Chapter Ten
Discoveries
Ruby awoke the next morning, sore in her arms and her throat. She had a bit too much fun as she would put it. As Ruby put her hand down, she felt something soft. Looking down, she saw someone's chest, glancing up to see Weiss's sleeping face. She scrambled back, hoping it didn't wake the sleeping heiress. 'What the hell happened?!' Confused by this, she glanced around the room, finding a couple of saki bottles. 'Ah, shit!' Ruby panicked, did something happen? So far she could tell, she was fully clothed, Weiss, she only wore a red shirt, which Ruby gave it to her on day since the heiress' sleeping cloths were drenched in Grimm blood. Ruby let out a relieved sigh, though something caught her eye. Something that didn't match with her sleeping friend. It was a scar. Confused by this, she lifted up the shirt to find another scar on her left side. 'Weiss, what happened when I was away?' Hearing a ruffled noise, Ruby looked back toward Weiss who was beginning to stir from her slumber. The ice blue eyes bolted open as her hands began to cover up herself.
"Ruby!" Weiss let out a hiss in panic. Ruby didn't answer, she felt her lip quiver. "Where did you get them? The scars?" Hearing her friend gasp, she could tell this wasn't good.
"It was a day or two after you disappeared, we were on a hunt," Weiss lowered her head, trying to suppress the sadness that she began to feel. "I wasn't paying attention when a rouge came up and stabbed me twice. Yang and Blake were off somewhere else at the time. But the bastard stabbed me again, he left me there to die. It wasn't long until Blake and Yang showed up, I was decommissioned for a month." Ruby lowered her eyes to the floor, tear's dripped from her cheek.
"So, it's my fault? It's my fault you got hurt?" She asked in a quiet tone. Ruby felt so horrible, she was the cause of Weiss's injuries. She felt someone grab her cheeks, finding Weiss with tear's in her eyes as well. "Ruby, it wasn't your fault... I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings." Hearing the girls soft voice made Ruby calm a little more. She found herself nuzzling her face into the crook of the older girls neck.
"Weiss, I promise that I won't leave you guys again... I promise you." Hearing the younger girl whisper, Weiss caressed the back of the girl. She soon began to hum her mother lullaby. Weiss barely remembered her mother, but she remembered her soft and silky smooth voice. She sung the lullaby to Weiss when she was younger, after her brother, William died. The words faded away a long time ago, but the rhythm and the beat stayed with her. It was apart of her. After moments pass, Ruby fell back to sleep in Weiss's arms. She smiled as she placed a light kiss on her forehead. "Good night, my sweet little Ruby."