"Ruby?" The concerned voice of an older sister followed the fading sound of boots against the carpet.
Yang had quickly caught up with her younger sister, gripping her arm and moving her hair. Dark red.
Yang sighed, nothing was going to happen in this state. Best to leave Ruby alone and let her sort things out herself.
Before Yang had walked out of earshot, she heard something from Ruby.
"That might not happen out in the field, Yang."
So that's what was on Ruby's mind.
"Thinking you'll die if you can't take care of yourself?"
Ruby said nothing and entered their dorm, leaving Yang in silent halls.
Yang pushed open the doors leading into the history class, easily spotting the snowy hair of Weiss amongst the sea of darker hair.
"So, how did it go?" Weiss glanced nervously towards Yang.
Yang sat next to Weiss, an uneasy silence drifting between them.
Yang shook her head causing Weiss's heart to sink. Was this how it was going to be? Ruby blowing her off every time she did something wrong?
Any further thought was interrupted as a green haired blur zipped through the middle of class and stood behind the desk at the bottom.
"Greetings class, my name is Dr. Oobleck. I will be teaching the history of Remnant. Are there any questions?"
Oobleck looked around the room before landing at the vacant seat next to Yang.
"Team RWBY, where is your leader?"
Weiss and Yang turned to each other. Telling Oobleck that the team was in an argument already would not look good for them.
Weiss opened her mouth to respond.
"She's not feeling very well, professor."
Oobleck took a sip of his coffee.
"On the first day? No matter. Let us begin."
Oobleck began his lesson on the Faunus war against humanity and the major battles that accompanied it.
The lesson seemed to pass by fairly quickly for the class, or at least Oobleck made it feel that way.
Weiss jumped in her seat at one point Oobleck nearly shouted at Jaune.
"Mr. Arc, finally contributing to the class. Tell me, what was the turning for the Faunus at Fort Castle?"
Jaune seemed to stammer his response, a side effect of a rude awakening, but he noticed Pyrrha making circles around her eyes.
"They, um, had binoculars!"
The class fell silent at Jaunes confident answer. A laugh finally broke the silence.
"Mr. Winchester, do you have the answer?"
"It's easier to train an animal than a human."
An opening of the doors into the room halted the conversation as all eyes turned to the door.
"Miss Rose, so glad you could join us. Do you have any idea as to why the Faunus won the battle at Fort Castle?"
Expecting eyes bore into Ruby.
"The advantage the Faunus had at the battle of Fort Castle was night vision. General Lagune tried to attack the Faunus position at night and lost a majority of his forces."
The lifeless voice of Ruby replied as she took the empty seat to complete her team's row.
Oobleck took one more sip from his coffee before running back to his desk.
"Excellent answer Miss Rose."
The bell rang before Oobleck could continue.
"That is all we have time for today class. Be sure to read the assigned pages before next class."
The students began to shuffle out of the grand doors in the back.
"Mr. Arc, Mr. Winchester, come see me please."
Pyrrha looked worriedly towards Jaune, who silently gestured for her to leave.
Weiss hurriedly went to Ruby to apologize for what she had done in Port's Classroom.
"Ruby, I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to take the credit."
Ruby stayed silent, causing Weiss's heart to sink.
A few awkwardly silent minutes later, Ruby turned to Weiss.
"Out in the field, we won't be able to help each other all the time. You could get injured or I could, then what?"
Ruby's monotone voice made that hurt a lot more than Weiss was expecting. With the statement, however, Weiss realized something, Ruby sounded concerned for her.
"Ruby, does- does this mean you're worried about me?"
What little hope Weiss had was cut short when Ruby shook her head.
"No, I'm just here to graduate a hunter academy, then I'm not working with anyone ever again."
Weiss ignored the comment Ruby had made and tackle hugged the shorter girl.
"You do care about me!"
After a small, harmless fight and giggles from the taller women of RWBY, Weiss had been dislodged from Ruby and apologized for her behavior. A Schnee shouldn't act childish. Ruby stated she would be returning to the dorm to study while the rest of the team gathered in the cafeteria for food. Weiss had noticed something mysterious about Ruby before she disappeared from view.
Engraved into the skin behind Ruby's ear was a small, yellow rose.
"Yang, I saw a yellow rose on Ruby. Does she have a tattoo?" Weiss glanced curiously at the older sister.
"It's best you hear what it is from Ruby herself. She won't talk to me ever again if I tell you."
Weiss glared at Yang.
"What do you mean she'll never talk to you again?"
Yang rubbed her temples and sighed.
"Just ask her, Weiss."
Yang's agitation was clear. Weiss believed it better to ask Ruby instead of being a melted snow cone. Weiss abruptly turned and sped away from Yang before she got any worse. She reached the dorm room in minutes and gently knocked on the door.
"Ruby, are you in there?"
No response came from the other side. Weiss pushed open the door to find Ruby sleeping on the top bunk. Softly closing the door behind her, Weiss walked towards Ruby and parted the hair covering her ear to find a black rose.
"I swear there was a yellow rose there."
Weiss slapped her hands over mouth, Ruby's once sleeping form staring at her.
"What are you doing?"
Weiss shifted her eyes around looking for anything that would change the situation.
"I was uh – looking at your tattoo?" Weiss nodded. "Yes, looking at your tattoo."
"Right."
Ruby flipped back over and went back to sleep.
"Are you not going to talk about it?"
"No," Ruby's flat voice stated.
"Is there a reason you don't want to talk about it? I am your partner, you know."
Ruby stayed silent. Why did this tattoo bother her so much?
Weiss gets a starting peak at the reason Ruby is Ruby. I am also making a new story a SC2 x RWBY that will hopefully have longer chapters in it.