Saying that team RWBY's dorm was simply quiet would be a vast understatement. The winter onslaught that had been whirling outside the past couple of days had calmed down, and that meant that there was an absence of wind rustling the windows. Not to mention, three of the members of the team had stayed out rather late last night and were currently sleeping extremely heavily, making no noise of their own, even snoring. It was dead. One could probably have heard a pen drop on the carpet with their ears covered. And no one was able to take in the extraordinary quite. Well, except for one person.

Weiss woke up without opening her eyes. At first, she tried to go back to sleep, not quite ready to address the real world for the day. However, she found that task rather difficult, considering that she was lying in a very uncomfortable position. She attempted to lean back or lay down, but quickly discovered that she couldn't. As her back hit the chair she had fallen asleep in the previous night, she cursed herself. "Why did I have to fall asleep like this?"

Before she even started to move, she knew she was going to hate herself for sleeping in a chair. She sat up very slowly, a few pages of the book she had fallen asleep on clinging to her face as she did so. She gently pried them off, then craned her head to the side and breathed in sharply as a brief, stinging pain shot through her neck and shoulders, followed by a dull throbbing just behind her eyes. As she brought her hands up to rub the sides of her head, she leaned into the back of the chair in an attempt to massage the sore spots on her back.

"Never again will I fall asleep in a chair." After she had woke up enough to be somewhat functional human being, she stood up and stretched her arms. Only after a loud, long yawn escaped her mouth did she notice the state of the dorm. It was very, very quiet. It was pretty rare to have the dorm in such a state, so Weiss knew just how much she should appreciate it. She then noticed that she was the only one awake. Blake and Yang were sharing a bed as usual and Ruby had cocooned herself in her blankets.

As she looked at the sight, Weiss couldn't help but smile. Ruby was their leader and she had seen her be completely ruthless when it came to killing monsters. Sometimes, Ruby's plans were even carried out with surgical precision, the brunette carefully planning out every small detail. Seeing her bundled up brought something out in Weiss and she chuckled lightly before shaking her head and started to walk toward the bathroom.

However, she stopped dead in her tracks when a loud, obnoxious beeping noise echoed throughout the dorm room. Weiss spun on her heel and scanned the room with her icy blue eyes filled with anger. Her gaze dashed around the room as she tried to focus on the source of the noise and after a few seconds, she found it. It was coming from Ruby's bed. Weiss assumed it was an alarm, but it wasn't doing any good, as the scythe wielder wasn't stirring in the slightest.

The now irritated heiress marched over to Ruby's bed and was relieved that her scroll wasn't under the blankets. If it was, she would have to wake Ruby up to get to it and she didn't think she could talk to her without yelling. "Honestly, if you set an alarm and don't wake up to it, then what's the point?" Weiss yanked Ruby's scroll off her bed and brought it up to her face, ready to silence the alarm. However, her entire attitude changed when she saw the message displayed on the device underneath the alarm.

Wake up and make sure Weiss is still sleeping okay.

Weiss let the message sink in as she stared at the screen. She turned her head to the chair that had served as her bed the previous night and noticed a blanket draped over the sides of the chair. It looked like it had been thrown over her back and slid down at some point. Whether it was some time during the night, or while she was waking up, she didn't know. Weiss then glanced down at her own bed and quickly realized that the blanket was from her bed. Someone must have taken it off her bed and put it on her. Judging from the alarm on Ruby's scroll… "That dolt." Weiss simply turned off the alarm and placed the scroll next to her sleeping partner, all traces of her anger now gone.

The heiress' attention was then drawn to something else – her empty stomach. A very audible growl began to emit from her stomach, which caused her to burp and immediately recoil in disgust. The taste of a burp loaded with morning breath was awful. "Alright. Brush teeth, then breakfast."

First, she walked over to her dresser and pulled out a set of clothes for the day and tucked them under her arm, then began to make her way towards the bathroom, but was stopped as she heard the sound of someone rustling. She turned towards Ruby's bed and saw nothing that caught her eye, then faced Blake's bed.

Blake had one eye half open and was staring at Weiss. She was prevented from moving very much due to Yang's arm being thrown around her, but she could move her head enough to get a clearer picture of Weiss, who she was looking at with a scrunched up nose and laid back ears.

Weiss, seeing Blake's expression, cleared her throat. "Did you… hear that?"

The faunus in question nodded slowly. "I can smell that."

"Sorry, I couldn't help it. My stomach growled and it just sort of came out." Weiss continued on her way to the bathroom. "If it's any consolation, I found it just as unpleasant as you. It tasted horrible."

"It isn't," Blake replied softly, taking care to not wake up her partner.

As Weiss stepped into the bathroom, she placed her clothes on the counter by the sink, then pulled out her toothbrush. She began brushing her teeth and stared at the collection of toothbrushes in front of her. They couldn't have been more fitting for their owners. Ruby's was red, Blake's was black, Yang's was yellow, and Weiss' was white. The heiress grinned internally at the sight.

Once she was done brushing her teeth, she rinsed her mouth and quickly changed clothes, then made her way out of the bathroom. As she stepped out, she noticed that Blake had gone back to sleep. If she was awake, she was doing a very good job of faking it. Weiss stared at the black and yellow pair with a twinge of jealousy. However, those thoughts were short-lived. She then thought about Red. They hadn't really been able to talk yesterday, but today could be different. Weiss pulled out her scroll and glanced at it, then quietly walked out of the dorm and softly shut the door behind her.

In the hallway, she opened Beacon Chat and brought up her contact list. Weiss checked the time, then typed out a message, sent it to Red, then placed the device in her pocket and started to walk towards the cafeteria.

W: Good morning.

As she walked, Weiss thought that no matter how much time passed, she wouldn't message Red again. The quick exchange they had yesterday put all of her worries to rest. The only thing she had to worry about now was studying and getting Ruby to join her.

While she thought about her studies, she took in her surroundings. It was still morning and she could tell. Several students that passed her seemed, for the most part, asleep. Almost as if they forced themselves to get up despite being tired. Either that, or they were dreading the fact that classes resumed tomorrow, which is something Weiss didn't understand.

She actually enjoyed her classes for the most part. The only one that bothered her was professor Port's, but that was simply because of the way he could drone on about the "completely legitimate" tales of his younger days. Other than that, his class was fine, in Weiss' opinion.

After a while of walking, Weiss pulled out her scroll and brought up her study guide to help her figure out which subject would be the most important to cover before tomorrow. Although, that meant she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings as well as before. She turned down a hallway and promptly bumped into something and instantly smelled the strong scent of alcohol. She looked up and became stiff.

"Hey there, princess. Forget to watch out for other people?"

"Uh, well… I-I didn't," Weiss stammered. "I'm sorry, Qrow. It was an accident. I should have been paying closer attention." She started to shrink into herself, but was somewhat comforted by the sudden laughter of the man in front of her.

"Relax. I'm just messin' with ya," Qrow said after he took a swig of the contents of his flask. "I was actually on my way to your dorm. Is Ruby or Yang up and movin' around yet?"

Weiss shook her head. "Not yet. I was the first one awake today. I was just on my way to the cafeteria to get breakfast."

Qrow looked passed Weiss and glanced down the hallway, the turned back to the young girl in front of him. "Breakfast, huh? That sounds pretty good, honestly. Mind if I join you?"

To a person overhearing the conversation, it would seem like Qrow just asked a simple question, but Weiss couldn't help but feel like Qrow wasn't asking her – he was telling her. "I-I don't see why not. But… why?"

"Well, I see this as an opportunity to get to know you a little better. I've heard Ruby talk about you quite a bit, but I like to form my own opinions of people. I'm not the kind of person to take someone's word on a person I've never met. Do you mind?"

There was that feeling again. It almost felt like he was insisting that she let him tag along without actually telling her. "No. Um… f-follow me."

Qrow nodded and smiled. "You got it." Weiss then began to walk in the direction of the cafeteria with Qrow close behind, when the hunter was suddenly at her side. "So, I'm not all that surprised that Ruby and Yang are still asleep, but why are you up? I figured y'all would be taking it easy since you have class tomorrow."

Weiss answered the question without looking at Qrow. "I like to wake up early. Other than that, I plan to study a little bit today since, as you said, we have class tomorrow. One can never be too prepared." There was no response from Qrow, which only added to Weiss' stress about the situation. "… What about you? What brings you here?"

Surprised that Weiss asked him a question instead of the other way around, Qrow turned and faced the heiress to his side. "Well, I had a mission that brought me into this neck of the woods, so I decided to drop by and check up on my nieces. I needed to talk to Oz about a few things, too. Since I had nothing else going on, I figured I would spend a few days here before I head out."

"I see." Before Weiss could say anything else, her scroll rang, halting the conversation she was having. She pulled out the device and read the message that was now on its screen.

Hey. Good morning to you, too.

As Weiss started to type a reply, she felt a presence looming over her, accompanied by a shadow. She looked up from her scroll and noticed Qrow looking at her texts. The hunter quickly stood backward and waved a hand defensively. "Sorry about that. I swear I wasn't snooping on your messages, I just thought that I recognized something. That was Beacon Chat, right?"

Weiss' eyes widened at the question. "You… know about Beacon chat?"

"Yup. Ruby told me about it a little yesterday." Qrow started walking towards the cafeteria and motioned for Weiss to follow him as he did so. "She didn't mention the fact that you had it, though. Just surprised me a little. Wasn't trying to eavesdrop, honest."

Weiss sighed, finished her message, then sent it and put her scroll away. "Well, that would be because Ruby doesn't know. And, if you wouldn't mind, I would like to keep it that way. For now, at least."

"Whatever. That's your business, not mine."

Weiss started to walk a bit faster to keep pace with Qrow, who was now taking larger strides. "So, what all did Ruby tell you?" She figured asking questions was the only way to keep the conversation from growing stagnant. She hated silence enough, but nervous silence was even worse.

"Not much. Only that she was talking to someone and was warming up to them. I told her to be careful about talking to random people online like that, but that's all I can do. She's almost an adult and I'm not even her father. As long as she's happy, I'm happy."

Seeing a caring side of Qrow put Weiss at ease, though she was still on edge slightly. After all, Qrow asked to join her for breakfast out of the blue. She didn't expect something like that to happen, well, ever. "That's sweet of you."

"Yeah. Don't let my rugged, handsome exterior fool you," Qrow said as he ran a hand through his hair. "Beneath it all, I guess I'm just a big softie, especially when it comes to family." Qrow noticed Weiss try not to smile, which only made him chuckle in return. "Anyway, what about you? Are you talking to anybody special on that thing?" Weiss looked at the hunter with an upturned eyebrow, which caused the hunter to raise his hands defensively. "Calm down. I'm not asking if you're single, I'm asking if you're talking to anybody. Like I said, I would like to get to know you a little better. I wanna make sure Ruby isn't hanging out with the wrong crowd."

"Wrong crowd, hm?" Weiss pulled out her scroll and checked her messages, only to see that she hadn't received any yet. "As a matter of fact, yes. I think we are becoming friends, though I don't know their real name, only what they told me to call them."

The statement stood out to Qrow. "What they told you to call them? Like… a nickname?"

Weiss nodded. "Precisely. It was my idea, as I was uncomfortable telling them my real name. They decided to go by Red and I am Blue."

Qrow stopped dead in his tracks. What Weiss didn't know was that Ruby mentioned nicknames in the conversation that the two of them had the previous day. Once Qrow found out about the app, he started to question Ruby about it. He eventually got a bit of information out of her, some of which he had just heard for the second time. Ruby told him that she and her friend had nicknames – Red and Blue.

Noticing that the hunter was taken aback by something, Weiss stopped walking and snapped her fingers a few times. "Um, are you alright?"

Qrow shook his head a few times, then pulled out his flask and took a large drink. "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just… I just remembered something funny." Qrow then began to briskly walk toward a large archway that was now in front of them. "Hey, look, the cafeteria. Hope you're hungry. Whatever you want, it's on me."

"That's very nice, but I can more than cove-"

"It's not a problem. Besides, you've been a good friend to Ruby from what I've heard. Think of this as my way of saying thanks."

After a few moments of hesitation, Weiss decided that there was no point in arguing with the man. If he wanted to buy her breakfast, that was fine. That just meant she could pick something up for Ruby. After all, she couldn't study on an empty stomach. "Very well, if you insist."

"Great. Now, let's get some food. I'm starving."

Hey, guys. I'm really sorry about how short that this chapter is. Haven't had a lot of time to write lately and I won't be able to write at all for the next week or so, but I wanted to give y'all something to read. Basically, this is the first half of the chapter I've been working on. The next one will be the second half, then normal chapters will pick back up after that.

Okay, enough rambling. Later.

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