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"Blake?" asked Yang as she walked into the corner of the library, "What are you doing?"

The black haired girl was curled up behind a pile of books, hands on her knees. Wiping a tear from her eye with the cloth of her untied bow, Blake tried to hide her face in her knees. "Reading," Blake said, failing to hide a sob. "I'm fine."

"Kitty, you can't hide from me," Yang said sitting down next to her. "Now tell me what's wrong."

"Yang, it's nothing," Blake asserted, with feigned detachment.

Yang sighed, wrapped her arm around Blake's shoulders, and squeezed gently. "Blakey," she pressed gently, "you can tell me."

Blake remained quiet, but put her head on Yang's shoulder and moved a hand to her leg.

After a long silence, Yang figured she would leave Blake in peace, and made to stand up. But, Blake held her back. "Stay," Blake said weakly.

Crawling onto Blake's lap and squeezing her tightly, Yang gently kissed her tear soaked cheek. "Alright. But can you tell me what's wrong?"

Blake returned Yang's embrace. "It's just...with everything going on recently, what if something bad happens?"

"Bad like what, Blake?" asked Yang softly.

"I don't know, something bad!" Blake managed, her voice rough with tears.

Yang sighed, then planted a kiss on her cheek. "Bad like what you saw in the White Fang?"

"Or worse," she sobbed, squeezing Yang tightly.

"Nothing's going to happen," Yang assured.

"How do you know? What if -"

"Blake," Yang said, cutting her off, "I won't let anything happen. Not to you. Now come on," she urged, rising to her feet, "let's go back to our room."