Ruby sighs as she gets up in the early predawn hours. Today is her first leadership class with Professor Scarlatina-Garibaldi, and even though the senior Huntress was gone on a high priority hunt with her aura mates, she still has to attend. Shivering a bit at how cold the dorm room is, she dresses quickly as she spares more than a few glances at her sleeping partner.
The normal lines of worry and strain are gone from her face, and she actually looks a bit like a black and white burrito as she sleeps on while wrapped tightly in the surprisingly thick blanket.
"You like her don't you?" She hears the mumbled question from Yang. She smiles as she turns to look at the taller woman and reaches up to squeeze her hand. She can hear the soft chuckle coming from the blonde even as she growls softly.
"Don't get ill with me Rubes. You've been treating her way different than how you treated that one girl back in Signal." Yang points out. She's right of course, her last girlfriend had developed a pretty big problem with her after her last big heat. It hadn't been exactly what she had been expecting, and their breakup had been rather public, loud, and beyond embarrassing. Nothing she ever wanted to repeat ever again. But her train of thought is interrupted by the older girl once more. "She's damaged goods, Rubes. Even Goodwitch's noticed."
Ruby smiles up at Yang. "So was I when Uncle Tai and Auntie Raven took me in. And look how I turned out in the end." She whispers softly as she looks at Weiss again. "Besides, there's something about her that I can't help but…." Her voice trails off.
Yang chuckles again as she squeezes Ruby's hand. "Hey, far be it for me to judge. And if you think she's worth it, then you know I'm going to support you all the way."
The Reaper can't help but squeeze her sister's hand. More than once, she has always been grateful that she and her younger siblings had been taken in by their wonderful and caring family. Raven Branwen-Xiao Long never hesitated when she arrived in Mistral to take custody of six year old Ruby, and the three year old twins Jay and Robin. She quickly bullied the social worker into handing over all the legal documents needed as Taiyang and eight year old Yang had gone to the Branwen-Rose household to pack it up to ship back to Patch. Even now, they treat the three of them as their own children, with Yang being their obnoxious older sister.
But just as she will never give up Weiss as her partner, she will never give up the Rose last name. She is proud of her parent's legacy and sacrifice….