A RWBY STORY
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"So you've been taking care of Ruby since you were five?" Winter asked looking at the blond brawler next to her who nodded. The two of them were alone on a bench in one of the gardens at Beacon, this one full of roses of all colors and sizes. It was about two hours after the meeting in the office and Winter had found the girl after hunting around a bit.
"So you were mentally exhausted and needed help so you got it the only way you could. By exposing the secret that had you taking care of her in the first place. My sister merely knew it would help her team win and went along with it." Winter said in an understanding voice as she looked at Yang who wasn't looking at her and was instead staring at some of the red roses in front of her that were mixed in with some pink and white ones.
"I can understand it. Weiss and I… our parents are very distant with us, most of the time I don't even remember that I have parents. Me and the maids are the only people Weiss has had there for her since she was a year old… the strain of having Weiss always depending on me us what drove me to be in the military, because I knew that Weiss wouldn't follow me there. Didn't expect her to go into Beacon though." Winter said chuckling a bit, she hesitated for a second before wrapping an arm around Yang and pulling the other girl close.
"I had to get away a bit but I still love my sister to death, I'd die for her if I had to. It's just that being a big sister to a normal healthy sibling is hard enough…it must have been much harder for you since your sister isn't exactly normal and is terminally ill… so I can understand, one sister to another, why you did what you did but now think about it like this… how many people will attack Ruby out of fear or envy of her other sides and their abilities?" Winter asked hugging the girl and causing the girl to tense in surprise and alarm.
"I-I didn't think of that! I thought that they'd leave her alone…" Yang said alarmed at this and causing Winter to sigh as she held the blond closer ever so slightly and laid her head on Yang's hair which made the blond tense and freeze at someone touching her hair.
"Most will but there will always be close minded people who will attack someone for being different and those that will hate that she has an ability that makes her nearly unstoppable, whether it's really her or damages her in the process or not. I have no doubt she'd be safe though, she has a lot of friends who are all protective of her. Remember the 'siege of ABRN's room' as some of the others are calling it?" Winter asked looking amused as she released Yang, causing the brawler to snicker slightly.
"Yeah hard to think that she's the same socially awkward weapon nut that I knew back at Signal and home. She will literally fawn over most every weapon she sees. I'm surprised that she hasn't jumped you yet to see your weapon. She's done it to most everyone else except your sister but that's because they got off on the wrong foot." Yang said smiling slightly and causing Winter to arch an eyebrow curiously at this.
"I accidentally knocked Ruby over when I rushed past her to go see some of my friends from Signal and she ended up tripping over your sisters luggage on accident." Yang said causing Winter to wince slightly.
"I'm taking it Weiss didn't take that too well?" Winter asked causing Yang to snicker.
"When I saw Ruby again at the initiation she said she had exploded…I thought she meant she had a meltdown but turns out Weiss had shaken a vial of red dust in her face angry at her luggage being tripped over, and well… Ruby's allergic to Dust." Yang said causing Winter to blink for a moment before she began snickering.
"They literally blew up?" Winter asked amused since obviously neither girl were harmed by the explosion.
"The crater is still in the ground back at the landing docks if you want to see for yourself?" Yang offered standing and stretching slightly before offering Winter her hand. Winter paused for a second before smiling slightly and accepting the hand up.
"I have to see this to believe it. Lead the way?" Winter asked looking at Yang who grinned and grabbed her hand, much to Winters surprise, before running off and pulling the military woman with her.
"There really is a crater." Winter said amused as she looked at the crater in the ground by the airships.
"Yeah that was my fault. Whoops?" Ruby asked more than said, causing the two older girls to start slightly and spin around. Ruby was standing behind them grinning sheepishly with Arslan beside her.
"From what I heard it was partially my sister's fault, she knows better than to shake a vial of Dust, secured or not, in someone's face." Winter said smiling slightly at Ruby who gave a small shrug.
"Anyways…. Arslan and I are going to a café in Vale to get some snacks and drinks and talk about different team strategies. Do you two wanna go too?" Ruby asked smiling at her sister and her teammates sister.
"Um…" Yang was obviously a bit uncomfortable and worried about this but Winter answered for them both.
"Sure." Winter said dragging Yang along while the brawler looked surprised at this, making Ruby giggle.
"Cool! Coco and Velvet are meeting us there. Coco said she was going to be far enough away to give us a bit of privacy but still be close enough to be able to tell if Arslan says or does something inappropriate with me for some reason. Everyone's been acting really weird since Arslan and I started dating." Ruby said as she bounced after sister and Winter who both smiled slightly in amusement while Arslan sighed slightly.
Of course her mate had to be the most protected and liked student at Beacon… and be completely oblivious to it!
"Well we'll try to give you two some privacy as well then." Winter said smirking as she pulled Yang over to some seats. Ruby giggled slightly, making Arslan look at her curiously. Arslan was surprised by what Ruby said so quietly that only a Faunus could hear her.
"I ship it."