her partner was less than comfortable waking up in the same bed as her teammates, though she was secretly grateful for the affection and comfort she had long been denied.
"Alright, team RWBY! Time for lunch! This is our last day before classes start, and I've got a surprise for all of you!" Ruby exclaimed once they had all dressed for the day.
And thus begins volume 2.
